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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

The

1995

U.S. Catholic

Conference Issues Labor Day Statement Labor Day finds the American economy shifting, churning, and adapting to new realities. Even as our economy continues to expand from the

This

last recession creating millions

jobs,

it is

new

reported that most Americans

have seen

income decline or just

their

hold even.

Young people with only

marked disadvantage. As they enter the work force, they start jobs paying some 30 percent below similar jobs of the late 1970s. Indeed, wages for most Amerihigh school education are

cans First day fun. Father Jim Byer, pastor of St.

some

time with St. Leo kindergarten students. Photo by full back-to-school coverage.

only a high school edu-

cation have deteriorated. Families must

Leo in Winston-Salem spends

edition

who have

at a

the Sept. 15

work longer hours with more members

ELIZABETH MAYBACH

of the family in the workforce just to

Coming

keep pace. Income for middle-class families stagnates.

Bishop Curlin Announces

— Bishop William

G. Curlin has announced changes to the diaconate program that include the appointment of four regional diaconal diIn the Asheville region, Rev. Mr.

ment

of the

— and strengthen community — It

will

also allow the regional directors to of-

more manageable geographical

The

Sept. 15 edition

of Charlotte.

the regional directors in supervising

of The

Catholic High School.

A ceremony to bless and dedinew CCHS

takes place

Sept. 10, at 3 p.m., at the location,

new school

7702 Pineville-Matthews

Rd. The public

all

diaconal ministry in the diocese. "In addition," explained Bishop

cordially invited.

fittest."

Once our economy depended almost totally on the land. Each farmer, or more likely a family, could live fully off the land. Now agriculture employs just 1 .6 percent of the American workforce. Then

the industrial revolution devel-

oped the factory where many people prospered within the structure of manufacturing. In the last 25 years, the manufacturing sector, which helped many workers join the middle-class, has lost millions

of jobs and

now

appears on the decline.

Change has brought us from

the

always places

at the service

of the person. "The modern business

economy has positive aspects. Its basis is human freedom exercised in the economic

field, just as

it is

exercised in

many other fields. Economic activity is indeed but one sector in a great variety of human activities, and like every other sector, it includes the right to freedom,

making responThe economy is human experience,

as well as the duty of sible use of freedom."

only one part of the not its sole determinant.

It,

like other

work to build the common good. As Pope John Paul II aspects of society, must

notes, Catholic teaching envisions a

society of work freely chosen, of enterprise,

and of participation.

envi-

sions a society not directed by, or di-

rected against, the market, but where society and the

government appropri-

West has the important

agricultural age, to the manufacturing

ately regulate the economy to guarantee

tasks of evaluating our current diaconal

age, to the still evolving service/information age. This emerging sector beginning to dominate the American economy brings challenges both to the workplace and to workers. Today, the economy relies increasingly on our

that the basic

knowledge knowledge

sponsibilities,

its

service throughout the

new applicants for future diaconal min-

News & Herald will feature the dedication of the new Char-

cate the

He will work closely with

diocese; meeting with and assessing

Catholic lotte

area.

Bishop Curlin has also appointed Father Mauricio West, chancellor and vicar general, as Director of the Permanent Diaconate ministry in the Diocese

ministry and

Coming Soon

new

economy. They do not have the sophistication or basic knowledge which would enable them to express their creativity and develop their full potential in this new environment. Without additional training and education there is no way for them to enter this network of knowledge and intercommunication.

eastward to Hamlet. These appointments are intended to encourage and foster the develop-

KEANE

Curlin, "Father

defined as Charlotte and

effective and

ciety, but

regional diaconal director for the Charlotte region;

make an

dignified contribution in this

the market and of enterprise within so-

the deacons and their pastors, within a

—

the ability to

American companies, American people and American workers find that the "old ways" of working or doing business no longer exist. For too many, the assumed social contract between employer and employee has been replaced by "survival

fer increased individual assistance to

—

freeing for

South, to the high tech, aerospace industries of the West,

Western Counties of the diocese, including parishes from Burnsville to Murphy. Rev. Mr. Andy Cilone heads up the Hickory region encompassing an area roughly defined from Jefferson to Gastonia. The triad area from eastern point of Reidsville west to Mount Airy, south to Ashboro will be coordinated by Rev. Mr. Gerard Schumacher. Rev. Mr. Ben Wenning is

Vandermeer

director for the far

Catholic social teaching increas-

will serve as regional

Jos

new technology

ingly recognizes the positive value of

within the Order of Deacons.

rectors.

This

many; but others face serious problems, all associated with economic change. The fact is that many people do not have

and auto plants of

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

While our nation still grows huge amounts of food and still manufactures a vast number of goods, it relies more and more on "high technology" rather than human brawn to provide our daily bread.

the Midwest, the textile mills of the

East, the steel mills

Plans For Diaconate By JO ANN

From the shipyards of the

of doing something for someone else.

istry ;

and evaluating our diocesan train-

ing program for candidates."

The Diaconal Ministry in the

thriving

Diocese of Charlotte. The recent 1 1 new permanent dea-

ordination of

cons has raised the total number of permanent deacons to sixty. See related story, Vatican To Ex-

amine World's Expanding Permanent Diaconate, page 2.

— especially — our capacity

scientific

for interre-

and compact organization, as well as our ability to perceive the needs of others and to satisfy them. More than ever, our work is work with others and our work is work for others: It is a matter

lated

needs of the whole society

pope

re-

us, is not just '"a society

are satisfied. Business, as the

minds

capital goods';

it is

also a 'society of

persons' in which people participate in different

ways and with

specific re-

whether they supply the

necessary capital for the company's activities or take part in such activities

through their labor."

See Labor, page 6

& Herald

The Catholic News

September

New Associate

Vatican To Examine

By JO ANN

(CNS)

— The

WOODEN

manent diaconate

as reflections

under a Vatican microscope. "The diaconate is going through a moment of great expansion," said Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for the

work on the directory, Archbishop Sepe

The diaconate is the "third level" of copacy and priesthood, he explained in the Avvenire interview. "The deacon is not a 'major layman' nor a 'minor priest,'" the archbishop said. But "the sacramentality of the diaconate and its state within the church is a question that must be exam-

rather than the fruit of a true maturation

of the church's understanding," he told the Italian newspaper Avvenire.

Last spring, the archbishop announced the clergy congregation would dedicate its fall 1995 plenary session to

and ministries

formation, spirituality and ministry of

a distinct identity and spirituality, he

permanent deacons. "There is a need for

said.

in the church,

The Second Vatican

sacramental grace he

has received in

centuries of ordaining as a transitional ministry

cause of the sacramental grace he has received in ordination, while his living condition is closer to that of the

close to the

priest because of the

Latin-rite church after

men to the diaconate only

ordination, while his living condition

for-

mally re-opened the per-

manent diaconate

1967.

According

Vatican figures re-

The

closer

who are widowed after ordination

those

marry again with-

20,456 permanent deacons in the world at the end of 1 993 three and a half times as many as there were at the end of

out leaving the ministry.

1978.

While the world' s Catholic population grew by some 215 million over the same period, the number of diocesan and religious-order priests in the world dropped by 1 2,000, the number of brothers dropped by 14,000, and the number of religious women dropped 125,000. The Vatican statistics on the permanent diaconate also show a huge variation in the number of deacons minFor example, more than half of the world' s permanent deacons have been ordained in U.S. dioceses. Brazil, which

number

of Catholics, has only 715 permanent deacons.

Members

of the Congregation for

1993 that the church needed more detailed guidelines on the

Clergy decided

availability for his ministry."

"Married deacons must involve their families in their spirituality and ministry. In fact, all the

members of his

family, and particularly his wife, are

somehow

involved," not only in activi-

performed on behalf of others but in the type of family life they model for ties

others, the archbishop said.

that between

1968 and 1993 the Vatican

were then free to marry. Archbishop Sepe said the figures

show

that "frequently there is not an adequate discernment in admitting can-

didates to the diaconate.... There

throughout the world. Archbishop Sepe said in early August that more than 1 ,300 dioceses had almost half of the world's total

psychologically

—

responded. results of the survey,

which

showed

granted dispensations to 202 permanent deacons; leaving the ministry, they

superficiality in having

—

in preparation

for the plenary meeting, he said,

diaconate and, in preparation for their work, sent a questionnaire to bishops

The

Rhohman

didates

who

promoted can-

are morally, spiritually or

weak with

the

hope

would improve in the future." The congregation's new directory,

that they

he said, should offer bishops and deacons better guidelines and explanations for their ministry.

many of

the

and evaluating stewardship pro

ship committees and laid plans for the

opportunity

upcoming Diocesan Stewardship Day.

to instill a

people," she says. "I

office to reviewing

marvelous

life-long sense of stewardship in our young

would

like to de-

velop a plan for children that parallels our stewardship program for adults."

eager to continue the great

work of the development office," says Rohrman. "The fruits of our efforts wil be visible in the vibrant, faith-filled communities anxious to continue Christ's saving work."

Conference Has Ecumenical Appeal Interfaith

By MARION CARDOZA LITTLE SWITZERLAND

—A

veritable

"The celibate deacon has a simpler and more precise appearance," Archbishop Sepe said. "I would say it is more linear because he has a greater

Research conducted

istering in various countries.

gram progress throughout the diocese She has met with many parish steward

—

ters

ma-

vast

deacons are married. Those who are not married before ordination must remain celibate, and are not permitted to

the country with the largest

Barbara

jority of permanent

leased in early August, there were

tors,

stewardship.

"This

of the lay faithful"

to that

of children's

In fact,

Her enthusiasm spills over. Rohrman

lay faithful."

before priesthood.

Pope Paul VI

past successful projects, contacting pas

for the

education.

to the priest be-

interview.

Council suggested the reestablishment of the permanent diaconate in the

ment

as she speaks

specifically children'

Archbishop Sepe said "the deacon blends in himself ways of being and of acting" that are similar to a priest and a lay person. "For example, he is close

about how the diaconate differs from the priesthood and from the laity, he said in the Avvenire

eyes sparkle

— — a labor of love

must have

drafting a directory on the selection,

stewardship

more in depth." The diaconate, like other vocations

cially

Rohrman'

were dedicated to volunteer ministries With guidance from Director of De velopment Jim Kelley, Rohrman has devoted her early days in the develop

Although she may face new chalDSA, working in areas

lenges with the

ined

clarity," espe-

parish for five years; ten years prior

religious

port Appeal and parish stewardship ef-

of stewardship

—

ordinator of

As associate director, Rohrman will

forts.

and family

former co-

development, filling the vacancy created when former Associate Director of Development Pat Signs returned to the Savannah Diocese as development di-

concentrate efforts on the Diocesan Sup-

the sacrament of orders, behind the epis-

"But we don' t want this enthusiasm be a result of some kind of fashion

KEANE husband Larry and daugh Addie, Julie and Rosemary live on a steady diet of sharing time, talent and treasure with Church and community. "Our family is grateful for the opportunity to deepen our faith by shar ing our gifts with others," says Rohrman. "We place our church offering at the top of our priority list every time we sit down to re-evaluate our budget and our percentage of giving." The Rohrman family time and tal ent list covers a wide spectrum of parish activities. Associate Director Rohrman teamed up faith formation efforts at her

associate director of

rector.

said.

Clergy. to

on their diocese's experi-

ences with the permanent diaconate, will be the basis for the congregation's

about to be put

named

has been

include proposals from bishops as well

rapidly expanding ministry of the per-

Director Of

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE— Barbara Rohrman VATICAN CITY

1995

Development Calls Stewardship "A Way Of Life"

World's Expanding Permanent Diaconate By CINDY

summit meeting of 107

reli-

gious, academic and lay leaders gath-

ered

Wildacres Retreat Center

re-

cently for the 13th annual interfaith institute,

and an opportunity

into ecumenical

ish/Christian

—

to delve

specifically

Jew-

relations.

The group, including rabbis, priests and pastors representing many denomicame from as far north as New Jersey to the southern tip of Florida. They came to higher ground of the mountaintop retreat seeking common ground within their faith traditions. Among them was Jesuit Father John Bernbrock, parochial vicar from St. Vincent de Paul in Charlotte. "Christians will benefit from learning more about Jewish traditions and teachings because they are our spiritual forefathers and it's part of our heritage," said Father Bernbrock. The convocation hosts a plethora

condition of Jesus' day,

many facilitating topics

ranging from "Wisdom and Ethics in Jewish/Christian Dialogue" to discus-

Sermon on the Mount. Keynote speaker, Clark M.

sions on the

Williamson Ph.D., professor of Christian Thought at the Christian Theological Center in Indiana said, "as the Sermon on the Mount spoke to the human

speaks to us

them all day long, but they won't hear it unless something is done to ease theii plight." Dr.

Williamson likened the Ser-

mon on the Mount to an echo of Mouni Sinai.

"Both transmitted messages and

called the people to relationship with

God and each other. We must God the instruction of Jesus ...

the

imitate

reveals

ways of God." "Catholics must approach those

nations,

of theologians,

We can tell the poor God loves

today.

different religious traditions in a spiri

of love and openness," said Fathe: Bernbrock. "I respect their (those oi

Jewish faith) willingness to familiarize themselves with what we believe to bt

God's revelation

know

to us, yet

much about what

too

don'

they be

lieve."

Awash

ecumenical

ticipants agreed:

spirit,

alleviate

par

humai

suffering, Judeo/Christian ethics

mus

be promoted. "Many people have affiliations wit! churches and synagogues but don't # tend very often. This may be the roc cause of the breakdown of the family Religion may be the greatest avenue o help we have available to us.," said Rev J.

William Angell Ph.D., professo

emeritus,

Wake

Forest University am

former director of the Wake Forest Belmont Abbey Ecumenical Institute.

September

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Delegation Head Reflects Papal Message To U.N. Diocese of Charlotte P.O. Box 36776 Charlotte,

NC 28236

Women's Conference VATICAN CITY (CNS) September

Dear Friends in

1995

Christ,

The Catholic University of America is our national research center for Catholic Theology, Philosophy and Law. The University is unique among the institutions of Catholic higher education in America with its ecclesiastical degrees. Founded by the Bishops of the U.S. in 1887, the Catholic University of America

very grateful for our past

support that enables it to continue its original charter from Pope Leo

— Pope

Women to

in Beijing.

'The Holy See is not going to Beijing defend motherhood, but to defend

women," Navarro- Vails said. "One segment of the argument is motherhood.

Catholic University of America depends upon us. The annual collection for the University will be taken up in all parishes of our

"Women have the right to choose between having a profession, being simultaneously a mother and having a profession, and being a mother who dedicates her activity to the home," he

Diocese on the weekend of September 9-10 and we ask your generous

said.

(SCRIP).

support.

Meanwhile Glendon, a 56-year-old wife and mother of three daughters, said

Wishing you and yours God's abundant blessings,

she felt a great responsibility as leader of the Vatican delegation "because the Holy See may be one of the very few voices speaking for women who have chosen to give their paramount priority to motherhood and family concerns." Navarro- Vails said the positions of

Sincerely yours in Christ,

erySjeverend Mauricio

W. West, V.G.

Morehead Street

Charlotte,

North America push a narrow type of feminism marked by "a negative attitude toward the family," anger toward men and an uncritical support for abortion and contraception. On the other hand, he said, the Vatican and many developing countries have a feminist agenda that supports the equality of women while seeing them as

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equal partners with

men

in the task of

improving society and the lives of all. Pope John Paul, speaking Aug. 20

for

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Sunday:

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17-18, 20, 28-29 12: 18-19, 22-24 1,

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13-18

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Wisdom

6ept. 10

13-18

Philemon 9-10, 12-17 Luke 14: 25-33 Colossians

Luke

Wednesday:

5: 1-6, 9-1

Thessalonians 4: 31-37

Luke

Colossians 1: 1-8 4: 38-44

Luke

Thursday

Colossians

Luke

Friday:

Nehemiah

9-14

Micah

5: 1-4

Romans

28-30

Matthew Saturday:

Colossians

Luke

6: 1-5

1-16 or 1:

21-23

18-23

work must be respected," the pope said. At the same time, he said, a woman' current or potential family duties can-

not be used as an excuse to deny "equal

opportunity for

men and women,

The pope

called for sensitivity to

the needs of working mothers, equal

pay for equal work and other efforts to ensure that "being a woman and mother does not result in discrimination." In his Angelus address a week later, Pope John Paul turned his attention to the growing number of women seeking public office and winning elections. The quality of politics, he said Aug. 27, obviously does not depend on the gender of the politician, but on his or her values, competence and commitment. The Vatican delegation, NavarroValls said, welcomes the convocation of the Beijing conference and supports its goals of promoting women's equality, health and education.

The delegation will join with others condemning all forms of violence against women, which in the draft document includes rape, war, genital mutila-

tion,

forced prostitution and arranged

marriages.

"While the conference

official

Hebrews 5: 7-9 John 19: 25-27 or Luke

Charlotte (or

health,'" Navarro- Vails said.

"This reduction penalizes the interof the majority of women," whose concerns in areas of health, education and economic development go well beests

yond problems connected he

said.

ment to the Church and community in which we

the live."

Bishop William G. Curlin

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

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Luke

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XIII.

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September

Redouble Ecumenical

Efforts

—

The Pope Speaks

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II asked Christians to "redouble the commitment" to ecumenical dialogue in order to overcome serious

Pope John Paul

differences between their churches.

"Abortion and euthanasia are thus crimes which no human law can claim to legitimize. There is no obligation in conscience to obey such laws; instead there

a grave and clear obligation to oppose them by conscientious objection..." Evangelium Vitae

qfie

'Diocese

Inspect Life Office

of Charlotte

(704)331-1720

1995

Pope Asks Christians To

fpro-Life Corner

The

pope, in

remarks

at a

Vatican Aug. 23, said the last several decades of dialogue have opened up important areas of theological

and pastoral cooperation among the separated appeal to the international community, so that

Christian communities.

felt

"The road ahead is still long. We need to proceed with faith and courage, avoiding superficiality and

devotes untiring generosity toward this task," he said.

rashness," he said.

gees, also has a responsibility to

"Comforted by the results already achieved, Chriscommitment," he said. The pope was specifically discussing dialogue with Protestant churches formed as a result of the 1 6thcentury Reformation. He said one of the problems today is that these churches have notable differences

ees by guaranteeing them "dignity and safety."

among

intensifying relief efforts for the returning refugees.

said

Rwanda,

spirit

most of the refu-

welcome back return-

of fraternity, solidarity and reconciliation," he

said.

He urged Catholic agencies to offer an example by

themselves. it is

Office of the Bishop

not unusual to find doctrinal currents

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events during the

the source of

do not agree, with differences that even touch upon the substance of the faith," he said. "These difficulties, however, make that

next few weeks:

the persistent search for dialogue

September 4 Labor Day

all

September

1995

the

more necessary," he added.

He said the interest and dedication to Bible among many Protestant

September 10

the

3 pm Charlotte Catholic High School Dedication and Blessing 7 pm Hispanic Mass, St. Patrick Cathedral

churches was admirable. At the same

September 11-12 Day of Prayer for Seminarians St. Meinrad Seminary

church."

SEnTIRECLMCMKISTO

Dear Friends

time, he said, Catholics and Protestants

have "serious differences about the relationship between sacred Scripture, tradition and the authentic magisterium of the

One

particular problem, he said,

that Protestants

deny

As to

in Christ:

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that the church's

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draw

Recent surgery and declining health necessitate that Bob focus his efforts on rest and recovery.

Bob

has met the

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urged international help for Rwandan and Burundian refugees, chased from Zaire but afraid to return to their homelands. "This is an endless tragedy, and its victims are for the most part innocent hundreds of thousands of men people and women, elderly and children," the pope said at a Sunday blessing Aug. 27. Zaire, weary of hosting an estimated 1.2 million refugees from civil wars in neighboring Rwanda and Burundi, began in mid-August to force the them back across the border. After driving out 1 5,000, it suspended the policy when the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees II

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Bob joined the Catholic Center staff in July,

in-

1987. Since

he has served the Diocese in several areas and positions. Bob was appointed editor of The Catholic News & Herald when it was established as our diocesan newspathat time,

per in September, 1991.

African Refugees

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS)

Publisher: Most

challenges of his illness with courage and fortitude of faith.

life.

He said theological dialogue on such

The Catholic News

said

Through Bob's efforts and direction, the paper has grown and received numerous awards.

The Diocese is indebted to Bob for his dedication and hard work in making The Catholic News & Herald a publication of which

offer

tions to

can be proud.

heartfelt gratitude to

The Catholic News

Bob

for his contribu-

& Herald

and the Diocese. I recovery and Bob's prayer for

invite you to join with me in wish him every blessing as he begins a well-deserved

re-

tirement.

Prayerfully yours in the Lord,

would organize a voluntary repa-

triation

program.

The pope

said he was happy to hear of the suspension, but added that a "definitive solution" was urgently needed.

28237.

"I therefore

make a strong and heart-

"I encourage the entire Rwandan population to welcome them with open arms and open hearts, in a

tians should redouble the

"In fact, inside a single church

piscopal Calendar

general audience at the

Most Reverend William G. Curlin Bishop of Charlotte

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Joy And Pain Is it possible to experience both joy and pain at the same time? Yes it is. Joy and pain are like the north and south poles of one planet, at the center they

on, living in God's love like a bee nestled

become

charitable in the process

sible

indistinguishable. Joy

even

pos-

in painful circumstances.

Light

in the calyx of a fragrant flower.

The

great challenge

is to

fering with courage. If you can try to be

hibited a sure sign of holiness. Charity is

Christ

Hospital patients have the same duty to

things are possible.

you

are in severe physical pain

these words

may

not be of

much

help,

ask your forgiveness in advance. me as I try to explore mystery a bit further.

Please bear with this

We all know that pain is absolutely can be overpowering and crippling, but we also know it is passing. Pain runs its course, whereas joy is eternal. We may be battered by suffering of one kind or another, but if we keep the faith we will not be defeated. The mystery of good and evil is horrible.

often linked to this question.

Much

is caused by the malice of Consider the senseless blood-

suffering others.

shed in Rwanda, the merciless murder of civilians in Sarajevo or the slaughter of the innocent in the Oklahoma terrorist

bombing. These horrors are too

ficult to bear. Nevertheless,

Father John Catoir

you have ex-

The saints and mystics testify to this. In all

One Candle

bear suf-

dif-

carry

the essence of Christian perfection.

be charitable as the nurses and doctors. It's all done by trusting God's hidden plan for your life. Accepting all that God allows to happen to you is not easy to do. The art of practicing cheerful acquiescence may sound impossible, but the saints practiced it and there is always grace. Blessed Julian of Norwich wrote: "The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything." This lofty knowledge may not spare you from the ravages of disease, but it can focus your mind on eternal truths. When St. Therese of Lisieux began to vomit blood in the last phase of her life in 1896 she welcomed her tuberculosis as the

first

summons of

death and heaven. "I had a faith so living

and lucid," she wrote, "that the thought of heaven was the sum of all my happiness." Pray for that same grace.

Joy can prevail over suffering and it can coexist with it.

sorrow, or at least It

takes great faith to realize that the

Lord rose form the dead to give us hope in the glorious outcome of our own lives. All our pain will be purified in the furnace of His love.

The Lord asks us

be brave as

carry our cross. In times of suffering

remember God's unchanging love. Conversely, when you are happy, don't forget those less fortunate than yourself.

The joys of heaven await you. circumstances, trust

God

In all

blindly, im-

mediately and completely. No one expects you to force feelings of any kind. You're only human. This joy

have

simply a peacecan accept your weakness and fragility without becoming discouraged. God will give you the grace to find His own joyful spirit abiding within you. He knows that you're doing the best you can and He loves you for that. Trust him and let Him be your joy and your strength. For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Patience, " send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th Street, New York, NY 10017. Father John Catoir is director of to conjure up. It is

You

ful acceptance.

The Christophers.

we speak of is not a feeling you

A Summer Of Sadness Like many places throughout the United States this summer, the past few weeks in Washington, D.C. have been filled with oppressive hot days and punishing humidity. With record breaking heat waves and no rain in sight, I find myself cheering for a day in the low 90' and feeling almost giddy if there's even a chance of an thunderstorm in the forecast.

But weather,

because

ways much worse than

it's

been a

difficult

the

summer

many of our friends and neigh-

bors are suffering during a season that

should be relaxing and carefree.

A few weeks ago, one of Joe' s closest friends called to talk about the shock

heartbreak he

was

and

suddenly decided to end their marriage.

Most

roles, baby-sitting children, visiting

diagnosed with Crohn' s Disease, a chronic

praying, there's been

inflammation of the digestive system. For

flect

little

boy was and

hospitalized while a younger brother

anxiously waited for his return. His mother and father took turns being sister

with him around the clock as family and friends prayed for his recovery.

Just a

few weeks

earlier,

friend lost her father to lung cancer.

was pregnant with her

best

She

third child, but

she drove her father to every one of his chemotherapy treatments and looked

forward to the

this

time she spent with him.

During the past month, I have felt sadness and pain of another close

who

)

reached out with extraordinary love and compassion to her father

who was battling bone cancer. Although

friend

;

friend has four

found a

way

young

children, she

be with her father every

night in the hospital.

respected sur-

geon and loving "Papa." her dad also suffered a heart attack and stroke before jhe died in early August.

hospitals,

making

get well cards and little

time to re-

on why people we care about are experiencing such sorrow this summer. There is a frustration on most days that we aren't able to do enough and an exhaustion on other days that we can't do any more. My prayer this summer is "Use me, Lord, just don't use me up, please!"

And yet,

I've learned this

summer,

our privilege but also our responsibility to reach out in any way we can to our friends, family members and others who are hurting or experiencing sorrow. Loving and serving our neighbor is at the very heart of what it means to be a Christian. In a very personal way, I've seen how a sudden illness can turn a family's life inside out in a frighteningly short period of time. I have been overwhelmed with wonder and worry about what families do who do not have friends or family members to support them in difficult times. As more people are working and that it's not only

Eileen

throughout the summer was hearing that our friend and neighbor was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 34. Her two young children are the same age as mine and she is seven months pregnant with her third child. I am amazed by her strength and courage but also by the love and protection she and her husband have for their unborn baby. As we've been busy cooking casseupsetting to

The summer was just a day old when one of my son's closest friends was

three weeks, this brave

Family Matters

feeling after his wife

Marx

families are living further apart, the

service to others. Father Al has been an

need for the community to pitch in and help becomes even more critical. There have been times in these past few weeks when I have longed for a simpler summer. As a chorus of children yell, "Watch me, mom!" and do cannonballs off the pool's edge, I have prayed to be free of any more sorrows this summer. I have found myself wishing that my greatest worry was how much pool water my determined daughter would swallow before allowing me to scoop her up. Instead, suffering hangs

enormous help to my friend whose father died of bone cancer. Not only did comfort and prayers, he message of hope. During the funeral Mass, Father Al

this priest offer

also brought a

said,

"We

are a people of

uncommon

a hope that is rooted in the Easter Resurrection. The hope that sus-

hope.

It is

tains us has

its

source in the love that

Christ has for each one of us.

human

Our

plugged into the divine love of Jesus. And we must never forget, especially in times of loss and love

over us like the stubborn mass of hot air and refuses to offer even a brief respite.

suffering, that the love Christ has for every one of us in an inexhaustible

During the past few weeks I have wondered how a priest finds the time, the energy and the words to reach out to

reservoir."

those hurting in his parish family. Suf-

degrees. But suddenly the skies dark-

and sorrow never take a vacation, and a parish priest is called to minister

ened, thunder cracked and a steady rain

fering

who

As we drove home from neral,

began

was a sunny and

to fall.

And

the

the fu-

sticky

words

I'd

been

summer

waiting to hear for weeks came over the

and every season. Father Al Barrera, O.P., a Dominican priest who teaches economics and theology at Providence College, is one

static of the car radio, "A cold front will be moving through the area during the next few days giving Washington residents much needed relief from the in-

to those

priest

who

are in pain every

truly brings this ministry of

sufferable heat."

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Human

Labor Day Message: Respect Workers' Basic From page

don't begin to catch up with the produc-

than 92 percent of

the American workforce work for someone else. A vast amount of corpo-

took place in the late '70s and through the 1 980s when American productivity lagged and wages followed. But since 1982 the stock market increasing more than has exploded 400 percent, at the same time it is reported that the average wage has fallen about 15 percent. The market has rerate restructuring

—

sponded to record corporate profits produced by robust gains in worker productivity and other factors. This renewed growth in productivity in the last few years has been accompanied by not the traditional increase in wages but an actual decline in real wages. This decline of wages and benefits for working

people in United States over the last 10 years has resulted in the largest gap between the rich and poor in the indus-

needs of the people involved in the business. But John Paul II warns "profitability is not the only indicator of a

technology and know-how become as important as landowners in years past. Work must not only provide for our own needs, but those of our families, our community, our nation, and all humanity. person is due at what ever task, in whatever job, by the very fact of their humanity both the possibility to sur-

possible for the

vive and the possibility to contribute to

tivity

curve."

The purpose of business in this new economy remains the same as other economic enterprises: to seek a profit by providing a service to the larger community and fulfilling the human

firm's condition.

financial accounts to be in order,

—

firm's

Besides being morally inadmissible, this will eventually have negative repercussions on the firm's

economic

larger society that requires

elimination of jobs, but the remaining

the

work

tice for All," the

households with workers, most of whom have no health insurance or pension.

The minimum wage percent below

when

its

now some 26

average for the

970s

adjusted for inflation. Instead of

common

add to good. In "Economic Jus-

Recently an investment banker wor-

produces more ideas, services, and intangibles, the nature of businesses and

now

work changes. Those who possess skills,

face a real risk right

business —

life.

the text of the

1995

U.S.

Catholic Conference Labor Day statement by Auxiliary Bishop John H. Ricard

of Baltimore, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Policy.

USCC

must

to workers. Society

regardless of

tion, or organization

basic

Thanks To Saint Jude For Special

human

its size,

Thanksgiving For

Favors Granted,

func-

— must respect

rights of

Intentions

the

C.S.S.

workers which

-fr

In Recognition for All Favors

Through

ment protection, a decent work environment, and the right to organize and

St.

Jude

B.H.

bargain collectively.

A Call to Be... A COMMUNITY OF JUSTICE Saturday, Sept. 23 9:45-3:15 p.m.

which economic policies do not

raised three times since the mid-' 80s.

"we

This

who can work has the opportunity to do so. On the other hand, every

allow workers to reach satisfactory levels of employment, cannot be justified

from an

ried that

government and other

affirm this contract by ensuring that

this right is systematically de-

nied, in

bishops point out that

economy created by rising productivity, many workers have come to depend on the Earned Income Tax Credit, which has been sharing in the expanding

and society

work is so important that "all who can work are obliged to do so." John Paul II in "Centesimus Annus" adds this corollary: "The obligation to earn one' s bread by the sweat of one's brow also presumes the right to do so. A society in which

call

ognizes the responsibility of employers

include a living wage sufficient to support a family, old age and unemploy-

moral responsibilities to the

Labor Day, we

economic

national

good. The old adage "an honest day's work for an honest day's pay" implies a social contract between an employee and employer. It also rec-

the life of a business."

ownership entails

bor,

common

the

Rights

mediating organizations to reflect on the human consequences and moral dimensions of our changing economy. All must seek to renew the social contract which offers dignity to workers and puts work at the center of our

—

everyone

create opportunities for work and

majority of poor Americans lives in

this

1995

leaders of business and la-

—

of the life of a business, but it is not the only one; other human and moral factors must also be considered which, in the long term, are at least equally important for

tions has brought about not just the

children falling into poverty. In fact a

effi-

ciency.... Profit is a regulator

The so-called "downsizing," or some suggest "rightsizing," of corpora-

often pays less, is part-time, and without health care or a pension. All of this has resulted in significant increases in the number of working families with

and

who make up the most valuable asset to be humiliated and their dignity offended. yet for the people

Business

trialized world.

It is

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Office of the Bishop

September The following are home videocassette reviews from Film and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is available on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience.

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the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for

"Circle of Friends" (1995) Irish coming-of-age tale set in 1 957 Dublin, where a young Catholic couple (Minnie Driver and Chris O'Donnell) struggle to abstain from premarital sex while the girl's scheming friend (Saffron Burrows) carries on an affair with a wealthy Protestant (Colin Firth)

program. Writer-director Steven but his script

weak

sitcom situations, lame

collection of fat

jokes and

interchangeable youngsters

who

pre-

dictably rebel and triumph in their search for just desserts.

Minor violence and

occasional toilet humor.

which leads only to deceit and beBased on Maeve Binchy s novel and directed by Pat O'Connor, the visually pretty movie focuses on the

trayal.

Brill

attempts to spoof America' s fitness craze

The U.S. Catholic Conference is A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture As-

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sociation of

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parental guidance suggested.

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Our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, asked families around the world this year to commemorate World Communications Day 1995 by focusing on the power of movies in our lives. In his statement, "Cinema: Communicator of Culture and Values," he encouraged individuals and families to exercise good judgement in using movies as "an opportunity for growth, rather than "an occasion of harm." Indeed,

movies and other

media can have a profound effect on how we view the world and others, and most especially, a profound impact on our children's values. What better time for the Catholic Communication Campaign (CCC) to launch a toll-free national movie review line to help people make informed choices about the movies they see. The CCC, which you so generously support each year in a special parish collection in May, encourages you to call 1-800-31 1-4CCC to hear reviews of leading box office attractions. Each review contains a and subject matter,

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short, objective description of the film's storyline

are only superficially resolved. Brief

and an evaluation of content, treatment, entertainment values, moral

bedroom scene and

"Hideaway" (1995) Clunky horror fantasy in which a

few profanities. The U.S. Catholic Conference a

— adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating PG-13 — parents classification

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are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

and

resuscitated car-accident victim (Jeff

language. These reviews are provided by the U.S. Catholic Conference.

Goldblum) discovers that his hallucinations stem from the mind of a psychotic teen (Jeremy Sisto) out to add the man's wife (Christine Lahti) and daughter

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(Alicia Silverstone) to his collection of

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"Heavyweights" (1995) Comedy clunker about a summer camp catering to overweight boys (in-

qualities and, if appropriate, the film's exploitation of violence, sex

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the man I should marry? Should we adopt another child? How do we advise our 20-year-old who wants to leave home and move into an apartment? Should we arrange for a nursing home for our aging parents? In every stage of our family's growth, there have been difficult decisions. Some are major decisions like a change in jobs. Others are minor, like letting a child go on vacation with anIs this

other family. Most of us take decisions seriously. We want to do the right thing. As Christians, we believe that God knows us intimately and has a plan for All

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FAITH IN ACTION Jesus' plan "to make something out of us" by getting us to look "into the depths of our own hearts" and to recognize our own disguises so that our pretenses can be stripped away is discussed in Crisis of Faith, Crisis of Love, by Trappist Father Thomas Keating (Continuum Books, 1 995 revised edition, 370 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. Paperback, $10.95). Father Keating says: "When Christ decides ... to make something out of us, it is his idea not ours. He is the one who has the most stock in this business, and he is the one who is going to make it

succeed

— and that

our lives. We also believe that each of us has the gift of free will, along with intelligence, to help us choose the right path. That's the tough part! How do we align our will with God's will? How do we even know what God's will for us is?

Our son's decision to join a rock band in high school didn't look much like God's will to us. We wondered whether we should allow this. What if he lost interest in school or got into drugs? We voiced our fears and concerns to him. We prayed for guidance (for our son and for us). We set some limits on his time and activities as a condition for his joining the band. Then we supported his decision and trusted the Holy Spirit to help us live out the decision. Now, three years later, he's half way through college, getting some superior grades, writing his own music and playing in two bands. Things would definitely be easier if we knew for certain whether a decision is God's will, like Mary knew when the angel announced she was to be the mother of God. But God's will is not stored on a CD Rom somewhere that

we can

access

upon demand.

God's plan bas to do with directs human creation, including our families. No one has a complete grip on sugthat! But there are some steps gested by our Catholic Christian tradi-

how God shapes and history

and

all

—

tion

— that

will aid

spite of

Reflection: Father Keating

suggests that Jesus has ways of posing questions to us, getting us to look at our own inner motives and to judge ourselves. Right now, what does Jesus want me to recognize in myself?

FOOD FOR THOUGHT God's plan for me is clear when my choice is between good and evil. But God's plan seems much less clear when must choose between two good possibilities: to be a teacher or a journalist, for example. Did God plan that become a journalist? The ways of divine "providence are often unknown to us," the Catechism of the Catholic Church says (No. 31 4). But know God's plan is that "journey" toward my destiny by making choices and exercising love, the catechism indicates (No. 31 1). Most people find out that this journey entails struggle, however. Part of the struggle is discovering what God wants. That's not so difficult when foresee the consequences of a decision face. But often I'm not certain what the outcome will be. Then what? believe that sometimes people need to wait a while for God's will to become clearer. For example, might not know immediately how to resolve a family problem or whether am the one to resolve it. Then trust is needed that over time God will help us find a course of action. That I

trusting that

God

participates in mysterious

ways

working out

life's

plan. so

"One mother told me

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

that her family's prayer at

meals or

nighttime always includes asking for guidance in large and

us in knowing

God's plan for us. First, we should use our heads! We can use our gift of intellect to gather information about options open to us. A knowledge of church teachings about the important vocation of marriage and family life can help guide parents when making choices that concern their family. These teachings help us develop a well-formed conscience, which in turn attunes us to God's will. Catholic teaching and tradition is a kind of wisdom that guides us in making good decisions, a sort of backdrop

usl"

means

home

God's will at By Mary

1995

small decisions."

life. (Think how hard would have been for Mary to say yes to the angel if she hadn't been familiar with Scripture stories about a prom-

for the stages of it

ised Messiah!)

Second, look in the right place. find God's plan, we need to look

One place to look is among believing friends in our church community. Society often has profit and pleasure as goals. It is easy to become confused in directing our lives. Belonging to a community that takes God's plan seriously helps! Going to Mass, receiving the sacraments, attending an adult education class or joining a small faith-sharing community is all part of looking for God's will. It may not provide specific answers to daily questions, but a believing community is an excellent environment for finding out where God is leading us. Third, we should ask for what we need. for it!

Pray for guidance. When events take place beyond our control, like sickness or accidents, prayer helps us to see God's compassion and care despite our difficulties. When we must make difficult choices, prayer gives us confidence that our decisions will be good ones. One mother told me that her family's prayer at meals or nighttime always includes asking for guidance in

large and small decisions. In decisions involving our children, I figure they are God's creation as much or more than ours. God knows better than we what is best for them. The challenge as children grow up is to allow them to use their will (and the consciences we helped them form) in making decisions. That isn't easy for any parent, but surely it must be in God's design that they ultimately desire to follow God's lead themselves. I must admit that I have yet to be visited by a winged messenger telling what God's plan for me is in such matters. But using my intellect, looking for

a plan and asking for what

makes

easier to align

need

will with

God's.

Using that approach, a sense of serenity follows in times of family decisions.

Here is a popular prayer many people use to ask for help in following God's plan in difficult family circumstances: "God, grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference."

(Ms. Pedersen is the coordinator of the Leadership in Family Life Training Program for the Archdiocese of Omaha, Neb.)

September

1995

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is By Father Robert Catholic

News

all

was

all

part of God's plan.

was a

What about

situations like the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City? These are theological questions that fully. St.

God created

all

people for happiness and salvation. But Augustine also believed sin had so disordered human nature and corrupted free will that it takes a special act of grace to save those God desires to save. If Linda is one of those people, God's plan for her includes a special act of grace. Later theologians, like St.

— and perhaps Beth and

cause Linda

Tom — made it that way. My seminary spiritual director had

a saying that sums up this modern He used to say: Human wisdom

view.

comes from hindsight; divine wisdom comes from foresight. But we're both looking from the same vantage point.

Thomas

Aquinas, retained Augustine's view that God's original plan is to save all people, but held that the deciding factor is not God's decision but whether the person cooperates with grace.

FAITH IN THE

knowledge does not force anyone to do so. That would mean that God knew what would happen in Oklahoma City, though that knowledge neither caused nor prevented what happened."

(Father Kinast is the director of the Center for Theological Reflection, Indian Rocks Beach, Fla.)

MARKETPLACE

Why do bad things happen to good people? "We have a

little boy with cancer, and we've really struggled with that. Bad happen because we're no better than anyone else.... If you take away all the bad stuff, then you take away all the good stuff, the joy.... have found through all Joan Broek, Urbandale, Iowa the bad stuff, that's what strengthens your faith."

things

—

"Looking at the life of Christ, his temptation and betrayal and revilement, all these things happened for a good purpose. We can see that in retrospect. When look at Peter's betrayal, see the new dimensions of friendship Peter discovered through Christ's forgiveness.... There is a reason for the evil and bad things that Katrine Stewart, Alexandria, Va. happen in my life."

—

we don't understand why, (suffering is) an opportunity to absorb more ourselves in imitation of Jesus who endured the ultimate suffering.... Lorrie Carroll, Polk City, Iowa Suffering, like death, is a door to God." "Though

God

into

—

"Sometimes we do have to suffer to gain the good things in life.... Sometimes have gone down the wrong path, and God has allowed these things to happen to Candy Plew, Des Moines, Iowa show me the way back because have free will." I

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will

cooperate, but God's

John Calvin, held that God predestines some people to salvation and others to damnation. Among Catholics, the Council of Trent rejected this teaching and affirmed that God offers each person sufficient grace for salvation but that each person must accept it. Modern theologians like Jesuit Father Karl Rahner put this in a more dynamic context. Thus, God's plan is that each person enjoy the fullest experience of life possible, given the particular circumstances. But because circumstances keep changing, God's plan constantly reacts and adjusts to decisions people make. That would mean God does not predetermine or pre-plan anyone's life in detail. Rather, God responds to everyone's life as it develops and works out the details of the divine plan for each person as circumstances occur in their lives. In this view God did not plan that Linda disown her parents, but once she did God tried to help Linda and Beth and Tom see how they might still be a family and fulfill God's plan. In this sense Beth is right that Linda's decision to come back is part of God's plan. It is roundabout, not because God wanted it that way, but be-

plan?

tine affirmed that

"God knows who

roundabout way of reuniting us." Is Beth correct? Did God plan for Linda to experience trouble, disown her parents and then come back? What about situations that don't turn out as well? Are they part of God's

no one has answered

will cooper-

but God's knowledge does not force anyone to do so. That would mean that God knew what would happen in Oklahoma City, though that knowledge neither caused nor prevented what happened. Some Protestant reformers, ate,

Beth and her husband, Tom, were having extreme difficulty with their 17-year-old daughter Linda. She experimented with drugs, skipped school regularly and compiled a long list of misdemeanors. Then Linda asked her parents to sign papers allowing another woman to become her legal guardian. This woman ran a commune of teen-agers whose parents had authorized her to be the teens' legal guardian. In desperation Beth and Tom signed the papers, fearing that if they didn't Linda might do something worse than she already had done. Six months later Linda asked her parents to take her back. The commune experience was a disaster. She seemed ready to take responsibility for her life. Reflecting on this experience, Beth commented: "I almost gave up hope that God was hearing me. Now I see that this

God's fault? God knows who

Kinast

Service

& Herald

By Father John Catholic

News

Castelot

Service

Walking through the streets of Jerusalem, Jesus and his disciples noticed a blind beggar, a sad but not un-

common sight. The

who

disciples asked Jesus: "Rabbi, sinned, this man or his parents,

that he was born blind?" The question reflected an ancient explanation for why bad things happened to people: They were being punished for their sins.

The author of the Book of Job long ago had shown this to be an unacceptable explanation. But once an idea like this gets planted in people's heads, it is hard to dislodge it. It is such an attractively simple answer to a maddening problem. When one thinks about the disciples' question, it is manifestly silly. How could the man have sinned so seriously before he was even born? At any rate, Jesus' answer is unhesitating: "Neither he nor his parents sinned; it is so that the works of God might be made visible through him" (John 9:3). The man's misfortune was nobody's fault, but his blindness did furnish an opportunity for God to manifest healing compassion. On another occasion Jesus referred to two recent tragedies which everyone was talking about, and about which everyone had an opinion. Pilate had massacred a group of Galileans as they were in the process of offering sacrifice. In Jerusalem a tower under construction had collapsed and crushed 18 people. Jesus squelched one opinion: The victims had not suffered the consequences of their sins. "Do you think

that because these Galileans suffered way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans?... "Or those 18 people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in in this

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Jerusalem? By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!" (Luke 13:1-5) Jesus lived in the same imperfect world as everyone else. He offered no explanation for what happens in this unpredictable world. But he did react with understanding and practical compassion for its victims, and he urged people to live as best they could to secure happiness and peace of mind. More important than what happens to people is how they react to it. They have the power to rise above life's misfortunes and become better and stronger as a result of their experiences. As Paul put it, "We even boast of our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance, and endurance, proven character, and proven character, hope, and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God (for us) has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us" (Romans 5:3-5).

(Father Castelot

scholar, author, teacher

a Scripture

and lecturer.)

10 The Catholic

News

& Herald

September

People

An Improving

Harvard Law Professor Beijing Delegation VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II has chosen Mary Ann

Cardinal

To Head

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Glendon, a professor of law

Harvard

CHICAGO (CNS) — Car-

University, to head the Vatican's del-

dinal Joseph L. Bernardin of

on Women, sources said. The Vatican was scheduled to formally announce the composition of its delegation Aug. 25, but church officials and conference observers in Rome and elsewhere confirmed Glendon was the pope's choice. While Glendon was not among Vatican negotiators participating in the U.N.

egation to the Fourth World Conference

Chicago recently completed his radiation therapy, but before

he did he helped other patients get well.

One day

at the hospital the

woman on

stretcher in obvious discom-

fort.

told her he

would pray

preparatory meetings for the Sept. 4-15

Mass. "The next day he gave her

for her at his next

a personal note.

You

conference in Beijing, she reportedly met with Vatican officials in late July or

could see

the joy in her face," said

Anne

early

was

who

a waiting

Chicago Cardinal Joseph L Bernardin holds a baby during a picnic for Catholic young adults

gathered daily in at Loyola, said

room

outside the cardinal's residence Aug. 6. This was the first public event hosted by the cardinal since

he underwent surgery

Rome. "They wore them with

cifixes blessed in

tions.

instruc-

He's a very strong person."

The treatment was needed

to kill

any microscopic cancer cells that remained after doctors removed his pancreas and other nearby organs June 12. In mid-September the cardinal will begin the "maintenance" phase of his treatment, receiving weekly injections of a chemotherapy drug to kill off any growing tumors. Another cancer patient at Loyola helped by the cardinal was Theresa Cozzolino of Downers Grove, a 34year-old mother of three. The cardinal visited her and sent her some of the many flowers people had given him.

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"The presence about him he' s so calm," Cozzolino said. "It kind of gave

renewed

faith in

The

cancer

June. photo by Frank J. Cassella

for

CNS

genuine pride," said McCall. "He's a holy man." The cardinal completed 28 days of radiation and chemotherapy treatment Aug. 16. Doctors say he is doing well. "We are very pleased," said McCall. "He's very determined. He sticks to his

He follows his physicians'

professor

Harvard since 1986, Glendon,

of law

56,

married and the mother of three

Focolare Movement Honors Rabbi For Work On Christian-Jewish Unity HYDE PARK, N.Y. (CNS) The

"really

McCall. He encouraged them and gave them small silver cru-

diet.

Maureen Blount Little and herson

Bret

Hanemann admire

his infant daughter, Abigail The 48-year-old widow is a Sister of the Sacred Heart as well as

a grandmother.

CNS

photo by Frank Methe, Clarion Herald

daughters.

part of the family" of cancer

patients

of the Vatican's position.

ergy." cardinal

August for an in-depth discussion

Sister

McCall, a radiation oncologist at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. "She got better," McCall told The New World, Chicago' archdiocesan newspaper. "The cardinal provided her with en-

The

cardinal intends to return to his

duties on a limited basis after

Labor Day

and to a full schedule by Christmas. In the meantime, he is keeping some appointments scheduled months ago. Members of St. Ann Parish in Lansing were not sure a recovering Cardinal Bernardin would visit them Aug. 19. But they were certainly glad he did. Parishioner Margie Guadagno called the cardinal's visit "inspiring beyond words... to see someone in the middle of so much trouble and pain to take time out to be with us." A week earlier, he was at St. Patrick Parish in

Lemont

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1995 annual unity award of the U.S. movement was given to Rabbi

Focolare

U.S. leaders of the movement,

J3 UJI11

religion."

made the

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later

renamed the Na-

Action League. He has become a promispeaking and producing materials such

Luminosa, in Hyde Park. Miss Silvi said Rabbi Bemporad had been chosen at the suggestion of Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler, president of the National Conference of

Liverpool Archbishop Enters Hospital With Cancer LIVERPOOL, England (CNS) Archbishop Derek Worlock of Li verpool

1984 video, "Silent Scream."

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The cardinal, a mem-

has asked for prayers after entering a

ber of Rabbi Bemporad' s advisory board

hospital with a recurrence of cancer.

and himself the 1989 recipient of the Focolare award, said Rabbi Bemporad has "an exceedingly profound grasp of the issues" involved in Catholic- Jewish

The archbishop, 75, had a cancerous lung removed three years ago and appeared to have made a recovery. But in

Catholic Bishops.

a statement released Aug. 18, he said he

was being treated for a recurrence of the

relations.

disease.

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$250 million raised and more than 3,000 groups aided, the

Campaign

for

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turned a national anniversary celebra-

Chicago into a time for energizing and planning for the next generation

tion in

of fighting poverty.

than 2,000 people representing dioceses, parishes, local and national organizations gathered in Chi-

cago Aug. 25-28 for

CHD's

25th anniversary conference. Colorful, musicfilled and marked by the almost perpetual sound of excited discussion, the conference brought together the old and

new of

the U.S. bishops' anti-poverty

program.

The conference tivists,

tors,

attracted

poor ac-

that despite

CHD's

success in fighting

poverty, the country

more divided

than ever between "haves" and "have nots" and that the ongoing welfare re-

form debate is too much about economics and too little about people. "Tragically, poverty

more en-

trenched today than ever before in our

member of Congress,

nation's history," Cardinal Bernardin

bishops, a

and a White House representative. President Clinton sent a letter laud-

CHD

as shaping a brighter future by helping to build the American community.

"Your vision and commitment are making a profound difference in many lives," said the president in a letter de-

livered

staff.

applaud you for your dedication to helping low-income people to help themselves, and I salute the many Americans who have taken the initiative to improve and renew their neighborhoods," Clinton's letter said. in his first major address since his surgery and radiation treatment for cancer this summer, Chicago' s Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin said in the celebration's opening session Aug. 25 "I

middle-class church administra-

beneficiaries of CHD-funded programs

ing

Clinton's deputy chief of

Aug. 27 by Hillary Rodham

said.

When CHD was

founded by the U.S. bishops, the emphasis in its work was on addressing poverty, racism and injustice, said the cardinal. Today, society seems focused only on welfare reform as a way of saving money. "Unfortunately, the debate about such reform seems to spring not so much from an authentic concern for the

poor as from pragmatic concerns about pocketbooks," he said. "The federal budget and taxes are realities that must be dealt with, but they should not be resolved apart from a sincere and objecers'

tive consideration of the

common good

all citizens."

Cornel West, a charismatic, black Harvard professor got the multiracial conferees on their feet and revved up about their work. rest of the world may be operating at cross purposes to the values extolled by CHD a commitment to nonmarket values "even if we are the last ones in America with them," West said. But the CHD dedication to helping the poor rise above the pressures of economics, racism and classism is clearly rooted in the words and example of Jesus. "We might get down and out sometimes," said West."But there's no cynicism in Christ's Gospel." The inspira-

The

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CHD's

rooting in Catholic social

understanding society she saw

to live.

said.

pants told of the experiences in their

would be getting a new place Her grandmother told her the

"Any strategy for the future better make sure they include us in those plans," she said. "Right now we poor people

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We have to be

accountable to poor people."

At the conference's Saturday night Baltimore Cardinal William H. Keeler, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and USCC, summarized many of the hopes and inliturgy,

spirations of the people involved with

CHD. "We look for that spark of holiness which every community needs

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potential: the vertical

dimen-

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its full

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God which

this

Eucharist celebrates," he said. "Here that

one receives the strength to

human

dignity, to plead for the

CHD

an effective CHD parish coordinator. "This is a chance to build community among all of us who want to know more about linking the gospel message to the essential

work of social justice,"

said Scott Spivak,

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"This is also a time to come together to celebrate the work of CHD. .in breaking the cycle of poverty. Grants of more than $l,000,000.over the past 25 years

tor.

have enabled poor people to make significant changes in their lives and communities. This is our chance to hear from some of them!" "CHD challenges us to see and serve the most vulnerable in our midst. Its action said

the action of Christ within us,"

Bishop Curlin.

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firm

West

that they

in on,"

new housing being

built in her Philadelphia neighborhood as a child and excitedly ran to tell her grandmother

Throughout the conference, partici-

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1995

Q>mimiducCJusp (may

'(^mtmiquemonoj Maestros dedicados Por LUIS A. WOLF aprender esta lengua, y fue asf como en Hace dos anos que la Sra. Mary Jane junio de 1993 se empezaron estas clases Siman y su esposo el Sr. Alfred Siman en uno de los salones del antiguo colegio vienen a nuestro local en Shenandoah y de La Asuncion. The Plaza cada sabado y domingo a dar Los Siman son oriundos de Nueva clases de ingles. Jersey, vi vieron en Connecticut por algun Todo empezo cuando la Sra. Siman se retiro de maestra, despues de haber ensehado en el Sistema de Escuelas de Charlotte-Mecklenburg por 13 anos. Un grupo de estudiantes le pidio que ayudara a sus padres, que no sabfan ingles, a

El Sr.

Siman con un grupo de estudiantes

puertorriquenos.

gente no

cuestiona;

uno proclamaba que era el mas importante, el mas util, el favorite El verde dijo: Sin duda, yo soy el mas

El anil hablo mucho m£s tranquilamente que los otros, pero con igual determination: Soy el color del

Soy

importante.

signo de la vida y la

Estoy en

esperanza.

la hierba, los

silencio. Raramente repararian en mf, pero sin mf todos serian superficiales.

reflexion.

retirada y el Sr. Siman es ingeniero retirado de la Homelite.

El azul interrumpio: Tu solo piensas en la tierra, pero considera el

equilibrio y el

tambien ensena ingles los jueves por la noche en "The First Alliance Church", situada en North Sharon Amity. Las personas interesadas en aprender ingles pueden hablar con ellos antes o despues de las clases.

Fotos Luis Wolf

De La Virgen De La Caridad

Del Cobre

El Padre Vicente quiere aprovechar la fiesta de la Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre este ano con dos objetivos para nuestra vida espiritual: primero, para buscar la reconciliacion con Dios, con nosotros mismos y con el hermano; segundo, para

hacernos solidarios, mediante la oracion y el sacrificio, con el sufrimiento del pueblo cubano. Horario de actividades: Viernes, 8 de septiembre 7:30 p.m.: Sacramento de la Reconciliacion (confesiones), catedral de San .Patricio.

8:00 p.m.: Celebracion de la Eucaristfa, catedral de San Patricio. 9:00 p.m.: Adoracion del Santfsimo con silencio, oraciones, lecturas bfblicas, Sacramento de la Reconciliacion, catedral de San Patricio. rezo del Rosario

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Sabado, 9 de septiembre 7 p.m.: Sacramento de la Reconciliacion, catedral de San Patricio. 8 p.m.: Acto penitencial, catedral de San Patricio. 9 p.m.: Adoracion del Santfsimo con silencio, oraciones, lecturas bfblicas, cantos Sacramento de la Reconciliacion, catedral de San Patricio.

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Domingo, 10 de septiembre 10:30 a.m.: procesion y celebracion de la Eucaristfa, Centro Catolico Hfspano. 5 p.m.: charla sobre la realidad polftica, econ6mica, social y religiosa de Cuba con el Padre Mario Vizcaino, catedral de San Patricio. 5:45 p.m.: descanso. 6 p.m.: experiencia personal de los ultimos refugiados cubanos, catedral de San Patricio.

6:45 p.m.: reunirse para la procesion y la Eucaristfa, catedral de San Patricio. El padre nos pide que nos animemos a participar en las actividades de estos dfas.

escucha y

obedece.

morirfan.

Los dos han ensehado a una variedad de personas de diferentes nacionalidades. Los estudiantes mas recientes son de Vietnam, Rumania, Mexico, Colombia y Puerto Rico. Muchos estudiantes han venido y se han ido pero todavfa siguen asistiendo a estas clases algunos de los "originales" que empezaron con ellos hace dos anos. La Sra. Siman nos dijo que hace este trabajo porque le gusta, que no ha perdido su espfritu de maestra y que su recompensa es ver el adelanto de sus alumnos y ayudar a quien lo necesita. Ella convencio a su esposo para que le ayudara en esta obra de ensehar y el se ha convertido de ingeniero en maestro. Estas clases de ingles son gratis y se dan en la Oficina del Centro Catolico Hispano, situada en el 2117 de Shenandoah Ave. cada sabado

arboles, los ojos. Sin

La Sra. Siman ensenando pronunciacion a

Fiesta

Cuentan que hace mucho tiempo empezaron a pelearse. Cada

iris

los colores

tiempo y se trasladaron a Charlotte en 1975. Como ya se dijo, ella es maestra

ydomingode 10:30 a.m. a 12:30 p.m. El matrimonio Siman

algunos de sus alumnos.

La leyenda del arco

los animales

agua es la base de la vida y son las nubes las que absorben del mar azul. El cielo da espacio y paz cielo y el mar. El

y serenidad.

El amarillo solto una jUstedes son risa, alegria

muy

serios!

risita:

traigo

y calor al mundo. El sol es

amarillo, la luna es amarilla, las estrellas

son amarillas. Sin mf no habrfa alegria.

A continuation tomo la palabra el naranja:

Yo soy el color de la salud y de

la fuerza.

Puedo

ser

poco frecuente

pero soy precioso para las necesidades internas de la vida humana. No estoy todo el tiempo dando vueltas, pero cuando coloreo el cielo en. el amanecer o en el crepusculo, mi belleza es tan

Represento

Habfa relampagos que estrepito. La lluvia comenzo a caer implacablemente. Los colores comenzaron a acurrucarse con miedo, acercandose unos a otros retumbaban con

buscando protection. jEstan locos, dijo la lluvia, luchando contra ustedes mismos, intentando cada uno dominar al resto! ^No saben que Dios los ha hecho a todos? Cada uno para un objetivo

Unan

todos.

color,

sus

Dios quiere extenderlos a

mundo en un gran arco de como recuerdo de que los ama a

todos, de que

pueden

vivir juntos

como promesa de que esta con ustedes, como senal de esperanza para

peligro y del valor. Estoy dispuesto a luchar por una causa. Traigo fuego a la

paz,

Soy el color de la pasion y del amor, de la rosa roja, de la flor de pascua, de la amapola. El purpura enrojecio y hablo con gran pompa: Soy el color de la realeza y el poder. Reyes, jefes de Estado, obispos, me han escogido siempre, porque soy el signo de la autoridad. La

sangre.

ama a manos y vengan

especial, unico, diferente. El los

traves del

Yo soy el color del

necesitan para el constraste, la oracion y

brillante.

conmigo.

salto:

pensamiento y

paz interior. Asf fue como los colores estuvieron presumiendo, cada uno convenciendo de que el era el mejor. De repente, aparecio un resplandor de luz blanca y

ustedes.

El rojo no podfa contenerse por

impresionante que nadie piensa en

mas tiempo y

•

manana.

Y asf fue como Dios uso la lluvia Y puso el arco iris

para lavar el mundo.

en el cielo para que, cuando lo veamos, nos acordemos de que nos tenemos que tener en cuenta unos a otros. Tornado deLa Vida Cristiana, boletm dominical de la Iglesia Catolica Cubana.

Dirigentes religiosos dicen que el Papa visitara America Central El Papa Juan Pablo visito a El SalvaSAN SALVADOR (CNS) — Dirigentes eclesiasticos dijeron que el

Papa Juan Pablo II

propone visitar El Salvador en febrero del ano proximo como parte de un viaje por tres pafses de la America Central, su primer viaje a esa region desde principios del decenio de se

1980.

El Nuncio Papal en El Salvador, Monsenor Manuel Monteiro de Castro, dijo que la visita del Papa en 1996

dor por primera vez en marzo de 1983, en lo mas crudo de la guerra civil que dejo mas de 80,000 muertos. La guerra termino en enero de 1992. El Presidente de El Salvador,

Armando Calderon

como

dara un impulso importante a las gestiones

de reconciliacion posteriores a la guerra. Monsenor Fernando Saenz Lacalle, Arzopispo de San Salvador, que se unio al Nuncio en una conferencia de prensa sobre la visita, dijo que "el Papa vera" una nueva nacion, una nacion de paz". "Sera un gozo para el ver al pais en circunstancias diferentes que cuando estuvo aquf la vez amnterior", dijo el Arzobispo.

que

estado".

Como parte de su viaje por la regidn,

contribuira al fortaleciento de la fe de los catolicos en ese pais, asf

Sol, dijo

considera la visita planeada "un sello ... de la reconciliacion" y "una recompensa para El Salvador y para mf, como jefe de

Papa se propone tambien visitar a Guatemala y Nicaragua. En Esquipulas, a 140 millas al este de Ciudad Guatemala, el Papa planea el

celebrar el cuadricentesimo aniversario

la basilica local.

En Ciudad Guatemala, Monsenor Prospero Penados del Barrio, Arzobispo "Esperamos que durante la estadfa del Papa, nosotros local, dijo a los reporteros:

los guatemaltecos, podamos hallar la reconciliacion entre nosotros mismos".

September

The Catholic News

1995

Player Of Saints:

wasn't that actor Leonardo stormed away from the Church. He simply drifted, easily pulled, first by his friends in high school and college, then by his peers in the theater world. It

wasn't that he experienced a sud-

den and blinding re -conversion. As the winds of life began to blow harder and present problems that were more than he could solve, he looked for an anchor.

had

way

was kind of

say, 'Hey,

other

lived.

eating the

pigs' food?'"

That's not to say Defilippis

came

from a wealthy land-owning family Just dad was a a solid loving one. His butcher, and his mom was a homemaker. Born in 1 952 in St. Helena, Calif., Leonard (who would adopt the name Leonardo after

way

clear

which

and "Maximilian: Saint of Auschwitz.'

to go."

Each production and

never simply a mono-

logue. "I act out

the dif-

all

ferent characters, he said."

"The Song of Songs," also features his wife Patti,

an actress, director and pro-

many lives all around me

ducer. Married in 1983, the

and finding myself almost getting involved in the destruction of my own life,

couple has five children. In

Coming

points,

had

When

to those kinds of crucial

make some decisions."

Defilippis joined the

Oregon

Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, he returned to the sacraments and became involved in the Dominican-run Our Lady of the Mountains Parish. He became friends with a woman who shared his interests in the arts and religion. She

were packed up and brought along, but as the children got older and the family got bigger, Patti began staying home when Defilippis was on the road. Their theatrical company, St. Luke Productions, works out of the family home in Beaverton, Ore., and is funded by donations. A typical honorarium for a performance is $500 to $ 1 ,000. "I used to do over 100 shows a year," he said. "That's been cut down to somewhere between 60 and 90, depending on the the early years the kids

Defilippis knows he lucky to find such steady work as an actor,

the oldest of six children.

His was "a good family, a solid family, a united family, a mar-

Those things came and that gave me some stability and common

but "becoming" Jesus, Francis or Maximilian

ried family.

to fruition later

sense, so that

when

minute.

Kolbe for an evening has touched his

did get

don't have to be in

life in

on a personal and very meaning-

this situation.'"

exciting

was also a family that had no members associated

level

with the theater. "I got into

"You're able

acting

high

Defilippis said.

ful," Defilippis

and began taking classes at the American Conservatory The ater.

Part of his learning expe-

rience

was becoming

a street

performer.

During the next Defilippis

worked

six years,

at the

Santa

Rosa Repertory Theater, the Old Globe in San Diego, the

was involved

(lifestyle,

Christ in their imagination so that they feel for a

moment that Christ is speaking

to them, person to person. ..with the eyes

looking right into you. "If anything, I'm just an instrument of these saints and of the Scriptures."

This article originally appeared in

Our Sunday

Visitor

and

reprinted

with permission.

FOUR GREAT NAMES to

said.

KNOW

MITSUBISHI

about.

"On level,

St.

Maximilian Kolbe

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;The

professional, original one-

man

dramatization sponsored by the Respect Life Office, "Maximilian: Saint of Auschwitz," starring Leonardo Defillippis, will be presented at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Greensboro Thursday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m.; at Blessed Sacrament Church in Burlington Friday, Sept. 8 at 7:30 p.m.; at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Winston-Salem Monday, Sept. 1 1 at 7:30 p.m.; and at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 12-13 at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $4 and tickets will be sold at the door. For information, call Bridget

Johnson

Colorado Shakespeare Festi val and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. "The artistic life can be rather wide and open," he said, which means "that pretty much everything is accepted and (acceptable, even if it's morally wrong. "I

people "come to see the IncarnaThey're in the live presence of

something with your life that you believe in and that you can feel good

school," continued

pursue his interest in drama while in college, earning a degree in English at the time. He had not had a lot of formal training when he traveled to San Francisco in 1975

other

ways, too. "This has been very

'Wait a

into trouble, I said,

said, tion.

year."

a year in Italy during college)

was

in-

cludes music and movement,

At the time, he was "seeing the destruction of so

too.

like the prodigal

why am

became more was going to go."

example, he explained, was a dancer friend who had become an heroin addict: "I became very concerned about her... I didn't know what to do. In a way, I slowly started coming back to prayer and to God because I didn't have any

son's situation," Defilippis recalled.

"You

And that has made all the difference. "It

DODDS

the choices

He turned to God. He began to pray. He returned to the sacraments. He returned to the values his family

Real Life Leonardo

By BILL

The Prodigal Son

Defilippis Is

Defilippis, a cradle Catholic,

& Herald

in the theater

at (910)

282-2970.

his sponsor for the first producproduced and directed: "The Gift of Peace," a one-person show based verbatim on the first six chapters of Luke's

Gospel. "It started

out as an experiment,"

Defilippis recalled. Fourteen years later,

You

he continues to perform "The Gift of Peace," and has added seven more plays. Next came "The Passion According to Luke," "St. Francis: Troubadour of God's Peace," "The Gospel of John," "The Confession of St. Augustine," "The Song of Songs," "St. John of the Cross"

[relationships that are very transient.

have to look at Hollywood as an Vindication, only on a grander scale. I said. f|just got caught up in all that," he ljust

It was also during this time, according to Defilippis, "that morally I had to Imake some big decisions in my life. So

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a very chal-

lenging thing and a very humbling one. It has

brought

me more

into

the reality of God' s pres-

ence; His presence and also the incredible love

and presence of the saints. Just by doing one person, you get to know him. He's almost like a

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child, like a friend, a

Defilippis hopes the plays do

than simply entertain.

5354455

He wants

them to enter more deeply

faith, into

into the

Catholicism."

"In terms of Maximilian,

many are

able to see the incredible love Our Lord and His mother have for us," he said.

"The presence, the incredible

presence

the

productions to help his audience "see into their own lives. It' s like a window for

which is very transient and has

it's

spiritual

brother."

became tion he

there (in a Nazi concentra-

tion camp), during that time of hatred

and destruction. By dramatizing the Gospels, he

THE

clPoinJe

DEALERSHIPS SERVING CHARLOTTE WITH INTEGRITY FOR OVER 33 YEARS! Frank LaPointe, President

Member of

St.

Gabriel Church

14 The Catholic

News

& Herald

September

1995

Diocesan News Briefs Parish Picnic MONROE The annual Our Lady

—

of Lourdes Parish Picnic is Sunday, Sept. 1 0. The only Mass that day will be

outdoors

1 1

family room. The series is recomfor people in parish bereavement ministry, those who minister to shut-ins, R.A.I.N. care teams and those

mended

who wish to know how to respond to persons who are grieving. For informa-

a.m.

Volunteers Needed Maryfield GREENSBORO Nursing Home, a facility administered

tion, call

—

by the Sisters of the Poor Servants of God, needs volunteers to assist in resident activities especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays and a hostess to work from 6-8 p.m. For information, call Ceil Markoat(910) 282-1554.

Retreat For

BELMONT

—

Men

A retreat for men

based on the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius will be conducted by Father

John Hopkins of the Legionaries of Christ at Belmont Abbey Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Cost is $90 and includes lodging and meals. For information and reservations, call Ann Potter at (704) 366-5127 or

Weekend HICKORY — A marriage encoun-

Marriage Encounter ter

weekend

Sept. 29-Oct.

at the

Catholic Conference Center. For infor-

mation, call

Children's Clothing Sale

CLEMMONS — Children's clothing will be for sale Friday, Sept. 8 from

9 a.m.- 2 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 9 from 8 a.m.- 12 noon at Holy Family Church. Children's clothing, toys, baby equipment and maternity clothes in excellent condition will be available. Proceeds will benefit the church playground fund. For information, call (910) 765-

Mike and Denise Mays

HICKORY

— Experience

the joy

of an ongoing, intimate relationship with Jesus at the conference, "His Healing Presence," Oct. 3 1 -Nov. 3 at the Catho-

Conference Center. Several cost

packages are available. Register by Sept. 20 and save $25. Space is limited. For information and registration application, call John and Natalie Benson at (704) 297-1877 or (704) 297-2277.

House Of Prayer Retreats

— The

HOT SPRINGS

St.

Leo

the

Great Church in conference room A. For information, call (910) 764-0629 or (910) 766-7519.

—

CHARLOTTE Beginning Sept. 5, on Tuesdays from 4:30-9 p.m. at St. John Neumann Church. CONCORD Beginning Sept. 9, on Thursdays at 7:15 p.m. at St. James Church. Call Mike Leake at (704) 7828425 for information. BREVARD Beginning Sept. 7, on Thursdays at 7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church. A re-Membering Catholics group will meet Sundays at 9:15 for Catholics who have chosen to return to

—

the faith after a period of separation.

Living Waters Retreats

(800) 632-4856.

day, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. at

weekend

Join in singing the praises of God in the tradition of Saint Francis at the Sept.

McCord, is Sept. 8-10. The Sept. 22-24 weekend retreat, "Dreams and Spirituality" examines

and exploring Christ as the heart of creativity and beauty. Donation is $2 1 0. For information and registration, contact Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 28751,(704) 926-3833.

NC 28743,

Home

and de-

cuses on guided prayer, journalizing

Young Adults Meet

(704) 622-7366.

honor of the memory of the early

mem-

Elmwood

cemetery.

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who

persons

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planned for Sept. 7, 14, 21 and Oct. 5 from 7-9:30 D.m. at St. Matthew Church

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Thomas Merton: Living Through Prayer Sept. 15-16 (Register by Sept. 5) Father Conrad Hoover, C.O. his death over 25 years ago, the influence of this

Since

American Trappist monk continues to flower. His writings on prayer, contemplation, social and the arts speak just as profoundly today as they did

justice

when he

274-5142.

$45 ($20 commuters)

home education and the activi-

planned for the shcool year is Sunday, Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. For details or to receive an information packet call Mary Beth Young at (910) 764-0629.

CHARLOTTE

—

The

St.

John

Neumann group for married and

single

people ages 20-40 meets Sundays from 11 a.m. -12 noon in classroom 14. For information, call (704) 535-4197.

with

—

HIV/AIDS and

thirst for

"the pause that refreshes." Popularized in the writings of Thomas Keating and Basil Pennington, this simple approach to prayer has helped millions of people around the world. We are privileged again to have Carl Arico, the wandering teacher and evan-

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at the Center:

A Brief Encounter with

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Thursday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. at St. Joan of Arc Church. For information or transportation, call (704) 252-3151. is

rPaul Teich

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Centering prayer incorporates

terminal illnesses

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Oct. 5-12 (Register by Sept. 21) Father Carl Arico

Healing Mass A Mass for people

ASHEVILLE

four-part se-

ries for those ministering to

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan news briefs. Good photographs, preferably black and white, also are welcome. Please submit news releases and photos at least 10 days before the date of pub-

information, call Julie Doyle at (704)

Bereavement Ministry Training

CHARLOTTE

meets Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 1 1 a.m. at St. John Neumann Church. Bring a bag

for families involved or interested in

ties

plot in

Seniors Meet

CHARLOTTE — The 50+ Seniors

will reflect on the life and influence of this man of faith.

Home Educators of the Triad

some of those members will place commemoraCobb/Grose family

Cost is $2. Bring a bag lunch. Dessert is provided. For information and registration, call Suzanne at (704) 355-6872.

picnic

lic

Catholic

tive markers on the

Day of Reflection is Thursday, Sept. 14 at Holy Angels Church in Mount Airy.

ages 20-40, meets the second Saturday each month at St. Barnabas Church. For

bers of St. Peter Church Saturday, Sept.

10 a.m. Descendants of

Educators Picnic

WINSTON-SALEM —The Catho-

Day Of Reflection

WINSTON-SALEM VICARIATE — A CRISM sponsored senior citizen

25-28 weekend retreat, "Fiddlin' Around with Francis," directed by Dominican Father Martin Iott. Donation is $80. A week-long nature retreat Oct. 814, "The Heart of it All," directed by Franciscan Father John Quigley and

ARDEN— Catholic Young Adults,

scendants of all longtime Catholic families of Charlotte are invited to a Mass in

Interiority

directed

Franciscan Sister Joanne Weiler, fo-

dreams in the Judaeo-Christian tradition and is led by Dr. Eileen Riordan. For information, contact the Jesuit House of Prayer, P.O. Box 7, Hot

auc-

sale is Sept.

lunch. For details, call (704) 545-5046.

and by Dominican Sister Maria Beesing, co-author of The Enneagram a Journey of Self-Discovery, is Sept. 21-24. Donation is $140.

Communion,"

and yard

23 at the National Guard Armory. For more information, call Terry at (704) 697-8924.

tion

"The

retreat,

on men's spiritual issues, "Commitments Men Make," led by Peter

retreat

Springs,

weekend

Enneagram: Diversity,

Family Celebration

CHARLOTTE — Friends

Christian Initiation of

Adults process by which adults become full members of the Catholic Church meets at the following locations:

"His Healing Presence"

Natural Family Planning WINSTON-SALEM— TheCouple to Couple League will begin a series of four classes on the sympto-thermal method of natural family planning Sun-

The Rite of

2949.

lic

(704) 365-3858.

(704) 543-7677.

Auction And Yard Sale HENDERSONVILLE — An

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the experience of this contemplative form of prayer with practitioners and beginners alike. Participants are encouraged to arrive Thursday evening to begin the process of their own quieting down. Father Arico will join us on Friday afternoon and the retreat proper will begin at 4 p.m. There will be periods of silence.

$150

September

The Catholic News

1995

Herald 15

World and National Briefs winter season. Computer equipment and

come step" toward eventual nuclear dis-

Gal, director general of Jerusalem 3000.

armament, said Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester, Mass. Bishop Reilly, chairman of the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee, said the

"We are trying all this time to make this

Catholic health care providers are among

were lost in the fire. The warehouse was used to sort donated items sold at the agency's three Madison-area stores and to store seasonal

members of 25

clothing.

president's initiative will "strengthen

Caraspo reiterated the union's position that in order not to prejudice the Middle East peace talks, all 15 member countries had decided to boycott the celebrations. This meant not lending official

Catholic Providers

Winners Health

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Community

Demo

office files also

Project SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) Seven

—

partnerships selected to

U.S. efforts to stem nuclear prolifera-

receive grants of up to $225,000 each to

help improve overall community health by improving health care delivery and access. Demonstration site winners in the Community Care Network competition were announced Aug. 22 at the annual convention of the American Hospital Association in San Francisco. The grant program is sponsored by the AHA's Health Research and Education

CHD

25th Anniversary Kicked

tion" and enhance the country's "moral

Off With Regional Conference

credibility" as an advocate of nonprolif-

OAKLAND,

—

(CNS) The Campaign for

Calif.

second 25 years of the Human Development should concentrate on ending poverty, not merely addressing it, said former California Gov.

Brown

Jerry

Area

in a challenge to a

Bay

CHD gathering. CHD was to cel-

Trust in collaboration with the Catholic

ebrate 25 years as the U.S. bishops'

Health Association of the United States and Inc. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Mich., awarded $6 million to the project, with the Duke Endowment of Charlotte, N.C., offer-

anti-poverty program at a national con-

VHA

ference in Chicago Aug. 25-28. During

summer, smaller conferences like Oakland brought together diocesan CHD representatives and com-

the

the one in

demonprogram and the efforts of all those competing are a step toward

munity leaders

CHA's

ing additional support. "The stration

vision for a healthy America,"

John E. Curley

said

Jr.,

president and

CEOofCHA.

celebrate the program's progress and look at future to

MADISON, Wis. (CNS)

— Bishop

William H. Bullock of Madison urged parishes to hold special collections and to donate clothing and furniture after a fire at the local St. Vincent de Paul warehouse caused at least $500,000 damage. The Aug. 2 fire wiped out most of the winter clothing and Christmas toys and decorations that the agency had collected and stored for the fall and St. Anne School, ROCK HILL, SC,

Sense."

theme of the Aug.

"Hope

University of Denver.

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don't 'address'

repudiate

it,

attack

it.

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Brown, a one-time

fight

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rience in catechesis for

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Bishop Lauds Clinton Nuclear .

Jerusalem 3000 Organizers Undaunted By Boycott

end poverty.

You

urged a return to the basics of Christianity described in the Acts of the Apostles.

Test Ban

Brown said. "That

will eventually

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the Archdiocese of

—

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Catholic

The

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lead to further progress toward our

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Bishop Urges Donations After Warehouse Burns

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nizers of the Jerusalem tions are

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undaunted by the European

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Latin-Rite Patriarchate

Condemns Bus Bombing

JERUSALEM

—

(CNS)

Jerusalem's Latin-rite patriarchate con-

demned

the

residential

bombing of a bus in the neighborhood of Ramat

Eshkol Aug. 21 of violence,

"We condemn

this act

as Palestinians

first

and

secondly as Christians," said Father Adib Zoomot, chancellor of the patriarchate. Patriarch Michel Sabbah was out of the country

cause

when

the

"We condemn

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this act be-

anxiously are waiting for

peace," Father

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Man_

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vented from entering Jerusalem after West Bank was closed for an unspecified period, said Father Zoomot.

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Pioneer Detroit Black Priest Mourned DETROIT (CNS)

— Two

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cardi-

and

his

booming

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voice."

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He taught theology there and

nals

and six bishops joined hundreds of priests and lay people at St. Augustine and St. Monica Church in Detroit Aug.

Recalling the slain priest as "a man of God who preached God's

was college dean of students while also serving administrator of Epiphany Par-

word," he said that his violent death a final sermon, with the message

ish 1986-88.

5 for the funeral of the parish's slain

was

pastor, Father

Donald M. Clark.

"that

Father Clark, 59, a leader among black Catholic priests in Detroit and

we must

eradicate the reasons

and causes for violence in our commu-

1995

1989 he was named pastor of St.

Catherine and

St.

Edward Parish.

In the

major realignment of Detroit parishes the following year, he saw to it that the merged, predominantly African- American parish he headed was renamed St. Augustine and St. Monica, after two of the church' s most famous African saints. Although he was engaged in na-

Parish Stewardship Day, Sept. 22-23 at the Catholic Conference Center, will

the funeral.

tional issues with the clergy caucus,

offer priests, pastoral staff, pastoral

he was one of the founders of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus, and he later served the caucus as a board member and as president. Three days after his death police arrested 18-year-old Dimitrius Robinson, identified as a male prostitute, in connection with the shooting. According to investigators, witnesses saw the suspect come up to Father Clark's car, and after a brief con-

Msgr. James P. Robinson, rector of Detroit's Blessed Sacrament Cathedral, called Father Clark "a consummate professional person who loved his priesthood dearly and exer-

Father Clark was best

Detroit to form the National Black

American contributions

was heard. The suspect

Catholic Clergy Caucus," he said. Even

worship.

nationally,

was shot

the evening of July

nity."

Also among the mourners was CarEdmund C. Szoka, head of the

to death in his car

31on

Detroit's east

dinal

Prefecture for the

side. '

964 Father Clark was the

black priest to be ordained for the De-

of Detroit,

Archdiocese since 1926. Four years

troit

later

versation a shot fled

Affairs

who flew in from Rome for

showed

young

priest

when,

in 1968,

met in

young Father Clark

a strength and presence that

"caught the eye and esteem of the gathered black clergy."

right side.

Cardinal Maida called Father Clark

Father Clark was born in Detroit Dec. 10, 1935. Raised a Baptist, he converted to Catholicism as a teenager. After ordination he held a series of parish assignments as associate pastor and pastor before 1982, when he was sent to The Catholic University

"a colleague, a teacher, a pastor and a friend. Your first impression of Father

of America for graduate studies in theology.

know

not what they are doing," said Detroit's

Cardinal

Adam J. Maida in his homily,

using Christ's words on the cross to ask

forgiveness for the priest's

killer.

On his return to Detroit in

Clark was always his size, but your lasting impression of him was always

1985 he joined the faculty of Sacred Heart

Institute for African-

around the country as a director of retreats and workshops and was a regular

CRISM

Day of Reflection September 14

Good Room,

national newsletter celebrating Africanto Catholic

"He was a deep, deep thinker. He wasn't always racing to the ramparts," said Marist Brother Cyprian L. Rowe, a psychotherapist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, who was executive director of the clergy caucus in the early 1980s when Father Clark was president. Following the funeral Father Clark was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield.

He is survived by a sister, Betty Burch of Detroit; a brother, Jack; and numerous cousins, nephews and nieces.

HICKORY — The Second Annual

council, stewardship committee

mem-

bers and others the opportunity to explore the avenues of stewardship.

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In his talk, "Treasure Hunters Finding the Pearl of Great Price," Bishop

William G. Curlin, Bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte, will reflect on the joys and responsibilities of Christian stewardship. Sharon Hueckel, director of stewardship for the Diocese of Lafayette, Ind., will speak on the role of the pastor and parish leaders in pursuing stewardship in parishes. Jim Kelley, director of development for the Diocese of Charlotte will talk about the role of parish stewardship committees. Discussions will be led by steward-

Leo Church in Winston-Salem and St. James Church in Concord and by Dr. Bea Chase of St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte. Barbara Rohrman, associate director of development for the Diocese of Charlotte, will present ideas on children's stewardship. ship committees from St.

Registration is $ 1 5 and includes lunch

and materials. To

Rohrman

Barbara

(704) 331-1710 by Sept.

ATTENTION PARENTS

Holy Anqels

Winston-Salem Vicariate

Church 1208 N. Main

St.

10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Mount Airy,

"Challenge of the Journey with Jesus' Confessions • Mass

f^North Carolina

Fr.

Lwanga Summer

contributor to Plenty

as a

John's Hospital from a gunshot in his "Father forgive them; they

and homilist. He was a founding member and former director of the St. Charles

tor, liturgist

him

then, he said, the

at St.

as a pas-

American Seminarians. He was known

the black clergy of this country

on foot as the car sped forward,

known

it with a great deal of prayerful presence that was inspiring." "I'll always remember meeting

cised

crashing into a pole half a block away.

Father Clark was dead on arrival

Economic

of the Holy See and former archbishop

first

Led by Richard Contiliano Pastor of

Holy Angels Church

Come

early for

Continental Breakfast 9-10 a.m.

For information,

call

Suzanne

(704) 377-6871 ext. 314 register, send $2 to: at

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