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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.