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atholic NEWS HERALD &
2001
Number 43
Volume 10
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The j
Serving Catholics
in
Western North Carolina
in
the Diocese of Charlotte
Inside Transitional
deacon, priesthood
candidates
welcomed ...
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BMHS campus minister offers helping
hand ...Page
9 Photos by Alesha M. Price
Jacqueline McElrath, Toni Tupponce and Julie Raburn from the Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir raise their hands in praise. At left, Father John T. Judie preaches during "Revival of the Spirit 2001: Climbin' a Higher Mountain."
News
Local
Revivalist encourages
Bishop addresses antiimmigration sentiments
...
oneness with God
Page 4
Hendersonville
priest
remembers Padre Pio By
Page 5
ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer
CHARLOTTE
—
higher mountain," said
tvery Week Entertainment .Pages Editorials
14-15
"I
am
climbin' a
members of
the
congregation to one another during the
Sunday Mass. The tent revival's theme, lifted by the cool, morning breeze, echoed throughout the tent and reverberated throughout the weekend. For the second consecutive year, people gathered in the
name of
& Columns
spirituality,
ecumenism, fellow-
ship and praise under a large blue- and
...Pages
16-17
white-striped tent
'Revival of the Spirit 2001," an old-
Show Them We Care The diocesan
Priests'
Retirement
and Benefits Collection taken
in
will
be
parishes Sept. 8-9. The
annual collection funds the
expenses of
retired
religious priests
See pages 10-11
living
diocesan and
who
People dressed in African-inspired complementing the kente cloth material and decorations draped on the podium and on the altar, clapped, jumped up in excitement, waved their hands and shouted "aniens" and "alleluias" in response to the Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir from Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte; the Pinn Memorial Baptist Church Gospel Choir from Philadelphia, Pa., last year's guest choir and the guest revivalist. Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor, concelebrated the Sunday Mass with Father John T. Judie, pastor of Mother of Good Counsel Church in Louisville, Ky., and with Rev. Mr. Todd and Rev. Mr. Charles Knight from Our Lady of Consolation Church serving. On Saturday, the participants had the opportunity to hear information and learn more about diseases and illnesses that par-
of God
serve here.
for details.
fashioned tent revival reminiscent of the old days of outdoor preaching, took place
Aug. 24*-26 on the corner of Statesville and Oaklawn Avenues on the outskirts of
downtown Charlotte. A positive response to last year's tent revival,
sponsored by the dioc-
esan African American Affairs Ministry,
prompted Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, vicar ofthe African American Affairs Ministry and diocesan vice chancellor, to decide to organize another outdoor gathering.
African-American com-
is all
With
clothing,
around
us."
the electric keyboard as an ac-
companiment, Father Judie preached in a songlike tone to the crowd throughout the weekend gathering. He spoke to the tune of the theme and used biblical passages from Haggai and the Gospel of Luke in order to convey the message of spirituality and a continually developing relationship with
God. Father Judie explained how he interweaved the theme into his three days of preaching. "On Friday, the idea was to run and tell others about what God has done for us, to spread the Christian message and be a witness to others. This is one of the steps to climbing the mountain and is
how we "On
will get to the top.
Saturday, using the familiar story
about the apostles traveling on road to
Emmaus,
the road to nowhere, the idea
munity. This year, the revival featured a
was a calling back from wherever we've wandered away because we can start up
health fair with blood pressure checks, free
the mountain and find ourselves wander-
massages, and other medical services and
ing in
advice.
where," explained Father Judie.
ticularly affect the
"The
directions but not
going any-
"We need to keep or focus on the top of
tent revival has been so alive,
and you can feel the love of God here," said Rose Bulas, a St. Gabriel Church parishioner, on Saturday afternoon. 'Everyone is joyful, clapping, singing, and the presence
all
the mountain and
we
what waits
for us
when
get there," he said of Sunday's homily.
Father Judie reminded the crowd to
See REVIVAL, page 7
August 31, 2001
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The World
in
Brief president of the American Catholic Cor-
Cardinal urges solidarity
workers
with, for
Labor Day message
WASHINGTON
yearly gathering Aug. 8-1
—
(CNS)
Borromeo Seminary
toward achieving a living wage in the Labor Day message. Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles bishops' annual
being supported by a in ministry share a strong vision."
group of sisters and brothers
who Church offers solutions before birth, near death, speakers say ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) The
—
1981 encyclical on die dignity of
work and
Catholic Church's teachings on
"Laborem
and approaching death, said speakers at a national conference on marriage and family life Aug. 17. Three panelists discussed church teachings on
—
contraception, infertility problems and
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is encouraging Catholic organizations to apply
end-of-life care at the
anniversary of Pope John Paul
some of the $100 million available in grants from its national volunteer caregiver program, Faith in Action. The program makes grants to local groups of
who
are
frail,
faiths
ill
who CNS
or dis-
abled. Organizations interested in apply-
ing for a Faith in Action grant should
Palestinian children play in shot-up car
Marriage Encounter convention celebrates sanctity of matrimony
bloodshed.
324-841
at (877)
or
1
toll-free,
Web
visit its
site at
www.fiavolunteers.org.
ATLANTA (CNS) — The 700 marand 80
ried couples
who
priests
rea and Africa.
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
was 'Marriage:
were honored
as "the saints
Auxiliary Bishop John
Atof God." in
convention's theme
Grace Odyssey."
African priest says he justice
work
Archdiocese for the Military Services ad-
in
Kenya
WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Ugan-
dressed the group at the opening of the
He
The
A
was attacked over
Raising of the
J.
who was
Pope John Paul II's recent announcement he would beatify a married couple, Luigi and Maria
dan
Beltrame Quattrocchi, and told
and peace department. Comboni Father Paulino Mondo, who has worked on the investigation of a murdered U.S. missionary, lost the vision in one eye as a result of the
conference.
talked about
were "the saints of God here in
ers that they
front of me."
The
held at Georgia lanta,
his listen-
drew
July 20-22 convention,
Tech University
in
At-
from across the Philippines, Ko-
participants
United States, Australia,
priest
beaten, hacked
and shot
he believes he was attacked because work with the Kenyan bishops' justice
at said
of his
June attack
in Nairobi,
Kenya. Shortly after
the incident, he traveled to the United States,
where he visited doctors, spoke at U.S. parishes and met with government officials to discuss the FBI investigation into the August 2000 murder of US. Mill Hill Father John Kaiser.
Catholic prison chaplains gather in Philadelphia for conference
WYNNEWOOD,
Pa.
— An
(CNS)
W
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& H E R A L D
S
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2001
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annual training conference for prison chaplains helps them minister to the imprisoned, but also enables them to teach the church about "justice issues surrounding incarceration," said Father Robert Schulze. The priest is the new
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— Rosary Makers' Mass
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Charlotte
at
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pm,
further information, call Bill
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CLEMMONS — Holy Family Church,
4820 Kinnamon charismatic
Rd., will
be celebrating a
Mass with Father
Fidel
Melo
tonight at 7:30 p.m. The sacrament of reconciliation will
be given at 7 pm., and the
laying on of hands will take place after Mass.
Kolbe Fraternity of Secular Franciscans will be meeting today from 2-4 at Our
The next Mass will be celebrated on Oct.
Lady of Consolation Church, 2301
778-0600 or Jim Passero at (336) 998-7503. 5 CHARLOTTE The Happy Timers of St Ann Church, 3635 Park Rd., will be having a meeting widi a luncheon and pro-
pm
Statesville
Ave. All visitors and inquirers are
Mood, SFO, as
at (704)
Maximilian
welcome. For more information,
of Charlotte
other
— 12:45 p.m.
Catholic Diocese
and $18 per year for all other subscribers. Second-class postage paid at Charlotte NC and
Mass today
and a potiuck dinner will follow the Mass. Father John Putnam, pastor, will be the celebrant For will
— 4 p.m.
September 15
Sacred Heart Church,
charismatic and healing
family's purpose.
library
pm Prayer and worship widi prayer teams
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Conference of Catholic Bishops. Atkinson said the pope outlined a biblical vision of families with God at the center, whereas society tends to put people at the center to determine the
Monday
128 N. Fulton St, will be celebrating a
September 7 7:30 a.m. Mass for Knights and Dames of Malta
Jimmy Rostar Alesha M. Price
Staff Writer:
in thefollowing events:
Curlin
diocesan family life ministries who attended the Aug. 15-18 symposium in Arlington sponsored by the U.S.
Providence Rd., tonight and
Diocesan September 2 SALISBURY
Bishop William G. Curlin will take part
Number
Most Reverend William G. Joann S. Keane
Publisher:
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"Familiaris Grabowski, associate professor of theology at The Catholic University of America, set the stage for the panel discussion by explaining the cultural setting in which "Familiaris Consortio" was issued and its major teachings. 'Familiaris Consortio' said to offer radical vision for family ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) Pope John Paul II's apostolic exhortation on the family, "Familiaris Consortio," holds out a vision for family life that is radically different from whatrsociety offers, says Joseph Atkinson. "What vision will we follow?" asked Atkinson, assistant professor at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, in a speech at a marriage and family life conference. He addressed about 400 people involved in
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ap-
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partici-
pated in the national convention of the lanta
photo from Reuters
Palestinian children play with smashed glass in a car that was hit by gunfire during an exchange between Palestinian gunmen and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank town of Hebron Aug. 22. Israeli soldiers shot dead four Palestinians in the West Bank, hours after the two sides said they were ready to hold new talks on ending nearly 1 1 months of
phone the national program office,
II's
on the family, Consortio." John S.
ostolic exhortation
to care for their neighbors
elderly, chronically
Aug. 15-18 con-
ference in Arlington marking the 20th
for
many
offer
fore birth
Foundation seeks to fund 2,000 programs aiding elderly, disabled The PRINCETON, N.J. (CNS)
work together
life
solutions to problems' encountered be-
Exercens," issued after papal visits to Mexico and his native Poland.
volunteers representing
Charles
St.
Wynnewood.
in
lains "a sense of
urged Catholics to "recommit ourselves to the solidarity of workers and solidarity with workers" on Labor Day, Sept 3 this year. The message centers on Pope John die rights of workers,
its
in the Phila-
Father Schulze, who also directs the Office for Jail and Prison Ministry for the Diocese of Trenton, N.J., said the gathering is important because it gives chap-
tion
II's
1
delphia Archdiocese at
The
chairman of the U.S. bishops' Domestic Policy Committee urged a legalization program for foreign workers and quicker ac-
Paul
which held
rectional Association,
in
call
Skyler
at (704) 573-4299.
3 CHARLOTTE
—
Churches in the Charbe having their regularly
For more
10.
information, call the church office
at (336)
—
scheduled cancer support group meetings
gram at 1 pm in the parish activity center. The Tutu's Hawaiian Dancers will perform
and friends on the
during the event All adults age 55 and older
lotte area' will
for survivors, family
following days: St Gabriel Church, 3016
are welcome. For
more
information, call
.
August 31, 2001
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in
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Brief
Chicago firefighters form new
mission for Religious Relations with the Jews, said he would seek to re-launch the
Knights of Columbus council CHICAGO (CNS) The city where
—
fire
poles were invented and
got the
drants
first
home
to the
first
three Jewish and three Catholic histori-
members
and para-
said they
chives to
sell
—
Mauser, an outspoken gun-control advocate since his son's death in the 1999 shootings at Columbine High School,
was
Tootsie
Rolls with the rest of Chicago's Knights.
Vowed on racism first
talk
opened the
in the religious life
night of the joint convention of the
Women
Leadership Conference of
Reli-
gious and Conference of Major Superiors
of Men in Baltimore Aug. 23-27. "Racism is
firmly entrenched in the religious con-
gregations of this country," said Sister
Mary
Alice Chineworth, 84, former supe-
Oblate Sisters of Providence of Catonsville, Md. 'We have to rior general of the
name
the
Service.
it,"
More
we cannot rid News
otherwise
sin,
ourselves of
CNS photo by Ed Zelachoski, The Catholic Accent
she told Catholic
than 1,000 leaders of U.S.
religious congregations gathered for the
conference on the theme "Changing Faces,
Changing Hearts," which looked multiculturalism and religious
Mauser, a parishioner at St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Littleton, Colo., had refused to leave the driveway of the gun lobby's headquarters June 13 as he marched around in a circle carrying a sign with a photo of his murdered son, Daniel. Judge Lorraine Nordlund dismissed the charges against him Aug. 22 because the arresting officer was ho longer with the police force and had failed to subpoena any NRA officials to testify. After the case was dropped, Mauser again returned to the NRA headquarters, wearing his slain son's sneakers and carrying his photograph as he marched for an hour along a public
at
Carmelite puts up fencing at monastery Carmelite Sister Mary Paul Cutri puts up sheet metal fencing on the grounds of her order's monastery in Unity Township, Pa. The sisters are celebrating the community's 40th anniversary this year
sidewalk.
Cookie company founded by nun provides haven
in the
life
context of the growing cultural diversity Of
for Twin Cities kids (CNS)
Pope cautions against new racial discrimination
CASTEL GANDOLFO,
— Pope John Paul
(CNS)
racism as a sin against
II
Italy
condemned
God and human-
and warned that new types of racial discrimination were emerging across the globe. The pope made the remarks at a Sunday blessing Aug. 26, five days before the start of a weeklong U.N. conference on racial discrimination in Durban, South Africa. Addressing pilgrims at his ity
summer
residence outside
Rome, the
pope said the Vatican delegation to the conference would make clear the church's
commitment
in all its forms.
to fighting racism
The pope
said
human
Charles Nesto at (704) 398-0879.
Thuerauf had a vision of providing a safe haven for children in her north Minneapo-
nationalism, ethnic violence and racial
discrimination.
for her intercession.
victims of
recent decades, which he said have wit-
nessed increasingly aggressive forms of
Visitors flock to Mother Teresa's tomb to mark birthday
CALCUTTA,
India
(CNS)
—
Mother Teresa's Aug. 26 birthday was marked by prayers for her speedy canonization and a continuous flow of visitors to
the nun's
tomb
in Calcutta.
The founder of who died in
the Missionaries of Charity, 1997,
10 days after her 87th birthday,
would have been
91, reported
UCA News,
an Asian church news agency based in Thailand. Outside the religious
in
— The
6 WINSTON-SALEM
—
pm
CLEMMOMS — The diocesan Faith Formation Office-Northern Region ing "Lighting the Fires of Faith
is
sponsor-
VH"
today
from 8:30 a.m.~4 p.m. at Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd. This bilingual workshop will include morning and afternoon sessions in English and Spanish and will cover topics including cultural
—A
charismatic
Mass
there each day.
World War
lished
blamed
it
documents and partly on Jewish members' II
and polemical writings." In an Aug. 24 statement, Cardinal Walter "leaks
Kasper, president of the Vatican's Corn-
p.m. and will continue every family
room of St
Ruth Posey
at (704)
bereavement ministry
—A
facilitated
bereavement sup-
by Ruth Posey, CSS
are in
Re-
will
review
differ-
loss,
rehabilitation plan
weekend
10 CHARLOTTE
who
ways to make a grief and setting realistic goals for the grief process. For details, call the church office at (704) 364-543 1 ing impacts of
lotte, will
port group,
those
entitled "Grief as
Larry Dawalt
—A
7 to 17, help
store bustles with
mix batter, sweep floors and take orders. The basement has been converted into an art room, dance studio and computer lab. Upstairs, kids collaborate on projects that help them develop leadership and decision-making skills. activity as they
chairman of the National Service Committee of the Renewal, and Dr. Richard Collings from the Share God's
Love min-
be presenting at the conference. For more information, call (336) 760istry will
1
7-8:30 p.m. in the parish ministry center. In this session
The
110 or e-mail jmanna@triad.rr.com.
session for those
Church, 3016 Providence Rd., tonight from
pm in the school cafeteria For
(704) 527-4676.
call
habilitation" will be held at St. Gabriel
with prayer teams at 3 p.m. and a potluck further information, contact Josie Backus at
the
370-3238.
—A
12 CHARLOTTE who are grieving and
ence, sponsored
dinner at 5
Monday in
Gabriel Church, 3016
Providence Rd. For further information,
be held at St Patrick Cathedral 1621 Dilworth Rd. East this afternoon at 4 p.m.
will
nonprofit business, called the Cookie Cart.
breakup of a Catholic-Jewish historical commission to study the Vatican's pub-
14 CHARLOTTE
Schmidt at (336) 288-0983.
—
streets. Sister
About 150 young people, ages
9 CHARLOTTE
Alice
order to get them off the
Vatican's top ecumenist lamented the
details.
call
violence, she invited a
Jean's vision has turned into a full-fledged
The Healing Companions, a grief support group for the bereaved, will be meeting tonight and Sept 20 in Conference Room A at 7:30 at St Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. Call Joanne Parcell at (336) 924-9478 or the church office at (336) 724-0561 for
For further information,
gang
commission VATICAN CITY (CNS)
counselor, for those grieving the death of a
Ancient Order of Hibernians Guilford County Division 1, an Irish-Catholic social and charitable inter-parish group, will be having a meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Ladies' Cottage at Our Lady of Grace Church, 2205 West Market St in Greens-
neighborhood. After 12 children died as
group of kids into her home to bake cookies
loved one will begin tonight from 6-7:30
Ladies
lis
Vatican's top ecumenist laments breakup of WWII
ments and other related issues. Dominican Sister Rosa Monique Pena from the Archdiocese of Miami, the keynote speaker, will present 'Love Beyond All Telling" in the morning. For more information, call Marie Kinney or Connie Cupello at (336) 9963625 or (336) 996-5109. 8 CHARLOTTE St. Luke Church, 13700 Lawyers Rd., will be having a children's consignment sale today from 8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Proceeds will go to the local Mothers of Preschoolers' group. If anyone would like to sell fall and winter children's clothes or baby items, please contact Amy Mullis at (704) 573-0519.
— The
than a dozen years ago, Mercy Sister Jean
community's motherhouse chapel, "Happy Birthday Dearest Mother" was written on a blackboard. At Mother Teresa's tomb, people from all walks of life flocked to pray
dignity had been seriously threatened in
awareness, catechesis, morality, the sacra-
6 GUILFORD COUNTY
boro.
— More
MINNEAPOLIS
the U.S. church.
forms of
in front
in Fairfax.
— Frank
(CNS)
Aug
of the National Rifle Association headquarters
congregations
BALTIMORE
cleared of trespassing charges
22 for his June protest
religious look at racism
in their
needed access to the
World War II armove forward. Father of boy killed in shooting continues protest FAIRFAX, Va. (CNS) Tom
Vatican's complete
Chicago Fire Department chaplain Father Thomas Mulcrone, a member of Knights of Columbus Council 1291 1. The new council received its charter and installed its founding officers Aug 24 in a ceremony at St Gabriel Church. The first activity of the council's 60 members is to said
21-22 to
when some
ans, dissolved in late July
medics. "We're definitely one of a kind,"
hit the streets Sept.
The made up of
foundations."
study commission, originally
name "fireplugs" is now Knights of Columbus
council formed for firefighters
new
joint research "on
where hy-
renewal confer-
by the Charismatic Re-
newal Service Team of the Diocese of Char-
Ongoing ASHEVILLE
—
The hours for the Nazareth House Family Ministry and Lending Library, 474 Haywood Rd., are as follows: Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m., Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. and Fridays from 1 1 am.-3 p.m. Nazareth House is a family ministry dedicated to promoting the blessings of Christian marriage, chastity,
natural family planning and post-
abortion healing.
For
further details, call
250-9690 or (828) nazarethhouse@juno.com.
be returning to Charlotte area this at St Thomas Aquinas Church,
1400 Suther Rd., with liturgies and music from the Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir of Our Lady of Consolation Church and Rev. Mr. Keith Kolodziej. Father Patsy Iaquinta,
Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to the publication date.
August 31, 2001
The Catholic News & Herald
4
Around the Diocese "Be notforgetful
Pope cautions
to entertain strangers, for tJiereby
some have entertained angels unawares" Hebrews 13:2
—
new
against
forms of
racial
August
2001
31,
discrimination By CATHOLIC
NEWS SERVICE
CASTEL GANDOLFO,
Italy
—
Pope John Paul II con(CNS) demned racism as a sin against God and humanity and warned that new types of racial discrimination were emerging across the globe. The pope made the remarks at a Sunday blessing Aug. 26, five days before the start of a weeklong U.N. conference on racial discrimination in Durban, South Africa. Addressing pilgrims
mer
residence outside
at his sumRome, the pope
said the Vatican delegation to the conference would make clear the
church's
commitment
to fighting rac-
The pope
said
human
dignity had
seriously threatened in recent de-
been
have witnessed increasingly aggressive forms of nationalism, ethnic violence and racial discrimina-
cades, which he
said
tion.
"Racism
a sin that constitutes a
is
serious offense against God," he said.
"Every honest conscience must decicondemn racism in whatever heart
sively
it makes a home. Unfortunately, it emerging in new and unexpected forms, offending and degrading the human fam-
or place is
ily,"
he
said.
The pope
cited the
Second Vatican
Council's teaching that prayer to
unworthy
if
God
those praying engage
is
in dis-
crimination against other groups of people.
He
said the church strongly supports
a widespread effort to educate people in the values of rights.
human
At a recent anti-immigrant rally in Newton in Catawba County (August 18), some of the 75 participants carried extremely offensive ethnic signs and shouted negative statements at passersby whom they perceived to be immigrants. Signs calling a particular racial or group "stupid" and telling them to "swim back" are vile and only serve to incite distrust and fear. The number of anti-immigrant opinion months in various media forums (e.g. editorials, radio broadcasts) has also risen, many of which have used facts to supposedly "inform" the general public. The use of various public forums to encourage civil erroneous and stereotypes negative involves debate on issues that affect and shape our society is to be encouraged. If such debate, however, purposely excludes certain voices or unacceptable morally address such called to goodwill are people of voices, all certain acts or words of intimidation that serve to silence
pieces appearing in recent
behavior.
As we
enter uncertain economic times,
dignity and fundamental
A conversion of hearts is necessary,
and the starting point is prayer, he said. 'Hacism must be opposed by a culture of mutual acceptance, recognizing in every man and every woman a brother or a sister with whom to walk the road of and peace," he said. said he hoped the Aug. 31SepL 7 conference in South Africa would
solidarity
The pope
strengthen international resolve to build a
and fairer world. He offered a prayer to Mary for the end of discriminatory practices and entrusted the outcome of the U.N. conference to freer
her.
Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:30pm Sat. 9:30am-3:00pm
when job
security
our
is
a tendency by
if economic
our community
conditions worsen.
on how we can best marshal our resources to meet the growing needs of society, including the needs of immigrant communities, it is imperative that we keep in mind the biblical injunction, which appears throughout Sacred Scripture, to care The U.S. Catholic Bishops, in our for and protect the "the widow, the orphan, and the stranger" (e.g Deut 10:18, Exod. 22:21, Lev. 25:35). have in no uncertain terms made Diversity," in Unity pastoral letter issued in November 2000, "Welcoming the Stranger Among Us nativism, ethnocentricity and the country, our different parts of popular in become has stance that clear that "we reject the anti-immigrant and racism that continue to reassert themselves
in
our communities."
The tremendous growth of the Diocese of Charlotte in recent years has been due primarily to the influx of people from other states and Our diocese, of all US. dioceses and archdioceses, has perhaps seen the greatest percentage increase in its Hispanic Catholic population over the past ten years. Due to language barriers, due to facing daily struggles in adapting to cultural differences, and sadly as we have seen, due to the growing hostility which immigrants face in this society, migrants from foreign lands ought to receive special other countries.
make certain all are welcome to celebrate the liturgy, participate in parish and diocesan programs, and the crux of the message of the recent U.S. Bishops' statement, "Welcoming the Stranger Among Us," that our are all one in our communion in Christ and parishioners "must be filled with a spirit of welcome."
consideration in diocesan efforts to
attend social gatherings. parishes, parish
staff,
It is
We
devoting increasing levels of staff and resources to welcome and to meet the spiritual and material needs of the Hispanic members of our community. Through our diocesan programs such as Programa Esperanza in Catholic Social Services and through the many dedicated men and women (priests, religious, and laity) involved in Hispanic Ministry throughout our diocese, I
The
Diocese of Charlotte
is
do hope that the message is clear that all are welcome to the table of the Lord and to the healing ministries of the diocese. While many programs do exist in our diocese to reach out and meet the spiritual and material needs of our Hispanic brothers and sisters, there is of course more to be done. For example, through the kindness of Abbot Placid Solari, Belmont Abbey College has accepted my request that a program on Spanish language and cultures will be made available to priests, religious and parish leaders who serve in the diocese. I have also mandated that our seminarians take part in this program, which will begin in January. 2002.
Our country has been blessed by the wealth of contributions that a diverse population, representative of many lands, has offered to our diversity and the social, spiritual, economic, and political development. The Catholic Church in the United States is especially proud of its have brought to groups immigrant benefits all shows the evidence historical history. The of its valuable feature as a immigrants role of Let us not be a people that fears the challenges, but rather, sees the ongoing benefits and tremendous opportunities offered to church and society by recent immigrants.
U.S. society have far outweighed any costs.
Christians of all denominations know the passage from Matthew 25: 31-46, "I was a stranger and you welcomed me." Catholic teaching mandates that respect and care be shown for immigrants and other "strangers among us," such as refugees, whether or not they have legal status to enter and live in our country. In a special way, I call upon those who share with me a deep devotion to the Holy Family, night, to see in the faces of immigrants the faces of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The Holy Family, who had to travel in the dark and cold of of to a foreign land, "are for all times and all places, the models and protectors of every migrant, alien and refugee who, whether by fear
persecution or by want,
is
forced to leave his native land, relatives, and close friends, and to seek a foreign
soil."
(Apostolic Constitution
'Exsul Familia.")
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Capuchin priest serving diocese recalls relationship with By JOANITA M.
Correspondent
HENDERSONVILLE
In the end, church authorities found nothing unscrupulous. On July 16, 1933, Padre Pio celebrated his first public Mass-
— Their time
together was short, but Padre Pio changed Father John Aurilia's life forever.
Father
Aurilia,
1967. Father Aurilia smiles often
us
more than
in
a decade
and began hearing
confessions again the following year. And what a confessor he was. Father
Capuchin
a
Franciscan who serves as pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, served as one of Padre Pio's secretaries in August recalls the
Padre Pio
NELLENBACH
Aurilia said that
one hour of hearing conhim drained, but Padre Pio could keep going hour after hour. "For me," Father Aurilia said, "the fessions can leave
when he
man he came to regard as "one of
but also speaks reverentiy of the stigmatized priest in Catholic Church history and a man who could read hearts and minds, cure people and bilocate.
man."
Father Aurilia, who studied in the Franciscan seminary that Padre Pio
The stigmata bled a couple of times a day, and his bandages were changed as
founded at Pietrelcina, Italy, in the 1940s, had been ordained less than a year and
when
friars,"
greatest miracle
is not that he cured people but that he was able to hear confessions up
first
was teaching at another Franciscan semiDel Gargano, when he was informed that he was going to San Giovanni Rotondo to fill in for one of Padre Pio's secretaries, who would be away for the month of August "You're joking," Father Aurilia
to eight hours a
CNS
An
He
entered the Capuchin Franciscan Or-
der
when he was
Pio
(Pius).
choosing the name
15,
Always in frail health, but of strong will, he was ordained in 1910.
he cured people, which he did, but because of the confessional ministry and the
9 1 8, he began to feel the pain of Christ's wounds. Gradually, in Septem-
prayer."
ber 1918, the
May
25,
1887, at Pietrelcina to poor, deeply religious parents, Grazio Maria and Maria
commodate his swollen feet, and the wound in his side was bandaged. People made confession appointments as much as five months in advance, al-
photo from Reuters
artist sketches
Giuseppa Di Nunzio Forgione. From the age of 5, Francesco wanted to be a priest.
born Francesco Forgione on
Prior to
in his
1
wounds became
hands and
spear in his for nearly
side.
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visible,
holes
The wounds
stigmata were painful, and the
made
in his feet
it
Pietrelcina,
with another priest near he suddenly smelled incense
spot, but within a couple
He
carried the stigmata
American woman, Maria
months
there was true repentance. He was very paternal with some, tough with others."
and told the priest that a church and seminary would soon rise there. The priest, who did not smell the incense, doubted that anything would ever be built on the barren
and the mark of the
years, until a few
double gift," Father Aurilia said. "He was extremely simple and at the same time extremely insightful. He knew exactly if
difficult for
Padre Pio to walk Once, though, when strolling
feet
before his death in 1968.
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During this "period of observation," which lasted 10 years, Padre Pio could not celebrate Mass at any particular hour, but always at different times, preferably early
He
he was
said to
miracles attributed to him.
He
his confession before
Father Aurilia says that the man, who had waited months for his appointment,
San Giovanni Rotondo. In June 1922, he received a letter from the pope and the general minister of the Capuchin Franciscans that he was to be kept under observation. Church authorities were skeptical of the stigmata and other
present.
—
missed.
isolation at
J
—
person said anything. Once a man from Milan came stunned from the room where Padre Pio heard confessions. He had not
the incense incident happened many years after Padre Pio's long period of
Executive Dirorfor;
he sometimes knew the depth of or lack of it before the
repentance
And
I
he held his hands up to the light the bandages were off, Father
middle joints of his fingers protected the bandages; he wore special sandals to ac-
Once he met Padre Pio, Father Aurilia saw a man of constant prayer and ministry—and someone who enjoyed having
Pio was
frail
you could see right through the holes. Gloves covering his hands to the
thought. "God, you're joking."
The man who became Padre
a
Aurilia said,
an image of Padre Pio near St. Peter s Square in Rome Pope John Paul II beatified the Capuchin friar May 2, 1999, in what was one ol the largest religious ceremonies ever in Rome.
said, "not because of the stigmata, which he had, or the bilocation, which he did, or that
— and he was
often. If
nary, Vico
fun in spite of his physical suffering. "I think he was a saint," Father Aurilia
day
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August 31, 2001
Head of faith-based
office to leave post WASHINGTON (CNS) The director of the White House Office on Faith-based and Community Initiatives plans to leave the post, just six months after he was appointed. President Bush named John Dilulio to head the new office when it was created late in January. Dilulio, a Catholic Democrat who
Joy Philbin,
wife,
mark on
—
the
"At Home With" on the Home & Garden Television cable channel. "At Home With," which premiered in the spring, tours celebrities' homes, but
on
show, the celebrities themselves
this
serve as the tour guides, "so you really
get to
enthusiasm and their love home," Philbin said.
feel their
for their
Pope provides
his academic name as a criminolotook a leave from a professorship at the University of Pennsylvania to open
'paternal presence,' say
gist,
White House
office.
is making her own landscape hosting a
series called
made
the
TV
World Youth Day officials
VATICAN CITY
Dilulio, 43, told
one-year countdown to
goals he set for the job and that he never
Day
in Toronto began, church officials and young people said they were looking ahead to Pope John Paul II's presence as
intended to stay in the position longer
He
than six months to a year.
also said
health and family considerations
were a
a sign of his "paternal love."
Pope's likeness to appear on new euro coins beginning next year
Ambrozic of Toronto. 'The meeting with the Holy Father will be an intense witness for our city and our secularized country, which would like their Christians to remain politely off to one side
— Euro-
(CNS)
peans soon will be able to pay for their morning coffee and newspaper using coins bearing the image of Pope John Paul euro
II.
Ahead of the and
Jan.
and be as nonassertive as
release of
1
Treasury announced that preparations for the switch to the joint European currency, bills
coins, the Italian
ments
maximum of 670,000 euros, about $615,000, in coins, which is about the same it has minted until now in
St. Francis of Assisi Church, the parish of Reagan and her husband, because of
Italian lira.
Maureen Reagan mourned, celebrated at Catholic funeral (CNS)
Calif.
the large
—
Maureen Reagan "had a great love of God and she knew beyond doubt that
God who
loved her," said the Catholic priest
celebrated her Aug.
Mass
18 funeral
at the Cathedral of the Blessed
Sacrament
Sacramento. Father Simon Twomey, who met Reagan 10 years ago when he was serving in a parish she attended, gave the opening remarks at a in
memorial service at the cathedral which was followed by the funeral Mass. About 1,000 people attended the
two
services,
which were moved to the cathedral from
tells strangers: You've got (spiritual) mail
Ohio (CNS) Lost? something that seems to be missing? Ever notice that sometimes things come from out of the blue just when they're really needed? That's what members of the postal apostolate hope to do when they send a postcard and a prayer to someone they don't know. When Al Cassidy, a parishioner at St. Patrick in the Diocese of Columbus, learned about the postal apostolate, he wrote to Ambrose Pare who, more than 50 years ago, founded the Society of Sts. Francis Xavier and Therese, a postal apostolate that anonymously sends folded postcards to names and addresses taken from telephone directories. "Pope John Paul II always said that we should evangelize, and I thought maybe this would be a way I could do it from home," said Cassidy, who also has been a member of the Knights of Columbus for 40
crowd expected. Reagan,
60,
team-taught a seminar at the University of Chicago on the ethics of courtship and have edited a book together on court-
died Aug. 8 after a five-year battle with
ship,
malignant melanoma. She was the eldest daughter of President Reagan and his first wife, actress Jane Wyman.
also has explored the rituals,
Bush bioethics appointee has expertise in other fields, too WASHINGTON (CNS) Leon R.
—
marriage and the family. Leon Kass customs and taboos surrounding the act of eating in his 1994 book, "The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature."
Another Philbin gets into the TV act with joy
Kass, the University of Chicago profes-
HOLLYWOOD
—
In
most
if
the
first
Bush to head his might be best known for his opposition to embryonic stem-cell research and human cloning, but he's
person says the name "Philbin," the second person is likely to say "Regis" or
also developed other areas of expertise.
'Who Wants
sor chosen by President bioethics council,
Kass and
his wife
of 40 years,
Amy, have
(CNS)
word-association exercises,
to
Be
a Millionaire."
the University of Notre
Dame
—
COLUMBUS,
Looking
year-old mechanical engineering student has designed other large-scale Bible props, including a 22-foot-long Noah's Ark.
allowed an
annual
SACRAMENTO,
article
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By
CHARLOTTE
— "We
ordained to the transitional diaconate, the
phase of formation prior to the priesthood,
have gathered
said
at
St Patrick
Cathedral.
During die Mass on the feast of the Assumption of Mary into heaven, three of the diocesan faithful
commitment
who have
to the church
chosen a
life
moved one
ana and Soutii Carolina,
said tiiat he is ready and excited to be ordained to die transitional diaconate. "All I want is to be a good priest," said Fowler in an April 2000 interview in
Tie Catholic News &
of
step
Buettner,
bom
Herald. in Peoria,
111.,
God has given him to share his gifts
closer to fulfillment of their decisions to be-
nity that
come priests. Rev. Mr. Adrian Porras, 29, was ordained to the transitional diaconate; Leo Fowler, 53, and Matthew Buettner, 25,
with his people in the Diocese of Charlotte" in
an August 2000 vocations
were admitted
with great expectation to serving Christ and
as candidates for the transi-
tional diaconate
The
rite
and priesthood.
his
of admission of candidacy for
ordination as deacons and priests
is
prior to die transitional diaconate.
die step
Matdiew
Buettner, a seminarian at Theological College
News
&
Herald.
look forward
church for the salvation of souls."
Rev. Mr. Adrian Porras, who hails from Greensboro via El Paso, Texas, has a few months to go before he is ordained a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte in
of America in
The
series in
"I
December 2001
Washington, D.C, and Leo Fowler, a semi-
along with Rev. Mr. Christopher Roux, 38, who was also ordained to the transitional
narian at St Vincent's Seminary in Latrobe,
diaconate earlier this year.
at the Catholic University
were granted candidacy upon approval of the bishop and with the recommendation of their respective seminaries. At the Mass, the candidates went through the steps of calling, examination, acceptance and prayer. The two men will be Pa.,
During die
rite
of ordination of a deacon,
the bishop calls the candidate forth to the promise of celibacy and the ence.
make
vow of obedi-
The candidate lies prostrate on the floor
while those in attendance kneel and pray the litany
of the
The
Mr.
life
to his
Revival, from page 1
Porras.
bishop lays his hands and asks the
Holy
Spirit to
The
candidate
dalmatic and
—
descend upon die candidate.
stole,
remember why they came to worship to thank God and praise him for his bless-
then vested with the
is
and
as a deacon, assists at
saints.
Congregation as a postulant and had a seleft in
the Marian Scholasticate
when
'This tent revival
the Order left the Diocese of Charlotte. Want-
Lying prostrate is an act of
diocese he had
grown
received
liis
Master of Divinity from the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C, in
May
2001.
Rev. Mr. Porras,
who
is
now
serving at
St Mark Church in Huntersville, said that after he is ordained a priest, he will reach out to the whole church and help out the His-
community in the best way he can. on the day Mary was taken into heaven body and soul, Bishop Curlin told die men to turn to the Blessed Mother whenever they needed to pray. "Mary is a model for our kves as priests because her response to God was yes.' Your answer must be yes' even through times when your heart is heavy, when you must minister to someone who is sick or dying, or when you have trials and struggles in your
word
life,
We
is
it
new
way."
Saturday
after the preaching, in
keeping with the idea of the old-fashioned tent revival, Father Judie invited people to
come
to the altar to rededicate themselves
to Christ, particularly those
away from
fallen
"I
knew
making
my
in
who have who
the church or those
are troubled, explained Rev.
Mr. Todd. people were
spirit that
life-changing decisions right there
and responding to the invitaand giving their kves to God. It was so
at the altar
tion
congregation during his homily. "Jesus was
lives.
in a
On
the bishop to the candidates and
center of our
that
opens up our eyes, ears and thinking to absorbing and embracing that
proclaimed,
Reflecting
the center of Mary's
word
different perspective to the
panic
lives," said
very important
what God is doing in our lives. Sometimes our week-to-week worship can become kind of drab and a little routine, so we need a little reviving and renewal of spirit something out of the ordinary, to set us back on track to get us where we need to be," said Father Judie. "When you bring in a speaker from the outside who brings a
to love, he spoke to
He
is
because (we must) always be attentive to
Bishop Curlin and joined the diocese as a seminarian in August 2000.
also said that simply attending
weekend event was not enough, that they had to allow the spirit to move, change and transform them into the people the God had intended for them to be. the
die Marians of the Immaculate Conception
mester
He
ings.
Rev. Mr. Porras originally entered into
ing to remain close to his family and the
and raised
expressed his gratitude about the "opportu-
Catholic
ministry, explained Rev.
die rest of die Mass.
Fowler, originally from southern Louisi-
Bishop William G. Curlin to the congre-
on Aug. 15
in
June 2002.
here tonight to honor our Blessed Mother,"
gation gathered
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From the Cover
powerful," said Father Judie.
and he should be the have to say yes' to
"I
think as with last year's revival, this
one was a success
Jesus every day."
plished primarily
as well in that
it
accom-
what we had hoped. The
tent revival is an evangelizational tool and an outreach to the unchurched and the fallen away, Catholic and otherwise," said
Rev. Mr. Todd. "This idea was affirmed
when Father
Judie had the altar
call,
about 30 to 40 people, moved by the
and
filled
and
spirit
with hope for their future rela-
tionships with
God, came
to the front to
say pubUcly in front of God and everyone that they have renounced their pasts
and
have returned to the path toward God." Stephen Pickett, a member of Our
Lady of Consolation Church who shared his story of faith with the crowd on Saturday, agreed, "I was inspired and moved that the community of faith came together to be renewed by the word of God preached in such a dynamic way," said "I was honored to be allowed to serve the people of God and this revival. I look
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Around the Diocese
International speaker addresses 'sex
and sanctity' at Charlotte parish is
definition of purity.
love.
lying with our bodies;
The distortions are made obvious when he compares the artwork in the
expression of the spiritual bond of mar-
Chapel with the degrading portrayal of the human body in pornography. Restoring sexuality to what God had intended requires the removal of the tainted
die sacrament."
is an everbetween body and soul,
Since original sin there
growing
disparity
according to the speaker.
West Paul in
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title
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magazine or as a headline per, but
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sins but has 'taken
so that redemption can be realized.
world.' If
West
Ann Church
recently.
Perhaps it was the very novelty of the "Sex and Sanctity" combined with die
continued
tiiat in
a world
possible through purity, but
growing popularity of international speaker and author Christopher West that
pression and indulgence are
600 people to St Matthew Church in Charlotte on Aug. 5 to hear this important message for today. "Our path to holiness is intimately
correctly,"
love as
God
said
loves,"
bom-
it
two
is
means
"Re-
sides of
the revelation of
saw each other
which West describes and life giving, with
own
God's "I
God
in
for their
each quality necessary for authenticity.
what God has created to be
true,
West's talk
It
takes grace." St.
found a confirmation of what she in Huntersville,
teaches.
die youth need to hear," she said.
West
gives the 'whys'
then discussed marriage, a sac-
behind the 'whats' on the issues that are
rament consummated through the one-
most fundamental to our faith but have been obscured," said Father Matthew
physical renewal of the sacred
Kauth, parochial vicar at
St.
Matthew
Church. 'Thanks to (him), the Theology of the
wedding
Body
is
reaching people with a mes-
sage that can set us
free."
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"In the Theology of the Body,' Pope John Paul II is renouncing the dichotomy of repression and calls for the integration of body and soul, something
of
union that "forms us in the very likeness of the Trinity." He spoke on how the body communicates a profound language in the marital embrace, which is a
good and
not easy.
Mark Church
flesh
pleasures. Because sin takes
as free, total, faithful
is
"Christopher
West
said.
come here to wag a finger.
Kathleen Lewis, youth minister at
worth.
each other, they
West
did not
greatness
sets
as objects to use or possess
love,
you to embrace your greatness. I call you to your own supreme dignity as men and women made in the image and likeness of God. If we are cheap then rio demands are made on us," said West, "but we are instead called to greatness and
sins of the gift
done according to your word," con-
call
tion,"
because they understood the nuptial meaning of the body (the capacity of expressing love). When they no longer saw
West "Holiness is to
away the
our body to the
my body given up for you" and "Let it
trary to the fundamental call to mirror
he said, using die analogy that God up a bank account witii trillions of graces and people only witiidraw 50 cents'
disorder, the inability to love
how before the fall, He Adam and Eve were naked without shame
God
we open
not
not be
grace there will be a radical transforma-
he said. explained
has stamped his eternal plan on the body,
male and female,"
same
the
attracted almost
entwined with our sexuality because
in Florence,
barded with sexual temptation, holiness still
The language of contraception is "This
desire
S.C.
life-
said.
ogy of the Body, shared some sad accounts of what he has witnessed when sexual
pop culture with-
by the Holy Spirit during Sanctity and sex are also
giving potential of the marital embrace, he
Family Life for the Archdiocese of Denver and staff advisor for the Theol-
meaning," said Holly
"is
not an honest
because they remove the total and
is
pressing into the discomforts and disor-
its
it is
odds when a couple uses contraception
at
sin that
becomes inverted. 'There is always hope," said West, who quoted the pope. 'The (human) heart is deeper than lust" which describes the "aspiration of the human spirit towards the true, good and beautiful." "Have confidence in Christ He did not just give us coping mechanisms for our
St.
riage established
West who is also the director of Mar-
Father's 'Theology of the Body"
Gatlin from
family issues told a Charlotte audience
title
Holy
"Sex before marriage," said West,
riage and
out losing any of
"rock-
an international speaker
the understanding of the
that the speaker
manner.
into the vernacular of the
revolutionizing
from original
said.
II
vows.
it
by Pope John Paul
the
newspa-
should be because this
admits that
block one's ability to see God's plan, he
"Christopher has done a remarkable
find in a popular
it,
for the counterfeit of God-like
glasses acquired
job translating the scholarly language of
"Sex and Sanctity"
one would
his in-
presents in an understandable and user-
Correspondent
fall
collection of 129 general audiences given
KATHY SCHMUGGE
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Melbourne, Australia, derived
friendly
By
and twists
easy to
Sistine
a visiting professor at the John
II Institute
sights
Photo by Kathy Schmugge
West
But because of sin, few can see the revelaGod in the body, which is the
beautiful
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Around the Diocese
Healing of woman's
Campus minister extends helping hand to
tumor attributed to MotherTeresa
BMHS students, Hispanic community By
ALESHA
M. PRICE Staff Writer
—
WINSTON-SALEM
would be serving. This year, he will be working with the annual senior retreat, a possible overnight junior retreat and small
In prepara-
tion for the school year, several students
retreat services for the sophomores.
from Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School were busy during the summer exploring and developing their spirituality in
coordinates the required
Through
the guidance and lead-
ership of Martin Mata,
BMHS
campus
cuss the
new
ministry at
to
for the language,
the Piedmont-Triad area Catholic high "I
work with Spanish-speaking people," said Mata of his opportunity. "I receive satisfaction to see people, some of who have been through so much, stand on
same except
was very imway
their
- to
bring everyone closer to Jesus."
pressed with the
the 13 kids responded to
who
is
School in Raleigh about their peer ministry
program. 'This year,
we
are incorporating
peer ministry groups which will be helpful in bringing the 'good news' to the other
and
we
are excited to be able to
provide this program."
Not only is peer
ministry spreading
its
newly formed wings across the student body but campus ministry, in its current form at BMHS, is flying high as a recent addition to the school. This
is
come
better Chris-
tians,
they can help
commu-
nity."
faith
Mexico, Mata came to the
in
formation programs, retreats for mar-
ried couples, English-as-a-second-lan-
guage classes, workshops and seminars on changes in immigration laws and other programs. Work at BMHS and at Holy Cross provides opportunities for Mata to combine his ministries. This year, the students will conduct a food collection for needy Hispanic families during the holidays, and he is working with the Spanish classes to coordinate a Christmas party with
bachelor's degree in philosophy from
for the language, and the ministry and
Belmont Abbey College,
purpose are pretty
he conducted interviews with the freshmen to become better acquainted with the students he his first year,
his
involvement
with St Joseph Church in Asheboro and
Holy Cross Church
much
the
calling
Shouldn't they see
an interview with
copy was released Aug.
He
said
Monika
An
Italy's
advance
28.
Besra, a 30-year-old
parentiy through
Mother
was
Nuns of Mother
woman
over the
Teresa's order prayed
5
at
Teresa's interces-
pm
Sept
5,
1998,
Mother Teresa's deatii. They also touched the woman's abdomen with a "Miraculous Medal of the Immaculate Conception" that had been placed on Mother exactly one year after
Teresa's
body before her
burial.
— —
"During the night the sick woman who in the meantime had gotten drowsy woke up and realized that the (tumor) mass had disappeared," he "Subsequent that
it
said.
tests
by doctors showed
never came back," he added.
In mid-August die priest a Canadian, delivered documentation supporting the
miracle claim to the Vatican's sainthood
congregation, along with a 35,000-page case file
He
on Mother Teresa's life. said he had decided to submit
—
pino
woman from a huge gallstone before its
scheduled surgical removal
The
to
Vatican's beatification process re-
quires the approval of one miracle attrib-
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"Both ministries are the same except
During
time
first
the apparendy miraculous healing of a Fili-
Jesus with others. After receiving a
tion.
faith
Teresa's advocate for
dren.
dents with spiritual guidance and direc-
1991 with a strong
Mother
sainthood, detailed the alleged miracle for the
gious activities for Spanish-speaking chil-
foundation and wanted to share his love of
in
Missionaries of Charity Father Brian Kolodiejchuk,
reli-
ond year as campus minister, and he has been working non-stop to provide the stu-
United States
postulator said.
sion.
Hispanic population with adult and youth
Born
woman who
helping them to be-
regular student interviews into the
for them."
ing of a non-Christian Indian
was touched with a medal tiiat had been in contact with Mother Teresa's body, her
they offer help to one another. By
retreats, small
Mata's sec-
—
been asked to confirm the miraculous heal-
motiier and animist religious believer,
Mata and 35 group school Masses and campus ministry program. "I have met very good and spiritual kids, and I would like to guide them in becoming better acquainted with Jesus Christ," said Mata. "I want to help them to see Jesus in their lives and to feel his presence and to show them how he is walking along with us. Many kids have struggles, and I want to try to provide some answers
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the idea (of being peer
own two
When
and the ministry and
purpose are pretty much the same
school.
had always wanted to work with it was a chance for me
and referring students to parishes and community volunteer work opportunities. Mata hopes to implement small group
"Both ministries are the
retreat to dis-
"I
my community, and
minister, students inter-
summer
ministry.
calling local parishes, offering suggestions
ested in serving as peer
ministers went on a
Holy Cross Church. He is going into his fourth year and says that he loves working for the church in this particular try at
parish service hours for every student by
order to help their fellow students on their journeys.
He also
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Prie»b' Retirement
Priests' retirement and benefit
collection a way to say 'We care' By
JIMMY ROSTAR
that will increase benefits annually for priests of the diocese
Associate Editor
both
those who are now retired and those in current service. Retired diocesan priests receive monthly pension payments thanks to the collection. In an effort to better meet the retirement needs of priests who serve here, the collection was revised in 1997 as an assessed collection. Individual parish goals for the collection are determined based on a percentage of annual offertory income. "The amount assessed is 3 percent of their annual offertory income," said Bill Weldon, chief financial officer for the Diocese of Charlotte, regarding each parish's goal. "The total assessed amount to fund the priests' retirement and benefits 2001-2002 for is program
Though their experiences and backgrounds are varied, the priests who
serve in the Diocese of Charlotte are united in their love of God, devotion to the Eucharist, and thanksgiv-
ing for the spiritual support they receive from their brother priests and
the faithful of the diocese.
And thanks to the Diocese of Charlotte's annual Priests' Retirement and Benefits Collection, they know their financial needs will be taken care of, too. "Show Them Care" is the theme of the 2001 collection, to be taken in parishes Sept. 8-9. The col-
We
is the primary way parishioners of the diocese can offer their thanks to the priests who have already served them faithfully through the years, as well as those priests currently serving in ministry here. The collection funds the diocese's priests' retirement plan, which covers health care, housing and other costs of living. A percentage of the collection goes to the retirement funds of religious orders whose priests serve in the diocese.
lection
The plan
—
$854,951."
Of
$383,900 will go to the diocesan priests' retirement plan, $284,984 to the retirement funds of that,
religious order priests serving in the
diocese, $168,967 for other clergy benefits,
and $17,100 for campaign
expenses.
Today,
24
retired diocesan priests currently receive benefits,
includes provisions
while 77 serve in active ministry. Eleven religious orders provide the 59 priests who serve here now. Barbara Gaddy, who directs special collections
programs
cese, said this offertory
for the diois
a loving
example of stewardship on behalf of those who give so willingly of themselves.
"People's contribution to this important collection is a way to say 'I care!' to the priests who serve us so faithfully," said Barbara Gaddy, diocesan associate director of development. "Our retired priests deserve to live their final years in comfort and dignity.
"Many of our retired priests have but one family the people of the parishes they have served," she
—
said.
For Bishop William G. Curlin, will one day benefit from this effort, the collection is an important and loving gesture. "The priests of this diocese spend
who himself
Photo by Jimmy Rostar
their lives giving to others," said
Msgr. William Pharr, who retired from active ministry this summer, lays hands on Father Kurt Fohn, one of the diocese's newest priests, during the June 2, 2001, ordination liturgy in Charlotte. Msgr. Pharr, Father Fohn and their brother
Bishop Curlin. "Even in their retirement, many of these dedicated men continue to serve the Catholics of western North Carolina by generously giving of their time and talent to~ help with weekend parish Masses and confessions. "They spend their lives giving to others, and now it is our turn to
'Show
Them We
priests
who
serve in this diocese are
beneficiaries of the Priests' Retirement and Benefits Collection.
Care.'"
Diocese of Charlotte Retired Priests Show them how much you
"Thank Ton "
care with a
contribution to the Priests' Retirement
and Benefits
Most Reverend Michael J. Begley, Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro High Point, NC 27260 Msgr. Richard Allen, 3007 W. 34th Ave., #4, Anchorage,
note to them
Collection.
Ramon
2450 Morgan Rev.
Msgr.
100 Mercy
Thomas Dr.,
Rd.,
Conrad Kimbrough,
620 South
Ellis St.,
45 SE
1
,
NC 28144
Rev. Bernard Manley, 28 Edgemont Rd., #14, Asheville,
NC
Rev. Richard McCue, 50 Brookside Dr., Apt. D-2,
NH 03833
Rev. Gabriel A-l
Salisbury,
28801
Exeter,
NC 28012
Francis M. Cintula, St.,
NC 27106
AK 9951
Burke,
Rev.
3th
#101, Winston-Salem,
NC 28712
Brevard,
Belmont,
1525 Woods
Rev. Msgr. Anthony Kovacic, 411 Dogwood Ln., Belmont, NC 28012
Berg, Mill Rd.,
Rev. Joseph Kelleher,
Rev. Rd.,
Rev.
Rev.
and a generous
Boca Raton,
805 Foxwood FL
Meehan, Ct.,
SW, Lenoir,
NC 28645
33432 Rev. Msgr. William N. Pharr,
Rev.
Thomas
P.
Clements,
P.O. Box 5086, Statesville,
5100 Sharon
Francis Connolly, 164 Creekside Ln., #C-2, Boone,
Rev.
James
Rev. Vincent Erb, Regency Park Towers #813, 1001 Easton Rd., Willow Grove, PA 1 9090
Rev. Patrick Gavigan, Maryfield Nursing 1315 Greensboro Rd., High Point, NC 28260
St.,
Hourihan,
Elmira,
NY 14904
Solari,
30 Lorraine Ave., Asheville, Rev.
Edward
3400 Eastern
Raymond
NC 28210
NC 28607
Rev. Msgr. Arthur Duncan, Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro Rd., High Point, NC 27260
507 Fulton
#516-E, Charlotte,
Rev. Charles Reese, 800 Bay Dr.#25, Niceville, FL 32578
Rev.
Rev.
Rd.,
NC 28687
NC 28804
Sullivan,
Blvd. H-9, York,
PA
1
7402
Rev. John Tuller,
PO Box
Home,
794, Saluda,
NC 28773
Rev. Thomas Walsh, 12 N 6th St., Allegany, NY 14706
Rev. Joseph Waters, 561 4-B West Market St., Greensboro,
NC 27409
.
August 31, 2001
Retirement not wasted
9how
on diocesan priest BARTHOLOMEW
By BETTE
Such
— Good
They just find
is
shepherds
other flocks.
Charlotte.
When he announced last year to
his last parish, Sacred
Salisbury, that he
Heart Church
my life."
they are in
Clements, a "retired" priest of the Diocese of in
out
Then there is back. The flag,
the national cemetery the Taps, the
rifles,
who want
ber their grandfathers for Father Clements,
feeling of his parishio-
these moments.
was one of sadness. Not only were parishioners dependent upon him for spiritual reflection, but he had
to be a Trappist
youth and at the
Center and Catawba College left
cal
Father
Tom
huge shoes to fill over and beyond the normal functions of church and school. But as Father Clements transitioned from active ministry into retirement, the pastor and mentor took the opportunity to reflect on the shared experiences of the faith journey.
miss the wonderful seasonal
litur-
RCIA, Easter Week and witness-
ing miracles of transformation," he all,
I
said.
retirement has also yielded
more
time to share his love of God and neighbor in his
ongoing work
"My
at the Veterans' Hospital.
transition gift
my
has been
through
all
of this
he
said. "I
love these
men and
enjoy their families.
"These
Head
men
Now
of Lake
removed from the everyday
Norman
'For myself,
offers a peaceful setting
I
find that
brother's 8th Air Force (regiment),
who
These are the aging Korean and Vietnam veterans who have come to heal the inner wounds of post-
"What as
I
$ 168,967 $
17,100
$854,951
Retirement Funds of Religious Order Priests Serving in the Diocese
Other Clergy Benefits
Campaign Expenses Total
truly feeds
my
soul these days
dig and plant are the memories of the
precious people
who have
"My to
single regret
go back
my
been
family
Please give generously to the collection taken
of the diocese," he is
that
I
in your parish
have no
on September 8-9.
to each of these wonderful
parishes to thank those fine people for their
love and support
"My
prayer
is
that they
know how
precious they are to me."
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more
think
Diocesan Clergy Retirement Plan
years....
said.
flew over Berlin.
I
and more about the finals in my own life," he said. 'Yet the eternal optimist in me goes on planting 100 little five-inch saplings, which will mature in about 20
way
in
® $383,900 # $284,984
and thanksgiving.
for prayer
my
gunners
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life as a pastor, Father Clements has found meditative quietude in the woods surrounding his home. Moreover, he has kept his hand helping others find comfort in their hour of need. His rustic property on the headwaters
Normandy Beach
tail
Order Pr
and watch the
bustle of parish
in the varied parishes
are the
heroes, the
gar-
i
back to the VA."
continuation of the chap-
laincy at the Veterans' Hospital in Salisbury,"
Funds of
my
ducks and geese," he said. "I never turn on TV and I collapse in bed around 10:30 p.m. I am back up about 6:30 a.m. Then I drive one hour
Clements
miss the wonder of the
children in the parish school."
And
"Here I work two or den,
lo-
Rowan County jail, Rowan Regional Medi-
"Most of
33% Ret
three hours in
the par-
the
"I
rural back-
yard.
cal Veterans' Hospital,
gies, the
own
in his
i
Clergy Benefits
tinues to this day, even
In addition,
ish
20% Other
His love for nature con-
major milestones
crises.
was monk.
for the priesthood
been part of their fami-
work with
Diocesan Cler
His original vision
ners
and
45%
it
so good to feel a part of
is
his
remem-
a souvenir by which to
was
ministry, the general
lies in
the
gathering of the spent shells by children
from active
retiring
Ue Qwzl
balmed with love and understanding. These men have no idea what a blessing
Tom
the case of Father
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GERALD POTKAY
By REV. MR.
Correspondent
— On
STONEVILLE
August 31, 2001
Around Ihe Diocese
an overcast
Group of hundreds breaks ground for
Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001, a group of ap-
proximately 300
priests, deacons, religious
and laity gathered around Bishop William G. Curlin for the fulfillment of a long sought-after event of the Triad Catholic
community.
was the This groundbreaking for the
day St.
of Francis
Springs Prayer Center in Stoneville.
event
The
the beginning of an answer to a
is
long-prayed-for dream of a humble and
courageous visionary, Franciscan Faan independent Catholic institution in the diocese and will be operated by Franciscan clergy who serve here. Father Canino is currently director of The Franciscan Center in center
is
Greensboro.
The
was the first culmiwork of not a few people.
celebration
nation of the
stages were undertaken by the St.
Initial
Francis Springs Steering Committee, which has met regularly over the last
groundwork
three years providing the
Another group that
assisted in the
the Building Committee.
endeavor is Together, with
of the friends of St.
all
Francis, their prayers, their talents
and
made
the
their financial support has a reality.
Francis Center,
all
people will be able to
easily take that interior
know God, he At
journey to
said.
same
the
tute for Peace
time, through the Instiand Justice that will be
on these grounds, there will come an active ministry to a world in need of
located
healing.
As bishop of this
Curlin said his goal
"is
diocese, Bishop
to help people find
Jesus in ourselves and in one another
...
and
is
this love isn't truly love until
it
this facility,
taught the contemplative learn
how
must
set the
people will be life
and then
to bring Jesus to others.
world on
fire
"We
with divine
love," the bishop said.
Franciscan Father David provincial counselor of the
Hyman,
Holy
Name
Province and a former chaplain at North Carolina
A & T
University, added that
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Franciscan Father Louis Canino addresses the crowd that gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony. A longtime dream of Father Canino's, the prayer center will serve the spiritual needs of people in the Triad area of North Carolina.
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Franciscan's story a profile of faith dream — Center of By REV. MR. GERALD POTKAY he "God works mysterious Correspondent At The Franciscan Father GREENSBORO — Franciscan Fainstead
as
fulfilling his
says:
Lewis Institute celebrates,
welcomes new campus ministers
ways."
in
By COLLEEN
Center,
who was
dier Louis Canino,
born
in
upper
New York State, was educated in the parosystem of Syracuse, N.Y.
chial
was
He
says he
inspired to the priesthood through a
Franciscan priest early on. Even diough he tried to dismiss this calling in high school, he felt more drawn than ever while
His resistance was
at a senior retreat.
nally broken
him
when
to at least try
his confessor
fi-
convinced
it.
Father Canino started his seminary training with the Franciscans in Callicoon,
N.Y. From there, he went through an intense year of prayer as a novice at Lafayette in
Canino saw the need for spiritual direction, counseling and programs on spirituality.
Weekends saw him
He
filling in at St.
Pius
X
campus minisboth Bennett College and North
Church. ter at
also filled in as
A&T
The
haven" wherein nonjudgmental listening
is
the key to
assisting those
who
seek advice on topics
including sin, estrangement from the church, divorce and even decent housing this, along with two talks a week and Mass every Wednesday.
ordained into the Order of Friars Minor in September
—
1969.
Father as-
signment was as an
With
assistant pastor at
all
of
this,
Father Canino never Elizabeth lost sight, of his Church in Wyckoff, Franciscan Father Louis Canino dream for a prayer N.J. Two years center. later, he was transWith the help and generosity of ferred to St Anthony's Shrine in Boston, the Friends of the Franciscans, St. Mass. Here, he shared the ministry with Francis Springs Prayer Center is fast 55 other friars for five years. Energized becoming a reality. Resting on 140 witii a master's degree in pastoral counselacres, it is located about 30 miles north ing, Father Canino was sent to St. Joseph of Greensboro. When completed, it Monastery, Wilkes Barre, Pa., where he will have as its base meeting facilities, served as pastor and director for six years. scheduled conferences and a Justice Then, as he tells it, a very reluctant yet and Peace component. Its purpose will obedient Father Canino, who had dreams be to "provide a peaceful atmosphere of a prayer center, was reassigned to St. for prayer and contemplation that has Anthony's Shrine as rector. life changing possibilities for people of This was to become for him a very different faith traditions, all in the strong conversion experience as he met spirit of St. Francis." and embraced his personal leper this, in the persons of the dirty, needy people At the same time its mission is to sensitize all to the social justice teachings of waiting in the bread line outside his church. It was a time of de-institutionalthe Gospel and the church. ization of patients with mental illnesses Already there are bookings for the who had nowhere to go. And where year 2002 from churches in the Diocese of Charlotte, the Diocese of Richmond and there had been no bread line when he left the Diocese of Raleigh. Another important St. Anthony's Shrine in 1976, upon his St.
—
was now a line of 150 to 200 people per day. Motivated by Father Canino, community and religious leaders, combined
factor
with the efforts of the Franciscan
be asked to give four to six hours per week
downtown Boston
to
and feed the homeless. Suitably, this was named St. Francis House. Father Canino was named one of the codirectors of this facility, where he served until
1989.
Two
months
into a year's sabbatical,
Father Canino was called by his provin-
was then that he first expressed his view on the need for a "prayer center." Yet again, reluctantly but in complete obedience to his superiors, Father Canino came to Greensboro to establish The Franciscan cial. It
the
and higher educa-
while Alexia Kelly of the Catholic
tion,
Four campus ministers from the Dio-
is
cese of Charlotte attended the institute as
team members or
The campus
participants.
warmly
re-
Prayer, reflection, community, fun and hospitality were key elements of this institute.
ministers were
and
sources for implementation of Catholic
In addition to gathering for
daily prayer
and the Ignatian examen,
welcomed at the opening liturgy presided by Bishop W. Francis Malooly,
the participants were publicly welcomed
the Archdiocese of Baltimore's newest
Our Queen Cathedral
Among those in attendance was Dr. Mary Pat Suerkamp, president of the College of Notre Dame of auxiliary bishop.
Maryland.
The institute's pedagogical component began in dialogue with Dr. Monica Hellwig, who reflected on the "shattered experience" of post-modern Catholic students.
She urged campus ministers
to
by the worshipping community of Mary in Baltimore.
Harold Ridley, president of Loyola College of Maryland, and President Mary Pat Suerkamp of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland Jesuit Father
hosted the institute for various recep-
and dinners.
tions
The goal tute
is
table
of the Frank
J. Lewis Instiwelcoming, hospi-
to provide a
environment where new campus
create places of trust in which Catholics
ministers can relax, have fun and
may
deeply reflect upon their
own
for this ministry. It
about helping and their
practice
nity.
"We
ers,"
she
commitment and commu-
are called to be bridge build-
said.
them
Msgr. John Strynkowski discussed the implementation of "Ex Corde Ecclesia," the 1990 apostolic constitution by Pope John Paul II establishing worldwide norms for Catholic colleges and universities, and the ecumenical theology of "Dominus Iesus," the recent Vatican document which emphasized Christ as the unique savior. Greg "Dobie" Moser supplied the group with a portrait of the "millennial generation" and urged the campus ministers to become familiar with family systems and addiction in order to assist young adults in their developmental tasks toward mature adulthood. Dr. Michael Galligan-Steirle, assistant secretary for the U.S. Catholic Conference's Campus Ministry & Higher Education department, stated that the goal of campus ministry is simply for all Catholics on campus to grow in faith. He emphasized the gift of campus ministry to higher education.
'We must stand
at this crossroads
of
and culture with confident modesty," he said. Pete Rogers helped the participants faith
is
more
giftedness
to actualize these gifts
upon
potential, reflecting
this in the
awareness of God's abundance grace in their lives, on campus and in the church
community.
Frank Catholic
Lewis was
J.
who
evangelization. J.
devoted
Church's work of
assist the Catholic
Frank
a
established a foundation to
The
eastern and western
Lewis Institutes, supported in Frank J. Lewis Foundation,
part by the
have helped train thousands of campus ministers in their service to the church.
The next Frank
— East Notre
J.
Lewis Institute
will be held at the College of
Dame
of Maryland June 17-24,
The next Frank J. Lewis Institute West will be June 6-15, 2002, in San
2002.
—
Diego,
Calif.
For more information, send e-mail to cmmcdermott@charlottediocese.org. Colleen McDermott is director of campus and young adult ministriesfor the Diocese of Charlotte. She serves as director for East in tlie Frank J. Lewis Institute
—
collaboration with
tlie
Campus Ministry
& Higher Education.
U.S. bishops' office of
that people of other faith traditions
are validating the need for this type of
prayer center in the Triad area.
who join this worthwhile effort will
All
at
The
lose
its
Franciscan Center which will not
importance
To
shelter
shelter
for justice
social teaching principles.
from the Catholic University in Washington, D.C, Father Canino was
vated a building in
Dan Ruff provided
Jesuit Father
framework
ministers.
According to Father Canino, he renumerous calls from within and outside of the Diocese of Charlotte, from Catholics and non-Catholics alike, with a variety of questions on spirituality. This
—
ceives
After graduating
the generosity of friends, bought and reno-
July
vices offered practical guidelines
help.
bank," a "Catholic
and
28 campus ministers from across
From
Frank J. Lewis Institute East, an eightday orientation program for new campus
weekend
makes
friars
10-17,
ministers.
College of Notre Dame of Maryland for the
New
return there
Institute has
new campus
services to other area parishes in need of
he was
first
Lewis
served
years passed, Father Canino expanded his
St. Francis.
Canino's
—
Campaign for Human Development and Eileen Emerson of Catholic Relief Ser-
As
ing onto the spiritu-
of
J.
the country gathered in Baltimore at the
State University.
able to begin grasp-
ality
BALTIMORE years, the Frank
answer this question: "How do we accompany our flock in the process of becoming morally mature?" to
News & Herald For nearly 30
the
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Jersey. Here,
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see
3)
would seem to be the fourth day of John's narrative. However, as Hahn points out, if John means the third day after the days
day"
Hahn dem-
creation: "the next day"
(1:43),
already mentioned, this would, in
onstrate step-by-step, passage-by-passage,
fact,
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place of Mary in Christian thought.
always his strength
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Reflecting St. Augustine's premise that
the
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petty point
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Shortly, both biblical texts refer to the cre-
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That evening, the house where
I
sat
on the roof of
we were
staying
and, in awe, looked toward the dwell-
ing of Jorge
—
lifting
my
gaze high
QUESTION: When
the difficulty of the people's living
has humbling yourself
conditions. In one of the highest colonias, we visited several times
brought you a sense of God's presence and pleasure? How does our lifestyle
with a young boy, Jorge, and his mother and two sisters. Jorge had
discourage the practice of humility?
Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Sept. 2-7
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ognize the similarities of the opening of the
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Blake Nelson's brutal modern-
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Editorials The Goodness
Speaks
in
Today's Youth
the emphasis in the newspapers these days
The Bottom
on school crime and bullying, along with drugs, crazy dressing and disrespect for peers and teachers alike, people
Line
With
The Pope
August 31, 2001
& Columns
all
are judging youngsters to be a generation out of control. I
think that judgment
is
And
skewed.
think the
I
media are to blame, if there's a choice between running a story on trouble or on youths doing good, guess which one wins out? The bad news, of course. I would like to suggest that everyone take a month to focus on what the majority of young people are really like,
POPE JOHN PAUL
II
activities that
convinced that
ably good,
Morning prayer helps
so many of them take on. I we would find young people remarkespecially when called upon deliberately or
looking into the
am
than 100 of us showing up.
selves or others.
nieces
As one example,
Woman." The
a daily newspaper in
my area carried
story
was about
who were
six teen-agers
boating on a river, planning a leisurely day in the sun.
wickedness, says pope JOHN THAVIS
Paul
and she
News Service (CNS) Pope John page from the Book of Psalms to
Catholic
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VATICAN CITY
used a illustrate the value of prayer in daily life. After listening to a sung version of Psalm 86, on "human wickedness and divine providence," the pope explained the scriptural passage for several thousand people attending his weekly general audience Aug. 22. He said that, in contrasting the evil of the sinner with the goodness of God, the psalmist had described the intensity of both realities. The sinner is seen planning wickedness even before he rises from his bed in the morning, while God's desire for man is depicted with images of generous love, bounty, life and light. "God's love is characterized by faithfulII
ness, tenderness, justice
and providential care
of his creatures. The psalmist used the images of food, drink and light as tokens of the gifts that God gives us, leading ultimately to a share in divine life itself," the pope said. "Praying this psalm helps us to face the challenges of daily life with trust in God's loving care and protection," he said. He suggested that morning prayer is a good way to orient oneself spiritually before heading out into the "not always straight streets" of con-
temporary life. "Every time a day of work and human relations begins, there are two fundamental attitudes one can take: Choosing good or giving in to evil," he said. In remarks in English, the pope also greeted delegates of a South African ecumenical center in Cape Town and offered a prayer for increased unity
among
Christians.
Pope John Paul
II
—
(CNS) recent wave of
Italy
protested a
arrests of Christians in Lebanon, saying the
move
illustrated the risks facing
democracy
in
the Middle East country. During a noon blessing at his summer residence outside Rome
Aug.
19, the
pope recalled Lebanon's long
later,
They got
said, yes,
closer to ask her
his-
tory of internal divisions and said he wanted to remind the country's leaders that "the values of democracy and national sovereignty must not
be sacrificed to the political interests of the moment." He said the recent arrests of antiSyrian Christians were symptomatic of the serious political tensions that "block national dialogue" in Lebanon.
if
she was
she was just swimming.
A
all right,
litde while
they noticed she was struggling to get hold of a
slippery boulder
— and
that she
was
fully clothed.
Again
how
blessed
we
are in them.
A summer issue of Modern Maturity looked into the young people and reported: "Surprise! Today's most optimistic, hard-working generation since World War II. You hear a lot on the news about bad kids. But when you look at this group as a whole, what you truth about
teens are the
other boat with a group
an overwhelming majority of great kids." new book called "Millennials," authors Neil Howe and William Strauss write, 'This can-do youth revolution
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will
they called out to her, and she said she didn't need help.
The youths were
unconvinced.
They found
an-
who had a cell phone, called and decided to go back themselves to check on her. They noticed that their fuel was low, but took a chance anyway. When they got close to her, seeing she was in trouble, some of the boys swam to the rock to hold her, while the others lashed a water-ski tow rope from the boat to a tree to hold her. They stayed with her, keeping her safe until 1
firefighters arrived. Later, the
woman,
see
is
In a
overwhelm the cynics and the
authors have
it
pessimists."
think the
I
right.
67, told police she
had been walking by the river and fell in. Without the brave and caring action of these teen-agers, she might not have survived the ordeal. I had a firsthand experience with some great youths this summer when we had a family reunion with more
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phor,
Guest
that
Column
it's
like
being so impressed with the motorcade
we fail to see the dignitary who rides in it. The 54 verses of Chapter 4 of John's Gospel
tells
us that Jesus initiates a face-to face contact, and that
Jesus welcomes the people
The
disciples,
whom
the
woman
brings.
on the other hand, don't drive the
Samaritans away as they did with the children,
FATHER JOHN AURILIA,
OFM
C.
Cap.
Guest Columnist
Prejudice: Handle with Care
The
is not an issue of an American issue. St. John the Evangelist dedicates a full chapter (Chapter 4) of his Gospel to the reality of welcoming the outsid-
explosive issue of prejudice
the 21st century or, even
Pope protests Lebanese army's wave of arrests of Christians CASTEL GANDOLFO,
ones, realizing
Unexpectedly, they spotted a woman's head bobbing in the water.
By
To our surprise, some of the and nephews put a newspaper together in honor of the occasion. They called it The Family Buzz, and the tone was one ofjoyful celebration. Most of us just thanked the good Lord for our young
unexpectedly to achieve something important for them-
a story recendy headlined 'Teens Save Life of Elderly
orient people against
ANTOINETTE BOSCO CNS Columnist
less,
perhaps, Jesus did what he did
when
or,
the disciples
were not present, thank God. Later on, the disciples learned to let the Master be the Master. Does this Master want a Samaritan on board? So be it. We don't know if they were happy about it. One of the fragile connections between "us" and "them" is that one of us or one of them is in denial. God knows which one! We do engage in a dialogue sometimes, and I wonder if the dialogue is simply academic and superficial, a face-to face encounter, or even better, heart-to-heart sharing.
When
a Methodist minister refused to
come
to the
ers.
platform because a Unitarian clergyman was already
Serb-Kosovo, Palestinian-Israeli, Black-White, Brown-Hispanic, gender bias, class bias, age bias, religious bias and, back to the New Testament times, JewSamaritan. Traveling in Samaritan territory, Jesus speaks to a Samaritan woman. Jewish-Samaritan hatred began when the Samaritans, who had been carried off into exile, allowed Alexander the Great to build them a temple on Mount Gezerim. Probably by John's time, there was sizeable contingent of Samaritan Christians. John reminds the Jewish Christians that Jesus himself had bridged that hatred. easily miss the point of the Gospel's story if we become enchanted by the artistry of the marvelous dialogue and interaction between Jesus and the woman. The real power of this event is that Jesus makes a sacrament of the ordinary things of our daily lives. Notice, for instance, the symbolism of the well and the water.
Father Taylor, "the rum-free evangelist," fell to knees and prayed, "O Lord, deliver us here in Boston from bad rum and bigotry. Thou knowest, O Lord, which is worse." History tells us that the three most important things in life are to be kind, then to be kind, then to be kind again. I personally like Mark Twain's advice: "I am quite sure that I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it. I can stand any there, his
society. All that
being, that
is
I
care to
enough
know
is
that a
for me; he can't be
man
is
human
any worse."
We
John's trees are so splendid that
we
easily miss his
Wouldn't it be ironic to tell the story of what Jesus did and to miss the point? To change the metaforest.
Capuchin Father John C. Aurilia Conception Church in Hendersonville.
is
pastor of Immaculate
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August 31, 2001
counselors begged to
One
Light
my
Seems
differ.
that in
computer speak
10 percent grade had been translated as 100 percent.
And
Candle
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& Columns
Editorials
certainly
anyone with a 100 percent
trigonometry must be
gifted. It
in
Coming of Age
advanced
took a while, but
I
finally
escaped mathematics.
newfound report card and recom-
Recently, with the
mendations in hand, I decided to confront my Mom. "Why," I argued, "did you and Dad ignore the teacher's recommendation?" I concluded by saying, 'You know, Mom, I might have had a veiy different life and career with
MSGR. JIM LISANTE
an
Guest Columnist
do math." She listened to my protests with a Then, she laughed. "What are you laughing at?"
AMY WELBORN
ability to
stoic face.
CNS
Columnist
"At you, dear, of course."
Letting
It
Go
so
through a box of old, forgotten school records, I recently found a report card from my childhood. It had my marks in math and the verbal skills from the first through the sixth grade. Most of my grades were pretty decent, but Sifting
during the sixth grade, my math scores start to take a dip. Attached to the card is a notification that some math tutoring might help. I never did get that tutoring. In fact, I just struggled on, trying to make sense out of the wonder-
world of the so-called "new math." Finding that report card and recommendation from my teachers, addressed to my parents, made me wonder: ful
Why hadn't they gotten me the suggested math tutoring? mean, truth be told, math remained a constant difficulty sometimes with comic me straight through school
I
—
for
then, gently, she let
In one case,
I
was mistakenly placed
in
an honors class
of advanced trigonometry. Protesting the placement, I was told by my high school guidance counselor that I'd have to
remain
listed in the class for
attended or not
the whole term whether
At the end of the year,
I
I
received a 10 in the
Seems the final had a gift question that you couldn't get wrong, so even someone who didn't take the test could
course.
complaining. "What
Moving on
to college after that debacle,
I
found
been placed in advanced mathematics once again. protested that
had no particular
I
'You know, Jim,
it.
could've been
I
...
what
I
much
should' ve
And the truth is what might have happened if we surely do make some mistakes. I mean, we only learned how to do the job by doing the job. Somewhere along the line, you guys have to let go of all the blame, all the perceived missed opportunities, all the worbeen
how
rying about
it
your lives." She reminded
could have been different, and just live
me
without great math derful
life.
of the obvious: 'You know, even
ability,
Can't you see
you've really enjoyed a won-
you do have
all
— and
stop
complaining about what you don't?"
Mom
right.
is
mistakes our folks
Too
we
often,
look at
made and spend
more egregious
Of course,
all
the perceived
a lot of time in the
parents deserve
criti-
But for most of us, I suspect, our parents did a whole lot more right than wrong. It's important to acknowledge mistakes in our lives, those made by others that affected us and those that we made ourselves. Yet at some point, we've got to let go drop the resentment, extend forgiveness, and move ahead. Letting the past swallow up the future is an awful waste of
cism
in
cases.
—
Sometimes you are just tired, aren't you? It seems the treadmill never stops for you to get
Msgr. Jim Lisante
I
off,
even for just a few minutes.
is
director
of The
God does.
Sure.
You might
you take one. Maybe
Christophers.
because of the church's position that
with conception. Doesn 't the church tion between the
the
womb when
human
itself make
Question
It's
Corner
begins
it
is
many
dignity of the
is
Columnist
"consonant with the
God
body."
not be possible.
other Christian communities
than an inch long until
many weeks after conception, it
ministered with an invocation of the Holy Trinity.
burial
say normally because in
may
possible for a miscarriage to occur several days before
either the
mother or physician
Furthermore,
full
is
aware of it.
Catholic funeral
rites,
appropriate and
common
refer,
—
provided for in the church's "Order of Christian
Clarification
We
Mormon after
"I
on Mormon Baptisms
beliefs in
that,
relation to Christian faith. Shortly
our daily paper reported that
Mor-
mon
baptisms (for the living) are not considered valid by the Catholic Church. Is that true? (Ohio)
A. Your local newspaper was correct. In July the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ruled that baptism conferred by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints is not a valid Christian baptism. The Vatican newspaper announcing the ruling noted that the Catholic Church teaches the validity of baptism in
as
I
When
are received into
explained in the column to which you
Christian teachings have significantly different
—
only appears to be Trinitarian. said the Vatican article, believe the Father
"an exalted man, originating from another planet, who acquired his divine status through a death similar to is
human
death," the necessary
way
the Father has a wife,
becoming divine. the Heavenly Mother,
to
whom
he shares responsibility for creation," the article continued, and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are their children. Mormons teach baptism is not a sacrament established by Jesus Christ, it said, but was begun by God,
and the
first
to be baptized
In that context,
God
rest
is
ordering you to take It actually
has a
or two.
was Adam.
Mormon
baptism could not be what
Christians believe this sacrament to be.
Afree brochure answering questions Catholics ask about the
it
more
own
personality and character
fully reflects his
image.
In other words, you're busy doing lots of good stuff
ad-
for
Spirit"
"God
rites for children.
are grateful for your enlightening column on
we read
is
Mormons. The Mormon baptism formula baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the
Holy
with Q.
many
meanings
Mormons,
Other ceremonies, with prayers and Scripture read-
Funerals" in the section on funeral
the sacrament
members of these communities
However,
after a miscarriage.
ings chosen to meet the particular needs of family and friends, are
when
the Catholic Church, they are not re-baptized.
including
Mass, are celebrated for children whose parents intended them to be baptized, but who died before baptism (Canons 1 176 and 1 183). Since it is not required that the body of the deceased be present, a funeral or memorial Mass is
a break. Rest.
to develop your
so that
baptized
com-
be exact.
If you think about it, the work you do during the week is all about joining with God in his continued work of creation. You're using the gifts he's given you to bring good things like beauty, justice, healing and love to bloom in the world. You're cooperating with
FATHER JOHN DIETZEN
CNS
it
one of the Ten Commandments, to be taken
spiritual basis
some instances baptism and For example, since the fetus is
I
less
human
is
familiar:
actual, real, carved-in-stone
third, to
about being lazy or mindless.
isn't
other) hospitals, deceased fetuses nor-
mally are given proper burial as
an
The Sabbath
status
mistaken. According to directives followed in
Catholic (and
sounds
just as seriously as the others.
a distinc-
Christian burial after a miscarriage? (Louisiana) A. I don't know where you received your information,
but
It's
Take
ridicule
life
not
is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in not do any work" (Exodus 20:8-10).
shall
mandment. The
of human life in and out of does not require a baptism, funeral or
moral it
and
this
God
he has issued orders
rest,
seventh day
Yup.
opposition
be surprised to learn that
only believes you deserve a
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the
ability for the subject,
The Church's Position on When Human Life Begins much
school's
—
you
Q. Catholics receive
And now
and you know what that means: six or seven teachers, each under the distinct impression that you are only taking this one class. Whatever the gender breakdown, the story's the same: homework, tests, quizzes, projects and papers seemingly all due the same week. Then you've got sports, drama, music or dance practice, or any combination of the above. You might also have a job. You definitely have a home, meaning a room to keep reasonably clean, household chores to do and that fun thing called "family dynamics" to deal with. Can't a kid get a break? Doesn't anyone believe kids deserve a rest once in a while? starting again,
that
lifetime.
I'd
When
Can't a Kid Get a Break?
....'
...
that as parents
a
get a 10 percent.
me have
of the boomers in your generation do so
"second-guessing" game.
results.
still
And many
But the
fact remains, you're
not God. You're not
charge of the world. Sometimes, when we're really tend to think that the busy, we tend to forget that.
in
We
world's turning depends on us and our efforts.
Taking a break is an act of humility. When we on Sunday, we're telling God that we know he's really in charge and that we'll give this day over to remembering that and thanking him for it. Honoring God this way is just part of the reason you should take a break from work on Sunday. The
rest
other reason
is
that
it's
God's
gift to
pretty ungrateful to turn your back on
you, and
it's
it.
God knows you better than you know yourseff, and this gift of the Sabbath shows that he loves you a whole lot too. He knows you need a day where, as much as possible, you'll push schoolwork from your mind, stop worrying about games, performances and a day when you can just relax with your paycheck your friends and family and maybe even all by yourself, if that's what you really need. So, the next time Sunday rolls around, try taking
—
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seriously. Offer a
home and
prayer of gratitude at Mass,
enjoy that Sabbath rest without
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18 The Catholic News & Herald
August 31, 2001
Around the Diocese
Three awarded Eagle Scout rank Salisbury parish gathers to at Greensboro court of honor Eagle To rank GREENSBORO — The Eagle Scout
achieve the
Court of Honor for Boy Scout Troop 107 was called to order Aug. 14 at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Greensboro, where three young men were awarded the rank of
one must complete a
Eagle Scout. Drew Wofford, a freshman at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, developed for his Eagle Scout project a recycling
housing
program
at
Dolan Manor,
facility associated
with
St.
Pius
a
X
Church in Greensboro. He is the son of Tita and Tom Wofford and plans to Catholic
*
major in pre-med. David Girguis designed and built mobile planter boxes for gardening for residents at Friend's Home West. The son of Mary Girguis, he is a freshman at North Carolina State University in Raleigh will
major
who
in biology.
Joseph Simkins landscaped an area at Jefferson
Elementary School and
built four
the troop and carry out a service project to benefit the
community.
Boy Scout Troop
currently serves
more than 45 youth from age
12 to 18.
A
new Venture Unit is being organized this fall for young men and women ages 13 to 18.
Cub Scout Pack 107 is also very active and serves boys from age 6 to 11.
Scoutmaster honored with St. George Award
GREENSBORO
— Ken
Shahbaz,
scoutmaster of Troop 107, St. Paul the Aposde Catholic Church, was recendy presented the St George Award. A national award given by the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, the award recognizes adults involved in scouting
made
outdoor area for study programs and lunch. Simkins is a junior at Northwest Guilford High School and is the son of Jan and Scott Simkins. Troop 107 is chartered by St Paul the Apostle Church, where Oblates of St. Francis de Sales James O'Neill serves as pastor. Father O'Neill opened the court with prayer and a talk about doing a good deed daily, the building of character and scouting as an integral part of youth minis-
youth.
By BETTE
Scout,
who have
a significant contribution to Catholic
Shahbaz has been active in the community of Greensboro, serving on several nonprofit boards of directors and at St. Paul the Aposde Church. While he has served as scoutmaster, 12 boys have received the "Ad Altari Dei" Religious Award, and since 1995, 16 young men have achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. For more information on scouting, call Ken Shahbaz at (336) 574-1438 or e-mail him at kshabaz@mindspring.com.
BARTHOLOMEW
Correspondent
of 21 merit
badges, hold leadership positions within
picnic tables that will give students an
try in the Catholic Church.
of
minimum
support local youngster —
SALISBURY Washko,
plucky
Samantha
5-year-old girl fighting a battle with a rare form of leukemia, quietly played games with her mother, Nancy, at a
little
Brenner
Winston-Salem's
Children's Hospital, while the community of Salisbury and environs united in prayer and blood typing hoping to find the necessary combination for a bone marrow transplant. Once again, Sacred Heart Parish of Salisbury pulled together as a unit as they joined the family of Steve and Nancy Washko in hoping for a miracle for Samantha. Samantha's family had called
when they found out Samantha needed the transplant. Parishioner Nancy Weber organized the drive with the Washkos. The American Red Cross was Sacred Heart that
blood typing people Aug. 14 at the church hall in order to find the per-
match for Samantha's bone marrow. They had planned on 150 to 200 donors. In a few hours, they had long gone past the estimate. Supplies and money were running out and the crowds still came. Organizers contacted Rick Hendrick, a Charlotte businessman and also a leukemia patient, who had already donated but agreed to pay for typing 250 more donors. fect
The Community Marrow Donor Program was with
also involved early
on
aid.
Salisbury
Academy,
Samantha had registered
where for kin-
dergarten, joined in active support of the drive. Under Barbara Casey's leadership, there was a rosary every two hours upstairs in the church for
Samantha's intention.
While people stood in line they pulled money out of their pockets and cell-phoned friends for financial aid. In all they raised $13,750. "It can be expensive $73 to tissue type a donor," said Cathy
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Padre
The Catholic News & Herald 19
Around the Diocese
people twice a day.
Pio,
come
then he would
—
he was one of us ing a little tobacco.
from page 5
He was
room
want
to ask
go
to
him and
to confession,'
kneel down.'
matter with you? I
said,
said,
I
I
with Father Aurilia in Hendersonville.
you so neryou can read
And
In
it
was
in
Pio's miracles
it
his humanity.
—
performing his duties as
a secretary that Father Aurilia found his life
changing.
He was
Father Aurilia wishes that
.fact,
biographers and those interested in Padre
beautiful confession."
But
the simplicity, the humility, the inner
spirituality.
assigned to answer
would also pay attention to "Those books miss the point
Padre Pio was great
We
make ordinary
ity:
also secretaries to handle letters in French,
nary, not vice versa.
German and
letters that
ance.
age of Jesus, the image of St. Francis. He was not a great preacher [m words], but he would preach without words. He was
Pio's help in
letter,
but
what Francis
responding to
contained requests for guidall
if necessary
all
the television
contacted
God, so much suffering in the world, and Padre Pio had to pray for all of them. And he was so simple, so humorous, he was one of us. I experienced during that mondi of that he could read
On
which Padre Pio was famous. Father Aurilia replied things, such as bilocation, for
that he hadn't.
minds and
"Don't
want to go back to teaching. One day I went to him to ask how to answer a letter, and he said, You're going back to Vico Del Gargano.' I had never told him what I was thinking." I
"
show "Unsolved Mysteries" him to learn if Father Aurilia had witnessed any of the more spectacular
the letters changed
in
hearts.
'Preach every day, and
tioned in Virginia, a representative from
my life," Father Aurilia said. "So much faith
August
said,
use words.'
Once, when Father Aurilia was sta-
the letters before
they were mailed. "Just reading
a real
Most of The
answered every
Padre Pio blessed
He had
Franciscan attitude. This guy was the im-
the letters were requests for prayers.
sought Padre
things extraordi-
English. Padre Pio
received sacks of mail every day.
secretaries
in the
ordinary things, the Franciscan spiritual-
the Italian correspondence, but there were
Spanish,
1
—
'OK,
are
Helax. Enjoy'
thousands
If I didn't see
would say, 'What's the difference?' He was just like any of us like Father John pSalvas] or Brother Michael [Malloy]," who serve
"What's the
said,
Why
1 heard that
said,
and he
hearts,'
was a
Tather,
He had a kneeler in his room.
was trembling, and he vous?'
said,
and he
and
cracking a joke, snuff-
of people packing the church, his
famous, but
into the seminary
CNS FILE PHOTO
didn't
another occasion, a
woman
asked
whether her son should become a doctor or a priest Father Aurilia says, 'Padre Pio
Tell her he can be a medical doctor,' and he had not seen the letter." However, he refused to be relegated to said,
the role of fortuneteller.
When
a
woman
asked him what the weather would be during her upcoming ocean voyage he re-
'You ask me? Check the weatherman." Father Aurilia chuckles at the memory.
plied,
After Padre Pio's period of isolation,
people packed the churches
when he
seen in this undated file photo. The priest known worldwide for his holiness and mystical experience of the faith died in 1968.
Padre Pio
is
Mass, even when Mass was at 4 a.m. At first, he celebrated Mass in the monastery church, which held about 300 people. Then the monastery built a church that accommodated 2,000 people, and that one was packed as
And
Aurilia recalls that,
would nudge him
to
said.
The
remind him to
continue with the Mass.
Mass had been one of the things that made his isolation bearable. Celebrating Mass alone, he could Meditation during
said to him,
You
had a good time.' He praised the pope, and he never complained about the situation."
He was
stayed in that," Father Aurilia
"We
were persecuted.' He
well.
the Masses were not short. 'Tie
had a priest to assist him, because he would begin to meditate and he would have priest
meditate as long as he wished. Father said, TSTo,
I
always humble.
'Fame had no affect on him," Father Aurilia said. "He was convinced that all those people came to where he was to honor Jesus. He was right When we say Mass, we act 'in persona Christi,' in the person of Christ. He was personifying Jesus so beautifully that people were coming to experience Jesus through him.
"He opened the window
to bless the
said
The
TV rep
"Unsolved Mysteries" apparently wasn't interested in reporting on the quieter times, such as Padre Pio's prayer life. "I never saw anyone on earth praying so many rosaries," Father Aurilia said. "He
was in constant prayer. Like St Francis, he was not praying, he was the prayer the intensity of prayer. When he was praying, he was in it in another world. He would sometimes spend all night in prayer. He was working in the garden he was saying the
—
—
He didn't waste any time." He couldn't afford to. He prayed for everyone who asked for his prayers, including asking God to heal cancer victims rosary.
and give him the cancer. 'Padre Pio had influence
my
vocation stronger
that
I
was going
to see
—
him as
Accepting
L.
St.
Francis.
He was
people, always happy."
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Twin transplant surgeons say
Deacon derives strength
faith in
from dedication to Jesus He went
ALESHA M. PRICE
By
Staff Writer
—
HIGH POINT
Jesus' presence has
of rough times during his
He and
some
life.
By ELLIE HIDALGO
back to work as an operator
cians at St. Vincent Medical Center in
for
TVs
and
radios.
He
received his
first
try as he traveled to High Point, N.C., to perform inspections.
Smith children
when
accident
adolescent,
lost their
Joe was
16.
and the
mother to a car Mr. Smith had
A new position brought him,
and work nearly 16-hour days
Carolina in 1955.
delphia cotton mill to support his family. Visits to the chapel in his Catholic
him to complete his high school years, where he found classes difficult Also, being an altar boy and serving at early morning Masses helped to start his day in the mindset of God. His father, a daily communicant, was helped
He
could not stay for
Mass but would receive before heading to work every morning.
the Eucharist right
an early role model.
his wife
War
company
The
family immediately
had the same response. At least five people came up to me later and men-
school graduation at
World
the start of
parts
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in High Point. Nearly 30 years would pass before Smith would hear the words "permanent diaconate," but when he did, the suggestion came from all sides. "When it (the permanent diaconate) first came out, I never paid attention to it. My wife said, Why don't you sign up?' I said, 'I don't want to be a deacon.' My son called and asked me the same thing, and I
high
After
TV
and two sons to North
settled in at
high
young Joe Smith grounded and
school kept
as a quality control su-
pervisor from another
to raise his family of eight as a single parent in a Phila-
tioned
the
same
1941, Joe
thing," recalled Rev.
went to work in a machine shop, and
Mr. Smith. "Some-
shortly thereafter, entered the Army
speaks
for nearly four years.
people."
II in
times,
my
I
For Rev. Mr. it was a continuation of some of the volunteer work
ties.
Smith,
did not have
Rev. Mr. Joe
my
remembered Rev. Mr. Smith. the brunt of the unit's jokes at
because he would say his prayers on
bended knees. After a while, the other men began to develop an affinity for the devout cradle Catholic. fact that
"I
really appreciated the
they respected
my
prayer
life.
Someone would yell, 'Hey, Smitty's praying' and the room would get quiet I always thank God that I was able to stay close to him."
England to the
Army
officer's orderly.
At a
Air Force as an
dance, he
soulmate. Joe courted Jean,
who
met
his
converted
to Catholicism before marriage, and they
became husband and wife
in
her
home
country of England. After his release from service in 1946,
he and his wife moved back to Philadelphia and were welcomed home with their own
neighborhood
"ticker tape" type
welcome.
greeted with shouts, streamers
honor of his new bride. "As old as I am now, I can still visualize the flags and neighbors out shouting. Jean really felt like she was a part and refreshments
of the family."
Smith
he had been doing before being ordained. A few years later, his wife of 43 years died from complications of diabetes. He lost his life companion and best friend but ex-
all
is
belief in
God
integral to their work.
"Every time you see someone recover and do well, you know it's by the grace of God," Robert Mendez told The Tidings, newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese. He said that on surgery days, he turns to God. "I just say to myself, I know he's guiding my hand. Though I have to look after the patient, I know there is someone above looking after the patient," he said. Both received their callings as transplant surgeons as young adults. Robert Mendez assisted in one of the earliest kidney transplants in California history while attending medical school at the University of California San Francisco. There, he witnessed a woman's recovery from death's door to
life.
was so incredible to see this dramatic change in this dying woman to a healthy woman in two weeks. It became evident to me that this was the field of the future," he
Christi
He
Church
said.
noted trumpeter Rafael Mendez, asked a surgeon friend to allow his sons to observe an operation. The experience made such an impression on the younger Rafael that he decided then that medical school was for him. "It was just amazing. There was no question in my mind after that, that I wanted to be a surgeon," Rafael
days was 50 percent.
"We would sometimes sleep in the bed next to the patients through the first few nights just to make sure they would get through it," he said. In time, the brothers were ambng those leading the way in curtailing the rejection rates of donated organs.
Acceptance rates are percent for those
who
now
at
90
receive an or-
gan from a relative. Hospital stays following transplant surgery average four days, compared to 32 days in the Rafael Mendez said one element of his job that he enjoys is seeing the generosity exhibited by others. "It is remarkable to see the coming together of people for totally humanitarian purposes in their donation," he said. "Everybody, regardless of their religion, ultimately grasps this sense of being a part of something much, much bigger than who we are here on this particular day," he said. Rafael Mendez, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said his faith sustains him, particularly
"Many
said.
The pioneering work of the Mendez twins, who began working at Vincent's in 1969, helped make the medical center into the most acSt.
in Pacific Palisades.
said the success rate in those
early years.
"It
Mendez
The brothers recalled the early days of transplant surgery, when the patient's life expectancy was low and the government and insurance companies refused to cover the costs of the new procedures. Those days "took great patience and great faith," said Robert Mendez, a longtime parishioner at Corpus
when
a patient dies.
times, the realization
is
done everything that is known at this time and that maybe he's being called back by a power that you've
greater than you," he said.
some relief at her passing. "Some people look at me strangely when I say this, but I am glad she passed away. I didn't want her to be in pain anymore. When someone you love is sick, why would you want him or her to suffer?
perienced
"I
'Trench foot," a condition similar to frostbite which can lead to amputation, removed the young soldier from combat, and after being hospitalized, he was sent to
They were
work with
other diaconate du-
in
time
a
He was first
was
Los Angeles, said their
operations.
In high school, the twins' father,
prison inmates and
rosary in
hand,"
other
and nursing home patients,
can't re-
member when
I
Lord you
path to ministerial work with hospital
try of France.
I
to
Ordination in 1983 cleared the
chine gun in the cold, wet trenches in the unfamiliar coun-
'When
the
through
His four months in combat were spent mostly behind a ma-
combat,
— Twin
Corporation as a quality control inspector
exposure to the Southern part of the coun-
when he was an
LOS
western United States. Last year, medical staff performed more than 280 transplant tive transplant center in the
brothers Rafael and Robert Mendez, who both work as transplant physi-
lean
sion
News Service ANGELES (CNS)
machine shop where he worked before the war. He later had a couple of odd jobs when he began working for the Philco
nights without dinner during the Depres-
his siblings experienced
God sustains their work
Catholic
at the
always been a source of strength and inspiration to Rev. Mr. Joe Smith who has seen his fair share
August 31, 2001
Living the faith
fully in
thank
God
that he took her peace-
her sleep in the hospital."
The
grandfather of three works for the
YMCA part time as a desk clerk five days a week, performs his ministry for his
home
and attends Mass at Christ the King Church in High Point every morning.
parish
"A lot of people don't realize that I am an ordained minister, and we are a part of the hierarchy of the church. I take my position in the church seriously," said Rev. Mr. Smith, who remarked that his wife remains his greatest inspiration. 'The permanent diaconate put me more in focus with the Lord, and I gained a whole new purpose."
CNS photo
in
Contact Staff Writer Alesha
M.
Price by calling (704) 370-3354 or email amprice@charlottediocese. org.
Rafael and Robert
Mendez work
by Ellie Hidalqo, The Tidings
as transplant surgeons at St. Vincent
Los Angeles. The well-recognized work of the twin brothers has helped make the hospital the most active transplant center in Medical Center
in
the western United States.