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SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

2003

Harambee Mass

5

VOLUME

N9

12

21

USCCB takes steps

celebrates

to protect children

Africari'American culture

Workshops, policies aimed to help create

OLCand OLA pull together for Black History Month

safe environment*

By KEVIN

MURRAY

E.

Acting Editor

The Ad Hoc Committee

on Sexual Abuse will conduct a series of workshops throughout the country later this year.

The workshops

will assist

dioceses in implementing the

"The Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People," developed by the ad hoc committee and approved by the full body of the

US.

Catholic Conference of

(USCCB)

Bishops

in its

Novem-

ber 2002 general meeting

Implementation of the "Es-

Norms

sential

for

Diocesan/

Dealing with

Eparchial Policies

PHOTOS BY KAREN

A.

require that

each diocese have a written policy on the sexual abuse of minors by priests and deacons, as well as by other church personnel.

Each diocese must file a copy of its policy with the USCCB by June 1, which is within three months of the effecof the norms.

tive date

The

Office of Child and Youth Protection (OCYP), established by the charter, will help conduct the workshops

scheduled for April, May and June of this year. Audits to en-

Abuse of

Allegations of Sexual

The norms

shops.

November,

in

be covered in the work-

will also

—

WASHINGTON U.S. bishop's

Minors," adopted

See WORKSHOPS, page 8

Vatican OKs Harry Potter

EVANS

Rome, local opinion says boy wizard hot evil'

Our Lady ofConsola tion parishioners lead the Harambee Mass a t Our Lady of

processional at a

the Assumption Church.

The Mass was celebrated

as part ofBlack History Month for the students

By KEVIN

Vatican

Pictured left, 9/1 1 survivor Victoria Lockhart

selling

performs during the Harambee Mass.

By

KAREN

A.

EVANS

Staff Writer

—

CHARLOTTE woman dances

dressed

down

all

in

the aisle

Lady of the Assumption Church. In front of the

altar,

she continues her joyous dance. Thus begins the Harambee-influenced Mass presented for the students of

Our Lady of

the Assumption

films are not evil; instead, they

story,

are fdled themes.

page 8

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Christian

the woods,

by stealing away into Plummer ex-

ing the release of a Vatican document on the New Age

narrated the Harambee procession. Harambee, a Swahili term meaning "pull-

plained.

movement.

ing together," refers to the desire to bring a diverse group of people together as one congregation.

side

in traditional

Af-

in secret

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the woods, an iron pot would be turned upin

down on

slaves

the altar, and

would pray

into

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page document entitled "Jesus

photo from

Warner Bros.

Christ the Bearer of the

fictional

occult, according to the 93-

See HARAMBEE, page 8

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with

practiced their Christian faith

American slaves were forbidden to worship, so they

6.

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the best-

officials said

Harry Potter books and

Our Lady of Consolation Church (OLC) parishioner Robin Plummer

Dressed

white of Our

—

"I see absolutely no problem with Harry Potter," said Father Peter Fleetwood at a Feb. 3 press conference mark-

School Feb.

A

MURRAY

VATICAN CITY

Our Lady ofthe Assumption School.

See accompanying

E.

Acting Editor

of

of

Life:

on the "I

A

Water

Christian Reflection

New Age." don't think any of us the imagi-

grew up without

See POTTER, page 14

Parishioners spend a

Sister of St. Joseph

day with

sees ministry as great

St. Paul's

adventure

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The Catholic News & Herald

2

The World

February 14,

in

Brief

Social ministers urged to help church restore its credibility The WASHINGTON (CNS)

show a connumber of priests in the world, but an increase in the number of seminarians. Meanwhile, the

Vatican's latest statistics

tinuing decline in the

—

church has "one shot" at restoring its tarnished credibility because of the clergy sex abuse scandal and needs the continued efforts of people in social ministry to be successful, said a member of

worldwide Catholic population reached 1.06 billion at the end of 2001, an increase of nearly 1 percent from the previous year. The statistics were released

the U.S. bishops' National Review Board.

"If

we

full

Feb. 8

backslide, if we settle for less than

we

suspect

I

ond chance,"

will

the latest edition of the

Vatican said the number of priests declined by 111 during 2001. That re-

not get a sec-

said Jane Chiles,

when

Vatican yearbook or "annuario" was presented to Pope John Paul II. The

accountability and complete trans-

parency,

former

executive director of the Kentucky Catholic Conference. The National Review Board was created by the bishops last June to oversee implementation of

flected a decrease of

the bishops' policies on child abuse.

riod,

negative attitudes toward racial diversity

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— An

Af-

rican-American priest criticized many Catholics for having negative attitudes toward the growing racial, ethnic and church are not too enthusiastic about this state of affairs," said Father Bryan N. Massingale, who teaches moral theology at St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee. Attitudes include resistance, being lukewarm and giving diversity a low priority, he told more than 400 church workers attending the Feb. 9-12 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering in Washington. "Christians must do more than tolerate diversity," he said Feb. 9 at the gathering's opening session. "Christians must also cherish and in the

same pefrom 110,583 to 112,244. The most significant increases came in Asia, Africa and the Americas, while Europe and Oceania registered a reduction.

CNS

Remains of shuttle crew arrive The remains of a Columbia shuttle

—

— six Americans and one

members

Sick.

The

Mary

Blessed Virgin

a grotto near Lourdes 18 times between

Feb.

11

and July

Mary

1858.

16,

Our Lady of Lourdes, to annual World Day of the

the feast of

be the church's

di-

rected the girl to dig in the grotto and told her she

wanted a church

built at the

of a spring Bernadette uncovered.

Since then, a church-appointed medical board has recognized 66 Lourdes' cures site

was the 1999 healing of a 51 -year-old French man with multiple sclerosis. as miraculous; the last

U.S. theologian tells Vatican officials war would be self-defense

& H

February 14, 2003 Volume 12 • Number 21

Iraq to a skeptical Vatican

audience, arguing that military action

was

justified

under traditional

self-de-

February 17 BELMONT

—

Visiting artist

Jennifer Stephens will perform songs Publisher: Msgr. Mauricio W.

by Sondheim, Schubert, Bizet and contemporary pop composers as she presents "The Joy of Singing" tonight at 8 p.m. at Belmont Abbey Basilica.

The performance is free and open to the public. For more information call 704-334-3468.

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CHARLOTTE — The Diocese of

Charlotte will be presenting the His-

not

Texas would

have chosen to become part of the space program. The sleepy, rural corner of Texas once known primarily for the beauty of its Piney Woods has now been in the

consciousness of

bishop Jean-Louis Tauran, the Vatican's equivalent of foreign minister, and offi-

a sorrowing nation as the place where

of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and later detailed his Vatican

came

cials

debris from space shuttle Columbia

was outside when

to rest. "I

it

happened," Msgr. James Young, pastor

Rome sympo-

of Sacred Heart Church in Nacogdoches,

sium organized by the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican. Novak argued that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had disrupted international order by refusing to disarm and that Iraqi weapons risked falling into the hands of a new breed of

told the Catholic East Texas, Tyler's di-

presentation at a Feb. 10

international terrorists eager to strike

countries around the world with no ad-

Vatican yearbook shows small decrease in numbers of priests VATICAN CITY (CNS) The

U.S.

a case

D ioce$an planner

R A L D

t

Israeli

concept of preventive war. Brought to Rome by the U.S. State Department, Novak met privately Feb. 8 with Arch-

war on

(CNS) Novak made

The

NEWS

in

some new

—

VATICAN CITY theologian Michael

Columbia tragedy leaves sizable imprint on quiet Texas diocese TYLER, Texas (CNS) It is

Reuters

vance warning "A limited and carefully conducted war to bring about a regime change in Iraq is, as a last resort, morally obligatory," Novak said at the Rome symposium. "For public authorities to fail to conduct such a war would be to put their trust imprudently in the sanity and good will of Saddam Hussein," he said.

fense principles and not under

1,

via

implanted firmly call-

to Bernadette Soubirous in

At 1

—

ing for prayer, penance and conversion

— appeared

for

9 midday Angelus address, the pope explained why he chose Feb.

NASA

the military mortuary in Dover.

the grotto at Lourdes, France, the Blessed Virgin Mary continues to offer hope to the sick, Pope John Paul II said. his Feb.

photo from

Delaware for identification astronaut are carried by an honor guard under the U.S. and Israeli flags after arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Feb. 5. The remains of the orbiter's seven crew

cultivate diversity."

From Lourdes' grotto, Mary continues to offer hope to sick, pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS) From

in religious or-

increased 1.5 percent over the

linguistic diversity in the U.S. church.

"Many

778

der priests and an increase of 667 diocesan priests. The number of seminarians

Chiles spoke Feb. 9 at the opening ses-

sion of the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering held Feb. 9-12 in Washington. The meeting brought together more than 400 church workers from 42 states.

Catholics told to avoid

2003

—

ocesan newspaper.

"I

heard

this

'boom,

boom, boom.' It was like a sonic boom, only it just went on and on for what had to be two minutes. Everything around me shook. People in the area have been "very shocked, very saddened" by the disaster, the priest said. "This isn't something that happened somewhere else, this isn't something that they just watched on the news. This happened literally in their own front yards, and it has affected them in very deep and personal ways." In weekend Masses celebrated Feb. 1 and 2, "we remembered the seven astronauts in prayer," Msgr.

Young added. 'We offered the Masses for them, and we prayed for them in the prayers of the

faithful.

We've been pray-

ing for their families, too."

panic Pastoral Plan at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 6212 Tuckaseegee

French throne, matches military forces

Road, and discuss its implementation today. The meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and registration and ends with lunch at noon. All priests, secretaries, parish personnel are welcome. Our diocese is being gifted with the Hispanic presence that the U.S. bishops spoke about in their 1983 pastoral letter, "The Hispanic Presence: Challenge and Commitment." There will be two similar meetings later this year: on July 16 in Asheville and on Nov. 12 in Greens-

are out

boro. For more information, contact Andrea Inkrott at (704) 370-3269.

20 BELMONT

Sr.

— The Abbey Play-

and Belmont Community Theatre present William Shakespeare's "Henry V" on Feb. 20-22 and Feb. 27March 1 at 8 p.m. in the Haid Theatre, Belmont Abbey College. One of the Bard's best-known works, "Henry V"

ers

will

against the French.

The English

numbered nearly

forces

5-1, but they

love their king and are willing to lay their lives

down

for him. Reservations

can be made by calling (704) 8256787.

20 WINSTON-SALEM ing Companions

is

— The Heal-

a grief support

group for the bereaved. They will be meeting tonight and Oct. 17 in conference room B at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. For further details, call Joanne Parcel at (336) 924-9478.

21 CHARLOTTE

—

Thank God

Friday (TGIF), a weekly support group for separated and divorced women, meets tonight at 7 p.m. in the It's

Matthew Church parish center, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., with its

St.

a tale of honor, perseverance, loyalty

monthly potluck dinner with a guest speaker from the community. TGIF is a healing ministry sponsored by

and romance. King Henry the Fifth of England, thinking he has a right to the

Catholic Social Services, Charlotte Regional Office and St. Matthew

is

2003

February 14,

The World

The Catholic News & Herald

Brief

in

man

Vatican prepares release of confidential pre-World War II documents VATICAN CITY (CNS) As the

human embryos

its

files

Germany

relating to

almost exclusively on diplomatic reports contained in the Vatican's so-called "Secret Archives."

is

Under

acceptable.

bill

D-Calif, S.303, research could legally proceed using cloning techniques as long as a fertilized embryo is not allowed to be implanted in a womb. A bill co-sponsored by Sens. Sam

before

public attention focused

II,

clear

co-sponsored by Sens. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah and Diane Feinstein,

a

Vatican prepared to give scholars access to

making

that no form of research using cloned

—

World War

dignity aimed at

3

But what may prove

Mary

equally significant to scholars

Brownback,

set

Landrieu, D-La., S.245, would prohibit all cloning research that involves creation of human embryos. It would allow use of cloning techniques for animals other than humans and for research involving cloned DNA, tissues and organs. A spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops urged defeat of the Hatch-Feinstein measure. At a Feb. 5 press conference, leaders of half a dozen organizations including the Knights of Columbus and Concerned Women for America signed a "Manifesto on Biotechnology and Human

is another of records being opened the same day, Feb. 15, by the Vatican's Congregation for die Doctrine of the Faith, which in the pre-war per iod compiled numer-

ous confidential studies on Nazism, communism. The fascism and congregation's

move

the latest in

is

its

5-year-old "open doors" policy, which

has given researchers access to documents relating to some of the most con-

and sensitive issues in church 500 years. Not only do the files available to scholars docutroversial

history over the last

ment periods like the Inquisition but also more recent top church evaluations of 19th-century novelists and the authenticity of the 1917 Marian apparitions at Fatima, Portugal. In an earlyFebruary interview with Catholic News Service, the doctrinal congregation's

Msgr. Alejandro Cifres Gimenez, said the roughly 90 new dossiers dating from 1922 to 1939 would

chief archivist,

Archdiocese

NEW YORK

— Cardinal

(CNS)

Edward M. Egan of New York opened the canonization cause for Rose .

Hawthorne, founder of the Dominican Sisters,

Servants of Relief for Incurable

Cancer, in a ceremony Feb. 4 at the

York

Catholic Center.

human CNS

photo by Jim Harney for Voices

in

Hatch

the Wilderness

sleeps in pediatric hospital in Baghdad An Iraqi girl suffering from cancer sleeps in a pediatric hospital in Baghdad during a visit from a U.S. peace group in late January. UNICEF officials told the visitors that 5 million Iraqis would need direct medical Iraqi girl

U.S. author Nathaniel Hawthorne,

Hawthorne was

a wife, mother,

in

1900.

Known

in

religious

or food aid in the event of war.

ST.

poor without charge,

St.

Rose's in

Peter beneath

1926. Both

homes

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—A

four-

receive

day from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West.

Visitors and inquirers are welcome, so for more information, call Helen Gillogly,

SFO,

believed to be the

tomb of £t.

St. Peter's Basilica, to

the

20th-century silver crucifixion sculpture atop the pastoral staff used by Pope Paul

VI and Pope John Paul

II.

The

six-

section exhibit includes a Bernini sculp-

and

ture, papal portraits

busts, a

photo-

graphic architectural rendering of the famous Sistine Chapel, papal rings, li-

and sacred furnish-

spiritual

—

to help

deepen your re-

lationship with Jesus while learning to

Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Parkway, will host a Mardi-Gras style Christian Coffeehouse tonight at 7:30 p.m. Single and married adults of all ages are invited to join this Christian celebration of words, music, food and drink. Kathy and David with "Redeemed" with provide the music. Admission is free, although donations are appreciated. For more information, please call Kathy Bartlett at 704-614-9100.

eat the foods

23 HENDERSONV ILLE

Family Hall. For more

.

— The

St.

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order will meet to-

An

'manifesto' (CNS) As two competing bills aimed at making cloning illegal move through Con-

—

WASHINGTON

gress, a coalition that includes the

Knights of Columbus has issued a "manifesto" on biotechnology and hu-

man

Catholic Church, will host Terri

Diocesan Program Director for Parish Social Ministry on Feb. 25 at 7

Jarina,

p.m. in the social

hall.

Ms. Jarina

will

speak on social justice and peace. All are

883-9645.

growth weight-loss pro-

gram designed

Matthew

at (828)

24 CHARLOTTE The Light Weigh is coming to St. Vincent de Paul!

The Light Weigh is a 12-week Catho-

bmayer@alltell.net.

St.

in operation,

it

lic

—

still

ends in San Diego in September 2004. Described by its producers as "the largest collection of objects from the Vatican ever to tour North America," the exhibit is titled, "St. Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes." It includes treasures of history and art ranging from a full-size reproduction of cinnati,

Cursillo information via e-mail contact

22 CHARLOTTE

are

along with four others, in Philadelphia and Atlanta; St. Paul, Minn.; and Parma, Ohio.

Four-city U.S. tour of Vatican art treasures starts in Houston

is

Cloning bills move through Congress; group issues biotech

—

To

what

the motherhouse, where she died in

stops in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Cin-

Church. For details, call Trish Wilson at (704) 543-8986.

22 SALISBURY School of Leaders will meet at Sacred Heart Church today from 9 a.m. to 1 1:30 a.m., following the 8 a.m. Mass. For more information, call Dan Hines at (704) 544-6665 or visit www.charlottecursillo.org.

hattan and Rosary Hill in Hawthorne,

ings for papal liturgies.

Man-

also referred to as

—

Par-

warn

kids

PAUL, Minn. (CNS)

that soft drinks are bad for their teeth.

turgical vestments

as

is

ents and dentists regularly

begins in Houston this March. After

life

which

proving soft drink's effects on teeth

Rose

Mother Alphonsa, she established two homes where the sisters cared for the

refers to as "nuclear transplan-

Teen wins science prizes

of

widow

all

what

"therapeutic" cloning.

city U.S. tour of Vatican art treasures

and convert to Catholicism. She began caring for poor people suffering from cancer in the slums of Manhattan in the 1890s and established the congregation

including

cloning,

tation,"

New

The daughter

and

Dignity," which calls for a ban on

provide essential insight into Vatican thinking in the pre-war years.

Canonization cause opened for Rose Hawthorne in New York

R-Kan.,

welcome.

For more information, Tyson at (828)

contact Rochelle C.

859-9881.

25 CHARLOTTE

— A Rachel Net-

work Evening of Prayer

Over the

years, youngsters have found and effective ways to tune out the adults and sip soft drinks fearlessly.

But it's a different story when one of

creative

their peers delivers the message. Adam Quade, a ninth-grader at Totino-Grace High School in Fridley, offers not just a warning, but scientific data about the damage such drinks cause to tooth enamel. Quade did most of the work on his project last year as an eighth-grader at St. John the Baptist Catholic School in New Brighton, in the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis. After winning blue ribbons at both the state and regional competitions, he went on to compete in the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge National Competition last October in Washington where he placed third.

the Great Church will celebrate the church's 75th anniversary with a Mardi Gras-themed fundraiser to-

night at 6 p.m. in the Bishop Begley Parish Center. There will be lots of food, fun and games for young and old alike. Prizes will be awarded for the best costume for children

and

adult.

for Post-Abor-

tion Healing will be held today at 7:30

March

CHARLOTTE

—

Programa

moderation.

p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Provi-

7

orientation will be offered today at 7

dence Road in the daily Mass chapel.

This service is open to anyone who is experiencing issues related to abortion, whether their own or that of a friend or

Esperanza of Catholic Social Sendees will present a "Blending Cultures" class today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Blending Cultures class addresses traditional Hispanic/Latino culture, reasons for immigration, frequently asked questions about Latinos and working effectively with the Hispanic/Latin American community.

To register contact Anna M. Judy at

p.m. in

wing

you enjoy

Room

4 of the

in

faith

formation

for those considering the pro-

Come

give God's way a chance! have questions, please call Karen Acken at (704) 543-5497.

24 The Little Flowers

gram.

If you

NEWTON —

Catholic Girls'

Group

is

for

all

Catholic

and up. The group will be Joseph Church, 720 West 13th St., at 4 p.m. in the Holy girls

ages

meeting

five

at St.

details,

call

Debbie Vickers at (828) 495-2039.

25 Tryon St. John the Baptist Ro-

—

family member.

Your

anonymous and

individual confession

participation

is

with a priest is available following the prayer service.. All communication is confidential. Men and women of any denomination are welcome. For more

information, contact Dr. Martha Shuping at (336) 659-1342 or e-mail mshuping01@sprynet.com.

28 WINSTON-SALEM— St. Leo

(704)

370-3248,

amjudy@charlottediocese.org.

email

'

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February 14,

Around the Diocese

2003

Speaker relays theology of the body

attendance, pleading with them to be conscious of immodest clothing and behavior that can make it difficult for

West paints holy and hopeful picture ofsex and marriage

even

By

some men

beyond the physical, was not the intention.

Through his presentations, West

KATHY SCHMUGGE

HUNTERSVILLE

— The

man and woman

is

up various misconceptions about sexuality.

"Equality of the sexes does not

love be-

and

mean sameness," he said, asking women to embrace their feminity and men to embrace their masculinity, be-

a physical

manifestation of God's love, a love that free, total, faithful

is

fruitful.

That was the message given to approximately 400 people by Christopher West, a professor of sexual ethics at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary

cause these unique characteristics together r&veal God. He also explained that the physical coming together in the marital embrace is a renewal of the marriage vows and it should reflect the Trinity in its willingness to bring forth new life or openness to a

talking about human sexuality in the context of faith at St. Mark Church Jan. 27-29.

'The one-flesh union in marriage is a

new

where Christ wants

II's

ality."

to love in this

way

—

is

—

contraceptives in marriage

becomes inverted and

tniofjlfciol

contagious. Every time

I

listen to

him,

come away with a new perspective on Pope John Paul II's theology of the I

Photo by Kathy Schmugge

Patrick Church parishioner Valerie Gephardt speaks with Christopher West during his talk on sex and marriage at St. Mark Church Jan. 28.

St.

for example,

in premarital sex,

.

"Christopher's passion for this topic

general audience talks between

by engaging

if

loved each other rightly?" he asked. "Look at the mess in the church and in the world resulting from the misuse of the gift of sexu-

1979 and 1984 on human sexuality, gave West the needed answers when he once grappled with the difficulty and sacrifice of lo\ing as God loves.

According to West, when a couple fails

the world look like

men and women

to be in

union with us," said West, the theology of the body staff advisor for the Gift Foundation and the Archdiocese of Denver, as well as author of "Good News About Sex and Marriage."

Theology of the body, Pope John Paul

life.

'What would

great mystery that points us to the Eucharist,

to see

that

tried to clear

Correspondent

tween a

if

He

or using

understand," said Paul McNulty, a col-

masturbation.

the love

lege student and parishioner of St. Mark.

Valerie Gephardt, a parishioner of

of sexuality are interrelated because they twist and defile what God made to be

Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte, be-

good, holy and beautiful.

selfish.

Aware of the transforming potential of the pope's teachings, West made it his

St.

life's

mission to share it with others. He has been so successful that he is known

ment of healing and hope.

throughout the world as one of the main interpreters of the theology of the body.

He articulates the message with passion using his real-life experiences to bring the ideas home.

"It is cool that Christopher West decided to study the theology of the body and put it in words that we all can

sage: priests, religious

stead of a person

not just lay people because this truth applies to every man and woman," she said. 'West has taken his suffering and transformed it and himself so that he can reach everyone in a special way."

During the talks, West covered topics including lust, pornography and

likeness of God.

lieves

God

chose

West

to be an instru-

"Everyone needs to hear this mesmen and women;

Gem Lab

Carolina

Fine Jewelry Appraisals Chris S. Davidson, G.G., NAJA,

West wanted

said these distortions

the

men

to see the pain caused

in

attendance

by reducing

people, even oneself, into an object in-

made

"Men, when a

in the

image and

woman compromises

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He then addressed the women in

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now

hearing West's

after

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Around the Diocese

ministry resides.

Permanent diaconate set to expand

While many parishes currently have

own

their

prison ministries in place, Rev.

Mr. Wenning said the new diocesan approach would complement those efforts.

'We have no intention to disrupt any-

diocesan prison ministry

thing that's

By KEVIN

MURRAY

E.

upon

Acting Editor

"It's

CHARLOTTE — The Office of the Permanent Diaconate

will

in place,"

said,

"but to

grow

ing sure

we feel will be very everyone involved, by makprisoners have access to the

a model that

beneficial to

soon be taking

he

it."

all

over prison ministry for the Diocese of

ministry," said Carter.

Charlotte.

Meetings are scheduled through the how to implement the process. Rev. Mr. Wenning intends to have an action plan prepared for Msgr.

Mauricio W. West, diocesan administrator, by June 1. Rev. Mr. James Johnson, permanent deacon for St. Charles

'The purpose

to utilize the deacons

is

Rev. Mr. Ben

in their locations," said

Wenning, coordinator

winter and spring on

for the

permanent

SB

diaconate. "We're going to take prison

ministry and expand

it

over the entire

diocese."

The

concept, he said,

is

for the dea-

Borromeo Church

cons to not only become prison chaplains

in

Morganton,

is

scheduled to coordinate the program.

but to become liaisons to the prisons in

"As Catholics, we have a strong

their respective areas.

scriptural obligation to reach out to

'The deacons, based on their locations and parishes, will be available as

people, including those in prison," said

those

who

who

need to contact are incarcerated," said Rev. Mr.

focal points for those

know

Wenning. 'They

will

tional procedures

and contact informa-

the opera-

man

for the job, as he

areas,"

had been

involved with volunteer prison ministry

work

in

North Carolina and South Caro-

lina since 1985.

The first

tion for the prisons."

And

noted Rev. Mr. Wenning.

Matevie counsels inmates and staff, offers spiritual reading matter, notifies inmates if a family member has died and

ioner of St. Vincent de Paul Church, as the perfect

visits

four years, Matevie

worked

inmates

who

are hospitalized.

coordinates 300 volunteers

who

He

conduct

the deacons will be available to

as a full-time volunteer chaplain at vari-

Bible study at the prison, trains others

"provide a Catholic presence to the pris-

ous correctional institutions in North Carolina and raised funds beyond what

prison ministry and helps connect volun-

DSA provided. Now a fuU-time prison

teers with the people they should see at

oners, their families

and the prison

Mr. Wenning. 'They

said Rev.

staff,"

will visit

the

County

who want

to

Carter, "just like

we are to reach out to the

marginalized and the poor."

Prison Ministry will reap a fruitful harvest thanks to your contribution to the

Diocesan Support Appeal.

become involved with

with them and meet their needs."

chaplain for Mecklenburg

Diocesan prison ministry, partially supported by Diocesan Support Appeal funds, was implemented in 1991 with Bill Matevie as coordinator in February of

North, and the only Catholic chaplain in

regardless of their religious affiliations.

more

that year.

'While concentrated in Mecklenburg County, Bill has reached out to other

Carter, director of the diocesan Special

by calling (704)

Ministries Office under which prison

kemurray@charlottediocese. org.

Many

considered Matevie, a parish-

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the system, Matevie ministers to 600

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Promoter of low-income housing gets CCHD award

and political life, without charity every change would remain shortlived," the poge said in the message released Feb. 6 at the Vatican. For the

cial

—

WASHINGTON (CNS) Peter J. O'Connor received the 2003 Sister Margaret Cafferty Development of People Award

majority of Catholics,

affordable housing for poor people in

southern New Jersey. The award is given annually by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S.

was presented

in

Washing-

ton at the opening of the Catholic Social

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provide affordable housing

in the state to

opportunities for cal effect

community

all citizens.

The

practi-

has been to integrate suburban

towns.

Recent Iraq visitor says case for war not made WASHINGTON (CNS) The

—

out Feb. 5 at the United Nations

by Secretary of State Colin Powell for war against Iraq has not convinced Scott

case laid

Wright,

who worked

El Salvador for

in

eight years during the height of that nation's civil

war

in the 1980s,

visited Iraq for five

think he

made

days

and

who

in January. "I

the case better than Presi-

dent Bush, but I don't think he made the case for a pre-emptive, preventive war

Wright view with Catholic against Iraq,"

an interService.

said in

News

Wright, a Catholic who lives in Washington, was one of a dozen Americans \isiting Iraq Jan. 21-25 on a trip sponsored by Voices in the Wilderness.

The

vocation to charity

CNS

Israeli high school teacher demonstrates gas mask protection Teacher Nivin Mabareeki cheeks the fit of a gas mask at Catholic Apostolic High School in Shfar'am, Israel, Feb. 6. Anticipating Iraqi aggression if the U.S. goes to war with Iraq, Israeli soldiers prepared educators in the use of gas masks to protect against such threats as nerve gas, anthrax and mustard gas.

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— Xavier Univer-

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Goodman,

major, received a grade point average of at least a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale to earn the

Pope meets German foreign minister for talks on possible war

in Iraq

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— Ger-

committed themselves

Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer briefed Pope John Paul II and top

Vatican

officials

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war

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In

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U.N. Resolution 1441 and through other political and diplomatic means.

The nuncio said he was not the one to

charity essential to Christian

assess technical aspects of Powell's pre-

life

sentation, but he shared the concern

—

VATICAN CITY sonal acts

(CNS) Perof charity and sacrifice to '

about threats to said

truly Christian

Pope John Paul II said. "Christians must not think that they can seek the true good of their brothers and sisters without embody-

arsenals of

ing the charity of Christ," the pope said in his message for Lent 2003. "Even in those cases where they might succeed in improving important aspects of so-

said.

military force. Speaking to reporters at a

German convent

within the Vatican's

walls immediately after his Feb. 7 meet-

pope was "deeply worried about the threat of war" and its ing, Fischer said the

potential consequences for Iraqi civilians

and regional

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The Catholic News & Herald 7

Around the Diocese

Parishioners spend a day

with St. Paul's letters

By JOANITA M.

NELLENBACH

"Paul's conversion is an ongoing experience," he said. "I think the death of Stephen is part of his conversion. [Taiirj hadn't seen the light yet, somebody but he saw the witness

Correspondent 1

— "Always ask

SYLVA

'What

is

yourself,

the underlying relationship

—

with Christ that Paul is trying to elucidate?'" said Father David Valtierra; it was one of his key points in "A Day With the Letters of St. Paul" at St. Mary Church Feb. 8.

Father Valtierra, from The Oratory in Rock Hill, S.C., and whose specialties include Scripture and church history, covered four of Paul's letters:

died."

Paul was present when Stephen was martyred about 35 A.D., and Paul's conversion began in the 30s.

He

and he wrote his letters before the Gospel, Mark, appeared in the

first

Thessalonians, 1 and Colossians

1

Corinthians, Philemon.

traveled for 12-15 years before he

started writing, around 49-50 A.D.,

late 60s.

"I

Paul

"Don't get hung up on local sues, such as should

women

were written before the

is-

talk in

Who

is,

he's relating to here

is

Mary

Bill Stahl, a St.

church or should we sue each other in court," Father Valtierra said. "Paul's theme in his letters is 'What's your relationship with Christ?' Paul is Christological - Christ-centered.

Your question

never really thought about

in a historical context, that these

Gospel's," said

parishioner.

Stahl said that because of the

way

the Bible is structured, "We take it for granted that Paul came after the Gospels. Paul couldn't reference anything

the Jesus

from the

New

reason

out for himself."

and now?'"

it

In

Readers of the letters should also said Father Valtierra, that Paul wrote out of spiritual experience he gained over time.

"Paul is closer to your experience of Christ than the Apostles' (experience was)," Father Valtierra said.

1

Testament.

He had

have the same chance for paradise as

Thessalonians,

Father

Valtierra said, Paul's big question

"We

has been preserved, was written about 51 A.D. to a community that believed Jesus' return was imminent.

However, they were concerned because some of their members had died, said Father Valtierra. Paul assured them that (l Thess 4:13) dying in Christ means rising in Christ and that those who have already died

don't

know

meaning of resurrection?"

This, Paul's earliest letter that

(Christ) historically

and physically, but we know him sacramentally. Paul didn't walk with the historical Jesus, but he knew the risen Christ.

those In

is,

'What

the

Oratorian Father David Valtierra (right) explains some of St. Paul's letters during a daylong program at St. Mary Church in Sylva. This was the fourth year that Father Valtierra had presented programs on Bible subjects at the church.

to

realize,

is

Photo by Joanita M. Nellenbach

is

who 1

are

"That's a cultural issue, it's not a faith issue," Father Valtierra said. "Before

still alive.

II, we thought that meant women should wear hats in church."

He recommended using Bible

Vatican

Thessalonians, Paul's structure

the familiar theme of

faith,

hope and

he alters the sequence. He thanks the Thessalonians for keeping the faith, encourages them to love each other, and tells them they should hope love, but

footnotes to help understand which

were cultural and which were

To

in the resurrection.

get

more out of reading Paul

"Paul's point," Father Valtierra said, "is, 'I'm thankful because I see

and to be able to apply Paul to life, Father Valtierra said, "Do the behav-

the risen Christ in you.'"

ior because of the Christ relationship.

In his letters, Father Valtierra said, Paul begins with a greeting, criticisms or exhortations and in1 cludes some doctrine. In Thessalonians, for instance, Paul

Don't get hung up on the particulars.

Like Moses you can't see God and who saw God in the burning live bush, you see God in the person right next to you. Paul's image of Christ is the presence of God."

community for its strong but urges even greater faith.

This is good, but, he said, "Where we get into trouble talking about Paul is that we think that a local issue for that community is the way we should do things today. You have to be able to separate the local historical issues from the universal teaching."

Author's Note: Women praying with their heads covered was a cultural issue? The HarperCollins Study Bible states in its footnote for 1 Cor 1 1 :5 that for the Corinthians, being "unveiled" was "typically associated with promiscuous women or priestesses of pagan cults."

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is

Lockhart

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After performing Bette Midler's song "Wind Beneath My Wings" during a Harambee Mass, Lockhart told the stu-

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She is currently establishing a yearly scholarship ministry by the same title, which will be used to send children to college.

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the term

is

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Erika Bethea dances down the aisle to begin the Harambee Mass as students from OLA look on.

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"We did this so the Ole Master would not hear us and come and beat and maim us because we were trying to worship," Plummer said. "We sang and prayed for mercy and for deliverance."

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diocese of Raleigh addressed this question at the Catholic School Inservice Day at St. Gabriel School.

"Educating for Life: A Catholic Identity' Experience," was the theme of the three in-service workshops held at concurrent sessions in Belmont and Charlotte Feb. 7. In-service days, held throughout the year, are designed to motivate, inform and direct the spirituality of all teachers in Catholic schools.

Vallero emphasized the correlation between Jesus and the men and women present, as Jesus is most often referred to as "teacher" in the Bible.

She encouraged teachers to address relevant faith and values issues in their classrooms, instead of leaving such topics to religion instructors.

The teachers participated in small discussion groups and shared stories of people who had made significant differences in their lives. Several mentioned their own teachers who had

encouraged them and ones who trusted their students, even after they

had made mistakes.

Students aren't the only ones who need encouragement, according to Lee Tappy, a teacher at Holy Trinity Middle School. "Some of my parents

need a self-esteem boost, out and re-read them."

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Vallero conducted the sessions for non-religion teachers of Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools, as well as teachers from Asheville Catholic, Sacred Heart and St. Michael schools.

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Readings

2003

Book Review

Book examines moral

Word to Life

reasons of 'Why We Fight' TOM ROWAN

Reviewed by Catholic

adds that they have won numerous court cases "over such matters as being al-

News Service

Remember the surge of patriotic ardor that unified the nation in the wake of 9/ll? William J. Bennett remembers, and in "Why Fight" he fears the erosion of moral clarity in our response to that horror and the subsequent atrocities.

As he has said in a dozen or so previous books on moral issues, he believes the main culprit is moral relativ-

We

He defines this

ism.

as the belief that

good

and evil are in the eyes of the beholder along with the attitude that "anyway, who are we to judge the actions of others?

That's being judgmental."

The

exception to this attitude, of the United States. Being fiercely

course,

is

critical

of America

but a duty.

is

not only permissible

The main

says, are elite

offenders, Bennett

trenched academics

pus and warts and

off, all

who

but with

An example of moral

terrorist, ac-

cording to the head of Reuters, a worldwide news agency, lacked objective meaning: all know that one man's terrorist is another man's

We

freedom

j

all

is

about."

In what promises to be a long struggle, Bennett stresses two vi-

J~~J

'"J"'

tal steps to attain peace.

He

on moderate, centrist Muslims to take back their religion from

MORAL CLARITY AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM

calls

those

WILLIAM J, BENNETT why

use

it

And

about the achievements, freedoms and noble vision of America that exa nation that people run to

when

Bennett has no trouble distinguishing between good and evil. His concern in the very readable "Why Fight" is that the erosion of moral clarity will blur this distinction to the peril of freedom everywhere.

what "freedoms" Osama bin Laden espousing for the Islamic people he purports to champion. is

Atrocities carried out in the

name of

Islam are attributed to Islamic extremBennett agrees that there are a great

ists.

Cycle 1)

persecuted.

We

A Readings:

Psalm

32:1-2,

5,

11

retired, is theformer editor

ofthe Catholic Standard,

tlie

experienced God's forgiving and with

I

it

By JEFF HENSELY

relief similar to

when he sought God's

for-

giveness.

News Service

am

not one to blow up at others on a regular basis, I have been known to lose my temper a time or two. And not always reasonably.

The details of the incident are lost to me now, but it involved my behavior toward a postal clerk. I had been stressed out, trying to get something in the mail and had blown my cork at this innocent person who was only carrying out a post office policy.

Within a few minutes of leaving the window, I realized I had a strong need to return and ask this person to forgive me.

Even though it required me to turn my car around and head back to the post office, I did it because I knew I wouldn't be able to rest until I'd I

happy

a

felt

I

David's Catholic

much

as well as the postal clerk's,

1

Though

free with

my relief.

ness,

Corinthians 10:31 to 11:1 3) Gospel: Mark 1:40-45 2)

was

behavior,

In the psalm in today's readings, David says "Happy is the man whose fault is taken away, whose sin is covered." At the moment I asked forgive-

Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46

It's not in Scripture, but the old admonition to "keep short accounts with the Lord" seems to apply. Better to get reconciled quickly so that

God's forgiving, promised in the Lord's Prayer, can be obtained

—

quickly.

Questions:

Are there people

in your life you need to ask to forgive you? Will you take advantage of the grace God will pour out on you by asking them to do

that?

Scripture to Illustrate:

'Then

my

you,

I

acknowledged

guilt

I

my

sin to

covered not" (Psalm

32:5ab).

Weekly Scripture

—

Scripture for the week of Febuary 16 Febuary 22 Sunday (Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time), Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46, 1 Corinthians 10:31 11:1, Mark 1:40-45; Monday, Genesis 4:1-15, 25, Mark 8:11-13; Tuesday, Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10, Mark 8:14-21; Wednesday, Genesis 8:6-13, 20-22, Mark 8:22-26; Thursday, Genesis 9:1-13, Mark 8:27-33; Friday, Genesis 11:1-9, Mark 8:34 9:1; Saturday (The Chair of Peter), 1 Peter 5:1-4, Mark 16:13-19

—

—

Scripture for the week of February 23 — March 1 Sunday (Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time), Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24-25, 2 Corinthians 1:18-22, Mark 2:1-12; Monday, Sirach 1:1-10, Mark 9:14-29; Tuesday, Sirach 2:1-1 1, Mark 9:30-37; Wednesday, Sirach 4:11-19, Mark 9:38-40; Thursday,

Mark 9:41-50; Mark 10:13-16

Sirach 5:1-8,

Rowan, now

to

my

this

whereas terrorists invariably target restaurant patrons, wedding party guests, office workers, bus passengers, children and missionaries. He also wonders

surprised clerk

for evil in

fighters don't massacre innocent civilians,

Sunday of Ordinary Time

schools once again teach

it is

The

Feb. 16, Sixth

country he asks that

THE OEATH OF OUTRAGE

plain

who

purposes.

fighter.'"

pointing out that freedom

reli-

He

convinced that "the survival of liberty is precisely what our efforts to eradicate terrorism are

Bennett hotly disputes this assertion,

"infidels."

sought reconciliation. his forgiving of

women,

war mandated by

gion between Islam and

j—i

was demonstrated when, Bennett writes, "Even relativism run riot

word

radicals, this is a

WE

all

or, for

head coverings at work; being excused for prayer several times a day; being provided with special locations for prayer in the workplace ..."

Bennett points out that the United States repeatedly intervened throughout the world on behalf of Muslim interests.

America, he says, defended Kuwait and Saudi Arabia from invasion, stopped persecution of Muslims in Bosnia, assisted the Muslim nation of Somalia and routed the Taliban from Afghanistan.

Nevertheless, Bennett declares, 'There is no question that Islam is at war with the West and specifically with America." And in the minds of Islamic

WHY

camnot with

warts.

the

lowed to wear beards

and en-

paint America, on

Sunday Scripture Readings: Feb. 16,2003

17:1-15,

Friday, Sirach 6:5-17,

Mark

10:1-12; Saturday, Sirach

newspaper ofthe

Archdiocese of Washington.

many

devout, peace-loving Muslims, but he says extremists who despise America and the West and are virulently antiSemitic have hijacked Islam and control the major mosques, the schools, the

me-

in some cases the government.

Bennett says that where radical Islam is dominant, its beliefs become the law of the land and religious tolerance has no place. He declares that "a penalty of death awaits the convert to Islam who

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In contrast, Bennett says, Muslim Americans have been treated with respect and "extraordinary sympathy" in the United States and have prospered economically. The Muslim community's concerns "have been accommodated to a perhaps unprecedented degree in the history of ethnic groups in our country." He

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News Service YORK Three guys con-

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ruffled

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Raised by their ultraresponsible older sister Eva (Gabrielle Union) after their parents died years ago, married sisters Kareenah (Essence Atkins) and Jacqui '(Meagan Good) and almost-engaged Bethany (Robinne Lee) do nothand she ing without consulting Eva has a fierce opinion on everything. In fact, she's driving the men (Duane Martin, Mel Jackson and Dartanyan spire to

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an appealing group and the comvery pro-marriage and pro-famHowever, the three sisters and their is

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down 'n' dirty sex is all they cackle about at their weekly beauty parlor ap-

Mike (LL Cool

yet

they actually pay

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But when she displaces her words-asweapons anger onto him during a disastrous first date, he almost throws in the

pointment, where the beautician (Kim Whitley) is shameless in seeing men

towel.

cliched ending.

five

They make

up, but

now

only as potential pleasure toys.

The

move

a

She

is

is

attractively filmed, but

a ridiculous plot development that really

makes no sense before launching

Eva, a take-

into the

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Due

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crass

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budding romance with Mike.

sexual dialogue and expressions, and

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minimal profanity, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting classification is A-III

—

come up with drastic action to ensure Eva will head for the Windy City.

adults.

few diatribes are amazing to hear and watch as Union's face rockets through a host of enraged emoEva's

tions.

Her

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less so as the trajectory

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Will the true Valentine stand up!

The Encyclopedia of Saints lists 13 Valentines. I presume that one of them is the one we celebrate on Feb. 14. The story of Valentine may not or may be a good

The Pope

Speaks

however, the true story

fiction;

is

2003

Guest Column

that a saint called Valen-

God and odiers, so he became the patron of lovers. Are we not all lovers?

Love is a road map and the challenge is that we want to make sure that we have chosen die best route to our destination. When we set out on our tour, we discover that tine loved

some

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

routes have long and rough detours.

Even

FATHER JOHN AURILIA,

OFM

the sign,

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ment. So, on our

journey,

life's

we

Cap

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encounter detours.

Nothing new!

Life does not

There are curves long and

Pope urges sick people

difficult

tunnels in which

how

carefully

we

move

in

that take

lay out our plans, in

prayers for peace

better strategic planning.

discover that

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VATICAN CITY — Amid last-minute inIraq,

Pope

John Paul II called on sick people around the world to transform their suffering into an ardent prayer for peace.

The pope made his appeal at his weekly general audience Feb. 12, one day after a cold forced him to limit an appearance at a World

Day

of the Sick

commemoration

at the

Vatican.

Speaking to Polish pilgrims at the audipope said human suffering "always carries a challenge of love."

Those who endure suffering with love for God and their fellow human beings "transform it into a great gift and become intercessors in many difficult situations," he said.

This is why "I have asked the sick to pray ardently for peace in the world," he said. ence, the

Though

we were

we do

not

move

On

I

remember

a detour,

we sometimes we thought

not really going where

we were going. Detours teach

war on

life

No matter

We have learned that detours can be opportunities for

JOHN NORTON

ternational efforts to avert

the light of day.

our goal.

directiy to

Catholic

us.

detours, trying our patience; there are

we cannot see

to turn suffering into

By

a straight line for any of

some maneuvering; there can be

we are not perfect who thought she was

us that

that lovely lady,

because of her prayers and religious experience.

She actually became high and mighty; she also knew God's will for everyone else's life. After flying high for several months, her life suddenly seemed to go into a tailspin that brought her down to earth. Fortunately, she realized that she was not flying high any longer; actually, she was flying very low, and she became humble, less judgmental and more loving.

Our love story invites us to reassess our values and also offer opportunities for growth, to see the rainbow through and after the rain. Crisis is not a tragic moment, but a teachable moment.

Our love takes different faces, shapes, and forms, according to our development and relationship. It is like teaching math in different times of history. For instance, here are some examples of different methods: Teaching math in 1950: A logger sells a truckload of perfect,

lumber for $100. His cost of production

What is

text,

or $80.

What

his profit9

is

representing the elements of the set "M." Represent the set

"C

"M' and answer

as a subset of set

question:

What is

the following

the cardinality of the set "P" of profits?

Teaching math in 1980: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit $20. Your assignment Underline the number 20.

Teaching math in 1990: By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20. What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the forest birds, owls and squirrels feel as the logger cut down the trees?

There are no wrong answers.

Teaching math in 2000: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $120. How does Arthur Andersen determine that his profit margin is $60?

Teaching math in 2003: El hachero vende un camion carga por $100. La cuesta de production es May you have a truckload of love and 100 percent profit As you read this column, you may stand up. You are ...

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the pope, as in past weeks, read

he spoke

in a clear voice.

The evening

before, the

Letters to

pope canceled a

the Editor

planned appearance at a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica for World Day of the Sick. Instead, sounding congested, he greeted participants from his window over St. Peter's Square. A Vatican source said the 82-year-old pontiff the pope

made no

direct

mention of the Iraqi crisis, but it was clearly on many participants' minds. Italian groups waved rainbow-colored flags emblazoned with the word "Peace."

Meanwhile,

envoy, retired French Cardinal Roger Etchegaray, was in Baghdad, Iraq, to deliver a personal message from the pope to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, urging greater cooperation with the United Nations in order to avoid war.

Among the people meeting the pope at the end of the audience was Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter, Tara. She told the Vatican's newspaper she felt "very honored" to greet the a papal

pope and would "carry sage of peace to the

and mesand children of

his blessing

women

Sue Konopka Asheville

suffering from "a light cold."

At the audience,

We

appear not only to not learn by our mistakes in history, we thrive on modernizing and rationalizing them.

May God help the innocent of this world. And may the church stand strong. world.

Afterward, he

more than

his face.

India."

price.

Teaching math in 1970: A logger exchanges a set 'L" of lumber for a set "M' of money. The cardinality of set "M' is 100. Each element is worth one dollar. Make 100 dots

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half an hour, greeting individual pilgrims and watching a performance of Polish folk dancers with a smile on

was

4/5 of the

Teaching math in I960: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price,

just a small portion of his prepared audience

lingered

is

his profit9

War

is

not the answer

Troubling issues were raised in the conflicting articles "U.S. enlists Michael Novak to defend concept of 'preventive war'" and "Pope says military

Letters to the Editor

strikes against Iraq should be 'very last resort'" (Jan.

17).

Those of us who

believe that Christ

was and

is

the ultimate peace activist, also believe that "just is an oxymoron. Now we have the U.S. government going even further, trying to influence the Vatican at a February conference, that bombing Iraq first is "morally justifiable war." One wonders

war"

why the state is so interested in brainwashing the church to go down this path; perhaps the state next wishes to call this a "holy war." The nuances of that are endlessly hypocritical and evil.

Mr. Novak's credentials are unimpressive and worthless to those who didn't believe the lie in the first place; we will not believe it just because it has been repeated thousands of times by our politicians and the media, and now by Mr. Novak, over these many months.

The comments of U.S. Ambassador Jim Nicholson and his interpretations of the pope's speeches reek of his own political permeation, not the real truth of what Pope John Paul II has said nor the truth of what Jesus continues to say to our

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February 14,

The Catholic News & Herald 13

Editorials & Columns

Light

Christian moral fable about faith and temptation writ-

One

ten as a series of letters from the

nephew Wormwood,

Candle

is

demon Screwtape to his Wormwood's goal

a lesser devil.

we find that black God Himself. At

him. So, from this hellish perspective, is

Guest

the ultimate damnation of the "patient" assigned to

good

white,

one

point,

is evil,

when

and the

Enemy

the "patient"

Column

is

Lewis admarriage from the

falls in love,

dresses the need for true charity

in

upside-down point-of-view: is the time for sowing those seeds which will grow up 10 years later into domestic hatred. The enchantment of unsatisfied desire produces results which the humans can be made to mistake for the results of charity. Avail yourself of the ambiguity in the word 'Love': let them think they have solved by Love problems they have in fact only waived or postponed under the influence of the enchantment.

The grand problem is that of 'Unselfishness.' Note, once again, the admirable work of our Philological Arm in substituting

month give accounts of Jesus'

the negative unselfishness for the Enemy's positive

who

devil's

MSGR. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist

For Valentine's Day, a

little

charity

There's a very old saying: "Charity begins at home." It's one of those cliches that people offer more when they want to discourage family members from doing something for others rather than to encourage kindness within the family. And that's too bad because every home could benefit from as much charity as possible.

So with

many

Valentine's

St.

Day

couples get engaged and

being a time

when

many married

folks

little more about their relationships, I thought suggest paying some attention not to just the emotions of love, but to loving and charitable behavior.

Obviously, it's a lot easier to be kind and generous to a

think a I'd

whom you have warm feelings than to somebody you don't care about or actively dislike.

But, even the most loving families can take one another

person for

—

More than that, too often people think less terms of gracious, openhearted giving and more in terms of being "unselfish". This is not necessarily a good thing. In fact, in excess, it can be as bad as selfishness.

There's a huge difference between giving and giving up.

C. S. Lewis, one of the most respected and widely read Christian writers of the 20th century, had some wise and practical advice on the subject in one of his best known works, The Screwtape Letters." This is a for granted. in

9TB

uoY

.qu btiaU

"Courtship

We

Thanks

Charity.

teach a

man

ing.

We

to this

you

can,

from the very

to surrender benefits not that others

be happy in having them but that he in forgoing them.

"A

much

sensible

ill-feeling

so often

outset,

human once

said, 'If

may

be unselfish

don 't

ofien visit other churches for

it

knew how

would not be

the pulpit'; and again, 'She's

—

woman who lives for others you can always tell the others by their hunted expression.' All this can be begun even in the period of courtship.

Cherish these things, and above all, don't let the young fools notice them. If they notice them they will be on the road to discovering that 'love' is not enough, that charity is needed and not yet achieved and that no external law can supply its place."

So, here's hoping that love and charity are always welcome in your home and in your heart.

For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Works of Mercy, Gifts of Love," write: The Christophers, 12 East 48th Street, New York, 10017; or e-mail: mail@christophers.org. the sort of

...

—

—

NY

usually just follow the crowd, but

is

Question

Mass. But is

Corner

any

and exposure took their toll of long before the actual disease did.

When Jesus meets the man with leprosy, less important than Jesus curing the man is the fact He "touched" the man (Mark 1:41). Jesus could have society. Starvation

cured at a distance, acquiescing to the social norms of his day. In His desire to be close to those who were, by law, "untouchable," He sends the message that both charity and justice must prevail.

Throughout much of our world endemic poverty is the norm. Half of the world lives on less than

among

We

(sitting, kneeling,

standing, bowing)

body of Christ

as the assembled

at

Mass

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

that time in the celebration.

We

also

Columnist

differences these postures

change from time to time and

place to place. Kneeling, for example,

reverence in other countries that

it is

is

not the sign of

have resulted in a bewildering variety of customs concerning postures at Mass, in some regions more than others.

Last year (2002) the U.S. bishops adopted a standard

tentative regulations never officially adopted,

policy for

all

dioceses in the United States. Theoretically,

based mostly on provisions in the revised Missal, should be in effect for all parishes in the

this policy,

Roman United

States.

The policy

STAND

is

as follows:

and Liturgy of the Word: from the beginning of Mass until the

Introductory

Scripture reading.

rites

first

of the

turned out of

afflicted are

sent to live in rags on the outskirts of

Other diseases (with known vaccines and leprosy,

known

HIV/

also as Hansen's

disease, continues to afflict a million people

SIT during the first and (on Sundays) second STAND from the Gospel acclamation SIT during

readings.

(usually

end of the Gospel.

Liturgy of the Eucharist and concluding

rite:

the preparation of the gifts until the end of

the priest's prayer beginning 'Pray brethren

STAND to begin

the people's prayer,

"May

until the conclusion

the

Lord

of the "Holy,

holy, holy."

KNEEL after the "Holy, holy, holy" until the Amen at the end of the Eucharistic Prayer.

STAND from the Our Father until after the "Lamb of God."

KNEEL after "Lamb of God" until the distribution of Communion.

STAND when receiving Communion.

SIT or KNEEL during the reflection time after Communion.

STAND from the "Let us pray" before the prayer after Communion until the end of Mass.

As you see, most of these reflect long-standing practice in the United States. One or two are newer and will take some getting used to. They are, however, die present standard for parishes in the United States.

those in distant lands

who

are marginalized.

Con-

sider participating in

your parish or school's

CRS

Operation Rice Bowl collection

this

coming Lent.

CRS is also calling for greater assistance to the

..."

accept ..."

Remain standing

become the Body of Christ. Through the grace bestowed on us we are called to be miracle workers.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is one of many church-based organizations effectively reaching

the homily.

STAND during the creed and general intercessions.

SIT from

for us.

For centuries, even in Europe, people never knelt at Mass, which explains why numerous older churches have no kneelers. Standing was obligatory and the normal posture during Mass on Sundays and during the Easter season. Bishops in some countries have policies different from ours even today.

Now to answer your question, conflicting news stories over the past several years, and in some places premature adoption of "official" practices which in fact were only

Many

throughout Africa, Southeast Asia and Brazil.

From the Church shines the light of Christ; we are nourished by the Body of Christ and in turn,

Alleluia) until the

need to remember that because of cultural

illness

Even

AIDS.

we

most obvious and meaningful of those signs. do them as responses of faith to what is going on at

millions live

and famine, causing many to their homes and nations in hope of a better life.

The pandemic of HIV/ AIDS afflicts tens of

society.

are

the

Hundreds of

dollars per day.

cures) take a far greater toll of lives than

faith.

The postures

with great

life

flee

by signs that express, nourish and strengthen our

assume

had

The scourge of leprosy was a death sentence; not so much because leprosy kills quickly (it does not), but rather because those afflicted with leprosy were required by law to live apart from

homes and

CNS

filled

wit-

this"

and extreme poverty. Earlier this month at Mass we heard Job's lament over his terrible suffering, asking God "Is not man's life on earth a drudgery?" During Jesus' time, the standard of living had not changed much from Job's day.

millions.

A. Before responding to your question in detail, it is worth reminding ourselves that the posture we assume at the celebration of Mass is more than mere etiquette or manners. As the instructions for Mass point out, the entire eucharistic liturgy is carried out

was

who

suffering

amidst war,

rule that parishes are supposed to follow? (Ohio)

this

For those His healing touch, wonder miracles.

observe and feel and amazement ensue. Indeed, as those nessed His miracles say, "nothing like ever been seen before (Mark 2: 1 2).

two

amaz-

there

Bring hope to a suffering world The Sunday Gospel readings during

Life in biblical times

people

Unselfishness occasions,

recommended from

may

/f,i!

the confusion about standing, sitting, kneeling

of Justice and Peace

...

Standing and kneeling at Mass Q.

JOE PURELLO Director of the Office

poor nations of the world. Special attention must be given to the people of Africa where a food crisis combines with HIV/AIDS and other diseases, unleashing death and suffering on a massive scale.

President Bush's recent promise to expand our nation's commitment to fight HIV/AIDS must be solidified by Congressional support.

In this year's message of Pope John Paul II for Lent, he says, Appealing to believers

people ofgood

which

is

I would

will,

like to

and

to all

reaffirm a principle

self-evident yet often ignored

Our goal should

of a privileged few, but rather the improvement of the living conditions of all. It is more blessed to give than to receive. We, the Body of Christ, are called to be Christ's messengers to the world, to deliver Christ's message of hope. not be

t/ie

benefit

For furtlier

formation about Operation Rice

if

Bowl, contact TerriJarina at (704-370-3234).

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February 14,

Around the Diocese

Celebrating

POTTER,

Fantasy is a healthy component of childhood, according to Father Cancro.

from page 1

"The ability to imagine people, places and circumstances beyond human re-

—

at the council for culture before join-

ing the Council of European Episcopal Conferences.

Father Fleetwood said such ele-

ments ten by

in the

Harry Potter books, writ-

British author J.K. Rowling, are

'every day' behaviors,

He

is Christian in her mode of even in her way of writing."

"We should not ignore the fact that magic and sorcery are being promoted in modern culture," said Teresa Osorio Goncalves, an official of the interrreligious dialogue office, who worked on the document. "I think this

Why

the U.S. Protestants reacted so strongly to 'Harry Potter.'

is

in 1992.

"The Catholic reaction has been more balanced, looking at the impact on children," she said.

"I

think (Harry Potter)

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"Children inject themselves into There they work out issues of power and control and various other aspects of maturation," he said.

"It is a fun, non-threatening way to support a developing sense of self and a their fantasy.

conviction,

...

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Photos by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay

personal maturation.

Balance is key, said Father Cancro.

"Just because children might read about witches or wizards does not mean that they will be unduly influenced in that regard. Children know what a movie or a book is," he said.

"And, when the family is the locus for

"not a banner for an anti-Christian ideology but are used to teach the

Mary Church

an important element in brain development as well as intellectual and alities is

nary world of fairies, magicians and angels they are not evil," said Father Fleetwood, who worked on the New Age document while an official

faithful lives

at St.

evil

is

that the

Harry

a crafty depiction of an

system that

is

trying to plant a

seed in our children's imagination.

The

notion of witches and wizards and other aspects of the book are therefore evil and should be avoided," said Father Cancro. "(But) with a balanced appreciation of and approach to fantasy and imagination, these stories hold some positive potential. This book is not evil."

becomes

easier

"Fantasy play

at

appropriate

times and places must be balanced by the demand for other appropriate behavior at other times," he said. "This

simple discipline helps create a healthy balance and teaches a child perspective."

Father" Cancro encouraged parents to pray with their children, to talk

about God and to be involved with them.

"These are important shaping elements for your children," he said. "Parents do have an obligation to share faith in a solid way so that fantasy does not bleed into the religious imagination. At the same time, parents have an obligation to be sure they

know what

viewing on the screen."

"See the movie with your children.

Read the book (or at least parts of it) with them. Talk about it," said Father Cancro. "It will give you insight into their imagination and also help you provide the balance I spoke of earlier." their children are reading or

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In

Vatican: Christians who buy New Age goods should ask what they seek

By CINDY

WOODEN

the existence of sun and

evil,

soaking in a tub with aromatic

rance as the sources of personal and soci-

New Age

movement, the Vatican said Christians who buy the products should ask themselves what

mean one embraces

the

"Almost

the things in

all

have a ,good

etal

ills.

— Promotes

self-realization

side,"

New Age

Archbishop

said

Michael Fitzgerald, president of the PonCouncil for Interreligious Dialogue.

is

self-

a gift

New Age

who worked

on the document when he was an

official at

In embracing elements of ancient pa-

on the same level as Christian faith, making the difference between faith and belief seem relative," the document said.

The Vatican offices said the permeation of

gan

religiosity

New Age

and religiousness

of God.

movement occult,

Western

and Catholic

the surface the

Poupard

nal

But

retreat houses, calls

increasingly replaced

body/ spirit," but the fundamental ideas remain

New Age

it is

marked by

necessary to signal

all

assumption that they can harness energy or change negative energy,

must be seen

as a

be fully aware of what

said.

tlie

New Age's

our increasingly interconnected world,

In

we

which

believe

our reason for being:

is

of the water of

life,"

the

cardinal said.

The document contrasts the New Age movement's expectation of a coming "Age of Aquarius," the zodiacal water-bearer, with Christianity's faith in Jesus as the one

who nal

Can we ignore even one child?

people go looking elsewhere for that

Jesus, the bearer

Within the next eight

years. Africa wall

home

be

to over

30 million AIDS orphans. Without greater intervention from the worlds developed nations, these children will

grow up

without a home, without hope and without a productive future.

As Catholics, the Gospel

calls

us to respond.

gives the water of salvation and eter-

life.

While the New Age label has been on everything from music to philosophy, the Vatican document said, in its placed

Catholic Relief Services believes that a crisis of this

dimension warrants

a

high level of commitment from the

depths it

— Opposes —

institutional religions.

Replaces the Judeo-Christian pro-

fession of a personal

nected cosmic

God with

Christ, labeling

as just

Through the advocacy campaign

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your members of Congress

the uniqueness of Jesus

him

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— Denies

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indigenous spirituality are not truly

obvious the church must ask

"It is

why

said,

traces of the Judeo-Christian

be erased.

involved in certain types of oriental or

positive it

will

"Wliat worries

mainly as a marketing

technique, they are sold with an un-Christian

intact.

'In a cultural environment

label

which

God

are sold under a

reconciliation with themselves,

he

as Gaia, a

in

label

by "hosounding terms such as "mind/ is

with others and with nature." the church.

and they are concerns

movement espouses.

Even when products

"New Age"

Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of

call to

said,

New Age sees the earth

the Pontifical Council for Culture, which

Its success,

concern promotion of

shared by the Catholic Church.

movement.

wake-up

its

United States and Great Britain the

religious relativism,

mony and

New Age

environment and

goddess, and promotes a universal religion

Feb. 3 press conference marking the release of a Vatican "reflection" on the New Age

response to people's longing for "peace, har-

New Age

for greater attention to the beliefs the

listic"

produced the 93-page document with Archbishop Fitzgerald's office, said the growth of the New Age movement is a

strains of the

also

interreligious tolerance are positive, Cardi-

culture, in-

cluding mandatory workplace training sessions

some

promote magic and the the document said.

On for the

philosophy, spiritualism in

religions,

the council for culture, said that in the

"Music that relaxes you is good, but if music empties prayer and turns into just listening to music and falling asleep, you cannot call that prayer," he said at a this

and

redemption, denying that salvation

Father Peter Fleetwood,

they are seeking.

tifical

a warning against the attempt to place

attained enlightenment.

— Denies

focusing instead on bad energy or igno-

or listening to pipe music does not

oils

man who

— While buying

VATICAN CITY crystals,

a

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February 14,

Living the Faith

Sister of St. Joseph sees ministry as great adventure

By JOANITA M.

NELLENBACH

Correspondent

LENOIR

— "One

in Love," the

credence that all the Sisters of St. Joseph are united in love, is engraved inside her gold profession ring. Sister Joan Pearson, Hispanic ministry coordinator for the Hickory Vicariate, is also one who is in love with a life of service her great adventure.

Her order's motto is "Be the More."

"I think I've tried to spend my whole life as a Sister of St. Joseph living up to that ideal," Sister Joan said. "God doesn't want 80 percent from you; he wants 100 percent, and I like that. I've never been a half-hearted person."

Adventure and service began

—

Her

father, an engineer for

are.

While at Bishop McGuinness, she and other students took faith formation classes on Sundays; she remembers Franciscan Sister Patrice McCabe's "loving presence with people." On Saturdays, she accompa-

The Sisters of St. Joseph wanted her to teach. During formation and after final profession, she taught at various schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, at Immaculate Heart of Mary in High Point and at St. Leo

nied Mission Helpers of the Sacred

School.

camaraderie

Heart on home visits.

"That was two shots a week, but every day I had the influence of the

never had a bad class," she said.

"People say to me, 'You look like you're having such a good time.'"

Mercy

graduated

Win-

Martin Anthony, of

ston-Salem, Joan attended St. Leo School, then Bishop McGuinness

her desire.

Sister Martin suggested the

High School.

Her parents were involved vice: her mother with Catholic

Sisters of St. Joseph of

Electric, frequently

his family to

new

cities,

the oldest of five girls,

When

moved

the Pearsons settled in

guilds, her father in the

in serladies'

Knights of

Columbus.

"My the time Sister

Joan

little,

a global heart,"

said. "That's just the

way

they were. I entered (religious life) just because if you didn't do something to help other people, what was the point

make

home

there," she said, laughing. "Isn't that a grace, to be able to say that?"

While

'We're not meant to wait for people to

master's degree in coun-

Joan Pearson

seling at Chestnut Hill

had already earned a bachelor's in psychology there), Sister Joan taught at St. Hugh of Cluny, which had an all-Puerto Rican population. It was there that she really began in Philadelphia (she

sit in

come

finishing her

Sister of St. Joseph

visits.

an

office

and

to us," she said.

'We're meant to go where the people

to learn Spanish.

"You

could survive without you wanted to stay in your own little world, but I wanted to (Spanish)

if

talk to the parents," she said.

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She also worked with Hispanic children and their families at a child psychology center.

When Father James K. Solari, then-pastor of St. Leo the Great Church in Winston-Salem, was looking for someone for Hispanic community ministry, Sister Joan accepted and finally realized her earlier dream of faith formation and home visits.

She

became

the

Hickory

Vicariate's Hispanic ministry coordi-

nator six years later in August 2002.

"I make sure the recently revised diocesan pastoral plan is being actualized," Sister Joan said. "I'm organiz-

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ing formal RCIA in Spanish, Quinceaneras (celebrations in honor of girls' 15th birthdays), faith formation, to bit by bit integrate the Anglo and Hispanic communities.

"If somebody doesn't do that, the

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adults alike.

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Hispanic community will take care of itself and the two communities will exist side by side, but they'll never come together, but that's not the point," she said. "We're all one church. While we're doing all this bringing together, we're also bringing them up to speed."

Life is still an adventure.

"Oh, God, life is good," she said.

"I'm just having fun. I want it chiseled on my tombstone that I had a wonderful time as a Sister of St. Joseph."

Contact Correspondent Joanita M. Nellenbach by calling (828) 627-9209 or e-mail jnell@dnet.net.

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The theme

were a part

fun

faith

The

Feb.

also recalls the street

"I mark my missions (teaching assignments) by the distinctive kind of

She wanted to do formation and

parents instilled in us, from

we were

—

recently hosted

She

of those communities.

Philadelphia. Joan entered the order that year, and made her fi-

BELMONT

ested in learning Spanish. festivals that

nal profession in 1978.

growth,

of Retreat for the Widowed, for members of Healing Hearts, the support component of the Bereavement Ministry of the Sisters of Mercy, was held Feb. 1. The White Stone Retreat for Young Adults was Jan. 31-

guese and Puerto Rican, Sister Joan grew inter-

choice."

which Joan, found exciting.

Western

At Holy Infancy Elementary School in Bethlehem, Pa., where the students were Portu-

"I thought if I could be that happy serving God, that would be a great life

Joan

on spiritual

"I

she said.

from Bishop McGuinness in 1970. In her senior year, she told the principal, St. Joseph Sister

early.

Retreats focus

of being alive? Life was for service."

Sisters of St. Joseph,"

2003

was

Day of Retreat Unwrapping Your

for the

"Creativity:

God-given Gifts," to inspire, energize and provide beauty and humor for of all involved. Approximately 100 men and women participated from both North Carolina and South Carolina.

The morning began with a mime presentation of "Creation" by Mercy Associate Gaye Dimmick, creative arts therapist at Holy Angels Residenlifting the spirits

tial

Center.

A

video, "Creativity:

Touching the

Divine," followed, after which partici-

pants were invited to

reflect,

journal

and engage in creative activity before sharing their thoughts and feelings with the group. Craft items were avail-

members to work with during the program.

Helen Gassen, a Tai Chi instructor and member of St. Gabriel Church in able for retreat

Charlotte, led the group in a variety of

movements

helpful in meditation and calming the mind. The movements also helped increase flexibility.

The day concluded with an appearance by Ed Kilbourne, a musician, composer, storyteller and entertainer.

Mercy Sister Jeanne-Margaret McNally served as presenter of the White Stone weekend retreat that was planned, promoted and hosted by Mercy Sister Antonette Schmidt, spiritual

mentor coordinator

in the

Young

Adult Ministry Office of the Diocese of Charlotte, and Mercy Sister Cabrini Taitano, a member of the Regional Community of N.C. Leadership Team.

The retreat was attended by young professionals from around the region, including Charlotte, Gastonia and Greensboro. The men spent the weekend with the monks at Belmont Abbey, while the women stayed with the nuns at the Sister of Mercy campus.

The purpose of the retreat, said Sister Antonette,

vide

young

was twofold:

to pro-

adults with a greater un-

derstanding of the Sisters of Mercy and the Order of St. Benedict; and give them the opportunity to deepen 'their spirituality, know themselves better and meet with other young adults with similar value systems.

"I think it went very well," said Sister Antonette. "It was very exciting just to have the young adults on the campuses. They were very forthcoming about suggestions for future retreats."