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February
Volume 10
9,
&
2001
Number
22
Serving Catholics
in
Western North Carolina
in
the Diocese of Charlotte
Inside Sisters continue Robert
remembered
outreach with charisms of
as veteran
mercy, charity
Gately
newsman ...Page
By JOANITA M.
NELLENBACH
Correspondent
3
ROSMAN
— The
directions are
simple: Right after Victory Baptist Church, put your blinker on when you
come
And, around the curve to the right is the sign for the Frances Warde Health to the 45-mile-per-hour sign.
Aid
then, just
reaching
Service.
Indian
earthquake survivors
.
poor;
7
...Page
Turn up the driveway and into the parking lot. The rocking chair is out front, and the "Welcome" sign on the door greets around 100 patients a week. A lot of those patients are the elderly
many
are children.
Warde
Health Service. Grants come from various sources such as foundations. A recent grant from the Sisters of Mercy of Belmont, N.C., for instance, will pay the salaries of the nursing staff this year. Medicare pays 80 percent of treatment
News
cost for patients eligible for that benefit.
Diocesan high schools
all or part of the remaining 20 percent, whatever they can afford, of
Patients pay
show sporting spirit ...Page
Asheville
Warde
Grants, donations and fees charged for services fund the Frances
Local
Photo by Joanita M. Nellenbach
Sister Carol Hoban, SC, family nurse practitioner at the Frances Health Service, consults with patient Brenda McCall.
5
their treatment cost.
The
clinic subsi-
dizes about 45 percent of
its
patients
from such sources as the Good Samaritan Fund, the repository for all donations Frances Warde receives.
man answers
The
calltodiaconate
has a patient assis-
clinic also
tance program, in which drug companies provide medicines for patients
...Page
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who
principal
troit, said.
munity had
Mercy
Gretchen Hermanny, M.D., and Sister Jacquie founded the Frances Warde Health Service 18 years ago in nearby Balsam Grove. In a way, they were following in the footsteps of Sister Frances Warde, leader of the first group of Sisters of Mercy to come the United States. They arrived in America in 1843 and spent their lives founding Sister
hospitals, schools,
homes
for
orphanages and
women.
Sister Gretchen's specialty
nal medicine. Jersey, she
A
Sister of
is
inter-
Mercy of New
had researched regions that
are below a certain level of income, don't
were medically underserviced and de-
and have no health
cided that this area near Brevard in ru-
qualify for Medicaid,
insuranc e that pays for drugs.
What would
it
mean not
to
have the
program
a
called
New
Foundations that put people with the poor. Gretchen had finished her boards and was ready to go. She called me and " asked if I wanted to go. I said 'Sure.' They arrived in November 1983 and for the first 10 days lived in a travel trailer with no electricity or running water. 'We had a gas stove," Sister Jacquie said. 'We did a lot by candlelight, and we went to bed early." Father Joseph Mulligan (now pastor of St. Luke Church in Mint Hill) had recently been assigned as pastor of Sacred Hart Church in Brevard, and he helped them find a house that could serve as home and clinic.
"He was a great
ral Transylvania County was the place where she wanted to work. She called a
friend, Sister Jacquie, a
clinic available?
*" and pastoral minister. "I wanted something that was with the poor," Sister Jacquie said. "Our com-
'They'd owe doctors a lot of money, or they wouldn't go and they'd be dead," Mercy Sister Jacqueline Dewar of De-
help," Sister Jacquie
See SISTERS, page
former teacher,
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{very Week Entertainment
Editorials
.Pages
10-11
...Pages
12-13
Celebrating
& Columns
have called you by name mine.
"
— you
are
By
ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer
Blessed are you who are poor, for the
kingdom of God
yours. Blessed are you
are hungry, foryou satisfied.
-Luke
will
6:
HIGH POINT
— On
the Feast of
the Presentation of the Lord, a is
who be
20-21
commu-
Nursing Home resiPoor Servants of the Mother of
nity of Maryfield
dents, the
God
Sisters that staff the residential care
and nursing home facility, other men and women religious and area supporters gathered to celebrate the commitment many have made to ministry
honor of the World Day for Consecrated Life was held in the chapel at Maryfield Nursing Home in High Point on Feb. 2. According to information from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference (NCCB/USCC), the day, commissioned by the pope, has been observed in dioceses across the country for the past
Mass
in
several years to
Christ including diocesan and order priests,
rooted in the Lord.
A
Isaiah 43:1
life in
commemorate those
men and women who have answered God's call. All men and women religious,
live a consecrated life
— one
in
which
they pledge their lives to God through the profession of the three vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Al-
though diocesan
priests
do not neces-
vows of poverty, chasand obedience, they do commit to
sarily take the tity
and celibate lives in service and the diocese. Although Feb. 2 is the day designated for the worldwide celebration, since the day fell on Friday this year,
lead simple
to their bishop
See
CELEBRATING,
page
8
2
The Catholic News & Herald
The World
February
Brief
in
Speakers debate need for
9,
2001
—
the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Conference, where he was general secretary for the past six years and associate general
use American
secretary for five-and-a-half years before
democratic freedom to move the church internationally toward demo-
Pope John Paul II appointed the 52-year-old priest from Sioux City, Iowa, to be bishop of Duluth, Minn., on Jan. 18. He is to be ordained a bishop in Duluth April 2.
bigger role of
women
church
in
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. (CNS) An Ohio congresswoman urged U.S. women
Catholic
to
society's
that.
more open to women. But law professor Mary Ann Glendon voiced reservations about "importing secular notions of governance into the church." Glendon, who teaches at Harvard Law School, and Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, who are both Catholic, appeared together Feb. 4 in a session of a cratic structures
UNESCO panel
gives peace prize to Sant'Egidio Community PARIS (CNS) A UNESCO panel led by former US. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger awarded its annual peace prize to the Rome-based Sant'Egidio Community, a Catholic lay communjty. The Felix HouphouetBoigny Peace Prize, which includes a gold medal and a cash award equivalent to about $160,000, was presented to Sant'Egidio President Andrea Riccardi during a Feb. 1 ceremony at the
—
Common Ground Initiative program held in New Rochelle. Kaptur called for a of "those doing the
fuller representation
work and professing the level
belief at every
of the church.
Happy
tourists carry off
Vatican Christmas tree decorations
VATICAN CITY Nativity scene
Square
still
— The
(CNS)
standing in
UNESCO
February was not as odd happy tourists leaving the
square carrying large gold or silver balls. The unusual souvenirs had hung on the Vatican Christmas tree since mid-December. As Vatican workmen dismantled the Nativity scene and used a crane to remove decorations from the massive tree Feb. 5, many of the plastic ornaments crashed to the ground and burst. But those that workers managed to catch were given to members of the crowd which had gathered to watch and shout their pleas for a special Vatican souvenir. Members of the crowd who did not get one of the balls left content with a wicker star or even a length of silver garland from Pope John Paul IPs Christmas tree.
Aid reaching earthquake survivors in India, says CRS
WASHINGTON
—
(CNS)
Relief
supplies are reaching earthquake survi-
vors in western India, and materials for shelter are
among
most
their
critical
needs, said a Catholic Relief Services
worker. In a Feb. 5 telephone interview
from Bhuj, one of the most seriously affected areas, David Snyder of Catholic
CRS
Relief Services said
staff
have been
delivering supplies to the surrounding
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Israeli
Feb. 3,
•villages.
CRS
supply line
now," he
is
the U.S. bishops' interna-
is
tional relief and
development agency. "Our
kind of kicking into high gear
said.
The
aid "mobilized in the
U.S. and around the world is really starting to get here and have the impact getting out to people." for shelter,
he
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — A Jesuit
priest
who once
served in Congress told
high school students visiting Capitol Hill Feb. 1 that he hoped their experience would change their lives and make them "resolve to be active politically." Jesuit Father Robert Drinan addressed more than 300 high school students in a setting that was very familiar to him the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a Democratic congressman
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World Youth Day in Denver." That 1993 event, which he coordinated, "was really a life-transforming experience, because it gave me a new awareness of the potential that we have in our young people and the eagerness of our young people to make a contribution to the the
church," he said. Bishop-designate Schnurr ended his term of office Feb. 2 at
is
—A
At
a Feb. 2
Mass marking
commitment
their
Mass
in
St.
to their vows.
Peter's Basilica
— St
Charles Borromeo
West Union St, is hosting a Tea for Chocolate Lovers this from 2-4- p.m. in Murray Hall.
Valentine afternoon
Valentine delights include snow-drenched chocolate cheesecake, brownie decadence,
being held at St Patrick &thedral, 1621
chocolate-kissed strawberries and other
Dilworth
Rd
dinner at 5
charismatic
East, this afternoon at
pm
pm. and
4
pm
a potluck
in the school cafeteria.
For
goodies.
For
and other information,
tickets
call
the church office at (828) 437-3108.
12
CHARLOTTE
— The
for adult children grieving the loss of a parent
(704) 527-4676.
in meets tonight and Feb. 26 from 7-8 the family room at St Gabriel Church, 3016
—
pm
Charlotte area are hosting ultreyas followed
Providence Rd. For further
by a school of leaders on the following dates and times: St Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd, from 7-8 p.m tonight for adults only with shared snacks; St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd., from
church
— 8:30 a.m.-noon
Knights and Dames of Malta, Charlotte
Spiritual retreat with
February 18
—
11 a.m.
Mass St. Patrick,
Charlotte
support group
further information, contact Josie Backus at
Bishop Joseph Gossman, Raleigh
February 17
cel-
Somalo, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, in the presence of the pope, who gave the homily and led the prayer of thanksgiving.
CHARLOTTE
—
The
was
ebrated by Cardinal Eduardo Martinez
Legislative dinner hosted with
February 15 10 a.m. Foundation Board Meeting Hickory
the
Lord and the fifth annual Day for Consecrated Life, the pope led hundreds of brothers, nuns and priests in offering thanks for the gift of religious life and renewing
Mass
with prayer teams at 3
— 7:30 p.m.
said.
II
feast of the Presentation of the
Churcli, 728
planner CHARIjOTTE
—
and
MORGANTON
Diocesan 11
Charlotte
"For
said,
the highlight was without question
February
11 a.m.
— Look-
years at the U.S. bishops'
designate Dennis
thefollowing events:
—
1 1
(CNS)
Pope says religious offer example of self-giving VATICAN CITY (CNS) Men women who belong to religious or-
of the joyful self-giving that should mark the lives of all Christians, Pope John Paul
national offices in Washington, Bishop-
Bishop Curlin will take part in
other subscribers.
postage paid at
ing back on
Episcopal, j calendar
NC 28203,
44 times a year, weekly except for Christmas week and Easter week and every two weeks during June, July and August for $1 5 per year for enrollees in parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and $18 per year for all St.,
ders offer the whole church an example
Outgoing general secretary calls World Youth Day best experience
WASHINGTON
Youths on visit to Capitol Hill urged to be politically involved
February 12 NC 28203 NC 28237
political discussions.
temperatures this time of year.
St. Patrick,
Charlotte,
and for their work in AlgeMozambique, Guinea Bissau and
religions
all
Yugoslavia," he said.
and blankets, especially because of low
Alesha M. Price
1123 South Church
achieve ecumenical reconciliation
from Massachusetts from 1971 to 1981. students came from across the country to participate in the weeklong National Young Leaders Conference. They took part in seminars, tours and
needs are
Mass
Secretary: Jane Glodowski
Church
The main
Community of Sant'Egidio to among
of the
The
including tents, tarps
said,
Advertising Representative: Cindi Feerick
by the
activists rally in Jerusalem
ria,
February 11
Graphic Designer: Tim Faragher
the most appropriate recipient. "Our choice comes in recognition of the efforts
Reuters
peace activists march past a soldier during a rally in Jerusalem days before Israelis were to elect a new government leader.
Curlin
Associate Editor: Jimmy Rostar Staff Writer:
Peace
unanimously
Community was
that the Sant'Egidio
CNS photo from
an-
in Paris. In
Jan. 27, Kissinger
said the prize jury decided
in early
a sight as the
headquarters
nouncing the prize
St. Peter's
1-2:30
pm on Feb.
Churches
in
the
15 with childcare and a
family potluck and St.
Matthew Church,
pm
8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., from 1:30-3 on Feb. 25 with childcare and a family potluck
For more infonnation, call Dan Hines (704) 544-6665 or Aliceann Coon (704) 540-8696.
at
at
office at (704)
14 CHARLOTTE 'Spiritual
details, call
the
364-5431.
—A
session entitled
Aspects of Grief is being held at the
ministry center of St Gabriel Church, 3016
Providence Rd., tonight from 7-8:30
pm The
gathering is for those who have experienced a loss
or those in bereavement ministry. For
more
infonnation, call (704) 364-5431.
CHARLOTTE
—
The 50+ Club of St John Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., is having a meeting this morning at 11 with a program with a guest speaker from
Neumann
am
-
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2001
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Christians should not be intimidated by
Robert Gately remembered as veteran newsman,
media, pope says By CINDY
WOODEN
By
—
VATICAN CITY
(CNS) Chrismust not be intimidated by the hostility the media sometimes show to the Christian message and Christian values, II said.
modern media reach an audience whose size "would have been beyond the wildest radio to the Internet,
imaginings of those
who
preached the
Gospel before us," the pope said. In his message, the pope wrote, "As much as the world of the media may at times seem at odds with the Christian message, it also offers unique opportunities for proclaiming the saving truth of Christ to the whole human family." At athe beginning of the third millennium, he said, "an estimated two-thirds of
do not
the world's 6 billion people
know
real sense
any
in
Jesus Christ."
Proclaiming the Gospel to those who have never heard its message and renewing the faith of those who have strayed will require more than an effective use of the media, the pope said, but the media as a tool cannot be ignored. "Catholics should not be afraid to throw open the doors of social communi-
Good News
cations to Christ, so that his
may
be heard from the housetops of the
world," he said.
The audience
size of the media's potential
not the only motive for church
is
action in the field of communications, he said.
'The media are having an increasingly visible, effect on culture and its transmission," he said. "Where once the media reported events, now events are often shaped to meet the requirements of the media," sometimes blurring the line
between truth and illusion. At the same time, the ease of getting information has given people an
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Sharon Luggage and lunch
in the parish
Donations are being accepted during
the meeting.
For more information,
call
Louise Brewer at (704) 366-8357 or Gloria Silipigni at (704) 821-1343.
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HOT SPRINGS— The Jesuit House of
Prayer,
289
NW Hwy. 25/70,
Reiki retreat weekend. Reiki
is
is
News
&
—
Gately spent
his lifetime
UPI in Indianapolis, Charlotte and Chicago. Prior to his
retirement from
UPI
Navy
in
Chicago, he was editor of UPI's National Radio.
While was
in
Illinois,
Gately
active in politics, serving as
an elected County Commissioner for DuPage County, one of the western suburbs of Chicago. During his tenure with The Catholic News Herald, Gately frequently wrote politically charged
&
commentary linking the teachings of the Catholic Church with current national and international issues. Gately joined the pastoral staff of the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte in July 1987, spending time on research and special projects from the chancery. He was appointed editor of The Catholic News Herald when it was established as the diocesan newspaper early in the 1990s. The first edition was published
&
September
1991.
6,
was a transition for the whose backveteran newsman
—
23 CHARLOTTE
—
All married couples
Worldwide Marriage Encounter this weekend at the Holiday Inn Airport in Charlotte. Marare invited to participate in the next
riage Encounter
is
a 44-hour period
couples can take time off from families, responsibilities to focus
grow
spiritually
when work
on each
and emotionally as
The weekend begins at 7:30 pm. tonight
and ends
For Peggy
Joseph Gately and Marie Galligan Gately. He was a graduate of Boston Latin High School and Northeastern University in Boston. He was a late
within
other to
the retreat facilitator.
among
the working press. He spent time with several small newspapers before joining United Press International. For 31 years, he served various editorial posts
hands to reduce stress and accelerate the
is
of the diocesan newspaper. Robert Edward Gately, 73, died Feb. 3, 2001, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. A member of St. Peter's parish in Charlotte, Gately was born Jan. 23, 1928, in Boston, son of the
A veteran newsman and venerable political pundit,
one.
system of healing,
for his efforts in establishment
of newsprint.
a natural
Usai
&
Catholic News Herald, accepted Gately's resignation "with reluctance," thanking him
Herald Robert Gately Feb. 3 his legacy retained within printed volumes died
and other
in the
is
it
stained tribute to the profession. Founding Editor of The Catholic
healing technique that uses laying on of
second-degree Reiki practitioner
If
through the veins of a true newspaperman, Robert Gately was an ink-
hosting a
body's ability to heal. Karen Prescott, a
—
CHARLOTTE
letter published on Sept. 1, 1995, Bishop William G. Curlin said, "Bob has met the challenges of his illness with courage and fortitude of faith." Bishop Curlin, publisher of The
said that ink pulses
It
center.
KEANE
S.
Editor
tians
From
JOANN
News Service
Catholic
Pope John Paul
founding editor of The Catholic News & Herald
pm
at 4 on Feb. 25. Upcoming marriage encounters are taking place Mar. 9-1 1 and May 25-27. For more infor-
mation or reservations,
call
Tom and Emilie
ground in publishing came from the era of cut and paste set up for newspapers to move into the age of desktop publishing. This challenge, however, he took in stride, taking The Catholic News Herald into the electronic age. His efforts paid off as the
—
&
totally within an electronic environ-
Church, 507 South Tryon lotte, N.C. 28202.
ment. Moreover, during his tenure with The Catholic News Herald, the newspaper garnered awards for journalistic excellence.
Gately retired from The Catholic Herald in 1995 following surgery and for recuperation. In a
News
personal enrichment
is
invited to come.
For
more information aid to register, contact Marylin Kravatz, Southern Regional Coordinator for Faith Formation, at
Upcoming
17
DENVER —The Knights of Columbus is
having
its
annual
Italian Night in the parish hall of Holy Spirit Church, 537 Hwy. 16 North, at 7 p.m.
tonight
The dinner Is open to the public on a
first-come, first-served basis,
dine on .soups,
For
tickets
at (704)
jiasta,
and guests may,
desserts and other foods.
or other information,
call
896-7735 or the church
(704) 483-644-8.
Pat
Lisi
office at
tion Process
and
Workshop
certification is
for catechist training
being held today at St
John Neumann Church, 8451 IcQewild Rd. Registration takes place from 8:30-9 am. followed by
Mass
am
Five Phase 1 at 9:15 being offered during two sessions from 10:15 am- 12:45 and from 1:15 pm-3:45 with a new Phase II module offered in the afternoon. Any adult involved in parish ministry or seeking
modules
are,
pm
pm
Stonewall
Tryon
CHARLOTTE
—
'Education for Solidarity:
Economic
Catholic School Teaching aid Life," a
program of the U.S.
anti-poverty Catholic
Development,
The
Sts.
Campaign
bishops'
for
Human
being presented in work-
is
call Tim Lawson at NCAOH@aol.com.
St,
is
committee
former parishioners
is
for parish
leaders, educators, business people, those
interested in social concerns
For
registration
aid
others.
aid other information,
call
shae
is
heaing from
who would
like to
about the church's
This information
will
be used for
the celebration aid possibly for a published
church history. Contact the paish
Ext
(704) 332-2901,
Feb. 15.
phone number aid time
— The
from Mar. 18
church history
interested in
stories or facts
history.
lasts
The
Dr. Barney Offerman at (704) 370-3234 by
CHARLOTTE
For
(704) 522-9728 or
which
p.m.
office,
Irish festival
planning their sesquicenten-
nial celebration,
until Jai. 29, 2002.
CCHD
An
CHARLOTTE— St Peter Church, 507 S. Tryon
March 3 from 9 am.-4 Matthew Church, 8015
St.
down
infonnation or to join in the parade,
shop-style format at
parade travels
past St Peter Catholic Church aid
also taking place after the pa-ade.
more
the diocesan
Council 10389 Denver
Char-
Parade. The parade steps off at noon on Mar. 17 from the corner of Tryon and
is
24 CHARLOTTE
Catechist Recogni-
St.,
Contact Editor Joann S. Keane by calling (704) 370-3336 or e-mail jskeane@charlottediocese.org
through uptown to 5th St
(704) 370-3247.
\paul@madison.main.nc.us.
—A
In lieu of flowers, memorials be made to St. Peter's Catholic
may
&
Ballantyne Pkwy. This event, sponsored by
to
Paquet
J.
&
http:/ /cg.thedepotcom/me.
go
cel-
Park Mausoleum. Bishop Curlin and Jesuit Father Robert officiated.
Sandin
(704) 274-4424 or
A memorial Mass was
ebrated on Feb. 8 at the Catholic Pastoral Center, with committal following in the Sharon Memorial
Charlotte diocesan newspaper became one of the first diocesan papers in the nation prepared
more information, call Mercy Sister Verstege at (828) 622-7366 or e-mail
at
veteran.
Surviving are a stepdaughter, Carol Eastwood, and two granddaughters, Christie Eastwood and Anna Eastwood, all of Charlotte; a brother, Richard Gately, and his wife, Elizabeth, of Braintree, Mass.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
12,
office at
with your nane, to
cal
Mecklenburg
County Division of the Ancient Order of Hiberniais in America in cooperation with Dyer-Hart Productions is organizing Charlotte's 5th Annual St. Patrick's Day
Please submit notices
ofeventsfor
Planner at least 10 days prior to date.
die Diocesan
t/ie publication
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The Catholic News & Herald
4
Around the Diocese
Education Vicariate to sponsorsecond
Former Belmont Abbey
round of LeadershipTraining workshops
coach Al McGuire dies
By JIMMY
ROSTAR
CHARLOTTE
— The Diocese of
Charlotte's Education Vicariate will
focus on leadership in action next month as a second part of its Leadership Training for Lay Ministers
are only 143 Catholic families,
me"
program debuted
last fall
for lay people involved primarily in
Campus miniseducators, liturgy and music coordinators, parish catechetical leaders, RCIA coordinators, youth ministers and other interested persons are invited to attend the program. educational ministry. ters,
The program was designed by education vicariate officials who wanted to offer an organized way for lay ministers to maximize their leadership potential and responsibilities.
"The
workshops provided a foundation on leadership skills, and these workshops will zero in on taking those skills and applying them to a first
certain ministry," said
Mercy
Maureen Meehan, diocesan
Sister
director of
religious formation for schools. "This
concept
—
leadership in action
—
is
not
something new for this diocese. We're simply affirming what people in the diocese are doing and letting people
know
that they are in sync with
going on
what
is
in the church."
The program, scheduled for March 23-24 at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd. in Charlotte, will Communication
include three tracks:
and Collaboration; Providing Human Services in the Parish and Doing Faith Justice; and Evangelization and Inculturation.
locally,
will facilitate the sessions.
Terry Aiken,
and working as a
catechist.
leadership consultant from the Triad, will present a
as a school-
teacher or a faith formation director in her new hometown, Peters felt she "could serve more people more effectively" in the church.
The church continues to call on lay people as significant contributors whose potential needs to be tapped. At a worldwide gathering of lay leaders last November in Rome, Bishop Stanislaw Rylko, secretary of the Vatican's
laity
council, said lay Catholics experience
"such a need to re-live, in a truly fresh
way, amazement at the greatness and beauty of the Christian vocation a vocation rooted in baptism." In an interview with Catholic
—
News
Service, laity council president
Francis Stafford said, "The task of bringing the expression of God's
Cardinal
J.
love to the world rests primarily with the lay person in the church."
Cardinal Stafford emphasized the value of the lay person in the post-Vatican II church. "That's very important, that the lay person is now perceived since the Second Vatican Council as integrally involved integrally a part of the very mission of the church; not an appendage, not a recipient, but an actual, active disciple of Christ."
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Legendary McGuire
college basketball coach Al
died Jan. 26 at the age of 72. McGuire's
was launched at Belmont Abbey, where he coached from 1958-1965. His departure for Marquette University led to phenomenal seasons there, culminating with his NCAA championship win career
in his last
coaching
game of his
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welcome
as
new
participants.
Like the church at large, the Diocese of Charlotte is committed to fostering and utilizing the talents of lay people, Sister Maureen said. "We have the gift of talent in this diocese, and we're
tapping into that is
a very unique
talent,"
she
program
said.
McGuire, who brought basketball glory to Marquette University in the 1960s and '70s, played Jan. 29 to his final full
Mass McGuire
house, his funeral
Parish, Milwaukee.
Gesu
at
it
is
coming from the laity and is for the laity. 'The Second Vatican Council documents emphasize the gifts of the laity, and we're just implementing those
acute leukemia Jan. 26 at the Franciscan
Woods
treatment center Milwaukee suburb.
in Brookfield, a
Ann who
St.
James Church
attended the
in
appearances, capturing the in
student athletes fully and his civic commitments that we honored him. We are fortunate to have had him as our
Crusaders coach."
Belmont Abbey College
first
is
a private
undergraduate
ing
education
Belmont Abbey
in 1876.
Belmont Abbey College and Catholic
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NCAA
title
nament title in 1970. Belmont Abbey College awarded an honorary doctorate to McGuire in the of 2000. Presented in absentia due to his illness, the doctoral diploma and citation were sent to McGuire's home in fall
care of his wife, Patricia.
McGuire taught health classes and coached at Belmont Abbey from 19571964, ^ust before he embarked on his historic seasons at Marquette University. During his first year at the Abbey, he took the Crusaders to five postseason tournaments, including NAIA and NCAA tourneys. His overall record at the
Abbey was 109-64. After moving to Marquette, he
the Warriors to win the
onship during his very
led
NCAA champi-
last
game
before
from coaching. His overall record at Marquette was 295-80. In 1992 he received basketball's highest honor when he was elected to the Hall of Fame. McGuire had a successful career retiring
sports merchandising and television broadcasting, retiring in the spring of 2000. More than 20 years ago, he founded in
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game," says Nitz, an 18-year-old senior. He adds that the team prays before each
Associate Editor
Lynn Ruggieri
is
passionate about
time they take the court.
She loves competing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. She has crafted some valuable friendships. Moreover, the senior at Bishop basketball.
ball
makes her
a well-formed person.
'This basketball,
my
is
I've
been co-captain," says Ruggieri, 18. 'The younger players really look up to you not only in basketball, but also outside of
—
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'They look up you, so
I
think that
to
"Athletics really
you and follow
—
during games and just being
through here
"We who come
who
are really grounded.
them the opportunity to shine, and shows in their academics, too."
one of dozens of youth programs
is
participate in the athletic
Down
of the Diocese of Charlotte's two Catholic
high schools. Like their curricula and
Courtesy Photo
other activities, the schools have designed sporting programs that are an
Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School basketball player Bob Kilbough drives to the hoop during a recent game. The diocese s two Catholic high schools have athletic programs that are an extension of values-based educational experiences.
extension of their vision for values-based educational experiences.
Eddie Mitchell is directing a blossoming sports program at Bishop McGuinness in Winston-Salem. He says the school community has embraced a vision of teamwork and sportsmanship "I
of good kids
a lot
I
think the athletic program really gives
Ruggieri
where
an important fac-
is
here," says Mitchell, a
retired professional soccer player.
have
at
together."
who
what we do
tor in
this type
of leader on and off the court practice,
more than just basketmuch developing us as
a lot
pretty
well.
stuff.
have to be
I
it's
—
third year of playing
and the past two years
—
"It's
persons who are going to leave high school and join the ranks of the world." Ruggieri and Nitz agree that good conduct, self-discipline and values-based behavior are important in athletics just as they are in the Catholic school experience and through life in general. Their athletic director agrees as
McGuinness Memorial High School says participating in athletics
a lot deeper than just the game,"
"It's
he says.
That's meant a lot to me, and overall,
lost as such," said
A new football program was well received by the McGuinness community, Mitchell says, adding that the school also has a new cheerleading team and a revamped soccer program. McGuinness will introduce lacrosse and wrestling over the next two school years. Joey Nitz, a basketball player and
we won or Mitchell, who took
over as athletic director
if
last
May.
"I
way we won or
interested in the
cross-country runner, says participating in Bishop McGuinness sports has en-
have kept to that standard."
athletics are concerned.
wasn't interested in
we
was lost.
Catholic
that
the interstate at Charlotte
High School,
a tradition of ex-
and
cellence permeates the classrooms athletic fields as well.
Jim Oddo,
who
has
coached and directed the athletic pro-
gram there since 1973, says the sports program has rounded out many students' experiences at that school also.
appreciate cooperation even more.
"Sports in general is just a very big rallying point around the whole com-
He's an active volunteer for Special an extension of a passion
munity," says Oddo. At this high school, he adds, "there's a good overall Catholic
hanced
him
his leadership skills
Olympics
and made
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part of who he
is
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spirit
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By JENNIFER Catholic
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News
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Service
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—
Aid reaching earthquake survivors in India, says CRS
Relief
supplies are reaching earthquake survi-
vors in western India, and materials for shelter are
among their most critical
needs,
said a Catholic Relief Services worker.
In a Feb. 5 telephone interview from
most seriously affected David Snyder of Catholic Relief Sersaid CRS staff have been delivering
Bhuj, one of the areas,
vices
supplies to the surrounding villages. is
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destroyed, too. People have lost not only their
CRS
the U.S. bishops' international relief and
"Our supply
line
is
kind of kicking
The
tary conditions and lack of clean water.
"mobilized in the U.S. and around the world is really starting to get here and have the aid
"Makeshift hospitals have been set up under tarps and tents" to try to control the spread of disease, "but there's definitely the
impact getting out to people." In the village of Nalappa,
He
The main needs are for shelter, he said, because of low temperatures this
time of year.
grow
crops.
for food isn't yet critical.
able to recover food
...
Water
is
more
and
still
to critical,"
he
Schwietz of Anchorage, Alaska, a CRS board member, was to arrive in Bhuj Feb. 6 to visit the area, said Snyder.
Hindu groups have
CNS
photo from Reuters
lages.
Indian city of Bhuj Feb. 5. At least 30,000 people are thought to have died in the devastating earthquake that ravaged western India in late January.
At his Jan. 28 weekly Angelus prayer, Pope John Paul II, said, "I assure my closeness, with sentiments of deep solidar-
Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes said the final death toll may never be known.
more than 50 one measuring more
Seismologists recorded
ing the
6, in
the 36 hours follow-
But more than a week
after the quake,
people were being found alive under the rubble.
On sister
Feb.
5,
where they had been trapped in their kitchen and had enough food and water to survive, reported Reuters, the British news
family," as well as "parents
agency.
them."
Sean Callahan, Catholic Relief Services' regional director for South Asia, said trauma counseling and long-term reconstruction assistance will be needed to help people recover from the quake. In a Feb. 1 telephone interview from
quake.
first
In New Delhi Feb. 5, the government power had been restored to more than 80 percent of some 900 quake-affected vil-
said
A woman feeds her injured child outside a Red Cross hospital in the western
to 30,000 people.
than magnitude
interfered in their relief
work.
feared the death toll could rise
aftershocks, at least
vitamins
survivors, despite claims that right-wing
U.S seismologists measured the Jan. 26 quake, centered in India's western Gujarat state and also felt in neighboring Pakistan, at magnitude 7.9, making it the strongest to strike India in 50 years. Inofficials
antibiotics, analgesics,
first aid supplies.
Christian bishops in India urged church agencies to join Hindus in helping
Coadjutor Archbishop Roger L.
dian
airlift
and
added.
-
India in the last few
1999 that killed 20,000-30,000 people and major flooding in eastern India in late 2000 that left thousands dead or missing. Callahan said CRS has committed $650,000 to rehabilitation. The New York-based Catholic Medical Mission Board announced Jan. 3 1 that it donated $25,000 to its partner agency, Caritas Internationalis India, and is ready
including tents, tarps and blankets, espe-
still
hit
late
have three villages to go to tomorrow, and that number is likely to go up exponentially every day," he said.
"The need
have
years, including a cyclone in Orissa state in
"We
People are
said.
noted that several serious natural
disasters
and jerrycans, he
said.
cially
he
potential,"
CRS distrib-
uted buckets, soap, three heavy wool blankets per family, tarps
their livelihood for the
he added.
Callahan said concerns are increasing over a risk of epidemics because of unsani-
development agency. into liigh gear now," he said.
homes but
future,"
a middle-aged brother and
were pulled from the ground floor of apartment building in Bhuj
CRS
headquarters in Baltimore, Callahan
said,
'There are a
lot
of people that have
been really affected by trauma of loss of all
their collapsed
...
their children
go
silent
who have heard
or crying under-
neath (the rubble), and they couldn't help
Callahan said at least a year-and-a-
work will be reof the houses were
half of reconstruction quired, since
many
sary relief"
Want
shelter.
The Diocese
CRS is operating two emergency relief offices in Gujarat, said Callahan,
one
in
Ahmedabad, the capital, and one in Bhuj, one of the most severely affected areas. "It's
going to be a long haul, the rehaof this area," which will require
reconstruction of housing and sanitation services,
us...
to the Indian
tions struck
completely destroyed and people have no
bilitation
Please join
and Pakistani populaby this appalling disaster." He called on all people to "unite their moral and material forces, so our brothers and sisters so harshly tried get the neces-
ity,
and restoration of
water supplies, Callahan
"Many
electricity
and
said.
to help? of Charlotte, through
Catholic Relief Services (CRS), is responding to the immediate human needs of the people of India for food, plastic sheeting, blankets, tents, mats and other non-food items. CRS is the U.S. Catholic Church's international development and relief organization and is committed to helping the people of India recover from this tragedy and rebuild their communities.
of the businesses have been
This call for your generous response
needs of the people of India follows upon the Diocese of Charlotte's recent
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CYO
for
the Archdiocese of Newark, Father Corbett
is
also the Catholic chaplain for
the Giants, a team he has supported for as
long as he can remember.
Chaplain since Corbett celebrates
Mass
for
hours before
home
all
kickoff.
The Catho-
Advocate, Newark's archdiocesan newspaper. Regulars at Mass include fullback
lic
Cornelia, defensive tackle Christian
backup linebacker Pete Monty and backup quarterback Jason Garrett. Asked how he likes being Catholic chaplain, Father Corbett answered enPeter,
thusiastically, "I love
It is
it.
won-
great,
derful."
As
chaplain, the priest has the "unique perspective" of being on the sidethat is, of course, lines during games with the exception of the Super Bowl for
—
which he had
"a
good
seat."
Cruising the sidelines its
perils.
is
not without
game
against the Minnesota Vikings that sent
the Giants to the Super Bowl, Father
Corbett was almost upended by a charging
Rob Smith
of the Vikings. "You have
to be careful," he says with a chuckle.
At
the
and Coach Jim Fassell were
"really re-
laxed and confident."
But the chaplain began to
feel
it
was
when the on the momen-
not going to be the Giants' day failed to capitalize
at
decided that
community
first
the feast day.
important that we celebrate life because by baptism, we are all consecrated, but we have a special call because of our vows of poverty, chastity and obedience," said Poor Servants "It is
Mother of God Sister Mona Comaskey, who works at Maryfield and is a chaplain at High Point Hospital. "It of the
it is important to celebrate this wonderful day with the whole commu-
think
During
his homily,
Marcaccio, pastor of in
St.
Father Anthony Pius
Greensboro and celebrant
X
Church
at the
Mass
at Maryfield, talked about the signifi-
cance of recognizing these the
religious.
World Day
on the
"How
men and
appropriate that
for Consecrated Life falls
day of the Presentation of Our Lord," said Father Marcaccio. "[Those in consecrated life] have helped feast
to spread the light of Christ in
what
is
sometimes a dark and fearful world. We have seen the heroic witness of men and women in consecrated life, which has
won
the recognition of the church.
..."
Acknowledgement of those who have dedicated their lives to God is significant with the unfortunate decline of men and women religious. According to
NCCB/USCC,
from the
statistics
number of women
the religious in the
United States has dropped by nearly 50
tum of Ron Dixon's touchdown run
among men religious. While the number of priests has not decreased as much as that of sisters and similar findings
Photo by Alesha M. Price
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Around the Diocese By
ALESHA M. PRICE
CCHS students win in
Staff Writer
CHARLOTTE
—
Several framed
paintings and drawings line the walls of
Charlotte Catholic High School (CCHS),
many
with the look and polish of sea-
soned, professional painters. However,
regional art competition
CCHS students, and through their talent and dedication, the artists are
won
three of those students
recognition
in a regional art contest.
The paintings of seniors Emily Walsh and Michael Stout and junior Ana Islas were among the 600 winning
Islas
from
Matthew Church
St.
will
have helped me tremendously, and with the basic fundamentals I have
have to make selections," said McKinney. "I think that it [entering their paintings^ gives them a lot of
classes
learned here,
area and Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston
CCHS. With this award, Islas will be presented $100, and her winning painting will be entered in the National Scho-
and Union Counties
lastic
entries chosen out of 3,000 entries
from
schools in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg in
Awards competition
the Scholastic Art
for the mid-Caroli-
Douglas International Airport Arts and Education Office Foundation. "This is outstanding because so many of our kids are multi-talented, and
will be able to apply life in
them
whatever career
I
recognition to individual students." certificates
Stout from St. Gabriel Church and Walsh, a parishioner at St. Matthew Church, received honorable mention awards for their work, and Walsh also
more, junior and senior classes in January of this year. The judges included art
The winning
received a silver award. Last year, Stout
school has been involved in the competi-
and Walsh also received honorable mention awards and the Airport Arts and Education Office Purchase Awards, which meant that their entries were bought by members of the community.
tion for the 14 years that
in
New
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Bill
and professional artfrom around North Carolina. The
teachers, professors ists
McKinney has
been teaching at the high school. "I choose the paintings that
I
self-confidence and also gives a .lot of
McKinney, CCHS art teacher, entered the 20 paintings from his sopho-
Art Awards Competition
,
there are so many ways in which they can express themselves, especially through music and art, which doesn't always get as much recognition as sports and other activities," said Augustinian Father James Cassidy, CCHS principal. "The paintings are very expressive, and this is another deserving
I
to other skills in
can only enter 20, so
I
choose."
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be the best.
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earned a gold award and one of the five American Visions Awards, a first for
awards
students will receive their and gold and silver key
at a
ceremony
later this
month.
paintings are on display at
the airport from Feb. 12-March
16.
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'This gives me a boost of self-confidence and a real sense of appreciation for my artwork," said Stout, who may major in graphic design or landscaping
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February
Readings
New history of America's By
JOSEPH Catholic
THOMAS
R.
News
"Founding Brothers" by Joseph
J.
A. Knopf, $26) displays a rare amalgam of literary virtues. It is informative and instructive, yet so stylis-
superior that one
pleasantly
is
entertained while absorbing the lessons
Revolutionary
Generation," the book rescues the key
War
Independence from the myths that robbed them of their humanity, enveloping them in an aura of godliness and invincibility. In the process of showing this "band of brothfigures of the
for
be, Ellis ably fragile
were the
bound the 13 original fiercely protective
of
political leader in the
its
In
fatal ailment."
because the writing
short,
men and
the events and the country they shaped are made new sparkles, the
tion
ties that
dominates
rights and
Not only
this instructive
is
but
it
uncommon
—
—
rain
only a memory, and water cool, life-giving water seems beyond imagining.
ers are bare.
itself
Jersey
cliffs
palisades.
That
is
the opening chapter in
a book as riveting as the events of the
when tempers and jealousies and maneuverings were set loose from the moorings of the unity Revolution's aftermath,
FO U'-N DIN
wanted to
—
—
eye or the heart than a little stand of trees, cottonwoods mostly, break-
BKO T HERS I
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May God
keep us close to the
living water of his word, sacramental
life
and the community of the
church.
QUESTIONS: What
God
one
is
freshing, people
way
specific
me?
"waters"
How
in
which
can I be re-
life-giving water for the
who make up my
daily life?
Weekly Scripture Readings for the week of Feb. 11
- 17, 2001 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20, Luke 6:17, 20-26; Monday, Genesis 4:1-15, 25, Mark 8:11-13; Tuesday, Genesis 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10, Mark 8:14-21; Wednesday (Sts. Cyril & Methodius), Genesis 8:6-13, 2022, Mark 8:22-26; Thursday, Genesis 8:1-13, Mark 8:27-33; Friday, Genesis 11:1-9, Mark 8:34-9:1; Saturday (Seven Seryite Founders), Hebrews 11.1-7, Mark 9:2-13
Sunday, Jeremiah
"Founding Brothers" can rightly be book for the ages. It is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the spirit of compromise enshrined, sometimes ambiguously, in our basic law.
17:5-8,
1
Readings for the week of Feb. 18
called a
Sunday,
1
Samuel
26:2,
7-9,
24,
-
12-13, 22-23,
1
2001
Corinthians 15:45-49,
6:27-38; Monday, Sirach 1:1-10, Mark 9:14-29; Tuesday, Sirach 2:1-11, Mark 9:30-37; Wednesday (St. Peter Damian), Sirach 4:11-19, Mark 9:38Peter 5:1-4. Matthew 16:13-19; 40; Thursday (The Chair of St. Peter), Friday (St. Polycarp), Sirach 6:5-17, Mark 10:1-12; Saturday, Sirach 17:115, Mark 10:13-16
Luke
1
forged in the struggle for independence. "I
is
notony of the parched landscape sensitizes the traveler's eye for any change to break the visual boredom. Of the limited vertical possibilities, none is more welcome to the
Hudson but
lining the
secluded clearing at the base of the
—
On the flat highway between towns and crossroads, the mo-
Thus, for instance, we come upon Hamilton and Burr as they are about to engage in their historic duel, not atop the in a
reading reminds
nominees gave evidence of that.
argu-
leaf on a tree.
New
first
oneself in God's hands, is to be like a tree planted by a stream, green in the fiercest heat, fruitful when oth-
The
Jefferson,
approaching each at and in the life of the new republic even while the shape of that republic was still being determined and was as shaky as the last fashion,
Sunday's
the dusty earth is dry to the bone. Driving the stunningly flat terrain in summer's scalding heat,
political discourse.
dissecting the frequently querulous rela-
pivotal points in their lives
sun.
ments that swirled around some of President George W. Bush's Cabinet
explores the revolutionary generation by
John Adams, James Madison, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. He goes about this, however, in an
pump
—
us that to trust in the Lord, to put
the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College and the author of the Jefferson biography "American Sphinx," winner of the 1997 National Book Award. He
Thomas
—
enough to one you inevitably will find water a stock pond refreshed by a windmill, a little spring, a tiny creek hiding from the
jack, buildings, people,
itself, still
is
tionships between
Catholic News Service Driving into the Texas Panhandle in a midsummer drought can be a harrowing experience. Fierce heat creates a shimmering mirage on the blacktop, but it's the
porated into the Constitution
again.
spirit.
think these little stands of vegetation make hope spring up because, in the barren heat, they give wordless testimony to the presence of water. If you pass near I
demon-
lacking a sense of nationhood. Ellis
DAN LUBY
remains relevant today because the old debate over federalism and the rights of the individual states, having been incor-
colonies, each
own
edge of some
ing the horizontal plane with their green leaves and waving branches. If the heat is bad enough and the drought has been long, these volunteer groves may be the only thing green you'll see for miles, and just the sight of them can refresh a
weary By
only sign of water there is. The sky is a bright lid for a solar oven, and everything under it air, cattle in the fields, the occasional slow mo-
ers" as the mortals their contemporaries
knew them to strates just how
regarded as the most influential new nation," he observes: "At five feet six and less than 140 pounds, little Jimmy Madison' had the frail and discernible fragile appearance of a career librarian or ally
schoolmaster, forever lingering on the
of American history. Subtitled "The
Cycle B Readings: 1) Jeremiah 17:5-8 Psalm 1:1-4, 6 2) 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20 3) Gospel: Luke 6:17, 20-26
a few of them. Again, writing of Madison, "gener-
Ellis (Alfred
tically
February 11, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
documents
Service
2001
Word to Life
a book for the ages
birth is
9,
write," Ellis says, "a
modest-sized account ofa massive histori-
wished to recover a seminal American history without tripping over the dead bodies of my many scholarly predecessors, hoped to render human and accessible that generation of
cal subject,
moment
in
political leaders
'Our Specialty
Founding Fathers." No easy task. But Ellis has succeeded admirably, providing a volume destined for more than catching dust on bookshelves. It's not just his novel approach and masterful synthesis of complex issues that commend "Founding Brothers" to us, but.
as well his
is
marriage of style and scholarship. For instance, in his chapter on Washington's Farewell Address (which wasn't an address at all), he observes that by the time Washington became
grown
over
a statue, effectively covering the
man
with an aura of omnipotence." Yet he notes that "some of the most incredible stories also
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The Catholic News & Herald 11
Entertainment
"Abraham and Mary Lincoln:
Movie Capsules
A House Divided" to air on PBS By
ANNE NAVARRO
the next
News Service YORK (CNS) The black
Catholic
NEW
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human
two episodes emphasize the
story behind the historical facts.
Archival photos and lively dramatiza-
stovepipe hat, the funny looking beard
tions as well as scenes shot in the
and the words "four score and seven
Todd
—
these are some of the sounds and images evoked when Abraham Lincoln is the subject. In his latest documentary, writer-director David Grubin goes beyond these to
years ago"
offer a personal
and intimate portrait of
the frontier farmer's son as well as his
comprehensive and compelling "Abraham and Mary aristocrat wife in the
Lincoln:
The
A
House Divided."
three-part series presented by
"The American Experience" airs Monday-Wednesday, Feb. 19-21, 9-11 p.m. EST on PBS (check local listings). Abe and Mary Lincoln were a most unlikely couple: he, a 6-foot-4, self-educated, dirt farmer's son
make something of
determined to
pampered daughter of an aristocratic family. Both had lost their mothers when they were young children, and both had suffered greatly from it, struggling with lifelong bouts of debilitating depression.
what truly bound them Mary
But
together was their love of politics.
had used
up the historians and biographers' commentary. Narrated by David McCullough, the documentary describes the tragedy and grief that had marked the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, beginning with the death of her mother and continuing with the deaths of three of her four sons. Her despair and painful grief, along with Lincoln's often distant and distracted personality, had sunk her into Site in Illinois break
many
politics to get
attention and affection.
her father's
For Lincoln,
was the only avenue available to break out of the impoverished life he led. The first episode entertains with its presentation of personal details. The
politics
gawky Lincoln used self-deprecating humor to deflect his sadness. Although Mary, a learned woman, was gangly,
an incredible flirt, she waited a year and a half for Lincoln to propose a second time, after he had callously broken off
engagement. She saw in him the dogged ambition that would lead him to be president, and she wanted to be by his side when it happened. From his first term as president, the bloody Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation through to Lincoln's re-election and assassination,
a terrible state.
—
And
the final
blow the death of her beloved husband and confidante led the
—
emotionally fragile
Mary down
the
CNS
During
his presidency, with the
nation divided and
many
against him,
Lincoln became sallow, dangerously thin and desperately anxious, as if the devastating loss of life during the Civil War and his constant wrangling with the moral questions surrounding slavery had become a physical burden he carried on his back. Photos of Lincoln, with his hollow eyes and sunken cheeks, say more about the mental state of the president than any
words
could.
Parents should be aware that the
contains gruesome images of Civil War victims unsuitable for younger viewers. However, the program is a thorough and engaging presentation could serve that as psychological history lesson for
documentary
adolescents.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln had
their initial
forged an alliance of loyalty and friend-
Grubin captures love and the tumultuous historical
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Catholic Conference Office for Broadcasting.
Film and
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Gate)
derous cannibalism of fugitive Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) as he outsmarts an Italian cop but is ensnared by a vengeance-crazed former victim and comes face-to-face with his FBI nemesis, agent Starling (Julianne Moore). Director Ridley Scott jettisons depth of character in favor of graphic, grotesque slaughters in a trashy and uninvolving tale of human degradation. Excessive violence and gore, crude
some
sexual references,
profanity and
intermittent rough language.
The
Catholic Conference classification
— morally R—
U.S. is
O
The Motion
offensive.
Picture Association of America rating
A
by-the-books FBI agent (Mel Gibson) investigates a possible homicide at a seedy Los Angeles hotel where most of the residents (including Jeremy Davies and Milla Jovovich) are mentally unstable indigents. Director Wim Wenders wanders in his attempts to inject humor and humanity into his characters, resulting in a bittersweet but unfocused film. Fleeting violence, some sexual innuendo, occasional profanity and recurring rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture
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she sees him commit murder. As directed by Mark S. Waters, the film has a few entertaining moments despite its conventional comedy-of-errors plot. Fleeting violence, a few sexual encounters, some crude humor and brief crass language. The U.S. Catholic Conference is
A-III
—
adults.
The
for the baby. Director Francine
McDougall's intended farce fails to amuse with its disturbing combination
Casual attitude toward violence and teen pregnancy, some menace, sporadic profanity and an instance of rough language.
The
classification
U.S. Catholic Conference
—
morally offensive. O Picture Association of
is
The Motion America rating
is
—
PG-13 Some
parents are
Motion Picture Association of America
strongly cautioned.
PG- 3 cautioned. Some
be inappropriate for children under
is
1
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parents are strongly
material
may
"The Invisible Circus" (Fine Line) Flat
drama
set in the
mid-1970s
in
a teen-ager (Jordana Brewster)
travels to
Europe
in search
of the truth
behind the mysterious suicide of the
Flashing back over the previous six years, director
Adam
Brooks' tepid film
frustrates with its shallow exploration of
the characters' feelings as well as
its fail-
ure to capture an impassioned era of youthful, naive idealism. Fleeting violence, a few sexual encounters, brief nudity,
some drug content and
intermit-
material
may 13.
"Two Ninas" (Castle Hill) Formulaic romantic comedy
be inap-
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February
& Columns
Editorials
Sibling relationships are life-long Systems Theory suggests that families are
The Pope
Speaks
2001
Family
When
one element changes, the whole organism changes. This is true not just about families but also relationships between family membiological in nature.
9,
Reflections
bers, particularly siblings.
We
recently witnessed theory
becoming praxis
when our daughter came home from holidays.
There was something
college for the
different about her
15-year-old brother. They seemed to honor each other in ways we hadn't seen before. Though it only took a few days for the old familiar mold to return, there still remains evidence relationship with her
of growth
—
a
—
new maturing
ANDREW &
in their sibling
relationship.
Pope says church
sign of God's
is
By CINDY WOODEN Catholic News Service The church is VATICAN CITY (CNS) described as the bride of Christ and as a mother because the church is a sign of God's love for the world, Pope John Paul II said. 'The church is a sign raised up among the
—
nations to witness to the intensity of divine love revealed in Christ, especially in giving his
subconscious level, even into adulthood. Nonetheless, healthy sibling relationships grow into mutually supportive roles that are less based on gaining favor with one or both parents. However, to develop such healthy relationships between adult siblings, there need to be healthy adult-to-adult relationships between parents and their adult children. Though we know that such relationships are attainable, we struggle to find appropriate names for them. A parent of an adult should no longer be a "parent" in that relationship.
own
And
describe the identity of the church, the
pope said, the Bible uses feminine terms, "bride and mother, underlining in this way a dimension of love and fecundity." As St. Paul described it, the church is to be "glorious, without stain or wrinkle or any such thing, but holy and immaculate," he said. The love which God has poured out on the church must spread to all men and women, "rewhich frequently has the minding humanity sensation of being alone and abandoned in the desolate and barren lands of history that it will
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children.
.
oxymoron
well, the
.
.
adult siblings
where they
eral audience at the Vatican.
To
adult children
When
the pope said Feb. 7 during his weekly gen-
life,"
families sibling rivalry persists, if only
at the
love for the world
still live
clear.
is
in competitive roles
vie for parents' favor, they act like
When
parents hold on to their authoritative
roles with their adult offspring, they block the neces-
sary growth for healthy family relationships.
We
recognize that our relationships with our
Along the
siblings will be the longest of our lifetimes.
way we have had
common
—
in
our
we have more than Our current relation-
so that
family of origin.
though
ships,
—
to invest in each other
sibling relationships
just a
takes initiative to nurture adult sibling rela-
It
most
In
influenced
by*
TERRI LYKE
Guest Columnists
our
childhood
Good ones don't just happen. Whether they live minutes or thousands of miles from each other, adult siblings have to continually rediscover each other and allow new relationship scripts to take on. tionships.
Modern technology
offers a variety of ways to However, particularly during the high holidays, efforts to physically connect and
stay connected.
spend time together feed the spiritual familial bonds
ways that cyberspace,
in
a
mere phone
call
or letter
cant do.
Andrew's siblings have decided to have monthly
way to preserve family closeness. The reasons for these gatherings are partly because of dinners as a
Mom — we still want to please her — but mostly for our enduring relationships as sisters and brothers who care about and want to invest in each other. So, today or some time this week, make a plan to make better connections with a sibling relationship. It's
a relationship that
is
truly life-long.
Make
it
a
healthy one. In a couple of weeks our daughter's school is having "Sibling Weekend." Her brother will spend that weekend with her. They are both excited about it. And we are amazed.
experiences together, should be more about our present lives.
never be forgotten or deprived of the warmth of divine tenderness," the pope said.
The
church, he said,
is
called to live
"with the freshness of two spouses
who
its
love
when
the skies of
life
Light side
Charleston Heston parting the waters of the Red Sea around Easter every year, we'd see him as Jesus gracefully gliding off the parapet of the
are
calm as well as when the night and the clouds of the winter of the spirit
My friend and her husband were surviving on a meager income in a tiny one-bedroom apartment. They lived far from family and friends. They had no health insurance. She became pregnant. And, she laughs now, "I was terrified." Yet all went well, she smiles, as it has in other times of their lives when they faced what seemed like insur-
gather.".
And, called to
but
is
like a
make
fruitful
husband and
sure that
its
and gives
wife, the
love
life
is
church
is
DAN MORRIS CNS Columnist
not restricted,
to others through
baptism, he said.
The church
is called to move with hope tohe said, even though it may sense "the hostile and furious presence of another feminine figure" from the Book of Revelation, "Babylon, the great harlot, who incarnates the bestiality of hatred, death and interior sterility." Pope John Paul prayed that the church always would be "the custodian of hope, luminous
ward
Christ,
like the
woman
of the Apocalypse, 'clothed with
the sun, with the
moon under
head a crown of 12
her feet and on her
stars.'"
Pope urges Hungarian bishops to combat high abortion rate VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul
—
urged Hungary's bishops to work to reduce the country's high abortion rate, which he called symptomatic of a "culture of death" spreading across Europe. "The abortion statistics published in recent decades in your country are alarming," said the pope, meeting with the bishops Jan. 30. "Do everything possible to encourage pregnant women to carry their pregnancies to term," he said. The Hungarian bishops were on their "ad limina" visits, which heads of dioceses are required to make every five years. About 40 percent of all Hungarian pregnancies end in a procured abortion, according to a 1999 study conducted by a Hungarian university hospital in association with the World Health Organization. II
temple to be rescued
by angels.
spring-like and falls
DeMille would have
also strongly suspect Cecil B.
preferred this version as well, and instead of watching
love each
other in the joy of giving without reserve and in daily generosity, both
I
On the
Better Than DeMille There
is
this great scene in "Indiana
Jones and the
Last Crusade" where action hero Indiana (aka Harrison
Ford)
finally figures
Grail he
must
out that to reach the so-called Holy
step out into
what seems
like thin air
over
mountable odds. "According to my husband," she says, "having kids and losing jobs are among the best things that can happen to a couple because these experiences can open our eyes to the fact we are neither self-sufficient nor alone. In the hearts and hands that reach out to help, we catch a glimpse of the
a deep, seemingly endless cavern.
He literally steps off the cliff edge with no support in sight for his foot. The audience gulps as he tests his
oblivion and
confidence and appears to be taking a long
dence,
first
step into
oblivion.
Lucidly for Harrison Ford fans, what had been an invisible bridge across the cavern appears.
Indiana
finds himself on firm footing.
Oddly enough,
this scene brings to
exchange with a dear friend
mind not only
as she shared about
In terms of the devil inviting Jesus to to
As one
in
go templedown and
prove God's angels would swoop
save him, the parallel a side note,
I
is
obvious.
know
for a fact
I
am
not the only
league with the devil on this Scripture passage.
While wildly
Oreos and milk during a years ago, some buddies and I admitted outloud that it would have been "beyond rad" if Jesus had in fact leaped off the temple, causing this awesome squadron of angels to dramatically swoop in and snag him mid-air. Yes! swilling
illicit
back-yard pup-tent poker
game
cares for us."
my
friend's reflection
me
strikes
that
enough too much of the time. While Jesus clearly tells us be
literally
on divine provi-
we perhaps that
it is
live
not boldly
not our place to
or even metaphorically putting
God
to the
he also underscores that our
and that "if God clothes in sue' field which grows today and tomorrow, how much more will
faith will sustain us
splendor the grass of the
thrown on the
fire
provide for you!"
the early days of her marriage.
jumping
it
test (leaping off parapets),
the devil's temptation of Jesus (Lk 4:1-13), but a delightful
God who
In both Harrison Ford's stepping out into apparent
At the same I
time,
it
seems pretty clear that you an
are asked to be the. "invisible" bridge for other
keeping an eye out and a hand ready for those wh might not even know we exist. How very often this takes place in simple acts from the knitting of w kindness and concern booties for a newborn to sending along our tax retu check to the parish St. Vincent de Paul Society so members can help others buy a coat or heat their home.
—
i
Eaf your heart
out, Cecil.
February
2001
9,
Light
He drank too much. He many younger women. He dumped
nor respected.
really liked
One
noticed too
responsibility for the children
Candle
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& Columns
Editorials
on
Principles of
his wife.
Jack's viewpoint has also changed. Colleen kept a
MSGR. JAMES
mentioned that he'd given into temptation
a
The
few times
As Danny film "The War
It
was about twenty-five years ago that I attended I was a relatively young
Colleen and Jack's wedding.
guy, but couldn't mistake the passionate feelings these
two shared just
know
for each other.
will
They were
accomplish everything.
the couple
And
you
for a while,
they did. Jack was a huge success on Wall Street. Colleen was the perfect homemaker, and in short
Mom. They
had a family of five great kids. So here they
order, the perfect
not surprisingly, all strongly attracted to each other, parents of wonderful children, liked and respected by -
children
are: rich, beautiful,
many
in the community. Then, for no reason in particular and for many reasons, Colleen and Jack start to drift apart. Work consumes him; the family consumes her. They spend less and less time focusing on each other. He takes more trips without his wife. She finds new friends with
whom
she shares intimate details of life. He uses Her relationships with other men goes beyond appropriate boundaries. The children watch sadly as and Dad come home more angry after marriage counseling than before. In the midst of pain and poor communications, Colleen takes a boyfriend. Jack finds out and files for a divorce. Our perfect couple now see each other very differently. To Colleen, Jack was the bully she never alcohol as a release.
Mom
Part X: The Principle of Association
divorce comes, ugly and painful.
DeVito's character wisely admits in the of the Roses, "In divorce, there are no winners,
Greater
BYRON, SJ
J.
News Service
Catholic
himself.
Guest Columnist
is
FATHER WILLIAM
—
P.
LISANTE
Love
Catholic Social Thought:
messy home and rarely cooked a decent meal. The children got away with too much. She was a permissive role model who gave them too much freedom. She tried smoking pot, even at home! And the final straw: though he never she cheated on her husband
it's only about degrees of losing." And so it was for Colleen and Jack, two scarred people who could see little good in their children's other parent. And then it happened. The youngest child, Brendan, is in a terrible accident. He survives, but is disabled for life. Left without the use of his legs or arms, the former athlete needs his family now more than ever. Jack and Colleen, along with their other four children, respond with enthusiastic and loving support. Suddenly, the issues and mistakes that divided a home don't seem so important when measured by the love and healing given Brendan in his time of need. I saw these two divorced parents at the hospital, in follow-up therapy and many times since that awful accident. They look at each other with renewed respect and appreciation. You can almost see
love again.
No, they won't be getting re-married. But they will remain friends. They will, once again, share conversations of intimacy and caring. Because Jack and Colleen have learned a valuable lesson borne of pain: that in any close relationship love may change and evolve. It may ebb and flow. Yet, there is much more to love than you see. The differences, the battles, the hurts, the betrayals are important. But nowhere as powerful as generosity and reconciliation, never more lasting than forgiveness and redemption.
human person
Catholic social teaching views the as both sacred
You
and
social.
will notice
lodged right there
how most of the word in the
You might
"association."
"social"
is
middle of a larger word,
also note that "association"
derives from the Latin preposition "ad,"
meaning
"to"
or "toward," together with another Latin word, "so-
meaning "companion."
cius,"
means "toward com-
Association, accordingly,
panionship."
It
implies social contact
Association involves being with others, enjoying the companionship of others, working with others,
sharing
joy,
life,
Our faith
energy and responsibility with others.
tradition recognizes that
how we orga-
nize our society economically, socially, politically and
be with
legally will affect each person's capacity to
grow in community. For any human person, it all begins
others and to
Our social
of society. That
work
with family.
doctrine points to family as the centerpiece is
why
Catholic social action always
promote family stability and defend the family against any potentially destructive forces. will
By
man
to
association with others in a family, the hu-
person begins the process of socialization. That
work and
process continues on through school and all
the stages of life. It continues by association with
others in social institutions that foster growth, protect
common
dignity and promote the
This
ment
how human
is
in relationships
good.
persons achieve their
fulfill-
with others, in companionship
with others.
Marriage for cohabiting couple Q.
What
steps
would a Catholic couple who have
How many times have you heard the words "I we) don't associate with" this group or that this person or another? In the Gospel story of Jesus and
Question
lived
(or
together for a long time need to take to be married in the
Catholic Church? Is
it
possible for
a priest
to
knowing they have been cohabiting? A. Contrary to what many Catholics seem to assume, living together is not an impediment to marriage in church law. In other words, a couple who have lived together for whatever length of time are not prohibited from marriage for this reason. Cohabiting couples are, of course, expected to fulfill the same premarriage requirements as other couples, including attendance at marriage preparation programs, premarital inventories and so on, as required by the local bishop.
Most
dioceses today also provide guidelines to and other pastoral staff, to help such couples bridge the gap, spiritually, intellectually and psychologically, between their present relationship and an
priests
authentic sacramental marriage.
Again, however, there is no obstacle of any kind to a marriage in the church simply because of their current situation.
On beatification Somefriends were discussing the beatification ofPope John XXIII and wondered about the celebration of Mass in his honor. Is that possible now? Q.
of our group told us that some other Christians, besides Catholics, honor John XXIII in their worship. But he did not know which ones. Is that true? A. Beatification was formerly a way of acknowledging the sanctity of an individual Christian for the benAlso, one
efit
of people
in
a particular locality. Often this
was
declared by the local bishop and permitted public veneration of the person, including Mass.
Canonization, on the other hand,
meant
for the universal church.
tinction
no longer
applies. Beatification,
individual Christian blessed,
is
is
generally today a step in
the process of canonization and, like canonization,
reserved to the pope.
is
woman
at the well (Jn 4:5-30), the
compelled to explain that Jesus was breakground in meeting alone and speaking with
felt
ing
new
this
woman
because, as
is
written in Verse
9,
"Jews do
That was just one of the many divisions Jesus wanted to close. Association brings people together. By association, individuals overcome isolation. If as-
FATHER JOHN DIETZEN
CNS
Columnist
sociation
denied, the path to a fuller life
is
Phone books
is
foreclosed.
kinds of associations. Eight
list all
of the Yellow Pages in the Washington, D.C., teleliterally from A phone directory cover associations
—
The
permission for celebration of the liturgy honoring those who are beatified remains, however. Normally, the pope grants the newly elevated blessed a
Mass and
Office of his or her
own and
a particular feast
They reflect an human activity. to Z.
There are
impressively broad range of
associations that use other labels like
'league," "union," "federation," "council" or "confer-
name, the purpose
the
day, to be celebrated particularly, but not exclusively, in
ence." Regardless of the
places related to his or her
same: to unite people for a purpose, and at bottom the purpose is some kind of enhancement of human life
life.
Pope John Paul II has assigned Oct. 1 1 as the feast of Pope John XXIII, the date of the opening of Vatican Council II. Masses may be celebrated in his honor at the
and advancement of human growth. Catholic social teaching has a nice link at this
your second question, the only non-Catholic Christian denomination I have found which officially gives some sort of liturgical recognition to Pope John
tion relates to companionship,
XXIII
altar to
To
are Lutherans. Listed in the calendar of lesser
festivals
and commemorations of the
Book of Worship we
find:
"June 3
official
Lutheran XXIII,
— John
Bishop of Rome."
Book of Worship is published by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Originally printed in 1978, the
America; the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod; and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada.
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dis-
proclaiming an
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not associate with Samaritans."
a declaration
That geographical
the Samaritan
Corner
marry them
self-addressed envelope to
and companionship,
the Catholic view, relates to Eucharist Eucharist
bread-breaking ritual Those
remember
their
Lord
who
"cum
"in the
pane," that describes
in
a
gather around the
breaking of the
bread" are indeed bread breakers. There phrase,
is
what
is
a Latin
believers are
about when, with bread, they give praise and thanks to God. That same phrase, "cum pane," is hidden at the heart of the
What
more
familiar
word "company."
would be if bread4>reaking Sunday companionship into the companies where they go to work on Monday morning! And what a denial of eucharistic a revolution
it
believers carried the spirit of their
unity
it
is
if
Sunday's bread breakers choose not to
associate with other
deny access to
employment
humans they judge to be inferior or
others, for
any
prejudicial reason, to
education, housing or health care.
.
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Around the Diocese
ATHLETICS, from page 5 He
SISTERS, from pagel said. "I don't know what we would have done without Father Joe and [the late] Sister Veronica. She was the administra-
says the student-athletes realize
early in their careers the need for values-
based participation. 'They need to under-
when they
stand
participate in sports that
teamwork comes
tor at St. Joseph Hospital in Asheville."
he adds. "The old
out,"
Bishop Michael Begley assisted
no T in 'team.'" Teamwork is one of many benefits Charlotte Catholic senior Matt McKUlop has enjoyed during his time at the school. At saying goes,
age
17,
them
'there's
trailer
and escorted patients to the trailer, where Sister Gretchen examined and treated them. In September 1984 they added a new ministry, taking the trailer over the mountain to Barber's Orchard in Waynesville to be used Tuesday and Thursday evenings as medical clinic for migrant farm workers. Back in Rosman, half of Sister Gretchen's bedroom
he says he has learned the founda-
it takes to be a good person. "Our school takes great pride in our
spoitsmanship," says McKillop, a varsity
and a member of the Fel-
basketball player
flected in all the tilings that
services
we
is
re-
we do and
the
perform.
'Playing spoils has taught
about myself
—
about what
me
a lot
(smaller than the 1 2-foot-by- 1 4-foot kitchen of their clinic) became the exam-
need to do to
I
push myself to become a better person."
Megan
Picinich,
lotte Catholic' senior
memories and "It
left
cal
partici-
her with cherished
lifelong values.
team "The sportsmanlearn a lot, and we
school," she says.
awesome.
is
They had been accepted into the locommunity, and the house that they lived and worked in was was rapidly becoming too small as they treated more and more patients. A number of local people, including Brenda and Randall McCall, a Baptist couple, had helped them settle in. Brenda handed out flyers announcing the clinic, and the McCalls
and a member of that
helps a lot to have faith in your
and your ship
ining room.
an 18-year-old Char-
championship volleyball team, says pating in sports has
We
respect other people as well as ourselves."
Coach Oddo says that
in
many cases
helped them find the property that be-
in
a society that promotes self-importance, playing sports adds fresh emphasis on
munity.
"When
came the
com-
site
of the current
clinic.
But before that, they had to find a house that was bigger than the one they occupied. Someone knew about some land, and someone else knew about a house that was half habitable, half ter-
kids get into sports, they
have a tendency to step back, evaluate and say there's a larger picture here," he says.
Focusing on a larger picture has helped Charlotte Catholic senior Michelle Watts.
Jacquie kept patient records
vice. Sister
tion of what
lowship of Christian Athletes. 'That
getting an 8-foot-by- 1 6-foot through Catholic Extension Ser-
in
A
a devastating setback that
With help the good half of moved to the new land, and parishioners from Sacred Heart
kept her from participating this year in two
helped expand and enclose the structure
basketball player, last
season
—
Watts
mite-ridden.
injured her knee
the house was
other favorite sports, volleyball and track.
into a 935-foot space that included
"Playing sports gives you a lot of deter-
mination and
discipline," says
Watts,
18. 'It
makes you want to work for something. something like this happens, you question yourself and ask why is this hap-
When
pening to
me
when
cially
I
at this time in
was
my
life,
espe-
right in the middle of
basketball season.
knocked me down, but determinaand wanting to make myself better
"It
tion
really
pushed me.
It's
a good mental and
physical challenge."
Sister Carol
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calling
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two
examining rooms. The McCalls traveled to Iowa and Indiana to pick up tables that had been donated to the clinic. With more space and a growing number of patients, the two sisters needed more help. Sister Carol Hoban, a Sister of Charity of St. Elizabeth of Convent Station, N.J., arrived in September 1985. "She was a real blessing," Sister Jacquie said. 'We were just so frustrated because we were seeing all these patients and we needed help."
Rostar by
is
a family nurse practi-
tioner. Lisa Searls, R.N., a
teer,
jtrostar@clmrhttediocese.org.
Seton volun-
and Sister Annette Byrne, a
Charity, also joined the
staff.
Sister of
The added
Photo by Joanita M. Nellenbach
Sister Jacquie Dewar,
RSM,
handles a phone call and checks patient records
at the clinic. help
McCall
a bigger facility.
trip
was welcome, but meant looking for "With five of us in that place, we were stumbling over each
'That's at least a 30-minute
said.
from where we
live in
Balsam
Grove."
One
other," Sister Jacquie said.
of Frances Warde's original pa-
Annette did some grant work to gather the funding needed to build the current facility, which the staff designed.
tients,
They moved into the new building in April 1988. The sisters now occupy two
vincing to get patients
small houses nearby.
ment. "We've had to talk some people into coming [back] because they owed
Sister
Today,
addition to Sisters Gretchen, Jacquie and Carole, and Seton in
that
I
come back
said, "I
They
get the treatment
take good care of me." it
who
takes concan't
pay to
to the clinic for further treat-
us money," Sister Jacquie added. 'We've said,
of Charity Irene Mongrandi and Ranessa Thomas, regis-
need
Sister
want.
Sometimes, "though,
associate Lisa Searls, the clinic staff in-
cludes
Brenda
'We'll carry it.
Your
you as long as you " is more important.'
health
tered nurses working there part time; Joyce Spears is the full-time certified
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irrelevant."
At his Jan. 24 general audience, Pope John Paul marked the feast of St. Francis de Sales, patron saint of journalists.
16 The Catholic News & Herald
February
Living the faith
One man answers the call: By
WENDY
E.
—
The
is to be a minishe serves. Empowered at ordination to proclaim the Gospel message in word and deed, Zboyovski will be able to baptize, preach, assist at the altar during Mass, and officiate at weddings and funerals.
faith, is
about to realize a dream he has had since he was 7 years old. In June, Zboyovski will be ordained as a permanent deacon of the Catholic Church. As early as he can remember, his early inclination was to be a medical
MARY ST. PIERRE
By
role of a deacon
News Service BEACH, Fla (CNS)
Catholic
ter of faith to all
Mike Zboyovski
steadfast in belief,
into daily curriculum
I
MURRAY
PALM R.
Dorsey
— Jason
believes the solution to school
violence does not rest in
more
security
nation's schools.
became the youngest
Instead, the
Gifted in his ability to play several
young founder of the
laincy in a hospital or prison setting
schools in the diocese to sign on.
where there would allow
ment
Zboyovski
my
life,
I
preach the word of
people are poor and sick?" 'Then I thought, I was
said.
being called to be a
priest."
After four years in seminary and
much
discernment, Zboyovski realized
his gifts
would be better
at the
utilized in the
time that his hands would
be used in a different way. It
took his brother's near-fatal car
becoming
drawn into So intrigued with healing, Zboyovski and his brother John enrolled accident to be
a
chiropractor.
in
the
Logan College
for Chiropractic
Care. Eventually, they shaped their
own
Back Pain Clinic of Asheville. Busy with a growing practice, his wife Jan and their three children, Zboyovski settled into daily life. He was using his hands to heal, yet there was a restlessness and a constant prodding to do more. "I began to hear my faith community calling me forward to begin a commitment to become a deacon," he said. "After
making
a Cursillo in
bishop affirmed
my
1986, the
inner sense that
something must be unfolding within me." Father Jim Solari and Father George Maloney reassured Zboyovski that he was being led. "Doors began to open to me," he said. "I felt that this was a direction
I
should follow."
Zboyovski wanted to jump right into the diaconate program. "I had to be patient and find silence to allow God to speak, in order for me to hear his message," he recalled. "This was the hardest part, yet I've
affirmation
important
come
to
know
that this
from God and others step."
is
an
is
tute to
to bring the light of
lose,
— based
on
—
"Instead of giving kids an assign-
mean
would
which
know
if it
is
me
that
right.
He was
I
I
will
a spiritual
CD recording may
be in
more
Florida Catholic,
Palm Beach diocesan newspaper. Dorsey founded the
not-for-profit insti-
tute at age 21 to help students, educators and parents strengthen the social climate
within their school.
He
speaks annually to
and educators to
is
make
urban, safer.
"Many
students have a very different
on
perspective
violence than their parents,
Dorsey
teachers or even the media,"
'Their biggest concern
is
stabbed or shot in school.
said.
not about being
They
more
are
of being laughed at in class or the
afraid
during lunch."
cafeteria
School violence, according to Dorsey,
"I'm looking forward to the unfolding of
stems from any action that negatively
permanent diaconate program
is
one oft/ie life-giving ministriesfunded in part
violence
on many
was a problem with Dorsey began to
levels,
study school violence from the perspective of students. His research led to his second
importance of strong values," Dorsey
affects
'To
school and on the streets."
To better understand the mind-set, problems and desires of school children, Dorsey met with more than 150,000 students nationwide before writing the book They shared
schools as safe havens, their peers, teachers
group and
as a
how
tion to be valued.
students feel about themselves, their
relationship to their peers, their parents
and
their teachers.
"Children
by
who
often receive negative
their peers, parents or teachers,
begin to feel ostracized and they often act out violentiy
their personal insight
and solutions to preventing violence. The in-school programs, such as those in the five Palm Beach Catholic schools, were developed by Dorsey and a team of educators, students, parents and community leaders to reach students on their level. Teachers who have implemented the program have applauded the fact that it fits into an existing class instead of being an added class. Dorsey believes that to help restore it is
and
time for children,
families to connect
for every person's contribu-
"All schools
have the potential to get
better at creating connection and community," he said. "What it takes to prevent and end school violence will start with each one of us."
on these feelings," Dorsey said.
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Michael Zboyovski, second from left, is one of a group of ordained as permanent deacons in June.
photo by Jimmy Rostar
men who
will
be
said.
build
by the Diocesan Support Appeal.
File
book
"Can Students End School Violence?" "The goal of my book is to really build powerful families by emphasizing the
the social climate in a school. This includes
reactions
what's next." Tlie
"than 100,000 students
schools and communities, both rural and
their future.
Soon Dr. Zboyovski will make the transition from helping mend bodies to healing broken souls as Rev. Mr. Michael Zboyovski. "Never losing sight of what God wants me to be," he said,
Realizing through conversation and education that there
to better connect with each other at home, in
The
subject," she told
across America. His mission
together, and a
educational publishing company,
it,
He added that this ministry has deepened his prayer life and blessed him with deep peace and tranquility. Zboyovski and his brother continue to follow similar paths. John Zboyovski serves as an ordained priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, which answers The
At age 18, Dorsey wrote "Graduate Your Perfect Job" and founded his
and then have open discussions on the
more
brothers often get a chance to play music
in-
community in schools across America we must educate students on how
father to me."
to the Patriarch of Constantinople.
to
his
book "Can Students End School Violence?" has been adopted in five schools of the Palm Beach Diocese. Pat Cantieri, assistant superintendent of schools in the diocese, wants all the
Eugene Church of Asheville who interior sense that
on an
and family.
empathize and apologize.
Dorsey's program
book, ask the students to think about
would have an
participant
ternational archeological dig in Israel.
raising capital through investors, friends
"I had to break down some walls to be open to the Spirit of God," he continspiritual ued. "This is a process. director, Jos Vandermeer, former deacon
died suddenly last year, told
field for
University he then
own
homework, the teachers read part of the
at St.
age 16 but
examples of success, as well as learning to
Christ to those in dire need."
My
at
avoiding gossip, listening, changing behavior, forgiveness, and sharing
in
a sense of hopelessness
me
Insti-
End School Violence sees the solution
know
God when
I
began college pre-med studies
found that medicine was not the
him Through Harvard
medical profession. Little did Zboyovski
wondered how do
The path that led Dorsey to peace studwas not a straight one. Raised by a single mother in a rural Texas community, he ies
guards or metal detectors for the
musical instruments including the hammered dulcimer, 6- and 12-string guitars, Zboyovski is a seasoned performer at wedding ceremonies. "John and I put ourselves through college by playing our music at Mass," he said. As a permanent deacon, he will be given a chance to serve in a much-needed ministry. "I'm hoping that my talents will conform to the needs of the Catholic community," Zboyovski said. "A chap-
missionary. "At that time in
2001
Schools bring peace studies
"Whom shall send?"
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