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Volume 5 Number 36 • June

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

7,

1996

Diocese Celebrates Ordination

Of Thomas Williamson Newly ordained St. Patrick

By

priest will serve the

Cathedral

in

diocese as Parochial Vicar at

Charlotte beginning July 9.

MIKE KROKOS

live like

Editor

CHARLOTTE — "Keep your mind and heart centered on Jesus Christ. Make Him the passion of your life," Bishop William G. Curlin told Thomas Williamson just before ordaining him to the priesthood June 1 at St. Patrick Cathedral.

in fulfilling

ordained, Father Williamson knelt before

Bishop Curlin and promised to celebrate

—

attended the

of

rite

ordination.

faithfully the mysteries of Christ.

on the floor

laid prostrate

During the examination of the candidate, Williamson promised Bishop

and petition during the

to allegiance to his bishop,

Williamson

was reminded to obey and respect Christ.

"You have to see beyond me and I have to see beyond you. We must respect the Christ in one another," Bishop Curlin said.

He

in humility

litany of the

saints.

Curlin obedience and respect. In addition

The most solemn moment of

the

took place next. During the laying-on of hands (an ancient sign of ordination), the bishop prayed silently over the candidate and then invited all ordination

rite

him in asking for Holy Spirit.

The bishop begged Williamson to be very kind to his brother priests. "Be united with them in that love that Jes priests present to join

the gift of the

In

his

homily preceding the

ordination, the bishop pleaded that

Williamson center his life upon prayer and devotion to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. "Make time every day to 'be with the Master' in quiet prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.

of the Eucharist

Retired Bishop Michael J. Begley, FatherThomas Williamson and Bishop William G. Curlin following the ordination of the diocese's newest priest.

our ministry."

After declaring his willingness to be

—

the diocese

JOANN KEANE

pray.'"

including 40 brother priests from across

Approximately 150 people

Photo by

we

Bishop Curlin also reminded the ordinand of his need to be faithful to the sacrament of reconciliation. "This gift of Christ to His Church keeps us dependent upon God and prevents us from relying merely upon natural talent

is

The

celebration

as proof that they are

disciples. Let

your fraternal love be a

source of grace for your brothers in the priesthood;

it

has proven,my greatest

not the only time to be

with the Lord. Always be a prayer.

demanded

Pope Paul VI

man

of

told us that 'we

See Ordination, next page

Twelve Priests Recognized For Years Of Service By

BRYAN LAMBERSON

Medal with

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE —Twelve priests be honored for their lives of service to the Church, and recognized for their diocesan work at 3 p.m. during the June 13 annual Jubilee anniversary celebration of priestly ordination at St. Patrick Cathedral. Seven of the group will be retiring from active ministry; the remaining five are continuing their work will

in

the diocese.

honored

Among

those to be

will be:

three stars, the United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Medal and the Armed Forces

Reserve Medal.

After his retirement at the rank of

Commander

in 1971, he accepted the invitation of now-retired Bishop

Michael J. Begley to become pastor of St. Margaret Mary parish in S wannanoa, where he served from 1973 - 1991. His last diocesan assignment was at St. John the Baptist parish in Tryon, where he

work with

the youth of the diocese,

in particular the

many

and

journeys, both

and overseas, he has arranged.

Msgr. Allen will be unable to attend the Jubilee Celebration, as he and a group of medical and construction locally

professionals are departing for a

of missionary Jamaica.

work

in

week

Kingston,

Amercana in Mexico City in 1977.

Throughout his priesthood, he has assisted pastors in the Charlotte Diocese

bringing the sacraments to the faithful, and he has been particularly instrumental in

in bringing the celebration of the liturgy in

Spanish to Hispanic parishioners.

has most recently been assisting Dorothy parish in Lincolnton.

He

at St.

Father Lawrence Willis

30 Years As

A

Priest

See Jubilee, page 6

Benedictine Father Lawrence Willis

retired in July of last year.

entered the monastery at Belmont Abbey

Father Pius Keating

50 Years As

A

Priest Father Pius Keating was ordained to the priesthood 50 years ago as a member of the Society of the Atonement (Franciscan Friars). The Massachusetts native's

first

career in ministry

was

as a

United States Navy Chaplain. In the course of his years of service, he was awarded the Korean service medal with four stars, the Navy Commendation Unit

Msgr. Richard Allen 40 Years As A Priest Msgr. Richard Allen, who celebrated 40 years of ordained ministry May 24, left his native New York to be ordained a priest of the Diocese of Raleigh in 1 956. Currently pastor of St. Ann parish in Charlotte, he has served as vocation director for both the

Charlotte and Raleigh dioceses.

widely

known

He

for his dedication to

is

and

1960 and made his religious He was ordained to the priesthood in 1966. The former associate professor of modern languages and humanities at Belmont Abbey College was awarded a Licentiate in

Inside

in

profession in 1961.

Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant' Anselmo in Rome in 1972 and a master of arts degree in

Spanish

and

Spanish-American

Literature from the Universidad Ibero-

Bishop's Appointments page 3

Youth Group Builds Cardboard City

page 12

New Justice And Peace

Director

page 13

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The Catholic News

June

Be

7,

1996

Saintly

New

Bishop Challenges From page

Diocesan Priest

1

consolation and strength during

my 39 years in priestly

ministry."

Finally, Bishop Curlin challenged Williamson to "be a saint." "The Church needs saints today to lift it above the moral decay that seeks to destroy today's society. Saints are the heroes of the Church. Nothing less will do in the life of a priest."

Father Williamson celebrated his first Mass June 2 at St. John Neumann Church in Charlotte. Homilist was Benedictine Father Harry Hagan, vice-rector at St. Meinrad Seminary in St. Meinrad, Ind., where the newly-ordained priest studied.

With his ordination to the priesthood, Father Williamson "has become for us a manifestation of God's mystery among us," Father Hagan said.

Father Williamson, 32, has been appointed parochial vicar at St. Patrick Cathedral effective July 9.

Raised in Virginia, he attended George Mason

University.

.

He majored in business administration and

then worked for several years before enrolling at

St.

Meinrad.

Photos by

JOANN KEANE

Father

5

Father Thomas Williamson gives a blessing Bishop William G. Curlin.

offers the Eucharist to his parents at his

to

Diocesan Youth Ministry Office Schedules S.P.L.U.N.G.E. July 22-26 its

Thomas

ordination Mass.

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His Excellency,

The Most Reverend William G. Curlin, is pleased to announce the following appointments

in

the Diocese of Charlotte:

Effective July 9,

1996

Reverend Joseph Ayathupadam From Pastor, St. Joseph of the Hills, Eden, To Pastor, Our Lady of the Annunciation, Albemarle.

Reverend Ramon Berg Retirement at his request,

From

Pastor,

Our Lady

of the

Mountains, Highlands.

Reverend Msgr. Thomas Burke Retirement at his request,

From

Pastor,

Queen

of the Apostles,

Belmont.

Reverend Thomas Clements Sacramental Ministry

And remaining

to St. Francis of Assisi, Mocksville,

Pastor, Sacred Heart Salisbury

Reverend Peter Fitzgibbons From active duty as Military Chaplain, To Pastor, St. Philip the Apostle, Statesville.

Reverend Paul Q. Gary From Pastor, St. Philip the Apostle, Statesville, To Rector, St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte.

Reverend John Hanic From Chaplain, Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School, To Parochial Vicar, St. Ann, Charlotte.

Reverend Raymond B. Hourihan From Pastor, Our Lady of the Annunication, Albemarle, To Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Waynesville.

Reverend Stephen Hoyt, OFM Cap. To Parochial Vicar, St. Matthew, Charlotte, And Chaplain, Charlotte Catholic High School, Charlotte.

CNS

Pope Blesses Stone

photo from

PRN

— Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida watches as Pope John

Paul II blesses a small brick which will become part of a new church cultural center in Washington. The brick was taken from near the tomb of St. Peter and will be used in the cornerstone for the new Pope John Paul II Cultural Center.

Reverend Carl Kaltreider From Rector, The Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville, To Pastor, St. Mary, Shelby and Christ the King Mission Reverend Msgr. Joseph A. Kerin From Pastor, St. Matthew, Charlotte, To Sabbatical, The Vatican Institute,

in

Kings Mountain.

His Excellency,

The Most Reverend William G. Curlin, is pleased to announce the following

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Seminary, Menlo Park, CA. R. Kuhn

appointment

Reverend Dennis

From Parochial Vicar, St. Ann in Charlotte and Chaplain To Parochial Vicar, St. Gabriel, Charlotte.

at

Reverend Mark Lawlor

Effective

From Parochial Vicar, Holy Family, Clemmons, To Parochial Vicar, St. Leo, Winston-Salem.

A. Manley Retirement at his request, with residence at

Reverend Bernard From

St.

the Diocese of Charlotte:

June

13,

Reverend John Pagel From Sabbatical for Studies, To Pastoral Ministry in the Archdiocese

Eugene, Asheville,

Pastor, St. Francis of Assisi, Mocksville.

Reverend Fidel Melo To be ordained June 15, 1996, to Parochial Vicar, Holy Family, Clemmons.

Sister Bernadette McNamara, RSM To Parochial Administrator, St. Joseph of the Hills, Eden.

Reverend Msgr. John McSweeney From Missionary Service in the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, To Rector, The Basilica of St. Lawrence, Asheville.

Reverend Francis J. O'Rourke From Rector, St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte, To Pastor, Holy Family, Clemmons.

Brother Jesus Perez, OFM Cap. To Parochial Associate, St. Matthew, Charlotte.

Sister Anita Sheerin,

in

CCHS,

of

San

Antonio, Texas.

The Very Reverend Mauricio W. West, V.G. Chancellor

Remember HisWll

RSM

To

Parochial Administrator, St. Francis, Mocksville.

Reverend Thomas D. Stott From Pastor, St. John the Evangelist, Waynesville, To Pastor, Holy Angels, Mount Airy.

1996

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

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

In Yours.

Bishop William G. Curlin

Reverend Joseph

R. Valentine to St. Joseph, Eden And remaining Administrator, Holy Infant, Reidsville.

Sacramental Ministry

Y

Reverend Edmund Walker, OFM Cap. To Pastor, St. Matthew, Charlotte.

Very Reverend Thomas R. Wash

ou can express your commitment to your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese of Charlotte or to your parish. Simply have the following

statement included in your Will:

Retirement at his request, From Pastor, Holy Family, Clemmons.

"/ leave to the

Reverend Msgr. William Wellein, VF

Charlotte (or

Retirement at his request.

From Pastor, St. Mary, Shelby.

(or

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

sum of$

percent of the residue of my estate) for religious, educational and charitable works."

Reverend Thomas Williamson Newly Ordained,

Roman

to Parochial Vicar, St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte.

The Very Reverend Mauricio W. West, V.G. Chancellor

For more information on

how

to

make

its

a Will that works, contact

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

4 The Catholic News

& Herald

June

7,

1996

The Pope Speaks

Pro-Life Corner

Pope John Paul II

Pope Says Scripture Supports Idea •#

<?

Of Immaculate Conception VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Here the Vatican "splendor" of Mary's is

of Pope JohnPaul Ws remarks in English at his weekly general audience May 29.

Dear brothers and sisters, In our catechesis on the Blessed Virgin Mary, we have seen that the church's tradition found in the Bible many references to Mary's Immaculate Conception and unique holiness. The early church saw in the Angel

freedom from all sin.

These traditional

text

11

As

Zong as our courts sanction murder in the womb, we will be faced with the consequences of violence in our " streets, schools, workplace and homes. . . .

-

Gabriel's greeting: "Hail, full of grace"

Alan Keyes

The Respect

(704) 377-6871

B

piscopal Calendar Bishop William G. Curlin will

Bible might seem to contradict St. Paul's

man has sinned and needs God's (Rom 5:12). But Paul's parallel between Adam

teaching that every

grace

Lk 1:28) Mary had

and Christ is completed by the parallel between Eve and Mary made as early as the second century by St. Irenaeus. Mary's faithful cooperation in the saving work of her son made it fitting that she should be completely free from sin and share fully, from the

(cf.

an acknowledgment of the holiness which

Diocese of Charlotte

Life Office

interpretations of the

enjoyed from the first moment of her existence. An Old Testament scriptural source in which the church has seen a reference to Mary's perfect holiness is found in the third chapter of the Book of Genesis. This passage speaks of the "enmity" between the woman and Satan (cf.3:15). Because this enmity between Mary and the devil was total and absolute, it was most appropriate that from the very beginning of her life she should share in the fruits of the redemption accomplished by her son. According to tradition, the description in the Book of Revelation of the "woman clothed with the sun" (12:1) who gives birth to the Messiah can also be interpreted as referring to the

won

for

members of

the

beginning of her existence, in the grace mankind by the merits of Christ her son.

I

offer a

warm welcome

to the

Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions who are meeting in Rome for their general chapter. My cordial greetings also go to the members of the "Rainbows"

Upon

pilgrimage.

especially those

Canada and

the English-speaking visitors,

all

from England,

the United States,

I

Ireland, Indonesia,

invoke the grace and

peace of Christ our Savior.

take part in the following events:

Guest Column June 10

Antoinette Bosco

Pastoral Visit to

Motherhouse

Our Lady Help

of Clergy (Maryvale

Ethics

Sisters)

And Journalism:

Natural Partners

Ethics

met a young mother from the town adjacent to mine. Her 16-year-old son, who worked in a veterinarian's office, was found dead. The cause was a chemical substance legitimately used by the

Vale, N.C.

June 13 3 p.m.

Jubilee celebration of priestly recognition of those ordination St.

active service Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte

she

me

told

was

she

personally distressed over the

June 15

judgmental

Confirmation 5:30 p.m.

Immaculate Conception Church, Forest

and

unfair

reporting.

Of course, to

City

this story

had

be covered. But was

this

the ethical

way

to

do

it? I

think not.

June 16 11 a.m.

been in the newspaper business for

Confirmation Our Lady of Consolation, Charlotte

several decades and never

June

Volume

5

7, •

m>y}

1996

Number 36

Most Reverend William G. Curlin

Michael Krokos Associate Editor: Joann Keane Editor:

Staff Writer: Elizabeth

Maybach

Hispanic Editor: Luis Wolf Advertising Manager: Editorial Assistant:

Gene

Sullivan

Sheree McDermott

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there

Roman

other subscrib-

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The Catholic News &

But we also have the power to panic people by what we say, and to smear reputations. We can build or

we can hurt.

What makes the difference has nothing to do with how smart or how educated a journalist is. It has to do

—

the side that cares with the higher side of ourselves about honesty, morality and compassion. Ethics, in

other words.

is

responsible reporting. But

pressure

to

keep the interest of

newspapers have to quick-to-read give soundbites and infoheadlines." nuggets, and titillating stories, otherwise people will put the paper down and make stories titillating, however, turn on the tube. To ethics and sensitivity often go out the window.

I must emphasize that ethics in journalism is not a new problem. Way back in 1840, Horace Greeley, the famed editor and publisher of the New York Tribune, complained that some reporting was becoming reckless, unprincipled and immoral under the hypocritical pretense that the press was duty-bound to keep the readers,

out the stories that make for

public informed.

1923, the media, knowing it had to start examining itself, established a code of journalistic

By

—

to keep itself honorable.

Again, I thank God for our free press, but that does

ethics

and reporting events.

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, 1524 East Morehead

NC

get out the stories that

—

have I seen such insensitive have reporting as I titillating occasionally encountered in the past few years.

Certainly, for the most part, journalists do a good and honest job of reporting.

We respect the responsibility and the complexity of this profession, and we rejoice that the First Amendment gave us our precious freedom of the press.

We applaud in agreement with Winston Churchill, who said, "A free press is the unsleeping guardian of every other right that freemen prize; it is the most dangerous foe of tyranny."

But to keep our press free and a foe of tyranny requires that those of us who gather the news must be a special breed. We take what is unknown and make it known. We can do so much good by exposing wrongs

s^s.

&

Roman

and when there is pressure to make for titillating headlines.

I've

Catholic " The News Herald

Charlotte,

the real truth of the information in a reporter's hands,

Before any investigations were done, a paper ran stories speculating that the death may have been suicide.

The mother long agonized over this added hurt, and

from

Publisher:

we?" question. It confronts a when there is ambiguity about

the "should

Every time I pick up a newspaper these days, I find myself worrying that journalism is blurring the lines between news, entertainment and downright gossip.

It's not hard to figure out the reason. The competition in the media for our attention and our money is fierce.

Everyone is so busy; they "Ethics is the "should we?" want the news, but it has to and quick be question ... when there is

veterinarian.

&

retiring

is

journalist particularly

I

not

mean

free to be

mean,

hurtful, insensitive, self-

Our press is

free to be responsible and accurate, ethical and accountable.

Dick Salant, former CBS president, once said that journalism is a business enterprise, but it is a moral

serving or arrogant.

enterprise, too.

Antoinette Bosco Litchfield

is

County Times

in

executive editor of the Connecticut.

June

7,

& Herald

The Catholic News

1996

Light

5

One Candle

Father John Catoir

Women

The Ordination Of Pope John Paul

made a definitive

II

statement in May of 1 994 in his apostolic

Ordinate Sacerdotalis on the inadmissibility of women to the ministerial priesthood. But there were still doubts and reservations raised by some theologians about whether this was merely a disciplinary matter or one that belonged to the deposit of faith.

On November 18, 1995 Cardinal Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaking for the pope, announced that this teaching "requires definitive assent because it is founded on the written Word of God and from the beginning was constantly preserved and applied in the tradition of the Church and so has letter

wondered if a future ecumenical council might restore collegiality to a more collaborative level. If so, could the ordination of women ever find its way back on the Church's agenda?

Pope John Paul II calls himself a "restorative pope." He believes the collegiality called for by the council fathers is severely limited. According to Vatican II, the bishops of the world were to meet every three years for a synod, to keep the Holy Father informed on the "signs of the times," among other things. However, the agendas of these meetings have always been pre-set, the

speeches

pre-approved

and

seemed

left to

the winds of the

Spirit. Is that the

demanded that Latin

liturgy of the 16th

one retired Cardinal stated publicly, "The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of

century never be changed under any

the Faith

not infallible."

is

One bishop

He

mind of

Christ.

To

all

those

women who

are

struggling with this issue, whether

you accept it or not I urge you to be at peace and use your gifts and talents as

members of the priesthood of

Go out to those

need; be

the laity.

And

you can be as a carrier of Jesus Christ.

Comfort the sick, feed the hungry, be-

The

accept the pope's ruling.

I

means the The idea of demanding entry

in this context,

hierarchy.

to the priesthood is totally foreign to the

Church

tradition.

Nevertheless,

I

know what to who are dealing

don't

say to Catholic mothers

with their disenchanted daughters. I there is an ocean of anger and disappointment out there over this ruling.

know

not that

It's

all

women

are rushing to

become priests, but many of them resent

at

the point

not the issue.

priesthood unless the Church calls them.

Church,

any time in the future.

That prohibition remained in place for a long while, but this morning I offered circumstances

is

more worthy,

made

sees this as fidelity to the

have

I

called to the

way it will always be?

are far

that worthiness

a

been trained to obey. We were taught over and over again that no one is

Holy

theologians and priests questioned the infallibility issue. In fact,

priest,

many

is

but the Holy Father

As

the

Council of Trent

Some

forth infallibly."

set

truth

in

English.

conclusions totally predictable. Nothing

Who knows? The

been

Mass

women are seen as less men for this vocation. The

the idea that

worthy than

come

in

all

theologians, administer parishes

and diocesan offices and be good lectors and ministers of the Eucharist. In all that you do retain your peace of heart. If you pray for the grace to do whatever God wants, all will be well.

For a free copy of the Christopher News Note, "Peace Be With You, " send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th Street,

New

York,

NY.

10017.

Family Reflections Andrew

The

Of Conversation

Gift

Within a conversation between a wife and husband there may be more in the messages exchanged than either of the two may be aware of. We bring to the conversation

much more

than just

loving that doesn't come "factory equipped" with the human body. It is learned and perfected through care, practice and dedication.

The message intended may be very defensiveness

and enters our ears. Present also are our feelings and emotions, our prejudices and attitudes and our experiences. These elements act as filters that sometimes obscure the channel of communication

rebut so

the lifeline of the marriage. Effective

communication skills help to clear the channel of communication between married partners so the intended message is clearly received. The most critical communication skill (and usually the most lacking) is listening.

God gave us two ears and one mouth for a good reason. We should listen at least twice as

much as we talk. Listening,

however,

not always easy.

is

requires so

much more

willing to give and

more than

it

It

often

we are much

than

involves

the electronic signals to the

whole message. Our

art

a

the

start over.

process continues until the speaker agrees that the correct message

following technique

across.

helpful:

sender's feelings.

attitudes about the

•

Only

•

use

talks.

speaker's message erroneously.

Emotions color the spoken message in a hue far different from the intended

he or she wants to say completely without

message.

The classic scenario is the wife who wants to talk while the husband is watching a basketball game on TV. The wife asks the distracted husband," Are you listening to me?" His response is, "Sure! Your were talking about ..." as

person The person

talking finishes what

any interruptions from the listener.

• When the person talking is finished, the listener does not rebut, dispute or comment on what was said.

Instead, the listener repeats or paraphrases what was said or what he or

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listener received the correct

room and

if

the

message.

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Jubilees, Service Celebrated, from page McHugh

Father Conall

in Costa Rica. After earning a master's degree in counseling from the University of Pittsburgh, Father McHugh served 12 years in parish ministry in New York and New Jersey. He was elected Minister Provincial of the Immaculate Conception Province of Conventual Friars in 1 984. It was during his term as Provincial that the

Order first came

Thomas

A

Priest

Conventual Franciscan Father Conall McHugh was ordained to the priesthood

The New Jersey more than a dozen years as

in 1956.

native spent a missionary

to serve in the Charlotte

Diocese, in 1987. For the past six years, Father

McHugh

has served as pastor of

Our Lady of Mercy

parish in Winston-

Salem.

in the

Unborn Victims Of Abortion

Virgin Islands, served as

rector of St. Patrick Cathedral and pastor

of Our Lady of the Assumption parish, both

in Charlotte.

He retired from active Queen of the

ministry as pastor of

Father Joseph Waters

40 Years As

A

Priest Father Joseph Waters was ordained to the priesthood in 1 956 for the Diocese of Raleigh and Was in the original group of priests who incardinated in the Charlotte Diocese upon its formation in 1972. He is well-known for his tireless service to Hispanic and migrant populations, having spent the periods between 1966-74 and 1977-82 engaged in mission work in Mexico. Between those assignments, he served as pastor of St. Vincent de Paul parish in Charlotte.

Named Diocesan Director of Migrant Ministry in 1988, Father Waters is

Apostles parish, Belmont.

• Father Bernard Manley, a South Carolina native who grew up in the Asheville area, was involved in the

of St.

concerns of local business, spending many years working with Asheville area Chambers of Commerce prior to his

CHARLOTTE The Knights of Columbus have long been known for

vocational call and ordination to the

their support of the sanctity of life

priesthood.

He has served as pastor of St.

William parish in Murphy and St. Francis of Assisi parish, Mocksville.

•

Msgr. William Wellein was

ordained to the priesthood in 1952 and served in assignments throughout the state

prior to the formation of the

Charlotte Diocese in 1972. Since that time, he has been pastor of St. Vincent de

presently parochial administrator of Holy

Paul parish in Charlotte and served as

Trinity mission parish in Taylorsville.

Vicar of the Gastonia Vicariate. Msgr.

Wellein is recognized as a leader in the work of the Respect Life Office of the Diocese. He is presently pastor of St. Mary's parish, Shelby, and Christ the King mission in Kings Mountain. Upon his retirement, Msgr. Wellein will

Father Robert Wiesenbaugh 25 Years As A Priest Jesuit Father Robert

was ordained

Wiesenbaugh

1971 after finishing seminary studies at Loyola College in Baltimore. After completing five years of graduate study in Ottawa, Canada, he began an active involvement in campus ministry, serving as Chaplain at St. Joseph in

become chaplain

at

The

Little

University in Minnesota and the

formation. Father Walsh has

Tampa

Wiesenbaugh served

in Florida.

Father

Church

upon

its

served as a diocesan consultant to

Diocese of Raleigh for 10 years before assuming his present assignment as pastor of St. Therese parish in Mooresville.

and as chair of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission. He has been pastor at St. Gabriel parish in Charlotte and is presently pastor at Holy Family parish, Clemmons.

Bishop William G. Curlin will preside at the Jubilee liturgy and has

those priests retiring

active ministry

whose service

from

to the

be recognized: • Father Ramon Berg has for many years been active in the Cursillo Movement in the Diocese. He has served as pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Brevard and St. Thomas Aquinas parish in Charlotte. Presently, he serves as parochial administrator of Our Lady of the Mountains Church in Highlands and St. Jude parish in Sapphire Valley. is to

•Msgr. Anthony Kovacic was ordained to the priesthood in 1947. The native of the former Yugoslavia has served as pastor of St. Ann parish in Charlotte and

St.

Leo

parish in Winston-

Salem. He has served as Diocesan Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, and is particularly proud of his involvement in the establishment of the permanent diaconate program in the Diocese, to

Columbus Council 7343 and Father Richard

him

Bellow, pastor

"The monument

for people to

is

prayerfully reflect on the dignity of

all

and

life,"

Father Bellow said. "The Knights

support of the efforts of the Respect Life

want

to publicly

John Neumann Church in Charlotte, members of Knights of Columbus Council 7343 are no different.

The Knights, along with Conventual Franciscan Father Richard Bellow, pastor of St. John NeumannChurch, and parish members, dedicated a memorial to unborn children Pentecost Sunday in a ceremony following the 10 a.m. Mass.

abortion and pray for

office.

At

St.

taken.

make

a stand against

all

the lives being

They hope people use the area for

quiet reflection and to pray that abortion

comes to an end."

The inscription on the "Tomb of the Unknown Child" addresses how everyone is a child of God: "Does a

woman fail to

even

forget her baby at the breast, or

cherish the child of her womb? Yet

if

these forget,

I

will never forget

you." (Isaiah 49:15)

Located in front of the rectory, the

monument was proposed at a Knights of Columbus meeting last year, said Ed Ryan, Past Faithful Navigator and Fourth Degree Knight. The memorial includes benches and an arbor and is modeled after a monument in Richmond, Va. Parishioner Phil Michelet designed the project and donated labor and the

Hamm, Past Grand Knight, was involved in the construction of the monument. Also playing key roles were current Grand Knight Dick Briscoll, arbor. Bill

current Faithful Navigator Frank Gray,

and Past Faithful Navigator Gerald Schmit.

Father Bellow said dedicating the memorial to the unborn on Pentecost went hand-in-hand with celebrating the birthday of the Church.

In conjunction with the ceremony's

extended an invitation to the people of the diocese to join

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memorial to the unborn.

at the

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Among

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John Neumann Church, assemble

in

in the

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• Father Thomas Walsh was ordained 1953 for the Diocese of Raleigh and incardinated with the Charlotte Diocese

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Msgr. Kovacic' s assignment at the time of his retirement was as pastor of Queen of the Apostles parish in Belmont.

• Msgr. Thomas Burke was ordained in Rome in 1953 as a member of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost and Immaculate Heart of Mary, and was incardinated in the Charlotte Diocese in 1976. He has served on the Diocesan Seminary Formation Committee and as a Diocesan Consultant to all three bishops of the Charlotte Diocese. He has done missionary work for the Diocese of St.

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The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting.

Eddie (2

Zealous Fan Urges Team To

Each videocassette is available on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating.

All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the

OS

video audience.

Victory NEW YORK

As Replacement Coach (CNS)

— Whoopi

Goldberg shows the New York Knicks to play winning basketball in the flubbed comedy, "Eddie" (Hollywood).

When Texas showman Wild Bill Burgess (Frank Langella) buys the wilting Knicks franchise, the team's coach takes a hike and Burgess has to come up with a quick replacement.

He settles on Eddie Franklin (Goldberg), a limo driver who is an ever-hopeful regular at Knicks home games, tirelessly urging them on to

how

victory despite loss after loss.

For Burgess, naming a fan as the new coach is a publicity stunt which happens to click with the public and the sports writers, but for Eddie it' s a dream job and she gives it her best shot.

The players, hung up on their million-dollar egos, don't take the

new

coach seriously until she starts helping each of them overcome personal problems or deficiencies on the court.

The key to turning the team around is getting the squad's star forward (Malik Sealy) to pass the ball instead of hot-dogging it.

Eddie accomplishes

this

by

benching him, then getting his mother to lay down the law about working together with the rest of the team.

That's about as amusing as these predictable skits get in showing

how

Eddie transforms the lackadaisical Knicks into a winning team.

Sports movies of underdog teams and their heartwarming climb to success is nothing new and this one is so unoriginal,

it

becomes

particularly

tiresome.

Directed by Steve Rash from a script credited to six writers, the result

is

thin

cliches

from an overworked genre.

The formula here is noticeably slack and disjointed in following the uphill progress of a generic team composed of types rather than

human

characters.

What succeeds best are asides poking such deserving targets as overpaid players, the inflated cost of tickets and the team franchise being at the service of its owner's profit rather than its home fun

at

town fans.

The only thing that holds the comedy together is Whoopi Goldberg's performance as Eddie, but even her considerable comic talents are wasted in such a scatter-shot effort.

The comic premise of a woman NBA coach here yields the expected smirks from such situations as a locker-room shower scene but, for the most part, the role is little more than that of a sardonic

mother hen.

Underdog

movies are usually fueled by heartwarming episodes making sports

the viewer kindly disposed towards the

characters.

The emotions here, however, range from the superficial to the bogus, involving artificial characters who express themselves in crude, off-putting language.

For basketball fans, "Eddie" is an airball. For others, it's a largely unamusing waste of comic potential.

Because of sexual situations and references, many coarse expressions and an instance of rough language, The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is AIII adults. The Motion Picture

—

some

blood. Director Abel Ferrara stages the action in a clumsy series of wooden scenes

which unaccountably motivate characters to philosophical and religious digressions

on the nature of evil. Stylized violence with unconvincing gore. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

—

Semi-documentary account of the and trial of a vagrant (Arthur Kennedy) for the murder of a clergyman in a Connecticut town whose local prosecutor (Dana Andrews) is unsatisfied with the circumstantial evidence presented by the police chief (Lee J. Cobb). Director Elia Kazan's low-key treatment of the fact-based events involves viewers in the police investigation and political pressures to solve the case. Tense scenes and legal ambiguities. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-II adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America. arrest

—

"Dead Tired" (1995) In a droll

comedy

originally titled

"Grosse Fatigue," a burned-out French celebrity (Michel Blanc) allows his double to impersonate him while he goes off to write in seclusion, but

upon

Bouquet) rejects him as a pathetic impostor. Also written and directed by

material

may be

inappropriate for

comic gruel consisting of worn-out

complicated, the largely British cast (notably Susannah York, Clive Revill

and Eric Porter) is excellent and director Jack Smight keeps matters diverting for those who like this kind of derring-do. Stylized violence and romantic complications. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is

A-III

—

adults.

Not rated by the

Motion Picture Association of America.

"Short Circuit" (1986) After being struck by lightning, a robot acquires lovable human attributes, is befriended by an ill-tempered snack-wagon operator (Ally Sheedy).

Steve Guttenberg plays the robot's inventor in this routine romance from director John Badham. Some suggestive comments and mild profanity are lost

then

in the context of

The Conference

chase scenes.

Catholic

U.S.

—

is A-I general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG parental guidance suggested.

Blanc, the

humor

hits as

many

—

"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969)

his

return finds even his best friend (Carole

children under 13.

"Kaleidoscope" (1966) Sophisticated comedy-thriller involving the con games of a suave American gambler (miscast Warren Beatty) on the loose in London and on the Continent/Though the plot is overly

classification

PG-13

is

are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

enough

"Boomerang!" (1947)

are strongly cautioned that

Association of America rating

— parents

"The Addiction" (1995) Slack horror tale set in New York, where a philosophy student (Lili Taylor) is bitten by a vampire, becomes one herself and infects others with the lust for

high as

Marathon dances were a popular form of distraction from the desperate times of the Depression, the period recreated by director Sydney Pollack's

its

picture of exhausted contestants (Jane

observations on the fleeting, sometimes

Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Red Buttons and Susannah York) trying to stay on their feet under the cruel urging of the master of ceremonies (Gig Young) to win the $1,500 pot at the end of the

flat

notes but

is

generally amusing in

unpleasant nature of fame. Subtitles.

Some nudity, sexual innuendo, comic violence and intermittent rough language.

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification

is

A-III

— adults. The

musical

rainbow.

Sometimes

Motion Picture Association of America

depressing and not

rating

movie captures the grimy texture of an agonized era. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG parental guidance suggested.

is

R — restricted.

which the bickering Lemmon and Walter Matthau) is escalated by a in

of fishing buddies (Jack

—

voluptuous newcomer (Sophia Loren) who dares to turn their favorite bait shop into an Italian restaurant. While slim on storyline, director

Howard Deutch's

romantic comedy depicts a half-dozen seniors as spirited citizens

still

open

to

loving relationships. Sexual innuendo,

Nicolette Sheridan and Leslie Nielsen star as comic special agents in "Spy Hard," a spoof on a slew of blockbuster movies. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-lll adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned that some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

CNS photo from Hollywood Pictures

—

—

vulgar expressions and an instance of profanity.

The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents

—

—

the

—

"Grumpier Old Men" (1995) Genial sequel

at all pleasant,

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spectator society All

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By Father Eugene LaVerdiere, SSS Catholic News Service I have participated in many celebrations of the Eucharist that I consider truly great, every one of them unique, each one different from all the others.

One was at Shang Chu'an Tao, the island off the coast of China where St. Francis Xavier died while looking for some way to get to the mainland.

I celebrated the Eucharist with Maryknoll Father Peter Barry at the simple but beautiful shrine to St. Francis on a promontory overlooking the South China Sea. I could feel the presence of St. Francis and with him

the presence of Christ.

What made the celebration really memorable was the exclusion of the people who accompanied us to the shrine. While we were vesting we heard the door close. When we turned around, the church was empty.

At that time, people would have been reported for participating in a Mass celebrated by priests representing the universal (catholic) church.

Throughout the Mass, I kept thinking of the Chinese people who came with us to the shrine. After the Mass, when we opened the door, they were standing outside!

Another great celebration was at the close of Vatican Council II. I was part of a crowd of more than 500,000 people. I remember where I stood near the fountain, the one on the side of the papal palace.

People around me came from all over the world. I kept saying to myself:

"The whole world is here! The whole world is here!"

This was no crowd. It was a eucharistic assembly. The whole world was

are there as Christians, chil-

dren of God, inviting me to discover them as

my

brothers and

sisters.

Some

of the other celebrations that

I celebrated on a weekday morning in the parish where I grew up, surrounded by family, neighbors, old friends, classmates and the

really stand out

children of classmates.

Those celebrations were intimate.

You could feel the closeness and the caring. The celebrations were also very simple.

I think of all these occasions in posing the first of three questions I want to ask: What makes for a great celebration of the Eucharist?

There is no one way for a celebration of the Eucharist to

be great. The Eucharist fits the occasion.

A

celebration at

the shrine of a

there, as surely as I was there.

I can think of many other great celebrations, some in large churches on festive celebrations with people of

Christian missionary hero is a call to conversion a missionary call to take up and continue his or her

many races.

mission.

At such celebrations, I know only a few people. Most are

—

The Eucharist

ing the circus alone on television, but no one actually present in the arena is

a spectator If

when the

elephants enter.

you doubt that, just look at the

participate?

late to Christ, the

head

We

do not reof the church,

without relating to those who

make up

his body.

With that we can move to the second question: How can we participate in the Eucharist to the full? Again,

there

is

no one way.

Some people

"We may be spectators watching a football game

stadium for a University

Dame football game.... How can we

of Notre

participate in the

are extroverts; others are introverts, perhaps reclusive.

Some sing with a full voice. Some sing quietly. But one thing all can do is to express thanks to God.

back.

Those people

history.

We

A rousing Sunday or feast-day celebration is a great proclamation of a

received as children of God that makes us brothers and sisters in Christ regardless of our background.

Giving thanks is a way of participating more fully in the Eucharist. We participate when we recognize who we are as members of a eucharistic people and give thanks.

And now the third question: How do we know we truly participated in the

take that

I

people's

common-union in Christ.

A

quiet weekday celebration is a personal, reflective, even contemplative event.

Still, all these celebrations have

something in common.

At each one there is a high awareness and appreciation for those participating. All are here as Christians celebrating and proclaiming the Lord Jesus Christ.

In all of these celebrations, no one should be passive. No one is a mere spectator.

Consider this: We may be spectators watching a football game at home alone on television, but no one is a spectator at the stadium for a University of Notre Dame football game.

Again, we may be spectators watch-

the full?"

thanksgiving.

We give thanks for

were

participating in the liturgy?

Why?

"During (the) Easter Vigil when people had worked with were being brought into the church. That was an exciting moment and a time I

of reaffirmation of

my own

Brother Dennis Moses, Terre Haute, Ind.

faith."

OFM

—

Conv,

"Last year at the senior retreat liturgy.

It

was my first year as

principal of this high school,

and

I

attended the retreat to get to know the seniors better. found a real I

presence group....

sense sense

of the Spirit within the

The

gave me a We'd built a that hadn't been

liturgy

of family.... of trust

there before and that lasted

throughout our year together."

Jordan Roy, Morgan City, La.

—

The Eucharist expresses thanksgiving. That is what the word "eucharist" means:

Eucharist to at the close of an ecumenical council is a unique celebration of the church's universality at a particular point in

strangers. Oh,

When have you most strongly felt you

the same at the celebration of the Eucharist.

When we feel alone at the Eucharist, with no concern for anyone else, It is

... on television, but no one is a spectator at the

MARKETPLACE

chil-

dren!

how can we

FAITH IN THE

Jesus Christ and for who we are. give thanks for the grace we have

"I belong to an association called the National Catholic Development

Conference, and when we have committee and board of directors meetings, we often have a Mass.

It's a small group of 25 to 30. Two things are important in helping me feel closer to the liturgy:

know each two,

it's

One,

we

all

other personally, and a small group."

—

Carmelita Lynden, Chicago,

"The Liturgy

of the

Word

particularly meaningful to

because when

I

III.

is

me

what was ago and I'm

listen to

written 2,000 years

able to apply what's being said to situations life,

and problems

that really brings

liturgy."

me

in

my own

into the

— Marie Do, Houston,

Texas

liturgy?

For that, we need to ask: Did the Eucharist make a difference in our attitudes toward those who celebrated with us?

If the answer is yes, we truly participated, each in his or her own grateful way.

(Father LaVerdiere is a Scripture scholar and senior editor of Emmanuel magazine.)

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT Much

of prime-time television

attention

and works hard

asks

little

at doing so. But

of

if it

me. It seems it wants to capture my succeeds, it just wants to entertain

me, the passive viewer.

In

Ancient

the world of television, I'm a spectator, a statistic. Often suspect I'm being because I've noticed that television doesn't mind I

of our

treated as dispensable,

annoying

me or treating me as though were stupid or lacking in values. live in a modem culture, however, I've spent my share of time before I

Because

liturgical participation

I

"the tube."

There are those who suspect that this aspect of modern culture puts us at a disadvantage when it comes to participating in the Sunday liturgy. We get ourselves seated as comfortably as possible in the church, and with the altar well in view. But what then?

Are we predisposed to be passive spectators?

A well-trained spectator might be disposed to view the Catholic community's action as though from the outside looking in. A liturgical participant steps inside the community and acts as one who shares responsibility for what is happening.

The world

By Father John Catholic

Service

Worship at the temple in Jerusalem must have been spectacu- lar in biblical times. The priests and Levites were richly and colorfully garbed, the prescribed ceremonies were awe-inspiring, the music enchanting.

The temple itself was magnificent and big. It was so big that the individual

of the liturgy isn't anything like the world of television. In liturgy, I'm

make a difference.

That is, "we" make a difference.

not dispensable.

News

was mandated only on the big pilgrimage feasts. The synagogue was close by, especially in the smaller towns and villages. Its purpose was personal prayer and study of the Jewish law. If it was structured, as any group must be, the structure was simple.

The elders of the community were responsible for maintenance of the building, and the~"ruler of the syna-

Castelot

J.

—

I

vices.

The service itself was far from comThe people recited together the

worshiper easily could get lost in the crowd, becoming personally unin-

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gogue" determined the order of the ser-

Editor, Faith Alive!

plex.

volved, a spectator

"shema," their profession of faith

at a grand spec-

This wasn't

tacle.

"Music

inevitable, but it happened so often that the prophets

The whole assembly has an active role

6:4ff).

complained loudly.

Catholic

News Service

Another factor enriches our

Call it a "mountaintop Mass." It's the celebration of the Eucharist when ev-

erything works.

It's when music, preaching, sacred gestures and communal dialogue inspire us, and we become acutely aware that the whole assembly is "doing" Eu-

nally spontaneous,

liturgy....

Mass."

pation: a sense of belonging, of community bonds. It is hard to celebrate anything with people we don't know, with

whom we have

no sense of con-

it

is

We feel ourselves going through

But when we feel connected to the people with whom we do this holy work of Eucharist, we can give ourselves over

clean!

the motions. Present in body, our minds and hearts are elsewhere.

What makes the difference? How can we enhance our capacity to approach the liturgy as an action in which we take part rather than as a performance to view?

Vatican Council II teaches that everyone's "full, conscious and active participation in liturgical celebrations" is called for "by the very nature of the liturgy" (No. 14).

The Catechism of the Catholic Church says that at Mass "it is the whole community ... that celebrates" (No. 1140).

So we don't just attend Mass or "hear" it. But how do we consciously remind ourselves that the whole assembly has an active role that is central to the liturgy?

It means preparing ourselves for Mass as we would for any other important action we are to perform. For example, going over the Scripture readings before Mass disposes us to be more readily engaged by them when they're

—

—

proclaimed during Mass.

Getting to Mass early is another way to cultivate active participation.

As

hard as it may be to arrive with 10 or 15 minutes to spare, it gives us a chance to focus on why we are there. We have

is

fat of fatlings....

Wash yourselves

Put away your misdeeds from

another powerful tool that

fosters our active participation in the liturgy.

The most polished and profesmay move our spir-

sional performance

and feed our hunger for beauty, but if doesn't involve us actively at all, it remains a concert.

The power of shared singing to move us as a community is hard to overestimate. Liturgical music that is simple enough for all to sing and rich enough to engage us emotionally and spiritually can transform us from a passive "audience" into a celebrating "community" faster than perhaps anything else. its

it

—

replaying in our minds the grinding sound the car made on the way to Mass or wondering whose baby is making all the noise can somehow be folded back into prayer in the form of petitions or confession or thanks or praise.

—

One final point: The Mass is meant to unify us and then to send us forth on mission. When we leave this celebration having only watched it passively, we are less than ready for the challenge to be followers of Jesus in our daily environments.

On the other hand, giving ourselves "full, conscious and active participation" prepares us to love and serve the Lord, and to transform the world of daily living until it comes to resemble the kingdom of peace, harmony and love which Jesus proclaims.

over to

Then

munity gave a homily and a formula of dismissal.

But the people did not just leave and go about their business. They stayed around for further instruction and discussion of the Scriptures.

Such involvement gave them a conscious identity as members of God's people. This consciousness contributed to their survival long after

in

their lives.

intimate

This

way

of worship- ing

was completely CNS photo by Mimi Forsyth

to

my eyes; cease doing evil; learn

do good" (Isaiah 1:11-16).

History was to lead in the Israel of formation of synagogues, small local congre- gations where worship was simpler and much biblical times to the

fa-

miliar to the first Jewish-Christians.

And before

it

is

reflected

even today in our Liturgy of the Word, the first part of the Mass. This is at the root of the ancient Christians' strong sense of community.

All were actively and responsibly involved.

less formal.

For people throughout the land, the temple was far away. Worship there

(Father Castelot

is

a Scripture

scholar, author, teacher and lecturer.)

FAITH IN ACTION Jesus' Plan for a New World, The Sermon on the Mount (St Anthony Messenger Press, 1615 Republic St., Cincinnati, Ohio 45210. 1996. Paperback, $9.95), author Franciscan Father Richard Rohr and editor John Bookser Feister observe that "there is no Eucharist without an assembly. ... The Eucharist was meant to be a sacrificial meal in which the body recognized itself, defined itself, declared its social identity and its central purpose, which was to be Jesus in space and time, to live in a new world order of true sisterhood and brotherhood (meal), of redemptive suffering and solidarity (sacrifice)."

In

Speaking of the eucharistic banquet, Father Rohr and Feister urge remember that "food is still a way of being in solidarity.... After 10,000 eatings we begin to believe that we are 'what' we eat, we are 'who' we eat with, we are 'where' we eat, we are 'how' we eat, and for believers, we are even Reflection:

us

(Luby is the director of the Division of Christian Formation for the D iocese of Forth Worth, Texas, and a freelance writer.)

prophets.

which was added

a reading from the a member of the com-

the temple had been destroyed and they were scattered all over the map. It was the heart of

But no matter how good the preaching, how engaging the music and how well-intentioned the participants, many of us remain easily distracted. Remember, however, that our tradition of prayer holds that even distractions

all,

was

followed by a reading of a passage from the first five books of Scripture, to

have had enough of whole-burnt rams

Music

doesn't

lit-

nection.

there's the "automatic pilot

in

a concert."

urgy and life.

Typical are the words of Isaiah: "What care I for the number of your sacrifices?' says the Lord. 'I

and

If it

involve us actively at

liturgy was that it tended to lead to a

divorce between

them

our active participation

more fully to praying together.

charist.

Then

partici-

of

prayer. This

people were not ac-

movement of the Spirit.

One

recited a long, origi-

the

The trouble when

time to ask God for openness to the

(Deuteronomy

another

powerful tool that fosters

tively involved in the

By Dan Luby

is

to

'who' we eat:

We have

'recognized the body.

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meeting the new archbishop of Portland at installation ceremonies May 27, Catholics in western Oregon suspect they have a compassionate and tenacious spiritual leader

when

comes

it

to the church's

advocacy for vulnerable humans. That's just what is needed in Oregon, Catholics say, where abortion and euthanasia meet the approval of the majority of citizens.

In St.

Mary's Cathedral,

filled

with more

than 1,200 of the faithful, Archbishop

Francis E. George

made

strong appeals

for outreach to people with disabilities,

an end to abortion and a ban on euthanasia.

He

called for partnerships

among

and a "new springtime for the Gospel" in Oregon.

different Christian churches

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He began the letter by saying, were ever to happen and it could that I should be the happen any day victim of the terrorism which seems to be

his death.

Portland Archdiocese After PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS)

In

7,

"If it

—

—

engulfing

the foreigners

all

now living in

would like my community, my church, my family to remember that my life was given to God and to this counAlgeria,

I

try."

Cambodian Teen-Ager Campaigns To Ban Land Mines WASHINGTON (CNS) Man

—

Sokheurm

a

is

13-year-old boy from

Kralanh, Cambodia. In January, as he and a friend were walking to school, his friend stepped on a land mine. Sokheurm lost his right leg. He said he was the lucky one: "Three hours later my friend died."

Now Sokheurm

is

part of an interna-

campaign to ban the production, and use of all anti-personnel land

tional

Cardinal Duval, Pioneer Of Dialogue With Muslims, Dies CardiVATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

nal Leon-Etienne Duval,

who

pioneered

sale

mines.

He attended the May review con-

ference in

Geneva on

the Conventional

Weapons Convention and urged

it,

un-

dialogue with Muslims in Algeria for

successfully, to adopt such a ban. After

more than 40 years, died at age 93. Once dubbed "Archbishop Mohammed" for his outspoken attempts to create good relations with the Muslim majority, he

the conference he States to ask

it

came

have banned land mines and lead the world to a global ban.

Law Graduates Urged To Use Degrees With Open Eyes, Hearts

continued to live after his retirement in 1988. In a telegram, Pope John Paul II said the cardinal's life was "a beacon of

school graduates of two Washington

He died May 30 in

Algiers,

encouragement" for all those working on the long and difficult task of improved Catholic-Muslim relations.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — The law

Catholic universities were encouraged to look at their new profession in a different light from the status quo. Chief Jus-

William H. Rehnquist told law graduat The Catholic University of America that law practice today is much more about profit motive than it was in his early days as a lawyer. Two days later, graduates of Georgetown University's School of Law heard Sister of St. Joseph Helen Prejean and a former U.S. attorney and Watergate special prosecutor encourage them to find fulfillment as lawyers by reaching out to

tice

ates

Moscow Archbishop Welcomes Agreement To End

WARSAW,

Conflict Poland (CNS)

—

A

Moscow-based archbishop has welcomed an agreement to end the conflict in Chechnya. However, he added that Catholic

offers to help restore peace in the

breakaway southern republic had met with "no real interest" from the Russian side, despite

being reiterated in late April.

"Making peace

in

society's neediest people.

Chechnya was always

mented," said Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, Moscow-based apostolic administrator for European Russia's

Clarion Herald

Archbishop Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan, vice president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Rome, talks with seminarian students in New Orleans about his more than 13 years of captivity in a Vietnamese prison.

Archbishop Lived Christ's Love During Long Imprisonment

—

NEW ORLEANS (CNS) During nine years of solitary confinement in a Vietnamese prison, former Saigon Archbishop Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan secretly celebrated Mass in his cell and gradually captivated his captors.

His guards would ask, "Do you love us?" he told the Clarion Herald, newspaper of the New Orleans Archdiocese. And he would answer, "I love you because Christ taught me to love you, and if I don't love you, I am not worthy to be called a Christian. They told me, 'This is too difficult to understand.' But they became my friends." Archbishop Nguyen Van Thuan, now 68 and vice president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in Rome, also shared his story with Notre Dame Seminary students during a May visit to New Orleans. Many of the seminarians had fled Vietnam as children before the 1975 fall of Saigon.

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Seminarian Joins Catholic Seminarians Attend Conference BRYAN LAMBERSON News Staff For Summer MAGGIE VALLEY — now By

Franciscan Sister Jane Schmenk,

director of Living Waters, recalled the

Staff Writer

For most of

CHARLOTTE — This

week seminarian Bryan Lamberson begins his summer work with The Catholic News & Herald. Lamberson,

who just completed

presence

...

of being."

Lamberson said his call to the seminary was an on-going process. "I think that

I

his first year at St.

Meinrad Seminary in St.

always had a calling," he said. "But about three years ago I was still feel-

Meinrad, Ind., chose to be assigned within the

ing this pull, this tug,

diocese for the summer.

become psychologically and

decided to do something about it." He continued that he felt comfortable at St. Meinrad, although life in the seminary

even emotionally

in that direction so

opted for a summer assignment because I think it's really impor"I

tant for

me

to

at-

tached to this place," he said.

"The Church

away from each other and from home, studying philosophy and theology.

However, the year, they are far

men in priestly formation

with the Diocese of Charlotte enjoyed a

spend time together.

During their annual conference May 20-22 at Living Waters Reflection Center,

rare opportunity to

diocesan seminarians got reacquainted with one another, shared experiences of the previous year and discussed upcoming

the legendary Father Michael William Murphy who built the retreat center and St. Margaret Mary Church in Maggie Valley, then went on to be ordained to the priesthood at the age of 80. Sister Jane and her staff "plan, initiate and accommodate" the needs of more than 2,000 retreatants every year, she said. Of course, the beauty of the mountains lend themselves to her work: "You can't help but pray once you're in the valley."

summer assignments.

Bishop William G. Curlin celebrated Eucharist with the seminarians at

has daily challenges.

Bishop William G. Curlin and the diocesan vocations committee, headed

by Father Frank O'Rourke, helped seminarians focus on the priesthood and

"Beyond

a life of service to people of the diocese.

their experiences of the Catholic presence

The

in the Asheville area

all

the in-

tellectual study

in

I

recently the 18

work of

...

conference

setting,

the

in

St.

Genevieve of the Pines Convent, home to retired Sisters of Religious of Christian

Education in Asheville. The sisters shared

over the

last half-

North Carolina has a vibrancy and a life, a sense of what Church is.

the seminary

ing ground for prac-

itself a focus of the gathering as seminarians were exposed to "mountain

Training Center at The Cove in Asheville,

When I saw

ticing a Christ-like

ministry" and the history of Catholicism

the seminarians

of the diocese.

"The Charlotte diocese is not just the city of Charlotte," said Father O' Rourke, emphasizing the diversity of the population within its 25,000 square mile area. "We have a much wider view and responsibility." People in the diocese urban and rural; white, black, Hispanic and Asian; native and foreign-born, comprise who we are. As testament to that, conference attendants met with people who have been engaged in ministry to the people of mountain and rural areas

fashioned church supper by parishioners

that here

I

New

York,

spent 10 years working as a journalist in the U.S. ies at

Navy

completing his stud-

a Catholic high school. Following

his discharge at the

gree in

from the Navy, he enrolled

University of South Florida in

Tampa and lic

after

received his bachelor's de-

Mass Communications and Pub-

Relations in 1983.

He remained

in

Florida for the next few years, working

and laboratory medicine. most satisfying in the past 10 years is when I'm able to connect with someone on a very human level," he said. "It was a wonderful revelation when God let me know that you don't always have to do or say the 'right' thing to be a comfort to people; it's more a ministry of I've found

Every day is full

of opportunities to

be patient, kind, understanding and compassionate!"

Mike Krokos, editor of The Catholic News & Herald, said that Lamberson

was a welcome addition to the staff.

"Having a seminarian with a background in

communications

said.

"We

is

a plus for us," he

are grateful to the diocese for

allowing us the opportunity to support work of seminarians."

the

Lamberson

in health care

"What

life.

Bryan Lamberson

Lamberson, who in

a real

laboratory and prov-

found it very attractive."

grew up

is

said his first

week

re-

porting for the diocese has gone well. "It

was important

to

meet people and

to

mountainous western

tier

of the diocese,

was

in that part

for

many

years.

Sister of Charity Loretta

John

think of the Diocese of Charlotte as

Meehan

said. "I've been here a little over a week and I'm starting to see that

beginnings of

already."

Cherokee counties, and what Catholic health care ministry in the mountains was like 25 years ago. "I didn't know anything about North Carolina when I arrived," she said, "It was all about seeing a need and answering it. There was a lot to be done there still is."

home," he

century.

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Health Agency,

Good Shepherd Home now serving Clay and

After touring Rev. Billy Graham's

were treated

to

an old-

of Our Lady of the Angels Church in

Marion. Afterward, they listened to permanent deacon Rev. Mr. John Gallen recall how the parish began 5 1 years ago.

The parish has grown considerably from humble beginnings, he said, but it still lacks a pastor in residence (it is served by Father

Ken Whittington,

pastor of St.

Charles Borromeo parish in Morganton).

Speaking said,

to the

demand

for clergy, he

"We still need priests... We need all

you men ordained!"

The need for friendships among clergy and life-giving relationships with the parish community were identified as avenues toward maintaining healthy lifestyles and effective ministry as priests.

"Finding life-giving things. ..enriches both ourselves and the lives of the people we serve" said Father O'Rourke. This brief annual respite from Plato, Aquinas, and moral and systematic theology gave seminarians a first-hand opportunity to

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By ELIZABETH

MAYBACH

the Apostle Church.

Staff Writer

GREENSBORO — Members of the youth group had just settled down for the evening when a police officer arrived and told them they were trespassing and would have to leave. Undaunted, the teens picked up their things and moved to a door of the church. There, too, they were turned away.

The mock police raid was just one of many activities designed to capture the attention of the 23 youth involved in the May 25-26 Cardboard City project. The project began after the 5:30 p.m. Mass at St. Paul the Apostle, with a soup kitchenstyle dinner and meditation time. The central event of Cardboard City is an allnight camp-out where participants sleep in cardboard boxes in the church parking lot.

"We wanted to have them experience what it's like to have to pack up and move all of a sudden and then find another place to spend the night," said Mary Jayne Dawson, youth minister at St. Paul

"We wanted them to

have an honest look at homelessness and the kind of things

it

involves."

Although this year' s participants had sleeping bags, the misty rain and cold

temperatures Memorial

made

Day weekend

the evening less than pleasant.

"This was hard," said Kelley Gates, 16.

"It

was cold, but it was a good experience.

I'm glad we came out in the bad weather, too. There's always the question if you should. It's been a chilly night the chilliest night we've had in a. while.

Everybody decided that we shouldn't go

—

inside, that

we

should stay out for the

experience. Homeless people don't get

go inside whenever they want to."

Gates served as mayor of Cardboard City and had originally approached to

Dawson with the project idea. "I knew that we had a lock-in scheduled, but it was kind of a normal thing, so I went and told

Mary Jayne

that I'd like to help out

with it and that I'd like to make it more of an awareness and make it a feeling of homelessness. My Dad does a lot of stuff

them

whole new perspective on how it feels. That really gave the kids a whole new awareness of what being homeless is really like and showed

that it's not just people

who

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are

uneducated or unable to take care of themselves or people who are mentally ill; rather it's everyday, normal people who have a hard run of luck."

Dawson said the enthusiasm of the participants was the most rewarding aspect of the project. "The kids have really expressed an interest in doing more.

They want to become big brothers and big sisters to the kids at Pathways [a shelter for women and children in Greensboro], so we're going to be checking into that. Also there's a shelter here for teenagers called Youth Focus and we decided to start helping them by offering to have them come here with us on Sunday night and give them the experience of church and being in community."

"The lesson through all of this is putting faith in action and getting out there and serving like Jesus calls us all to serve. It' s not just about hanging out with friends from school for a night, but rather to reach out to people who need help."

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CHARLOTTE — Joanne K. Frazer, new director for the Office of Justice

and Peace,

is

no stranger to ministry

work.

She

served

as

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Joanne

worked

K. Frazer

The Justice and Peace office is one of several diocesan ministries under Catholic Social Services (CSS). "We extend what CSS does so well," Frazer said. "We look at why poverty and injustice exist and try to address those

Charlotte.

h

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director brings experience,

Elizabeth Thurbee, executive CSS, is excited that Frazer is overseeing the Justice and Peace ministry.

"I think Joanne brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and commitment to this position," she said. "She not only believes in, but lives the Justice and Peace ministry. The program will be enhanced by her many gifts."

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"I'm

real excited (to

be working

in

the Office of Justice and Peace)," Frazer said.

"F m already in the parishes, building

up their social ministry. Through Campaign for Human Development (CHD), we're targeting several parishes

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Director of Development: Charlotte Catholic High School

CCHS is seeking a Director of Development to advance the school' s development

CHD themes."

The focus of

the Justice and Peace Frazer noted, is leadership development and training in social action skills. "I hope to move faith into action,"

program which includes public relations, alumni records, activities and fund raising. The DOD develops news releases and maintains school PR materials, produces at least two alumni newsletters a year, assists with alumni reunions; submits monthly articles to the regional school newsletter; facilitates the Alumni Annual Fund; assists with the regional Annual Fund; and coordinates a large fund raiser in conjunction with the CCHS Foundation. The candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in an appropriate field or equivalent work experience, have computer skills in word processing and database management and be a well-organized and detail oriented administrator. Send resume and letter of introduction to: DOD Search, 7702 Pinevilie-Matthews Rd., Charlotte, NC 28226.

and also encourage people to study the issues using the United States Catholic Conference's guide on political responsibility which emphasizes the consistent ethic of life. We encourage

Diocesan School Board Openings: The Diocese of Charlotte School Board has three board member positions to be The term is for three years. The Board is responsible for proposing policies to Bishop Curlin to enact in governing 17 schools. The Board meets monthly from September to June on agreed upon dates from 6:30-9 p.m. rotating from a school in filled.

Charlotte to a school in the Triad area. Interested applicants should send by June 30, 1996

why you would Bishop Curlin to appoint you to serve on the Diocesan School Board. Send information to: Diocesan School Board c/o Catholic Schools Office, 3104 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28209.

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she said.

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eligible to hold

people to call us to get information," Frazer said.

"Faith Doing Justice" is the title of the conference sponsored by the Office of Justice and Peace Oct. 18-19 at

Abbey

Divine Redeemer Catholic school year.

theme of

accepting resumes for the

1

996- 1 997 academic

We are seeking mature candidates who are practicing Catholics, possess a master's

degree in Educational Leadership or related fields and administration. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Replies and resumes should be addressed to: Search Committee, Divine Redeemer Church, 1022 Recess Rd., Hannahan, SC, 29406. Deadline: July 5, 1996

Charlotte Catholic High School: Building Faith Through Education The following positions are available for the 1996-97 school year: Full-time

—

"The

College.

a former Director of

Religious Education at St. John Neumann

where she also ministries. She went

in Charlotte in adult

back to school full-time and obtained her M.Ed, with concentration in Adult Education in 1994 from UNC-Charlotte.

She operated her own business developing adult learning situations the

counselor. Part-time

The diocesan director of Justice and Peace collaborates with several state and national organizations. Frazer is on the executive board of the N.C. Council for

Charlotte Catholic High School, 7702 Pinevilie-Matthews Rd., Charlotte, 28226, (704) 543-1127

NC

affected by

At

HIV/AIDS. same, meeting,

the

the

representatives agreed on a mission

statement that expresses the purpose of the network: "We, Cornerstone, answering the call of Jesus to share God's unconditional love for all, commit ourselves to promoting a Catholic response to all people living

with and affected by

HIV/AIDS in the

Diocese of Charlotte."

The group chose

The

Church worked

—

Representatives five-parish based AIDS ministries selected the name Cornerstone to identify the newly formed diocesan network at a recent meeting at St. Joseph Church. Parish ministers from St. Joseph Church in Newton, St. Peter and Our Lady of Consolation Churches in Charlotte, Our Lady of Mercy in Winston-Salem and St. Joan of Arc in Asheville gathered to further develop plans begun in early February to expand the Church's pastoral response to those

Development, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Social Services and Belmont

past few years before taking this position.

— Religion teaching position (50%) counselor (50%) and teacher

NEWTON

"Cornerstone"

is

Form

Diocesan Network

justice in all areas of parish

Frazer said.

English, Math, Religion, Science and English/Social Studies teaching positions and assistants (25 hrs. per week). Interested candidates should call or write for an application:

Ministries

The program is cosponsored by Campaign for Human

life,"

Frazer is

College.

conference is designed to help people in parishes understand how to infuse the

Abbey

Elementary Principal Position:

will urge

parishes to do voter registration drives,

Belmont Catholic School Principal:

"We

Parish-Based AIDS

from

office,

conference in October.

Cornerstone Set

at the

David Browne from

St.

the

name

suggestion of Peter Church.

scriptural reference is in the Acts

of the Apostles and the First Letter of Paul: The stone rejected by the builders

has become the cornerstone. Given reaching out to the group's focus those who experience "rejection" from a broad segment of church and society

—

—

it is

hardly surprising that the choice

won unanimous approval.

The group will continue organizational

its

work developing goals

and objectives at June 15 meeting from 10 a.m. -2 p.m. at St. Joseph Church. To attend the meeting or fpr more information, contact Father Morris Boyd at St. Joan of Arc Church.

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7,

1996

Diocesan News Briefs

PEWS

— Catholic Singles

KIVETT'S INC. TELEPHONE

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support group for widowed, separated

and divorced people meets the second and fourth Sunday each month from 2-4 p.m. at St. Dorothy Church. Call Suzanne Bach at (704) 735-5575 for information.

Feast Of

-800-446-0945 -800-334- 139

—

Aquinas celebrates the Feast of St. Anthony with a special healing Mass

REFINISHING

Thursday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m. Three evenings of prayer (Triduum) begin Monday, June 10. For information or

®

directions, call the parish office, (704)

THEORWDKr'

549-1607.

434 Charlotte Avenue P.O. Box 11586 Rock Hill, SC 29731 (803) 327-2097

Group

Trip

To Branson

CHARLOTTE— St. Gabriel OWLS will travel to Branson,

Mo. Oct. 3-5. Cost

$675 for double occupancy. Five shows, six meals, accommodations, USAir from Charlotte are included. Call

.is

Horizons of the Spirit Fr.

Anthony Celebration St. Thomas

St.

CHARLOTTE

I

Clinton, forth Carolina

July 15 - 19 1996 Michael Blastic, OFM

Lou

at

(704) 541-6855.

Madeline MacNeil This annual ecumenical program features lectures

and workshops

in

the varied areas of spirituality. This

year's lectures will be offered on

Franciscan spirituality by

Michael Blastic from the Washington Theological Union and Madeline MacNeil, well known as a gifted singer and

vision of the spiritual journey. This

year will also a

mark

Alzheimer's Association Benefit ARDEN— The St. Barnabas Church

the beginning of

new program in spiritual direction

co-sponsored with the Washington Theological Union.

For more information write: Horizons of the Spirit The Oratory, P.O. Box 11586 Rock Hill, SC 29731

at the

Service of Others

PRIESTHOOD in

The Diocese of Charlotte

1621 Dilworth Road East Charlotte, N.C.

28203

(704) 334-2283

—

Enneagram," a workshop directed by Poor Servant Sister Susan McGrath, Director of Perth

Emmaus

Amboy,

Retreat

House

in

June 15 the Franciscan

N.J., is Saturday,

group for friends and loved ones of people who have experienced a suicidal death, meets the second Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church. For information, call (704) 523-7724 or (704) 362-2604.

from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Center. Cost is $20 and includes lunch.

Married Couples Group Meets The Our Lady GREENSBORO of Grace Church married couples group

Kitchen Volunteers Needed

To register or for information, call

—

meets Saturday, June 15 to attend a Greensboro Bats baseball game. Meet at the War Memorial Stadium front gate at 7 p.m. For information, call Jeannie and Frank Hall, (910) 282-1616.

Support For Families Of Aging

— A support group

CHARLOTTE

(910)

272-2554 or write The Franciscan Center, 233 North Greene Street, Greensboro, N.C. 27401.

LENOIR

—

Francis of Assisi

St.

Church needs volunteers to help serve the soup kitchen weekdays. call Rita

at

To volunteer,

Morweiser, (704) 728-2269.

Retrouvaille Session Begins

—

CHARLOTTE

Retrouvaille, a

program for couples who want to improve their troubled marriage, works to build relationships between husbands and wives. Retrouvaille is a Catholic program,

but

meets

each month through August from

at the Pavilion. Call the

church,

(704) 684-6098, for information.

p.m.

at St.

1

:30-3

Gabriel Church in the family call (704) 377-

room. For information, Birthright Sale

WINSTON-SALEM — The annual Birthright Sale

Leo School Gym. Drop

"Visions In Faith" Series

Healing

off ready-to-sell

—

ROCKHILL, S.C. —Father Richard

Mass

A Healing Mass HIV/ AIDS and terminal

ASHEVILLE

items June 20-2 1 For large item pick up,

for people with

723-2204. A set up and pricing Friday, June 21 at 4 p.m.

Volunteers are needed.

illnesses is June 13 and the second Thursday each month at 7 p.m. at St. Joan of Arc Church. For information or transportation call (704) 252-3151.

.

call (910)

party

is

Attic

June 15 from 9 a.m. -2 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Church. Drop off donations June 1 1, 12 and 14, or call (704) 894-8645 for

St. Patrick

Seminary presents

"Visions in Faith" June 16-19 at the Oratory for people interested or involved in pastoral leadership.

Oratory

(803)

at

Contact The

327-2097

for

information.

Seniors Meet CHARLOTTE The 50+ Club of St. John Neumann Church meets Wednesday, June 12 at 11 a.m. A

—

professional dancer will entertain. For

Ann

Mclntyre, (704)

at

7:30 p.m.

Summer Bible Seminar CHARLOTTE — The July 15-19 seminar, "Comfort, Comfort My People,"

—

Ultreya

directed by Susan Brady, explores chapters 40-55 in the Book of Isaiah. The

And Leaders' Schools Ultreya meets the ASHEVILLE

Ultreya

—

second Tuesday each month at St. Eugene Church.

WINSTON-SALEM

meets the second Friday each month at 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church.

Leaders' School is the fourth Tuesday each month at 7:30 p.m.

CHARLOTTE

—

Vietnamese

month

at

7 p.m. at

St.

Holy Family Church seniors group meets Wednesday, June 1 2 at 1 1 30 a.m. for lunch at Quincy s Family Steakhouse. For information, call the church, (910) 766-8133 GREENSBORO —The 50+ Club of St. Paul the Apostle Church meets Tuesday, June 18 for a day trip to the

Friday each month

North Carolina Museum of History Duke Gardens, Homestead and lunch at the Old Country Buffet. Cost is $30. For

Services, Inc. For information call Rebecca Nagaishi at (910) 722-8173 or

'

:

,

is

at

Birthmother Support Offered Family WINSTON-SALEM Services, Inc. and Catholic Social Services offers group support for

—

birthmothers the second Thursday each

month from 7-8:30 p.m.

Becky DuBois

at

at

Family

(910) 727-0705.

Alzheimers Support Group

CHARLOTTE — A

Single Catholics group meets for dinner

Mugg's Tavern Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 p.m. Contact Patti Coates at (901) at

RSVP. The planning

committee will meet

after dinner.

Linda Gibbons, (704)

864-2556.

Living Waters Retreats

MAGGIE VALLEY

— "Come

to

the Quiet" is a June 24-30 retreat of silent

7 p.m.

reservations, call Rose Ammirati at (9 1 0)

Single Catholics Meet GREENSBORO— The Greensboro

registration, call

Ann Church.

the second and fourth

Leaders' School

CLEMMONS — The

annual seminar is from 9 a.m.-12 noon at St. John Neumann Church. Baby-sitting For information or is available.

Ultreya meets the third Saturday each

545-5046.

to

Gula of

Treasures

TRYON — An attic sale is Saturday,

852-6763

is open to people of all faiths. The next program begins July 12. For information, call Nick and Irene Fadero, (704) 544-0621 or (800) 470-2230.

6871, extension 314.

Saturday, June 22 at St.

is

288-2144.

Contact Father Frank O'Rourke Vocation Director

Franciscan Center Workshop GREENSBORO "The

or Alzheimers meets the second Monday

information, call

Consider

684-6098,.

to assist families struggling with dementia

pick-up.

PUT YOUR GIFTS

Hopes Group Meets

CHARLOTTE — "Hopes," a support

29 at St. Barnabas Church. Cost is $1 10.

For information, call the church, (704)

youth group benefit to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association is Sunday, June 23 beginning at 1 p.m. The group

Fr.

performer on the hammered and mountain dulcimers. MacNeil will share through words and music her

"Friends," a

singles ages 21

all

manufacturer of'fine church furniture

I

—

LINCOLNTON

and older to attend the Charlotte Knights Game on June 22. For more information contact Kathleen, (704) 544-1634.

of Charlotte invites

—STEEPLES— N.C.

Friends Group Meets

Singles Meet

CHARLOTTE

support group

prayer to deepen the relationship with the Spirit directed by Father William Fickel. Cost

is

$225.

"Let Go, Let

workshop

for

God"

anyone

is a July 5-7 interested in

growth through the "twelve steps" directed by Rev. Edward Flanagan, O.F.M., Rev. Emmett Murphy, O.F.M. and Ken and Jacke Brinker. Cost is $85.

To register, contact Living Waters spiritual

Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 28751. For information, call (704) 926-3833.

for people affected by Alzheimers disease

meets the second Monday each month.

For more information, call Suzanne Bach, (704) 377-6871.

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ARDEN — A

Christian leadership

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15

World And National News Briefs on everyone's

he wrote to of the Pittsburgh Diocese. "Regularly we must renew the commitment to drive it out of ." our hearts, our lives and our community "Without a change in the basic attitude of the human heart," he said, "we will never move to that level of oneness that accepts each other for who we are and the likeness we share as images of God." Bishop "Confronting Racism Wuerl' s letter

effort

part,"

the clergy, religious

and

laity

—

Today"

— was issued May

26, the feast

Gypsies, saying theirs is a money-making racket that preys on people's ignorance

and superstition. In May, session for the year said that

pilgrims

a planning

when the show up for the celebrations, he

expects police to enforce laws against

"molesting and disturbing" passers-by.

Pope Says Rome Needs Spiritual Awakening Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS)

—

John Paul

of Pentecost.

at

2000 jubilee, Rutelli estimated 40 million

II

led a candlelight Pentecost

Square for more than 100,000 people and said Rome needs a spiritual awakening for the year 2000.

With an eye to the year 2000, he called for a great missionary renewal in a city "subtly threatened by weariness, vigil in St. Peter's

Bishop Lauds House Vote To Raise Minimum Wage WASHINGTON (CNS)— The head of the U.S. bishops' Domestic Policy Committee May 24 applauded the House' s vote to raise the minimum wage,

and urged the Senate to follow suit. The House voted 28 1 - 144 May 23 to raise the minimum wage by 90 cents in a two-step from $4.25 to $4.75 July 1 measure and then to $5.15 a year later. It earlier

—

defeated an

amendment

to

exempt small

businesses from the hike. "For us, this

human

is

Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash. "In our shelters and soup kitchens, in our parishes and schools, we see working families who can't make ends meet because they a

work

issue," said

—

The CNS

photo from Reuters

Brazilian bishops have expressed concern about a government decision to promote the legalization of casinos in the

country. "So

far,

we don't want to take a

confrontational attitude, because the

FOUR GREAT NAMES

Catholic bishops do not want to press the

Justice Blocks Ruling On Assisted Suicide Ban WASHINGTON (CNS) Supreme

—

Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor imposed an emergency stay May 29

Holy Week liturgies. The bishops are also to vote on whether to ask Rome for in

United States to have a funeral Mass with the remains present when the one who died has been cremated.

permission

in the

temporarily blocking an appeals court

down a Washington law banning physician-assisted suicide. Her stay came just hours after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had

decision that struck state

declined to further review the 8-3 ruling

handed down by a panel of the appellate court in March. O'Connor's emergency order blocked the appeals court ruling

from taking effect at least until written arguments asking the Supreme Court to take the case were filed in early June.

O' Connor handles emergency appeals of rulings by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court, which covers nine.Western states.

Liturgy Main Topic

When

U.S.

Bishops Meet June 20-22 WASHINGTON (CNS) More

—

than 600 pages of liturgical texts and

commentary await decisions by Catholic bishops

at their

meeting June 20-22 in Portland, Ore. Continuing a massive project begun several years ago, they are to vote on two more large segments of a new English version of the Sacramentary divided into seven segments to make the project manageable and on U.S. adaptations

—

—

country's parliamentarians, as those interested in installing casinos in Brazil

to

KNOW

have been doing," said Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves, president of the bishops' conference. However, the cardinal said, the Catholic

Church opposes legalizing

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casinos.

Thirty-Six Catholic Schools Make National Blue Ribbon List WASHINGTON (CNS) Three dozen Catholic high schools were among 266 nationwide to win the Blue Ribbon Schools Award given by the U.S. Department of Education. Also known as the Excellence in Education Award, the prize is given to secondary schools deemed to be exceptionally effective at educating students. All of the award winners were honored at a May 29 ceremony at the White House, where

—

President Clinton addressed the schools'

representatives. "This ceremony is honoring not just a single student, or even a single teacher, but entire schools

and the communities that sustain them," Clinton said

May

29.

the U.S.

spring general

The three-hour Mass May

25 was followed by a march across downtown Rome by thousands of faithful, who walked behind a historic icon of Mary to the Basilica of St. Mary Major.

The unusual celebration snarled Rome's Saturday night traffic. The pope did not make the three-mile hike, but he sent the crowd on its way with words of encouragement.

minimum wage jobs."

at

Bishops Opposed To Proposal To Legalize Casinos RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNS)

Several thousand people holding flowers gather for a silent ceremony May 28 to mark the killing of seven French monks by Algerian kidnappers. French religious and political leaders joined in the demonstration nearthe Eiffel Tower.

indifference, spiritual torpor and (moral)

relativism."

Church Official Hopes U.N.-lraq Agreement Allows Direct Aid

—

converted and renewed, said Pittsburgh

Bishop Donald W. Wuerl

in

a

new

6951

E.

Independence

531-3131

JERUSALEM (CNS)— Thedirector Amman, Jordan, said he hoped the recent "oil for

food" agreement signed between government and the United

7001 E.Endependence

the Iraqi

Nations would allow his organization to help Christians in Iraq more directly ."We would like to be able to offer help directly

opposed to working through the government," said Raymond Riddick, who as director of the Amman office is also responsible for humanitarian efforts in Iraq. Iraqi church leaders would like financial help, he said, but they do not want to be accountable to anyone and want to be free to use the funds for any as

Rome Mayor

Calls For Measures Against Gypsies In 2000 ROME (CNS) The year 2000 may bring hard times for Gypsy fortune-tellers and palm-readers in Rome. The mayor of

—

pastoral letter. "Intolerance

the Eternal City, Francesco Rutelli, has

will not

called for tough measures against the

and racism go away without a concerted

Moions

of the Pontifical Mission for Palestine in

project they choose.

Pittsburgh Bishop Issues New Pastoral Letter On Racism PITTSBURGH (CNS) To end racism, each human heart must be

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Holy Trinity Mission aiishr

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Trinity

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of the Brushy Mountains just north of Hickory. In 1984, the parish was established as a mission of St. Aloysius

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in

Hickory. With the combined Aloysius pastor Msgr.

efforts of St.

Eugene Livelsberger and Catholic families in Taylorsville, a nine-room

farmhouse on a 6.7 acre lot was purchased and two rooms were renovated to make a chapel for the fledgling parish.

The

first

Mass

in Taylorsville

was

celebrated Easter Sunday 1984. Msgr.

Livelsberger,

who

retired shortly after

Mass, said that he wanted the mission to be one of the crowning points

that first

of his final year in the priesthood. The first

few weeks, about 22 families

attended Masses and four children were enrolled in Sunday school. That

fall,

were begun, consisting of two teachers and eight children together in one classroom.

In 1 987 Holy Trinity was reassigned and became a mission of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Lenoir. The mission family was growing rapidly and a necessary expansion of the chapel area was completed in 1988. Less than a year later, Father Joseph Waters, migrant minister for western North Carolina, began using Holy Trinity as living quarters and became administrator.

In 1990, the mission had outgrown the farmhouse chapel and a capital campaign was begun to provide funds for religious education classes

a

new facility. Parish families put in long

hours of work on the project, building everything from the framework to the 3foot stained glass window behind the

The

altar.

people and

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Recently an organist

was hired and the

parish farmhouse,

March

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located behind the original

building, is

seats

was dedicated on

22, 1992.

In recent years,

Holy Trinity has

continued to grow. The first few months of Masses had an average attendance of 35; today average attendance is well over 100.

The mission

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As one of the younger parishes in the diocese, Holy

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of its clergy.

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