Sept 13, 2002

Solidarity in Action Brothers and sisters:

None of us lives

we live, we live for the Lord, and we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord self.

For

National Black

and no one dies for one-

for oneself,

Catholic

if

if

of both the

dead and the

living.

Romans

14:7-9

Conference

NEWS

&

HERALD

SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

SEPTEMBER 13, 2002 Vatican accepts bishop's resignation; diocesan

JOANN

S.

Editor

John Paul

II

By KEVIN

KEANE Pope

has accepted the res-

Archbishop

Olivia

Gabriel

but

11,

United States, made the announcement Sept 10 in Washing-

—

Like so

Myrick was deeply

af-

2001. But unlike her class-

Tom,

mates, Myrick's father,

was on board a plane

D.C.

that fateful

day.

Canon law

requires bishops

they reach 75. Bishop Curlin,

"When Mr. (Gerald) Healy announced what was happening over the speaker, I pan-

bishop of Charlotte since 1994,

icked," said

when

to turn in their resignations

turned 75 on Aug. 30.

"I

express

my heartfelt

me

for allowing

II,

to

serve these past eight years in a diocese that

"When

promise for the future of the Church in North Carolina," said

everything

I

said.

the

Bishop Curlin

poem

evolved into

"I

recendy recorded onto

the poor, sick and homeless.

dedicated to those

their

Tuesday, Sept

10 meeting, the diocesan college of

Father Mauricio West, chancellor and

consultors

elected

former vicar general to serve as diocesan administrator.

Father

West

will serve as di-

ocesan administrator until the a

new

was a unanimous

deci-

Holy Father appoints

Hope

I

See You," a three-minute song

plans to spend time working with

During

lives Sept.

who

CD

and

lost their

9/ll song at the Pastoral Center Mass, then signs an autograph for Dr. Cris

every fireman and medic,

Villapando, director of Faith

your country

came

who

and died you served

at the first yell,

while helping others,

made

right, and try to do no wrong.

So may God bless the Americans, in Heaven and on earth.

Let all

all

of his people

unite,

and be

that we're worth."

'It's

a beautiful song.

moved by it," principal of Holy

was

I

said Healy,

thought

Trinity. "I

it

In December, Myrick perfbmied the song in Greensboro during the N.C state convention of the Beta Club, an organization for honor students.

"I was very nervous," admitted Myrick. "There were

thousands of people there. first

thing like

I

many people."

Andy Kaufman, band tor at

was

It

had sung somethat in front of so

time

Holy

direc-

and

Trinity, wrote

recorded die background music

well."

"I've written

Formation.

it

is

the

1 1.

As part of the first verse: 'To

Olivia Myrick, performs her

to weaken, but in-

us strong. From now on we'll be fighting for what stead

Tom Myrick. "It still gets to me."

added music to the words and

he

second verse: "The act

was meant

down

for five years, she eventually

the

The

I

it."

wrote

and 'looks forward to

member of

think everyone can relate to

I

Having taken piano lessons

living here, as a

gives a good message and

feeling

Md.

got home,

was

that's

was incredible that a young lady had the talent and wisdom to write such a song."

"I must have heard it a couple of hundred times," said

bishop has plans to stay

in Charlotte,

diocese,"

I

one

said Myrick. "It

lot,"

very

13.

into a poem," said Myrick.

Bishop Curlin.

The

now

landed in Baltimore,

so rich with so much

is

Myrick,

Myrick went to the office and called her mother, Pat, at home; she was relieved to hear that her father's plane had safely

grati-

tude to the Holy Father, Pope

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Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the

ton,

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many students at Holy Trinity Middle School, 12-year-old

ignation of Bishop William G.

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bishop.

'It

sion,"

said

Father Ignatius

Zampino, O.FJVI. Cap, senior con-

Catechists celebrate "Living for the Lord"

suitor and pastor of St Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte.

'Father West brings a lot ofexpertise to this position."

am

honored to be elected administrator by my brother "I

priests," said

am optimistic that our dio-

cese will continue

its

growth and

we will receive even greater blessings under our said

new

Bishop Curlin

leadership,"

A7M

Cris Villapando, director of faith

formation for the Diocese

of Charlotte.

"We don't

another year of teaching the

thing

faith.

God by

"Faith formation

is

about

our attempts to evangelize and catechize everyone from

womb

to

tomb

so that they

attain an intimacy with

our

Lord, Jesus Christ, that produces conversion," said Dr.

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central region

coordinator for faith formation. "To know our role with God, we have to seek it. Faith formation gives us the opportunity to reflect on our lives

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life

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to face

what

happens in our lives."

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is

divided into four re-

—

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—

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The World

September 13, 2002

Brief

in

Much

Scholars call for changes in Christian teaching on Judaism

WASHINGTON

—

(CNS)

A

—

group of top Christian scholars specializing in Christian-Jewish relations has

of what

called revising Christian teaching about Judaism and the Jewish people an "indispensable obligation of theology in our time." The scholars said, "God's covenant with the Jewish people endures forever." They sharply repudiated "supersessionism," the once-common Christian belief that God's covenant with the followers of Christ has replaced or superseded his covenant with the Jewish people. The 10-point statement was issued in six languages in Boston' Sept. 5 by the ecumenical Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations. It is titled "A Sacred Obligation: Rethinking Christian Faith in Relation to Judaism and the Jewish People." It comes on the heels of a statement in

policy

August by

a national Catholic-Jewish

consultation in which Catholic partici-

pants repudiated "campaigns that target Jews for conversion to Christianity." The ecumenical group struck- a similar note, saying, "Christians should not target Jews for conversion."

Mother

Priest says

ROME

— According

(CNS)

have come to light since her death, Mother Teresa heard Jesus tell her in an interior, mystical way to found an order dedicated to the poor, said the postulator for her canonization cause.

She described the "interior locutions" in confidential letters to the then-archbishop of Calcutta, India, to explain her inspiration for the order she wanted to found in his archdiocese, said MissionarBrian ies of Charity Father Kolodiejchuk. "Mother never wanted to say anything about it in her lifetime," Father Kolodiejchuk told Catholic News Service Sept. 9. "The whole focus was on Jesus. She said if people find out about the beginning, then they are going to pay more attention to me and less on' Jesus," he said. ters that

Bishops' sexual abuse

committee expanded

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

The

W

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and

September

Volume

Number

Publisher: Father Mauricio Editor:

Joann

S.

CNS photo

Associate Editor: Kevin E. Murray

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Secretary: Sherill

Beason

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Mail:

Cross stands as memorial at New York Ground Zero remaining girders of the World Trade Center towers stand in the form of a cross at a memorial inside ground zero in New York Sept.

10. Various memorials ringed the site where the towers fell Sept. 11, 2001, after two hijacked planes hit the buildings. A red, white and blue

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The Vatican response may provide necessary guidance on how dioceses

last

mesh the

national policy with existing

canonical laws and procedures, they said. Currently there are some ambi-

heart covered the entire side of a nearby building.

what con-

guities regarding penalties,

stitutes sexual abuse, the statute of

Ad Hoc Committee on

expanded. Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, 111., president of the U.'S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced

the restructuring and

named

10

new

members

Sept. 5. Archbishop Harry J. Flynn of St. Paul-Minneapolis will remain the chairman of the committee.

Previous members

who

Doran of Rockford,

111. (Region 7); Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Rapid City, S.D. (Region 8); Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif. (Region 1 1 ); Bishop Robert F. Vasa of Baker, Ore. (Region 12); and Bishop Robert J. Baker of Charleston, S.C. (Region 14).

Bridgeport, Conn. (Region

l);

Bishop

John R. Gaydos of Jefferson City, Mo. (Region 9); Coadjutor Bishop Joseph A. Galante of Dallas (Region 10); and Bishop George H. Niederauer of Salt Lake City (Region 13). New appointees include: Bishop Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, N.Y. (Region 2); Archbishop Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Region 3); Auxil- iary Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Baltimore (Region 4); Bishop Thomas J. Rodi of Biloxi, Miss. (Region 5); and Bishop James A. Murray of Kalamazoo, Mich.

(Region 6). Also: Bishop Thomas G.

—

South Africa (CNS) of food for starving

Zambian government

not accept

will

Services

official said.

"We

are waiting in

the hope that a solution will be found soon," said Jennifer Lindsey,

CRS director

of media relations. 'The corn perishable but

it's

is

not really

the people

who are The U.N.

facing a time limit," she said.

World Food Program has bia

is

said that

Martin

Porres Pro-Chapter of the Dominican Laity will be meeting tonight and every third Monday at 7 p.m. in St. Justin's Ctr. at the Basilica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St. Inquirers are welcome. For information, contact Beverly Reid (828)253-6676.

"Grief Shar19 CHARLOTTE ing Series: Video and Discussion Group" is being offered once a week starting today, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., for 13 weeks. Each session will be held at St. John Neumann, 8451 Idlewild Rd., in the Council Room.

Call Amy Deal for information and sign-up! (704)573-1023.

19 WAYNES VILLE St. John Church, 234 Church St., will offer Inquiry Sessions beginning tonight

—

said.

—A

Italy

Russian orchestra and a children's choir serenaded Pope John Paul II at his summer villa, and an appreciative pontiff said their music reflected humanistic and spiritual values.

The pope also took the opportunity to express his warmth to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II, who helped send the performers off for an international tour. The performance Sept. 8 in the courtyard of the papal residence featured the Russian State Symphony Orchestra, the choir of the Russian Academy of

(CNS)'

genetically modified food, a Catholic Relief

Choral Art and the UNESCO children's choir. The pope thanked the patriarch for the "noble

Zam-

message he sent

deferential

for this

"To him go

my

and cordial thoughts."

He

occasion" and added:

the only famine-hit southern African

country to reject genetically modified food

also thanked Russian diplomatic officials

by Zimbabwe and Mozambique were resolved.

who

aid after concerns raised

in the

St.

pope at summer villa CASTEL GANDOLFO,

Africans cannot be distributed because the

and due process, they

Russian orchestra, children's choir serenade

CRS says

starving,

CAPE TOWN, A warehouse full

at 7 p.m. for those persons interested

— The

limitations

Zambia rejects genetically modified food meant for

will continue to

serve are: Bishop William E. Lori of

—

E-mail: catholicnews@charlottediocese.org

Young

People" on a nacanon lawyers interviewed by Catholic News Service.

Children and

from Reuters

tional level, said several

De

West

Keane

legally establish

their "Charter for the Protection of

September 16 ASHEVILLE

20

diocese authority

handle local sex

norms which would

planner

2002

13,

•

11

own

flexibility to

abuse cases. This includes the power to permanently remove guilty clergy from the priesthood. But other aspects are problematic and may not be resolved until the Vatican responds to the U.S. bishops' request to approve

& H E R A L D

S

on clergy sex abuse of minors

bishop in his

Diocesan N

in the U.S. bishops' national

and supplemental, legislation give a

Sexual Abuse has been restructured and

to let-

is

was already permitted to diocesan bishops by the 1983 Code of Canon Law governing the church. Canon law

U.S. bishops'

Teresa heard Jesus tell her to found order

of U.S. bishops'

sex abuse policy already in canon law WASHINGTON (CNS) Much

Roman

tized Catholics

Catholic Church. Bap-

who wish

to receive

further sacraments are also invited.

Call (828)456-6707 or (828)6487369 with questions.

20 CHARLOTTE

—

TGIF,

a

weekly support group for separated and divorced women, meets tonight at 7 p.m. at St. Matthew Church parish center, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy,

Room

Monthly potluck dinner For details call Trish Wil-

102.

scheduled.

son (704)543-8986.

—

2 1 BELMONT St. Gabriel Health Ministry is offering a retreat, "Sensing God's Creation" today, 8:45 a.m. 3:30 p.m. at Sisters of

Mercy Admin.

Curtin Hall. For registration, call Leslie Mason (704)847-7014 or Sara Ma (704)527-5812.

Ctr.,

CLEMMONS

—

attended the evening concert at

Castel Gandolfo.

.

lowed by a potluck. Next Ultreya followed by School of Leaders with potluck and childcare will be Sept 22, 1:30 p.m. at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy. Questions?

Call Dan Hines (704)544-6665.

—

The Knights 2 1 STATESVILLE of Columbus will hold their annual yard sale at St. Philip the Apostle Church, 525 Camden Dr., today 8:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. Call Ken Jewell (704)876-6404 for information.

22 HENDERSONVILLE

— The

St.

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order will meet today from 3-5, p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West. Visitors and inquirers are wel-

come. For information, Gillogly (828)883-9645.

23 BELMONT

—

call

The

Helen

50-voice

A Grand

Wroclaw University Choir Gaudium

Ultreya for the Cursillo Movement will be held at Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd, today at 2 p.m.

Mass will be celebrated at 4 p.m. fol-

(from Charlotte's Polish Sister City)

21

perform today, 8 p.m. at Belmont Basilica, 100 Belmont-Mount Holly Rd. Cappella music and choral will

Abbey

September

2002

13,

The World

The Catholic News & Herald 3

in Brief

Catholic chaplain opens historic session of

Congress lain of the

(CNS)

— The chap-

in

World Trade

Center, where the

and

—

tarily quell their lazy wrestling. Slowly,

camp

tween

the very terrorism this

CNS

photo from Reuters

Poster hangs at former World Trade Center poster containing messages of support for the United States hangs near the site of the former World Trade Center in New York City Sept.

9. Sept. 11 marked the first anniversary of the attacks on the United

A

denounces Scottish

address 'underlying causes'

film as 'rancorous provocation' VATICAN CITY (CNS) .— The

of terrorism

CASTEL GANDOLFO,

— Pope John tional

Paul

community

II

Italy

(CNS)

urged the interna-

to address the "underly-

ing causes" of terrorism, saying inequalities

and

injustice

can lead desperate people

to turn to violence.

human

While terrorism and

can never be justihe said Sept. 7, history shows "that the recruitment of terrorists is more easily

disregard for

life

achieved in areas where

human

rights are

Vatican newspaper denounced a film by a Scottish Catholic director that portrays life inside asylums once run by Irish nuns, calling the movie an "angry and rancorous provocation." In a Sept.

5 review, L'Osservatore Romano said "The Magdalene Sisters" sinks to "coarseness" and "banality" in telling the story of four

women who

are brutal-

young

have toted Mass kits and catechisms from camp to camp during the summer months. Along with a donated statue of

people especially to despair of humanity, of

scandal of certain psychopathic deten-

Our Lady of Guadalupe,

they bring the sacraments to the migrant workers who

desire for revenge at

from South and Central America cucumber and tobacco fields of Wilson and Rocky Mount.

Britain's

music from the Renaissance

church office at (704)334-2283 with the name(s) of loved ones to be remembered at Mass.

25 GASTONIA Seniors and caregivers are invited to attend a Health and Safety Fair today, 9 a.m. 2 p.m. at St. Michael Church, 708 St. Michael's Ln. Service providers will offer free information and screenings.

Questions? Call (704)370-3220 or (704)867-6212, Ext. 113.

25 GREENSBORO The Greensboro Council of Catholic Women invites all ladies to the fall luncheon at the remodeled Knights of Columbus Hall on Horse Pen Creek Rd. A social will be at 11:30 a.m. with lunch at noon today. Betty Mica will speak on antiques. For information or reservations call Janet Law (336)288-6022.

is

for Catholic

The group

will

be meeting at St. Joseph Church, 720 West 13th St., at 4 p.m. in the Holy

Family

For details, Vickers (828)495-2039 Hall.

call

23 MAGGIE VALLEY

—

Debbie Living

Waters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Ln, hosts Fr. Terry Hyland today through Sept.

27. "The God of New Beginnings" reongoing process of conversion from God's invitation to treat will foster the

Christian maturity.

Need

(828)926-3833.

25 CHARLOTTE who have

—

details, call

All families

suffered a loss are invited to

attend the monthly bereavement

Mass

at St.

Patrick Cathedral, 1621

Dilworth Rd. East, that

be taking place tonight at 7:30 p.m. Call the will

war seeks

to

Archbishop Martin, Vatican representative to Geneva-based U.N. organizations, made his remarks Sept. 2 in Palermo, Sicily, at a peace forum organized by the Italian Catholic eliminate," he said.

Sant'Egidio Community.

—

tional

NEWTON — The Little Flowers

faces the

U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan get 15,000 'military rosaries' DALLAS (CNS) Rosary makers across the Dallas Diocese are closing in

Vatican newspaper

Pope urges world to

part of daily

Catholic Girls-' Group girls ages five and up.

one

climate of insecurity that helped foment

del Pa-

23

less

the greater the risk of strengthening that

dre y del Hijo y del Espiritu Santo." For 10 years the two Redemptorist priests

(704)334-3468.

Archbishop

said

great social injustices and imbalances,

by nuns in a "Magdalene asylum" for unwed mothers and other young women in 1 960s Ireland. "If he wanted to inform his own church about the

call

peoples,"

Diarmuid Martin. "The

trampled upon and where injustice

to the present will be featured. Open to public. No admission charge. For details

to

few

values and for the equal coexistence be-

raises a

to toil in the

want

personalities considered dangerous should become by its nature a fight for

Chavez straightens his stole and hand in blessing. "En el nombre

travel

not simply the imposition of

limit itself to the elimination of a

fied,

in

justice,

the

against terrorism that does not

dusty sandals and tank tops emerge into the evening heat. As they gather in a loose circle, Father Jose

and

Sicily

official said

the policies of stronger nations. "A fight

at

Jerome Chavarria rings the bell a third time and swats at the swarming flies that bite above his clerical collar. A yellow Labrador and a pit bull momenhinges squeak across the L-shaped

Vatican

J.

Carolina migrant camps WILSON, N.C.. (CNS) Father

—

(CNS) A war against terrorism unleashed after Sept. 1 1 must become a struggle for the "rule of law"

Sept. 6 with

Senate chaplain, the Rev. Lloyd Ogilvie, offered prayer and presided a wreath-laying ceremony.

Faith in the fields: Catholicism flourishes at

men

PALERMO,

special session of

New York

the

on terrorism must be war for global justice

House of Representatives

Congress an invocation asking for the blessing of God on the historic occasion and acknowledging that "you alone can renew us." Recalling "the tragic events that occurred here," Father Daniel P. Coughlin also prayed that "the vision of the founding fathers" would live again to "assure the freedom of the law-abiding people of this nation." In a ceremonial one-hour session, Congress gathered on the site where the Continental Congress met from 1785, the new Congress elected under the Constitution continued to meet until 1790 and George Washington was inaugurated as the first president in 1789. After the session, the visiting senators and representatives were guests at a luncheon hosted by New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. In the afternoon, they went to the site of opened the

it

was up

New York

in

NEW YORK

Venice Film Festival, where for a Golden Lion award.

Vatican official says war

at the

is

a

life." He said, 'The internacommunity can no longer overlook

the underlying causes that lead

life itself

and of the future, and to fall prey to

the temptations of violence, hatred and a

made

his

any cost." The pope remarks during a meeting with

new ambassador to the Vatican, Kathryn Frances Colvin, at his summer residence outside

Rome.

—

—

.

25 GUILFORD COUNTY

— The

Ancient Order of Hibernians Guilford County Division, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men, is looking for more Irish Catholic men to join them for meetings, educational

ized

...

tion centers in Ireland

and Scotland, the

director certainly could not have achieved his goal with this angry and rancorous provocation," wrote Father Franco Patruno, an art critic for the newspaper. The film, by director Peter Mullan, was shown in early September

seminars and social events. Contact

Michael Slane (336)665-9264 for time and location.

27 HOT SPRINGS

—

The

Jesuit

on

their goal of

making 15,000

"mili-

tary rosaries" for the U.S. troops serving

Afghanistan since the terrorist at1 1 The red, white and blue rosaries were the idea of Our Lady's Rosary Makers of America International, based out of St. Monica Parish in North Dallas. The group started by assembling about 100 per week in December. The ambitious project quickly picked up steam when nearly a dozen parishes, schools and lay groups joined over the next couple of montbs. More than 12,000 rosaries have been assembled and mailed with a booklet on how to say the rosary, according to Rosary Makers member Donna Hunter.

She said help has come from members of six parishes in Dallas and two in in

tacks Sept.

.

Richardson, as well as the Missionaries

of Charity in Dallas, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and teens participating in the diocese's Mission Possible summer service program.

Shamrock Dr. For details call Nam Le (704)549-1525.

Lenoir-Rhyne 28 HICKORY College, Mauney Music Building,

—

House of Prayer, 289 NW.Hwy. 25/ 70, is hosting a women's "Dream Journey" retreat tonight, 7 p.m. through morning Mass with light

corner of Stasavich Place and 8th Ave. NE, will hold workshops titled

lunch. Dr. Eileen Riordan will speak.

toral ministers

For registration

but

(828)622-7366.

The Church of 28 Mary, Queen of Apostles, 503 N. Main St., is hosting an annual fall festival today beginning at 10 a.m. with games, arts and crafts, community booths, story telling and food.

Bingo is held at 4 p.m. with BBQ chicken plates being offered. A live band "Small Fish Adventures" will entertain teens from 7 p.m. - 1 1 p.m.

Questions? Call Jennifer Church (704)651-9605 or (704)824-7097.

BELMONT

call

—

28 CHARLOTTE

— The Vietnam-

community will hold an Ultreya at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Our Lady of Assumption Church, 4207 ese Cursillo

Keys to Vibrant Worship today starting at 8 a.m. This targets pas-

and parish teams, parishioners are welcome.

For registration in this diocesan litall

urgy day, call Sr. Maureen Meehan (704)370-3268.

"Lunch & 30 CHARLOTTE Learn" program will be held today,

—

1

1:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in St. Gabriel

Ctr., 3016 Providence Rd. Debi Lee will address in-home care and Marsha Ghent will discuss the Family Caregiver Support Program. Area home health agencies

Ministry

will be available.

No

fee or registra-

Bring bag lunch. Dessert and beverage provided. Questions? Call Suzanne Bach (704)376-4135 or Eileen Correll (704)364-5431. tion.

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September 13, 2002

faith Formation

Diocese welcomes new faith formation coordinator

At

Charles Borromeo, faith forwhich are overflowing with students of all ages, are all held on

FAITH FORMATION,

from page 1 "Catechetical

Sunday

is

E.

MURRAY

— On Aug.

CHARLOTTE

Ann Lyons

call

leading her to

work

the na-

'When I went back to school to get my

the

1,

new

as the

was looking to change of endeavor and I wanted to get

master's degree,

my

field

I

involved with faith formation," she

tion.

felt it I

would

like to

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them with

I

was an important aspect of what was

needed

in the

in the area

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Ann. "I'm hoping to share

said. "I

church at

this time, especially

of adult education."

reason being, she

even

the catechists

we already have here that we can continue to

"because

said, is

tory of catechesis,

so

that faith formation of

it

says

on what has already gone on in the diocese."

Sister Ann, who re-

church's catechetical mis-

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more work

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build

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said,

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Church

Sister

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for the last 10 years.

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had

in education,"

she

"Prior to that

been all

Joseph Ann Lyons

Sister of St.

taught grade three

said. "I

way

the

Those schools

and grade

include a

girls'

schools."

academy

New

York, an inner-city co-ed high school in Michigan, a private Catholic school and a large parish grade school in Massachusetts, and an all-black elementary school in Alabama.

Originally from Lawrence, Mass., Sister Ann heard the call to become a woman religious over 40 years ago. "I think part of it

was the deep

in lic

my

faith that I

was

raised with

family," she said. "I attended

me

women It

and

always admired those and looked up to them."

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was two years ago

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not an one-on-one endeavor," he "The focus is this community of disciples intimate with Jesus Christ and being converted; upon conversion, they carry on his mission."

"Father Ken (Whittington) will be introducing all of our catechists and doing a blessing during the Sunday Mass," said Terri Martino, faith formation coordinator at St. Charles "It's

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said.

said Ruble. "I

in

Morganton.

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States Catholic Confer-

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This year's theme is "Living for the Lord." In August, Villapando sent a letter to all parish catechetical leaders with a list of 34 ideas on how to celebrate the week with their catechists, parents and learners of all ages. Villapando has been gathering the ideas on

list

get as

through

it

much out of it

answered,"

I

was

my as

anyone

who

from

experiencing

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"God is there and he's definitely in our lives," said Ruble. "To help other that are favorable for the

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Correspondent

HICKORY — the church

is

"With a dual

disappointed when Vatican euros

vision,

out

Kloster.

have a us

scholarship and rooted in good theol.

Father Kloster, vicar of the

Smoky

out

Church Aug.

24.

He

said that

one of the main pro-

posals of that group

was

to return cen-

"A tremendous importance on the sole authority of the pope as the leader of the

tral authority to the Vatican, with,

church."

This conflicts, said Father Kloster, with the principle of collegiality, which was established with Vatican II. This

empty-handed

advance. sets,

each containing

commemora-

were supposed

to

go

sale to the public at the Vatican's

9,000.

The Vatican canceled the scheduled public sale a few days earlier, but Photo by Ellen N. Sigmon

Father George Kloster speaks about church theology and reforms at the "Footsteps of Faith" workshop at St. Aloysius Church Aug. 24.

that did not stop eager collectors from

lining up early in the morning, hop-

ing that a few sets would be

made

available.

principle

is

the shared responsibility

"If

we

are a people of faith,

we

and authority that the whole college of bishops, headed by the pope, has for the teaching, sanctification and governance of the church.

Father Kloster said that the church, before Vatican II, had been, "Profoundly influenced by the Council of Trent (1545-1563), the reaction of the Catholic Church to the Protestant

foundation is God," said Father Kloster. "The only guarantee we have is our faith and our relationship with Jesus. Jesus had nowhere to lay his head. He traveled light. Accept-

Reformation."

vulnerability by putting the people's

When Pope

John XXIII was knew that the

1958, "He

elected in

Catholic Church he had inherited was a church of reaction.

was time its

He

realized that

it

come out of mode and go back to

for the church to

reactionary

what the church was supposed

to be,"

said Father Kloster.

The pope turned

to three sources

renewal of the church

for the

lic faith."

A

coin and stamp office Sept. 10, but an unusually high number of advance orders depleted the production run of

The

—

in

tive medallion,

on

—

Vatican euros sold

eight coins and a silver

Aloysius

Footsteps of Faith workshops help catechists (religious education teachers) to satisfy the training requirements for the certification process in the Diocese of Charlotte. Those attending this workshop had a choice of "Morality," four afternoon sessions "Catholic Social Teaching," "Skills and Theory" and "Sacraments." Peg Ruble, central region coordinator for the diocesan Office of Faith Formation, organizes the workshops.

Two of the sessions on were taught in Spanish for catechists who are working with Spanish-speaking children.

Father Kloster's talk was also translated into Spanish. Believing that Vatican II was based on "impeccable sources," Father Kloster gave those in attendance reasons why he thought the reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) were important for the Catholic Church today.

He spoke about, "What many people are calling the restoration of the church," in which some think it is, "time to go back and reestablish traditions that are the bedrock of the Catho-

a rare set of

The proof

catechetical leaders at the "Footsteps of St.

(CNS)

line of disappointed coin collec-

when

Hayesville, spoke to 50 catechists and

at

advance

tors left the Vatican

Mountain vicariate and pastor of St. William Church in Murphy and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in

workshop

in

VATICAN CITY long

ogy!'

Faith"

sell

divided," said Father

"We have to try and common vision. Vatican II gave that common vision, based on good

George

Coin collectors

—

the

Scriptures, the writings of the fathers

of the early church and the history of the church, said Father Kloster.

"The most authentic years of the church were the first 300," he said.

"During that era, the church was aside from the secular society. It had no role or standing in the government, so it was probably the church at its best.

We'll beat

know our one

ing discipleship means accepting vulnerability."

He hoped movement

that the restoration

seeks a reduction of that

church and in cannon law. "Life becomes much more simple. We go back to the church being the center of our life, our focus," he said.

"It is my hope and my trust," he faith in institutions, in

said, ."that the concept of the pilgrim church prevails, because it recognizes that the church has weaknesses, and that we have to depend on the Holy Spirit for guidance as opposed to the

leadership

us prove

nominations on the other.

Only 69,000 sets of the Vatican coins were made in 2002, and they were sold to the public for 12 euros each. The Vatican put a limit of two sets per customer, and people waited hours in line for the chance to buy them.

Today, the same* sets are being sold at prices exceeding $800 on Web sites like

E-bay.

itself."

Father Kloster's talk followed a

morning prayer service held in Spanish and English. Participants were able to look at a variety of relishort

gious education materials at displays set up by publishers and bookstores

during lunch, and then attend the ternoon workshops.

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Proof sets are the highest quality coins produced and are generally made for collectors only. This Vatican set was being sold to the public for 75 euros, about $75.

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Around the Diocese

VOCAL,

Prose blooms from tragedy By

MARY MARSHALL

Heather at Florida Atlantic University.

Following graduation, they settled in Charlotte midway between Heather's folks in Florida and O'Brien's clan in New York.

O'Brien's Long Island reunions were happy times, but that changed on Sept. 11, when Tim and Steve, who worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the

Correspondent

— Sean

CHARLOTTE

when he

soul singes with grief

back to his brother,

Tim

—

O'Brien's flashes

O'Brien, and

brother-in-law, Steve Tighe, fighting to

escape the perils of the

Twin Towers on

Sept. 11.

Through

poem, "From Darkness Into Light," which O'Brien believes was written with the spiritual guidance his

his brother and brother-in-law, O'Brien

seven children.

'When

and solace that he shares

finds a comfort

hopes that it too will bring them a moment of peace.

with others

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2002, local parishes

1 1,

poem during

memorial

their

World Trade

speaking to those in the

saw the towers

in

New

despair."

Center, at the Pentagon and on the air-

Reality set in and O'Brien realized

was no way his loved ones could have escaped. Tormented by visions of

planes during their last few minutes on

He

God

visions

there

holding their

hands and bringing them peace.

and brother-in-law screaming in pain as fire consumed their bodies, O'Brien yearned to be with family. his brother

O'Brien addresses the victims' concerns

about their families: "How will they handle this, how will they get by?"

O'Brien depicts that God responds, "It will

take time, but

free.

send all the a*gels to be by their watch over them, protect them

I'll

first

tried to call

els,

God

In the poem, O'Brien captures

side to

I

another said they didn't. It was like being on a roller coaster from hope to

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in

Sept.

read the

World Trade Center, Combined, they leave behind

I'll

That evening, the O'Brien's, who are members of St. Mark Church, attended a memorial at St. Matthew Church where the congregation, wit-

set their hearts

nessing their despair, gathered around

them and

and act as their guide."

O'Brien and his wife, Heather, and their three children are with family

Long

members

in

the

anniversary of Sept.

first

Island this

week 1 1

major memorials are planned.

.

No a

time for the family to gather at church. will be reminiscing mixed with

laughter and tears.

was

Tim and

Steve were there with us, strengthening us," said O'Brien Faith has played a vital part in O'Brien's life since that day. When he visited ground zero following the attack, he carried a prayer he had written to Tim and Steve and placed it in a plastic bag. Adding several pieces of felt

"I

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offered comfort through

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"These events have changed my said O'Brien. "Every thought consumes me; everything that happens now is somehow correlated to 9/ 11.

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typical for the Irish-

rubble from the World Trade Center, he chucked the bag into the middle of the site, seeing this as a merging of prayer and mass destruction.

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O'Brien's mission is to spread the poem far and wide through his Web site. Many readers have experienced a strengthening of faith. Their email responses have been a bright spot in O'Brien's

life.

O'Brien continues to have flashbacks. When he sees a group of kids playing soccer, he visualizes his brother-in-law on the field coaching his youth soccer teams. The dribbling of a basketball brings back thoughts of Tim, who was an All American basketball player at Hartwick College.

'Life is different for all of us," he said. "Along with many others, we appreciate family time and don't take

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September 13, 2002 !

SolidarityinAction

National Black Catholic Congress By

JOANN

KEANE

S.

CHICAGO ing

Mass of

— During the open-

the first National Black

Congress of the 21st century, Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry of the Archdiocese of Chicago challenged participants to lead and be role models. "We see ourselves [[as]] ambassadors for the Church and enablers of the gifts of others," he said.

across the country, approximately 3,000 African-American including a delegation of Catholics 20 from the Diocese of Charlotte gathered for "Black Leadership in the 21st Century: Solidarity in Action," the ninth National Black Catholic Congress. Initiated in 1889 in Washington, D.C. by Ohio newspaperman Daniel Rudd, the congress has been held every five years since 1987.

"I am always awed when I come to a gathering like this," said Willis

—

—

Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte. "A lot of times in small groups, you feel like you're isolated, but when we come together like this, you get a sense of how we are a large group in have a lot to the Catholic Church.

Joseph, a parishioner at

We

be proud

of."

"This [congress] has been a deliberate attempt to invite and bring people together who are really involved in their parishes," said Father

Wilbur Thomas, Lawrence

pastor

in their

own

Ultimately, the group, in solidarwould uphold the Declaration of

ity,

Ribbons hung from name badges reading "of one accord" made

'

of St.

Basilica in Asheville.

A decisive mission enveloped Chicago: A pastoral plan of action, springing from eight areas of concern to bring about a declaration of princi-

would be consensus.

Eight areas of concern of African American Catholics were the guiding it

Helen Mission

principals for directing collective ministry: Spirituality, Parish Life, Youth and Young Adults, Catholic Education, Social Justice, Racism, Af-

and HIV/AIDS.

Those eight

issues

Spencer Mountain,

younger generation in her parish. Appropriately, Gardin took on the youth and young principle. She thinks youth and young adults often feel like they don't have a place in the church.

going to help the church grow. They have real vibrant thoughts and are very creative. We need to let them start leading themselves," she said.

Rosheen Adams

Similarly,

clear the there

rica

in

aspires to serve as a guide to the

"They [youth and young adults] are

parishes."

Principals.

From

offer, a lot to

Participants then take ideas back to their parishes and help set the wheels of change into motion.

"We truly have the leaders here," said Father Wilbur, who called the Charlotte delegates the ones who are in "the trenches doing what they can pals.

Editor

fol-

lowed the youth tract. A member of Our Lady of Consolation, Adams thinks young people need to take a

more

active role in the church.

enthusiastic youth volunteer; is

An

Adams

"always interested in finding out to better connect with young

ways

became the

people."

bers to follow. Small group breakouts

"We came to Chicago as men and women of faith to participate in an

brought dialogue, discussion and

as

explicitly religious enterprise," said

the conference concluded, a blueprint

Auxiliary Bishop Gordon Bennett, S.J., from Baltimore during the clos-

eight tracts for congressional

how and why

mem-

promulgate the topics. Moreover, a five-year plan was instituted for each issue, providing additional working tools take home.

Congress organizers hope the issues and principals become part of everyday discussion in not only the parishes, but in the wider community of

to

as well.

"We'll take the plan of action and begin to implement whatever is most important ... what seems to be do-able in the first year," said Father Wilbur.

Charlotte delegates, on different congress tracts set out to absorb as

much

as possible

on individual

issues.

Barbara Gardin, a parishioner of

St.

Knights of Columbus flank the sides before the altar at the opening Mass of the IX National Black Catholic Congress.

...

ing liturgy.

"During these days, we have demany needs on our country and the world," he said. "I need hardly tell you that the success of any of these efforts in the future will depend to a very large extent on how completely, how generously, each one of us makes the sacrifice, offers his or her living body, and endures the ridicule and the scorn of others in the culture," said Bishop Bennett. liberated over

Contact Editor Joann Keane by call-

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(704)

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or

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Kenneth Louis, minister of music

Rev. Mr. Charles Knight, permanent deacon from Our Lady of Consolation talks with a sister from Louisiana between sessions.

at

Holy Korter-

the crucifix during Mass.

Mary Turner, a me g Salem pours watery water from theSMm^J ijf

$(

C0[

filled.

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National Black Catholic Conference

Barbara Gardin, Katherine

Gomez

of

St.

Benedict the

Moor

parish in Winston-Salem claps along in praise during the opening session of the IX National Black Catholic Congress in Chicago.

a parishioner of St. Helen mission in Spencer Mountain makes the sign of the cross with ashes that were shared with all attending. To her left, Alberta Hairston, from St. Pius X in Greensboro, and to her right, Dale Brown of Our Lady of Consolation parish.

Bishop John Ricard, S.S. J., bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee and Bishop Charles Palmer-Buckle, bishop of Koforidua, Ghana share a gesture of solidarity. The African Bishop from Ghana spoke on global solidarity.

Benedict the Moor parish in Winstonhe congressional font. Participants brought dioceses, and the font of living water was

Jfof St.

Above: Father Wilbur Thomas, pastor of St. Lawrence Basilica in Asheville and Toni Tupponce, member of Our Lady of Consolation talk during a congress break.

Right: Kenneth Louis carries incense during a procession.

10 The Catholic News & Herald

September 13, 2002

Readings

Book Review

Transformation through imagination by

SISTER

MONA

Catholic

CASTELAZO, CSJ

News Service

All three of these books

—

The

that

is not "for something, but of someone." It is not a matter of passing data impersonally in a mechanical way.

Durka quotes Gabriel Moran in this matter: "Any teacher who can be re-

Students need to be able to reflect

be."

and to learn how to live well spiritually and morally, developing into good persons who will reject the moral relativism

mys-

tery, risks

and uncertainty. But "the pas-

sion for the possible" brings joy and

of

and imagi-

nation, contributing to

loved, others will love"

(William

own

Wordsworth).

time and way.

A

vital

mental en-

In "Releasing the

ergy makes early awakeners lively, hopeful, motivated

Creative

who

will

winning author, encourages creativity for all. His message is that

What Wc Can Lcim from

I

the EjtIv

Awakening Child

MARSHA

being awake aware leads to a

SINETAR

encourage Unleash the Cteativity

in

Your

whereas

Life

and spirit-

creative

filled,

creativity rather than

over-obedience

Spirit,"

Wakefield, an award-

and spunky. They are faithful to the good, not merely to legalism, requiring mentors

life,

spiritually

or

"sleep-inducing dis-

rigid control. Sinetar

tractions and diver-

believes that adults

sions" stifle creativity.

can learn from these youngsters to live from an inner vision,

tions of his

Through

transcending "adjustment" in order to af-

creative

firm authentic experi-

spirit

rience,

and how creativity quires clarity of

MBB3Um« ;EF:ELD

author

—

personal gifts and spiritual integrity. is

a

gem

teachers will appreciate. religion

an inward focus that lays claim to one's soul. Teaching is a vocation full of adventure, surprises and opportunities for personal growth, requiring ongoing self-knowledge as well as knowledge of one's students and subject.

Teachers need both love and courage to face new classes, to let young people into their lives, and to motivate them to grow toward full humanity, which in turn makes them more Godheart,

responding to a

Psalm 2)

call for

103:1-4, 9-12

Romans

14:7-9

Matthew 18:21-35

3) Gospel:

The older German woman had come to seek healing from the affliction that kept her

BOZENA CLOUTIER

Catholic

Some

News Service

II

my

mother made a

pilgrimage to Lourdes.

On

in

exhausting

happened to her.

She was in Dresden during the prolonged Allied blanket bombing of that city. The house she was in collapsed, and she was trapped under the rubble. It was three whole days before she was dug out. She lived, but was left with this terrible palsy. She wept telling her story, her daughter wept and so did my mother.

"Could anyone refuse mercy to

years after the end of

World War

body

perpetual motion. She told what had

the

first

day there she made her way to the baths and joined a long line of people.

In front of her were two women, mother and adult daughter, and they were speaking German. The older woman had to be supported because she was in constant jerky motion from some affliction.

Standing in line at Lourdes my mother experienced great tension.

She spoke fluent German. On the one hand she very much wanted to speak

another

like herself,

don

for her

the

first

own

can she seek par-

sins?" asks Sirach in

reading.

My

mother could

not. In that encounter she experienced

profound

in a

with the women in their own language, on the other she was filled with bitterness at all the collective and personal pain Germany had inflicted on Poland and her family during the war.

How could she forget that her beloved youngest brother had been executed in a concentration camp, that her house had been looted, that her favorite aunt had been buried

way

that suffering re-

no categories and that the pain of this German woman was no different from the pain of a Polish woman. spects

QUESTIONS: Do we prefer the

Old Covenant law of "an eye for an eye" for others and the New Covenant promise of forgiveness for ourselves? How can we soften our hearts toward others, so that

we

forgive

more

readily?

.

re-

dispels

Weekly Scripture

the

happy, lonely, self-absorbed, reckless, strange or neurotic in order to be creative or artistic. He draws examples from a wide variety of creative people, including Paul Cezanne, Judy Collins, Thomas Merton, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Billie Holiday, Hildegard of Bingen and many more.

Wakefield states that meditation, silence and a simplified lifestyle counteract the outer and inner noise that attacks creativity, which he sees as an "affirmation of the animating spirit within." The book contains exercises for developing creativity through drawing, writing, music, nature and the appreciation of others' creative works. Also included is a chapter on how to live an entire day in a creative manner.

Author and religious education in the graduate school of Fordham University. She sees teachers as "ministers of personal and social transformation" who teach from the all

Durka teaches

Readings:

spirit,

myths about creativity that is, that one must be on drugs, male, young, un-

pressing "positive rebellion" protect one's

A

Sirach 27:30 to 28:9

mind and body. The

ance" and at times ex-

'The Teacher's Calling"

1)

lead toward oblivion

ence. Limiting "un-

that

descrip-

own

expehe shows how numbing addictions

releasing

wholesome compli-

Cycle

Because good teachers allow themselves to be vulnerable, they face

mysteries through

the world in their

Sunday of Ordinary Time

By

nourishment to those who teach in the hope that "what we have

solitary play

alive as a terrible punishment for not claiming German ethnicity?

In the end, the sacredness of the place and her own deep faith convinced her to speak to the two women. As they moved slowly toward the baths, the women talked about themselves and why they were in Lourdes.

Sept. 15, Twenty-fourth

prevalent today.

thought, they ponder life's

Sunday Scripture Readings: Sept. 15, 2002

placed by a machine (or a book) should

begin to "be about the Father's business" at age. Attentive to a deeper level

knows

education

—

young

creative teacher

Word to Life

kingdom

of God. "Spiritual

Intelligence" by Marsha Sinetar, "The Teacher's Calling" by Gloria Durka, and "Releasing the Creative Spirit" by Dan Wakefield celebrate creativity, imagination, spiritual awareness and moral values.

Parents, teachers and all seeking wholeness will benefit from a careful reading of "Spiritual Intelligence." Sinetar is an educator and an author of many works, among which is 'The Mentor's Spirit."

Sinetar describes "early awakeners" as children gifted with inspired thought who

a

a process that furthers the

like,

Scripture for the week of Sept. 15 - Sept. 21 Sunday (Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time), Sirach 27:30 28:9, Romans 14:7-9, Matthew 18:21-35; Monday (St. Cornelius and St. Cyprian), 1 Corinthians 11:17-26,33, Luke 7:1-10; Tuesday (St. Robert Bellarmine), 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31, Luke 7:11-17; Wednesday, 1 Corinthians 12:31 13:13, Luke 7:31-35; Thursday, 1 Corinthians 15:1-11, Luke 7:36-50; Friday (St. Andrew Kim Taegon and St. Paul Chong Hasang and Companions), 1 Corinthians 15:12-20, Luke 8:1-3; Saturday (St. Matthew), Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13, Matthew

—

9:9-13

Scripture for the week of September 22 - September 28 Sunday (Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time), Isaiah 55:6-9, Philippians 1:20-24, 27, Matthew 20:1-16; Monday, Proverbs 3:27-34, Luke 8:16-18; Tuesday, Proverbs 2:1-6, 10-13, Luke 8:19-21; Wednesday, Proverbs 30:5-9, Luke 9:1-6; Thursday (Sts. Cosmas and Damian), Ecclesiastes 1:2-11, Luke 9:7-9; Friday (St. Vincent de Paul), Ecclesiastes 3:1-11, Luke 9:18-22; Saturday (St. Wenceslaus, St. Lawrence Ruiz and Companions), Ecclesiastes 11:9—12:8, Luke 9:43-45

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Lousy plot sinks 'City by the Sea' ANNE NAVARRO

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News Service YORK (CNS) A father

Catholic

NEW

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discovers that Joey is the murder suspect (bringing Vincent back to his old

Long Beach haunts) and

attempts to mend his tattered relationship with his son in the disjointed drama "City by the Sea" (Warner

his

Bros.).

as a father

Director Michael Caton-Jones' somber fdm was inspired by journalist Mike McAlary's 1997 Esquire magazine article, which told the story of the real-life LaMarca family.

Caton-Jones has taken a few dramatic

Joey's

of how respected New York City homicide detective Vincent LaMarca (Robert De Niro) deals with his drug-addicted son, Joey (James Franco), who has committed a murder.

With the atavistic theme of selfdestruction, the ironic premise of the story is slowly developed. Vincent's father was executed after the notorious murder of a baby 40 years earlier in Long Beach. After dedicating his life to being a cop, Vincent then sees his own son accused of murder. liberties in retelling the story

Respectable performances rise above the cliched script, but the movie's sluggish pace and the predictable plotting diminish what could have been a more dramatic and compelling film. . Walking up and down the decaying boardwalk of Long Beach, Joey attempts to pawn his guitar for .cash to buy heroin from low-life dealer Snake (Brian Tarantina). After the two get high, Joey suddenly finds himself struggling with and half-unconsciously stabbing a burly dealer attacking Snake.

Meanwhile, back in his New York City apartment, Vincent is visiting his girlfriend Michelle (Frances McDormand), who lives one floor below him. Even though the couple has been dating a year, Michelle has no idea about Vincent's past, much less that he is a divorced father who left both his wife (Patti Lupone) and son nearly 14 years ago.

As the two-track plot unfolds, Vincent is assigned the homicide case and Joey is on the lam, then Vincent

their

two

stories intersect. In the course of the

investigation, Vincent discovers that

own

unresolved pain and failures have deeply influenced

life.

He must now

up to

face

his

responsibilities and mend broken fences in a last attempt at redemption.

De Niro

fits

York City cop

the beleaguered

profile well.

But

New

it is

a

coin toss whether audiences will respond favorably to this familiar role,

or be tired of such a portrayal. Franco is in constant agony, resulting in his character becoming tiresome instead of eliciting viewer sympathy.

Bruce Springsteen's dilapidated of Asbury Park, N.J.,

hometown

stands in for Long Beach, looking every bit an abandoned, rundown town.

The residents of Asbury Park are likely to be unhappy with the terrible manner in which their town has been portrayed.

"City by the Sea" clumsily conveys that each individual, no matter what his past may be riddled with, ultimately must take responsibility for his own actions and forge a better life. But the movie takes a long, rnean^' dering path to get out this message, and not a whole lot, else is offered to reward the viewer for patiently sit-

the emotional stops in a sugary confec-

ting through

tion that takes happy-go-lucky Father

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Conference of Catholic Bishops fication

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September 13, 2002

Editorials & Columns Fighting addictions: the spiritual factor

The

The Pope

headlines so often

tell

caused by binge drinking, alcoholic rage and violence, and

drunk

Speaks

driving.

Then we

and drug

alcoholics

with a good

makes the

life.

We

Bottom Line

read other stories of recovered

addicts, people

who

new

find a

path

and helps them get on

that stops their descent into horror

read the stories and wonder what

difference.

Why is

it

that

some people can move out of their tragic

trap of drinking and/ or drugs, while others remain lost?

This question motivated a reporter, Christopher D.

POPE JOHN PAUL

The

a tragic tale of destruction

ANTOINETTE B0SC0 CNS Columnist

Ringwald, to investigate what works when it comes to and why. For a period of drug and alcohol treatment two years, he investigated programs and methods used to

II

—

try to get addicts to stay clean, writing a series of articles for

Times Union newspaper in Albany, N.Y. Ringwald also talked at length to alcoholics and

beyond the material

and found a surprising and nearly common factor among those who were getting clean.

"Most mentioned spirituality or God, prayer or meditation, or serving others. They spoke of having an awaken-

back control of their

the

Pope says world must address injustices that lead to terrorism

By JOHN NORTON

addicts,

News Service At a special VATICAN CITY (CNS) general audience marking the anniversary of the Sept. 1 attacks, Pope John Paul II said it was "necessary and urgent" to address the Catholic

—

1

8,000 pilgrims in the Vatican's audience hall situation of injustice could ever justify ter-

rorism, which festation of

"is

and always

inhuman

will

be a mani-

ferociousness."

In prayers the pope led at the end of the

—

them

anew," Ringwald told me. "That,

to start

decided,

global injustices that created the conditions for terrorism.

At the same time, the pope told some

no

ing or reorientation

4

life

was the

radical or gradual

—

real action in the treatment

I

and recovery

forgiveness

for the authors of this horrible terror attack,"

His research investigated a wide range of treatments,

Anonymous, substance-abuse treatments at women, Native-

no philosophy or religion can justify" terrorism, he said.

Terrorism can never resolve human conflicts, he said, because "armed violence (and) war are decisions that only sow and generate hatred and death."

"Reason and love are the only valid means to overcome and resolve strife between persons and peoples," he said.

At the same time, the pope called for new political and economic initiatives to address "the scandalous situations of injustice and oppression that continue to bers of the

human

afflict

many mem-

"When fundamental

*

His discovery, simply put, was that many recovered addicts had found a spiritual connection with something

Economy

easy to

rights are violated,

it

tacks.

addicts,"

believes

happens over the long term."

what he

says. In his research,

Ringwald found that many professionals and scientists prefer to attribute addictions to biology and generally lives.

Now he has

written

book with an opposing theme, titled 'The Soul of Recovery, Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addiction" (Oxford University Press).

Ringwald writes about addictions and the people stuck in these horror traps, emphasizing

how

spirituality

and helps people to overcome them.

I asked Ringwald if the fact that he is a devout Catholic influenced his research, and he said decidedly "ye s "

"My

-

showed me

Catholic faith

difference.

made me

It

that belief

by

\.|

Uu

makes a

willing to take the beliefs of

others seriously, especially those of addicts

who

recover

means," said Ringwald.

spiritual

anti-poverty efforts, education, health and addiction

programs,

now lumps

it

together in the brutalizing

prison system. Ultimately, the bishops seek a criminal

of Faith

justice

system that tempers justice with mercy. The human faces on the statistics of crimi-

tour tried to put nal justice.

GLEN MARY FATHER JOHN S. RAUSCH

some faces lie a history of extreme community apart. When I pay my water bill at the Powell County courthouse, I walk past three stone markers of lawmen killed in the line of duty. A

Guest Columnist

marshal died in 1913, but the other two, a sheriff and a

Yet, behind

violent acts that tear

deputy, died on the

two

same

day, Jan. 30, 1992.

tried to serve a warrant, they

When

the

encountered a Chinese-

made SKS Putting a face on numbers

The tour of the Kentucky State Penitentiary took our group to the lower level of Cellhouse No. 3 to a room where a single, sturdy chair stood bolted to the floor. It

assault rifle with a fully loaded 30-round clip.

Within half a minute, they lay bleeding to death in the suspect's yard. During the tour, I actually met the man on death row who killed the officers from my county.

After 10 years, he's seeking an opportunity to express his

faced a picture

sorrow to the

separated the

like this, the

window with a curtain pulled back that room for observers. Made of finished oak and equipped with restraints for arms and legs, Kentucky's electric chair startled some, while it evoked an audible groan from the group. The state used that chair to execute 163 inmates during the 20th century includ-

ing seven in one evening in 1929

The

—

a national record.

Catholic Conference of Kentucky arranged the

prison tour because

it

wanted

to

emphasize the Catholic

perspective on crime and criminal justice outlined in the

bilitation

prey to the temptations of hatred and violence. It is necessary to build together a global culture of solidarity that would give young people hope for the future," he said.

U.S. pilgrims at the audience said they were grateful for the pope's prayers and his participation in commemorations of the atis

Not everyone

historical look at the recovery

2000 pastoral, "Responsibility, Rehaand Restoration." The pastoral rejects punishits own sake, emphasizing instead its construc-

national bishops'

family."

ally spiritual in nature, little

.

American treatments and a movement.

officers casually leaned

frustration,

many

"Here's the truth about recovery for

provides a fuller understanding of the nature of addictions

he said in unscripted remarks in Polish.

Despite U.S. warnings of potential worldwide terrorism activity on the attack anniversary, security outside the hall seemed no tighter than usual. Uniformed Italian police

on crowd barriers in the late-summer sunshine, watching pilgrims pass through airport-style screening checkpoints. Nobody looked up when a low-flying jet roared overhead on a landing pattern for Rome's international airport.

At the audience, attended by U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Jim Nicholson, the pope devoted his entire text to remembering the terrorist attacks, saying the "barbarous and cruel" violence killed "many innocent brothers and sisters of ours."

"A year after Sept. 11, 2001, we repeat that no situation of injustice, no feeling of

take

recovery.

various centers, programs for addicted

terrorists.

demons and

lives.

a deeply informative

Alcoholics

1 1

an anchor of hope

their

ignore the role of faith in saving

to resolve conflicts.

"May God show mercy and

from

This insight put Ringwald on a new research path, traveling across the country to verify that what he had learned was not confined to one area. He was especially interested in understanding what "finding a higher power," a phrase he often heard, really meant to alcoholics and addicts, and why this seemed to hold a key to their

every form of violence and commit to dialogue

Sept.

this created

liberated

of people addicted to drugs."

including programs using the famous 12-step approach of

pontiff also asked for prayers for the

— and

them get

says Ringwald. "Without a personal transformation, usu-

that allowed

audience, an Arabic-language petition asked God to help believers of all religions reject

The

that helped

ment

for

fall

tive

and redemptive purpose.

It

the death penalty for the violence

While

seeks the abolition of it

inflicts

on

society.

violent crime in the United States has de-

clined about 20 percent in the last decade, the

number of

or prison has risen approximately 50 snapshot of the prison population, now at 2 million, shows about 70 percent functionally illiterate, perhaps 200,000 suffering from serious mental illness and 60 to 80 percent with a history of substance abuse.

What society attempted to address in the past with

people in percent.

A

jail

relatives

of the victims. Restorative justice

bishops teach, brings healing.

Another group of inmates, some in prison for over 20 years, founded the Children's Fund Project to provide financial aid to children in poverty and those with cancer. The core group solicits donations from fellow inmates, sells artwork and craft items, plus collects aluminum pop cans to raise its funds. In less than a year, CFP contributed over $1,000 to programs for needy children and supplied them with numerous

hand-made

toys. Besides helping the kids,

CFP

enables

inmates "to give something back to society," as their brochure explains.

"How can we protect and rebuild communities, confront crime without vengeance and defend life without taking

life?"

start with the

asks the bishops' pastoral. Perhaps we teaching: every per-

most fundamental

and offender, remains a child of God. I asked the warden if I could sit in it. For one minute I felt a connectedness to the murderers and victims over the years. I prayed and son, victim

When I saw the electric chair,

reflected

—

society

must

learn to defeat violence not

with physical, but with spiritual means.

September

2002

13,

Edit orials

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& Co umns

Faith

Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach them to obey -everything I have commanded you. And I will be with you always, to the end of the time." (Mt.

Formation

28:16-20) It is

precisely by being baptized into the death and

newborn

resurrection of Christ that

Family Reflections

believers live in

Christ and he in them. Because of that grace-filled encounter, the process of being enabled to live for the

Lord

Guest Column

FATHER JAMES

is

initiated.

It is

HAWKER

not surprising that in his

final

message

to the

Apostles, prior to his return to the Father, Jesus stressed the essential

Guest Columnist

we, as the Church, realize that Jesus us.

He

of us

"yes" to

first said,

has taught us by his words and works that each loveable, valuable

is

commissioned

and

He

irreplaceable.

has

of us to witness to his caring, compas-

all

sacramental encounters, especially the Eucharist, is to be nurtured and nourished as the renewing and relevant Word is proclaimed at every stage of the believer's life. Catechesis, then, is at the very core of the

Church's mission.

Pope John Paul purpose of catechesis

II is

has stated that the primary

not only to share information, as

essential as that objective

may

be; catechesis

is

and

must be concerned with the continuing formation of the maturing believer. More than 20 years ago he wrote, 'The definitive aim of catechesis is to put people not only in touch but in communion, in intimacy with Jesus Christ." (On Catechesis in Our Day). It follows, then,

"Living for the Lord."

not directed simply to the head, but to the heart. Catechesis is concerned with enabling conversion as the message is intended to impact positively the

us in Scripture to listen to him, learn from him, follow

vision and values, the attitudes

him, imitate him. In other words, each of us

hearer.

that catechesis

sionate presence to us and through us.

The theme

live for the

of Catechetical Sunday (Sept. 15) is Time and again, Jesus challenges

Lord. Realistically, however,

realize that

we must

first live in

it is

is

called to

essential to

the Lord even as he

How

often

I

have been privileged to baptize an

On

each blessed occasion, surrounded by the faith community, I have repeated the invitation and

command communicated by

the risen Christ

mount of the Ascension: "Go, of

ciples

and behavior of the

Catechetical Sunday, the devoted and dedicated

catechists

who

fulfill

such a valuable and essential role

throughout the diocese are acknowledged with gratitude. They, who witness 'to this active commitment to live for the Lord, invite and inspire those

all

nations. Baptize

therefore,

them

they serve to do the same.

dis-

name of

the

Marriage takes a village we get the opportunity to part in something historic. Recently, we had not everyday that

It's

take

such an opportunity during the ninth National Black Catholic Congress in Chicago. Black Catholics

came to our commemorate and cel-

representing dioceses across the country

hometown

to deliberate,

ebrate as a people of the African Diaspora and of the

Catholic Church.

As with any involvement taken in the Church,

we

that

we have

approached

under-

from a marlens through

it

and family perspective. The which we view this congress and the past three riage

congresses since 1987 explores the implications for family

life.

Our primary mission

is

to

up the

lift

Our

focus

is

institution

on helping

people to discern a vocation to marriage rather than

We

an entitlement. do this through marriage education and catechesis, effective preparation for the en-

gaged and ongoing encouragement and enrichment for married folk

With so many leaders from around the country we saw an opportunity

on the

and make

in the

whom

Guest Columnists

of marriage in the Church.

in parishes

lives in us.

infant.

On

is

TERRI

LYKE

bond between baptism and educa-

teaching and transformation. The gift of faith shared at the time of baptism and sustained during

tion,

Living for the Lord There are many valid, though incomplete, descriptions of the Catholic Church. Each captures an essential component of the magnificent mosaic whose foundation is Jesus Christ. One of the most insightful verbal images is, simply stated, a community of disciples.

As a community of disciples, the Church recognizes its responsibility to say, "yes" to Jesus. Yet in doing so,

ANDREW &

gathering in our backyard,

Father Hawker

Luke Church

in

is

vicar for education

and pastor of St.

Mint Hill.

to connect with others

On

ministry.

who have a stake in marriage August

Friday,

30,

2002 over forty

people took part in a conversation about marriage

Am

I

cafeteria of

Question

and raised a Roman Catholic and still " myfaith. Sometimes I'm asked iflama "born-again Christian. When I tell them my background (baptism and all Q. I was born

rest),

they say that

salvation.

is

Congress IX took

Corner

As

not enough. I must be born again for

I'm not concerned about

it,

but

what

does "born

begotten from above."

translated "from above" in

American Bible and the sion)

is

many

New

The Greek word Bibles (e.g.

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

to

77 million baby-boomers identify themselves as "bornwho say they are born again have some belief in astrology and reincarnation, and a large number are associated with no church.

Usually, however, the term

is

used in a more re-

meaning only those

individuals

who

have personally accepted Jesus Christ, in faith as Savior through his sacrifice on the cross, and who are committed to following his teachings and example.

According to most Protestant denominations, which emphasize such rebirth, these conversions take place often in the context of an "altar call" or similar event during a worship service, or perhaps in a private religious experience.

—

In Catholic tradition, being born again and its consequences for our lives is described by the rite of baptism, which our Lord speaks of two verses later: "No one can enter into God's kingdom without being begotten of water and Spirit."

—

The entire context of this section of John's Gospel, the four Gospels' descriptions of the baptism of Jesus, the fact that Jesus and the disciples went into the land of Judea and baptized otners (Jn 3:22) and references elsewhere in the New Testament about the significance

in

is life

community (Witness)

Revised Standard Ver-

again Christians." Nearly a third of those

community.

riage

and supports other marriages;

New

recent study reports that one-third of America's

Intrinsic to Christian marcommunity on at least three levels: l) a community (Koinonia) that mentors

entire faith

marriage as

Columnist

2)

marriage

in the

that teaches us about God's

ever-reconciling love for us; and 3) marriage for the community (Service) that strengthens family life

also translated as "again" or "from the begin-

stricted sense,

we hoped

marriage as not just a private relationship between a

ning" in some others.

A

of the conversation

man and woman, but rather a sacramental gift to the

A. In the Gospel of John (3:3), Jesus tells the Pharisee Nicodemus, "No one can see the reign of God is

facilitators

away from the Hyatt where

place.

share our vision of a "new" paradigm that viewed

again" mean? (California)

unless he

gathered in the

Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Semi-

nary, several blocks

practice

the

We

ministry with Black Catholics.

a Born-Again Christian?

of baptism

all

point to the belief that to be born "again"

or "from above" means to be baptized. (See, for example, Acts 2:38 and 22:16; and Col 2:1 1-13.)

The famous passage from St. Paul, read often at funeral liturgies, is typical. "Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? were indeed buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in newness of life" (Rom 6:3-4).

There is no doubt that even the earliest church theologians and writers universally saw in baptism the rebirth Jesus called for. About the year 150 A.D., Justin the martyr, a most noted defender and interpreter of the Christian faith, wrote that those who are persuaded and believe what Christians teach and believe are "brought by us to where there is water and are regenerated

We

same manner in which we ourselves were regenerated. In the name of God the Father and of our savior Jesus Christ and of the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with water. For Christ also said, 'Unless you are born again, you shall not enter the (reborn) in the

...

kingdom of heaven'" (l Apologia 61).

If someone else asks if you have been born again, you can say: Yes, through my baptism into Jesus Christ, which I live out by my commitment to and love for him.

and parish life through mutuality, sacrifice and commitment to each other and the People of God. The "new" paradigm would then create a fourth level that is mairiage protected by the community.

Indeed, it takes a village to raise and sustain a marriage.

It's

a concept that has consensus

pertaining to children. But

when

also applies to

it

riage. Especially in today's perilous culture

vorce, maintaining a marriage

is

it is

marof

di-

too large a task for

two individuals. In the words of Sr. Thea Bowman: Tt takes a church!"

The conversation that ensued was inspiring.

The idea of a national symposium on Black Catholic Marriage began to take shape. This event would explore the essence of being Black, Catholic and married. This gathering would set forth a vision of ministry and articulate a theology that would be foundational to effective outreach.

would be published and made

The outcomes all who

available to

serve marriage in the Black Catholic community.

The consensus was that the efforts toward the symposium and its outcomes would contribute to making marriage ministry more significant to the agenda of the National Black Catholic Congress, and that this should begin. We ask the entire Church to pray for

this

endeavor. History

is

in the

making.

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September 13, 2002

High school students

remember 9/11 with Mass

Photo by Kevin

E.

Murray

Parishioners brave maze Capuchin Father Stanley Kobel (second from left), parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte, stands with church members Sept.

7 in The Amazing Maize Maze, an 8-acre maze cut out of a corn field in Rural Hill Farm in Huntersville. The group took approximately 58 minutes to find clues to successfully navigate the maze, which was grown and cut by Catawba County Scottish Society volunteers and depicts Capt.

James Jack's ride to deliver the Mecklenburg Resolves to the North Carolina Congressional delegates in Philadelphia in 1775.

Photo by Mary Marshall

Father James Cassidy, principal of Charlotte Catholic High School, pours holy water into a basin held by student Katie Dunn during a 9/ 1 1 Mass held in the school gymnasium Sept. 1 1, 2002. The holy water was for students to bless those in attendance.

By

MARY MARSHALL

The

Correspondent

—

CHARLOTTE —"A

upon

this

theme

time to build"

and clergy

students, faculty,

1 1

reflected

as they celebrated

gymnasium High School Sept.

Mass

at Charlotte Catholic

in the

1

1.

Father James Cassidy, principal of Charlotte Catholic High School, celebrated the Mass with Father Manuel Sundaram,

Augustinian

part-time chaplain at the high school;

Father Due

Duong and Father

Carmen Malacari

of St. Matthew Church; Father Richard Bellow, pastor of St. Gabriel Church; Father Christopher Gober of St. Gabriel Church; and. Father Patrick Winslow of St. Vincent Church concelebrating.

It- was the students' Mass as they helped prepare the liturgy, sang in the choir, played in the band, and assisted as servers, Eucharistic ministers and lectors.

As Mass was about to begin, students reflected on these thoughts: "We come together to remember those who lost their lives as well as those who selflessly gave their lives one year ago today. The vivid images of Sept. 1 prevail in our hearts and minds still.

In contrast to the hatred and animosity which destroyed and continues to destroy, we, as a nation, as a body of Christ, can build, brick by brick, stone by stone all that was taken from us on that day."

"How do spond

Catholic Christians re-

Pascal candle, as well as a 9/

candle, flickered on the altar as

students renewed their Baptismal promise and received the sprinkling of holy water. Father Cassidy stressed that Baptism is the most important day of our lives, as we become a part of the church.

"For it is first and foremost that we are Christians," he said. "We gather here to celebrate a day when people died and went to heaven; so it is a feast day as these people were born to eternal life.

"Christ called us to love one another, to be a presence to one another, to build the church of God. You are the faces of the future," he said. "We ask God to grant us the courage to build, the grace to understand and the will to accomplish his work throughout the world. Today is a time of praise and remembrance. I thank you for the wonders that you are and the future you will be for us."

Junior Tricia Eichorn, a member of the Liturgy Committee, appreciates her family and friends more due to this tragedy.

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Her tee,

cousin, junior Betsy Eichorn,

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War of the human heart' must be won,

Bishop Gregory says By

PATTISON News Service

WASHINGTON

—

The

commandeered four

terrorists

—

MARK

Catholic

reason jetlin-

and "flew fuel-laden planes into buildings filled with people" a year

ers

because they lost "the war of heart," said Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, 111., president of the U.S. bishops' conference.

In a homily prepared for delivery Sept. 11, the first anniversary of the attacks, Bishop Gregory said the terrorists "embraced the darkness of death and turned from the brilliance of light."

But war "is never truly won by those with the most potent weapons or the greatest strategic advantage," he added. "The only way you and I can ever defeat violence is to know Christ, to receive him in the holy Eucharist, to love him, and to choose life in him. Then we will know the 'peace the world cannot give' and joined to Christ we will be a leaven for peace in a world burdened by violence and

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Bishop Gregory said, "Still immersed in a war against the terror which has attacked innocent life, we have come to know apprehension and even fear in our workplaces, our streets and even our airports in ways

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"Our servicemen and women, always close to our hearts, continue to pursue strategies for defense and all of us seek ways to promote peace with an uncertain future in a very uncertain world," he said.

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16 The Catholic News & Herald

September 13, 2002

Living the Faith

Woman religious finds her place in community, social ministry By

ALESHA

M. PRICE

GREENSBORO

— The lumber-

ing and easy pace of small-town living did not slow young Gretchen Reintjes down at all. She enjoyed her childhood in Big Lake, Minn., a town as big as a few city blocks, and has comforting memories. The snow provided a chilly but playful backdrop for the youngster who would skate on the town lake after shoveling snow, one of her wintertime chores.

Her

father

owned

a machine shop

while her mother, a former teacher, was the

town postmaster. Her mother was

the breadwinner, disciplinarian and in-

structor of the family.

When young

would get out of school would go to her mother for Reintjes

she answered her

later,

Staff Writer

in the

call

and entered

the convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph in St. Paul.

Her new life was not always the young novice, but she

fulfilling to

persevered because she had found her

"The convent didn't attract me much. I was never unhappy, but there were times I thought I should leave," niche.

before professing final

vows

1960.

in

"They never sent me home."

During her time in the convent, she went back to her undergraduate institution and earned her bachelor's in biology in 1957. She began teaching high school biology

Grand Forks,

in

N.D., and also taught in Minneapolis,

Marshall and Waverly, Minn., and received her master's of

biology in 1970 from

the University of Notre Dame in Indi-

her chore assignments.

She would also receive books to read in her spare time for later

ana.

She

enjoyed

teaching, especially in

discussions.

Even

though

inner-city

schools,

was no Catholic

where she was ex-

church in their town, the family would attend church in the nearby Diocese of St. Paul, Minn. Her Saturday faith formation

posed to diversity and the issues that were plaguing the 1960s and 70s such

classes

were

and protests surrounding the Vietnam War. "I got into community development at an interracial parish and worked to develop a co-op groas race relations

the

fulfilling,

and she liked the nuns who taught her. Exposure to the

women reli-

gious led to her think-

ing about a vocation,

Sister

but she did not want

Gretchen Reintjes

cery.

in

her

game

attended

by

the

St.

I

also

volved

to be a sister.

College with a nursing major was plan,

and

in St. Paul, she

Catherine, a college staffed

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of St.

Joseph of life away

Carondelet. She enjoyed her

from home, but thoughts of religious life were ever-present.

"Even before I went to college, I knew what I had to do to be happy was to do God's will. It was pure and simple," said Sister Gretchen. "I thought I would go in a convent and be sent home. I was told that the nuns would send you home. I just couldn't picture myself as a nun."

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Her mother passed away in 1990, but Sister Gretchen wanted to stay in North Carolina. She received permission to move to Greensboro to work at St. Mary Church in 1992 after working in a field lab for a year. She began working in refugee ministry as an advocate with the Montagnard and African communities; she works with filling out medical and legal forms, dental care, school registration and other areas.

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