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"Unseen Treasures" at Mint

Museum ...Page

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Local News NC Dioceses remember shared past at Abbey ...Page

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RCIA workshop nurtures catechists in mission ...Page

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The Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael archangels is Sept. 29.

in

Western North Carolina

in

the Diocese of Charlotte

2

The Catholic News & Herald

The World

September

Brief

in

Immigration coalition eyeing law improvements

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

"Ex was issued to "underscore the crucial importance of Corde

Bills

colleges have "taken up the vision and

that includes unions, churches, busi-

Franciscans

ness interests and ethnic organizations is pushing hard to get Congress to approve the Latino and Immigrant Fairness Act before its Oct. 6 target adjournment date. Hundreds of people from around the country gathered for a Sept. 13 rally for the Latino and Immigrant Fairness Act on the steps of the Capitol. Wearing headbands saying "El Salvador" and carrying American flags and assorted signs, they shouted responses to ques-

Killarney Franciscan Fathers

"What do you want?"

tions like:

Oswald

challenge" of that document by "creating structures and processes to assure

in

that our doctrinal and spiritual heri-

tage

Declan Timmons and Brian Allen Wexford admire the ruins of Muckross Gill,

years of the Franciscan Ireland, Sept. 18.

WASHINGTON

it?"

Catholic health care leaders had a

CNS photo by Valerie O'Sullivan

14 on health care

Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Doctrine,

ethics.

said the consultation "focused on the provisional texts for selected direc-

and the appendix of the 'Ethical

and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services.'" "The purpose of the meeting was to provide an overview of the substance of the proposed revisions and to dialogue about their implications for Catholic health

care ministry in the United States," he said in a brief written statement.

Austrian church to support fund for WWII laborers WARSAW, Poland (CNS) Church leaders in Austria agreed to support a government fund for com-

—

War

World

However, a spokesman said donations would be "symbolic only" and stressed that research was needed to determine how many foreign workers were used in Catholic institutions.

"The Catholic Church was one of the II.

Mideast peace, says professor BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS) The time from now until

aim is to show that Austrians are very sad about what happened," he said.

University professor who is leading back-channel negotiations. Sitting in his office at the Catholic university Sept. 12, Bethlehem University vice president and political science professor Manuel Hassassian said that theoretically, the Palestinians could declare an independent state by mid-

in Austria,

living today, and since our

Montreal lawyer pleads guilty to embezzling nuns' money MONTREAL (CNS) Shed-

—

Montreal lawyer pleaded embezzling at least $25 million (US$16.9 million) from two Quebec religious orders. Jean-Pierre Cantin, the former

ding

tears, a

guilty Sept. 8 to charges of

.

legal adviser to the Sisters of the

Good Shepherd

in

Quebec and the

Sisters of Our Lady of Good Counsel of Chicoutimi, admitted he was guilty of fraud, theft and corruption related to a project to develop a Montreal discount shopping center.

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November. "You

can't really

declare a state while you are

der occupation, because

if

still

un-

you do then

you are conceding that this is all we will get from Israel," said Hassassian, an Armenian Catholic.

Catholic colleges called crucial to mature Catholic identity FAIRFIELD, Conn. (CNS) Pope John Paul IPs 1990 apostolic

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locesan planner September 25 CHARLOTTE

— The Charlotte

September 30 11 a.m.

Permanent diaconate Rite of Candidacy Mass

October

—

1 5 p.m.

Confirmation Mass Immaculate Conception Church, Hendersonville

all

other subscribers.

to late

7702 Pineville-Matthews Rd., tonight from 7-9 p.m. Recruiting and admissions representatives from over 150 scheduled schools are going to be

Charlotte

by the

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will be critical for Israeli-

Palestinian peace talks and will see

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Secretary: Jane Glodowski

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October

Meeting with Triad-area pastors Holy Family Church,

September 28

Associate Editor: Jimmy Rostar

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late

Independent Schools' College Fair, sponsored by Charlotte Catholic High School, Charlotte Country Day School, Charlotte Latin School and Providence

Publisher: Editor:

critical for

but we also share responsibility for our history," said Erich Leitenberger, spokesman for the Vienna Archdiocese. "Our contribution will be symbolic only since few of the people involved are still

man regime

(Catholic W S

Coming weeks

most important victims of the Ger-

fpiscopa., calendar

N E

on the

October 1-6 Diocesan clergy retreat Living Waters Reflection Center, Maggie Valley

School,

is

being held at

CCHS,

present to discuss college options with students and parents. For more information, call CCHS at (704) 543-1 127.

SYLVA Bartlett

—

St.,

St. is

Mary Church,

having

its

22

parish mis-

morning with a mission talk during the 9 a.m. Mass and repeated at a 7 p.m. liturgical service through Sept. 27. The mission talks, the sacraments of reconciliation and anointing of the sick and the blesssion beginning this

cardi-

role of Catho-

mane letters.

Congressional medal for pope approved with little fanfare

in Killarney,

—

pensating forced laborers from

The

higher education at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, where he also received an honorary doctorate of hu-

Bishops consult on revising health care directives WASHINGTON (CNS) About 60 bishops, theologians and

tives

and future

leaders in society," he said. lic

"Now!"

consultation Sept.

passed on to the next genera-

nal spoke Sept. 8

Abbey while attending a Mass marking 500 Order

is

tion of university students

"Resi-

"When do you want

Ecclesiae,"

Catholic higher education in the formation of an intellectually mature Catholic identity," said Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore. Many

gration law and give millions of people the chance to become legal U.S. residents could pass before the end of the congressional term. A coalition

dency!" and

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constitution on Catholic colleges,

immi-

to address criticized aspects of

22,

(CNS)

—

Little

noticed as Congress rushed to adjourn for the summer, a bill awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to Pope John Paul II was quietly passed and signed into law in late July. The award, the highest civilian honor Congress can bestow, was approved for the pope "in recognition of his many and enduring contributions to peace and religious understanding," according to the text of the bill. On July 13, the Senate signed off on a House bill authorizing a gold medal for the pope. The action by "unanimous consent" means there was no formal recorded vote. Two weeks later, on July 27, President Clinton signed the House version of the bill into law.

English, Welsh bishops to review child abuse protection measures

MANCHESTER,

— The

England (CNS)

Catholic Church in England

and Wales has announced a review of its measures to protect children from sexual abuse. An independent group will examine and review arrangements made for child protection and the prevention of abuse within the Catholic Church in England and Wales and will make recommendations to the bishops' conference. The move was announced Sept. 12 by Archbishop Cormac Murphy-

O'Connor of Westminster. oil are being presented and administered by Franciscan Father Thomas F. Vigliotta. The mission will end on Sept. 27 with a 7 p.m. Mass.

For more information, call the church office at (828) 586-9496.

ing of holy

28 BELMONT

—

The Abbey PlayCommunity Theatre is Scott McPherson's presenting "Marvin's Room," a comedy-drama about how one family copes with life's ers/ Belmont

challenges, beginning tonight at 7:30

p.m. through October 7 at the Haid

Theatre on the campus of Belmont College, 100 Belmont-Mount Holly Rd. Auditions for the drama "A Piece of My Heart" are scheduled for Oct. 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m., also at Haid Theatre. For ticket and other information, call (704) 825-6787 or Beth Barger at (704) 825-6890.

Abbey

29 GREENSBORO

— Today

is

the

day to pre-register for the 8th Annual Ecumenical Healing Retreat held Oct. 6 from 7-9 p.m. and Oct. 7 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at First Lutheran last

September

22,

2000

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Around the Diocese

meet to discuss Hispanic issues

Priests, religious, laity By

ALESHA

M. PRICE

church on the corner," explained Father Finnerty. "One way of reaching these Hispanics is through small Christian communities."

Small Christian communities are one of the four points of the June 1998 Diocesan Hispanic Pastoral Plan based on the National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry from the Bishops' Committee on Hispanic Affairs of the Na-

Staff Writer

—

HICKORY In recognition that Hispanics are migrating to the diocese at an ever-increasing rate, diocesan priests, permanent deacons, women religious and lay people gathered to discuss ways to minister to and reach out to the Hispanic population. With continuing efforts by members of Hispanic Ministry throughout the diocese, the group, which included

Bishop

tional Council of Catholic Bishops.

The other three areas

William

team ministry, laity formation and the promotion of the mis-

gathered at the Catholic Conference Center on Sept. 12 for "Hispanic Ministry Priests' Cultural Awareness Day" an introduction to Hispanic culture and language.

"I saw the need for our priests

from the community and Hispanic

tion include

spirit. The diocesan plan will be re-evaluated at an upcoming meeting in June 2001 with representatives

sionary

try,

—

The gathering

the bishop.

classes

number of Hispanics has grown more than doubling, between April 1, 1990, and July 1, significantly,

1998.

The population has grown

Photo by Alesha M. Price

the area of Hispanic Ministry through and other services.

SEPI

Mario Vizcaino,

as well.

panics in Charlotte alone.

The day consisted of talks, small group discussions and Spanish language instruction in celebrating the

these various cultures.

Hispanic Ministry and representatives of the South East Pastoral Institute or SEPI in Miami, Florida. The institute serves eight states in the

Southeastern region of the country by aiding the bishops in the training and education of their diocesan faithful in

Church on Friendly Ave. The retreat is being led by Jesuit Father Matthew Linn, international retreat leader, author and therapist. For further registration and other information, call Jackie Phillips at (336)

—

—

St., in the parish gymnasium. Barbecue, a choice of two or three sides, baked beans, potato salad, '

are one

Church

in faith,

doc-

and baptism, but we have culand we have to learn how to live with our various cultures," said Father Vizcaino. "Culture trine

tural diversity,

has to be respected because it offers a vision of who a person is, and knowing the experiences of other people and listening to other people's stories

forming that vision." also compared the various na-

important

He

in

Cole slaw, rolls and beverages are being served, and children under age five eat free. call

or

For more information, at (336) 766-9394

Mike Patrick

Tom

Voignier at (336) 785-9966.

October 1

CHARLOTTE — The 49th Semi-An-

nual International Family Rosary

Day

is

being held today at 3 p.m. at St Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd. Father

Matthew Kauth from

Church

in Charlotte is

gathering.

St.

Matthew

speaking at the

For more information,

call

Kathleen Potter at (704) 366-5127.

CHARLOTTE

God

— The Charlotte

area

and

it is

Dyer

3

easier to

walk to the nearest

— The

The Win-

who have

large

numbers of Hispanics, the day one of information and prompt-

was

a

not been exposed to

ing for further study and ministry.

"A meeting of this type with the clergy is very important to help them to become culturally aware of the Hispanics in their different parishes so they can relate with them and serve them better," said Franciscan Sister Linda Scheckelhoff, coordinator of Hispanic Ministry in the Boone Vicariate.

Father Gregg Littleton, administrator of St. John the Baptist in Tryon, agreed, "This was important

me because I do not have any background or knowledge of the various Hispanic cultures, and I know there is a need in terms of our Catholic Church not only to reach out to them but to make sure we are all one for

as Christ himself says in Scripture.

We

need to work together, get to know one another and use each others' gifts

Church

in

and talents to build up the North Carolina." t

Contact Staff Writer Alesha

M.

Price by calling (704) 370-3354 or email amprice@charlottediocese.org.

place at Christ the

King

Franciscan Friars and Secular Franciscans of Charlotte invite everyone to celebrate the

Church, 1505 East Kivett Dr., at 7 p.m. tonight followed by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and benedic-

commemorating the passing of St Francis, tonight at 7:30 p.m. at St.

church

Transitus,

Thomas Aquinas Church hall.

in the parish

A reception follows the gathering in

the parish call the

For more information,

hall.

church

office at (704)

549-1607.

— The Benedictine

6 CULLMAN, Ala.

and Conference Center is sponsoring an Intensive Centering Prayer Retreat this weekend through Spirituality

Oct. 8 beginning with 6:30 p.m. registration tonight.

who

The

tuality Center, P.O.

—

ston-Salem area Life Chain is taking place today from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on Hanes Mall Blvd., west of Stratford Rd. For more information, call Donna

those

Mass taking

940-2558.

at (336)

CHARLOTTE

WINSTON-SALEM

is

statistical

information about Hispanics in this country. She stated that more than half of Hispanics who come to the United States are Catholic, but many of them do not attend Mass because of language barriers and transportation problems.

"Many Hispanics, even here in Charlotte, attend churches of other faiths because they don't have cars,

for those

Chain

be

has created," he said.

taking place today from 2-3 p.m. across Charlotte with participation from all area churches. To get involved or to find out more, call Diane Hoefling at (704) 541-3760.

Life

"We must

like a

Menocal followed with

282-

8185 or write to 5208 Candlewick Rd, Greensboro, N.C., 27455.

30 CHARLOTTE The Our Lady of Assumption Church fund-raising committee, 4207 Shamrock Dr., is hosting an international celebration with a multi-ethnic dinner and entertainment this evening from 4:30-8:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Assumption School. The proceeds will benefit the church debt reduction fund. For ticket and other information, call Marilyn at (704) 535-9965.

WINSTON-SALEM The Knights of Columbus Council 10504 is having their 10th Annual Barbecue and Social this evening from 4-8 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church, 1919 South Main

in

acceptance and understanding of

is

the Church to

cultures, accepting the diversity that

mately 300,000 people living in the state and an estimated 60,000 His-

in diocesan

window.

other communities

traditions not only in the Hispanic

community but

'We

make up

a stained-glass

also stressed the need for

and Lydia Menocal, SEPI, offered insight into the lives and heritage of Hispanics. Father Vizcaino talked about the importance of culture and director,

assistant director of

He

tionalities that

church window with different pieces with its own beauty and color."

Father Vizcaino also explained the danger of becoming imperialistic in one's attitude toward his or her culture. "Even if Hispanics are going to be the majority of the Church in the future, we have to respect other

Piarist Father

more than 110 percent with approxi-

Mass from people involved

supplied addi-

knowledge to those already working with Hispanics, and for tional

Lydia Menocal, assistant director of SEPI, Piarist Father Mario Vizcaino, director of the South East Pastoral Insitute (SEPI), and Vincentian Father Vincent H. Finnerty, director of Hispanic Ministry for the Diocese of Charlotte, discuss the importance of culture within the Hispanic community.

the

Has'

Ministry, explained Father Finnerty.

and deacons to come together to study Hispanic culture and to be able to celebrate the Eucharist in Spanish to better serve our Hispanic brothers and sisters, so I encouraged Father Finnerty to have a gathering where we could come together and share knowledge with one another," said According to statistics from the United States Census Bureau, North Carolina is one of four states where

.

of concentra-

G. Curlin and Vincentian Father Vincent Finnerty, diocesan director of Hispanic Minis-

retreat

is

designed

practice centering prayer

and wish to deepen their relationship with God through this method of prayer. For further details and registration, write to the Benedictine Spiri-

Box 488, Cullman, 35056, call Benedictine Sister Eleanor Harrison at (256) 734-8302 or e-mail shmon@hiwaay.net.

tion.

For more information,

call

the

884-0244.

7 CHARLOTTE The 4th Annual Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Charlotte Race for the Cure happens today at the First office at (336)

—

Union Atrium, 301 S. Tryon St., beginning at 6:30 a.m. with registration and packet pick-up. Anyone can participate in the one-mile fun run/walk, a timed and non-timed 5K run/walk and the Komen kids' 50-yard dash. Entry forms can be picked up at local branches and other businesses. For more in-

YMCA

formation, call the Charlotte Office at (704) 442-RACE or 442-7223 or

Beth

Kemp

at (704) 875-3696.

Ala.,

HIGH POINT

— There

is

a Latin

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notices

Diocesan Planner at

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Parishioners to form links of Life Chain on Respect Life JIMMY ROSTAR

By

On

Respect Life Sunday this Jubithroughout the Diocese of Charlotte are being called to stand as prayerful witnesses for life by forming links in the Life Chain.

Founded in 1985 in Yuba City, Calif., the Life Chain crosses ecumenilee Year, parishioners

Christian faith traditions line city streets,

praying for life issues and holding reading placards

which

"The

"The Life Chain affords us the opportunity to publicly give witness to the sanctity of life in a prayerful, peaceful

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

fact that

we

are

even in a position to choose whether or not to participate means that our mothers chose life for us."

The U.S. Catholic Church observes October as Respect Life

Month, and the

Life Chain

is

for

many

parishes

event.

In this diocese, parishes are

a

will also

form

a student Life Chain

"Abortion kills children," "Jesus forgives and heals," "Adoption: the loving option" and "Abortion hurts women."

This year's Life Chain will form Oct. 1 from 1:30-3 p.m., with silent prayer from 2-3. Catholics will observe the day this year both as Respect Life Sunday and the Jubilee for Life.

"The Life Chain affords us the opportunity to publicly give witness to the sanctity of life in a prayerful, peaceful manner," says Maggi Nadol, Respect Life coordinator for the Diocese of Charlotte.

Sunday

on city sidewalks and with other church groups in their towns.

Parishes and schools throughout the diocese are scheduling Respect Life Month events as well. In Charlotte, a Respect Life Mass will be celebrated Oct. 13 for the Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School community,

form one

of the more visible stands against abortion in the United States and Canada each year. Churchgoers of various

2000

their respective churches,

Associate Editor

cal lines to

22,

notable kickoff

participating along property lines of

Mary Beth Bonacci, a national Respect Life speaker,

that day.

will address students

Holy Trinity Middle School and at

Charlotte Catholic High School Oct. 1819.

She will also speak to the public at Holy Trinity Oct. 18

at 7:30 p.m.

"Each October, the Catholic community sets aside this month to focus on the issue of life," Nadol says. "It has become necessary to do so, because our society is drowning in the culture of death. Perhaps we should reflect on one of the

questions in the Baltimore

first

'Who made me? God made

catechism: me.' This

is

simple,

awesome

truth."

This summer, the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities

is-

Courtesy photo

sued an informational packet with the theme "Every human life is a sign of God's love, a trace of his glory." The packet included the artwork illustrated on page one of this issue.

The theme is one that will be prayerfully celebrated with special emphasis in October, starting with the Life Chain.

"The Life Chain is a chance for Christians in the area to come to-

Parishioners from across the diocese are encouraged to participate in this year's Life Chain on Oct. 1. gether, which

—

is

a powerful statement

"This

we go beyond denominational lines and join in on something that we truly believe and know to be the truth, which is the sanctity of human that

ily

is

a peaceful, prayerful

activity,

which also makes

powerful statement."

famit

Call your parish office for details

says Diane Hoefling, a Charlotte-

area Life Chain coordinator and pa-

about local Life Chain participation.

Contact Associate Editor Jimmy

rishioner of St. Vincent de Paul Church.

Rostar by calling (704) 370-3334 or ma il jtrosta r@cha rlo ttediocese, org

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Post-abortion healing retreats scheduled Retreats for women and men lives have been affected by abortion have been scheduled in the Diocese of Charlotte. Evening retreats will be at St. Aloysius Church in Hickory Oct. 12 at 7:30, and at Holy Family Church in Clemmons Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m., with the sacrament of

whose

reconciliation offered.

A

weekend

re-

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Around the Diocese

M. PRICE

Staff Writer

BELMONT —

It

seemed

like the

when

there was only one diocese in North Carolina as many of the older priests from the Charlotte and Raleigh Dioceses came together to reminisce about the past, while, the old days

more of their looked toward

newer priests learned diocesan history and the future.

Sponsored by the tute for the Study of

Bradley InstiChristian Cul-

ture at Belmont Abbey College and made possible through support from the Koch Foundation in Gainesville, Florida, the symposium entitled "A

From

Common Bond

in the Raleigh Diocese,

—

Photos by Alesha M. Price

Father Stephen C. Worsley, M.D., pastor of several churches in the northeast area of the state Monsignor Gerald L. Lewis, vicar general and moderator of the curia of the Diocese of Raleigh, and Simon Donoghue, director of the Belmont Abbey Players, spoke to a crowd of clergy, women religious and lay people at a symposium on diocesan history on Sept. 1 3 at Belmont Abbey College.

The Catholic

Church and Priesthood in North Carolina: Sharing Our History" was a filled with memories and diocesan factoids for the priests, women religious, permanent deacons and laity in attendance. Three speakers were on hand for the day's events, which also included a tour of the campus of Belmont Abbey College and

left to right,

day

evening Conventual Mass

Abbey

in

know

a lot about our state history or

the history of Catholics in this state,"

explained Father George Kloster, pastor of St. William Church in Murphy and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hayesville and chair of the Priestly Life Committee. "This was a way to bring together the priests from Raleigh and Charlotte

Belmont

Basilica.

The Bradley

Institute, founded in June 1996 for the purpose of the education and promotion of Western Christian culture among clergy and laity, works with the Priestly Life and Committee Ministry of the

again."

About 92 people traveled to Belmont on Sept. 13 to hear diocesan history from antebellum to modern North Carolina and the Benedictine

Presbyteral Council, advisors to the bishop, to develop educational programs for diocesan priests, deacons

presence in this area of the

and brothers, explained Lawton

identity.

Blandford, executive director of the

to hear the wonderful stories relating

Bradley Institute.

"So many of the people involved in ministry in North Carolina have their own personal roots someplace else, and many of them come here and go through seminary and preparation for ordination, but they don't

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Father Stephen C. Worsley, M.D., pastor of several parishes in the northeast corner of the Diocese of Raleigh, brought the audience back in time to the beginnings of the Diocese of Raleigh. Through his research and from his findings, he told the audience of the journey of Catholicism through the state during the 1800s. In 1820, there were 650,000 people in North Carolina, and 150 of those people were Catholic, said Father Worsley, and by 1868, out of one million people, there were 600 Catholics in the state.

He also informed the attendants about the travels and accomplishments of Bishop John England, the first bishop who explored what was then the Diocese of Charleston during the 1820s, which included all of North and South Carolina and Georgia.

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talked about the arrival of the order

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Archbishop Giovanni Congregation for Bishops. Archbishop Re, 66, will preside over one of the most influenaides,

Italian

Battista Re, to head the

Vatican departments, in charge of preparing bishops' nominations worldwide. He also becomes president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. The Vatican announced the appointment Sept. 16. He replaces Brazilian Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, who submitted his resignation on his 75th birthday. Cardinal Neves reportedly has had serious health problems related to diabetes over the tial

two

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years.

'Insight,'

'Romero' producer

Father Kieser dies at 71 FaWASHINGTON (CNS) ther Ellwood "Bud"

—

Kieser,

who produced

movies on Arch-

Romero Worker co-founder Dorothy bishop Oscar and Catholic

Day, died of colon cancer Sept. 16 in Los Angeles.

He was

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what has happened to She also will serve as secretary to Gallup Bishop Donald E. Pelotte.

Celebrities, others clash over embryonic stem-cell research WASHINGTON (CNS) For the second time in five months, Hollywood celebrities squared off with lesser-known Americans before a Senate subcommittee Sept. 14 over human embryonic stem-cell research.

Actor Michael J. Fox, who has Parkinson's disease, and actress Mary Tyler Moore, who has diabetes, asked the Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on labor, health and human services and education to quickly approve legislation for government funding of stem-cell research involving aborted fetuses and discarded embryos. Among those speaking against the proposed Stem Cell Research Act of 2000 were a motivational paralyzed speaker from California and two men with diabetes a Lutheran pastor from Missouri and the chief scientific officer for a North Carolina company that is developing treatments for diabetes from adult stem cells.

Archbishop Egan joins in prayer service opening U.N. assembly

—

NEW YORK

—

(CNS)

Archbishop Edward M. scheduled for Father Kieser Egan of New York said Sept.

Sept. 22 for Father 1 1 that Christ would be Kieser at St. Paul the present in the United Nations when Apostle Church in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, with burial Sept. believers who worked there carried 23 at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver his image within them. Speaking for City, Calif. Father Kieser had underthe first time at the annual prayer gone surgery for colon cancer in late service marking the opening of the August, and doctors found the cancer U.N. General Assembly, the archhad spread to his abdomen and liver. bishop said those who would work for

was

diocese GALLUP, N.M.

(CNS)

—

Katharine Drexel would be proud.

One of her own, a member of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, has been named chancellor of the Diocese of Gallup and is the first woman and first Native American to fill the post. Sister Consolata Beecher's appointment comes just as the diocese and the rest of the world prepares to celebrate the Oct.

1

canonization of

Blessed Katharine Drexel. Sister Consolata told The Voice of the Southwest, Gallup's diocesan newspaper, that she hasn't had much time

22,

2000

her.

evening funeral Mass

Native American nun named chancellor for New Mexico

September

the News

to contemplate

—

the "Insight" drama anthology series from 1960 to 1983 as well as

in

peace had to "bring peace" within

When believers involved with the United Nations are compassionate and courageous, then "Jesus Christ is present in the United Nations in each and every one of us," he themselves.

said.

Vatican official says 'Big Brother' provokes ethical

discussion (CNS)

VATICAN CITY

—

swimmer new world record

Catholic U.S.

the eve of the Italian debut of the controversial television program "Big

Tom

Dolan

celebrates after setting a new world record in the men's 400-meter individual medley at the Olympic

Games in Sydney Sept. 17.

Dolan has fans at St. Agnes Catholic Parish in Arlington, Va., where he grew up.

CNS photo from

Pontifical Council for Culture, called for "careful

Ottilien,

and sympathetic evalua-

tion of people's sensibilities" before

passing judgment on the program.

"Big Brother" was to premiere in its Italian incarnation Sept.

New

Jersey nun

nonordained

14.

first

woman

to offer

House prayer

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

Reuters

Benedictine Congregation of St. Germany. He succeeds U.S. Abbot Marcel Rooney, who stepped down for health reasons Sept. 4, midway through his eight-year term.

About 260 abbots from, around the world gathered at the St. Anselm Benedictine community, in Rome for

dinal Paul Poupard, president of the

the Sept. 4-12 Benedictine Confederation congress, held every four years.

— A Do-

U.S. priest urges action

on

minican nun from New Jersey became the first nonordained woman to offer the opening prayer at the daily session of the House of Representatives Sept. 12. Sister Catherine Moran, of Newark, N.J., prayed for "those

behalf of blacks in Sudan NEW YORK (CNS) An effort to build a protest movement among American blacks against the treatment of blacks in predominantly Arab Sudan has drawn the support of

elected to public office to act on the

a black

promises made to those who rely on them," and especially for them not to forget the poor and oppressed in their decision-making. Sister Moran works for the New Community Corporation in Newark, an economic development and community service organization founded by Msgr. William Linder.

York. Father James E. Goode, president of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life, spoke Sept. 9 at a largely Pentecostal Sudan memorial service in New York.

—

Held

Franciscan priest

Dag Hammarskjold

at

in

New

Plaza, a

near the United Nations often used for demonstrations related to in"

site

Benedictines elect German as new abbot primate ROME (CNS) Benedictines meeting in Rome elected German Abbot Notker Wolf as the new abbot

ternational issues, the religiously ori-

—

ented rally protested not only conditions in Sudan but also the presence at the United Nations earlier in the week of the Sudanese president, Omar

primate of the Benedictine Confedera-

On

swimmer

sets

Abbot Notker, 60, was the head of the tion. Until his election Sept. 7,

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By CINDY

WOODEN

News Service CITY (CNS)

Catholic

elderly to continue contributing to the life of the church.

—

VATICAN Placing himself firmly among his peers, Pope John Paul II said the church and society need the witness, experience, talents and prayers of the aged.

Changing his prepared text as he addressed participants in the Jubilee for the Elderly, the pope said, "You have or rather, we have because I, too, am your age a special contribution to offer for the development of an authentic culture of life.

"The church needs us, society needs us," the 80-year-old pope said during the Sept. 17 Mass in St. Peter's Square.

—

—

Pausing several times during his homily to take deep breaths, the pope told his peers fear

is

a natural reac-

tion to suffering.

"But the true response to the challenge of pain which weighs so heavily on our human condition lies precisely in the redeeming suffering of Christ," he said. "Christ has taken our sufferings upon himself and has made our

are in their 70s, 80s

pain his burden, placing them through his cross and resurrection in a new light of hope and life."

During his midday Angelus address after the Mass, the pope gave thanks to God, "who has allowed us to reach the year 2000 and to cel-

and 90s are called to witness to the world "that every moment of existence is a gift of God and every season

ebrate the great jubilee."

Several hundred jubilee participants attended a Sept. 16 meeting to

Those who

of

human

has specific riches to place at the disposition of all," Pope John Paul said.

"In a world like ours, where strength and power often are mythicized, you have the mission of giving witness to the values which truly count," the pope said.

Pope John Paul used the jubilee not only to call for better church ministry among the aged and increased government and family support for the elderly, but also to call upon the life

discuss "the dignity and mission" of older church members.

basic needs such as shelter and health

he

care,

said.

"They have a right to social relaand they have a right to have their spiritual and religious needs met.

"Think of the crisis of faith the aged face when life means solitude, sickness and pain without relief and tionships,

anxiety before the prospect of judg-

ment by God," he

said.

Yet, Cardinal Tettamanzi said, life is difficult, even as 'it approaches its end, "God can and does break through with surprising energy."

when

The

"The journey journey without continues in every stage

cardinal said:

toward holiness rest stops. It

a

is

and requires determination."

The elderly need the Good News of salvation, and they have a responof

life

share the

sibility to

their peers

Good News with

and their

Msgr. Charles

families, he said.

Fahey, a professor of aging studies at Fordham University in New York, said the growJ.

Italian Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi of Genoa told conference participants the church must acknowledge that all its members have gifts to offer and all are in need of conversion.

"Only those who allow themselves to be renewed in heart and mind by Jesus can be credible witnesses of his

number of people living beyond 70 and 80 years of age is a* new phenomenon and one that challenges the old as well as the young.

"We who are older have a responsibility to process our lives, to re-

Gospel," the cardinal said.

bered, to forget

Like everyone else, the elderly have a right to the satisfaction of their

gotten," he said.

ing

member what ought

"We who

religious,

have

a special

responsibil-

ity to give

to be

what ought

remem-

to be for-

are older, both lay

and

witness to the impact of faith on our lives, to be a voice of what we recall as having contributed to our personal and community growth in faith and, indeed what have been ob-

God's grace in our personal and community lives," the priest said.

Msgr. Fahey told the meeting, "There is nothing inherent in living a long life that makes a person good or bad, wise or foolish, generous or selfstacles to

.

ish, faith-filled

or despairing."

When

the period of working and raising children is over, he said, "we should try to make sense out of our

and to make peace with ourhave a sense of self-worth and overcome the temptation to frustration and despair."

Older people have a special responsibility in witnessing the faith and showing others that it has validity, he said.

"Do we come at life and accept our circumstances as people of faith or no differently than those who have none, and in so choosing do we proclaim the Good News or do we make it less lives

selves, to

credible?" he asked.

Church

whom

leaders, the majority of

must be on guard against perpetuating "the stereotype of the elderly as unduly conservative are elderly,

and unwilling to adapt," he

said,

t

Walesa attends Washington events marking Solidarity anniversary By

RICHARD SZCZEPANOWSKI

News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic

collapse of

communism

the sweeping political

—

The

Poland and and economic in

reforms there and throughout the former Iron Curtain would not have occurred without heavenly intervention, the former president of Poland said Sept. 15.

Former Polish President Lech Walesa kneels in prayer in the Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Sept. 15, 2000.

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Around the Diocese

RCIA workshop nurtures catechists By

JIMMY ROSTAR

brought other members of their (parish

Associate Editor

—

BROWN SUMMIT Sparked by their interest in ministering to men, women and children fully enter-

—

Community: De-

Initiating

who

coordinator at

St.

The North American Forum

—

served

lot of people there

RCIA

team, which led sessions during the gathering, comprised: Steve Janco, an editorial staff member of World Library Publica-

as local coordinator of the event.

"There were a

the

is

of the church is all about," she said.

"They help to encourage and affirm and challenge the people that work on the teams in parishes to understand and to implement the Rite with integrity and to the best of their ability."

a very powerful experi-

Linda Licata,

liturgical, that is

is

"They help us grow in that understanding of what the liturgical law

tors.

ence," said

into action in their parishes

RCIA Commission.

and musicians in the process, and involvement of clergy and coordina-

was

RCIA

Paul the Apostle Church in Greensboro and is a member of the diocesan

children, involvement of liturgists

"It

logical

who

catechesis for adults, catechesis for

who

111.,

pastoral ministers, liturgists, catechists and theologians who assist catechists in their ministry of putting

theological, that

—

wor-

professor of religious education, director of the master of arts program in pastoral studies, and director of field education at the Catholic Theo-

to bring

catechetical in nature," said Licata,

(RCIA), a process of inquiry, prayer, study and celebration of the sacrabaptism, Euments of initiation charist and confirmation.

The process can be adapted for children of catechetical age as well.

The gathering at The Summit: An Episcopal Center Sept. 14-16 focused on four areas of ministry:

Eliot Kapitan, director of

ship for the Diocese of Springfield,

Co-sponsored by the Diocese of Charlotte, the gathering was presented by the North American Forum on the Catechumenate, a network of

home and

and dioceses.

"The Forum provides us with an understanding of the Rite that is

In the Catholic Church, that experience centers around the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

—

of the Chicago

Worship;

that back to their parishes."

the

experience.

member

staff

and a teacher, writer and workshop presenter on liturgy and catechumenal ministry; Jeannette Lucinio, associate

there excited, to go

veloping the Ministries" was a gathering of catechists involved in initiation ministry in the Dioceses of Charlotte, Raleigh and elsewhere in the Southeast. Their mission was to explore ways of including the entire church community in the initiation

music

Office for Divine

all a chance to experience the Rite depending on what part of that process they work in to learn something, to be able to leave

ing the Catholic Church, more than 100 catechists gathered recently to discuss a variety of ways of furthering their skills in outreach.

"The

RCIA) teams.

"It gave them

tions,

who

is

also a

composer and

mission

in

—

Union

in

Chicago;

— Mickey Main, an

active

RCIA

minister at the parish, diocesan and national levels for 20 years, and a

North American Forum member.

While each track explored various ways ministers can make the RCIA process both enriching and appealing to participants, the gathering focused on a central theme: The initiation process is a shared responsibility

of the church.

"We always remember that the call of all the baptized to be

it

is

initi-

"We need to work RCIA teams, but need to look at how

ating," said Licata.

together not just as

We

as parishes.

we welcome,

when someone comes wants to know what Catholics do, we can say to them, 'Come and see what we are so

into our midst and

about.'

"Because

we

are baptized into all of our responsibility to walk with these people, to support and encourage them, and to share our faith."

Christ's body,

it is

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Book Review

Optimistic book shows quality of new priests

Word to Li September Sunday

Reviewed by

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Roman

Catholic clergy, "In Good Company: The Fast Track From the Corporate World to Poverty, Chastity and Obedience" is for you. The story of a young man who joins the is a good read which leaves the reader optimistic about the quality of

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gerly awaited and much loved daughter of good friends. The plea-

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us, children or not, who are not indescribably cute and appealing, but unattractive or troublesome or boring or otherwise hard to love?

Herein lies the challenge: to receive as Christ those whose powerlessness invites not an instinct of care and protection, but a reaction of irritation or harsh judgment.

May the affection we have for children we know and love so expand our hearts'that we receive all God's children with open arms.

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little

welcomes me," I thought of Mary Mae. I'm comforted knowing that the immense love and affection into which she was born and which

His call is not to a and devotions but to a spirit of loving and giving.

Father Martin has the maturity to describe his own failings and foibles, and thus is able to share with the reader his own stages of growth.

Readers can experience his feelings as he works at a homeless shelter distributing winter clothing.

In one example, he offers one man an orange jacket, "God, that's ugly," he tin hasn't a clue.

fixed set of prayers

says the

man

would want

tells

"Do you think

him.

have bathed her existence ever since are felt by the Lord Jesus as well.

In her winsome face, the face of God is visible. Solace extended to her on colicky nights is solace extended to Christ, and the shelter of her mother's arms also shelters

were

people in my daily life who are not taken seriously by others? What's

as far as Jesus' im-

one way in which my community can be an example of Christ's in-

age went, this would be an easy Gospel. But in his world and time, the symbol of a child would call to

struction to include the powerless?

"So he sat down and called the Twelve around him and said, 'If anyone wishes to rank first, he must remain the last one of all and the servant of all.' Then he took a little child, stood him in their midst"

— Mark 9:35-36a

I

I

thought, 'He's a home-

he should be grateful.' But then I thought, 'Why should he want to wear something ugly just because he happens to be homeless. It doesn't mean that he's not an individual with less person;

feelings or taste or pride."

discussing his

own

search for

meaning, Father Martin raises questions of importance outside as well as inside religious life. He reflects on the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, addressing them in ways that in

Mary

to be seen in that?"

"Initially

By

easy to love

Questions: How can I be more receptive to

God. If that

it's

Mae, but what about those among

child

make sense

our modern world and challenge lay

Christians as well as religious.

This is recommended as a posibook about becoming a priest today, an insight into living a meaningful Christian life, and a good story tive

Father Martin was not raised in a very religious family no church attendance beyond Sunday Mass, no Catholic school, only a little CCD. He gently pokes fun at his own lack of knowledge. When a bishop suggests praying the "Memorare," young Mar-

Mark

17-20

COMPANY

Africa while in formation as a Jesuit.

"In Good Company" is Martin's prequel, a personal of his search for meaning in and his formation as a Jesuit.

This book has much to

2:12,

Catholic

Business, author

area of

2)

Psalm 54:3-4, 5, 6-8 James 3:16-4:3

life,

After long labor, little Mary Mae was born last month, the ea-

James Martin took a job in the finance department of General Electric. As the years went by, he was increasingly bothered by the stress of work,

own

associations of but the harsh social reality in which children represented all who were powerless, without rights, subject to the whims of others, not considered when making

family

It's

After growing up in Pennsylva-

Jesuits in his

Wisdom

By

nia and attending the prestigious

the competitive nature of relationships and, above all, the lack of meaning in his life.

He read Thomas Merton's lifestory and thought of doing something like that with his own life. The idea would not go away. Behind the closed door of his office, he telephoned the

1)

3) Gospel:

GOOD

N

Jesuits

Wharton School of

mind not only warm

24, Twenty-Fifth

Ordinary Time, Cycle B

Readings:

JAMES MARTIN,

News Service If you have been disturbed by negative stories in the media about Catholic

new young

in

Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Sept. 24 - 30, 2000 Sunday, Wisdom 2:12, 17-20, James 3:16-4:3, Mark 9:30-37; Monday, Proverbs 3:27-34, Luke 8:16-18; Tuesday (Sts. Cosmas and Damien), Proverbs 2:1-6, 10-13, Luke 8:19-21; Wednesday (St. Vincent de Paul), Proverbs 30:5-9, Luke 9:1-6; Thursday (St. Wenceslaus, St. Lawrence Ruiz and Compansions), Ecclesiastes 1:2-11, Luke 9:7-9; Friday (Sts. Michael, Gabriel & Raphael, Archangels), Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, John 1:47-51; Saturday (St. Jerome), Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8, Luke 9:43-45 Readings for the week of Oct. 1 - 7, 2000 Sunday, Numbers 11:25-29, James 5:1-6, Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48; Monday (Holy Guardian Angels), Job 1:6-22, Matthew 18:1-5, 10; Tuesday, Job 3:1-3, 1 1-17, 20-23, Luke 9:51-56; Wednesday (St. Francis of Assisi), Job 9:112, 14-16, Luke 9:57-62; Thursday, Job 19:21-27, Luke 10:1-12; Friday (St. Bruno), Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5, Luke 10:13-16; Saturday (Our Lady of the Rosary), Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-16, Luke 10:17-14

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is

When

By GERRI

—

actress Patricia Heaton, in

accepting her

Emmy Award

Sept.

10, thanked God "for thinking me up and my mother for letting me come out," the remark was more than just words. Heaton, who plays Debra Romano on the CBS

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New at the Box Office —

(CNS) Following are recent capsule reviews issued by the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting.

"Almost Famous" (DreamWorks) Poignant drama set

in the 1970s about an aspiring rock journalist (Patrick lands a free-lance assignment at age 15 with Rolling Stone magazine to interview a hot new rock band (led by Billy Crudup) as they tour the United States. Director Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical, coming-ofage story skillfully reflects the era, yet remains on a largely superficial level.

Implied sexual encounters, fleeting nudity, an extramarital affair, some drug

Fugit)

who

use including an overdose and intermittent rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV adults, with reservations. The Motion

—

Picture Association of America rating

is

R

—

restricted.

"Bait" (Castle Rock) Insubstantial seriocomic actioner in which a bumbling petty thief (Jamie Foxx) is used by the government to trap a computer mastermind (Doug Hutchison) who stole gold bullion worth millions from the Federal Reserve. It's style over substance in director Antoine Fuqua's slick flick which starts off promisingly then fizzles with a scrambled script, one-note characters and a tooneat Hollywood ending. A sexual encounter, intermittent violence and recurring rough language with fleeting profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-IV adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Associa-

—

tion of

America rating

is

R

—

airing throughout October

on public

television stations (check local listings).

From Family Theater Producprogram puts on longtime addicts

the hourlong

tions,

human

face

a

—

and shows that they can completely

The recovering addicts are gradually given greater

eterias that provide jobs.

responsibilities and their professionalism is laudable. A guest at the Schuyler Inn would never dream that the articulate general manager, assistant manager and chief housekeeper all had addiction and crime in their pasts.

This fine documentary's director, Gerard Thomas Straub, saves the startling statistic of the recovery

turn their lives around. Instrumental in this road to recovery is Albany's Father Peter Young, whose battle cry

"Glidepath to Recovery" Various dates on PBS through October

"Rehabilitate: Don't Incarcerate!"

The documentary wisely focuses not on the priest, or religion for that matter, but on a dozen or so ex-cons and former addicts who are now holding responsible jobs, ft's heartwarming to hear them proudly asserting that they are taxpayers.

Many are so thrilled about having decent lives back they want to help others reject substance abuse.

In filmed group therapy sessions, the ex-addicts' stories of transformation clearly make an impact on those struggling to overcome their self-destructive ways. "I left a lot of wreckage behind in my life," one admits, but the point is now he is a clean and sober wage earner with his own apartment, a far cry from the gutter or a jail cell.

Father Young explains his "glidepath" philosophy as believing that ex-convicts need help making a safe landing for their lives once reprograms include remonths of housing where

leased and his

covery, six basic

life

skills

such as cooking are

—

program's success rate for the end a whopping figure that underlines how no human life should be considered unsalvageable.

The individual recovery stories, from the former assistant attorney general of New York state to a young

woman who was raped and whose mother was murdered and whose father hanged himself, have real emotional resonance. Father Young's caring intervention has helped restore and self-esteem and they in turn inspire others battling addictions. He feels his programs give excons time to start new behaviors and reassemble their lives. Another outreach program provides shelters for abused mothers and children.

Nicely paced and well-edited, the program is never dull; in fact, it's inspirational in the best sense of the word. their dignity

taught, and job placement. able to acquire community-run busi-

"Duets" (Hollywood)

—

—

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YEARS EXPERIENCE

documentary, "Glidepath to Recovery,"

nesses such as a hotel, three fast-food establishments, a copy center and caf-

Amazingly, the priest has been

restricted.

Lightweight road trip comedy about six individuals (including Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis, and Andre Braugher) who converge in Omaha to compete for a $5,000 grand prize in a karaoke singing contest. Colorful characters sweeten director Bruce Paltrow's superficial film where toe-tapping music and the carefree subculture of karaoke singers take precedence over exploring any serious issues raised. A sexual encounter with brief nudity, a few sexual references, some violence, and intermittent rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is AIII adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted.

"A Piece of Eden" (Film Acres) Flawed drama about a New York publicist (Marc Grapey) who returns to his family's Indiana fruit farm to make peace with his sick father (Robert Brueler). Director John Hancock's sentimental film takes an endearing look at familial relationships but a lackluster script, unexceptional performances and a sappy, Hollywood ending fail to impress. An implied sexual encounter with brief crude language and profanity. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

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Monday, Sept. 25, 10-11 p.m.

(A&E) "Rock Springs, Wyoming." From the "City Confidential" series, fact-based account of how in

EDT

1978 a police chief ended up killing one of his own former undercover drug officers in a

Wild West-type shootout.

Tuesday, Sept. 26, 8-9 p.m. EDT (PBS) "Asteroids: Deadly Impact." Season premiere of 'The World of National Geographic" nature series explores how comets and asteroids streak through the skies, some striking the Earth, with geologists' analyses of meteorite impacts.

Sept. 27, 8-9 p.m.

EDT

(A&E) "Jimmy Hoffa: The Man Behind the Mystery." From the "Biography" series, a profile of the controversial labor leader who changed the face of U.S. commerce after organizing the country's most powerful union, the Teamsters.

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Editorials & Columns Vote your conscience told me recently that she wasn't goin November because she was anti-

2000

Spirituality

A woman

The Pope

22,

ing to vote abortion and at the same time fiercely opposed to the death penalty. Since Gore is pro-choice and Bush is for the death penalty, she was opting out of

for Today

the process.

advised her against sitting on the sidelines. is never going to be a perfect candidate.

Religious people have to make prudential judgments based on the preponderance of evidence available. The United States is the only remaining superpower, and every citizen counts in keeping I

There

PAUL

II

During bishops' jubilee, pope to entrust world to

Mary

WOODEN

By CINDY

News Service When bishops CITY (CNS)

Catholic

VATICAN

—

from around the world gather

for their jubilee cel-

ebration in early October, the statue of Our

Fatima

make

also will

Pope John Paul will

a pilgrimage to

Lady of Rome.

and the world's bishops gather around the statue for the recitation of II

the rosary Oct. 7 and, in the presence of the statue

they will once again entrust the world to the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Once before, in March 1984, the pope had the statue brought from Portugal to St. Peter's Square where, in union with the bishops of the world, he consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The act of consecration was one of the requests the three shepherd children of Fatima said Mary made during her apparitions to Oct.

8,

them

in

1917.

Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, the only surviving Fatima visionary and a cousin of the other two, has said that the 1984 ceremony fulfilled

our leaders on their toes.

If you do not vote your conscience in these matters, you will fail in your patriotic duty.

Way back in 1 964, long before I was director of the Christophers, I interviewed Dorothy Day, cofounder of the Catholic Worker movement. Her cause for canonization is now pending.

Day often talked about the importance of voting your conscience. She celebrated the tremendous freedom that the laity have in the church. In fact, she said, as a convert to the faith it was this freedom that attracted her to the church in the first place. "I don't think I could stress this enough," she said.

"Our freedom comes from the Gospels. Christ never coerced anyone."

I asked her whether her involvement as a social activist ever had gotten her in trouble with the off and said: "What if wages? Do the bishops to the people who are on strike or do they to the bosses? How are they going to direct

hierarchy. She brushed

there

is

listen

listen

the laity?"

She believed that many conflicts have to be hammered out by means of public debate. The bishops are clearly pro-life, which means they are also

Columnist

Did you know that diocesan Catholic newspapers risk losing their tax-exempt status if they promote one candidate over another? They are not even allowed to take political advertisements. This may explain the relative silence of the official church

in the election process.

Of course, there and members of the

will be laity

some zealous

who

priests

will insist that a

Catholic should vote on the basis of the abortion issue alone, but even though the anti-abortion

agenda tic.

test

is

The

meritorious,

I

find this

view too simplis-

election should not be subject to a litmus

on one

issue.

In the last presidential election, 65 percent of

all

women

voted for the Democrats. The bishops never dictated how they should cast their vote, nor did they condemn the women after the election for voting as they did.

These women did not think that they were voting for abortion, any more than a vote for Bush in the next election would imply that the person voting was in favor of the death penalty.

Pray for the grace to make the right decision, all things considered, and put your mind at ease.

Catholic

How will they vote? Will they differ from one another? Who knows? Probably yes, but I'm sure each one will vote his conscience. against the death penalty.

crown is one of removed from Pope John Paul's body after he was shot May 13 the feast of Our Lady of Fatima in 1981. in the statue's

the bullet fragments

—

structed in a "Z" pattern admits is

Diary

silica for public

As we drove around Belfast that same day we saw some neighborhoods flying orange flags and the British Union Jack. These were the Protestants.

Just a few blocks away, other neighborhoods flew

the Irish Republican flag.

FATHER PETER DALY

CNS

calls for

new

Columnist

efforts in Christian-

—

the reappearance of racism and anti-Semitism in certain parts

new

of the world, Pope John Paul II Jews and Chris-

efforts to help

know, respect and esteem more fully each other's beliefs and traditions." Welcoming Israel's new ambassador to the Holy See, Yosef Neville Lamdan, Pope John Paul said Sept. 18 that he considered his March pilgrimage to the Holy Land "a kind of testimony that I would like to leave, especially to the younger generation, as an invitation to build a new era of relations between Christians and Jews." He said a "culture of emptiness" and a rise of selfishness and materialism were the source of discrimination and persecution. tians at every level "to

A He

Ecumenism"

friend of mine,

show mean he just

also sings

don't

in Northern Ireland Eugene O'Hagan, sings opera.

tunes and sentimental favorites. sings in the shower.

He

I

actually

sings for audiences in his beautiful, clear tenor voice.

All this

is

not particularly remarkable for an

O'Hagan

is

also a priest

of the Diocese of Down and Connor in Northern Ireland.

Jewish understanding VATICAN CITY (CNS) Warning of

called for

"Practical

Irishman, except for the fact that

veneration.

designed to prevent a

through into the neighborhood.

Vatican's Holy Year committee said

formally entrusting the world to Mary Oct. 8 will be a plea "for the protection of the mother of Christ over the church and over the world at the beginning of the third millennium."

The statue is scheduled to arrive from Portugal Oct. 6 and be kept that night in Pope John Paul's private chapel. The morning of Oct. 7 it will be transferred to St. Peter's Ba-

same high wall. A gate conyou to the area. This gate suicide bomber from just driving

are also surrounded by the

Parish

—

In conjunction with the May beatification of Sister Lucia's cousins, Pope John Paul ordered publication of the so-called "third secret of Fatima," which had been kept sealed at the Vatican for some 50 years. According to the Vatican, the message predicted the struggles of the church with Nazism and communism and foretold the shooting of Pope John Paul.

Pope

CNS

the request.

Embedded

The

it

a strike for better

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

This

is

the part of Northern Ireland that includes the city

of Belfast, the most religiously divided of cities.

But what really makes Father O'Hagan's singing remarkable is where he sings. He sings with a group headquartered at a Presbyterian church in

downtown

Belfast.

The

group, composed of Protes-

tants and Catholics, travels throughout

Northern

Ireland singing at halls and churches.

Father O'Hagan calls it "practical ecumenism."

"They can come to know you as a human being first, before they think of you as a priest or a Catholic. They find out

we

don't have horns or cloven feet," he says.

In pluralistic America, this seems like an ordi-

nary interdenominational club, but in the troubled confines of Northern Ireland it is revolutionary.

Feelings run deep in Northern Ireland.

On a tour of Belfast, Father O'Hagan drove us past the parish where his brother Martin is pastor. It is surrounded by a steel wall. The wall is topped with barbed wire and concertina wire. The houses of Catholics near the church

These were the Catholic

neighborhoods. Except in the upper-middle class, there is not much mixing of religions.

The newspaper in Belfast that day contained an article about the effort to recruit Catholics for the police force in Northern Ireland. This was a result of the Good Friday agreement of 1999. There are hardly any Catholics on the police force. To many Catholics it is more like an occupying army than a guardian of the peace. Police stations in Belfast look more like bunkers than public buildings.

In the midst of all this Father O'Hagan and his Presbyterian friends are doing something remarkable. They actually are living the Gospel as Christ intended, reaching across the gulf that separates us that he desires and taking the Lord at his word that his followers be one and live in peace.

Places like Northern Ireland are a test for the church in our new millennium. If the followers of Jesus, be they Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox or Evangelical, cannot contribute to the reconciliation and peace of the world, then we will have little credibility.

It is time to put the disputes and the distinccannot do that tions of the 16th century to rest. if either side in the dispute adopts an attitude of superiority or intransigence. There is plenty of guilt from the past on all sides.

Since the historical hatreds and divisions are still sore points, perhaps we will have to put those disputes aside for a while and just come together as people. Singing seems like a good way to start.

Father O'Hagan and his friends have found a formula for "practical ecumenism" in song. It is heavenly music in deed.

—

We

September

22,

2000

Editorials

Light

we

One

did, in fact, lean

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on our horns, not because of someone knocked down

vicious compulsion to see

a -

but out of sheer habit. can acquire the bad habit of hearing but not listening, or looking and not seeing. hear the cry, we see the anguished look, but we don't personalize it. It just does not register that a real, warm, live human sister or brother is in distress. Our time

Candle

We

We

FATHER THOMAS

we have a right to feel impatient and So we learn how to push and shove and compete and lean on our horns, and soon these things become habits, even reflex actions.

Some people lean on their horns automatically, is

J.

valuable,

frustrated.

McSWEENEY Guest Columnist

some inevitably say "No!" when someone approaches them for help. There are people who routinely look the other way when they see someone in distress, in order not to get involved. There are those who are absolute masters at changing the

just as "If

I

were you

..."

At a busy New York City intersection, one evening, a car stops at a red light. A yellow taxi, right behind stops also. A frail old lady with a cane steps off the curb and begins to hobble across the street.

As she reaches

a point

midway between

the

from driver leans on

car's glaring headlights, the traffic light turns

red to green. Immediately, the taxi his horn. The driver of the car in front shuts off his engine, removes the key from the ignition, gets out of his car and walks back to the taxi where he confronts the driver.

"Here are my car keys," he says. "You run her haven't got the stomach for it!"

It is easy to identify with that elderly woman crossing the intersection. all know the feeling of over.

I

We

powerlessness that overtakes somebody in the middle of crossing a busy intersection when the light changes.

You

are trapped, helpless, at the

mercy of the driver. And if you don't exactly cry out, "Have pity on me," the plea is certainly reflected your anguished deer-in-the-headlights look.

Now, reverse the situation. Put yourself behind the wheel. With whom do you identify more closely,

subject

What Q. At

is

Father Thomas

the Gospel of Thomas?

McSweeney

is

director

of The

fortune.

The

so-called Gospel of

Thomas

Question

Corner

is it

among the most significant archeological events in the history of New Testament scholarship.

Unlike the four canonical Gospels, the Gospel of Thomas contains no narrative or theological struc114 "hidden sayings" of the "living Jesus," many of which can be found nearly word-for-word in Matthew, Mark, Luke or ture. It consists solely of

John.

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CNS

to forever.

The ensuing

is

the passage you point out.

Thomas

Gospel, Saying 3, reads, "The you and outside you." The Gos(17:21) quotes Jesus, "The reign of God is already in your midst" literally, within you.

While not among the accepted books of the Bible, the antiquity and content of the Gospel of Thomas have proven enormously helpful in studying the life and words of Jesus. It also, however, reflects many gnostic beliefs which caused serious theological and pastoral problems in the early

Actually the

kingdom is pel of Luke

inside

Christian church.

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wasn't as simple as

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we thought

us.

be.

had some growing up to do. By year-two

In this Jubilee year twenty-five years later,

we

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As in other gnostic literature, for example, Peter portrayed as hostile to Mary (Magdalene) in blatantly sexist ways. The final saying of the Gospel of Thomas has Peter telling Jesus, "Mary should leave us, for females are not worthy of life."

Jesus responds, "I shall guide her to make her is

male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter heaven's kingdom."

The Catholic Church has had no occasion to take a formal position on the Gospel of Thomas. since it is not one of the four canonical Gospels, it is seldom, if ever, referred to in official Catholic

And

documents or liturgy.

But there's nothing secret about

ment good example

what could go wrong? As

call it grace.

is

scrolls), is

us,

dren that showed us the simplest joys in life.

Some might call it luck that we stumbled into such rich associations and resources. We

to

perhaps the most well-known of several early Christian "gospels" that are not included in the books of the New Testament.

Written most likely before the year 100, its existence had been known for centuries through brief references and quotes in other Christian documents. The complete text, however, has been available for only 55 years.

The accidental discovery of the entire document in 1945, in a clay jar near the modern town of Nag Hammadi in upper Egypt (not near the Dead Sea

Between

long as people left us alone, we'd be okay. The lyric goes like this: "I've got the world on a string; sittin' on a rainbow; got the ring around my finger..." We believed that in us we had all we needed; love would see us through

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN A.

twenty-fifth

the vision began to crumble. Had our luck run out?

It was through friends that we found Marriage Encounter and discovered God in us. It was through a community of married couples that we learned how to live in hope. It was the loving embrace of a parish that said, "We want you with us" that stretched our boundaries of love. It was steadfast presence of family that showed us that it's really about all of us, and no one gets left behind. It was the gift of chil-

heresy.

The message from Jesus in this Gospel is supposed kingdom of God is within us all. " What this all about? Does the Gospel exist, and if so why is kept from us? be that "the

J.

when

end of the movie "Stigmata, " there was a printed statement that a Gospel of Thomas (words of Jesus) was found near the Dead Sea scrolls. It states that it

problem

Christophers.

the

the Vatican will not accept this Gospel, calling

tries to share a

wedding anniversary is approaching soon. As the big day nears, we find ourselves more introspective and reflecting on what the last twenty-five years have meant.

It was in the Jubilee year 1975 that we professed our vows among family and friends.

For us this was not an ominous thing. It seemed so right and so easy. Our worldview was clear. At the ages of 23 and 21, we were independent, confident and on a roll of good

It

in

the driver of the car or the taxi driver?

Most of us, I am sure can remember times

whenever someone

with them.

Charles Mayo, a founder of the world-famous Mayo clinic, made a valuable rule for himself.

"When I am your doctor," he said, "I try to imagine the kind of doctor I'd like if I were you. Then I try to be that kind of doctor."

That's a good idea, whoever we are or whatever we do. We don't all think the same way, or react the same way to a given situation.

Staying sensitive to the needs of others can demand a lot of us, but the effort involved is worth the trouble. One day each of us will be asked not only if we cared about the feelings of others, but also if we showed compassion in the process.

There's a lot to be said for putting yourself in the other person's shoes. Or driver's seat.

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humbled by the awesome grace with which we obliviously started. Tempered by the trials of life that have taught us that we have not been charmed, our confidence comes not from ourselves, but from the faith community in which we love and are loved.

Not even half as smart as we thought we were twenty-five years ago, we have grown in wisdom, age and grace. We know that the grace that came our way was sometimes quite the opposite of what we had desired-to be left alone and for others to stay out of our affairs.

God certainly answers prayers, and we're glad that sometimes his answer is "NO!" Twenty-five years is plenty reason to celebrate. We are planning a special Eucharistic Liturgy for the occasion. However, we know that though the focus may be on the two of us, what we celebrate goes far beyond that. The accomplishment of fifty, twenty-five, ten, or even one year of marriage takes a village.

With love and gratitude we celebrate the journey we have traveled and recommit to the are

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McDermott

September

Around the Diocese

22,

2000

joins vocation

ministers at National Religious Vocation Conference in NJ â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The audience EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.

On

interacted

tional living.

McDermott, diocesan director of Campus and

with the panel in a question and answer session. Participants continued their ac-

Young Adult

tive role

7-11, Colleen

Sept.

Ministry, joined over

hundred vocation ministers and accompanying community members

five

for the National Religious

Vocation

Conference's biennial convocation held in East Rutherford,

Convocation speakers

New

Mary

Jersey.

Johnson,

SNDdeN, and Mr. Tom Beaudoin elaborated on the theme "Building Bridges between Young Adults and Members of Religious Communities" from their own areas of expertise.

Sister of Notre Dame Catherine

by identifying major issues/ concerns and then developing action plans to address these issues/concerns.

The

resulting strategies will be collated

and published at a later date.

Lewis Green, an associate member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace, was intrigued by the energy and enthusiasm of the vocation directors present for the convocation.

He

am

so fortunate to be involved with the Sisters and am excited to do my part to spread the good stated, "I

gations serving the Diocese of Charlotte,

news about religious life." As a firstyear vocation director, Pam Mueller, OSU, felt that this conference was very helpful in discovering what communities and the Church need to do to

whom McDermott

contacted about

attract

adult ministry.

cially appreciated

Bertrand, president of the National Reli-

gious Vocation Conference, invited

McDermott because of her communications with members of religious congre-

involvment

in

young

Mary Johnson

an associate professor of sociology at Emmanuel College in Boston.

is

As

a social scientist,

Mary Johnson

shared the information gained from two national research projects, one focused on young adult Catholics and the other on postVatican II entrants in religious congregations. Tom Beaudoin is cofounder and co-leader of Xairos, a Generation Catholic ministry at the Paulist Center in Boston and authored "Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X." Tom presented the worldview of Generation X from his own experience as a Generation Xer and as a theologian.

X

In addition to these presentations, a

panel of

young

religious presented

what drew them to religious life, what sustains them in the way of life, and what is their experience of inter-genera-

young

adult Catholics.

"I

espe-

being able to invite other members of my community to attend so that we can develop a plan of action together."

The Harvest Award, which is given

NC Catholic photo by Matt Doyle

Knights of Columbus present check to North Carolina Special Olympics The North Carolina State Council of the Knights of Columbus presented check for $15,000 to the North Carolina Special Olympics. As a result of the tremendous success of the International Special Summer Games held in the Triangle last year, the Knights of Columhus have become very active in the 105 local areas in which there are councils, and also on the state level. Presenting the check on Aug. 14 to Keith Fishbourne, center, are Robert Singer, North Carolina State Deputy and John Gouldie, the Knight's State Chairman for Special Olympics. a

non-NRVC members in recognition of their service to vocation ministry, was given to three people/organizato

tions this year. Carol

who

Shuck Scheiber,

serves as the editor of the

HORIZON, and the news, a quarterly newsletter.

Also receiving the Harvest

journal,

Award

was Mary Johnson, SNDdeN, for her involvement in vocation ministry through her research projects, workshop presentations for NRVC, and interest in young adult Catholics. The third recipient of the Harvest

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ev-

ery year, and every 33 minutes, 1 women are diagnosed with the deadly disease. In an effort to combat the disease, people are getting

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Cancer Foundation Race for the Cure on October 7 in uptown Charlotte.

The Komen Foundation was established in 1982 by Nancy Brinker in honor of her sister, Komen, who passed away at the age of 36. The race is the largest series of 5K runs/walks in the world with 1 14 scheduled with more than one

Former Polish President Lech Walesa attends Mass

the race

fund local breast health education projects and grants, and twenty-five percent will fund the International Grant Program of the Komen Foundation.

The Race for the Cure is taking place at the First Union Atrium, 301 S. Tryon St., beginning at 6:30 a.m. with registration and packet pick-up. Anyone can participate in the one-mile fun run/walk, a timed

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Immaculate Conception in Washington Sept. 15. The Mass was held to

commemorate

the 20th anniversary of the Solidarity movement that eventually brought an end to communism in Poland.

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Walesa, of

communism

"a gift

from page 7

from heaven

By

THOMAS Catholic

R.

PAPEIKA

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dreds of West Virginians will soon be reminded to pray for vocations every time they take some change from their pockets.

Wooden

"vocations coins" will be

distributed throughout the Diocese of

Wheeling-Charleston

this

fall,

recall-

ing the biblical injunction to pay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, but pay to God what belongs to God. The inch and a half wooden coins feature a reminder to "Pray for Vocations," the diocesan toll-free

number

—

Mass on Sunday about vocations," Father Gallagher said. "That's not happening now, and we need to articulate the reasons why."

"Do we personally help people discern what their vocation is?"

Bishop Bernard W. Schmitt asked.

"We've got a lot of work to do to make vocational awareness a reality." ter

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"It's another way for us to heighten awareness of vocations," said Father John Gallagher, director of the Office of Vocations. "We really need to get people talking about vocations, and hopefully the coin will help keep the issue in front of them.

"Imagine what would happen if everyone spoke to just one person af-

The coins are seen as a way to "change" attitudes, to remind people and praying to keep talking about for

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The "Diocesan Vocations Proposal" notes that

cent of current priests are from outside the diocese, meaning that they are either from religious orders or

from other countries or

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Walesa, an electrician at the shipwas one of the founders of the union, and was jailed many times during the union's struggles against the government. A series of Solidarity-sponsored nationwide strikes that

God and

nearly crippled that nation's economy ended with the milestone recognition

that the

regime

Walesa faith" in

of Mary, of Czestochowa and Queen of Poland."

Bishop Yanta hailed the Solidarity in the "intercession

movement

as "a blueprint

on how

to

resolve conflict and difficulties" and said

movement was

a tool of God.

After the Mass, participants offered the former president a prolonged standing ovation. Walesa urged those present to remember the

officials.

However, communist authorities backed way from their agreement and in December 1981 attempted to abolish the union by declaring martial law. For eight years, the union fought against repression, and eventually toppled Poland's

and simple

Our Lady

yard,

of the union by communist

of adversity."

also praised

on the docks of Gdansk, Poland.

lessons of Solidarity.

"I am concerned that if we do not remember, then man of the 21st century cannot build a future that is peaceful and just."

Prior to the Mass, he visited the basilica's Chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa, where Pope John Paul II also prayed during his 1979 visit to Washington. There, Walesa placed a bouquet of flowers on the altar and

communist

in 1989.

Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and donated the $200,000 award to the Polish National Gift Fund in 1990 to help rebuild the country. He was elected Poland's first democratic president in

offered prayers to

"He wanted

Our Lady.

to visit the chapel be-

1990, serving until 1995.

During the Mass at the shrine, Bishop John W. Yanta of Amarillo,

cause he attributes the success of the

Texas, praised the former president for his faith and for his willingness to do God's work.

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and there he was at the Gdansk shipyard between a picture of Our Lady of Czestochowa and the Holy Father," Bishop Yanta, who is of Polish descent, said during a homily he delivered in English and Polish. "Lech said 'yes' to God's plan to free Poland from the shackles of communism."

He said the Walesa and the Soli-

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September

Living the faith

22,

2000

Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the New World —

The story of CHARLOTTE Russian America, a 126-year period of exploration and colonialism on the North American continent, is presented in the exhibition "Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the

New World"

at Charlotte's Mint Museum of Art, Sept. 9 - Dec. 31, 2000.

Over 300 historic artifacts and works of art from the Russia State Historical Museum and the State

Archive of the Russian Federation are featured. Objects range from etchings of native Aleuts of the Island of Unalaska to the splendid costumes and jewelry worn at the Imperial Court of St. Petersburg. Original letters from Thomas Jefferson and Leo Tolstoy help present the historical context of the period. The personal belongings of Russian emperors, gem-set icons of the Orthodox Church, sailing paraphernalia used by explorers, colonial equipment and* products, costumes, portraits and paintings tell stories of the Imperial and the everyday.

Among

exhibition highlights is the red lace and satin court dress,

trimmed in swan down, worn in 1860

by Princess Dagmar of Denmark (later to become the Empress Maria Feodorovna). Most striking is the elaborately carved Masquerade

send an expedition east of Siberia to discover whether the Russian and

American continents were connected.

Building a navy to enable such a venture would wait another 23 years.

With the signing of the Treaty of Nystad with Sweden in 172 1, Russia acquired passage to the Baltic Sea and entry to the world's oceans. Russian naval enterprise began in earnest.

Peter I commissioned the Danish mariner Vitus Bering seven years later to find an answer to William Penn's question and to explore expanding his empire eastward. Under severe hardships the Bering Strait was discovered and chartered, but the ships St. Paul and St. Peter failed to land in North America, hampered by continuous fog and the coming winter. On its second attempt, Bering's Kamachatka expedition sighted the spectacular peak of Mt. St. Elias and landed on the American coast on July 15, 1741, well after Peter the Great's death.

A 1760 portrait of a far-draped Princess A. A. Volkonsky in the exhibition serves as a reminder of the major attraction of the New World.

Bering's sailing crew returned to the Siberian port of Petropavlovsk with sea otter pelts, soon judged to be the

The

finest fur in the world.

sea otter

Sleigh, resembling an ancient trium-

became highly prized

phal chariot decorated with a sculpture of Minerva, the Roman goddess

ing exchanges for tea, and other goods.

Russian colonization of America was led by private trading compa-

wisdom

and

used by Catherine the Great at a masked pageant for her coronation ceremony in of

war,

nies,

with the Russian-American

1763.

Company

"Unseen Treasures" is organized by the American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation in celebra-

early colonists

tion of the 200th anniversary of the

founding of the Russian American

Company. The exhibition's Southeast appearance is sponsored by Wachovia and Wachovia Companies Offitbank and Barry, Evans, Josephs

&

Snipes, Inc.

The

story of Russian America begins with a conversation in London in

1698 between Peter I and William Penn who urged the Russian Tsar to

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in

Aaae

China, opensilk, porcelain

in

eventually gaining exclusive trading rights. The majority of

came from the work-

ing classes, in particular, the state serfs of northern Russian and Siberia, renowned- for their hunting, fishing

and woodworking skills. As the colonies expanded, greater self-sufficiency skills were required. Most of the hunting and fur trade fell to the local Eskimos, Coniagmuites and Aleuts while Russians maintained the trading fleet, managed enterprises and defended the colonies.

The

first

settlement was in Three

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Photo courtesy of the Mint Museum of Art

"Icon of Shviskly Smolensk with Oklad" is part of "Unseen Treasures" at the Mint Museum from Sept. 9 - Dec. 31, 2000.

known

Bay in 1784 near present day Kodiak, serving as the capital until the Russian American Company moved its headquarters to richer sea Saints

North traders

grounds in Sitka in 1806. The governing administration by merchant companies was characterized by greed and cruelty. Alexander sively

first

governor, aggres-

expanded Russian

territory.

His severe treatment of natives led to a massacre in 1802.

The Russian navy was placed in authority in 1818, immediately changing the appalling treatment of natives.

Sitka, or New Archangel, became

faith,

who

was port of

call for

also visited Europe, Asia,

t

The Mint Museum of Art is located 2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte. Call the museum at (704) 337-2009.

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