Issuu

Lord,

love your

commands.

Let

ac-

your kindness comfort cording to your promise

your

New

servants. Let your compassion

come

me thatTmay

your law

— Psalm

knights

live, for

council upholds

delight.

119:57, 76-77

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old traditions

HERALD

...page

SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

JULY 26, 2002

VOLUME

N9 40

Young people

Children share faith in Vacation Bible School

urged to flavor

GERALD POTKAY

By REV. MR.

bland world with

hope of Christ

Correspondent

GREENSBORO

By'CAROL ZIMMERMAN Catholic

News Service

TORONTO

(CNS)

cation Bible School

—

Christ Jesus." The bishop, president of

U.S.

Conference

Catholic Bishops, spoke to at least 9,000

on the

youths

floor of

who

sat

—

Va-

School.

way

"The parents really enjoy having this special time with their children, while the kids enjoy the variety of activities associated with the program," said Wilson. "The church profits by establishing a Bible-based background as a foundation for

—

what looked

old gymnasium at Toronto's Exhibition Place. The bishop focused his talk on the day's theme, "You are the salt of the like an

According to Laura Wilson,

program director of this

particular event for the last

two years, hands-on experiences laced with prayer, crafts, drama skits, singing

and urged the crowd on qualities of salt in their daily lives as Christians not only by bringing flavor and meaning to the world, but by restoring it, as earth,"

to take

Photo by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay

saline solution restores those

who

students participating in this year's Vacation Bible

of bringing the youth of local parishes together to learn about God, Jesus, the saints and the Bible. Each parish has its own methods, styles and creativity for how the messages of Jesus and the Bible are taught and learned. The forum used at Our Lady of Grace Church Vacation Bible School, which took place July 7-12, utilized an approach similar to one used using stories by Jesus and objects with which people were familiar.

Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, 111.., urged young people "nof to be afraid to be seasoning for a bland world" and to bring it flavor "with the hope of

the

work with the almost 120

Adult volunteer Peggy Culkin works with her daughter Maggie and John Paul Stepkowski, two students at Vacation Bible School at Our Lady of Grace Church July 7-12.

are sick.

"You young people are the saline solution that our

and a lot of interaction have been very successful with the pre-school through fifthgrade students.

Wilson coordinated the

the faith."

While the student volunteers, ranging from grades eight to 10, were accumulating hours for their confirmation obligations, they seemed to enjoy and learn from the experience as much, if not more, than the younger participants. David Peters, a youth crew leader in charge of the registration table with Wilson, said, "It's a good experience for the children. They gather into the classes and

try to

make

their experi-

ences fun."

Debbie

Griffin,

an adult

program with parent and upper-student volunteers to

See BIBLE SCHOOL, page

world so desperately needs," he told them.

said Christ's call for

First chancellor recalls life in

his disciples to be like salt in

their influence upon the world still holds true for believers today, perhaps with even greater necessity.

By KEVIN

and

still

flavorless,

quite insipid

perhaps more

desiccated with

its

moral direction and even hope. We are dry, brittle and often hopeless because we have lost contact

—

Msgr. Joseph

re-

Showfety

well. Retiring in

By 1971, though, more and more Catholics were moving to North Carolina, and thenBishop Vincent S. Waters saw the need for a second diocese.

"Bishop Waters said

when

0£6£ jo Zd

»6S

respected him."

Begley asked him to be chancellor of the Charlotte diocese.

Father Showfety twice

Our Lady

congratulations, but "on both oc-

he was out of the rec-

do, but the church will not be

of Grace

Church, where the soon-to-bebishop was pastor, to offer his

tory," said

The

Msgr. Showfety. was Bishop Begley who

was granted,

got in touch with him during a

Back in May 1955, when Father Showfety was ordained to the priesthood at Sacred

and the Diocese of Charlotte was born in 1971, with Bishop Michael J. Begley as its first

snowstorm, three days after the new diocese was announced.

Heart Cathedral

shepherd.

walk,"

in Raleigh, the

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perfect choice,"

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Here is the future bishop of

Charlotte calling me." Bishop

I want to church in Hendersonville,'" said Msgr. Showfety. "He said, 1 know you

called

casions,

Raleigh Diocese, which spanned

rang.

60,000, he would petition Rome," Msgr. Showfety said.

Bishop ordains two

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the

Msgr. Showfety said. "He was known by the priests, and they

Catholic population reached

of the diocese's founding.

DAY,

PAGE

Start-

he looked back on 47 years of priestly ministry that included time as the Diocese of Charlotte first chancellor. "Those were great years," he said

lack of

WORLD YOUTH

—

of North Carolina, had

25,000 Catholics.

July,

focus,

See

all

ing a diocese from scratch

members

so today than ever before," he said. "In fact, our society is

MURRAY

GREENSBORO

"The society in which we live, my young brothers and sisters,

Associate Editor

ministry said, 'Mike,

build

built

(new)

by you.

want you

Charlotte.'" It was a post young Joseph Showfety couldn't have pre-

dicted

when he

first

considered

"I'm outside cleaning off the side-

got

Msgr. Showfety said. "I house the phone

in the

...

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Bill

The World

to protect infants

expected to sign

(CNS)

Web

42, the site's

born alive approved; Bush

WASHINGTON

master and former

director of the radio's English-language

news program. "We

—

2002

July 26,

Brief

The

also

wanted to give

a bit of a commercial feel to

make

U.S. Senate gave final congressional ap-

accessible to a wider audience, not just

proval July 18 to the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act; it was then headed

Catholics," he said.

'Spider-Man' offers good moral lessons, Jesuit magazine says

who was expected to legislation. The bill, approved

to President Bush,

sign the

ROME

by unanimous consent in the Senate, would guarantee certain rights under federal law to children born alive, even if it occurs during an abortion. The House approved the legislation by a voice vote in March. In another abor-

Committee on July

zine.

evil,

Ban Act, de-

it is up to the individual "to use it good or evil," said the article in La

power, for

Supreme Court's Stenberg Carhart decision in 2000. Irish police protest

due not simply to

vs.

Ireland

(CNS)

—A

the fact that

pic-

CNS

ture of the Sacred Heart has been ban-

ished to the back

room of an

Irish

Cobh

police station after officers in

claimed they were ordered to remove it from above the front desk. The picture has hung in Cobh police station for 80 years, but when the police officers were to new accommodations built by the Office of Public Works, an official there said it could not be put on public display in case it offended nonbelievers. The ban angered some 20

moved

police, or Gardai, officers stationed at

the barracks, and their call for the rein-

statement of the image has been backed by their staff organization, the Gardai Representative Association.

spokesman for the association, Dermot Moloney, said the picture has been in place since 1922, when the Gardai took over after the end of British rule.

The

Civilta Cattolica.

request to remove Sacred Heart icon from station

DUBLIN,

the film illustrates

the point that, while science can give one

signed to respond to concerns raised in the U.S.

of the struggle be-

classic tale

tween good and

17 approved the

Partial-Birth Abortion

photo by Debbie Hill

Bride enters Bethlehem's Church Of The Nativity Annie Abdu bends to enter the door of the Church of the Nativity for her wedding at adjacent St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Bethlehem July 16. She and her fiance had planned a June 30 wedding, but Israeli military curfews delayed the ceremony and forced the couple, their friends and relatives to attend a, hastily announced service when restrictions were lifted for a few hours.

Jewish section of Rome's Verano cemetery were smashed or toppled overnight July 17-18. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of state, sent a telegram to Rome's chief rabbi, Riccardo di Segni, July 19, expressing the pope's condolences to the city's Jewish community and

condemning the

acts

and the

"anti-Jewish sentiments which inspire

them."

The

cardinal said the

pope was

Vatican Radio has begun experimenting

what project leaders expect one day completely revolutionize the 71 -year-old broadcaster: multimedia

quietly with to

Internet radio.

Over the past

radio's Internet-development

with radio cepts,

Web

training

—

able "to create 3 hero

and a myth that measure up to Western culture," said the Rome-based magazine that is reviewed at the Vatican before publication. The story's hero, Peter Parker, is the stereotypical "good guy," not the most popular, not rich, but good at school and "God-fearing," the magazine said.

Sister of Providence among 29 receiving prison terms for SOA protests INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) Sister

—

Kathleen Desautels, a Sister of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, will spend six months in a federal prison for trespassing at the former School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Ga., during a protest last year. Sister Kathleen, an Indianapolis native and a staff

team

the Eighth

—

two American employees and sound experience but no has refined con-

worked out bugs, and

was

film's success is

special effects, but to

year, the

consisting of

formal

its

tried to

con-

Day

Army

called the

desecration of graves in Rome's Jewish cemetery

and by attacks on cemeteries and synagogues that have occurred in other parts of Europe and on other continents over the past months.

new media

are worth the plunge. Now they say they're ready to show off the

for Security Cooperation.

—

(CNS) Pope condemned the desecration

of graves in Rome's Jewish cemetery and an "analogous series of events occurring

with worrying frequency" around Europe. Headstones, Stars of David and

marble slabs on about 50 graves

in the

Vatican Radio boldly

goes where no staff has gone before: the Web VATICAN CITY (CNS) With

—

tiny budget and a core staff of two,

fruits

of their labors, which they describe

edgy and informative Catholic site with few parallels. 'What we're trying to do is offer in an attractive format really compelling, interesting and even fun Catholic stories or stories from a Catholic point of view," said Stephen Banyra, as an

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July 26,

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4 CHARLOTTE

— The

St.

Maximilian

Kolbe

call

at (704) 639-9837.

CHARLOTTE

—

The

regularly

and friends on the

for survivors, family

Ballantyne

Belmont

scheduled cancer support group meetings

Fiebel at (828) 389-0515.

Basilica,

For further information,

Owens

Monday

Belmont Abbey

and a

will be available at 3 p.m.,

ments will be among the available items. For additional information, contact Riki

following days:

St.

Gabriel Church, 3016

Providence Rd., tonight and every first at 7 p.m. in the ministry center

and

library

and every

St.

Matthew Church, 8015

Commons first

Pkwy., on Aug. 6

Tuesday

at 7 p.m. in the

For more Matthew - Marilyn (704) 542-2283 and St.

Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order will be gathering today

office

Borrelli at

Hayesville

Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Statesville Ave. Those interested in learning more about the SFO and the Franciscan way of life are invited

support group will meet tonight from 6-

September 21

For more information, call Skyler Mood, SFO, at (704) 545-8133.

4 SALISBURY

September 15

Murphy

— 11 a.m.

Confirmation

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church,

Second-class Charlotte NC and

address corrections

clothing will be

but furniture, small appliances, household goods, books and refresh-

site,

tools,

Mass today

potluck dinner will follow the Mass. Fa-

President James Gearity, Ph.D.

other subscribers. other

trial in Columbus, Ga. In 29 of the 37 co-defendants received prison terms of three to six months, with some also being fined; seven others were sentenced to six months' probation and one was found not guilty. all,

11 a.m.

Phone: (704) 370-3333 FAX: (704) 370-3382 E-mail: catholicnews

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tenced Sister Kathleen to six months in prison after a

Mass Installation of Belmont Abbey College

September 13

July 12,

U.S. Magistrate G. Mallon Faircloth sen-

ther John Putnam, pastor, will be the

— The

Immaculate Heart of Mary Women's Club will host its annual White Elephant Sale today from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. in die IHM Church

Publisher:

Institute

p.m. Prayer and worship with prayer

planner August 3 HAYESVILLE

Western Hemisphere

charismatic and healing

Diocesan

now

base that houses the school,

vince higher-ups that the risks of the

VATICAN CITY

in Chi-

cago for the past 16 years, was arrested last November with 100 other human rights activists for trespassing on the U.S.

"deeply saddened by the detestable gesture"

member of

Center for Justice

Pope condemns

John Paul

"mili-

its

and exaltation of all things American, the film "Spider-Man" offers moral lessons that more and more people are finding only in the movies today, said an influential Jesuit maga-

House Judiciary

tion-related action, the

— Despite

(CNS)

taristic patriotism"

at 2 p.m. at

to attend.

—

5 p.m. 50th anniversary celebration and Mass St. John Baptist de la Salle Church, North

Wilkesboro

128 N. Fulton

building conference room.

information,

Gabriel

call: St.

Eileen Correll at (704) 362-

5047, Ext. 217.

CHARLOTTE

— The bereavement

7:30 p.m. and every

first

Monday

—

Sacred Heart Church,

family

St.,

will be celebrating a

Providence Rd. This support group

room

in the

at St. Gabriel Church,

3016 is

for

July 26,

2002

The World

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

Former ambassador says

equates the evil of the Sept. 1 terrorist attacks with the evil of abortion. While the attacks

of self-government, and back unimpeded access to humanitarian aid, especially with regard to developing oil deposits. For more than 30 years, CRS, the U.S. bishops' international relief and development agency, has been involved in the African nation, home to nearly 30 million people. In written testimony to the sub-

manifested

"a disregard for the intrinsic worth of innocent human life," he said, they were no different nor more appalling on a moral level than the fact that abortion has destroyed millions of unborn babies since it was legalized vir-

committee July

tually on demand in 1973. Keyes, who was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council during the Reagan adminis-

Behind the crumbling, elaborate baroque facades of Antigua, preparations are under way for the canoniza-

abortion as evil as Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

NEW ORLEANS

(CNS)

—

Former U.S. diplomat Alan Keyes told a pro-life conference in New Orleans he 1

tration, made the comments in a July 12 speech at the American Life League's annual Celebration of Life World Family

Conference in New Orleans. "If we pray down destruction on the head of Osama bin Laden for that violation of innocent life," Keyes said, "we have to be aware that we pray

down destruction

as well on a nation that is willing to enshrine in principle a right to administer the self-same blow to those innocent lives of our offspring that ought to be more sacred in our obligation to God than any others."

CRS

Congress

official tells

Sudan

situation 'urgent, deteriorating'

WASHINGTON The CNS

photo from Reuters

Mexicans on pilgrimage to Mexico City for canonization Jose Escobar makes a pilgrimage on his knees July 19 to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe while holding his 1 -month-old son. Indigenous peoples of Mexico were thronging to the city to celebrate Juan Diego, a Nahuatl Indian who converted to Catholicism after experiencing a vision of Mary in 1531. Pope John Paul II will canonize Juan Diego on July 31.

(CNS)

—

Sudan is "urgent and deteriorating," putting 1.7 million lives at risk from famine, disease and war, a Catholic Relief Services official told a Senate subcommittee. Paul Townsend situation in

recommended fairs

to the African

af-

subcommittee of the Senate

Foreign Relations Committee that the U.S. government negotiate for peace, reinforce the value

anyone

who

has experienced the loss of a

loved one. For

CSS

details, call

Ruth Posey,

counselor, at (704<) 370-3238.

CLEMMONS

—

Holy Family

Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd., will be ebrating a charismatic 7:30 p.m.

Mass

The sacrament

cel-

tonight at

of reconciliation

will be given at 7 p.m., and the laying on of hands will take place after Mass. The next Mass will be celebrated on Sept. 9.

For more information,

call the church 778-0600 or Jim Passero at (336) 998-7503. 7 ALBEMARLE The Forever Young Club of Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, 416 N. 2nd St., will be having a meeting and a covered dish lunch in the Family Life Center this morning at 10

office at (336)

—

For further

Mary

Charles Nesto at (704) 398-0879. 9 WINSTON-SALEM All married

—

couples are invited to participate in the

next Worldwide Marriage Encounter this weekend through Aug. 1 1 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. The next Marriage Encounter will take place in Charlotte the weekend of Nov. 8. For more information or reservations, call Tom and Emilie Sandin at (336) 274-4424. 10 CHARLOTTE The Vietnamese

—

Cursillo

community

will

meet

at 7:30

CHARLOTTE

—A

Mass

program

1621 Dilworth Rd. East, this afternoon at

p.m. in the parish activity

age 55 and older are welcome. For more information, call

center. All adults

meeting tonight Life Center.

at 7 p.m. in the

The meetings

Family

feature guest

speakers and special events periodically.

For more information,

call Claire Barnable at (828) 369-1565. Living Wa1 1 MAGGIE VALLEY

—

ters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Liv-

ing Waters Lane, will be hosting a rededication

ceremony of the

Room

this

Tiffin

afternoon at 2 p.m.

Meeting

The room

being named in honor of the Franciscan who have served at

will

be held at

St.

charismatic

Patrick Cathedral,

4 p.m. with prayer teams

the center at (828) 926-3833 or e-mail

lwcrc@main.nc.us.

12 CHARLOTTE

of St. Ann Church, 3635 Park Rd., will be having a meeting with a luncheon and at

— The Women's Guild

Francis of Assisi Church, 299 Maple St, will be having their monthly

the center over the years. For details, call

St.

(704) 532-9094.

— The Happy Timers

FRANKLIN St.

of the month for a school of leaders at

7 CHARLOTTE

Garris

further information, contact

Sisters of Tiffin, Ohio,

at (704) 982-8427.

details, call

For

p.m. tonight and every second Saturday

Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd. For further information, call Ky Do at

a.m.

cafeteria.

Josie Backus at (704) 527-4676.

at 3 p.m.

and a

potluck dinner at 5 p.m. in the school

meeting

—A

support group

for caregivers of family

and

from Alzheimer's/ dementia will be held today and Aug. 26 from 10-11:30 a.m. in room E of the ministry center at St. Gabriel Church,

friends suffering

called

11,

Townsend

most desperate hudisaster on our

"the

manitarian planet."

Canonization preparations under way for Guatemala's

Hermano Pedro' ANTIGUA, Guatemala (CNS)

—

tion of the town's favorite son, Blessed

Pedro de San Jose Betancur. Hermano Pedro, as he is known, is revered throughout Guatemala and Central America for his miraculous curing of the sick and dedication to the poor. Pope John Paul II is scheduled to canonize Hermano Pedro July 30 in Guatemala City. So many pilgrims are determined to visit Hermano Pedro's remains and altar at the Church of San Francisco in Antigua that a schedule was set up to allot the weekend days preceding the pope's visit to people from different areas of the country and those from other spots in Central America. Sant'Egidio to gather worldwide religious leaders to promote dialogue (CNS) Dialogue is the only solution to terrorism and violence, poverty and the growing dis-

—

ROME

tance between the rich and poor, said

the spokesman for the Sant'Egidio Community.

Rome-based

The Cathopreparing its 16th international meeting of religious leaders, to be held Sept. 1-3 in Palermo, Sicily. More than 350 reliCatholic, Orthodox, gious leaders Anglican, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish and cultural leaders, including politicians, scholars and writers, will meet to discuss "Religions and Cultures between Conflict and Dialogue." lic

lay

group

—

3016 Providence

Rd.,

and Aug. 20

Providence United Methodist Church.

With advanced

notification, activities

memory-impaired can be provided. For more information about the support group or the Shining Stars Adult Day Respite Program for the memory-impaired, which meets every Monday and Wednesday at St. Gabriel from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and every Tuesday and Thursday at Sardis Presbyterian Church from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., call Suzanne Bach at (704) 376-4135. 14 CHARLOTTE The 50+ Club of St. John Neumann Church, 8451 for the

—

Idlewild Rd., will be gathering for lunch today at 11:30 a.m. at China House, 5720 Independence Blvd. All are invited to join the group for food, fun and fellowship. For more information about

the monthly meetings, call Bobbe Conlin at (704) 643-1376 or Gloria Silipigni at (704)

821-1343.

Please submit notices of events for the Dioc-

esan Planner at least 15 days prior to the publication date.

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July 26,

2002

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Massachusetts woman has dream job as fan director for Red Sox News Service (CNS) dream job.

BOSTON McKenna

has a

At age

â€”

Sarah

Fenway Park

Boston, the

home

band,

of the

She to

a respected

make

staff member who

job,

sure that people have a

ballpark. "Basically,

campaign for a new Qualcomm Stadium. That is how she met Larry Lucchino, Red Sox president and CEO, and Charles

to be a successful

take care of the

ballpark, called

individual fan," she said.

Since spring,

Fenway Park

has been

almost every night. More than 30,000 people have come to each game to watch full

their beloved

play.

Steinberg, the team's executive vice presi-

dent for public

people

empty park on Day than attended some games

other major-league "If

it's

cold, rainy or hot,

their ac-

Fenway. McKenna learned at Christmas she would be working for the team. "It was time for us to come home with

tion at

cities.

our fans

come," she said in an interview with

Making

affairs.

quaintance led to her getting the fan posi-

to play catch in an

Father's in

team

They moved to San Diego for Bill's and McKenna began working with

the San Diego Padres on what turned out

positive experience at the 90-year-old

came

Bill,

Mass.

Red Sox. tries

McKenna met her huswho was from Framingham,

In Oregon,

director of fan services at

D-

sultant to U.S. Rep. Richard Neal,

Mass.

27, the native of the Spring-

Diocese

field

"And her father showed her how to work hard," said Keaney about her husband, Dave Keaney, a lawyer and con-

PEGGY WEBER

Catholic

The

And we were

Catholic Observer, Springfield's diocesan

our family.

newspaper. She and several other people from the Boston Red Sox have initiated new programs this season that are focused on fans. Their motto is "Fan Friendly

change," she said. She and her husband

Fenway." "Right now I'm helping to start up a new program of Fenway Ambassadors, who will be out and talking and

CNS

photo by Fred LeBlanc, Catholic Observer

Fans of the Boston Red Sox baseball team are photographed with the "Green Monster" mascot at Fenway Park in Boston. Sarah McKenna of Springfield, Mass., director of fan services for the team, has made the park "fan friendly" by creating special services for kids and adult fans who regularly attend ballgames.

Indians minor league hockey team.

ready for a

have a 16-month-old daughter, Jameson. McKenna seems comfortable in the old park where the "Green Monster," its famed 37-foot-high left field wall, looms over the crowd. She maintains a respectful distance as she stands a few feet away from some of baseballs' greats. 'This is their time. They don't need

field

online through Bostonworks.com. She

and helping senior citizens to their seat and taking pictures of people so fans can have their memories captured at Fenway," she said. McKenna graduated in 1992 from

said they actually interviewed

3,500 at

Cathedral High School in Springfield. In

Chris Keaney, said with a chuckle. "But

real family

and 240

1996, she graduated from Dominicanrun Providence College in Rhode Island with a degree in health care policy and

Sarah has worked hard to get where she

are created at the ballpark, especially at

work

She envisions the ambassadors greeting fans as they arrive via the "T,"

management. Then she and some girlfriends hopped in a car and headed to Portland, Ore., where she worked briefly for the single-A Portland Rockies, a farm team of

Boston's transit system, or the workers

the Colorado Rockies.

proactively meeting fans

she

basis,"

on a day-to-day

said.

McKenna

said 3,500 people applied

all

a meet-and-greet session at the park

narrowed the group down

to about

people.

'This will be a team that will

during the day and will be the face

at the

games.

of the Red Sox," she

might board the

They said.

T to hand out postcards

of players. 'They'll be giving gifts to children

She became interested in working in sports through a family friend, Peter Cooney, past owner of the former Spring-

"I've just

whole

been interested

life,"

she

in sports

What who say they McKenna's mom,

"She's got four brothers

should have that job,"

When

she worked for the minor league team in Oregon, she pulled tarp and sold tickets. She learned about is.

distractions," she said.

said.

said that

like the

atmosphere.

think

faith

lesson of patience.

way

faith

has a

has helped

has taught

And

A lot of memories

Fenway," she said. She said her Catholic her in her work. "I

McKenna's older

entertainment

like the

aspect of baseball.

baseball from the grass roots up."

Keaney

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New Knights continue long, noble tradition By REV. MR.

Eucharistic adoration

Correspondent Father Michael

McGivney founded

—

mornings immediately following the 9

Mass until noon, Wednesday evenings from 7:30-8:15 p.m. and today and every first Friday from 9:30 a.m-

a fraternal service-ori-

a.m.

ented brotherhood called the Knights of

Columbus in 1882 in New Haven, Conn. His goal was to bring the men of his parish

8:45 p.m.

together in faith and fellowship while guar-

church

anteeing widows and orphans financial as-

For more information,

Lawrence, 97

Following the Christian

ideals

become an

its

ration

inter-

from 6

tion, call

— The

Haywood

am-9

of St

Basilica

St, hosts daily ado-

p.m.

For more informa-

Jane Sorrells at (828) 298-0334.

— Belmont

BELMONT

national organization dedicated to the pro-

the

call

684-6098.

at (828)

ASHEVTLLE

sistance.

founder, the Knights has

—

ARDEN

St. Barnabas Church, 109 Crescent Hill Dr., hosts eucharistic adoration on the following days: Friday

GERALD POTKAY

MOCKSVILLE

Abbey, 100

motion of the Catholic faith and the pro-life movement and the assistance of under-

ration in the perpetual adoration chapel

privileged children, the orphaned, the dis-

across from the monastery from 10

abled and the handicapped.

am because of lack of participation. For vol-

Belmont-Mt Holly

The Knights formed its first council in The long, noble tradi-

unteer and other information,

Charlotte in 1903. tion continues to

grow through

U.S. council formed in the

—

the

first

"Mr. Tootsie" and Knight George Kimberly, a member of Council 12610, do their part during an Operation LAMB drive, in which proceeds went to the Association for Retarded Citizens, the Special Olympics and the handicap program at South Davie Middle School.

other.

have

many

of the same

LAMB (Least Among My Brothers) drive,

of work for the Knights. Other charities

the proceeds of which benefited the Asso-

that benefited

the

the Council

ventilator.

from this project were the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and the American Red Cross.

Retarded Citizens, the Special Olympics and the handicap program in South Davie Middle School. But it is more than winning awards for Council 12610. The Knights lead rosary devotions; attend pro-life marches in Raleigh and Washington, DC; undertake

council to the general

each

church membership drives; have started a

the success that our projects have

ideas,

men's choir; have an ongoing Bible study;

strated," said Streit.

ciation of

and have an annual

and through the Knights of Columbus, we have found we are not alone in our thoughts and have acquired good friendships," said third-degree Knight Al Streit The growing numbers and energized members have helped the council make its mark.

retreat,

which oc-

curred this year at Lake Janaluska.

The

council

was instrumental

in the

financial efforts for the construction

new church for St.

of a

Francis of Assisi, as well

new

as the formation of a

of aimed

"circle"

Columbian Squires 4713, which

at the teens of the parish.

In the last two years, the council has received: the

book Award; and the Lamb Award for raising $7,608 during an Operation

Recognition Program Award; the Scrap-

single year.

know

Community Award;

needed for an operation to get him off a Much of the money was raised through a very successful "Haunted House," which encompassed 1,500 hours

sion

council received the state

of us didn't even

—

other information,

The council

Supreme Star Council Award;

—

CHARLOTTE

Gildein attributes the success of the

the church.

St.

Thomas

midnight and

Friday from 1:15 p.m-

first

eucharistic holy

hour takes

place every Friday from 7:30-8:30 p.m.

The

Blessed Sacrament Chapel in Aquinas Hall is

open everyday from 8 a.m-9 p.m. For

infonnation, call the church office at

(704) 549-1607.

HICKORY

—

Aloysius Church,

St.

921 2nd St NE, hosts eucharistic adoration on the first Friday of the month from Sept

May

in Sebastian Chapel from 9 a.m-9 For volunteer and other information, call Jean Marie Hirsch at (828) 495-4339. HIGH POINT Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro Rd., hosts perpetual adoration in the chapel. For volunteer and other information, call Theresa Hansen at (336) 273-1507.

p.m.

"Working together has brought us to demon-

Knight Francis Russell added; "Everybody worked on these projects together. have a good bunch of guys here who

are well organized.

It's

good

Contact Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay by

427-8218

(336)

—

to see the

Knights of Columbus working with the church and the youth of our parish."

calling

has also helped a 10-year-

good intentions of the

men of the parish who want to give back to

adoration every

e-mail

— St

MOCKSVILLE Church 862

first Friday of the month am-noon. For further details, call the

adoration die

tic

from

1 1

church

office at

SYLVA

gpotkay@triad. rr.com.

(336) 751-2973.

—

Eucharistic adoration takes

Deputy Award, Divi-

tributing $1,200 toward the $70,000

Church, 22 Bartlett

Mass

MOVING?

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the State

Kathleen Potter at

call

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old quadriplegic, Taylor Lovelace, by con-

perpetual adoration. For volunteer and

the 2001-2002 N.C. State Council award,

Division

All are invited to

Aquinas, 1400 Suther Rd., hosts eucharistic

awards for the largest percent membership gain and for the largest net membership gain, going from 23 to 53 members in a lot

Marie

Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., for

—

CHARLOTTE

Courtesy Photo

new millennium

—

The

call

p.m-6

Siebers at (704) 827-6734.

the award-winning St Francis of Assisi Church Council 12610 in Mocksville. The triumvirate Roger Hunckler, former grand Knight; Jim Gildein, former grand Knight; and Mercy Sister Mary Carmelita Hagen, past administrator of St. Francis of Assisi Church started Council 12610 in 2000. Hunckler guided the council through its first year with a membership of 23. In the 2001-2002 year, Gildein assumed leadership and helped expand the membership and push the council to greater heights.

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Staff Writer

—

Two of the diCHARLOTTE ocesan faithful, who have chosen a life of commitment to the church, moved one step closer to fulfillment of their decisions to become priests. Rev. Messrs. Julio Cesar Dominguez and

"Everyone has a vocation, and I answered my call because I wanted to serve the people," Rev. Mr. Dominguez said. "The further devel-

Enrique Gonzalez-Gaytan were ordained to the transitional diaconate at a bilingual Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral July 20. In a celebration of two cultures, the choir sang selections in Spanish; the readings and Bishop William G.

opment of

spiritual life attracted

to the priesthood."

Rev. Mr. Gonzalez-Gaytan, 33, completed his work at St. Charles in May and will continue studying lan-

were also translated spirit of oneness flowed throughout the sanctuary in celebration of two men who will become priests of the Diocese of Charlotte. Family, friends and diocesan priests and deacons witnessed the men make one of their important steps on the road to priesthood. Even though the men are at difCurlin's homily

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Charles Borromeo Church in Morganton, St. Leo the Great Church in Winston-Salem and Our Lady of the Americas Church in Biscoe. During the rite of ordination of a deacon, the bishop calls the candidate make the promise of celibacy and the vow of obedience. The candi-

forth to

ferent points in their faith journeys,

lies prostrate on the floor while those in attendance, including the bishop; those priests concelebrating and deacons serving, kneel and pray the litany of the saints. The bishop lays his hands and asks the Holy Spirit to descend upon the candidate. The candidate is then vested with the dalmatic and stole, and as a deacon, assists during the rest of the Mass. During his homily, Bishop Curlin

date

both hail from Mexico and studied at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia. They have been in this country about two years but studied for the priesthood in Mexico before coming to the U.S. to complete their educations. Most of the deacons' family members still live in Mexico, but they have relatives in the diocese. Rev. ]\4r. Dominguez, 30, has

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"These men have immediate knowledge and understanding of the culture from which they have emerged and will be important bridge-builders in the diocese," Father Allen said.

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Showfety,

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the setup

was

the Japanese

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He was

war

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Naval Training where he was a the personnel center. '1 had the of typing up my own discharge

transferred to the

Center in Great Lakes,

yeoman

"When

distinction

lay.

"None of us deserve

day,

his calling

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deposits.

to be priests,"

Msgr. Showfety said. "It's a gift given to us by the divine Lord. He chooses us; we don't

nance

choose him."

doing.

Maryland, earning

his de-

gree in 1951, then studying theology at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore in one of the largest seminary classes in the

world at the time. Ordained a month, he was assigned to St. Mary Church in Mount Olive, where the Diocese of Raleigh had recentiy purchased a house for use as the rectory. The building had no furniture, just "a toilet, a bathtub, a bathroom sink and a kitchen sink. No heat, no hot water I had nothing," said Msgr. Showfety, who did much of the repair work. "We had to have the floors sanded. I was on my knees putting the varnish on the floor. My dad helped a great deal; it took us several months to get

—

the place in shape." a

lot,

gaining an edu-

beyond what he'd had

nary. Like other

new

in the semi-

priests in the diocese

sorry for newly ordained priests; they go from being students in the seminary, and they're thrown all of a sudden boom into large parishes and all of the work

—

involved in that."

The different

Raleigh was a lot

Diocese of

back then. "In those days

was

tough," said Msgr. Showfety, recalling

Mary, which was a been integrated the way everything else has been integrated. They have, I think now, 14 differchanged

all

that

St.

black parish for years, has

ent nationalities in the parish."

Over the

he held a variety of positions, including secretary to the years,

What

It's

many

as a church

of that growth ing

first

and better as

better

priests in the

Msgr. Showfety has

don't feel much retired yet"

said, still settling into his

ment

in Greensboro.

frequently,

fi-

"I'll

new

apart-

play golf

hope."

also hopes to tape his recollections

of the original Bishop McGuinness High School. "I'm the only one

people

who knows

beginnings of the high school," he

said.

McGuinness High School in Winston-Salem and the now-defunct Asheville Catholic High School. He was pastor of Immaculate Conception Church

the Charlotte Diocese, a position he held

'You basically lived in your car," he said. 'You were on your own for three to four days a week, which was a good experience. So most of us old-timers from Ra-

until 1974.

have been through

this system.

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Hendersonville and director of nearby

that call

Hills

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Camp when

the

first

he got

chancellor of

Father Showfety went to Raleigh the next day to begin the process of forming

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mends

We're growing, and File Photo we're growing very fast." He was appointed monsignor in 1976. Bishop Begley wanted to surprise him by

black and white parishes. "Integration has

Our Lady of the

Introductory Classes:

cused on

cese now.

he was assigned to work in mission areas under the supervision of a pastor, spending half his time in the parish, at the time,

leigh

With

the

there's a big

nobody

forget we're priests,

moved

made

priests.

priests, Msgr. 'We're not laymen; we're cannot forget that. If we don't

said.

original Bishop

He also traveled cation

Today,

office there.

myself, they have

He majored in philosophy and English at Mount Saint Mary's College & Seminary

Showfety

Showfety said. "We had room and all of the offices in one building; before, departments were scattered across town. In my

contemplating the priesthood.

where

cannot forget that they are

where "everything came into place," Msgr.

Not many can say that" After leaving the Navy, Showfety worked for his father for a year while Finally he decided

However, some things about the

into a building

papers.

the pastoral aspects,

priesthood should never change; priests

helpful."

In 1974, the chancery

111.,

—

not the secular aspects."

The first chancery staff worked out of two rooms in the rectory of St Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte. Later, it was in a house to which Father Showfety would commute from Concord.

boot camp, the Ger-

recalled.

have done before

—

1945.

in service school,

The

was excellent. People were very supportive of Bishop Begley they knew him, and they loved him. The priests were

mili-

"Many priests think of themselves as CEOs with people working under them. The laity are doing the work that priests

spirit

months before enlisting in the U.S. Navy in

"When I man war ended,"

secretaries. "It

look back with honor.

believes

Priestly ministry has also changed.

We didn't have much time

2002

There are "more demands, more people and more involvement of the laity," he said.

for ourselves.

tary college in Charleston, S.C., for six

who did the bulk of work with Bishop

a lot of hours, a lot of head-

aches.

for his father.

was

Msgr.

said

us,"

Begley and two

when he was an altar boy at St. Benedict Church in Greensboro and a student at St. Benedict Grammar School. 'The first thoughts came at that time," he said, but they were on the back burner by the time he was a Greensboro High student, playing sports and working the priesthood, back

Showfety attended The Citadel

Lady of Grace Church. He must be done.

chancery work. Everything was

MSGR. SHOWFETY,

July 26,

Member of St. Matthew Church

2002

July 26,

The Catholic News & Herald 9

Around the Diocese

on toes

Feisfor all: Irish dance keeps youth By KEVIN

MURRAY

Connick's students.

'They work so hard

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE dancing

Irish

— For

just plain fun.

Going

aging each other and pushing each other. get satisfaction from watching others do well."

They

the world finals on the other side of the

globe

an added bonus.

'The

Twelve young

dancers, ages 1 1 to of the Rince Na h'Eireann dance school ventured to Glasgow, Scotland, for the World Irish Dancing Championships to April

kids in the class have

become

close friends because they put so

17,

March 24

together," said

Connick. 'They are very good at encour-

these kids,

Waldrep. "We're

There, they com-

year-old Pierce Beach, a

member

from around the world. 'They were all very excited, and they had worked very hard," said Sandra

Patrick Cathedral. 'We're

all

family from Cork, Ireland.

time she and her teaching partner

Catholic youth,

Pierce have brought dancers to the

in Charlotte,

one

first

trained exhaustively for' weeks in ad-

Dawe

ever held out of Ireland in 33 years," said

vance.

Connick. "There were thousands of

competitors in the girls under 12 cat-

people there from

egory.

all

over the world."

was a new experience for Hillary Dawe and Brian Waldrep, both first-tim-

placed

115th out of 154

Waldrep placed 42nd out of 60

the boys under 12 category.

ers to the

world championships. 'The Irish and English dancers were

noted

amazing," said

thew Church. "My friends think it's awesome that I do it (dancing), but they don't

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Matthew Church "It

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"Sandra and Pam are more than teachers to me. They've become friends," said Brian, who hopes to keep getting better at Irish dance. "Once you're at a certain level, you can make up your own steps." And like many of the dancers, Waldrep would one day like to be in

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Waldrep, who has been dancing since he was 7, trains at Connick's WinstonSalem school but also spends Mondays

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July26,

Around the Diocese

2002

Religious intolerance cheats Catholic student's education By KEVIN

MURRAY

Associate Editor

MOCKSVILLE

—

Hightower summoned Cynthia to his "He said Ben was an exemplary young man and wasn't in any trouble, but was concerned because he was Catholic," said Cynthia. Cynthia said Hightower claimed Catholics were "idol worshipers" and didn't have the same view of salvaoffice.

Fifteen-year-old

Ben Holmes said he learned more about intolerance than compassion at Sheets Memorial Christian School. "When the school year ended, they said they weren't accepting me back," he said. "The main reason: they're opposed to Catholics."

Holmes started attending the Lexington school as a freshman last fall after he and his mother, Cynthia, relocated from Portland, Maine. Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School in Kernersville was too far away, she said. "Our real-estate agent invited us to her church and said it had a really good youth group," said Cynthia, referring to Blaise Baptist Church, which is affiliated with Sheets Christian School. "She said many kids from the church went to the school." Though Catholic, Cynthia had no concerns about attending a Protestant church or letting Ben go to a Protestant school that incorporates religion into its curriculum. "I wasn't scared to let him learn about other faiths because I know his faith is strong," she said, explaining how she grew up among many different religions. Besides, "It was described as a non-sectarian school in their papers and ads. It shouldn't exclude any religion." In January, the Holmeses decided to stop attending Blaise Baptist

Church. "There were adverse comments toward Presbyterians and Catholics made," said Cynthia. "It became clear this was not a church that

Because the school philosophy is that the home, school and church tion.

must complement one another, Hightower

said

Ben would have

attend Blaise Baptist Church to stay enrolled. "I told him that was absolutely unacceptable to me," said

Cynthia. "It

was

a cold situation at school

after that," said Ben, "like

was

in a

dark room." In late May, the Holmeses were called to a school board meeting.

"There was no discussion of

son's

grades or behavior. They just asked us questions of faith," said Cynthia. "They asked very irrelevant questions, mostly directed to my beliefs in salvation," said Ben. "They found that very disagreeable." The Holmeses were told the Baptist

and Catholic doctrines were

common

in our Father Andrew Draper, pastor of St. Francis of Assisi. "A kid who's well-grounded in his faith should be able to go to school wherever he wants." Ben will be attending Davie High School in the fall. Cynthia had hoped to keep him out of public school, so he "could pray without retribution and have God's name not taken in vain," lot in

belief in the Lord," said

bad apples," he said. Cynthia said she went to the media about Sheets Christian School because she "thought people should know what kind of intolerance their kids are being taught. How will they learn to be tolerant if they're not being taught tolerance?" "I sincerely hope this brings people together instead of pushing them apart," said Father Draper. "There's an opportunity for growth if we act rather than react." "We're all Christians. We'll all be standing before God one day, and he won't ask us our denominations," said Cynthia. "He'll ask more relevant questions about what kind of people

were."

Sheets Christian School said Hightower refused to com-

Principal

ment.

she said.

But she said the experience has been positive in many ways. "Ben's never been challenged before. He's delved into and strengthened his

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Cynthia.

faith," said

Pastoral Assignments Bishop William G. Curlin announces the following pastoral changes:

Effective July 9 (correction);

said.

A ppointment of Vicariate Vicar

A month

after school ended, the

tion."

class.

Cynthia indicated there was nothing in the application stating the school needed to be notified if Ben switched churches. "And we never gave them any indication we'd be

seen a ghost," said Ben. "He said, 'You've got to be kidding me.'" Soon after, principal Dan

have a

—

cross after a prayer in Bible study

he had

tists)

compatible. "I asked them to consider Ben's psychological welfare and to let him stay in the school with his friends," said Cynthia. Afterward, Cynthia said Hightower shook her hand. "He said his words it was 'nothing personal' and showed us to the door," she

was accepting of new people." Ben still enjoyed attending Sheets Christian School and made many friends. He would stay after school to help cleanup classrooms. It was early March when Ben made the sign of the

Ben. "They were supposed to teach me about Christ's compassion. They taught me about hypocrisy instead." The Holmeses are now attending St. Francis of Assisi Church in Mocksville. "They've been wonderful. It's good to be home," said Cynthia. "I'm simply disappointed in what happened. (Catholics and Bap-

Ben still thinks highly of Sheets Christian School. "There's just a few

in-

Holmeses received a letter indicating Ben could not return because of a change in his application. "It was written very ambiguously," said Cynthia. "It was either because we changed churches or because I had changed jobs. Those were the only two changes on the applica-

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2002

Workshops to make better catechists planned for August By KEVIN

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The Diocese of Charlotte's competency-based process for the training of catechists, the "Catechist Recognition Process," will be held in a series of

Bernadette Svatos, OSF, coordinator Northern Region of Faith Formation. Catechesis attempts to echo the

Church Church

for the

faith in the liturgy,

and works, according to the diocesan is

the mission of the catechist to proclaim the Gospel to

all

the evangelized and

and

St.

William

"Fashioning a Eucharistic People" will be held at St. Margaret Church in Maggie Valley 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 5. "Using the Lectionary in the Liturgical Year" workshops will be held at St. Mary Church in Sylva 7-9 p.m. Aug. 6 and at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Franklin 7-9 p.m. Aug. 19. "This workshop gives the history of the lectionary," said Mary Herr, coor-

lege, dedicated to

workshop)

will give

them

for the Central

Region. "At the workshop, they are able to participate in a fellowship atmosphere and be inspired in their catechesis."

tellectual tradition.

Catechists are called to a special

ministry and have a responsibility to the footsteps of Christ, said

an experience to deepen their knowledge of their faith." "It's

gion. "It's helpful for lectors to

why we use the how it has evolved throughout

For more information please contactSmoky Mountain Region: Mary Herr

the cen-

(828) 497-9498; Northern Region: Sister Bernadette (336) 271-2917; Central Re-

turies."

"Lighting the Fires of Faith VIII," the eighth workshop for the Northern Region, will be held at Holy Family

gion:

Peg Ruble (704) 391-0445; Southern Mahoney (704) 554-7088

Region: Joann

Church in Clemmons 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Aug. 24. The keynote speaker will be Father James Hawker, vicar for education and pastor of St. Luke Church in

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of Georgia has been without a temple for this synthesis of faith and

Clements, Southern Catholic chairman, at the groundbreaking. "I appreciate not only your efforts but your passion." project," said

reason."

The Rev. Jim Gaines of First Baptist Church, Dawsonville, said,

Clements recalled that two years ago Jeremiah Ashcroft, then president of East Georgia College in Swainsboro, e-mailed him wanting to help in the school's development. After launching a nationwide search for

"The faith community of Dawson County is overjoyed and looks forward to working with Archbishop Donoghue and Ashcroft together as

a college president, looking at over

that,

200 candidates, Ashcroft was the committee's choice as first president of Southern Catholic.

out at a Catholic event,

"it's got to be God's will." Southern Catholic has set a goal of $34 million to cover start-up costs, the first phase of buildings and operating costs through the 2006-2007 academic year. The first phase includes construction of a residence hall, academic/of-

"If you want to deepen your faith, go back to the work of being obedient to what you feel the Holy Spirit is telling you," Clements said. Ashcroft "is

the individual

—

just

who

contacted us

would have paid

serve this community." He added with such a large Baptist turn-

at-

gymna-

tention."

fice/administration building,

Ashcroft pledged that the school will provide a quality education, enabling graduates to make a good living but also to have the moral and ethical formation necessary for a good life. He plans to form partnerships with sister schools, especially North

sium and a facilities building. The expected completion date is next fall. There will be 61 hours required in the core curriculum, which will explore what it means to be human and people's relations to God, nature and

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of Commerce, spoke of the benefits to the area, including increased social, cultural, recreational and educational venues, and the economic benefit through jobs, business opportunities

Some 400 benefactors, volunteers and other supporters attended the groundbreaking this spring on the cleared site of the 356-acre campus for Southern Catholic College in Dawsonville, about 40 miles north of

Peg Ruble, coordinator

Ruble.

Dawson County Chamber

Catholic college in Georgia, scheduled to open in the fall of 2003.

Southern Catholic will be an independent Catholic liberal arts col-

walk

Georgia College and State University and Gainesville College. Linda Williams, president of the

—

the tools to be better catechists," said

diocese," said Sister Bernadette.

Smoky Mountain reknow one we have now and

GREEAR

News Service DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (CNS) With $10 million already raised and an estimated $24 million still to go, construction has begun on the first Catholic

Atlanta.

Murphy.

Another Catechist Recognition Process workshop will take place in the Southern Region on Aug. 24 at St. Vincent de Paul Church at 4 p.m. "I strongly encourage catechists to work toward their certification in the

the unevangelized."

dinator for the

in Hayesville in

"It (the

sacraments, words

for catechetical leaders. "It

and

"Skills

Theory," "Sacraments," "Catholic Social Teachings" and "Contemporary Moral Issues," and many will be presented in both English and Spanish. The same day, the "Footsteps of Faith" workshop for the Central Region will be at St. Aloysius Church 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 24. Keynote speaker will be Father George Kloster, vicar of the Smoky Mountain vicariate and pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary

workshops over the month of August. All catechists and interested adults are encouraged to attend the workshop in their area. "The workshop will help catechists become certified for their roles in the parishes," said Franciscan Sister

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—

NEW

up with him, challenging

past catch

the love he has for his family.

Mendes once again looks

at dys-

functional families, as he did in his nihilistic directorial

debut "American

Beauty." But in his sophomore effort,

he digs deeper to unearth themes of and family responsibility as well as betrayal and revenge. Tom Hanks throws off his goodguy persona to anchor the film with a convincing performance as Michael Sullivan, a hit man working for John Rooney (Paul Newman), the gangster patriarch of the Irish mob in a small Illinois town in 1931. Newman proves he can still physically and verbally dominate the screen. He makes wickedness look almost dignified with his white hair, impeccably tailored suits and senatorial demeanor. fdial love

not morally, save his son. The divisive morality tale is layered with regrets, bad decisions and a good dose of gruesome violence. But also weaved in with the theme of betrayal is redemption, filial love and family responsibility. Sullivan is a man who only takes a good look at his life when it is already too late. He is a man who does not take his Catholic faith to work with him, yet insists on saying grace before meals and carrying rosary beads in his gun pocket. This split life he leads devoted family man and deadly assassin comes crashing down on him with one shockingly violent act, which embarks him on a journey of revenge with his eldest son Michael Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin). It is in this journey of selfdiscovery for both father and son that unconditional love is seen flowing both ways. "Perdition" is an intriguing character study and an involving yarn. Its intense emotion and beauty is

—

As the title implies, Sullivan is on the road to utter destruction. Both Sullivan and Rooney are forced to choose between their criminal careers and family life. Sullivan must protect his 12-year-old son from Rooney after the boy witnesses a murderous

camera angles and rain-drenched atmospheric sets and locations drop the viewer smack in the middle of Depression-era Chicago where the name Capone is said with reverence.

Rooney shelters his oldest son Connor (Daniel Craig), a hotheaded, bitter young man jealous of

Mendes does not let the audience off easy when it comes to the violence. The camera is unflinching in captur-

his father's affection for Sullivan.

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his adoptive father,

nurturing and protecting him and bringing him into the family business, where he holds a respected place of honor. Sullivan and Rooney each recognizes the wages of their own sins. While one is determined for his son's sake that the violence must end, the other father perpetuates even terrible violence to physically,

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Editorials

July 26,

& Columns

Things of the past and things that pass

Coming of Age

When my oldest son was 5, about a week before Christmas he made one request, offered in the saddest

The Pope

little-boy voice

Speaks

Christmas

you could imagine: Pound Puppy."

"All

really

want

2002

for

If you're around my son's age (he's 19 now), you might remember what a Pound Puppy was: a sadlooking, flattened out, stuffed dog. Pound Puppies were all

the rage for a while, but like

went out of fashion, leaving something else for Christmas. Well, of course,

all

rages they eventually

AMY WELBORN

kids clamoring for

little

CNS

son got his Pound Puppy.

Columnist

was just too

pitiful to be denied. Christopher lives away from

home now,

but on a

recent visit he discovered that his old, beloved stuffed

dog old

Pope arrives in Toronto, praises intelligence, hearts of young people By JOHN THAVIS TORONTO (CNS) Arriving in Toronto for World Youth Day celebrations, Pope John Paul II said the mega-gathering would help young people find spiritual direction in a world full of social and

—

ethical tensions.

At a

brief

welcoming ceremony July 23

Toronto's airport, the pope praised the "gifts of intelli-

gence and heart" that make young people the future of humanity. But he warned that they were also affected by

widespread conflict and injustice in the modern world.

'Too many

begin and end without joy, one of the principal reasons for

lives

without hope. That

Jesus Christ, to the great cause of people and

human

solidarity,"

said.

His Canadian hosts had planned to lower the his plane to the tarmac, but the pope

pope from

down

decided instead to walk

the plane's

— being hugged by

his

15-month-

brother. Christopher didn't mind, being the

generous fellow he is. Seeing his Pound Puppy again, however, reminded him of his other childhood toys, and he told me of a recent conversation with friends in which they'd spent the good part of an evening recalling their favorites: Pound Puppies, Transformers, Masters of the Universe and so on. I wasn't surprised to hear about such a conversation taking place, even between a crew of pierced, tattooed, sports-minded "very cool guys." When I taught high school, I found that teens loved really, really loved talking about their childhood diversions, especially their favorite toys and cartoons. It was kind of funny and sweet, to tell the truth, seeing these kids reminiscing like they were old geezers chatting about the good old days. I'll bet you know how it is. You probably like to think about your old stuff too.

—

Why

World Youth Day. Young people are coming together to commit themselves, in the strength of their faith in

around

is still

little

that?

Teens may not be decades and decades

but

old,

still have pasts to think about, pasts that have brought them to where they are now. And for most

they

teens, just like adults, the point they're at lot

stairs,

now

is full

of a

more pressures than years past were. After all, when you were 10 you weren't worrying

about college. When you were 6 you didn't have a job to go to or grades to keep up, and nobody made you feel as if every decision you made was going to have a poten-

momentous effect on the dreaded rest of your life. everyone was content to let you play rather than nag you about "responsibility." Right? No wonder you like thinking about those toys. No wonder (admit it) you don't mind chilling out in front of a favorite cartoon once in a while when you have time. Sure, you want to grow up, but thinking about the fun you had when you were a kid helps keep you in touch with that very important part of life fun. But thinking about all the old stuff should remind you of something else as well. Life goes on. What fascinates you today is probably going to fade in importially

And

—

tance in the future.

The

external stuff that you think

—

and important right now clothes, probably is going to seem outdated, even vital

years or

maybe

hair,

music

—

childish, in 10

less.

And once again, you'll look back, just like you look back on your toys today. You'll look back with fondness at the fun you had. You'll look back in embarrassment at how lame it seems now. But I hope you won't look back in regret for paying too much attention to things that pass and not enough to other things

—

relationships, love, faith

—

that

not.

moving very slowly and held tightly by an aide. Then he was pushed on a wheeled platform into a hangar decorated with Canadian and Vatican

For the 82-year-old pope,

was the

of the longer trips of his pontificate, an

ney that

will also take

him

start 1

flags.

others are hurt, like those

Working

of one

their jobs

-day jour-

Matters

Guatemala and Mexico

for canonization ceremonies.

His July 23-29 stay in Toronto was to feature tiiree

major World Youth

Day

events with

young

welcoming ceremony a prayer and music vigil July 27 and a

people aged 16-35: an July 25,

official

JOANITA M.

Mass July 28. Some 215,000 young people from more than 170 countries registered for World Youth Day, but organizers were hoping more than half a million would turn out for the final Mass in Downsview

closing

Park

Guest Columnist

a former military base in Toronto.

The

pope,

who

suffers

from

arthritis

down considerably World Youth Day celebration in Rome 2000. Aides roll him on a wheeled platform

Parkinson's disease, has slowed since the last

through crowds, he has cut back on his appearances and he takes a reduced role in many liturgical events.

But

for

two years,

the pope has

made it clear that

he would not give up the chance to celebrate World Youth Day with the international gathering in Toronto.

The pope

instituted

World Youth Day

an annual event in 1985; the international meeting is held every two or three years, and this is the eighth time the pope has traveled outside the Vatican to preside over

Although I've never considered myself a slave to fashion, I've succumbed to the temptation to comment on the corporate falls from grace that we're reading so

much

seems to be happening at once, as if the Enron debacle opened the floodgates through which more and more companies are flowing. What's going on? Maybe it's technicalities: If it's within the letter of It all

OK. Daniel Gross's July 16 MSNBC column, "Give That CEO a Pay Raise," describes how some companies pay their top executives only $1 mil-

the law,

lion;

it's

the rest of the compensation

"restricted stock,

just perks like

performance bonuses, long-term

in-

centive plans and stock-option grants."

denied visas by Canadian authorities. largest non-Canadian contingent

was

rep-

more than 52,000 youths from the United States, who arrived in more than 2,000 orga-

resented by

Gross,

who

writes about

Wall

Street, notes that

Congress passed a law in the 1990s that "penalized companies that paid outsized salaries to their top five officers. ...But the measure excluded from the $1 million limit items that the Internal

Revenue Service deems

be incentive-based or performance-based. As a result, the ban encouraged companies to funnel executive compensation into these difficult for investors

murky

areas, which are far more and the public to understand, and

which are prone to abuse."

nized groups. it's

technicality: call the

not really income.

money something

It's legal,

but

else,

ethical?

and

And

Enron employees who

lost

their retirement plans.

Gross writes that, "Many companies that currently have no compunction about dishing out option grants worth $50 million would not dare to write $50 million checks to top executives. If Enron had disclosed that it paid Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay $30 million or $40 million salaries, investors and regulators would likely have raised red flags far earlier. And if Enron cut back on its lavish stock options, Skilling and Lay might not have used accounting trickery to boost the company's share price." Another example: A few years ago a company sent out announcements that, "You've won $1 million." People thought they'd struck it rich. One man even flew to Florida to demand his "prize." The company had done the minimum by printing all the information, but some of it so small as to be unreadable. Legal? Yes.

Not Most of

Ethical?

about.

it.

The Toronto encounter will be much smaller than last time, when 2 million young people traveled to Rome. One factor was die Sept 1 1 terrorist attacks, which prompted new restrictions on global travel, higher air fares and apprehension among parents over their children's travel Some 3,000 youths were The

Technicalities

of the knee

and a nervous system disorder believed to be

NELLENBACH

and

likely.

us aren't likely to

doesn't really affect us, right? little

little

— adopt

make

millions, so this

Wrong? Anyone

can

this technically-it's-correct

—

men-

tality. It's

easy to rationalize.

can take a longer lunch

They won't miss me, and I've important things to do. Company pen slipped

break than authorized.

got these

my pocket?

So what; the company has lots of pens. faith life yours and mine? You wouldn't do it yourself, but have you ever heard anyone ask a priest if the wedding Mass they attended on Saturday afternoon "counts" for the Sunday "obligation"? How late can I be for Mass or how soon can I leave before the service is over and still say I attended Mass. How little can I pray and still think I have a into

—

Or how about

relationship with

One way

God?

Technicalities.

to avoid this

some "fine do with being

to take time for

print" that doesn't have anything to

technically correct. Listen to that

little

voice within.

Aug. 1 1, we'll hear about Elijah in the cave. God isn't in the wind or the earthquake; he's in the "tiny whispering sound" (l Kings 19:12) that told him what he must do. That tiny sound can tell us, too.

2002

July26,

Editorials

Light

was stunned. The case was

Sister Elizabeth

One

The Catholic News & Herald 17

& Columns virtu-

ally hopeless.

Candle

who was preparing to portray on the screen, interrupted: "What did was the first thing you thought of? Did

this point Russell,

Family

Sister Elizabeth

you do? What you tear up a blanket

for the hot packs?"

"No," Sister Elizabeth replied. "The

was kneel down and say

first

thing

did

a prayer."

Kenny starring Rosalind Russell, which prompted a story about the famous nurse in the very first edition of our Three Minutes a Day book series. The story recounts one important even in the

demonstrates the most I think any one of us could have. Sister Kenny (who, by the way, was not a nun, but received that title or rank when she served as a nurse during World War I) asked for help first from a doctor who she assumed would have the answer to guide her. When it became clear that he not only didn't have a remedy, but that one did not exist, she turned to God. She trusted God to help her help another. What she couldn't know was that she would invent a therapy that would help people around the world at a time when no cure existed for a devastating and dreaded disease. She decided to simply treat the symptoms in what seemed to be a simple, logical way using hot, moist applications in conjunction with passive

Australian nurse's

exercise.

love this story because

MSGR. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist

Reflections

sensible approach to problems

ANDREW &

—

"The First Thing..."

a fan of old movies.

really enjoy seeing

from Hollywood's Golden Age. Rewas reminded of a wonderful film biography of

familiar favorites cently,

Sister Elizabeth

When

"Sister

life.

Kenny" (1946) was

in production, the

nurse was called in as a consultant.

how

described to Russell just

ment

One

she discovered her treat-

for polio. Sister Elizabeth said that she

summoned

to a seven-year-old girl

the lonely bush country.

day, she

who

The child was

had been

lived far out in

extreme

pain,

had a high fever and her leg and foot muscles were

now

an age when the Salk and Sabine it's hard to understand the fear of epidemics that sent Shockwaves of fear through many communities. But what I find most intriguing about Kenny's work was that it was an effort to deal with a difficult situation in a straightforward Living

way.

When

contracted.

most of us confront problems we are rarely make them just go away. We cannot cure

Kenny had never seen this particular combination of symptoms before. She quickly sent a rider to the nearest telegraph station 20 miles away with

able to just

an urgent message for a doctor, asking his advice. Meanwhile, she spent the night comforting the child as best she could. At dawn the long awaited reply

can do

Sister

arrived:

"The symptoms you describe indicate infanThere is no known cure. Do the best

the pain of day-to-day living nor can

we always

prevent

from arising. What we problems using the reason and

hurtful and harmful situations is

deal with

life's

God has given us. The doctor who responded

the abilities

"Do

right:

to Sister Elizabeth got

the best you can."

can."

marriage preparation really important?

A friend of mine

all

Question

it's

when

the information you give,

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

law requires that marriages between two Catholics, or a Catholic and another baptized person, be celebrated in a parish church unless the bishop gives permission for the ceremony elsewhere (Canon 1118). Each diocese, yours included, provides some form of marriage preparation program, which is obligatory for all couples. Usually these include lecture-discussion sessions

and a professional "inventory" to help the couple identify and understand their views and expectations about life together, finances, sexuality, in-laws, spiritual

ments and other elements

critical for

commit-

and memoir emerges as a postmodern sacrament. Viewing narrative and memoir this

way

Further questionnaires are filled out sometime before wedding concerning their intentions for permanence and fidelity and children in their married life, their freedom to marry and other elements that could affect the validity of their marriage, usually not only in church law but in civil In

well.

my pastoral

experience I've not seen couples leave

the church over things like

this.

Just the opposite.

far,

most of them not only cooperate with these requirements, they appreciate them and are grateful the church wants seriously to help them deal with the awesome forces in society that threaten to undermine their hopes and ideals.

offers

new

perspectives on

who

...

a theolo-

Writers of

memoirs have the ability to recognize the sacred in the secular and to express it in ordinary, everyday terms." Your family archivists or griots have the important role of preserving and retelling the implicitly religious

These regulations reflect the fact that our buildings of prayer and worship are holy places where the most sacred events is

one

— and —

the celebration of the sacrament of marriage

should take place; and that the church

to support couples in every

and

live in,

way

obliged

possible to prepare for,

Church law (Canon 1063) binds pastors to assist all community in preserving and

the faithful of that faith

increasing the holiness of Christian marriage.

they are to do this

One way

to provide instructions for brides

and

grooms before their marriage concerning the holiness and meaning of marriage, and be sure these truths are reflected in the wedding liturgy. Interestingly, as

own

received your question,

happened

diocesan newspaper a letter to the

editor responding to a previous letter similar to yours.

woman's comments are worth repeating. "Maybe if more young people saw marriage sacrament

them

it is

The

as the

rather than a rite of passage that entitles

and a church whenever they desire them, they wouldn't feel 'pushed' from the Catholic Church. "I won't deny that sometimes things don't go as well as planned between the priest and the engaged couple due to personality conflicts and previously conceived notions. But I do not feel the majority of priests nor the church deserve the bad rap they get because things didn't go the

way

to a priest

the couple or their family specify."

old stories, and uncovering and telling

new

sto-

of the past. When in their search they discover sacred traces of they must history God in their midst express it in the "ordinary, everyday terms" of family life. For it is in those stories that we learn ries as revealed

a good and faithful Christian marriage.

to note in your

the

—

gian and what constitutes theology

a healthy and strong

marriage relationship.

the old stories

ing,

Columnist

Are

General church

—

into sacred memories. record these memories to preserve them we are using the process of memoir. Peter Gilmour, in "The Wisdom of Memoir" says this: "Narrative serves as a form of know-

Why

what the pastor

a process of narrative that the oral tradition

hood

no wonder young people are they are treated this way.

told the couple are not his personal rules.

law as

fact."

uses to shape events of our ancestry, our child-

these actually church rules or just the pastor's? (Ohio)

From

wisdom.

and

imparts compassion ... Memory makes visible what is otherwise unseen. Thus memory is the fountain of biblical belief. For, as the form of the Scriptures themselves attest, God leaves traces of history that can be recognized as such

When we

CNS

couldn't the rules be relaxed for couples like this?

understanding

Memory

Corner

they considered too personal.

says

ulty that gives shape to experience. Memory provides the narrative structure by which we uncover meaning. Memory is the source of

They told the priest they would like to be married in a local park, a popular place for marriages in our city. They were told they couldn 't do this. They were also unhappy over the premarriage meetings they were expected to attend and questions they were asked about their intentions when they get married, which

My friend

meanings and new lessons to teach us today. It's all about remembering. Father Donald Senior of Catholic Theological Union said, "At the heart of sin is the loss of memory." Author James Carroll said, "Memory is the human fac-

Family stories, as with the biblical narratives, communicate to us meaning about life. It

Protestant.

leaving the church

The past guides the future Preserving family stories through various media is important. Through letters, diaries, journals, photographs, audiotape, old 8milimeter and 16-milimeter film and videotape, legacies are unfolded. Every now and then the family archivist or "griot" (every family should have one) blows the dust off the treasure chest (photo album, or any place where such media are stored), and revisits places of the family's past. They do this not just for nostalgia's sake but to uncover old stories that, perhaps because of current circumstances, might have new

only after the

that

angry with her pastor for the way he treated her daughter and her daughter's fiance, a Q.

Guest Columnists

knowledge, it

Just don't forget to start with a prayer.

tile paralysis.

you

vaccines prevent the spread of polio,

TERRI

LYKE

from the

relics

—

who we

are,

—

and whose we

are,

and

how we

are

to live.

Questions for reflection:

— Who — How have — When

are the archivists or griots of your

family?

has

God

left traces

of history that you

recognized in an old photo, or other media? has an old family story taken on new

meaning

to serve

a current need?

18 The Catholic News & Herald

World Youth Day,

ing

believers with saints and sinners."

Those who

from page 1 want to live in a bland world" without hope and direction, the bishop said, adding that he hopes

accept Christ in the Eucharist.

and prays that those in the audience would not "want to live in such a world either." Based on their loud cheers and applause, they seemed to agree. So did the participants who stepped up to the microphone during the question-and-answer segment. Of the 10 who had a chance to ask the bishop a question, almost all of them expressed their enthusiasm over just being at the event. Eight of them did not even ask a question, but encouraged the crowd to stick with their faith and their commitment to one another or to consider a vocation or missionary work. A young woman from the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, said she was "energized by everyone here and ready to season the world" and asked Bishop Gregory for his advice in responding to people's questions about the church "in light of recent scan-

Bishop Gregory responded by acknowledging that "too many of our

self."

are part of the current

sexual abuse scandal are "not all of the church and not most of the church," he added. The final question posed to the bishop concerned the possibility of going to heaven if someone did not

with and knowledge of Christ himdon't

bishop's answer, "We respond in love and in charity," drew applause from the crowd. He went on to say that Catholics can have pride in their church, know-

Classifieds

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Catholic people have forgotten" about Christ's presence in the Eucharist and

PAID VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

urged World Youth Day delegates to take time over the next few days in

the various Masses to have a "refresher course" in what the Eucharist

means. Stacey Wagner, a 24-year-old from northern Ontario, said the message she planned to take home with her from the bishop's talk was that she should be "more visibly Catholic" her job as a Catholic school teacher. The delegates had a chance to do that during a Mass at the end of the session. They also heard from Bishop Gregory once more during his homily, when he urged them to "take

Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish

for In

its

third year, the

parish

LIFE Community

Our Lady

seeking single Catholic young adults

Our volunteers

to volunteer.

minister

in their

who would

time and are supported

full

may be

financially during their year of service. For those that full-time professional ministry

Mount Carmel

20's

or would like to serve

considering

the context of a

Catholic setting, this opportunity affords an intern-like experience which

The LIFE The

helps to form leaders for the future of our Catholic church.

Community

parish family in

its

unique,

one

response

volunteer groups, as

of the largest in the

its

Baptismal

call.

parish based.

Richmond Diocese and After

a period

vibrant

of exploration

and

discernment, the volunteers begin a ministry based on their discernment,

and

and the needs of the parish. Previous volunteers poor and homeless, elderly, youth, music, and

something back home" from their World Youth Day experience and

their gifts

speak courageously to others of the "presence of Christ within you."

parish school. During their year of service, volunteers are invited to grow

dals."

The

2002

worldwide community of

July 26,

the News

Associate Editor Kevin Murray joined diocesan youth and young adults attending World Touth Day in Toronto.

talents,

have ministered

ministering

with

others.

now being

applications of

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20 The Catholic News & Herald

Woman

July 26,

Living the Faith

2002

religious fulfills

childhood dream to enter

Mercy community ALESHA

M. PRICE

Staff Writer

â€”

ROSMAN As Jacqueline Dewar rode her bike back and forth to daily Mass as a child, she thought about her future. While most children do not have a clue as to what they will do as an adult, she knew at age 10 that she would become a woman religious after she high graduated school. That thought remained in the forefront of her mind until she entered the convent in 1956. learned She

Mercy, and her master's degree in elementary reading in 1970 from the University of Dayton in Ohio. She taught kindergarten through eighth grade and high school faith formation and did mission work after professing final vows in 1964. She thoroughly enjoyed teaching and derived satisfaction at watching the students work through the learning Education was a constant in her life as she moved 12 times over a 16-year pe-

Her

During

riod.

time, Vatican

corner.

Much

to Sis-

light, the habits

fa-

Mich.; her mother stayed

changed their community dramatically.

home

became more 'human.' I welcomed the "I

and

also helped her hus-

think

changes with open arms, but it was hard

his busia

that first time," she remembered. "Af-

brought his children to Catholic elementary school and Saturday recon-

ter that,

ciliation.

all

enjoyed school; we had the Sisters of Mercy who were very good teachers. I decided to become a sister because of their influence," said Sister Jacqueline, who would walk quickly to the convent to carry their lunch and books to school. "They were mysterious because they were all covered up. You didn't know much about them, but they were always so good to us. I can remember sitting at my desk, and the sisters would walk down the aisle and cover us with their It

made me

feel

holy."

Throughout her teen years, Dewar prepared to enter the Sisters of Mercy Motherhouse in Detroit and did not receive a class ring because

she

knew

Her

she was not going to use

it.

parents, disappointed that their

was leaving, told her was welcome at home whenever she wanted to return. oldest daughter that she

loved

(convent

life),"

said Sis-

"Looking back, it was hard, but I didn't know any different. That's the way we were in those days; we didn't question everything. It was very rigid because we got up early and went to pray. We ate, went to work and prayed at noon and at night; we took classes during the day." She was confident that she was where God wanted her to be, so she was content in her new environment. She earned her bachelor's degree in education from Mercy College of Deter Jacqueline.

troit,

now

Our Lady

of Consolation, 2301 Statesville Avenue, Charlotte,

the University of Detroit

FEATURING Performances by

The Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir Our Lady

of Consolation Catholic Church, Charlotte,

Pinn Memorial Baptist Church Gospel Choir Philadelphia,

it was great; however, it was harder for the older sisters because we

sometimes.

August 16 through Sunday, August 18

convert, sang in the church choir and

veils

Orleans, Revivalist

Friday,

modifications

to take care of

father,

New

with Rev. R. Tony Ricard,

were

Lexington,

Her

Do You Know My Jesus?

ter Jacqueline's de-

shortened, and other

ness.

Revival of the Spirit 2002:

barreling around the

owned a tooland-dye company in

band with

this

came

ther

their five girls

Old Fashion Tent Revival! "

process.

about being Catholic from her parents' steadfast devotion to their religion.

Come & bring your neighbors

had to change on the same day." She eventually moved into school

administration, serving as a principal

during the early '70s. After a sabbatical and a few years of parish work, in 1983, she was sent to the rural area of Rosman in Western North Carolina to help with a new clinic. Even though she had no experience in the medical field, she was eager to begin working in her

SCHEDULE

for several years

new

August 16

6:30 p.m.

Music by The Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir 7:30 p.m.

Preaching by

Fr.

Tony Ricard

ministry.

had been wanting to work with the poor because I felt that's what Jesus did. Wealthy and middle-class "I

people can get what they want, but the poor don't have a lot of options. I wanted to bring some of those options to the poor," said Sister Jacqueline. Sister Jacqueline and Mercy Sister

Friday,

Gretchen Hermanny, M.D., began

the Frances Warde Health Service, with Sister Jacqueline as the business manager. That title translates into the handywoman, cleaning staff, receptionist

The

and

clinic,

file

clerk

named

all

Saturday, August 17 12:00 p.m.

the first group of Mercy Sisters to come to the U.S., provides basic medical care for many low-income people

5:00 p.m.

Old Fashion Fish Fry 5:30 p.m.

Concert by Pinn Memorial Baptist Church Gospel Choir 7:00 p.m. Preaching by Fr. Tony Ricard Music by Pinn Memorial Baptist Church Gospel Choir

Sunday, August 18

rolled into one.

after the leader of

11:00 a.m.

Liturgy and Closing Mass with

Fr.

Tony Ricard

Music by the combined Gospel choirs

in the area.

"There are 3 lot of doctors

in the area,

many people who are poor and many who would not get health care if we weren't here," she said. but there are

Contact Staff Writer Alesha

For information,

call

Rev. Mr. Curtiss

Todd

(704) 370-3339

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

Sponsored by the African American Diocese of Charlotte

Affairs Ministry,