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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

Mercy Transfer Mercy Health Services Ownership of been under CHARLOTTE — For 90 Sisters Of

Charlotte has

years, the pulse

nearly

compassionate care of the Sisters of Mercy and the medical

Mercy Health

On

New

10,

1995

Year Dance

the

operated as

entities

Services, Inc.

Jan. 31, the Sisters of

transfer of ownership

Mercy of North Carolina

publicly proposed the

and management of Mercy Health Services to the Charlotte

Mecklenburg Hospital Authority; ending an era of Mercy-associated medical care in the Charlotte area.

The

transaction accepted by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, is expected to be completed prior to the summer.

"Following careful consideration of a

number of factors,

now

cluded that

the Sisters of

priate time to divest

Health Services," said

Mary Jerome

Sister

president and

Mercy con-

the appro-

is

CEO

Mercy Mercy

ment 16 months ago

more

viding

cost-effective, efficient care.

"We have worked well together, and I am very pleased that we can combine our resources to achieve better healthcare

^^^=^==z "We are involved

in

delivery.

Health Services, Inc. "Mercy

types of ministries

develop

like to

several

physician practices,

others.

move

(Hospital and Health Services)

We

has been a tremendous ministry for the Sisters

of Mercy over

the past 89 years.

We

many

is

an

healthcare delivery network to the central Carolinas,"

focus from acute-care

Nurkin added.

in the

"While we found the

Charlotte area to other

collaborative approach help-

of our values, es-

it was difficult to implement through two separate

needs.

pecially our concern for the

ful,

medically underserved." ~~

In return for the acquisi-

tion of the

Mercy

hospitals and related sub-

pay $ 1 1 million to the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Regional Community of North Carolina. sidiaries, the Hospital Authority will

'

we will

closer to providing a

truly seamless integrated

appropriate time to shift our

erated by an organization that

shares

now

are

Mercy will be op-

pleased that

believe

adding Mercy our expanding

network of owned, managed and affiliated facilities and

and would

still

By

facilities to

Spadley,

of Mercy

an effort to enhance

in

quality of healthcare in the region while pro-

"Several factors played a role in our de-

J.

Schlicksup,

tal,

Inc.

organizations," said Edward Jr.,

president of

"A combined

Mercy Hospi-

organization will be

more effective over the long term. The parties

now

believe that

it

is

timely and appropriate

to take the next logical step; the

complete

integration of their systems."

cision to transfer our ownership of Mercy Health Services," said Mercy Sister Pauline

pital

Clifford, regional president of the Sisters of

to operate

Mercy of North Carolina. As an example, Sister

the

The two groups agreed that Mercy Hosand Mercy Hospital South will continue

still

under their existing names. When hospitals combine with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, they will provide more than 2,000 hospital beds in

others.

We believe now is an appropriate time

multiple locations in the Charlotte-Mecklen-

to shift

our focus from acute-care in the Char-

burg region.

Pauline said,

"We are involved in several types

of ministries and

lotte

would

like to

develop

area to other needs."

"Mercy Health Services and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority share the

same commitment

Mercy

The Selwyn

transaction does not include the

Life Center, which

operated by

in providing the best

Mercy Health

Initially, the Sisters

is

owned and

Services, Inc.

Young women perform a traditional Vietnamese fan dance during a celebration of the lunar new year Jan. 28 at St. Ann Catholic Church in Charlotte. More than 1 ,000 people attended the festivities and Mass with Bishop William G. Photo by joann keane Curlin. Story on page 11.

plan to use the pro-

healthcare at a minimal cost while maintain-

ceeds from the transaction to establish a foun-

ing the highest quality standards," said Harry

dation, to address

A. Nurkin, president of the Hospital Author-

human and social needs.

Following a transition period, Sister Jerome

ity.

will serve as foundation president. Schlicksup

The Hospital Authority and Mercy Health

has accepted the Sisters of Mercy's offer

Services entered into a collaborative agree-

See Mercy, Page 16

CCHS It's

Capital

Campaign Nearly

At Goal

a race to the finish as Charlotte Catholic High School's capital campaign

inches closer to

its

goal.

Although $2.8 million of the $3 million in pledges is needed before the campaign wraps

are in hand, the remaining $200,000

School Leaders To Look For Aid For MATT DOYLE

A two-part effort for greater involvement in the legislative

process

is

being launched

by the Raleigh and Charlotte Catholic schools.

Superintendent Mike Fedewa of Raleigh and Charlotte's superintendent Dr. Michael Skube are spearheading a drive that will eventually

lead to a grassroots network for legislative action.

Both Fedewa and Skube will be in Wash26-March 1 for the annual United States Catholic Conference legislaington, D.C. Feb.

Fedewa said this year's meetimportant due to changes on the

tive meeting.

ing

is

legislative scene.

few weeks of any campaign are the toughest," Jim Kelley, director of development. Yet, Kelley and members of the campaign leadership cabinet are confident that the final dollars will slide in under the wire.

"So far, the campaign has gone according to plan," said Kelley, attributing the success of the fundraising campaign to the Catholic community.

"Well over 1,000 individuals and families have stepped forward with generous donations. We are overwhelmed by the campaign's appeal."

"The importance of secondary Catholic education is crucial to so many," said Kelley. "Not just for those with children in the Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools, but from the community at large. We've heard from grandparents, alumni and friends."

"The new CCHS will be a state-of-the art facility, capable of filling our student needs for years to come," said Kelley.

Student capacity will double to 1,200 once the facility is complete.

The school opens for students this fall.

"Traditionally, the last

said

Education By

up on Feb. 25.

With Republicans control of both houses of Congress, the superintendents hope this indigood news for private and parochial schools.

"The Republicans have been more open to looking at legislation toward a voucher system that would include parochial schools," said Skube.

The Democratic Party, said Skube, has said it was either not interested or would only consider

cates

school choice within the existing public system.

Voucher and school choice are two issues go hand in hand said Fedewa. The voucher would set aside a certain amount of money that would be allowed to follow a student to what-

that

See Education, Page 13

The Catholic News

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Wake

& Herald

February 10, 1995

Forest Students Give Their Christmas Breaks To India's Poor

BY NANCY HARTNAGEL

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— After

finals

service projects in the United States, but

CNS

was

my

and brief Christmas celebrations with families, 10 Wake Forest University students flew to Calcutta, India, to work with

Third World country."

the poor.

ence, she said, "from the actual

Senior organizer and group leader Jessica

Davey described

the trip as "an

told

"this

Though

still

first

time in a

work we

importance of

human

and how beautiful they can

relationships

incredibly spiritual experience," one of

be."

hard work and deep thinking.

Accompanied by Dr. Cecil Price,

dents had their

The four men and

own

six

women

students spent Dec. 26-Jan. 14 working

went along."

homes run by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity. They substituted for long-term volunteers away for the holi-

student replace a stolen passport and "kept

Service,

an eye on some students who got mildly sick," but he told CNS, "the neat thing for me, I was basically doing the same thing as everybody else."

mentally and physically handicapped poor

knew what would be

people.

worked well together," Price said. "It was

Students drew water from wells to

hand-wash laundry and bathe patients outdoors. They scrubbed the cement floors and gymnasium- sized walls of each ward, Davey said, and pushed the dirty water into run-off moats outside.

At noon, they returned to their YMCA lodgings to eat and change clothes for afternoons at the Khalighat Home for the

Dying and

Destitute. There,

Davey

said,

they spoon-fed patients both medicine

and food, and gave massages and rubto dying patients.

downs

Work the Shishu

they expected to be given at

Bhavan orphanage was lim-

because of an outbreak of chicken The group got Thursdays off.

ited

pox.

"Students anticipated it would be hardest emotionally to work with the

dying at Khalighat," Davey said. "But they found the long-term suffering of the people at Prem Dan harder to deal with."

"The students were ready

a big privilege for

for work, expected, and

me to

be with them."

Price said the group has a "responsi-

and

bility to share the story"

will con-

tinue to meet and reflect on the experience.

"I've heard a lot about how beautiful

how much love we were how much hospitality we were

the people were,

given,

shown," said Davey. "But I have a sense that, for some, a re-evaluation of life here has just begun."

This was the second trip to India for Davey, a 2 1 -year-old religion and sociology major from Norfolk, Va. She spent the summer of 1993 there, doing similar

work plus teaching English at the orphanage and to

Good Deeds —Sarah Lawlor (left) and Mary Beth Green scrub laundry with Missionaries of Charity Sister Petra at the Home for the Dying and Destitute in Prem Dan, India. The students from Wake Forest University in North Carolina spent more than two weeks working with Mother Teresa's order

Student

Davey

said she

WASHINGTON (CNS)— JessicaDavey, versity in Winston-Salem, N.C., has cor-

it's

not

responded with Mother Teresa since she

Wake

was

hopes "to pursue ordination in the Episcopal Church."

Davey said she is "absolutely changed" by her time in India. "One of the most profound changes that I am able

so different from the poverty of the people

8.

saw a PBS piece about

"I

A university committee selected the

"and

I

bugged

students from 40 applicants. Students were

"called the

immunized and met weekly throughout

address."

the fall semester, learning Hindi phrases,

and discussing death and dying.

The trip was funded by a $10,000

leprosy,

Theme

dad enough

he

that

India to get her

On

At Mass

Shaw and Fathers Thomas Fitzpatrick, Thomas Norris and at St. Paul the Apostle Church. The Fourth Degree

Knights of Columbus of Abbot Vincent G. Taylor Assembly escorted the bishop.

Human

life is

sacred

— from con-

ception to natural death. Bishop Curlin's homily inspired and affirmed the

work and

dedication of pro-lifers.

donated more than $400 to

returning recently from her sec-

"Room

at the Inn,"

home for unwed mothers that recently opened in Charlotte.

Joann Wittenborn, coordinator of St. Paul's Respect life committee, Sister Annette

a Catholic

Amendolia and Father Bob Bazzoli organized the event.

definition of poverty

From

ond trip as a volunteer with Mother Teresa

Davey told Catholic News Ser"She's no longer larger than life for

in India,

vice,

I truly

admire her

The Episcopalian

Msgr. Joseph Showfety recently

theme:

to articulate," she said,

faith,

her

life,

her vision."

William G. Curlin and Fathers James O'Neill and Bob Bazzoli, assisted by deacons

in attendance generously

my

Embassy of

Forest, she said she eventually

j

GREENSBORO — The third annual "Gift of Life" Mass was celebrated by Bishop

Those

her, after

she got the Nobel Prize," Davey said,

in the streets."

me. But

this

India

velopment of aboriginal tribes" on a fellowship from the Rotary Foundation.

A religion and sociology major at

poverty within myself, and that

major from Clemson, S.C., had done

The Mass was centered around

photo)

Changed By Experiences a 21-year-old senior at Wake Forest Uni-

me

(CNS

Led Others To

Teresa talks about the poverty of abandonment, the poverty of being alone," she said. "I was able to recognize the

studying the culture and diseases such as

Bill

Calcutta.

BY NANCY HARTNAGEL

"absolutely changed" by her experience. "Mother

said.

Gordon Forrestor and

in

is

clinging to

Life Is

Who

street children.

"With dying people, at least the end of their suffering was in sight," she explained. "But at Prem Dan, there was no end in sight." Students found the hard manual labor there a kind of refuge, she Allison Dean, a junior psychology

"probably the only person in the world has high-fived Mother Teresa."

who

The doctor spent one day helping a

at

News

is

who said "the university and the little less nervous when I

in Price,

parents were a

Davey said the group spent mornings at Prem Dan, a home for 350

up and gave her one."

She said Wake Forest's Laura Shelley

stu-

the Winston-Salem, N.C., university, the

In an interview with Catholic

Davey said everyone was excited to meet Mother Teresa, who sat among the volunteers at daily Mass and blessed anyone who came forward.

"At New Year's Eve Mass," Davey

who is quite small, had her hand raised really high to bless a tall person. One of the students thought she was awaiting a high-five, and so she went recalled, "Mother,

attending physician

director of the student health service at

days.

Mary Reynolds Babcock

Foundation, individual donations and student fund-raising projects.

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did, I realized the

grant from the

student from Nor-

"was

seeing poverty as "stereotypi-

images of naked people, abandoned children and beggars with outstretched cal

hands," Davey said, she has

me when I was able to recognize

the poverty within myself."

her

all

own letters," Davey said, "but she finally got a typist to help her, though she

hand signs every

letter

stills

she sends- out."

Davey, who co-chairs the university's Volunteer Service Corps, spent the sum-

mer of 1993 volunteering

in India.

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of the Assumption school, Teresita

Staub, was named Distinguished Graduate, an award which recognizes the accomplishments of Catholic recently as a 1995 National Catholic Education Associates

elementary school alumni. Staub graduated from Charlotte Catholic High School and

UNCC. The award, sponsored by

"put into practice the values and ide-

the

NCEA

Department of Elementary Schools in cooperation with Our Lady of the Assumption school, was pre-

The Distinguished

Graduate Award was established in 1991 to

sonal and professional achievement.

Her leadership role in the community and beyond reflects her Catholic edu-

honor people who, according to Dr. Kealey,

cation background.

"We

"put into practice the

re-

ceived in their elementary years has

provided a firm basis for growth and achievement in their adult lives." said Dr. Robert Kealey, executive director of NCEA's Department of Elementary Schools.

and

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schools.

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Hospital Sale Catapults

a new experience," she explained,

The Roman Catholic order of 140 nuns

ties.

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its

hospital system and

using the proceeds to create a foundation that will support the group's existing

new

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and

charities.

The foundation, which may gener-

cus on helping society's most desperate

million in 1994-95.

need to go see them," joked Crisis Assistance Ministry head Caroline Myers, referring to the Sisters of Mercy who surely are soon to be wooed by worthy causes. "Or wouldn't they like to "I think

come

see us?"

the order, said the group plans to invest

been a struggle," Sister Pauline Clifford said the day after announcing the sale of Mercy Hospital and its affiliates to Carolinas Medical Center for $115 million.

'We've never had funds for anything.

This is a whole new experience for us.

efforts.

By comparison, this year's United

the $115 million and use

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ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte or to your parish. Simply have the following statement included in your Will: "/ leave to the

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standard one-year treasury for example, it would have about $8 million to spend on charity in its first bill,

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Clifford also stressed

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AIDS

lotte

patients.

order wants to fo-

sorts of

things."

dation will support and probably expand the order's existing work on its 70-acre Belmont campus. That includes the Holy Angels center for 60 developmentally disabled residents; Catherine's House shelter for women and children that can hold 35 residents; and the House of Mercy that is home to six that, the

Catholic,"

she said. "We've always

explained, "to have

Beyond

Roman

strictly

experience, " she

Clifford said the foun-

who

it.

the fact that the Sisters of

a whole new

experience for

health care for those can't afford

a

while the Sisters

of Mercy of North Carolina have mixed feelings about selling

years after opening

Mercy Hospital 89

it,

the nuns are trying

not to look back.

"There is excitement about new pos-

"and really

sibilities," said Clifford,

working our mission." is

relgion writer for the Char-

Observer. This Article

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victims a, particular passion of Bishop William Curlin, head of the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte. "We see that as an area where not much is being done," said Clifford. The nuns also want to provide homes for the elderly and

funds for anything.

charity," said Ketner.

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ever done has

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is

of the Assumption Principal Pat

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"to have the means."

have gone.

With $115 million coming its way, the Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina in the Belmont town of Gaston County will soon be one of the region's biggest chari-

in Charlotte.

Nuns By

"Its

Teresita Staub (with plaque)

and religious education programs.

The Trinitarian Sisters opened Our Lady of the Assumption school in 1948

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Pro-Life Office Places

Ad

N.Y Times

In

Despite By

Difficulties

NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN

WASHINGTON

— The U.S. bishops'

(CNS)

(jiildren are the angels in this garbage dump of a world. They are human beings as God intended. soul has so many scars that I still have trouble generating sympathy for adults, but children keep a light on inside me. They are the lifeline to my humanity."

.0

m

My

pro-life

ad of its own in The New York Times after a Times ad by Planned Parenthood said Catholic leaders "incite terrorism and viooffice has countered with a full-page

lence" by their words against abortion.

But Times' personnel made an

effort to

keep the

Syndicated Columnist Charley Reese

bishops' ad out of the paper, according to Gail Quinn,

executive director of the bishops' Secretariat for Pro-

The Respect

Diocese of Charlotte

Life Office

(704)

331-1720

Life Activities.

The new ad, which appeared Jan. 22 in the national and Northeast editions of the Sunday Times, bore the headline, 'Truth Doesn't Kill. Abortion Does," and quoted

who

supporters of legal abortion

Church Serves As "Leaven" Where Christians Are Few

admitted that abortion

causes the death of a baby.

Attempts to place the $69,000 ad, which was financed by the Knights of Columbus, were made more difficult by the Times' ad acceptability department, according to

Quinn.

"There was no attempt to hide the fact that they were making it difficult," she said. "It was an effort to scare us off, as if they hoped we might look at it (the agreement) and say, 'I can't sign that,' and abandon the attempt to run the ad."

The Times asked

the pro-life office to sign an in-

demnification agreement stating that all of the people quoted in the ad had been contacted and had agreed to have their names used in the ad. Quinn then asked the ad acceptability department if Planned Parenthood had been required to sign such an agreement before its Jan. 5 ad was published.

The earlier ad named Cardinals John J. O'Connor of New York, Bernard F. Law of Boston and Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles among several "leaders of the anti-choice movement who have become the arms merchants in this war of words"; none of them was contacted by Planned Parenthood before the ad ran,

Quinn

said.

Winona Johnson,

the representative of the Times'

ad acceptability department with whom Quinn dealt, told Catholic News Service Jan. 27 that each potential ad is judged "on its own merits" and not in relation to any past ads.

"The biggest debate (with Quinn) was over the use of the word 'abortionist,'" she said. "We felt we didn't want them to use that word. It was a matter of taste."

There are no written criteria guiding the ad acceptability department on matters of tastefulness, Johnson

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Here

Pope JohnPaul IPs remarks general audience Feb.

Dear brothers and

is

the Vatican text of

in English at his weekly-

1

sisters,

My recent pastoral visit to the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Sri Lanka began with the celebra-

Manila of the 10th World Youth Day. The motto of this year's World Youth Day "As the Father sent me, so I am sending you" (Jn 20:21) evokes the tion in

—

—

mission given by the risen Christ to his disciples and his gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. During the vigil and

young people meditated on on our mission to be his witnesses before the world. This great gathering of young people was an eloquent image of the church as God's pilgrim people on earth. The next stages of my pastoral visit emphasized the goal of the church's earthly pilgrimage: the pursuit of holiness. In Papua New Guinea, Australia and Sri Lanka, I celebrated the beatification of three outstanding witnesses to Jesus Christ: Peter To Rot, catechist and martyr; Mother Mary MacKillop, a

the final Mass, millions of

the Lord's resurrection and

courageous religious devoted to the needs of the poor; and Father Joseph Vaz, the apostle of Sri Lanka. In a real way, this pastoral visit was about young people and the youth of the church. Even in those parts of the world,

where Christians are few in number, the church made young by the presence of Christ and serves as a vital leaven of the Gospel throughout soci-

like Asia, is

constantly

ety.

I

extend a

warm welcome

to the English-speaking

pilgrims and visitors present at today's audience.

Upon

you and your families I cordially invoke the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Mercy Sisters Enter

New

Era

said.

Quinn

said the dispute with the

Times was played

out over several hours Jan. 20 in a series of phone calls

with the ad acceptability department.

See Pro Life, Page 16

The Sisters of Mercy's decision to divest their interests in Mercy Health Services, Inc., is bittersweet news. For and subsequent close to a century, Mercy Hospital healthcare services

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have been a mainstay for

Joann Keane

Charlotteans, and a source of pride for the ever-growing

Catholic population.

The Catholic

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weekend, and we'll have a report on that. Look for Eduardo Perez's story on Host Homes in Winston Salem. Under the wing Catholic Social Services, Host

Homes provides temporary housing for special children County.

in

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a personal note,

week

your holy prayers

—

High Point Regional Hospital. Msgr. Duncan reHoly Angels in Mt. Airy lives at Maryfield Nursing Home in High Point. He's one of our most beloved priests; held in the highest esteem by all who know him.

—

my

husband and

I

played birthday

as our oldest son celebrated his 11th

We had an impromptu celebration, and baked enough cupcakes for him to share with his classmates.

Wow. Wasn't it just yesterday we anxiously waited as this premature baby struggled in neonatal intensive care?

Didn't this whirling dervish on rollerblades just learn to walk? It's hard to believe that our young fiery red head is almost as tall as I am. It was just yesterday we could hold him in the palm of our hands. Happy Birthday, birthday.

A recent illness has Msgr. Duncan hospitalized

cently retired as pastor of

ing of the Abbey, perpetual adoration began there last

hosts last

a speedy recovery.

Duncan

Umoja festival at Belmont Abbey last weekend. Speak-

in their

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Coming up next week, we celebrate Black History Month.

We'll talk with Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, vicar for the office of African American Affairs, and report on a youth

in Forsyth

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and children it appears the right thing has been accomplished. In a sense, they're simply transferring one life

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February 10, 1995

Coping With Anger do you control your anger? The But how does one atoffering all your sufBy patience? tain ferings and humiliations in union with the sufferings of Jesus you can quiet any

How

the world. Jesus suffered the

secret is patience.

rendous humiliations in reparation for our

I

my

tap into

I

Father John Catoir

—

try to

pray this

to ten, I

restore

I

One Candle

flash of

deepest spiritual remain calm on the outside even though on the inside I may be boiling with rage. Instead of counting anger

motivation.

can join Him in that sacrifice all our sufferings and humiliations to God in a spirit of reparation. In this way we unite our hearts and minds with the heart and mind of Jesus who not only forgave his persecutors, but made excuses for them Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.

Jesus took blows to the head for you; Jesus was vilified and beaten for you;

and offer

Light

have an occasional

little

prayer which helps

my inner peace. Dear Lord, I offer

do it anyway. I repeat this prayer over and over again until I calm down.

This promise of surrender forces me to confront my faith. It tempers any negaperfection? Surely not

tive feelings I

I,

I

stub

I

am

my

in

toe,

on

all

occasions:

bump my

head; or

any kind of distress.

It's

a

way of

sanctifying the

miseries of

little

We

This promise implies an openness to perfectibility. Perfection sible,

may not be pos-

but striving for it certainly

I

offer this prayer

I

regain

that if

my

my peace of mind.

you aim

is.

When

anger recedes and I've learned

for the stars

you have a

chance of hitting the moon. A spirit of true surrender always leads to obedience and love, to combine it with an act of

1

By

The new year has

With it came resolutions, new beginnings and thoughts about income taxes. As you collect statements this month in order to prepare tax returns due in April, it is a good time to review your stewardship of monetary resources.

some of the most

Giving shares of a publicly traded stock that meets these requirements can

speak with people across the diocese.

Q. What about the acknowl-

edgment I must have for any single gift

of $250 or

more made year?

A. Tax law enacted in 1993 requires

Jim Kelley

that in order

income tax deducgift of $250 or more must have an acknowledgment of the gift from the recipient charity. The written acknowledgment must not only confirm that a gift was made, but that no goods or services were received in exchange only "intangible religious

to take a charitable

a donor of a single

tion,

—

benefits," if

benefit

such

is

the case. If a tangible

was received, that must be stated.

When you receive such acknowledgments, keep them with your tax return

Q.

What about

banquet or a musical performance. are the best ways to give to

parish, the diocese or other

Catholic organizations I wish to benefit?

A. The "best" ways of giving depend on each individual. Cash is probably the most

common form for gifts. For many people, it's

the most convenient.

His suffering and offer

all

your suffer-

You may

promises are a thing of the past, but I reject that idea. The church has always allowed and even encouraged solemn

experience an infusion of spiritual joy

promises and private vows as long as a spiritual director approved the idea. The Lord knows our hearts and He responds to every gesture with love.

The idea of making reparation for my sins is important to me. Reparation itself is important. We all have to atone; not only our own sins, but for the sins of

patience.

never be able to give the Lord perfect

obedience and perfect love, but you can surely aspire to If

you say

it.

this prayer,

I

think you'll

and your anger will fade into the background. This is my way of achieving

For afree copy ofthe Christopher News Note, "Patience, " send a stamped, self-addressed

envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St.,

New

NY

York,

10017.

Father John Catoir

is

director of The

Christophers.

Handling Questions of Faith

Crosswinds Dr.

Martha W. Shuping

Dear Dr. Shuping,

A. Giving by will or living trust is always popular and only requires a little advance planning with your attorney.

Making a gift of unused retirement plan benefits can be convenient, too. Such funds can be given either now or after your lifetime. Giving life insurance also is simple and popular. Call if you would like

of your estate plans.

Q. What about giving to endowments?

A. Many people give only to the current needs of the church. Endowments represent a

way you can

give to the future

needs of the church. The Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte

was established last year to provide endowments for the diocese and its parishes, schools, agencies is

a

and organizations. of assets which

gift

ciple is never spent, only the income. Call

me

you would like more information about endowments and the Foundation.

Q.

her husband comes from a good Catholic family. Recently, however, he has admitted to having doubts about the Church and the existence of God. My sister is very upset. I'd like to talk to her husband, but I don't want to say the

wrong

if

What

if I

have further questions?

A. Contact your professional advisor for answers to questions about ways of giving and tax benefits or call (704) 331-

709 or (704) 377-687 1 or write to me at Development Office, Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207. We can help you to meet your objectives as efficiently as pos1

the Diocesan

The

thing

is

the director of development for

the Diocese of Charlotte.

way

is to

to

avoid saying the wrong

ask questions and listen care-

can help your brother-in-law to open up to you, you'll have a much better chance of making an impact on him.

When people lose their faith, there can be any number of reasons. An intellectual dilemma or a misunderstanding of Church doctrine might be the cause.

Problems with parents or a bad experience with a priest may also be significant. I believe that when someone goes so far as to question the existence of God,

however,

it

is

usually because of an iden-

Your brother-in-law may have had when he was younger but never

doubts

A certain dose of agnoswith normal for adolescents

discussed them. is

—

proper nurturing their faith usually returns in a more mature form. If your brother-in-law kept his questions to himself when he was younger, his faith probably never had a chance to develop into a healthy adult spirituality.

On the other hand, if he never entertained any doubts

he

up

to

childhood.

Whatever the cause,

his

dilemma

indicates that he's giving serious thought to the

by

meaning of

life.

You can help him

listening patiently to his philosophi-

Don't hammer might make him defensive. But do encourage him to discuss his thoughts about life and death and life after death. There are very few genuine atheists and even fewer lifelong ones. Probably, at some point, your brother-in-law believed in God. Encourask age him to talk about that belief cal

and theological

ideas. that

—

—

—

him what happened

to

it.

As Christians we know that everybut is made in the image of God right now your brother-in-law can't see that. Ultimately, his doubts have much more to do with his own self-image than

—

one

with the reality of God's existence.

The Seven-Story Mountain, by Thois a great book for anyone who is struggling with issues of faith and identity. Merton himself experienced years of inner turmoil and doubt before finally converting to Catholicism. His autobiography is a tribute to the mercy of

mas Merton,

tity crisis.

ticism

failed to live

the expectations he'd been carrying since

him with questions

thing.

fully. If you

sible this year.

Jim Kelley

best

when God

as an adult

My sister is a devout Catholic and

more information about arranging a

gift as part

provides income in perpetuity. The prin-

What

in

long-range planning

and giving?

you are missing a written acknowledgment call the charity in question and request one.

Charities are also required by law to inform you of the value of any benefits received in conjunction with gifts of $75 or more. Examples might include tickets

ductions. If

my

our

joying favorable tax treatment.

An endowment

Q.

lift

ings in a spirit of reparation?

be an easy way to make a larger gift than you thought possible. You can complete a pledge or make a special gift while conserving cash for other uses and en-

materials in order to safeguard your de-

to a

pure poetry.

minds and hearts to God. Sometimes all we need is a little boost. This promise of "perfect obedience and love" is an attention getter, not for God, but for me. People today think that private vows or solemn

However, consider other assets you own. Securities that have increased in value and been owned for more than a year, for example, may be given and deducted at present value, not the amount you originally paid. You can also bypass capital gains tax on the increase in value.

common questions I hear these days as I

last

is

struggle every day to

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arrived!

Let's take a look at

reparation

giving them meaning.

life,

995 With The Information You Need Start

stripped,

ated for you. Jesus

I

may be experiencing at the

time. I use this prayer

when when

but

was

whipped and humilibecame a victim that you might have life and have it more abundantly. So why shouldn't you share

Jesus

You all my sufferings

and humiliations in a spirit of reparation and I promise perfect obedience and perfect love. Absurd, of course. Who among us can promise

We

sins.

storm within.

When

most hor-

when he was younger

may have found himself disappointed

that extends to all who search for a deeper meaning in their own lives.

God Dr.

Shuping

is

Social Services tice

contract staff with Catholic

and also has a private prac-

as a psychiatrist in Winston-Salem. Ques-

tions for this

Martha

W

column may be sent

to: Dr.

Shuping, 1400 Mitigate Drive,

Suite B, Winston-Salem,

NC 27103.

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February 10, 199

World Class Choir Plans Greensboro Performance r

f

1

GREENSBOROâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Gloriae Dei Cantores,

separate people," says Elizabeth

one of America's top classical choirs, will be performing at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m.

Under the direction of Elizabeth Patterson, the choir has toured 22 countries, sings in 16 languages, and rehearses daily to maintain their internationally acclaimed standard of excellence. The tour includes performances in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee.

Opening with Gregorian chants sung by the Gloriae Dei Cantores Schola, the performance will feature Missa "Bella amfitrit altera" by Orlando di Lasso; motets by Italian composers Gabrieli and Bassano and German composer Josef Rheinberger; and several selections by

Patterson.

American composers Leo Sowerby, Samuel Barber and Dominick Argento.

the professional

"Music

the international

is

language that communicates to the heart.

Our role

is to

serve as a bridge. There

is

so

much division in the world, and music

is

one of the best ways

to unite people."

In April 1994, the choir returned to

Venice to open the 900th anniversary of St. Mark's Basilica. In 1992 they were the first artistic group from the Western World to visit Albania since World War IT. In 1991 the choir performed on the BBC Christmas and Advent television programs. In 1990, Gloriae Dei Cantores was the first choir to sing Russian sacred music on stage in Russia.

Formed first

in 1972, the choir

gave

its

public performance in 1977 and took

name Gloriae Dei

Cantores (Singers to the Glory of God) in 1988. Consisting of men and women

"The goal of the tours is to be a means of reconciliation across the divisions that

from a wide variety of occupations, denominations and musical backgrounds, the choir shares a common vision to enable

people to glimpse the glory of God, while preserving the rich heritage of sacred

People And Planets

choral music.

The choir makes its home on Cape Cod, Mass. and sings weekly services and annual concerts at the Chapel of the Holy Paraclete, Orleans, Mass.

Admission for the concert in Greensboro is free. For more information con-

"What are humans?" my four-year-old son Bobby asked me as I began the usual search for

word

why

my

house keys on our front

"Humans? Oh

stoop.

for people,"

I

that's just

humans destroying he demanded to know. are

I

another

told him. "Well then

wondered where

this latest line

questioning was coming from. Then

I

cerning their Southeastern tour contact

Family Matters

the earth?"

of

Blair Tingley at (508) 255-3999.

Marx

Eileen C.

re-

membered that a few days before, he had

PUT YOUR GIFTS

watched an animated movie at his cousin Patty's house called, est." In the

the

"Once Upon a For-

wood mouse, Edgar

the

mole and

Russell the hedgehog, find their peaceful lives greatly disrupted spill

and

young

come

by humans.

A

has destroyed Dapplewood

chemical their

seriously

friend Michelle has beill

from the toxic fumes.

The three friends race against time ad the yellow dragons (bulldozers) to save Michelle.

During the past year, Bobby has been on a mission to keep the earth clean. A few weeks ago while we were at the park, I heard Bobby call out, "Mooooommm!"

I wondered what rare discovery he had stumbled upon this time. Instead, he pointed to a crumpled-up candy wrapper on the ground and said with great disgust, "littering!" This month's latest environmental concern is graffiti. In fact, we have been discussing it and pointing it out so often that Bobby's two-year-old sister Teresa now yells out "graffiti" each time we pass by the spray painted letters.

As I watch and listen to my friend's children,

it's

easy to see that Bobby

is

not

member of the recycle police.

Many children are lecturing their parents

the only

about the importance of saving water and recycling glass and aluminum. These little enforcers of the environment already

seem

when someone does something to hurt the earth, it also hurts the people who inhabit the earth.

I care deeply about saving our planet, and my husband Joe and I do all we can to respect the environment. But I must confess we have not always been our children's primary educators on the environment. From the time Bobby and Teresa began watching TV, they listened to singing and dancing water droplets on Sesame Street ask, "Are you a Waster00?" In our car we have listened to the

to understand that

well

known

children's entertainer Raffi

sing out, "It's a big beautiful planet in the sky; the earth's our live."

at the

movie, three friends, Abigail

And

in a

home,

it's

where we

popular touring stage

production, "The Great Dinosaur

Mys-

tery," the song, "Extinction Stinks" is the

favorite of all the environmentally correct songs.

In recent years, there has been a grow-

ing

movement by actors, musicians, poli-

Michelle

is

As Michelle

efforts

of the children's videotapes, audio tapes,

spill

books, songs and TV programs stress environmental themes. Creative and com-

be the same again." The children's teacher Cornelius answers her, "If we all work as hard to save Dapplewood as your friends worked to save you, it will be the same again." We too must have hope, for Bobby and all the world's children, that together we can stop humans from destroying the earth and start humans building a world where we are committed to protecting our people and our planet.

mitted people in the environmental movement have done a marvelous job at teaching children to conserve the earth's resources, protect the environment and

keep the planet clean for future generations. They have taught us that the way we can really change attitudes and practices is to teach our children these important lessons right from the start and to reinforce these messages throughout their lives. Although the work is far from complete, we now have a younger generation who have been raised with a respect for the earth and its resources.

As we work

to protect the earth,

remember

crucial for us to

it's

asks us to love one another.

teach them to

person.

In an important pastoral reflection,

Renewing

the Earth:

An

Invitation to

and Action on Environment in Light of Catholic Social Teaching, the bishops of the United States explore the Reflection

between concern for the person and concern for the earth. The bishops write, links

The whole human

race suffers as a

environmental carelessness.

Their lands and neighborhoods are more likely to be polluted or to host toxic waste result of

she says, "I guess nothing will ever

in

The Diocese of Charlotte Contact Father Frank O'Rourke Vocation Director 1621 Dilworth Road East

To order a copy of the bishops' statement on environmental justice call (800) 235-8722.

The cost

is

$4.95 per copy.

For information on

the U.S. Catholic

Charlotte, H.C.

Conference 's Environmental Justice Program, call (202)

28203

(704) 334-2283

541-3182.

He

respect and protect the dignity of each

human

PRIESTHOOD

surveys the damage from the chemical

The

We need to

be just as concerned about the broken lives of the poor and the homeless as we are about the broken bottles on our streets and in our parks. As we work to clean up the water and the air, we must also commit ourselves to cleaning up the hatred and injustice in our communities. And as we teach our children to respect and pro-

we must

of her three friends.

that the Cre-

ator not only asks us to love the earth,

tect the earth,

Consider

rescued thanks to the heroic

and concerned citizens to educate and advocate on behalf of the earth. Many

ticians

Service of Others

dumps, their water to be undrinkable, their children to be harmed."

At the end of "Once Upon a Forest,"

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February 10, 1995

Two Chicago Auxiliary Bishops

Retire,

Three More

dained to the

the United

has accepted the resignations of

episcopate

Committee

two Chicago auxiliary bishops and named three priests to be their successors.

Auxiliary Bishops Alfred L. Abramowicz and Timothy J. Lyne, both 75, are retiring. The new Chicago auxil-

March 20 at Holy

Chicago and the Catholic Health Alliance of Metro-

Name

politan Chicago.

iaries are:

60, and Kicanas,

diocese.

director

53, are Chicago

of the Chicago archdiocesan Depart-

Both attended Quigley

Bishop-designate Kicanas,

College, Philadelphia;

Paul

II

(CNS)

— Father Edwin M. Conway,

in

— Father Gerald Kicanas, rector

of the Mundelein St.

Mary of the Lake.

Jesuit

Bishop

Conway

Belleville,

111.,

now

of

as episcopal vicar of Vi-

cariate VI.

He

attended

Camden

Catholic High

School, Cherry Hill, N.J.;

Joseph's

St.

Thomas SemiBloomfield, Conn.; and St. Mary St.

Seminary, Baltimore, where he received

Seminary and St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, where they both received master's

a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1972.

Bishop-designate Conway, ordained

psychology from Loyola University in Chicago, was ordained to

a priest in 1960, also earned a master's

the priesthood in

ceived a master's degree in divinity from

degree in social work from Loyola Uni-

1967.

the Jesuit School of Theology in Berke-

later

The retirements and appointments were announced Jan. 24 in Washington

by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, apostolic pro- nuncio to the United States.

The bishops-designate will be or-

succeed Bishop Wilton Gregory,

nary,

became

as an associate

two years, he joined the facQuigley Preparatory Seminary South. He became rector of Quigley in 1978 and in 1984 was named rector of Mundelein Seminary of the University of St. Mary on the Lake.

He will be episcopal vicar of Vicariate I, succeeding Auxiliary Bishop Raymond E. Goedert, who will be the

pastor for ulty of

He

assistant to the administra-

tor of Catholic Charities.

Bishop-designate

Conway currently

serves as chairman, president, director,

or board

After serving

Bishop Murray

to Catholic Charities as a counselor.

Detroit-Mercy.

Bishop-designate Murry was bom Dec. 28, 1948, in Camden, N.J. He will

ate in educational

For his first seven years in priestly ministry, he was an associate pastor in two parishes. In 1967, he was appointed

Murry, associate provost of the University of

vicar general and vicar for regional

services.

who has a doctor-

versity in Chicago.

Father George V.

new

Preparatory

degrees in religion.

Seminary of the

—

episcopal vicar of Vicariate II in the arch-

natives.

Bishop Kicanas

University of

for a Cleaner

1983.

Conway,

ignate

Way of Chicago, the Mayor's

He has held his current post since He will succeed Bishop Lyne as

Chicago.

Bishops-des-

ment of Human Services.

F.

Cathedral

7

Named

— Pope John

WASHINGTON

& He, aid

member for 20

groups, includ-

ing the Catholic Conference of Illinois,

That year he entered the

was ordained a

Jesuits,

and

Jesuit priest in 1979.

Bishop-designate Murry also re-

and a doctorate in American from George Washington University in Washington in 1994.

His Jesuit ministry has been largely centered in Washington.

He was a faculty member and dean of student activities at Gonzaga College ley, Calif.,

cultural studies

High School, 1974-79; adjunct assistant professor of American studies at Georgetown University, 1986-1990; and president of Archbishop Carroll High School, 1 989- 1 994. In 1 994 he was named to his post at the University of Detroit-

Mercy.

Bishop-designate Murry was also special assistant to the director of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office of Migration and Refugee Services, 1975-77, and an editorial board member of The Living Light, a catechetical publication, 198994.

Both retiring Chicago auxiliaries are Chicago natives who studied together at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, and were ordained to the priesthood together in 1943.

They each held parish pastorates until 1989,

when

they both turned 70. Bishop

Lyne, for 23 years the pastor of Holy Name Cathedral, will continue as vicar

Bishop Abramowicz was episcopal vicar of the fifth vicariate and was executive director of the Catholic League for Religious Assistance to

for senior priests.

Poland.

Bishop Abramowicz, whose 76th is Jan. 27, was ordained a bishop in 1968. Bishop Lyne, who will be 76 on March 2 1 was ordained a bishop in 1 983 Bishop Abramowicz was embroiled in a 1976 flap over his invocation at a Polish awards dinner at which Demobirthday

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Your thinkingfeeling-action

power Lord there

is

no real

survival.

If only Peter had brought it all together, if he had just prayed about all

FAITH IN ACTION

that Jesus had said about life's meaning, all that Jesus had taught, all that Jesus had done.

Yet no one believes Peter's betrayal meant that he didn't love the Lord. It was a love that was real, long before the risen Christ three times asked "Do you love me?" on the shores of Galilee.

What the reflective human being eventually understands is that the disjointed life the life driven by the mind alone, or the emotions alone, or the physical self alone is a life out of control.

Ultimately it is a life that victimizes us. In such a life, the soul is always the first victim.

For Judas, greed initiated a death-dealing downhill process

Discernment, The Art of Choosing Well (Triumph Books, 1 Liguori

—

—

of self-victimization.

The good

must have a God-core. There must be a value life

center to which all is brought in order to be prayerfully judged. This value center will be as unifying and peace-giving as was Christ's if it is the

same

HEART HEAD HAND •

•

as Christ's.

How can we account for the profound peace that followed Jesus' terrible agony in the garden? Jesus says clearly: "Not my will but thine be done."

Giving himself over to the Father's will brought peace; it brought amazing conviction; it brought courage and a

Catholic

News

L.

Rowe,

"The 'heart to head to hand'

FMS

Service

(feeling to thinking to acting)

The 10-year-old killed his best friend. They belonged to the same church, the same scout troop. But one day the boy found a gun and was curious what would happen if he shot his friend with

He was is is

it.

curious! Certainly nothing

process of decision making ... is complex because thoughts and feelings can contradict each other; they can be at war." They must work together

wrong with curiosity. But something very wrong with human decisions

if

a person

is to

grow.

how a child could make such a "violently flawed" decision how a child's mind and heart might not work together to tell him not to do what he did.

But in a world overflowing with billions of pieces of data that are ill-perceived, poorly understood, unreflected and prayed upon, the risk that decisions will be poorly made or that no real decision will be made at all

—

—

exists for all of us,

would not

—

though perhaps we

kill.

Paul would probably agree that decisions begin somewhere "south" of the brain. Few humans St.

human make

their best decisions when their them" or their hearts are hard or hurting.

The "heart to head to hand" (feeling to thinking to acting) process of decision making would seem to be simple enough on the surface of things. But it feet are "killing

is

complex because thoughts and

feel-

ings can contradict each other; they can be at war.

writes in Romans (1:22,23; 29-31), hubeings, in their confusion, while claiming to be wise, become fools and exchange the glory of the immortal

man

God for lies.

And so, Paul

continues, people become filled with greed, envy, spite.

They become insolent, haughty, boastful, rebellious, senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

While St. Paul, as "psychoanalyst," seems clear about the importance of bringing our thoughts, feelings and actions together in a working unity, I'm sure he understood also that it is not always perversity that keeps people all chopped up in these areas.

There is no doubt that St. Peter both loved and betrayed Jesus. Fear, however, overwhelmed Peter's love so that, when questioned, all he could think of was survival. It was a false survival. For outside the will of the

in

subjectively."

Reflection: It is so easy to react to people and situations. But

—

and overreacting without first thinking can be

reacting

harmful. This

week I

—

will

concentrate on pausing to think before reacting to the people

around me. I will ask how present in a situation that

God is

one of two things when working with a troubled person: There is no reflective/prayerful core to their

We need time to do this. We have to take the time to become attentive.

Not taking time is destructive of the

lives; or,

what passes

for a reflective

which everything is brought and measured, is abucore, the touchstone to

sive, self-destructive their humanity.

— a violation of

Whether it is an abusive relationship, drugs, emotional instability, whatever: When there is no center, there is no peace. When the center is not based upon God's loving will in the universe, things fall apart. Our power

and

spirit

They may contradict one another with such violence that, as St. Paul

We screen with our heart

what we discover with our head order to make a decision that is ours and one we can confirm

Most psychotherapists such as my-

spirit of forgiveness.

of judgment fails us.

Head and heart,

based on so violent a curiosity.

Perhaps it is easier to understand

and ambiguity, what differentiates things....

demands attention if it is to grow. I believe this attention ought to come in a spirit of prayer.

Prayer has a way of giving us focus and enabling us to become more whole, more unified as individuals.

self discover

By Brother Cyprian

Dr., Liguori, MO 63057. 1993.

Paperback, $9.95), by Pierre Wolff, is a step-by-step guide to informed decision making that engages our intellect, heart and will. "Discernment," says the author, "is a process that allows a person to see, without confusion

intellect:

mind and body, The unity of "self"

unity we need as individuals. It places us at risk of being led by impulses that leap up from our feelings or our thoughts, hindering our actions from serving as elements of a genuine pilgrimage toward greater wholeness and holiness.

(Marist Brother Rowe is a research associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a dean of students at the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT I've known people who were so busy thinking about what they might do that they didn't do anything. They couldn't connect their power to think with their

power to act.

And I've known people so caught up in activities that they wouldn't step back to think about what they were doing. Their thoughtless actions enslaved them.

To me, our human power to act is a gift from God. But our actions are meant our powers to think and to be to be evaluated in the light of two other gifts motivated by feelings. Otherwise our actions will lead away from freedom and

—

a kind of slavery.

"Freedom is the power

into

Catholic Church.

to act or not to act,"

And when we

says the new Catechism

give direction to this

power

it

is

of the

perfected (No.

1744).

I

believe people need to reflect on the

to feel strongly

about

power they have to act. And they need

it.

power means they can take action to change things and to grow. force creates room for hope.

When actions are thoughtful and compassionate, well-informed and empathetic, they are a blessing -r- for you and for others.

For Thus,

5

this

this

life

David Gibson, Editor, Faith Alive!

The Catholic News

February 10, 1995

FAITH IN THE

Why

Should human feelings matter in decision

By Father David Catholic

K.

News

O'Rourke, Service

When we

begin our parish staffs weekly meetings, I am always anxious to "get down to work." For me that means getting down to the business of working on schedules, planning upcoming events and making decisions we must make that morning.

In other words, I tend to relate to the other staff people "head first" (Oops, I meant I relate through the "work" we do together.).

But there are others on our staff who tend to work their agenda items "The goal in into

broader human

discussions.

I

might

say that they tend to "feel"

their

way

to establish to

We take the different approaches to our work together seriously because we want to establish a sense of equality and belonging in our staff. For, to the extent that these approaches do involve a difference between the ways men and women relate, they may get

first"

is

( ...

The goal parish

while.

Business

doesn't begin until

human contacts are

human

an

takes

"head first" (an approach which takes seriously the power of

is

not just

human thinking), but which incorporates the need for an "atmosphere of cordial-

which incorporates the need for an 'atmosphere

ity,"

of cordiality.'"

man feelings more seriously in the work-

and family gather-

place).

proaches to work represent the different approaches of men and women.

Based on our parish staff members, it might seem there is some truth to this theory.

We

can and do joke within our parish staff about these differences in approach, but they really are different.

—

— Anthony Soignoli, Gardner, Mass.

"It

down to wisdom. People who are moment before acting or speaking."

boils

very wise

seem

to

be able

to wait that

— Danny Gallagher, Sykesville, Md.

"There is a pressure expectation in our world for an immediate response, immediate action, or people will think you are not performing effectively, that you Karen Trom, Deerfield, III. don't know what you're doing."

—

An upcoming edition

asks: What does it mean for you to be merciful? If respond for possible publication, please write: Faith 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017-1100.

you would Alive!

like to

our lives.

We need our parish ministers when they

to be sensitive to people

are

most open or most vulnerable.

One principle of group functioning is that a group can't work together unless people trust each other, and you can't trust each other unless you know each other.

That's why time spent getting to know each other on our staff is not only enjoyable on the human level, it is

a necessary part of getting things

done

well.

(Father O'Rourke is pastor of St. Dominic's Church in Benicia, Calif.)

as well (the ap-

weekend's events

Perhaps that word "atmosphere" is a key term here. For some members of dut staff, establishing this atmosphere f cordiality is the first item of business. And, from their point of view it is a business item that makes what follows possible. Without it the "business" can ring hollow.

There are experts and writers today who propose that these different ap-

— Donna Store, Baker, Ore.

act."

proach that takes hu-

renewed, until the

ings are recalled, until an atmosphere of cordiality is established.

how we

in our

to establish approach to work

which

thinking), but

in

is

not just

seriously the power of

before you act?

in charge.

is

an approach

difficult to think

"Usually there's a fear way down inside that if you think before you act that you that you will lose out on some earthly excitement (because) if not act at all you think about it, you will see that it's not what God would really want you to do."

used to determine whose turf it is or who

our parish

sometimes

may

(extra)

along.

There are those on the staff who, upon entering the room, want to visit a

ourselves

to

sized.

work which

"head

making?

is

MARKETPLACE

"The fast-paced world we live in. Our culture is such that people have become an impulsive society.... We don't expect anything to take time. We then apply that

And good functioning means that we take them seriously.

I doubt it is a question of either-or.

Rather it is a question of both-and. To work together well, however, people need to recognize in themselves and in others what approach is being empha-

OP

is it

& Herald

Actually, our staff s practice of celebrating birthdays is also important to the atmosphere we hope to create. It is important not only as a way of recognizing individuals, but because it sets a tone.

And that can set a tone for our work with others, too, because so much of what we do is connected to the ways

parishioners feel. When you think about it, the church's ministry enters into the lives of our Catholic people in its most significant forms around occasions about which people feel very strongly.

The birth of children, the death of loved ones, falling in love and plan-

ning to get married, seeing children grow up and receive the sacraments: All these are very affecting times in

CNS

Thinking of the heartfelt variety

By Father John Catholic

News

J.

the two powers are fused in a cult for us to grasp today.

Castelot

Service

You hear repeatedly

As Paul reminded the Thes-

in the Bible

how someone "thought in his heart."

The phrase reflects a view among Semitic people of what the human person is.

Today we tend to distinguish thinking from feeling; we may see the two in tension. But Semitic people fused the two. In their "psychology," the heart could both think and feel.

For them the heart was the thinking instrument.

So true was this that the prophet Hosea even portrays God wrestling with conflicting emotions as if "thinking something through."

In a remarkable passage Hosea sees Israel's ungratefulness as having hurt

—

photo by Cleo Freelance Photo

God

painfully.

rael

was a

Egypt

God

reflects:

"When

Is-

child I loved him, out of called my son. The more I

I

called them, the farther they went from me" (Hosea 11:1-2).

God's immediate reaction is to have nothing more to do with them. But love

— insightful, perceptive love — takes over:

"How

could

I

O O Israel?... my pity is vent to my blazyou up,

give

Ephraim, or deliver you up, My heart is overwhelmed, stirred.

I

will not give

ing anger."

IT

And why will God spare them? "I am God and not man."

Under similar circumstances a wounded human being might react furiously.

But

this is God.

The

interest-

ing thing about Hosea's portrayal is that it reflects a struggle a process of working things out, so to speak

—

—

between conflicting feelings.

St. Paul was a Semite to the core, a man of deep feelings. To know his thinking we must

know

way diffi-

his feelings;

salonians, he could have dealt with them out of a position of authority, but "rather, we were gentle with you, as a nursing mother cares for her children.

With such affection for you, we were determined to share with you not only the Gospel of God, but our very selves as well, so dearly beloved had you be-

come"

(1

Thessalonians

2:7-8).

Jesus, himself a Semite,

was a

per-

son of deep feeling. That may be why he was so sensitive to human suffering, so understanding and forgiving of human weakness.

Like God in Hosea, Jesus must have been emotionally devastated by his people's cruel treatment of him. Yet, at the height of his agony on the cross, Jesus could ask, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34).

Even before this ordeal began, Jesus wrestled with conflicting emotions: "Abba, Father, all things are

Take this cup away from me, but not what I will but what you will" (Mark 14:36).

Love triumphed over terror. Heartpossible to you.

felt love.

(Father Castelot

is

scholar, author, teacher

a Scripture

and

lecturer.)

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MUSICA PARA ENAMORADOS

Nuevo obispo

Por Arturo De Aguilar

Cuando

se trata de ir a una fiesta normalmente nunca decimos no y si va a haber musica y baile mucho menos. Es mas, hacemos lo imposible por asistir y pasar una buena velada. Asf me sucedio a mf la semana pasada cuando supe de un baile en Taylorsville. "eDonde?... Claro que conozco... Sin falta ahf estare... a las ocho en punto". No es que yo sea el tipo de persona que deja todo por ir a bailar, inclusive ni se hacerlo. Sucede que esta vez era distinto, no era un baile cualquiera.

Hace dos meses que no vefa a mis queridos amigos Iris y Angel Rivera (ver artfculo "Renovando nuestra relation" en la

edicion del 9 de diciembre de 1994).

Despues de darnos el obligado abrazo de ano nuevo, me comentaron que como parte del programa de retiros para matrimonios y parejas que ellos, junto con la mision de Holy Trinity en Taylorsville N.C., tienen ciertas

auxiliar

fotos que tome, lo contentos que estuvieron los participantes.

momentos como

este los

que

la pareja

Santida Juan Pablo

como

olvidandose de los problemas, del llanto de los ninos y del trabajo, que a veces son

coadjutor de San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia) a Monsenor Carlos Stetter, hasta ahora obispo titular de Orrea y auxiliar

algunos matrimonios conocidos

Piedad y Placido Galvan de Kannapolis, Radames y Ami Maldonado de Charlotte,

Humberto y Guadalupe Alanfs de Taylorsville y muchos otros que

cosas que les absorben y hacen que se olviden de esos detalles que mantuvieron

II

de dicha sede.

Monsenor

su noviazgo interesante y que al final los llevo a comprometerse mutuamente para

Ellwangen-Jagst,

Es muy bonito ver el fruto del trabajo

toda la vida en ese sacramento llamado

Rottemburgo-Sttutgart (Alemania),

de otros, en este caso del trabajo de Iris y Angel. Al ellos testificar de la felicidad de su union, pueden ayudar a otros a mejorar situaciones familiares que a veces han deteriorado por la falta de los detalles que hacen la vida diaria de los matrimonios. Ellos tambien ayudan a que otros testifiquen de su felicidad ante la comunidad y sean asf ejemplo de familias unidas y felices. En este evento

Matrimonio.

Asf, al son de "Somos novios, nos amamos y sentimos un amor profundo, limpio y puro... " termino la velada, no sin antes, en la cena, saborear un delicioso caldo de "caracol" (que es como se llamaba la gallina que cocinaron para la reunion, segun fuentes confidenciales).

disfrutaron por igual de la velada.

pude ver como algo tan insignificante como un baile puede colaborar a que un matrimonio mejore sus relaciones. Son

hispana de Newton N.C y durante la misa dominical que celebra el padre Jose Waters

han dirigido durante

30 p.m., va a tener lugar la primera

el ano.

a la

muertos. Por eso

comunion de un nutrido grupo de ninos y ninas, que ha sido preparado por catequistas locales. Es interesante

En esta ocasion dicho evento social seria un baile, pues como buenos hispanos saben que la musica mueve hasta a los

me invitaron, pero solo

1

:

mencionar que este va a ser el primer grupo de ninos hispanos, preparados totalmente en espanol. Las catequistas a cargo de dicho grupo son Angelita Acosta

como reportero y no para bailar, puesto que dicho evento era, y de verdad lo fue, exclusivo para parejas.

El sabado 21 de enero tuvo lugar el

nacio diocesis

en de

Stetter

el 9 de marzo de 1 94 1 Recibio la ordenacion sacerdotal el 1 de julio de 1966. Juan Pablo U lo nombro obispo titular de Orrea .

y auxiliar del entonces vicariato apost61ico de Chiquitos (que ahora es la diocesis de

San Ignacio de Velasco) el 3 de octubre de 1987. Recibio la ordenacion episcopal el 28 de febrero de 1988.

Primera comunion

parejas que han participado de alguno de ellos

—

Su nombro obispo

necesita para alimentar su vida conyugal,

El proximo 1 9 de febrero, en la comunidad

que

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO

Pude ver

actividades sociales para todas aquellas

los retiros

para Bolivia

amenizo el disc jockey Edward Acosta con su musica totalmente latina, desde El Gran Combo, Rey Ruiz y Grupo Niche hasta Luis Miguel, Los Panchos y

de Mexico y Xiomara Palma de Nicaragua, quienes han puesto todo su empeno por llevar adelante y hasta su termino a este primer grupo de estudiantes del catecismo.

Todos estan invitados a asistir a esta Misa y les recordamos que la celebraci6n Eucaristica se Ueva a cabo el primer, tercer y quinto domingo de cada mes en la parroquia de St. Joseph en Newton (720

W 13th

Street).

baile y lo

Los Temerarios.

En esta actividad social yo fuf el unico "colado", pues todos alii habfan participado de algun retiro para parejas y,

como tal, llevaban su "otra mitad". Mi

trabajo fue atestiguar por .medio de las

V

Bautismo Con una amplia sonrisa captamos a Marieny y Francisco Brenes quienes forman parte del consejo de la comunidad de Newton y tambien han asistido a alguno de los retiros of recidos por la mision de Holy Trinity.

Foto Por Arturo

De Aguilar

Desde

el

mismo

dfa en que el Espfritu

Santo bajo sobre los apostoles, la Iglesia ha proclamado, celebrado y administrado

Bautismo.

Narran los Hechos de los Apostoles que San Pedro se levanto, tomo la palabra el

y hablo en nombre de todos a la multitud que se habfa congregado allf, llena de temor y de curiosidad, para darse cuenta de lo que habfa sucedido en aquella manana de Pentecostes. San Pedro dijo a la muchedumbre: "Conviertanse y cada uno de ustedes se haga bautizar en el nombre de Jesucristo, para que se le perdonen sus pecados y recibiran al Espfritu Santo" (Hch 2, 38).

momento

preparacion.

Por eso es de extrema importacia y de gran responsabilidad para padres y padrinos que procuren que sus hijos y ahijados reciban en la edad oportuna una preparacion religiosa completa asistiendo con fidelidad y provecho a los cursos que se dan en las parroquias como preparacion

a

la

Primera Comunion y a

la

predicacion cristiana y el anuncio de la Buena Nueva. Los apostoles y todos los

de la Iglesia Catolica, Edicion Espanola, con permiso de los padres de la Sociedad de San Pablo)

En la predicacion de los apostoles y de sus sucesores el Bautismo siempre aparace unido a la fe (Hch 16, 31-33).

El Bautismo es, pues, un bano de

De Aguilar

a lo largo de los siglos. Desde que el Bautismo de los ninos vino a ser la forma habitual de la celebracion de este sacramento, dicha celebracion se ha convertido en un acto unico que integra en forma muy breve las etapas de la

Confirmation. ( Comentario al Catecismo

que colaboran con ellos ofrecen el Bautismo a todo aquel que crea en Jesus: Judfos y paganos (Hch 2, 41; 8,12-13).

Foto Por Arturo

mucho

se inicia la

Desde ese

lisfrutando de la musica podemos ver a Evi e Ismael Valdez y a Dora y Ernesto Ibafiez, juienes anteriormente habian asistido a un retiro espiritual para parejas en Kernesville.

preparacion o initiation ha cambiado

agua en el que la "semilla incorruptible de la Palabra de Dios produce un efecto vivificador" (Cfr IPe 1, 23). Para poder recibir dignamente este sacramento se necesita una preparacion adecuada. Desde los tiempos apostolicos, para llegar a ser cristiano se sigue un camino de preparacion que consta de varias etapas y que comprenden siempre algunos elementos esenciales: el anuncio de la Palabra, la aceptacion del Evangelio que lleva a la conversion, la profesion de fe, el Bautismo, la efusion del Espfritu Santo y el acceso a la Eucaristfa. Esta

To Our Friends Article

by Arturo de Aguilar about a

social event for former participants in

by Iris and Angel Rivera from Florida, who have been working for the mission of spiritual retreats directed

Taylorsville as volunteers. article in

The Hispanic community is

going to have

dren

—

Fifth

a series about Baptism. its first

in

—

Newton

group of chil-

who will receive First Commun-

The group consists of 14 children and has been prepared by two Hision.

panic catchiests.

— Anew diocese has

been establish in Bolivia, the elected bishop is Monsignor Carlos Stetter.

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February 10, 1995

CHtTC

& Hci aid

1

M0NG

NAM M01

Vietnamese Catholics Celebrate New Year At St. Ann Catholic Church Members of the Vietnamese Catholic community of Charlotte

gathered

at St.

Ann

Catholic Church on Jan. 28, cel-

ebrating the Lunar Year 1995 with Bishop William G. Curlin.

Speaking through a translator, Bishop Curlin addressed

more than 1,000 members of the Vietnamese community, a standing-room-only group inside the

V. VI^H P^^ "

S1

-

Ann

Parish Center gymnasium.

"Many of you have suffered because of your faith," said Bishop Curlin in his homily. "I believe that many of you

would say that your faith is what caryou to victory."

While the celebration was attended by young and old, it was to parents and children that the ried

bishop offered his strongest words. believe you parents want the best for your children, Bishop Curlin. "I beg you who are parents never let your children loose the inheritance you have given them.

Share with them the journey of struggles for your faith and I

said

Happy New Year The

freedom."

altar is lavishly

decorated

in

Vietnamese

for

the Mass. 'There are banners all around in a language do not understand," said Bishop William G. Curlin. "I hope it speaks of your faith, and your good will. But you and know that banners will not I

Photos by Joann Keane

"But the greatest thing you can offer -your young chilis your personal example of Jesus living in you."

"I wish you happiness and good luck this year, I wish you wonderful health. I wish you many loved ones and friends," said Bishop Curlin. "But the first thing I wish you, is that the Jesus living in your soul might blossom every day and make this a better diocese."

dren,

I

change the world unless we are changed first. We do not Jesus or Love on a banner, we have to live it."

Sing a

new song

Children from the Vietnamese community perform

musically for the community attending the

Presentation of the gifts A young Vietnamese presents gifts at the altar to Bishop Curlin.

"Keep your beautiful history alive here," said the bishop in his homily. "You bring to this diocese a treasure chest of Vietnamese faith."

girl

Mu Quat traditional

Vietnamese girls perform Vietnamese folk dance.

Mu Quat

just write

new year

celebration.

Retrospect Two teens present "Saigon" in remembrance left behind. "Many of you have suffered because of your faith," said Bishop Curlin. "I believe that many of you would say that your faith is what carried you to victory." of the land

during the

new

year

festivities,

The

fan

dance

is

a

Blessed are the children Bishop Curlin greets Diana Do as Father Tan Le looks on. The greatest gift you can offer your children is the personal example of Jesus living in you, said Bishop Curlin to parents.

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February 10, 1995

People When Sister

It Comes To Football, This Knows How To Pick 'Em

CHICAGO (CNS) — Sister Jean Kenny knows her

football.

The

Sister of Provi-

dence, a guest prognosticator for a Chi-

cago radio

picked the San

station,

Francisco 49ers to win Super Bowl XXIX

by a score of 44-24. Not bad; the 49ers beat the San Diego Chargers 49-26, remarkably close to the score the nun picked for the Jan. 29 game. Sister Kenny's career as a guest prognosticator began during the 1993 season when she was seemingly plucked from at random to give predictions for USA Today. Her record was better than that of USA Today resident picker Danny Sheridan. the Dallas

Cowboys

Then she picked

to beat the Buffalo

In

The News

ence a number of health problems in 1 992 weakened him. His funeral

conference in the San Cristobal diocese

by Father Jesus Gonzalez, a longtime

dia relations and marketing strategies of

Mass was scheduled for Feb. 4 at Milwaukee's Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, with Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland presiding. He was to be in-

friend of Bishop Ruiz

the Paulists, will be added to his current

terred in the cathedral crypt.

Argentinian human rights activist Adolf Perez Esquivel.

that gradually

man

and a fellow hu-

rights advocate. Father Garcia said

was made Dec. 24 by the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and

the nomination

Mexican Bishop Nominated For Nobel Prize For Second Year Bishop MEXICO CITY (CNS)

Paulists

—

Name

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MAHWAH,

Samuel Ruiz Garcia of San Cristobal de Las Casas in Mexico's troubled Chiapas state has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the second year in a row by a group of Latin American peace and human rights activists. The bishop's nomination was announced at a Jan. 26 press

N.J.

(CNS)

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sibilities,

synchronizing the overall me-

work

in radio and television. Father Geaney, a priest since 1964, has won numerous broadcast production awards and is director of ITP-Paulist Communications, producer of several weekly radio and TV programs and other

productions.

Paulist Fa-

John Geaney has been named director of marketing and media relations for the Paulist Fathers. Father Frank DeSiano, Paulist president, made the announcement from Paulist headquarters in Mahwah Jan. 27. He said Father Geaney's new responther

by 17 points in last year's Super Bowl. Lo and behold, the Cowboys won by 17 points.

Bills

Retired Milwaukee Auxiliary Bishop

Dead At 79

MILWAUKEE (CNS) — Retired Auxiliary

Bishop Leo

J.

Brust of Milwaukee,

who served the church in various capacities for

Pope Prays Women Will Be Messengers Of Values Needed For Peace

more than 50

years, died Jan. 3

By CINDY

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

WOODEN

— Pope John Paul

II

prayed that

women would be "messen-

gers of the religious and moral values" that the world needs for true peace.

at St. Camillus Health Center, where he had been recuperating from hip surgery.

Bishop Brust, who turned 79 on Jan. 7, had retired in 1991. He began to experi-

midday Angelus address Feb. 5, the pope began what he said would be a of talks about Catholic women "who have distinguished themselves by their

In his series

work for peace."

The series is a follow-up to his message for the Jan. 1 celebration of World Peace Day 1995 which focused on "Women: Teachers of Peace."

"History is rich with marvelous examples of women who, sustained by faith and were successfully able to deal with difficult situations of exploitation, violence and war," the pope said at the Angelus.

The pope chose to give the spotlight in his first talk to St. Bridget of Sweden, who lived from 1303 to 1373 and "undertook a significant mission for the Europe of her time," advising princes and kings, as well as pressing for reforms within the church and for the return of the papacy to Rome from Avignon, France.

"It is not difficult to grasp the relevance of her message when the continent, although working toward unification, has some regions which still today are scenes of worrying and absurd explosions of fratricidal hatred and where the threatening roar of weapons is heard," the pope said.

"Likewise, in the age of St. Bridget the strength of passions undermined the peace and serenity of peoples: contrasting interests frequently gave rise to bloody conflicts and even within the church there were moments of painful tension," he said.

The pope said St. Bridget answered God's call to be a messenger of peace to the church and to civil authorities.

"In this work she expressed all of her femininity, refined by a profound experience of God," he said. "Sweet and strong at the same time, Bridget was able to transmit she had eight." love for agreement and peace first of all to her children love,

Maryknoll Gets

Grant To Study Global Scope Of Popular Catholicism MARYKNOLL,

—

(CNS)

N.Y.

Maryknoll, the Catholic Foreign Mission

Society of America, has received a $304,000 research grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts in Philadelphia for a three-year study of "Popular Catholicism

Emerging Global Church."

Researchers gathered at Maryknoll

in the

headquarters in Ossining, N.Y., in late

January to begin the study of communi-

Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Peru, St. Lucia and Tanzania.

Jean-Paul Wiest, director of ties in Chile,

Mary knoll's Center for Mission Research, is overseeing the project, and Thomas Bamat, a Maryknoll lay associate,

is

coordinator.

"Through seven case

studies, re-

searchers will attempt to better under-

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The saint, who spent her last years in a contemplative convent she established in Rome, is the mother of St. Catherine of Sweden.

Her cloistered life "was not a fleeing from the world," the pope said. "On the contrary, the depth of the mystical experience allowed her to become a privileged echo

—

Mexican Beatified Standing under a tapestry depicting Mexican Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia, Pope John Paul II presides at a beatification Mass for him and three others Jan. 29. The pope called the bishop a model of the "new evangelization" needed in the Americas.

(CNS photo from

Reuters)

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The pope prayed that all women, like St. Bridget, would follow the example of Mary in "fulfilling the beauty and strength of their femininity in accordance with God's design."

"Particularly instill women of our time with an ever more lively and active awareness of their mission for peace and help make them messengers of the religious and moral values which are necessary for building a true and lasting peace," Pope John Paul prayed.

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tus

Auschwitz in Poland by Soviet troops.

Nazis committed their crimes while

ish

having a large consensus in public opinion because their actions were not widely reported and they were masters of propa-

of human rights and the uses of science and the mass media, said Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris, whose Jewin the

Auschwitz Nazi

concentration camp.

ganda, said the cardinal.

was "in the name of science that Nazism and its allies organized the exter-

prescriptions and constraints

"People of science must reflect and debate on this instead of letting themselves be fascinated

by the sole pursuit

of their work," he said in a by-lined arthe Jan. 27 Paris Catholic news-

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La Croix.

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Abuses today could mean "numbing consciences" to the "grossest propaganda or the shrewdest of publicity campaigns,"

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he

said.

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One of the leader at the conference in Washington is the Executive Director of the Office of Catholic School Parent Association, Ken Duprey. His role will be to help the educators learn to function within the legislative framework.

On Feb. 23 Duprey is due in Burlington for a statewide meeting with Fedewa, Skube, school principals, and parent representatives from each Catholic school in North Carolina. The meeting will lay the groundwork for a network that will eventually be ready for anything

tion, particularly

those who have a Catho-

school within their

district.

Many

from the Tar Heel state are new to Congress and their stands are not known.

"By meeting with

these representa-

Fedewa, "we'll be able to get a gauge nationally on what the feeling is on choice issues and voucher issues."

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Skube,

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vouchers as a legislative agenda, said Fedewa. An alternative, he said, should be "to break off pieces of that such as textbook relief, help with transportation, or different kinds of tax credit."

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A Catholic rated/divorced

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at the Catholic Social Services office.

— The Basilica of

Grief Workshops St.

prayer for the unity of

all

Christians.

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workshops: "The Loss of a Child" on Monday, Feb. 16 and "Assisting Children and Teens in Grief on Monday, March 13. For details, call (910) 7683972.

Retrouvaille

— Members of

the St.

Ann Church senior club, the Happy Timers, will

leave Tuesday, Feb. 14 for a four

day excursion to Myrtle Beach for fun, games and golf.

— Catholic

vices' support

group for widows and

Social Ser-

widowers dealing with new or unresolved grief meets on the third Sunday of each month from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Catholic Center. Call Suzanne Bach at (704) 3556872 for information, or come.

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The Twentieth Annual Camporee will be at the Catho-

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The next

The keynote speaker is Dr. Robert Schrag.

Everyone is welcome and admission is

—

Single Parents'

and sup-

on Bible stories and parables. Awards will be distributed after 10 a.m. Mass on Sunday. All Catholic scout troops, cub packs and individual scouts or units led by Catholics are encouraged to attend. Saturday lunch is provided. For information, call Frank Thompson at (800) 521-3148 or Jack

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p.m. at

to provide help

CHARLOTTE —The F.A.C.E.S. Catho-

HICKORY

door will be sold for $12,

available.

port to married couples undergoing

Council presents the 1995 Interfaith Forum, "Faith, Family and Violence," Sunday, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. at the Main Branch, Greensboro Public Library in the second floor conference room.

Catholic Scout

general admission tickets cost $10 and tickets at the

gram designed

Charismatic Renewal

CHARLOTTE

mission. Preferred seating tickets cost $ 1 5,

parents and meets Saturday, Feb. 25 at 7 1'?

Survivors Meet

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Weekend

at (704)

retreat for

Tickets are available at parish offices or

CHARLOTTE — Retrouvaille is a pro-

information, call (704) 664-3992.

Rock Scripture Study on the Gospel of Luke begins Monday, Feb. 20 at 10 a.m. in the O'Donaghue Center at the St. Patrick Cathedral office on Buchanan St. The fee is $3. All are welcome.

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Winter Concert

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MOORESVILLE

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John Michael Talbot will perform Saturday, Feb. 25 at St. Gabriel Church.

difficulties in their relationships.

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a New Social Life." For information, call

Lawrence, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox, St. Mary Anglo-Catholic Churches and St. Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Mission celebrated an ecumenical service together on Jan. 25 to observe the Octave of Christian Unity, an eight day period of

Contest Winners

recovering through the twelve steps of AA., Feb. 24-26. Eighteen Spaces are

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Ecumenical Service

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World and National Briefs Wallace Says Bishops Begged Off Criticized "60 Minutes" Episode WASHINGTON (CNS) A "60 Minutes" segment on the Catholic group Call

—

Welfare Proposals Will Hurt Kids, Not Change Parents, Witness Says

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— Republican

USA, the U.S. Catholic Conference and the National Right to Life Commit-

ties

Higher Education Must Be Accessible, Catholic Educators Told

—

WASHINGTON

forcing wel-

spokeswoman on pro-life matters and the

responsibil-

director of Feminists for Life briefed

(CNS) The U.S. education secretary told presidents of Catholic colleges and universities that

hurt needy children without

congressional staff members and media,

their institutions are the "center of

reform proposals aimed

at

more

well as the U.S. Catholic bishops'

tee, as

to Action criticized as "intellectually dis-

fare recipients to take

honest" did not include opposing perspec-

ity will

because the CBS-TV news magazine show was unable to find a bishop willing to appear, correspondent Mike Wallace

necessarily changing their parents' be-

all

havior, the president of Catholic Chari-

but think the current proposal needs "fine-

cation should be accessible to

tuning."

"The elections

William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, said the Jan. 22 program gave a high profile to the church's "radical fringe" and that producers rejected "views that would have provided some semblance of fairness." But Wallace,

"Our founder could feed 5,000 people with a few loaves of bread and fish, and

tives

said Jan. 27.

ties

USA told a congressional committee.

while

we may

try the

same,

it is

neither

arrange an interview with a cardinal or

sound social policy nor responsible government to put people's lives in jeopardy in hope of miracles," Jesuit Father Fred Kammer told the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources Jan. 30. The Catholic Church through agencies such as Catholic Charities has 250

bishop to present a view from the U.S.

years of experience in helping the people

who reported the segment, told Catholic News Service that repeated attempts to

hierarchy were unsuccessful.

An

inter-

view with two lay authorities on the church was not used because producers felt the material was too dissimilar to work with footage from the Call to Action conference, Wallace said. "I don't have any

apologies to

Wallace

make

for the broadcast,"

said.

Lansing Priests' Pension Fund Missing $1.4 Million

LANSING, Mich. (CNS) —At least $ 1 .4 million

is

missing from the Lansing di-

targeted

by reforms

sponsibility Act, Father

said.

—

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at a Jan.

"wrongful diversion" by an independent insurance agent, Bishop Kenneth J. Povish of Lansing said. In a letter to be read at

this is

Bishop Povish said the missing funds were part of a supplemental pension program and the main pension fund, invested through the Michigan Catholic Conference, was unaffected. East Lansing independent insurance agent William Sizer is accused of embezzling some $ 1 00,000 a year from the pension fund since 1984.

to raise this

in all parishes,

Kammer

Re-

Catholic Charities Grant To Help Build Ethanol Fuel Plant Bishop ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (CNS) Raymond J. Boland of Kansas City-St. Joseph announced a $40,000 grant from Catholic Charities USA to provide seed money for a planned $25 million plant to convert corn into ethanol fuel in St. Joseph. '"Seed money' seems to be a very appropriate word," Bishop Boland said

ocesan priests' pension fund because of

Sunday Masses

in the Personal

a very exciting venture."

"We are not cutting any programs money," he

said.

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grant

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sev-

important statements" but they did

Maine Bishop, Governor Call For Finding Common Ground On Abor-

not say "we want to shortchange our future by taking shortcuts in education," Rich-

tion

ard Riley said Jan. 3

AUGUSTA, Maine (CNS)

— Saying

are optimistic about finding

they

common

ground between opposing sides in the abortion debate, Maine's governor and the bishop of

its

only Catholic diocese

have agreed to form a committee to work on it. After his meeting with Portland Bishop Joseph J. Gerry at the state capitol Jan. 23, Gov. Angus King asked for an informal committee to be established to look at areas of common ground between supporters and opponents of abortion and at issues arising from confrontational demonstrations and violence at abortion clinics. The committee will include four people chosen by Bishop Gerry and four appointed by Karen Heck, who co-chairs the Maine Choice Coalition. A ninth neutral facilitator chosen by the other members will round out the

1

during the annual

Washington of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities. Riley told about 250 school presidents meeting

in

that the accessibility of higher education is

a key part of President Clinton's Middle

Class Bill of Rights that proposes tax

deductions for college tuitions, expansion of

IRA

withdrawals for education

and creation of skills grants and child tax credits.

Governor Wants Religious Schools In Wisconsin's Voucher Program MADISON, Wis. (CNS) Wisconsin,

—

the

first state

to implement school choice,

may soon extend the program to

include

schools with religious affiliations,

governor's plan

is

approved.

"It is

in the right direction," said

if

the

a step

Sharon

Schmeling, associate director of Wisconsin Catholic Conference, the public policy

group.

arm of Massachusetts Victory For Catholic Landlords Hailed By League

BOSTON (CNS) — A decision in Mas-

the state's bishops.

The $11.5

million plan, announced by Wisconsin

Gov.

Tommy Thompson

state

of the state address, would enable

in his Jan.

25

the $3,000 vouchers currently available to eligible students in the

the 1993 floods in the region.

Catholic landlords

Proposed Welfare Changes Seen As Adding Pressure To Have Abortions WASHINGTON (CNS) Welfare reform proposals in the Republicans' Per-

—

young women

to

have more abortions,

said speakers at a Jan. 31 congressional briefing. Potentially increasing

demand

for abortions, the speakers said, if

were

additional

children are born to welfare recipients; to cut off aid to unmarried,

underage

mothers or if paternity is not established by the state; and to end benefits after two years. Policy advisers for Catholic Chari-

who

cited their reli-

camp

CAMP

iiicrri-msic

TIAUWItLAKK "A

SUMMER OF FUN, BUILDING

CONFIDENCE & MOTIVATION"

Parental Choice

Program

to

Milwaukee be used

in

gious convictions in refusing to rent to

private or parochial schools. For the past

an unmarried couple. The decision of

four years, the vouchers were only to be

Attorney General L. Scott Harshbarger,

used

agreed to in December, was

in nonsectarian schools.

made public

and hailed by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in Boston. In a st: ment, the league, which had joined the Massachusetts Catholic in late January

Vatican, Algerian Officials

Meet To

Discuss Violence

I:

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— Vatican and

in filing friend-of-the-court

Algerian officials met and discussed the

briefs supporting the landlords, called the outcome " a vindication of the First

continuing political violence in Algeria

Conference

a victory for the rights

and the "sometimes heroic" role of the tiny Catholic community there, the

of conscience of American Catholics and

Vatican said. Algerian Foreign Minister

Amendment and of

all

religious believers."

"Never Again," Pope Says In Auschwitz Remembrance VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John

—

Paul n, proclaiming "Never again anti-

"MORE THAN JUST A CAMP"

people.

nation case has resulted in victory for the

provisions to cap benefits

m

all

November made

sachusetts not to retry a housing discrimi-

unintended effect of encouraging poor

Inc.

last

comes from a specific Catholic Charities program to help replace jobs lost during

sonal Responsibility Act could have the

Mortgage Network,

America's future" and said higher edu-

eral

No direct

diocesan funds are involved, the bishop added.

saying they support welfare reform

Semitism!" said the Auschwitz death camp marked one of the darkest chapters of human history. "God does not want us to be weeping tomorrow over other Auschwitzes of our own day. Let us pray and work so that this does not happen," he said Jan. 29. "Never again antiSemitism! Never again the arrogance of nationalism! Never again genocide!" he said. The pope's remarks came as religious and political leaders commemorated the 50th anniversary of the liberation

of the Nazi camp in southern Poland, where upwards of 1 .5 million people were

Mohamed Salah Dembri and Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran, an assistant secretary of

state,

26

met

at the

for

more than an hour

statement said. The two discussed the "tor-

mented

situation" in the

North African

country and the importance of pacification for the entire Mediterranean area, it said.

Among the latest victims of attacks

by anti-government Muslim groups were four missionary priests in late ber.

Decem-

Vatican officials are increasingly con-

cerned that the anti-foreigner campaign of the radical groups has also become an anti-Christian campaign.

Welfare Needs Reform, But With Care, Bishop Tells Congress

WASHINGTON

killed.

Jan.

Algerian's request, a Vatican

(CNS)

— The U.S.

Catholic bishops support "genuine" wel-

and oppose the federal government abandoning its role in helping families overcome poverty, said the head of the bishops' Domestic Policy Committee. "We are not defenders of the welfare status quo, which too often relies on bureaucratic approaches, discourages work and breaks up families," wrote Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop John H. fare reform that strengthens families

protects children, but they

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The Catholic News

Mercy

(from page

& Herald

February 10, 1995

1)

to serve as executive director of the foun-

dation.

Mercy Health Services, Inc., includes Mercy Hospital with 305 beds and Mercy Hospital South with 97 beds.

It

Truth Doesn't

also in-

cludes several subsidiary corporations,

"Since the old ethic has not yet been

everyone

,500 people.

it

has been necessary to

which continues to be socially

really

knows, that human

life

begins at conception and

if

continuous whether

is

The very considerable semantic gymnastics which

human

are required to rationalize abortion as anything but taking a ludicrous

The

displaced

killing,

abhorrent. The result has been a curious avoidance of the scientific fact, which

intra- or extra-uterine until death.

1

fully

separate the idea of abortion from the idea of

Mercy employs more than

including eight physician practices.

Health Services, Inc.

Abortion Does.

Kill.

life

would be

they were not put forth under socially Impeccable auspices."

Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospi-

"A

New

and

Ethic for Madtelna

Society,*

California Madfctna (adttortal),

tal

Authority, which began in 1943,

em-

ploys approximately 7,000 people.

September 1970

It

'Abortion

the

kills

life

of a baby after

includes Carolinas Medical Center, a

it

Lenten Retreat Day With Mary Ann Getty CHARLOTTE — "Journey"

has begun.'

'Plan Toot Children tor Hearth and Happiness,

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

teaching hospital with 777 beds and a

i.

major research center, University Hospiwith 130 beds, Carolinas Medical Center's Center for Mental Health with 66 beds, the Charlotte Institute of Reha-

We have reached a point in this particular technology where there Is no possibility of denial of

tal

bilitation

1963

The sensations

of

an act of obstruction by the opafator.

dismemberment

ft

before one's eyes.

is

flow through the forceps like an electric current."

Or. Warren Ham, Abortionist, at a Meeting of the Aaaoc. of Planned Parenthood Physicians

San Otogo. October 26, 1978

with 123 beds and Amethyst

"Paradoxically,

I

have angry feelings at myself

for feeling

doing a technically good procedure which destroys a fetus,

with 94 beds. There are 27 physician

New MenJco

groups in the Authority-owned Carolinas' Health Network. Other facilities

kills

good about.

is the focus of the annual Lenten retreat day on Sat-

.

a baby.*

urday,

Atoroonlsi

News

cat

.

1993

July 12,

March 1 1 at St. Gabriel Church.

Mary Ann Getty, a scripture pro-

Dr. 'Many times"

Brookwood Retirement Center, Huntersville Oaks Nursing Home and Sardis Nursing Home. include the

would

what

lie in

•Maybe they're

"women who had Just had

(a clink; nurse said),

the recovery room and

to say to these

cry,

'I've

women," the nurse

my

Just killed

told the group.

baby'.

.

"Part of

.

|

abortions

don't

fessor

from

Vincent College in

St.

know

burgh.,

me thinks,

is

Pitts-

the featured speaker. In her

"

right'

presentation /'Becoming a Pilgrim: Nurturing a Biblical Image," she expresses

Carolinas Medical Center serves as

'Even

if

you're pro-choice, no

one

see a dead

her belief that the spiritual experience of

fetus."

viima Vatdez, Education Director,

the regional referral center for a network

of 20 community hospitals

likes to

journey "lends

Planned Parenthood of Greater Miami The Miami Herald October 24, 1992

It had more than 25,000 admissions and more than 275,000 am-

portant: faith, call, conversion, change, Pro-life

Mercy Health

advocates

So do

call

abortion

hope and mission." killing.

Dr. Getty has written widely pub-

abortion advocates.

Agreement on basic fact

Services provided care for nearly 10,000 inpatient admissions

number of Bib-

and Lenten themes which are im-

lical

mont Carolinas.

bulatory visits last year.

a

itself to

,

in the Pied-

Is

the

first

step

In

reasoned dialog.

lished articles and the book, Paul: Mis-

A

sionary to the Gentiles.

and 290,000 ambu-

contributing

editor to the Catholic Study Bible, she

latory visits last year.

Abortion Policy Must be Debated.

Without Violence. But with Truth.

Associate Editor Joann Keane contributed to this article.

has spoken

at pastoral

conferences, pro-

fessional conventions,

and the Summer

Bible Institute at the Oratory.

"Journey Into Lent"

is sponsored by Church Faith Development Office and the Rock Hill Oratory

the St. Gabriel

E

piscopal Calendar

Center for

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events during the next few weeks:

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the forceps like an electric current."

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of Dr.

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piness,"

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if the pro-life office

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