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Bishop, priests celebrate annual

chrism Mass HOLY OILS BLESSED FOR

life

USE THROUGHOUT

KEVIN

E.

Mass, one of the Catholic Church's most solemn

MURRAY

EDITOR

—

CHARLOTTE Priests

must conform

Priests of the Diocese of Charlotte stand

chrism Mass at

St.

and recommit themselves to

Murray

priestly ministry during the

Patrick Cathedral April 6.

Dear God

...

St.

dral April

6.

Patrick Cathe-

During the an-

themselves to their mission as

shepherds

stant conversion, and nurture this union by daily prayer, said Bishop Peter J.

within their parishes, and the bishop blesses the oils to be used throughout the diocese in the

Jugis.

upcoming say that

it

is

Christ

Holy Saturday ceremonies

is

year.

Bishop Jugis, along with concelebrants Bishop Emeritus William G. Curlin; Ab-

important for us to take these words to heart, because conforming our lives to Christ in holiness and in constant conversion is essential to the "I

E.

Masses, at

nual Mass, priests rededicate

to

Christ in holiness and con-

Photo by Kevin

priests,"

The bishop offered these words during the chrism

DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

BY

and ministry of

said Bishop Jugis.

bot Placid Solari, OSB, ab-

See CHRISM, page 20

risen

150,000 new

to bring

Catholics into church BY

KEVIN

E.

MURRAY

bishops' Secretariat for

EDITOR

CHARLOTTE Catholic faith

is

—

Nearly 64,000 joined with

The

their bishops for the diocesan

spreading in

Rite of Election and Call to

North Carolina, and around

Continuing Conversion at the beginning of Lent. Another es-

the country.

More than 580 join the Catholic

people will

Church

timated

in the

women

Diocese of Charlotte at Easter CNS

PHOTO Bf Debbie Hil

Vigil services April

are

A

letter postmarked in Canada and addressed to God ends up

among

who

10.

Church across the United States that day, according to

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A cross the

is

pictured at sunset at the Monastic Cemetery of Christ

King Priory near

Schuyler, Neb.

The

New

Testament cross

is

a

symbol of redemption and the imitation of Christ.

See RCIA, page 11

by the U.S.

A

Leading the way

different beat

Kes,idie.nc^ brings Id

CNS

lotte, 506 people from various parishes participated in the

will join the Catholic

figures compiled

men and

In the Diocese of Char-

the 150,000 people

See story page

90,000

celebrated those rites

at the parish level.

They

at a post office in lerusalem.

7.

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gelization.

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Current and upcoming

In Brief

topics from around the

world to your

own backyard

Vatican ofificial tells U.N. of growing religious discrimination GENEVA (CNS) — A growing,

A SIGN OF GOD'S LOVE

subtle form of religious discrimination can be seen in attempts to ex-

clude anyone from speaking out on social issues from the perspective of their faith, a Vatican diplomat told a U.N. agency.

"While respecting a healthy sense of the state's secular nature, the positive role of believers in public life

should be recognized," Archbishop Silvano Tomasi told the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.

The

archbishop, the Vatican's

representative to U.N. offices based in Geneva, spoke to the commission

April

about religious freedom.

1

"The place of

religions in society

and their desire to participate

in public

have been part of recent debates that have

life

at the service of the people

been provoked by

events and countries of the world," the archbishop said.

Religion is an important part of people's lives and it is natural that political

many

increased pluralism in

they bring their values to bear on public discussions, he said.

Archbishop Tomasi said the Universal Declaration of Human Rights acknowledges not only the right of an individual to believe what he or she wants, but also the right for believers to form communities and for those communities to express the faith they hold in common.

Instead of banning faith from public discussions, he said, promoting religious freedom means encouraging people to get to know each other's faith,

and to

to respect differences

work together

for peace

and

:

justice.

Diocesan.

-^planner

For more information

call

Gail

Abraham

(704)

786-0709.

ASHEVILLE

—

Church, 102 Andrew

Mercy Sunday April CNS

PHOTO FROM Reuters

Margaret Mary

St. PI.,

18.

will celebrate Divine

Reconciliation will be

offered at 2:30 p.m. and the chaplet will be

Everyone

recited at 3 p.m., followed by Mass.

Thousands

Sunday Mass led by Pope Passion Sunday, popularly known as Palm Sunday, marks the

of pilgrims

fill

St.

Peter's Square for a Palm

is

—

HUNTERSVILLE

VICARIATE

SWANNANOA

invited to pray the chaplet beginning on

The Newcomers

Women's Ministry of St. Mark Church invites women who are new or still feel new to the area 10-week course entitled, "AJkr the Boxes are Unpacked" based on the book by Susan Miller. will talk about the spiritual, emotional and

to a

We

practical needs associated with

moving. Classes

begin April 2 1 in

beginning of Holy Week, the solemn celebrations of the passion and resurrection of

Sunday. For more information, contact the

Christ.

church

ofiice at (828)

14740 Stumptown Rd., 10:15 -11:45 a.m. followed by lunch. Call Gerry Phillips at (704) 8952388 or Colleen Siadak at (704) 987-7920 for

BOONE

VICARIATE

II

April 4.

SPARTA

—

Mass, says cross is sign of Clirist's love cross of Christ

is

casual

a sign of pain and

real

cross,

he

said,

has two aspects

that cannot be separated: "It

is

painful

forum

Theology on Tap is young adults providing

for "straight talk,

hard

facts,

answers" on the Catholic faith and

applies to daily

"Exploring

CHARLOTTE—- The 50+ Club of St. John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., meets the second Wednesday of each month with a program and lunch

For more information,

tlie

The theme

life.

Passion.

ToT

"

a

a

and

how it

April will be

meet each

will

at

1

1

a.m.

in the parish center.

call Lucille

Kroboth

at

—

women are invited to join

All

Word

in the

weekly gatherings for Sunday scripture, music

for

prayer, reflection on

and sharing experiences of Christ in daily life. each Thursday, 9:45-11:45

The group meets a.m. in the family

room of St. Gabriel Church,

3016 Providence Rd. For details, call Linda Flynn at (704) 366-9889. For childcare reserva-

humanity and of his victory over death, Pope John Paul II said on Palm Sunday.

"On the cross, Jesus died for each one of us," he said in his homily April 4

and glorious at the same time. The suffering and humiliation of the death of

Monday

Christ are intimately tied to the exalta-

CHARLOTTE

added.

vine Mercy

during the Mass in St. Peter's Square.

To the singing of "Hosanna," priests carrying olive branches and young people carrying tall, leafy green palm branches processed to the altar where

"Dear brothers and sisters, dear young people, never forget this consoling truth," he told them. "The passion and resurrection of Christ constitute the

at 3 p.m. including benediction of the Blessed

holy

Sacrament and recitation of the Divine Mercy

and N. Elm

Chaplet. Reconciliation will not be offered.

icon depicting Christ's divine mercy, commis-

Pope John Paul

inevitable daily trials."

glory, of Christ's love for

sat holding a braided

At

marked World Youth Day, and thousands of young also

people from around the world joined the

pope for the celebration.

Pope John Paul told the youths not to be afraid to proclaim the Gospel of the cross in every circumstance.

"Certainly, the

message the cross

communicates is not easy to understand in our epoch when material well-being and comforts are proposed and sought after as priority values,"

he

said.

"Do not

be afraid to go against the current."

6:30-8:30

April,

p.m.

at

tion.s, call

Jurga Petrikene at 704) 907-0205.

Pepperoni's at Park Road Shopping Center.

—

i

St.

Thomas Aquinas

Church, 1400 Suther Rd., will celebrate Di-

Sunday April

18,

with

a

Holy Hour

GREENSBORO

VICARIATE

GREENSBORO — Knights of Columbus Piedmont Council 939 hour at

St.

sponsoring a Divine Mercy

is

Benedict Catholic Church, Smith

St.,

April 18 at 3 p.m.

A

traveling

center of our faith and sustain us in our

palm.

The Mass

and glory of the resurrection, he

tion

in

Peter's

the end of the Mass, those in

Square watched by

young people in Berlin welcomed the World Youth Day cross to Germany after

it

had traveled throughout Europe.

The

cross will be carried to each of

Germany's dioceses before being taken to Cologne, where the next international celebration of

World Youth Day

is

scheduled for August 2005.

The

pope, speaking from the Vatican, encouraged "the whole church in

Germany

great event."

THE

St.

satellite as

to mobilize itself for this

,

(704) 537-2189.

Women

—

speaker series for

The

Church,

VICARIATE

CHARLOTTE

— The

Rome

CHARLOTTE.

CHARLOHE

(CNS)

more information.

Frances of

St.

Hendrix and Highlands Rds., sponsors the Oratory of Divine Love Prayer Group in the parish house the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 1 p.m. For more information, call Marie at (336) 657-8013.

Pope, at Palm Sunday

VATICAN CITY

686-8833.

:

Room 200 of St. Mark Church,

Good Friday and ending on Divine Mercy

John Paul

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FROM THE VATICAN

Vatican

Pope urges end to infernal cycle of mutual violence' In Holy Land

Victims of Violence Act

VATICAN CITY John Paul

to take necessary steps to

mutual vio-

"infernal cycle of

Holy Land.

The pope also said the increase

to undertake a real political

courage

is

(CNS) The Unborn Victims of Violence

a "juridically and ethically" impor-

tant law that finally recognizes the fact

that a fetus

a

is

human

being, said

negotiating a solution that respects the

Bishop Elio Sgreccia, vice president of

rights of all sides.

the Pontifical

The pope

lence" in the

said

it

would take mutual

forgiveness in order to heal the

in

in

U.S.

welcomes U-S. Unborn

—

VATICAN CITY new Act

must be pressured dialogue and show

Pope

urged the international

II

community end the

—

(CNS)

official

wounds

by so many decades of violence Holy Land.

He said he was concerned about the

"I

come

Academy

would say

this

for Life.

is

a law that has

a bit late," Bishop Sgreccia told

global terrorism underscored the need

inflicted

Vatican Radio April

reform of the United Nations, in order to strengthen its peacekeeping role around the globe.

He made the remarks April 2 in accepting the new Lebanese ambassador to the Holy See, Naji Abi Assi.

The pope said that in the face of more than half a century of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the international community "must not flee from its own responsibilities under the pretext of dealing with other pressing

in the

dent George W. Bush signed the law recognizing an unborn child as the second victim when a violent federal crime is

for

situations."

He

sioned by Pope John Paul

There

The

and

said Palestinians

will he

II,

Israelis

on

display.

be no reconciliation service or Mass. prayer service is spreading word about will

divine mercy, one of the church's newest devo-

which

tions,

is

embraced by Pope John Paul

HIGH POINT— Mercy Sunday

A.

special

II.

Mass on Divine

will be celebrated April 18 at 3

p.m. at Maryfield Chapel, 1315 Greensboro Rd. Tlie Divine

Mercy Chaplet will be recited at 2:45

p.m. and the sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered at 2 p.m. preceding the Mass.

information

call

— Burke

Balch, director of

medical ethics at National Right St.

Pius

April 23 at 7 p.m. suicide

of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a world that is already politieffects

many

cally unstable in

The

.

areas.

and worrisome

"unjustifiable

outbreaks of international terrorism" point to the need for changes in the way the United Nations functions, he said.

The organization should be "strengthened in the way it makes decisions and takes action, with the aim of reducing the sources of tension and of guaranteeing peace," he added.

cians and catechists are invited to

"Making Commission workshop featuring Liz Dudas, Ministry Consultant with Glenmary Department of Pastoral Services from Nashville, TN April 17 at Living Waters Reflection Center, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Bring your lunch and drinks will be provided. There is no cost for the workshop but registration is requested by calling Father Frank Doyle at (828) 9260106 or Mary Herr at (828) 497-9498 or

Room

at the Table" Liturgical

the day after Presi-

perpetrated against a pregnant

woman.

Bishop Sgreccia said that until the new measure was enacted U.S. law gave so much emphasis to a "woman's fi"eedom" when pregnant that no room was left to offer any legal recognition of the life of a fetus.

The new law, he said, recognizes "the other priority principle, which is that the fetus represents a human being who has juridical relevance and who

human

as a

being."

"This should be recognized unanimou.sly within (the framework of) hu-

man

rights,"

Bishop Sgreccia

said.

Under the law, anyone who harms a woman's unborn child while committing a federal crime, such as assaulting

the

woman on

federal property,

commits

a distinct federal crime against the child in

addition to the crime against the

woman.

Bishop Sgreccia was asked why he thought it was so difficult to get the rights of a fetus legally recognized.

"I think it is because it goes against a principle of so-called 'autonomy,' a liber-

adults the

wants to give power of life or death over a

fetus," the

bishop

tarian principle that said.

Such a position, he said, "is antihuman because it goes against the equality of ings.

all

people, of

The human

birth;

it

begins

all

human

be-

being does not begin at

earlier."

Sunset silhouette

emailing maryherr@dnet.net.

(336) 886-2444.

GREENSBORO speak at

For more

wider

2,

must be respected

to Life, will

X Church, 2210 N. Elm St., He wUl be speaking on assisted

and euthanasia. Mr. Balch has served as

chief counsel for the National Legal Center for

SYLVA

—

St.

Mary

Church, 22 Bartlett

St.,

will celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday April 18, 3 -

4 p.m. Plan

extraordinary

now gift

to celebrate the Lord's

We

of forgiveness.

will

have a program of prayer, song and silence to immerse ourselves in God's abundant mercy.

the Medically Dependent and Disabled and

worked

.on the federal

project.

Commission of Civil Rights

at the U.S.

Protection of Handicapped Infants

This event

is

and open to the public.

free

For further information, contact the parish fice at

of-

WINSTON-SALEM

MT. AIRY

1

208 N.

Main St., offers Eucharistic Adoration every Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., and every Thursday, 10-1

(336) 272-4681.

VICARIATE

— Holy Angels Church, 1

a.m. Adoration concludes

with Benediction.

SALISBURY

VICARIATE

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— Discover how

plan for marriage really

is!

CLEMMfONS beautiful

Natural Family

Planning classes are being offered

Church, 251 Union

St.,

and is

teaching. Contact Susan

0772

for

at St.

James

Kinnamon

— Holy Family Church, 4820

Rd., offers Eucharistic Adoration

ev^ry Thursday. Exposition begins at 6 p.m.

and benediction

is at

CMS

9 p.m.

beginning April 13 at

6:30 p.m. Learn a natural effective as the Pill

God's

method

in

that

is

A statue

just as

accord with Catholic

Chaney

Is

your parish or school having a free

notices for the diocesan planner at least

MOUNTAIN

VICARIATE

1

MAGGIE VALLEY — Everyone liturgical ministry

silhouetted against the sunset as a Holy

in

the city of San Roque

in

Week procession

5. Hundreds of Week and draw thousands

southern Spain April

of spectators.

event open to the public? Please submit

sujo94@aol.com.

SMOKY

is

public religious processions take place in Spain during Holy

at (704) 720-

more information or email questions to

of Christ

passes by a church

PHOTO FROM Reuters

involved in

and greeters, ushers, musi-

5 days

prior to the

event date

in

writing

THIS MONTH IN -1994

to kevans@charlottediocese.org or fax

BISHOP CURLIN BECOMES THIRD BISHOP

to (704) 370-3382.

Bishop William G. Curlin began his ministry as the Charlotte amid stately splendor at an installation

third

Mass

bishop of the Diocese of

at St. Gabriel

Church

April 13.

Approximately 1,600 dignitaries from across the country, friends and well-wishers from the Diocese of Charlotte and the Archdiocese of Washington attended the ceremony.

Episcopal calendar

DIDYOUKNOW? Bishop Peter J. Jugis will participate in thefollowing events:

THE GRAPES OF WRATH In

April 17 — 6 p.m.

April 18- 11 a.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation Mass

New church dedication

St.

JoanofArc.Asheville

Our Lady

of Lourdes,

Monroe

used by John Steinbeck as the title of a novel and occurring in the Grapes of Wrath are an allusion to the winepress Revelation 14:19-20 that teaches about the harvest of the earth and the im-

addition to being

"Battle

image

Hymn of

pending

of the Republic"; the

doom

of the ungodly.

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2004

AROUND THE DIOCESE

Sacred Heart parishioner receives liumanitarian award SALISBURY Duncan Koontz

—

—

Elizabeth "Libby"

didn't wait for doors to

open for her she did it herself.

The Salisbury-Rowan Human Relations Council she helped found honored local residents recently who keep opening those doors, such as Sonia Marie Trutie Fisher, a member of Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury.

Fisher received a 2004 Elizabeth Duncan Koontz Humanitarian Award

March

23.

Fisher

is

a native of Cuba

who came

1957 after marrying a U.S. serviceman. She's been active at Sacred Heart Church, coordinated Meals on Wheels for 1 1 years, given more than 100 volunteer hours at the W.G. "Bill" Hefner V.A. Medical Center, sits on the board of the Rowan County Literacy Council and serves as an interpreter for to Salisbury in

Courtesy Photos

Above: Rev.

Guy Piche and Capuchin

Mr.

Father Stanley Kobel at the blessing of a St. Helen statue at St. Helen Church in

Spencer Mountain Jan.

Right:

Father Mark

statue of at

St.

Spanish-speaking patients at Regional Medical Center.

Lawlor blesses a

Joseph and the infant Jesus

Vincent

St.

4.

de

Paul

Church

"I'm honored," she said.

Sonia Marie Trutie Fisher

National Education Association.

In 1964, she

Rowan

request of the Saturday Review. In 1965,

she was president of the President's

must

some way, what this country, community, has done for me."

The 2004 Elizabeth Duncan

fought for racial equality and women's rights. A 1938 graduate of Livingstone

vantaged Children. She headed the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor under President Richard Nixon, was a delegate to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 1970 and chaired the National Commission on Working Women for seven

College and a school teacher, Koontz led

years.

"I

turn, in

Koontz Humanitarian Awards are named for a Salisbury woman who

CHARLOTTE — Two parishes re-

the

black and

Helen Church in Spencer Mounand St. Vincent de Paul Church in Charlotte both received and blessed statues in separate ceremonies.

community.

new

additions to their

sanctuaries.

St.

tain

Capuchin Father Stanley Kobel, parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte, blessed a statue of St. Helen on her feast day, Jan. 4, at St. Helen Church. The Capuchin Franciscan order, which staffs St. Thomas Aquinas

Father

Mark

movement

to integrate the N.C.

Teacher's Association and was the

and Our Lady of Consolation churches in Charlotte, also helps staff the small Spencer Mountain church.

The statue was donated by Msgr.

John McSweeney, pastor of St. Matthew Church in Charlotte, and the church

cently gained

first

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125,000 people will read these words this week!

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AROUND THE DIOCESE DANCING TO A DIFFERENT BEAT

also involved in the residency. Their son, Teli, taught the students

Unique residency brings African

ter,

drums while

how

to

daughMaBinti, taught African dance rou-

play African

their

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students practiced tradirhythms throughout the week, including the Cou-Cou from West Africa and the Samba, which originated in the Congo. tines.

tional African

culture to Catholic school BY

CAROLE McGROTTY CORRESPONDENT

—

ASHEVILLE

Kuumba Zuwena, school receptiontaught the students several Swahili

ist,

Students

morning greetings and how

phrases,

in

to

sing "Happy Birthday," which they sang

Asheville recently got a taste of Africa.

Asheville Catholic School spent a

to surprise

one of

their teachers

on

his

week immersed in African culture March 29-April 2. The experience, part

birthday.

of the school's yearlong Artists in Residence program, involved "The Magic of

students develop their "singing ears,"

opening them up to different sounds

African Rh3rthm," a cultural arts group

West

Zuwena

the meal.

Emilia Ricci, a school parent who once worked in Nigeria, prepared the meal that featured foods from all over Africa.

The residency ended with an assembly for the remaining student body, faculty, staff and guests. With an Adinkra cloth made by the third-, fifth- and seventh-graders as a backdrop on the stage, fifth-graders opened the event with a drum call inviting everyone to join them for the program.

"This is done in every African ceremony," said Maisha Shabu.

Third-graders incorporated songs

"Ngoma

the "rhythmic thread

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together," according to information sup-

by the Shabu family.

Third- fifth- and seventh-graders rotated through various aspects of the residency, which emphasizes "ways in which the community plays a role in other countries as well as our own," said Chris Lenderman, a school parent who

Teli

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Maisha "Mama" Shabu and her husband Baba spent 20 years living and developing their art in Africa.

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One tale was about Jeli, who tells a folktale but adds

Photo by Carole McGrotty

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2004

AROUND THE DIOCESE SPARKING LEADERSHIP

Golfing for a good cause

Workshop to motivate leaders, volunteers J3Y

KAREN

A.

EVANS

STAFF W RITER

—

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Lay leaders

and \olunteers within the Diocese of Charlotte will have a unique opportunity to enhance their leadership skills at an upcoming workshop.

"Keeping the Spark Alive," a oneday workshop sponsored by the diocesan Education Vicariate, will be held at

Paul the Apostle Church Saturday

St.

May

1.

'This workshop

anyone involved

is

recommended

in lay

echists, parish staff

ministry

—

for

and parish volun-

for diocesan ex angelization

and ministry

formation.

"The

topics that will be addressed

are pertinent not only to church minis-

but also to day-to-day ministry within our families, neighbors and coworkers," he said.

The workshop will be divided into two parts, each beginning with a keynote speaker and followed by four breakout sessions. Part I, "Keeping the Spark Alive," wUl feature breakout sessions addressing motivating volunteers, avoiding burnout, time management and pastoral collaboration. Part II, "Unity in Diversity," will focus on communicating with compassion, collaborating with consideration, dealing with try,

differences. Christian conflict resolution

and the cultural challenge.

The 2004 leadership training workshop will be unique from years' past in one important aspect, as it will conducted in both Spanish and English.

Participants will attend the opening prayer, lunch and the closing together, Villaronga

They

will separate for

workshop

that will be pre-

said.

parts of the

sented in each language.

"The Spanish sessions

will be simi-

becomes a give-and-take, said. The dominant culture

It

VUlaronga

it needs to be welcoming, while the immigrants learn they wUl be welcomed, but they also need to learn to

learns that

adapt to a

new

culture.

important that we start we are not two dioceses one English-speaking and one Span"It's vitally

cat-

Frank Villaronga, director

teers," said

the English-speaking sessions," Villaronga explained. "As people who are being welcomed into a different culture, how do they learn to adapt to the culture? What are some of the important cultural differences? What do they need to be aware of?"

recognizing that

—

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In 2000, the Education Vicariate began offering the leadership training

workshop to enable the participants to become more effective parish and community leaders.^Topics have included: communication and collaboration, evangelization and enculturation, de-

veloping advocacy

human

providing

skills,

services in the parish, civil law

and legal concerns,

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and canon law.

Villaronga will be the keynote speaker for the morning session May 1.

Terry Aiken, director of youth ministry at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in High Point, will be the afternoon key-

Tournament at Carolina Golf and Country Club March 29. The fundraiser tournament was inspired by Sister Eileen McLoughlln, a Missionary Servant of the Most Blessed Trinity and avid golfer who spent 20 years as a counseling supervisor for CSS. The winners had their names engraved on the Sister Eileen McLoughlln Champions Cup.

wUl include Christine Richards, an

at

Belmont Abbey College; Mercy

Sister

Antonette Schmidt, diocesan director of young adult ministry; and Paul Kotlowski director of diocesan youth

Also, the Spanish and English ses-

way

members of

kaevans@charlottediocese.org.

Saturday, St.

May

1,

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be held

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The students earned money from several fundraisers to help pay for their four-day trip. Eight parents ac-

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"The English sessions will focus on how to be welcoming and open to the immigrant cultures," he said. "As the dominant culture, we also need to understand how to empower these immi-

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IN

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God often find

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—

JERUSALEM

In the gray, flo-

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"People who feel lonely, people in despair send letters to God," said Yitzhak Rabihiya, spokesman for the Israel Postal Authority. "These are very private letters."

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IN

2004

OUR SCHOOLS

LEADING THE WAY

School announces Principal's

Honor

List,

GASTONIA

Roll students

— Joe Puceta,

Honor Roll: Sixth-graders Elizabeth Black and Janell Carr; seventhgraders Jack Collier, Thomas Hauer, Richard Hovis, Jason Kleiner, Ben Messer, Nelli, Clare Pressimone, Sonia Sayani and Desiri Sido; and eighth-graders Rebecca

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The students crafted a "Wall of Honor" a poster in the school lobby that contains the names of friends and family with diabetes, for whom the students were walking.

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of eggs, when he came upon a crowd of people. A Roman soldier came over

Simon and

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said.

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man named

Jesus carry a heavy cross that Jesus would be crucified on later that day.

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Some were brightly colored and other had beautiful designs on them.

Simon knew that Jesus was alive! As he ran to tell his fi-iends, shouts of "Alleluia" were heard all over Jerusalem.

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the 63,891

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Culture Watch

WORD TO LIFE

A roundup

of Scripture, readings, films and more

SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS: APRIL April 18, Second

Prequel of 'Da Vinci Code'

is

more

same - witli one difference

C Readings:

fantasy.

THOMAS

R.

Not so

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

The

& Demons"

moribund "Angels

Vinci."

asserts, "All descriptions

Dan Brown's

resurrection of

"Da

in

some-

is

chitecture,

The

fact

and

fiction

together decep-

imparting an aura of authenticity whole while shredding core beliefs and giving Jesus both a wife and a child.

The charade, which finds Langdon pur-

ing the physical and intellectual derring-

side."

do of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon.

"Da Vinci," then, is the reason "Angels & Demons" was rescued from the Simon & Schuster morgue (Atria is a Simon & Schuster imprint), being reissued in paperback as a prequel to "Da Vinci." Because it showed remarkable

we now have

strength

tively,

to the

suing clues secretly hidden in ously sought to suppress

The similarities between "Angels" and "Da Vinci" are many, but space prevents us from examining them at length.

Let it simply be noted that both open with a murder in unusual circum-

Vinci's

its

"feminine

are the source of the clues, with the plot

gels"

it is

a priest-scientist

who

has cre-

ated anti-matter in a bottle while ers the

God

of tradition to be but a

stand-in for science as the Almighty.

In both instances, a

Langdon ful

initiates a swirl

sleuthing. In

mons

"Da

him who is

pairs

cryptologist

phone

a

brotherhood of scientists. The Illuminati, must be reinvigorated to set up the science-religion conflict.

And

for

maximum

of literally art-

with

a

sumleggy

the slain curator's

granddaughter. In "Angels" he finds himself working with the victim-priest's leggy daughter by adoption.

A

effect, St. Peter's

Langdon and an

to

"bio-entanglement physicist," she

thought to be the only other person privy to the anti-matter secret. But of course she isn't. Otherwise we wouldn't have had a corpse with his eye plucked out, and Langdon would still be home in

In.

bed.

If you are familiar with "Da Vinci," you know that in it the church is demonized. That continued the pattern Brown established in "Angels," where the demonization is aimed mostly at structure and practice, whereas in "Da Vinci" the target is dogma and belief Although the reader of one book is likely to feel a sense of deja vu in reading the other, there is a monumental difference.

On the copyright page of "Angels" you will find this notice: "This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the

author's imagination or are used

Thanks fore

we

th

Services and food for a local food pantry.

They

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By

They became more

doubters there.

Questions:

When

commitment was already

th

Whj

tempts you to unbelief?

m

to con-

I

Scripture to Illustrate:

tinue fighting against hunger. too,

have you experienced

presence of Jesus after believing?

the closing session, each

a personal

Thomas,

No

emptied their pockets to

give her gas money.

made

grinned,

listened as a pantry client told her

story, then

life

a

commit-

"Blessed are those

ted disciple of Jesus, but he had trouble

who have not see

and have believed" (John

20:29).

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE 11

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(Easter Thursday), Acts 3:11-26, Luke 24:35-48; Friday (Easter Friday), Acts 4:1-12, John 21

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of The Christophers and a former diocesan newspaper editor, is a frequent reviewer of books.

if

Indeed, as soon as

all

"Da Vinci," this heretosow's ear of a book has become a silk

Thomas,

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dollars to get farther

road and thanked them for coming,

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SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL

scattered

lie

purse.

Langdon

tiously.

unlikely cohort.

the end, bodies

over Rome's liturgical landscape, the new god. Science, reigns supreme and Langdon, after a long and tiring day, finds himself in bed with the bio-entanglement physicist who earlier disproved a favorite Einstein theory by using "atomically synchronized cameras to observe a school of tuna fish."

is

an<

and Vatican City are saved thanks

silica

call to

Vinci," the

some

their

and more fervent in their prayer as they came to understand Jesus' compassion

first,

indeed spectacular. Nevertheless the ba-

curator in the Louvre, whereas in "An-

hunger and

long-dormant secret

But

work-

a

they grew increas-

ingly aware of the magnitude of the

own responsibility to work to alleviate it.

They collected money for Catholic Relief

ing for a Swiss research firm that consid-

"Da Vinci" being

people throughout the world.

suffering, the causes of

thei

man

Both were disheveled.

Now, I have experienced meetinj Jesus in someone in need on more thai one occasion. But my first thought thi time was that these young people wouL think I had set this up.

They told me the father was ill, tha they were passing through on their wa from Alabama to New York and ha run out of gas and money. I gave ther

were gathered, in this weekend's Gospel passage, the 1 8 young people were gathered in a room. Only these youths were not fearful, and the door was not locked or even closed. They were in the final hour of a weekend fast in solidarity with poor as the disciples

hinging on the placement of anti-matter of unbelievable force under St. Peter's Basilica. The anti-matter is due to explode at midnight in the midst of a conclave to choose a successor to the pope who himself has been murdered.

Square must be filled with people enticed there by the grotesque hourly murders of four cardinals kidnapped from the conclave.

There is, of course, a surprise ending, although the anti-matter does explode and the display, live and on TV, is

stances, the victim in

JEAN DENTON

fast

elderly

his

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Much

for those youth;

grown son appeared in the doorwa) The older man had long gray hair, wa missing some teeth and used a cane

John 20:19-31

During the works

In "Angels," Bernini and his

the hardcover

version.

Da

argues that the church has murder-

art,

BY

rituals

Thereafter he

book, on merit, succumbed quienough when it was first published four years ago. But then, last spring, came Brown's 'The Da Vinci Code," a water-into-wine Doubleday phenomenon that is still on the best-seller list with more than 6 million copies celebratetly

commitments when an

17-19

of artwork, ar-

documents and secret

of a personal appearance

same thing

end of their fast.

They had just finished stating

118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24

3) Gospel:

gift

did the

at the

2) Revelation 1:9-1 la, 12-13,

There Brown

in this novel are accurate."

weaves

thing of a literary miracle.

with the

Acts 5:12-16

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Shroud of Turin experts say Gibson fiim sparlts new interest in ciotli Experts see '40 percent increase in

about shroud

inquiries BY

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

— The

wide publicity and controversy surrounding "The Passion of the Christ" have brought a spike of new interest in the Shroud of Turin.

John P. and Rebecca S. Jackson, who run the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado

Colorado Springs, and

in

runs the

Web

www.shroud.com, reported

a re-

Barrie Schwortz, site

CNS

John

P.

Shroud

Jackson, a of Turin,

member

of the

PHOTO BY James Ba«, Denver Catholic Register

1978 American team

demonstrates to visitors

how dimensions of the reputed burial unit of measure in early Palestine.

that first examined the Shroud Center of Colorado Christ correspond with the standard

at the Turin

cloth of

The Winston Salem Area Chapter of

The

Mercy

Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine

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The Feast of Divine Mercy at all Masses of Holy Family Catholic Church,

Saturday, April

Sunday, April

1

cent increase in calls or visits.

"This is normally a busy time of the year for us, but there's been about a 40 percent increase" in phone calls, said Rebecca Jackson, associate director of the center. A daughter of Orthodox Jews who is now Catholic, she has written and lectured on Jewish aspects of the shroud.

John Jackson, a Catholic, doesn't see belief in the shroud's authenticity as simply a matter of faith.

"Are we trying to replace science with faith? No, not at all," he said.

"But this would all be pointless if it doesn't lead us to faith."

Schwortz said that while science may never reach clear knowledge as to how the image was imprinted on the shroud he has his own conclusion.

"The only logical answer or explanation for the Shroud of Turin is that it

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2004

OUR SCHOOLS

IN

KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS SAFE

SIX-STRING SUCCESS

Bishop McGuinness students perform at guitar festival — The Bishop

KERNERSVILLE

March

The ensemble was

"It went very well," said Dr. Alan Hirsh, music director at Bishop McGuinness. "It was an honor for us to be asked to do that."

The group performed a number of selections during their 20 minute act, including arrangements by Hirsh and "The Shire" from the recent "Lord of the Rings" movies.

27-28.

invited to per-

opening act for the guitar selected high school students from around the Triad area. Two Bishop McGuinness students, Matthew Ostler and Beth Hurley, were

form

as the

orchestra,

Mealin, Michael Sage and

Charlie Smitli.

All-Regional Guitar Festival at Guilford

College in Greensboro

Andrew

Frye,

McGuinness Catholic High School Honors Guitar Ensemble performed in the

made up of

who

Hirsh,

selected.

Bishop McGuinness students who performed in the ensemble included Sandy and Paul Gerlach, David Laux, Greg Means, Katie Goodman, Alex

also adjunct guitar

is

Wake

Forest University and Guilford College, founded and directs the Piedmont Guitar Orchestra, instructor at

now

in its eighth year.

Photo by Karen A. Evans

Paula Knish, a registered nurse for Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools, examines a young student at St. Gabriel School April 6. Knish was recently awarded the Capitol Hill 2004 Sunny Award in recognition of her efforts in changing state legislation regarding treatment of allergic emergencies resulting in anaphylaxis.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER

High school students to visit, work in Mexico KERNERSVILLE

—

MACS Nurse recognized for

stopping in the city San Miguel de

from

is

students will also participate in a build-

asked to keep journals of their experi-

ing and painting project while there.

ences.

Traveling to San Luis de Posoti during Holy Week, the students will spend Easter weekend experiencing the special worship activities for that feast in a small-town setting.

This will be followed by a bus ex-

To

prepare for the

trip,

the Bishop

McGuinness and Cardinal Gibbons numerous students have held fundraisers to offset the cost of their participation.

The Bishop McGuinness

campus minister and members of the Spanish faculty will accompany them.

cursion to the village of El Realejo, where

work with

visiting there, they will

stop at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Zocalo and the Museo de Anthropologia.

Participatants in the trip are being

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Knish then coordinated a program to educate teachers and coaches on how to respond with epinephrine for allergic emergencies resulting in anaphylaxis. This program has been used as a model in other school systems as Herald rewell. The Catholic News ported Knish's work in developing the First Responder protocol in the Feb.

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make

the

program

a success," said

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Knish said she and Dr. Glen Errington, an allergist with the Carolina

Asthma and Allergy Center lotte,

in

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plan to co-author a paper on the

topic of allergic emergencies.

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Knish.

Knish said she was motivated to initiate the program by her five children, all of whom have severe allergies.

She also thanked her husband. Dr. Edward Knish, "whose patience and love sustain me."

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AROUND THE DIOCESE

Abbey biology professor to receive Adrian Award She was

Postdoctoral Fellow at

Carolinas Medical Center and spent seven years as a staff biologist in renal pharmacology at the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research.

When she's not teaching or re-

FACULTY AWARDS BANQUET

SPOTLIGHTS

a

REILLY'S,

STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENTS

she

searching,

BELMONT

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volunteers

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Belmont Abbey

College celebrated some of the best and brightest achievements of the year during the Annual Faculty Awards Banquet.

In addition to celebrating the achievements of members of the Dean's and President's Lists, the college also named the recipients of outstanding student achievement within each area of study during the special ;eremony April 2.

The college will present Dr. Sheila Reilly with this year's Adrian

Faculty Excellence Award, which recognizes teachers who have had pronounced beneficial influences on their students

—

teachers

cessfully inspire students to

ward reaching their

who

suc-

work

to-

full potential.

Reilly, a professor of biology

:hair of the Biology

and

Department,

jarned her doctorate at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Courtesy Photo

Students from Holy Trinity Middle School

Catholic middle schoolers experience Dr.

Sheila Reilly

Carolina Raptor Center, rehabilitating injured birds of prey.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Adrian Jr. established the Adrian Faculty Excellence Program at Belmont Abbey College in 1984 to recognize and reward outstanding performance by faculty

members

at the college.

23rd annual

GOLF TOURNAMENT

bag's

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to drive.

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"Ideally, this

And alcohol is definite out of the

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But college to plan for

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that's

eral,"

CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC HIGH & HOLY TRINITY MIDDLE SCHOOLS

a great

way

to tran-

she said.

Hethcox, who organized the

than 600 middle school students are found out.

Students from across North and South Carolina attended Belmont Abbey College's Third Annual Catholic Schools Day Celebration April 1. The middle schoolers got a taste of what college life is like at one of the only

event, said students got a glimpse into the wide range of benefits and activities

fers

its

Belmont Abbey College ofstudents and the Catholic

community.

The silica;

visit

included

Mass

in the ba-

a brief history of the college with

President Abbot Placid Solari, OSB; a life with Karen

private, Catholic liberal arts college in

discussion on student

the southeast.

Van Norman, dean of student life; and a talk about Abbey athletics with

School in Charlotte, Sacred Heart School in Salisbury, St. Michael School in

to benefit

is

and prepare them to ulti.mately attend Belmont Abbey College, but we're also very happy to get them in the mindset of going to college in gensition students

Students from Holy Trinity Middle

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"Each year we really look forward to celebrating our Catholic heritage and reaching out to the younger members of the community with this event," said Rebecca Hethcox, the college's assistant

Eliane Kebbe, athletic director.

The day also includes a cookout at

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—

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was attending

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as a student.

a

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March 29

J.

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him

Archbishop John

was making

relax before

private audience with the

told

me

it is

not a quizzing (about

the diocesan report), but that

Donoghue of

his fourth "ad limina"

\'isit.

other," he said.

He

wasn't intimated because the other bishops put me at ease," he said.

"They

F.

"All of the bishops

"I

it

is

a

fi"iendly conversation."

The 47-year-old bishop said he was much in awe" at being alone with

presided and gave the homily at

March 31 Mass,

the

concelebrated by

the bishops fi-om North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services.

In his homily, Archbishop Donoghue spoke of the apostle Paul's courage in

"very

preaching the Gospel and living his

Pope John Paul, but the pope set the tone by commenting on his age.

"He asked when I was ordained," Bishop Jugis said, and the pope explained how he became a bishop in Po-

even

land at the age of 38.

"It was a tender moment of sharing," Bishop Jugis said.

The bishop also told the pope that the pontiff had ordained him to the

priesthood in 1983.

"It

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a divine insti-

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body."

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"Christ

is

conversation," Bishop Jugis said.

time, he said, the

faith

of martyrdom.

the only one

who

can

fi-ee

us to be brave, to be courageous for his

sake and to make us worthy to teach and defend the church and the souls who shelter in her care," the archbishop said.

"We bishops want to have that kind of courage, and we want our people and all the people in the church to pray to tlie Holy Spirit to

send

because there

was a very human excliange and

At the same

in the face

which

this is

courage into our hearts so

rises against

Contributing

much

our

to

Thavis at the Vatican.

in this

faith,"

he

this story

world

said.

was John

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18

April 9,

Perspectives

A

Easter triduum provides

collection of columns,

editorials

and viewpoints

time to turn

Q. I

am

my

in

and go

70s

Communion cannot go it's

as often as I'd like because I

sometimes

to confession easily;

months or years. (Florida)

up your "Easter duty" obligations. According to Catholic Church laws, all the faithful who have received first Communion should receive Holy Communion at least once a year. Unless something serious stands in the way, that should be done during the Easter time, which lasts from the beginning of Lent to Pentecost (Canon 920).

The obligation for sacrament of penA. First

ance during it is

clear

let's

period

binding only

From what you

told me, nothing

prevents you from doing that ri^ht now,

some time goes by between your opportunities to go to confession. if

Meaning of crucifix

What do

letters

the letters

for at the top of the crucifix?

INRI stand Sometimes

Is

this true?

to the Philippians, the

The Gospel

of John (19:19)

tells

cross of Jesus which read "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." The first letters you mention are an abbreviation of those words in Latin, "lesus

what

is

on the

"These words succinctly show us the mystery of the passion and death of Christ as well as

Nazarenus Rex ludaeorum."

The symbol IHS (I've never seen them on a crucifix, incidentally) are the first

three letters of the

name

us catch a glimpse of

Eucharist and the priesthood," he

said.

Ni

"On Good

Friday, the church recall

the passion and death, of Christ

Cross, which help internalize the

The pope said on the morning of Holy Thursday every diocese celebrates

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fession (No. 2042).

You

picies

84%

a mortal sin to

The Catechism refers

MUSLIAIIS

a good confession

confess" (Question 293).

Church

remembered with the

he

The pope

Greek. The symbol was in Christian use long before the English language developed, so it could not have an English meaning.

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let

Easter triduum traditions the church celebrates every year.

Jesus in

ment to confess our sins once a year.

This commandment, it responds, means that

sick.

"That evening the Last Supper

Vigil,"

suffered".

any serious

older Catholics studied their

ing of the

him."

have

us Pilate placed an inscription

obligation for confession, but merely prescribes a time within which mortal sins should be confessed so that, if for no other reasons, the Eucharist might be received. Thus the law about annual confession does not apply to someone who is not aware of an unconfessed mortal sin.

I realize many Catholics are under the same misconception as you seem to be about yearly confession being an Easter duty for all Catholics. The present regulations that I just quoted, however, are nothing new. They go back at least to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215; Chapter 21), which makes clear it is speaking of mortal sin.

The Baltimore Catechism (official revised edition No. 2), from which many

confirmation, ordination and the anoinf

the pious practice of the Stations of

"I

the age of reason are obliged to confess

new

the year for the sacraments of baptisn;

Quoting a passage from the Letter pope said, Jesus Christ "humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.

Because of this, God greatly exalted

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the church does not intend to impose a

the chrism Mass during which th bishop blesses the oils used throughou

marked by

The Code of Canon Law all who have reached once a year.

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text.

(989) states that sins

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the letters are IHS. I've been told that

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means

the Eucharist.

is

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Q.

The Pope Easter

an opportunity for Christians mystery of their salvation and to turn their hearts toward Christ, said Pope John Paul II. The three days before Easter Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday mark a time of "preparation to relive the great mystery of our salvation" and "make more alive the turning of our heart toward the one who died for us out of love," he said April 7 at his weekly general audience.

Before his address, the pope was driven in his open-air jeep through the square. The pope seemed tired and his speech was badly slurred, causing him to skip many portions of his prepared

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front of the

The

Easter challenge

crowd was

wonderment with

a boy, gazing in

his

open mouth.

Blondin noticed the lad and said: "Do you believe that I could carry you across that tightrope?"

The boy

To

identify Easter with beautiful and colored eggs may not be the best way of capturing the wonder of Easter.

rather look at Easter as a

I'd

There

is

no doubt that Easter

AURILIA,

OEM

want happiness for a day, go ishing; if you want happiness for a year, nherit a fortune; if you want happiness

nap; if you

or a lifetime, help someone."

Jesus' promise of happiness rests on

you want heaven on

have

;an

You can

it.

;he daily

also

earth,

make

hell

you

out of

hardships, conflicts and disap-

is

;alled "the ;er"?

Here

is

parable of a beautifying disasis

why:

Niagara River

not one of the great

is

ivers of the world.

Running from Lake

Lake Ontario, it is only a few niles long. But what makes the river iignificant is that at Niagara Falls there Irie to

s

a tragedy in the channel

—

a break in

he even flow of the stream, so the waters nake a stupendous leap into the gorge )elow. As they are shattered and bruised

challenges of

believing in death, tory.

knowing

The

when we experience

life

that defeat will be vic-

sunlight of God's love

rainbow out of the

makes a

say that Jesus beautified disaster

To live

a great

we need a great cause to which we can connect the meaning of our struggles, a cause to live by or, if needed, to die by. At Easter, we hear the familiar story of Christ's triumph, his death and resurrection, and we feel in part of the life,

story,

however, there

is

'I

it."'

a difference be-

An empty tomb, a poor foundation

on which to

a world religion. It

the

empty tomb 20 of Easter

the past tense;

but our

is

has

it

centuries ago.

not written in

we

continue,

love,

he lived singing love,

we must do

If the

song

is

to

the singing!

Catholics

&

;

Did you ever have one of those expeiences where a question sends you hurling through time and space back to a hildhood memory? I was recently in a onference

room

Charlotte wlien ivoluntary time

The

Center took one of these

at the Pastoral I

trips.

occasion was a meeting with

he Education Vicariate, which coordiates the functions of seven diocesan

gencies that educate the faithful. iudes

campus

It in-

ministry, schools, evan-

elization, faith

ppointed director of communications,

I

getting oriented to the offices and gencies of the diocese.

k^as

some of my commuication goals in the meeting, Mercy Sister atricia Durbin of the diocesan Media ^nter asked me if I was studying the After explaining

The

question took

me

back

ore than 40 years to Holy Family School

New

where

Rochelle, N.Y.,

bat question

many

I

times by

was asked

my

ade teacher. Sister Paula Marie. ecall, I

fifth-

As

I

wasn't the best of students and her

was meant to get me to spend lore time on my schoolwork and a little :ss on daydreaming, baseball and recess, 'hich were my priorities.

uestion

Sister Durbin's question, although sked in a

much more kindly way, got to the

are ofwhat

my job for the diocese is all about

A big part of what

I

do

is

to respond to

from the news media. During the first months of the year as the diocese's ompliancy audit was released in January alls

tvo

—

called him.)

formation and youth

nd young adult ministry. As the newly

atechism.

and the John Jay Study of clergy sex abuse in February dozens of reporters called with questions about everything from sex abuse data in our diocese to the Catholic Church's view on celibacy.

They also asked about the ordination of women, homosexuality and the church, the crucifixion and the proper pronunciation of Bishop Peter J. Jugis' last name. (It's "jew-gis," not Jungis, Junkin or Jurgis as some reporters have

—

In a typical public relations setting,

my

said,

"You've heard

love your neighbor and hate your

enemy, but

I

enemy" (Mt

5:

How

is it

say unto you, love your 43, 44).

possible to love an

in today's

world?

enemy

Keep

this in

mind: Muslim terror-

ists

Klux Klan was shouldn't paint

to Christianity. all

We

Muslims with the

same brush. The Islam

religion teaches

one true God, Allah.

Muhammad was born in Saudi Arabia in 570 A.D. He become a traveling merchant but he was haunted by God's presence. With the help of a rich patroness, he retired to pursue spiritual goals. Going daily to Mount Hera, he prayed alone for hours.

He said God spoke to him through an angel and the Koran, the bible of Islam, was dictated to him on that mountain by the angel Gabriel.

As a traveling merchant, he become fajniliar with the Jewish Bible and the New Testament, and was well aware of Mary, Jesus' mother. In fact, Mary is mentioned with reverence in the Koran.

9

)i

said,

people to live in peace and to worship the

—

Hendersonville.

New way to read an old book

higher standard, he it

thereafter

outcast. Presenting a

of the Christian Easter.

Stay tuned more to come: He

real challenges

above an admiring crowd. In the fore-

up into the sunlight the rainbow of the Niagara, which

Mount and

the

was considered an

who want to kill us are a tiny faction of Islam. They are to Islam what the Ku

across a tightrope stretched perilously

however,

Jesus broke from tradition in the

Sermon on

go about our daily activities and encounter Christ where we least expect.

The Easter story is simple and powerful, and we should not forget that Jesus' victory came after Jesus' tragedy.

Lilies and Easter eggs are indeed part of our Easter legend; life and love are the

he died singing love.

man

establish

so,

indeed written as

it is

the risen Christ.

Blondin, on one occasion carried a

be

has gone beyond that event;

faith left

may

!xquisite

falls,

CATOIR CNS Columnist

is

:here is cast

rocks beneath the

FATHER JOHN

it is

so says the cynic,

came singing

tightrope walker,

that

is

Father Aurilia is the pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in

)n the

for Today

into action.

tween the conviction of the historical event of the resurrection and the faith in

The famous

reacted: "I said

would do

challenge of Easter

The message

rain.

not completely wrong.

is

'I

not enough to believe Jesus has risen and is alive today. Faith involves taking a further step and translating our faith

faith

overwhelming abyss of suffering,

into an

iointments.

Falls

The

Easter are making a blind leap of

To

Did you know that Niagara

like that.

is

didn't say

I

The

Cap

one of the best wonders of the world.

Life

Spirituality

Poor boy, he never experienced the thrill of being carried by a star!

FATHER JOHN

is

not a

is

3ne-day event, but a lifetime event.

V^ou've heard the Chinese proverb: "If you want happiness for an hour, take a

fou. If

do so."

The boy promptly will

I

believe.'

leap of faith.

connected to happiness, which

you

replied, "I'm sure

"Well, then," said Blondin, "jump up

and

Column

challenge for greatness and a gigantic

believe?

could."

Guest

lilies

What do Muslims

the Media DAVID HAINS Guest Columnist

In 622 A.D., when Muhammad emerged from his retreat, he began search engine that allows you to get

answers easily to your questions. The

Web

site belongs to St. Charles Borromeo Church in Picayune, Miss.

Webmaster John Meyer went through

the painstaking chore of breaking

down

preaching his new religion. Mecca's people rejected him violently. Escaping cruel beatings, he fled to Medina, a city 270 miles north of Mecca, and continued preaching: "There is only one God, his name is Allali, and Muhammad is his

position often gets an-

the entire catechism into separate para-

greatest prophet."

swers to complex questions from a CEO or some other leader. Business conditions often dictate rapid changes in direction that often aren't recorded in writ-

graphs, allowing the search engine util-

During his first three years in Medina he only managed to attract

a person in

ity to

quickly zero in on a topic.

remember the

Let's say that you have been seeing and reading news stories about samesex unions and you are wondering what the church has to say. If you enter the word "homosexual" into the search engine, you come up with four matches that will explain church teaching on the subject. Enter the word "marriage" and you come up with 73 hits.

In an age when media accounts gloss over complex subjects or present

in that book:

arguments that make you wonder

ing. Sister

Durbin was trying to

tell

different in the Catholic Church.

it's

me An-

swers to complex questions from reporters can often be found in the catechism.

The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" is far different than the old "Baltimore Catechism" that I studied under Sister Paula Marie's guidance. You may

us."

The

first question and answer "Wlio made us?" "God made

current edition of the catechism

was published atic lic it

1997 and is a systempresentation of the faith and of Catho-

doctrine.

can be a

in

at more than 900 pages, daunting for the layperson

But

little

and even more so for reporters who are working on deadline.

Fortunately we have the Internet.

One

Web

site

in

particular,

www.scborromeo.org, has a very useful

where your can

now

faith stands

on the

issue,

you

get answers. Church teaching

has never been so easy to access;

it

is

our fingertips.

Sister Paula Marie, wherever you

literally at

may be, I am finally reading my catechism.

David Hains tionsfor the Diocese

of communicaofCharlotte. Contact him at is

director

dwhains@charlottediocese.org.

about 40 followers, but then things turned around. He eventually was able to return to Mecca with an army large enough to destroy all the pagan shrines and establish Allah as the one, true God.

Muhammad

died in 632 A.D., leav-

ing a monumental legacy.

There are now nearly

1

billion de-

vout Muslims in the world. The Five Pillars of Islam give an insight into the spirituality of Islam: faith, pray, fast, give alsm, make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your lifetime.

Our Muslim neighbors in America are good people. They are our fellow citizens. The activities of the terrorists fi"ighten them. They fear reprisals, even though they are innocent. They are not our enemies.

Let us love them. They deserve it not to mention the fact that Jesus commanded us to love them.

—

20 The Catholic News & Herald

April 9,

LIVING

200^

THE FAITH Bishop Jugis said the pope alsc discussed "a disturbing loss of th( sense of the transcendent and an affirmation of a culture of the material" ir

Mass

Bishop, priests celebrate chrism

American

society.

"But we know Christ is transcendent and ever present," said Bishof Jugis to the priests. "Our pastora ministry makes the grace of Chris' present in the lives of his holy people Our pastoral ministry makes the lov< of Christ present in our society."

"Let this chrism Mass be a tru< renewal of our love for the sacrec ministry and our love for Jesui

Est

|Gf

Christ.

The recommitment ceremony which followed the Liturgy of th< Word, included the priests' renewal o

E.

Murray

pours into

tlie

Photo by Kevin

Bishop Peter chrism

J.

Jugis

the

oil

aromatic

derived

naturally

balsam,

fragrant

dedication as ministers of Christ striving to be more like Christ am being faithful to the sacred mysteriei and sacramental life of the church.

Also during the Mass, Bishoj Jugis blessed three oils used in sacra mental and liturgical practices for al of the faithful throughout the cominj year.

a

The

essence, the

which was then consecrated.

E.

Murray

J.

Jugis on the altar during the chrism

Mass

at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte April 6.

CHRISM, from page 1

bot of Belmont Abbey; Abbot Patrick Shelton, pastor of St. James Church in

Hamlet; and other clergy of the diogathered with about 100 priests and many of the permanent deacons

cese,

who

minister in the diocese to celebrate the liturgy with the people of

whom they serve.

Bishop Jugis said the sacrament of Holy Orders "already conforms our faith

lives to Christ in holiness.

The

sacra-

ment marks us with a special character and indefectibly unites us to Christ, the high priest."

This union

is

a

"sacramental

identification with Christ, which Christ has willed," said Bishop Jugis.

"It makes it possible for his priesthood to continue personally in the church."

"We are blessed by his consecration of us into his sacred priesthood," he said.

The bishop said priests must "nurture this union with Christ in a practical way by prayer every day."

"It's an intentional choice that we make to seek union with Christ in holiness and in constant conversion," said Bishop Jugis.

"Our

priestly

of the

sick,

used to anoin first

The

rapt)

stini

friendship with him," he said.

the rite of baptism.

Bishop Jugis discussed his recent visit with Pope John Paul II at the

of the chrism a duty that belong; to the bishop alone took place nea" the close of the Mass. Chrism per fumed with balsam, an aromatic oi^ onii derived from trees is an oil of con secration used after baptism and dur ing confirmation, the ordaining o bishops and priests, and the blessinj of churches and altars.

Vials of the oils are dispensed ti every parish and mission church i} the diocese. With the sacred oils

visit

—

is

appropri-

ate for us to take to heart as

we renew

our priestly promises today," said Bishop Jugis. "The Holy Father addressed the topic of renewal that is needed now in the church in the United States."

The Catholic Church is undergo-

min-

Now Your

Parents

—

—

1

and having recommitted themselve to the mission they share with thei

—

bishop

ing a "purification," said the bishop, "and is now in need of healing, rebuilding and reconciliation."

"All of this, the Holy Father says, will lead to a 'holier priesthood, a holier episcopate and a holier church,"' said Bishop Jugis.

istry of sanctifying, reconciling, preaching, teaching and shepherding draws all of its power and its meaning from him."

"We have got to be familiar with

consecratioi

—

Rome, the Holy Father

to

touched on a theme that Priests of the diocese join Bishop Peter

oil

and dying, was blessed

ill

Next came the blessing of the oil o catechumens, which is used durin|

Vatican. "... In his address to the bishops of Region 14 making the 'ad limina' Photo by Kevin

tru

the priests returned to thei

parishes rededicated in spiritua union with the diocesan faithful.

I

Contact Editor Kevin E. Murray I calling (704) 370-3334 or e-ma, kemurray@charlottediocese. org.

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