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Front-page art: Four men were ordained into the holy order of priesthood June 2. Bishop William G. Curlin ordained Rev. Messrs.

Robert Ferris, Due Duong, Tien Duong and Kurt Fohn during the liturgy, where the bishop urged the newly ordained to be men of faith, service and the sacraments. See story and photo essay, pages 9-11.

the Diocese of Charlotte

class of

2001

CWld"

The Catholic News & Herald

2

The World

June

Brief

in

Canonization cause opened for 'rosary priest' Father Peyton The FALL RIVER, Mass. (CNS)

May

menical prayer service 1,700 years since

—

Christian.

Two

all

2001

8,

30 celebrating

Armenia became

Catholic cardinals and the

W. Edgar, general secretary of

Vatican Congregation for Sainthood Causes has formally opened the cause for the possible canonization of the late Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton, the world famous "rosary priest" and pioneer radio and TV producer. Bishop Sean P. O'Malley of Fall River, who made the announcement June 1, sought the formal

Rev. Robert

approval of the Vatican congregation be-

and religious freedom after 70 years of communism, "in the face of the evil and apostasy forced upon us" by Soviet reli-

cause Father Peyton

which

is

the National Council of Churches, flanked

the cathoUcos as he presided over the two-

hour evening service silica

within the Diocese of Fall River.

September VATICAN CITY (CNS)

aged millions of families around die world

that with prayer

all

things

possible."

Synod document stresses bishop's spirituality, role as teacher

—

(CNS) A document intended to focus discussion at this fall's Synod of Bishops emphasizes the

VATICAN CITY

spirituality

CNS photo by Michael Markwick,

of individual bishops and their

primary roles as teachers and unifiers. The document, known as an "instrumentum laboris," also identifies a host of practical issues that might receive treatment, rang-

The

British Columbia Catholic

Children carry Youth Day service cross

at events

Children from the Archdiocese of Vancouver carry the Youth Day Cross with help from Corpus Christi College students in Vancouver. The cross is

making

way across Canada

its

for

World Youth Day

in

law above misconduct cases. The working document is based on responses to an 86-page outline and series into dioceses to declaring church in priestly

of questions sent to bishops' conferences around the world in June 1998. The 124-

page text of the working document was released at the Vatican June 1.

Border deaths prompt bishop's

change

call for

in U.S. policies

—

WASHINGTON

(CNS) As the bodies of 12 of the 14 Mexicans who died in the Arizona desert a week earlier were returned to their

home

state,

the chairman

of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migra-

change U.S. border

tion reiterated a call to policies

May 30. "Our elected officials must

away from

steer

a one-dimensional ap-

proach toward our borders and examine all

aspects of national immigration policy,"

said

Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of

Toronto

in

HE

&

R A L

former Soviet republic that extends from

2002

die Caspian Sea to western China, established diplomatic ties with the Vatican in

Camden,

N

who heads

J.,

the committee. In

a statement released by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington,

Bishop DiMarzio said that examination should include the legal immigration system, laws addressing asylum and due process protection, and the current treatment of undocumented immigrants who enter the United States.

Genetic transfer for fertility raises questions

WASHINGTON genetics expert said a

(CNS)

new

—A

assisted

Jesuit

human

reproduction technique involving genetic

some

transfer poses

ethical issues in itself

But more significandy, he

said,

one of the least regulated, and probably in need of regulation, within the whole health care arena," said Jesuit Father Kevin T. FitzGerald, a specialist in genetics and bioethics. The priest, an assistant professor of medicine at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, was interviewed by telephone following recent re-

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WASHINGTON

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not provide a per-

abortion,

and

that, in

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some be

amendment

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"defend and vindicate" the right to far as practicable." But, the

bishop

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in certain

is

life

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said,

the

rendered

circumstances due to two

earlier court rulings that involved minors.

the caretaker

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must care for him or Suzanne Bach at

details, call

14 CHARLOTTE

— The

Annual

1st

Links for Life Golf Tournament will be held today at Firethorne Country Club.

Included in the package will be lunch, bev-

— Churches

in the

Charlotte area are hosting ultreyas

fol-

lowed by a school of leaders on the following dates and times: St Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., from 7-8 p.m

erages, dinner and a post-tournament

tonight for adults only with shared snacks;

awards reception. All proceeds

will benefit

Room

home

St Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd., from 1-2:30 p.m. on June 24 with" childcare, a family poduck and St Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., from 1:30-3:00 p.m. on June 24 with childcare and a family potluck and no school of leaders. For more information, call Dan Hines at (704) 544-6665 or

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how

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Addressing clergy of Archdiocese

Irish

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—

11

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is

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marking the 1,700th anniversary

of Christianity in the country. Kazakstan, a

Diocesan NEWS

Armenia has been long-ex-

visit to

pected and will feature the pope's presence

ing from re-integrating retired bishops civil legislation

— Pope

John Paul II will travel to Armenia and Kazakstan in September, his first trip to either Asian country, the Vatican said. The pope also plans to visit Bulgaria in the spring of 2002, a year in which he already has scheduled a visit to Toronto for World Youth Day festivities, Joaquin NavarroValls, Vatican spokesman, said May 31.

strengthen families and to achieve world

He knew

for

Vatican says pope to visit Armenia, Kazakstan in

Father Peyton "encour-

to pray daily, especially the rosary, to

became

his ad-

God

gious persecution.

news," Bishop O'Malley said that as a

peace.

Washington. In

the restoration of Armenian independence

Calling the Vatican approval "wonderful priest for 5 1 years,

in

dress Catholicos Karekin thanked

buried in Easton,

is

Conception

late

Ba-

at the Catholic

of the National Shrine of the Immacu-

registration

details.

— There

will

be an

6100 Sardis from 7-8:30 p.m. Suzanne

Coon

at (704) 540-8696.

Sardis Presbyterian Church,

Aliceann

Rd., tonight

14 HIGH POINT

Bach, director of Shining Stars Adult

Day

Respite, will speak about support groups

and

memory

loss,

and other speakers

in-

clude Dr. Stephen Powell, Carol Douglas

and Rev. Jane Foley from the host church. how to care for and

Various topics include

— Beginning

at 7 p.m.

tonight and continuing June 15 and

,16, in

preparation for the Feast of Corpus Christi, a triduum of Masses including blessing of die sick, benediction and a reception will be celebrated by Father Tony Larry of St Paul the Apostie Church

in

1

June

8,

2001

The World

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

in

Immigrants' deaths shocking but predictable, bishops say PHOENIX (CNS) The death of 14

section of the Appalachian Trail crossing

property of the

—

illegal

immigrants

in the

Arizona desert

"right of

"is

both shocking and, tragically, predictable," the three Catholic bishops

who

acres in

ops Manuel D.

mas

J.

German Protestants

N.M. The Gallup Dio-

(CNS)

Ahead of

1

984.

The

stir

debate with invitation to 'communion' COLOGNE, Germany (CNS)

Apache and Navajo counties and parts of the Navajo and Hopi reservations in Coconino County, all in Arizona.

Ending hunger is 'obligation of official

service secured in

received $1 16,500 for the origi-

acreage.

cese includes

says Vatican

who

giving up any right to develop the added

O'Brien of Phoenix and Donald E.

all,'

That represented an

nal easement, will be paid $25,680 for

Moreno of Tucson, Tho-

VATICAN CITY

earlier.

ment the park friars,

statement signed by Bish-

Pelotte of Gallup,

provide a

63 out of 400 the order's property, had been for

increase of about eight acres over an ease-

rights groups to assist immigrants at risk"

May 25

way" easement

worked out

serve Ari-

zona said in a joint statement. "Migrants from Mexico and Central America have been dying in our deserts for years, dying despite the efforts of church and human said the

the order announced.

friars,

Terms of the agreement, which

Germany

Protestants in

stirred contro-

versy over the nature of

when

—

Communion

they invited Catholics to a nontradi-

tional eucharistic service. Organizers of a

—

liturgy during the June 13-17 Protestant

world leaders' summit on eradicating hunger, a Vatican official called on governments and international organizations to respect the "fundamental obligation of all to

Church Assembly, or Kirchentag,

guarantee, concretely, food security for all."

Archbishop Agostino Marchetto, the Vatican's permanent observer to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, said poor fol-

held in Lutheran parishes throughout the

a

low-through from a similar meeting in 1996 was "profoundly disappointing" and without justification. The diplomat made his remarks at the opening session of a May 28-June 1 meeting in Rome of the Committee on

World Food

Security, which was planning a November gathering called "World Food Summit Five

—

Years Later."

Pope sends two Vatican diplomats to Jerusalem to encourage peace

VATICAN CITY John Paul

II

sent

(CNS)

— Pope

two Vatican diplomats

to

and Palestinian leaders to call a cease-fire and return to negotiations, the Vatican said. According to a May 30 statement, the envoys will deliver a personal letter from the pope to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The two envoys, who left Rome May 30, were Cardinal Pio Laghi, a 79-year-old former

Jerusalem to encourage

Israeli

Greensboro at Maryfield Nursing Home, 1315 Greensboro Rd. On June 17, a Feast of Corpus Christi Mass will be held at 3

For further inforTheresa Hansen at (336) 273-

p.m., also at Maryfield.

mation,

call

1507.

17 FOREST CITY

— Immaculate Con-

ception Church, 1024

W. Main St, is host-

Red

Cross-directed blood

ing an American

18 ters,

MAGGIE VALLEY — Living WaReflection Center, 103 Living

Waters

in

and

being described as a

communion with

the charac-

The service will

be

of the assembly. guide for local organizers suggests Lutherans join with neighboring nonLutheran parishes to prepare the service. city at the half-way point

CNS photo from

Bishop Franz Kamphaus of Limburg, a strong supporter of ecumenical initiatives

Reuters

whose diocese

Kenyan children scavange for food

includes Frankfurt, rejected

the invitation, saying that Catholics from

Children fight over a garbage bin to look for food in the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, May 30. A recession in Kenya has sent thousands of citizens into the streets as beggars.

who

his diocese

participate can expect dis-

ciplinary action.

Vatican diplomat in Jerusalem, Argentina

4O0

journalists gathered in Dallas for the

Bishops plan to explain Christ's real presence in Eucharist WASHINGTON (CNS) The US.

and the United States, and Msgr.

Giovanni d'Aniello, a Vatican expert on

convention. "Baptism profoundly changes

bishops plan to vote this June on a state-

Middle East

the Trinity and the community," he

affairs.

Catholic press urged to help form community united in Christ (CNS) Catholic journalists have a duty to change society from a culture of rugged individualism into a community united in Christ, Dallas Coadjutor Bishop Joseph A. Galante said in a

May

we need

to understand

life.

more pro-

Faith Journey" begin-

ning today through June 22. The retreat, which applies to the thought of St. Augustine to contemporary struggles and issues including memory, teaching and work, will be facilitated by Dr. Joseph T. Kelley, vice-president for Mission Effectiveness and director of the Center for Augustinian

For more

information, call the cen-

20 CHARLOTTE St.

— The 50+ Club

of

John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild meeting this morning

church's position and in a language that's

understandable and truthful," he added.

park service sign

Louise Brewer at (704) 366-8357 or Gloria Silipigni at (704) 821-1343.

21 BOONE

—

Father John Putnam will

be presenting a Day of Reflection, sponsored by Catholic Social Services Elder Ministry, at St. Elizabeth Church, 259 Pilgrims Way, from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

when someone without faith or in a state of sin receives the Eucharist. The bishops are

the National Park Service signed an agree-

bishops signed a request to develop such a

NEW YORK May

trail

—

(CNS)

land

The

25 ending a dispute over a

will be celebrated at 12:15 p.m., and lunch will be served. Scholarships are

available for those in need.

For further

information about mail-in registration to

Sandra Breakfield, Charlotte,

1

123 South Church

N.C, 28203; or

St.,

for other details,

Meg Smith at (828) 438-0774.

24 H ENDERSONVI LLE The

call

—

St.

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secu-

Order

meet today from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West, in the office wing. Visitors and inquirers are welcome, lar Franciscan

more

(828) 884-4246.

call

Commun-

and what happens

Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and

instead of the regularly scheduled date of June 13 at 11 a.m. for the installation of officers and a catered lunch in the parish

Donations are being accepted dur-

rist Besides addressing the core teaching,

to discuss and vote on the proposed 19page statement, written in question-answer format, during their June 14-16 national meeting in Atlanta. A number of

Friars,

agreement on disputed

so for

ing the meeting. For more information,

teachings on the

presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucha-

ion under both kinds

everything going on. Present the

Rd., will be having a

center.

real

know

Mass

Our

more people

ment explaining church

the statement touches on topics such as

Lane, will be sponsoring a retreat entitled

"Augustine and

said.

eucharistic devotion, receiving

ment

us,"

brings us into relationship with

your audience and don't assume they

he told

foundly what baptism does for

It

—

than the priest in the pulpit. Keep in mind

25 address at the Catholic Press

Association's annual convention. "In doing that,

our

"Catholic publications reach

—

DALLAS

ter at (828) 926-3833.

Schuler at (704) 554-O720 for further in-

is

cheese, bread

A

Feldmeth at (828) 245-6053 for registraand further information.

18 The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 1 Mecklenburg County-St. Brigid, an IrishCatholic social and charitable inter-parish group, will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. There will be no meetings in July and August, but the group will begin meeting again in Sept Anyone interested in their Irish-Catholic roots, call Jeanmarie formation.

grape juice in what

ter of a satisfying meal."

Study.

CHARLOTTE—

fruit,

"celebratory

drive from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Call Claire

tion

Frankfurt, will offer

will

information, call Pat

Cowan

at

—

The June hours for the Nazareth House Family Ministry and Lending Library, 474 Haywood Rd., are as follows: Tuesdays from 1-3 p.m., Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. and Fridays from 1 a.m.-3 p.m. Nazareth House is a family ministry dedicated to promoting the blessings of Christian marriage, chastity, natural family

planning and post-abortion

1999.

For further details, call Nina 299-7618 or e-mail

healing.

DArcy

at (828)

ninadarcy@j uno.com.

ROCK HILL, S.C Camp

gion

will

— The Oratory

Reli-

hold two separate one-

week sessions at Camp York in Kings Mountain State Park during the weeks of July 8-14 and July 15-21. Boys and entering grades 2-6 in

girls

under

Sept.,

can apply for consideration. Those

12,

16 and older wishing to volunteer as counselors can write for a staff application.

Application deadline

is

June

1 1.

For

further information and application, write

to:

Pentis,

Ongoing ASHEVILLE

November

statement in

Religion Hill,

Oratorian Father William F.

camp

coordinator; the Oratory

Camp, P.O. Box 11586, Rock

SC., 29731-1586; or

call

(803) 327-

2097.

Phase submit notices ofeventsfor the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to the publication dak.

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Mercy Sisters honored for years of service to school

1

ALESHA M. PRICE

— Mercy

A

Mary

Sister

Heart School

in Salisbury in

and a permanent record of all of the sisters who have been a part of the scholastic family will adorn the main hall as a reminder to all present and future students and faculty of the mark the Sisters of Mercy left on the school.

Rachel and Jim Dunn, along with their sons, Sacred Heart graduates, banded

the 1970s and

1990s and walked into a classroom of firstgraders on computers while touring the school, a concept

together to

when

possible.

she

first

sisters

for their efforts

John Madden walked the halls of the school where she once served as principal and marveled at how some things had changed yet had remained the same. The now-retired sister was principal of Sacred

unheard of in the '70s served as academic leader of

who

the school.

make

the plaque presentation

Rachel Dunn, a first-grade teacher

retired

on June

of this year after 22

1

ters

of Mercy.

to leave the

uted to Catholic education in the Salisbury

school without there being tangible and

were recognized at a ceremony at the school on May 30. Eyes squinting from the sun and smiles in the shade were on the faces of the young and old at the outdoor service of blessing in honor of the Sisters of

visible

area

faith to the students,

Father Putnam remarked,

through renovations, building updates and competent, dedicated teachers," said Sister Mary John. "Even though we have a shortage of sisters now, we have very dedi-

who

have followed

tradition of the Sisters of

trying to keep alive what

a

"We

pride

grow

academically, but spiritually.

look at the spiritual benefits of the it is

clear the Sisters of Mercy built

the foundation

We

today.

all

on which we are working desired to

come

appreciation for

all

that they have done, the

left

us that will continue

Contact Staff Writer Ales ha

M.

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

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whom

publisher's imprint, reports

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Photo by Alesha M. Price

Rising second-grader Michael Mazer is surrounded by his godmothers, from left to right, Mercy Sisters Josephine Maria Thomas, Mary John Madden and Mary Robert Williams. All of the sisters were honored at a May 30 plaque presentation and blessing ceremony at Sacred Heart School in Salisbury. Sisters Josephine Maria and Mary John, former teacher and principal of the school, now work with pastoral ministry at Queen of the Apostles Church in Belmont, and Sister Mary Robert, a former teacher, is currently the pastoral associate at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury.

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we

made

where children can come not only

place

for years to come."

them, and they always had our complete

are

ourselves on Sacred Heart School being a

legacy diey have

ways be in the school. They are in our history, and they have brought their love and dedication. We always looked up to

but the sisters

statement."

but their presence and influence will

al-

WASHINGTON

began diere were fewer

wanted some kind of permanent remembrance because they won't be back, "I

Mercy at Sacred Heart School.

"The school has become better

cated laypeople

evidence of the sisters at the school.

News Service

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and a third- and fifth-grade religion teacher. "Laypeople can still promote the

school,

want

By JERRY FILTEAU

founded by die Sismiss not having the sisters all

according to the 2001 Official Catholic

we

said that she did not

rising

Directory.

the plaque presentation and ceremony. She

North Carolina who have contrib-

numbers

had an

school," said Miller, principal for four years

years at Sacred Heart, was the impetus for

nity of

I

U.S. Catholic

ence makes an impression in a Catholic

other Sisters of

Mary John and

here, the school

here because to have that religious pres-

Mercy of the Americas Regional Commu-

Sister

came

I

excellent reputation

bronze plaque thanking the

defi-

is

felt.

"When

religious as a teacher or

principal.

Staff Writer

SALISBURY

woman

most

sisters

other areas of ministry, their legacy nitely

have a

Even though odier needs have away from the school to

882.

2001

New directory shows

sisters were honored for 87 years of service to a school in existence

Eighty-seven

drawn the

8,

Mrs. Dunn.

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since

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Around the Diocese he too worked on the Lenten 'Through the years, we have spo-

our challenge to find ways to be one body in Christ, not just through a covenant of

ken with many different voices, but we've spoken the same basic message," said

words but with a commitment of our

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Covenant recommitted during

project.

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terms of the Spirit leading the church

towards more openness and more

— Ten

GREENSBORO

years ago,

Lutherans

in

While noting

North Carolina signed a cov-

It

was

Greensboro,

validated at First Lutheran

May

Church

are

ways the two are already

"We must be engaged

19, 1991.

This Pentecost Sunday, three bishops

have no

who

for those

Charlotte William G. Curlin, Bishop of the

Diocese of Raleigh F. Joseph

Catholics

one.

He

suffer

was evident

Gossman and

World War

II.

He

who were

said those

Christians.

He

said they did not

wear the

Jewish Star, but rather a gold cross.

He retold the story of an old German who had suffered in prison and how the man recounted the love that the minis-

priest

The

others were Archbishop John Donoghue,

ters shared despite the suffering.

now

then bishop of

Curlin said that the same love must be

Charlotte, and Bishop Michael C. D.

found and shared every day, or no cov-

McDaniel, who later retired as head of the Lutheran synod.

enant will succeed.

'Today we renew a covenant promis-

eyes of God's love

Thomas

"If

people," said Rev.

bia, S.C. "It is

a holy thing that

Columwe do here in

nothing

reflect

celebration.

on the past

"We have a we tend to

...

walk into the future backwards." Anniversary celebrations by God's people, he said, should thank God for grace and life in the past, while seeing the. past as being left behind and focusing on die future that

Pentecost

lies

vision, there are

"Once no walls ...

impossible to achieve once

The covenant

ahead.

we

he

signed in 1991 laid out

16 objectives to link Lutherans and Catho-

Photo by Joann S. Keane

together in dialogue, cooperative ecu-

Bishops celebrate following the re-signing of the Catholic-Lutheran Covenant. From left, Bishop F. Joseph Gossman, Diocese of Raleigh, Bishop Leonard Bolick of the North Carolina Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and Bishop William G. Curlin, Diocese of Charlotte.

lics life,

recognize Christ in

land."

new beginnings and

is a moment of new moving forward in

...we

said Bishop Curlin.

said

ebrations," said Rev. Ridenhour, homilist for

recommitment

look at one another with the

'We're here to celebrate relationships," Bishop Bolick, "relationships we feel through God's Spirit and relationships that we feel toward each other. It clearly is an opportunity for us to say that we believe that Christ is the Son of God and that we walk together with Christians across the

"Anniversaries can be dangerous cel-

tendency to

is

Bishop

see with the eyes of love."

today."

die

we

one another," you have that

Ridenhour, dean of the Lutheran

Theological Southern Seminar

menical efforts and ministries.

new

Attesting to one of the successful

dimension," said Rev. Ridenhour. Pentecost

tenents of the covenant, Peter Shaw, a high

was the unquestionable time spirit of a document signed in

school student and

member

parish described

how

said. "It is a

And

ago.

to

renew the

faith a

this celebration, like life

a

decade

anew, was

spirit

of

St.

Pius

X

a collaborative

Catholic - Lutheran youth initiative set a

rekindled in the very spirit of its inception.

That ecumenical

successful

was punctu-

Lenten program into motion.

Participating in a joint Catholic-Lutheran

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are celebrating

Shaw found both faith groups by the same eternal Father."

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tradition," he said in a talk

Tough-guy roles belie familyman character of Hollywood

New

8,

2001

21 in

York.

Papal biographer, noted journalist Tad Szulc dies

Actor

—

WASHINGTON

Robert Davi has been typecast as the heavy in Hollywood for the last 20 years,

(CNS) Tad who wrote a biography of Pope John

Szulc,

1995 and

but in reality he's really a loving family

Paul

man

novel called 'To Kill the Pope," died

attempting to reconnect with his Catholic roots. He has appeared in such blockbuster films as 'The Goonies," "Die Hard," and "License to

capped a successful four-year run on the

NBC

series 'Profiler."

Davi discussed

his

career and his Catholic roots, which stretch

back to

Long

Island, N.Y.,

where he

year published a

last

home

May

Washington.

He was 74. Szulc worked from 1953 to 1973 for The New York Times, reporting from Latin America, Spain, Portugal, Eastern Europe and Washington. While at the Times, he wrote the first published accounts of CIA involvement in the Bay of 21 of cancer at his

and recendy

Kill,"

II in

at-

in

tended SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish in

Pigs invasion of Cuba

Deer Park. He gave an interview

he

to his biography of the pope, Szulc also

taped an appearance for a Catholic-funded

wrote biographies of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, composer Frederic Chopin, and Watergate spy E. Howard Hunt He also wrote 14 books on current affairs and history, and an earlier novel, "Diplomatic Immunity."

after

show called "Personally Speaking."

Indianapolis man volunteers at shelter that helped him as teen

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Pope blesses casket of John XXIII Pope John Paul II blesses the glass casket containing the body of Pope John XXIII in St. Peter's Square June 3. The casket later was moved to its new permanent resting place at the altar of St. Jerome on the main

first

time Gabe Soukup walked through the doors of Holy Family Shelter, he was an

homeless kid looking for a place to stay. The next time he walked through the shelter's doors he was a college graduate returning to volunteer. "No one wants to revisit their hard times. But they 11 -year-old

played a part in helping me.

They

The

told

Criterion,

was recognized recently for his volunteer work at the shelter during a fund-raiser for Catholic Social Services, which sponsors the shelter and

is

a

member agency

of the

USCC

official calls visa

church needs more flexible

forum for debate

WASHINGTON (CNS) — A limited

extension of a visa program passed by the

May

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— As more

perhaps annual

—

forum to grapple with such problems

in

needs a more flexible

—

some cardinals Synod of Bishops to

make

it

a

in the

more responsive and

instrument of cooperation

effective

among the pope,

the Vatican and local churches. Cardinal

thought the church could use a synod that

the U.S. Catholic Conference director of

is

migration policy. Kevin Appleby, of the

dard format of speech-giving. 'The frame-

bishops' Migration said die

and Refugee

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short. "Especially

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months

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some

J.

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Boone parishioner honored for 'great love' JIMMY ROSTAR

By

formation,

BOONE

— Angie Greene had

a spell earlier this week.

The Mother Teresa Memorial Award was established in 1998 by the N.C. Knights of Columbus. Sister Nirmala Joshi, Mother Teresa's successor as superior general of the Missionaries

For Greene, "not really doing that much" has consisted of nearly 40 years taking care of residents in the Boone area.

A devoted homemaker, wife and mother of five, Greene found time on weekends and whenever else she could to devote to a

of Charity,

approved the establishment of the award.

The award, given annually to one recipient in each

all

The

rest of us."

so dedicated.

Impressed by her zeal to do

for the

Lord takes care of her; she takes care of the

to rest

A tireless volunteer

and generous caregiver, she had pushed herself a bit too much the day before.

So how did this parishioner of St. Elizabeth Church in Boone spend her "day off? She wrapped boxes of gifts for needy children helped by Samaritan's Purse, one of the many charitable causes to which she is

who nominated Greene

award. "She prays and she trusts.

Associate Editor

North Carolina Catholic

diocese, recognizes recipients for service to

things

the church, the

with great love, the North Carolina Knights of Columbus honored Greene with the third annual Mother Teresa Memorial Award, Greene, a Boone resident and a parishioner of St. Elizabeth Church since 1961, is a native of Bermuda. She settied with her family into a region where poverty was commonplace as was the struggle to survive. In doing so, she and her ministry of serving those in need became staples in the Boone area.

"Jesus said, 'Become like little children, for theirs is the Kingdom of God.' Angie models this kind of child-like faith," said Carol Brown, the parish's director of faith

Parish priests

community and the family. must approve the nomina-

For 35

the entire community.

years, she

the local parish's

on what they could

something,

I'll

get

it

if I

can."

located

group of women from the parish operated a warehouse of clothes, household items and other necessities for anyone in need.

Distressed at the thought of people going without the basics, Greene and her cohorts

made

$500 to three charities Greene supports: the Boone Crisis Pregnancy Center, the Hunger Coalition and Habitat for Humanity.

"It was an honor, and I don't really think I deserved it because I don't really do that much," said Greene. "I just do what I do because I enjoy helping people. If someone needs me, I'll go. If someone needs

a mainstay in

church basement. There, she and a

in the

Greene received a plaque in May at St. Elizabeth Church announcing her as this Additionally, the Knights donated

was

"rummage room"

tions.

year's recipient in the Diocese of Charlotte.

—

—

bigger family

sure people paid for items based only afford, if at

all.

even knew a man who would come up to me and say, 'I don't have any money, but I do have ajar of molasses," she recalled with a chuckle. "So he'd give me the jar and

Courtesy photo

Angie Greene is congratulated by Father John Schneider, her pastor, and Knights of Columbus State Deputy Bob Singer at St. Elizabeth Church.

"I

would give him clothes. Another me a bag of apples."

I

time,

he

new

missals, washing windows or coordinating the parish's Christmas basket project. She has taught in the preschool

children's ministry at the parish as well.

brought

The ally

parish's

turned into

rummage room office space,

but Greene

called her fellow parishioner a

by

St.

Elizabeth Church on

any given day, and you'll likely run into Greene, answering phones or putting out

model of the

true spirit of Christianity.

continues to volunteer for a host of other causes. Stop

Brown

In her letter of nomination,

eventu-

"She

a

is

one-woman

'evangelization

committee,' while ministering to others;

own

she converts our

parishioners, involv-

ing them in living out their baptismal

call

to discipleship," she said.

work

In addition to her

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That kind of dedication is at the heart of the Mother Teresa Memorial Award, said John Harrison, chairman of the award

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Newly ordained priests urged to be

men of faith, reconciliation, Eucharist

By JIMMY ROSTAR

the Diocese of Charlotte; Father John

Associate Editor

Allen, the diocese's assistant director of

CHARLOTTE On the weekend observing the celebration of Pentecost, Bishop William G. Curlin ordained four men to serve as priests of the Diocese of Charlotte. His instruction to them: Be men of faith, service and the

vocations; and a host of diocesan, reli-

—

gious and visiting priests.

The

liturgy

the

reflected

multiculturalism and diversity of this

was

year's ordination class: Scripture

read in English and Vietnamese. Chil-

sacraments.

The two-and-a-half-hour ordination liturgy at St. Gabriel Church June 2 brought a community of faith to-

dren and grandchildren sat behind two of the candidates. A congregation of various ethnicities applauded and prayed.

gether, crossing cultural and geographical backgrounds to welcome Rev. Messrs. Due Duong, Tien Duong,

men whose own paths

Robert Ferris and Kurt Fohn as the newest priests.

In his homily, Bishop Curlin spoke

diocese's four

men

of the divine calling each of the

Assisting in the liturgy were three to the priesthood

are nearly completed. Rev. Messrs.

Christopher Roux, Johnathan Hanic and Larry LoMonaco were ordained to the transitional diaconate earlier this year.

With God's

providence, they will

among

the next group of seminar-

tion.

ians in the

United States to join the holy

"You've been inspired by wonderful priests, like our brothers here and in other parts of the world," the bishop said. "You've been inspired by your parents, loved ones and friends. But God chose you you did not choose him and in the wonderful generosity of your hearts you said, 'I come. I am

order of priesthood.

chivalric organizations well

willing to follow you.'"

acts of charity

answered while discerning

his

voca-

—

—

That discernment was influenced

be

Seminarians of the diocese also served at the Mass.

Among

the congregation were

members of

the Knights of Columbus,

the Order of Malta and the Order of the

—

Holy Sepulcher and

and

fraternal

known

— who

faith

for

joined

in the procession.

ultimately by a profound sense of faith,

Special guests also included the

experiences also helped deter-

Friends of Seminarians, a group financially supportive of vocations in the

while

life

mine the men's paths to priestly service.

While those experiences are as unique as the men and women who serve the church in ministry, all share in the com-

mon calling to serve, the bishop said.

To the brothers Duong, natives of Vietnam who came to the United States in

search of freedom and hope, the faith-filled strength

bishop spoke of the

gained in enduring strife.

"My dear brothers,

know

the

how you had to flee your benative land, how you risked your "Your

For Bishop Curlin, who has ordained nearly two-dozen

men during

his tenure as bishop of the Charlotte

Diocese since 1994, the ordination liturgy was an opportunity to reflect on how to succeed in this sacred ministry.

"Each man must bring his heart to the priesthood," said the bishop.

I

story of

loved

diocese.

that spirit, the bishop said, flects Christ's

It

which

is

re-

rament of penance, which

reflects

struggles and

Christ's voice in the preaching of the

sacrifices are

wonderful treasures you bring to your priestly ministry."

Rev. Messrs. Ferris and Fohn add

Gospels, which reflects Christ's uncon-

will

ditional love in service to the

life,"

he

said.

lives'

poor and

the brokenhearted.

to the diversity of the ordination class of

In daily prayer,

recommitment

Both are widowers with children and grandchildren. Rev. Mr. Fohn is a native of Germany and has served as a permanent deacon in the Catholic Church since 1989.

Bishop Curlin noted that the two

and celebration of the Eucharist, priests find the strength they need to be the presence of Christ in a world filled with poverty, violence and lack of respect for

each "had the beautiful

added.

2001 as

well.

marriage" and

gift

of a holy

now embark on

another

life,

the bishop said.

answer

is

a sacred

'You have raised such wonderful children and are blessed with their love," the bishop told them. And while

priests. Yes,

you and are rejoicing that our God has called you to this vocation of priesthood."

Concelebrating the Mass with Bishop Curlin were Abbot Placid Solari of Belmont Abbey; Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor of

Saints, the bishop, concelebrating priests

and the

entire congregation join in prayer for the church, the world, one another and the candidates for ordination. The candidates prostrate themselves before

the altar in an expression of their unworthiness and dependence on God. The Litany of the Saints is an ancient prayer of the church, calling on the prayers of saints throughout the church's history.

calling priests

and serious one, he

brothers, I ask you to be Bishop Curlin said. "I am not (ordaining) you just because we need

saints,"

they're watching you, are blessing

The

During the Litany of the

"My

divine vocation.

they had to endure the painful loss of their wives, the bishop added, "I'm sure

Photo by Joann S. Keane

healing power in the sac-

we

are blessed that

you

our parishes, and I rejoice in your coming. But the church doesn't need bodies in the priesthood.

The church needs disciples on fire with will be priests in

love for Jesus Christ."

Contact Associate Editor Jimmy Rostar by calling (704) 370-3334 or email jtrostar@charlottediocese.org

Photo by Jimmy Rostar

10 The Catholic News & Herald

Ordination 2001

June

8,

2001

Photo by Joann S. Keane

During the ordination liturgy, each newly ordained priest is vested with the stole and chasuble, vestments of their priestly office. The vesting, pictured above, takes place following the laying on of hands and the prayer of consecration, the points at which the men are actually ordained.

Pictured below, Father Kurt Fohn blesses family members following the ordination Mass. Fathers Fohn and Ferris are widowers with children and grandchildren. A host of family members were seated directly behind the candidates to witness their loved ones ordained into the holy order of priesthood.

Seminarians in formation for the priesthood in the Diocese of Charlotte, pictured below right, assisted at the liturgy ordination at St. Gabriel Church.

Pictured above is the ordination class of 2001 for the Diocese of Charlotte. F Father Due Duong, Bishop William G. Curlin, Father Kurt Fohn and Father Roi

Photo by Joann S. Keane

June

8,

2001

The Catholic News & Herald 11

Ordination 2001

Photo by Jimmy Rostar

Diversity was evident in all aspects of the ordination liturgy. Three of the four newly ordained were born outside the United States. Father Kurt Fohn is a native of Germany, and Fathers Due and Tien Duong are from Vietnam.

The liturgy included music and Scripture conveyed in Vietnamese.

Pictured below, diocesan, religious and visiting priests lay hands on the heads of the candidates during the most solemn moment of the ordination rite.

During the laying on of hands, each candidate approaches the bishop and kneels before him. The bishop then lays hands, praying for the gift of the Holy Spirit upon the candidate. All priests are then invited to lay hands as well.

At bottom left, Rev. Mr. Larry LoMonaco reads the Gospel during the Mass.

Rev. Mr.

LoMonaco

is

Diocese who assisted

one of three transitional deacons of the Charlotte Mass.

at the

Photo by Joann S. Keane ft

are Father

John Allen, assistant director of vocations, Father Tien Duong,

irris.

Photo by Joann S. Keane

Photo by Joann S. Keane

.

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BMHS

own.

Anne Katherin Mense, a junior from Germany, discovered faith beyond the school walls. Although Catholic, Anne Katherin found "there

from

their

Michael Streich, who teaches History and helps coordinate BMHS's foreign exchange program. "It depends upon a student body willing to reach out, to accept as equal, to include and be interested in that student

from an-

"The culture is different," says No Lo. "I like Americans because they are open-minded and easygoing." With her host family in Winston-Salem, she encounters wide open spaces.

"Here you have your own personal space," she says. At home in Hong Kong, No Lo lives on the 31st floor of a high rise.

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How Teen

Drinking Parties Get Started

Last week a police

officer told

The Pope

brand

Speaks

over three times before stopping

on

me

Leaving the road

at

2001

8,

Coming of Age

about finding a

new Mustang convertible one Saturday

patrol.

June

& Columns

Editorials

night while

60 miles an hour, it rolled in a ditch. Both occupants

were dead.

Some

teens in another car pulled over.

nized the car, having seen

minutes

They gave

earlier.

it

drive

They

away from

recog-

a party

the officer the address.

CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CNS Columnist

A few minutes later he knocked on the door. Dozens of teens

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

the suburban house, and

filled

away

drinking.

half an hour ago?

It

was the host's younger brother in the car, and the was his 18th birthday gift. "Officer," the host

convertible

Morning prayer

asked,

"is

he

right?"

all

This seasoned

protection against often

officer

was himself near

pope

is

repeated far too

sive teen-age drinking party has

many

times.

about the party.

The mas-

become an almost routine

The

who on

JOHN NORTON

Catholic

VATICAN CITY

How

News Service Morning prayer (CNS)

—

gives believers "an interior charge" that enables

them Paul

to face an often-hostile world,

Pope John

II said.

Peter's Square.

"God

is

drink themselves into such danger?

Where

are

their parents?

said.

The pope, at times looking fatigued and speaking in a slurred voice, skipped several sections of his prepared text, the latest in a series of talks about the Psalms used in the Liturgy of the Hours.

He said Psalm 5 was the morning prayer of a believer who felt "tension and anxiety" looking ahead to the day's encounters with enemies and

Usually the parents are out of town. These disasters

His parents recite the

no

Of course he'll be OK! rules. Nobody comes, and

of

Massive drinking parties get launched in two ways.

Probably the most common is semiaccidental. Jake tells two friends his parents are out of town and invites them over. "We'll watch a couple of movies and maybe drink a few coolers."

By the end of fifth period, everybody in school knows

psalmist's petition that

who do wrong,

Pope says church challenged, but knows

God

is

VATICAN CITY said

the

at

its

side

—

Pope John Paul (CNS) the church was facing "enormous challenges"

dawn of the new millennium but

II

at

could joyfully

trust that God would remain at its side. At a May 24 Ascension Thursday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica formally closing an extraordinary consistory, the pope thanked more than 150 cardinals for their "precious contributions" during the four-day meeting. "From them I intend to draw opportune (and) effective indications" as to how the church can best carry out its mission amid today's challenges, he said.

till

the kegs run dry. Usually

enough

all

the beer

enough

it's

—

in

for

time to

to drive, you're perfectly capable

of finding these parties. If you're of a mind, you can

lie

to

your parents and convince them that you're going to a friend's place to study.

cancer,

will kill more teen-agers this year than AIDS, drug overdoses and suicide combined.

-

where teens are drink-

you can stay there, not drink and have a good time. It's almost impossible.

If you show up at the party and kids are drinking whether there are adults in the building or not

—

—

it's

time to leave

No party on earth is worth ending up dead in a ditch.

Get out and go someplace else. Quite literally, your life depends on it.

conditions her beloved nun and the 800 children in the

mission were facing in Africa. Sister had come back to try to raise supplies

Bottom Line

and some money for their finanCould I write a story, bring-

cially destitute mission.

ing some attention to this need?

when surrounded and "the tangle of daily events," he

God "punish" he noted. This conforms the prayer to the distinctly Christian revelation of merciful love, "which offers even the evildoer the possibility of conversion," he said.

Hebrew

those

they can drink

kegs of

five

kid pays $5, the price for

ing, don't kid yourself that

Jake agrees, but plans change.

ANTOINETTE BOSCO

CNS

said.

the

That night each

If you find yourself at a party

God, the believer does not

God takes those who trust in him "by the hand" and "makes straight the way" before them, "as the psalmist says with a simple but suggestive image," the pope said.

The text used in the Christian liturgy omits

a planned party. Jake calls a buddy

is

enough to buy

many of the kids to get dangerously smashed drive home drunk.

parties.

alone or abandoned even injustice

make

Driving drunk

to himself?

said.

by

to

Teens, alcohol and cars are a deadly combination.

The whole house

The

this trust in

beer.

couple of nights."

"A certainty emerges before the nightmares of a tiring and possibly dangerous day. The Lord is a coherent God, rigorous in the face of injustice, alien from every compromise with evil," the pope

With

know how

beer. Then Jake prints up a flyer computer, 'Party at Jake's house, $5." He passes 100

old

If you're old

your dad has a conference this weekend at a resort by the lake, and since you're getting older now we're wondering if you think you'd be OK if we left you alone a

evildoers.

feel

other type

Jake doesn't

copies around school.

often begin with the following conversation.

course, absolutely

always ready to help us avoid the

of life," he

arrive,

Saturday afternoon his buddy purchases

can 60 or 100 teens gather in somebody's nice

"Jake,

Despite the dangers and disappointments that each day brings, those who faithfully turn to God experience a 'Iwave of serenity and joy" knowing that he is at their side, the pope said May 30 at his weekly general audience in St.

pitfalls

home and

is

his

social event.

By

A hundred kids show up, some with cases

Once they them go away. of beer.

he

tears as

spoke of telling the young host that his brother was dead.

That scene

hostile world, says

most were

The officer located the host, a young man of 20. Did he know anything about a Mustang convertible that drove

Columnist

Remembering a Martyred Friend The box was marked "Writing History," long lost in the corner of my attic. It triggered a memory of years past when I had packed away copies of Catholic magazines that had carried my articles in the decades of the '50s and the '60s.

I opened the box and began an excursion back in time, opening magazines, some with names no longer familiar: The Lamp; Sacred Heart Messenger, Information, The Apostle, Sign and many more. Reading some of the articles, one stood out. I wrote it for the June 1965 issue of The Apostle, a magazine published then by the Mariannhill Missionaries.

The article was about a nun who had become my friend. She was Sister Mary Antoinette, a Daughter of Wisdom, who had been a teacher at Our Lady of

Wisdom Academy

in

Ozone

Park, N.Y.,

by her students.

When

met her

much

loved

»

1963, she had been teaching for three years at the Isangi Mission in the African Congo, 120 miles from Stanleyville. I was someone who shared her name, Antoinette, a mother of seven and at that time a writer for The Long Island I

in July

Catholic, the publication of the Diocese of Rockville

Center, N.Y. It was a former student of hers who had put me in touch with Sister Mary Antoinette, precisely because we had the same name. She told me about the terrible

I made an appointment to meet Sister Antoinette.

She told of the conditions of women trying to provide for their children in mud huts, with no water and no sanitation. "The slums in New York would be a sign of wealth to these women," she told me.

Nearly 200 of their students were orphans, living in a building with no electricity, no running water and little food. One nun ran the hospital, with no doctor available and terrible conditions.

"In one month she delivered 80 babies," she murmured. Then she spoke of the open hostility white people were facing with the newly gained independence of African governments, admitting these were troubled times for American missionaries. Even teen-

agers taunted her, yelling "Don't to

come

come back"

as she left

to America.

I wrote about her, and we got a good response, with goods and money. But as she planned to leave, the news about chaos in Africa had gotten worse. I asked her to please not go. But nothing could keep her from her children there. "I don't know the ending but what we do is a beginning," she said.

Her words were strangely reminiscent of those spoken by John F. Kennedy: "Our work will not be

—

finished in the first 100 days.

the

first

planet

Nor

will

it

be finished

in

1,000 days nor even in our lifetime on this

— but

let us begin."

Seventeen months later, because she was "the American nun," Sister Antoinette was singled out by the

Congo

rebels

— becoming

the victim of multiple

rapes and brutal beatings before her

lifeless

body was

then thrown into the river.

I cried then, and did again now, remembering this incredible woman whose apostolate was stopped short

by murder

after a service

of 1,000 days.