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News & Herald Volume

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

[Deck The

Number

1

15

December

1991

13,

Father Jenco Says Terry Anderson

Halls...

'Healthy And Holy' After Release WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— Former

the priest said he

lic,"

had been blindfolded

hostage Servite Father Lawrence Martin

in

Jenco said seeing freed hostage Terry Ander-

Anderson for a long time before the two were allowed to meet. "We had heard each other's voices but

son reminded him that "man with so

come

much

is

able to cope

pain and suffering and

still

out healthy and holy."

in

still

know who each

didn't

Watching Anderson on television as he addressed reporters on his first day of freedom "was fun," said Father Jenco. "It made me remember how bullish Terry was" when the two were confined to the same room. "He would pound (on the walls) and demand a radio. The vibrancy and tenaciousness are

a separate cubicle in the same room as

there," said Father

Jenco

a Dec. 5 telephone interview. Father Jenco spoke with Catholic News

Service a day after Anderson emerged after

they finally

other was.

When

lifted the blindfolds, the first

thing Terry asked was that

I

hear his confes-

sion," said Father Jenco.

He

said he,

Anderson and

the other

hostages with them prayed frequently.

The

priest said Scripture says to

"pray

behind closed doors, to pray with others, Lord, to be forgiving

and wait for the those were the

elements of prayer that

all

of us got caught

you

that

up

are to be patient

in."

six and a half years of captivity in Lebanon and was handed over to U.S. officials,

ending a long hostage ordeal for himself, his family and the United States.

Anderson, 44, the longest-held West-

em

hostage and the

last

American held

in

Lebanon, was chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press.

Anderson was the released in three days.

A handmade Advent wreath which adorns the wall of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Charlotte. (See story on Page 2)

third U.S. hostage

The

others were

Joseph Cicippio and Alarm Steen.

Meeting with reporters after his reAnderson was asked what kept him

lease,

going

St Gabriel Wins Another Round

In

all

those years.

"My companions. I was lucky enough to have other people with me most of the time," he said. "My faith. Stubbornness, I guess."

Dispute Over Construction Project By

CAROL HAZARD

think you haven't got it, and you get through

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

St.

the day.

Gabriel

won the

round in a legal entanglement with

latest

residents living near the parish over plans to

build a

community center on

"You just do what you have to do. You wake up every day and you summon up the energy from somewhere, even when you

13-acres of

church property on Providence Road.

A neighbor's request for a temporary was denied Dec. 4 by Judge Robert Burroughs. The order was sought by Brookridge Lane resident Gary Cox on behalf of the Greentree Neighborrestraining order

M

hood Association.

And you do

away from the neighborhood property line. The plans have been reviewed and approved by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. They also won

day," said Anderson.

unanimous approval Nov. 26 by the Charlotte Zoning Board. During an earlier proceeding, a temporary restraining order granted in late October was lifted a week

last

later.

said.

day

after

day

after

vices

program

was taken

director in Beirut

hostage, said

Terry Anderson waves following his release

Dec. 4 after more than six years as a hostage

Father Jenco, a Catholic Relief Ser-

in

Lebanon.

Anderson was the

person he saw before he was freed in

With Anderson's release, "that part of our lives is over. The waiting is over," he Calling Anderson a "recovering Catho-

week.

Residents fear the $4 million center,

"Complaint prayers were important.

We learned not to be ashamed of complaining to God," he said. at one point during Anderson fashioned rosaries for himself and fellow hostages out of string. He said there were times when the hostages would get on each others' nerves. "It came to a point where you wished you were alone. But there was no privacy," he

Father Jenco said

said.

School, will be disruptive to the neighbor-

With

hood. The church says the expansion will be

are very pleased with the deci-

"We

what we asked the court to do." latest win for the church,

had

tion

which,

granted,

law

was

The hearing

Holiday Schedule

figuration

changed the conof the building and moved it

that

of

we bi-

weekly publication over the Christmas holiday.We will publish the Dec. 20 issue but there will be no issue Dec. 27.

said.

and closeness of the 79,000-square-

foot building, the parish

wish to remind our readers

will follow a holiday schedule

In response to residents ' concerns about

noise

negotiating

We

that construction v/iU result in irreparable

stopped by the court, he

who

on behalf of the hostages, later was taken hostage himself. He was freed Nov. 18.

was scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 12, For the injunction to be granted, Cox must show a reasonable chance of winning the law suit, said Lucey. He must also show loss if not

difficult.

Waite, Anglican Church envoy

That

could take a couple of months or as much as a year and a half, said Lucey.

and was go-

was very

a cake that said "Happy Birthday, Jesus."

would block con-

suit is litigated.

It

Later he said the guards brought them

seeking a preliminary injunc-

if

faltered with negotiations

We tried to sing Christmas carols."

neighbor, taking the next step in

struction until the

BBC (British We heard Terry Waite

listened to the

ing back to London.

the battle is not over.

is

all

Broadcasting Corp.).

Despite the

The

Christmas he spent as a

hostage.

sion," said Dick Lucey, diocesan legal coun-

the process,

the holidays approaching, the

priest recalled the

a constructive influence.

sel. "It's

Reuters)

the ordeal

which will be used to expand enrollment from 385 to 535 students at St. Gabriel's

"We

(CNS photo from

when he

1986.

Bulldo2ers were busy grading the property last

it

Construction work proceeds on a community center at

of the parish

try to

block

it

through court action.

St.

Gabriel in Charlotte as

Photo by

some neighbors

JOANN KEANE

The

first

issue after Christmas will be

published Jan.

3,

1992.


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