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Bishop William G. Curlin greets fifth graders Chris Riley and Alisa Renten at Sacred Heart parish in Salisbury, as Pastor John Putnam looks on.

Bishop Curlin celebrated a Catholic Schools Week Mass for students of Sacred Heart School.

Photo by Joann S. Keane

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House passes

in 1531. But the pride in and familial ties with Juan Diego soon was replaced with humil-

—

(CNS)

his facial

As

ity.

schools across the nation observed Catholic Schools Week Jan. 27-Feb. 2 with thousands of open houses, service projects, special assemblies, guest speakers and school Masses, a handful of U.S. representatives spoke publicly about the benefits of their own Catholic school education. "The Catholic education I received provided me with the tools to not only forge success in life, but gave me an unending desire to serve my fellow man," said Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-NJ., Jan. 29 on the House floor prior to passage for the third year in a row of a resolution honoring Catholic schools.

Irish women's group seeks to make St. Brigid Day

a national holiday

DUBLIN, Irish

—

is

selves are not important," said Yebra, expressing satisfaction at Pope John Paul II's plans to make Juan Diego a saint, probably when the pontiff visits

Mexico in late July.

Catholic leaders seek to improve AIDS programs for Hispanics WASHINGTON (CNS) Na-

—

tional Catholic leaders in Hispanic

ministry and in AIDS prevention are joining together to develop AIDS educational materials and training programs for Hispanics. There is a need

them because of the growing number of Latinos infected with the HIV/

for

AIDS

1,

tariat for

a

in

St.

Mary McAleese

Irish President

Feb.

Catholic

1,

presenting her with a straw cross, a sword and a cloak three symbols of the sixth-century saint. The Feb. 1 event was part of a tbree-year campaign that began on International Women's Day in

—

March 2000, when

the Irish Senate

passed a motion for the holiday to be created.

The motion

port from

has received sup-

Veneration of St. Brigid in Ireland is second only to that of St. Patrick, according to "Butler's Lives of the Saints." all political parties.

Nation's youngest Catholic bishop ordained in Houston HOUSTON (CNS) Before a crammed arena that swayed with song,

—

Father Joseph the

new

S.

Vasquez was ordained

auxiliary bishop of Galveston-

Houston Jan. 23. The 44-year-old priest of the Diocese of San Angelo became the nation's

youngest active Catholic bishop

when he was ordained at the Catholic

to the episcopacy

Charismatic Center in

CNS

Afgan

girl

An Afghan girl

photo from Reuters

recieves food from distribution center

carries her share of food with care at a food distribution

center in the Maslakh refugee camp outside Herat, Afghanistan, Jan. 31. Millions of Afghans have been forced from their homes after more than 20 years of war and four years of severe drought. Catholic Relief Services and Caritas International are among the agencies providing food and other assistance to displaced people and Afghan refugees.

Houston.

More

than 2,500 from the dio-

ceses of Galveston-Houston and San

Angelo squeezed into the center for the two-hour ordination liturgy, joining 100 of Bishop Vasquez's family members from west Texas, Oklahoma and California at the event.

For Blessed Juan Diego's

descendants, canonization will be justice MEXICO CITY (CNS) With

—

his high forehead and cheekbones and receding hairline, Raymundo Yebra Soriano is described as the spitting image of a 16th-century painting of Blessed Juan Diego. The 70-year-old shopkeeper smiled at this thought and the project to use him as the model for a monument to the Nahuatl Indian chosen by the Virgin of Guadalupe to be her messenger as he was walking up a rocky hill north of

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Episcopa.. j calendar Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events:

Publisher: Editor:

Associate Editor: Kevin E. Murray Staff Writer:

February 17

— 2 p.m.

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February 12 BELMONT

—

The New Century Saxophone Quartet will be performing tonight at 8 p.m at Belmont Abbey Basilica, 100 Belmont-Mt. Holly Rd., as part of the Belmont Abbey College/ Monastery Performing Arts and Guest Artist Series. The program will feature music from Bach to Leonard Bernstein. For more information about the free concert open to the public, call Karen Jacob at (704) 334-3468 or email kjacob@vnet.neL

Thomas

Aquinas, Charlotte

February 24

Diocesan. planner

— 3:30 p.m.

Rite of election St. Barnabas,

Arden

12 CHARLOTTE

Because of Ash Wednesday, the 50+ Club of St John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., will be conducting a meeting this morning at 1 1 am. with a program and lunch in the parish center. Donations are being ac-

The next meet-

ing will be held on the regular second

Wednesday

March 1 3. For more Bobbe Conlin at (704)

date of

information, call

to discuss for-

church-convened conference on globalization WASHINGTON (CNS) The

—

very diversity of voices at a high-powered conference on globalization convened by the bishops of the Americas highlighted

how

pervasive the impact of the global is

on human

life.

Participants

ranged from the heads of the world's two most powerful international monetary institutions to a Peruvian-born priest

Happy Newfoundland.

serving Canada's native people in

Valley-Goose

Bay,

Among

topics discussed

tional

trade,

aid

and

were internainvestment,

environment, agriculture, health, education, workers' rights, cultural diversity, the effects of corruption, corporate ethics,

development, poverty, immigration and poor countries' external debts.

643-1376 or Gloria

Silipigni at (704)

821-

1343.

12

CHARLOTTE — The St. Gabriel

Church Arthritis Support and Education Group will meet this morning from 10-11 a.m. in Room D of the parish ministry center, 3016 Providence Rd. Speaker Dr.

Don

Joyce, re-

tired orthopedic surgeon, will speak

on knee and hip replacements. For further details, call (704) 362-5047, Ext. 217.

12 HICKORY

—

Pastoral care training,

a branch of diocesan volunteer ministry,

is

designed to train parish volunteers to provide pastoral care to the elderly in retire-

—

cepted during the meeting.

AIDS Network

mation of a joint task force geared to the needs of the Hispanic community.

Diverse voices heard at

economy

Th

N

Ronaldo Cruz, execu-

Hispanic Affairs. "Hispanic ministry has been very silent about this and not much involved in AIDS work," he said. Cruz made the comments in an interview with Catholic News Service after he attended a midJanuary meeting in Daytona Beach, Fla., with officials of the National

Women

Entertainment said

virus, said

campaigning to

Media and Brigid of Kildare's feast day should be made a national holiday in recognition of the contributions made by women to Irish society. The group took their request to national holiday.

"What we, the descendants, want him to be canonized. We our-

for

tive director of the U.S. bishops' Secre-

Brigid's feast day, Feb.

St.

is

An

Ireland (CNS)

women's group

make

2002

Mexico City

resolution honoring Catholic schools' contributions

WASHINGTON

8,

ment

facilities,

assisted living facilities,

nursing homes and memory-impaired

fa-

and the homebound All training sessions will be held at St. Aloysius Church, 921 2nd St NE, tonight and Feb. 19 from 7-9 p.m. For registration and information, call Jenny Robinson at (828) 438-0774 or Sandra Breakfield at (704) 370-3220.

Our Lady of the 12 LEXINGTON cilities

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February

2002

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in

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Brief

Vatican denies Pope Paul VI sought to sell Pieta for world's poor

United States, which does not recognize

Qaeda and Taliban

The next day, he admitted he had known about the incident since Jan. 21, but

war.

—

VATICAN CITY

al

fighters as prisoners of

The (CNS) report that Pope Paul

did not inform Canadian Prime Minister

famous

Jean Chretien until after Chretien called

sculpture by Michelangelo, and give the proceeds to the world's poor. The Italian magazine Diario reported that a month

the Canadians' capture "hypothetical" Jan.

Vatican denied a

VI wanted

to sell the Pieta, the

before his death in 1978, the pope

sale.

Wildenstein, is

now

in

dead, de-

his recently

receive the death penalty, which has been

abolished in Canada.

Church official says Angolan government more open, but no talks set

opulence. Diario

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS)

French edition of Wildenstein's memoirs, was omitted from the Italian edition because of Vatican pressure. "The report is without foundation," Vatican spokesman said the episode, recounted in the

Joaquin Navarro-Valls said Feb.

Akhough group

in

—

government and main rebel Angola have expressed wilkngthe

ness for the church to

facilitate

negotiations

end the 27-year-old civil war, no date or venue for talks have been set. "Things have changed in recent months, in that there are more statements by government leaders to

1.

Polish church shocked at funeral home kickbacks for

hastened deaths LODZ, Poland (CNS)

and humane

combatants or prisoners of war. But the Church Council of Justice and Corrections said it was worried that, without guarantees of due process, the prisoners could

lished

Vatican were living

"fair

ful

pubmemoirs. During their meeting, the pope allegedly expressed his anguish at global poverty and worried that people thought he and others at the scribed the meeting

states that such pris-

treatment" whether they are called unlaw-

met

with a French antiquities dealer, Daniel Wildenstein, to explore the possibility of such a

law

29. International

oners should receive

saying that they are in favor of dialogue,"

—

Polish

Father Francisco Eurico, executive secre-

church leaders expressed shock after revelations that doctors and ambulance workers in Lodz allowed patients to die in order to profit from deals with local funeral homes. Several health workers in Lodz have been arrested on suspicion of

Angolan bishops' conference, said from Angola's capital, Luanda "The government

speeding the deaths of patients in return for kickbacks from funeral companies.

Archbishop Jozef Zycinski of Lublin warned against blaming the whole medical profession for the crime and al-

tary of the

in a late-January telephone interview

Photo by REUTERS/Paul McErlane

Relative of a Bloody Sunday victim holds a cross before the 30th aniversary march in Londonberry Annie Ward (6), a relative of John Young, one of those killed on Bloody Sunday, holds a cross during the 30th anniversary march to the Bogside, Londonderry, Feb. 3, 2002. Relatives and friends of those killed on Bloody Sunday gathered in Londonderry on Sunday to mark the 30th anniversary of the day in 1972 when British soldiers shot dead 13 civil rights marchers.

lowing the outrage to generate a "black

The

vision of society."

Jan.

should

condemn

this evil

Chelm, "We and thank the

in

who exposed these barbaric But we shouldn't claim that's

women, saying

it

was a good

decision to

journalists

protect mothers and their infants. But

abuses.

groups that support keeping abortion legal criticized it as step toward making

how everyone

acts or injure the innocent

illegal. Under the plan, announced by Secretary Tommy Thompson of the U.S. Department of Health and Hu-

with uncontrolled aggression."

abortion

Catholic leaders support decision to insure unborn children

man

—

WASHINGTON

(CNS) Catholic leaders praised the Bush administration's Jan. 31 announcement to expand health coverage to unborn children of low-income

Rosary Church, 619

S.

Main

St.,

will

be

celebrating the following events: a special liturgy

honoring married couples with the

society,"

he said,

sible for dialogue."

Kansas health care conscience act could serve as national model KANSAS CITY, Kan. (CNS) Can pro-life pharmacists be compelled to fill prescriptions they know

tal

Services, states could provide prena-

care by classifying the developing fetus

of a low-income

woman as an unborn child Health Insurance

eligible for the Children's

Program, known as CHIP.

Churches worried after news that Canadians gave prisoners to U.S. Canadian DeOTTAWA (CNS)

—

fense Minister Art Angleton's revelation that Canadian troops were turning over Afghan prisoners to the United States has drawn fire from political and church quarters. Angleton confirmed in the House of Commons Jan. 29 that Canadian special forces captured two or three fighters in Afghanistan and handed them over to the

Wednes-

and other information, call Carl Whitesel 987-9420 or (888) 310-9040 or

the 6:30 p.m. sessions held every

at (704)

day beginning tonight and continuing un-

March

For

will result in a chemical abortion?

Can Catholic nurses be forced to choose between their job or their conscience? Not if proponents of the Health Care Providers' Rights of Conscience Act have anything to say about it. The bill, now before the Kansas Legislature, faces considerable opposition from Planned Parenthood and others, but its importance cannot

be exaggerated.

pm

and every Thursfrom 9:30 a.m.-2 day at Sardis Presbyterian Church from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m, call Suzanne Bach at

e-mail eeregistration@yahoo.com.

til

18

(704) 376-4135.

social tonight at 7 p.m.; distribution

Church, 503 N. Main

Sheryl Peyton at (828) 684-6098, Ext 302 or e-mail stbardre@bellsouth.net

21

Upcoming

noon Mass and at 7 p.m. bilingual Mass on Feb. 13; and a 6:30 p.m. meal, ashes at

Salesian studies, Stations of the Cross

and

BELMONT — Queen of the Apostles

including

pm

ing Fridays during Lent For further de-

Family Center.

the church office at (336) 248-

2463.

15 HICKORY

— Engaged Encounter

life

together.

encounter weekend

and orientation,

is

be hosting an

continuing tonight

until

March 4

Facilitator

in the

Dennis Teall-

Fleming, parish director of faith formation, will discuss the religions' origins

and how

20.

further information, call

BELMONT — The

they have impacted the world. Also, during

desire

Lent, beginning Feb. 20 and continuing

25 CHARLOTTE

Although the

every Wednesday until March 20 at 6 p.m, a Lenten program will take place at

meeting

who

Catholic in origin

open to couples of any faith. Couples are encouraged to attend the weekend three to six months prior to their wedding date. Engaged couples may take it is

the parish. Childcare

is

available.

For de-

Abbey Players/

Belmont Community Theatre will be performing Shakespeare's "Hamlet" opening tonight at 8 p.m. in the Haid Theatre, 100 Belmont-Mt Holly Rd. The play will run Feb. 22, 23 and 28 and March 1 and 2.

For tickets and other information, call the

is

for couples planning marriage,

a richer, fuller

will

Hinduism Buddhism and Juda-

Benediction starting Feb. 15 and continu-

call

St.,

education series on religions of the world

ism from 7-8:30 and every Monday

tails,

theatre at (704) 825-6787.

friends suffering

mentia

—A

support group

for caregivers of family

and

from Alzheimer's/ de-

will be held

today and every fourth

one of several Engaged Encounter weekends, which will take place at the

Crescent Hill Dr., will be having a Lenten

am. in room E of the ministry center at St Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. With advanced notification, activities for the memory-impaired can be provided. For more informa-

Catholic Conference Center, 1551 Trinity

soup and substance

tion about the support

Lane today through Feb. 17, Mar.

Doorway

part in

May

22-24,

9600,

Teall-Flemihg at (704) 825Ext. 26 or e-mail

teaMeming@yahoo.com.

20 ARDEN

tions

20-22 and Oct. 25-27. For registration

suits

10-12,

call

tails,

Aug. 23-25, Sept.

April 5-7,

will accept the facikta-

and rebel movement UNITA are "more open to talks and want it to be made pos-

renewal of vows, a special blessing and a

of

it

and other parts of civikan noting that the government

tion of the church

—

archbishop told a

28 meeting of priests

has indicated that

—

to the

St.

Barnabas Church, 109 series entitled "Prayer:

Kingdom" Prayer

tradi-

from the Franciscans, Carmektes, Jeand Benedictines will be presented at

Monday from

10-11:30

ing Stars Adult

Day

group or the Shin-

Respite

Program

for

the memory-impaired, which meets every

Monday and Wednesday

at St. Gabriel

CHARLOTTE

—

All married couples

are invited to participate in the next

Worldwide Marriage Encounter the weekend of Mar. 1-3 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel. Marriage Encounter is a 44-hour period when couples can take time off from families, work and other responsibilities to focus

on each other

to

grow spiritually and emotionally as one.

For more information or reservations, call

Tom

and Emilie Sandin

at (336)

274-4424.

Please submit notices ofeventsfor tfie Diocesan

Planner at tion date.

least

10 days prior

to the publica-

.

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February

Around the Diocese

8,

2002

Quaker Peace Testimony given at Franciscan Center

BY REV. MR. GERALD POTKAY

as a

Correspondent

at the Franciscan

of over

their lunch

Center to

hour

listen to

Dr.

Max

Carter, director of campus ministry and the Friends Center at Guilford College. Carter's topic was 'The Quaker Peace Testimony: A Personal Perspective."

Carter earned a bachelor's degree from Earlham School of Religion in Richmond, Ind., and holds doctorate in American religious history from Philadelphia's

Associate editor joins staff of The

Temple

News &

Catholic

Herald KEANE

S.

Editor

CHARLOTTE - The Catholic News & Herald welcomed Associate Murray

Editor Kevin

to the editorial

staff Feb. 4.

As

all

Friends,"

went through a process of "convincing."

"Friends" must be personally convinced of the peace ethic promoted by Jesus through the Bible, an ethic that must be lived out in everyday life. Although the Friends do not have a sacramental structure,

many

fills

a In

skills.

addition to writing, photography, and

he will supervise the network of

freelance writers

who

contribute to the

this

personal conviction

similar to the profession of faith pro-

is

Murray

associate editor,

position that calls for

editing,

"Community of

The

JOANN

By

University.

Raised as a Quaker, Carter, like adults in the

fessed

by Catholic young adults

in confir-

mation.

Quaker community "abolished the laity by claiming are

in

1652, the

members of the clergy,"

said Carter.

diocesan newspaper.

By

"This opportunity is a wonderful way to incorporate my faith while uti-

public protest against slavery, and under

and

lizing the talents

blessed

me

with

something back said

...

in a

skills

way

to the

God

has

that gives

community,"

1668, the Friends had published a

Woolman, Quakers no longer owned slaves by 1672. the direction of John

Woolman started the Quaker Abolitionist Movement two years later.

A large part of Quaker belief is active

Murray

Murray, whose byline appears in this edition for the first time, comes to Charlotte from Gaston County by way

pacifism. Carter stressed that this

of Tampa.

at large

Although they were living in the sunshine state, Murray and his wife, Jeannette still considered North Carolina home. "As a former resident of North Carolina with family near Charlotte, we were eager to return to the

immersed

area."

have an understanding of the Eucharist

He wrote the Gaston to

for several

newspapers

believer." Therefore, stressed Carter, "the

Community of Friends come

together to

do business and to worship as they commune with the real presence of God, oftentimes for hours until a unanimous consensus

The is

reached."

is

only authority at these meetings

Jesus, said Carter. Therefore, "there

must be a period of 'discernment'

in which each participant must wrestle with weighty matters while determining whether a particular message is for him or her or the community and whether it is from God or from ego."

As Dorothy Day, Gandhi, and King believed, the Friends believe that the Kingdom of God exists on earth. "Friends consider their community the 'Body of Christ' living the Kingdom of God on

to bear

Quaker

what it means to take up an inward

tionary

earth," said Carter. "Life then,

the cross of Christ. This to be Christian: cross,

Photo by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay

is

movement in the Revoluwherein both the British and the Colonials overran the farms of the

is

which leads to Crucifixion to the

cheerfully integrating

"passive-ism" but a pacifism that

"elicits

it

'When

into the believers

Sermon on

Garden), he disarmed us

all,"

(in

Carter.

Carter also told how he "was drawn between peace and war during the Viet-

nam

sophomore year in been talking to three

conflict" until his

high school.

He had

Japanese women, one of the

whom

was the

only one in her family to survive the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on

Carter

the fury and indignation from the world

added. 'Therefore, the Friends have taken

Aug.

because Friends must be totally

on the same pro-life positions proposed by the Catholic Church, which includes

only thing that had saved her

the areas of abortion, euthanasia, capital

Carter not to participate in any action

punishment and the whole range of peace

promoted destruction. And he has immersed himself in the peace ethic since then by giving talks and seminars and educating the public about the faith tradition and its effect on society.

in the

world

in

order to change

it."

Whereas the Quakers do not in the "real

believe

presence" of Christ in the

sacramental Eucharist, which

is

an

article

of faith in the Catholic Church, they do

1945.

6,

It

was

A cement abutment was the this story that

life.

convinced

that

topics."

totally

Carter explained that the Quakers have an oral tradition, which was passed on through shared stories. He told of the

in

County area before moving he worked in produc-

Tampa where

tion and development for Visual Communications International. Additionally, Murray is an independent web site

designer.

Murray Arts degree

received his Bachelor of in English,

with a journal-

ism minor from UNC-Charlotte

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fills

the associate editor po-

previously held by Jimmy Rostar, who accepted a news position in Greenville, N.C, this past November.

"I am eager to take on new assignments and to get to know the wonderful sition

people in the Diocese of Charlotte," said

Murray.

Murray and his wife have settled back into Gaston County, specifically in Belmont.

Contact Associate Editor, Kevin Murray at (704) 370-3336, or email kemurray@charlottediocese.org

Po-

was the Quakers who

did the other Protestant Sects," said

the Mount.

Jesus disarmed Peter

it

provided the Irish Catholics food relief without requiring religious conversion as

simplicity,

rooted in the

Famine,

tato

through which the believer removes all obstacles and impediments which will block one from the knowledge of God; equality, which means all are children of God; and peace, which is

was not

War

In the 1800s, "during the Irish

According to Carter, the Friends live by four tenets: integrity, in which the believer preaches the life of Christ by life;

pacifist

Friends.

world."

Founded

all

is

present and leads, guides and directs the

— A group

GREENSBORO

40 Catholics gathered on

"communion of silence."

"A silence during which Christ

in

Holy Week at the Oratory Triduum Retreats

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—

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Individuals

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all

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Around the Diocese

Pastoral counseling

Seminarian embraces faith with family support tempt in raising us to have good Christian morals made a big impression on me. (Having that) strong foundation and close family was of primal importance in keeping a solid faith life."

When CahflTs parents told him that the family would be moving to North Carolina, he was excited at the prospect of

Wanting Seeds of Hope"

By

ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE

—

has been most gratifying. It was in that setting of learning and faith that he first heard the call to the priesthood.

The Charlotte Catholic High School

"I

studying at America.

Washington

The

D.C., and

They moved

wasn't looking forward to

my

but

(CCHS) graduate is a seminarian at Theological College, the national seminary of The Catholic University of in

state.

Concord and later to Charlotte, and Cahill began attending CCHS. While North Carolina held great promise for him, Catholic school was not at the top of his list. to

experience

Cahill, the Catholic school

America

new

starting over in a

For Patrick

me

parents wanted

at

it

first,

to go. It re-

quired great sacrifice to

go

—

a 45-minute

drive each way.

know

anyone, but

I

didn't

By

the people were very welcoming.

the

end of my freshman year, I really felt like I had found my place."

Cahill blossomed in his new environment by becoming student council president and playing varsity football and baseball. A meeting with Bishop William G. Curlin set him on his path toward or-

is

Catholic University of

His parents' support, a strong grounding in faith and family and the love of Christ have characterized his life. Born in Richmond, Ind., the oldest of six filled the shoes of secondary caretaker with little fuss. "Growing up in a large family," Cahill said, "I had to accept a lot "of responsibility at a young age, to help out at home and set a good example for my younger siblings.

But it came pretty naturally. Being a big brother was one of the roles I had to fill and

up.

me because

to anything else.

hood

I

The I

idea of

it

wasn't

kept the idea of priest-

psychology

as an option."

He

graduated from

CCHS

in

1998

and received a scholarship to Belmont

Abbey College where he

ROCK

studied phi-

His parents and friends were shocked he reassured them that he was making the best choice for his life:

everyone was surprised that I at such a young age, but

would enter

one doesn't

formation

enter the seminary and immediately get

Rock 22nd

about

maintaining

a

healthy perspective, the importance

a time for

is

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The presentation will include in-

at his decision, but

The seminary

S.C.

Center for Spirituality

invites all to participate in the

follow."

ultimately, they realized that

HILL,

Hill Oratory:

losophy and theology. After his sophomore year, he decided that he had to go to seminary. "Belmont Abbey was a good place for me because I had two outstanding years there, and I felt like it did a lot for me in the pursuit of my vocation. The examples of my parish priest and the monks made the priesthood a more realistic path for me to

"Initially,

and

spirituality

wasn't closing doors

University of America in the

coming a priest. I was thinking about what I wanted to do after high school, and

with a Basselin scholarship. His gradua-

scheduled in 2002, and he will

friends necessary for a rich, support-

when

"and

met him

I

wanted to have

I

and

incredible

kind," said

He grew

prayer and discernment."

for the first

his kind of assurance,

conviction and happiness."

with faith and scholastic development. His mother ministering in the parish inspired him. "Her constant at-

weird to

time, he told me...that he didn't regret be-

Cahill,

filled

hood had come

professor to discuss

my life where the priest-

of unlearning, elements in selfnurturance, appreciating the "enemies" of balance and compassion, the role of reflection and the types of

"He was so

With his parents as role models, he mapped a course early in life that was

instances in

ordained.

dained ministry.

did so willingly."

many

The

Cahill transferred to

tion

is

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priest in

Catholic

fall

of 2000

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to those in need

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and prayed about

think

is

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are to encourage

"I

interpersonal network.

There

four years of theology.

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"Jesus says specifically in the Gospel that 'you return.'

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in

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cussions" with business and political

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across the

realized at this year's Jan. 31 -Feb. 4

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for their first

as

who remembered

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do not know the hour of my Yet even with that in the

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he

said.

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Chicago Archdiocese

Charlotte Diocese consults

on new catechesis directory announces Catholic school MURRAY closings, openings HICKORY —

By KEVIN

ligious

E.

Associate Editor If

come

will

to critique

The Diocese

you

draft

they

it,

and lay people, educators and pro-

gram directors, professionals and parents.

There were representatives from Hispanic Ministry, Native American Minis-

it.

of Charlotte's Consulta-

try, disabilities ministry,

faith formation,

ference Center Jan. 28. Approximately 65

readability, tone

people representing diverse demograph-

hours, they discussed the draft's theologi-

of the 46-county diocese met to pro-

ics

vide input

on the

first draft

new

of the

directory.

"There was a beautiful mosaic of people there," said Cris V. Villapando, diocesen director of faith formation pro-

was the kind of diversity that bishops were looking for in consulta-

grams. die

"It

six

soundness and merit, respectfully debated one another on various issues, and

cal

offered changes and suggestions to improve the draft's content.

Villapando was very gratified by the results. "The consulters were very knowledgeable, intelligent and discerning in their remarks," he said. 'They were very generous of their time. covered a lot of ground."

The next step is to "collate and synthesize all of the major comments and

The

draft

currentiy being studied

is

and evaluated

in a

nationwide consulta-

min-

tion of those involved in catechetical

The

U.S. bishops voted in 1999 to

new

develop the

suggestions," said Villapando.

The

National Directory for

material

is

then submitted to

Catechesis in light of the General Direc-

Bishop Curlin for his approval before go-

The

ing to the Editorial Oversight Board of

tory for Catechesis, issued in 1997.

in-

the National Directory for Catechesis.

tended to be an improved and expanded

Once all the diocese's feedback is collected,

National Directory for Catechesis

is

version of "Sharing the Light of Faith,"

the board will determine

is

need

the National Catechetical Directory pub-

for a second national consultation.

The

lished in 1979.

goal

who was

Villapando,

designated by

Bishop William G. Curlin to

assist

with

directory

is

more than

a simple revi-

sion of the National Catechetical Directory.

not just an editorial update," he 'The whole direction has changed."

"It's

said.

Lifelong faith formation and the cultural diversity

of American Catholicism

among the new themes emphasized in the draft. The nationwide consultation is

there

have the finished National Directory for Catechesis by 2004.

the diocesan consultation, noted that the

new

if

is

for catechists to

Villapando believes the consultation process will produce great results. 'The

more

diverse the group, the

more

are to experience the diverse gifts of

the

Holy

Catholic

he

News

said.

Service contributed to

this story.

are

intended

to

better

represent

the

multiethnic reality of the U.S. church.

Contact Associate Editor Kevin E. by calling (704) 370-3334 or mail kemurray@charlottediocese.org

Murray

To

Catholic elementary schools will

hopes to get more schools to use the "Tuition Covenant" plan, a two-step

The the first

will close in the this

The

summer.

schools to be opened will be

new

Catholic schools in the

Chicago

city of

Chicago

HENDRICK ACURA

make

archdiocesan school system stronger and more efficient, if a bit smaller, has been in development since the arrival last year of the archdiocese's new schools superintendent, Nicholas M.

Wolsonovich.

their children."

It

of two elementary schools, St. Matthias on Claremont Avenue and Transfiguration of Our Lord on Rockwell Avenue, forming one school with two campuses.

The changes come in response to

changing demographics throughout the archdiocese, Wolsonovich said.

"Parishes and populations are always changing, and we as an organization have to adapt to those changes," he said. "That means the schools have to change, too."

Archdiocesan

officials

announced

the changes Jan. 14 after working with all schools to assess their viability, based on criteria such as their Catholic identity, enrollment pattern, financial resources, academics and availability of nearby Catholic schools.

Many

e-

of the schools slated to

close have six-digit annual deficits. "If all the money in the world, we wouldn't have to close any schools, but that isn't the case," Wolsonovich said. "These schools have a rich legacy of service to their communities over a long period and provided excellent faith-based education to generations of students. But today's fiscal realities mean they cannot remain

He

said efforts are being all

made

to

the children and

teachers affected.

In fiscal 2001, schools across the archdiocese lost $49.6 million. The archdiocese provided $9 million in grants to schools an investment that will continue at $6 million a year. In addition, the Big Shoulders Fund is providing $2.5 million in operating grants to inner-city schools this year, along with $6 million in

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process that bases tuition on the actual cost of educating each student but provides financial aid for families that need

in 13 years.

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we had

Diocesan consultants consisted of re-

help remaining schools stay

viable, the Office for Catholic Schools

open and 14 Archdiocese

likely

we

Spirit,"

new

—

growing.

Three

diverse group rated the draft on

and content. For

MARTIN

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others.

We

tion/'

istry.

The

By MICHELLE

Catholic schools,

RCIA, and many

on the National Directory for Catechesis was held at the Catholic Contion

down from 261

this

year and

last year.

The

Office for Catholic Schools

is

studying the feasibility of opening more elementary and high schools in the southwest suburbs and in Lake County, north of Chicago. It also is looking at expanding existing schools in Chicago neighborhoods that are

schools

of the three is

new elementary

a specialized middle school,

not yet named,

in

Our Lady Help of West Side.

Christians Parish on the

To

be run by the

tian Brothers,

it

De La

Salle Chris-

will serve the Afri-

can-American community. Like San Miguel Middle School, a similar Chicago school for Hispanics run by the same order, it will have three teachers per 25-student class and provide tutoring, mentoring and scholarship support to prepare its students to succeed in a rigorous high school learning environment.

Both the other schools are coincidentally named Immaculate Conception.

One,

at

Immaculate Conception

Parish on North Park Avenue, will open in the fall to preschool and kindergarten students only, with plans

add one new grade a year.

The other, on Exchange Street, has been operating as a primarygrade campus of nearby St. Michael School for the past three years, starting with kindergarten and first grade and adding a grade each year. to

St. Michael's principal, Dominican Sister Judine Hilbing, said both neighborhoods have a high demand

The Immaculate Conception campus is 100 percent Hispanic, 100 percent Catholic and

for Catholic schools.

capacity with an average of 25 students in each of its four grades.

St. Michael's 319 pre-kindergarten through eighth-grade students are a mix of African-American, Hispanic and other racial and ethnic groups,

filled to

she said.

Of the 14 schools slated to close, 1 1 are in the city of Chicago and three in suburbs.

8

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February

Around the Diocese

8,

2002

Immaculate Heart of Mary opens its doors to growing community

By KEVIN

E.

MURRAY

and

HIGH POINT — By new

church, one

ing in

building a

community

build-

is

Bishop William G. Curlin presided over the dedication

Mass

for the

new Immaculate Heart of Mary Church on Feb. 2. The new church symbolizes the growing Catholic population in the High Point area.

"I salute you because you have joined me today to dedicate this wonderful church," said Bishop Curlin, which drew applause from the congregation.

The church, built to date 800 worshipers, was

accommofull

to ca-

According to parishioners, the church has been full every week since the first Mass held on Christmas Eve

pacity.

last year.

"It's

a beautiful church," said

Bob

Lodding, a parishioner. "People are very excited."

The new Immaculate Heart of Mary was built to replace its smaller predecessor. Al Guecia, a member of the dedication committee, noted that the congregation was growing mendously."

"tre-

"We were so crowded for so long. was standing room only," said Guecia. "Now you can come in and sit It

down without being

Father

Joseph

C.

Zuschmidt, pastor, told the congregation that the undertaking cessful

size.

the blessing and sprinkling of water,

this building," Kairis said.

Oblate

Associate Editor

due to

"all

was suc-

the people of faith

who

planned, designed and built this church. ..all the people of this parish labored so long and diligently."

In a letter to the parishioners, Father Zuschmidt wrote, "To all of you

who worked on the various committees and who contributed in any way

was equally pleased with growing congregation. "It's nice see a lot of young people coming Kairis

anointing of the altar and walls and lighting of the altar and church.

"In the years to come, when you gather to celebrate, you'll feel the presence of Jesus here," said the bishop.

Many were moved by the dedication Mass. "It was very exciting," said

the to

here," he said. "This building will

many generations to come."

As Father Zuschmidt told the

serve

congregation, "We will be building here for decades to come."

Lodding.

"It was just beautiful," Guecia. "It was more than

said I

Contact Associate Editor Kevin E.

ex-

Murray

by calling (704) 370-3334 or email kemurray@charbttediocese.org.

pected."

to our church, I thank you. ..I am proud of all of you who played various roles, large and small, but all of them significant in doing something beautiful for God and for this parish."

A unique design theme within the Church has helped to incorporate the "concept of life," according to Rev. Mr. Thomas Kak, parish permanent deacon. The design runs through the stained glass windows, the altar, the tabernacle and so on.

Within the altar, he said, "we have not only the concept of sacrifice, but we have visually added the concept of the meal, of Jesus' sharing himself with us," said Rev. Mr. Kak. Another unique feature of the church is a crucifix that can be closed to conceal the body of Christ. The concept of life is included in the cover's design.

Closing the crucifix at Easter and

squeezed."

Plans for the larger church began a decade ago said Perry Kairis, chairman of the planning and building committee. "It's been a long journey, but it was worth every minute of it.

There's so much love in this project

revealing this design will "serve as a

reminder of Jesus' victory on the cross," said Rev. Mr. Kak. "(which is) a continuing symbol of life coming from the cross."

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By JOANITA M.

NELLENBACH

Correspondent

— An

HENDERSONVILLE fusion of

money and

lots

in-

of parent

and student participation have created a new sports program for middle schoolers at Immaculata School, a pre-school through eighth-grade facility with about 180 students.

The teams are called the Immaculata Stars. Girls play volleyball in the fall, and boys and girls play basketball in the winter. There's co-ed golf in the spring, and the school hopes to add soccer to its program in the fall. In Henderson County, boys play soccer in the fall,

and

days a week in March last year prepped the players for the upcoming season. Teams are open to all Immaculata middle schoolers.

"We don't have tryouts," Welter said. "We have a no-cut policy. Any kid who wants to play can play. We want our middle school athletes to learn the game if they want to play it in high school. Maybe they'll find a sport they never would have thought

The

"When we

money.

Everyone's enthusiastic with players' parents and siblings cheering during the games, and the players driving hard up and down the court.

girls play in the spring.

school has joined the Western Carolina Middle School conference, which is for private schools.

However, the Stars also play nonleague teams. it

was nice to

be able to get into something that was said Bill Mann, ongoing,"

Immaculata

principal. "They've

had

intermittent sports, but not anything as highly organized this. It's

done a

pep rally

—

Week

in a variety of

ways.

Student council members provided

ministries for the Jan. 26

all

Mass with

community

Shelter. Students also participated in

all in

and school grounds cleanup and a pep rally recognizing honor roll

speakers, in-

students, contest winners, athletes and cheerleaders.

the faculty and staff

attendance.

Several

Greensboro and a first marine science technician, visited the school on Monday.

Other events during the week included eighth graders visiting the Greek Orthodox Church, and kindergarten through third-grade students collecting books for the Pathways

class

GREENSBORO Our Lady of Grace School celebrated Catholic Schools

2002

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of."

Girl cheerleaders are present during the girls' games. Then some of the girl players rush to change to cheerleader uniforms and join the cheering squad to root for the boys. Other students operate the concession stand, where they learn skills like handling

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Katie Patterson's son, Jonathan, a grader, is on the basketball team.

"They have the best

spirit;

they really

do," she said.

and ongoing as

lot for the spirit of the

school, the involvement, the identity."

The

desire for an organized program surfaced in January 2001 at a town meeting at the school.

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A

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Lu Ann Welter as soon formed to address the

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"It's really a nice meshing of people working together," Welter said. "Really, we just saw a need for it in the middle school. Before this, our kids had to go through the parks department to play."

Funding comes from the $3,000 in donations that Immaculata added to its budget to seed the program and from admission charges for adults to attend games. The school has purchased equipment, including a volleyball net, wall pads and uniforms, and a scoreboard was donated.

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The Catholic News & Herald 11

Catholic Schools Week

Spanish teacher broadens minds at Our Lady of The Assumption By

MARY MARSHALL CORRESPONENT Spanish

—

CHARLOTTE

class at

Our Lady of the Assumption School and exciting thanks to Gladys

is

fun

Silva, the

Spanish teacher.

"I love teaching. It's in my blood. All my life I wanted to be a teacher," said Silva.

Silva,

who

been teaching

is

originally

her

all

life.

from Chile, has She earned a

degree in education at a private college

in

Chile,

run by the Salesian order. Arriving

in the

United

States, she attended classes to

become certified. She has taught at Our Lady of the Assumption for the past seven years.

Visiting her fourth grade class, one

senses a love for the students and for teaching.

"I

try to

make

class fun as

I

introduce

words, sentences and concepts through

the aid of booklets, which art,

songs, dance, reading and writing along

with a few games and videos," said

"No

child

room.

is

ever embarrassed in

Silva.

my class-

We are all learning together."

Today's class

is

exciting as Silva intro-

different foods in Spanish to the

duces

students.

Using blackboard magnets rep-

— or

mama

students take turns place

them

Spanish

in

coming

The

to the board to

food groups, writing their

name next

to them. Silva then

challenges students to create a sentence in

Spanish for a breakfast, lunch or dinner

menu. Hands shoot up as students put together soup and sandwiches or pasta and milk Silva introduces concepts according to

the students' ages.

"For example, kindergarten students learn

numbers and family members with

—

show a mother

papa," said Silva.

"By second grade, students are writing and speaking days of the week, months, years

and learning objects within a home or

as students learn language

classroom. Third-grade students study

interspersed with geography and the fine

Latin American countries and their capi-

arts."

tals."

Silva

The

resenting glasses of water or milk, sand-

wiches or pasta, she identifies the food.

a father

She

leads fourth graders in a meditation song,

and

which they will present at an upcoming Mass. Her classes are community oriented.

At Christmas time, students made Spanish cards with English translations on the back for Asbury and Epworth Place nursing home. Second graders visited the nursing home, giving the cards to residents and singing "Nanita Nana" and "Feliz Navidad".

—

animal bingo,

fruits

vegetables bingo, or clothing bingo. also play Spanish tic-tac-toe,

They

and learn

about Latin American countries by watching videos.

"These are wonderful teaching aids, and the children learn through fun activisaid Silva.

"Silva lies

creative and talented.

students play various versions of

Spanish bingo

ties,"

is

and culture

is

loved by our students, fami-

and teachers,"

principal of

said Patricia

Murphy,

Our Lady of the Assumption

begin with a prayer in

Silva's classes

"Thank you, Lord

spect of each of us permeate her classroom.

She integrates subject matter with Spanish

ings."

Jesus, for all

your

bless-

The level ofprayer increases with the

upper grades reciting the Our Father or Hail Mary. Each day, one of the Spanish classes recites a Spanish prayer for the

entire school as the dismissal prayer.

Within the past year, Silva's responsiexpanded to include working with

bilities

ESL

students

who

need a

little

extra help

understanding the American culture.

"I

work with them on

cabulary, and phonetics," said Silva.

"I

meet with the students one-on-one and have great respect for their culture. It's a learning experience as we learn from each

The program is wonderful, one that vital as we familiarize these students

other. is

with the American ways."

Silva's love for

teaching also reaches

out to second grade

faith

formation stu-

dents.

"The Lord gave me the talent to teach," said Silva. "I feel compelled to use this talent to help students as they prepare for their first

Communion. Second graders

so anxious to learn.

E.

Murray

Teachers and students take to the court A faculty member at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School in Charlotte shoots for the basket during the school's faculty vs. students basketball

game Feb.

1.

these

little

children.

I

are

enjoy working with

It's

an honor for

me to

help them prepare to receive the Lord."

Silva's

at

teaching opportunities are vast

Our Lady of the Assumption but they

are

all

connected because they involve

I

am

helping children

work

together.

volved.

The

The

parents are very in-

teachers and principal are so

wonderful. Everyone helps

—

it's

a great

feeling to be here."

CCHS

students join

hands for service project CHARLOTTE Week

Schools

— During

School students participated

Around Our

Catholic

Charlotte Catholic High in

Hands

School, a project that

chil-

was

designed at the request of Belmont Central

Elementary School Through the project,

money

in

March 2001.

the students raised

to support the innovative pro-

grams and

services that

Holy Angels pro-

vides to children and adults with mental retardation and physical disabilities,

basic academic

writing, reading comprehension, vo-

skills:

areas,

all

and that is most important to me," said Silva. "Our School is like a family. We all

Spanish. Kindergarten students recite,

School. "Her kindness, gentleness and re-

Photo by Kevin

dren. "In

of whom are medically

fragile.

many

These

ser-

vices include residential services, education, social

work, physical therapy, medical ser-

vices, creative arts, spiritual

growth and

recreation.

The Hands Around Our School Project began with the showing, in homeroom, of the video, "Surely the Presence" which gives an overview of die programs and services of Holy Angels, as well as images of the residents who live there.

Money was collected on a homeroom basis.

The students, staff, faculty and families at

the school collected monetary donations for the programs and services of Holy Angels

For every donation of was a paper hand with the name written on it. The hands

during the week.

one

dollar, there

student's

were placed around the

halls

and

class-

rooms of the school, creating "Hands Around Our School" and celebrating the wonderful deeds of the students.

— 12 The Catholic News & Herald

By

February

Catholic Schools Week

8,

2002

MARY MARSHALL

St. Ann

Correspondent

CHARLOTTE — No computers,

no TVs, no videos, no talking while changing this was a new classes and no snacks

students get a blast from the past

—

experience for

Ann

St.

Students were amazed to learn that

School students as

they reverted to the 1950s on Jan. 29, to

families ate dinner together every night, and the only outside evening

celebrate their 45th anniversary during

activity

Catholic Schools It

was a

boys wore

was scouting. Students walked to school and went home for lunch, as there were no cafeterias in the schools. After school, they changed clothing and roller-skated, rode bikes

Week.

real learning experience as

and

ties,

girls

were clad

in

jumpers, blouses and knee socks with long

"What hapAccording to the rules of the day, he had to make one out of paper and wear it.

Students asked if they wore tennis shoes. No, girls wore saddle shoes, and hair in ponytails or pigtails.

pened

if

boy forgot

a

or played games outside.

his tie?

What did they do jumped rope, played hand clapping games, hopscotcb and boys wore black shoes.

for recess? Students

dodge

Photos by Mary Marshall

First-grader Alex Blunt, dressed in a shirt and tie, sits with the wax paper wrapping from his sandwich.

and metallic thread. Her accessories included pearl earrings, bracelet and necklace and white gloves.

Ann

School, Sister

of St. Joseph Helene Nagle, delighted students by changing to several different habits throughout the day. One student's response to her veil was, "I

your curtain, Sister." Another "I like your costume, Sister." learned and practiced protocol

of the day

—

upon and

sat with their

students stood

remainder of the time.

when

called

hands folded the

When

the princi-

pal entered the classroom, students re-

teacher using a yardstick placed over the

cises,

heads of the students to perfectly line

schools did not have physical educa-

them up

tion.

Ann

a library. St.

a

music

teacher and a library but did not have

Mountains of

students celebrated in the Olympic spirit by carrying in an Olympic flag; and a talent show followed by parents joining or taking their student out for lunch.

night before."

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Students were encouraged to ask questions relevant to school, home and expenses in the 1950s. Classroom teachers went over trivia from the 1950s such the average income car cost $1,511; a

derful

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Correspondent

WINSTON-SALEM

By KEVIN

Extra stu-

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St.

recting a program, a classroom or

outside the school,

Martha Hutson

tall

hung

thing in between, Huston Saints

very close in resemblance to their Photos by Susan deGuzman

models.

and the local community were also part of Catholic Schools Week. Specially designated masses were held at St Leo Parish, Holy Family Parish in Clemmons and Bishop McGuinness families, volunteers

like to see in the school.

Other decorations and expressions of

hung

in the halls for

who attended open

house and reg-

High

istration.

Mary Lou

During

that,'"

gathered around the flagpole in front of the school for the Pledge of Allegiance.

and girl scouts played a role ceremony. Later in the day the students wrote letters to soldiers and scouts,

in the

years and

Hutson has become an 100 of her to replace

a

parents find out Martha's a

Hutson's devotion to the school hasn't

in-

single day."

"She has true love for

Thon to raise money for St Jude Children's Research Hospital, "Virtles for Volunteers"

here."

It

don't

"I

work

the fuss

all

With the cramming

call to action.

the school's parking create a

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they'd

all

want

While Hutson considers those staff,

many

students and parents alike

— —

at the

faculty, feel

the

same about Hutson.

much fun.

laughter," said

She's always

kill

of

DesNoyer.

"In the 10 years I've

known

her, she's

never had a negative thought" added Hazel.

Hutson

on her decade of

said, "I can't

this.

The

around here

is

service,

think I've ever ques-

appreciation of the people

just tremendous."

"Every school needs a Martha we don't want to share her. We want to keep her for ourselves."

Hutson said her involvement with the was a "domino effect." 'The more you get to know people, the more you want

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"Everyone here is so gracious and Hutson said. "Everyone thinks of ways to improve their programs. It's such a great environment for our children. It

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DesNoyer. "She's

to

Hutson," said Hazel. "But

said.

"She's ultra-concerned for the students' safety," said

Hutson

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Hutson.

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had a wonderful celebration of our school during the week," said Principal Georgette Schraeder. "Catholic schools are the best because we are communities for life, and we have a love of learning and a desire for God."

It's

continue doing

school as her inspiration,

Hutson doesn't get what

—

this school

just love her."

ice,"

said Hazel.

about.

Shayne

angel," said

Brannon, a parent at All Saints. "She's the most giving person I've ever met."

We

could never do all DesNoyer, All Saints' "She does our carpool every

said Betsy

principal.

Math-A-

"We

be Celebrate the Nation Day, students

Boy

during the week

a student talent show.

that day, which happened to

When

volunteer, they say

breakfast pizza and bingo for families, and

the event.

Ten

"(She volunteers) rain, shine or

festivities

cluded a teachers' luncheon, a

Schline to

later,

"You'd need her.

School.

Other

President Bush visited Winston-Salem on Wednesday of Catholic Schools Week. Several students accompanied eighth grade teacher

her oldest child joined the

original kindergarten class.

Celebration of teachers, students,

what they liked about St. Leo's and what improvement they would

family telling

visitors

started volunteering at All

integral part of the school.

veterans of our country.

from each

a nurse by

—

four children

Science projects and artwork were also displayed, as well as notes

—

when

vocation

in the halls,

that they'll let

the children, the teachers," said Hazel.

Substituting for teachers, working the

colored in "himself' or "herself" Renditions

do anything

gone unnoticed.

"Martha is a true

front desk, running the carpool and every-

markings were made. Each student

the school's spirit

most

I'll

me."

"She does everything," said Trish Ha-

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Catholic

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W eek

February8,

2002

Asheville Catholic School

celebrates with worldly Mass

By JOANITA M. N ELLEN BACH

Then he

Correspondent

ASHEVILLE

-

ing,

and that focus was evident when

Week

visit.

song, "Pescador de Hombres" in Spanish, is based on the

Gospel story of Jesus calling his first disIt's refrain, which the students sang in Spanish, talks about going into the world for love of God. The words: "O Lord, in my eyes you were gazing, kindly smiling, my name you were saying; all I treasured, I have left on the sand there;

sang prayers in Spanish and Swahili during the Mass.

Second and third graders led the Mass entrance procession into the school gymnasium. The second graders carried flags; behind each flag walked the third graders attired as saints from those countries.

Concelebrating with Bishop Curlin were Father Francis T. Cancro, pastor of St Eugene; Father Wilbur Thomas, Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville; Father J.

Latsko,

Ifkovits, St. Hill.

The

St.

Jesuit

Andrew

ciples.

close to you,

Before

I

will find other seas."

Mass

ended, students held be-

fore the congregation a banner, bordered

with flags of the world and displaying a picture of

Mother Teresa and her words Then students

'Peace begins with a smile."

stepped up to the lectern to quote from

Margaret Mary,

Father Edward

Mother

the Apostle,

for Bishop Curlin.

M. Mars

Rev. Mr. Michael Zboyovski,

When

You Came." The

Bishop Curlin talked about

Swannanoa; and

a bell ring-

Later, the student choir sang the

prayer in his homily, and the students

Andrew

like

post-Communion hymn, "Lord,

were prominent along hallways and

in classrooms.

is

here."

sion with liturgical dance.

Displays the

students had created about various countries

is

Plouffe,

Bishop William G. Curlin arrived for a Catholic Schools

God

Students Natalie Burns, Allie D'Andrea Evans and Alicia Funderburk led the offertory proces-

Students at Asheville

Catholic School are studying the world this year,

added, 'Prayer

saying that

Teresa's sayings.

There were

gifts

Maggie Gross, a second grader dressed as Mary, Queen of Scots, presented a picture she had drawn of the

St.

Eugene, proclaimed the Gospel.

"Do you believe in prayer?" the bishop asked during his homily. "Do you pray for your parents? Do you pray for your brothers and sisters? I was told many years ago that you live like you pray. Prayer makes your heart joyful. Prayer is the fuel that keeps the heart burning. It feeds your soul."

He spoke the prayer that Mother

glorious mystery of the rosary. J. P. McQuilling offered the bishop a worldfifth

mission rosary.

The recessional hymn was the Swahili "Bwana Awabariki"-"May God Grant You a Blessing"). ping

Bishop Curlin toured the school, stopin each classroom to visit with the

students.

Teresa of Calcutta had taught him to say first thing each day: "Good morning, Jesus.

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Schools Week

Our Lady of Mercy honors distinguished volunteer

BY REV. MR. GERALD POTKAY

as she follows the

—

WINSTON-SALEM Catholic Schools

During Week, Our Lady of

Mercy School found time

McMonagle

said that it never stays and is always active, and that is what Renegar exemplifies for she is never still and is always doing anything she can for others.

to celebrate

still

and honor one of their own.

After Mass on Feb. 1, a day for honoring the teachers, Principal Sandra McMonagle presented the school's most distinguished alumni award to Susan Nitz Renegar. Not only is Renegar involved with the school, but also with parish life.

Students celebrate Catholic Schools

GREENSBORO

—

Week in Triad

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Saint Pius Catholic School spent a week celebrating Catholic Schools Week that included special events for the students and staff. The students read special prayers during morning announcements each day. They also wrote and read stories to honor their teachers at a luncheon for the faculty and staff members on Feb. 1. The week's most unique event took place at the student Mass on Jan. 31 when Principal Mark Akerman's daughter, Emma Frances Akerman, was baptized by Father Marcaccio before a full St. Pius Church.

X

had seen how excited the children in the parish were one Sunday to see a Baptism, so I suggested to Father Marcaccio that Emma be baptized at a school Mass," said Akerman. Father Marcaccio agreed that it would be a wonderful way to conclude Catholic Schools Week. Participants of the baptism included Akerman and his wife, their son Cole, godparents Bob and Teresa Scheppegrell and their son Andrew.

"I

Renegar

is

is

After the presentation, the volunteachers and

On

eighth-grade students providing visitors with guided tours of the school.

Some of the week's other events included a thank-you day for the students, complete with demonstrations, games and bowling.

Father Mauricio W. West, vicar general and chancellor, engaged the students during his homily, asking them why they thought Catholic education was so special. Answers ranged from "learning about God" and "beliefs" to "learning to look for God in other places." When asked how these truths were put into place, the students responded with "help-

Parish-Life Commission. She plans are reas-

signed. She coordinates the annual parish picnic as well as the evening celebration for the Feast of

staff.

Jan. 28, the school held an

open house with sixth- through

the coordinator of the

who

—

teers served a special luncheon for the

heavily involved

receptions for priests

example of what

wants us to be, said McMonagle. Then, pointing out the school mascot, mustang, the

Jesus

Correspondent

Our Lady

of Mercy. She planned and assisted in the Catholic Schools Week luncheon serving over 40 people and in the athletic banquet serving over 300 guests.

Renegar is also extremely active Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School (BMHS), especially during the theatrical shows.

A 1971 graduate of Our Lady of Mercy School, Renegar went on from BMHS to obtain a nursing degree so she could continue to serve others.

Married with two sons, her involvement with Our Lady of Mercy intensified after one of her sons arrived at at

ing," "praying," "sharing"

and "loving

each other."

Father West gently stressed that not only must they learn, they must also work at putting these things into practice in school, at home and with siblings. "That's why Catholic schools are so important," he added, "because they teach you how to put it

the school.

Comparing Renegar to the McMonagle pointed that Mary is also known as "Our school's logo,

into practice."

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In

much

Family sacrifices

February

the News

St. Patrick

students box up

ALESHA

By

M. PRICE

Faye Almon, one of the Catholic

Staff Writer

the beginning of the year,

have

Correspondent

MOORESVILLE

—

Robert and

Barbara Cella place Catholic education above their own time and comfort. They are not only willing to sacrifice financially to

pay the

tuition for their three children

it

taken care of ahead of time."

biggest reason Bishop McGuinness was chosen over Charlotte Catholic was the. traffic problem. Even though the Cellas live geographically closer to Charlotte, time-wise, Bishop

McGuinness

Kernersville.

anticipated.

Of the

three children

—

Michelle, a

and Kevin and Carolyn, both freshmen only Carolyn didn't originally want to attend Bishop McGuinness. Now, she says, "I wouldn't want to go anywhere else."

junior,

As

—

parents, the Cellas prefer the

Catholic parochial school system because the curriculum

is

much more of a challenge

than the local schools and there

overcrowding found

the

isn't

McGuinness

focused on academics," she

are

much

Barbara said

was much

less

than expected and the drive to and from

was working out much

school

better than

said Barbara.

'The

become

travel time has

a blessing in disguise, as

a time for

it is

good communication between

all

of them

as a family unit."

morning we listen to music or but on the way home, when not

'In the sleep

To

we

added Michelle. help fray the expenses and to pass

studying,

more

like talk,"

the time while the children are in school,

hours.

The

Cellas are also pleased that

Michelle, Kevin and Carolyn have been

said.

"The teachers want you to learn more work is harder and we will be better

able to

fit

with the school

in so nicely

population and gain

prepared for college," said Carolyn.

They added

many new

friends.

that they are always informed

Carolyn believed Catholic education

about their children's needs for help both

a positive force in their family

academically and with discipline.

brought the

faith alive for

them.

life

"It is

as

it

good

for the children to hear about the Catholic beliefs

so that they can in turn support and

defend those

"We faith,

beliefs to others,"

already

know

she

said.

a lot about the

but the teachers concentrate on the

and practices

to offer extra help

when

it is

needed,"

said Kevin.

ing topics like abortion, sex, and euthana-

ships."

ing his

"Although

beliefs."

Barbara and Robert the tuition

is

felt as

though

especially fair for the high

school education their children re"One of the things we really appreciate is the paying for all books and materials up front," said Barbara.

"Even though it is a large expense at

ceived.

to these

young

household goods meant something special. More than 200

people

families participated in a service project

a seed in their

that involved decorating shoeboxes

and

them with hygiene items

for

filling

Montagnard

kids because

Jan. 29, in conjunction with

who

are different.

minds

Week,

Jan.

to the

enjoy the voluntary project because

"I

for other people," said first-

Schools

represented) cultural diversity for our chil-

how

other communities live by

outreach said.

service

"We

projects,"

is

6, who drew a box decorated with

white paper and glitter glue.

Fifth-grader

Hannah

Foltz,

10, said

that she appreciated being able to partici-

pate in a service project during Catholic

we were doing someone who could actually use it This (project) really showed how giving the Catholic community really Week.

something

"I felt like

special for

is."

figured that this

to start because the

so involved with the community.

Church and school

to-

was happy that we were doing

something

parish council decided that the shoebox benefit her students. "(This

was

gether.

large heart on her

would

it

something that the family could do

United States and the Diocese of Charlotte.

The shoeboxes will be distributed to families in Charlotte and surrounding areas.

Angela Montague, principal, said the Catholic Schools Week committee and

is

to give back

about their families, school and faith. said that the children seemed to

grader Julia Richardson,

parish

planted

Students decorated the boxes, added

Communist-occupied country

Montague

it

community."

Montague

doing

hope)

know

so that as adults, they'll to the

(I

as far as volunteering

27 through Feb. 1, the students assembled for a presentation from Mar Bris, a Montagnard community leader. He thanked the student body for their efforts and spoke about Vietnam, his people and their trek from the

dren to see

made them

the personal items and included a letter

Catholic Schools

project

it

think about tolerance and compassion for

parishioners at St. Patrick

Cathedral.

com-

munity outreach project was so important

a very good combi-

Contact Staff Writer Alesha

M.

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

activities.

'They

Kevin agreed with Michelle, adding that he is "glad the teachers are strengthen-

for families at St. Patrick

common

race relations and fellowship. 'This

All three children miss that part of their

friend-

said Michelle.

shampoo and

chairpersons, said that the

project helped to teach the students about

The biggest problem for all concerned revolved around extracurricular

are important events that open

sia,"

for toi-

nation."

education, because, as Kevin said,

as well as the

many. But,

School, the

would be a good way

"The teachers are always willing

morality and church teachings surround-

actual beliefs

for

Week

Schools

similar items sounds like an everyday task

On

"Michelle helps drive on occasion,"

so the

was

closer.

traffic

Barbara has found a job with flexible

in public schools.

Michelle agreed, "Both teachers and students at Bishop

is

the 1-77 and 1-40

— Shopping

letries like toothpaste, soap,

The

McGuinness Catholic High School, but they are also willing to sacrifice time as they travel an hour and 15 minutes each way from Mooresville to to attend Bishop

CHARLOTTE

easier to

it's

2002

care and love for others

for Catholic education

BY REV. MR. GERALD POTKAY

8,

difficult,

some of the problem

up

to say the least,

taken care of through sleepovers," said Barbara.

Robert Belcher, director of admissions at Bishop McGuinness, said, "The Cellas are a remarkable family. They must be

admired for the

them

is

is

total self-sacrifice

making

to give

faith-based education. It

tant part of their lives

and

each of

and/or receive a is a very imporit

speaks well for

the whole family."

Photo by Alesha M. Price

First-graders Julia Richardson, 6, and Henry Reed, 6, look at the shoeboxes decorated and filled with hygiene and personal items for members of the Montagnard community in Charlotte. The students took part in the family service project during Catholic Schools Week.

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Young adult

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Clergy,

Catholics like

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know about them

religious but little

By REV. MR.

GERALD POTKAY

Correspondent

HIGH POINT gious from

—

Women

reli-

chosen them to the consecrated life.

"We who have been consecrated, refined, purified, retested, further re-

and retested over and again are hopefully the 'Faithful Remnant.' We

over the diocese congregated at Maryfield Nursing Home for the sixth annual celebration of the World Day for Consecrated Life Feb.

fined

i.

sense of personal limit," he said.

all

This gathering was

response to 1997 stating this celebration "is intended to help the entire Church to esteem even more greatly the witness of those persons who have chosen to follow Christ by means of the practice of the Evangelical Counsels. And, at the same time, is intended to be a suitable occasion for consecrated persons to the call of John Paul

vibrant religious

"When permissive

in

II in

without a clear

life

ministers

think they can handle every problem, they loose the effectiveness of minis-

Father

Therefore,"

try.

Canino

In addition to the Poor Sisters of

warned, "each of us needs to avoid the 'Messiah Syndrome.' At the same time, there must be a sense of joy in our lives. For, if religious do not have mirth, they will have madness. To be authentic, we religious need to lead a life of prayer, compassion, and love."

Giving an example, Father Canino said, "If I were a concert musician and failed to practice for one

Mother of God, the program drew

day,

renew

their

commitment and rekindle

the fervor which should inspire their offering of themselves to the lord."

the

are in a crucial climate that calls for a

from the Sisters of Mercy,

religious

the Sisters of St. Francis, the Sisters

of St. Joseph from Rochester, N.Y., the Sisters of Christian Charity, lay associates, those in formation to become associates, as well as members of the

and the diaconate.

Mass was celebrated by Franciscan Father Louis Canino, director of the Franciscan Center in Greensboro.

During the homily, Father Canino said that religious vocations are an awesome gift, that God has laity

would notice, if I failed to pracweek, the music critics would notice. And, if for a month, the public would notice. The same applies I

tice for a

to an active prayer

life."

Father Canino explained that three factors were affecting both clergy and religious today: existenphilosophy that regards existence as unexplainable and the freedom of choice and responsibility for one's actions which have no objective standards; hedonism, the devotion to pleasure; and power. tialism, the

"Christian religious leadership requires resistance to possessions and security," said Father Canino. "That we religious must live lives of pov-

WASHINGTON Young

religious, but

is

foolishness to the eyes of the

those surveyed, for example, said they knew the difference between diocesan priests, who do not take vows, and

world."

Father Canino noted that the gious sometimes feat what their

communities might

say. "But,

called to be prophetic.

take the risk.

That

is

We

reli-

own we are

who do take vows. Fewer than two-thirds said they knew the difference between a priest, who is ordained, and a religious brother, who is not. A report on the study was released in connection religious order priests,

need to

what we are

called to do," he said.

"The mark of a saint," Father Canino concluded, "is not that one has reached perfection. But even after having fallen, one still has the burning desire to please God." St. Josepb Sister Phyllis Tierney, pastoral associate at St. Pius X Church in Greensboro, said she thoroughly enjoyed Father Canino's presentation and w^as glad she came.

with the World Day for Consecrated Life Feb. 2-3. Commissioned by the Conference of Major Superiors of Men and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the study was conducted last year by sociologist Dean Hoge of The Catholic University of America.

Sister of St. Francis Bernadette

Svatos, diocesan Northern Regional

Coordinator for Faith Formation, agreed and expressed her hope of attending next year's celebration.

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February8,

Readings

Book Review

Interfaith read for

denominations

all

Reviewed by Eugene

J.

Sunday Scripture Readings: Feb. 10,2002 Cycle A Readings:

Scriptures. Isaiah in the first reading

February 10, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

shall shine within those

able to understand their suffering and

Fisher

News Service

Catholic

The

Word to Life

Jewish writer Cynthia Ozick

lik-

ened Yossi Klein Halevi's "At the Entrance to the Garden of Eden" to Thomas Merton's "The Seven Storey Mountain"

—

AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE

HOLY LAND, by Yossi Klein Halevi. William Morrow (New York, 2001). 315 pp.,

decades

later.

The

sense of ultimate that is shared by Arme-

and loss nians and Jews enables Halevi to attend

loneliness

Holy

Week

especially

$25.00.

services,

Good

day, a day

Fri-

when

Jewish fear of Chris-

—

the story of a profound

tians

journey made accessible to anyone who reads it with the eyes of faith. I do not think that is an exaggeration.

historical reasons

spiritual

normally

is

—

at its

peak.

Halevi has or-

many

ganized his book

years admired Halevi's

around the great Muslim and Chris-

I

have for

writing as an Israeli journalist in

The

A JEW'S SEARCH FOR GOD WITH CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS

Jerusa-

lem Report and The

New

Republic.

realize that

he

I

did not

is

Ortho-

IN

tian liturgical feasts

he attends with

THE HOLY LAND

spiritual

ten after

dox, from Brooklyn, N.Y, and a journalist of the soul no less than he is of the tangled skein of Middle Eastern politics.

— —

Christian and Muslim men and women who have surrendered themselves to God. He follows a path opened

just as they will learn

who

devote their

of Jerusalem as the

meeting place of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

This story of a Jew's search for God in Christianity and Islam has even greater urgency today when ideologues of both left and right are trying to turn the terrorist crisis into a war between Islam and its sibling Abrahamic faiths.

This book reassures that God can be found or rather that God will find us

—

despite the violence that has shattered

Land

—

if

only

we

humble openness with Christian nuns and monks who invite him into their consearch. Halevi finds the quiet of

vents and monasteries.

He

listens to the

divinity-infused cadence of the songs of

the Sufi

Muslim him to

who

invite

and

who

—

sheiks

mystics

—

their houses of prayer,

patiently respond as he asks

them the most

basic (and. therefore

difficult) spiritual

most

questions.

Even while he asks

for their guid-

ance in his Jewish quest for God, Halevi struggles with his

own

fears

and anger:

and anger with Christianity's dismal history of hatred for and persecution of Jews throughout the centuries; fear and anger with Islam's current rejection of his people's need for liberation in their own land and security for the future.

Through the people he meets, he is fear

Hearing

rope."

I

it

my

immediately was

no

member

showed outside.

Wardens patrolled the neighborhood was

were

ter

It

new

many

and religious communities. Halevi has long conversations and shared meditation, for truly remarkable individuals

example, with Catholic nuns, conversations at once theological, historical

One

spiritual.

religious

and

European-based, Catholic

storing to Christianity its

own

Jewish heart,

Mary and the monk

a Catholic Melkite

has dedicated his his

its

founders, Jesus,

And

Apostles.

by

destiny.

my

life

and monastery

(built

hands) to maintaining living

Jews and Muslims equally.

The Holy Land, a land occupied in uneasy co-existence by Israelis and Palestinians, has for four millennia been a God-besotted place, a land of strife and sorrow where God's presence ironically has been most intensely showered. Here, an Israeli journalist shows us that the presence of God still hovers over the Holy' Land. And he introduces us to some of the people who, in the quiet melodies of their lives and liturgy, have opened themselves to the divine presence, and links with

been immensely enriched by thereby enriching

beginning of the day.

the fires set off by fallen

of our making.

It is

the Lord's.

is

not

And

the

Lord multiplies and transforms our

was

small acts of goodness so that they too

in those years that I learned

to love and appreciate the light

One

shimmer

of

my favorite things is flying into a city at night and seeing the lights below

shimmering like jewels.

I

like

jewels in the darkness.

QUESTIONS:

me

Recall a scene of light in your

know now that

What

life.

are your associations with this

What

mean

Think

those bright lights represent freedom

light?

and

of someone you know who carries the light of Christ within. What makes that

life.

Light

is

a theme in this Sunday's

did

it

to youP

person so attractive and inviting?

Weekly Scripture Scripture for the week of Feb. 10 - Feb. 16 Sunday (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time), Isaiah 58:7-10, 1 Corinthians 2:1-5, Matthew 5:13-16; Monday (Our Lady of Lourdes), 1 Kings 8:1-7, 9-13, Mark 6:53-56; Tuesday, 1 Kings 8:22-23, 27-30, Mark 7:1-13; Wednesday (Ash Wednesday), Joel 2:126:2, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18; Thursday (Lenten Weekday), 18, 2 Corinthians 5:20 Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Luke 9:22-25; Friday (Lenten Weekday), Isaiah 58:1-9, Matthew 9:14-15; Saturday (Lenten Weekday), Isaiah 58:9-14, Luke 5:27-32

—

week of Feb. 17 - Feb. 23 Sunday of Lent), Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7, Roman 5:12-19, Matthew 4:111; Monday (Lenten Weekday), Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18, Matthew 25:31-46; Tuesday (Lenten Weekday), Isaiah 55:10-11, Matthew 6:7-15; Wednesday (Lenten Weekday), Jonah 3:1-10, Luke 11:29-32; Thursday (Lenten Weekday), Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 or Scripture for the

Sunday

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Matthew

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7:7-12; Friday (Chair of Peter),

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Likewise, the reader will be introduced to

and

so often stop to re-

We often forget that this light

bombs.

It

Yet as we

stories

say this prayer frequently, particularly at the

bright, quick burst of anti-aircraft fire or,

more ominously,

life

Judy often says this prayer: "Lord, may your light shine through us so that others may see it and want what we have." I have learned to

Going out

taken lightiy.

and

belong,

at night was not underwas dark out there, and die only lights were the straight, probing beams of searchlights crisscrossing the night sky. Sometimes there was the tries.

we

own

In the prayer group to which

dark, but so

indeed whole coun-

streets, cities,

own

discount our

who somehow, in some small but profound way, deeply marked our charac-

enforced.

Not only were houses

recognize

is.

neighbor or a passing stranger

ticular

blackout

strict

really

it

we

times

faith journeys,

light

every night to see that

what

look back on our

London. That phrase fit so well. All our windows were hung with thick, ugly curtains so that

act in such

outside world as insignificant

childhood in wartime

meaning of our own liturgical seasons of Lent, Easter and Christmas.

by the small but courageous group of

the peace of the Holy

the

phrase "the lights went out over Eutaken back to

we must

power to influence others. We are keenly aware of the mixed motives with which we act and shrug off our impact on the

Adha, and Lailat alMiraj for Muslims,

as a Jewish pilgrim

lives to the vision

Catho-

readers will learn

something of the meaning of Ramadan, Id el-

Here, Halevi visits

interreligious activists

months of

interrelating. lic

I

live this

us that we "are the light of

way that others may see and

Many

News Service was an adult when I first heard Catholic

his

mentors, of-

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BOZENA CLOUTIER

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over the centuries

tells

the world" and that

1

that light for

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Jesus

Corinthians 2:1-5 S) Gospel: Matthew 5:13-16 2)

who

way, and any gloom they encounter will be turned to brightness.

Psalm 112:4-8a, 9

with the God of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar. This is especially true, I think, of his experience with Armenian Orthodox Christians, with whom he shares a spiri-

marked by 20th-century genocides, committed by the Turks against Armenians early in the century and by the Nazis against Jews a few

ing for others, and promises that light

Isaiah 58:7-10

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weak immune system constructs a mobile bubble and travels to Niagara Falls to stop the wedding of his childhood sweetheart (Marley Shelton). Director Blair Hayes' forgettable roadtrip comedy crawls along with onenote, foolish characters and base, unfunny jokes that mock human frailties.

Recurring slapstick violence and mayhem with some sexually suggestive dialogue and crass language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classifihis

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Imaginative animated adventure set in the early 1 900s in which a young cartographer (voiced by Michael J. Fox) becomes the key to unraveling an ancient mystery when he leads a group

becomes muddled, directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise's edgy, angular animation and distinctive characters voiced by a fine cast compensate for tive

film's

shortcomings. Inter-

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"Blue Moon" (2000)

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to recharge their relationship magically

encounter themselves 40 years earlier (Brian Vincent and Alanna Ubach) when they were contemplating marriage, and each couple is able to help the other move forward. The veteran actors outshine their counterparts in writerdirector John Gallagher's sweet but sluggish story that more resembles a staged play. An implied affair, minimal profanity and an instance of rough language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III adults.

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"The Curse of the Jade Scorpion" (2001) Enjoyable 1940s romantic comedy

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who

which an ace insurance investigator (Woody Allen) and the agency's newly hired efficiency expert (Helen Hunt) are used by a hypnotist in a jewel heist.

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The Pope

2002

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Guest

The Catholic School: Where Faith and

Knowledge Meet You may

Speaks

February

& Columns

way

Column

be familiar with the long running Broad-

musical of yesteryear entided, "South

Pacific."

One

of

the central characters, Bloody Mary, an elderly Polynesian

song her thoughts and

lady, captures in

who

feelings as

one

has been effected personally by racism and discrimi-

nation.

Her

experiences as a minority take a seemingly

tragic toll as she expresses in the

have to be taught

how

memorable melody, 'You

FATHER JAMES HAWKER

to hate."

Guest Columnist

Yet, regardless of the sadness of her situation, having

been marginalized by some and rejected by others, Bloody

Mary

never lost her

She did not

victory over evil in

pope says

By John Norton

News Service Pope John Paul (CNS) who are overwhelmed by evil

Catholic

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

VATICAN CITY II

said believers

and suffering in the world could look forward with joyful hope to God's ultimate victory.

Even when God seems distant, he never forgets those who trust in him in the midst of their trials, the pope said Feb. 6 at his weekly general

"Dwelling amid

evil

and suffering, they

absolute certainty that the goal of

not the emptiness of death, but a joyful encounter with the God of our salvation," he said.

In his talk, the pope focused on Psalm 43, a poetic prayer for deliverance and perseverance in the midst of suffering. He was continuing a series of reflections on the Liturgy of the Hours, daily prayers based on the psalms.

The pope said the psalm's author, exiled from Palestine, "feels a solitude created by misunderstanding and even aggression from unbelievers, aggravated by the isolation and silence of God." "But the psalmist reacts against the sadness with an invitation to himself to trust and with a beautiful affirmation of hope: He relies on still being able to praise God," the pope said.

The pontiff, who turns 82 in May, spoke slowly but clearly and broke into a broad grin when about 1,000 scarf-waving members of an Italian youth group cheered him. history

those manifesta-

were catalytic in debilitating or destroying the lives of so many good but fragile people. Bloody Mary, within the sublimity of her simplicity, was such a passionate prophet of peace and justice. Unlike others, she neither gave up, nor did she give in.

As is so apparent in the Gospel accounts, Jesus reaches out again and again to the rejected, abandoned or marginalized. His care and compassion are manifested in his words and actions. Integral to his teaching is the truth that each human being is made in the image and likeness of God. All are to be the beneficiaries of his love.

The theme of Catholic Schools Week, "Where Faith and Knowledge Meet," is rather intriguing and worthy of reflection. Keep in mind that the word knowledge can be viewed from two legitimate, through analogous, perspectives. On the one hand,

it is

the result of gaining information about

someone or something.

audience.

know with

of self-worth and self-esteem.

name and oppose

tions of evil that

Trust in God's

world,

spirit

hesitate to

is

much a

the other, the

word

refers to a

richer experience. In this instance a person not only

"knows about" from an fests

On

intellectual point

of view, but mani-

much more extensive degree of personal involvement.

Intimacy and enthusiasm are integral to this interpretation of knowledge. In

this latter instance, then,

knowledge

is

not

simply a matter of the head, but of the heart

When Jesus

called the disciples his intention

know

they would not only him.

The

reality

is

the virtues that are integral to Uving his way.

The Catholic school is a graced environment within which the participants should not only know about the Lord but come to know him. The Catholic school is a graced environment within which learning and living are viewed through the prism of faith. Were the Catholic school not committed to assisting the children and youth to appreciate and cultivate the relationship between these integrated realities, it would be unfaithful to its mission.

Bloody Mary, who represents the plight of all who suffer injustice, must be heard and heeded by the maturing believer. The vision and values of Jesus must teach and transform the person of Faith.

The

unenviable experiences

of the marginalized, the ignored, the violated and the forgotten cry out for the presence of Jesus.

depend upon the active or another, of those

and Faith are one justice

is

altruistic

who know

in their lives.

Then

too they

involvement, in one

way

Jesus because knowledge

Being committed to

social

an essential task of the Catholic school whose

foundation

was

is

the person and message of Jesus.

that

about him, but be intimate with

achievement of that

On one occasion when Jesus said sadly, "How long have you been with Me, yet you don't know Me." He challenged his disciples to grow in intimacy with him and to appropriate and assimilate his vision and values while exemplifying

the essence of faith.

Father James Hawker education

is

the diocesan

and pastor of St. Luke Church

in

vicar for

Mint

Hill.

judgment" (Matt. 5:21.) "Offer no resistence to one who is evil" (Matt. 5:39.) As simplistic as some Gospel sayings appear, they command the conversion of heart, ever journeying from an instinctive violent response to the graced light of compassion and forgiveness.

"No peace without justice, no justice without forgiveness," said Pope John Paul II at this year's World Day of liable to

Economy of Faith

He did not mean that forgiveness overlooks the need to right a wrong. Rather, forgiveness represents the opposite of resentment and revenge. It "heals and rebuilds troubled human relations from their foundations."

To John Paul II, forgiveness is the fullness ofjustice, and Peace.

GLEN MARY FATHER JOHN S. RAUSCH Guest Columnist

both justice and forgiveness flow together to heal the

Pope

calls for legal

protection of

human

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pope John Paul

called for legal protection of the

human em-

bryo, saying society should recognize as a

human being with an

The pope

its

rights

individual identity.

also called for legal

measures to guar-

antee rights for other categories of persons unable to fully defend themselves, including the

mentally disabled and the terminally ill. He made the remarks at a Sunday blessing at the Vatican Feb. 3, which marked the 24th annual Day of Life promoted by the Italian church. The pope said the embryo, like all human beings, should be guaranteed "the right to develop according to its

own

potential."

Frank Gardner, a na\y radioman, rode his modified B-24 into the Sea of Japan after it was hit by enemy fire two months before II ended. Most of the crew were killed in the crash, but Gardner with his life jacket bobbed in the water desperately clinging to a wheel till his capture a few hours later. For two months he faced the grim life of captivity and privation. In the prison camp, one guard beat him daily with a crude wooden baton the size of a baseball bat, and with bad food and poor treatment, he developed a stomach problem that lasted

WW

embryos, disabled II

human spirit.

The just war

Beyond Just War

later

when

the

war ended, the Japanese

guards surrendered to their American prisoners. In a plea -for mercy, Gardner's guard gave him the baton used in the daily beatings.

It

became one of the mementos

Gardner brought home from the war.

Afterwards Gardner became a Glenmary

until the clearing

of buried munitions.

over with the secession of

hostilities.

Wars

are never

They endure

until

personal trauma and the devastation of God's creation

The wood

of his torture became for him a sacramental. Reflecting on the baton he gradually grew more non-violent as he recognized the hideous cycle his baton.

of violence and the

'The War Against Afghanistan Must Stop," a statement signed by some 70 U.S. Catholic leaders in Decem-

new paradigm for judging quesand peace today." At the same time Catholic

ber, plainly calls for "a

tions of war

theology affirms the legitimate stance of those professing priest as-

signed over the years to small parishes in Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. To each assignment he

brought

horrors of modern warfare. Just war advocates today must whittle away the square corners of the theory to fit today's global reality. Modern warfare means non-combatants suffer more losses than soldiers, the environment sustains widespread and ongoing problems, and impoverished countries must postpone economic development

find healing.

until his death.

Weeks

theory, part of the church's tradition

since the time of St. Augustine, never envisioned the

futility of war.

Father Gardner's spiritual journey took him past unquestioned patriotic duty to a meditation on the spirit of Jesus. 'You have heard it said... You shall not kill'...But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be

"a position of principled nonviolence."

may not represent

a call for

all, its

While pacifism

prophetic spirit acts in

dynamic tension with accepting the inevitability of war.

Father Gardner preached tirelessly against the Gulf War shortly before his death in 1991. He joined John Paul II in questioning the war's morality. While Father Gardner never declared himself an absolute pacifist, he looked for creative solutions beyond the theory of just war. That spiritual journey took him from the experience of his own torture to imagining a world where disputes could be resolved

more

creatively.

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2002

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on the shelf among the other lovely objects, a chunk of nothing, downright ugly. I was shocked. What had happened to the prize I had so carefully brought back with me across the continent? Where was the sparkle and the colors that had attracted me so much? Disgusted, I snatched it up and started for the kitchen door to throw it out.

Then, just as I opened it, a beam of light struck the stone. As though by magic, it began to shimmer and glow again. In an instant, the beautiful jewel tones shone brilliantly. Had they returned? Or had they always been there, dormant, waiting to be released? Wondering, I glanced up the sky. Sunlight that was the answer. The rays from the sun were all my stone needed to come alive."

It needed to be touched by the light ...as much as we need to be touched by Love (God) to experisat

Guest

hard, gray

Column

FATHER JOHN AURILIA,

OFM

Cap

Guest Columnist

Guest

Column

SKUBE Superintendent of

Schools

—

Touched by Love over the world are fascinated by St. Valentine, patron of lovers. Legend and history are intertwined regarding this subject. However, love is a reality, which cannot be defined, but can be definitely lived, and indeed is an everyday experience. I believe that love is "being touched" by the one who is the Creator of Love. We are talking about Love with a capital L. Let me explain this truth by way of a nature story. Here is what Mr. X experienced: "We were hiking in the mountains out West when I saw the stone, a small one, about the size of a half-dollar, with smooth rounded edges. Ordinarily I would have passed it by, not being a rock hound. It would have remained there for another 1000 years perhaps, a mere pebble among the larger stones on the' trail. But this one instantly caught my eye. It was special. Glinting in the sunlight, it seemed to reflect all the surrounding colors, as though trying to mirror nature. Into my pocket went the rare find. All the way home to the East Coast, I thought about where I should display it, so its beauty could be most enjoyed. I finally placed it in a curio cabinet, next to some jade and carved ivory. I forgot about it for a while.

Then one day, while dusting, I was surprised to see that the stone had completely lost its luster. It People

all

Is this

Q

After

1

remarriage valid?

0years ofmarriage Ifound myseffacing a divorce,

something I never thought would happen.

Even some of our family

is

—

had perfect occlusion. Do you think he was telling me that he loved me?" Mrs. Savage answers, "What else?" Fairy May, all aglow with that refreshing good news, says, "Oh, thank you.

I've been missing so much.

Oh! My dentist loves dentist said

I

me!"

questioning us about

"Since the time of the Second Vatican Council,

as a presence of the

no "remarriage" church was needed. Husbands and wives with is

right;

in society,

but

as a

...

It is

a

place of evangelization, of authentic apostolate and of pastoral action

—

not through complementary or

parallel or extracurricular activity, but

work of educating

nature: its

of

very

its

the Christian person."

This quote emphasizes the importance of our schools as stated by the bishops of the United States in the

document

entitled,

"The Religious Dimension

of Education in a Catholic School," 1988, para. 33.

Catholic schools in the United States have edu-

young them weU. At the heart of

cated hundreds of thousands of children and adults and have educated

the Catholic school's existence is the school's ability to assist in

forming a people of faith and to hand down

the sense of Catholic tradition.

document

States bishops'

As stated in the United 'To Teach As

entitled,

Jesus Did," Catholic schools are "the most effective

means

Church

available to the

children and

With

young

for the education of

people."

great consistency, studies of Catholic

shown a strong

between religious attitudes and behaviors of Catholic adults and the number of years they correlation

attended Catholic schools. Adults who studied eight or more years in Catholic schools were more actively involved in their church and contributed to the par-

Question

ish

more

generously.

They were more

apt to be

hopeful people, trusting and tolerant of others, aware

of the complexity of moral decision making, and

Corner

No other educachurch has been able to show these

supportive of the equality of women. tional effort of the

types of results.

Also,

this.

has been validated by research that

it

seniors in Catholic high schools expressed tive social attitudes

JOHN DIETZEN CNS Columnist

Father

Your husband

Church

genuine and proper instrument of the Church.

(Oklahoma) A.

...

the Catholic school has had a clear identity, not only

schools in the United States have

We had problems for

my husband would not admit or discuss, hater we had counseling •together and now are liappily remarried. I'm worried, however, that we were remarried by a judge. My husband says we were and still are married by church law. Is this

years which

true?

ence love. Love can be experienced in many different ways.

In a light-hearted play called "The Curious Savage," one of the characters, named "Fairy May," is feeling mighty low because, as she says, "no one has said they love me this live-long day." To which a character named "Mrs. Savage" replies, "yes, they have, Fairy. I heard Florence say it at the dinner table. She said, "Don't eat too fast, Fairy." "Was she saying that she loved me?" Fairy asks. "Of course," Mrs. Savage replies. "People say it when they say, "Take an umbrella, it's raining; or hurry back, or even watch out, you'll break your neck." There are hundreds of ways of wording it you just have to listen for it, my dear." Fairy May then says, "My

MICHAEL

Dr.

in the

They expressed

studied.

more posi-

and values than other students great racial acceptance,

greater concern for others, greater willingness to

painful

community affairs and to volunteer and they valued more highly the impor-

participate in

experiences like yours, however, need every possible grace their time,

of healing and strength to

fulfill

their

renewed commit-

ments.

In

forum

my experience, renewing their marriage vows

war

alternatives to

We too easily and

with

tance of making a difference in society. for conflict resolution.

Pax Christi, fall the language and behavior of armed conflict before immediately, says

a priest, perhaps in connection with a Mass, can be a

into

wonderful and encouraging experience. You, and other

genuine alternatives are even considered.

couples in your circumstances, might speak with your

there are such alternatives, which could bring criminals to

parish priest and consider doing that.

justice without devastating nations

They contend

and peoples.

Q During the pastfew months, we have read much in our Catholic

and

Christi. Is it

daily papers about

some

Catholic Church?

sort

an organization

called

Pax

ofsecret society or a group approved by, the explain who it is, and what it does?

Can you

(Ohio)

A. Pax Christi (Peace of Christ)

is

world addresses the colossal social injuswhich engender the hatred which explodes into vio-

holds, until the tices

lence.

Archbishop Renato Martino, Vatican nuncio to the United Nations, reminded the United Nations last year of the growing gap between rich and poor in most affluent countries and in the world.

The Northern Hemisphere

an international

contains a

fifth

of the

Catholic agency, created in Lourdes, France, shortly after

world's population, and consumes 80 percent of its wealth

World War

and resources. Countries of the Southern Hemisphere, with 80 percent of the population, have only 20 percent of its wealth and resources.

II

by German and French

Catholics, with the

purpose of reconciling the enemies of that war.

The movement

spread quickly to Poland, Italy and

other countries, including the United States. Since then,

perhaps most notably since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 1 1, it has become a major voice urging the search for and use of nonviolent, peaceful

methods

fold. First, in

and message appear to be two-

the end, violence, including military violence,

not only unjust,

it is

In a few words,

I

believe that pretty

Obviously,

it

oughly Catholic,

is

at least in that

it

nurture the

faith

demeaned

who

of a people

challenges: people

who

will be

values; people

who

II

will

encounter

moral will

defines the

it

is

thor-

in

new

the face of

speak out with

compassion to oppose inhuman acts; people who will be a voice of conscience to a world which is at times indifferent to

Our

economic and

social injustice.

Catholic schools provide the basic values

that have always been emphasized: respect for for country, for self and for each other.

hopes and and the world's

reflects the

bishops.

articulate in die public

much

not a secret society; and

major objective

and

Mass, involvement in parish life, attitude toward vocation and belief in life after death has actually increased.

In previous times, Catholic schools formed and protected the faith commitment of immigrant children against the attitudes of religious bigotry and second-class citizenship. Today, Catholic schools

to

renew

this

commitment

knowledge

God,

Now is a time

to the quality of faith

formation and in values as they

constant pleas of Pope John Paul

to explore

will continue

Christi message.

can only breed more violence, never real peace. Thus, one is

quo

and adult

in Catholic schools

religious practices such as attendance at

a threat to the stability of

the planet, he said; the unjust status

Pax Christi's mission

is

fueling conflicts.

for resolving international

disputes.

Pax

That

Vatican Council, the direct positive relationship be-

tween years spent

Second, true peace will never happen, Pax Christi

Confusion about validity of Pax Christi

For over 100 years, Catholic schools have been an enduring and reliable resource of the Catholic Church. Catholic schools have increased in importance in times of unrest. In the years since the second

come

together with

in Catholic schools in

an appreciation of

academic preparation conducted environment.

in a safe, secure

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the News

In

New Vibrations reach audiences around Charlotte

BY MARY MARSHALL

forming

Correspondent

CHARLOTTE

— The

New

Vibrations, an ecumenical touring youth choir sponsored by Idlewild Associate

in front

Marsha Colbert-Smith, who

cur-

Reformed Presbyterian Church, began 29 years ago with 18 young people who enjoyed making music.

Since that time, 472 teens from seven

rently co-produces and performs with

gram, which

offers

nations have participated in the choir.

to people of

all

Forty-four high school students, 33

sacred music ranges from contemporary

males and choir.

1 1

They

compose

males,

fe-

this year's

represent nine towns, 17

schools and 23 churches.

Twelve of these students

are

mem-

Colbert and Company, a professional cabaret company, directs the musical pro-

The

repertoire of

to traditional to toe-tapping gospel.

Linda

Booth's choreography and Michael Mclver's accompaniment energize each concert.

t

The

bers of Charlotte Catholic parishes:

Meghan Morrison and Catherine

an uplifting message

ages.

prayer circle

is

a tradition be-

Dr. Bob Wallace, minister of Idlewild

Wallace leads the students in prayer giving each an opportunity for prayer requests. His kind, gentle, fatherly manner strengthens them. Adding valuable words of advice he says, "Remember you are going to make mistakes; just remain composed, smile and go on."

The choir is well organized and very

Presbyterian Church and coordinator of

professional including their performance

the choir, enjoys watching each teen's

clothing. Girls

from St. Matthew; Anne Diener from St. Vincent de Paul; Maggie Alter and Nina Stewart from St. Ann; Lisa Banta, Chris Cosentino, Courtney Cosentino, Stephanie DuBois, Katrina Leister, Michael Rupp and Katie Wall from St. Luke.

Stallings

confidence bilities

grow

as they

assume responsi-

"One student was

of per-

terrified

fore each concert.

wear black palazzo dresses

with sequined tops, and boys wear tux pants and shirts with bright blue

and perform with the group.

Cosentine

and

said, "It's

Chris

soloist

bow

ties

and cummerbunds.

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Following each performance, students shake hands with the audience, thanking them for coming.

Ann

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"I

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a lot of energy

We

and smiles in this group.

God and having fun

are praising

doing

it."

There are no auditions for the choir.

Each student is welcomed and appreciated for the talent they bring, such as singing, playing a musical instrument,

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"The

kids

bond and draw

each other," said Wallace. to

know

them.

We

"I

close to

enjoy getting

new new group of

put together a

concert each year and a

students about every three years."

Seven adults make up the support

They serve as advisors to the students as well as help with sound and staff.

lighting. Melissa Withers,

three children and

who

has had

two godchildren

in

1988, enjoys being around the choir and helping out as needed. Donna Shenoha, who attends St. Matthew Catholic Church, doesn't

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Deacons and wives ascend mountains for continuing education

By REV. MR.

GERALD POTKAY

— Deacons and from — — wives

of Assisi Church Feb

become

family or workplace situations.

Francis

said,

To

2.

Upon completion prayer, Rev.

St.

People," written

Cancro

by Pope Paul VI), Father "The word of God is a living, active, dynamic reality that must be proclaimed, read, and acted upon. It is a process that must be internalized, proclaimed and actuakzed by the church."

some around the diocese made the trek through the as long as three hours mountains of Lenoir to attend a continuing education class on homiletics at

achieve this goal, using historical

criticism,

of the morning

Mr. Arthur Kingsley, coordi-

we must

understand the author-

Gospels were written, as well as the theological context

introduced Father Francis T. Cancro, pas-

With

Eugene Church, who gave three sessions on homiletics.

Prior to coming to the Charlotte diocese, Father Cancro taught the art of tor of St.

The

the Christmas narratives as an

example, Father Cancro showed the ent approaches of

differ-

Luke and Matthew.

'The preacher must be

sensitive to

all

of

these theological overtones presented in

Catholic

the Gospels. This, with an openness that

can only

D.C

which includes the Liturgy of the Hours and the Lectionary," said Father Cancro.

"The preacher must also know when to stop. There needs to be a balance between church and society. Secular hokdays are not liturgical," he stressed.

With a quote from ordination: "Bekeve what you read. Preach what you bekeve.

And practice what you preach."

Other sessions focused on the practical such as good hygiene, testing eyesight and hearing regularly and becoming aware of those annoying chronic physiological pre-

said

province, said of the presentation:

Father Cancro logical.

is

"I

think

very practical and theo-

He knows what he is talking about me new methods on how to

aspects of preaching,"

Father Cancro, were "the word, the

preacher and the context"

Using the perspective of the Vatican Council II document "Dei Verbum" ("The Word of God"), Father Cancro revealed how the word of God lives and breathes in the life of the church. "In this context" he said, "the word of God is big and broad. It is not narrow and limited to only a single interpretation."

Referring to encyclical "Evangelii Nunciandi" ("On the Evangelization of the

come from

a disposition of prayer,

occupations. In addition, preachers

sensitive to stresses because of

Another important aspect was

preach with reference to other people."

for the

as

much

as possible, for without proper

socialization, a preacher

would tend

to

loose credibility. But Father Cancro also

warned about spreading oneself too

"When

preaching,

we

thin.

should avoid

anything that interferes with the dekvery of the message." Those distractions Father

of the authors.

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'The three key

Augustinian Brother BiU Harkin, regional representative of the Augustinian

preacher to push the extroversion button

ship and culture of the times in which the

nator for continuing education of deacons,

preaching for six years at

and people with various

and gave

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styles

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Cancro considered as "noise."

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Most importantly, "practice your homily ahead of time," Cancro urged.

'Time it so that it falls into the comfort range of the kstener between eight to 10 minutes without ever going over 12 min-

—

utes."

'The preacher must also be very sensitive

when preaching

lations,"

Cancro

must be

in

of

all

said.

to multi-ethnic popu-

"At the same time,

Elizabeth Steinkamp and Rev. Mr. Vincent Shaw discuss the program during the Continuing Education Class on Homiletics at St. Francis of

we

tune with the social vocabulary

the people, young, old,

new and

old

Cathokcs, the disabled, those with alter-

Assisi

Church Feb.

2.

must

Photos by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay

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February

Living the faith

Vietnam vet places focus on faith and ministry By

ALESHA

M. PRICE

Staff WRrrER

THOMASVILLE fire

— Hearing gun-

pierce through the air

monplace

became com-

David King. Even while

for

playing football, the sounds of fighting did not cause alarm. The location was Vietnam, and the shots were from battles between American troops and the Viet

oped a curiosity about Catholicism after hearing discussions. He had always been interested in the religion and seized an

everything else while going to classes," said Rev. Mr. King, ordained in 2001.

"No one is there, no wife or family mem-

Mass at Our Lady of the Highways Church (OLH) with a company employee. He did not under-

bers to help.

stand the Mass, but his casual interest in

supposed to behave as a single person and riot as a married person. That

opportunity to attend

grew into a serious knowledge and answers.

"I was intrigued

the faith tradition

quest for

Cong. King had been drafted into

many

other

young

men.

"You get

mated

to

it

accli-

after

"The first something time happens, you are gunfire.

scared to death.

that.

My

The

faith

me through your

am

same things in the Baptist Church. I didn't want to convert at the time but wanted to find out what made

state

to the Baptist religion, while his father, a

became a member of the Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints later

significant to his faith

and dedication.

He made

John Paul to help

it

Cultural Center Feb. 6 inaugurate a new admis-

II

sion-free policy.

The

cardinal ceremo-

nially contributed the first voluntary

offering that will replace entrance fees

and met with children from a nearby Catholic school who were touring the center. As he was leaving Cardinal McCarrick did not rule out the possibility that Pope John Paul may personally visit the center during a trip to North America in late July. "We always invite him to come," he said in response to a Catholic News Service question about such a trip. "The Holy

—

is always welcome at the JP Cultural Center, the Archdiocese of

Father II

tells us."

Car-

Washington.

We'd always love to have him. He knows how wonderfully welcome he'd be." ...

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life.

his Cursillo a

church and attended RCIA classes. "I didn't have to (attend the classes), but I wanted to learn more," he said. "I became an RCIA team member the following year, and (over time) a eucharistic minister, faith formation teacher, parish council member and Boy Scout

Things just kept going;

getting

more involved with

Some

the church.

involved with ministry during his teen

and young adult years.

Lack of college funds after high school graduation in 1966 led him into the working world until he was drafted.

He signed up for four years of active duty in the Army and became a military intelligence specialist.

His time in the service was overshadowed by his mother's bout with

when

his active service

went home on leave to be with his mother. However, he returned too late; she had died the day

of those people included perincreas-

ingly aware of a need to further serve

He

entered the lay ministry

program, a requirement of the diocesan diaconate program, and set his sights on the ordained ministry. "I thought 'what more can I do?' I had talents to share and thought that it (the diaconate) would be one way I could do

He

applied to the diaconate pro-

gram and was accepted. He found that he had much in common with his classmates except for single.

He had

dated as a teen and as an

adult but never found the right one.

"I

am

not sure why I never married. I thought it would happen, but it never Rev. Mr. King, who helped two nephews for over 10 years.

If a single man is ordained a perma-

did," said

After his discharge in 1972, King spent nine years in the Reserves. He be-

raise his

gan working

not allowed to marry. if their wives pass away, they are not allowed to remarry.

Thoughts of the single life had sunk in

on Sundays.

While moving up the ranks of the furniture business and becoming acBaptist services

quainted with his co-workers, he devel-

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Mr. King, who became more

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parish

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I

share them with others as Scripture

—

few months after coming into the

"I remember going in white and coming out orange because the water was muddy. My life began to head in a

before. "I hate that

In whatever

we are in, we have so many blessYou have to evaluate them and

(CNS)

Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington dropped by the Pope

Easter with several other people.

King's faith grew with time, care

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was almost

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Church ministry was his focus, and he said that he began to have a 'longing for the Eucharist." That longing was satiated when he converted in 1989 on

leader.

said Rev.

has given

Cultural Center drops

meeting with the pastor at OLH and took

life. Although they did not attend church as a family, King's baptism when

in

was

God

opportunity to do ings.

and ministry:

to faith

thankful that

II

However, he began

David King

His busy schedule did not allow him to attend church services regularly while in the service, but Baptist-born-andraised King remembered the words of his mother, who told him to "always seek the Lord." Thoughts of his home life in Thomasville, N.C., comforted him as he was exposed to sights and sounds foreign to his childhood experience.

He was born in Virginia and had moved to North Carolina at the age of seven with his parents and four siblings.

His mother, a Methodist, had converted

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Rev. Mr. King said. "I realized that something was missing in my faith a sense of

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There are big decisions to make, but there comes a point when you turn everything to God." Although Rev. Mr. King was recently laid off, he has not wavered in his

with Catholicism because of what I had seen in the media,"

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