Feb 28, 2003

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Do we letters of

or from you?

You are our

Bishop McGuinness students excel at

letter,

on our hearts, known and read by all, shown to be a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not in ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets that are

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hearts of flesh.

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3:1 b-3

&

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FEBRUARY 28,

SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

2003

VOLUME

N9

12

23

Making strides to

Lenten Season 2003

protect children Church's general rules for

Diocese trains personnel in misconductprevention

Lenten

By KEVIN

fasting

E.

MURRAY

ery priest, religious, employee

Acting Editor

CHARLOTTE

WASHINGTON

In an

and volunteer

in

diocese," said

Msgr. Mauricio

effort to protect chil-

W.

the Lenten season

dren, the Diocese of Charlotte

tor.

beginning March 5, Ash Wednesday, here are the

personnel in preventing sexual

With

(CNS)

ongoing

continues to train diocesan

the 46-county

West, diocesan administraIt

is

the fulfillment of a

ops.

promise made in April 2002 by Bishop William G. Curlin, bishop emeritus, when he announced the implementation of

mean not taking nourishment at all

Over 4,4O0 diocesan employees and volunteers have

gram.

during a particular time or limiting ones' food consumption during a given day to one main meal and two smaller meals, with no solid foods in between. This should not be

been trained in 94 workshops around the diocese to identify and correctly address aspects of sexual misconduct. Fifteen more sessions are scheduled through May.

misconduct in accordance with mandates set by the U.S. bish-

Catholic Church's regulations

on Lenten

fasting:

In Catholic practice in the

Latin

rite,

fasting can

"Our goal

confused with the penitential practice of abstinence,

is

the nationally recognized pro-

The Diocese of Charlotte VIRTUS, a company affiliated with the contracted

National Catholic Retention Group, an insured, not-for-

to educate ev-

See TRAINING, page 9

which

refers to avoiding particular

kinds of food, especially meat.

A fasting we shall go

Note, however, that fast days are also days of abstinence;

days of abstinence are not

Belmont youth go hungry to help

necessarily fast days.

The laws

of fasting and

days of fasting

in

fight global famine

Eastern

Catholic churches differ from

Catholics of the Eastern church observe fast days by refraining from meat, dairy products and eggs. This is required of Catholics of all ages on the first day of Lent (two days before the start of Lent in the Latin rite) and on Good Friday. Consult authorities of individual churches to determine if they have other fast days. Church law for the Latin those in the Latin

rite establishes

CNS

Pope John Paul

days by not eating between meals and by having no more than one main meal and two

By KEVIN

E.

MURRAY

for donation to a local orga-

nization.

Acting Editor

II

BELMONT ter

Feed the hungry, nourish souls Catholic Relief Services launches annual Lenten

program

and malnutrition are part of their everyday lives. This Lenten season, 12 million

By

KAREN

A.

EVANS

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

T3dW3

WWII

N0S1IN

83

HO 11331100 ON

Catholics will not only

television, It's

Ash

Wednesday, and you are hungry. Now imagine if you felt this way every day. For 800 million people throughout the world, hunger

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US.

give up chocolate or watching

but they will give

prayer and alms for the

1.2 billion

from

area

churches,

including

go without

six

Queen

of the Apostles Church, gathered at First

Photo

Foursquare

by:

Gospel Church for 30 Hours

The

Kevin E.

a

Murray

Lifetime of discernment

Sister of

to Lou rdes water

leads to ...PAGE

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as religious

of

of the Apostles. "This is just a taste of what others go through." "You're never really hungry until you've walked

of Queen of the Apostles.

Pro golfer attributes healing

life

14,

Queen

mile in someone else's Marcie Stocker,

12,

See ORB, page 14

Dean,

shoes," said

youths went without food, learned about global famine and collected canned goods

Operation Rice Bowl (ORB)

food,"

said Christopher

of Famine Feb. 21-22.

people living in poverty.

it's

like physically to

mem-

bers

understand-

ing of what

got a taste of last weekend.

famine

ministry

got a bet-

"I

— Youth groups

mately 100 youth

obliged to observe these fast

W3S

Rossi, Catholic Press Photo

Approxi-

day and Good Friday as penitential days of fast. Those aged 18 through 59 ordinarily are

3d

Max

receives ashes from Cardinal Josef Tomko at Rome's Basilica of Santa Sabina Feb. 13, 2002. During his weekly audience, which coincided with Ash Wednesday, the pope spoke of the need to rediscover the value of selfless giving, especially during Lent,

Ash Wednes-

smaller meals.

photo by

rite.

See FASTING, page 9

Mercy shares

unconditional love

through ministry

sister ...RAGE

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