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Roman
Catholic
Year of the
Diocese of Charlotte
Eucharist Mystery of the Mass, Part 18; celebrating the feast of
NEW^ERALD
Established Jan. 12, 1972 by Pope Paul VI
JUNE
SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
2005
10,
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A LIFE RENEWED
SUPPORTING THE SICK
New priest answers God's call
Catholic Church at forefront of
FATHER EBRIGHT ORDAINED BY BISHOP JUGIS by
KEVIN
E.
AIDS treatment,
MURRAY
prevention
EDITOR
—
CHARLOTTE
by
Father
James Ebright recently ebrated his
first
Mass
cel-
UNITED NATIONS
as a
The Catholic Church
church where he was baptized 30 years ago. "It was glorious," he said priest in the
May
of the
29 Mass
TRACY EARLY
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
at
is at
— the
forefront of efforts for the
prevention and treatment of AIDS, Vatican representatives said during a day the United Nations devoted to reviewing
St.
Francis of Assisi Church in
Mocksville. "I was baptized
Sunday in was one of many that made it (celebrating
there on Easter
1975.
It
things
See AIDS, page 17
Mass) wonderful."
Not only did he his
new
celebrate
Certainly their
ministry as a priest in
where he began his life as a Catholic, he gave Communion to the faithful where he the church
it
and
it
North Carolina
continues on.
Before a church
filled
by
with
clergy, seminarians, family his parents,
CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY WITH UNIQUE TEA PARTY
first
circle for the
native,
MERCY SISTER HIGGINS
Communion. seems, has come full
received his Life,
cup of tea
SPECIAL TO THE CATHOLIC NEWS
and
Mabel and Arthur,
Father Ebright officially began
Photo by Kevin
Communion May 28.
Father James Ebright gives
See EBRIGHT, page 6
KRISTINE REICH
Cathedral
in
Charlotte
to his mother, Mabel, during his ordination
Mass
E.
Murray
at St. Patrick
Catholic schools let out for summer KAREN
A.
EVANS
—
CHARLOTTE let
School
out for the
summer in
for the 7,240 students diocesan Catholic schools.
After 180 days of classes, recesses,
Masses and exams,
students across the diocese celebrated the transition to the Photo by Karen A. Evans
next grade, school or stage in life.
Charlotte
Catholic
High
School
graduates
celebrate
commencement ceremonies at Ovens Auditorium June Catholic graduated 256 seniors this year.
following
2. Charlotte
may
See TEA, page 5
For 368 graduating seniors, coming months hold the promise of new challenges as they head off to college. For the rest, there will be new classmates, teachers and subjects. But for the moment, there is just the celebration of another school year finished, marked with hugs and handshakes, laughter and tears, fond farewells and fonder memories. the
STAFF WRITER
has officially
She
never have been a mother herself, but that did not keep Mercy Sister Margaret Mary Higgins
from loving every infant and mother for whom she cared.
ADIEU TO SCHOOL
by
—
BELMONT
& HERALD
Yearbooks were inscribed,
diplomas handed out and tears flowed as students and teachers said goodbye.
Courtesy Photo
Mercy Higgins
FOR EMD-OF-SCHOOL COVERAGE. SEE PAGES 18-11
100th
Sister is
all
Margaret
Mary
smiles during her
birthday
tea
party
in
Belmont May 26.
Knightly recognition
Waiting for marriage
Perspectives
Knights ofColumbus bestow
Hispanic youths promise
Father's Day; priesthood reflections;
awards on deserving youths
chastity until marriage
blessedness ofmamage
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June
10,
2005
Current and upcoming
In Brief
topics from around the
own backyard
world to your
Muslim
Catholic,
scholars continue
work on joint marriage document WASHINGTON
(CNS)
— Muslim
and Catholic scholars continued work on a joint document on marriage and family life during a meeting of the Mid-Atlantic
RELIGION BEHIND BARS
Regional Muslim-Catholic Dialogue 4-5 in Douglaston, N.Y. Citing a "strong consensus"
May
among
and Muslims
said, "Catholics
to-
a blessing
is
of crebetween a
in the order
man and woman." "They
also believe relationships
wo-
ven together in matrimony provide an environment in which faith and the moral life of the virtues may flourish," the release added. "Holding similar views on marriage and family life, Muslims and Catholics can enrich, strengthen and encourage one another in working together to testify to shared values before the wider society."
——
Diocesa n, planner
Sunday Mass celebrated at the Dodge Correctional Institute March 20. The Supreme Court May 31 upheld a federal law that requires prisons to accommodate the religious practices of prisoners.
Sept.
BOONE
—
SPARTA
St.
a bibliography.
Dialogue participants hope plete
of
Frances of
Rome
preme Court May
3
1
upheld a federal law
that requires prisons to
accommodate
The tial
ruling said
it
Church,
that the prisoners
members of
who
The Church of Jesus
nontraditional faiths.
petitioners followed the
In a unanimous 2000 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), does not violate the Constitution by giving what might be perceived as an advantage
Christ Christian, a white racist church;
the
Asatru, a Norse neopaganist faith; Wicca; and Satanism.
Ginsburg wrote that
7:30 p.m. Father John Starczewski
RLUIPA
"confers no privileged status on any
be
with
you
healing.
in the
Come
ise
of healing and give praise and thanks for all be done in the Lord's holy name. We
that will
meet the
third
Monday of
Ballantyne
HUNTERS VILLE
follow
when in a
the prison refused to let
them meet
group for worship and rejected their
requests for certain ceremonial items and
would abuse the law because it might entitle them to certain foods and privileges they could not otherwise have.
ing victory for religious
gued,
among
The
state
had
ar-
other things, that being re-
quired to accommodate prisoners'
reli-
gious beliefs would amount to state support of religion and that other prisoners
The 6th U.S. peals found that
Circuit Court of
RLUIPA
Ap-
violates the
accommodation
statutes throughout the country."
"Religion
is
often the root of rehabili-
"and so
Establishment Clause by "impermissibly
tation," said the statement,
advancing religion by giving greater pro-
mates must be free to practice as their faith requires. This the Supreme Court has embraced by today's decision."
tection to religious rights than to other
constitutionally protected rights."
Pkwy., devoted
to helping
The meetings take place on the first and third Monday of each month 7-9 p.m. in the conference room. For more information, call Deacon Jim Hamrlik at (704) 576-0456. crises.
—
every month in the
St.
Ballantyne
Commons
Monday of
Pkwy., the third
each month at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Barbara Gardner at chlt5nc@aol.com or
Carol Vincent at jlclvincen@aol.com.
CHARLOTTE
-— The Ladies Ancient Order of
Hibernians,
Brigid Division
St.
group of women dedicated
lic
try
and
Irish heritage,
1,
meet the
third
of each month. Anyone interested call
Jeanmarie Schuler
at
an Irish-Catho-
to their faith,
in
coun-
Wednesday
membership,
(704) 554 0720.
CHARLOTTE —
Thank God It's Friday (TGIF), weekly support group for separated and divorced women, meets every Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. a
New Life Center building, room 1 14, of St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., includin the
— Elizabeth
peer ministry comprised of parishioners
who
have
St.
Ministry
is
a
Mark Church
men
Church. For
are invited
TGIF
is
a
and St. Matthew Karen Wepasnick at
details, call
(704) 541-1891 after 3 p.m.
lost babies before or
shortly after birth. Confidential peer ministry,
information and spiritual materials are offered at
ing a potluck dinner. Divorced
every third Wednesday of the month.
no cost or obligation
experienced miscarriage,
to
anyone who has
stillbirth
or the death
GREENSBORO
VICARIATE
I
GREENSBORO — If you have a special need for prayers, or
would
like to offer
your time
for others' needs, please call the
in prayer
Prayer Chain
at
other significant interests."
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was among religious organizations filing a brief urging the court to uphold RLUIPA. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which wrote that brief, said in a statement that the ruling was "a thump-
religious publications.
Commons
people in career
vices, Charlotte Regional Office
chlt5nc@aol.com.
who
Career Transition
Matthew Church, 8015
a ministry of St.
healing ministry sponsored by Catholic Social Ser-
geous treatment." But the protection conferred by the law does not "elevate accommodation of an observances over religious institution's need to maintain order and safety," she wrote. "Our decisions indicate that an accommodation must be measured so that it does not override
Several Ohio prisoners
Sandy Buck at (704)
St. Matthew Chapel, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., at 7:30 p.m. For more informaat Barbara Gardner contact tion,
out no bona fide faith for disadvanta-
nontraditional religions sued the state
to join us so
unconditional love of the Lord. Claim his prom-
and did not rule on the law's provisions protecting the rights of religious groups to use their land without undue governinterference.
you
name of the Lord Jesus for your and know the gentleness and
particular religious sect, and singles
ment
invite
we may be with you in your illness and pain it mental, spiritual or physical. We will pray
that
members of religious groups. The court was not asked to address
to
talk at St.
"What we as Catholics believe from evolution to the death penalty. " For more information, call Peggy at (704) 588-7311.
the religious practices of prisoners. vote, the court said
VICARIATE
will present
sued were
details, call
The Charismatic Prayer Group Matthew Church will host a Prayer Service for the Sick at St. Matthew Chapel, 8015
Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., will
was inconsequen-
to comdocument by the end
the
this year.
CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE — The next women's at
work on
to finalize
summer and
the chapters this
is
CHARLOTTE — We
— The Su-
participants de-
CHARLOTTE — Christians in
Hendrix and Highlands Rds., sponsors the Oratory of Divine Love Prayer Group in the parish house the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 1 p.m. Call (336) 372-8846 for more
be June 15
(CNS)
1998,
948-4587.
VICARIATE
CHARLOTTE
WASHINGTON
discus-
and violence. Already drafted and/or edited for the marriage document are chapters on the context, history and purpose of the document; the religious basis of marriage and its laws and rituals; concerns related to family life; the impact of society and social change on the family; Catholic and Muslim views on interreligious marriages; an appendix on the process and principles of interreligious dialogue; and
of
religious rights of prisoners
when
2001,
11,
of a newborn. For
information.
Supreme Court upholds
its
life in
religion
ation as a natural relationship
a closing song during a Palm
sions of marriage and family
May 24 news release from the U.S. Con-
from God, situated
in
same-sex marriages.
The dialogue group began
cided to explore the relationship between
gether affirm that marriage
Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan joins inmates
to legalize
adherents of both faiths about the topic, a
meeting
photo by Sam Lucero, Catholic Herald
leaders have
but those talks were interrupted after
ference of Catholic Bishops about the
CNS
Muslim
Catholic and
united against proposals in several states
in-
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FROM THE VATICAN
Diocese of Rome formally opens sainthood cause for Pope John Paul
Pope says world must mobilize to assure
human
VATtrAM /r>\TP\ VATICAN PTTV CITY (CNS)
—
right to education
-rt
The incommunity must mobilize to
ternational
and human dignity must be the central
starting
the globalization of the
for all
"it is
The pope
economy and important at this mo-
and culture
is
tries,"
he
said.
Pope Benedict's remarks were made in a letter read at a special June 2 seminar
UNESCO
at
headquarters in Paris to mark the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul IPs visit to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Pope Benedict reminded seminar Pope John Paul's insis-
participants of
tence that in
all
educational and develop-
ment programs the good of
and
recog-
nized, especially in the poorest coun-
the person
had
"to build peace
human
rights, those tied to the
The
pope's
cause. In mid-May, Pope Benedict XVT waived the normal fiveyear waiting period and said work on the sainthood cause of his predecessor could begin immediately. Cardinal Ruini 's announcement was published May 3 1 on the front page of
in the world."
Pope Benedict said Pope John Paul's words are just as important today as they were 25 years ago. modern world, he said, "men women must learn more and more
In the
and
to recognize sisters,"
edict signed by Cardinal Camillo
Ruini, papal vicar of Rome, launched the information-gathering stage of the late
dimension of his existence
interior
The
present evidence "for or against" his reputation for holiness.
from the foundation: respect
person's material and economic dimension as well as those tied to the spiritual
ment to mobilize the powers of intelligence to ensure everyone's human right to education
said his predecessor
UNESCO
called on
—
Diocese of Rome formally opened the sainthood cause of Pope John Paul II, asking Catholics around the world to
concerns.
assure respect for the human right to education, Pope Benedict XVI said. In a world increasingly marked by
information,
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
..
each other as brothers and an educational task the church
the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore
Romano, and was ordered posted on
can promote by underlining "the relationship that binds each person to the Creator of all life and who is the source of the inalienable dignity of each human
the
doors of church offices in Rome and in Pope John Paul's native Poland. The request for information was expected to prompt an avalanche of testimonials from Catholics and could also
being from conception to natural death."
bring to light unpublished letters and other writings of the late pope.
The
Our Lady of Grace Church. The Prayer Chain
is
a
sizable group
committed to praying for your needs and the needs of your family and friends on a daily
To request a prayer or to participate in the Prayer Chain, call the church office at (336) 2746520, ext. 10 and leave your name, address and
workshop. The workshop will include two local NFP-only physicians and a
talks
edict noted that Pope John Paul's reputation for holiness "exploded in a remarkable way at the moment of his
by
witness
II
Now
death." the faithful should communicate directly with the Rome diocesan offices to help document the sainthood cause,
it
said.
invited all Catholics to
It
come
for-
ward with "any information that can in some way support arguments for or against the reputation for holiness" of
Pope John Paul. The diocese was also to gather all the writings attributed to Pope John Paul throughout his life. The edict directed "whoever is in possession of such writings to forward officials
Of
them with due care" to working on the cause. primary interest, it said, were
unpublished manuscripts,
diaries, letters
and other private writings of the
late
pope.
Even without the normal five-year waiting period, the work on Pope John Paul's cause is expected to take several years. In addition to studying his writ-
ings and interviewing witnesses, the
church
officials
must confirm
that
two
miracles occurred after his death, as the result of prayers asking for his intercession with God.
couple. Childcare will also be available. For de-
basis.
tails
phone number.
SALISBURY Elizabeth Ministry is a peer ministry comprised of Sacred Heart Church pa-
and to RSVP, call Susan Chaney 720-0772 or e-mail sujo94@aol.com.
at (704)
Crawling toward the cathedral?
—
who have lost babies before of shortly after birth. Confidential peer ministry, rishioners
HICKORY
VICARIATE
HICKORY — St. Aloysius Church, 92
information and spiritual materials are offered no cost or obligation to anyone who has
1 Second St. weekly Catholic Scripture Study. Catholic Scripture Study is a program whose mem-
experienced miscarriage,
bers not only learn the Scriptures, but
of a newborn. For
NE,
is
offering a
come
to a
at
deeper understanding of their faith in a-setting that
ton at
(704) 633-0591.
NEWTON
— The
Flowers Catholic Girlsand up. The group meets the fourth Monday of each month at St. Joseph Church, 720 West 13th St., at 4 p.m. in the Holy Family Hall. For more details, call Debbie
Group
is
Little
for all Catholic girls ages five
Vickers at (828) 495-2039.
WINSTON-SALEM Cherry
—
Masses at St. James Church, 139 Manor Ave., the weekend of July 16 and 17. For information on NFP outreach, visit www.nfpoutreach.org. all
hosts a Senior Coffee
at
(704)
WINSTON-SALEM is
Father Matthew Habinger will be conducting a free three-hour workshop, God's Plan for Human Love, " at St. James Church,
Manor
139
Ave., July 16.
served after the
1 1
A
luncheon will be a.m. Mass, followed by the light
6
S.
first
- The Healing Compan-
a grief support group for the bereaved
meets the
first
and
third
Thursdays of the
conference room B at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. For further in
details, call
Joanne Parcel
Is
at
least 15 in
(336) 924-9478.
your parish or school sponsoring a free
event open
to the
submit notices
CONCORD —
1
Building. Call the church office at (336) 996ext. 12 for directions or information.
the
For general details, call Susan Chaney 720-0772 or e-mail sujo94@aol.com.
House the
5109
month
CONCORD Father Matthew Habinger of the Natural Family Planning Outreach will celebrate
St.,
and third Monday of each month, 10 a.m.12 p.m. in Salesian Hall in the Child Development
ions
VICARIATE
VICARIATE
KERNERS VILLE — Holy Cross Church, 6
that
SALISBURY
or the death
Renee Washing(704) 637-0472 or Sharon Burges at
builds Christian fellowship. Evening and daytime classes will be held each at the church, Wednes-
days, 6:45-8:30 p.m., and Thursdays 9:30-11:15 a.m. For more information, call Ann Miller at (828) 441-2205, or email stalscss(gicharter.net.
stillbirth
details, call
for the
days
writing
general public? Please
to
Diocesan Planner
at
prior to the event date
Karen
A.
Evans
kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax
at
CNS
A
l
lew
V
'
to
(704) 370-3382.
Federal court strikes
down
partial-birth abortion
ban
Bishop Peter J. Jugis will participate following events:
in
the
Va. (CNS)
—
A
three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals
Richmond ruled June ban on the partial-birth abortion procedure is unconstitutional because it does not include an exception in
3 that a Virginia
hlune
15-18 USCCB Spring meeting
Chicago
June 20 -7 p.m. Sacrament of Confirmation Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Monroe June
22-6 p.m.
June 25— 11 a.m. Sacrament of Confirmation Our Lady of the Americas Church, Biscoe
June 26 - July 1 Pallium visit by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta
Rome Sacrament of Confirmation
Our Lady of the Mountains Church, Highlands
I
headed toward Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa May 15 S n br ° nZe SCU pture by Louise Bour eois Permanently erected 9 L ? ; ? outside the National Gallery of Canada, opposite the cathedral
RICHMOND, Episcopa calendar
photo by Art
giant spider appears to be
to protect a
woman's
health.
year on the 2003 Virginia law, which it a felony to perform a partial-birth abortion. The date the law was to last
made
was blocked by
challenging
it.
The appeals court judges who down the Virginia law said they
struck
based their decision on a 2000 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a similar Nebraska law banning partialbirth abortions
because
it
did not contain
a health exception.
The 2-1 decision by the appeals panel upheld a ruling by a federal judge
take effect
Virginia's
the lawsuit
Gail Quinn, executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, said the court's action "in overturning this
law makes it painfully clear that even infanticide cannot be banned in the United States."
4 The Catholic News & Herald
June
10,
2005
AROUND THE DIOCESE
Making a difference
Bound
prayer
in
Catholic Daughters award contest winners
—
ASHEVILLE The Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court St. Joan of Arc No. 2471 recently awarded prizes to the winners of their local education contest.
The themes of the national contest, sponsored locally by Court St. Joan of Arc, were "Our Mother's Loving Touch" and "I Can Make a Difference." Six entries were awarded cash prizes on the local level. Four of the entries were then judged on the state level and won first place in their respective age divisions and categories. G.G. Hampton, vice regent and education contest coordinator, presented the following awards during a presentation at St. Joan of Arc Church in Asheville
May
art,
in
Mars
women
in the
Americas.
Headquartered in New York with 100,000 members in the United States, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic and Mexico, Catholic Daughters of the Americas' purpose is to help the church in its religious, charitable and educational works. The organization, open to Catholic lay and religious women 18 years of age or older, supports Covenant House, which provides shelter and services to homeless and runaway youths; Support Our Aging Religious, a national agency
meet retirement needs; Holy Cross Family Ministhat helps religious orders
tries;
the U.S. bishops' Apostleship of
third-grade divi-
dren in conjunction with the National
Andrew
Catholic Educational Association; Moral-
sion to Julian Pinelli of the St.
Church
into the largest organiza-
the Seas; Teachers of Exceptional Chil-
1.
Magic marker
and developed
tion of Catholic
Hill; pencil art, sev-
enth-grade division to Daniel Pinelli of St. Andrew Church; art, seventh-grade division to Raminta Holden of St. Joan
Media; Catholic Relief Services; and Habitat for Humanity. It also provides scholarships and ity in
Courtesy Photo
The Christian Mothers
support for seminarians. in
of Arc Church; poster
art,
fifth-grade
division to Hayley Lusk of St. Joan of Arc Church; and art, lOth-grade division to Jaclyn Burchell of
St.
Joan of
Arc Church.
The Junior Catholic Daughters of the Americas, the national program for girls ages 6-18, was founded in 1925. There are currently Diocese of Charlotte.
six courts in the
of St. Aloysius
celebration at the church English, Spanish,
May 21. The
Filipino,
Church
in
Hickory sponsored a
living
rosary
multicultural event featured reciting the rosary
Hmong and Portuguese.
Participants
lit
candles and
prayed their part of the "luminous mysteries" of the rosary, proclaimed by Pope John Paul
II
in
2002
that
added
to the traditional trio of joyful, sorrowful
mysteries. Prayers and intentions were for an increase life,
pro-life issues
and Pope Benedict
and glorious
vocations to the religious
in
XVI.
A poem by Kelli Tinsley, a parishioner of the Basilica of St.
Lawrence
won
recognition on the local and state levels in the adult poin Asheville,
etry division.
From
its
Hickory teen to attend gifted-students program
WANT MORE INFO?
HICKORY — Peter McAnulty,
For more information about the Catholic
parishioner of
Daughters' education contest, e-mail G.G.
inception in 1903, Catholic
St.
16, a
Aloysius Church in
Hickory, was selected to participate in the 2005 Summer Ventures in Science
Hampton atggh1@bellsouth.net.
Daughters of the Americas has grown
at
Appalachian State University in Boone.
The program involves coursework,
an
school students.
school, he
The state-funded program is adminby the North Carolina School of
Science and Mathematics.
As one of 550 high school students in North Carolina invited to participate, Peter will focus his studies on physics and topology during the four-week program
of study.
ties in the fields
and Mathematics, a summer residential program for academically gifted high
istered
Peter
is
member of Life Teen and'
a
altar server at St. is
a
Aloysius Church. At the National
member of
Honor
Society, Beta Club, cross country and track teams, and is historian for the Interact Club and co-treasurer for the
National Latin Honor Society. Peter also
is
a Life Scout and has
earned the Vigil Honor in the Order of the
Arrow.
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Faithful service
Sister celebrates
100 years TEA, from page 1
Sister Higgins, whose 45 years in health care were served mostly in maternity and delivery wards, was honored at
a unique tea party at Sacred Heart
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Wearing a special birthday hat over she was joined by more than 60 of her closest sisters and friends who donned special party hats and multicolher
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Sister
Joseph Helene Nagle, principal of St. Ann School in CharlotteFranciscan Sister Kathleen Ganiel from Winston-Salem; Mercy Sister Mary Timothy Warren, vicar for women religious in the Diocese of Charlotteand Mercy Sister Mary Rosalind Picot from Belmont celebrate anniversaries 'to the religious life during the Sisters' Appreciation Day held in Curtin Hall at the Sisters of Mercy community in Belmont. Sister Nagle and Sister Picot are golden jubilarians, while Sister Ganiel and Sister Warren are silver
of
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St.
jubilarians.
Msgr. Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor for the Diocese of Charlotte, presented a message of gratitude to the sisters and, along with Sister Warren, presented certificates and gifts to all those
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LIVING
"I hope to bring the people to God and God to the people," he said. "Everything we do (as priests) is aimed toward that." "He brings a pastoral heart. He
genuinely cares about people," said Father John Putnam, acting vocations director and pastor of Sacred Heart
Church
qualities
good
and he was then presented with a chalice and paten signifying his role as celebrant of the Eucharist. The newly ordained Father Ebright then joined his brother priests to concelebrate the Mass, thus opening the
new
and background will make him a
priest.
"He's a very bright man, and has a wonderful ability to work with a wide range of people," said Father Putnam.
many inspirations. many people over the last
Ebright said he has
It
Bishop Peter
J.
hands
Jugis anoints the
during his ordination Mass at
James Ebright with sacred chrism
of Father
Patrick Cathedral
St.
Murray
in
Charlotte
May 28.
was
had waited
"My
command
a
...
The
yours
of God."
Father Ebright
to hear.
greatest joy? Turning
myself
over to God," said Father Ebright.
PRIESTLY ASSIGMENT James
Effective July 5, 2005, Father
Ebright will serve as parochial vicar at
Mother Teresa
and Pope John Paul II. "His mind remained strong as his body failed," said Father Ebright of the late pope. "There are so many aspects of E.
his priest. to live
to celebrate for the people
saints are inspiring."
Specifically, he said,
brother, James,
Bishop Jugis. "You are paschal mystery is yours
2,000 years whom I'd like to emulate," he said. "Many stories of the faith and of
modern-day
life.
go now with Jesus into the depths of his heart," said
In addition to Jesus Christ, Father
"There are
chapter in his
"My
in Salisbury.
Father Putnam said Father Ebright's
Photo by Kevin
2005
10,
THE FAITH
Our Lady
of
Grace Church
in
Greensboro.
people's lives that I'd like to emulate."
Concelebrants of the ordination
Mass included Msgr. Mauricio W. West, vicar general and diocesan chancellor;
Father Paul Gary, rector of
answers God's call
Priest
his
new
life
tion celebrated St.
by Bishop Peter J. Jugis
Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte
at
For Father Ebright, becoming a priest was an answer to a call heard long ago.
of the priesthood. Kneeling, he placed his hands between Bishop Jugis' hands in a promise of obedience to the diocese. The congregation was invited to join in prayer for the priestly candidate, the church and its people as he lay prostrate before the altar.
priesthood that was missing."
told Father Ebright.
so full of joy, so happy and
a young
During the
most solemn mo-
rite's
ment, Father Ebright knelt in silence before Bishop Jugis, who laid his hands on Father Ebright's head. The celebration of
was com-
over the kneeling candidate and prayed
University of America in Washington. a priest, he said, has put nine," and he's ready for
the challenges ahead.
Father Ebright said he believes a
good
pleted as the bishop extended his hands the prayer of consecration.
Father James Arthur Ebright Born: March
Cathedral
man
Mocksville, N.C.
in
at St. Patrick
Charlotte
Background: Spent youth
in Ft.
Lauder-
Schooling:
Wake
Forest University
Winston-Salem (bachelor's degree
in
in reli-
gion and theology); Theological College at Catholic University of America in
Wash-
ington (master of divinity).
and a chasuble
—
outer garments
Hobbies: reading,
CAD
(computer as-
of the priestly office. The bishop
sisted drawing), design work.
anointed his hands with sacred chrism
Favorite type of music: Classical.
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"It's beautiful to see
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thankful," said his mother, watching her altar
fulfill
office
the sacrament of holy orders
Becoming him on "cloud
Father Ebright' s family watched
ordination, Father
So Father Ebright left his engineering job in Winston-Salem and followed lic
joyfully as his ordination unfolded.
son standing on the after Mass.
serious consideration about be-
were encouraging. "I felt that something was missing in my life, and I knew that God was calling me to do something more," said Father Ebright. "I went through many years of discernment to confirm that it was the
Bishop Jugis said Father Ebright was being ordained during the Year of the Eucharist, "a time of special grace for the Church when we renew our amazement at the sacrifice of our Lord's body and blood, which the Savior gave to his Church. "This is the sacrifice which will be offered through your hands," the bishop
am
Ebright confirmed his promise to
his parents
during his homily.
"I
the world."
ing a priest shortly after high school, and
"This is a day of great joy for the Diocese of Charlotte," said Bishop Jugis
was Bishop Emeritus
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He began
May 28.
In attendance
Father Ebright's aunt. "There's hope for
give himself to God," said Linda Payne,
as a priest during his ordina-
Patrick
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2005
YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
My sacrifice and yours
A command to action
Understanding the Mystery ofthe Mass, Part 18 For the past several weeks, our on the Mass has focused on the movement of the liturgy of the Eucha-
catechesis first
the offertory.
rist:
And
cussed the preparation of the
we
time
last
altar,
the offer-
and the offering
tory procession of the gifts
Guest
dis-
Column
prayers for the bread and the wine.
FATHER
After the offering prayers for the
MATTHEW
bread and the wine are recited and the sacred vessels are placed on the square
BUETTNER
linen cloth (called the corporal), the cel-
GUEST COLUMNIST
bows to the altar and prays silently: "Lord God, we ask you to receive us and be pleased with the sacrifice we offer you with humble and contrite hearts." The priest speaks in his own name, as well as on behalf of the faithful, asking God to receive the gifts that he has just namely, the gifts of bread and offered wine, as well as the sacrifice of ourebrant
—
At
selves.
may
moment,
this
the celebrant
place incense in the thurible, bless
and incense the
the incense altar
and the
the
gifts,
This is now the third time that the incense may be used to signify the church's offerings and prayers rising like incense in the sight of God. The incense unites the symbols of
which
is
sym-
the central
bol in the sanctuary for Christ; the cruci-
which
redemption that is re-presented in the sacrifice of the Mass; and the bread and wine, which will actually become the body and blood of Christ fix,
recalls the
in the consecration
hands before touching the sacred vessels to offer the sacrifice.
The
maintains
ritual
its
place in the
Mass. Known as the lavabo rite, the washing of hands now refers more to an internal, spiritual purification rather than
an external one. As the celebrant is washing his hands, he recites a private prayer in silence to this effect: "Lord,
wash away my
crucifix.
Christ: the altar,
necessary for the priest to purify his
my
iniquity; cleanse
me from Photo by Ellen N. Sigmon
sins."
Notice that there is a distinction made between the iniquity that underlies St. Cyril of Jerusalem comments on the mystical meaning of this ritual in the fourth century: "[The lavabo] shows that we must be free from all sin. We perform actions with our hands; to wash our hands is the nearest thing to
The celebrant
son of their baptismal dignity.
meum
ebrant washes his hands.
purpose of tion
is
What
not a novel practice in the Mass.
Many
ancient religions, in particular
numerous
the Jews, maintained
tional rites for the purification
partaking in the ritual
tradi-
of vessels,
as well as for the hands of those
who
are
itself.
Further, in the early church,
came wash
the
is
this gesture? Ritual purifica-
it
be-
practical necessity for the priest to his
faithful
hands
after the offertory.
would present
the Lord accept the sacrifice at
your hands
Over
Finally, the "Prayer
the Gifts"
the second proper collect or prayer of
Mass and signals
the end of the offerThis prayer usually acknowledges
our inability to offer to God gifts adequate to his goodness and power. The church prays that God will accept what offer with sincerity
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of Christ," said the deacon.
God
about bringing the Eucharist to others.
Speaking about the
"For more of us, the word 'rabbit" is a noun. For her, the word is a call to action," he said. "Her body goes tense, her ears perk up and she is ready to go."
The prayer is a sort of extended form of the more common "Let us pray." The people stand and respond,
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sacrifice
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"Pray, brethren, that our sacrifice
the
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NEWTON Eucharist,
command
"May
all
NEWTON
IN
ELLEN NEERINCX SIGMON
body, the church. Our current English translation simplifies this expression:
poor, including food, bread, vegetables,
lowing
my
and yours...]. The prayer indicates the two distinct sacrifices of the Mass: Christ and his
offerings for the benefit of charity to the
fruits, flasks
ac vestrum sacrificium..." [Pray,
brethren: that
The
a vast array of
by
returns to the center
text, the priest says, "Orate, fratres: ut
After this third incensation, the cel-
in
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the celebrant and
first
CELEBRATING THE FEAST OF
purifying our deeds."
then the concelebrants, by virtue of their
incense persons:
Joseph Church
themselves.
of the altar and implores the faithful to unite themselves with him in the sacrifice that is drawing near. In the original Latin
to
St.
the desire to sin, and the actual sins
of the Mass.
The incense may then be used
Father Jim Collins, pastor of
as part of a parish celebration for the feast of Corpus Christi May 29.
loves us and that
"It
shows
we must
love
Deacon
Gilfillan, permanent deacon Joseph Church in Newton, spoke in both English and Spanish during a special Mass to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi at the church May 29. The Mass, in which prayers, readings and hymns were in both languages, was the only Mass held that day at the church to show unity in the body and blood of Christ. A highlight of the celebration was a eucharistic procession, during which parishioners followed Father Jim Collins, pastor, outside as he carried a monstrance containing the Eucharist. A group of boys at the parish know at St.
The
club's purpose
is
"to help bring
other people to Jesus and the sacra-
ment," said Brendan Vickers, club president, who serves in the club with his
Andrew. The best part of being a member, said Andrew, is "that we are learning
brother,
our faith."
The parish celebration was held in commemoration of the Year of the Eucharist, proclaimed by Pope John Paul II to be celebrated from October 2004 to October 2005. Many parishioners from St. Joseph Church also are planning to charter a bus to attend the Diocese of Charlotte's Eucharistic Congress, which takes place in Charlotte Sept. 23-24.
DID
A monstrance
YOU KNOW? is
an exposition case and
stand, generally large
and ornate, used
to
display the Eucharist for certain proces-
sions and devotions. sion into
is
a
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way of bringing
the Eucharist out
the community.
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Walking in the footsteps of Christ during Lent
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14 Stations and retracing the steps of Jesus
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YOUTHS
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Hispanic youths, young adults
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"The process leading
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held
youths and young adults participated. "It is very important for the Hispanic Ministry that the people of
Hispanic traditions and customs are engaged in overall growth, especially in the areas of human sexuality," said Ricardo Veloz, director of diocesan Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry. "In the Spanish community, we don't speak about sexuality," said Erica Guerra, a parishioner of St. Eugene Church in Wendell, N.C. "We only learn these things in school." "One of our goals is to create awareness of the Catholic perspective on purity and chastity, as well as the importance and worth of their own sexuality as it relates not only to themselves, but more importantly, to God and then society in general," said Veloz.
Much
of the information delivered came from the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," according to Laura Flores, a volunteer at at the
retreat
the retreat.
"Along with the
sexually transmitted diseases." to
chaste
sexuality begins with self-awareness
and advances through the stages of friendship, courtship and finally marriage," she said.
The retreat, which featured Masses and confession, included sessions on abortion and the sexual
revolution of the 1960s.
"We had sessions on a holistic view of self and how to apply all of this (Catholic faith) to self and others through a true Christian ethic, what we are supposed to do and what we are not supposed to do," said Flores. One
skit related sexual
activity
to roses.
"The
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"The chaste virgin is a untouched by sexual activity. Each time you have sex you would peel off a petal. If you continually have sex and peel off the petals, you end up with said Flores.
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More than 70 Hispanic youths and young adults participate in the "True Love Waits" weekend retreat held at Holy Family Church in Clemmons May 25-27. The participants
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After the skit and discussion, the
were asked to renew their vows of chastity, even if they had previously been sexually active. "It's hard sometimes to do the
First
participants
Communion
right thing," said Flores.
We
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2005
GRADUATION WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU LEARNED AT
Stepping out into
CHARLOTTE CATHOLIC?
a wide-open world
learned that life
"I
Charlotte Catholic graduates
256
Tomorrow's leaders take next
goes on whether you have a good
by KAREN A. EVANS STAFF WRITER
day or a bad
CHARLOTTE — A close-knit group
day."
—Thomas Pacicco
of students is taking its first steps into the world beyond high school. The Charlotte Catholic High School class of 2005 received their diplomas at Ovens Auditorium June 2. "The bonds that we have forged,
"How to fatih
especially this year, as well as the sense
practice
my
without being
ashamed."
of family that we have established, cannot be ignored," said Andrew Petrilli, in his salutatorian address. "It is such a blessing to be able to call each one of you my classmate and my friend." The diplomas were conferred by Mgsr. Mauricio W. West, vicar general and chancellor for the Diocese of Charlotte; Linda Cherry, superintendent of diocesan Catholic schools; and Gerald
—
Kaitlin Gilbride
Courtesy Photo
The 2005 graduating class
was honored
at a special St.
Michael
Church. As part of a school tradition, during the Mass the graduating eighth-graders
"Work hard, pray
Healy, principal of Charlotte Catholic
always and have
High School.
fun."
The commencement exercises
of St. Michael School in Gastonia
school Mass May 12 celebrated by then-pastor Father Joseph Mulligan of
passed candles to the seventh-graders, who
be next year's role models and leaders
will
at the school.
for —Christine Mancusi
Charlotte Catholic reflected the Catholic faith that is taught alongside French,
American
history and algebra. have been taught for years to find Jesus in everyone that we meet," said Samson Mesele, valedictorian. "In the bonds that we have formed, I swear,
"We
for a brief
moment we
WHO HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST
stroked the face
of God. Following the closing prayer, the eu-
INFLUENCE ON YOU?
phoric graduates marched out into the
"Mr.
open green space outside the auditorium. After tossing their caps into the air against a soft evening sky, young men and women embraced each other as if for the first time and the last.
...
(Norman) Rioux
because he
inspired
me to
succeed
in
whatever
I
do and taught me
many things, in
not only
Spanish but life."
Photo by Karen A. Evans
Holy Trinity students Emily Blazer, Alyssa Farls and Jessica Short sign each other's
FAST FACTS
—Amanda Sain
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last
day of school.
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GRADUATION
into larger world A NEW PURPOSE
Courtesy Photo
The 119 graduates for a
of
Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School
Kernersville pose
in
group photo before their commencement ceremony May 28.
Bishop McGuinness graduates 119 KERNERSVILLE school careers
came
— As
their high
Two
An exuberant fifth-grader exchanges "high fives" with the students of St. Ann School June 3. The celebration has been an annual school-wide event for the past five years.
Father John Olenick, a 1988 graduof Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, gave that message to 1 19 graduates during the school's commencement ceremony at the Stevens Center in
Winston-Salem
May 28. who now
Father Olenick,
Mass
reate in
at
Our Lady of Grace Church
Greensboro
1879
The Invention of the Light Bulb
May
Bishop Peter
26.
from the Greensboro and Winston-Salem vicariates concelebrating.
serves in
FAST FACTS Bishop McGuinness' class of 2005 consisted of 119 students
$1
.7 million in
who
received more than
cmbined scholarships.
52 graduates were inducted National
into the
Honor Society.
100 percent of the 2005 graduating class will
Catholic schools.
attend
more than 60 colleges/universi-
ties this year.
Richard Valittuto, student council
1978
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OUR SCHOOLS
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A fond farewell Two admired, lovedprincipals retire by
KAREN
A.
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STAFF WRITER
CHARLOTTE
— After more than
I
Meehan
said tearful goodbyes to current and former students, parents and faculty and staff as they left their positions as principals of diocesan Catholic schools. Murphy retired at the end of the 2004-05 school year, having spent 26 years working in the Diocese of Charlotte, as math and science teacher and principal at Our Lady of the Assumption School in Charlotte and as principal of St. Michael School in Gastonia.
bis grandchildren live,
plans to continue to work, but on a
honor and
am willing to help them as best as I can,
Murphy:
in Hendersonville. After relocating to Illi-
where
I
believe in their goodness,
I
What are you looking forward to your retirement?
retired after serving six
years as principal of Immaculata School nois,
them by name,
and I am there to see them off at the end of the day and tell them that I will see them tomorrow. Meehan: I tried to convey Christ's message to the staff and students though prayer and personal example. I encouraged the creation of a school choir to lead us in singing at our weekly school Masses, as I believe that the voices of children sung in praise to the Lord is one of the highest forms of worship and most pleasing to him.
5,700 school days spent educating thousands of students, Pat Murphy and Bill
Meehan
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I
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I
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I
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Meehan:
asked to reflect on their experiences and what the future holds for each of them.
What do you consider your greatest accomplishment? cil
A brownie embraces Pat Murphy after Troop 82 presented Murphy with a painting of Mary during Murphy's retirement party May 22. Murphy retired as principal of Our Lady of the Assumption School after working in the Diocese of Charlotte for 26 years.
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June 19, Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
beats New
Psalm 69:8-10, suits
—
ORLANDO, Fla. When speaking of firsts in U.S. history, the place should be Florida's St. Augustine, not Plymouth, Mass; the first settlers should be Spanish, not British; and the religion
should be Catholicism, not Puritanism. "It's about time that we corrected northern climes,"
Michael Gannon told an audience of Catholic journalists during a May 27 at the Catholic Press
workshop
Association's annual convention in Orlando.
"By
came
the time the pilgrims
to
Plymouth, St. Augustine was up for urban renewal," he said. A professor emeritus at the University of Florida, Gannon has done extensive research on the history of the state and written the landmark book on the subject, "The Cross in the Sand," published in 1965.
He
also wrote the first chapter of
"Florida's Catholic Heritage Trail," a
book to be published this year that encompasses the history of all seven of Florida's Catholic dioceses, beginning
with the events in 1565 in
St.
Augustine.
Known as "the Grinch who stole Thanksgiving" by some New Engenders, Gannon said, "we have to tell the story" of Florida's early history and, by extension, the Catholic contribution to the history of the United States. It
who
was Juan Ponce de Leon
in 1521
explored the territory he chris-
first
tened Florida, after the Spanish Easter, Pascua Florida. That
name for was 86
years before the British arrived in Jamestown, Va., in 1607 and nearly a century before the pilgrims landed at Ply-
mouth Rock "There ine.
It's
in 1620.
is
history.
It's
important to Florida
critically important to
Catholic history.
It's critically
to our country's history,"
Johnson,
director
important said Eric
of the Mission
Nombre de Dios (Name of God) Augustine, the
first
in St.
Catholic parish in the
United States.
shop.
history books, "the
way used or abused by the friars, nor would they let them be abused by others," Gannon said.
He
described the priests as living
among
the Indians as Peace Corps vol-
unteers do today, teaching
them Euro-
pean ways without imposing
their be-
liefs. By 1655, the Franciscans counted 26,000 native converts in Florida. Gannon called the Spanish priests "the first great defenders of human, civil
and religious
rights in
what
is
now
the
United States." He stressed that "no Indian was ever converted by force."
Johnson noted that when Pedro
Menendez de Aviles landed
1565 in present-day St. Augustine, just south of Jacksonville, he claimed the land for Spain with both a flag and a cross. Seeing him and the rest of the Spaniards reverence the cross, the Timucuan Indians who had gathered at the site folin
to
Gannon and evidence
uncovered by state archeologists, Ponce de Leon and subsequent Spanish explorers had landed in what are
now
Tampa Bay and Pensacola Bay, and
explored as far north as the Chesapeake Bay, by 1526.
They brought with them not just diers but farmers, families
sol-
and Spanish
— Dominicans, Franciscans,
Je-
Matthew 10:26-33
by
BEVERLY CORZINE
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
first
Mass on U.S.
by the
soil. It
was celebrated
who accompanied the expeFather Francisco Lopez de
priest
Mendoza Grajales, on Sept. 8, 1565, on the site known to this day as Mission Nombre de Dios (Name of God). After the Mass, Menendez de Aviles invited the Timucuans to join him for "the first communal meal of Europeans and natives together," Gannon said. "This was the first communal act of first permanent European settlement of what is now the
United States." Nombre de Dios also the first
Marian shrine
is
once been simply part of the rolling landscape an open field that stretches to a patch of trees in the distance.
—
school vacation days
have begun across most of the country. Breakneck schedules for families subside.
During
this blessed time, travel is
who
usually on the agenda. Those of us
where
live
it is
hot long to go to
some
place cool.
On the other hand those who have endured months of living in a deep freeze often plan trips to sunny realms. No
matter what direction the comlead us, the summer itinerary
may
pass
of most vacationers will include a visit to at least one historical site. Walking the same ground where our fellow human beings have been put to the test often mesmerizes us. Their past becomes part of our past, and their stories become part of our own. I
never will forget
my
first visit to
lush Pennsylvania farmland
where
the
fields
rich with sweet corn create towering green
roadside walls.
My destination that day had
from Gettysburg in he was a man of great prayer, a man chosen by history whose only constant was God. The first reading for this Sunday comes from the prophet Jeremiah. When reports telegraphed
July. Biographers tell us
we hear this ancient voice, it is helpful to know something of the man. God called Jeremiah to preach a message of repentance to God's people far
away from
who had
strayed
their faith.
In times of doubt, Jeremiah thinks
God has made a fool of him. In today's passage from this great prophet we have a window into his suffering. However, we also have a palpable example of his sustaining faith. that perhaps
Questions:
What people in your life have been models of courage sustained through their reliance on God? When has your trust in God strengthened your ability to stand against the work of evil?
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE
12-18
Sunday (Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time), Exodus 19:2-6, Romans 5:6-11, Matthew 9:38— 1 0:8; Monday (St. Anthony of Padua), 2 Corinthians 6: 1 -1 0, Matthew 5:38-42; Tuesday, 2 Corinthians 8:1-9, Matthew 5:43-48; Wednesday, 2 Corinthians 9:6-11, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18; Thursday, 2 Corinthians 11:1-11, Matthew 6:7-1
5;
Friday, 2 Corinthians 11:18,21-30, Matthew 6: 19-23; Saturday,
2 Corinthians 12:1-10, Matthew 6:24-34.
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE Sunday (Twelfth Sunday 33;
Monday, Genesis
Matthew
7:6, 12-14;
in
12:1-9,
19-25
Ordinary Time), Jeremiah 20:10-13, Romans 5:12-15, Matthew 10:26-
Matthew
Wednesday
7:1-5;
(St.
Tuesday
(St.
Aloysius Gonzaga), Genesis
Paulinus of Nola,
St.
John
Fisher, St.
13:2, 5-18,
Thomas
More),
Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18, Matthew 7:15-20; Thursday, Genesis 16:1-12, 15-16, Matthew 7:21-29; Friday (Nativity of St. John the Baptist), Isaiah 49: 1 -6, Acts
1
3:22-26, Luke
1
:57-66,80; Saturday,
Genesis 18:1-15, Luke 1:46-50, 53-55, Matthew 8:5-1 7.
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9,
—
sustaining faith
natives were not in any
States, the
According
some
thanksgiving in the
Johnson and Susan Parker, of the Division of Historical Resources for Florida's Department of State, joined Gannon as co-presenters of the work-
priests
taught in
dition,
a place called St. August-
critically
name in California.
is
33-35
14, 17,
5:12-15
An example of
Potano, near present-day Gainesville, about 170 years prior to the use of the
"These were selfless men of God who wrote one of the great stories in the history of the faith in North America," Gannon said. "Here were the first people who carried the lamp of Christianity into the darkened interior of North America." Contrary to popular belief and what
Romans
3) Gospel:
in Florida
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in the
— who
set up 38 mission outposts by 1655. In fact, the name San Francisco was given to a mission in
ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO
our brethren
2)
1
I was one of millions of people to have visited this quiet place where the echoes of birdsong and muffled voices fill the air. One of history's great ironies lay before me. The green grass now covers ground that once was soaked with blood. In the peace of a summer day the thunder of war raged men and animals alike were trapped in the great pandemonium of suffering. As I walked around the field, I thought of Abraham Lincoln, tormented by loneliness and the anguish of leader-
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10,
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2005
New Zealand to air animated series
NO SIGNS OF CANCELLATION
lampooning papacy, Vatican
Actor Gilyard finds Catholicism
AUCKLAND, New
— An animated
Zealand (CNS)
the offensive."
Szusterman said he did not see any problems with the show. "The scope of it, and I've seen four episodes, is much tamer than 'Father Ted' and much tamer than 'South Park' in its context," he said.
series that the British
Broadcasting Corp. canceled after pro-
by Catholics because it lampooned papacy will make its world premiere on New Zealand television June 8. "Popetown," described by its creators as '"Father Ted' meets 'South Park,'" will air on C4, a youth-oriented music television station, which last year purchased the rights to air the show in New Zealand before the BBC pulled the show from its schedule. tests
the
The
BBC
plaints about
same sense that 'Father Ted' was satire, and I don't "It is satire in the
think anyone complained about that. think this has been
he
tion,"
I
blown out of propor-
said.
"Father Ted" was a British show
was inundated with com"Popetown." The show
an Irish parish.
that satirized life in
"South Park"
is
a scatological animated
around on a pogo stick, as a childish retiree whose every fickle whim must be
series on the Comedy Central cable channel that tells the stories of young children in the mythical town of South
indulged.
Park.
was
said to feature the pope,
"When we purchased
who
travels
is role for by
a lifetime
MARK PATTISON
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
—
WASHINGTON
Actor
Clarence Gilyard is well known for being Chuck Norris' right-hand man on "Walker, Texas Ranger" and for being Andy Griffith's on "Matlock." "Why I got to do 13 straight years of network television and somebody else didn't, who knows?" Gilyard mused in an interview June 2 with Catholic News Service in Washington.
What's Gilyard
is
less
well-known about
that he's Catholic.
It
has been
a 10-year run since he joined the church
'Popetown,'
Szusterman said the station recom-
was no controversy," said Andrew Szusterman, station and program manager for C4, a Can West network. "There was no word of ever pulling the show."
mends parental guidance in allowing children to watch "Popetown." He said nothing in the show raised any red flags
shows no signs of cancellation. in town to attend meetings of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Communications, on which he serves
when
as a consultant.
Szusterman said the BBC only pulled "Popetown" from its schedule after the health of Pope John Paul II declined. However in September, Stuart Murphy, controller of BBC Three, announced the show's cancellation, saying, "There is a fine judgment line in comedy between scurrilously funny and
dard guidelines.
there
tested against broadcasting stan-
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that
was hard."
Now,
his family prays the rosary
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to
consultant to the bishops' communications committee, on which he has
served for about three years. "I missed the last meeting" in January, Gilyard said, so to prepare for the May 31 -June 2 meeting, "I really
had
He
to
do
my homework."
got the consultant's post based
on his friendship with Bishop Joseph A. Galante of Camden, N.J. He attended the episocpal ordination of Bishop Galante when he became coadjutor for the Dallas Diocese in 1999, Gilyard told CNS. When Bishop Galante assumed the chairmanship of the communications committee, he asked Gilyard to be a consultant; of the committee's 10 current consultants, he is the only one
who works But he he said.
He
in is
show business. more than just an
actor,
sees himself "as a Catholic
Christian," he explained.
"People don't necessarily want to in that way," nor do they see him, he added, "as a person, as a father," as someone "called to marriage" or "as an artist." Gilyard turned down reprising his role as Pastor Bruce Barnes for a third "Left Behind" movie. "That made Bishop Galante really happy," he said with a laugh. The movies stress a fundamentalist theology of the end times seen as being in conflict with Catholic teaching. But taking the Barnes role had some important elements for Gilyard. "I took the (part) because of the character," he said. "Not just because of his being clergy, but the predicament he faces ... the struggle of the individual, and that's putting it lightly. see
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June
AROUND THE DIOCESE
Abbey's alumni magazine wins international awards BELMONT
—
Belmont Abbey
College's alumni magazine, "Crossroads," earned high honors for the sec-
ond
straight year, garnering three
ComMe-
municator Awards in the 2005 Print
"Crossroads"
Writing for a Magazine. are certainly proud of the rec-
ognition," said Fran Kirk Pineros, the college's director of alumni and parent
"Without a doubt, the awards with the college's initiatives
fall in line
outlined in
its
Allen dies at 74
alumni president. This year's Communicator Awards
The college won two Awards of Distinction for its Winter/Spring 2004 issue in the Best Magazine for an Educational Institution and Best Magazine for a Non-Profit categories. The Abbey also won an Honorable Mention for Best
relations.
2005
Msgr. Richard
by the college's Office of Public Relations with assistance from Alumni Office and the Development Office. The magazine features success stories of alumni and current students of the Abbey and includes; news, sports, arts, calendar events, alumni news, and open letters from the college president, the abbot and ally
dia competition.
"We
published bi-annu-
is
10,
strategic plan
— achieving
excellence and virtue."
Belmont Abbey College's
director of
had
—
Abbey we couldn't be more proud." "No one starts a project thinking it will necessarily
win anything," she
said.
always nice when you are able to not only meet the goals you set, but also have your work recognized by a group of your peers." The Communicator Awards is an international awards competition that
"But
it
is
work
recognizes outstanding
in the
com-
public relations agreed.
munications field with entries judged by
"Our goal for the magazine has always been to reach the Abbey's alumni in a meaningful way," said Teresa Sow-
Belmont Abbey College was chosen from among 5,078 entries in this year's competition from
magazine's editor-in-chief. "From the redesign of the magazine to putting more of their personal stories in print, from the use of captivating photos to the participation of everyone at the college so it's a true product of the
advertising agencies, corporate
ers, also the
industry professionals.
commu-
nications departments, educational insti-
government
tutions,
entities, designers,
1 87 categories with three awards in each category; the Crystal Award of Excellence, the Award of Distinction and Honorable Mention. The Crystal Award of Excellence was given to 13 percent of entries, which demonstrated the best in their field.
The Award of Distinction awarded
Msgr. Richard Allen
CHARLOTTE
—
Msgr. Richard
Allen, a priest of the Diocese of Charlotte,
He was 74. Born Aug. 28, 1930, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Msgr. Allen was ordained to the priesthood in Durham by Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh in May 1956. died June 7 in Charlotte.
is
exceed industry standards in communicating a message or idea. Approximately 19 percent of the entries won this award. Honorable Mention certificates are for projects that
After serving in several parishes throughout the Diocese of Charlotte, Msgr. Allen retired in July 2000 and began a new ministry as a "circuit priest" in Alaska, traveling by plane across an archdiocese covering nearly 14,000
granted to those entries that meet the high standards of the industry. Approxi-
mately 10 percent of entries were honorable mention winners. In 2004, Belmont Abbey College won three Awards of Distinction and two Honorable Mentions for the 2003 Winter issue of "Crossroads" featuring Ed Antosek '68 on the cover.
square miles.
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more on Msgr. Allen's en-
during ministry as a priest in the next issue of The Catholic News Herald.
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2005
FROM THE COVER
Church
Penny
for
Your Thoughts
at forefront of AIDS
treatment, prevention HIV/AIDS
lenges us to shout that AIDS, from page 1
punishment, ror,
the international
in
102 countries, he
Meyer presented
Father
said.
statement to a session described as a
the Vatican mission,
condom
use and called for changes in behavior to prevent transmission of the disease.
When people
live out their sexuality
He
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And
that the inherent hu-
church leaders
ways more
in
many
areas
means "we
are called today to fight against the
resources "in a
stigma and to continue to care gener-
and effective manner," he said. Peter Piot, director of the UNAIDS program, and Richard Feachem, director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, were asked whether Christianity, Judaism and Islam were part of the problem or were the
dignity of every person
with AIDS.
that work with my particular planning objectives!'
Meyer
Catholic Bishops' Conference had spon-
ously and without judgment" for those
flexible options
the
are developing
man
7 want
AIDS
it is
demic demand more careful safeguarding and promotion by both governments and civil society." On treatment, he reported that Catholic Relief Services and the Catholic Medical Mission Board were working with other agencies in a program funded by the U.S. government.
At a round table on prevention, Msgr. Ruben Dimaculangan, another
member of
not a curse, but rather
determined leadership shown by the late Pope John Paul II in this area." The pope promoted education to prevent AIDS, led the church to care for AIDS patients and "through his own personal witness and example" discouraged any kind of stigmatizing of people with AIDS, he said. Citing a statement on the priority of human rights issued by Pope Benedict XVI shortly after his election, Father Meyer said, "The Holy See wishes to register its strong concern that the rights of people affected by the HIV/AIDS pan-
the Vatican
said the church does not accept
not a
topic recalled "the particularly strong and
"round table on treatment, care and support." It was one of several meetings held by the U.N. General Assembly June 2 to review progress toward goals set at a 2001 special session on AIDS.
staff
is
not a hor-
Dionisio said.
sisters,"
Father Robert S. Meyer, a U.S. priest on the staff of the Vatican's U.N. mission, cited estimates of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers that more than a fourth of all AIDS services were sponsored by the Catholic Church. The Catholic AIDS Funding Network Group of donor organizations reports that it funds or sponsors AIDS Father
is
is
face of suffering in our brothers and
community's AIDS-re-
lated programs.
programs
and
not a crime,
is
At the beginning of the AIDS crisis, he recalled, while "most government agencies, public and private entities, and even family members" abandoned those in need, church agencies "embraced and cared for" people with AIDS. The call to speak the truth "chal-
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doubt about that," Piot responded.
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stands with members of the AIDS support
(left)
and
St.
Gabriel churches
in
Charlotte
the May 7 AIDS Walk Charlotte 2005, a two-mile walk that
is
who
participated
the largest HIV/AIDS
awareness and fund-raising event in the Carolinas. Brother D'Auria postulant serving at Our Lady of Consolation Church. Pictured (from
is
a Capuchin
left):
Brother
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18 The Catholic News & Herald
June
Perspectives
A
collection of columns,
editorials
and viewpoints
10,
2005
Pope, at audience, urges faithful to appreciate life's great gifts CAROL GLATZ
by
The Pope
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Archbishop Emeritus John Donoghue, a nice guy finishes
— An
VATICAN CITY outlook on
optimistic
life
and an appreciation of
life's great gifts
prepare us for the great
gift
of the Eucharist, said Pope Benedict during his weekly general audience.
XVI
"Too
Love ofEucharist one ofarchbishop s many
Archbishop Emeritus John F. Donoghue 's dream come true was mak-
Catholics
&
Atlanta's
underway
inside the cavernous Georgia
The
DAVID HAINS
their
own.
(Mark your calendar at the
our
23-24
Charlotte Convention Center for
first
and
for Sept.
diocesan Eucharistic Congress,
visit
the
Web
site
at
www.goeucharist.com.) This year's Eucharistic Congress in
many
Archbishop Donoghue. He retired in January and was succeeded by Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory. Will the congress continue?
people.
John
F.
Donoghue
The crowd was orderly, but was apparently larger than the building was designed to hold. Kathi Stearns, chancellor of the archdiocese, added, "At one point the fire marshall was thinking of closing the building to additional attendees." In 1993, long before the celebrations
of this Year of the Eucharist, thenBishop Donoghue wrote the pastoral letter, "Rejoice in the Lord, Always!" In it he called the transformation of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ "the wellspring of our salvation and the ultimate meaning of our individual lives." He backed up those words, first by establishing perpetual adoration in the
—
Archdiocese of Atlanta something he had established in the Diocese of Charlotte when he served as bishop 1984 to 1993. Two years later he instituted the first Eucharistic Congress for the Archdiocese of Atlanta. About 1,000 people gathered in a church for a day of worship, praise and proclamation, all centered on the Eucharist.
The congress grew each year to the point where it is now a focal point of
—
Catholic
life in
A
fair
which thousands look forward each year, and the model for other dioceses,
gifts that
pope
have other spiritual plans for north Georgia. But at a dinner at the end of the June 4 congress, Archbishop Gregory made it clear that the event would continue. His announcement was met with enthusiastic applause, and a smile from Archbishop Donoghue. This year's congress also marked another milestone for Archbishop Donoghue. It was held on the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. Speaking to the 200 people who gathered for the dinner, the archbishop
grateful heart can worthily
would go to Atlanta, then-Bishop Donoghue responded, "What for?" called to ask if he
He also explained with a laugh that new title of archbishop emeritus
he has a voice, but no vote. There were tears amid the laughter and it was clear that he would be missed. that
When dinner was over and goodbyes were being said, a young Dominican nun began singing, a cappella, "Ave Maria." The room became
silent as
the lovely tune and her soaring lyric so-
prano voice filled each of us with awe at the new beauty she brought to the famil-
merciful than a mother's," he said.
The Lord's saving
who were
who have been
gathered, indeed
all
privileged to experience
Archbishop John Donoghue 's leadership had a lot in Charlotte and in Atlanta for which to be thankful.
—
acts reflect the
—
God
to his
people," the pope said.
While the psalmist invites the faithful Lord," the pope explained
to "fear the
including the Diocese of Charlotte, that
Hains is director of communication for the Diocese of Charlotte. Contact him at dwhains
are planning Eucharistic Congresses of
@charhttediocese. org.
on us
praise.
God's covenant and
his
"no break"
in the psalmist's gratitude
is
and
OUR COMMITMENT TO EACH OTHER IS SIMILAR TO GOD'S COMMITMENT TO US
The Human
Some time ago I was running with a group of men through a park. During the run, they began to talk about the difficulty at times of understanding their wives.
Side
This makes us wonder first
life to
why God
place!
cre-
Why com-
FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CNS COLUMNIST
a significant other?
Let's go to the Bible for our answer.
The English language gives us the word "chaos" and its opposite "cosmos." In Genesis we read that all was
Here Christ teaches us of God's mercy and especially of God's desire
chaos, lacking any semblance of unity.
When we step back from these examples, we see that the new life the Prodigal Son found is the life God wants
Then God breathed into it, and a cosmos, i.e., it was unified.
it
became
life from the beginbased on the principle of oneness.
In other words,
ning
is
When
the
Hebrews
arrive in the
Promised Land, they fall habit of forgetting God
into the
bad
who brought
them there. Prophets come on the scene and tell the people that they are like an unfaithful wife or husband who has broken the marriage bond. As the prophets tell
it,
God
is
a jealous lover forever in
pursuit of his beloved. to the
New
Testament,
we
read of the Prodigal Son, a strongheaded young man going his own way. He is given his inheritance, which he squanders. Suddenly he finds his life coming apart. No longer is he connected
home. end here, but has
to his father, his true friends or his
David
him
Just as
calls
also asks us
The blessedness of marriage
Moving
iar verses.
All
to give
it
At the end of the audience, Pope Benedict offered pilgrims greetings in more than 10 languages. He also made special mention of the presence in the audience of Ukrainian Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Lviv and a group of about 30 bishops from Eastern Catholic churches in Europe. Cardinal Husar later introduced each bishop to the pope. The bishops were on a pilgrimage to Rome and other Italian cities to venerate the tombs and relics of some of the church's saints.
mit one's entire
His talk was sprinkled with humorstories, such as his appointment as archbishop. When the papal pro nuncio
psalm
be thankful to the Lord,
his prayer is "without end."
ated marriage in the
ous
love."
said just as the
Pope Benedict's weekly catechesis. Focusing on Psalm 111, the pope underlined God's unique compassion and tenderness toward his people. "Compassion is the divine grace that envelops and transforms the faithful" and the Lord's tenderness is even "more
tude for the growth of the congress.
means
He
"saving justice" endure forever, there
from around
people
reminisced about his years in Charlotte, his appointment to Atlanta and his grati-
his
comes from to
said.
not to "fright and terror"
the world gathered in the square to hear
may
the Atlanta area, an event
to
grateful, the
many
more appreciative
"intimate bond that ties
question, as Archbishop Gregory
Archbishop Emeritus
and
Some 35,000
Atlanta also marked the last one for
too
receive," and be
that is the Eucharist," he said.
Mass
to hear the speakers, attend
this fear refers
but to "serious and sincere respect that
celebrate the great liturgy of gratitude
and to understand better the source and summit of Catholic life, the Eucharist. The problem was that there were
came
we
"Only a
GUEST COLUMNIST
International Convention Center near At-
and the place was packed. The congress' record crowd of 23,000 people in 2004 was eclipsed this month by the 29,000 souls who
POPE BENEDICT XVI
at
faithful are invited "to also see
the positive things, the
Park, Ga., June 4.
lanta
see the negative as-
remarks apart from his prepared text his audience in St. Peter's Square.
ing the fire marshall worry in College
The Archdiocese of 10th Eucharistic Congress was
we
pects of our life," he said June 8 in
the Media
qualities
easily
Speaks
The
story does not
the father and son reuniting again.
Through their renewed union "a son was dead is now alive."
that
that
we be one and
alive in him.
for us. This life depends on unification: being one within ourselves, with one another and with God. As humans, we were born to be one
with others. When we disconnect and go our own way, we end up like the people of Babel, the unfaithful Israelites and the wayward Prodigal Son. We tend to come
become chaotic and self-destruct. Marriage signifies the unity that dispels chaos, selfishness and disconnection, and opens the way to beauty, goodness and oneness. As humorous as that runner's words apart,
were, they were profound. Our
life is
all
about committing to a significant other. Actually, when it is all said and done a principal reason for living our lives
virtu-
be eternally joined to God, wh( has committed himself completely to us Our goal is thus to end up in what migh ously
is
to
be called a truly blessed marriage.
June
The Catholic News & Herald 19
2005
10,
—
on
Priesthood: Reflections
loved honors and fancy
but had no compassion for the
poor,
we would be
like
kets filled with dead
my 45 th anniversary A holypriest
we
If
titles
—
If we
expensive cas-
men's bones.
were loyal
to the church but
never rose to her defense in the face of
we would be mere
unjust criticism,
The diary of a bad statistic
one who gives no matter what
functionaries lacking in courage. If we surmounted all temptations and persevered to the end but failed to
ABORTION INCREASE' IS
stand firmly
understand our vocation as instruments
MISLEADING CLAIM
against moral relativism and reject that
of God's love, we would be rosebuds that never bloomed. A holy priest is one who has the love of Jesus flowing through him. This love never depends on good feelings or kind treatment. It keeps on giving until it
As
Catholics,
is
we
modern-day heresy called "situation ethics." This claims that there are no absolutes and no unbreakable principles. At the same time we recognize the fact that Jesus
condemned
of those Pharisees
spirit
Spirituality
for Today FATHER JOHN
the legalistic
who delighted in
murder and the breaking of the Sabbath fast on the same level. Jesus rebuked this.
We
unbreakable prohibitions like blasphemy and child abuse. These are always sinful. However, missing Mass on Sunday is not. Canon law allows you to excuse yourself from the divine command to worship on the Sabbath if you are sick, but not if you are merely lazy or neglectful of your Christian duty to worship God. I celebrated my 45th anniversary as that
our highest ideals, but
is,
May
28.
I
am
simply a gong boom-
Bible).
Here are a few of my reflections for
we do
try to
SUSAN
be
—
If we were to preach like prophets and impress everyone with our flair for storytelling but had no real love for our audience, the people of God, our words would be lifeless seeds scattered on good soil.
If
we were
huge but showed no
to administer
parishes with expert
skill
my
charity toward those under our care, our
who were
tilt
in that direction.
But the vast majority of priests agree St. Alphonsus Liguori, the patron saint of moral theologians, who taught quite clearly in "Theologia Moralis," VI, 918, that a sense of exception can be
who
are
skills
would be
fruitless
and our people
manmade
all
Did you know
some
that
politicians
claim "abortions have gone up 25 per-
with
laws, and even to secondary formulations of the natural law, as long as there is
E.
Esq.
GUEST COLUMNIST
is
sees
applied in difficult cases to
—
WILLS,
an unconscious vice. Those Pharicriticized always saw themselves as righteous men. Today there may still be some priests who un-
ism
consciously
priests:
all
congratulate
brother priests and deacons
I
ing or a cymbal clashing ..."(Jerusalem
abortion,
a priest
Forum
loving ministers of the Word. Pharisee-
without love,
Issues
We priests may not always live up to
CNS COLUMNIST
sins like
believe that there are absolutes,
Life
hurts.
CATOTPv
rigidly enforcing the letter of the law.
They put
—
no malice present. If you are struggling with some un-
cent since George Bush was president"? Are you shocked? Skeptical? According to data from the Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI), abortion rates are continuing their gradual 20-year
decline.
AGI's interim
figures
show
0.8
percent fewer abortions nationwide in
2001 than
in 2000,
and a similar drop
in
2002. It's
a politically useful claim for
celebrating their anniversaries this time
denied.
resolved moral issue, seek the guidance
of year. Here is a little piece, which I adapted from St. Paul's beautiful passage in 1 Corinthians 13:1: "If I have all the eloquence of men or of angels but speak
If we were to visit the sick and bury the dead with meticulous fidelity to the rubrics but had no empathy for those grieving, we would be robots, light-years removed from the heart of Christ.
of a good priest to help you to under-
those who want to discredit efforts to protect the unborn. But it simply isn't
stand the church's teaching on the pri-
true.
—
macy of an informed Here
is
conscience.
the bottom line:
without charity
is
Orthodoxy
not Christianity.
Factcheck.org (a service of the Annenberg Public Policy Center) has traced the claim that abortion rates are
increasing during Bush's presidency to a pre-election article published in the
online edition of Sojourners. In the article Dr.
What fathers really want
Your
Some ideas, prayers for dads everywhere
Family
—
toys.
Dads DON'T like it when family members spend a lot of money on someand
thing,
for them.
that certainly includes a gift ("I got this
for you,
Dad"
should always quickly be followed by 'and
it
was on
sale.")
—No matter
their age, all
boys
like
A dad loves it when a son or daughshows an interest in something he enjoys doing, but be warned it can take patience on both sides to learn to share this skill. Teacher and student need to go slowly and remember that, ultiter
—
mately, the point
is
—
not just to learn a
particular skill but to spend time together as that learning occurs.
Perhaps a reasonably priced toy for Dad and his children to play with, with Dad doing a little coaching along the way. Followed by a treat! So, ideally
...?
while, getting to be a kid again.
—No matter
their age, all
boys
this special
day
to
thank not only
is
deserves.
a lifetime process. for the reward he so richly
One
that's so big
it
can't pos-
man who
played an important role in your
has
fit
spell
(For Russ Faudree and John Dodds.
didn't imagine himself
grown up and able to eat whatever he wanted whenever he wanted! While common sense and the physical facts of being middle-aged or older have eliminated whatever" and "whenever," a treat is still a treat. Even a small and reasonably sen,l
is
much
—No matter
appreciated.
boys like showing somebody else what they've earned or what they can do. their age, all
"F" is for his being always rooting for me thing
I
Lord, bless
my
He claims that abortions are rising in
all
dads.
in
Thank you
for
based on a 0.9 percent increase
2002. But he ignored
Illinois'
10 per-
cent decrease in abortions in 2003,
more
downward
indicative of a long-term
every good
love through a dad's care and concern, about divine providence through a dad's
trend than a one-year statistical blip.
caused him
unwavering support, about eternal joy
too good, or too awful, to be true, check
learn to drive
through a dad's playfulness. Bless all the men of faith, of hope and of love who have been a part of our lives. Amen.
your
in
I
"T" is for the times we sat together comfortable silence, simply enjoying each other's company. in
is
9.7 percent that year.
teaching us about our heavenly Father's
1
the car.
"H"
increase in abortions (in fact births rose
fan,
No.
attempt.
"A" is for the anxiety when he agreed to help me
states that
Stassen lists South Dakota and Wisconsin as states where abortions increased from 2001 to 2002, but state health records contradict his claim. For South Dakota, he may simply have misread the table: he asserts a 2.1 percent
Illinois,
life.
F-A-T-H-E-R
all
statistically unreliable
Stassen showcased.
Thank you, Dad! Monica and Bill)
A Prayer for Fathers
What boy
two
2.1 percent), while abortions decreased
"love."
reats.
able one
is
"R"
dads and granddads but godfathers, uncles, older brothers and any other
like
I
learning
And don't forget! Use
—
when he needed a little straightening out. "E" is for the education he encouraged me to pursue, convincing me that look, a word, a grounding
sibly
One of the joys of fatherhood is goofing around with the children. One of the joys of fatherhood is, at least for a
Some examples: His "nationwide" claim is based on figures from only 16 states. By comparison, AGI found decreased abortions from analyzing 44 states, after excluding
CNS COLUMNISTS
on this side of heaven. Put them all together and they
to play.
little
MONICA DODDS
knew
that
Bush
presidency ("52,000 more abortions occurred ... in 2002 than would have been expected") is loosely cobbled from misread and/or unrepresentative data, plus erroneous extrapolations and unsupported assumptions.
BILL AND Sometimes it's tough coming up with gift ideas for dear old Dad. (Father's Day is June 19!) Here are a few points to keep in mind: No matter their age, all boys like
Glen Stassen's conclusion
abortions increased during the
for the heat he applied
—
a
Bill
tors
and Monica Dodds are
the edi-
of "My Daily Visitor" magazine.
Moral: If an abortion
statistic
seems
facts.
Susan Wills is associate director for education in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for ProLife Activities.
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