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Number
Volume 10
24
Serving Catholics
Inside
in
Western North Carolina
the Diocese of Charlotte
in
College students share faith, friendship; find fellowship at weekend retreat
Artists try to
capture the face of Jesus ...Page
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Catholic Church seeks Hispanics' loyalty .Page
8
Local News Operation Rice Bowl opens with Lent ...Page
4 Photo by Joann S. Keane
Whom Shall Send? Franciscan I
College students impose a blessing on Bishop William G. Curlin during the annual campus ministry retreat at Camp Thunderbird on Lake Wylie. During a Saturday afternoon dialogue, the bishop challenged the students to see Jesus Christ alive in one another and in all those they meet. "I hope that as you leave this retreat, Jesus goes with you, that you realize that in whomever you meet, you see the face of God in that individual." When that happens, "your life will be different from that day on." By
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Every Week
Editorials
LAKE WYLIE,
To
& Columns
Maura
me
wit,
to be a better person."
12-13
you forgive others
your heavenly Father you. 6:
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the invitation to explore their
faith.
And
flexible formation that respects their
searching faith and affirms their spirituality is critical.
Proulx emphatically shared her
The
students
may
the language to express their
not have faith,
Moreover, McDermott calls retreats an opportunity for empowerment. 'The church should discover, recognize, develop and share the gifts of young adults for the
Proulx told of
faith challenges
her freshman year at Wake Forest,
during
when
she
alone and incomplete. In retrospect, she it
was a community
in faith that
got
"Difficulties
made me want to grow further in
my Catholic faith, to learn more and to be the
is
no
question, tiiey
do have
mission of Christ in the family,
faith."
commu-
workplace, church and the world."
nity,
An
organized retreat weekend
is
the
perfect vehicle for inspiring faith expression.
With
lakeside serenity as a backdrop,
example oflove to which Christ calls all of us." Prophetic words from a college student This year, student and campus ministry
ample opportunity exists for students to contemplate not only their faith, but also
leaders selected "Living Catholic" as the
away-from-home,
theme, providing the framework for layer
Diocesan groups frequently use Camp Thunderbird for overnight retreats. The property provides an environ-
upon layer of stories of faith and the opportunity for teaching moments.
the natural beauty of their
YMCA
Camp
ment conducive for students of all ages. 'The [Yetreaf] experience served as as a member of a reminder of what the Catholic community worldwide
—
weekend homeThunderbird.
—
we're called and asked to do," says Wake Forest junior Brad Sherry, who served
one of the "team coordinators" for the weekend. A returning retreatant from last year, Sherry traded his participating stature to one of helping others find their way on the weekend journey. as
As
but
"Living Catholic," one of many presentations
her through that tumultuous freshman year.
their transgressions,
have an authentic spiritual life," says Colleen McDermott, diocesan director of campus and young adult ministry. 'They seek a deeper relationship with God, often in non-traditional settings, and respond to
there
knows
Matthew
—
devotion during a group discussion on
felt
will forgive
S.C.
"While college students sometimes feel disconnected from organized religion, they
during the annual diocesan college retreat
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Proulx doesn't mince words when it comes to her faith. "I love being Catholic." Standing before a hundred of her peers, Proulx tells of her identity defined by her Catholicism. "There are aspects of the Catholic faith that have helped me develop into the person I am today, and
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for a specific recollection of the
weekend, Sherry
felt it
unfair to single out
moment. "But," he says, "the presence of the Holy Spirit was so powerful amongst everyone that was there, it's impossible for anyone to suggest otherwise." During a Saturday afternoon dialogue, any
specific
Bishop William G. Curlin challenged the students to see Jesus Christ alive in one
another and
in all those they meet. "I hope you leave this retreat Jesus goes with you, that you realize that in whomever you meet you see the face of God in that tiiat
as
individual." will
When
that happens, "your
life
be different from that day on."
Contact Editor Joann Keane by cah
ing
(704)
370-3336,
jskeane@charlottediocese.org
or
e
ft
The Catholic News & Herald
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The World
February 23,
Worldwide student
Hughes
organization to focus on bioethics issues NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS)
2001
Brief
in
news conference
said at a
the Notre
Dame Seminary
at
chapel. "I
—
thought that after Baton Rouge there was only heaven!"
Undergraduates from the University of Notre Dame, Boston University and the University of Toronto have founded a worldwide student organization focusing on the full spectrum of bioethics issues. The International Student Bioet-
Cohabitation a challenging issue for church leaders ERIE, Pa. (CNS) When en-
—
gaged couples send applications to the family ministries' office in the Erie Diocese to attend marriage preparation programs, Mary Maxwell has noticed a disturbing trend. A growing
was scheduled to hold its meeting March 3 on the Notre Dame campus in conjunction with the third annual National Undergraduate hics Initiative
first
number of engaged men and woman share the same address. Maxwell, di-
The
rector of the diocesan Office of Family
to encour-
Ministries of Catholic Charities, said
age and enhance education, awareness, dialogue and involvement in topics such
there has been a 45-percent rise in couples cohabiting, without being married, since 1970. Marriage, she added, does not have the central place it once had in our society. "It's such a pervasive phenomenon. It's an anti-mar-
March new organization is
Bioethics Conference
goal of the
Human Genome
as the
Project, stem-cell
research, cloning, beginninglife
issues,
AIDS and
1-4.
and end-of-
health care.
Pope marks 1,700th anniversary of Armenian
riage kind of a climate out there," she
Christianity VATICAN CITY (CNS) Persecution and bloodshed have marked the history of Armenia, but they never erased the Christian faith which the Armenian people embraced 1,700 years ago, Pope John Paul II said. Presiding Feb. 18 at the celebration of an Armenian divine liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica, the pope prayed that the anniversary of Armenian Christianity would be an occasion to strengthen the faith and to work toward unity with Armenia's Oriental Orthodox church. Pope John Paul also issued an apostolic letter marking the anniversary of the "birth of the new identity of the people, which became a constitutive and inseparable part of being Armenian."
Visitor, Erie's diocesan newspaper.
JNS photo from Reuters
— Church and
(CNS)
social
Pakistan say that child labor
church-led
problem that can be eradicated only if tackled at its roots. The government has promulgated laws to curb child labor, but the economic conditions of the people
—
forcing so
many
children to
work
as
factory workers, cleaners and in other
occupations
— render
the laws ineffec-
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planner March 1
HENDERSONVILLE
is drawn from the biblical wisdom of Esther. Men and women of all
Action" and
— Immaculata
1 Buncombe St., is hosting an open house for the 2001-2002 school year today from 9 a.m-1 p.m. Parent volunteers are available for tours and questions, and parents may register children in prekindergarten through 8th grade. For more information, call William Meehan,
School, 7 1
principal, at (828) 693-3277.
Dames of
Malta
MAGGIE VALLEY — The 55th Weekend Ultreya
is
Men's
taking place at Liv-
ing Waters Reflection Center, 103 living
St. Patrick,
Charlotte
Waters Lane, today through March
4.
The 57th Women's Weekend 10:30 a.m. Sacred Heart School Mass Salisbury
will take place at St. Pius
Elm
28237.
St.
3
— 9:30
a.m.
Matthew, Charlotte
X
Ultreya Church, 2210
Greensboro from March 29-April 1 For details, call Dan Hines at (704) 544-6665 or Aliceann Coon at (704) 540-8696. 2 HICKORY The Annual World Day of Prayer ecumenical worship service is N.
St.,
in
.
Social justice session
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month of March
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7:30 p.m. Hispanic retreat St. Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte
NC 28203 NC 28237
full
Rev. Francis
Phone: (704) 370-3333 FAX: (704) 370-3382
other
—
The appointment was announced
February 25
St.,
Roman
(CNS)
Charlotte Catholic High School Benefit Retreat, Charlotte
Jane Glodowski
is
Hughes of Baton Rouge, La., as coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans.
February 24
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Alesha M.Price
18th leader of the archdiocese Schulte steps down.
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Secretary:
as the
12-14, pledged greater cooperation on migration issues and asked government leaders to solve economic problems that cause massive migrations. Closer cooperation is needed to find pastoral responses to the causes and effects of migration,
priests
Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events:
Associate Editor: Jimmy Rostar Staff Writer:
Orleans
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the United States, and will succeed.him
Episcopal calendar
Catholic W HERALD N E
air strikes
Bishop Hughes of Baton Rouge named coadjutor of
WASHINGTON
a serious
is
Ayub Anjum, a worker Human Development
of the Center in Toba Tek Singh, told UCA News, an Asian church news agency based in Thailand, that even collecting information about child labor is difficult. Parents are often uncooperative, he said, for fear that they might lose their source of income. tive.
New
Pakistan workers in
Bishops of Americas discuss greater ties on migration issues WASHINGTON (CNS) Bishops from the Americas, meeting Feb.
against Baghdad A child holds up a toy pistol during a demonstration Feb. 17 against the Feb. 16 air strike at targets near Baghdad. The British- and U.S.-led bombing raid was targeted at facilities near the city.
demonstration against
Iraqi
Church, social workers in Pakistan seek to end child labor
TOBA TEK SINGH,
Lake Shore
said in an interview with the
—
—
invited, and childcare be provided. Refreshments are also being served. Contact Carole Marmorato
denominations are will
at (828)
256-8956 for further
WINSTON-SALEM Great Church
Toy
— The
details.
St.
Leo The
Children's Clothing and
Sale has been rescheduled for this
weekend through March
3.
All are invited
to sell gently used children's books,
games, puzzles, furniture, baby equipment and spring and summer clothing. Call Teresa Whalen at (336) 924-91 18 to schedule a shift and for more information.
5 CHARLOTTE
— The widowed
sup-
port group for those grieving the loss of a
spouse meets from 6-7 p.m. tonight and in the 'family room at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For further details, call the church office at
March 19
(704) 364-5431.
CHARLOTTE Transition
is
—
Christians in Career
a ministry of St
Matthew
February 23,
2001
The World
from Latin America, Canada and the United States. More than 20 bishops representing the Latin American bishops' council, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States met in Clearwater, Fla., to talk about migration in the Americas.
The Catholic News & Herald 3
Brief
in
said the bishops
Government
leaders need "to
February
economic globalization by taking fully into account the
ize
2001
23,
humanDear Brothers and
Sisters in Christ,
more
challenges of migration," they said in a closing statement.
The coming March third
Memorial of Saint Katharine Drexel on an occasion of great joy for us in the Diocese of Charlotte and for the entire Church. Canonized on October 1, 2000, by Pope John Paul II, our newest American saint has had a profound impact on the life of our Diocese.
Coming Home Network supports former Protestants who join church
COLUMBUS,
Ohio (CNS)
— An
international organization that supports Protestant clergy and lay people who become Catholics has moved its headquarters to the Columbus Diocese. Now based in Zanesville, the Coming Home Network International was founded in Steubenville in 1993 by former Presbyterian pastor Marcus Grodi. Grodi is now a parishioner at St. Thomas in Zanesville. It provides fellowship, encouragement and support for Protestant pastors and laity who are on the journey to join the Catholic Church or have already joined it. Grodi, who had served in Presbyterian churches in Newark and Hanover, Ohio, started the network after he and his wife, Marilyn, became Catholics in 1992. The couple has three sons, ages 13, 9 and 5. N.Y. deacons discuss their calling with Irish priests, lay people YORK (CNS) The permanent diaconate in the United States has been a great success and will become more important in years to come, a group of deacons in New York told priests and lay people in Ireland via a
—
NEW
trans-Atlantic teleconference Feb.
9.
The
working on establishing the permanent diaconate in their country, and the teleconference allowed Irish bishops are
the Irish audience to learn about the U.S. church's experience with the diaconate since
it
was
instituted in this country
The
almost 30 years ago.
U.S. deacons
Church, 8015 Ballantyne
Commons
Pkwy., devoted to helping people in ca-
The meeting takes place March 19 from 7-9 p.m. in
CNS PHOTO COURTESY SlSTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT St. Katharine Memorial Mother Katharine Drexel, founder
Her
reported that
May
has enriched parish
it
life,
who spoke at Fordham University in the Bronx through a hookup to a religious conference of 150 people in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Court to consider what afterschool groups are 'too religious'
whether
a public school can exclude a club from using classrooms
after
hours because
its
activities
Good News
CHARLOTTE
— Churches
call:
St.
For more information, Matthew - Marilyn Borrelli at
10 a.m. in
room
die center at (828) 926-3833.
— The Knights
Cordell at (704) 352-5047, Ext. 217. For
of Columbus Father Michael
GREENSBORO tion
Program
— The Adult Educa-
at
Our Lady of Grace
W. Market
Church, 2205
St.,
continues
Council
Maggie
of
Wanda
(828) 926-3833.
Smith, a recent convert to the
'What Do I concerning how to answer
faith, is
presenting
faith.
Join the group for a potluck
at 5:45 p.m. in the cafeteria.
For further
the parish religious education
274-0415.
MAGGIE VALLEY
— Twilight
eve^-
nings of reflection; involving dinner, a Lenten conference and faith sharing; are taking place this evening and on March
and
Valley
and council groups. information, call
bus, both individual
For
Catholic
Murphy
Waynesville are having a K of C weekend retreat presented by the Augustinian Friars this weekend through March 11. The event is open to all Knights of Colum-
tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the activity center.
office at (336)
at
ended bus ser-
where the club
9 MAGGIE VALLEY
details, call
Wednesday
vice to a church
(704) 542-2283 and St. Gabriel - Eileen
group meetings for survivors, family and friends on the following days: St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., this morning and evfirst
lism Fellowship. After the Milford, .N.Y., school district
Good News
Club's activities were "the equivalent of religious worship ... rather than the expression
religious views or values on a secular subject matter." Eventually, the 2nd U.S. Circuit
of
time for parents and children, lunch and
Charlotte area are having cancer support
ery
Evange-
Eucharist.
Catholic in the
youth group sponsored by the national
Waters Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane. The retreat concludes with a Eucharistic celebration at St. Margaret Church, 1422 Soco Rd. For details, call
questions from Protestants about the
7
nity
missionary organization Child
21 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Living
778-0600
at
Bishop of Charlotte
Gabriel
St.
Say," a session
Passero
Most Reverend William G. Curlin
104 of the parish center and
information, call the church office at (336)
Jim
' .
Church, 3016 Providence Rd., on March
vs.
further information, call Bob Poffenbarger, Sr., coordinator, at (704) 553-7000.
or (336) 998-7503.
am
met, the organization asked to meet on school property. The district rejected the request on the grounds that, unlike other outside organizations using the school, the
Club
4820 Kinnamon
with Father Frank O'Rourke, pastor. The' sacrament of reconciliation is being given at 7 p.m., and the laying on of hands is taking place after Mass. The next Mass takes place on April 7 with Father John Putnam, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury. For more
I
Milford Central School, the court on Feb. 28 will hear oral arguments about the disagreement. The Good News Club is a commu-
are "too religious." In
parish mission.
celebrating a
commitment
—
WASHINGTON
(CNS) In a case being heard late in February, the Supreme Court will consider
area of the parish center's conference room. For more information, call Rev. Mr. Jim Hamrlik at (704) 542-6459. CLEMMONS Holy Family Church, is
Saint Katharine's love for the Eucharist and her tireless
to justice continue to inspire our lives.
Prayerfully in the Lord,
12 at 7 p.m. in the ministry center library
tonight at 7:30 p.m.
fervent hope that the celebration of Saint Katharine's Memorial will be joyfully celebrated by the people of our Diocese.
bishops' Secretariat for the Diaconate,
tonight only because of the upcoming
Rd.,
she met there, most especially those
on March 3
Wilson, executive director of the U.S.
to-
Mass
my
It is
whom
Begging God's blessing upon you,
the
charismatic
material welfare of the people who were African American.
mal vows. "There has been a widespread and enthusiastic acceptance of deacons in the parishes," said Deacon Gerard
night and
—
travel diaries for 1904 reveal that she personally visited these churches, and reflect her deep, personal concern for the spiritual and
enlivened lay Catholics in their baptis-
reer crises.
office
Saint Katharine's great generosity provided essential funding for the construction of the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, Belmont Abbey; Saint Peter in Charlotte; and Saint Michael in Gastonia.
of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, dedicated her life to helping poor African-Americans and Native Americans. Her canonization last Oct. 1 by Pope John Paul II made her the second American-born saint.
expanded outreach ministries and
celebration of the
is
further'
10 HOT SPRINGS of Prayer, 289
— The
Jesuit
NW Hwy. 25/70,
House
is
host-
Aside: ing Day Set "A Preparing for First Eucharist" today from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This day; led by Diane Sepsy and Mercy Sister Peggy Verstege, director; is for parents and dieir children who are preparing for First Communion and serves as an opportunity for parents and children to deepen their understanding and experience of the
of Appeals
Court
upheld
the
district's decision.
The
session includes quiet
To register by and for more information, call 622-7366 or e-mail (828) vpaul@madison.main.nc, us. 17 GASTONIA The Knights of Columbus Council 6700 of Gastonia is sponsoring a St. Patrick's Day Dance tonight at the St. Michael Church parish center, 708 St. Michael Lane, at 6:30 p.m. Dinner includes corned beef and cabbage with Irish tea and coffee, and dancing lasts from 7:30-1 1:30 p.m. including a performance from eight Irish dancers. The deadline for purchasing tickets is March 5. Contact Joe Delaney at (704) 865-0008 or Frank Pilieci at (704) 864-9409 for tickets and other a closing liturgy at 4 p.m.
March
1
—
information. Please submit notices of events for
t/ie
Dioc-
esan Planner at least 10 days prior to
t/ie
publication date.
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By
Operation Rice Bowl supports
Staff Writer
— The
—
give
fast, learn,
—
reflects the sea-
son of Lent and is expressed in the activity calendar that accompanies the rice
disadvantaged worldwide,
and
'The main thrust of Operation Rice Bowl is to educate people and to help them identify with those who are poor, their experiences
and
ORB
also take part with the envelopes pro-
neighbors throughout the world," said
vided and available for contributions through the parish." Seventy-five percent of the money collected from Operation Rice Bowl goes to the national CRS office for micro-enterprise efforts in Third World countries.
Joe Purello, diocesan director of the Justice and Peace Office. "ORB is a fund-
arm of CRS, and the funds go toward developing programs to empower those who are poor to bring about positive changes in the community and raising
Rice Bowl coordinator. "Individuals
Women
be available for every
family through the parish and school co-
The
ordinators. ties
and
calendar includes activi-
day of the
reflections for every
season of Lent, including recipes, biblical passages and focuses for prayer for family participation in coordination with this year's
their
calender, rice bowl and other
theme
"Who
is
your neighbor?"
own
is
much work with immi-
eas around the diocese.
"The primary
focus of the mini-grants-is to help bridge
may
and one key aspect is to help immigrants and people from other cul-
cultures,
become part of a parish family." Thirteen parishes received the mini-grants awarded in the summer for their efforts with people from other countures to
available for the
Lahu community
Twenty-five percent of the collected within the diocese to fund mini-grants for $500 and over. Catholic parishes, schools and other organizations may apply for the grants, which can be used for any program or service with an immigrant or migrant focus, said Jarina. Many parishes spon-
money remains
Deadline: Friday,
March
2,
2001
Name Parish/Ministry
March 23, 7-9 p.m
800 or
check
their
webpage
at
www.catholicrelief.org.
M. price
Contact Staff Writer Alesha
calling
370-3354
(704)
or
by
amprice@c1iarlottediocese.org.
DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
Saturday, March 24, 9 a.m.- 4p.m.
1123 South Church Street
Tel:
St.
($20 per person)
370-3231 or
LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR PRESENT & FUTURE LAY MINISTERS Friday,
Amount Enclosed S
Ext.
CRS parish coordinator and CCHD coordinator for St. Aloysius Church. 'There is no way that you cannot see the obvious needs, and the fact that some of
.ZiP-
State
ORB materials and other infor-
Bishop William G. Curlin announces
Address City
efforts
Catholic Relief Services at 1-800-222-0025,
in the
greater community," said Joyce Corbett,
Please ase one form per person.
Please Print
from
email judkepeace@charbttediocese.org or call
can to help people become part of the
LEADERSHIP TRAINING REGISTRATION FORM
a posi-
of the Korean community
mation, call Terri Jarina at (704)
Hickory area to improve their English language skills. 'We see the need to do anything we
small businesses.
is
mind."
at St.
Forfree
year 2000. St. Aloysius a grant to begin providing materials and to have parishioners tries for the
to start
in
2001
Barnabas Church have of some of their fellow parishioners. The church received a grant, included in the 1999 group of mini-grant awardees, to begin English as a second language classes with adults, and some of the American parishioners are still learning basic Korean to be able to better communicate. "We wanted to make sure they knew that they were a part of our community because they enrich the parish," said Cheryl Peyton, director of religious education at St. Barnabas. "We not only try to teach the Koreans about our culture but it also gives us the opportunity to learn about their culture." CRS was established in 1943 by U.S. Catholic bishops to aid the poor and disadvantaged worldwide. ORB, started' in 1976, operates in more than 80 countries, and nearly 14,000 schools, parishes and other organizations participate in the fund-raising program.
Church received
primarily receive the money,
anywhere from $30 to $500,
families."
will
and there
grants and migrants in various local ar-
their daily lives,"
with our
information
sor a sister parish in another country,
said Terri Jarina, diocesan Operation
vites us to enter into solidarity
The
their daily lives..."
-Tem'Jarina
bowl for money collection. "As we prepare for Easter,
in-
to educate
people and to help them identify with those who are poor, their experiences
Arden
benefited
throughout diocese is
keep
Members in
"The main thrust of Operation Rice Bowl
stays in the diocese
tive thing to
season of
Lent brings to mind images of sacrifice, prayer and a pledge to keep Jesus' life at the forefront. Dioceses around the country are participating in a yearly Lenten program geared toward helping men, women and children who lack some of life's simple necessities and aiding them in becoming more self-reliant. Operation Rice Bowl (ORB), one of the programs of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), is an educational program that sends collected money from the familiar cardboard rice bowls for projects benefiting the most needy people in the world. The Operation Rice Bowl slogan pray,
money
the
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Around the Diocese
Grace Award bestowed to 'Father Mo' By
JIMMY ROSTAR
Associate Editor
—
BELMONT Each February, Belmont Abbey College presents an award to someone who, through their actions and example, contributes to and inspires the community. This year's honoree, Father Mauricio
W.
"Mo" West, said his life's work is a journey led by God and shared with others. "All that
community
am
I
able to
do for the
because of God's grace and the support of people like you who are present tonight," said Father West, the Diocese of Charlotte's vicar general and chancellor. "And I am so happy to share this award with you." The Grace Award is presented by the Belmont Abbey College Associates and the college's board of advisors. It is named for Charles L. Grace, president of Cummins Atlantic, Inc., a longtime supporter of Belmont Abbey College who is a current member and past chair of the college's board of is
trustees.
An
annual fund-raiser, the award dinner provides scholarship funding for Belmont Abbey College, the only Catholic college in the Carolinas.
W. West was ordained monk in 1979. He
Mauricio
as a Benedictine
held a variety of administrative and educational roles during his time in
the monastic community, including as vice president of Belmont Abbey College, vice president for student
affairs and an instructor of theology, business and computer science. He served as associate pastor and
business manager at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte. Father West was incardinated into the Charlotte Diocese in the win-
months
ter of 1994, eight
after
Bishop
William G. Curlin was installed as Charlotte's third bishop. Bishop Curlin appointed Father West as chancellor in December 1994, and Father West's additional appoint-
ment
came shortly
as vicar general
thereafter.
Photo by Joann S. Keane
During more than 20 years
in the
priesthood, Father
Pictured from
his
College;
West has shared ministry and talents with the church, civic, human services and business communities in western North Carolina. As vicar general of the diocese, Father West is the bishop's "alter ego," a role that entails mutual support with the bishop in the daily overseeing of an ever-growing community of faith. He is the bishop's chief deputy an administrator and a priest who has much of the authority and privileges the bishop himself has. The chancellor's primary responsibility is to keep the official records of the diocese. By nature of the role, he or she automatically becomes secretary of the diocese's central administration and is an authorized notary. During the award ceremony Feb.
—
.
CHRISTIAN SUMMER CAMPS Roman
Bynum Carter, chairman of Belmont Abbey College Associates; Father Mauricio W. "Mo" West; Bishop William G. Curlin; Harding Stowe, chairman of the Belmont Abbey College Board of Advisors; and Charles Grace, president of Cummins Atlantic, Inc., and the Grace Award's namesake. The Grace Award is presented by the Belmont Abbey College Associates and the Board of Advisors. It is presented to an outstanding individual whose contributions and commitments have significantly improved the quality of life throughout the region and whose life serves as an example Abbey;
to others. 15,
Christ."
Bishop Curlin praised Father
West
Bishop Curlin thanked Father
as a gifted leader, a caring confi-
dant and, above servant of God.
"When
I
all else,
first
came
West
for the service he brings to the diocese and his ability to bring God to countless others. "He has so much to offer," the bishop said. "What he offers you is a his patience, his priestly heart
a dedicated
here,
I
was
his
bishop," said Bishop Curlin. "Later on, technically and canonically, I became his boss. But after seven years, I
Mo
consider Father friends in
my
life
—
—
one of the best
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Bishop asks Bush for U.S. support of East Timorese The WASHINGTON (CNS)
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—
three days of ceremonies at the Vatican. Many of the cardinals brought hundreds or even thousands
bishop of Dili, East Timor, called on President Bush to support the international peacekeeping mission in East Timor and to help the population rebuild from 1999 violence by Indonesian troops. Congratulating Bush on his inauguration, Bishop
of guests, so the scale of the celebrations is unprecedented. The main
events were held in
port the presence of the international
At a Liturgy of the Feb. 21, the pope held the
lies in
consistory proper, formally inducting the new members into the College of
On
Feb. 22, the pope rePeter's Square to concelebrate a morning Mass with the new cardinals. On Feb. 23, he was to greet the new cardinals and their famiCardinals.
turned to
St.
a final audience.
New HUD
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peacekeeping force under U.N. leadership, saying it would be "badly needed in East Timor for the foresee-
NAPLES, fore they
by militias and Indonesian forces. Priest says Pius XII knew Rome institutions sheltered Jews
name Mel Martinez
The
is
a pre-theology student at Theological College in
The
Gaspari.
late priest claims right of
thered two sons by Phyllis Hamilton, his housekeeper, whom he met in 1967 when she was 17 and he was 34. News
of their relationship was made public only after Father Cleary's death, be-
Ireland's
best-known
for the parish's six priests.
son of a deceased priest
— The
in Ireland
has
refused to leave his father's former parish house,
In the early 1990s,
priests,
had
fa-
Pope presides over biggest consistory in history (CNS)
— Pope
VATICAN CITY John Paul
II
presided over the biggest
cause Hamilton feared she would be evicted from the parochial house where
Father
parish house
business executives Monaghan established more than 10 years ago. More than 500 members and Legatus chaplains from 36 of the organization's 40 chapters met Feb. 8-10 in Naples.
lic
claiming right of residence. it was learned that Michael Cleary, one of
in
Washington, D.C.
office of the reader, or lector, is primarily to read the
they had lived. She remained in the house, with parish clergy living elsewhere. But before her death this year, Hamilton's younger son, Ross, moved into the house, and now the 24-yearold claims right of residence. Father Cleary's former parish is not unusual in having six different home addresses
Ireland (CNS)
Domino's Pizza chain, said, "Our honoree is the model of an ambassador for Christ and his church; he has lived the Gospel in his daily life, and has used his success in business and his position in the community to glorify the power and goodness of God." On Feb. 10, Monaghan presented Martinez with the Ambassador of the Year award on behalf of Legatus, a network of Catho-
word of God, except the Gospel, during the liturgy. The lector may also recite the psalm between readings and the intentions during the prayers of the faithful. The ministry of reader is one of the preparatory ministries a seminarian enters on his journey to receiving holy orders.
Rome
have been "unknown or purposefully ignored" in discussions about the pope's actions during the war. Within one of the most "barbaric periods of history, there were lights of humanity, courageous actions by a wide variety of people, including Pius XII in an exceptional way," he said. Father Gumpel spoke Feb. 16 during the presentation of an Italian language book, "The Jews Saved by Pius XII" by Antonio
DUBLIN,
Thomas Monaghan, a Michigan businessman and founder of the
Seminarian installed to ministry of reader James Ebright, a seminarian of the Diocese of Charlotte, was installed to the ministry of reader by Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington Feb. 5. The son of Mabel Ebright of Mocksville, Ebright
for beatification, said the stories of
residence
U.S. sec-
dor." COURTESY PHOTO
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Son of
new
ment, members of a national Catholic association of business executives had decided Martinez was their "ambassa-
Catholic
Father Peter Gumpel. The priest, who is working on Pope Pius' cause
in
the
retary of housing and urban develop-
convents, parishes and institutions in Rome that hid and saved more than 4,400 Jews from the Nazis would not have taken such a risk without the approval of Pope Pius XII, said Jesuit
and religious
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Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, apostolic administrator of Dili, said in a Feb. 12 letter that he wanted to "make a few suggestions about the way in which the power and prestige of the United States may be directed that would be of great help to my people in East Timor." He urged Bush to sup-
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from the Cover
What did Jesus look like? No By MIKE
LATONA
a forbidden area
News Service N.Y. (CNS) Over the centuries, artists have created thousands upon thousands of Catholic
—
ROCHESTER,
images depicting Jesus Christ
human form. And yet, according
his
in
professor from Nazareth College in Rochester, few of these images if any offer a completely authentic representation of Christ.
—
"Nobody knows what he looked Roger Adams
like,"
"We don't
said.
any indication that Jesus was tall
expended by
new
him
feature,
The
film will
"The Face: debut March
painted
"I
she discovered
told the Catholic Courier, Rochester's
diocesan newspaper, in a telephone interview from her residence in Illinois. One of Zeller's champions is Cal Samra of the Fellowship of Merry Christians, which once featured "I the Resurrection" in an issue of its
of Immaculate Conception Parish
as Christ's true image,
Am
"What we have
who
in the States
is
has become very European,
very Anglocized,'" he
to Christianity's rise,
Artistic depictions of a black Jesus
United States during the 1960s including a mural at Immaculate Conception, a predominantly African-American
of Jesus," Samra told the Courier.
parish in Rochester.
ancient Syrian
excavated
depicted
because
it
in
city of
He
Some surprised
ftanjiintjf The diocesan Family
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U.S. Catholics would be
— and even
images that
brown
fail
to
show
—
offended by Jesus with light
beard and a solemn expression. Yet, depictions of Christ have varied greatly in different time skin,
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portrayed Jesus as a "ruler of the world, stern and strong," Adams said. But
Western art focused on the crucified Jesus, depicting him as "pathetic, suffering,
Dura-Europos was
offers
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It displays a black Jesus with short, curly hair. Immaculate Conception parishioners "just like it," Father Upson said. "I have never heard of a problem."
little
background was that
asserts
Americans would
first
years of Christianity.
The survived,
earliest
Adams
portrayal
of Jesus
strongly to
its
should
appeal
intended audience.
"In your own environment, it's important to be able to look up to people who look like you, who you can identify with," he said. "It's important to be able to relate to the image of God."
no known
representations of Christ from the
innocence," she said.
artists have presented Christ without physical imperfections. 'What if we did have a real portrait of Jesus and it turned out he was homely or had moles, or a weak chin, or a hooked nose?" Adams wondered. Whatever the time period or culture, Father Upson suggested any artistic
have a hard time accepting the possibility that Jesus' likeness is linked with a culture often torn by war. "In our society, can you imagine if Jesus looked like one of those Arab terrorists?" he remarked. "But that's probably closer to what he looked like." Since Jewish culture disapproved of religious imagery, there are
spirit."
said current
Most
of a Middle Eastern Jew who likely resembled modern-day Palestinians with dark hair and olive skin.
Adams
body and
in
images of him may also be derived from the supposed image of the crucified and entombed Christ on the Shroud of Turin, which turned up in the 16th century and is held by some to be the actual burial cloth of Jesus. Maria Jauodi, formerly an assistant professor of religion at Nazareth College, suggested that the 20th-century cheerful images of Jesus may be a response to a world torn by war, hunger and poverty. "People are trying to keep that childlike dimension. Today there's so
when the
Jesus' actual
broken
Adams
the 1920s and '30s.
grotesque image" really represents "the
a
is
him with
no beard
-Roger Adams
She has sold about 3,000 prints of her painting, but said there has been a it
Adams
In the West, early paintings of Jesus
—
the Resurrec-
sion.
strong outcry against
was an emperor,"
centuries, he
said.
began to show up throughout the
when
the Edict of Milan officially recognized Christianity. "In the fourth and fifth
a
"The artists are reaching out and searching for something besides depressive and stern representations
—
—
said.
lished in the early fourth century
Rochester.
Jesus
Adams
Christian art became openly estab-
in
newsletter.
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people have about what Jesus would have - or would not have looked like. Her depiction of Jesus does not show him with the traditional, solemn expres-
$95.
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Not according
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many
definite ideas
activities,
considered the real thing?
Jewish art that was discovered
City,
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But the two-centuries time lapse
are from the years 240-260, based on
and will be available to PBS affiliates nationwide surrounding the Easter and Christmas feasts this year. After artist Deborah Zeller of Glen tion,"
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The earliest images known to have survived
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have
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you don't touch," Zeller
Am
to a retired art
—
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in
when the ancient Syrian city of Dura-Europos was excavated in the 1920s and '30s. discovered
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United States, Latinas are afforded the opportunity to develop a more substan-
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role in the church, their experience as
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By KEVIN LUPERCHIO Catholic News Service WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) Without the loyalty of Hispanics, the
the ever-expanding Latino
Catholic Church's role as the country's largest faith denomination will erode,
Ana Maria Diaz-Stevens
told a
Worces-
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of 5,000 people held last July in Los Angeles, which she said presented a new Catholic Church model and "a vivid experience of unity in diversity." Previous Encuentros, in 1972, 1977 and 1985, focused on Hispanic Catholic identity and priorities in ministry and evangelization, but for Encuentro 2000
annual Bishop Bernard A. Flanagan Lecture on Religion and Public aAffairs Feb. 8. Sponsored by the school's Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture, the talk drew about 35 people. Diaz-Stevens quoted estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau showing that by the year 2020 more Latinos will be added each year to the U.S. population than African-Americans, Asian-Americans or Native Americans combined. Without "the presence and input of
the Hispanic Catholic invited
its
survival,
may
Catholics to
community
come together
solidarity
to
among" the
woman, or
Latina, in
the United States as "an extension of her role in her country of origin."
In their homelands, Latinas do not
that the church's attempts to attract
may
be hindered by decreasing As it stands today, she said, a way must be found to open the church to Latinos without "abun-
hold
Is
positions in the church's
"matriarchal core" of religion in their communities. When, through immigration to the
dant clergy or religious personnel."
Investing
official
hierarchy, she said, but they serve as the
clergy.
However, Latinos
principles of papal social encyclicals."
Those three men helped ensure
survival of Catholicism in this country,"
have a big impact," Father Rodriguez said. "We're not just an appendix or a side part, we are key players in the
he explained. Stevens-Arroyo's lecture "gave a real sense of the Hispanic roots in our country," said Worcester Auxiliary Bishop George E. Rueger. In the future, the bishop added, people will look back on important Latino figures and recognize their
growth of the church." Father Rodriguez agreed with Diaz-Stevens' point about Latinas' lead-
He
ership role in the church.
Latinas take on bigger
has seen
community and
diocesan roles in the Worcester Diocese,
contribution to the church.
he
Following the lecture, Diaz-Stevens and Stevens-Arroyo took some questions. One man asked what percentage
said.
In
Webster,
Rodriguez noted,
Father the Latino community Mass.,
survived for several years without
own
A
priest.
priest
came
its
to celebrate
weekly Mass, he explained, but organizing the Catholic community fell on the
who
children,
he
added. Stevens-Arroyo, professor of Puerto Rican and Latino studies at Brooklyn (N.Y.) College, delivered the second half of the lecture. He said the emerging importance of Latino Catholics calls for a re-examination of their historical role and their contribution to church history. He, sketched a brief history of the U.S. church from a Latino perspective, discussing several influential Latino Catholics he said have been largely overlooked by historians. These included: Jos de Diego, a
of the U.S. Catholic population consisted of Latinos.
Saying it was difficult to estimate, Diaz-Stevens said she figured that Latinos comprised 35 to 40 percent of the general U.S. population, though that percentage would vary depending on the region of the country.
The man then asked what response Catholic colleges could offer to the growing numbers of U.S. Latinos. -Stevens-Arroyo said he hoped to see a higher percentage of Latino students at Holy Cross, a Jesuit-run
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February 23,
Around the Diocese
Sister spreads joy in
Hispanic community SIGMON
By ELLEN NEERINCX
sion in Chiapas, Mexico. Sister
Correspondent
—
LENOIR
Sister
Andrea
spent seven years there in the late
and the early 1980s
Andrea Inkrott
1
970s
until an illness
decided to enter a convent in the 1960s,
forced her to return to the United States.
had to choose the order that
at St. Peter and Toledo, Ohio, and then relocated to San Antonio, Texas, to get
but she
still
She spent some time
she would join.
She
Paul Churches
drawn
felt
to the Sisters of St.
her master's degree through the Mexican American Cultural Center (MACC) and Incarnate Word College. She met Father John Pagel when he came to the for a time to study Spanish. At lunch one day, Sister Andrea told him that she hoped to continue working with the Hispanic people once she completed her degree. Father Pagel suggested that she come to North Carolina, and he put her in touch with Father Joe Waters, administrator at Holy Trin-
Francis of Assisi in Tiffin, Ohio, because
found in the knew, and then later, the
of "the joy and simplicity sisters that
I
I
story of St. Francis," she said.
MACC
She made her decision, though, she visited another religious community that she was considering. This community was newer and had marble floors, while the first had wooden floors. 'They were old and like home," she said.
when
The
decision she
made
eventually
took her far away from home, and started her on the path to her current position as coordinator of Hispanic
in
Church in Taylorsville, who was working with Hispanics in this area. Sister Andrea came to work for the Diocese of Charlotte in August of 1990 ity
Min-
Hickory Vicariate. The Sisters of St. Francis have been working with the Hispanic people since the 1940s, said Sister Andrea. While she was with them in Ohio, the sisters went out weekly to visit the farm workers in the camps in northwest and central istry for the
as the director of the Hispanic Center in
Yadkinville and then
moved
to her cur-
rent position in February of 1999. Sister
them
Hickory Vicariate to help
to be effective in their rapidly
growing Hispanic ministries. St. Aloysius Church in Hickory, for example, has 300 to 400 people attending the Spanish Mass held there each Sunday, and the numbers are increasing. She works to foster collaboration and communication between the Hispanic community and other communities in each parish and within the vicariate. She does this by working with the
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February 23,
Read ing$
2001
i
Book Review have turned science into a sacred cow and
WHY
are suffering the consequences idolatry
"The Light
In part two, a
outside
is
science in our lives cannot be underesti-
mated.
breakthroughs in medical and our understanding of the physical world and yet,
research, technological advances
universe have had unintended and profound consequences that threaten our
from the worldly one that was described
together."
While he most effective
the Huston
identifying
Smith
how
edge project equita-
ways of knowing." He bly with other
does suggest that "religionists"
—
and
In the book's
modulates
WHY RELIGION MATTERS: THE
comhe
FAITH
OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT
IN
modern
AGE OF DISBELIEF,
by Huston Smith.
HarperCollins Publishers (San Francisco,
the achievements
and deficiencies of
2001). 290 pp. $25.00.
each.
people
who have
been graced
Word
among
us,
we
that dwells
are challenged to
make
The meaning was
know
**•
coded.
Her upcoming move was a source of Our story was
My
husband had just two efficiency reports were less than superlative and because the military was drastivery been
different.
notified that because his last
into
on
for a long time, not just for
but
maybe even
30 years
for eternity.
In a culture glutted with words that
and e-mailed, and need to use that sieve of which the are spoken, sung, printed
we have become
careless with ours
prophet Sirach speaks to
sift
out the
we say and what we
husks in both what listen to.
When Sarah spoke those few words to me, in
was so quick
I
to see the splinter
her eye and to impute malice to her.
I
could have reacted differently
I
and perhaps been left with very different memories. But God's word is ever active and fruitful. It has redeemed that incident and brought me slowly to a point where I can now risk looking at the
beam
my own
in
eye.
Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Feb. 25 Sunday, Sirach
might be caught up in the
Sirach 17:19-27,
variety of "isms" and
Wednesday
disciplines explored,
6,
but Smith, ever the
Isaiah 58:1-9,
patient
Luke 5:27-32
works
While noting
to
teacher,
advancing
democratic and personal freedoms, ecologi-
awareness and scientific and technological breakthroughs, Smith argues that humankind has afflicted itself
cal
with tunnel vision, a blindness that
is
"Why
Religion Matters" ultimately
offers the reader
what Smith's lifework has
attempted to reveal
—
the existence of the
transcendent and the importance of "forgotten truth" in
modern
16-18;
Mark
(Fast
27:4-7,
10:17-27;
1
- Mar. 3, 2001 Corinthians 15:54-58, Luke 6:39-45;
Tuesday, Sirach
35:1-12,
Mark
Monday,
10:28-31;
Ash
& Abstinence), Joel 2:12-18, 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2, Matthew 6:1-
Thursday, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Luke 9:22-25; Friday (Abstinence), Matthew 9:14-15; Saturday (St. Katherine Drexel), Isaiah 58:9-14,
make them
understandable and applicable.
era's successes in
in the 21st
As
and saved by the
our words the best they can be. The words we use have repercussions and go
justifiable pride to her.
reader
riods, highlighting
it
peaceful neighbor-
in ourselves.
hood? Words. Words spoken in a pleasant enough tone by a neighbor on a military base where we were stationed. Her name was Sarah. Her husband had just been listed as up for promotion to full colonel and soon the entire family would be moving from our neighborhood into "bird colonel" quarters. Seeing Sarah, I had stopped to offer congratulations. She thanked me, and then after a slight pause and a penetrating look she said, "I hear that you too might be moving soon." The comment was innocuous enough, but not really.
The average
AN
and postmodern pe-
ing
News Service
if I
my own
been significant in my spiritual fife, I have faced the hardness of my own heart and struggled with issues of forgiveness. On this last Sunday in Ordinary Time as we prepare to enter Lent, I have thought of it again in die light of the Scripture readings, which raise questions about the words we speak, how we speak them and about finding fault with our neighbor while failing to recognize it
scientism."
history's
modern
it
correct oversteps of the other, and the creation of an organization or organizations to watch and report when and "where science to
is
determinism.
the
own
disciplines, unless
naturalism, secular-
traditional,
need to
stick to their
postmodernism,
traces
and
scientists
among other targets modernism,
first part,
science will
"share the knowl-
—
pelling
in
cessful in indicating
large in a critique
well-reasoned,
the
less suc-
is
as
violently in
the right direction,
Smith challenges Western society at
ism, relativism
in
pointing society in
Disbelief,"
at
is
and
problem
scholar
aim
is
but
of religious studies and author of the bestselling book, "The World's Religions." In his most recent work, "Why Religion Matters: The Fate of the Human Spirit in an
that takes
BOZENA CLOUTIER
had been kicked in the stomach. I walked the remaining few yards back to our house and there, behind closed door-s, I wept. That was 30 years ago, and the memory is so vivid that I can still remember the clothes and shoes I was wearing. What was it that assaulted me so It felt
downsizing after the Vietnam War, he was being forced out of the Army. Over the years this incident has cally
chiefly as
Luke 6:39-45
Catholic
we live in the uni-verse, so in some way we must try to bring the two
vast;
in the field
Age of
By
faith-oriented projection of religion's future
is
known
92:2-3, 13-16
Corinthians 15:54-58
1
3) Gospel:
which accepts both religious and secular perspectives is necessary, he says. "The gulf that separates this
Smith, internationally
truly interested in an
Readings:
lar vision"
humanity.
That
Psalm 2)
about existence, then "binocu-
for the truth
contributions of
C
Sirach 27:4-7
1)
accurate description of reality and a search
Catholic News Service
assertion of
Cycle
province."
its
If humankind
MARK LOMBARD
The importance and
February 25, Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
dialogue between the sacred, faith-oriented world and the profane, mundane world, noting that "science can prove nothing about God, because God lies ing
MATTERS Reviewed by
at the
Tunnel's End," Smith appeals for intensify-
RELIGION
And
Word to Life
invariable exacts."
society.
lead-
its
Readings for the week of Mar. 4 - 10, 2001 Sunday of Lent, Deuteronomy 26:4-10, Roman 10:8-13, Luke 4:1-13; Monday, Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18, Matthew 25:31-46; Tuesday, Isaiah^55:10-1 1, Matthew 6:7-15; Wednesday (Sts. Perpetua & Felicity), Jonah 3:1-10, Luke 11:2932; Thursday (St. John of God), Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 or 4:17, Matthew 7:7-12; Friday (St. Frances of Rome), Ezekiel 18:21-28, Matthew 5:20-26; Saturday, Deuteronomy 26:16-19, Matthew 5:43-48 First
century to a purposeless,
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(CNS) A widowed mother and her daughter struggle through personal shame, growing pains and some disturbing events in the moving "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Amy and Isabelle." The film, which is based on a novel by Elizabeth Strout, airs Sunday, March 4, 9- 1 1 p.m. EST on ABC. Set in 1971, "Amy and Isabelle" is a provocative yet tender story which observes the strange mixture of love and loathing sometimes found in a motherdaughter relationship.
The tale unfolds at a
deliberately slow pace, allowing the viewer
become acquainted with the characters
and soak small is
in the stifling
New
England
atmosphere of the town in which it
mill
set
Elizabeth Shue is Isabelle Goodrow, the very proper, lonely and hard-working mother of Amy (Hanna Hall). Isabelle, story gaps, has built her routine to conceal her
life
own
fills
is
in
some
around a
safe
shameful past.
For Amy, an awkward, shy
new math
teacher
Donovan)
is
—
an
teen.
irresistible
combination for the loner
But when
girlish infatuation turns
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past demons.
The
W—
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in the hearts
as
is
and sadness and Isabelle. Yet
Amy
while the character-driven story passionately told,
is
at its core,
are
"Amy and
about redemption, forgiveness
is
and growth.
The
finely
wrought performances
test to the strength
of the
conclusion
is
is
developed
at-
leisurely, the
And
film's
two characters
mature content, including
sexual innuendo,
makes
it
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The Story of a Family's Love Sometimes, if you open a door to a modest home, you encounter a tale of incredible nobility.
The Pope
In the years when we lived close by, I Irene Oickle as a friend. had so much in
We
2001
The Bottom Line
knew com-
mon, especially that we were both Catholic mothers with the same number of children, seven.
Pope warns peace prospects diminishing in
Middle East
VATICAN CITY II
(CNS)
— Pope John Paul
lamented the increase of Palestinian-Israeli vio-
grow-
lence and said the prospects for peace were
ing dim.
Speaking at a Sunday blessing Feb.
he
18,
appealed for both sides to resume negotiations and reach a just settlement in the region.
The
came four days after a bus into a crowd of Israelis near Tel Aviv, killing eight of them. Earlier in the week, Israeli helicopter gunships attackeda and pope's remarks
rammed
Palestinian
killed a
his
high-ranking Palestinian security
official.
"Unfortunately, violence continues to rage in the Middle East," the pope told several thousand
window above
people from his apartment
St.
"We
learn with sorrow every day that
is
"Now
I
Lay
love.
distant,"
he
Me Down
to Sleep,
A
Husband's
—
This family which by now included 18 grandchildren never faltered in their devotion.
more
being sacrificed to the logic of hatred and revenge, while the prospects for peace lives are
grow more
story,
Journal of Unconquered Fear, Cancer and Death" (LSP, Box 69, Everett, Mass. 02149). It takes a skilled writer to make you care about what goes on day by day as a loved one is dying. But whether he's talking about bed messes or drug reactions, moments when joyful times from the past are shared in intimate conversations, outbursts of anger from Irene or his own fatigue, the bottom line
—
Peter's Square.
human
In March 1994, Irene died in a way she never wanted. It was a lingering, painful exodus, lasting seven years. But in those years she was so well cared for by her extraordinary family, with their faithful presence continually lightening the sadness, that her long illness became an unbroken demonstration of family love. He husband Al's caretaking role began in 1987 when Irene suffered a strokelike attack that left her paralyzed on the right side of her body. Feisty and independent, she held off revealing other physical problems until 1993, when she had no choice. The diagnosis then was colon cancer, already advanced beyond the possibility of cure. Al then took on the demanding physical care tasks required as Irene's condition worsened, never complaining. Now Al Oickle has written about this incredible phase of a family's life in what I can only call a love
told
how
like "a long,
uninterrupted soprano note that the saddest
neither wavers nor breaks for breath
of distress
—
calls."
Then
there was Christmas, with the tree too needing branches cut. Was it a lesson? Al wondered: "Like the tree's free-growing limbs, our dreams often need to be cut to fit into one's life." I big,
mourning
in those words. deeply touched me were the words of the Oickle children now grown, most with children of their own. Their devotion was so well expressed by Marilyn: "It is my mother's living that I remember and the love that held us together." Sadly, the colon cancer problems resurfaced, striking two of the children. Kerry recovered, Scott died of this cancer in 1998 at age 40. Once again, Al's words about Irene applied: "the harsh, hollow feeling of an irreplaceable loss, and I realize we can never be fully prepared for such events." This book, for me, is an ode to Christian marriage. Irene's illness ended physical love, "yet," he writes, "our mutual understanding and caring, our interdependence, have given real meaning to the sharing of two lives in love." felt his
What
—
Irene cried frequently, the
Guest
world saying, 'Fear not you can even walk on water." In the year 2001, it's time to destroy the temple of
many
their children, are poignant.
moved when he
sound
And this 48-year union gave him a special knowledge, "that life must be lived with joy and enthusiasm."
Al's reflections, as well as
from
ANTOINETTE BOSCO CNS Columnist
I
recollections
was
especially
said.
"Let us pray that the spiral of violence which has been particularly atrocious in recent days will
way
...
and mutual respect, so that the way of dialogue can be taken up again with determination and can finally reach peace in justice," he said. Meanwhile, the Vatican nuncio to Israel, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, has urged pilgrims not to abandon Jerusalem and the Holy Land. In a give
to the search for trust
—
FATHER JOHN
statement Feb. 16 to the Vatican missionary news agency, Fides, he said pilgrims can be "an
built in Sparta before Christ. Yet today, we still speak of phobias, which invade our lives on a daily basis hydrophobia, claustrophobia, gamophobia, thanatophobia, and the list goes on.
Phobos
Column
AURILIA,
army of
OFM
Cap.
Guest Columnist
...
peace" in the region.
come
"Pilgrims
to pray, they
spect and charity for here.
all
"It is
re-
the other communities
They can be a courageous
seed of peace," he
come with
sign of hope and a
Do we
said.
time to break
down
the barrier built by
alarming media reports according to which the
Holy Land
is
drowned
in terror. Precautions
must
be taken, but this will not affect pilgrims," he said. He said the eventual solution to the Israeli.
Palestinian dispute will rest justice
and listening by both
on mutual
respect,
sides.
Franciscan spirituality can meet modern hunger, pope says
VATICAN CITY
(CNS)
— Pope John
Paul
life
II
were in search of authentic spirituality. "Our time shows ever more evident signs of a profound thirst for values, paths and goals of the spirit," he said Feb. 17 to participants in the general chapter of Conventual Franciscans. said this
renewed
spiritual desire
fruitful response" from the have traditionally emphasized a simple and direct approach to the Gospel. 'You will thus respond to the requests that come to you in different ways from die men and women of our time and you will be able to effectively draw souls to the paths of spiritual growth and rediscovered interior vitality," he said.
should find "a valid and Franciscans,
who
is
that
power to cripple or paralyze us and keep us from being what we want to be or God wants us to be. When we read prayerfully and carefully Psalm 23, we also understand that there is no room for fears in the lives of true believers. What makes us, then, so fearful?
Some
and intense" to modern men and women, who he said
The pope
live
fact
are fearful because, deep
down, they
feel
they
Some fears are generated by the turmoil of change as we move through life. We become less secure when everything nailed down starts coming loose, when community or church change for the better, when we realize we are growing older. The deepest fear, however, is the fear of the unknown what is going to happen to our marriage, our are not worthy.
told Franciscans to offer their "simple
prayer
out of our fears or our faith? we all have fears that have great power in greater or lesser degrees over us. Some fears are unfounded; some are unhealthy. Fears have the
The
—
job,
our health.
There are remedies for curing the sickness called wish to mention two of them, which are powerful and effective. The first one is we must realize that fear and faith cannot both rule under the same roof Therefore, we must choose either fear or faith. Building a deep relationship with God makes fears disappear. As it worked for St. Paul, St. Peter, St. Francis, St. Teresa, Mother Teresa and Padre Pio, so it works for us. The second one is to make a commitment to a great purpose bigger than our fears. Jesus came into this fear. I
I remember the story a friend of mine shared with about the "toilet phobia" of a lovely and gentle lady, who could not possibly say or write the word toilet. I presume she was going to the toilet hopefully! However, she was planning a vacation in Florida, so she wrote to a campground owner and asked for a reserva-
me
C.
tion.
She wanted to make sure that
able,
but she could not write
ation, she
it.
toilets
After
were
much
avail-
consider-
came up with "Bathroom Commode," which
she abbreviated B.C. Finally, she wrote:
"Does the campground have
The campground owner
its
very hard to figure out the meaning of B.C., but in vain. He thought B.C. meant Baptist Church, and he answered: B.C.?"
tried
"Dear Madam, I regret very much the delay in answering your letter, but I now take the pleasure of informing you that a B.C. is located nine miles north of the campground, and is capable of seating 250 people at one time. I admit it is quite a distance away, if you are in the habit of going regularly, but no doubt you will be pleased to
know
number of people
that a great
take'
and make a day of it. They usually arrive early and stay late. The last time my wife and I weqt was 6 years ago, and it was so crowded that we had to stand up the whole time we were there. I would like to say that it pains me very much not to be able to go more regularly, but it surely is no lack of desire on my part; as we grow older, it seems to be more of an effort, particularly in winter time. If you decide to come down to our campground, perhaps I could go with you the first time you go, sit with you and introduce you to their lunches along
all
the other folks.
nity." I
•
Remember,
j
this is a friendly
commu-
:
wish .to say to the readers of The Catholic
News &
Herald: Give your fear to Christ, and he will change into faith.
it
2001
February 23,
Light
TV
Allen said that they, not
One
we
people
The Catholic News & Herald 13
& Columns
Editorials
personalities,
were the
should be bringing to our children and
Lenten
grandchildren's attention.
Candle
MSGR. JAMES
F
LISANTE Guest Columnist
The ultimate search
When
commemorative magaon the notable passing of people last year,
the end-of-the-year
zines focused
most gave
They
highlighted his role as the original
host of "The Tonight Show," television firsts.
him the
comic/TV host/ author
special attention to
Steve Allen.
By way
among many
impressive
of praise, commentary called
Johnny Carsons, the David Lettermans, the Jay Lenos and the Conan O'Briens. In fact, he was much, much more than that. forefather of the
Shortly before Steve Allen died,
I
did an interview
with him about faith, about values and about the life to come. His words now seem so ironic, spoken as he was so close to the end of his own earthly journey.
The most
striking
image
gether was his humility.
I
have of our time to-
When
words like 'legend," were used, he'd dismiss mind, important people were those
"icon" or "important figure"
them
quickly. In his
who
actually saved lives, people of heroism in action.
told
me
who
He
about an event he attended to reward people
unselfishly put themselves in harm's way.
The
dinner at which these folks were celebrated was built around Steve Allen as the celebrity host. Allen mentioned that he
felt
hopelessly insignificant next to the
concrete ways these
unknown individuals had made a difference for the good: They were firefighters, police officers and regular folks who bothered to get involved.
Beyond humility, I was also impressed with the important theological speculation Allen sorted through for many years. Raised in a Catholic home, he had felt estranged from the Church after a divorce from his first wife and a marriage to actress Jayne Meadows. This self-imposed exile also caused him to think long and hard about the existence of God and the afterlife. His conclusions, voiced so soon before his death, were telling. He called himself a Christian agnostic. He'd often question the existence of God, but felt that if God exists, he most likely took the form of Jesus Christ. His belief in the reality of an afterlife was intimately tied to the injustices of this world. Steve Allen came to speculate that little in this life was
But heaven would correct all that. He said: "I can't find any justice in the world. That's why there has to be an afterlife. There's got to be justice in an afterlife, because there sure isn't any just or
fair.
—
I
wasn't
after
than a truck-racing
all,
with 6-foot-tall balloon gines and, up
on
They're painted
tires,
some would view
his criticism of the current state of entertainment as "biting the hand that feeds you." Nonetheless, he offered a stinging rebuke of those who feed the public a diet of base and disrespectful programming. This intellectual funnyman offered a final warning. Said Allen: "We have talent and brains. should be able to bring about laughter and entertainment without sinking into a lack of reverence for decency and sexuality. We're better than that as a people, and the TV industry should reflect the best of our human condition and not the worst." Steve Allen, greatly gifted, humble
TV
We
person, searcher of faith, man who made a difference for the good: I hope he has found all he longed for. Rest in peace.
Coming of Age
all
my
reminder of the truth that we are related, dependent and responsible. are related to God, because of Whom, we live and move and have our very being. We are dependent upon the One who nurtures and nourishes, strengthens and supports us. We are responsible as persons called to wonder, worship and witness. When we are signed with the seal of the ashes, the words of the priest should reverberate to the depths of our being as he proclaims, "Turn away from sin and be faithful to
We
On
this
Ash Wednesday, we hear once again
We are challenged to reflect upon our identity as God's children and to commit transformation.
ourselves to becoming in spirit
CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CNS Columnist
like
Airborn Ranger, Wrenchhead and Grave Digger, and the sound of their motors is a cross between a jet plane taking off and a gigantic chain saw, a rumbling snarling
truth.
who we
are in
We are urged to open our minds and hearts,
indeed our very souls, to the Person and message
of Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer.
During the
forty days of Lent, the
Lord
will
continue to speak to us in Scripture and Sacra-
roar.
They look and sound like motorized dinosaurs. They do not really race so much as take turns flying over huge bumps and lines of parked cars and old vans. I went expecting not to like it. I figured the stadium would be full of angry loudmouths and drunks, two of my least favorite types of human company. Imagine my surprise when I climbed to my seat and found the stadium was full of kids and their parents! My guess is that two-thirds of the audience and there were at least 30,000 people there were elemen-
—
—
tary school children out for an evening with their parents. I
Each of us hoped that he'd "got us good" so that returned to the streets, everyone would know we were Catholic. Although we really weren't sure what all that meant, there was little doubt that we had a sense of wonder in our hearts when that sacred symbol of our faith touched both our bodies and our souls. As adults the symbol of the ashes reminds us of our fragility and mortality. They stress, at least implicitly, that no one of us is totally independent and self-sufficient. Then too, they are a sensible
when we
the ineffable call to repentance, conversion and
top, a tiny little pick-up truck body.
with names
standing before him, like angels with dirty faces, with excitement the dab of ashes.
the Gospel."
500-horsepower racing en-
in outlandish colors,
As kids, one of the memorable moments of the year was when we visited our parish church, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, on Ash
we welcomed
I'm
fan. Still,
Ash Wednesday: The call to conversion and commitment
Steve Allen, a man who made his public legacy primarily through television, acknowledged that
more of a jazz-concert type friend thought it would be fun, and I agreed, mostly to be a good sport. Monster Trucks are actually giant dune buggies that interested
HAWKER Guest Columnist
justice here."
Love those monster trucks! at the local stadium.
FATHER JAMES
Wednesday. There would be Father Manning, a friend to all, waiting for us to wend our way up that seemingly endless aisle to the altar. Then,
A recent Saturday night I went with my friend to the Monster Truck Derby
Reflection
did not hear a single drunk fan yelling obscenities
There were no fights in the stands. Thirtythousand people shouted their approval at the highest jumps and cheered for their favorite drivers. It was an evening of thrills and chills, with a present at a referee.
nobody got
and I imagine hardly anybody does. The occasional Monster Trucks tipped over and rolled, but the drivers came out and waved to the crowd every time. There was an occasional boo when a driver backed off a stunt that might have smashed his $150,000 truck into very expensive bits of shiny metal. But all in all, the entire audience was amazingly well behaved. More than anything else, it reminded me of going to the circus with my own parents when I was little. What I liked most about my evening at the Monster Truck Derby were those thousands of families spending sense of danger, but
hurt,
the evening together,
were there
away from
—
the television.
They
purpose to have fun together. When the family is going on an outing, teen-agers often try to avoid going along. Whether it's Monster Trucks, a sports event, a picnic in the mountains or an afternoon of swimming at the lake, teens sometimes act as for a single
though family
activities are
beneath them.
home and
Much more
ments.
He
will reach out to us in
compassion and
mercy while inviting us to place our hands in His. As the rhythm of life swirls around and within us, the signs and symbols of salvation's call will beckon us to be evermore aware and appreciative of Jesus' wondrous invitation to be His friends, disciples
and witnesses.
play video games or
In recalling the multi-faceted experiences of youth, I shall never forget those Ash Wednes-
Later on, the same teens say that their parents do not
day visits to my parish church. Only gradually, however, have I come to understand more completely the depth of meaning of the ashes within our tradition and lives. I'm grateful for the gift of
some
fun,
watch
think, to stay
my
television.
understand them, that they do not
warmth
listen, that
there
is
no
in their relationship.
does work too much. Maybe your your friends or your taste in music. But a relationship any relationship is a two-way
Maybe your dad
mom
street.
does not
Your
like
part
—
may
—
be as simple as agreeing to partici-
pate in family activities and outings. Just going along
and being pleasant can do a lot toward opening up communication with your folks. Like me, you could end up having fun. I didn't want to go, after all, since I'm such a sophisticated type. I would have missed a great time. Monster Trucks are pretty
greater insight into the. privileged
demands of
being a Catholic. Let's pray that during this Lenten season we shall cultivate our identity with greater intensity
and fulfill our mission with exemplary integrity. In doing so, you and I will manifest that we have appropriated, assimilated and acted upon those truly timely words: 'Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel."
cool.
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February 23,
Around the Diocese
Church has taken on
at
a
unique project: They have volunteered to make blankets for the Charlotte Chapter of Project Linus. Soon to be called Blanket Patch, Project Linus has more than 400 chapters in the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, England and the Philippines. Originally targeting pediatric cancer patients, Project Linus has broadened its focus aiming toward seriously ill or traumatized children children in need of a big hug. To date, the project has delivered over 250,000 security blankets to
month
to
Organizations
handmade and
in child-friendly colors.
The
caring put into the blanket's production matters as much as the blanket itself. The blankets can be knitted, crocheted, embroidered, quilted or tied with yarn. The Ladies Guild has received donations of brightly colored acrylic yarn, fabric and monetary donations from parishioners to support the
work on blankets
without any quotas or deadlines. Some of the ladies, referred to as blanketeers, work at home and then bring the finished blankets to the church.
All of the blankets are washable,
efforts of the blanketeers.
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information
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children around the world.
The blankets comfort the children who are alone at night in hospitals. People all over the country who love to
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Around the Diocese
FATHER MO,
SISTERS,
from page 5
from page 9
kindness, his generosity.
Even when
Even though the parishes
"The language barrier
is
a
problem,
he has to make a hard decision ... there's always that serenity. He always has that same, marvelous
of prejudices that are present on
spirit."
sides."
Abbot
Placid
monk
Benedictine
Solari,
the
elected abbot in
November 1999 who entered monastic life with Father West over two decades ago, said the gathering was a fitting tribute to a man whose foundation for service to the greater church in western North Carolina was built in the tradition of St. Benedict.
"Benedictine
way of life,"
life
is
beautiful
a
Abbot Placid. "It sets very high ideals. But at the same time,
it
said
realizes that each person has
to reach those in his or her
own way,
it sets up a system to bring us all together to the kingdom of God in a way that each can follow and move along and help one another along."
—
never met a more
skillful
Abbot Placid added, recalling Father West's roles at Belmont Abbey as well as his present diocesan duties. During closing comments, Grace announced the establishment of The Mauricio W. West Scholarship, will benefit future students in
need.
Just as he was praised for his outreach to others, Father West urged all present to seek ways of bringing God's love to the world. "In accepting this award, I am deeply mindful of our Lord's command to 'love one another as I have loved you,' 'to live in my love,'" he said. "There is so much more all of us can do to make our world a better
Let us accept the challenge of sharing God's love and kindness in every situation and circumstance." place.
breaking
I
down all
Church.
think there's a lot of good will people wanting to learn about also
"I
cultures other than their
own," she
said.
is
a big
Andrea
a
is
said that she also
young at the
the
In
two
truly has given
Christ-like joy."
to
Hispanic Ministry
man who
one of the life-giving ministries partially is
wants to improve his English, and they help each other.
life in
them.
are offered to
funded by
tlie
When
Tap young
held in the
The-
adult gatherings
and being held again
fall
this
spring.
Secular Franciscan Order Meeting
CHARLOTTE — in
finding out
For those interested
more about
St.
Francis of
and the Secular Franciscan Order (SFO), the St. Maximilian Kolbe Fraternity invites everyone to attend the regular monthly meeting at 2 p.m. on March 4 at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Statesville Ave. For more Assisi
information, call Skyler
Harvey
at (704)
them and encouragement
p.m. dinner.
16 or older
who
Day
A
corned beef being served along with soft drinks and other beverages. Classic Irish tunes and retro dance music are being provided by Scott Cowan. Door prizes will be awarded, and tickets are limited. For tickets and other information, call Jim O'Hare, pub-
at St. Francis of Lenoir for Hispanic
learning about religious
its 8th AnParty on March
N.C., will host
traditional
and cabbage dinner
on Saturday, March 17 in
#1
St. Patrick's
10 with a 7 p.m. social hour and 7:30
that she plans to
emphasize faith formation courses this year and is planning some retreats. She and several of the other women religious in the area are planning a vocation day
Church
— The Ancient Order of
Hibernians, the Cross and Shamrock Division nual
Andrea says
Day Party
St. Patrick's
ASHEVILLE
opportunities
giving people."
women
9-11.
573-4299.
Diocesan Support Appeal.
given, they are very generous and
Assisi
March
The idea for the retreat was deriv ed from
the Hispanic people are very
"I find
Sister
Living Waters Reflection Center,
103 Living Waters Lane,
vibrant," said Sister Andrea. 'There's a
is
for
being held
For further details and to make reservations by March 1, call Katie Walter at (704) 367-2427.
improve their Spanish meet weekly with
of
is
who
positive attitude and
lot
—
adults, ages 21-45,
ology on
languages.
a Hispanic
Young adult retreat A retreat
MAGGIE VALLEY
discussions and fellowship from the
parishes trying to learn each other's Lenoir, she said,
.
friends," said
to 'see in
.
"She is an immensely hard worker
Father Michael Buttner of St. Francis of Assisi Chirch. "Sister Andrea always keeps a
would like more people
In brief
great help to us."
her life for the wellbeing of our Hispanic
Andrea
Sister
"It
job. Sister
—
administrator,"
which
like to see further
men who want
and
"I've
though, as well as cultural barriers.
would
the
rn
— —
Hickory Vicariate are spread out she lias at least a 20 - to 25-mile drive when she goes from one to the next Sister Andrea goes to at least two Spanish Masses each Sunday. "She tries all she can to be present with them," said Father Ed Sheridan of St. Aloysius
are interested in life.
Andrea also directs a team of 12 people from parishes in the area who
licity
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Booklet reviews 30 years of Methodist-Catholic dialogues By JERRY FILTEAU News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) A new booklet on 30 years of Methodist-Catholic
Promoting Christian Unity. It has covered a wide range of issues, from doctrinal, moral and pastoral
dialogues says that those dialogues "have
questions to sacraments, structures ofchurch
Catholic
—
amazing areas of agreement" "Were Roman Catholics and Methodto learn about one another in light of
sponsored by the World Methodist Council
and the
Pontifical Council for
yielded
ministry and authority and paths to unity.
ists
earlier,
this material
over the next quarter of a
century, the whole ecumenical climate in
the United States revolutionized,"
The
it
would undoubtedly be says.
"Methodist-Cadiolic Dialogues: Thirty Years of Mission and Witness." It was published joindy in February by die U.S. Catholic Conference and the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns of the United Methodist Church.
The
34*-page booklet
booklet
is
is
tided
The U.S. but
well,
dialogue,
it is
which began a year
perhaps most notable for
emphasis on important ethical and
its
rela-
co-sponsored by the United Methodists' General Commission tional issues. It
is
on Church Unity and Interreligious Concerns and the Catholic bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.
The
—
last
and Methodists in local communities throughout the country to learn more about one another and improve their collaboration in prayer, witness and service.
The dialogue,
international Catholic-Methodist
which
first
met
in 1967,
is
that Our Lady am. Mass, and
Todd's affiliation with the Catholic Church is one of faith and commitment, chance and happenstance. His life has been one of an ecumenical nature with experiences with
that
various religions, but in the end, a deeply
going that Sunday, I never stopped going. I felt 'at home' in the black parish with a
embedded dedication to Catholicism led him back to the church, and eventually, to
"It
call
ization hit
I
his
was
and
life.
in a
vacuum or void,
spaceless, until the real-
me that I was in Charlotte. After
Mr. Todd.
black priest," explained Rev.
That
myself a convert to Catholi-
.
like
totally timeless
the permanent diaconate. "I
was
now
priest,
Father Wilbur Thomas,
St. Lawrence Basilica in became Rev. Mr. Todd's "unoffi-
pastor of
diocese's second class
by
their baptism, their confession of
and their common calling to mission, what binds them together is far greater than what divides them," it says. It
says that the theological dialogues
described and summarized in the booklet are intended to serve the "unity
we experi-
Conversion to Christ's it
to
says,
is
classes.
received the
"I
and
call
ture that
says.
had, and
and prayer
"this
know and
conversion entails getting
appreciate one another and
one another's churches, recognizing the challenges to unity and attempting to resolve them."
co-
something So,
Around
ing up the ladder with the EEOC in,
my
waukee Photo by Joann S. Keane
Rev. Mr. Curtiss daughter Ashlee.
He
his
would be accepted
was assigned
ment Commission of Winston-Salem. He moved on to the Social Security Administration, and then, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
die parish that
first
After leaving the Lutheran Church,
Todd began
researching other
turned
for in Catholicism.
'Through
my own
time to
Todd cannot
Rev. Mr.
—
him
to the
permanent
Our Lady of Consolation
diaconate at
Church
life
Church again
stay.
the events leading
but he believes that were guided by God. He says that
in Charlotte,
his steps
events in his
life
simply followed a larger
After a few years, he began to he wanted to do more. So, he inquired about a position with the diocese but had no luck. It was at this time that the
first place.
another one of life's coincidences occurred.
The EEOC offered an early retirement to any government worker who
program
and spiritually speaking, I was convinced that God was calling me." Rev. Mr. Todd feels that the events in after another,
his
life
that he
happened for a divine reason and was meant to. be a permanent
plan with an order and design not of his
deacon. "The diaconate
own.
service that can be traced back to Scripture,
In the 1980s, he
was
Oratory
Rock
to Acts of the Aposties. It has always been a
part of the hierarchal structure of the
in
church."
Hill
Interstate 77. ize that
a ministry of
Mass
Rock Hill. While driving one Sunday morning, he noticed the Morehead Street exit off of at the
to
is
living in South
Carolina and had begun attending
Photo by Joann S. Keane
ordained in 1988 and
Our Lady of Consolation led him to the diaconate in
to
easily explain
feelings of something lacking in his
this
in fact,
Donoghue, now archbishop of Atlanta, named Rev. Mr. Todd vice chancellor o the diocese. "One thing happened right
back to Jesus." Life events prompted him to
to the Catholic
into the diaconate, he
offer.
led
could trace straight
leave the Catholic Church; however, the
him back
the
had a certain number of years experience and was of a certain age. Concurrentiy, a position in the diocese opened. Rev. Mr. Todd retired after 25 years of government service, and in 1993, Bishop John F
found that the CathoUc Church I
How-
ever, with another
feel that
churches and found what he was looking
I
was a prodream come
goal in mind and convinced that he
a job in urban renewal for the Redevelop-
received his
fessional
true for him.
Todd and
exposure to government employment with
study,
as a district
director. It
down He was,
was the only one
Todd was
Rev. Mr.
offered a job in Mil-
and he began teaching English
social studies.
time, after
the managerial track.
Greensboro as a so-
Rev. Mr.
that
mov-
was
ciology/ social wel-
and
men who wanted
same
University in
fare major,
talks
deacons.
Lutheran Church." Family circumvented his desire to attend law school alter graduating from North Carolina
A&T
many
to serve the diocese as
joined the
I
spiritual direc-
After
that
felt
I
missing from life.
of
first
and ScripI had ever
to ap-
central to the ecumenical quest,
tor.
because of the instruction he
religion
for unity
Asheville,
faith
level."
it
influenced
attended both churches. Attendance at a boarding school led him to join the Lutheran
formal instruction in
preciate the gifts of our traditions,"
was
by
ence in spirituality and mission on the local
reproducible resource materials, "Yearn-
ing to Be One" seeks to enable Catholics
Mass changed
1 1
ligion
"Methodists and Catholics recognize
'The dialogues are an occasion
six-session study guide with easily
of Consolation had an
received through re-
the local level.
September.
A
Rev. Mr. Curtiss
and cannot explain what
He remembered
and discussions, Father Thomas suggested the permanent diaconate to Rev. Mr. Todd. After inquiring more about it, Rev. Mr. Todd applied to be included in the
tures
—
—
to Charlotte
happened.
palian father and
years" at various levels, including
logues of the past three decades.
tering U.S. Catholic-Methodist ecumenism at the grass-roots level. That publication 'Teaming to Be One Spiritual Dialogue Between Catholics was released and United Methodists"
way
Staff Writer
many
the Christian faith as attested in the Scrip-
other recent joint publication aimed at fos-
ALESHA M. PRICE
cial"
that
to an-
By
his Catholic mother and Episco-
U.S. Catholic-Methodist theological dia-
complement
directed by God's word
cism." Baptized CathoUc, he
an introductory re-
serves as a
path
life
booklet says that American Catholics and United Methodists "have been in common mission together for
source to the results of international and
It also
Deacon's
CHARLOTTE
has addressed doctrinal issues as
2001
February 23,
Living the faith
He
said that
he did not
he had driven past
real-
his exit all the
.
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M.
(704) 370-3354 or amprice@charlottediocese.org.
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