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Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

Ask

Cardinals

March

•

14,

1997

Approve

Clinton To

Ban

Partial-Birth Abortion

Based on recent admissions from one chief supporter of the procedure he had lied about the need to retain partial-birth abortions, U.S. cardinals

that

urged President Clinton in a letter to "seize the opportunity to explain that he was misled, as were most Americans," and sign a new bill to ban the procedure.

WASHINGTON

The

no basis

seven active U.S. cardinals, in a letter to President Clinton, asked the president to

The

new bill

sign a

Photo by Kathy Schmugge

Bishop William G. Curlin and Rev. Mr. Joe Schumacher of Our Lady of Mercy Church in Winston-Salem talk during a break at the Permanent Deacons Day of Retreat and Recommitment. Deacons met with Bishop Curlin at the Catholic Conference Center on March 8.

—

(CNS)

introduced in Congress to

ban the partial-birth abortion procedure.

Based on recent admissions from one chief supporter of the procedure that he had lied about the need to retain partialbirth abortions, the cardinals said in their

March 7

letter,

"We urge you

to seize the

opportunity before you to explain that

you were misled,

were most Ameri-

as

They asked Clinton

Ministry To

In

Church

to "ask

sign

banning partial-birth aborand let it be known that you will

it

March

into law."

5 in the

A

was introduced

bill

House

to

ban the proce-

dure except when the mother's

By

KATHY SCHMUGGE

HICKORY — On March

8,

Curlin and the Very Rev. Mauricio West,

deacons

and candidates for the permanent diaconate joined together during a

Recommitment

of Retreat and

Day

sible things," the

bishop said.

"It is

im-

go to your assignments with and to faithfully preach the

cons. "I

your love and the your marriage which helps empower your husbands to answer Christ's call to ministry," he said.

The annual event began with fellowship, providing an opportunity to fortify

old friendships and

make new

also gave the candidates

and

ones.

their

It

wives

stated that she has person-

this ministry.

ful for the positive

She was thank-

impact

May

of

St.

Aloysius Church

in

Hickory

— from the permanent diaconate's graduating of 983 — offered class

1

it

has had on

her entire family.

In closing,

Bishop Curlin asked the one another. Para-

phrasing Pope Paul VI, he said their genuine trust in the their parishes.

lead, our

Lord

is

a transparency for

"Seeing the joyful lives you

young people

are able to under-

stand the ever-present appeal that a in

spiri-

advice to candidates like Judge Alec Lyerly of St. Elizabeth Church in Boone.

you don't find time for Mass, Liturgy of the Hours, and prayers, you will be destined to fail," Rev. Mr. May gently "If

warned.

A Mass was concelebrated by Bishop

fertility in

"The public has learned

Christ has for us."

inside

life

that partial-

birth abortions are

"It

has learned that partial-birth abor-

who

believe their future

would be threatened

if

fertility

unable to procure

I'm going

to try to protect right

down

to

the end."

The cardinals said they would urge Congress to pass a partial-birth abortion ban "with sufficient votes to ensure that it will become the law of the land."

Last year's Clinton veto of the ban was overridden

in the

House but

failed

to get the two-thirds majority required in

The bishops, led by the carmounted an unprecedented effort

is used primarily in the fifth and sixth months of pregnancy, and that restrictions confined to the third trimester would therefore be inadequate. The public has

the Senate.

also learned that the vast majority of these

tial-birth abortion sent

procedures are performed on the healthy

dent Clinton by the seven active U.S. car-

tion

babies of healthy

The

women."

dinals,

to override the veto.

Here

is

the text of the letter on par-

March 7

to Presi-

dinals and the president of the National

cardinals also cited the remarks

Conference of Catholic Bishops:

of "hundreds of doctors, most specialists in

maternal and

fetal

medicine,"

who say

that partial birth abortion "poses, not

avoids, significant risks to

women's

health and future fertility. Clearly, any claim that partial-birth abortion must be available to protect a woman's health has

Parents And

Teens Attend

first

tual

procedure that will

preserve a woman's health of

to support

the Charlotte Diocese.

Hugo

their

witnessed the special graces that

deacons

that partial-birth abor-

performed not a few hundred times a year, but thousands of times each year," the cardinals said.

also recognized the 14

Mary Langsdorf, wife of Rev. Mr. Mike Langsdorf of Holy Family Church

come with

which said

tion "is never the only

He

wives.

Clemmons,

cardinals cited the

any situation."

a chance to get acquainted with the evergrowing permanent diaconate family in

Veteran deacons like Rev. Mr.

folks"

a partial-birth abortion.

The

like to

permanent diaconate candidates and

"It is

in

would

cese," he said.

ally

Church.

one

gists,

Afterward, Father West, director of

faith,

presence of Jesus

to pass this bill

more time without taking care of those

to

in

to the

be a mistake for us

"They're the people I'm concerned

portant to

Church's official teachings."

Bishop Curlin also recognized the vital role of deacons' wives in their service

At a March 7 press conference, "it would

Clinton said that he believes

about," he said, "and they're the people

thank you for your excellent ministry throughout the dio-

to others.

Signing the letter were Cardinals Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, James A. Hickey of Washington, William H. Keeler of Baltimore, Bernard F. Law of Boston, Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, Adam J. Maida of Detroit, and John J. O'Connor of New York. Also signing was Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleve-

College of Obstetricians and Gynecolo-

deacons made a recommitment serve the Church.

the permanent diaconate, praised the dea-

message, Bishop William G. Curlin appealed to the deacons and candidates to be loyal servants of the Church.

"I am not going to ask you to do impos-

home

service,

at the

In his

be read during

to

at the cardinals'

American

which requires

them "to be Christ"

life is in

danger.

vicar general and chancellor. During the

Catholic Conference Center to say "yes" to Christ in a ministry

was

cathedrals.

Congress

to pass a bill tions,

letter

Masses March 9

land, president of the U.S. bishops.

cans."

Deacons Recommit Themselves

in fact."

Pope Speaks

4

Columns

5 10-11

Briefs

"God's Plan For Love And

President,

you again about one of most urgent moral issues of this day partial-birth abortion. We do so in the wake of recent revelations corroborating the arguments of those who seek a ban on this practice and contradicting the arguments of its proponents. Fortunately, the public has learned a great deal to

the

—

through these disclosures.

Retreat,

News

Dear Mr. We write

12

Parish Profile

The public has learned that partialperformed not a few hundred times a year, but thousands of times each year. It has learned that parbirth abortions are

tial-birth abortion is

Life"

This month's Spanish

supplement in

fifth

and

sixth

used primarily

this issue.

See

Letter,

in the

months of pregnancy and

page 2

2 The Catholic

News

& Herald

March

1997

14,

Youth Ministry Addresses Needs of Tomorrow's Church By

JIMMY ROSTAR

says.

—

HIGH POINT

In order to ensure youth will go on to become leaders of tomorrow's Church, opportuthat Catholic

nities for social service

must be made

them today.

So notes Robin Connolly, youth minister for Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Not only do she and a volunteer corps of 20 try to give the youth chances available to

for social interaction in light of Catholic ideals; they Photo courtesy

KERNERSVILLE

of

Holy Cross Family Life Commission

— Holy Cross Church recently celebrated Seniors Appreciation

night, complete with Big Band music from the 1940s, dancing, door prizes and a dinner buffet. The parish's family life commission called the event an opportunity to show appreciation for senior members of the church, some of whom are founding

members.

Cardinals Urge President To Sign Letter, from

page

New

1

Banning

Bill

tion

who seek

testified, that

to

ban

there are

this practice

have

no published data

support a claim that partial-birth abortions may ever be necessary to preserve a woman 's life, health orfuture fertility. To the contrary, hundreds of doctors, most specialists in maternal and fetal medicine, have explained why partial-birth abortion itself poses, not to

avoids, significant risks to

and future fertility.

women's

any claim that partial-birth abortion must be health

available to protect a

Clearly,

woman

's

health has

no basis in fact.

The American College of Obstetricians

and Gynecologists

recently re-

Parish Youth Save Up Pennies For A

any

is

situation.

Mr. President, you are in a unique position to ensure respect for all

human

rights, including the right to life which is denied to infants who are brutally killed in partial-birth abortion. We urge you to

seize the opportunity before

you

to ex-

Roma-

war-torn regions as Albania and

be known that you will sign it into law. For our part, we will continue to urge that such a bill is passed in both houses of Congress with sufficient votes to ensure that it will become the law let it

of the land.

A host of parish

and ecumenical acconand service tinues as well. Connolly says that such tivities

— both

undertakings

—

social

make

a positive introduc-

"What we're

trying to

do

is

Cathobuild a

for them of the actual Church," she explains.

Connolly appreciates the youth for

microcosm

their zeal, especially

that

youth ministry

is

when considering not a mandated

Sunday:

Jeremiah 31: 31-34 Hebrews 5: 7-9 John 12: 20-33

Monday:

Daniel 13: 1-9,15-17, 19-30,33-62

Lady of the Highways Parish youth have started fund raising efforts to help

needy families within the parish community. The project, "A Mile of Pennies," began in November and endeavors to raise $844.80, which is exactly one mile of pennies.

The youth have been bringing their pennies to their faith formation classes

each week. Each class tracks their weekly collections, which are recorded and posted for the parish on the church bulletin board. The program will conclude March 30 when the winning class will be rewarded with a pizza party.

"One of our goals is to get our youth involved within the parish and the community," says Ofelia Reddick, Stewardship Committee chairperson. "I think the children feel a sense of pride

and responsibility when they are given goals and ways to achieve them."

John Tuesday:

8:

1-11

Numbers John

Wednesday:

8:

21

:

By

regularly meeting with the pre-

the ministry team share concerns that every generation of young people faces.

Through providing an environment that "stress-free" to discuss a variety of

stressors

—

—

better function in a largely secular world.

Connolly realizes try

that

youth minis-

holds a special place within the edu-

While the program educates and provides a foundation of knowledge, youth ministry allows the young people to put their faith into action. And, she adds, while operating around different models, the two programs work together to address matters of faith. The bottom line: "Between (Faith Formation) and cational mission of the Church.

Faith Formation

gram

we try

to integrate a pro-

that will help the

youth feel more

in their faith," she says.

That comfort level can lead to rewarding relationships between youth and minister, relationships that in Connolly's

view can become Christ-like. "Jesus was always a gentle teacher, and that's what we want to do," she says. "We're trying to show them ways to go and help them along those ways in whatever decisions they make."

That interrelated journey of faith, is epitomized in the paryouth ministry's Scriptural motto, based on Psalm 32:8: "I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you."

In the Diocese of Charlotte, youth

says Connolly, ish

ministry

is

one of the 37 ministries and

agencies funded by the annual Diocesan

Support Appeal.

2 Samuel 16

7:

1 7:

Men

Consider

PRIESTHOOD

4-5a,12-14a,

in

The Diocese of

24a Qenesis

Fishers of

4-9

21-30

Romans 4: 13,16-18,22 Matthew 1: 16, 18-21,

Thursday:

their decision," she

16-22

SERVICE OF OTHERS The Our

el-

ement of Catholic catechesis. "The reason our program works is because youth ministry is not something they have to do. It's something they're choosing to

at the

tip buttk of

it's

teens and high-schoolers, Connolly and

comfortable

put tour gifts ^Rcabmga for

because

great,

ing outreach to area elderly.

lics.

and

sees youth choose in

adds.

youth ministry,

tion to an adult faith life for young

tions

is

funds and awareness, and "Friendly Visitors," a program in Greensboro provid-

Americans. We urge you to ask Congress to pass a bill banning partial-birth abor-

xci\

—

provide them the

plain that you were misled, as were most

Worthy Cause THOMASVILLE

we

nia for which the youth ministry raises

the safest procedure in a particular cir-

those

grades 6-12. "If

sionary effort assisting people in such

mester would therefore be inadequate.

The public has also learned that the vast majority of these procedures are performed on the healthy babies of healthy

made clear, as

Connolly of the program, which in this High Point parish ministers to 100 youth

never the only procedure that will preserve a woman 's health or fertility in

"

said that partial-birth abortion

Disclosures have also

ministries of the Catholic Church," says

clear in saying that partial-birth abor-

"may be

that restrictions confined to the third tri-

when she

favor of the ministry. "Their commitment

drugs, prejudice, family problems especially among them the facilitators hope to enable the youth to

cumstance, but one of its spokespersons "it may not be. " The college is

had

ences joy

is

now says

ACOG

itself in this regard.

experi-

"The idea is to teach the youth and expose them to the different missions and

ways and means to serve the Church, then they can later choose which ones they want to pursue as an adult."

At Immaculate Heart of Mary, those ways and means include service projects like "Share God's Love," a Catholic mis-

versed

women.

form the foundation

to

1997 Connolly Diocesan Support Appeal

of the future Church.

in

Partial-Birth Abortions

hope

works

do," she

Staff Writer

3-9

Charlotte

John 8:51-59 Friday:

Jeremiah 20: 10-13 John 10: 31-42

Saturday:

Ezekiel 37: 21-28 John 11: 45-56

"As he passed by the Sea of saw Simon and his

Galilee, he

brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen.

Jesus said to them, 'Come after

me, and of men.'

Information Father Frank O'Rourke Vocations Director P.O. Box 130 Clemmons, MC 27012 (910) 766-1882

I will make you fishers Then they left their nets

and followed him."

(Mark 2:16-18)

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14,

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Church Viewed As By

MIKE KROKOS

serious concern.

"The Church needs

to

the diocese addresses the needs of Catho-

provide pastoral care," she said. "I am interested in providing training for lay

lic

ministers to visit nursing homes, assisted

zens and senior priests," said the pastor

priests

who would

like to help, but

we

to take

As a member of the CRISM (Catho-

Issues like housing and transporta-

part in workshops, art classes, ceramics

dressing the priestly retirement issue,"

Retirees in Special Ministries) task

may be things the Church cannot address alone. "I feel we need to collaborate with other groups. If we could get

and exercise classes. Although he feels his parish does a good job of providing for the elderly, the pastor sees areas where seniors need more.

"Their spiritual life takes on a whole new venue. We need to extend ourselves to seniors in a more active way, and in what we offer them sacramentally and spiritually," Msgr. Allen said.

"We're responding to the age as best we can, but we're somewhat out on a limb doing it by ourselves without any input," he added. "It would be nice to have priests

Msgr. Allen said.

Both Msgr. Allen and Sister Jean Marie agree the Church has an obligation to address the elderly's wants and needs. "These are the people who built the Catholic schools and churches," Sis-

"living facilities,

Mercy

may

Sister

Jeanne Marie Kienast

not reveal her age, but the

St.

Mat-

is

quick

thew Church pastoral associate

to point out she is a senior citizen.

Mercy

thy for

all

for

over age 60 in the Diocese of Charlotte, Sister Jeanne

Marie

is

for pastoral care, accord-

ing to Sister Jeanne Marie,

is

evident to

Matthew Church community. "We have two retirement centers and three nursing homes nearby, and they all have

tion

other church groups interested, possibly

something could be done," Sister Jeanne Marie said.

With seniors moving to the area to be closer to their children, families would be well served by an elderly day care facility, she added. "Having some kind of senior center would be a wonderful help," Sister Jeanne Marie noted. "Many people do not require full-time supervision, but they need someone around to remind them of things like taking medication."

seniors. Also, the fact that the baby boomers are right behind means in another few years we will really have an increase in the (elderly) population," Sis-

Jeanne Marie noted.

Although housing and transportation

have been the most discussed issues during listening sessions, Sister Jeanne feels pastoral care for seniors is

a

"My of

St.

concern

is

for both senior citi-

Ann Church. "We

tend to want to

though they are no longer useful parts of our lives."

"It shouldn't be called retirement. It is another step in life's progression," he added.

At

more than

of the rapidly increasing population of

elders.

stereotype retirement and old age as

eager to see the

assist the diocese's

20,000 Catholic elders.

"This is an important issue because

Marie

and seniors who are

Catholic residents."

seniors," she said.

force formed to assess the needs of those

Church

homebound."

The need the St.

50 years and have great concern and empa"I've been a Sister of

ter

Integral Provider For Seniors have not come up with ideas of what they can do," he said. "Part of our parish ministry is taking care of our elderly priests."

In discussing clergy, Msgr. Allen points to insight shared by Msgr. Charles Fahey, director of The Third Age Center at Fordham University. Msgr. Fahey's paper, "The Graying of Clergy," was the topic of discussion at a recent conference Msgr. Allen attended.

"His paper outlines a program ad-

The following is the third in a series focusing on the Church and the elderly in the Diocese of Charlotte.

lic

& Herald 3

Like Sister Jean Marie, Msgr. Richard Allen has a sincere interest in how

St.

Ann, seniors are invited

or sisters give retreats (for elders)."

Msgr. Allen feels the Church should who want to continue ministry once they retire. "I know many

ter

said. "They need to Church is there for them."

"We've devoted tremendous ener-

Jeanne Marie

know

the

gies to other projects in the diocese.

Equal amounts need to be put into things that will benefit our senior citizens," Msgr. Allen said. "We've talked about it. Now we need to do something."

"Elders have filled out plenty of sur-

assist priests

See Seniors, page 6

Albanian Archbishop Says Masses Unaffected By State Of Emergency

—

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) The head of Albania's Catholic bishops conference has urged a peaceful end to the country's turmoil and said that Masses and religious gatherings would not be affected by the government-declared state of emergency. Archbishop Rrok Mirdita of Tirana said

in

a Catholic

News

—

Albanian Protesters Thousands of Albanians

in the town of Vlore March 1 protesting against the government after economic

demonstrate

Ser-

,

March 3 that he had learned of the state of emergency through Albanian media the night of March 2 and had not received notificavice telephone interview

problems, including the collapse pyramid investment schemes, left many people penniless.

Pope John Paul II said Albanians

of

any accompanying curbs on reliwe can tell, the Catholic Church's liturgical events will not be affected, since the measures tion of

must

gious activities. "As far as

rebuild their country's

moral and legal structures.

are intended only to control suspicious

anti-government meetings," said Archbishop Mirdita.

CNS

Remember HisWll

"A valid Will stands as

a

continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as well as an ongoing commitment to the Church and the

community

In Yours.

araeclraii

pholo from Reuters

in

which we

live."

Bishop William G. Curlin

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 Weekend

Masses: Saturday Vigil

Sunday Daily Masses:

—

— 8:00, 9:30,

1

& 7:30AM & 1:00AM

Friday — 12:10PM — Rosary 8:45AM; Mass 9:00AM; Novena 9:30AM Saturday — 4:00 5:00PM or by request

Monday

-

statement included in your Will:

5:30PM 12:30PM

"/ leave to the

Roman

Saturday Confession:

to

Charlotte (or

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

sum of$

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

(or Rector: The Very Reverend Paul Gary

Parochial Vicars: Reverend Eric Houseknecht

and Reverend Thomas Williamson 1621 Dilworth Road East f Charlotte,

NC 28203 f (704)334-2283

For more information on

how

to

make a

its

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.

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& Herald

News

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14,

1997

The Pope Speaks

Pro-Life Corner

Pope John Paul IT

Miracle At Cana Indicated Mary's Role In Jesus' Mission, Pope Says VATICAN CITY (CSS)

— Here

of Pope John Paul II 's remarks general audience March 5.

in

is

the Vatican text

English at his weekly

Pope Says Global Economy Must Not Eclipse Important

Values

beloved

sick,

how doubly you are to me, when you personify Christ; and what a privilege is mine

to

be

allowed to tend you."

— Mother Teresa of Calcutta

The

%espect Life Office

'Diocese ofCftarbtte

Dear brothers and sisters, At the wedding feast at Cana Jesus performed his first miracle at the request of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Mary's request is a form of cooperation in the beginning of her son's messianic mission, a cooperation which would continue to the foot of the Cross.

The miracle at Cana was the first of the "signs" which manifested Jesus' glory (cf. Jn 2:1 1). For the fathers of the church, the water turned into wine was a symbol of the passage from the Old Testament to the new, from the ritual prescriptions of the law to their fulfillment in the new kingdom, symbolized in the wedding feast. The miracle of the new wine, while it shows Christ's concern for married couples, also foreshadows

globalization of the

As St. John's account of the miracle of Cana makes Mary was the first to believe in her son. In every age Mary precedes the Lord's disciples on their pilgrim-

March 20

5:30 p.m.

Confirmation

12:10 p.m.

Speaker Saint Peter's Episcopal

St.

Thomas Aquinas

and she invites us God's mercy and goodness. age of

faith,

all

to place

our hope

in

tors, especially the

of America.

My

pilgrim groups from the United States

special greeting goes to the students

Church

Church

from the Bologna Center of Johns Hopkins University.

Charlotte

Charlotte

I

March 21 11 a.m.

Homilist

and Ministry

St. Benedict's Day Mass Belmont Abbey

Baltimore,

MD

March 18

also thank the choirs for their praise of

Upon

Meeting of Bishops Committee for Priestly Life

all

of you

I

God

in

song.

cordially invoke the joy and peace of

our Lord Jesus Christ.

Palm Sunday:

March 23

March 19 6:00 p.m.

Palm Sunday Mass St Patrick Cathedral

Catholic Social Services

Charlotte

eclipse impor-

and cooperation. While the

remarks came in a speech to an Italian union of Christian businessmen. He praised the organization for bringing Gospel values to bear against business practices that "mortify human dignity, such as various forms of central state control, the excessive search for profit and forms of discrimination."

Pope Meets

U.S.

Group That Promotes

Christian-Jewish Relations VATICAN CITY (CNS) A Boston-based group promoting Jewish- Christian relations met Pope John

—

and received his blessing in early March. "We have this opportunity, and we think it means a lot to what we are trying to accomplish," said Rabbi Richard Yellin, a Boston native now living in Israel and one of the leaders of the Netanya Foundation. Twenty-eight members of the group attended the II

thrilled to

March 6. The rabbi said he placed his hands on Pope John Paul's head and blessed him; the pontiff blessed the group and its activities in return. papal audience

The Reverend Francis

Church Charlotte

called

Guest Column

7 p.m.

Penance Service St. Patrick Cathedral Charlotte

7 p.m.

Penance Service Our Lady of Assumption

II

the increasing

Church supports creative business enterprise as a right, it also feels compelled to remind people that commercial operations should have a community aspect that goes beyond profit-making, he said March 7. The pope's

Paul

am pleased to welcome the English-speaking visi-

I

March 16

make sure economy does not

tant values like sharing

were

March 15

— Pope John Paul

to help

the Eucharist.

clear,

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part in the following events:

VATICAN CITY (CNS) on business leaders

Hail to

T.

Gignac,

S.J.

Our King!

11 a.m.

On this day the Church celebrates the entry of Jesus accomplish our salvaincluded in every Mass,

into the holy city of Jerusalem to tion.

A memorial of this entry is

Awards Dinner Westin Hotel

with a solemn procession before the principal Mass.

Charlotte

This procession actment;

it

is

not meant to be an historical reen-

a liturgical action designed to open the

is

celebration of the Christian Passover.

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After the blessing of palms, an account of the Lord's

used to welcome great conquerors.

All four Gospels have

the crowds shout sanna" (which means

save us!"

"God save 1

or, in

"Ho"God

Matthew,

the son of David") and then quote

Psalm

18:26, the verse that pilgrims sang on their final asis He (the pilgrim) who name of the Lord (Yahweh)." Here John's

is proclaimed from one of the three synoptic Gospels according to the cycle; this year it is from either Mark ( 1 1 1 - 1 0) or John (12:12-16).

The Johannine story differs from the synoptic versions by being shorter and following the anointing at Bethany, not preceding it. And it is the crowd, not the disciples, who are responsible for the triumphant procession. Of course, it is not followed by the cleansing of the temple episode because the author of this Gospel moved that up to the beginning of Jesus' ministry in

cent to the Temple: "Blessed

order to portray him as fulfilling the role of Elijah the

cal year, the Christian Passover.

fiery reformer.

ceremony commemorates the mystery of our salvation.

We believe that it is through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that we are saved. With readings from the passion accounts and the celebration of the Easter vigil, the liturgy of Holy Week urges us to appropriate to ourselves Christ's victory over sin and death and to allow it to exercise its effect upon us more and more.

entrance

:

Along with Matthew's Gospel, John's uses an Old Testament quotation from Zecariah 9:9 referring to a king coming to Jerusalem riding upon an ass, a symbol of peace (as opposed to horses used in war), although he does not have the synoptics' preliminary story of Jesus sending two of his disciples to find it.

While Mark's mentions leafy branches people had cut from the fields, and Matthew's their cutting branches from the trees (both of which may be related to the twig bundles used at the festival of Tabernacles), John's version introduces palm branches (not native to Palestine),

comes

in the

version, with Luke's, explicitly applies this to Jesus as

king of

Israel.

The author of John's Gospel concludes

his story

with the reflection that his disciples did not understand all this at first, but when Jesus had been glorified through his death

and resurrection they realized the significance

of these events.

We now begin the most solemn week of the liturgi-

Jesuit Father Francis

T.

This eight-day religious

Gignac

is

a professor and

chairperson of the Department of Biblical Studies at The Catholic University ofAmerica in Washington, D.C.

March

14,

The Catholic News

1997

One Candle

Light

Father Thomas

Of Saints And Civilization If

you are

— and am — you

Irish

hadn't noticed,

I

in

There are no snakes or shamrocks case you

can't help

feeling a jolt of pride after reading Cahill's best selling

The

Civilization.

which

Tom

How The Irish Saved quite a boast,

title is

says something of the Irish But the claim stands up to the

itself

character.

And

Cahill helps his readers with a

vivid writing style that guides the reader

through

much

What we

of the myth and legend

surrounding the Ireland of St. Patrick and

Book

in

discover are facts

that are far more compelling. Patrick was born of Christian Roman-British parents in 389 AD. His father was a deacon and municipal officer and one grandfather

was a

priest.

Celibacy was not required

in that era. In his six

years of captivity in

Roman

a land well beyond the reach of

of scholarship.

tests

this account.

law, Patrick

came

J.

McSweeney

stop:

Father?

Is

it

tron.

What

a shameful

thing in their eyes that

have been born

we

Patrick?

in Ireland?"

In a stunning challenge, Patrick arthat the chalice of the Sacrifice of

Mass

nullified the use of the

cups used

in

human

sacrifice, for

pagan

"God

no longer demands that we nourish Him, He offers Himself to us as our Heavenly Nourishment." Soon, human sacrifice ended altogether. Murder and intertribal

of Kells. In the matter of Patrick, one finds the unexaggerated story of how a young kidnapped Roman citizen enslaved by an Irish chieftain came to consider himself Irish and in time emerge as the beloved bishop of a once

pagan

and returned to Ireland as a missionary.

is

pagan land.

He was arguably the first missionary

age of 72 Patrick was Down, the site of his first church. By this time he had built a network of local churches and established a Cathedral at Armagh a center of education and evangelization that sent hundreds of missionaries back into Europe to revitalize the people of God. It

the

The author observes:

"In

becoming

an Irishman, Patrick welded his Christian faith to their life.

He found

a

way

—

included

sacri-

Outside of Ireland, the Irish were considered hopelessly barbaric.

Patrick escaped back to his family in fice.

Britain,

was ordained a priest

where since

in

432 AD, any-

Paul traveled through

St.

Greece.

Most notably,

of

swimming down to the depths of the Irish psyche and warming and transforming Irish imagination making it more humane and noble while keeping it Irish."

rituals that

St.

Patrick

was the first

anti-slavery voice heard before the

century.

When

1

7th

Britain raiders snatched

from Northern Ireland, he begged Britain to Patrick's converts by the thousands

warfare decreased dramatically.

how

became

the Irish

Dead

Once there was an

island people that other

his Irish voice.

the

the rest of the

is

legacy of the historical

Clearly Patrick had found

gued

human

still goes on. In 1961 the Christians of Nigeria claimed Patrick as their pa-

we have

received one baptism or we have one God and

character as loyal, courageous and gen-

wars and practiced

be that they do

it

that

to understand the Irish

in tribal

"Can

not believe that

erous. This even though the Irish engaged

unceasingly

& Herald 5

And that

Christians.

at the

buried in County

Christians felt were beyond redemption, and one brave man had faith enough to demonstrate in their midst that the sword was not the only instrument for structuring society. To be sure, there are corners of society yet in need of

great-hearted people committed to loving outcasts in such an extraordinary way.

—

be saved

If today's civilization is to

a civilization, which, as Patrick

would

"may pass in a moment like a cloud of smoke that is scattered by the wind" say,

—

it

would be by such unlikely

saints as

this.

—

For a free copy of

News

Note,

ture, " write to the

48th

St.,

the Christopher

"Saints: Past, Present Fu-

New

Christophers, 12 East

York, N.Y. 10017.

Question Corner Father John Dietzen

Evolution: Serious Questions Require Serious Study Q. / am a CCD instructor and need some answers. You are probably tired of

umns. Over the years I have devoted this space to each of them more than once.

One reason I'm printing your questions, which are much abbreviated, is that

of evolution, but I have taught and wrote that an ape cannot be in the image and likeness of God. The Bible speaks so often about the story of creation 1 don see how it can he

they

the subject

of I

seem

many

want

to reflect the current feelings

great thought before

then

build religious doctrines on

ask serious questions, we must be willing to do considerable study to find answers that will sat-

to suggest at least

two important

your serious and

reflec-

matters that pertain primarily to the natural sciences.

Some months

isfy us.

Catholics and other Christians.

facts that deserve

This

is

especially desir-

able before we start to condemn or accuse others of er-

tive consideration.

ror because they disagree

Tons of material have been written on the subject, very much of it from a

physics to theology.

ally defenseless.

solid base of Catholic/Christian philoso-

we "know" to be the fact. have previously referred readers to the introductions and textual notes in the

New

't

When

the

Why don we read the Bible 't

literally

as do fundamentalists? The first remark

of some Protestant recruiters is that we don believe in the Bible so we cannot be Christians. Are there books and journals on these subjects? 't

A. An adequate response to any of your questions would require many col-

with what I

One

participant noted perceptively

"we had

phy and theology.

For whatever reasons, not a few otherwise intelligent people seem to think that any question, any searching, no mat-

American Bible (especially the St. Joseph edition), published under the aus-

that

pices of the bishops of the United States.

rance" of matters of nature

how complicated or profound, should have answers they can absorb and understand in 30 or 60 minutes, just about the length of an "in-depth" TV program.

That simply is not true. If we wish

alone would give

ter

A

thoughtful, careful study of these

at least a good start toward resolving your concerns about how the Catholic Church interprets Scripture.

Second, your problems with evolution prove again how we need to take

ago, the

journal First Things (a monthly "Journal of Religion and Public Life") printed an intriguing dialogue on some relationships of modern

pope came out with his statement on evolution, I was left virtuwrong.

we

to

better not base our theology

on a desperate hope for continued igno-

we

cannot

at

present explain.

He makes

good

a

painful experience,

point. In spite of

many have

still

not

learned that lesson. For 15 centuries,

See Dietzen, page 9

Family Reflections Andrew

Making A Subdivision Neighborhood

A

the

Our children are growing up in a much different from that in which we grew up. Our ethic of upward mobility demands that we provide easier access to the things we were denied because of racism and economic hardships. They go to better schools, a little "safer" environment, dress better, eat better, and are economically better off than were we growing up. Yet there is something in our middle-class

—

life that

something

eludes our children

we

both

had

in

abundance. ..community.

Andrew grew up

housing project on Chicago's near Southside. His community fit every contemporary definition of a "bad neighborhood." However, in the

in a public

seven-story high rise he lived in

were families

who found

community they

revered. Parents

world

their identity in

& Terri Lyke

lived. Elders were were respected. Children

were accountable to more than their own seemed to be monitors of bad behavior and language everywhere.

gerous elements, such as

in

gang and domestic violence, and much of the per-

we

our memories. Nor do believe that our mod-

ern, technological lifestyle

precludes true community.

believing that his

pervade our society today. Yet the permeable boundaries of family al-

parents could see everything because they

lowed connection with

always were up on anything he did.

other families and resulted

be connected. It's allowing ourselves to be reliant and (yes) dependent on our neighbors for things of which we have the means to be self-sufficient: A human connection between families that will add to our sense of community.

Perhaps we call turn our subdivision into a neighborhood, after all.

John Winthrop, the first governor of

parents. There

Andrew remembers

grew up in the community of Englewood farther south. Among her experiences of community were block parties and jumping rope while somebody's mother kept an eye out from the front porch. While playing outside as a preschooler, she choked on a piece of candy. The watchful eye and quick response of Mrs. Mingo saved her life. The connectedness she experienced in Englewood has helped her maintain lastTerri

ing friendships to this day.

In both

communities there were dan-

that

ils

in

It's

a sense of safety within

the

community.

Today, family boundaries are

less

much

permeable. Personal autonomy and

self-sufficiency

nections

American

really about

going be-

yond our comfort zones

make community condifficult. Our

much more

ethic of "rugged individualism" has come back to bite us. It is one of the big lies that has eroded our connectedness and sense of well-being.

It really does take a village. We don't long for "the good-ole-days" or our old neighborhoods that exist only

the Massachusetts

Bay Colony

century, said in a sermon.

See Lykes, page 9

in the

1

"We must

to

8th

de-

6 The Catholic

News

& Herald

March

14,

1997

Catholic Distance University Offers Correspondence Study By

JIMMY ROSTAR Staff Writer

—

PAEONIAN SPRINGS, Va. Responding to Pope John Paul IPs ongoing plea for Catholics to deepen their understanding of the faith as the Jubilee

at their

own

pace, and have up to nine complete a class. Textbooks, manuals, Church documents and other materials are provided with the courses.

doctrine, Scripture, spirituality, ethics, his-

their religious education

months

to

tory and catechetics, he

added that CDU welcomes people from all walks of life to

edge of the

enroll in courses that will spiritually, pro-

just priests

CDU has also granted

fessionally and personally enrich them.

ers, converts, catechists

From

its start,

catechetical diplomas to students

who Like Mount,

Year 2000 approaches, a university dedi-

successfully complete a special

cated to correspondence education of-

program. College credit is an option through these courses, and the diploma

fers that

chance through a unique

re-

source called distance learning. is

the first non-profit catechetical institute in the

tificate. In the

its

United States,

CDU

is its

only distance-education provider.

The school

United States to be approved for

also offers inexpensive,

non-credit mini-courses and cassette pro-

found-

grams featuring commentaries and studies on Church documents and Scripture.

ing in 1983,

more than 6,000

sons, priests

and religious have taken

lay per-

In 1988,

sources must be

made

available to culti-

CDU introduced the Parish

lize the evangelizer," said

Bishop Welsh.

designed, directed and at times taken by

and evangelical movements in the Church.

"From the very beginning," he said, "we've had a lot of church involvement from bishops, theologians and teachers to people such as Mother Teresa, who have been very happy to use the program."

Bishop William G. Curlin, who before arriving to Charlotte in 1994 ministered as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., is an enthusiastic supporter of CDU and its vision. His past work as the director of the permanent diaconate in Washington, through which many deacons proceeded in their religious studies and were enabled to earn degrees thanks to CDU, allowed the bishop a first-hand insight into the ben-

said

learning sessions using the school's course work. While no academic credit

earned through this program, rates are

reduced significantly and participants can a group

setting.

Marianne Evans Mount,

Most

recently,

CDU has entered the

of graduate-level education by

executive vice president of the school.

field

A long-time catechist, she is one of sev-

troducing two master's degree curricu-

who under the Thomas J. Welsh

calaureate classes, which must be for-

eral Catholic

educators

leadership of Bishop

— then of

the Diocese of Arlington, Va.,

and from March 1983 to the present of the Diocese of Allentown, Pa. established the adult education program.

Since 1 987, students have been able to receive undergraduate college credit through CDU by later transferring to a degree-granting school such as the

—

Franciscan University of Steubenville

Ohio and Regis University

in

in

Denver,

Colo. Participants can pursue the work

lums

in religious studies.

warded

in-

Unlike the bac-

to other institutions to earn de-

grees, graduate courses of the Master's in

Religious Studies program at

CDU can

directly lead to religious degrees. stitute is cil

The

in-

seeking approval from the Coun-

of Higher Education of the

Common-

at various levels

of the teaching

—

efits

of distance education.

Master of As a former vice president of CDU, Arts in Religious Studies program.

Bishop Curlin has also seen a "wide moBishop Welsh remains as president saic" of students served by the institute. and chairman of the board of CDU. Not- "I know of hundreds of people who have ing that the institute covers disciplines in taken these courses to continue or enhance wealth of Virginia to offer

and people look-

ing for spiritual nourishment."

Indeed, 75 percent of enrolled stulaity.

That figure, said

we want to be good teachers, then we to fulfill the role that God calls each of have to know our topics. For us the goal us to achieve, we have to understand what the Church teaches," she added. is not just knowledge, but faith that we "Our lives are really a pilgrimage are trying to impart."

The bishop added that courses are throughout which we're called to deepen

as pastors, deacons or catechists direct

CDU,"

not

Mount, reflects the ever-growing importance of that population in today's Church. "For the lay person to be able

merly known as the Catholic Home Study Institute.

"The Holy Father strongly encourages everyone to become familiar with the teachings of the Church in light of Vatican II, and that was one of the inspirations for the establishment of

in their faith in

—

"Our mission goes back to Pope Paul VI, who said that we must first evange-

people

enjoy growing

the students

religious, but lay teach-

dents represent the

Plan Program, whereby coordinators such

is

among

and

vate the educational aims of the Church.

CDU, for-

college-level courses through

great variety

and their knowl"There is a

said.

"If

Con-

distance learning by the Vatican gregation for the Clergy. Since

2-course

an accredited ecclesiastic teaching cer-

is

The Catholic Distance University

1

the bishop agrees that re-

he

faith,"

its

our faith."

Bishop Curlin noted that the rewards of distance education are there for the taking for anyone interested in strength-

ening their comprehension of Catholicism. "I hope that people in the Diocese

of Charlotte

who want

study of the faith

seek a master's degree cation

—

advance

their

in religious

edu-

to

— and perhaps even

will realize that there is a

golden opportunity to achieve this," the bishop said.

For Bishop Welsh, the past 14 years have yielded a great number of positive experiences of replying to the pope's call to energetically partake irr the faith.

"People have responded over the years that this is

something good for the

Church," the bishop said of CDU. "It truly seems to be answering a need that is increasingly present in our world."

Contact the Catholic Distance University toll-free at ( 888) 254-4238, or via the Internet: cdu@cdu.edu (e-mail) or http://www.cdu.edu (web page).

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14 de marzo de 1997

Semana Santa juando

c

el

hombre deja de

cuestionarse sobre lo que es, lo

'

que quiere y

lo

que hace,

esta empezando a dar smtomas

de muerte. Asf, seria bueno que no pasara una Semana Santa

mas

que

sin

nos

preguntaramos seriamente, ella es para nosotros algo

que

si

^Realmente esto significa la Semana Santa para nosotros? Bueno, al menos ya dimos el primer paso: preguntarnos. Sabemos que estamos vivos, pero no podemos contentarnos con eso.

Tenemos que ponerle mas vida a nuestra vida.

Hagamos

mas

a la Iglesia a llenar bancos o a

ir

guano y el agua, que bendice el sacerdote en las celebraciones correspondientes. Si hoy nos hacemos esta pregunta, estamos dando senales de buscar

Cumplir con la voluntad de Dios

el

vida

las

entro de unos dias

vamos

a

Semana mas importante del ano. En nuestro corazon se acumulan los

D;

(celebrar la

sentimientos

mas conmovedores y no es vamos a vivir con Jesus

para menos pues

acontecimientos,

aquellos

tan

extraordin-ariamente d olorosos para El,

que fueron

el

Santa como celebracion de

la

nuestro rescate.

(Tornado de "Vida Cristiana", boletin dominical de la Iglesia Catolica

vemos insultado, lo vemos golpeado, condenado a muerte y, finalmente

Cubana)

agonizando clavado en una cruz y

os maltratado,

la Historia,

la vida.

De esta forma, en

los dfas

de

la

Semana Mayor -como se llamo en otro tiempo al celebrar los ultimo acontecimientos que protagonizo

—

Jesucristo,

,

estamos celebrando

mismos nos

ellos

lo

que

invitan a realizar a

todas horas.

El

Domingo de Ramos aclamamos

a Jesus, que entra victorioso en Jerusalen,

como soberano de un reino distinto al de los hombres. Que al salir del templo los guanos no se conviertan en espadas y los jHosannas! en ofensas; y esto no solo el domingo, todos los dias de nuestra vida. Esa es la mejor forma de recibir al Mesias.

Agradecemos

Jueves que tantas manos al

Santo lo temblorosas realizan a diario en el

mundo entero; Cristo vuelve

a ser Alimento para los suyos. repartido por

manos

del

Es hombre, que

Presentation Del AnuarioPontificio 1997 CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (VIS).El 22 de febrero el Cardenal Secretario

de Estado Angelo Sodano presento al Santo Padre la edition del Anuario Pontificio de 1997, en presencia del Arzobispo Giovanni Battista Re, Sustituto para los Asuntos Generales, y de los que han colaborado en la elaboration e impresion del volumen.

En una nota sobre la presentation se muestran algunos datos acerca de los cambios y las variaciones del ano pasado.

La Santa Sede establecio re-laciones diplomaticas con las Republicas de Tadjikistan, de Turkmenistan y de Sierra Leona, llegando a 163 los Estados con los que mantiene actualmente relaciones diplomaticas.

Ademas,

crearon una sede metropolitana, una archieparqufa, 17 nuevas sedes episcopales, tres eparqufas, un exarcado apostolico, un ordinariato se

militar y dos vicariatos apostolicos.

En 1996, continua

la

nota,

se

nombraron 161 obispos, siendo el numero total de 4,224. Ese mismo ano, el numero de sacerdotes era de 404,750 (262,418 del clero diocesano), 289 mas 995 El aumento corresponde integra-mente a los sacerdotes diocesanos, ya que los sacerdotes religiosos disminuyeron en 593. Las 8,800 ordenaciones sacerdotales de 1 996 superaron en casi 800 el numero de sacerdotes fallecidos ese ano. Los diaconos permanentes aumentaron un 5.3% respecto al ano precedente.

Por vigesimo ano consecutive concluye la nota, se incremento el numero de seminaristas inscritos en cursos de filosoffa y de teologia; el aumento fue del 1.2%, pasando de respecto a

1

.

105,075 a 106,307.

una

cuya explication puede voluntad del Padre y el que nos tiene Jesus. se hizo por amor a

sola: la

infinito

Cristo

lo

Semana

celebracion de la vida e invitation para

ser

amor

celebraciones de estos dfas.

vitalidad.

La Iglesia ha concebido

morales increfbles. No habran faltado las ocasiones en nuestra vida en las que nos habremos preguntado si para redimirnos era necesario tanto dolor y tanto abandono. Ano tras ano revivimos este misterio,

precio que El pago por

Lovem

derramando hasta la ultima gota de su sangre, en medio de dolores ffsicos y

nosotros, obediente

al

Padre

hasta la muerte y una muerte en la cruz. Como humilde siervo de

Dios, Jesus, el Mesfas, acepta valerosamente los dolores y la muerte.

Se abandona a la voluntad del Padre que le dara una victoria definitiva y gloriosfsima. Hijo de Dios, el Senor se somete a una muerte ignominiosa en obediencia a la voluntad del Padre y para reparar nuestra desobediencia y rebeldfa. Por esa obediencia, el Padre lo exalta dandole pleno sefiono sobre toda

A

la creation.

el

este

senono pertenecen

todos los rescatados y redimidos. Para salvarnos,

Senor padecio y murio en

la cruz.

Su

sacrificio nos dio la vida sobrenatural y cambio nuestra historia. Su obediencia

heroica, sus sufrimientos, la deshonra,

gran soledad de su pasion y muerte nos devolvieron el gozo y la nobleza de ser nuevamente hijo e hijas de Dios. la

Pero

no

olvidemos

que

participaran en la gloria del

Senor unicamente tienen

de

la

el

los

que

valor de seguirlo por el camino

Cruz.

nos son "santas y venerables" como las del Maestro, pero escogidas por El.

Tambien

sustituye los

613 preceptos

judfos por el mandatode AMAR. ^Quien lo

cumple cada dia?

La celebracion

del Viernes Santo en la Pasion y la cruz, donde culmina la vida terrena de Jesus.

Su obediencia a la Palabra de Dios Uega a su perfection en la muerte. Ella esta adornada por esa indescriptible satisfaction, que nace del corazon despues de haber cumplido toda la mision.

Estamos invitados a hacer "locuras", si fuera necesario, por obedecer a Dios que esta "antes que

esta centrada

todos los hombres" (Hch 5,29).

El Sabado Santo esta cuajado de ese silencio precursor de los grandes

acontecimientos. La sepultura de Jesus nos habla de su muerte real y no aparente.

La Virgen Maria y San Juan estan representados con Cristo crucificado en "La Piedad", pintura de

Lucas Cranach, padre. Esta pintura del siglo

16 forma parte

de

la

coleccion

Museo

del

del

Vaticano. El Viernes Santo

es

la

Nos esta invitando a la oration y al compromiso con el momento presente.

conmemoracion de la pasion y muerte de Cristo que se

Que

celebra este

esta actitudes nos preparen a celebrar " el dfa en que actuo el Senor (Sal

1

1

7), el

momento en que el

silencio

se convierte en gritos de jubilo, la noche en luz y la muerte quedo definiti vamente vencida por la VIDA.

ano

el

marzo.

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14 de marzo de 1997

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Mensaje

Padre

del

Rev. Vicente H. Finnerty,

Hermanos y hermanas en

Primer Mandamiento: "Amaras al Senor tu Dios y a El solo serviras"

Cristo, este

CM.

mes

les

adorar y servir al solo unico y verdadero Dios, creador y supremo

reflexiones acerca del Jueves Santo.

Jueves Santo es

el

Mandamiento nos ordena

Este quiero ofrecer unas

dia en que la Iglesia nos invita a reflexionar sobre la

Sefior nuestro y de todas

Mandamiento Nuevo de la Caridad, asuntos que

cuyas huellas encontramos en la misma creation y en nuestra conciencia, y cuya manifestation plena, clara y directa resulta de toda la maravillosa historia de nuestra

Eucaristia, el Sacerdocio y el

las cosas,

tambien fueron objetos de la reflexion de Jesus.

Si cada dia nos imaginaramos a Cristo lavandonos los pies y perdonandonos los pecados, nos costarfa poco el cumplir cualquier cosa que El nos mandara.

El mandamiento del amor es tan exigente que a veces nos desconcierta. San Pablo nos recuerda que "Dios entrego a su Hijo a la muerte por nosotros cuando eramos sus enemigos". Al entregarse por amor a nosotros, Jesus nos ha hecho amigos intimos del Padre.

A menudo sufrimos en la familia o con otros miembros de la Comunidad cristiana porque todos o casi todos nos hemos formado de la Comunidad cristiana una idea que no responde a la realidad: sufrimos cuando estamos en comunidad o en familia pensando mas en nuestros derechos que en nuestros compromisos; sufrimos cuando pensamos que todos deben ser como nosotros quisieramos y no lo son; sufrimos cuando pensamos en que recibimos menos que lo que damos.

Tal vez este Jueves Santo valdria la pena recordar y rezar por todas las personas que nos han hecho sufrir o nos estan haciendo sufrir en la familia o en la comunidad.

La felicidad de las personas que han hecho una opcion de servicio tien, con frecuencia, la posibilidad de servir a quienes no lo agradecen, a quienes son egoistas, a quienes' no tienen detalles. Quien logra hacer esto, logra liberarse de su propio egoismo, logra apoyarse en su humildad y en la fuerza de Dios y logra ser feliz.

A veces, decimos, quien

Act tudes equivocadas.

Comprenden todos esos gravisimos i

errores que directa o indirectamente nos

O exige de manera

habia dicho unas semanas antes que

calculos biliares.

tenia calculos biliares, y habia decidido

declaration publicada por

Eddy Montenegro, Vicario General, dijo le

Anne

viajar al sur de la Florida para someterse

Cardenal se hallaba en buen estado a continuacion de la operacion del 12 de febrero, y se esperaba que regresara a Managua en el transcurso de

a la cirugia. El Cardenal es un visitante

unos dias. El medico personal del Cardenal forma parte del personal del hospital, ubicado en la zona de Kendall,

frecuente de Miami, donde residen

miembros de su

familia.

Obando fue ordenado 958 y ha sido el Arzobispo de Managua desde 1970. Se le nombro CardenaW;n 1985.

El Cardenal

sacerdote en

1

atea,

recordemos

la

PM

en

la Basilica

de

St.

cristiana

YADKIN VILLE — El pasado 22 de febrero comenzo un curso de formacion cristiana en la Iglesia Cristo

Rey de

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (VIS)

— El 28 de febrero

se hizo publico el

Mensaje de la Pontificia Comision para America Latina con motivo del Dia de Hispanoamerica, que se celebrara en las diocesis de Espana el domingo 2 de marzo de 1997.

El mensaje esta fechado el 6 de enero, Solemnidad de la Epifania del Comision, Cardenal Bernardin Gantin y Obispo del Vicepresidente de la

Cipriano Calderon, respectivamente.

En

este se lee:

proximos sabados de 7:00 PM a 9:00 PM, y esta dirigido a todas las personas que tengan interes en acercarse mas a Dios, quieran profundizar su fe y aprender mas sobre Dios, la Misa, los sacramentos y otras ensenanzas de la Iglesia

realizado

Catolica.

que,

Este curso se esta dando en

Dobson cada otro viernes de 7:00 PM a 9:00 PM.

Para mas information llamar 766-8133.

al

padre Fidel

al (910)

463-5533 o (910)

IX

Mensaje para el dia de Hispanoamerica en Espana

Yadkinville. Este curso continuara durante

los

los que abandonan la verdadera iglesia. La VIII herejia que consiste en la negacion de una o varias verdades fundamentales de la fe.

Laduda voluntaria, con la cual uno cree posible que la Iglesia se equivoque en la ensenanza del dogma, de la moral y del culto sagrado.

Actitud cristiana. Consiste en dar a Dios lo que le debemos como criaturas e hijos suyos: creer en El, como se nos ha revelado; confiarcn El, tal cual como El lo espera; amarlo con todo nuestro corazon, con toda el alma y con todas nuestras fuerzas, tal como nos ha ensenado Jesucristo (Mt. 22,37 - Lc. 10, 27). El primer Mandamiento se relaciona con la virtud de la religion, que debe impulsarnos a alabar a Dios, a agradecerle cuanto hace por nosotros, a invocarlo, a pedirle perdon por nuestros pecados, a cumplir con fidelidad y generosidad las promesas y votos que le hemos hechos. ( Comentario al Catecismo de la Iglesia Catolica edition espahola - con permiso de los Padres de la Sociedad de San Pablo)

VII

Eugene, en Asheville.

Sehor, y lleva la firma del Presidente y

Curso de formacion

apostasia en la que caen

VI

Nuevo horario de Misas en espanol TAYLORSVILLE — El nuevo horario de la Misa en la Iglesia de "Holy Trinity", es el 2do. Y 4to. Domingo de cada mes a las 6:00 PM. A partir del mes de abril, habra misas en espanol todos los domingos a las 7

que

Streeter, el

la

que no es Dios, tratese de los varios idolos, de los demonios, del poder, del placer, de la raza de los antepasados, del dinero, etc. La irreligion que es la falta de respetoa Dios o a realidades sagradas, como acontece con el sacrilegio, la

cirugia laparoscopica para extirparle Segiin la portavoz del hospital,

negacion de Dios y

idolatna, que consiste en divinizar lo

Arquidiocesis de Managua, Monsenor

anos de edad se

la explicita

una actitud

es

Miguel Obando Bravo, de Managua, Nicaragua, fue dado de alta el 13 de febrero del Hospital Bautista de Miami, despues de sometersele con exito a la

1

adoracion y del servicio Ademas del ateismo,

indiferencia religiosa, que en concreto

cirugia con exito en la Florida MIAMI (CNS) — El Cardenal en Miami. prelado de 7

la

debidos a Dios.

que es

o

La

X

maxima su fundamental y responsabilidad. primer El Mandamiento implica que nuestra relacion con Dios sea como El la quiere: una relacion de fe en El, una relacion de esperanza en El y una relacion de amistad y de amor con EL

Cardenal Obando sometido a

al

m

sin exception, toda persona, y constituye

a los demas. Quien se siente profundamente necesitado de Dios y del perdon de todos, tiene tambien una capacidad de perdon y comprension casi ilimitada.

Hermanos y hermanas, que en este Jueves Santo, nos acerquemos a Jesus con un corazon nuevo, un corazon hecho con el dolor de Cristo, hecho con el perdon de Cristo, hecho con el amor de Cristo. El nos lava los pies y nos perdona una y mil veces. ^Para que queremos tanta generosidad? ^No seremos capaces de sentir en lo profundo del corazon un sentimiento generoso de perdon a todo el mundo, en especial a las personas que mas nos hacen sufrir?

Intentemoslo. Sentiremos que se nos quita un gran peso del corazon.

Cuesta, pero despues de sentir el amor de Cristo nos cuesta mucho menos.

En una

n

esta servicio esta llamada,

mas imperativa

la

V

I

esta adoracion y a

desvian de

menos cumple, exige mas.

hechiceria adivinacion.

IV

salvation.

A

profanation y la simonia (comercio ilicito de las cosas espirituales).

La superstition, que es la peor corruption de la verdadera fe, llamese

«La

-como insinua

el

obispos.

la

futuro y representa

al

singular,

«E1

con enormes exigencias».

mas grande evangelizador que

han tenido los pueblos iberoamericanos en nuestros tiemposfta sido Juan Pablo II»,

continua

el

mensaje.

Espana «ha de cooperar a

la

Nueva

Evangelization de Hispanoamerica, con el mismo ardor y la misma generosidad

con que contribuyo

a

la

primera

Papa- una

concluye, 'Evangelizador'», «aprenderemos tambien a suscitar esos evangelizadores segun el corazon de Cristo, de los que tanta necesidad tiene Hispanoamerica».

al comienzo del tercer milenio, en America Latina -segiin se puede calcular

el

el

mismo tiempo una responsabilidad muy

evangelizacion». Imitando a «Jesucristo

proporciones y de tan patente eficacia

de todo

a tener en

Iglesia ha

labor evangelizadora de tan amplias

ahora- estara

«Esto indica el protagonismo que latinoamericana esta llamada

la Iglesia

mitad de los catolicos

mundo, con mas de 1.100

14 de marzo de 1997

Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald

Prelado peruano espera que rebeldes se conviertan

3

Encuesta de universidad muestra contienda congresional bipartidista alcaldes; 20 por ciento para FMLN; SAN SALVADOR (CNS) — Segun

y liberen rehenes

el

dice una encuesta de una universidad catolica, las elecciones congresionales

proximas en El

Salvador estan

pareciendo cada vez mas como una contienda entre dos partidos.

"Estas seran las elecciones de mayor competencia de todos los tiempos", dijo el Padre Rodolfo Cardenal, vice-rector de la Universidad Centro-Americana, administrada por los jesuitas.

"La contienda esta demasiado apretada como para poder pronosticar los resultados", agrego el. "No esta aun del todo claro quien ganara".

Una encuesta publicada el 19 de febrero por el Instituto de Opinion Publica en la Universidad CentroAmericana revelaba la parte de los exguerrilleros, el FMLN, superando al

Una mujer toca una estatua de

CNS

de Reuters

Virgen Man'a el 16 de febrero en un santuario improvisado, establecido cerca de la residencia del embajador japones en Lima, Peru, donde los rehenes han estado retenidos por los rebeldes durante mas de dos meses. Mientras los negociadores se reunen para ponerfin al estancamiento de la situacion de los rehenes, muchos residentes continuan ofreciendo oraciones por un arreglo pacffico. la

Peru (CNS)

— El Cardenal

Augusto Vargas Alzamora, de Lima, que esperaba que los rebeldes que retienen a los rehenes en la residencia del embajador japones experimentan'an la conversion durante la temporada de Cuaresma y pusieran en libertad a sus dijo

de

contra

17 por ciento respectivamente en la

Congreso.

El Partido

Democrata Cristiano, en con el 4 por

El Cardenal Vargas recordo que,

enero, el se reunio con rebeldes del

MRTA

en espahol, tomaron en rehenes a cerca de 500 personas el 17 de diciembre cuando se apoderaron de la residencia durante una

Tupac Amaru que alegaban ser catolicos.

"Esto significa que ellos estan

reception. Cientos de rehenes han sido

nosotros en esta temporada", dijo el

puestos en libertad desde entonces, pero

Cardenal.

por sus iniciales

quedaban 72 personas dentro de

"La Cuaresma es una temporada

se conviertan,

cambien sus

corazones y pongan en libertad a todos los rehenes antes de la Semana Santa", dijo el

Cardenal a los periodistas despues

de una Misa en

la Iglesia

"Los miembros del

pide de todos

MRTA

deben

cambiar, pero todos nosotros debemos

para la conversion y espero que, con nuestras oraciones, los miembros del

MRTA

abiertos a la posibilidad de la clase de

conversion que

la

residencia el 14 de febrero.

de Lima.

"Esta declaration puede sonar a ingenua, pero la historia de la Iglesia ha la catedral

cambiar y con vertirnos tambien, porque todos tenemos algo por lo que debemos pedir la misericordia de Dios", agrego el Cardenal Vargas.

El dijo tambien que ha presenciado las conversiones de varios miembros del

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El Cardenal dijo a los periodistas que un grupo de conversos del Sendero Luminoso le habfa pedido que celebrara una Misa por ellos jsque los consagrara a la Virgen Maria. "Fue una celebration intensa, dramatica y bella", recordo el

Cardenal.

"Aunque

esperamos

por

su

conversion, las conversaciones que se

Cardenal.

704/332-4323 Abierto de lunes a sdbado

NC

SAN SALVADOR (CNS) Monsenor Fernando Saenz

MRTA

orar", termino diciendo el

—

Lacalle,

Arzobispo de San Salvador, advirtio que las celebraciones publicas del decimoseptimo aniversario de la muerte del Arzobispo Oscar Romero podrian "interferir" con el tramite de su beatificacion que se realiza actualmente en Roma.

"propaganda

la

confundida con una veneration liturgica oficial de la persona, como si esta ya hubiera sido beatificada o canonizada".

"Estas cosas pueden degenerar en un culto publico o celebraciones liturgicas publicas" si no se tiene cuidado, dijo

el

sacerdote.

"No obstante, es otra cosa distinta el la persona en el aniversario de su muerte con devociones privadas, su tumba y otras visitas a

recordar a

"Los feligreses deberian ser cuidadosos, ya que las manifestaciones publicas podrian hacer

mas

lento el

tramite de la canonizacion", dijo Monsenor Saenz a los reporteros a

mediados de febrero.

Segun

tenemos que

Charlotte,

a

podrian retrasar canonization

"mientras que

y el gobierno son una luz de esperanza por la cual

•

ellas

gubernamental".

Arzobispo dice que acontecimientos

considera mucho mas agresivos y violentos que a los rebeldes del Tupac

realizan entre el

1921 Central Ave.

—

intention de los electores para

terrorista maoi'sta del Peru, a quienes se

Amaru.

Mundo

la

—

Cardenal.

Movimiento

del

los ex-guerrilleros.

ciento de la encuesta.

1

preferencia de los electores para el

para

Revolucionario Tupac Amaru, conocido

Los miembros

ARENA, que ha estado en el poder desde 1989, va detras de los ex-rebeldes por primera vez en su historia.

Los 2,400,000 electores de El Salvador saldran a votar el 1 6 de marzo por 84 miembros del Congreso y 262 alcaldes, por segunda vez desde la termination de la guerra civil en 1992.

Aunque inusitadamente libre de violencia, la campana electoral ha estado llena de enfrentamientos verbales entre los polfticos, asi como de una serie de anuncios anonimos televisados que advierten de los "peligros" de votar por

mostrado que todo cristiano, todo ser humano, es capaz de los cambios mas dramaticos y sorprendentes si abre su corazon a la gracia de Dios", dijo el

cuando el visito la residencia con Monsehor Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Arzobispo de Ayacucho, a fines de

cautivos.

y 5 por ciento para los democratas cristianos.

tercer lugar, iba a la zaga

ARENA derechi sta por 2

La encuesta revelo cifras semejantes

LIMA,

ARENA

Las tensiones surgieron a fines de febrero, a continuacion de las acusaciones publicas incluyendo las de miembros inconformes del FMLN de que los ex-guerrilleros estaban financiando su campana con la venta de armas. Los dirigentes del FMLN han negado las acusaciones y han culpado

partido Folo

18 por ciento para

dijo

Monsenor Saenz,

Vaticano no haya declarado la beatificacion de Romero, no puede haber celebraciones publicas.

En vez de eso, debemos tratar de ofrecer oraciones privadas por el".

Los grupos religiosos y tivicos han desfilado tradicionalmente a traves de las calles de la capital, San Salvador, cada dia 24 de marzo, para conmemorar el aniversario de la muerte de Monsenor el

Romero.

En Roma, el Padre Peter Gumpel que fue anteriormente un

S.J.,

la Congregation para las Causas de Santidad y postulador oficial de las causas jesuitas, dijo el 19 de febrero: "Es sensato el adoptar todas las precauciones" para asegurarse de que cualquier conmemoracion de un candidato a la canonizacion no sea

funcionario de

conmemoraciones. Eso es comun", dijo el Padre Gumpel. "Sehallaestrictamente prohibido el atribuir un culto liturgico oficial a alguien que no haya sido beatificado aun", dijo

el.

La diferencia principal

es que en las bienaventurados y los santos, las oraciones se dirigen a la persona; en todos los otros casos, las oraciones se dicen por la persona.

El tramite de canonizacion de Monsenor Romero, que fue abatido por disparos de armas de fuego mientras deci'a Misa en marzo de 1980, empezo hace seis anos y se halla actualmente bajo consideration por parte del Vaticano.

Aunque esta respaldado por el Papa Juan Pablo II, se espera que el tramite de beatificacion del Arzobispo Romero sea extenso. Para que el sea declarado martir,

Misas por

los

tendria que comprobarse que la fe del

Arzobispo Romero, y no su postura motivo primordial para

poh'tica, fue el

su asesinato.

i

14 de marzo de 1997

Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald 4

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am

DOBSON Sagrado Corazon, (910) 632-8009

Rt. 601

todos los sabados 6

pm

FOREST CITY Immaculate Conception, 1024 W. Main

pm

todos los domingos 3

St.

(704) 245-4017 Foto

—

CNS

de Reuters

Dirigentes catolicos presentan sus respetos al Funeral Del Obispo De Jesus obispo filipino Benjamin de Jesus antes de su entierro el 14 de febrero en la isla filipina de Jolo. El obispo fue asesinado a balazos en las afueras de la catedral el 4 de febrero.

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS)

— Por

menos 46 misioneros fueron muertos en 996 un aumento sobre la lo

1

—

ano anterior, segun el servicio de noticias sobre las misiones del Vaticano, que publico el informe a mediados de febrero.

Cuarenta y una de las victimas estaban trabajando en Africa, 9 de ellas en Zaire, deci'a un informe en la edicion para el 20 de febrero del International cifra del

1

Fides Service.

"La

Iglesia ha tenido siempre hijos

valerosos que han dado sus vidas a fin de llevar la luz de la fe a las naciones, pero los 12 meses recientes han visto una cantidad excepcionalmente alta de misioneros muertos en accion", decia el

origen y los lugares y las fechas en que murieron. El conteo incluyo a tres 1 8 sacerdotes, ocho religiosos, monjas y otras cuatro personas.

obispos, trece

La relation comenzo por la Hermana de

la

Michael, 708 St.Michael's Ln.

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Fides hizo notar que la cantidad real de victimas podn'a ser mayor, porque la lista no incluye aaquellos desaparecidos de quienes se teme que esten muertos.

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St.

todos los domingos 12:30

pm

LENOIR St.

SW

Francis of'Assist, 1025 College Ave.

pm

sabado del mes 7

3er.

(704) 754-5281

LINCOLNTON

africano.

El informe abarcaba sin comentarios

Dorothy, 148

St.

de Jolo, en

(704) 437-3108

Fides senalo

que todos los misioneros -perdieron sus vidas en el curso de la evangelization y el fomento del desarrollo.

1

pm

2

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las Filipinas.

todos los domingos

Lane

St. Dorothy's

(704) 735-5575

semanas de 1997, incluyendo a Monsenor Benjamin de Jesus, Obispo

En su resumen para 1996, Fides nombro a los 46 sacerdotes, religiosos y trabajadores laicos, dando sus paises de

nm

todos los Hominpos 7

(910) 272-8650

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Immaculate Conception, 208

ano pasado que, en 995, 32 misioneros fueron muertos mientras se hallaban en extranjero.

mes 3:30 pm

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resultaron muertos en las primeras

el

del

GREENSBORO St.

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domingo

3er.

(704) 867 6212

Presentation Patricia McAleese,

estadounidense, muerta a machetazos

a los cuatro misioneros que se sabe

informe.

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Teens Examine God's Plan At Respect KATHY SCHMUGGE

By

— Jonathan Karcher's

HICKORY bumper

pow-

sticker shares a simple yet

message: Kiss Me, I'm Pro-Life.

erful

The slogan was created by the Basilica of St. Lawrence youth as part of during the diocesan Respect

activities

Love and held Feb. 28 and March 1 at St.

Life Retreat, "God's Plan for Life,"

Aloysius Church.

Led by Catholic educator Barbara McGuigan, the retreat for Catholic and non-Catholic parents and children focused on ways to reach the heart and soul of youth on issues as delicate as chastity and as fundamental as the sanctity of every life.

"We didn't want her (McGuigan) to stop talking. She has so much energy and has such a wonderful gift for proclaiming God's truth," said Anthony Braun, parent and

St.

the proper

how

the

God more than you."

During the sesssion, the youth worked on pro-life or pro-chastity poems, bumper stickers and letters. The sacrament of Reconciliation was also made available by Father

who

Anthony Marcaccio, Mass.

later celebrated

when she stood before

rows of youth for the better part of the

The success of the day was

how

every

any

in

human

Bumper

sticker slogan by Brian

"Society loves to nurture

for that which

it

tolerates getting rid of:

There was also

tion

and how "no

God

sin is too great for

to forgive."

the first

All these are

ended before they can Catholic educator Barbara McGuigan led the retreat sponsored by the

begin, if you choose abortion. And it leaves you wondering what could have

Diocesan Respect

been.

Pholo by

Life Office.

KATHY SCHMUGGE

Dietzen, from page 5

But

Christians built their Scripture interpre-

religious convictions by refusing to rec-

and theology of creation on the assumption that we would never know more about the universe and our solar system than what we read in the Bible.

Along came Galileo, proving our assumptions were wrong, and it took de-

ognize observable facts

to frantically attempt to shore

is

up our

ultimately

fruitless.

It is to deny that truth is one, as our Holy Father reminded us. One truth can

phasis on "good" in both instances. For

more out there than human beings ever dreamed or could imagine.

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I may be a girl, I may be a boy, or may be named Jay or Troy.

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Speaking against violence

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Diocesan News Briefs Women's Emmaus Retreat MAGGIE VALLEY — Come and experience the risen Jesus th2e weekend of April 1 1-13 at Living Waters Reflec-

A

time to reflect, relax and be refreshed. For information, call Cindy tion Center.

Brookman's name now

lege division.

appears on the national ballot for the

WINSTON-SALEM

GTE

Academic All-America Team from this The team will be announced March 18.

and Our Lady

district.

—

separated and divorced Catholics meets

Easter Egg Hunt The St. Joan of Arc Easter Egg Hunt for ages one-and-a-half to 12 is March 23 from 1-4 p.m. A covered dish meal js from 12:30-1:30 p.m.

ASHEVILLE

—

Call (704) 252-3 1 5

Pro-life

Annual

Pro-life

N.C. Right

2

at the

Day

is

April

at

Catholic

details.

Bible Study

GREENSBORO

Day Scheduled

Embassy

255-0146, for

Group

McCarthy and

coordinator, as

4584.

Knights Host Fish Fry CHARLOTTE Knights of Colum-

—

bus Charlotte Council 770 hosts a Lenten fish fry March 21 from 3-7 p.m. at the

Video Series for Parents

CHARLOTTE

—

A

churches.

dicussion series for parents of teen-agers

continues

at St.

Gabriel's parish library

March 6 from 6:45-8: 5 p.m. with "The Keys to a Lifelong Love." Presentations are based on the Life on the Edge series

by Dr. James Dobson, founder and presi1

is $5 per plate. For information, call Joe Hunt, (704) 399-661, or call (704) 3323077 the day of the event.

Thomas O'Connell

The Rev.

leads the

Erasmus

Group, a series of talks on various

dent of Focus on the Family. Call Margie

Eades, (704) 54 1 -7703, for details.

Adult Ed Series Continues

GREENSBORO — The Our Lady of Grace Church Adult Education Series

March 18

7:30 p.m. with "The Last Four Things," a reflection on death, judgement, heaven and hell, directed by Jim McCullough. For details, call (910) 274-0415.

Bishop McGuinness High School students and adults of neighboring parishes. Next meeting is March 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the

at

Cross

is

Wednesdays

at

7:30 p.m.

ASHEVILLE

of the at

school.

Blessed Mother Novena

CHARLOTTE Blessed Mother St.

is

— A novena

Saturdays

at 8

a.m. at

enrich-

ment program follows 7:30 p.m. Stations of the Cross Fridays at St. Thomas Aquinas Church.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

1

1

Charismatic Mass

HIGH POINT

— A Charismatic

celebrated the third Thursday

each month at 7:30 p.m.

Nursing Home Chapel.

at

Maryfield

Abbey Student Honored

BELMONT— Jeff Brookman, CharCatholic High School graduate and

Abbey College's was recently named to 1996-97 Cosida Academic All-Ameri-

junior guard on Belmont basketball team, the

Team from

District

III,

col-

CONCORD — Stations of the Cross are Fridays at 6:30 p.m. at St.

James

Church. Meatless soup supper follows.

The Way of the Cross in Spanish is at Our Lady of Lourdes

MONROE —

Church Fridays Cross

in

at

HICKORY — Stations

at

7:30 p.m.

of the Cross

and Benediction are Fridays at 7 p.m. at St. Aloysius Church.

Community-wide Lenten services are Wednesdays from 12:10-12:40 p.m. at Hartzell Memorial UMC with the Rev. Pat Pearce officiating. Soup and sandwiches will be served.

— Stations of

WINSTON-SALEM

the Cross are Fridays at 7 p.m. at

Lady of Mercy and

St.

Leo

Our

the Great

resident experience in Christian living at

Kings Mountain State Park for boys and

Two

girls

Camp York

grades

the

BMHS

Blood Drive

WINSTON-SALEM — The Bishop

MAGGIE VALLEY

—

7:30 a.m.-12 p.m. For an appointment, Linda Kennedy, (910) 725-4247.

Stations of

Oratory Summer Camp ROCK HILL, S.C. — The 997 Ora-

the Cross are at 6:30 p.m. Fridays at St.

Margaret Church. Soup and bread are served at 5:30 p.m. in the parish

1

tory Religion

hall.

Women's Guild card party

Paul

7- 1

0 p.m. Cost

is

is

nations of

new

29731 Volunteers are en-

couraged

P.O. .

to write for staff applications.

Living Waters Retreats

in

MAGGIE VALLEY — "Understand-

—

conference "Economic Initiatives: Issues of Justice and Faith"

is

March

ing Yourself and Others"

1

5 from 9

a.m.-4 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church.

$10, which includes lunch. For

is

an April 25-

combines the ancient theories of Gurdjeff and the Enneagram with modern psychology directed by Wayne Scott, Ph.D. Cost is $90; couples $160.

To register, contact Living Waters Reflection Center, 1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, N.C. 2875 For informa27

Ecumenical Conference The ecumenical

ASHEVILLE

retreat that

1

tion, call

.

(704) 926-3833.

Joanne Frazer, (704) 331-

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan news

1736.

Eucharistic Adoration

briefs.

CHARLOTTE — Perpetual ristic

Hill, S.C.

items for door prizes are

Sharon Ginty (704) 553-2679.

details, call

Box 11586,

Camp,

advance. For reservations or donations, call Jackie Bauer (704) 643-0329 or

is

in

Rock

$5 and includes

needed. Tickets must be purchased

Cost

Camp

sessions at

tory Religion

March Do-

Camp

Kings Mountain State Park are July 13-19 and July 20-26. For applications and information, contact The Ora-

CHARLOTTE — The St. Vincent de

Adoration

is at St.

EuchaGabriel Church.

BELMONT — Perpetual

Eucharis-

Good photographs,

preferably

and white, are also welcome. Submit news releases and photos at least 10 black

days before the publication date.

The Franciscan Center in

&

1-6.

sessions: July 13-19 or July 20-26.

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Apply Now: Deadline for applications is June 13.

from 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

— Exposition of

call

The Oratory Religion Camp A week-long

the

the Basilica of

Mass and lasts until the 9 a.m. Saturday Mass at St. Matthew Church.

7 p.m. Stations of the

English are Fridays

is at

McGuinness High School Red Cross Blood Drive is March 24 in the gym from

cards, refreshments and door prizes.

Lenten Services

— Adoration of

with Benediction follows 9 a.m. Friday

20 from

Vincent de Paul Church.

Belmont Abbey

Blessed Sacrament is 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays at St. James Church.

Card Party

to the

daily

CONCORD

York

BMHS

presents Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!" at WinstonSalem State University's Anderson Center on March 4 at 8 p.m., March 5 at 8 p.m. and March 16 at 2 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $2.50 for students.

Lawrence

St.

Our

Lady of Grace Church.

CHARLOTTE — A Lenten

the

Blessed Sacrament

thelogical topics, for parents of

can District

looks on.

is at

chapel.

the

7 p.m. at Christ the

at

GREENSBORO — The Way

1

continues^

BHMS News WINSTON-SALEM —

Cross are Fridays King Church.

Adoration

tic

— Stations of

HIGH POINT

video and

council hall, 220 East Kingston Ave. Cost

lotte

left,

OLM

Sandra McMonagle,

Principal far

Priests for Life. Other workshops, a luncheon and a panel presentation are included. For details, call (800) 392-6275.

is

Snow

Liz

presenting a check to Donna Kronner, project

Suites with

M.S., national operations coordinator for

Mass

Mercy

shipping. Pictured are Matt

— A Bible study

group meets Thursdays through April from 10-11 :45 a.m. at St. Pius X Church.

For information, call Kitti, (910) 288-

two workshops conducted by Janet A. Morana, 1

from 7:30-9 p.m.

21

Social Services. Call Sister Marie, (704)

for details.

1

GREENSBORO — The to Life 5th

March

of

School recently provided aid to the people of Haiti by participating in a program,"Nou Zanmi," which means "We Are Friends." The students collected toys, books, school supplies, and other items, as well as raised funds to cover

Support Group Meets ASHEVILLE A support group for

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1997

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World And National News Briefs Cardinal Bevilacqua Calls For

Ban On Clone Research

PHILADELPHIA

—

(CNS)

upon and politiban research on human

Philadelphia's cardinal has called scientists, ethicists, legislators

cal leaders to

cloning and regulate animal cloning, saying that "destructive practices of the past

have already shown us the fragility of the planet." "Scientific manipulation of the most basic structures of life itself cannot avoid opening even greater risks to human survival," Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua wrote in an op-ed article in The Philadelphia Inquirer daily newspaper. "The moral issues go far beyond the cloning of one sheep," he said in reference to the recent announcement from Scotland that scientists had cloned a sheep from a single cell.

Catholic Campaign Praises Catholic Charities, Santorum WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic

—

participate in the

America said

in

Campaign for March 4 statement. The

USA

Catholic Charities

called Catholic" because

"shouldn't be

its

agencies give

food and material assistance but not the teachings and support of Catholic faith. Santorum, a Catholic who led the Senate floor battle to pass the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act last their clients only

American of campaign dur-

year, received the Catholic

the Year

Award from

the

ing the dinner.

Philippine Cardinal Praises

Ramos, Warns Of 'Threat To Democracy' MANILA, Philippines (CNS)

—

Cardinal Jaime Sin of Manila praised President Fidel

of the church's service to the poor, and

he will end

who

a

statement, issued from the campaign's Washington headquarters, came in response to remarks by U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., who said at a campaign-sponsored dinner Feb. 20 that

Charities agencies are an "important part"

"there are thousands of Catholics

work of this good orga-

nization," the Catholic

Ramos

1998 as

scheduled, but warned against persistent

to

Vatican Official Details Church Divorce, Remarriage VATICAN CITY (CNS) Divorced

Norms On

democracy" in the Philippines. "(Ramos) has openly chosen to concentrate his energies on consolidating the

and

considerable gains of his administration,

frain

both

in

healing our

in social

CNS

photo from Reuters

the Kigali Central Prison pray during a Feb. 28 service. The population of mostly Hutus at the prisoa in Rwanda has swelled to at least 99,000 people accused of participating in the 1 994 genocide.

A dozen people have received death sentences in ongoing trials. in

for declaring that

his presidency in

"threats to

FOUR GREAT NAMES

GENOCIDE SUSPECTS AT PRAYER — Prisoners

economy

civilly

relations with their

new

reform," Cardinal Sin told some

of penance and the Eucharist, a Vatican

"Divorced and remarried must be inclined toward a form which is not in contradiction with

official said. faithful

of

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BELMONT

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Queen of

Apostles Church was dedicated

in

of the Apostles 503 N. Main Street Belmont, N.C. 28012 (704) 825-5277 Vicariate:

Benedictines carried on missionary work

Paul Church in

throughout western North Carolina and

Catholic churches in the state, both hav-

beyond.

ing been dedicated in 1844. Although ceremonies had been discontinued in the small church since the late 1 800s, St. Joseph's was restored in the mid1970s under the direction of Bishop Michael J. Begley of the recently created Diocese of Charlotte. The U.S. Department of the Interior and the State of North Carolina declared the church

—

in indi-

In the 1870s, a Benedictine

named

Pastor:

The Very Reverend Peter Jugis

Permanent Deacon: Rev. Mr. Guy Piche

Number

—

rectly getting the parish started.

Gastonia

monk

O'Connell purchased a 500acre estate near what today is the town of Belmont. Offering Cardinal James Gibbons, vicar apostolic of North Carolina, the estate for religious and educational uses, the Rev. Dr. O'Connell played the key role in the establishment of a Benedictine monastery and school, later to become Belmont Abbey and ColJ.J.

lege.

of parishioners: 1,400;

households: 480

X in

1

910 granted the stamean-

tus of "nullius" to the Bendictines,

ing they existed as an entity subject only to the

Much of that work went on in Gaston County itself, where Benedictine Father Joseph Keller founded Mary, Help of Christians Church on the estate grounds during the late 1870s. Catholics in the

Belmont area worshipped of the

new church

until

as parishioners

1

when

892,

the

—

Belmont Abbey still canonically known as Mary, Help of Christians was built.

The abbey cathedral remained the only active church for Belmont Cathocathedral at

a national historical site in 1979.

—

Back in Belmont, Bishop John F. Donoghue in July 1991 granted permission for construction on Queen of the Apostles' parish center to begin. The

lics until 1965, when plans to establish a diocesan parish came to fruition. Named

Queen of the Apostles,

the church

two new buildings

was a

converted gymnasium of a boarding school for boys, while an addition

The

was

pope himself. While the "nullius"

originally comprised eight counties, the

and

He

Spencer Mountain on as a mission as well. That church was built in the late 1 9 0s thanks to donated land and evangelical efforts of one Robert Gardin, a former Baptist whose example, according to local lore, brought more than 1 ,000 people into the Catholic Church.

In Belmont, the main structure of the former boarding school, St. Leo's, was renovated in 1979-80 for use by Queen of the Apostles parish. Dedicated to the memory of the late Father Edward Malloy, pastor from 1977-80, the building served as the parish's activity and

two children's choirs and a St. Vincent de Paul Society chapter having been formed to join the parish ministry that pervades the community. Two former Queen of the Apostles pastors, Msgr. Thomas Burke and Msgr. Anthony Kovacic, are actively involved in various aspects of that ministry in

Belmont as

spending time

By

education and activ-

ity facility.

Meanwhile, Queen of the Apostles was given a duty of significant

Queen of

historical value: Custodial care of the

mony

Sts.

Joseph and Mary St.

Joseph's joins

presence of Jesus

an ever-present source in the parish,

parish

nearby Mt. Holly.

in the

Perpetual Adoration Chapel on

Belmont Abbey.

Ecumenical bonds are also formed, through such efforts as the Gaston County Nutritional Program, which uses the parish's family center on a daily basis to provide and deliver meals to those in need. With Catholic outreach

was formed and plans were de-

Church of

number

the grounds of

decade's end, a building steering com-

new

well. In addition, a

of parishioners commit themselves to

980s. Classroom and meeting

veloped for a

1

sees continued extension of service

at the

space became a special concern.

Helen mission

try,

Parish development continued dur-

mittee

St.

in Belmont, with a Knights of Columbus council, a food bank, youth minis-

education center.

1

Queen of the Apostles parish in March 996.

pastor of

in

ing the

— were

Father Peter Jugis was appointed

and ofHelen Church

parish took St.

parish family

dedicated in February 1992.

built to include a sacristy, rectory fice.

—a

center and a classroom center

1

Pope Pius

New Bern as the oldest

the

965, five years after Gaston County had been incorporated into the Diocese of Raleigh. From 1944 until 1960, Gaston remained the last county composing the "nullius" of Belmont Abbey. And while Queen of the Apostles Church was founded as a parish of the diocese rather which to this than that of the abbey day falls under no diocesan jurisdiction its parishioners can thank the

Benedictines for their assistance

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March

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