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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

Ann

St.

(^atecketicai ^Sunday

September

1993

Parishioner

Home

Offers Heart,

1993

17,

To Wounded Child By

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — Marilyn Souders was watching

the evening

news and her whose child

heart went out to a mother

was

a victim of the war and violence Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The St. Ann parishioner recalled the mother's pleas: "Where

is the rest of the world? Somebody needs to help us." Souders a housewife, mother and part-time student decided she would be that somebody, maybe not for the child she saw on TV whose face was torn up by shrapnel but for any Bosnian child in need of medical attention.

—

doesn't matter to

"It is

—

the child

Serb, Croat or Muslim," she said.

Souders called the United Nations, which put her in touch with the International Organization for Migration.

IOM

The

an international organization of

49 member

states

and 40 government

observers.

Souders was told she would need to arrange for doctors to donate their ser-

What's more, she any kind

vices free of charge.

would need

to be prepared for

of medical problem, including hospital-

eadure

ization.

Soliciting help mostly

Photos by

from

St.

Ann

See Child, Page 2

JOANN KEANE

Pope, Church Leaders Hail Israeli-PLO Middle East Accord VATICAN CITY John Paul

(CNS)

— Pope

and other church officials welcomed a breakthrough accord between Israel and the Palestine LiberaII

to the

Palestin-

de-

sired goal of

ians,"

peace," he

Archbishop

said.

Roach said.

tion Organization as the first step to-

Latin-

Arch-

does not touch upon the thorny question of Jerusalem, the patriarch said: "We have to be patient. Not everything could be solved together." But he predicted that given the current climate of good will, even the issue of Jerusalem will be

ward lasting peace in the region. The pope asked those who remain "doubtful" about the historic agreement to give peace a chance to take root.

bishopJohn

rite

R. Roach,

arch Michel

resolved.

chairman of the U.S.

Sabbah of Jerusalem

said the accord

beginning of a difficult

bishops' In-

said

the

ternational

new

agree-

Policy

ment repre-

Commit-

sents

tee, said the

birth of "a

ship of the

step," he said.

"It is the

path, along

which there

be problems: This is the price of peace between peoples and also the price of peace among hearts," the pope said at an will certainly

Patri-

the

at his

sum-

"applaud

new era and a new hope"

and the

PLO

the courage,

agreed to end decades of hostility and recognize each other, paving the way for

the imagi-

torn

by con-

nation and

flict.

Angelus blessing Sept. 12

mer

villa'

south of

Rome.

Sept. 9, Israel

limited Palestinian self-rule in the Is-

raeli-occupied

Gaza

Strip

and the West

Bank.

"We

bishops

Cardinal Bernard

was

ing on the part of

who

Law

of Boston

a "cause for rejoic-

all

men and women

value peace."

"We of the

can only applaud the courage government and the leader-

Israeli

PLO

in taking this historic

For

In a Sept. 10 commentary, Vatican Radio said, "The miracle continues." "The enemies of yesterday, Israelis and Palestinians, are making a funda-

mental gesture together: ceasing to be-

land

the spirit of

peace

compro-

take hold,

lieve that their

mise

that

leaders on

elimination of the other, accepting that

been

own

life

postulates the

and recognizing the by the

thank the Lord for having inspired courageous leaders to overcome

has

both sides

the other exists

must now

reasons for

mistrust, fear and serious objective prob-

negotiating

educate

radio's director, Jesuit Father Pasquale

major

their people

Borgomeo.

lems, and to begin

—

finally

—

a con-

and constructive process for the good of their peoples and the region," the pope said.

crete

Vatican

spokesman

Joaquin

shown this

advance toward peace Sign of Peace: An in the

away from olive branch in the

Holy

still

many

JOANN KEANE ward

settlement, but suggested that peace will be "contagious." Already people can see that peace brings with it new human, economic and political advantages for

Pho'to

tal

Land."

a " t0 "

conver-

sion of hearts," he said in an interview

essary act."

greater peace and justice in the region,

"The Holy See is aware of the present and future difficulties. But it is also

extending autonomy to all Palestinians of the West Bank, to a final agreement

convinced

with commitment to Israel's survival

of Israelis and Palestinians, the agreement would ulti mately be accepted with-

and security and a true homeland for

out

opening that will allow progress on the road

noted that there are

obstacles to a complete Middle East

build on this progress and to insure

that this signing is the

said the editorial

Garden of Gethsemane. violence to-

Navarro-Valls called the signing of the accord Sept. 1 3 a "courageous and nec-

"We look forward to further steps to

it,"

Sept. 10.

The patriarch said he was convinced some opposition by groups

that despite

new

violence.

While

the agreement

commentary said. Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, said the PI ,0the region, the

The

See Mide;»

The Catholic News

& Herald

September

17, 199:

IAN CHILD'S LIFE A UNICEF survey found that among children living in Sarajevo,

Bosnia-Herzegovina:

81% have been

situations

believed they could be

where they killed

40% have been directly shot at by snipers 48% reported their homes were occupied by

someone

72% have had

else

their

homes

shelled or

attacked

89% had lived in underground shelters, many for more than 6 months 51

have seen someone who was

killed

39% have a family member or members killed in

the

war

19% have witnessed a massacre

Child (From

Page

parishioners, she asked and she received.

Every doctor she approached agreed

provide free medical treatment. Dr. Kathy Reardon and Dr. Larry Glass offered pediatric care. Dr. Charles

Souders is ready and waiting. Her husband, Jim, is behind her as are her children, Nicholas, 14,

and Joanna,

10.

The medical needs could be shrapnel

Marshall would give his services as an opthalmologist. Dr. Yeats Dunaway

would do orthopedic surgery. Dr. George Raad, a family practitioner, would take care of the child's family. Presbyterian Hospital agreed to treat

However, hospital costs will have to be paid. Souders hopes to raise the child.

money through

donations.

Even K-Mart has responded. The

Pope John Paul

store will provide clothing. "If

we can do it,

can do

it,"

for just

one

Souders

other communities said. "If

child, there

zone.

The IMO has about 400 offers, mostly to help children inside Bosnia, more

know how

said.

Azkoul

long Souders will

wait for a child to be released to her care.

"Maybe six months, maybe less." Three children from Sarajevo are being evacuated this week;

was

the first papal visit to the former Soviet Union.

Papal Trip To Baltic Republics Taught Catholic Social Doctrine TALLINN, Estonia (CNS) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pope revenge should ciliation rather than

John Paul IPs

MARILYN SOUDERS Photo by CAROL HAZARD wounds, broken or

two to New York, one to

lost

limbs or a

life-

threatening infection. Souders says

Donations to help defray hospital

and other expenses can be sent to Sarajevo, c/o St. Ann Church, 3635 Park Rd., Charlotte, N.C. 28209. Individuals, hospitals or organizations interested in participating in the

IOM

medical evacuation program for

Bosnia-Herzegovina can write

Clarissa Azkoul, International Organi-

K St. NW, DC 20006.

zation For Migration, 1750 Suite 1110, Washington,

the former

for decades.

Taking ad-

vantage of the new intellectual freedom,

went

former Marxist academic centers and preached Catholic social doctrine as the wave of the future. On windy, often rain-drenched fields, he praised Catholic perseverance under persecution and said this strong faith must be an important ingredient in the region's future. His speeches also ranged across some of the major social and economic challenges facing the to

newly freed republics. Noting the persecution of all Christian churches under communism, the pope said that the shared suffering should stimulate ecumenism and joint efforts

care

Irish

set the

tone for the sesqui-

centennial celebration of St. Joseph

Church

Mount

Holly.

years ago, becoming the

first

parish in

an area of North Carolina that was then part of the Diocese of Charleston. The

was

Historical Society ex-

Joseph was served by

riding priests nas, saying

who

circuit-

traveled the Caroli-

Mass and administering sac-

raments.

Today, the church is the oldest standing Catholic church in this diocese. It is sow a historical site under the custodial

new societies,

Church on Oct.

10. Informational tours

will begin at

p.m.,

Mass

will be cel-

corner.

The pope prayed that the Baltic would undergo a peaceful tran

The pope summarized Sept.

his overall

0 as he left Riga, Latvia,

"It serves little

when darkness

memories of a

he said at the Riga airport farewell ceremony. "The hour of material and moral reconstruction"

sition to a

new society and that a smoot

transformation would help unite East

and Western Europe. A peacefu change requires unselfish economic ai( from the West and peaceful relation with Russia, the pope said. Russia, th< biggest and most powerful nation emerg ing from the ex-Soviet Union, is in volved in a series of political and eco nomic disputes with the tiny Baltic coun

tries.

"We

want

to enter into a period o

respect toward each other, the big to

ward the small. All must be respected, Pope John Paul said, speaking sponta neously

at the

end of the Sept. 10

after

in Tallinn.

Earlier, the pope

warned Baltic lead

be prudent in their acceptance o capitalism and democracy. Despite thei strong points, the two systems are filld with defects which have caused morai political and social havoc, he said. In Riga, he urged academics to tun ers to

is at

hand.

fell,"

"What

always comfortable," he tice requires

good

social thought as the criteria for judgin,

capitalism. "Catholic social doctrine

not a surrogate for capitalism," he

purpose to limit one-

self to perpetuating the

time

countries

their "scholarly curiosity" to Catholi

said.

for the Estonian capital of Tallinn.

be rededicated at 4 p.m. Irish music and food will follow. St. Joseph is located on Highway 273, north of Mount Holly. From 1-85, take exit 27 onto 273 North. Drive approximately six and a half miles, going through Mount Holly. Look for the stone wall on the left with an iron arch and gate. A state historical marker is on the

St.

and Estonia. All were part of the Soviet Union for 50 years. Throughout the weeklong visit, the pope stressed the need to look ahead. The task now is to

centennial celebration of St. Joseph

who settled near the Catawba River to work the mines when gold was discovered.

to the

message

ebrated at 3 p.m., and the cemetery will

families

was

torical significance during the sesqui-

established to serve the Irish

parish

Sept. 4-10 papal trip

find the strength to create

The Catholic

tends an invitation to recognize the his-

Joseph Church was built 150

St.

Parish in

the

Belmont.

The

Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia

commu

nist masters.

noon Mass

in rebuilding society.

Sesquicentennial Celebration Set At Mount Holly Historical Site of Queen of MOUNT HOLLY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Apostles music

the attitude toward the former

ing mission in places where the Church

the pope

doesn't matter.

first visit to

Soviet Union was a wide-ranging teach-

was shackled

Maine.

and food will

(CN

photo from Reuters)

difficult to find

placement for adults, she doesn't

would be plenty

There is no estimate of the number of people needing specialized medical attention from the former Yugoslavia. However, the IOM has evacuated more than 1 00 patients from Zagreb, the capitol of Croatia, since last December, said IOM spokesperson Clarissa Azkoul. Although it' s more difficult to bring patients from inside Bosnia, the IOM has evacuated 1 9 people from Sarajevo, Azkoul said. Complications arise from transportation shortages and authorizations to evacuate people from the war

said. It's

greets a Lithuanian girl in national dress during his Sept. 4-10 visit

they cared

of help for those children."

Azkoul

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

not

said. "Its prac-

courage, generosity, even

sai

Sept. 9.

"Marxism's kernel of truth" was

insights into the defects of the capitali;

system, he added. But he said the pui pose of Church thought "is not to dra> up a system but to indicate the impas sible limits" of economics and politic:

The Church

not critical of

that

"market economy" in itself, but "hi always distanced herself from capitali:

"it is

not difficult to see the hand of

ideology, holding it responsible for gra\

God"

in the fall

renunciation." Earlier in the trip, the

pope said

of Soviet communism. But he urged that forgiveness and recon-

See Trip, Page

September

17,

The Catholic News

1993

Nationwide

Respect By

Former School Administrator Sunday Observance Joins Development Office

Life

Chains To Mark

CAROL HAZARD

Associate Editor

than

million men,

and children are expected

CHARLOTTE

women

—

Pat Signs has

joined the Diocese of Charlotte as asso-

to participate

development,

Oct. 3 in the National Life Chain.

ciate director of

For one hour on Respect Life Sunday, people will line streets in commu-

position that has been vacant for about a

nities across the

filling a

year.

country holding plac-

former principal, Signs

left

her

ards that say "abortion kills children"

position as a school administrator in

and "Jesus forgives and heals." "This is an opportunity for all

who

ship for the Diocese of Savannah.

believe in the sanctity of

be a

She worked as director of development for three parish-based schools, raising a total of $1 .2 million in endowments. She also educated parishioners about stewardship. Her approach was so successful that she was eventually asked to start stewardship programs at about

life to

1986

public witness in a peaceful, prayerful

manner," said Maggi Nadol, Respect Life coordinator for the Diocese of Charlotte.

More than 20 life chains are planned in

North Carolina, said Royce Dunn,

Yuba

Life Chain founder from

develop the concept of steward-

Stewardship talent

in their lives

said. "It is a call to churches.

Once

churches respond to abortion, we won't have to respond to the media. They will

come to us. They will be confounded." Dunn urges people not to rely on

expectant mother and her family par-

Chain

ticipate in the first annual Life

two years ago.

media coverage of the event, since coverage is usually cursory at best and skewed at worst, he said. "If we stay the course and do what we should do, other

Charlotte

matters will take care of themselves," he

Charlotte participants this year are urged to bring portable radios, because organizers have arranged a prayer ser-

said.

"Crowd

figures are not crucial. In

stating our goal,

focus on or trust

would urge us not to in numbers and lose

Photo by

CAROL HAZARD

AM during the hour of the event.

1240

Asheville, Winston-Salem, last year,

be-

Ann Church, will say a prayer. Christian hymns and pro-life facts will also be St.

ville,

ardship as an individual, but she also has

tude possible

a lot of experience working with par-

going to Charlotte is the classic bittersweet memory. We are saddened as you

ishes," said

Jim Kelley, director of de-

out the country.

associate director of develop-

ment, she will coordinate the annual Diocesan Support Appeal and work with parishes to start or nurture stewardship

programs.

"Her work will free me up to get in more areas of development,

involved

Signs,

who is originally from Phila-

delphia, arrived in

Columbus, Ga.,

Jackson and Cabarrus counties.

religious education.

978

to interview for a job as director of

She was offered

instead the position of principal at St.

Anne School, becoming

Anne

"St.

BELMONT — The second

the

Parish

was blessed

annual

Prizes will be awarded at the con-

clusion of the tournament in categories

Sept. 20. Sign-up will be followed by a shotgun start

at 8

a.m.,

hole-in-one, and longest putt.

a.m.

Holy Angels provides services and programs for children and adults with

1 1

The Captains Choice tournament Cramer Mountain Country Club in Cramerton. Terry Mauney, PGA member and former

WBTV sportscaster, will conduct a golf

mental and physical

Reflections By CHRIS

Remember

For more information, contact Joel Long (704) 825-4161.

During

their

growing-up years,

Catholic schools.

"Unless

we found another source of

funding other than raising tuition we would become private academies." A Catholic education should be available to all Catholic children, she said.

Signs,

who attended Catholic

grade

and high schools, received a bachelor of arts degree in English in 1972 from Immaculata College, Immaculata, Pa. She earned a masters degree in reading education in 1976 from Winthrop University, Rock Hill, S.C., and a masters in administration in 1982 from Georgia State University.

lives, the

of them.

Being generous was integral to who she was as a person; always willing to be generous of herself and her talents.

scratch,"

"thing from

they'd cry, "you don't ever measure anything."

my own mom's influ-

ence on me as a role model. My mother never measured either. Her cup of sugar, flower or butter was a generous overflowing one.

Mom was generosity per-

sonified.

Roman

Catholic Diocese of (or percent of estate) for its religious, educational

sum of $

and charitable works. For more information on how to make a Will that works, contact Jim Kelley, Director of Development, Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

In thinking about the

theme

for

Catechetical Sunday, "Generous Beyond

mental images return shaped by my mother' presence for me. She lived out

Measure,"

all

to those lovingly

warm

good

sisters

taught them.

ministry of faith formation,

have met many like

who

women and men who

my mom, are very special, generous

people. I

particularly impressed with

those volunteers

who come to our train-

ing sessions. Their commitment to min-

our children, young people and taken very seriously. They know the tremendous importance of being prepared to learn new skills or enhance those already being shared. Through learning, discussing and sharing with others in ministry, they shape their faith stories to enrich the lives of those in their care. ister to

adults

mom. Newnan

Just like

generosity.

Her generosity went culinary endeavors.

and for

niques or lack

ment to the Church and the community in which we live'.

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte. Simply have the following statement included in your Will:

neighbors, picking out Christmas gifts for all the children in the family

those special people in her children's

realize

cousins recu-

cooking tech-

Whenever

clothes for needy children, sharing with

me my

McSweeney

of her reading to

lighted teasing

doing

ries

perating from rheumatic fever, sewing

they saw

Msgr. John

Sunday

children de-

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

Little did

the residue of my

you

NEWNAN

about

Charlotte the

forth, but very grateful for all

Catechetical

disabilities.

clinic prior to the tournament.

"1 leave to the

Your

Generous Beyond Measure

including longest drive, closest to pin,

will take place at

say 'thank you.'

have a principal of the caliber of Pat

Holy Angels Fall Golf Classic to benefit Holy Angels in Belmont will take place

His Will In Yours.

lay

first

person to serve as principal there.

have done for our parish community." Signs' interest in development was sparked by her years as an educator. With the cost of education spiraling upward, she looked at new ways to fund

such as planned giving," Kelley said.

Kernersville, Highlands, Franklin, and

Annual Golf Tourney To Benefit Holy Angels

seven as development director) you have served the people of this parish with great dedication and commitment," he continued. "With the deepest grati-

ends a year to give a personal testimony about stewardship at parishes through-

Waynes-

Hickory, Reidsville, Thomasville,

"Pat, for 15 years (eight as principal,

broadcast.

Other cities and/or areas in the diocese planning life chains are High Point,

parture.

in gratitude

what God has given to them. It's not because the Church needs it, but because we have the need to give." "Pat is not only committed to stew-

WHVN

tor.

Despite freezing rain

and give back

blessings

Signs volunteers six to eight week-

Father Dennis Kuhn, parochial vicar

tween 6,000 and 7,000 people from nearly 100 churches gave public wit-

parishioners notifying them of her de-

at the

for

ness in Charlotte, she said.

and divine source. Our goal should be to do our best." The Life Chain is an opportunity for people of all faiths to unite together in prayer for an end to abortion, said Susan Zeigler, Charlotte Life Chain coordina-

sight of our mission

spiritually based,

velopment.

vice that will be broadcast on

Kevin

Boland, pastor of the parish, wrote to

and treasure

Dunn

we must

the giving of time,

Signs said. "People look

focus on prayer,"

pact,

— —

PAT SIGNS Signs for eight years," Father

16 parishes in the diocese.

City,

an interview with The CathoNew & Herald. "For the Life Chain to have an im-

Calif., in lic

far

beyond her

have vivid memo-

Chris

is the director of Faith Formation for the Diocese oj

Charlotte.

4 The Catholic News

& Herald

September

17, 199; if

Pro-Life Corner "We condemn the shooting of Dr. George Tiller in no uncertain

§§

terms. There

no room for violence

in the pro-life

movement.

We call on all who oppose abortion to act consistently with our

about the respect owed to every human life." Statement issued by Helen M. Alvares, director of planning and information for the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the beliefs

National Conference of Catholic Bishops, following the shooting Catechetical

of Kansas abortionist Dr. George Tiller.

Sunday

Parishes throughout the diocese pause this weekend to celebrate the Church's educational endeavors and salute those who make it possible and successful. Catechetical Sunday invites the faithful to reflect on a God who is generous beyond measure, a God who asks everyone involved in catechetical ministry to share that In

same generosity of

many

abundance

spirit

The Respect

that speaks of generosity. After

pondering

Good Samaritan toward

the

Diocese of Charlotte

Cites Importance Of Shrines VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Renewed prayer and outreach at Marian shrines can help the Church prepare

Pope John Paul

the situation.

Meditating on Mary as a model of grace and faith open to doing God's will can help people rediscover "the awe, the adoration, the necessary silence" preced-

parable.

The same

When

the father

true of the Prodigal

welcomed home

Son

his son,

showered him with gifts, attention and words of welcome. Among other things, Jesus calls us through these stories to generosity in compassion and reconciliation. Catechists proclaim the message of a generous God and, over and over, are called upon to be generous themselves with their time, talent, and the sharing of their faith with others.

POPE JOHN PAUL II

to celebrate the 2,000th anniversary of Christ's birth,

wounded

stranger, it is difficult to think of additional measures the Samaritan could have taken to improve

(704) 331-1720

Pope

with others.

of the parables, Jesus uses a language of

the generous acts of the

Life Office

II said.

ing the great mystery of

dwelling on earth, the pope said. "Historically,

was

dawn which preceded

the

The Pope Speaks

God becoming human and the rising of the

Mary

Son of

God," he said. Pope John Paul's reflections on the importance of Marian shrines were included in a 13-page letter marking the 700th anniversary of the Holy House of the Blessed Virgin in Loreto, Italy. According to tradition, angels flew Mary's house from Nazareth to the Italian town overlooking the Adriatic after an intermediate Justice, Christ our

provide the leadership for one of the Church' s essential

should not become "marginal and accessory places" in

pope voiced his concerns in a letter to a symposium of European bishops that began Sept. 7 in Prague, the Czech Republic. The text of the papal message was released at the Vatican. The Polish-born pope said he was pleased that the "great process of liberation" has continued in Europe over the last few years a reference to the dismantling of communist regimes. But he said the continent has been plagued by new armed conflicts, a lack of economic development and disappointed hopes for European unity.

pastoral ministries: catechesis. Every believer has a

the life of the Church, but places

right to catechesis; every parish has the duty to provide

where the faithful go ponder God' s will for their lives and where even the casual visitor can be touched by God's grace. "Today, in responding to the new challenges of

Pope Proposes Catholic Social Teachings To Replace Marxism RIGA, Latvia (CNS) Pope John Paul II said that

For catechists at the start of a new educational year, the theme of generous beyond measure is especially appropriate. Catechists display amazing generosity in their ministry. The theme invites everyone to look for ways to develop generosity throughout the year ahead, in ourselves first of all and then in all those with whom

we come

CRE's and

This responsibility

and

skill

The papal message, dated Aug.

of the parish

Their talents and

As catechetical leaders

largely entrusted to the talent

DRE's and CRE's.

abilities are

an inestimable trea-

sure for the effective proclamation of the gospel.

the

Church prepares

to celebrate the

secularization,

Pope Urges European Bishops

community. Catechetical Sunday acknowledges God's limitless benevolence and sees reflected in it the profound

generosity of catechetical ministers.

the lips of Jesus

Fight Permissiveness

when he

said:

—

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II encouraged European bishops to fight "relativism and permissiveness" on the continent by firmly promoting the Church's moral norms and its social teachings. The

Volume

Peace I

September

17,

1993

Number

Rev. Msgr. John

—

Catholic social doctrine should

fill the void left by former Soviet Union. Now that intellectual freedom has been restored scholars should study Catholic social thought as the paving stone to the future, the pope said Sept. 9 at what was once a Marxist academic center. The fall of Soviet communism "hac something of the miraculous, in which it is not difficult to see the hand of God" who is "engaged in a constant and mysterious dialogue with human freedom," he said in a talk at the University of Latvia.

Marxism

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Editor's

Notebook

way

to go.

It's interesting that

who want peace some

and would get

on their terms. They who want all of the land

by expelling all Arabs. Islamic fundamentalists believed backed by Iran want nothing less than the destruction of Israel as do some of the Palestinians.

living

accord and the negotiations. They're just as tired of the fighting as the Israelis.

It's

another story for

many

the Palestinians living in refugee camps in neighboring

Arab countries

or, for that matter, living in

comfort

the United States. Their hatred of Israel continues

unabated.

in the area only

Israeli settlers

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negotiations will be complicated by the agita-

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Could He Be The Next Pope? On a recent trip to Dublin where I was conducting a retreat, I picked up a copy of The London Sunday Times (April 25, 1993). The cover story, written by Russell Miller, was entitled "The Next Pope? A profile of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini." Apparently, quite a few Europeans are hoping the 65-year-old archbishop of Milan will succeed John Paul II.

Carlo Maria Martini

a Jesuit,

and

a world-class biblical scholar with

languages

at his

command. He's been

rector of both the Pontifical Biblical

and the Gregorian University, two of the Vatican's most prestigious academic institutions. More significantly, he is the immediate past president of the European Council of Bishops, and is regarded by one and all as a healer and reconciler. Concerning the current antagonisms between traditionalists and liberals, Cardinal Martini says, "Looking at the conflict from a contemporary standpoint, Institute

the situation

may appear extremely dan-

gerous

...

but from the perspective of

history

may

pluralism

sense

it is

a kind of healthy

...

tally in

even

we are not all contemporar-

FATHER JOHN C ATOIR

some Catholics are still men1963, some in 1940, and some

in the last century

...

it's

inevitable

be a clash of mentalities." On the problems "raised by women' issues," he believes they "should be taken seriously by both sides." He feels "feminism tends to exaggerate its message," but admits "there are good reasons for this." Cardinal Martini continues, "When people ask me, and it's usually Americans, 'will we have women priests?' I answer: Not in this millennium!" that there will

Concerning birth control and the between official doctrine and prac-

split

Cardinal Martini offers these re-

tice,

"There

flections,

a contrast in attitude

between northern countries and Latin countries on moral questions. In Italy,

believe the ideal

is set

high so as to

attain something. In other countries,

they think that they must actually achieve

and they are anxious

the ideal,

they

fail."

Choosing

not be so bad. I'm in-

clined to think that

...

in a biological or a biographical

ies

his

words carefully he

continues, "I believe that the Church's

Light

One Candle

teaching on contraception has not been

expressed so well

...

the

Church

very slowly. I'm confident

some formula

. . .

will find

to state things better, so

problem is better understood and more adapted to reality. I admit there is a gap, and this bothers me, but I'm-confident it can be overcome." Down through history, the popes have differed in their personalities. Pius X was ultra-conservative. His successor, Benedict XV, put an immediate damper on the conservative agenda. The pendulum had swung too far. Pius XI was an autocrat, while Pius XII was that the

The Heart Knows The Way To Handle The annual vocations seminar Chicago sponsored by the

Company was

J.S.

an unforgettable experi-

ence in multiculturalism. The seminar left me wanting to learn much more about pluralism. Viatorian Father Mark Francis from

Union began the event by addressing pertinent

the Catholic Theological multicultural issues. ing

how

He left me ponderbecome

very complex. ter

vocations director, brought

come more

multiculturalism, especially

comes

One way

become more

about multiculturalism

times

is,

some-

a cross to bear for "outsiders."

Father Donald Sterling, an African-

American

priest of the

Archdiocese of

must never be denied

York,

NY.

10017.

Father John Catoir

director of

the Christophers.

Pluralism

The Human Side

life.

A pluralistic society Those who govern or lead must be converted to widened interests. Pastors,

have different backgrounds and perspectives. It can lead to much that is good, but the opposite may

bishops and lay leaders must break out

Rights must always be preserved,

of set ways of thinking and closed circles

but not at the expense of pseudo rights

order to learn as much as possible about the different people they serve.

and exclusion.

For example, leaders must learn what best speaks to a blue-collar worker as opposed to a white-collar worker, what African-Americans look for in a homily that Hispanics don't, what approaches are effective with youth in an urban

deal well with pluralism?

When the

implications of pluralism

are not fully understood, sharp divi-

sions occur that are often basic to society's

Exclusive country clubs

ills.

stand firm not

all

that far

from inner-city

fered to

identity

New

languages, are of different colors, enjoy

one

Church approach which assumes there is only one Eurocentric culture is detrimental to the very unity the Church

American

St.,

earnest

ghettos; a high-quality education

The right to a distinct African-

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News

to better un-

Baltimore, pointed out that a classicist

upholds.

possible.

which people speak different

also be the case.

as "religious" as religious life

when

to vocations to the religious

understanding

with sisters of another culture reconfirmed in me that

Could Cardinal Martini become the God only knows, but it's

next pope?

earnest in responding to

different customs,

in a life

widely.

FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

Word home the

message that Asian cultures have little compare themselves to in other cultures. His talk and others made a strong argument that the Church needs to be-

"New Yorican," a Puerto Rican sister working in New York with non-Puerto Rican sisters. Her tales of joy and mis-

brooding intellectual. John Paul I smiled for 32 days, and John Paul II traveled

derstand pluralism.

Our Lady of Christian Doctrine SisVeronica Mendez told of her life as

more of a diplomat. John XXIII was a VI was a

jovial innovator, while Pius

unified Church.

Father Thang Tran, a Divine

living together with people of

other cultural backgrounds has

name of a

in the

Paluch

thinks

some

of-

but not others.

Jesuit Father Bernard Lonergan, the

noted scholar, believed that what was in the face of pluralism was a conversion of the heart.

needed

ghetto or in the suburbs.

Leaders need to be converted to an openness to diversity. They need to be aware that they can impede progress if they refuse to have anything to do with

things that don't

fit

their

own

culture or

understanding.

Where will the energy come from to The conversion Father Lonergan called for implies a change of heart.

an inner, overriding trust which conquers fear, gathers up all of one's strength and directs it toward the good without counting the cost. In a word, the best way to get a handle on pluralism is calls for

through the heart and the love that fuels it.

What's Wrong With Premarital Sex? Dear Dr. Shuping, 16 years old and very maboy friend and I are plan-

when you are under pressure and worried about being caught. In fact, many adults experience marriage prob-

Ining to get married after we finish

lems, especially difficulties in their

{

• 5

ture.

enjoyable

high school. I know what the Church teaches about sex before marriage but I can't see what's wrong with it.

Wondering ;

Ijsexually active,

you are already

you probably are hiding

Ithis from your parents.

IJyou have to

sexual responsiveness, stemming from premarital sexual experiences.

Cross winds

Another difficulty commonly expeis that once a relationship be-

rienced

Dear Wondering, There are many problems with sex •outside of marriage. If

MARTHA W. SHUPING, MD

You may

feel

about where you are and I what you are doing, preventing you tlfrom having supportive, trusting relalie

tionships with your parents and other family members, perhaps even isolating you from some of your friends. Then, the sexual relationship itself may not be

comes physically intimate, this becomes the focus and you prematurely cut off growth

other aspects of your relation-

You spend

less time talking, less time participating in activities with friends and you end up with much less of a foundation on which to build the kind of relationship you can enjoy for a

ship.

lifetime.

There

also the very real risk of

pregnancy. Even

if you use birth conhave a good chance of getting pregnant because of the signifi-

trol,

you

still

cant failure rate.

How would being preg-

nant affect your enjoyment of your jun-

school? You may not be physically able to participate in sports or cheerleading and you may ior or senior year at high

end up withdrawing from other activities because of fatigue, embarrassment or pressure from others. Would you and

your boy friend want to start out your marriage with the responsibility of a baby from day one? Go to some stores and check out prices on diapers, formula, baby clothes, etc. Talk to a mother of a small baby at your church to get an idea of how many feedings and char See Crosswiiul

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And The

Eucharist Canon 914

primarily take

the duty of the parish

refused their probable right to receive

ensure that children who have reached the use of reason are properly prepared and, having made their sacra-

Communion. One should recall that in many Eastern Catholic churches it is the

mental confession, are nourished by this

The

divine food (Holy Communion)..."

obligation to follow the law.

who

the duty of parents and those their place, as

it is

priest, to

difficult to

It is

determine when a child has

attained the use of reason. cially difficult to

determine

espe-

It is

this faculty

for the mentally handicapped. the 1917

Neither

Code of Canon

nor the present code defined what meant by the use of reason. The usual

been the

differentiation has

Body of

distinguish the

ability to

Christ from

ordinary food and receive

Communion

with reverence

The

law

tion of the

broad

(c.

913.2).

applica-

intended to be very

in light of the obligation of the

baptized to receive

of the law

Communion

they

that the requirement of the

munion

is merely a positive ecclesiasti(Church) law. The Congregation for clergy, in 1978 issued a letter by the then prefect, Cardinal Wright, in which he stated: "As far as the profoundly handicapped are concerned there is no doubt that they belong to a special portion of the People of God, and they do need special attention on the

and educators, who should ultimately decide whether the children are ready to approach the part of parents, pastors

maybe

Christ and of the Father's love revealed

death and resurrection. The more we know of these Gospels, the more we realize how well-planned and constructed, how tightly woven, they

Was

lunchtime?

anyone made a mistake? Seriously, I'm not sure I'd want to converse with someone who is usually pictured as he is. I'd rather love him from a distance. What can you say? (Ohio)

there any gentle ribbing

sacrament or not." In thinking of the meaning of the use of reason, I can't help recall this short personal note, simply for reflection, not for implementation. I was a Eucharistic Minister of the cup Sunday when a 2-year-old, very normal, a bit precocious child stepped up to the priest administering the bread. Twice she extended her hand to receive communion.

Was Jesus a raconteur? A great teller jokes? Was he a hearty, outgoing

them

will

the lines.

come from reading between And there is plenty between

continues his presence and power with

where he lived. Meals he shared became important in the Gospels for several reasons the accusations that he ate with sinners and

that

"unclean" persons, his references to the

(See for example Luke 8:1-3.)

the evangelists never intended to give us

"wedding banquet" of the kingdom, and others. Whatever else they tell us, however, Jesus obviously liked to eat and saw many beautiful meanings in the

helps to

remember first of all

a biography, or even a character portrait,

of our Lord.

The

four Gospels, each in

way and from

its

the perspective of the

time and place of their authors early Christian communities, tell

the

own

in the

wanted

good news of salvation

Jesus

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them, especially

disturbed

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Herald

practi-

secular press

with your editorial Aug. 27.

Betty

for

St.

We have

have worked with Christians of faith who pray, picket and sidewalk counsel with love and compassion. Like the secular media you have put in our ranks people who are not prolife. Like the secular media you have given credence to the idea that these few publicized incidents are the norm of our I

behavior.

The

MacDonald

Eugene

Asheville

lence.

many

who have

for years to save the

unborn an apology, future support and unending prayer.

movement

pro-life people

worked prayerfully

have 20 years and have never met or spoken to a pro-life advocate who condones vioin the pro-life

received a few letters re-

garding the editorial in question but this is the only one which fell within our

word

limit for Letters to the Editor.

Letters Policy:

We welcome

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current issues. Letters must be signed origi-

it!"

Mercy

Sister

Jeanne-Margaret

McNally, a canon lawyer, is working on a research project on dysfunctionalfami-

and marriage.

lies

People

all

itself

at that

about the value

•

time didn't like

sourpusses or fanatics or holier-thanthous any better than

we do

today.

other words, they didn't just put up with

him. They obviously saw him as charming,

even fun. They simply enjoyed

being around him and to be

the

known as his

friend. If you think about all this, I believe easy to find some answers to yon

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T>ORN AT CAMPOROSSO, sr. of t> LIGURIA, ITALY, IN 1804, THE SON OF A FARMER CAMPOROSSO NAMEP CROESES, HE WAS BAPTIZED? JOHN AND LATER WORKEP ON HIS FATHERS FARM. JOHN JOINEP THE CONVENTUAL FRANCISCANS WHEN ABOUT 18, TAKINO THE NAME ANTONY BUT LEFT AFTER TWO YEARS TO SEEK A MORE AUSTERE LIFE ANP THEN JOINEP THE CAPUCHINS. HE WAS CLOTHEP AS A LAY BROTHER IN 1825 WITH THE NAME FRANCIS MARY.

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incidents are horrible.

They

did

example.

ful

FRANCIS

protestors.

cally join ranks with the

worked

we know the territory

meals he shared; people enjoyed eating with him and inviting him to dinner. The fact that he made the shared meal of the Eucharist a prime way he

You owe

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Katie, for giving us this beauti-

of the Gospels. Whatever we learn about

he placed on eating together. In my view, perhaps the best window into his personality is the simple fact that people just liked to be with him. Many men and women alike found him attractive, followed him around and shared their material goods with him.

wonderful question. I'm glad you wrote.

the altar and said: "Hi Jesus,

Thanks

hand and

then stepped up to

questions were irrelevant to the purpose

Some of his parables, for example, have marvelous elements of humor in

ask a really interesting and

little girl

person or was he more reserved? What kind of fish or songs did he like? Such

us says a lot

You

The

O&A

are.

the lines.

priest just tapped her

smiled.

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

in his life,

The

Jesus Fun To Be Around?

may sound

would be interested. Do you suppose that our Lord was ever in a humorous mood? We know he went to wedding parties and probably sat there smiling, but when there was fun talk did he ever join in? You know wedding parties! As he grew up was he always solemn? When he and his disciples spent day after day together was it nothing but prayer? Was there any light talk,

Affects

intent

bet a lot of people

question I'll

The

use of reason for the reception of Com-

Was strange, but

How Canon Law

Communion to infants. when in doubt, there is no

cal

Law is

SISTER JEANNE-MARGARET MCNALLY

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"Misunderstanding. They don't

have the background other people

understand their culture. They fear what they don't understand." Jeff

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By Gerard Powers Catholic

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A troubling development marks our post-Cold War world. A cacophony of ethnic and nationalist conflict is drowning out the calls for a new era of international cooperation and peace. Look at Bosnia:

"You can say differences, but

beginning to think that it's ... also a primordial anger or rage. People have a lot of anger and rage inside of them. For example, ... if you see your children starving and others have so much more, it fills you with a rage." Shelly Drake,

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Crawfordsville, Ind.

we're not aware of (the) going on everywhere, even in our own lives, we can get sucked into it the hatred. It starts with an affront. That evil then spreads to families and neighborhoods. The only way it stops is if you draw on the grace of God ... and say, 'I'm going to hove you even though you've hurt me."' Maxine Kamats, Naugatuck, Conn. "If

—A Bosnian Muslim cleric declares

spiritual battle

that Serbian atrocities "can be neither forgotten nor forgiven." A Croatian Catholic justifies dismembering the Bosnian state by appealing to a moral and historic right to

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an independent Croatia. Bosnia is anything but unique. From Sudan to Northern Ireland, the same hate and fear spills forth in a hundred different languages. And in a hundred different places live in

—

tell me the the Poles would try to 'Polanize' the Ukrainians. It was ethnic cleansing although we didn't have that word back then. All these things are passed along from generation to generation and enhanced in the telling. People want to relive the sins of their fathers." Peter Kurlak, Cary, N.C.

"My mother would

stories about

the same tragedy unfolds: tens of thousands killed, millions forced from their homes, whole towns and cities de-

Temptations to idolize one's nation, exclude or dominate those who are different, be vengeful and to dehumanize others can be countered with "personal trust, love and respect."

Many

experts think ethnic conflicts pose the greatest threat to peace today. the Despite maybe because of unusual ethnic diversity of the United States, many Americans find places

—

"When people grow up hearing

—

Ottoman Turks — in 1389!? —How can Catholics and

Protestants in Northern Ireland clash every summer over parades commemorating the British victory in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690!?

—

But maybe these aren't so foreign after

conflicts really all.

Maybe they

common temptations that affect and all countries to one us extent or another. One temptation is to idolize one's patriotism nation. Love of nation is praiseworthy. But idolatry of one's nation is heresy. In Poland it was love of country (and a good deal of support from the Catholic Church) that proved a powerful moral force in bringing down comreflect all of

—

munism. But in Serbia (and to a

lesser extent Croatia), militant nationalists transform this love of country into a dangerous nationalist ideology that justifies the most despicable acts in the name of national salvation. A second temptation is to exclude or dominate those who are different. All of us identify ourselves not only by who we are but also by who we are not. This natural tendency becomes a problem when national and ethnic identity

becomes a zero-sum game: when unity and diversity are seen as mutually exclusive.

Thus, the Serb

woman would rather

die fighting than "live in shame," by which she means living as a minority

how

—

stroyed.

Bosnia and Northern Ireland about as intelligible as the Latin Mass. How can the Bosnian Serb woman still be moved by a slogan from the Serb defeat at the hands of the

A Serbian Orthodox woman legitimates war against her Bosnian Muslim and Croatian Catholic neighbors claiming it is better "to die in battle than to live in shame."

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to know where come from and to

in a Muslim- or Croat-dominated state rather than in a Greater Serbia. Sudanese Christians and animists are fighting a repressive Muslim-dominated government for the same rea-

The Muslim

son.

give talks of Serb "hordes."

And in Iraq, Turkey and Iran the governments repress Kurdish independence movements in order to pre-

free of this kind of religious, racial or

vent the dissolution of their states. Third is the temptation to vengeance. What the Bosnian cleric says about Serbian crimes in 1993 is identical to what some Serbs say about Croatian crimes in 1943 and what some Croats say about Serbian crimes in 1923. All agree

on one thing:

An eye for an

we can learn one lesson from ethnic conflicts it is that hatred really does beget hatred, injustice begets injustice and violence begets violence. Love and forgiveness can break this deadly cycle. But in places where communal conflict and a siege mentality prevail, and where almost everyone can recount stories of victimization by the other group, religious leaders' apeye, a tooth for a tooth. If

peals for love and forgiveness often fall

on deaf ears. The three temptations already mentioned provide fertile ground for a final one: the temptation to dehumanize others.

society losing its cohesion, security and stability often finds refuge in myths and ideologies that dehumanize the "other." Hitler used racism and anti-Semitism to blame the Jews for Germany's problems and to unleash an ideology of German

superiority. More often we dehumanize people in more subtle ways. Serb and Croat extremists denigrate Bosnian Muslims as "Islamic fundamentalists."

cleric

who can never

ethnic bigotry.

What is striking about the four tempexamined is that they are so ordinary. It is when these common personal sins come to dominate the culture

tations I've

of a country that

get the

horrors of a Bosnia or the intractability of a

Then when they hear anything bad about these people,

what they've been

just confirms

told."

— Kim

Hendrickson, Albuquerque, N.M.

for-

ethnic conflict in the world

and politics

that other people are bad, then they don't even give them a chance.

"You know the story of the and the McCoys. You're brought up with this stuff. When people inflict injury on you ... it takes a real spiritual strength to forgive.... As Jesus says in the Gospels, it is easy to love those who love you. Hatfields

But it is extraordinarily hard to love Rick those who hate you." Cross, Charleston, III.

—

Northern Ireland.

In the former Yugoslavia, a Muslim man prays that his long-standing friendships with his Serb and Croat neighbors will keep the peace. But his friendships are little defense against an onslaught of political extremism, violence and anarchy, all of which try to convince him that his neighbors are not really friends but enemies; that his candle can burn bright only if his friends' candles are extinguished. Personal trust, love and respect serve as antidotes to the nationalist virus. But one also needs the kind of political culture that enables people to overcome temptations of idolatry, chauvinism,

vengeance and hatred. (Powers

an adviser

in the Office of International Justice and Peace, U.S. Catholic Conference.)

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What ethnic cleansing says about By John Catholic

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rooted in a refusal to trust that we are wholly embraced by God, seamy side

Haught

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and

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we lack the courage to accept the otherness within ourselves, it is not likely we will welcome the otherness outside ourselves. Of course the monstrous evil of ethnic cleansing is much more complex than this kind of analysis can clarify. There is a demonic, explosive vengefulness to it that we cannot fathom. What should be disturbing is that it is being carried out in countries where Christianity has a long history. Is it possible that the problem with our ethics is that we still believe in an exclusivist "God" who doesn't accept us as we are? Do we still cling to a "God" whose primary business is checking up on how perfect we are rather than a God concerned about the wholeness of our

a key to accepting others who are culturally different. In Culture: The Development, a booklet by several international Catholic organizations for the World Decade for Cultural Development (Conference of International Catholic Organizations, 37-39 Rue de Vermont, CH 1202 Geneva, Switzerland), we read: "Every time ... a culture has been deprived of contributions from outside, it has slowly moved toward ... extinction." A group of Catholic bishops in Sudan, where civil warfare resulted from cultural intolerance, also insisted in a 1993 pastoral letter on dialogue's necessity (Origins, Vol. 23, No 5; 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100. Single copy, $5.00). Dialogue

Way

to Solidarity in

After the Holocaust the renowned isychologist Erich Neumann asked the same question people pose today: What

gone wrong with our ethics? How :an people who are supposed to be civiized engage in "ethnic cleansing"? Neumann was trying to understand he mind of the Nazi, but what he had o say may be applicable, at least in some measure, to the current situation n Bosnia and elsewhere. Following ideas of C.G. Jung, Neumann theorized that our hostility oward outsiders stems at least in part las

rom a failure to accept the "otherness" vithin ourselves. I may think of myself is a strong, rational, generous, honest mman being. And I may derive a measure of esteem from this self-image. 3ut each attribute I consciously iden.ify with has an opposing, and often

lives?

(Haught, chairman of the Theology at Georgetown University, is the author of two new books: "Mystery and Promise: A Theology of Revelation' (Liturgical Press) and "The Promise of Nature: Ecology and

sptitude.

Cosmic Purpose'

The more )f

closely

ity

being with what will

*ior

experience

Department

(Paulist).)

take to be

when

traits intrude into

limitedness

and hidden motivations"

(leaders of six dioceses in Sudan).

How to reverse the sad history of violence By Father John Catholic

Castelot Service

News

wipe out the native population lock, stock and barrel. The Israelites claimed they were following God's orders.

Human human

history tells a sad tale of

inhumanity.

central biblical command is to love one's neighbor as oneself. But people commonly insist that their "neighbor" resemble them. If others are different, they are perceived as a threat perhaps a threat to eliminate, even to annihilate. When the ancient Israelites in-

—

vaded Canaan, they

identify the core

jositive characteristics, the

kindness, the

The

"shadowed" by features I don't ike to admit are also part of me. Along vith the positive traits, I also have a :ertain amount of weakness, irratiolality, selfishness, dishonesty and in-

mconscious, side.

come to realize they have been relating on the "We often come to discover the honesty, the wisdom hidden in the others. We come to discover our own

Reflection: In dialogue, people

basis of unfounded assumptions.

felt it

necessary to

anxi-

these infeconscious-

less.

him

gious minorities are likely victims of

projection.

Annihilating the outsider is one way o "cleanse" myself of the ambiguities ;hat

mess up

was a holy war.

as well" (5:38-39).

to the aid of

an injured Jew and

him

or her with the generous concern seen in the parable. The parable suggests that "neighborliness" of this kind, if imitated, could reverse a long history of senseless violence and restore truly human

treat

cope with this anxiety is o project the despised features within nyself onto outsiders. Ethnic and reli.his

This injunction's aim was to break the insane spiral of violence. This is the lesson in the parable of the Good Samaritan. Samaritans and Jews hated each other. It was unthinkable that a Samaritan would ever

come

One way

To them

However, the first Christians were presented another ideal or, rather, were recalled to the original ideal. Remember how Matthew's Gospel put it: "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on (your) right cheek, turn the other

why the parable ends: "Go and do likewise" (Luke

relationships. That's

my self-image.

10:37).

Ignoring our shadow side narrows and shrinks our ethical sensitivity. For it numbs us to the fact of our soliiarity with all other imperfect mortals. Blind to our own imperfections, we jretend to a kind of "purity," including is

Jesus' disciples did not learn this lesson easily. When they started out with Jesus on his fateful trip to Jerusalem and were rebuffed by a Sa-

maritan

religious purity. What is often think of God as the oltimate support for our exclusivism. That religion could sometimes become the sanction for annihilating Jthnic

and

»ad is that

;hose

who

are different, whether Jews,

Vluslims or others, indicates how miserably our ethical education often has r

ailed.

For many of us, "God" still has little •esemblance to the God of Jesus and he Gospels. The Gospels instruct us lot to think about God without think ng simultaneously of the man Jesus. \nd they imply we should not think ibout this man apart from his table fellowship with society's outsiders and lis desire to embrace others with

—

»heir failings

and imperfections.

As Soren Kierkeggard wrote, the antithesis of tue,

but

our

faith.

evil

tendencies

not

vir-

The failure of our ethics is

village,

James and John

asked, "Lord, do you want us to call

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT The ethnic cleansing witnessed in Bosnia-Herzegovina has been called a form of slaughter suggesting that it reduces human life's value to that of cattle or hogs. Did the world learn anything from the incomparable events of the Holocaust when some 6 million Jews were killed? Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, called the Holocaust a defeat for humankind. Perhaps the angel of death substituted himself for God then, Wiesel once said. (U.S.

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September 1977) Today's ethnic cleansing raises questions for nations and individuals. Past events constitute a reminder that it is risky for the world to stand by in silence when a nation violently attempts to rid itself of an ethnic group. That's why moral theologians now are attempting to discern the proper conditions for humanitarian interventions in a Bosnia, for example. But how does ethnic cleansing challenge me on a personal level? Surely no group is being "cleansed" from my town! But need to be sure about that. also need to bear in mind that peacemaking for people like me entails learning to live with integrity alongside others whose language, culture or color differs from my own.

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down fire from heaven to consume them?' Jesus turned and rebuked them" (Luke 9:52-55). If Samaritans were considered dangerously different, the day was coming when Christians would be looked upon the same way: "You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved" (Matthew

10:22).

Notice that Scripture

chooses the word "endures," not "hates" or "retaliates." The first Christians, all Jews, did not want gentiles in the community. Gentiles were ethnically "impure." But thanks to St. Paul and others who took Jesus' indiscriminate love seriously, that type of "ethnic cleansing" ceased. Unfortunately, it did not cease completely in the Christian community, as history demonstrates. The quest for "ethnic purity" will not cease until all learn to counter hatred with love, to smother violence with a warm embrace, taking to heart Matthew's warning that "all who take the sword will perish by the sword" (26:52).

(Father Castelot scholar, author

and

a Scripture

lecturer.)

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Pueblo Diocese and one of its priests who, he says, infected him with HIV,

by other

the virus that causes

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der.

said that now-retired Father

Filipinos, returned

home

in a

crowds and a kiss of his coffin from his sobbing widow, Imelda. Thousands of loyalists surged past security toward the runway as a Boeing 727 carrying the remains of the former president landed in the northern Philippine provincial

him more than 20 years ago in Alamosa, when he was 15 and Father Blong was in his mid-40s. In a brief statement issued a few hours later,

airport Sept. 7, seven-and-a-half years

Bishop Arthur N. Tafoya of Pueblo said

efforts to

news of

the lawsuit

"comes

as a great

after

Marcos

fled to exile in

four years after he died.

Hawaii and As crowds

surrounded the plane, defying police keep them back, the former

Philippine

first

lady, Imelda, burst into

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Emperor Akihito of Japan and Pope John Paul a Sept. 3 audience at the papal

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tainment industry with the first-ever Catholics in Media Awards. The awards

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shared their hopes for world peace. The substance of the Sept. 3 meeting in the

Green Bay Packers Pack 'Em In For Diocesan Charity Game GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS) Since 1961, the Green Bay Packers have given more than $2 million to the Diocese of Green Bay from ticket sales at one of

papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo was symbolized by the gift the 59-year-old emperor presented to the pope; a bronze sculpture of a dove with an inscription reading "peace." At the end of his hour-long meeting with Emperor Akihito and EmpressMichiko, Pope John Paul said, "We must work together for friendship and peace among peoples." The emperor answered, "It is

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solicitors of donations for charitable

games. This year Green

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Game.

works," the sisters said, "we can no longer watch pretty ladies paraded around as objects and commodities,"

The donation going

UCA News, a Thailand-based Asia church news agency, reported.

from game program sales and program advertising. The diocese owns the rights to program sales for the game. "The Packer administrative staff is very cooperative in all aspects of the game," said Jim Hogan, Charities Game director and program coordinator.

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transfer students at Marquette

University's

new

student convocation

Aug. 26. Father DiUlio, president of the Jesuit-run university in Milwaukee, encouraged new students to "take some time to pray" as he welcomed them to campus. After the convocation, the students received copies of the new Marquette University Student Prayer Book, called Finding God in All Things. The book was developed by Jesuit Father John J. Piderit, Marquette's former corporate vice president

who

now

president of Loyola University in Chi-

cago.

absolutely necessary."

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be close to $60,000. Of that amount $25,000 will come from ticket sales and

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"This ray of hope carries with it enough strength and fascination to sigand nal the beginning of a new epoch

hoped the PLO-Israeli accord would indirectly help accelerate the work of the Vatican-Israeli commission, of which she is a member. "The talks with the Vatican have never had anything to do with the Pales-

not only for the tormented reality of the

tinian issue or with other issues of the

Middle East," said a commentary by one of the newspaper's editors, Angelo

Middle

ward on a road peace."

—

Scelzo.

The commentary cautioned that

a "long and difficult" process of nego-

problems of the Middle East, including the situation of the Palestinians. "At least now some of the problems are

first

They

said that

by improving could also

work of the Vatican-Israeli commission that is studying bilateral favor the

problems with a view toward diploin

matic relations.

"Any accord

Chelsea, Iowa, forcing the evacuation once again of the pastor, Father Frank Benda, and

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other residents of the area.

Notebook

(From Page 4) "biased reporting." They were partly

make war in our name. He can make 'peace' in his name only. We supported him when he carried a gun. The olive branch is his own stupid

right

and

wasn't reporting but an editorial. Like all editorials, it was an expression of

only the right to

selfish idea."

Attitudes like that can only

make

negotiators more diffihope they can overcome them. And, I hope it doesn't take another 45 years. I would like to live to see that mess settled.

the

work of the

cult. I

and partly wrong. They were right about it being "unbalanced" and "biased." They were

wrong about

opinion. And, since editorials are ex-

pressions of opinion, they are bound to stories are

unbiased and

constitute balanced reporting to the best

so.

They will continue to do same token, our editorials

ability.

the

calls

will continue to reflect opinion and

27 editorial regarding violence in the

"bias."

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noted, for example, that the en-

commenting on Sept.

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ing problems related to the status of the Church, its institutions and its properties in Israel and Israeli-administered territories, he said. "We all hope that some day it can be announced that the problems have been overcome and therefore diplomatic relations can be established," he said.

cepted by Palestinians. The religious aspects of the status of Jerusalem have

conference, predicted the PLO-Israeli accord "will certainly help the develop-

been a main Vatican concern over the

ment of relations between the Vatican and the Jewish state, on a diplomatic level as well," the newspaper Avvenire

to later negotiations.

left

Israel's control

Embassy

Vatican

at the

Rome, Miriam

Ziv,

reported.

how her time and money are what her days are like. Babies can be one of life's greatest pleasures when you are ready, but an incredible stress spent,

when you're

still

trying to finish school

and have limited finances. God didn't make up rules to keep you from enjoying life. He made us and knows what is going to be the most fulfilling and enjoyable for us in the long run. Dr. Shuping is contract staff with Catholic

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social injustices,"

said.

Capitalism must be "circumscribed with a strong juridical

places

dom," he

framework which

the service of

human

free-

said.

A similar papal criticism of democ-

"The shared experience of the cross has contributed decisively to reinforcing the shared pursuit of values," he said Sept. 8 in a Lutheran church in Riga. Catholics and Lutherans account for about 20 percent each of Latvia's 2.7-

million population.

demics on Sept. 5. The pope criticized "unsound democracies" which become "a system of rules insufficiently rooted in those values which are undeniable." He cited democracies which "do not adequately protect unborn human life." In traditionally Lutheran Latvia and Estonia, the pope stressed ecumenism.

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Of Estonia'

million inhabitants, 600,000 are eth-

nic Russians. A key issue is whether proficiency in the Estonian language

should be required for citizenship. In a message to Estonian cultural leaders,

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Several days earlier, he told foreign

diplomats

Vatican-Israeli talks

said the negotiations

13,

over the entire city has never been ac-

question of Jerusalem has been

guaranteed.

Let's

specific negotiations.

In Rome, Auxiliary Bishop Clemente Riva, who coordinates dialogue with Jews for the Italian bishops'

tire

and recuperation care are

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Vatican spokesman Navarro-Valls,

editorial.

Many of the writers and callers said that the editorial

were "moving ahead" in regular meetings. The talks are mainly geared toward solv-

solve

Israel's liaison to the

Crosswinds

Ziv said the commission's subgroup of experts was expected to meet soon in Jerusalem to try to nail down a fundamental agreement in principle on church rights, which would be used as

negotiations to continue in order to re-

years.

pro-life

resolved," she said.

the basis for

Our news

peace

agreements," said

sphere could very

one Vatican official, who asked not to be named. Another Vatican source emphasized that the Holy See "wants the

be biased.

of our

Some of the letters and telephone we have received about the Aug.

being "reporting."

that facilitates

facilitates these other

Judith Bandy, The Witness)

said Sept. 10.

the Vatican has cited the continuing

overall peace prospects,

Church

strictly bilat-

negotiating," she

ognition agreement as a crucial and positive step.

the rectory of St. Joseph

we were

Other Vatican sources unanimously

ahead, but said this

tional" event.

They were

East.

eral issues

described the PLO-Israeli mutual rec-

still lies

concrete achievement was an "excep-

summer, floodwaters lap

said she

"But of course the improved atmomuch improve the (Vatican-Israeli) talks," she said. She noted that whenever Israel has brought up prospects for diplomatic relations,

tiation

this

Heidd

agreement was "a great step forthat should lead toward

Israeli

For the third time

in Vilnius, Lithuania, that the

Vatican "recognizes the aspirations of citizens of Russian origin who ask to be able to enjoy their

human

country of residence."

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1993

'Qpmttniqtiemonoj i4k

Monsenor Agustfn Roman, Obispo Auxiliar de Miami,

participo en el Cursillo de Mujeres

como

Director Espiritual y aparece en la foto transmitiendo presentes.

mensaje de Cristo a

las

Al Fin Dije Si Por GLADYS SILVA Apenas podia creerlo, me encontraba en la camioneta con cuatro hispanas mas en direccion a Clemmons, NC para participar en el Cursillo #3 de la Diocesis de Charlotte. Mientra nuestro vehfculo devoraba millas para cubrir la hora y

mediaque duraria nuestro viaje, pensaba,

lenta,

muy

lenta y silenciosa, el tiempo

dejaba de contarse, todo recuerdo iba

quedando atras. Poco a poco fui enfrentandome conmigo misma y descubriendo muchas cosas que antes no vela, estaban empanadas por las ocupaciones fueron respondiendo, soltandose

merece.

y amoroso, con los brazos abiertos, mirandome a los ojos, diciendo mi

manera misteriosa

llega a nosotros.

mi Senor

Aunque

creia que nada faltaba en

vida, estaba

equivocada, pues

tiene tantas

riquezas que ofrecernos si nos acercamos

mas a El. As! creia que era suficiente cumplir con mis labores de cristiana: la casa funciona bien, los hijos ya estan

cada uno en su campo de trabajo y de estudio, el esposo ocupado en su trabajo, yo con mi hija aprovechando el tiempo libre para ayudar a dar clases de catecismo en la parroquia y nada mas. Fue entonces que este ano me invitaron de nuevo a participar en el Cursillo #3 y decidi aceptar porque esta vez estaba sintiendo un vacfo dentro de

mi y queria

llenarlo.

interrogantes en la cabeza

Con muchas me embarque

en esta nueva experiencia y pensando asf llegamos a nuestro destino. Nos recibieron cordialmente, vi algunas caras la comunidad hispana de muchas otras desconocidas. Sacamos nuestro equipaje y nos

conocidas de Charlotte y

encaminaron hacia el salon que serviria de dormitorio por las proximas tres noches. Aquf volvenamos a ser como colegialas compartiendo la misma pieza. Increible pensar que esta era la primera vez que dejaba mi hogar despues de veinte y tres anos de matrimonio. Nos preguntabamos como seria este fin de semana largo desde el jueves por la noche hasta el domingo por la tarde, pero la amabilidad de las dirigentes que nos esperaban nos hizo sentir mejor y 5i dimos comienzo al Cursillo. r> mi fue una transformacion

Grupo de Greensboro, de Reidsville y de Thomasville, con el seminarista Martin Mata Hermana Nancy Stewart, DC, al centro de la foto, animando con canciones la liturgia

al final

de esta sesion del curso de verano, que tuvo lugar en

escuela Pio X.

como

en cadenas, haciendome sentir

Ahora veo

diarias, las interrogantes se

miraba el paisaje y recordaba cuanto tiempo me habfa costado decidirme ir al Cursillo de Cristiandad. Cuantas veces me habfan invitado y siempre contestaba con alguna excusa: que el trabajo me lo impedfa, que a lo mejor no era para mi, que no tenia tiempo disponible, que ya estaba comprometida con otras actividades en la parroquia de La Asuncion, pero en verdad, nunca le di la importancia que se

como Dios

libre, si

mi alma iba liberandose. Recibimos mucha ayuda de parte de los directores espirituales, Monsenor Augistm Roman, Obispo Auxiliar de Miami y de la

Hermana Pilar Dalmau y de todo el equipo de dirigentes que nos acompanaba en el proceso lento de esa transformacion que Dios obra en lo fntimo de nuestro El Sehor

ser.

me esperaba allf,

paciente

nombre, iQue hermoso re-encuentro! Como borro la neblina que me envoi via y ahora brilla una luz maravillosa, que ya no me dejara! Con una antorcha en las manos no puedo permitir que esa luz se extinga. Quiero compartir esta sentida experiencia con muchos, pero no encuentro palabras con que describirla, pues hay que vivirla para comprenderla. Resumiendo digo que fue una experiencia de reconciliacion, de renovacion, de compromiso y de ;

amistad. • De reconciliacion con mi Creador, con mis hermanos y hermanas, conmigo misma, de aceptar el abrazo amoroso

del Padre. •

De renovacion, de un nuevo nacer alma, de un cambio en mi vida, que

ciertamente iluminara a los demas y ambiente en que vivo. •

De compromiso

decir un firme

SI a Dios, con sincero deseo de

convertirme en fiel instrumento suyo, ayudando a extender su Reino.

De amistad

encontrar una comunidad de veinte y cinco amigas, con las cuales puedo seguir •

compartiendo e incorporando mas amigos y amigas, a un nivel de fe y caridad que es dificil encontrar hoy dfa. [Con que alegria nos refmos y gozamos y que paz reinaba en mi corazon! Todo me ha ayudado a ver la luz y a sentir esa paz que solo Cristo puede dar. Quiero decir con San Francisco de Asfs: "Senor, hazme un instrumento de tu paz".

Grupo de Yadkinville y de Dobson participando en el Centro Cristo Rey durante los meses de verano.

las

Clases del Padre Aurelio Ferrin

Curso De Formacion Gracias a un generoso donativo recibido por la oficina diocesana de

Formacion de Fe, los hispanos de varias ciudades se enriquecieron con las ensehanzas impartidas por el Presbftero Aurelio Ferrin, durante los meses de junio, julio y agosto, con clases semanales en cada lugar. Los lunes el Padre Aurelio viajo a Newton para compartir con la comunidad que se reune en la Iglesia de San Jose. Los miercoles el Padre Ferrin se trasladaba a Kernersville y en la Parroquia de la Santa Cruz encontraba un grupo de hispanos ansiosos de

aprender mas cada vez.

De allf pasaba el

jueves a Greensboro para hacer lo mismo y finalmente terminaba el viernes en Yadkinville.

Fue muy consolador observar el progreso de los estudiantes, hombres, mujeres y jovenes hispanos, deseosos de conocer mejor la Biblia con todo e contenido doctrinal que encierra pan llevarlo a la vida diaria en la practica,

Muchas dudas

se aclararon con

la:

explicaciones sencillas del sacerdote

alcance de cuantos asisitieron a las clases

numero de participantes aumento gradualmente.

El interes y el

Formacion De Fe Para Ninos Ya ha comenzado el curso escolar 1993-94 y nuestros hijos aprenderan las materias educacionales que reciben en la escuela publica, pero falta continuar en el hogar y en la parroquia o centro hispano el estudio de nuestra fe, pues necesita crecer tambien al nivel de los demas

conocimientos.

iQue

contradiction pensar que solo estudiando

un poco de doctrina cristiana de pequenos y prepararse para recibir la Eucaristi'a, ya con eso los nihos quedan graduados! Esa fe permanece infantil y

no se desarrollaria hasta

nivel d<|

adulto.

Se pide encarecidamente a

los pa-

dres de familia que envien a sus hijos e

Formacion de Fe y que en su hogar sigan reforzando las ensenanzas de la Iglesia Catolica de palabra, de hecho y de ejmplo de vid£ cristiana, siguiendo a Jesus como modelo y a Maria nuestra Madre, a los santos y otras personas edificantes que reflejan con sus vidas la santidad a la que todos hijas a las clases de

estamos llamados.

— September

The Catholic News

1993

17,

^JJeaftL

(^care

members

of the

House and Senate

the following criteria for reform:

Whether

Universal Access.

•

provides ready universal access to

comprehensive health care for every person living in the United

The foundation of the bishops'

"Beginning with our children and their mothers, we must extend access to quality health A CATHOLIC care to all our Put-

people. "

States.

Children and Families ting

Priority Concern for the Poor.

•

Whether

gives special priority to

insuring that they receive quality health services.

Respect for Life. Whether

•

human

life

from

its

preserves and enhances the sanctity and

beginning to

its

end.

Comprehensive Benefits. Whether it provides comprehensive benefits sufficient to maintain and promote good health, to treat disease, injury, and disability appropriately, and to care for persons who are chronically ill or dying; and whether it ensures government's responsibility for the •

Whether

allows and encourages the involvement of the

public and private sectors, including voluntary, religious, and non-profit

Equitable Financing. Whether it assures society's obligation to finance

universal access to comprehensive health care in an equitable fashion,

based on ability to pay; and whether proposed cost-sharing arrangements are designed to avoid creating barriers to effective care for the

poor and

vulnerable.

and

Controls.

Whether

creates effective cost

containment measures that reduce waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary care, that control rising costs of competition, commercialism, and administration, and that provide incentives to individuals and providers for effective and economical use of limited resources.

Quality.

Whether

promotes the development of processes and

standards that will help to achieve equity in the range of quality of services, in the training of providers

in individual

These

and

decision-making on health care.

societal

criteria will

and in the informed participation of consumers

the debate over

and what

how

criteria

social

new

and

will take shape

will follow

Stewardship Profile By CONNIE MILLIGAN I

want

to share with

you a few points about stewardship from

perspective. Stewardship

"Every person has the right to and to the means which are necessary and suitable for the proper development of life. These means tells us, life,

personal

a concept that I've learned about over the years.

When I was a little girl, my daddy would give me

and a penny to put in the collection at church. As I grew up, I carried this nickel and penny attitude into my Christian involvement as it related to my giving of myself a little, not a a nickel

lot.

About 20 years ago. Bill and I lived in Atlanta, Ga., and were part of an active Through an adult education program, we attended several classes and activities. It was during this time that I began to realize the importance of God in my life. My nickel and a penny attitude began to expand and I began to open to the generosity of God. Bill's mother used to say to me, "You can't outgive God." And I've found that to be true. I've found that when I give of my time and my money with an attitude of service (whatsoever you do to the least of these ...), I am also greatly blessed.

to bodily integrity,

medical care, and finally the neces-

rest,

sary social services." These rights flow

therefore sacred.

now

— The

asser-

tion of each person's right to health care

however should lead automatically determination of

respond to

this

who

to a

has the duty to

Much

right.

of the

the largest

contemporary debate will revolve

ethical domestic policy de-

around the level of governmental involvement in managing health care ser-

chapter in

this,

This debate brings a mixture of hope and anxiety. The Clinton administration has avoided a moral tragedy by announcing that their plan will not in-

vices.

clude abortion in

Catholic social teaching on this issue.

its

basic benefits pack-

Father

Bryan Hehir,

article in

Commonweal

for All,"

May

in a recent

("Health Care well our

7), articulates

Building upon Pope John XXIII'-s so-

age and will permit states to continue to impose restrictions on abortion such as waiting periods and parental notifica-

cial encyclical,

tion.

duties of solidarity in society, Father

However, the plan

raises

new ques-

For example, will the cutting of $114 billion from Medicaid and $124 billion from Medicare to help finance tions.

edy for our poor and elderly? How can we as people of faith enter this debate and become comfortable with these and other details that will be considered in the

continue to guide our advocacy.

in his social

in Ferris (par 11),

The duty to respond

While there is near universal agreement of the need for health care reform,

the President's health plan yield a trag•

Pacem

encyclical,

from the realization that we are persons created in the image of God and are

bate in fifty years.

institutional providers.

Pope John XXIII

care.

72,000 children in our state along with the 37 million other voices in our nation without health care coverage are being

and for individual and

Cost Containment

The right to health care - Our approach to health care reform is shaped by a fundamental principle that every person has a right to adequate health

are primarily food, clothing, shelter,

enters a

•

duty to respond.

nounces the final draft of his health care reform package next week and the stage for reform will be set. The cries of the

and services; and whether it ensures respect for religious and ethical values in the delivery of health care for consumers sectors, in the delivery of care

•

Catholic Bishops President Clinton an-

ffr* CAMPAIGN

cri-

and the

teria is the right to health care

heard.

public health of the population.

• Pluralism.

U.S.

First,

meeting the most pressing health care needs of the poor and underserved,

dignity of

Debate

Stir Social, Ethical Policy

/\eform

By SCOTT SPIVAK Last year, our Conference shared with

Health Care Reform Proposals To

IJnited Stated (Catholic C?on^6erence (Criteria

ik rleraid

Mater et Magistra, and Pope John Paul IPs definition of the Hehir

tells

'The duty

us,

meeting the need for health care is an aspect of the common good. ..but the state clearly has moral responsibilities, and a major role in meeting the health care needs of the essential

society.'

All of us are not medical professionals, but each of us can

coming months?

in the first

instance falls on society as a whole;

walk with our

The U.S. Bishops include criteria in their recent resolution entitled, A Framework for Comprehensive Health Care

Lord, minister to our suffering and be

Reform: Protecting Human Life, Promoting Human Dignity, Pursuing the Common Good. The bishops and our entire Catholic community do not speak to our governmental bodies as a political action committee. We speak as pastors, teachers and leaders deeply committed to providing universal and com-

tal institutions

prehensive health care that protects hu-

man

life

advocates for our poor by sharing our values with our private and governmen-

who

will be shaping

our

national health care system in the months

ahead.

To receive a resource packet on health care reform or to be included on the Justice

Peace mailing list, please & Peace Ministry,

write to the Justice

1524 East Morehead

28207 or

Street, Charlotte,

call (704)

331-1714.

and promotes human dignity.

parish there.

For example, in giving of my time, I volunteered in a nursing home for about five years. I went thinking I could be a blessing for people there, but found in every appreciative smile, touch, and story a wealth of wisdom and live. Another area in which we have found this to be true is the area of giving of our treasure. A few years ago, Bill and I decided to tithe, giving 10 percent of our income. We became familiar with some of the teachings in the Bible about giving of the first fruits. When we agreed to tithe, I began to worry about how we would do this and pay our bills. I found a method that helped me. When I receive our paycheck, I immediately deduct the amount of our tithe from the check register, tear out the check and jot the amount on the back. Then, when Sunday comes, I write the check amount. This makes it easy for me to avoid the tendency to just give what is left over from bill paying and also to put into action what we believe about giving.

What serving

this all boils

God

down

to is learning to live

our

more than one hour a week spent

faith. at

We have found

Mass.

commitment of our time,

It's

that

a 24-hour

—

talent, and treasure in service to a living God whether meal for a sick neighbor, time spent with a child, teaching in Faith Formation, walking on the Crop Walk, or giving money to our church, the diocese, or an agency in the community. For us, it has been our way of saying thank you to God it'

for

all

has given us.

Connie Milligan

Country Day Blanks Cougars CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Country

Day combined

the running and passing of quarterback

Clay Gilbert for a 14-0 victory over Charlotte Catholic Sept. 10 in their annual battle for the John Cook Cup

Neumann

in Charlotte.

named

down. Jeff Paretti kicked the first of his two extra points. As time ran out in the half, Gilbert passed 35 yards to Bryan Porter for an apparent touchdown but it was nullified by a holding penalty. The Buccaneers wrapped up the

Country Day coach. Catholic had won the cup last

scoring in the fourth quarter with a 16-

year.

Alex Harmon.

for the former longtime

The Buccaneers held Catholic

—

eight plays to score with Gilbert

going the

final three

yard touchdown pass from Gilbert to Luis Moreno led the Catholic ground

65 on the ground and 27 on the passing of Mike Falencki. Country Day picked up 86 yards on the ground and 71 in the air. "We didn't let them get past the 50 all night. My hat goes off to the defense," said Country Day coach Bob Wilhelm. Neither team was able to do much in the first half but the Buccaneers came alive in the second. A punt gave them possession on the Catholic 2. It took yards in total offense

them a parishioner of St. John

a tough defense with

yards for the touch-

attack with 28 yards and

had

17.

Jimmy Loncar

Falencki completed three of 14

passes for 27 yards and had two intercepted. Bryan Kuester rushed for 47

yards for Country

Day while

Gilbert

contributed 29 and Carlo Reynolds had 17. Gilbert

for 7

completed

five of

2 passes

yards.

Catholic,

now

1-2 for the season,

takes on another Charlotte independent

when the Cougars visit The Cougars open Western Piedmont 2A Con

school tonight

Providence Day. play in the

ference Oct. 8

Lincolnton.

14 The Catholic

News

& Herald

September

17, 19'

Diocesan News Briefs ] Campus

Ministry Certification

DAVIDSON — Jesuit Father Andy

Novotney, campus minister at Davidson College, was certified July 23 as a cam-

lanta Polka Band. Refreshments, setups and door prizes will be furnished. Table reservations are being taken for eight or more people. Cost is $10 per

pus minister by the Catholic Campus Ministry Association, a national profes-

person.

sional association for campus ministres.

2590 or (704) 568-3238.

CCMA was

for lay ministry training for parishio-

name of the United

in the

Mass Change

Certification

recognition of a

person's competency as a campus minister in personal, theological

and profes-

sional areas.

Father Novotney has been serving

Davidson since 1982. He is also pastor of St. Therese Church in Mooresville and diocesan director of the Office of Campus Ministry. He holds B.A., M.A., Ph.L. and M. Div. degrees, and has been

St.

campus ministry

Vincent de Paul Church

Dream Workshop

the parish youth.

Oct. 16

Approximately one out of every three college students lic

Campus

Catholic. Catho-

Ministry serves students

more than 1,200

Lobster Dinner

CHARLOTTE

sponsoring a the Council Hall, 220

lobster dinner at

public, private and

Catholic colleges and universities in the

United States.

on Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Dinner includes lobster, corn on the cob, fries, beer and set ups. Music will be provided by Roy Rosen. Cost is $25 a couple or $ 1 3 a person. Dinner is by reservation only. For reservations, call (704) 846-5782 or (704) 523-1182.

Deloris Stevenson. Cost

Visiting Fellow

Family Rosary Day

—

CHARLOTTE The 35th SemiAnnual International Family Rosary Day will be

May, (704) 327-8692.

observed

Vincent de Paul at 3 p.m. The speaker will be Father John Putnam of Holy Family Church, Clemmons. at St.

Church Sunday, Oct. 3

Silver,

Golden Anniversaries

CHARLOTTE — A Eucharistic

lit-

urgy for couples celebrating silver andj golden anniversaries is Oct. 17 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Cathedral. Contact!

your parish office

Francis

to be included.

Commemoration

CHARLOTTE — The

Conventual John Neumann

—

Novelist Clyde

Franciscan Friars of

visit

Belmont Abbey

Church and the Secular Franciscans of the St. Maximilian Kolbe Fraternity will

BELMONT Edgerton will

$18.50.

lunch. For more information, call Bobbie

St.

—

who have found

meaning in their lives by giving of themselves. Funded by The Catholic Communication Campaign, the series airs on VISN Saturdays at 6 p.m.

reservations are required. Bring a bag

September Fest

DENVER Holy Spirit Church is Third Annual sponsoring the Semptember Fest on the church grounds Saturday, Sept. 25 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Vendors will serve coffee,

Catholic Conference Center

from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The workshop is based on the premise that a deeper understanding of dreams brings about greater awareness of God and His role in one's life. Dreams of saints and writings about dreams by early fathers of the Church will be explored. The workshop will be directed by Bobbie May. Music will be provided by

of American volunteers fuller

HICKORY — A Dream Workshop

at the

— The Knights of

Columbus, Council 770,

and

eliminat-

Sunday Mass and adding a 5 p.m. Sunday Mass. The reason for the change is to better serve ing the 12:30 p.m.

E. Kingston Ave.,

for 21 years.

Lewis Foun-

church-sponsored programs.

plores the motivations and experiences

faith, the

services, hospitals, religious orders

CHARLOTTE— Effective Oct. 10,

States Catholic Conference.

cational institutions, churches, social

Roman Catholic

authorized to certify cam-

pus minsters

Belmont.

dation provides grants for Catholic edu-

ince.

(704) 542-

call

Cable Programming "The Energies of Love" is the program for the week of Sept. 26 as part of a 13-part series, "The Americas: Faith, Culture and Change." The program ex-

four other dioceses in the Atlanta Prov-

Established in 1921 to foster the

For reservations,

handicapped children

ners in the Charlotte Diocese and the

St.

Concert/W orkshop

—

GREENSBORO Liturgical mucomposers Davis Haas and his wife J Jeanne Cotter, will present an evening! concert Friday, Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. andj a workshop on Saturday, Oct. 23 fror a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Paul the Apost sic

donuts, sausage and pepper sandwiches,

College as a Father Cuthbert Allen Visiting Fellow Sept. 23-24. Edgerton will read from his works,

home-made bread and

pluck his banjo and play the piano in a

public appearance in Haid Theatre Sept.

3 at 7:30 p.m.. at St.

Church.

Church. Everyone

Cost is $5 for the concert and $1 for the workshop. All are welcome.

other goodies.

Activities include hot air balloon

pony rides, games and a hayride. Crafts and entertainment will be available for all ages. The singing group, Innocent II, will perform, and the Teen rides,

Age Magicians will

share the stage with

performers from Motion Dance Studio of Cornelius.

For more information, call Pat or Marie Lisi at (704) 896-7735.

8 p.m.

The

presentation

will address a student

—

the pass-

ing of St. Francis from this life to the

—

at a

prayer service Sunday, Oct.

John Neumann welcome.

group on Sept. 24. Attic/Bake Sale

more information,

—

MINT HILL The St. Luke Attic/ Bake Sale at St. Luke Church is Sept. 25

the author of five novels, Raney, Walking Across Egypt, The Floatplane Notebooks, Killer Diller, and In Memory is

from 7 a.m.

Richard Vinroot has proclaimed Sept. 23 - Oct. 23 as "Knights of Columbus

Days To Help Retarded Citizens."

tion.

sponsoring a

Riviera Beach, Fla., to support estab-

Knights will be selling Tootsie Rolls

on Nov. 12 from 8 p.m. to midnight. Music will be provided by Big John and The At-

Education Center on the college campus. The center would address the need

various locations throughout Charlotte

lishing a Catholic Continuing

photographs, preferabh

black and white, also are welcome] Please submit news releases and photo] at least 10 days before date of publico

Matthew Church

in the parish hall

Good

briefs.

CHARLOTTE — Charlotte Mayor

CHARLOTTE — The Star Club at

Harvest Dance

(919) 294-4696.

College has received a $10,000 grant from the Frank J. Lewis Foundation of

St.

Mary Connol

Tootsie Rolls

Foundation Grant

Belmont Abbey

call

The Catholic News & Herald wel comes parish newsfor the diocesan nev\

to 3 p.m.

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—

A native North Carolinian, Edgerton

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17,

World and National Briefs Dalai Lama Urges All To Spread Religious Harmony Of Parliament

CHICAGO

(CNS)

Lama concluded

— The

released Sept. 7 at the Vatican.

World's Religions with a

To Disarm Salvadoran

Society

SAN SALVADOR (CNS) — Arch-

con-

call to

On Government

Archbishop Calls

Dalai

the Parliament of the

Damas has

tinue the conference's spirit of religious

bishop Arturo Rivera

harmony. "Nice words are easy. Imple-

on authorities to disarm Salvadoran society, in the midst of a rising and violent crime wave. The archbishop, speaking in his homily Sept. 5, said the problem of civilian possession of weapons "must be resolved in a convincing manner." Under the 1 992 peace accords that ended

mentation

much more

difficult," the

exiled spiritual and temporal leader of

Tibet said Sept. 4 in Chicago's Grant

Park during closing ceremonies of the conference. "When you return to your places, keep the spirit we have experienced the last few days in your mind,"

called

12-year civil war, the

El Salvador's

he added. The closing gathering wasattended by several thousand people,

government agreed to confiscate weapons that the army distributed

including curious Chicagoans and par-

civilians during the conflict. Unofficial

ticipants

from the conference

drew

that

estimates put the figure at

all

more than

6,000 religious leaders and faithful representing 125 faiths from around the

30,000 weapons.

world.

Archbishop Says Irish Unemployment Reaches 'Subversive Level' DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) Unem-

—

Doctor's Murder Wasn't AbortionRelated, Police Say After Arrest

MOBILE,

Ala.

Mobile made an

(CNS)

— Police 4

arrest Sept.

ployment in Ireland has reached a "subversive level," said Archbishop

Desmond Connell

in the

who

shooting death of a local doctor

McCoy,

And

was charged with murder two weeks after the Aug. 21 death of Dr. George

scandal.

Wayne Patterson outside an X-rated the-

most recent

"There appears to be no

problem

the

number unemployed

Dublin

in the past year.

Archbishop Objects To Version

described the suspected motive in the

crime as "street violence,

—

in the

— almost twice

Mobile

who

Of Law,

MOSCOW

in particular

New

Editor Says

(CNS)

— The head of

Catholics in European Russia has ob-

street robbery."

jected to a

on Latin American Conference Lists Threats To Family Life

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Coer-

new

version of Russia's law

religion, saying the bill's provisions

ser-

vice for the apostolic administration. Yeltsin has to sign the bill for

become law. In an interview with Catholic

News

Service, Father Khmelnitsky

for heads of households,

outlined criticisms of the

and sex education programs based on

raised by the archbishop.

new measure

traditional values. All of the factors

Cardinal Leaves Beijing After Meeting Government Officials

BEIJING (CNS)

"the absence of a recognition of the

transcendental meaning of

life,"

said. The final declaration of the meeting, sponsored in part by the Pon-

since the 1949 left for

Council for the Family and the

Latin American bishops' council,

— The

ranking Vatican official to

the

group tifical

visit

China

officials.

Cardinal Roger

Etchegaray head of the Pontifical Coun,

Ollers a variety of programs to suit various needs.

serve church groups of all denominations olfer parish renewal programs serve seekers of quiet time and space provide one on one guidance or direction,

and prayer companionship.

803/327-2097

for Mill,

Cross at World Youth Day in Denver in August, has said that "many will be seriously misled by this performance." In a statement released Sept. 8, the group

mime performance by

the Fountain Square Fools of Cincinnati

Spirituality

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for the "very serious matter" of featur-

Miracles In Alleged Marian Apparitions

TRENTON,

N.J.

(CNS)

— After a

New

Jersey home,

Bishop John C. Reiss of Trenton declared Sept. 8 that "there is no evidence of anything truly miraculous" occurring there. He urged Catholics who have been visiting the site to continue their prayer and spiritual renewal but to gather somewhere else "in places and circumstances which do not jeopardize the good order, safety and welfare of our fellow citizens." Tens of thousands of pilgrims have been flocking to the home of Joseph Januszkiewicz of Marlboro since June 1992 when he claimed Mary

Thanks To

Thaqnks

St.

Jude and the Blessed Virgin for prayers answered and fa-

vors granted.

the role of Jesus"

at Mile High Denver. World Youth Day organizers and a spokeswoman for the mime troupe said, however, that the

portrayal

was not meant

be a histori-

cal representation or a statement

church issues. The pope's spokesman, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, also told the news media that "a woman can represent all humanity and all humanity was represented by the death of Christ."

Accused Killer Of Mexican Cardinal Found Dead In Cell

—

the

One of MEXICO CITY (CNS) gunmen accused of mistakenly slayMexican

cardinal last

May

in a

was found dead in his prison cell, the government news' agency Notimex said Sept. 8. The body of Ramon Torres Mendez, alias "El drug-related shoot-out

Spunky," bore no signs of violence, Notimex quoted Guadalajara prison director Manuel Aguirre Arevalo as saying. He added that an autopsy would be

Notimex did not say exactly body was found and officials were not immediately available to comment on the report. Torres Mendez was captured shortly after the May 24 killing

carried out.

when

the

of Cardinal Juan Posadas Ocampo andsix other people at the airport of the western city of Guadalajara and was in jail awaiting trial on murder and drug charges.

Jude

Blessed Virgin

to St.

woman

Stadium

ing a

Bishop Says

And The

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woman

portrayed Christ during Stations of the

tions criticized a

—

TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNS) Two months before the historic visit of a top-

—

The Coordinator, Center P. O. Box 11586, Rock

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A group

of Catholics, outraged that a

of leaders of several Catholic organiza-

communist revolution

Rome after meeting several gov-

ernment

was

highest-

regularly in

Sunday School Class

visits at a central

spiritual friendship

Police Raid Chinese Catholic

year's investigation of alleged Marian

We We We We

cardinal

Group Outraged Woman Depicted Christ At World Youth Day

ing "a

cerns, said Dominican Father Alexander

involved in the disintegration of the family in Latin America can be traced to

him

during the Aug. 13 service

Khmelnitsky, editor of a publishing

wage

mainland Chinese police raided a Sunday school class run by pro-Vatican Catholics and detained six church members. Four public security officers raided a house in Qingshan village, Fujian province, 900 miles south of Beijing, while about 250 youths were attending a class on religion and human quality, according to a report brought out of China by a Taiwanese Catholic. The report said the police took pictures, confiscated books and interrogated the youths, UCA News, an Thailand-based Asia church news agency, reported. The agency said a Catholic source in Fujian confirmed the report.

America, a group of Catholic politicians and legislators said. The 20 Latin American lawmakers and government offi-

renewed penalties for government efforts to ensure a

rately," the cardinal told reporters.

had begun to appear his back yard.

try,

dent Boris Yeltsin to express his con-

cials called for

Wu Shaozu, Vice-Chairman of

apostolic administrator for Catholics in

machismo are among the threats to family life in Latin

living

The French

ranking Vatican official to their coun-

European Russia, planned to write Presi-

abortion,

Sept. 3 in Beijing.

China since 1949. (CNS photo from Reuters)

will be difficult to interpret. Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Moscow-based

cive contraception programs, abortion,

divorce, poverty and

and Peace, met Minister

Justice

of Sport

and Zhang Shengzuo, director of the Religious Affairs Bureau of the State Council. "All those whom I met wished to turn the pages of history, the oldest of which Beijing and Rome have had difficulty writing together, and the most recent of which have been written sepa-

showed that

official figures

the national average

Hart,

cil for

the National People's Congress Buhe,

Patterson and his medical practice nor

spokeswoman Laurie

Games

the highest-ranking Vatican official to visit

getting

the

area rose by 4 percent

police

opening ceremonies for China's National

worse." The archbishop said that the

direct correlation with the death of Dr.

to his personal affairs," said

said

some Dublin parishes, 80 percent of the people are unemployed. "No Christian can contemplate such a statistic with indifference," he said. "It is a

42, of Eight Mile, Ala.,

ater in Mobile.

that in

performed abortions, but said the killing had no connection to abortion. Winston

of Dublin.

Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, attends

This newspaper

printed on recycled

newsprint and cyclable.

re-

The Catholic News

& Herald

September

17,

1993

The Diocese of Charlotte Presents

Regional Assemblies Spmfs Vmsence

"The

shown

some way

each penson pon rhe good op olL"

Con. 12:7)

Assemblies will be held:

October 9 Winston Salem Bishop McGuinness High School

October 30

February

Hendersonville

Charlotte

Immaculata School

St.

Ann

12,

1994

School

An Assemblies Committee composed ofmembers oftheformer Diocesan Pastoral Council have designed these daysfor the ongoing education ofparish pastoral councils, parish commissions, pastors, parochial vicars, Assemblies begin at 9:00 a.m. with an address by Msgr. John

Presentations at 10:00 a.m. "What Does

Mean To Be

'Catholic' In

andpastoral associates.

McSweeney, diocesan administrator.

Presentations at 11:45 a.m.

The South Today?"

"Ministry to the

by Dr. Kenneth M. Sanchagrin

Homebound"

by Tony Lefeber

This workshop will explore the nature of our "foreign" and "minority" status in

This workshop will discuss the "whys" and "hows" for

this

overwhelmingly Protestant region from both a cultural and theological perspective.

and the

social visits,

of distributing Holy

rite

Sacramental and

visits,

Communion

outside the Mass.

General implications for Catholic identity, religious practice, ecumenical and civic

Through guided discussion

participation will be offered.

discussed.

(This

workshop

will not

"Tame That Wild Tube"

practical issues will be

be offered Oct. 30.)

by Gail

Hunt

Through

"How To by Carol

Spread The Good News"

Loretta Wnetrzak

empowers targeting ways

view of ministry,

"A Walk Through The Liturgy"

component

in education,

and questions and group sharing.

This will be a detailed walk through the liturgy for the Solemnity of the Epiphany.

Council To Do!"

options for the Mass,

OSF

by Sister Jean Linder,

will learn to

by Fr. Kenneth Whittington

Details will be discussed such as

(This session will

collegial style of leadership that

which parents and others can be involved, training and education of volunteers, using

"What's

and magazine deconstruction,

Who wins? Who Loses? Who decides?

not be offered on Oct. 30.)

Using a

others, integrating a family perspective in a wholistic

special liturgies as an integral

and

harness the beast within.

Brown and Patsy Edmisten

This presentation will include:

Violette

television, movies, video

work together

This session will address the mission, role, functions, and relationships of the pastoral

how

to bring

how music

ministers are trained,

coherence to the

liturgy.

chosen, what guides the choice of

how

liturgy

committee and pastors

Morning and evening prayer

will

also be included.

council and will include discussion of bylaws and guides for small parishes and missions. will serve as an orientation for

new members and

"A 'How

a review for ongoing members.

To' Workshop For Conducting

by Sr. Jean Linder,

"Order Of Christian

Initiation

Of Adults"

This workshop will contain: Brief overview of the process of true conversion of

life

(rather than simply changing denominations), discipleship

and

and mission

to the world,

And

shape a society

— and

how we become

— with

Novotney, SJ

a voice for children and families as

Time

will be given to questions

and

This workshop will provide ideas and resources for implementing family

life

with Biblical Fundamentalists will be given.

Scott Spivak

a world

definition of "fundamentalism" and a brief history of biblical brand will be

presented. Both negative and positive aspects as well as suggestions for conversation

Families First"

Miriam Fiduccia, MSBT, and

This workshop will explore to

Fundamentalism"

"Biblical

A Sr.

will incorporate the "discernment/consensus" model.

by Fr. Andrew

pastoral concerns.

"Putting Children

Meeting"

This workshop will include format and dynamics in conducting a meeting.

by Joanna Ninteman Case

OSF

open discussion.

seek

a clear priority for families and children in need.

"Family Life At The Parish Level" "Preparing by Kelly

Parish Newsletter"

by Sister Miriam Fiduccia,

Hebert

out line for planning a bulletin or newsletter will be given and samples of different

MSBT

ministry at the parish level.

newsletters will be available for comparison.

infuse

of parish ministry.

all

their successes

and

will look at

There

will

ways

which a family perspective can

be opportunity for participants to share

problem-solve areas of concern.

"Lutheran/Catholic Relationships At The Parish Level" Speakers will be available

each

site to

discuss

this.

At Hendersonville, there

will

"Visions

a seminar focusing on Lutheran-Catholic relations but also referring to trends in

Methodist and Anglican-Catholic relations. 1

Of Parish

Social Ministry"

by Scott Spivak

'Name:

Explore ways that Community Life and other parish leaders can empower their parish as the people of God to fulfill the Church's mission of love, justice, freedom

and peace

in light

of Scripture, Catholic social tradition and experience. Practical

applications and participant discussion will be included.

Address.

Registration Information: City/State/Zip •

Assemblies are provided at no cost to participants.

•

Each assembly

Telephone will

begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at 1:15 a.m.

Parish

At each location, places will be provided up until 3:00 p.m. for those commissions and other groups who wish to network following the assembly. •

Location attending: 10

Winston Salem

Hendersonville

Charlotte

Session Selected

•

Mail registration by Sept. 28.

sufficient

11:45

workshop may be cancelled

pre-registrants.

Session Selected

Mail form by Sept. 28

to:

Office of Planning,

1524 E. Morehead

St.,

Charlotte,

28207

• Directions to

assembly

sites will

be furnished upon request.

for lack of