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Western North Carolina

the Diocese of Charlotte

Inside Pope asks Bush to reject

stem-cell

funding ...

Page 7

Maryfield

announces

$50 million expansion ...

Page

Local News Enthronement equals evangelization for Sacred

Heart devotee ...

Page

Women of color, women of faith

Deacon fulfills lifelong call to

Photos by Alesha M. Price

serve

By ...

Page

ALESHA M. PRICE

CHARLOTTE ter of Mary

Every Week "

Entertainment

& Columns ...

Franciscan Sis-

has been a long

The

been a

woman religious for 55 of her 77 years

and

a founding

member of the

Sisters'

based in Washington lived

Pages 12-13

see other black Catholic

Catholic

and

religious,

was a

and

its,

Gathering of Black

areas of the country

think

and the new, and the present some donned in their hab-

fusion of the old

gathered in Charlotte

Women, was a dream come true for and coundess others who traveled from

from St Paul Church

religious, the past

who

and beyond. This gathering, held the weekend ofJuly 27, was the culmination of 10 years of planning, praying and perseverance on the part of the NBSC to bring African-American

all

hands to wave

not be excited about

diis,

togedier,

black

life.

need to address that in die corning years."

laity

can

many

my This is my child about,"

tell

'How

needed to

when black women, black women of faith, get

age are leaving the church, and

Women religious,

Catholic

can

of gospel and Christian

Dance Troupe from the Diocese of Owensboro, Ky, wrested shouts of joy and caused participants' outstretched

New Bern, N.C "A lot of young adults my

walks of life and from

for the first-ever National

her

all

from

over 85 dioceses,

laity

this

before in

dieir interpretations

songs, liturgical dancers, the Nia

that are like

women

never seen

said Stephanie Fisher

study to become a nurse. So, to be a witness to

over 800 African-American women,

I've

women

something that all

as a people united in

wanted to attend because

me, and

vows segregated from the sisters in her community and being denied entry in her hometown hospital to

of sisterhood

other, discuss the

their Catholicism to enact change.

33-year-old

through racism from

spirit

meet each

and church, and bond

Conference (NBSC),

DC.

together in the

solidarity to

major issues that concern the community

"double-digit" sister, as she calls herself, has

sides including professing

Clockwise from left, Jacquiline Johnson from St. Edward Church in Baltimore, Md., sheds tears. Daughters of the Heart of Mary Sister Anita Baird, one of the plenary speakers, told the crowd that prayer is the most powerful weapon against problems. Ella Pitre from Seattle, Wash., prays intently.

— For

Antona Ebo,

She has Editorials

and

time coming but well-worth the wait

National Black

Pages 10-11

women

Staff Wrtter

seemed to float through die gathering rooms, while women wearing African-inspired garb and headdresses in remembrance of Africa, the Caribbean and other countries of origin reconnected with old friends and met new ones during the weekend. Spirituals and songs of praise, both spontaneous and planned, fell from the lips of women in celebration of the event Through

almost intuitively

another's stories.

story

else's story," said Sister

know one

someone

of the Blessed Sacra-

ment Mary Roland Lagarde from Chicago, one ofthe most vocal women

at the event

and

member of the NBSC. 'This reminds me so much of 1968 when we (the NBSC) first came together. We have brought a founding

800

women

to join us to get tiiem to tap

into their untapped treasures

and to continue

to magnify the Lord."

Sponsored by die NBSC, an organization

which includes African-American

women

and lay male and female from across the United States, and supported and hosted by die Diocese of Charlotte, the National Gathering consisted religious

associates

See Women, page

The Catholic News & Herald

The World

August 3, 2001

Brief

Vatican ruling on

Mormon baptism

—

the Vatican ruling on

House passed

the invalidity of baptism in the Church of

Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Mary's elementary and junior

Faith-based bill passes House; Senate action soon unlikely WASHINGTON (CNS) The

Catholic practice

officials said

St.

high school buildings.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two U.S. church

and

state

clarifies

the

first

piece of President

Bush's faith-based initiative July 19 after a

in-

tended to clarify Catholic practice, not

contentious debate about whether the

make a judgment on Latter-day Saints, more widely known as Mormons. A canon

should exempt church charities from local

Both supporters and oppeppered their remarks on the House floor with glowing tributes to

civil

faith-based

Utah had been giving

conditional baptism to Latter-day Saints

who become is

Catholic. '"What's important

that the Vatican ruling

Catholic practice, and

about

it is

focused on

not a judgment

LDS people," he said.

Helping poor countries worthy goal of globalization, says Vatican

VATICAN CITY justice, solidarity

mon good

(CNS)

and working

—

Social

com-

for the

and should be the values made by the world's

—

richest nations, Vatican officials said. In

of Eight summit in northern

Group

Italy,

of the Pontifical Council for Justice and

Peace spoke about Catholic

efforts to influ-

ence globalization. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, secretary of state, said the Vatican's hopes for the G-8 summit "are very concrete: that there will be tives

on behalf of the poorest

new

CNS photo

from Reuters

Young victims of coffee industry slowdown await food Denis Diaz, left, waits for food July 23 in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, one of an estimated 12,000 homeless people seeking aid from the World Food Program. Drought and economic debt have crippled the coffee industry and left more than 7,000 coffee workers jobless.

President Vicente that he

initia-

countries,"

especially in the areas of poverty, health

to Palitha T.B. Kohona, chief of the treaty

section at the U.N. Secretariat in

New

oughfare in the Washington metro area promises to be quite disruptive to a Catho-

and the environment. Cardinal Francois

York. Governments ratifying the treaty

lic

parish school and cemetery adjacent to

Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, president of the justice and peace council, said that, in

pledge that they will "refrain from causing,

So, the Arlington Diocese

any way participating in the carrying out of any nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosion." Acknowledging the Vatican role as a moral example in such actions, Kohona said he hoped its decision would encourage more governments to ratify the treaty. Virginia parish plans

affected parish, St.

discussions about globalization, efforts

must be made aware of their

become

to listen to the poor,

and take action to

situation

bring them into the global marketplace.

Vatican ratifies U.N. treaty banning nuclear testing UNITED NATIONS (CNS) The Vatican ratified the Comprehensive

—

encouraging or

lawsuit over Beltway bridge construction ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS)

Nuclear Test Ban Treaty July 18. Archbishop Renato Martino, Vatican nuncio

—

to the United Nations, presented a ratify-

years-long construction project to replace a

ing document signed by Pope John Paul

Potomac River bridge

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effects.

Construc-

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August 15

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August 18

—

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Groundbreaking for St. Francis Springs Prayer Center Stoneville/Wentworth border, N.C.

August 25

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10th anniversary

Mass

for

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Fox

has

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border with

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his country to become more open. President Bush seems to be supporting some of Fox's proposals, and immigrant advocates in church and private organizations are cheering the efforts on. At a July 18 press conference at the Capitol, a handful of senators and a spokesman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voiced their support for a legalization program. 'We are heartened by reports that the administration is considering legalization," said Kevin Appleby, director of migration and refugee policy for the bishops' Migration and Refugee Services. He urged that a general legalization be a component of any U.S.-Mexico agreement.

6665 or Aliceann Coon at (704) 540-8696. 11 HIGH POINT Christ the King Church, 1505 E. Kivett Dr., will be celebrating a Mass in the Syro-Malabar Rite in Malayalam at 6:30 p.m. tonight. For details, call

0244 or

the church office at (336) 884-

(336) 884-5858.

12 CHARLOTTE

—

Bishop Willian

am. with a center. Do-

Curlin will be the celebrant and homilist at

nations are being accepted during the meet-

Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd.

ing.

th Transitional

St.

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program and lunch

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WASHINGTON (CNS) Cathoand other immigrant advocates are sounding downright optimistic about the chances for new laws and regulations that they hope will make immigration more legal, orderly and safe, including amnesty for some people in the United States illegally. Mexican

lic

the

Vatican secretary of state and the president

services in their

Immigrant advocates hopeful about amnesty, other proposals

underlying decisions

interviews prior to the July 20-22

community

communities."

are the basic values of Catholic

social teaching

bill

hometowns. They credited Catholic Charities agencies, Lutheran social services, synagogue-based soup kitchens and their teachers in Catholic grade school with shaping their opinions about whether the disputed exemption is necessary or not. The House vote of 233-198 moved the Community Solutions Act of 2001 on to the Senate, where its future is more cloudy. In a statement from London, Bush said the House action was "an important step toward building stronger and more caring

Lake City Diocese,

said in a telephone interview that, before

the ruling, priests in

rights laws.

ponents of the

law expert called the ruling a significant one for church courts dealing with marriage cases. Msgr. J. Terrence Fitzgerald, vicar general of the Salt

bill

1 1

the parish

For more information, call Louise Brewer

the charismatic

East

Mass being

held at St*

4 pm with prayer pm and a poduck dinner at 5

this afternoon at

at (704) 366-9592 or Gloria Silipigni at

teams at 3

(704) 821-1343.

p.m. in the school cafeteria. For further

9 CHARLOTTE

—

Churches

in the

Charlotte area will be hosting ultreyas and schools of leaders

on the following dates

and times: St Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., from 7-8 p.m. tonight for adults only with shared snacks; St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd, from 1:15-2 p.m. on Aug. 26 and St Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., from 1:30-3:00 p.m. on Aug. 26 with childcare and a family poduck. For more information, call Dan Hines at (704) 544-

information, contact Josie Backus at (704)

527-4676.

MAGGIE VALLEY

— Freeman

Owie, a member of the Eastern Band Cherokee Nation, and Charity Sister Fran Grady, an artist and spiritual director, will present "The Wisdom of the Holy Spirit and the Great Spirit' during a retreat being held at Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane, beginning today through Aug. 17. Participants will be able to explore the connection

August

2001

The World

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

Opponents, supporters air views on Mexico City policy

WASHINGTON

man

— Oppo-

(CNS)

for the

ence.

dicts, said

promote abortions overseas

'We now

Father

the policy

need to work on a wider front"

of drug abuse

on abortion" in the area of foreign aid in 20 Both sides aired their views on the so-called Mexico City policy at a July 19

among

Survey shows strong Latino abortion opposition, voucher

support

hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations

WASHINGTON

Committee, chaired by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif Boxer is sponsoring a bill to overturn the policy, which she says, among other tilings, causes more illegal,

(CNS)

—

Latinos

overwhelmingly favor the pro-life position on abortion and tax-funded educational vouchers for low-income children, according to a national survey.

discourages

earlier reports

the clergy were un-

founded.

years.

unsafe abortions because

Szabo, secretary-

he added. Father Szabo said

the "most significant policy initiative

some organizations from

Tamas

general of Hungarian bishops' conference.

an abuse of free speech, but supporters say it is

parishes

already operate shelters for recovering ad-

nents of an administration policy forbidding U.S. funding of organizations that call

Hungarian bishops' confer-

number of Hungarian

The

sur-

vey also reported that three-fourths of the respondents think the aim of bilin-

offering family

planning services. But supporters of the it would be a conflict of interest United States to fund international family planning programs in the interest of reducing abortion rates but also permit

policy say

gual education should be to teach their

for the

children English.

U.S. funding to

the

with the quality of education coming

CNS photo from

lobby on behalf of legal abortion.

return land to South Africans removed during apartheid

—

CAPE TOWN,

South Africa (CNS)

Families removed from land belonging

to the

Reuters

G-8 protesters launch gas bombs in Genoa Anti-globalization protesters throw gas bombs at police as widespread fighting erupted throughout Genoa, Italy, July 20. Some 150,000 protesters took to the streets of Genoa during the G-8 summit there.

Oakford Dominicans under apart-

making their Helped by the Church

who The

ish Catholic aid official

the southern African bishops' conference,

came from

the nuns are donating part of their land to

of CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development, official aid and development agency of the Catholic bishops of England and Wales. Filochowski, who accompanied Bishop Patrick ODonoghue of Lancaster, England, to Genoa, said in a telephone interview, "It was disappointing that the summit did not go beyond previous promises and offer new hope of robust, sustainable debt cancellation." He said

who

will get

about

five acres

grew up listening to my father and mother constantly discussing their hope of returning to Oakford," said Jabulani Gumede, 39, who will move to the land in Verulam, in the Durban Archeach. "I

his

and four children.

diocese, with his wife

Among

those returning to the land are

who work for the Dowho currently live on the and some of those who were removed

families of people

minicans, people

land

under the apartheid Groups Areas Act, which separated residential areas according to race.

G-8 summit's outcome on debt

the July 20-22 summit.

England (CNS) The outcome of the G-8 summit in Genoa, Italy, was disappointing on the

—

issue of

Third World debt,

between various tuality

among

tionalities.

said a Brit-

faith traditions

people of

For further

all

details, call

(828) 926-3833 lwcrc@main.nc.us. ter

NATIONWIDE

and

—

spiri-

races and na-

the cen-

e-mail

Retreat opportu-

with the Benedictines of

Belmont Abbey

Belmont, N.C., the

Trappists of the Gethsemani Trappist in Trappist,

Monastery

Ky, and

Conyers,

Ab-

Holy Spirit These voca-

at the

awareness retreats include work, prayer and conferences with the monks. The next retreats will be taking place Aug. tional

15-19 and Oct 17-21. Early registration a must,

and some

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16 CHARLOTTE Cursillo

weekend

— The will

Julian Filochowski, director

WASHINGTON United States needs to

tarian principles to be secondary to

strategic

19 CHARLOTTE

Cardinal

said

interests,

— The men's

Cursillo

closing will take place at 4:45 p.m. this

afternoon at

St.

Matthew Church, 8015

Ballantyne Pkwy.

next men's

begin today

also at St. call

The women's

Matthew. For more

Aliceann

Dan Hines

Coon

Cursillo

Almost 72 percent of the respon-

dents identified themselves as Catholic

and 18 percent tant.

were Protes-

said they

The survey was sponsored by

the

Latino Coalition, a Washington-based nonpartisan and nonprofit organization issues. It was Washington news

—

Just

Call

Mecklenburg County which helps in finding medical and related services in Charlotte and surrounding ar-

Theodore E. McCarrick in a Washington Post op-ed column. Cardinal McCarrick, archbishop of Washington, said in a July 22 column that there was little to celebrate when the world marked the 50th anniversary of the U.N. treaty on refugee protection earlier in the month. The number of refugees worldwide has increased by 6 million in the past 20 years, to a total of more than 14 million, he said. "Most languish in tented camps around the globe, with little hope for return to their homes and no prospect for a new future in another

conference.

country," he wrote. "Approximately 80

but

many

women and children." Hungarian church increases outreach to country's drug

will

not follow them over that

percent are

addicts

—

WARSAW,

The Poland (CNS) is stepping up its pastoral work among drug addicts in an effort to curb spiraling narcotics abuse in the post-communist country, said a spOkeschurch

Hungary

Haywood Rd., are as follows: Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m., Thursdays from 4-6 p.m and Fridays from 1 1 a.m.-3 p.m. Nazareth House

a family ministry dedicated to

promoting the blessings of Christian marriage, chastity, natural family planning and post-abortion healing. For further details, call (828) 250-9690 or e-mail nazarethhouse@juno.com.

service for people in

eas.

Two sessions will be held for all senior

with disabilities and caregivers at St Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., this morning from 101 1 am and at St Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., Aug. 23, from 10-1 1 a.m. For reservations and other information, adults,

call

adults

Sandra Breakfield,

Ongoing ASHEVILLE

at (704) 544-6665.

544-6665.

at (704)

weekend will take place Sept. 2023, also at St. Matthew. For more information, call Aliceann Coon at (704) 540-8696

Cursillo

information,,

540-8696 or

at (704)

22 CHARLOTTE

try, at (704)

Dan Hines

—

(CNS) The move away from

refugee policy that considers humani-

through Aug. 19 at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy. The women's

criticism

closing will take place Sept. 23 at 4:30 p.m.,

nities are available

bey

attended

summit leaders offered superficial statements on debt cancellation, health care, AIDS and education. Refugee policy has wrong priority, cardinal says

'disappointing,' says aid official

MANCHESTER,

studying Hispanic policy

homes there again. Land Program, which has the backing of

families,

second.

released July 24 at a

heid laws in the 1960s will be

304

asked what

issue facing Latinos,

discrimination received the most votes

to organizations that

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most important

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House committee passes ban on human cloning in 18-11 vote WASHINGTON (CNS) The

—

House

Committee voted along party lines July 24 to approve a bill that would ban the creation of human embryos by cloning. The vote on H.R 2505, sponsored by Reps. Dave Weldon, D-Fla., and Bart Stupak, D-Mich., was 18-11. The full House was expected to take up the bill by the beginning of August "The Democrats on the Judiciary Committee voted to allow human embryo farms in the United States, Judiciary

of their Democratic colleagues cliff,"

said

Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee. He pointed to a June 2001 poll by International Communications Research in which 86 percent of adult Americans said scientists

should not be allowed "to create a

supply of human embryos to be destroyed in

medical research."

Rumore, author; Franciscan Father Paul Williams and Matt Pinto. Praise and worship music will be provided by Charlotte's own Kathy and David with Redeemed. For further details and to register by the Aug. 25 deadline, call visit 521-9949 or (704) www.ntrnet.net/ -goodnews. Father Thomas Keating, RALEIGH one of the proponents ofcentering prayer and contemplative outreach, will be

—

speaking at 1

St.

Francis of Assisi Church,

1401 Leesville Rd., on Sept

am.

from 9:30

cooperation with the Dioceses of Charlotte,

a.m.-3 p.m. with 8:30

Raleigh, Charleston and Savannah and

Sponsored by Triangle Contemplative Outreach, Father Keating will give two presentations before and after lunch. For

the Archdiocese of Atlanta, will take place

Sept 8 from 12:30-8:30 p.m. in the Charlotte Hornets Training Center. The event targeted for high school students and young adults in their 20s and 30s, will feature Bishop William' G. Curlin and Fathers Matt Leonard and Matt Kauth from St. Gabriel and St. Matthew Churches.

Sept.

Joining the bishop are Steve Angrisano,

hours for the Nazareth House Family Ministry and Lending Library, 474

Christian contemporary singer; Jeff Cavins, show host; Catherine

EWTN

registration.

those interested in more information about the seminar, Aug. 8 registration or other questions about centering prayer, call Flo Hartye at (919) 876-8935, Jim

Biggins at (919) 969-9604 or e-mail Jkelsey@bellsouth.net Please submit notices ofeventsfor the Diocesan

Planner at tion date.

least

10 days prior

to the publica-

The Catholic News & Herald

August

Around the Diocese

Bishop Curlin

installs

2001

deputy for four years. He has also held every position in the local council. Petite is a

new Knights

fourth-degree Knight and a fourth-degree past Faithful Navigator

who

Candy, in Jamestown. ber of Council 939.

wife,

of Columbus state officers

State Secretary

David

lives

with his

mem-

L. Onofrio

was

a former district deputy for five years and

the state youth director for four years. Ris-

GERALD POTKAY

By REV. MR.

ing through the ranks of the local council

Correspondent

GREENSBORO — Amid pomp and

over the years, Onofrio has also held the

the

all

state offices

circumstance they could mus-

of state and

installation

of warden, advocate and trea-

surer for periods of two years each. David

members of the Knights of Columbus gathered for Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Greensboro July 21 for the ter,

a fourth-degree Knight and a past Faith-

Navigator who lives with his wife, Anne, in Fuquay-Varina He is a member ful

district officers for

of Council 12119.

North Carolina. Bishop Curlin installed the state

State Treasurer Philip

offic-

was a former

The evening started

ers for one-year terms.

out with Bishop Curlin processing to the

Lamendola

Jr.

deputy for four years.

district

has held the state

offices

of warden and

advocate prior to being elected treasurer.

music of the Knights Choral, through various colored plumes and altar to the

Lamendola has

up the

also progressed

ranks in the local Council 8509.

swords drawn and raised in salute to honor the bishop as a prince of the church

fourth-degree Knight and a past Faithful

of Jesus Christ.

Navigator

J. Taylor was a deputy for four years and held die position of new council development chairman on the state level for two years. Taylor

State Advocate Robert

district

and Oblates of St. Francis de Sales Fathers James W. O'Neill and Anthony Gilborges, who serve at St. Paul the chaplain,

how

Curlin explained

was the at

Mass, Bishop

each of these can-

didates for his respective office should

avoid being too busy for a simple prayer life. All the wonderful things the individual Knights do lose importance if they are done for the wrong reasons, especially if

power or personal

those reasons be pride,

whatever they do, said Bishop Curlin, 'Try to connect yourselves to the Risen Lord through a deep-seated gain, he said. In

...

love for the Eucharist."

Bishop Curlin explained that no mat-

what these Knights

ter

do, be

supplying

food for the poor, giving comfort to the sick

or offering any of the

many

gifts

they

it cannot be done as "just cold, harsh duty. Everything must be done

provide, that

from the heart" and all for the greater honor and glory of God and living totally for Jesus Christ himself

The Knights

— and

people

all

— need

national fraternal service organization

founded by Father Michael J. McGivney in 1882 in New Haven, Conn. Its main goal then, as

it is

today,

row:

Anne Onofrio, and

Taylor, Eileen state chaplain

a fourth-degree Knight and a past

Faithful Navigator

member

deputy was assigned who had authority over both North and South Carolina until 1913.

this

juncture in

were a grand total of three existence in North Carolina

time, there

councils in

In 1913, Warren V. Hall was appointed state deputy. Yet, even with their own state deputy, the Knights' progress in setting up new councils was very slow. This was due in part because

Grabasky

as state

deputies': Tony Santino, Pat Wojciechowski, Gene Tortone; David Jelinek Carl Dappen, Juan Garcia, James Snyder, John Gouldie, Jim Logue, Bill Taylor, Richard Meyer, Tom Fabyjanski,

Wayne

Jack Pegoni and

that the Knights of

Columbus would

away from

membership. Yet

take

their

the organization did first,

grow

—

slowly at

but progress picked up rapidly

the year 2001, North Carolina

Snyder. State Chaplain Father

hood

in 1991, is

St.

Pius

Anthony

the former priest secretary

He is presently the pastor

Church

Greensboro. Fa-

Bishop Curlin installed Father Anthony J. Marcaccio as state chaplain; Anthony M. Petite as state deputy; David L.

ther Marcaccio

Onofrio as state secretary; Philip Lamendola Jr. as state treasurer; Robert J. Taylor as state advocate; and Robert J.

progressed through the positions of war-

21,

a fourth-degree Knight

and the chaplain of Council 11101. State

Deputy Anthony M.

Petite has

den, advocate, treasurer and secretary

the state

level.

Prior to that he

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Indian priest ends fast; government agrees to fishermen's rights MUMBAI, India (CNS) A Catho

Judge Denny Chin released Jose Mowithout bail, saying that if Jesuit Father Joseph Towle had testified in a trial, "it is difficult to imagine that any reasonable jury could find Morales guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." Morales, 31, was found guilty in 1988 of stabbing to death Jose Antonio Rivera in New York the year before. But Father Towle testified before Chin July 16 that Jesus Fornes told him in 1988 that he, not Morales, committed the crime. Fornes himself was killed in 1997. Two Sisters of St. Joseph trict

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push for the rights of fishermen in western India ended his protest July 14 after the federal government agreed to the people's demands. Redemptorist Father Thomas Xavier Kocherry, who began the hunger strike July 10 at Umergaon coastal town, said he priest fasting to

lie

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congregations reunited Mass. (CNS) Two congregations of the Sisters of St. Joseph with roots in Flushing, N.Y., celebrated their "reunification" with a special Mass July 1 in Holyoke. The 39-

push the federal government to implement a charter of fishermen's rights to which it had agreed earlier.

fasted to

Pope to

member

genocide site during Armenia trip in

September

John Paul

Armenia and

Burlington Diocese, merged with the larger congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, Mass., bringing total membership to about

—

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Pope

The merger was official as of April Both congregations trace their foundations to Mother Teresa Mullen, the

genocide memorial

will visit a

400. 30.

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birthplace of Christianity in the country

during his September

\isit to

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the former

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The

ing

on the same trip to the mostly Muslim and Orthodox former So\iet re-

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Rutland and Springfield. Sister

pope's visit

ton,

public of Kazakstan will be limited to the

Jane Morrissey, president of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield, called the reuniting of the two congregations a

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The pope

Elderly Franciscan begins prison sentence fellow Franciscan sisters help 88-year-old Sister Dorothy M. Hennessey (center) toward the federal prison in Pekin, 111, following a prayer service July 17. The nun, her sibling, Sister Gwen Hennessey, 68, and seven other woman began six-month sentences at the minimumsecurity facility for their part in protests last November at the Army's School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Ga.

fly-

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religious leaders as well as local Catholics.

Bishop Myers appointed to head Archdiocese of Newark,

bishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio

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â€”

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cells

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From the Cover

as the U.S. leader

deliberated over releasing federal funds for

Pope asks Bush to

reject funding

for embryonic stem-cell research

the practice.

Meeting July 23 with Bush first time,

for the

the pope said the United States had

promote

justice

and

to defend the

weak

and suffering of the world."

world and could point the

'You remind us that wealth must be matched with compassion and moral pur-

humane future"

pose,"

a "special responsibility" to the rest of the

way to a "truly by defending human life and

dignity through legislation.

Bush, accompanied by his wife, Laura,

summer American

The

residence southwest of

U.S. leader also

Bush seemed well pre-

joined by Vatican

pared on foreign

affairs topics and took charge of the discussions. He was accompanied by Condoleezza Rice, his national

and Bush's entou-

exchanged speeches and

gifts.

In his speech, the pope told Bush that

security adviser.

human life "have

regarding

political decisions

The source said Cardinal Sodano asked Bush to use U.S. influence to promote closer ties between the Vatican and communist China, where Catholics are forbidden to pro-

the gravest consequences for the future of civilization."

The

widespread legalization of abor-

CNS photo from Vatican

tion has led to "a tragic coarsening of con-

opening the way to acceptance of euthanasia, infanticide and "proposals for the creation for research purposes of hu-

fess loyalty to the pope.

Pope shows president view from Castel Gandolfo

sciences,"

man

embryos, destined to destruction in

the process," the pope said.

"A free and virtuous society, which America aspires to be, must reject practices that devalue and violate human life at any stage from conception until natural death," he said. Bush was due to decide whether to allow federal funds for research on stem cells from embryos, which are

killed in the process.

The

Pope John Paul

from other tissues, like livers, placentas and umbilical cords, a process that cells

does not threaten

At day,

human

said

the

he would take the pope's

"point of view into consideration."

said the question

shows

U.S. President

was

officials also

George W. Bush the view from the

reli-

gious freedom around the world.

Bush told reporters he was honored to have met the pope, "an extraordinary man" whose leadership "has not only afi

fected political systems, but affected the

thorny and involved "the need to balance value and respect for life with the promise of science and the hope of saving life."

Maggi

Nadol, Respect life coordinator

for the Diocese of Charlotte, noted the

impor-

tant relationship between morality and sci-

she said "but

"We are fortunate to

be living at a time

scientific discoveries,

cell research, offer

including stem

much promise," she said.

promising,

gard one

According to Bush and an informed issue of

better

life

exchange

for the

hope of a

Contributing to this story were Nancy Frazier O'Brien and Patricia Zapor in

in the

Washington.

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Middle

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lives are

we cannot cross the line and disre-

life

hearts and souls of thousands of people around the world."

Vatican source, the pope did not raise the

The

when

we must never reduce faith to a

science."

ence.

"But while expectations to improve

life.

Rome press conference later in

Bush

Vatican

thanked Bush for American defense of

pontiffs summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 23. In his first meeting with Bush, the pope spoke of the "special responsibility" the United States has to promote freedom and defend human dignity throughout the world.

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ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer

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CHARLOTTE

The key

—

Kathy Cogan's current professional endeavor can be found in her childhood. Halloween was a time when she

in St.

O'Connor. Sister Florence entered the

tion of the Sisters of Providence

1926, professed

and made

cese of Raleigh.

The wake was July 17, 2001, in Providence Hall, with the wake service held in the Church of the Immaculate Courtesy photo

Sister's questions

vary with each per-

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style all

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Conception.

Kathy Cogan stars as "Sister" in the one-woman show "Late Night Catechism." The show ended a Charlotte run July 29.

Catholic faith including the standard

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and

Therese School in Wilson, N.C., and at Blessed Sacrament School in Burlington, Both of those schools are in the Dio-

and comedienne. She had worked preradio and other musical and

1929,

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manicurist and her talent as a singer

cuit,

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final

congrega-

on Sept. 24,

Sisters of Providence, Indiana, Illinois

four years.

memories

Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind.

former Helen Catherine O'Connor was born in New Albany, Ind., on April 22, 1909, to John William O'Connor and Florence Isabel Drury

wears a habit similar to the ones worn by sisters from her childhood. "I was so enamored of the nuns, and when I got this role, I was thinking to myself 'I've always wanted to wear one of these,'" said Cogan, who has been playing the role of "Sister" for nearly

scholastic

Ind.

many

O'Connor, whose

The

the "good old days" of Catholic school, instead of a breakfast cereal box, she

and

MARY-OF-THE-WOODS,

Hall of the Sisters of Providence residence

towel in place on her head. Dressed in her "habit," she would walk around her neighborhood as if she were a sister. She was emulating the Sisters of St. Joseph who staffed her school in New Jersey. Now, as one of the stars of "Late Nite Catechism," a one-act play about

Catholic women, Maripat Donovan and Vickie Quade, co-wrote the one-woman show, intended to be a celebration of their Catholicism and their experiences with Catholic school. Cogan has traveled across the country sharing Ca-

ST.

Sister Florence

assignments included service in North Carolina, died July 11, 2001, in Karcher

could dress up like a woman religious with her mother's bathrobe and a towel and an oatmeal canister to hold the

tholicism

2001

Around the Diocese

the meat," said

Cogan. "What helps is knowing the script in your sleep and lots of improvisational work and training." Because the audience responses to

Sister,

which evokes

moment and

a spur-of-the-

conversational comedic

own. "I watch everything that goes on and keep the house lights up a bit to see its

the audience.

wait for an opportunity

and I am prepared and educated to make the script seamless," explained Cogan. "If someone to step off the script,

know what was

says that they didn't scripted and

done

what wasn't, then

I've

it would be really hard to Cogan. "People in church communities have counseled me, been good friends and have given me great

talking 'about, sell,"

said

of Providence

Williamsport,

play

—

Catholic school experience and my aim is those who

Church youth ministry recendy received a youth evangelization grant from the

had a good Catholic school experience," said Cogan. "I try to put more emphasis on reminiscing about the good aspects of the church and the culture. I think it's important for the health of the show for my performance to be truer, more clear and endearing to audiences."

Foundation of the Diocese of Charlotte for training in the Life Teen program. Paul KodowskL, diocesan youth ministry director, and former St Joan of Arc parishioner and youth catechist Bonnie Skulley presented the grant to Father John Pagel, pastor.

Kodowski encouraged the

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

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parish to

support of the youth, and said

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entire parish.

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my job."

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sisters, Lillian

Cogan says she wants people's experience to be positive and fulfilling, and she wants the audience to reflect on the warmth of their faith

was

of Christian burial

Sister Florence

inspiration."

and

The Mass

was celebrated July 18 in the Church of the Immaculate Conception with Father Lawrence Richardt presiding. Burial was in the cemetery of the Sisters

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has served as the minister provincial

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Connors

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to others.

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don

for the project will

and the

came from Europe at the request of Bishop Vincent Waters of Raleigh. They opened a nursing home in a High Point

new jobs,

said.

gation of sisters founded in 1869 in Lonthat today serves the poor

Lake's shoreline.

The project could create

in the plans.

be set

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Voted to assist Father Connors with province leadership are Father Justin Hackett as secretary of the province. To-

and service

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August

Around the State

2001

Father Mulholland, 'Father Smoky Mountain Vicariate to JOHN STRANGE NC Catholic Staff

—

Father H. Charles

Mulholland, a longtime leader for social

Diocese of Raleigh, died Sat-

justice in the

urday, July 21.

He was

80.

Mulholland had a tremendous

"Fatlier

dedication to the church, and spent his

life

"He stood on the line for pro-life; he was at executions, he was in everything. He was a holistic, just person." But just as important, she said, was that his justice work was always rooted in kindness. 'He always respected the dignity of the other person."

striving to lead us to live in the tidiness of the

In 1998, Father Mulholland received,

Gospels," said Msgr. Gerald L. Lewis, vicar

along with Sister Rosemary McNamara,

general of the Raleigh Diocese.

S.U., Catholic Social Ministries'

Msgr. Lewis

Father

that

said

admired

The

kind,

and

and under-

patient,

standing, even with those

who

disagreed

"He never held any kind of rancor, even with his most ardent opposition. He would embrace them with the with him," he

said.

love of Jesus."

The

editor of the

Catholic from

May

North Carolina

May

1966 to

1967,

Father Mulholland was perhaps best known for being an activist priest, marching and speaking out for civil rights, Right to Life, peace, and against the death penalty. Writing in the North Carolina Catholic on Feb. 26, 1967, Father Mulholland praised the protesters of the Vietnam War. "We should be proud of the resiliency and vitality of the American political system that permits public protests against ad-

when

ministration policies, even

volves criticism of its all

men

own

this in-

Surely

armies....

of Faith can join in the public,

dignified witness for the abolition of war."

And in a call to Catholics to vote, Nov. 6, 1966, Father Mulholland wrote,

ings of Catholics in

"The

what may be the

matter of 'off-year elections'

'in

Him

to the

market place and

live

Paul Byron,

"the

closest of friends" with Father Mulholland, said that his friend's calling to social justice early. As a young man, he said, "Father Charlie" would volunteer and work with Dorothy Day at her Catholic

came

Worker House on Mott York City. "That

was

rare in those days for Catholic

and leaders to work with Baptists and other denominations on various issues, Rev. Finlator acknowledged, but Father Mulholland "was one of us.... We needed him, and we wilj miss him." In 1976 Father Mulholland was elected president of the North Carolina Civil Liberties Union, a position he held for one year. "That was wonderful," Rev. Finlator said. 'He was disarming in the presence of hostility because of his quiet calm and truthfulness.

"He was not confrontational. He loved those

who opposed

am honored

Street in

where his whole

New

what our

realize ful

faith

meant

ways," Father Byron

said.

very pain-

"Most of us

go out and stand on the courthouse Wednesday, but Charlie did." Father Byron said that Father

did not

steps every

Mulholland's weekly trips to the court-

house

Raleigh began during the Viet-

nam War, as he

but they continued for 25 years

and others demonstrated

for peace.

by Bishop Vincent S. WaImmaculate Conception Church in 24, 1956..

His pastoral assignments included Our Lady of Guadalupe in Newton Grove; St. John Church in North Wilkesboro; Infant of Prague, Jacksonville; and the diocese's Outdoor Mission Apostolate. His first pastorate was at Sacred Heart Church in Brevard from 1963 to 1966. He was also pastor at St Ann, Smithfield, St. Mary, Garner; and Mother of Mercy, Washington. He was also co-chaplain at

Father Byron

St.

Mulholland was a mentor to tice'

her.

"Many

people called him 'Father Jus-

or "Mr.

Justice,'"

him

she

said.

"We

all

saw

Cary from 1982 to 1989, and at Mary in Garner from 1989 to his in

"The resumption of federally-sanctioned

also served the diocese as

dean of Bern Deanery, a member of the Council of Priests, then known as the Priests' Senate; and as a member of the Diocesan Ecumenical Commission. the

"The recent execution of Timothy McVeigh once again highlighted the prominent role of the death penalty in American society," he added. "The statement of the American bishops by Bishop Joseph Fiorenza, presi-

view for Religious, The Spiritual Life and Momentum. The program runs from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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New

Catholic,

kill-

CND

retirement in 1996.

as the epitome of justice because he

what he preached. He preached what he practiced, and he practiced what he

lived

to reconsider the use of capital punishment.

"This topic was choings and the atmosphere surrounding it have sen because the position brought us to this sad of the Catholic Church on the issue of the death day for our country." Sister McCarthy has penalty is so clear from Sister Patricia worked for more than the teachings of Pope McCarthy, John Paul II, the Cattwo decades with the needy in the field of eduechism, the American cation, particularly with abused chilbishops and our bishops in North dren. She has studied the theology Carolina, and, yet, for many Cathoand spirituality of Christian nonviolics, the death penalty is an acceptable lence and has lectured throughout form of punishment," said Father North America, Ireland and Japan. George Kloster, vicar of the Smoky She has published articles for ReMountain Vicariate.

ordained a priest of the Dio-

Church

Justice Department, said that Father

—

myths behind

decisions for action.

cese of Raleigh

prophetic voices of the Diocese of Raleigh,"

nator of the Diocese of Raleigh's Peace and

—

people of good will particularly legislators

choices to be made; and

attended

East Carolina University in Greenville. He served as pastor at St Michael

said.

sis for life;

life is a gift from God, and no one or any government should presume to kill God's gift.... We call on Catholics and all

him.

"His was certainly the loudest, and most determined, and most unfailing of the

Franciscan Sister Joan Jurski, coordi-

human

the death penalty; moral

ington 1952 to 1956.

Durham May to

that

nents: the scriptural ba-

Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., from 1942 to 1944. After serving in the Merchant Marine during World War II, he went to St. John Seminary in Little Rock, Ark, from 1950 to 1952, and Catholic University in Wash-

ters at

all

an age where respect for threatened in so many ways, we believe it is important to emphasize

life is

The workshop will compo-

the U.S.

Byron

"His prophetic voice called us

In his statement, Bishop Fiorenza stated: "In

Rochester, R.I.

Father Mulholland was born in the

needs of the people came from," Father said.

to natural death."'

with Father Charlie."

He was intent for the

dent of the USCC, is a reminder to Catholics of the need 'to protect human life from conception

to have been associated

Bronx, N.Y., April 26, 1921.

who was

priests

Him

season and out of season.'"

Father

Memorial Baptist Church

from then on, he said. 'He stood on line, he marched, he testified," Rev. Finlator said. 'He identified himself all his life with poor people. He fought poverty and injustice all his life. He had a tremendous spirit"

an indication of

die more profound failure 'to put on Christ,' to carry

Finlator, former pas-

Raleigh, said that he and Father Mulholland arrived in the city at about the same time in 1956. They were close friends

fail-

trivial

"The

Catholic Pro-Life Struggle: The Death Penalty" is the topic of a workshop Aug. 1 1 at the Living Waters Reflection Center in Maggie Valley. Sponsored by the Smoky Mountain Vicariate of the Diocese of Charlotte, the day of reflection will feature presenter Sister Patricia McCarthy, a Sister of the Congregation of Notre Dame, from

focus on four

W.W.

Rev.

tor at Pullen

priests in the diocese.

"He was

John

Carey Award.

Mulholland was one of the most loved and

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August3, 2001

Readings

Book Review

Books on Stein assist meditation on saint Reviewed by

EUGENE

Catholic

FISHER

Word to Life

medieval scholasticism (in the writings especially of Aquinas) and modern phe-

News Service

In 1999, on the eve of the turn of

the millennium, Pope John Paul II added new names to the list of patron saints of Europe, making a total of three women and three men, celebrating East

we have

come from and future

the

we and our

Nazism

2-)Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11

gagement

3)Gospel: Luke 12:13-21

couch,

fell

came away with

Scaperlanda. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Ind. 2001).

208

the conviction that, in addition to be-

pp.

ing

$11.95.

challenges the pope sees

embedded

and embodied by the figure of Edith Stein, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross? These two books by awardwinning journalist Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda and Freda Mary Oben, a scholar with a doctorate from Catholic University will greatly assist our

—

meditation of this singular saint

who

model for our time. Both books are based on solid research, and are well written and very readable. Both contain numerous insights into the saint and why reverence for her can deepen our spiritual lives in the 21st century. Both conclude with extensive, thoughtful commentaries on her legacy and on the challenge she the spiritual

poses for Catholic-Jewish relations. Each gives a good sense of Edith Stein's life and times, but their different

approaches make them complementary,

not redundant.

Scaperlanda's book

is chronologibeginning with Edith Stein's early life as a Jewish girl in a typical middleclass Jewish family in Breslau, Germany. It describes her hunger to learn and pursue truth, and her early loss of her ancestral faith (though never her

cal,

We learn about her academic develas a student of

renowned phi-

Edmund Husserl; her conversion from atheism to Christianity through the confidence that a steadfast

losopher

Lutheran widow; and her attraction to Catholicism through the writings of St. Theresa of Avila. faith

gave to

Scaperlanda recounts Edith Stein's entry into a Carmelite cloister and the pain that separation caused her family

and

mar-

very good case can be made that St. Edith Stein also should be named a doctor of the church, one of very few women to be so honored. Oben is herself a Jewish convert to Catholicism who, like St. Edkh Stein, maintains a deep sense of her Jewishness and of the respect Judaism is

owed

to the conscience of Christians.

She

a perpetual

ness of anti-Semitism and the very real

dangers of corruption of the faith when Christians fall as they did so often and for so many centuries leading up to the Holocaust into the twin heresies of supersessionism (the idea that Christianity has "taken the place" of Judaism in God's heart) and triumphalism (the

— —

perior" to Judaism, as

somehow

pioneering

gible that had been hers: her en-

DAN LUBY

Catholic

News Service

When my mother

died more than 10 years ago, my siblings and I knew better than to expect a monetary windfall from her estate. She'd lived frugally on Social Security and a widow's pension. Still, when the sad

morning came when

sis-

ring, a comfortable some well-worn but hand-

some pieces of furniture, her piano. But more blessedly we have walked away with treasures which won't fade or get lumpy or lose their beauty. In the long run my mother was rich in things that count, that last: a great capacity for affection, the wisdom of experience, commitment to family, intellectual curiosity, the

drove to her bank to close out her accounts and empty her safe deposit box, a less than noble part of my consciousness was tickled by

courage to embrace new ideas and new people. Most important, her legacy was a deep and lively faith in Christ, a faith in which all her,

a fantasy scenario featuring thick

other gifts were rooted. Sunday's Gospel parable of the rich fool is a cautionary tale about mistaking passing wealth for per-

ter

and

stacks of Treasury bonds or velvet

bags of mysteriously undisclosed gemstones. Of course nothing of the kind was found, only personal papers: will, insurance information, old passbooks. Similarly, emptying her apartment in the weeks ahead re-

riches. May each of us be blessed with people in our lives who help us to know the difference.

manent

QUESTIONS. Who

vealed no secret stash of currency, no priceless coin collection. Her few

outstanding bills pretty much zeroed out what money she'd had in the bank and the proceeds from the sale of her car. But when we all

an example for you of in-

vesting your

What

in the things that last?

life

one specific way you can enrich your relationships with the people you is

love?

Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of August 5-11 Sunday, Ecclesiastes

1:2;

2:21-23, Colossians

1-5, 9-11,

Luke

12:

13-21;

Monday

Luke 9:28b-36; Tuesday (St Sixtus II and Companions, St Cajetan), Numbers 12:1-13, Matthew 14:22-36; Wednesday (St Dominic), Numbers 13:1-2, 25 14:1, 26-29, 34-35, Matthew 15:21-28; Thursday, Numbers 20:1-13, Matthew 16:13-23; Friday (St Lawrence), 2 Corinthians 9:6-10, John 12:24-26; Saturday (St Clare), Deuteronomy 6:4-13, Matthew 17:14-20 (Transfiguration of the Lord), Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, 2 Peter

16-19,

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Readings for the week of August 12-18 Sunday, Wisdom 18:6-9, Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19, Luke 12:32-48; Monday (Sts. Pontian and Hippolytus), Deuteronomy 10:12-22, Matthew 17:22-27; Tuesday (St Maximilian Mary Kolbe), Deuteronomy 31:1-8, Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14; Wednesday (The Assumption of Mary), Revelation 11:19a; 12:l-6a, lOab, 1 Corinthians 15:20-27, Luke 1:39-56; Thursday (St Stephen of Hungary), Joshua 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17, Matthew 18:21 19:1; Friday, Joshua 24:1-13, Matthew 19:3-12, Saturday (St Jane Frances de

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VHS format.

"Malena" (2000)

and Motion Picture As-

of America

rating. All reviews

indicate the appropriate age

tale set in Fascist-era Sicily in

which the sexual yearnings of a 13-yearold boy (Guiseppe Sulfaro) are awakened by the town's curvaceous bombshell (Monica Bellucci), whose beauty makes her the target of nasty rumors and innuendos. Director Guiseppe Tornatore's nostal-

Theatrical movies on video

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inappropriate for children under 13. (Uni-

have a U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishsociation

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gic coming-of-age film

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The Pope

2001

Coming of Age

When school

whole new chance. You'll have new teachers, new classes. It's your opportunity for makstarts you'll get a

Speaks

ing a change.

Big the

deal,

you may

fact,

those annual

say.

Everybody gets

to start over in

fell.

new

special privileges of youth.

starts are one of the Adults don't get "start-

CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CNS Columnist

overs" nearly as often.

For most

POPE JOHN PAUL

adults, the experience

and precious. For

kids,

offering a chance to try

of starting over

rare

it comes every fall, with each year something different, some new way

of handling an old situation.

As you you

Pope says God's last word is always one of mercy, love By CINDY

WOODEN

News Service

Catholic

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— While God pun-

ishes people for their sinfulness, his last

word

Pope John Paul II said. At his first general audience after an 11-day Alpine vacation, the pope July 25 said that throughalways one of mercy and

love,

out history, people have asked,

"Why

does

God

treat

us this way?"

The answer

a combination of "justice and

you for your inequities, but will again have mercy on you all,'" the pope said, quoting the Book of Tobit

divine mercy: 'He scourged

'Punishment appears as a kind of divine teaching method in which, however, the last word always is given to mercy," he told the thousands of visitors

who

filled

the Vatican's air-conditioned Paul

VI Au-

think about this year's

new

start,

what would

Some

things you can't change. For example,

differently?

most

junior high girls hate their noses. Looking in a mirror, they see a nose that

too small or too wide, too crooked or too

—

Given a chance to fix just one thing, lots of girls would change their looks. and guys, too You don't alter the shape of your face; you can't make yourself taller or shorter. You have the body God gave you. What you can change is your behavior, the way you interact with other people as you go through the day, and your attitude. Those are within your control. Over the years I've watched teens make some marvelous changes during a single summer. EUzabeth grew up shy and socially awkward. The summer between middle school and Catholic high, she decided to change all that That fall she introduced herself a name she never had used to the other kids as Becky before. Shy Elizabeth was left back in middle school. With her new name, Becky adopted a new attitude. She went right up to people and talked to them. She smiled and laughed instead of brooding in the corners. The new Becky made lots of friends. I wouldn't necessarily promote changing your name. However, this summer you doubtiess will find yourself thinking about what you'd like to do differently this fall.

pointy.

Instead of dwelling on what

think about what

like to

—

add to your

new

you plan

to stop doing,

behaviors or attitudes you

want

life.

Be specific, and then give yourself a chance to daydream about the changes. Imagine yourself acting in the new way or experiencing the new attitude. Those positive

—

images tools

like little

movies

your head

—

are powerful

we have for self-change. want

If you

improve your grades, imagine yourself

taking careful notes and getting started on your assign-

ments before the

down

last

minute. Visualize yourself sitting

work in on time and receiving compliments on your project from a teacher. If your goal is making more friends, imagine yourself to the task turning

you don't know well. If your sports, imagine yourself at practice, giving every ounce of your attention to the game. You'll have plenty of time for daydreaming this summer. Spend a few minutes each day rehearsing success in your head. Those rehearsals make success in the real world starting conversations with people

you want

much more

better at

likely.

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St.

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dience Hall.

The story of Tobit, the pope said, is the story of a man who, despite all kinds of suffering, remains faithful to God and to his law, especially to the laws of charity

Guest

remains

faithful to

Column

Tobit as well, en-

suring a happy marriage for his son, leading the

young man home and

healing Tobit's blindness, the

pope said. 'The message is clear: One who does good, especially opening his heart to the needs of his neighbor, is pleasing to the Lord and, even if he is put to the test, in the end he will experience God's benevolence," Pope John Paul said. 'We can always place our trust in the mercy of God, who never forsakes us," he said. In the story of Tobit and throughout the Bible, the pope said, "suffering itself, provided it is accepted in a spirit of abandonment to God's plan, takes on a mysteriously positive meariing."

"The cross of Christ provides the ultimate response to the question of human suffering," he said. Pope John Paul said Tobit's canticle of praise acknowledges the fact that sinners are punished for their faults and called to conversion, which opens them to "the marvelous prospect" of God renewing his favor to

them

God, even more than his gifts, that we need," the pope said. "Sin is a tragedy not so much because it brings God's punishments, but because it pushes him from our hearts." Pope John Paul, spending two months at the papal villa south of Rome, traveled by helicopter to the Vatican for the audience. Afterward, he spent nearly an hour greeting individuals and posing for 'It is

photos with groups, including several members of general chapters of religious orders meeting in

Rome.

A group of Latin American indigenous dancers, wearing traditional costumes and elaborate feathered headdresses, performed for the pope, who then returned to the

summer

was characterized with

a great trust in the

never-failing intercession of Mary. This tremen-

dous trust touched every area of his

and almsgiving.

And God

life

residence at Castel Gandolfo.

RICO De SILVA Guest Columnist

Love to the Max Words have power. Words inspire us to greatness. Words move us to practice heroic virtue and

When the hour of our death comes, words give us courage to lay down our lives for a higher purpose. When I think of St. Maximilian Kolbe, 10 words come to mind: love of God, love of Our Lady, love of neighbor. St. John tells us, "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." (Jn. 1:14) Christ is the Word of God and is that Word who gave St. Maximilian Kolbe the courage to lay down his life for another. This was a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World II, a man hardly known to Maximilian. A line from the Eagles' popular hit, "Peaceful to love our neighbor.

Easy Feeling," summarizes in a sense the relationship between this great saint and the Woman of his life. "I found a long time ago what a woman can do to your soul," captures that relationship. St. Maximilian always found profound peace and solace in Mary, the Woman in his life, as he discovered this bond early. When he was about 10 years old, the Blessed Virgin appeared to St. Maximilian and offered him two crowns, a white one for purity and a red one for martyrdom. In his enthusiasm, Raymond, as he was known then, picked both. From that point, his

fruitful

safeguarded his great apostolic zeal to save "as many souls as soon as possible," as he would say. St. Maximilian Kolbe wore his white crown of purity throughout his life by practicing heroic charity. He showed great love of God and neighbor by leading many souls to God by a life marked with burning zeal for souls under the patronage of the "Immaculata," his favorite title for the Virgin Mary. When the time came for him to wear his red crown, he offered his life to replace a married prisoner. This man was condemned with nine others to die in the starvation bunker. The perplexed Nazi officer agreed to Maximilian's request as he identified himself as a Catholic priest: On Aug. 14, 1941, after two weeks without drink or food, St. Maximilian and three other prisoners, still alive, were given a lethal injection and their bodies cremated. On the eve of the Assumption of Mary, Mother of God, the Woman who promised him the two crowns of purity and martyrdom, his ashes rose to Heaven like incense to give honor to God and His Mother. Francis Gajowniczek, the man for whom St. Maximilian Kolbe offered his life, survived Auschwitz and was reunited with his wife and family. He was present at Maximilian's canonization by Pope John Paul II on Oct. 10, 1982. Perhaps the best words to describe St. Maximilian's life are the same words to describe the life of Jesus: There is no greater love than this, for a man to lay apostolate as a priest.

down

his life for his friends (Jn. 15:13).

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr, pray for us.

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MSGR. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist

Finally at peace Having the legendary actor Carroll O'Connor as a guest on our television program was a genuine thrill. Like most adult Americans, I grew up with his beloved if irascible incarnation of Archie Bunker. Carroll O'Connor was a terribly gifted man who managed to teach us both right and wrong

through the opinionated blue-collar Archie. could laugh at him, but we also understood that the limits of his tolerance were sometimes a mirror of our own prejudices and limitations. Years later Carroll gave us another challenging portrayal in the television drama, "In The Heat of the Night." In their unique and powerful ways, both his comedy and drama series taught us about the need to live the Golden Rule. It's a lesson Carroll O'Connor tried to live throughout his life. And it pained him

when

all his efforts came up short. remember asking Carroll if he felt that his programs had advanced the cause of racial harmony in the 25 years since he first came to prominence. With an expression etched with sadness, he I

said that he

and

'In

black

doubted

it.

men

The

"After All In

the Heat of the Night,' we're

still

Family' dragging

to their deaths in places like Jasper, Texas.

So how far have we really come, Father Jim?" But ever the optimist, Carroll said he had confidence that what we lack the ability to accomplish, would, through the grace of God, be made right one

That outlook

day.

toward the tragic

especially reflected his attitude

Hugh, the

loss of his son.

child

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adopted by Carroll and his beloved wife, Nancy, was the apple of his eye. Brought back from Italy as an infant, he never lacked for the dedicated love of his parents. But all the love in the world can't always thwart the path of drug addiction. For years, Hugh wrestled with this demon. And his parents wrestled along with him. If they could have willed him to sobriety, they would have. If they could have offered their lives in place of his, they would have. But it was not to be. Driven to despair, Hugh took his own life. In a way, Carroll's heart died on the same day as his son's. Oh, he did what he could to spread the message about resisting drugs. He did continue to love his widowed daughter-in-law and his grandson. He worked a bit. He went to Mass each week in the company of his wife of half a century, praying for peace. But, truth told, he also carried a sadness that would not be lifted. Friends say he aged significantly in the years following Hugh's death. At our television interview, O'Connor spoke of Hugh with gentleness and a proud love. But he was struggling, still. You'd see it in the sorrowful tone, in the eyes that longed to see his son again. Then, toward the end of our conversation, the topic turned to life beyond this life. I asked Carroll if he believed that our lives continue beyond the earthly journey. His answer was unequivocal: "Absolutely." Then I asked him if he thought that Hugh was alive and living in heaven. Again, the certainty: "Without a doubt." And with my final question, a gentle smile returned to his face. "Carroll," I asked, "do you expect to meet Hugh again in the hereafter?" I will always remember his twinkling eyes and the certainty with which he said, "Oh, yes." Sadly, we have lost an actor of great talent and charm. Sadly, his family is without a husband, a father-in-law and a grandfather whom they adored. But I know of one place where there is surely great happiness. And that's in a place we call heaven, where a father and his son are joined in a loving and much longed for embrace. Rest in peace, dear Carroll, dear Archie, you have well earned you place in Paradise.

Permanent Diaconate conferred by holy

"In

its effort to

Guest Columnists

Paying attention to God's handiwork on a hazy summer sky. Vivid and blue mix into a scene of natural beauty. Depending on atmospheric conditions, density of the clouds, and juxtapositions of the sun and earth, every sunset reveals God's unique handiwork and artistry. Not only do such conditions create awe and beauty, so does our attention. For there is no apprePicture a sunset

colors of red, yellow

ciation of art

out Perhaps

sacrament

conferred in

more proper and

that way,

two

distinct ceremonies. It

three degrees of the sacrament of orders. St.

Hippolytus, a

Roman

work

priest

who

died in 236, has

"The Apostolic Tradition," with information about Christian worship and structure

left

us a valuable

in his time.

The

tided

bishop

the "sacerdos"

(priest),

says

Hippolytus, elected by the people and ordained by imposition of It

was the

bishop's role,

among

other functions, to

preside at the Eucharist and proclaim the

word of God.

"Presbyters" (elders or priests) were ordained by the bishop, with other priests laying

on hands with him.

"Presbyters" stood with the bishop as he presided at the eucharistic celebration

and could themselves preside

at the

Eucharist with the bishop's permission.

Deacons were ordained by the bishop alone, since the specifics of their service to the bishop and priests in the local church were determined by the bishop himself With the restoration of the permanent diaconate in the

intellect. If

miss

not reasonable to attempt to capture

Our human intellect might trivialize it mundane everyday experience. However, no

matter

how common

on and appreciation of grasping

its

may be, with

a sunset

for

its

colors

the spiritual gifts of awe and

and

its

reflection

uniqueness -

wonder - we

are capable

beauty and experiencing the sacred in

the ordinary. Several years ago we vacationed in the Dunes of Western Michigan. Hearing that there was a sunset "to die for" at a particular point along the Lake Michigan Shore, we eagerly scrambled to get there to see

hand.

it first

We left our campsite by car and parked as close to the site as we could We hiked dune over dune, on a heavily forested

trail.

Taking much longer than we

anticipated getting there,

finally

reached the

last

and steepest hill. The sun was setting quickly and the uphill trek through the sand took its toll on our tired limbs. As we emerged from the forest we caught the final seconds of what had been a magnificent sunset Despite our late arrival, we grasped those few seconds and reveled in that sunset as though it was our

life;

God

does.

We participate in the beauty of

with our presence.

life

its

Its

beauty

may

ordinariness. It requires our

Each relationship between family members is unique. When we reflect on and appreciate God's handiwork in our family life, we are filled with awe and wonder. Combined with attention to be appreciated.

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

other family relations, unique "atmospheric condi-

Columnist

make family life a scene Our sunset adventure

tions"

of natural beauty.

â€”

the anticipation, the

dunes, the forest our tired legs and the brief sunset

was not what we had expected, was an awe and wonder. Our hunger for

experience of last

years, that picture of Catholic

Church hierarchy

beauty beautified

us.

described by Hippolytus remains in basic outline the one

we know today. The Catechism this tradition,

Questionsfor Reflection

When was

of the Catholic Church, summarizing

speaks of two degrees of ministerial partici-

pation in the priesthood of Christ, the episcopacy and the

What

and a third degree, the diaconate, to serve

make your

presbyterate, liturgical

and other needs of the

local

community

What

and presbyterate) and the degree all three conferred by the sacrament of holy orders" (Catechism, Nos. 1554 and

are the "atmospheric conditions" that family

life

Are you paying

as deter-

"Catholic doctrine teaches that the degrees of priestiy

the last time you caught a sunset or

sunrise?

mined by the bishop.

hands by another bishop.

it's

elusive because of

suppose, since the

theologically correct, however, to speak of

senses and

into a

though it

human

every sunset

family

the diaconate

One might put

without

don't pay attention to God's handiwork,

create

Corner

life

TERRI

LYKE

are a metaphor for family

update the

of the church, Vatican Council II made allowance for 'to be restored to its own permanent position in the hierarchy' ('Lumen Gentium,' 29), also making it possible for married men to be conferred this sacrament. Is conferring the diaconate considered the same as the sacrament of holy orders? When a seminarian receives the order of deacon and then priesthood, does he receive the sacrament twice?'

ANDREW &

This experience and the appreciation of sunsets life. Like sunsets, we don't

Question

Q. A recent article on the "Jubilee of Permanent Deacons, " celebrating Vatican II's restoring permanent states,

Reflections

last

orders?

deacons in the church,

Family

wondrous and awe-inspiring?

attention?

other ordinary

phenomenon

reveal God's

divine's presence?

participation (episcopate

of service (diaconate) are 1596).

The

catechism quotes a letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch, martyred in Rome about the year 107, emphasizing the importance of all three degrees of holy orders,

and deacons, in the life of the church. "Without them," writes Ignatius, "one cannot speak of the bishops, priests

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Enthronement equals evangelization for Sacred Heart devotee By BETTE

BARTHOLOMEW

Correspondent

SALISBURY

—

Owens had

call Bill

"Evangelize"

was a

In his appearances to her, Jesus told

Margaret Mary that she was

—

claim Jesus' love

people, and that his heart

honored

in the

Frequently, the enthronement is a social event, with the head of the

made

That he was called to missionary work, he had no doubt. He had found ways here

La.

family placing the picture of the Sacred

prominent

and there to be a witness for Christ, but he never felt that he had found the most

Heart

pertinent channel for him.

for dedication

to be

form of a heart of flesh. Enthronement of the Sacred Heart is one way to illustrate that devotion. A picture, statue or some other image of the Sacred Heart is placed prominently in the home, accompanied by an act of

years of Catholic education in Lafayette,

all

for all

was

consecration.

heard throughout 12

In January 2001, that

to pro-

—

his heart

in a

position.

also be a private devotion.

But

The

can

prayers,

and consecration of the

family, can be helpful.

changed.

When

heard Gloria Anson, director of

families

work with

local rep-

the Sacred Heart Apostolate, speak at a

resentatives such as Bill and Michelle

mission in Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury. Anson talked about the miracles that happen in families when the image of the Sacred Heart is enthroned in homes and the family is dedi-

Owens, they become registered at the national apostolate headquarters, whereby they are linked with all the

cated to him.

Since January, Bill and Michelle have participated in 23 enrollments in Sacred Heart Church. "Families tell us it has made a vital

prayers of those participating in this apostolic endeavor.

Owens

"We sometimes

assuage our call to be the mission arm of the church by sending a check to some faraway place. This is a good thing to do," said Owens. "But as Pope John Paul II and Mother Teresa have pointed out, mission is where we are. Our families, our work, our community and our parish are our first mission. Near proximity is our God-given assignment." For Owens, that assignment has involved a devotion to the Sacred Heart. It is a devotion he wants to share with others. Inspired by Anson's talk, Owens and his wife, Michelle, began participating in Sacred Heart enthronements in local parishioners'

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â€”

Bishop Bernard W. Schmitt of WheelingCharleston toured the flood-devastated region of southern West Virginia July 14, called

on Catholics across the

state to

provide material and spiritual comfort for

an area already

among

the poorest in

Appalachia.

Some

West

areas in southern

same day the familiar "Good Samaritan" Gospel was being proclaimed in Catholic churches around the world. the

News Service

WHEELING,

and

Vir-

were inundated with nearly eight 8, causing what the National Weather Service called a ginia

inches of rain July

"People read that Gospel and ask

who

themselves

The rugged topography

of the area exacerbated the unavoidable flooding and forced flood waters down mountainsides and into the narrow, but populated, valleys below.

At least 1,000 homes were destroyed, and 2,000 more were badly damaged. Stephen Kappa, director of the state's Ofof Emergency Services, estimated that the tally of destroyed homes would even-

fice

their neighbors are.

Well, their neighbors are here in southern West Virginia, beaten and robbed by the floods," he said. "The Good Samaritan gave his time, money, and concern, and this is the kind of help we

need from our people." He said he was impressed by the way people were caring for one another after the flood.

"If anything

"100-year flood."

the flood,

it's

good can be

that there

community and

Christian

said about

a real sense of spirit

fel-

lowship that has surfaced," he added. Bishop Schmitt praised several Catholic youth groups that have already traveled to the area to aid in the recovery and urged more to come, particularly to help the elderly.

also requested that all parishes

and missions

in the

Diocese of Wheel-

more than 2,000. community alone, 80 per-

ing-Charleston take up a special collec-

cent of the businesses were destroyed.

through Catholic Charities. George Smoulder, executive director of the diocesan Department of Catholic Charities, said the office's funds were " almost exhausted by the floods in May and June" and they are "really counting on the generosity of people throughout the state to help our ongoing and sustained efforts." But in addition to providing help and financial support, Bishop Schmitt urged Catholics to pray fervently to the Holy Spirit for strength and consola-

tually total

In one

Nearly 6,000 applications for assistance were filed and 40,000 residents were left without drinking water. In addition, 4,100 doses of tetanus vaccine were administered, nearly wiping out the state's stockpile of the medicine, and 15 temporary debris

90 percent capacity and were plagued by collection points quickly filled to

bears and snakes picking through the debris.

But

statistics don't tell the full story,

tion for flood relief to be administered

according to Bishop Schmitt. "We have to be more human

tion for the flood victims.

thinking about

prayer.

in our he told The Catholic Spirit, the diocesan newspaper. "The personal grief and hurts are so deep. Somehow these people are going this,"

to physically survive.

how

The

question

to help with the pain,"

said.

"And the only way over that is with the help of the Holy Spirit and the works of bishop said he

"We

have to root everything in have to pray that the

is strengthened in times of he said. "Our faith is no good is only there when things are

people's faith

such

trial,"

to us, if it

going

well."

Recovery from the flood is expected to take years. People from some towns were trying to decide whether

made

his visit

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News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic

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online, Chil-

dren need to be protected from sexual predators who are using Internet chat

rooms

to locate

new

prey, participants at

26 congressional briefing were

a July

When

predator. "I

she started chatting

didn't really understand

what a modem was," Tarbox said. "We were into the teen chat rooms, just like any other kid." It was there that she met 23-yearold "Mark," who was really 41 -yearold Francis Kufrovich.

told.

"Congress must ensure that efforts are made to ensure that children are never exploited in the first place," said Wendy Braffman, an aide to U.S. Rep Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, a member of the Congressional Children's Caucus and the Congressional Caucus for Missing and Exploited Children, both of which sponsored the briefing. "The Internet is the new playground, and it's not monitored," said Catholic actor Robert Davi, who had starred for four seasons on the crime drama "Profiler" and has backed efforts to keep children out of harm's

way. Davi spoke of playing "abduction games" with two of his daughters, now 1 1 and 9, using such ruses as "I've lost my puppy. Can you help me look for him?"

When

reach,

Davi

the girls got within arm's said,

he would grab them

and exclaim, "Gotcha!" The daughters may have taken it all in good fun because he was their father, Davi added, but the lesson on how to be aware of one's surroundings was worth teaching and learning, and he extended the lesson to his girls' softball teams.

Davi said he was asked to accompany the traveling all-star softball

On their first day at the new one player saw a suspicious character in a nearby parking lot. Police questioned him, but the man's answers made it seem as if nothing was amiss. The next day, Davi said, police told him the man had been arrested the previous night on molestation team.

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thought about Mark in a romantic way, "I was 13 years old, emotional and vulnerable. He certainly led me to believe that I was intelligent and that I was beautiful. As a 13-year-old that means the world to me, to be paid attention by this older man." When Tarbox went to Texas to compete in a swimming tournament, Mark got a room at the hotel where she was staying with her mother. He enticed her to his room and sexually ...

assaulted her.

While he eventually pleaded guilty to charges of persuading a mi-

nor to have sex and of crossing state have sex with a minor, Tarbox

lines to

said she

for

two

became years.

"clinically depressed got bad rashes on my

skin; the blood vessels popped from me vomiting so much." Part of Tarbox's therapy was to write "Katie.com: My Story," a book

detailing her ordeal. Kufrovich's case

was the first one prosecuted under the federal 1996 Communications Decency Act.

Maryland State Police Lt. Barry Leese, who works on the force's Internet Crimes Against Children's Task Force, said that only 10 percent of parents responding to a telephone poll knew who to call should their child receive an online sexual solicitation; meanwhile, 17 percent of the minors did. The problem is likely to escalate. About 24 million minors ages 10 to 17 were regularly online in 1999, according to the Census Bureau. By 2005, it is estimated that 77 million minors will have Web access.

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Deacon fulfills lifelong call to serve God through ordained ministry By

ALESHA

M. PRICE

was Rev. Mr. Sims, and strangely enough, they forgot all about that idea until

Staff Writer

—

John Sims alMOORESVILLE most did not make it. His was a breech birth, and he was baptized just hours after he was born. His parents watched nervously as the child

made

night and the next.

during a big war

growing up, he hung around his big sister and lived his life as other children did during that time period in Yonkers, N.Y. In the midst of families from various back-

grounds, young John grew up having friends of various nationalities.

His high school experience with the Marist Brothers was a positive one that

shaped his spiritual life. "I received a great education, and my faith was formed there. I sent all five of my children to Catholic school because of my experience." Toward the end of his high school he

feels

was him because he passed away

years, his father's unexpected death difficult for

The two

later.

married after college

jored in math at the college in

N.Y. While class, he heard a elle,

his

life.

in a required call that

his professor

ma-

New Rochtheology

would change was reading a

the first IBM compatible system and has worked in the area of advanced research and development, now as a project executive, for his 37 years with the company. "I have had fun, have never been bored, and have been on the leading edge of technology," said the self-proclaimed

programmed

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from the

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them

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thing happens, they can turer" at

call

to his if

any-

the "manufac-

any time.

The computer whiz moved to Endicott, NY., where IBM was founded and raised his family. He says that his support and ability to communicate

how, but he knew at that instant he would become a permanent deacon.

and matrimony. The interaction between the two is very beautiful and is a powerful

all

of his

was supportive and that there

helpful.

—

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him that he had a move coming up in his life. Not one to

ness, says that the

who

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ings,

one of which him to

originally led

sacraments keep

permanent the diaconate, he pre-

pared for a move. That move came in the form of company relocation to Charlotte. It was a difficult decision requiring prayer and contemplation of the Sims and their friends, but

much more

differ-

ent than

would

when they

focused.

sure

was neither

Rev. Mr. John Sims

arrived in

ited

the

town similar to their own home, they it was where they should be. "The place was growing and needed many people. The harvest was full, ahd the workers were few,'" said

However, Cheryl and

knew

all

Rev. Mr. Sims, referring to the biblical

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Mr. Sims, the youngest in his class at age 35, was ordained in September of that year. The deacons were assigned to

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His girlfriend and future wife Cheryl

faith life

a lot the church could learn

about the two sacraments

gift

classes.

while on a date, and her response was

was

moment

1994, something told

While on a

band to nearly

"I knew it just as well as I knew my own name that I would become a deacon. I went home and told my girlfriend

and ery

Rev. Mr. Sims, has received all seven of the sacraments including

plan in store for him.

and development IBM. This computer science

in the research

of items that would be discussed at Vatican II, Rev. Mr. Sims heard the words "restoration of the permanent diaconate." He cannot explain why or

list

life

mer

through all mediums has been the family glue over the years. The permanent diaconate crept back into his life as the Diocese of Syracuse was preparing to have its first formation class in the late 1970s. The classes were difficult, and even though it was optional for wives to attend, Mrs. Sims accompanied her hus-

his hatred of the

His

and moved to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where he accepted a job as an assistant program-

ship to Iona College.

smells in the chemistry lab, so he

surprising to him, but he enjoys his ministry. "I am a much better person,

years

wife's

was superceded by

Church and has not stopped since. The growth in the area has been the most

human

just before his son received a full scholar-

Rev. Mr. Sims's love of chemistry

his interest

ward

pioneer

While

and

was moving in the way that he had planned, but there was another

tiny miracle II.

was youth ministry. Later, when he was assigned to his parish, he focused his energy in youth ministry but also worked with sacramental preparation, evangelization and in diocese,

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