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Volume 2 Number 42 » July

in the Diocese of Charlotte

30, 1993

Diocesan Tribute Planned Aug. 9 As Farewell To Bishop Donoghue Everyone

in the

Diocese of Char-

lotte is invited to a celebration

of Prayer,

Praise and Thanksgiving for Bishop John

Donoghue at St. Patrick Cathedral Monday, Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m.

The event is planned as a tribute and F.

an opportunity to offer best wishes to

Bishop Donoghue on his appointment archbishop of Atlanta.

to

A procession will include Bishop Donoghue, retired Bishop Michael J. Begley, Benedictine Abbot Oscar Burnett and Vicars General Msgr. John J. McSweeney and Msgr. Joseph S. dr two special representatives

from parishes, diocesan organizations, religious communities and other Catholic groups are invited to participate in the procession.

To

yard.

The Knights of Columbus

express the diversity of minis-

will

provide the color guard. The Catholic

Daughters of America are hosting the reception.

To submit the names

Showfety.

One

and cultures within the diocese, music will be provided by Vietnamese, Hispanic and Korean choirs, the cathedral choir, Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir from Our Lady of Consolation, Charlotte, and contemporary music from St. Matthew Church, Charlotte.

The celebration will conclude with a Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and a reception in the cathedral courttries

of representa-

tives for the procession, parishes

and

church groups should write to Father Frank O'Rourke at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. E., Charlotte, N.C. 28203 or, they may call him at (704) 334-2283.

Suzanne Bach Named As New Coordinator For Retirees' Group By

CAROL HAZARD Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE — Suzanne Bach, a parishioner and Bible study teacher at St.

Patrick Cathedral, has been

named

coordinator for CRISM, Catholic Retir-

To

ees Invited

Special Ministries. She

succeeds Rachel Greene who is pursuing a career in hospital chaplaincy.

Bach, a single mother, has been working with the diocese's Widowed, Separated and Divorced Ministry since 1988. She is a team member and coordi-

SISTER FRANCES SHERIDAN Photo by

CAROL HAZARD

nator of the annual

As CRISM

Frances Sheridan Leaving 18 Years With Diocese

ister fter

CAROL HAZARD

By

CHARLOTTE

—

Company

loy-

may be dead in the corporate world, it's

thriving in Catholic Social Ser-

es.

Those who report to Trinitarian SisFrances Sheridan, director of the ncy, say she :'s

is

more than a

a friend, confidant

and

boss.

spiritual

When

she leaves next

month

after

years of service in Charlotte for Ala., to

head up

that diocese's

Jial services agency, she will be sorely

est

CSS

ous."

The diocese will be "much the poorer" for her leaving, Thurbee says.

"Mobile's gain is our loss."

Sister Frances has steered

CSS since

Frances

building a small office into multi-

projects.

and well managed

ample, a

;eted,

incy.

Tgram

efficient

The CSS refugee resettlement is

considered the best in the

ideas, Sister

masterful at "piloting"

She has put

new

Teased for her slow speech and Rnnerisms, Sister Frances

is

nonethe-

highly regarded by many for her Wliance and an unswerving ability to

and potentially explo-

we

"I believe

more than we

are created for joy

are for pleasure,

get joy from being

good

we

and

disciples

and

In her

new

position,

the coordinator of a

Bach

home

will

be

SUZANNE BACH Photo by CAROL HAZARD

care pilot

program for seniors, which will begin in August in the Charlotte area for seniors who need help at home. A nurse will tend to medical needs.

Bach is also planning a Day of Renewal, for people ages 50 plus on Oct. 20 at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory. Father Andy Latsko of St. Patrick Cathedral will be the spiri-

She says she hopes to start an outreach program within each parish, whereby a team of people would keep in touch with older parishioners to make sure their needs are met. Team members, for example, could help with transportation or alleviate loneliness for older parishioners.

See Bach, Page 3

tual director for the retreat.

in place, for ex-

that will begin this fall in the Charlotte area. it

through, Sister Frances has scores of projects to her credit.

CRISM

Bach.

home care program for seniors

Although she won't be here to see

§aty.

idle difficult

is

new

and as

bridges."

office.

"She is also one of the kindest and most compassionate ... She may give the impression that she's slow but she can think circles. She listens to all sides of an issue and cuts through to the heart

to

parishioners 50 years and

bridges from ourselves to others," says

says Elizabeth Thurbee, director of the

Charlotte area

among

older. "I see us all as disciples,

aplomb and grace.

"Sister Frances is one of the brightand most talented people I know,"

Always open

|;sed.

54,

ship

of the matter, eliminating the extrane-

isor.

'bile,

says she hopes to encourage disciple-

sive issues with

Associate Editor

WSD retreat.

coordinator, Bach, 52,

These include Engaged

for Catholic retirees,

See Sister Frances, Page 3

Our Next Issue The next issue of The Catholic News & Herald, to be published Aug. 1 3, will be devoted almost entirely to a tribute to Bishop John F. Donoghue as he leaves the diocese to become archbishop of Atlanta.

It will feature a chronological account of his almost nine years as bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte along with pictures and stories about the major events during his leadership of the diocese.

1

The Catholic News

&

Herald

July 30,

Fund Allows Peace Of Mind

Health Insurers Give Boost To Program For Low-Income Kids

For Retired Diocesan Priests

By PATRICK O'NEILL RALEIGH A health insurance

By JOANN KEANE

—

Associate Editor

CHARLOTTE

— Imagine spend-

working for the same employer, looking forward to retirement benefits only to find the plan has gone flat once you reach retirement age. ing your

life

not

It's

uncommon

as corporate

mergers, buyouts and bankruptcies often leave retirees holding a broken promise

and dependant on meager

social se-

curity payments.

empty-nesters spend a lifetime preparing for a stress-free retirement.

Similarly, diocesan priests

work

in

confidence that their retirement years will be worry free. a parish priest retires, he

counts on monies from the Priests Retirement and Benefits Fund to offset his living expenses during the golden years.

His fate lies in the hands of those he's served over the years. The Priests Retirement and Benefits Fund receives the bulk of its funding through lay contributions.

Once

a priest retires from active

diocesan service, he gives up the amenities provided by the diocese. As a priest,

he never worried for his housing and meals were tended to by the diocese.

Retirement brings a new twist for a

who

has been provided for throughout his years of service. No longer is the roof over his head paid for, nor is the food on his table. Plus he picks up expenses never before directly priest

attributed to himself.

Utility bills

other routine living expenses

from

directly

his

current diocesan priests, the graying priestly population places potential

on the

strains

Benefits Fund.

Priest Retirement

own

and

now come

pockets.

this year's collection will

be conducted the weekend of August 14-15

and

relies heavily

Active priests are considered

upon the generosity

"Without contributions from the laity, we would be hard pressed to fund retirement and benefits," said Msgr.

McSweeney.

The annual

collection

brings in about $ 1 00,000 annually.

And

although the diocesan population has nearly doubled in size in 20 years, the collection has remained fairly consistent.

While

funds today's retirees

this

and maintains the priests' benefits, it won't come close to meeting the needs of the aging population.

Each

retired priest receives

$950

each month. While the diocese provides medicare supplement, the monthly sti-

pend must be stretched wisely

for children of the

working poor.

Carolina Physicians Health Plan and

to cover

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, in cooperation with the North Carolina General Assembly announced plans to finance a program that would provide outpatient and emergency health coverage for more than 2,000 uninsured

collection also pro-

vides an annual contribution for religious community priests in service to the Diocese of Charlotte.

The diocese

contributes $1,1 10 per priest each year

community.

"The support of retired

to the priest's

priests is

specifically for diocesan priests

who

have given their lives in service to Western North Carolina," said Msgr.

McSweeney. "Those

4,000 children, said C director Kare

to nearly

Program executive Mortimer.

The program provides coverag families that earn too

much

to

gible for Medicaid, but too

The non-profit program, called the Caring Program for Children, is run by

afford insurance. Approxim 168,000 North Carolina children live below the poverty line are unin

the N.C. Council of Churches. For six years the Caring Program has been profamilies with uninsured children.

At a Raleigh press conference, FaGeorge Kloster, pastor of St. Michael Church in Gastonia and chairman of the Caring Program board of directors, said the Caring Program was form

first

Colin Kilburn, a N.C. Counc

Churches, said too

many

childrer

into the ineligible category.

Father Kloster said the iss uninsured children hit home when Michael' s Parish School survey revc three students without health insun

the one thing that's being

The children' s parents were unemp and without health care. "The m was raised to enroll the three childr

done," Father Kloster said.

money comes

"When

the

be able to go to the doctor. That's the bottom line."

Under the plan a child is covered for an annual premium of $264. The coverage includes routine physicals and preventive care, immunizations, outpatient surgery, diagnostic testing and emergency room care. Inpatient hospital care is

S.

step in the health care re-

effort. is

The Rev.

tive director of the

ther

a basic

litf]

Mortimer said

viding low-cost policies for low-income

"This

The upcoming

The new funds eventually wi] crease enrollment form the current

children.

living expenses.

Coupled with individual savings, the combination of Social Security and diocesan benefits can provide a modest

Living

in kids will

not covered.

the Caring Program," Father Kl said.

iter

The Caring Program covers the majority of preventive care for chili

Father Kloster said. "The downsi the program doesn't cover inpa

existence for the retired.

$600 per Retirement adds $350 to that. as any retired person will attest, it active priest receives

month.

takes creative financial planning to cover

monthly needs on a fixed income.

Retirement promises rest and relaxation in the waning years of life. For a priest, who has devoted his life in service to God and the Church, the last worry of retirement years should be all

Patrick O'Neill

is

im

a freelance} m

nalist in Raleigh.

1

i Diocese of Charlotte P.O. Box 36776 Charlotte,

And

for the nine retired diocesan peace of mind is at hand.

"Concern enters as we look at the

priests,

retirement projections for the next decade," said Msgr. John J. McSweeney,

chancellor and vicar general of the Diocese of Charlotte. "Twenty-five priests

be eligible for retirement by the year 2001."

NC 28236

To Honor Monks BELMONT

— The

Confraternity

July 21, 1993

of Christian Women will thank the Benedictine monks at Belmont Abbey for their 9 1 years of service at St. Michael

Church in Gastonia with a Living Memorial at Belmont Abbey Saturday, Aug. 7

at 1 1 a.m.

Dear Friends

in Christ:

planted by the confraternity will be dedi-

For many years, the people of the Diocese of Charlotte hav generously contributed to the Priests Retirement and Benefit Fund,

cated.

enabling us to provide for our priests in their retirement years.

To mark

the occasion, oak trees

"From a minute gathering of Catholic faithful, St. Michael's grew large and strong, sinking

its

the invitation to the memorial says.

"Thanks

At priests

involvement

in the civic

community of

Gastonia, Catholics began to be respected rather than suspected."

The public

is

invited.

The

dedica-

be followed by Mass and a picnic lunch. For more information, call Eunice Cherry at (704) 864-4716. tion will

who have had

we have one

priest

who, because of

home. In addition, we have several

to take early retirement

because of reasons

It is

ol

because of your past generosity and the careful mana.

ment of monies that we have been able to establish a funded ment plan, providing a comfortable and dignified retirement

retire-

for ou

senior priests and covering medical needs of our ailing priests.

Wt

continue to be grateful to you for your love and concern for our priests.

In addition to the retirement benefits for diocesan priests,

tl

Religious order priests ministering in the diocese will be provided for

from

this collection, as well.

This special collection will be taken up in

Official

ill

health.

to the spiritual leadership of

the pastors of St. Michael's and their

the present time,

health, resides in a nursing

roots deeper and

deeper into the religious life of Gastonia,"

financial.

all

parishes and

I]

missions of the diocese on the weekend of August 14th and 15th,

and we ask you

to be as generous as you possibly can.

Thanking you for your many kindnesses and wishing you

The Most Reverend John F. Donoghue announces the following appointment in

itl

care," he said.

retired deserve a

Memorial

rity.

will

when two major insurers put aside competition and joined forces to increase coverage

Blue Cross Blue Shield and $18 each to the Caring Program. Earlie month the General Assembly appr ated $ 1 million. The program' s expe last year were $380,000. lina Physicians are donating

self-

their years of service, the diocesan priest personally contributes to Social Secu-

And

—

re-

cently received a big boost

ing from an annual diocesan collection

—

low-income children

for

reasonable retirement."

employed for tax purposes. Throughout

An

and

The fund receives back-

of diocesan faithful.

Many

When

Aside from representing half of the

program

yours God's blessing,

I

ai!

am

the Diocese of Charlotte:

Effective August 9, 1993

Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, Vice Chancellor of the Diocese of Charlotte.

Rev. Msgr. John

J.

McSweeney, V.Cl

Chancellor Rev. Msgr. John

J.

McSweeney Chancellor

1524

E.

Morehead Street

Charlotte,

NC 28207

"

s

The Catholic News

fuly 30,

1993

Sister

Frances (From Page

low key manner.

l)

When

& H

dealing with a

high profile or sticky issue, she can

make

it seem almost like no problem, Msgr. Kerin says.

For the past several years, Sister Frances has been counseling homosexuals, quietly forming support groups for the gay community and a support network for parents and spouses of people

Encounter, Prison Outreach, Respect Ait, Family Life and People

With Dis-

ibilities.

Typically, she sees a need and finding competent people to

t,

fills

manage

he project. She delegates. She not conrolling, but in control.

She guides. She

who

ioesn't dictate.

is with people whose homosexuality is burdensome. Controversial though her approach may be, Sister Frances sees homosexuality as a psy-

vander Straeten of iendersonville, CSS board president.

natic," says Paul

Her work as a staff member for the Campaign for Human Development led o the formation of a Peace and Justice

chological problem tion of emotional

When Sister Frances arrived in Char-

the manifestathat

can be

predisposi-

tion.

A person' s homosexual interests de-

975 as part of an administrative

1

—

wounding

— and not genetic

healed

)ffice for the diocese.

otte in

are gay.

Her work

"She's quiet, effective and diplo-

crease

if

the person

is

able to deal with

behavFrances says. Not everyone agrees with her position, especially not gay people whose sexual partners are his or her obsessive/compulsive ior, Sister

being counseled.

Some have marched

angrily into her office. left

Chances are they

a lot less angry.

People

who know and work

with

Sister Frances say she is adept at han-

dling conflict and turmoil.

"Frances never goes in like dynaMercy Sister Rosalind Piformer CSS board member. "She

mite," says cot,

away

chips

skillfully in a deliberative,

tenacious fashion."

"In the midst of the worst crisis on Frances in 1983 with her friend,

a personal, business or agency level, she

laha Ghossanada, a Buddhist cleric from

has a soothing, calming effect so you

Cambodia.

can regain a sense of balance," Thurbee

ister

CSS was

jam,

basically a pregnancy

says.

"She is just a real neat lady, not one

who

get histrionic and adds to chaos."

On

upport service. The three-member 'rinitarian

a personal level, Sister Frances

helped Thurbee through traumas of losing first a son and then a husband. "She

team expanded the function,

roviding adoption services, foster fam-

y placement and instruction in Natural amily Planning.

'Frances never goes in like dyna-

To respond to individuals and famies in crises, area offices

rtte.

deliberative, tenacious fashion.'

More than 10,000 counseling hours

re provided

each year. Specialized pro-

rams were spawned at the grassroots vel, such as Host Homes in Winstonalem for teens in difficult situations at ome.

In

1

was

Helene

slipped into depres-

solace in Sister Frances' advice to "let

God." "If something is troubling me, she' the one I go to," says Russell, a volungo and

uidance ability to see the big picture,"

Thurbee, crediting her for the

gency's growth.

let

teer typist for Sister Frances. "Invari-

consider so special about

ably,

who

she seems to be the one

needs of people that aren't ing met," says Msgr. Joseph A. Kerin.

She's available and flexible." greatest asset, he says,

is

I

come

out feeling a lot better."

In the six years Russell,

ieks out

Her

for

was the last surviving family member of some ability to manage her life. She found

"Sister Frances has the insight and

ster is

who had

says.

her generation and she had lost

and part-time employees, 21 of

I

Thurbee

sion following a heart attack. Russell

8 years, the CSS staff has grown

"What

lifeline,"

Russell,

horn have master's degrees.

ays

my

She was also there

om the three sisters and a director to 37 fdl-

She chips away skillfully in a

mite.

were opened

Asheville, Winston-Salem and Char-

l

now

83,

has been working for Sister Frances, she has never heard her "friend and confidant"

make an unkind

or derogatory

Sister Frances chats with

H Mi

Ksor, a Montagnard refugee.

Photo by

move, however, and for that she is grate-

remark about anyone, she says. is

"Frances is a faith-filled person who brilliant and who has brought to CSS

a spiritual dimension and high level of

1949. Sister Frances,

who grew up

Brooklyn and Long

Island, waited a

"She has stuck her neck out on controversial issues always for the sake of justice and always with a deep Christian love for those she serves and for those with whom she ministers," Sister Rosalind says. "She is always true to herself and the Christian ideals by which she makes decisions and takes

year after graduating from high school before joining so her mother could get

action."

year she

Moreover, Sister Frances is politically savvy and works effectively with diocesan officials, city and state officials and networking agencies, Sister Rosalind says. "CSS and the diocese and the geographic area are going to miss her and I am going to miss her too."

there, she

many

Sister Frances, 63, says she

would

have been happy to stay in Charlotte.

"I'm more of a settler than a pilgrim," she says. But when she was asked by her order to move to Mobile, she could think of no compelling reason she shouldn't go.

"Changes happen

in

everybody's

Frances says. "I trust I am old enough to understand that we don't

His Will In Yours.

always get to do what

She

is

Bishop John

F.

Donoghue

Bach

(From Page

"We

Roman

Catholic Diocese of percent of ( or 'fharlotte the sum of $ khe residue of my estate) for its religious, educational

how

to

make

a Will that

Jim Kelley, Director of Development, Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871.

jvorks, contact

to do."

used to the idea of having the second of

two daughters become

a nun.

In 1951, Sister Frances to

CSS

in

was assigned

Trenton, N.J., where she

stayed until 1969. She received a masters

degree from Catholic University the

CSS in York, Pa. While was introduced to the charismatic movement.

"It was the thread that helped me make the connection between my activities and the spiritual dimension," left for

Sister Frances says. "I continue to

nurtured by the charismatic waters.

opened

me

be It

to the possibilities for per-

sonal healing and growth." It strengthened her resolve that God is "accessible and interested in us in a tangible way."

From York, she went to Charlotte.

And now from Charlotte, she leaves for Mobile at the end of August.

"I'm going to miss her, not just professionally but personally," says Lee Accettullo of Winston-Salem, CSS board vice president. "She's the kind of person who is always there when you need her."

all

have

they are wasted

Bach says.

Bach was

—

if

1)

gifts

and graces, and

we don't share them,"

raised with older people

aunts, uncles, grandparents

small farming

—

in the

community of St. Henry,

Ohio, 60 miles northwest of Dayton.

"I've always loved to hear their life experiences," she says. "They have so

Und charitable works.

For more information on

we want

healthy enough to handle the

in

ment to the Church and the community in which we live'.'

i ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte. Simply have the following statement included in your Will: "/ leave to the

It will be the fourth move for Sister Frances since she entered the convent in

says Sister Rosalind.

her

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commit-

she says.

ful,

organization and response to needs,"

life," Sister

Remember

CAROL HAZARD

ground has equipped her with good tools

work with people."

Bach has a bachelor of science degree in education from Bowling Green University, Bowling Green, Ohio, and a to

human development and learning from UNC-Charlotte.

She asks that anyone interested in senior housing, retreats, fellowship and master's degree in

much wisdom."

"helping others develop spiritually" write

"Suzanne has enthusiasm and a love for retirees," says Sister Frances

to her at

Sheridan, director of Catholic Social

they can call her

Services for the diocese. "Her back-

314.

The Catholic Center, 1524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, N.C. 28207 or at

(704) 377-687 1 ext. ,

Catholic

&

News

Herald

July 30, 199:

Pro-Life Corner <m

Call your U.S. senators this week to oppose confirmation of Dr, Jocelyn Elders for surgeon general of the United States. Elders has stated: "We support abortion rights. We are tired of women being barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen." She favors sex education from kindergarten to 12th grade. While she held a similar post in Arkansas, the out-of-wedlock birth rate went up 15 percent and ths syphilis rate went up 150 percent.

Senators' Washington offices: Lauch Faircloth (202)224-3153 Jesse Helms (202) 224-6342 U.S. Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Mi

m H Editorial Priests'

Retirement

The annual diocesan

collection for the retirement

fund for priests will be taken up at all Masses in the diocese next weekend, Aug. 14-15.

In his letter on Page 2 of this issue, Msgr.

McSweeney explains the importance of this collection which provides funds to help ease the retirement of the priests who have served us so well over the years.

The letter outlines the need and we will not attempt to duplicate what Msgr. McSweeney says. However, we urge you to read the letter and the accompanying story about our retired priests.

Since the Diocese of Charlotte is only slightly more than 20 years old, we know there are many of you who know and remember the retired diocesan priests.

The collection gives you an opportunity to express your gratitude for their long service to the Church and its

The Respect

Diocese of Charlotte

Life Office

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— The Catholic Church

has become more convinced throughout the centuries that celibacy is valuable for its

priests

and

that

it

follows

Christ' s design for the priest-

hood, Pope John Paul II said.

The pope, at a special July 17 general audience following his mountain vacation,

commit-

said the Church's

ment

to celibacy

among

Latin-rite clergy remains

We hope that you will be generous.

firm despite modern ob-

A

Intinction

letter to the editor in this issue

suggests that

distribution of Communion by the

method of intinction might answer the problem of those concerned about the possible health risks of sharing a

method, part of the host

this

is

common cup. Under

dipped into the chalice

of wine.

There is no question that this method eliminates any need for communicants drinking from the same cup. However, there are some restrictions on the use of this method.

The Official Guidelines of the Diocese of Charlotte

say use of this method of distributing

Commun-

ion "is not encouraged or recommended and ted only

if

the intinction

performed by the

is

authorized minister of the Eucharist. for the

communicant

to

is

It is

permit-

priest or

not permitted

ideal of celibacy for the

Pope John Paul

The

increasing insistence and consistency throughout th

Church's history, he said.

"One can understand that in the first phase of th propagation and development of Christianity a gree number of priests may have been married men, chose and ordained following the Jewish tradition," he sak But gradually, "on the basis of experience an> reflection, the discipline of celibacy was progressivelf affirmed" to the point of becoming part of the cano law of the Latin-rite Church, he said.

The pope said the Church' s commitment to priestl

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celibacy "reflects her conviction that the voluntar

renunciation of marriage 'for the sake of the Kingdoii

1

But the existence of marChurch and among some Eastern churches today shows that celibacy "is not demanded of the priesthood by its nature," the pope said, quoting from the Second Vatican Council.

While the discipline of celibacy is not imposed on all churches, he said, "there are no doubts about its suitability and even congruence with the requirements

of Heaven'

a particularly appropriate sign of

is

priest's special consecration to Christ

and

be r

H

th

to the mig| |g

sion of His Church."

"It is also the

God and he

source of greater freedom in servin,

his people

and a sign of the world

to

come,

said. sn't

The pope asked those at the audience to pray more people would receive and esteem the gift o m celibacy and that the gift would be understood an/ lived more generously. sua

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of sacred ordination."

Priestly celibacy reflects Christ's call to His dis-

and follow Him, the pope While not all of the disciples renounced marriage,

Greeting Croatian pilgrims

ciples to leave everything

it is

1

stacles to living a celibate

ried priests in the early

said.

said.

new priesthood He instituted, The ideal was affirmed wit

life.

clear that the Apostles, Christ's closest collabora-

at the

audience, th

pope prayed with them that "the minds of leaders nations would be illuminated so that they would according to the criteria of justice to return true

tors, did so.

"Jesus did not promulgate a law, but proposed an

perform the intinction."

(704) 331-1720

The Pope Speaks

people.

Communion By

ion

and freedom

pe;

to the peoples of the Balkans."

We suggest that those of you who are interested in method of

this

distributing

Communion

discuss the

matter with your pastor.

VATICAN CITY Christians

— and

(CNS)

— The

faith calls

priests in particular

—

on

all

to live a

of poverty" and maintain an attitude of detachment from earthly goods, Pope John Paul II said.

But that doesn't translate into a "radical poverty" that would deny the right to own property, the pope "spirit

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was born and lived among the poor, the pope said.

The priest should be disinterested in money am unselfish regarding earthly possessions, and shoul

I

modest house that is accesi he said. The priest should "refus or even appears to be luxurious, h

live a simple lifestyle in a sible to everyone,

everything that

is

said.

b ist

The pope

problem of earthly possession was a "delicate" one. On the

said the

The

every time and every place.

among

be to betray the Gospel," he said.

Being faithful to this spirit, however, does not entail for either priests or lay people "the practice of a radical poverty with the renunciation of all property, or even the abolition of this human right," he said.

He noted that the Church has never accepted the idea that Christ's teaching means individuals cannot own property. Instead, he said, the Church has sought to bring "moderation" to the understanding and practice of poverty.

The pope said the growing awareness that priests should demonstrate poverty in their own lives represents "great progress" in the modern Church.

"If ever the clergy may have appeared in some places as belonging to the categories of the rich, today he feels honored, along with the whole Church, to be in the front row of the 'new poor,'" he said.

This "new sense of poverty" is a blessing for priestly life and brings the clergy closer to Christ, who

hand, he said, Christ did not prohibit the Apostles froi|m

VATICAN CITY text of

(CNS)

Pope John Paul

his general audience at

—

Here is the Vatican remarks in English during the Vatican July 21.

II' s

the clergy

acquiring the goods needed for their daily wise, priests and the institutional

life.

Like

Church today

ar

allowed to maintain some possessions.

But the pope added: "This should be especial! underlined: Ecclesiastical office cannot be used b; priests or bishops for personal enrichment or profit fo their

own

he

lil-

families."

said.

away from commetfhyi and stay out of lay professions, the pop He acknowledged that in special cases, priestM

who

also

Priests should generally stay cial activity

work a

regular job can demonstrate grea

ki

generosity and help bring the Church to the working

lotl

world.

Out

But he said there

is

always a risk that the sacr©

ministry of such clergy will

am

become secondary.

everything should be done sojhrf foi exceptional cases," he said of workin, Jr-m these remain

"Above

all,

priests.

must cultivate an interior detachment from e goods and a generous openness to the needs of other:!

As

part of the priest's consecration to Christ, th of poverty fosters an inner freedom and a correc ^ attitude toward material goods, understood as geneispirit

"Dear brothers and

sisters,

Continuing our catechesis on the priesthood, we turn to the evangelical poverty which must mark the life of the priest. Like all Christ's followers, priests

now

»•

ous

gifts

from God the Creator.

See Pope, Page

1

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y 30, 1993

Notebook

Editor's

&

Her;.;

One Candle

Light

On Being A Bishop

By BOB GATELY would like to call your attention to the story on Page 1 2 about the new booklet month by the Paulist National Catholic Evangeition Association. I have not yet seen a copy but the description in the story indicates that it would be an extremely useful tool for our I parishes during this "Decade of Evangelization" in the I diocese. The price of $6.95 per copy would appear to be I a good investment.

For the record, in case anyone is wondering, I do not get a commission on sales of the book.

By FATHER JOHN CATOIR

I

evangelization published this

1

Our next issue will be the last one before Bishop Donoghue leaves us to become archbishop of Atlanta and it will be almost entirely devoted to a tribute to him and a review of his many accomplishments during almost nine years as bishop of the Diocese of Charlotte.

It

will include

a chronology of the events of that period, stories about the jor events 1

and a large number of pictures. The Aug. 27 issue

pictures of Archbishop

Donoghue' s

will include stories

installation in Atlanta.

The Aug. 13 issue, by the way, will be our largest since we began publication two years ago. At this writing, it appears likely that it will be a 32-page paper

lost

twice the size of a normal edition.

The Aug. 27 issue also will include stories about Bishop Donoghue' s participaWorld Youth Day in Denver one of his final appearances as bishop of arlotte. Associate Editor Carol Hazard will be in Denver to cover the activities of diocesan delegation to World Youth Day which will be highlighted by an >earance by Pope John Paul II. Youth groups from several parishes in the diocese 1 be represented at the event. In addition to World Youth Day participants, some mbers of the Vietnamese Catholic Community in the diocese will be in Denver

—

l in'

Vietnamese Catholics from around the United States, admaids Sister Cecilia Tong, diocesan director of the Vietnamese Apostolate, is lember of the committee which arranged the meeting. the pope's meeting with

he Temptation Of

Adam And Eve

By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

A. Clearly, the devil in this creation story (Gn 3) did not Adam and Eve to become like God. His words were a plain lie, but a very seductive lie with just enough

intend for

it

to

Until the

make fall,

it

sound

If I were a bishop, I would ask for help from my people because I would need their strength and support every step of the way. Then I would visit every pastor one by one, not only to find out their problems and needs, but to ask two questions: :What are you doing to help your parishioners to love God?"; and, "What are you doing to encourage them to pray and to love one another?" I would expect each pastor not only to have a pastoral plan but to carry it out. They all might have different approaches, but I would want them to hold on to the essential goal. I would also want them to know that they are accountable to me. I would not tolerate prejudice, bigotry or abuse of any kind. Any pastor who proved to be more an obstacle than a facilitator would be given special attention.

With spirituality as my top priority, I would then create a team of business consultants to help me and the pastors cope with the demanding financial aspects of our mission. I would be open and honest about diocesan finances. But I would pursue

a policy which the other

way

makes it clear that the chancery office exists to serve the parishes, not around. There would be no diocesan officer hell-bent on collecting

who could not keep up would be given help in their management and human relation skills. Very often complicated problems can be solved when pastors are supported and made to feel appreciated.

I would then hire a communications expert to aid me in using the media more assessments. Those pastors

my

messages out to the people.

I have loved you.'" "Love one another" would be my motto. I would repeat this theme over and over again. I would plead with my people to put all our problems in perspective and not allow anything to undermine our trust in God's love. Above all, I would try to urge them to practice charity in all things. It sounds awfully pious and a bit simplistic I admit, but there it is.

Priests and bishops exist to serve their people and help them cope with the difficult problems they face in life. No one can avoid suffering in this world, but united with Jesus and one another, we can learn to bear our troubles with courage.

For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "You Can Be a Leader, " send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48 Street, New York, NY, 10017.

Father John Catoir is director of The Christophers.

"Jesus said, 'Love one another as

I

truth in

Christ.

effectively in getting

have been reading the Bible more lately and found something in it that isn't make any sense to me. In the story of Adam and Eve and the devil, or snake, the devil says, "That's not true; you will not die. God said this :ause he knows that when you eat (the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good 1 evil), you will be like God." Why would Satan want them to be like God and have God's knowledge? Why would he push God's knowledge on Adam and Eve? (Missouri) Q.

would like to make a few comments on the role of a Catholic bishop in today's turbulent world. I have no desire to be a bishop; this has been very clear in my mind for the last 25 years. I see the heavy burdens bishops carry and I don't envy them.

It must be difficult trying to cope with all the problems that fall upon their shoulders.

I often ask myself what would I have done if I had even been a bishop? Could I have done it better than anyone else? I doubt it. But I'd try to keep my purpose and direction as simple and as focused as possible. Easy to say, I know. It's one thing to outline a plan, but quite another to carry it out courageously. At the risk of being simplistic, I humbly offer a vision which reflects the words of Jesus I

attractive.

the couple

were on extremely intimate

terms with God, even walking with Him in the cool of the evening (Gn 3:8). This closeness and intimacy resulted

from

their recognition of the order of creation;

God and

God was

they were not.

As long

acknowledged this fact of life, a wonderful harmony and openness existed between them between them and God, a happiness and communion we can hardly comprehend, vas this harmony, this happiness that the devil set out to destroy.

The temptation could be put like this. "Why should you be subject to this God en you can show Him you are as good and powerful as He is? God gives you this nmandment to hold you under His thumb.

"But if you disobey, if you act against what God says, you will prove you are equal. That's what God is afraid of, not that you will die, but that you will cover that you are like Him." In their pride, of course, Adam and Eve forgot, or ignored, the fact that no matter v much they pretended otherwise, they were in reality not God's equal.

Like a child who won't believe a sharp knife will cut his finger, they suffered

Crosswinds

as they

I

consequences.

By

rejecting their relationship as creatures to Creator, they

harmony of creation, and their whole world began to disintegrate.

They became alienated from themselves ("I was afraid because I was naked"), m God ("The man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God"), and from one 'ther ("The woman you put here with me" gave it to me), and their children killed troyed the

after another piled

up

until their

It is

a series of columns written by staff members of Catholic Social members are not

identified.

A recent difficult situation with a client reminded me of a blessed moment that occurred some years ago and the hope the

was employed with

I

moment gave me.

the Department of Social Services, and

I

participated in

courtroom testimony that resulted in a young mother going to jail. While I believe that jails are not rehabilitative most times, I also could not "not tell" the truth regarding her actions during

my

court testimony.

was clear as the trial proceeded that the data I supplied was key to the jail sentence. The young mother looked directly at me and cursed me and, while I was It

I

very speech became a

and instrument of estrangement (Chapter 11). into this awful mess that the Lord enters (Chapter 12) and begins, with raham, the long story of His redemptive love once again bringing us together, onciling us to each other and to God. 1 As in so many other elements of the creation story, the sin of Adam and Eve is illy the story of ourselves. Every serious sin committed since then follows the [he pattern of pride, rejection of God' s dominion, more or less deliberate blindness Ivhat is really happening, disintegration and alienation, and finally a need for the ijgiving and healing grace of Jesus Christ. | (A free brochure on confession without serious sin and other questions about the yrament ofpenance is available by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope to ftherJohn Dietzen, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this tumn should be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address.)

Copyright © 1993 by Catholic News Service n

is

stoic at the time, that night

h other.

One division and hatred

Crosswinds

Services. In order to protect client confidentiality, the staff

totally rude.

awake

I

cried.

was pregnant with

woman in jail, but she was monosyllabic or just my daughter and it was time for another visit. I lay

several hours that night anticipating the worst. Shortly after midnight, I

started praying for her

get

I

attempted to keep up with the

some

and for myself that I might calm down. I prayed that she might and I hoped she would let go of her

insight regarding her prison sentence

hatred for me.

The next day, she seemed different. She wondered if I would accept an apology after

midnight

—

had said

—

shortly me. She said that the previous night after some tossing and turning, a sense of comfort and assurance came to her that this could be the beginning of something new and even beautiful, if she could begin to trust the DSS worker she had scorned.

From that day on, building blocks to a new beginning were put in place. But more importantly, we established a relationship, even a friendship.

Today, as I reflect on this "difficult" client, I am nudging myself to "let go and let God" since the end of my rope proved before to be the beginning of His.

for all the ugly things she

to

News

Catholic

&

Herald

July 30, 1993

Lifeline

How Does Canon Law Affect Us?

The

Sacred Times

Factor

'A'

By JIM MCINERNEY When President Clinton nominated Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice Byron White, many people were taken by

surprise.

percent

appears that Judge Ginsburg

It

down

is

not a 100

few other key

areas, she

By SISTER JEANNE-MARGARET

the line liberal.

a pastor or superior of a religious institute can dispense,

In matters of labor law, and a

(c.

wanting a purist who is "right" on all all. Here's why.

Judge Ruth is right on the "A" factor. They know that she will retain abortion on demand. While it is true that she criticized the Court's 1973 decision that permitted abortion on demand, her criticisms were about the legal reasoning, not the outcome.

IfljL,

M

/w

HH

«s»

liberals

interferes with the

The

you are supposed conservative, "antichoice." This dichotomy is perfect in simply It

is

if

you are

liberal

me intrigued.

to

Accordbe "pro-choice," if

all

respects but one.

subject of Ginsburg' s developing conservatism has

ing to the media,

It

not true.

was

a "conservative" Republican-appointed court that gave us the infamous

abortion decision in the

first place.

And

Reagan-Bush appointees (the soon demand now, even the Casey decision that the original Roe

it is

the

called "moderate center") that are maintaining abortion

though they

all

but admitted last year in

decision of 1973 might be wrong.

If you want to do some interesting reading, get yourself a copy of that decision.

The justices' ruling was based on, not the Constitution, or whether the original 1973 case was correct, but on preserving American lifestyles and Court credibility.

Back to Judge Ruth. I maintain that if she were the most extreme of reactionaries, with an I.Q. of 50, opposition to her appointment to the Supreme Court would be muted in liberal circles, as long as she toed the line on abortion.

I believe that this single issue is more important than anything else to the hacks who control the Democratic Party. I think that most of these folks would vote to

repeal the last 25 years of civil rights legislation if that were the only

way to preserve

abortion on demand.

But at least these folks have some principles they believe in so strongly that they I don't think the hacks who control the Republican Party believe in anything.

Watch for the movement to remove the pro-life plank from the GOP platform in 1996. If it succeeds, then pro-life Americans, both liberal and conservative, will become, in effect, politically disenfranchised.

Being a Democrat, I've never been comfortable voting for Republicans. But that is what I've been doing for the past 12 years. I, and many others like me, see the prolife plank of the Republican platform as a beacon of hope. If the beacon is dimmed or extinguished, any chance the GOP has of recapturing the "Reagan Democrats" will be lost.

When I was growing up, like all good Democrats I learned that Republicans didn't have hearts. If the GOP backs off on its opposition to abortion it will lose more will sacrifice everything else for them.

than

its

heart.

It

will lose

its

worship of

God and

the relaxation c

mind and body (c. 1247). The obligation of assisting i Mass may be satisfied anywhere, in any Catholic Rite, o the day or the preceding evening unless this

Impossibility

Pro-abortionists need not fear. Judge Ruth will strengthen, rather than jeopardize the Court's pro-abortion majority.

1245).

The primary holy day of obligation in the universe Church is Sunday when the faithful are obliged to partici pate in Mass and to refrain from business or work whic

of their issues? Not at

ggH

i:

individual cases, from the obligation to observe these day

has developed a case record some observers view as increasingly conservative. Does that mean that she will be

"Borked" by

MCNALLY

The part of the code that includes sacred times addresses holy days and days o penance established by the Church. Only the pope can establish or change these day for the universal Church (c. 1244). The diocesan bishoj

no

is

impossibk

f

may include personal reasons or the fact thi

priest is available.

The

altar is

a

phenomenon

expert

enced throughout the world and a reality that faces us in the U.S. in the present tim and will become more serious in the immediate future.

In addition to holy days, days of penance have been established for the faithful' conversion and repentance. All Fridays are penitential days for the universal Churcl The Conference of Bishops establishes the prescriptions governing abstinence (fror meat) to be observed on Fridays. Abstinence and fast are to be observed on As Wednesday and on the Friday of the Death and Passion of Our Lord Jesus Chri: (Good Friday) (canons 1250-1253).

Abstinence is described as "the forbidden use of meat, but not of eggs, th products of milk or condiments made of animal fat. The law of fasting allows onl one full meal a day, but does not prohibit taking some food in the morning an evening, observing-as far as quantity and quality are concerned-approved loci custom" (POENITEMINI III- 1 and 2).

Everyone over 14 years of age is obliged to abstain from meat on designate days. Only those over 18 and under 59 are obliged to fast (c. 1252). The completio of the fourteenth year means the day after one's birthday. The beginning of th sixtieth year means the obligation ceases at midnight between the fifty-nint birthday and the next day. Concerning age, the fast had been understood e applicable to those who completed their twenty-first year, however, the Code use the term "adult", i.e., those who have completed their eighteenth year (c. 97.1) The National Conference of Catholic Bishops in the U.S. has determined th; Catholics in the U.S. are obliged to abstain from the eating of meat on As Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent. They are also obliged to fast on As Wednesday and on Good Friday. While recommending times of abstinence and fas this practice, on the whole, has been left up to the individual. Directives from th diocesan bishop are usually published annually to remind the faithful of tf M

l!

In

!

her

jo

prevailing practice in the diocese.

The liturgical ceremonies for these times are not in the code but in liturgical la and the reformed liturgical books. It is the celebration of the mysteries of oi redemption in the liturgical year which gives meaning to penance and fasting, as wel as celebrating.

Mercy

Sister

Jeanne-Margaret McNally, a canon lawyer,

is

working on

research project on dysfunctional families and marriage.

soul.

Time To De-Program Tommy's

By CHRIS

Girlfriend

Saints

NEWNAN

New disturbing research about girls and education, particularly teens, reminds me of my experiences in counseling teens.

Invariably,

when

I

inquired about a

new female

would be, "Oh, I don't know. She's Tommy's girlfriend." "She" never seemed to have a name, an identity of her own apart from being some student, the reply

St ANNE

ST. ANNE WAS THE MOTHER OF MARY ANP THE GRANDMOTHER OF JESUS. SHE ANP HER HUSBAND JOACHIM LIVED IN NAZARETH. THEY WERE CHILDLESS, WHICH WAS CONSIDERED A STIGMA AMONG THE JEWS. HE WAS SAD AND LEFT HIS WIFE ANISE TO GO INTO THE DESERT TO PRAY FOR A LONG TIME. ANNE PRAYED ANP| BEGGED GOD TO SEND THEM A CHILD. EVENTIALLY, AN ANGEL CAME TO HER AND SAID. *ANNE, THE LORD HAS LOOKED UPON YOUR TEARS. YOU WILL GIVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER AND SHE WILL BE HONORED BY ALL THE WORLD* JOACHIM HAD A SIMILARfh VISION IN THE DESERT. THEIR DAUGHTER WAS NAMED MIRIAM, WHICH MEANS MARY. ANNE OFFERED HER CHILD TO GOD

Ibt

'

boy's girlfriend.

What happens in a girl's experience of growing up amorphous

identity of being does an adolescent girl smother her identity in favor of "being loved" to the extent of settling for someone who is "ugly" or "disgusting" in her eyes?

The 1992 report, How Schools Shortchange Girls, indicates what has happened to girls.

"Girls and boys enter school roughly equal in measured ability... Twelve years later girls have fallen behind their male classmates in key areas ... and measures of selfesteem," the report says. "Girls in grades six and seven rate being popular and well liked as more important than being perceived as competent and independent." Girls are often heard to say, "It' s 'cool' to fail and be stupid. I even pretend sometimes that I'm not smart." that leads her to accept an

"some boy's

girlfriend"?

Why

AAUW

The

report shows significant declines in girls' self-esteem and self-confidence change from childhood to early adolescence. According to a 1990 nationwide survey, 69 percent of elementary school boys and 60 percent of elementary school girls said they were happy the way they were. Among high school students, the percentages dropped to 46 percent for boys and 29 percent for girls.

The report, Psychology of Women and the Development of Girls, describes the "silencing" of girls as they move from elementary into junior and senior high schools. "Up until the age of 1 1 or 12, girls are quite clear and candid about what they think and feel and know." But their voices become more tentative and afflicted as they mature and enter mid adolescence. Their responses reveal a

AAUW

as they

AAUW

See Newnan, Page 13

DS

IN THE SERVICE OF THE TEMPLE AT A VERY EARLY AGE. ST. ANNE'S NAME MEANS *grace;' SHE WAS ENDOWED BY GOD WITH SPECIAL GRACES IN HEf PRIVILEGED ROLE OF THE MOTHER OF THE MOTHER OF GOP. THE FEAST OF SS. ANNE AND JOACHIM IS JULY 26.

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1993

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He

vnxious For World Youth Day, }

Teen Arrives Weeks Early

olish DENVER

—

(CNS)

Malgorzata

s

ber, a 17 -year-old from Poland, took

orld

show up early for Youth Day by arriving two

>nths

ahead of time,

heart advice to

e arrived in mid- June, without a place

and without a

,stay

command

full

of

English language.

I

But she knew one thing: she had at 1993 World Youth Day ;r since she attended the youth event 0 years ago in her native country.

"I don t know what the Spirit has (in re) for me," she told the Denver CathoRegister, archdiocesan newspaper, t "I can pray that the Spirit will make nted to be

'

good experience," she added.

To pay her airfare to Denver, which saved money on by planning so ly, Faber cleaned houses and waited

Michael Watts, a 17-year-old graduate of a Baltimore Catholic high school, with some of the African children he

Polish teen-ager Malgorzata Faber

Just a

day before she was to leave,

found out that the Polish family she s planning to stay with had moved. t she was determined to go to Denver, 1 neglected to tell her mother about housing detail.

However, she did discuss her plight h Jim and Stacy Gardner, who sat :t to her on the plane. Fortunately, the ther and sister from Denver were ling to help.

Jim Gardner took Faber to the CathoSt. Vincent Paul in Denver. The director of relius education at the parish, Marlin shurch nearest his home,

ale,

offered the young

With

[

five children

woman hous-

grown up and

she and her husband have a big

le,

3ty

photo by James Baca, Denver Catholic Register) "I

agreed to take her in before

her," she said.

made

"When

did,

I

the right decision.

I

met

knew

I

I

been a

It's

wonderful experience."

"People here make me very welcome and happy," said Faber. "I am very happy I am here."

At the insistence of St. Vincent's pastor, she called her mother to tell her she is OK, and she has learned more English during her time in Denver.

As one of about 200 Polish youths attending World Youth Day, she described Pope John Paul II as "the hope for the world" and said she is "proud that he is Polish."

house. recreational drug use, brief

nudity and constant rough language.

The USCC.

classification

morally offensive. The is

movies rereviewed by the U.S. Catholic lference Office for Film and Broadting. The reviews include the film's isification by the USCC and its ratby the Motion Picture Association

R — restricted.

America.

nongst Friends" (Fine Line) Three buddies (Joseph Lindsay, vt Parlavecchio, Patrick

grew up together

)

McGaw)

an affluent

in

v York suburb take up a life of crime,

them eventually

ling

to betrayal

and

dly confrontations with each other,

Rob Weiss portrays the

ter-director

smug lawbreaking and violent ons with raw energy but no insights 's

>

wasted lives. Some nasty vioand cold-blooded murders, a bed-

their

:e

Carolina

I

$

|r*

Catholic

—V Bookshoppe 1109

McAl way

Charlotte,

—

BALTIMORE (CNS) Michael Watts knew he wasn't in Maryland anymore when he heard the monkeys scratching on the roof of the hut where he was trying to sleep. The 17-year-old who

Watts,

Maryland

away

Saturday 9:30

-

rebellious

12-year-old (Jason James

in the

-

an essay contest sponsored

his English teacher at

Loyola High

School in Baltimore, from which Watts graduated this spring.

"We got our very first impression of Africa as soon as we got into the airport," said Durkin. "It was a very small airport

— ours was

there. Cattle, goats

the only airplane

and sheep were wan-

dering around right next to the landing

Gambia.

He won

the trip through an essay

contest sponsored by the Baltimore-

based Catholic Relief Services, designed to help students gain a global

knowl-

edge of the world and explore the differences and similarities between their own communities and those in Gambia. contest, involving just the Bal-

timore area this year,

is

expected to be

expanded to the national level next year.

Watts was accompanied on the nearly two-week trip by Tom Durkin,

passion

an individual untouched by

is all

the

more chilling

soulful world of

set in the

music and the emo-

tional lives of musicians, but the result

empty of

of

(Michael Madsen and Jayne Atkinson) and two park workers (Lori Petty and August Schellenberg) to help free the giant animal before it is killed for the insurance money. Director Simon Wincer's beguiling relationship story affirms family values, though it must be noted the adults cavalierly break the law in saving the whale. Fleeting violence. The USCC classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The rating is PG parental guidance suggested.

Subtitles. Discreet treatment of sexual

—

MPAA

—

all

this is itself

feeling.

relationships and passing reference to a

mercy

killing.

tion

A-III

the

is

The

USCC

classifica-

— adults. Not rated by

MPAA.

strip.

And

it

was hot

—

like

August

in

Baltimore."

Some

of the CRS-related projects and Durkin observed included peanut crop development and work done by the women-only Sesame Growers that Watts

Association.

"The women bought a processing machine to grind seeds into oil and then they sell the oil," said Durkin. "The focus is very much on self-sufficiency."

The women' s group had asked CRS

money

to start a literacy

Watts was the one who actually delivered the check to the women, and they were so appreciative they decided

at Bernie's II" (TriStar)

Moronic sequel set in the Caribbean where two junior executives (Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman) pass off the corpse of their boss (Terry Kiser) as alive so they can get the funds he

embezzled

comedy

the affections of a concert violinist

that

his

business partner (Andre Dussollier) in love,

he

is

is

then coldly rejects her because

unable to love anyone including

himself. Director Claude Sautet' s strange

to clear their reputations.

voodoo subplot in corpse becomes a dancing

resorts to a

which the

zombie, but nothing can save a script

was dead on

arrival. Disrespectful

treatment of a dead person,

some mild

sexual innuendo and tasteless gallows

USCC classification is AIII — adults. The MPAA rating is PG

humor. The

— parental guidance suggested.

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ative ways.

To determine whether guilt is w must attempt to derstand whether he or she had i power in a given situation powe do good, to act in ways that are cull ally and morally life-giving. And person did have power and refused,, any reason, to use it, that per

ranted, a person

—

"

should face the failure, learn fror and grow.

Often when we examine our 1 ures, we discover that we really

have more power than we

thinls

make a

difference in the situati that involve us.

When guilt serves only to mal« person cringe, it becomes useless When guilt directs human ac ity into ways of growth for self others, it is a positive force.

Peter, unlike Judas (who commil

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Is guilt

outmoded?

suicide),

wept and then waited

for

Lord. When Peter was approachec the risen Lord on the beach in Gali he asked three times if Peter lo h him. Three times! And three times' M ter was told to go and serve others' attend to the mission: "Feed :

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live in this world, telling them what makes them part of a family or neighborhood or city, how they are to live

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lay inside him like an invading force at times quiet and then all of a It

—

sudden in full attack, causing him to cringe. The man tried to relive the moment he made the decision not to go to the funeral, as if he could roll back the sea, rid himself of the invasion of p^jilt

and start again.

But guilt is not like It ily.

wasn't as

He

did.

love the

that. didn't love his famwas it as if he didn't

if he

Nor

man who died. But a fear that

within such groups.

People begin to learn from the very beginning of life not only how their fellows are to be treated in casual contacts but also what the demands of closer relationships are, the demands of intimacy with family and friends.

They learn how one is to treat the earth, its plants and its animals. They also learn to be pleased when they honor these messages and learn to feel "their failure" when they do not honor them.

Nations respond to the needs of other nations out of a sense of magnanimity, at times, but

he always has had about funerals from the time of his childhood rendered him powerless, and he had not gone to the funeral and "When guilt serves only to had not called to make a person cringe, it make an excuse and, in shame, becomes useless. When guilt had waited a year directs human activity into before there had been further conways of growth for self and tact.

By

others,

that time,

the widow

it

is

a positive force."

would

not even come to the phone when he called. From that moment on, the guilt had been there.

It surfaced whenever terms like "loyalty" and "love" were spoken; it attacked whenever he read stories about abandonment and faithlessness in the newspapers.

Whenever the necessity arose of admitting that love and loyalty cannot be accommodated to our indulgence or even our fear, his guilt curled through his body, causing him to visibly draw up at times as if to steel himself for blows.

From their very beginnings, human beings receive messages from the spoken and unworld around them spoken messages telling them that there are ways that all persons must

—

far

more

often out

of a sense that

ied: alcohol;

never standing

still

long

enough to listen to the voice within; blaming their conduct on others.

Guilt is powerful, but one can and must control it.

lambs....

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my

Sometimes, in families, too many interactions come to be driven by guilt.

We have heard children, young and old, talking about "guilt trips" being laid on them by their parents.

If laying on guilt becomes the only way of molding and directing human behavior, it can steal one's urge to

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What moves a person to accept,

tin

for the first time,

responsibility for a particular action's

consequences?

if

they do not respond their guilt would be too great to bear. Look at the failure of the West in responding to

"The other person's reaction. might make a joke about someone's jacket. But he might ... (say) the jacket was a gift from his deceased mother. People don't always react to situations the way expect. And that gets me to think about what Garland Freeman, Bridgeport, Ohio effect my actions may be having on them."

the Holocaust carried out under the Nazis in the 1930s and '40s, for ex-

bottom

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ample, and the response today to the and the hungers of a nation like Somalia.

What happens if guilt is quieted or banished? It can be killed.

When the human desire for being the desire to become first wins out the absolute center of a selfish universe where only "I, me and mine" determine the spin of the moral compass

—

—

the end pride or sense of justice or wanting to get rid of the guilt. The wanting to love God. The only way to love God is to love my neigh Marian bor. So in clearing the air or owning up to my responsibility, love God." Adams, San Antonio, Texas not

hot

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line is

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"Change

starts within.

ever going to happen."

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"If we take for example the one Beatitude about being a peacemaker, it can lea us to questions such as, 'How am a peacemaker in my own home?' If there is a tense situation in the family, do settle it through anger or do ... figure out a more peaceful resolution? Growing in ... understanding of what our faith says ... helps u: Rosemary grow in our ability to accept responsibility for our actions."

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— conscience dies.

there are people who cannot understand that anything "out there" can make demands upon them. Even if they can speak the language of the group, they never feel they owe anything to it.

They may bury their guilt and turn to all kinds of supports to keep it bur-

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT Feeling a

little

guilty?

When people feel guilty, often they are preoccupied by something they something they

did or

f,

didn't

do but wish they had done. Whatever,

—*4 focus tends to be on themselves — analyzing

their actions,

their

assessing

attitudes.

enough! Healthy introspection helps human beings accept

Fair

responsibility for their actions

and unearth

their potential for

doing things

differently in the future.

But for a Christian feeling a little guilty, focusing on the self isn't enough. The person needs at some point to shift gears, to focus on God. Contending with a sense of guilt is more than an opportunity to ask, "What am like?" It is also an opportunity to ask, "What is God like?"

If people harbor a skewed image of God a God who just waits for people to slip up and then rejects and resents them self-assessment becomes dispiriting; people devalue themselves against a God intent on putting them down.

But growth becomes possible when people contending with a sense of guilt refocus on God as a loving parent. The process, then, brings them face to face with someone they can talk with, someone with a smile someone who is faithful and supports them.

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—

—

—

David Gibson,

lie rights

and wrongs of

News

guilt

nection between acts in our control and the feeling we experience. It is this kind of guilt that is a matter for

By Father Paul Schmidt Catholic

Service

confession.

Comedians get a lot of mileage from Jewish guilt, Catholic guilt. lilt

—

commercials make frequent use of lilt, exhorting viewers to "call your 7

make

sure children have the «st item of designer clothing.

Guilt not only gets

jther" or

ighs, it sells!

Not all guilt, however, the same. Not all guilt ilings are caused by jral guilt,

the result of

Some

guilt comes in psychic wounds exrienced in childhood, rhaps because of criti-

Not

all

Often the experience of other kinds of guilt leads us to ignore the guilt we should feel. People who become convinced that they should feel guilty for every sexual inclination or for missing Mass when sick, for example, may ignore the fact that they

guilt is the

"But moral guilt feeling

moral is

we get when

individuals begin to feel guilty the time.

They often become their own worst tics, never satisfied they've done ough. They are sometimes scrupu'a, exaggerating every fault and livl in constant fear of punishment and M's wrath.

Going to confession does not cure is kind of guilt; it gives only tempory respite. Sometimes the church re),

blamed

ts

for causing this guilt,

len its causes are deeper. Psychojical help can enable people to get to roots.

Another kind of guilt provides a delse in the face of misfortune or trag-

This guilt employs the word "if If I had done such and such, so and would not have committed suicide had that accident.

Sometimes the "if" word is used to oject guilt onto another person, as

y.

:

ly

Martha said to Jesus: "Lord, if u had been here, my brother would

len

have died."

The word "if," in these cases, is a ly of asserting that we have control er something really beyond our cont

Feeling guilty is a way to "preid" we are in charge.

We have to recognize this kind of ilt for what it is and not let it keep from acknowledging that only God completely in control.

Moral guilt is the feeling we get >i

we realize we actually have done mething wrong. We've committed a

ten i,

offending

God and harming fellow

man beings, and we regret it.

In this kind of guilt there is a con-

left for justifiable

In recent years, also, the moral teachers of the church have tried to open our eyes to the so-

m

exces-

can take so that none

guilt.

we've actually done something wrong."

rents

guilt

cial dimension of our sins and the guilt we bear for keeping in place unjust structures like racism, sexism, ecological neglect. Our respon-

sibility

reaches beyond our personal

sphere. It might be proper for us to feel more guilty about what theologians

than we sometimes do.

To experience the proper kind of

call "social sin"

we need a healthy emotional life as well as a rightly formed conscience.

We need to grow up as morally responguilt,

sible adults.

In Psalm 51 we pray: "From my unknown sins deliver me." This can be the neurotic prayer of an immature or wounded person who cannot imagine a non-guilty act.

But it can also be a prayer for the clarity to see truthfully the harm we really do and the need to say sincerely, "I'm sorry."

(Father Schmidt is director of priest personnel for the Diocese of Oakland, Calif.)

is

guilt

By Father John Catholic

News

J.

Castelot

to self-hatred

and

eventual despair.

Everywhere a person turns he sees

toward a passage from darkness to light, from slavery to freedom."

that terrifying sign: "No Exit." But that is a worst-case scenario.

Scripture assures us that "if we acknowledge our sins, (God) is faithful

and just and

will forgive.... If

anyone

does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous one. He is expiation for our sins" (1 John2:lb-2).

Honest guilt is actually liberating. points toward a passage from darkness to light, from slavery to freedom.

Remember how St. Paul, speaking in the name of humanity, cried out these words: "Miserable one that I am!

Who will deliver me from this mortal It

betraying innocent blood." But his guilt was a dead end: "He departed and went off and hanged himself" (Matthew 27:4,5).

The prophet Hosea in the Old Testament urged the people to acknowledge their guilt and thereby to experience healing and fulfillment. "Return,

O

Israel, to the Lord, your God; you have collapsed through your guilt....

Say to him 'Forgive all iniquity."

And they heard the wonderful words,

heal their defection,

"I will

guilt....

Evasion of

—

will lcve

dent know them" (14:16).

Honesty is the best policy the honest kind of guilt that is liberating.

—

guilt;

all,

there

is

guilt

and there

is

one healthful and the other

deadly.

reality

Do I sometimes feel guilty about developments in other people's had no control over? Perhaps I wanted to aid someone, but my good intentions were blocked. The sense of inadequacy and guilt that I am experiencing may thus be misdirected. But could I now be led, instead, to contemplate what it is I do have some control over what I can change, Reflection:

lives that I

I

them freely, for my wrath is turned away from them" (Hosea 14:2-3,5).

The prophet's words call out to everyone: "Let him who is wise understand these things; let him who is pru-

After

who universally suffer feelings of inadequacy "learn early that alcohol

my own attitudes?

7:24-25; 8:1-2).

Guilt? Yes, but guilt as a condition

for guiltlessness.

help them to forget about their feelings of

especially in

mans

Peter had every reason to feel guilty Unquestionably, there is a type of for having so shamefully denied Jesus. guilt that is sick and paralyzing. But When Jesus caught his eye, Peter "went to avoid all guilt as if it were a plague out and wept bitterly" (Luke 22:62). is equally sick and paralyzing. For But Peter's tears were not tears of that is simply dishonest, a refusal to self-deprecating hopelessness. They waacknowledge the truth. tered the garden of reconciliation and "If we say, *We are without sin,' we joy when the risen Lord deceive ourselves, embraced him. and the truth is not Judas, on the other in us" (1 John 1:8).

"Honest guilt is actually hand, admitted rueAcknowledging liberating. It points fully, "I have sinned in one's guilt can lead

begets drinking, which begets guilt, which begets drinking to assuage guilt, and so on," according to Roy Barkley, author of Catholic Ministry to the Addicted (Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, Huntington, Ind. 46750. 1992. Paperback, $5.95).

will

Christ our Lord.... Hence, now there is for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed you from the law of sin and death" (Ro-

Service

FAITH IN ACTION Alcoholics

body (this self doomed to death)?" But lament led immediately to an answer and a joyous shout of gratitude: "Thanks be to God through Jesus

this

no condemnation

Wallowing in non-

much energy

is guilt,

and there

with prejudice.

the

is

There

are dishonest at work or that they treat others

same. Some comes from psychic wounds.

and correction by and teachers (ofi well-meaning and not always

Editor, Faith Alive!

'

(Father Castelot

is

a Scripture

scholar, author and lecturer.)

s

The Catholic News

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&

Herald

A Texas-Size Reunion Brings Together 2,500 Family Members MCALLEN, Texas (CNS) Tex-

—

ans say everything

You

is

bigger in Texas.

don't need to convince the Vela

who

family,

gathered by the thousands

for a family reunion.

from 49

came

and

six foreign countries

Mc Allen

July 8-11 to claim

states

to

their place in the

celebrate their lieve

it

About 2,500 people

Vela family tree and

common roots. They be-

may have been

the largest His-

panic family reunion in the United States.

They met at 79-year-old Reynaldo Vela' 8,000-acre Laguna Seca Ranch, which includes part of the original 4,000-acre ranch that Salvador and Leonor Vela purchased in South Texas in the 1820s.

Group Honored With Paul VI Award

—

(CNS)

Among the Catholic mem-

bers of the foundation's advisory board

Thomas Melady, former

are

U.S. am-

bassador to the Vatican; Dominican Sister

Rose Thering of the National Chris-

Leadership Conference for Israel; Edward Flannery of the Diocese of Providence, R.I., and Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre tian

Father

Dame.

NEW YORK (CNS) — Carey Girat

The

Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association has

Foundation.

New York Youth With Cerebral Palsy Will Go To Denver With Group

Paulist Evangelization

WASHINGTON

gene Fisher, the U.S. bishops' specialist in Catholic-Jewish relations, and Judith H. Banki, who worked with Rabbi Tanenbaum for 23 years at the American Jewish Committee, are program cochairs of the Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum

been named win-

has the date puter:

programmed

into his

com-

Aug. 10, 1993. That is when he Denver for World Youth Day

will fly to

head of the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household who died late last year, described the episode in a diary entry from his book, My Six Popes, published in late June in France. Cardinal Martin's main job was to arrange the pope's public and private audiences. Cardinal Martin said an Italian woman, Francesca F., was brought to a March 27, 1982, papal audience by Bishop Ottorino Pietro Alberti of Spoleto. She was "rolling on the floor and shouting those of us outside (the room) heard her screams," the cardinal said. The Vatican had no immediate comment on the book's revelations. Previous reports that the pope had performed an exorcism in the Vatican have brought denials from informed

the Vatican's chief ecumenical officer

Vatican sources.

groups. "Is the White

—

said July 15. Following decades or centuries of division, progress

toward

dia-

logue with other faiths has often been dramatic, said Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

He spoke

at the

National Institute for

Clergy held at Seton Hall University East Orange.

in

Bishop Criticizes White House Meeting With Catholic Dissidents WASHINGTON (CNS) Bishop James T. McHugh of Camden, N.J.,

—

House

staff

now

in the role of theological arbiter as t$

Catholic Chaplain Backs New Policy On Gays In Military

homoarmed forces is com-

what constitutes orthodox teaching?" he asked. Bishop McHugh made his comments in mid- July in "Life Issues Forum," a biweekly column distributed to Catholic newspapers by the U.S. bish-

WASHINGTON dent Clinton's

new

U S.

(CNS)

—

Presi-

policy on

'93, the international gathering of youth

sexuals in the

patible with Catholic teaching, Father

ops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities.

The award

Eugene T. Gomulka, deputy chaplain of the U.S. Marine Corps, said July 20.

He

ton-based Paulist group "has excelled in

Paul H. Girat, who has cerebral palsy, cannot speak. But he has the date pro-

leadership, unfailing vision, zeal, ser-

grammed

vice and dedication in the mission of

municator, along with a host of other

its founding in 1977 and has made an "outstanding contribution to the advancement of Catholic evangelization in the United States." Paulist Father Kenneth Boyack, director of the group, received the award during the National Council for Catholic Evangelization' s convention in June in Phoenix.

important dates, phrases, personal thoughts and scriptural passages. Girat will be traveling with his 15-year-old sister, Melanie, and a group of 14 other disabled young men and women and 25 family members and escorts. Of the 14, 1 1 are from the New York Archdiocese and three are from the Boston area.

"I'm pleased that the distinction is there between homosexual orientation and homosexual activity," he told Catholic News Service. The church makes fundamentally the same distinction, con-

Washing-

evangelization" since

Foundation Established To

Honor Rabbi Tanenbaum

NEW YORK (CNS) — A founda-

tion in

memory

of Rabbi

Marc H.

Tanenbaum was launched on

into his

computer voice com-

—

John Paul II performed an exorcism in the Vatican in 1982 and afterward de-

first

scribed his encounter with the possessed

anniversary of his death to support na-

woman as "a biblical scene," a longtime

and international studies aimed at ending theologically based bias. Eu-

papal aide said in his memoirs. French

the

tional

demning the activity but not the orientation, he said. Dominican Father Nicholas Halligan, vicar general

of the Catho-

Cardinal Jacques Martin, the former

said the coalition, Catholic Organi-

zations for Renewal, has

members

among

"organizations that are dia-

c:

doctrines or moral teachings, often hos-

id

and openly political in trying to undermine Church teachings and poli- •« tile

cies."

i

Church Bans Homosexual

Acts,

homo-

traditional rejection of homosexual acts

members and opposes

but not of homosexual people, was reaf-

sexual service the

new

—

firmed by Cardinal George Basil

policy.

Ji

metrically opposed to specific Catholic

Not Individuals, Cardinal Says LONDON (CNS) The church's

Archdiocese for the Military Ser-

IIS

its

vices, said the archdiocese continues to

lic

favor the former total ban on

Pope Performed Exorcism In 1982, Say Papal Aide's Memoirs VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope

si

with a coalition of dissident Catholic

from around the world with Pope John

citation said the

n ii

hosting a meeting at the White House

993 Pope Paul VI Award for

1

t %

blasted the Clinton administration for

leadership in Catholic evangelization.

ner of the

II

y

Hume

of Westminster in a statement published

Church's Ecumenical Commitment 'Irrevocable,' Cardinal Says EAST ORANGE, N.J. (CNS) Efforts since the Second Vatican Council show "the Catholic Church's commitment to ecumenism is irrevocable,"

—

July 21. Cardinal

Hume

said that the

"particular inclination of the homosexual

person

is

not a sin."

sexual person

...

is

"Being a

homo

neither morally

good

nor morally bad," he said. "It is homo-sexual genital acts that are morally wrong."

I

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Wednesday: Numbers

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Matthew 15:21-26.

Thursday: Numbers 20:1-3; Matthew 16:13-23.

Friday: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 Peter 1:16-19;

Saturday:

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Deuteronomy 6:4-13; Matthew 17:14-20.

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Please pray for the following deceased priests during the

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Officials:

R.

HACALA

dignity and the potential for

president and the Congress are struggling over the shape of the

new federal

particularly

due

we can' t afford to lose sight of long-

often ignored.

Even if the Congress accepted the president' s budget exactly as he offered it, and !/en if it accomplishes everything that he hopes it will, millions of Americans still iill remain in poverty. While new jobs will move some people out of poverty, the

accomplished:

ldget. But, as

important as the budget

itself is,

dministration and Congress also will have to design and redesign

—

and build programs that deal directly with poor people.

The best way to help the poor is to help them help themselves. The best way to jild public support for anti-poverty programs is to show that they work.

That advice reflects the experience of the Campaign for Human Development, e domestic action, education-for-justice program of the Catholic Church and the support for

—

The U.S. Catholic Since 1970, the campaign, which is funded by an jinual collection in Catholic parishes, has given $175 million in seed grants to 3,000 Hnmunity self-help groups.

CHD is unique. It funds only programs that are controlled by the poor and that rgest funder of grassroots, self-help organizations in the nation.

ishops created

CHD

in 1969.

ork to change the social structures that create and sustain poverty. ?

fers a

;

We say that CHD

hand up, not a handout.

Bush praised

CHD

South Suburban Action poor people to purchase lblic housing units. Ross Perot did likewise in letting it be known that he had orked closely with CHD-funded groups like the Industrial Areas Foundation in exas on issues like school and health care reform. Bill Clinton, in a speech at the niversity of Notre Dame, praised CHD as an effective expression of community in highlighting the

onference in the Chicago area for

its

work

in enabling

lilding rooted in Catholic social teaching.

CHD-funded groups have focused on the issues that are high on Clinton's They have helped insure child care, rebuild homes and housing infrastruc-

;enda. re,

The New Cities Development Corporation, the housing arm of the group that Bush praised, has enabled more than 100 low-income families to buy newly-rehabilitated housing. Its consulting program has helped more than 170 lowincome families avoid mortgage foreclosure.

Two coalitions of parishes and congregations in Maryland led a successful effort to win equitable state funding for public schools. In the process, Interfaith Action Communities in Prince Georges County and Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development earned a role in working on the annual state education budget.

The Community Organizing Project in San Antonio (COPS) has been instrumental in bringing more than $500 million in government services into low-income neighborhoods.

People Acting

and cleaned up neighborhoods by drugs. and successful methodology involve treating poor people with The poor, by definition, lack certain resources. But they retain their human

isinesses,

spect.

strategy

>avings Accounts

Add More

Gift

CHD also

poverty programs.

his or her

own

talents, energy,

and resources to the work of the church, which is only strengthened by the diversity.

Stewardship of material possessions is no exception.

When you consider your gifts, take a look at the personal property you own and think about what among it may be given. You may be surprised at the variety of assets that can be welcome gifts to your parish, Catholic schools, other Catholic organizations or the diocese.

For example, as we've seen retirement plans and

life

in previous

columns,

own may be and bonds, may

insurance you

Securities, including stocks

able also

ake welcome gifts for many people.

As an example of how conveniently a gift may be made from assets you already wn, I'd like to suggest another way of giving through your savings accounts.

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many names, depending upon the bank, credit union, or and loan association that offers them. "Passbook" and "money market" are two of the more common terms. Certificates of deposit (CDs) are also

Savings accounts carry ivings

it

comes

to building support for

that the

Time after time, work of CHD-funded groups,

as part of the problem.

more people know about

the

more generous they are.

Parishioners who meet members of funded groups develop an enthusiasm to support financially and beyond their efforts to improve the community. A real sense of solidarity across economte lines emerges.

Middle-class Americans, correctly, do not want to see more money wasted on poverty programs that don't work. They understand the need to provide the opportunity for everyone in America to be a productive citizen. They support poverty programs that are effective, and the most effective poverty programs help the

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—

the poor to help themselves.

And,

that is

what

CHD is all about.

When it comes to fighting poverty and building public support for the effort, my advice to President Clinton and to Congress Jesuit Father Joseph

Hacala

is

"Trust the people."

executive director of the Development, United States Catholic Conference.

A

ciples.

Each individual brings

to care for latchkey children.

when

We treat middle class Americans and the poor with equal respect.

We don't view those with more resources

By JAMES KELLEY

ivings

program

has a tried and true formula

represents more than 25,000 of San Jose it persuaded the downtown led a campaign to make five city parks

is

Campaign for Human

Methods

Every Catholic in the Charlotte Diocese has different likes, dislikes, interests, Jtential, goals. But we're joined by a common commitment to serve as Christ would have us serve in the furtherance of Catholic prin-

expand your giving options.

Community Together (PACT)

area's only grocery store to upgrade service,

registered people to vote, helped the poor develop their skills and open small

CHD's

in

the poorest people in the Silicon Valley. In

we have found

the 1992 presidential campaign.

President

they have many resources, and effective leadership, which are too

President

safe for children, and developed a

The heart of the CHD philosophy is empowerment of the poor. We created a able program to implement "empowerment" long before it became a political itchphrase. In fact, the CHD approach cuts across political philosophy. This was

jear in

human development. And

to their capacity for creative

Here are some examples of what poor people in CHD-funded organizations have

nge needs.

jjiblic

Her

Trust The People'

By FATHER JOSEPH The

&

may be

arranged through your savings account without in any

way

change your plans, you can do so at any time.

For example, you may be able to create what is known as a "trust savings account" when you make a deposit in your bank or savings and loan association or when you purchase a CD. A simple agreement, it permits you to retain all rights to the principal in your account and all income it earns. At death, whatever remains in the account goes to the Church or another charitable organization you name.

Your financial institution may also be able to put your account in your name, with a designation of "P.O.D." (pay on death) or "in trust for" your parish, the diocese, or a Catholic organization of your choice. Also known as a "Totten Trust," this plan may be loosely compared to owning your account jointly with your church.

As long as you live, you have full control and access, with any money in the account at your death going directly for church use.

This has been a general discussion to open the door to giving opportunities. Ask a representative of your financial institution what methods are available to you for

naming a Cash

charitable beneficiary. gifts are

unexpected ways

welcome and

to further

your

popular, but other giving forms

may unlock

faith.

We at the diocese can help you find out more about giving options. Call or write Diocesan Development Office, 1524 E. Morehead Street, Charlotte, NC 28207, (704) 331-1709 or 377-6871. We will help you find the answers you need, me at

;hicles for savings.

gift

threatening the safety of your savings or your access to your money. If you wish to

at the

no obligation.

James Kelley

is

director of development for the Diocese of Charlotte.

Help Sought For Midwest Flood Victims WASHINGTON

Have you given thought to being a priest

in the Diocese of Charlotte?

Contact Father Frank O'Rourke, Vocation Director 1621 Dilworth Rd. East Charlotte, N.C. 28203 (704) 334-2283

(CNS)

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The

ported that

many people

in the affected

president of the National Conference of

areas are facing a horrendous uncer-

Catholic Bishops has asked his fellow

tainty about their future," he said.

bishops to appeal to the people in their

them with material goods to rebuild their homes, financial assistance to meet their living needs and

dioceses to help the victims of the Mid-

west floods.

Archbishop William H. Keeler of Baltimore said after consulting with bishops in the affected areas of the country, "it appears that an appeal for a national response is very much in order."

is

"There

a need to provide

counseling support to ease their fears

and anxieties."

The Disaster Response Office, along with the U.S. bishops' conference, represents the Catholic community during

domestic disasters.

local Catholic Charities agencies in the

Catholic Charities USA had already begun a nationwide appeal for flood

flood-stricken areas of Minnesota, Wis-

victims. Contributions

consin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and

Catholic Charities USA, Midwest Flood

South Dakota, Archbishop Keeler said.

"The director of the Catholic Charities USA Disaster Response Office re-

Relief Processing Center, 13331 Pennsylvania Ave., Hagerstown,

Donations will be funneled through

may be

sent to:

MD

21742.

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Herald

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July 30,

Elizabeth Parish

St.

In

Boone

Celebrates 35th Anniversary BOONE — Bishop John of Country, opene F.

St.

Elizabeth

the Hill

Donoghue presided at a 35th anniversary Mass earlier this summer for St.

in April 1988.

Elizabeth of the Hill Country Catholic

Episcopal Church and the Rev. Marie Swann of Deerfield Methodist attende

Church. Assisting Bishop Donoghue were Jesuit Father H. Cornell Bradley, pastor of

St.

Elizabeth, the Reverend

Damion Lynch,

parochial vicar, and

other priests of the diocese. in the

St.

LulIjK £

the celebration and reception as repr^ sentatives of the

gs,

High Country Coal

tion of Churches.

During the Mass Jim Deni, chaifc

Father George Kloster, pastor from

1973 to 1979, said

Father Church Blanck of

homily that the

present congregation reflected

new

di-

man

of the parish council, presentt

Father Bradley with a painting of p shepherd following his sheep. BishcX a ffll

rections in the Catholic

the late

Church under

Pope John XXIII, who called for Church just three days

Donoghue, recently appointed Arc! T bishop of Atlanta, was also presents ,,

lei

a Council of the

with a painting.

first Mass at St. Elizabeth.

The original church, on a site now occu-

buried a time capsule under the era

pied by Blockbusters, burned in January

outside the church.

before the

1984.

The new church, under

the

name

After the reception, parishione

The capsule

will

,»

t

opened in 2008 during the 50th annive sary celebration.

i

lie

Christine Palombi

(1)

and Colette Truesdale prepare dinner for campers at the Oraatory

Camp. Both women have served

Religion

Summer Camp By

the

Is

camp

for

more than 20 years.

Photo by DANNY

HOLMES

Family Affair

DANNY HOLMES

YORK,S.C — 'Family

Ties' could

be the ongoing theme of the annual Oratory Religion Camp at Kings Mountain State Park in York, S.C. Year after year, many of the same families return for

two weeks

in

July to

give their services to the camp. Colette

camp nurse

Truesdale, years,

is

the

the Oratory

for the past 21

backbone of

Camp

camp

more than two decades ago. Now, Dominique and Francois (Truesdale)

camp some of her grandchil-

are directors. Several children are

dren are campers. year, either as staff

mem-

bers or as campers.

"When I became the nurse didn't know I would be here years, but

as

I

I

here,

I

"The best part is being with the They enjoy playing and just being together learning more about their religion," said Truesdale.

for the past 14 years.

Brendan, Megan, and Bridget were

all

counselors this year, and Mary, their

Shaun co-director and is

mother, worked in the past.

now

religious coordinator.

The time from breakfast to lunch is devoted to religion, Shaun said. This on the first five commandments, taking them one day at a time. Each morning at 1 1 the campers year, studies focus

,

celebrate

Pope As

Mass

or participate in a pen-

(From Page

Maureen and Mary Ellen, are Younger sister Moira will become a junior counselor next year.

Oratorian Father William Pentis has

beginning

its

in 1970.

ior

"When I was pastor at Divine Savin York, we had Summer Vacation

School," he said.

was Parents were

"However,

that

during the daytime only. driving so many miles to drop off and I

said to myself,

In fact, the

camp was

4)

part of the responsible stewardship

of temporal goods, the Church's income

must be administered in conformity with canon law, for the celebration of divine worship, the support of the clergy and the promotion of works of the apostolate.

The Second Vatican Council also encouraged individual priests to devote their income to the needs of the church and to works of charity (cf.

Presbyterorum Ordinis, 17).

Jesus Christ is the model of all priestly poverty. The example of the Lord's own detachment from earthly

ors. It's

is

"Go and

Mallievi

unchurched Americans, the Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association has produced a study and planning guide on what that means and how to do it.

The association estimates that there Americans

are 65 million unchurched

and 16 million inactive Catholics

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whom

in the

stra

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oi

November. Pauli Fathers Frank DeSiano and Kenneii Boyack, two of the leading consultan

the U.S. bishops last

khi

te

|

for the bishops in the writing of "Go ar

Make

Disciples," wrote and edited

k

tl

book It

to

includes the complete text of tilp

Catholics

bishops' statement, with commentai

jfe

should be inviting "to be enriched by Jesus Christ within the Catholic family

alongside to help readers or study at

;| si

planning groups understand and apply

of believers."

to their

country

all

people

The 1 10-page book, released in July, was

written in consultation with the

U.S. bishops' Committee on Evangeli-

own

local setting.

The book look ishes

DVl

also includes a detail*

at practical

Ed

ways that Catholic pa>Lj

and individual Catholics can

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to eventually

become counsel-

for the

camp

is

$80 per

includes meals, lodging, Itio

activities.

Eighty kids came to the

camp

the Bale

and 82 came the second.

"Enough people were interested to have one more week of camp," said Dominique Truesdale May, "but we had to turn them down. I'm not sure the staff could last another week," she said with

first

ten

a great tradition.

The cost week which and

L(

framework

Its

egy for Catholic evangelization deve oped by the committee and adopted t

1980s when The Oratory began sponsoring it.

One of the best parts about this camp is the way people grow into it, said

campers

ate

Disciples," the national plan and

'Wouldn't it be nice if they (parents) could drop off their children for an entire week.'" That was the beginning of the overnight summer camp. called the Divine Savior Religion

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turn

ing out to inactive Catholics and

sisters

Father Pentis.

The Barry family has been involved

Barry has worked as

they, along with

(CNS)

IK.

Catholic parish concerned about reach-

until the early

children.

camp

the

counselors.

for 21

knew I would be here as long

could," Truesdale said.

with the

now

pick up their kids,

Thirteen Truesdales contributed to

camp this

years old, but

nursing

duties,

counselors, and

younger staff. Matt and Mark were campers since they were 6 is

been with the camp since

Truesdale' s children were campers her

ance service.

The Davis family generation of the camp

the largest of

families.

when she took on

the

New Paulist Book Tells Parishes How To 'Go And Make Disciples' WASHINGTON

Staff Writer

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session,

so

a smile.

goods and His love for the poor should be increasingly reflected in the lives of all His followers, and first and foremost in the lives

My

of priests.

greetings go to the pilgrim

groups from China, Indonesia and South Africa. Upon all the English-speaking visitors present at today's

audience

Thanks To

St.

Called to teach God's love

ill.

Our Sisters come from all walks of life.

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on the part of the boys as well as school authorities. The interactions appear to be if not always approved, they are viewed by school personnel as harmless instances of "boys being boys." The message is clear to both boys and girls: Girls are not worthy of respect. And it's OK for boys to exert power permitted in schools. Or,

ametimes debilitating tension between caring for themselves and caring for others, etween their understanding of the world and the awareness that it is not appropriate > speak or act on this understanding.

Research shows that girls are systematically taught by parents and other adults ) avoid conflict in the name of being "nice." They bury their sense of what is appening in a relationship in ways spoken or unspoken to avoid hurting people's selings and making waves. The result is a growing sense of estrangement among as they lose touch with their

iris [

own feelings of sadness or anger. They often

say,

don't know," an indication of the lack of authenticity they have learned in the

rocess of

growing up.

body image, and depression that sgan at early adolescence do not disappear as girls mature," the report says, esearch traces depression in 12th grade to changes experienced in early adoles;nce and to coping strategies developed to deal with stressful events. Also "Patterns of declining self-esteem, negative

Dticeable is the direct confrontation

omen

between the denigrating messages young

women

receive and the high expectations for

in society.

"The growing inconsistencies and contradictions of female adolescence provide reater stress and fewer coping resources for girls ... It appears that current cohorts I girls experience stress because of conflicting demands to achieve in the public )here and be successful in interpersonal relations, especially dating." These girls low marriage, family and employment outside the home are not equal situations >r women and men in our society today.

Low tudies

self-esteem

show

that

is

also linked to the increased likelihood of early pregnancy,

low self-esteem

causally related to sexual abuse.

is

others, the incidence of sexual victimization

is

Among teen

high. Other factors associated with

pregnancy and child bearing are low academic standing, drug and alcohol school related problems, low school attendance and poor parent-child )mmunication, all relating to the common thread low self-esteem and inadirly

>use,

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ruate self-identity.

Low

self-esteem

is

widespread among school dropouts. While

it is

commonly

lieved that female students drop out of school because of pregnancy, 50 to

"Some background

charac-

associated with dropping out apply equally to girls and boys," the

AAUW

;rcent says they are leaving school for other reasons. ristics

60

port says. "These include

low socioeconomic

status,

minority status and low

seem to influnumber of Girls who drop out of school are more likely

irents-education levels. Another set of background characteristics ice

more females than male dropouts. These include having

a large

and mother's education level." hold traditional gender-role stereotypes.

Additionally, the report quotes findings of researcher Michelle Fine,

blings

at often

it is

the most assertive girls

who

leave school:

who found "A moderate level of

an absence of political awareness, persistent self-blame, low assertiveness, high conformity may tragically have constituted the 'good' urban student at this

kpression, id

gh school. They learned not to raise and indeed to help shut down 'dangerous' nversation. The price of academic 'success' may have been the muting of one's vn voice."

Educators question the connection of falling self-esteem in girls and curricula and bias. Historian Linda Kerber in the report says, "Lowered selfteem is a perfectly reasonable conclusion if one has been subtly instructed that hat people like oneself have done in the world has not been important and is not

AAUW

nission

Drth studying."

The National Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages

in

1984

listed six

mmon forms of sex bias in instructional material: exclusion of girls; stereotyping members of both on women;

aterials

over

girls.

These patterns of violence, sexual, physical and emotional abuse, combined with biased curricula materials, are de-humanizing to our girls and young women.

Care, concern and respect are the norm in all girls' prep schools and women's colleges. There, the track record is outstanding in encouraging girls and women to be leaders and to pursue fully their educational goals. With role models in female teachers, principals, deans, alumnae and older girls who serve as mentors, they are challenged to discover how they too can be leaders and contributing members of society. The focus is learning for leadership, and not on interactions that are physically or emotionally damaging.

Wait a minute! What about media and its influence? Kerry Skorlick of Media and Values, says, "Close to one million adolescent girls watch prime time network television programs every night. Television's adolescent female characters are important role models for teenage viewers and are able to influence attitudes and behavior. However, their portrayals are both narrow and unrealistic. Teenage viewers see their counterpart on the screen poised for professional careers and productive adulthood, but viewers rarely catch a glimpse of the steps one must take to achieve those goals ... TV's teens are preoccupied with shopping, grooming and dating, not the real world of school, family and work".

Jean Kilbourne, creator of award winning films, tell us in Media and Values (Winter 1989), "The aspect of advertising most in need of analyses and change is the portrayal of women." Women are sex objects, mannequins. Their only attribute is conventional beauty, no lines, no wrinkles, no scars, no blemishes, generally tall, long legged, and young. "Women are constantly exhorted to emulate this ideal, to feel ashamed and guilty if they fail and to feel that their desirability and love are contingent on physical perfection."

"Women are encouraged to rdmain little girls, to be passive, and dependent, 'sensual, but not too far from never to mature. The contradictory message innocence' places women in a double bind, somehow we are supposed to be both sexy and virginal, experienced and naive, seductive and chaste, the disparagement of maturity is, of course, insulting and frustrating to women and the implication that little girls are seductive is dangerous to real children." No wonder it's been easy to program our girls into being "Tommy's girlfriend."

Desiree Smith, 21, summed up the dilemma succinctly in a recent Parade Magazine question and answer column about the importance of having a boyfriend: "Being without a boyfriend can feel like a persecution ... We are brought up with false expectations ... There is no divine plan that says every teenage girl is supposed to have a boyfriend. Having that young man would show the world that you're worthy, you're pretty, you're fun and exciting. It would make you feel sexy and alive.

But then it never happens to you. You don't feel like a normal girl. It bludgeons your self-esteem to death ... But I have stopped moping. I need to figure out how to support myself and get a car. I am going to learn to be self-reliant."

Therein lies a tremendous challenge for all women: the development and encouragement of integrity of identity.

The challenge is to recognize what is happening in the lives of our young girls, to speak out against all the negative and debilitating behaviors toward girls/women and to act for change, a change built on respect for each individual person. Until this challenge is met, we are helping to perpetuate and reinforce a cycle of de-humanizing behaviors toward all girls/women. It's an American legacy we do not want.

Chris Newnan is diocesan director of Faith Formation.

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sexes; subordination or degradation of girls; isolation of superficiality of attention to

contemporary issues on social

Letters

To The Editor

oblems; and cultural inaccuracy through which most of the people active in a lture are

excluded from view.

components of education are the classroom interactions with and students. Twenty years of research reveals that males receive more icher attention than do females. Not only is there an inequitable distribution of Equally

critical

th teachers

icher contacts, but also inequity in content.

A three-year study of 4, 6 and 8 grade classes by researchers David and Myra dker identifies four types of teacher comments: praise, acceptance, remediation d criticism. They found that while males received more of all four types of teacher mments, the difference favoring boys was greatest in the more useful teacher actions of praise, criticism and remediation.

Other researchers have cited the difference in teacher evaluations of male and nale students as a cause of "learned helplessness" or a lack of academic rseverance in females.

Among

student interactions, there is mounting evidence of negative treatment by boys. The incidents of sexual harassment, unwelcome verbal or physical nduct of a sexual nature are increasing at both junior and senior high levels. Boys rassing girls make up the majority of cases. Although rates of physical and |iotional abuse for boys and girls are similar, the rates of sexual abuse are four times ?her for girls, and their abusers are overwhelmingly male.

These cases reveal the misuse and misunderstanding about power and authority girls

On sharing cups

Pax, no offense should be taken

To The

one

Editor:

Several of your recent articles addressed the health concerns of drinking

from a

common chalice. Few

to drink

from a cup used by many per-

classic

Inc.

organ tecfmobgy

Committee on .the Liturgy says that the Lord's command to take and drink outweighs the risk of drinking from the same Communion cup. The committee does add that we should not drink the cup when there's danger of infection,

we have a cold.

Three comments. 1) We formerly were taught that receiving under one

e.g.

was adequate, certainly not opposed to the Lord' s command. Of course receiving both species seems a preferspecies

Call or write for

more information and a free consultation

Many

Catholics

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PHONE (704) 948-0356

to

be un-

and

I

am

a

member

Franciscan Order.

I

of the Conventual write to

you on

behalf of the other friars working here in Central America as part of the newly

formed vice-province, Maria, Madre de los Pobres, asking you to please place this plea for help in your diocesan newspaper.

We are a small group of Franciscans representing

all five

We

Central American

two parHonduras and have three houses of formation for Central American men interested in joining the

Countries.

presently staff

ishes here in

a wider use of Communion by intinction, i.e. by dipping part of the host in the

the other 2 are in Costa Rica. In the near

an accepted practice used in some parishes that with care involves no health problems. A special chalice-ciborium has been devised to is

facilitate this practice.

3)

BOX

seem

Editor:

My name is Friar Luis Felipe Zapata

Franciscan Order.

It

Communion

or receive from

the chalice with e.g. the flu or a cold.

(Same

applies to shaking hands at the

One

of the houses

is

located in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and

we will be opening another house of formation in El Salvador, in that the Lord is certainly blessing us with vocafuture

tions.

One

of our major concerns

how

at this

fund our houses of formation. The friars in our province do what we can to support ourselves but point

should be basic manners not to

distribute P.O.

Help needed

To The

easy with the present practice of drinking from the same cup. Why isn't there

chalice? This

Generations of experience in pipe organ building coupled with the finest musical technology available today to provide the best possible musical alternatives at prices any church can afford

Hendersonville

True, the 1 985 statement of the bishops'

able option.

C.A. Zimmer,

Michael McKinnon

of us like

sons after a mere wipe with a cloth.

2)

when

refrains.)

is

to

See Letters, Page

1

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Catholic

&

News

Herald

Migrant Ministry Picnic REIDS VILLE St. Mary Church, Greensboro, is hosting an Annual Mi-

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July 30, 19

Catholic Social Services, 1524 E. Charlotte, N.C. 28207 or call her at (704) 377-6871, ext. 314.

Cross Bloodmobile Blood Drive will be at St. Andrew Episcopal Church Tuesday, Aug. 3, 3:00-7:00 p.m. Donors may give at anytime during those hours.

If you are between 17 and 75 and weigh at least 110 pounds, you are eligible to

Morehead St.,

grant Ministry Picnic/Social Sunday,

&

Peace Bulletin

Aug. 8 at Holy Infant Church, Reidsville.

Justice

Pancake Breakfast

Peace Ministry of the Diocese of Charlotte will publish a monthly bulletin focusing on how the faith community can respond to the call to serve others.

To be included on the mailing list, write to the Justice & Peace Ministry, 1524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, N.C. 28207 or call Scott Spivak, (704) 331-

donate.

1714.

Aug.

CHARLOTTE

KANN APOLIS — The Youth MinJoseph Church

istry at St.

sponsoring

is

Pancake Breakfast July 3 1 in the parCost is $3 per person, $8 for family of four and $2 for each additional family member. Tickets will a

ish activity center.

be available at the door.

Proceeds will be used to help pay for the trip of two youth group members, who will be going to Denver next month for World Youth Day.

— The

Justice

&

Cave In Yadkin

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BOONVILLE

Cave

moved from HighYadkin County, 30 miles west of Winston-Salem. The center is

Retreat Center has

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Children will host a celebration for 90 years of caring for children and families 7,

Respect Life Meeting CHARLOTTE Respect Life par-

face painting, visits by clowns,

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1 1

848-2121.

50 Plus Club of St. John at

Neumann will meet Aug.!

a.m. in the church hall. Al

11

the Charlotte Obserl be the guest speaker. Please br] your lunch; dessert and beverages be served. For information, call Mclntyre at (704) 545-5046. will

10 a.m-4 p.m. Scheduled events

include square dance team performances,

cheon meeting Aug. 16 from

Elijah's

Mac and

Denver World Youth Event On EWTN

CHARLOTTE—Vision

Rex

the search dogs and Ducky Derby Duck. Games are also planned.

All are

a.m.-l

welcome

to bring a blanket

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World and National Briefs iishops Ask Congress To Keep hildren's Initiative' In Budget

WASHINGTON (CNS) —The U.S. !atholic

Conference has urged Con-

ress to retain provisions of a so-called

Children's Initiative" in the federal

udget

when House and Senate

meet

es

confer-

to reconcile differences be-

budget

archbishop in pleading for assistance restoring

democracy

tion. Jesuit

Father

director of the

in

to the African na-

Drew

Christiansen,

USCC Office of Interna-

and Peace, wrote to the U.S. State Department asking that the tional Justice

administration support Zaire's High Council of State, which is chaired by

In essence the

Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo

JSCC asked for retention of the House-

Pasinya of Kisingani. In a July 7 statement, Archbishop Monsengwo accused President Mobutu Sese Seko and his allies of engineering the country's col-

.veen their

bills.

pproved budget for several programs weakened in the Senate versions, 'he "Children' s Initiative" is being proloted by a coalition of groups, includig the U.S. Catholic Conference, that dvocate better social policies for chil-

ut or

ren.

lapse for their

own

gain.

Abuse Charges Reach Courtrooms The WASHINGTON (CNS)

Priest Sex

—

Involvement Mixed In Of Refuge' Abortion Protests

trauma of child sex abuse cases involving priests appeared in some unusual

WASHINGTON (CNS) Operaon Rescue abortion protests got a mixed

arenas this summer, with guilty pleas in

Cities

—

eeption from Catholic leaders in the

even cities targeted for the "Cities of efuge" campaign July 9-18. Accord-

military

and federal courtrooms. Father

Robert C. Hrdlicka, a Navy lieutenant and chaplain at the Marine Corps Air

meetings, malicious burnings of non-

year in which most

European immigrant housing" and the burning of a trailer camp Church officials wanted to turn into an immigrant

referendum

last

people voted for making abortion information available in the Irish Republic and allowing women to travel abroad to terminate pregnancies. An amendment allowing abortion in rare cases when a mother' s life was at risk was defeated in the 1992 referendum.

Giordano of Naples and the four other

Peace Group Wants Less U.S. Influence In United Nations

ROME (CNS) — An Italian-based

peace organization founded by priests has asked for a restructuring of the United Nations because, it says, U.N. actions are dominated by the United States.

Military policies regarding Iraq,

Soma-

bylined article in the

tional organization to the unilateral will

of the U.S. government," said a state-

Pope Says Prayer Helps Ecumenism

in a

593 profe activists and 32 counter demonstraJrs. According to Operation Rescue, 9 pregnant women told sidewalk counelors or pregnancy center staff memers during the "Cities of Refuge" camaign that they had decided not to have

New York, a July 9 guilty plea by Father Edward A. Pipala to one count of trans-

anti-Catholic campaign in the mass

porting minors across state lines for

media.

a priest.

With U.S. Reaction To U.N. Report VATICAN CITY (CNS) The

bortions as a result of the protests.

Orthodox Protest Stops

leader of the Catholic Church in El

the protests. Police arrested

i

to six counts of indecent acts with a

The one-page statement

A vvenire, Milan-based Catholic

he said

ing,

July 21

minor under 16 and one count of inde-

July 2 to plead guilty

15 statement.

was signed by Cardinal Michele

and Bosnia-Herzegovina show "the complete subordination of this interna-

cent liberties with a minor under 16. In

trial

residence area are the latest "tragic events" of prejudice, they said in a July

bishops of the region.

Blockade Of Serbia Leaves War Untouched, Says Vatican Official Milan, Italy (CNS) An international blockade has had little influence in getting the Serbian government to help end the fighting in the republics of the former Yugoslavia, said Msgr.

Giuseppe Pasini, Italian Caritas director. Needed food and medicines are blocked while weapons continue enter-

ummerville, S.C., more than 10,500

court-martial

of them sea-

ruled 4-1 to keep the ban despite a

eople officially registered to take part

by Operation escue's national headquarters in

ig to figures supplied

many

sonal farmworkers. "Racist posters and

newspaper. Msgr. Pasini wrote the article after a July 15 visit to the Serbian capital of Belgrade for meetings with Orthodox and Catholic officials. He also said that most of Belgrade' s tiny Catholic population has left because of a strong

Station in Beaufort, S.C., halted his

African immigrants,

The court' s five judges

abortions abroad.

—

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atholic

women information on where to get

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ment issued by Blessed are the Builders of Peace. The U.S. -led actions in the three countries could lead to further

warfare, said the July

1

6 statement.

CASTEL GANDOLFO,

—

Italy

Salvador expressed satisfaction with a

Through prayer everyone can (CNS) make an effective contribution to the search for Christian unity, Pope John Paul II said. After reciting the midday Angelus prayer July 1 8 at his summer residence south of Rome, the pope asked

recent U.S State Department report rec-

Catholics throughout the world "to in-

ognizing that the American government

tensify

LOS ANGELES (CNS) —The links

demonstrators prevented 2,000 Ukrainian Catholics from celebrating a Di-

made

of the

lagazine Zeroes In On Links tetween Screen, Societal Violence

sexual activity was believed to be the first

use of the federal

Mann Act against

Salvadoran Archbishop Pleased

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—

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serious mistakes in dealing with

common prayer for the progress dialogues underway." He

many

etween violence on the screen and vio-

vine Liturgy in a church building used

El Salvador's civil war. Archbishop

said, "It is prayer, in fact, that gives this

aice in society are inescapable, accord-

primarily as a museum, said a Ukrainian

lg to the writers of a special issue of the

Catholic statement. Rather than pro-

Arturo Rivera Damas of San Salvador said, "it is a reason for joy to learn that

the necessary light to always have a clear

lagazine Media

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One

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voke a confrontation, the Catholics de-

the United States has taken seriously the

the magazine, released July 16, said

cided not to hold the liturgy in the

dossier drawn up by the Truth

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church despite permission from government authorities and the presence of

reviewed

a

Sister Elizabeth

streets.

tie

Thoman,

xecutive director of the Los Angeles-

ased Center for

Media and Values,

vhich publishes the magazine, told "atholic

News

Service July 14 the tele-

ision industry continues to resist ink

any

between the two.

JSCC Asks Administration To Jack Zaire Democracy Efforts

WASHINGTON (CNS)— The U.S. Catholic Conference has joined a Zairean

police at the

according to the state-

ment. The incident took place July 19

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Winston-Salem Parish Says Farewell to Msgr. Showfety By

WESLEY R. YOUNG

WINSTON-SALEM

—

Msgr. Joseph Showfety says a church is more than bricks and mortar.

But still, as he readied himself to leave St. Leo Parish in Winston-Salem, you could notice a little twinkle in his eye when he talked about the parish activity center. For he remembered that the parish had a little more than $3,300 in the checking account, when he arrived in July of 1985.

The parish plant was in need of many repairs. It needed updating, including a new parish center, he said.

"I've said many times that a priest can have anything he wants in a parish if he is reasonable with the people," Msgr.

Showfety said. "You do your work, you put your priorities in order, and appeal people for support."

Not that he hasn't done a lot of work himself. Whether it's at St. Leo or anyto the

where else, Msgr. Showfety hasn't held back from mowing grass, trimming hedges, washing dishes or whatever needed doing.

Msgr. Showfety has now gone

"home" to the parish of St. Benedict in Greensboro, where he was baptized, made First Communion, and celebrated his first low Mass.

Ordained in 1955, Father Showfety began his career at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Newton Grove. The next year he became assistant pastor at St. Mary in Wilmington, and was simultaneously administrator at Elizabethtown and the mission church of Delco during his last year at St. Mary.

It was hard work and the church was poor (Msgr. Showfety remembers the Elizabethtown church had $1.73 in the bank.)

and

apples

like

is

we always had

oranges. ..But

a good,

dedicated corps of people in the parish

would

that

much

help. People

would do so

for you."

In

named

1959, Father Showfety was

McGuinness High School, which was still under condirector of Bishop

He

struction in Winston-Salem.

held

He

the position seven years until 1966.

Leo

assisted at St.

Parish.

In September of 1963, while still at Bishop McGuinness, Father Showfety began his seven-year direction of Our

Lady of

Father Joseph Kelleher

summer camp

the Hills

Showfety before

Henderson.

In 1966, Father Showfety was transferred to

become principal of Asheville made

"We had nothing in those days," he "To compare those days and

Letters (From Page

through January, 1972.

Anyone who' s seen him talk to children knows how that makes his face light up.

work with

kids but

have

I

not had the time here at St. Leo," he said.

"My

first

Mary,

I

three years as priest at St.

taught eighth grade religion

played with the kids on the playground. I taught each day for every day, and

I

eight years at the high school."

In 1972, the Diocese of Raleigh

was

and the new Diocese of Charlotte Michael Begley was appointed the first bishop, and Father Showfety became his chancellor. The Chancery is the bishop's office, and Father Showfety handled the affairs of the diocese, spiritual and temporal, in

Francis of Assisi always ex-

St.

horted his friars to be beggars in this

And so, in the Spirit of St. Francis

of Assisi, and in the name of all our friars I ask you to please publish our requests in the hope that some of your readers will be moved to help us with their prayers and, if it's possible, with their support.

My

the

name of the Bishop.

"You name it, I did it," he

is:

said.

from 1972 to 1979. About half the weekends he was covering some parish

or another, saying Mass.

We are thankful

former President Bush was neither killed nor injured. If, however, he had been, how many innocent civilians would we then have been entitled to that

kill?

The law has evolved over time to provide the method for resolution of conflicts. After World War II, the United and other nations collaborated in the United Nations. Perhaps if the United States were to wholeestablishing

Hermanos Menores Conventuales Apartardo 20108

..

heartedly support this organization

...

in

Comayaguela, D.C.

strengthening

Honduras, C.A.

international problems instead of uni-

Peace,

Friar

its

potential for handling

laterally killing civilians,

L.

Felipe

Zapata,

OFMConv.

tiate a

new world

we

could

ini-

order aimed at peace-

ful conflict resolution.

The wrong response To The Editor: Much has been made of the fact that

Sister

in

he

said.

Our Lady of the Rosary

filled in at St.

for six

Peter in

His job as chancellor involved

"One of the

nicest things that any-

—

vicar general of the diocese in

1979.

Msgr. Showfety became a

full-time parish pastor again, he served

High Point and

in

at

St.

Eugene

Asheville. Ironically, in 1983,

who replaced him. Father Solari now come to St. Leo to replace

Msgr. Showfety.

After a six-month sick leave, August of 1983 found Msgr. Showfety at Queen of Apostles Church in Belmont.

And he's still there, in a way: While there, he had someone paint the 12 Apostles on the plexiglass coverings of the clear windows.

Coming into the church one day, Msgr. Showfety noticed that one of the apostles looked a little familiar.

"He had painted me up there as one of the apostles," he said. "I can't remember which one it was, but it looked just like me. I told him to cover it up, but he just painted a beard on it. You can see there today."

Now, anyone who knows Msgr.

Showfety knows how he likes to play golf. Would you believe he does it at the doctor's orders?

"I was told by the doctor to play golf two or three times a week, for leg and back problems, but once a week is all I can ever manage," he said. "I may be able to go two days when I get to Greens-

Anne Joseph Edelen, DC Lucy Hennessy, SMG Hyman, OFM

But there are some things he just wouldn't tell: his handicap, for instance, although he did note that it is "not

much

President Clinton, in ordering the recent

Father David

getting

missile attack on Iraq's intelligence

Jeanne Isacco

Msgr. Showfety has been around many changes in the Church: the switch from Latin to English in the Mass, the amazing increase in the number of Catholics in North Carolina, and the decline in priestly and

headquarters, delayed the it

it

in

deference to

Muslim Sabbath and then launched morning to minimize the For these exercises of re-

in the early

loss of straint

life.

we

are grateful.

When, however, did

Patrick

become

ap-

Nugent

Miriam Williams

We welcome letters on

current issues. Letters must be signed origi-

propriate for the United States or any

nals of 250 words or less

country, to launch retaliatory military

the address

aggression against another country because of a belief that a U.S. citizen (albeit a former president) may have been the target of an assassination plan approved by the other country?

The papers have

stressed that only

better."

long enough to see

Kitty Smith

Letters Policy: it

and must include and daytime telephone number

religious vocations.

"I unfortunately see in

a watering

down

some people

of the writer. Letters are subject to editing

reflecting on the condition of the Church

today. "People are accepting positions

contain personal attacks on any person.

and beliefs

Opinions expressed

magisterium."

columns do not necessarily of this newspaper or

its

Showfety

"Everything that h

said. is

blamed on Vatican

-

II

But read the documents!"

What we as Catholics need to do, says, is place

God, not man, at the centt

of our lives.

primary reas

"I don't think the

(for the decline) is celibacy,"

Mons

gnor said. "I think it is our way of livir and our interest in material possessions A longtime parishioner, Mai Markey, said it will be hard to imagir St. Leo without Msgr. Showfety aroum "I feel really sad," she said. "I

fe<

whole self here ovi these eight years and done so much would have liked to see him stay couple more years so he could enjoy it But she added she can't really ima§ like he's put his

him

ine

taking

find lots to

do

it

in

—

easy. She's sure he

Greensboro.

In addition to the parish center, oth projects

done over

have

his stay

i

eluded a church remodeling, includir new carpet; remodeling of the rector installation of protective glass over tl stained glass windows, and repairs the church steeple.

But Msgr. Showfety told the past council in June that he will be

ral

takii

advice he was given long ago:

"When you leave a parish, leave he

said.

me

see

"Never

interfere.

over here, and

I

il

So you woi

won't

interfe

or be taking any sides.

That is the way it should be," Msj Showfety added. "The new pastor mi do things differently, and that is fir that

is

the

way

it

should be."

Wesley Young is a parishioner at Leo in Winston-Salem.

Book

(From Page 12)

or

in

guest

reflect the views

publisher.

vite others to take a

new look

at

t

Gospel' s message and at the local Cath lie

parish as a welcoming, witnessi

community of faith.

It outlines a model seven-sessi study and planning program for use parishes, dioceses or Catholic organh tions to develop their understanding

evangelization and local plans and

grams

to carry

it

pi

out.

"Commentary and Planning Gm " is avc for 'Go and Make Disciples '

of the faith," he said,

for brevity, style and taste and must not

in letters

"Vatican II was a great Council, bi has been misinterpreted by too man people, too many in the Church," Msg it

in

when he

had to have a couple of back operations while in Asheville, it was Father James

it

]

Greensbor

Lexington, succeeds Msgr. Showfe

taken place

one ever said to me as chancellor was, 'You must run a tight ship you don't have any crises,' " Monsignor said.

Of course, Msgr. Showfety wasn't a monsignor until 1976 when Pope Paul VI appointed him monsignor. He be-

When

in

to St. Benedict in

Winston-Salem Vicariate.

a lot of travel, both in-state and out.

came

Winston-Salem

boro."

Very truly yours, Pax Christi Triad Sister

Leo

Solari

Father Showety served as chancel-

eight Iraqis were killed.

St.

Charlotte when they had no priest there,"

has

States -

mailing address

months, and

split

created. Msgr.

from

was pastor of Concord

"I

pastor of Hendersonville parish in 1967

13)

formational needs are very demanding.

as vicar of the

joins Msgr. Joseph Showfety at the farewell reception for

his transfer

Father Kelleher, pastor of

Catholic High School, and he was

"I like to

(1)

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