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healing Mass at St. Aloysius Church on Thursday, May 4, Father Ed Sheridan, pastor of the

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spiritually and physically," "The idea is to give spiritual consolation and strength as well as physical healing body and soul."

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an opportunity to look and see in the life we live that there is suffering, there is sickness," he said. "We don't have to have a physical sickness. Sometimes physi"It

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is not as bad as some of the other sicknesses we could have.

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in our lives."

Father Sheridan referred to the biblical passage of James 5: 13-16 as

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Funeral recalls Cardinal O'Connor's pro-life witness Every Week Entertainment ...Pages

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News Service YORK (CNS) The prolife witness of Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York continued to resound at his funeral, ce^rated at St. Patrick's Cathedral "jj^ay 8 by Cardinal Angelo Sodano," Vatican secretary of state and personal representative of Pope John Paul II.

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dramatic demonstration arose

spontaneously when the homilist, Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston, said Cardinal O'Connor's "great legacy" was "his constant reminder that the church must always be unambiguously pro-life."

Some in the cathedral began applauding, others joined them and, as the applause went on and on, grow-

ing in volume, it seemed evident of the congregation wanted to send a message to public officials and candidates for office in the front pews.

much

They and

included President Clinton

his wife, Hillary, as well as the

two main candidates

for the presidency, Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush.

Also attending were former President Bush, who sat in a pew with

Cardinal O'Connor's family, New York Gov. George E. Pataki, New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, and the state's two U.S. senators, Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Charles E. Schumer.

Giuliani has been planning to run against Mrs. Clinton to succeed Moynihan, but the funeral of Cardi-

who died of cancer may have brought more per-

nal O'Connor,

May

3,

sonal reflections for the mayor, whose father died of prostate cancer and

who it,

recently announced that he has

too.

As the two-minute ovation continued, people

began standing

in

a

wave

that began at the back and quickly filled the entire church, including the hundreds of priests in the

congregation and the dozens of cardinals, archbishops and bishops around the altar.

Eventually the Clintons and Gores also rose to their feet, although they did not applaud.

Cardinal Law took the standing

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Mass in Mexico An estimated 50,000 worshippers attend an outdoor

Mass

Mexico main square May 6. It was the

Mass held

in

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ing loudly off walls, tens of thousands of Mexicans joined in the first religious procession in nearly 150 years through the historic center of their ancient city. The May 6 procession and an earlier Mass in the city's main plaza, the Zocalo, capped a weeklong

National Eucharistic Congress.

Mexico City, founded by the Aztecs in 1325, had not seen such events since before a series of "reform" laws begin-

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ning in 1855 restricted the role of the church: In 1857, marriage and divorce were removed from church jurisdiction; in 1873, outdoor religious ceremonies were prohibited; the country's 1917 constitution went still further by proclaiming that the Catholic Church did not exist.

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Catholic schools, according to Catholic Relief Service officials

who gave

pre-

sentations at the National Catholic Educational Association convention in Baltimore. That's

why

ops' overseas relief

the U.S. bish-

and development

agency has been recruiting teachers and parent-teacher organizations to become more familiar with the work of CRS around the globe. "We must bridge the gap. We must teach our students to care,", said Patrice Harty, a teacher at Bishop Fenwick High School in Middletown, Ohio, who was

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She said many Catholics with disabilities are no longer visible to the church because they have repeatedly experienced "rejection, disrespect, in some case outrageous insults, or simply disinterest," leading them eventually to quit trying to connect with the parish.

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live auction

and a

raffle for li-

dium. All proceeds raised from the event will benefit the clients of Room at the Inn. For

more information, contact

Christine Lively at (704) 521-2774.

CHARLOTTE McCreesh

is

—

Jesuit Father

Gene

the facilitator of "Spiritual

Direction for

Gays and Lesbians"

to-

Peter Church, 507 South Tryon. For more information, call the church office at (704) 332-5342. night at 7 p.m. at

St.

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Spring Cursillo an ongoing movement in the church

for building a better Christian nity.

The men's weekend

commu-

takes place

May 21 at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., and the women's weekend happens June 8-11 at St. Barnabas Church in Arden. For details, call Rosemary and Art Kingsley at (828) 274-0318. through

further information.

CHARLOTTE — Room

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new most substantially underestimate how many Catholics with disabilities are in their parishes, said Mary Jane Owen, executive director of the Na-

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Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave., at 7:30 p.m. For details, call Tom and Mary Beth Young at (336) 922-0479.

Jeff Cavins, 17 Catholic apologist and host of the v **.n and young adult program "Life %fc the Rock," is speaking about the Book of Revelation tonight at 7:30 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd. Call the office at (704)

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St.

CHARLOTTE

(CNS)

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a natural family planning session at

church

Catholics with disabilities

WASHINGTON

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for a

Commission in Rome.

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Rican Bishop Alvaro Corrada del Rio. "We are assessing the situation with the people of Vieques. We will return to areas where we can do civil disobedience," he said in a telephone interview several hours after federal agents removed scores of protesters from Vieques. Bishop Corrada is apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Caguas, which includes Vieques.

Colombian peace needs citizen effort, say activist, priest

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more

square.

bearing the Nazi insignia, but only 30 years 'after World War II ended, the rector of the shrine said. Father Luciano Guerra, the Fatima rector, said that in 1970 the shrine purchased gold as an investment and deposited it in a local bank. The bank,

those sold.

in

than 70 years in the capital's main

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among

in

largest outdoor

Rector says Fatima shrine briefly owned Nazi gold FATIMA, Portugal (CNS) The Marian shrine in Fatima, Portugal, briefly owned some gold bars

with Nazi markings were

drug trafficking in Colombia. He said the funding was to support Colombians in their fight to stop drug trade and drug-related violence.

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City's

plate.

ment, the shrine "sold a considerable quantity" of its gold deposits to pay for construction projects. All the bars

ongoing violence, people remain hopeful the war will end. President Clinton urged Congress May 2 to pass a $1.6 billion aid package, mostly military aid, to fight illegal spite

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borrowed some of the shrine's deposit and repaid the loan in 1976 "with some bars which bore the mark of the Third Reich," Father Guerra said. Between 1982 and 1986, he said in a May 2 state-

in

peace efforts is greatly needed, said a Colombian peace activist. Meanwhile, a Colombian church official said the

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and wider citizen involvement

Jubilee year event draws 20,000 young people to Fenway Park BOSTON (CNS) Thousands of young Catholics were encouraged to commit their lives to Jesus and consider priestly and religious vocations April 29 at what was billed as the first nonsporting event at Boston's Fenway Park in 50 years. Teenagers, young adults and adult leaders began the day on the Boston Common with games, music, eucharistic adoration and vocations information, then marched to the home of the Boston Red Sox for talks, music and a twipeople were light Mass at which 1 baptized and confirmed at home

which has since

12,

Brief

at the Inn, a

Catholic-sponsored home for unwed mothers providing a structured environment for pregnant women, is holding their annual Roman Gabriel Sports Benefit and Raffle tonight from

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"Living the

May

12,

2000 The Catholic News & Herald 3

Around the Diocese

Perpetual adoration a key to eucharistic devotion, say participants By

JIMMY ROSTAR

Associate Editor

Catholic evangelist to headline tent revival

Every late afternoon, Richard Cox of Charlotte makes his way to St. Gabriel Church to spend some quiet time

in the

By

CHARLOTTE — If the a tent revival conjures

For several years, Cox has made the daily trek to the church as a par-

gone

—

the true, sacra-

—

cese of Charlotte sees as a step to-

wards breaking down misconcep-

come whose wife, Loraine, died last year. "You know, there's a real bad period you go through after

tions of Catholicism with their Prot-

here," said Cox,

diocese host adoration perpetually, while many parishes have holy hours with exposition, as well as scheduled periods of time each month for adoration.

In the perpetual adoration chappeople are scheduled to be in the chapels at all times, 365 days a year.

Organizers schedule volunteers to adore, usually in one-hour periods.

The spirit of volunteerism is essential to the program, from the adorers themselves to the organizers who coordinate specific time frames and oversee the ministry in their parishes. els,

Adorers spend their holy hours in a variety of ways, from reading prayer books to praying the rosary, from quiet meditation to reading from Scripture.

St. Gabriel Church, the chapel at Maryfield Nursing Home in High Point and a chapel on the grounds of Belmont Abbey in Belmont are three sites within the Diocese of Charlotte

Jubilee Year"

is the theme for the annual Catholic Renewal Conference being held at Greensboro College, 815

West Market

All are invited to share in this jubilee year gathering St.

with music, praise and worship, speakers and morning Mass. A dorm lodging and meal package are available along with a weekend bookstore. filled

The opening

session starts tonight at 7:30 p.m. with sessions all day May

For more information, call Bette Steinkamp at (336) 882-9717 or email for return message at Rstienkamp@infoave.net.

20.

21 ASHEVILLE

—

The

Catholic

estant brothers and sisters.

Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, Vicar for African American Affairs, hopes a public display will bring in the neighPhoto by Joann S. Keane

Adorers kneel in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament at the Basilica of St.

Lawrence

in Asheville.

back in May 1989, when the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville opened a perpetual adoration chapel.

The Asheville basilica still hosts adoration, daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

"Adoration has changed my life completely," said Jane Sorrells, an adorer and a coordinator of the adoration ministry at St. Lawrence. "It's made me so much more aware of what's going on around me. It has helped me to discern a lot of things."

Sorrells, who returned to the church in 1991 and has been a regular adorer since 1993, said eucharistic adoration helped her "absorb the truth" of the Catholic faith. She is now a daily

communicant

opment

as well, a devel-

in her faith life she

See

owes

ADORATION,

to

page

4

passed away during the month of May. Call the church office at (704) 3342283 with the name(s) of loved ones so they can be remembered at Mass.

GREENSBORO

— The

Greensboro

Council of Catholic Women is having their annual May luncheon at Sedgefield Country Club, beginning at 11:30 a.m. with a cash and spirits bar, fashion show featuring items from a local women's clothing store and raffle prizes. For May 18 deadline details

come

—

to St.

Upcoming

thedral,

Ave., for a healing

Mass

to-

call

—

1621 Dilworth Rd. East, tonight at 7:30 p.m. for all those who have

—

the senses, culminating with

Sunday

liturgy.

"There are many converts to Catholicism that belonged to Protestant

denominations where tent revivals were fairly commonplace," says Rev. Mr. Todd. "The revival is a connection back with history, and our roots."

Under what Rev. Mr. Todd calls "the biggest tent

west Charlotte

we can

will

get," north-

sway with Our

Lady of Consolation's gospel choir, and the acclaimed Kabaka drummers and dancers. If that's not enough to get folks out of their seats, the Pinn Memorial Baptist Choir from Philadelphia, African storytellers and a

gospel rapper join the playbill as headliners for the weekend.

The weekend's esteemed visitor is

CCHS and.Bettie CCHS coach. For more

Leary from

Berry, a

former

informa-

tion, call Bettie

Berry

at (704)

MAGGIE VALLEY

521-8721

— Augustinian

Father Anthony M. Genovese is the of a retreat, "Take Courage and Be a Man," emphasizing male spirituality and how this experience has an

facilitator

influence

on

societal values, the pursuit

lane, at (828)

Joan of Arc Church, 919

7 p.m. For more information, Penny Tax at (828) 236-3216.

Haywood

weekend as well as food vendors and merchants selling African art, clothing and books on Saturday Rev. Mr. Todd envisions a festival of

All are invited to

call

the Mass. For more information, call the church office at (828) 252-3151.

There is a memoheld at St. Patrick Ca-

this first-time revival a true

diocesan event, with participation from across the diocese. With preaching and singing throughout the

288-6022.

and more information,

Law at (336) 25 ASHEVILLE

Janet

night at 7 p.m. Refreshments will follow

Mass being

Moreover, Rev. Mr. Todd hopes

make

of goals, dealing with failures and being open to God's call. For further information on the retreat being held June 9-11, call the Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters

Catholic home school support group, is hosting a moms' evening tonight at

rial

bors.

to

—

that host perpetual adoration. The ministry got its start in the diocese

Association of Family Educators (C.A.F.E.), Western North Carolina's

24 CHARLOTTE

by,

American Affairs Ministry of the Dio-

ministry are plenty, Cox says.

"It's very helpful for me to

the loss of a spouse. Now, I feel closest to her at Mass and at adoration."

Outside of the Mass, adoration is one of the primary forms of devotion to the Eucharist. Three sites in this

notion of

images of days

"Revival of the Spirit 2000, from everlasting to everlasting, God is still God" is the theme for this millennial celebration. It is, what the African

mental presence of Christ, in Catholic belief is exposed in a vessel called a monstrance 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The graces he receives from this

CHARLOTTE — A volleyball camp will be held for rising sixth- through ninthgraders from July 17-20 from 9 a.m-3 p.m. The coaches are going to be Tim

ROCK

HILL,

926-3833.

S.C.

—

The

Franciscan

a

.

and you enjoy a gospel celebration, mark your calendar for the weekend of June 23. Tent preaching is coming to town, Catholic style.

ticipant in perpetual eucharistic adoIn a chapel of the church, a

consecrated host

KEANE

S.

Editor

presence of Jesus.

ration.

JOANN

Oratory:

from

New

York:

Franciscan Father James Goode, nationally known as a Catholic evangepreacher. "He's a revivalist," says Rev. Mr. Todd. "He's a preacher, not a homilist. He's not fire and brimstone preaching, but he is fervent."

Father Goode is president of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caulist

cus. Last year,

he was re-elected for a second term, becoming the first reelected president in the three decades of the Caucus. He is president of the National Black Catholic Apostolate for Life. His vitae also lists him as Guardian of St. Clare Friary, the spiritual Leader for Solid Ground Ministry, a member of the National Black Congress and a commissioner for black Catholics in the Archdiocese of New York.

Father Goode is considered the founder of the black Catholic revival movement, preaching his first revival in 1974. "He is in great demand," says Rev. Mr. Todd. "We started planning this with him three years ago because his schedule is so tight." The jubilee year was the perfect timing for such a celebration, says Rev.

Mr. Todd.

"Revival of the Spirit 2000, from everlasting to everlasting, God is still

God"

is scheduled for June 23 - 35, at the corner of Statesville Ave. and Oaklawn Ave. in Charlotte. While it is a free event, donations will be accepted to offset expenses. Blocks of rooms are reserved at both

McDonald Travel Lodse and the Downtown Sheraton. Mention Tent Revival while making reservations. are limited, and early booking is encouraged. For more information, call Rev. Mr. Curtiss P. Todd, (704) 370-3339. t

Rooms

Contact Editor Joann Keane by call-

ing

(704)

370-3336

or

e-mail

jskeane@charlottediocese. org.

Paul Wadell, theology professor at Norbert College in DePere, Wis., and author of several books. The seven sessions will be offered in the late afternoons from 4-5:30 p.m. and evenings from 7-9 p.m. For registration and other information, call SaSt.

rah

Morgan

at (803)

weekday mornings.

ROCK HILL, S.C Religion

Camp

—

327-2097,

The Oratory

two separate one-week sessions at Camp York in Kings Mountain State Park during the weeks of July 9-15 and July 1622. Boys and girls under 12, entering grades 2-6

will hold

in Sept.,

can apply for con-

Center for Spirituality's annual conference on faith and doctrine is scheduled for June 1 1-14 at the Pope John Center at the Oratory. The confer-

For more information and application, write to: The Oratory Religion Camp, P.O. Box 11586, Rock Hill, S.C, 29731-1586. Those wish-

ence, "Visions of Faith,"

ing to volunteer as counselors can write for a staff application.

is a yearly gathering for continuing education in

doctrinal and moral faith for teachers and pastors involved in faith formation

and parish, campus and social

ministries. This year's speaker

is

Dr.

sideration.

Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to publication date.

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The Catholic News & Herald

May

Around the Diocese

2000

12,

Healing Mass, from page It

Photo by Ellen Neerincx Sigmon

and Father Father Ed Sheridan, pastor of St. Aloysius Church sacrament of administer the background, left in pictured far Bill Tanguay, anointing of the sick to parishioners during a healing Mass on May 4. Father Tanguay is in residence at St. Aloysius and is diocesan director of Hmong in Hickory,

and Lahu ministries.

suffering that they are not alone in

should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters of the church, and they should pray over him and anoint £him^] with oil in the name of Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful."

Father Sheridan talked about how important the forgiveness of sins was in the healing of a person, and he discussed about how this forgiveness was part of the sacrament. He referred to a passage from the Gospel of Mark, the story of the paralyzed man whose friends lowered him through the roof on a pallet so that Jesus could heal him (Mark 2: 1-12). Before physically healing the man, Jesus forgave his

their journey. "This

sins.

said that a person could receive the

"We

where the Lord took care of what was important," Father your

see

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said.

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also said that the rite

powerful reminder to those

was

who

of

God

helps us to face

it."

During the Mass, Father Sheridan and Father Bill Tanguay administered the sacrament to anyone who wished to receive it. They used oil to anoint the forehead and both palms of each person receiving the sacrament, and then

held the person's hands together for a

moment

with their own. The oil they used during this Mass was among the oils blessed by Bishop William G. Curlin during the chrism Mass held at St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte on Tuesday, April 1 8, during Holy Week.

Each parish

in the diocese recently

some of the

received

oil

to use during

the year.

Father Sheridan said that he hopes to celebrate more healing Masses in the future, but that parishioners could stop by his office any time they felt in need of the sacrament. He

sacrament as often as once a month, and suggested that parishioners stop by the church on the way to the hospior elective surgery.

"Take advantage of the grace of

a

are

sacrament gives

us the grace to carry the cross," he added. "Suffering is a cross. The grace

tal for tests

sins are forgiven."

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Sheridan

Perpetual Adoration,

anyone among you

reads, "Is

fering?

God," he

said.

eucharistic Christ in a profound and

adoration.

For many adorers,

intimate way.

"It's just the most wonderful thing in the world to be headed for the

a deeper sense

of appreciation for the Mass and the sacramental life goes hand in hand with eucharistic adoration. Theresa Hansen, a coordinator of perpetual

chapel and seeing somebody come from the chapel all aglow," said Siebers. "They'll look at you and say, 'I don't know what happens in there; I

adoration at Maryfield Nursing Home in High Point, said adoration increases her hunger to participate in the eucharistic celebration of Mass.

"Once you've been at eucharistic adoration and you're there in (Jesus') presence, you know how special it is to have that time, gazing at the Lord," she said. "But

can't explain

Siebers

it.

It's

so wonderful.'"

herself

is

a

devoted

adorer, too.

you're able to receive him into your very being during Mass, it's awesome. It's the best time of the day."

Marie Siebers, a coordinator of perpetual adoration at Belmont Abbey, said adoration allows participants to experience the mystery of the

God is there for me and taking care of me."

That kind of trust has strengthened Richard Cox, too. Other than receiving the Eucharist at Mass, he

knowing

that

that Jesus

High

Point, call Theresa

273-1507. For information on daily adoration at the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville, call Jane Sorrells at (828) 298-0334. at (336)

Adorers from any parish are welcome at any of the sites, and volunteers are always needed, t

Church

in Charlotte, call call Kathleen Potter at (704) 366-5127; at

Belmont Abbey

in

Belmont,

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

call

827-6734; and at the chapel at Maryfield Nursing

Marie Siebers

at (704)

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A mixture of nearly 100 participants, coordinators and volunteers gathered at the Johnston YMCA for a retreat filled with information, games and youth group performances from April 2830. The Fourth Annual Sankofa African-American Heritage Weekend, coordinated by the Kabaka Dancers and Drummers of Our Lady of Consolation

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based on this year's featured movie "Roots," Alex Haley's multi-genera-

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storytelling into his presentation.

The activities and talks were

"This is a means by which our African-American children can learn about their culture, history and heri-

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News Service Pope WASHINGTON (CNS) John Paul II has appointed Bishop Edward M. Egan of Bridgeport, Conn., 68, as archbishop of New Catholic

—

York, succeeding the late Cardinal John J. O'Connor, who died May 3.

Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States, announced the appointment in Washington May 1 1.

Archbishop Egan is a Chicagoarea native and canon lawyer who served 12 years as a judge in the

Roman

Rota, the church's central ap-

pellate court.

He was

New York

auxiliary bishop for three years under Cardinal O'Connor and was archdiocesan vicar a

of education there before he was named to head the Bridgeport Diocese in

November

He was

1988.

installed

the following month.

In Bridgeport, he oversaw a pro-

gram to regionalize the diocese's elementary schools and helped raise millions of dollars to support education

programs and to support relihomes for retired clergy.

He also was part of the creation

gious and

by the state's bishops of the Connecticut Federation of Catholic Schools in 1990 to lobby for legislative support and encourage enrollment.

The Catholic population of Bridgeport has grown during his tenure there, from 331,000 in 1988 to 361,000 how, according to the OffiCatholic Directory. But at the time, the number of active diocesan priests has shrunk, from 223 to 183, and the number of parishes has gone from 91 to 88.

Archbishop Egan will be moving to the second largest U.S. archdiocese, which has a Catholic population of cial

same

People

in brief

Priest urges action against 'campaign' to discredit Pius XII Catholics must ROME (CNS)

—

react with clear and well-documented facts to "the

campaign to denigrate"

Pope Pius XII, said the Jesuit promoting his beatification. "The Holy See, and specifically the supreme pontiff

Pius XII,

made every

possible ef-

Nazis the Nazis

fort to stop the crimes" of the

and to help those

whom

two diocesan

seminaries,

who was

recovering from surgery.

Until this year, Archbishop Egan chaired the U.S. bishops' Committee on Science and Human Values, of

which he remains a member. He also is

member

of the bishops'

ence Officers.

12 Catholic colleges and universities.

Archbishop Egan also will have the

Italian

assistance of a half dozen auxiliary

ming

in

new

He

Ad Hoc

is

fluent in Latin,

and

is

French and swim-

said to be fond of

for exercise.

In 1994, Archbishop Egan was the homilist at the national Red Mass in Washington, held annually just be-

see.

Edward Michael Egan was born Oak Park, 111., on April 2, 1932. He

Supreme Court term

begins.

studied at Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, St. Mary of the Lake

fore the

Seminary in Mundelein, 111., and the Gregorian University in Rome.

He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago in December 1957 and, after an early assignment to Holy Name Cathedral parish, served as assistant chancellor and sec-

he said had become "politically correct" intolerance toward faith-based views on issues such as abortion and tax-funded support for religious

retary to Cardinal Albert Meyer of Chicago until 1960. Then he was named assistant vice rector of the

North American College in Rome.

While there, he earned a doctorate in canon law from Gregorian University.

Upon his return to Chicago in 1964, he served as assistant chancellor until 1968 and then as co-chancelhuman relations and lor for ecumenism from 1968 to 1972. He also was secretary to Cardinal John Cody. In 1972 he returned to Rome as a judge in the Roman Rota.

While assigned to the Rota, he also taught juridical practice at its postgraduate school for canon law.

He also served in 1983 as a member of the committee of six canonists who reviewed the final draft of the revised Code of Canon Law with Pope John Paul.

In 1978, while on the Rota, thenMsgr. Egan was one of three U.S.

were persecuting, said Jesuit Father Peter Gumpel. The priest, the relator of Pope Pius' beatification cause, said communists, Masons and "some Jewish circles" had mounted a campaign against the pope,

who

reigned during

World War II. Church studies healing attributed to Blessed Padre Pio

He

CNS

FILE

PHOTO

Bishop Edward M. Egan is seen in an undated file photo. Several news outlets were reporting that Bishop Egan of Bridgeport, Conn., was at the top of the list to take the place of Cardinal John O'Connor as archbishop of New York. Cardinal O'Connor died May 3 at age 80. priests

among

88 noncardinals au-

thorized to be inside the conclave that

elected Cardinal Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II. His assignment at the conclave that October was to check material sent into and out of the conclave area.

Other Americans allowed in were Emmanuel Franciscan Father Klump, English-language confessor in St. Peter's Basilica,

and then-Fa-

ther Donald Wuerl, now bishop of Pittsburgh. Bishop Wuerl then was secretary to Cardinal John Wright,

needed for the canonization of Blessed

Father Capuchin Padre Pio. Gianmaria Cocomazzi, guardian of the church where Padre Pio is buried, said a 6-year-old boy was healed of severe meningitis in January after thousands of people prayed for Padre

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, (CNS)

He told the congregation of judges, lawyers, Cabinet members and others involved in the legal profession that lawyers should be "first and foremost" in insisting that minority and faith-based views be allowed "free and objective expression."

Archbishop Egan also received coverage of his 1997 decision to cancel a retreat in his diocese for Catholic

parents of gays and lesbians that was to be led by Salvatorian Father Robert Nugent and Sister Jeannine Gramick, a School Sister of Notre Dame. Last July, after a lengthy investigation, the Vatican permanently

barred the pair from continuing their ministry, citing "doctrinally unacceptable" positions regarding homosexuality.

A spokesman Egan

for then-Bishop

said at the time that the bishop

thought it would be inappropriate for the pair to give a retreat in the Bridgeport Diocese in light of the ongoing investigation.

Pio to intercede with God to heal the boy. Father Cocomazzi told of the boy's healing May 2 during celebrations at the Church of St. Mary in San Giovanni Rotondo marking the first anniversary of Blessed Padre Pio's beatification.

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down he left

re-

the pul-

pit."

The message reached far beyond those in the cathedral, to crowds outside listening to loudspeakers and to far larger numbers across the city and nation who followed the two-

CNN

hour service

live on or other broadcast media.

In the prepared text, Cardinal Law observed that Cardinal O'Connor "did not shy away from the task of preaching."

"He made this pulpit unique in the history of the Catholic Church in the United States," he said.

In a personal vein, Cardinal Law, one of Cardinal O'Connor's closest friends, told about joining family members and others in saying the prayers for the dying shortly before

the cardinal's death.

"In the midst of those prayers, there was a moment of profound grief as each of us realized with a

sudden

what was happening," he

clarity

said.

"Just as suddenly, we realized our tears were not for him, but for ourselves."

Cardinal

Law

said the Eucharist

was "the source and summit" of Cardinal O'Connor's life, and told of concelebrating Mass with him in his private chapel "just a few weeks ago."

"It was clearly for him the highand for me it will remain a most precious memory," light of that day,

Law

Cardinal

He

said.

said Cardinal O'Connor's

ill-

ness had made it impossible for him to read by that point, but he recited the eucharistic prayer from memory.

"So much was the Mass a part of his that

life

when some

things began to

fade, the Eucharist did not,"

he

said.

If attendance at the Mass by a president and former president, neither Catholic, testified to the extraordinary place Cardinal O'Connor had gained in American life, his standing

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seemed to embody same outlook on matters affecting

the church, leading to a widespread impression that Cardinal O'Connor was the primary voice in the United States for the mind of the pope.

"As a sign of his profound esteem for the late Cardinal O'Connor, and to demonstrate concretely his spiritual union with the church in New York," Cardinal Sodano said, "the Holy Father sent

me

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to represent

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him person-

liturgy."

Cardinal Sodano also expressed the pope's condolences to Cardinal

O'Connor's two sisters, brother and other relatives present, as well as to "the entire archdiocesan family," and imparted an apostolic blessing at the conclusion of the service.

Cardinal William

W. Baum,

a

Vatican official who was another of Cardinal O'Connor's close friends, spoke at the conclusion of the Mass.

He

cited Cardinal

O'Connor's work and called attention to retired Greek Orthodox Archbishop Iakovos, who was present along with his successor, Archbishop Demetrios, and officials of other churches and other religions. for Christian unity,

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Members of the order attended the many services held for Cardinal O'Connor over the weekend following his death, and at the funeral Mass their superior, Mother Agnes

Donovan, read the first lesson from the Book of Wisdom, beginning, "The souls of the just are in the hand of God." After Cardinal

Baum

spoke, the

Book of the Gospels and the pall were removed from the coffin, made in upstate New York of red African mahogany from the Ivory Coast, and the cardinal was lifted onto the shoul-

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The 12 previously placed there include seven former archbishops of

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his

preaching there; two

former cathedral rectors; and Pierre Toussaint, whose remains were brought there after Cardinal O'Connor began his cause for canonization.

After the cardinal's body was de-

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its

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What

science be reconciled with Christian faith in a loving, powerful, creative and redemptive God? Some would say no, others would be doubtful. But most of us have a hunch that science and religion can live together.

Still, it is not always clear how to make the science-faith connection, and much confusion comes from not

Can

doing

it

thoughtfully. Superficial

is that the notion of can be deepened and expanded by its encounter with biological evolution. The understanding of nature implied in Darwinian evolution demands that people abandon any view of God that ignores the self-giving and self-effacing character of the divine mystery.

God

A way of viewing

This understanding affirms that of the struggle and suffering in life's evolution is God's struggle and

evolution through a Christian lens

liai-

hardly ideal either.

is

believe a theology of evo-

I

lution will find

sons are worse in the long run than an indefinite standoff. However, a standoff

2000

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faith Alive!

But won't exposure to new scieninformation undermine my faith?

Isn't it simpler to keep the timeless truths of faith carefully quarantined, sealed off from contact with the tran-

all

suffering too. Nature itself

is

cruci-

form.

According to this understanding, God whose image radiates from the humble, self-giving, suffering love of Jesus is not one who overpowers

tific

the

sitory views of scientists?

the world, forcefully cramming it into a prefabricated frame. Instead the

Can the most

Creator wants a world that will flourish in a way that renders it distinct from God. Only such a world can enter into loving relationship with an

interesting scientific

ideas, especially those

having to do

with evolution, ever be reconciled with religious belief? Finally, what

infinite love.

does the evolution of life, or of the whole Big-Bang universe, possibly have to do with my trust in God? Actually, when carefully separated from the materialist ideology in which some scientists package it, evolution may prove to be not so much a "danger" as a great gift to theology.

No

matter

suit of truth

—

cult

is

how

difficult the

— and

often

Divine power, therefore, includes a measure of loving self-restraint in

which the world is permitted emerge over the course of time

various possibilities.

Love allows the universe to remain unfinished for now. If God had completed creation in such a way that the world was frozen into a deadness

purit al-

back to God. Embrace the truth, no matter how initially shocking it might be, and, as the French writer Simone Weil put it, you will fall into the arms of Christ.

In the past, prominent leaders in the church at times resisted genuine encounter with new scientific ideas.

We need only recall the reactions by some to Copernicus, Galileo and Darwin. Even today many religious people turn away from the idea of

ways

will lead

What

fundamentally

the case of evolution

is

is

at issue in

whether we any

longer plausibly can think of the universe as a purposeful creation of God.

At first sight, the meandering, apparently blind and experimental character of life's lumbering terrestrial

immenhumans might make

journey, along with the time it took for life and

sity of

to

with no future, it would have been an extension of God's being rather than an independent creation.

Evolution, therefore, seems to me to be essential to a world truly loved

by God. And story

To to

CNS photo by Bill Wittman us

evolution.

emerge on

this planet,

as

something other than God. A world truly loved by God must have room to wander about, experimenting with

it is diffi-

believers can trust that

to

wonder what

is

going on

in

such a

strange world.

Would an intelligent God have "fooled around" for 3.8 billion years after the first appearance of life before creating intelligent beings? Why so much cruelty and suffering, wasteful extinctions, discarding of the illadapted and survival of the reproductively "fit" along the way?

Evolution, we know today, is not

unambiguously cruel and

heartless. It

also could be said to involve a

wonder-

cooperation of life with life; and Earth's life-story, viewed in its entirety, exhibits a breathtaking "grandeur" that enraptured Darwin himself.

Still, evolution is not always benign, and a sound Christian theology must face the harsh facts along with all the marvelous beauty nature has

ful

brought

forth.

is

this

means

that the

life-

permitted to be experimental.

be alive at

wander

as

all, life

it

finds

must have room

its

way

into

God.

Christian faith gives us a sense of

God

as self-abandoning, self-giving mystery. The evolutionary picture of nature invites us to embrace, in a wider way than ever before, this surprising, disturbing and powerfully t salvific image of God.

Haught is chairman of the theology department at Georgetown University.

His most recent book is "God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution." Westview Press, 2000.

Discussion Point;

On the Jubilee Day for Scientists (May 25), what event is planned "We list the jubilee intentions for the upcoming month in our parish bulletin and ask people to pray for them.

Included in May are our prayers for the scientific community."

"While we are not doing anything on May 25 per se, we are having a series of dialogues with community leaders. Our fourth such dialogue is scheduled with the scientific

community for sometime in These talks are initiated by

Dory Davis

the

Houston, Texas

Bishop Carlos

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your community?

"Besides including information about St. Albert the Great our patron saint and the patron saint of

—

—

scientists on our Web site (www.albertusmagnus.org), we are sharing information about him with our students so that they might better appreciate the impact he has

remind the secular leadership of their moral responsibility and to remind them that the

had on science."

church has an important contribution to make to their work."

President

will, to

Robert Fontana,

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Faith Alive!

May

The scientists

25. 2000:

Jubilee Day for Scientists By

JOHN

B.

Catholic

By DAVID M. Catholic

John Paul II always has had the greatest re

Pope

REYNOLDS

News Service

spect for the scientific enterprise. In 1988, for ex-

Two

Catholic scientists recently shared their views on the relationship

between

among

members of the community who will be

a cadre of

entific

luted

and science. They are

faith

on the church's Jubilee Day

Scientists

May

sci-

safor

Francis Castellino is the dean of the College of Science at the Univer-

Notre Dame in Indiana. He takes a pragmatic approach to the subject of the relationship between sity of

and science, explaining, "The church has always paid attention to science. Whether it always has supfaith

ported

it is another matter."

Castellino received his doctorate in

biochemistry from the University of Iowa and completed post-doctoral work at Duke University. He now spends nearly half of his working hours at Notre Dame involved in blood-coagulation, molecular-biology and gene-

Much

of his work, especially his gene-targeting activity, is related to the field of medicine.

Castellino

is

member

a

of Corpus

Christi Catholic Church in South Bend, Ind. He reflects that faith and science perhaps do albeit not in the

ways.

He

believes

go hand-in-hand, most conscious of

it is

incumbent upon

individuals to develop their Godly gifts. Just as musicians are obligated all

to develop their individual talents, so

too are scientists obligated to do so.

Scientists are obligated, he says for example, to find cures for disease, and in so doing to enhance the quality

human life. "To better understand God, we must better understand of

God's world," Castellino adds.

Peter Reilly is a distinguished professor in chemical engineering at

Iowa State University. He

member

of St.

is

also a

Thomas Aquinas

Catholic Church, the church ministering to the university community on the campus in Ames, Iowa.

Reilly received his doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of

Pennsylvania and was employed by DuPont and the University of Nebraska before arriving at Iowa State. His scientific duties there include instruction in chemical engineering along with his related research.

Additionally, Reilly is a speakers' bureau member of the American Chemical Society

and the American

Insti-

tute of Chemical Engineers.

Reilly sees himself as both a scientist and a person of faith. When he

speaks on his genetic-engineering and enzyme-structure research, such talks sometimes lead to inquiries about the existence of God. He is quick to respond that science cannot prove or disprove the question. "Science is science, while the existence of God is a matter of faith," he explains, t

Reynolds Chicago,

III,

is

a free-lance writer in

acceptable from a Catholic perspective.

Scientists have now succeeded in

bryonic stem

cloning five species of animals, and many consider human cloning inevi-

gies are likewise mixes of light and

table.

However,

technology involves the destruction of embryos, violating the right to life. Moreover, it this

ample, he declared: "Science can purify religion from error and superstition; religion can

we be

purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other

against others on racial grounds?

into a wider world, a world both can flourish."

25.

targeting research.

BYERS

News Service

our midst

in

in

which

The

pope's attitude is thoroughly refreshing, since modern Catholics

How

raises issues of social justice. we treat human clones? Would

shall

them,

inclined to discriminate against as people now discriminate

Some emerging biotechnologies promise benefits to humanity but at the same time pose serious moral questions.

knowing

cells,

Less controversial

shadow. testing

their source?

new

technolo-

The church welcomes genetic when it functions as an exten-

sion of sound medical practice, giving physicians and patients the information they need to make sound treat-

ment

decisions.

However, the

infor-

mation genetic testing reveals would be of great interest to insurance companies and potential employers; the potential for abuse is enormous.

The same ing,

is true of genetic screenwhich scans large groups of people

have no choice but to live their faith world dominated by science and

in a

technology.

Despite sometimes contradictory conclusions studies show that eggs

— —

are bad for the heart one day, good the next we have an unbounded faith in scientific

pronouncements.

Like everyone else, Catholics derive much of their knowledge of the

world from science, and technology is changing this world with astonishing speed. This cultural perspective poses a serious challenge for pastoral ministers and catechists in the church: how to speak of faith in terms that people

understand today.

The number of babies born through various forms of assisted reproduction worldwide is approaching million. Development of an artificial womb may make pregnancy obsolete for elite women in two or three generations. How will the church present its concerns so that the link between sex and reproduction will be understood?

Particular advances in technology present Catholics with new moral choices, because these advances often have unintended consequences. Splitting the atom produced new diagnos1

tic tools for

medical research, but also

nuclear power plants, which some fear, and nuclear weapons, which all fear.

These days, the spotlight is on the A few seem clearly un-

biotechnologies.

CNS

writes David Byers.

Embryonic low science

stem-cell research

may

al-

to probe the cellular origins

of cancer, diabetes, spinal-cord injury, arthritis, and a host of other lethal or disabling illnesses and conditions. Yet the church

must oppose such work

because embryos are destroyed in the process of obtaining their cells.

A question in the future may go

something

like this:

May

a Catholic

accept a lifesaving transplantation of em-

for defects.

for

Thought

Science and faith need each other, and each

The

The principal

cation for screening

is

medical justifi-

as a tool for find-

ing the incidence of disease in a population, opening the door to prevention or therapy. However, the same informa-

become the basis for selective abortion or even for eugenic policies tion can

aimed

at

"improving the human stock."

Faith and morality need to be fully aware of contemporary reality so that they do not gradually lose their power to guide Christians living in a scientific

Food

photo by Nancy Wiechec

"Some emerging biotechnologies promise benefits to humanity but at the same time pose serious moral questions,'

and technological world.

Byers

is

the executive director

of the

U.S. bishops' Committee on Science

may

suffer

by "going

it

Human

and

Values.

Day for Scientists May 25 will accent that point. now has become known as the Jubilee for Men and Women From the World of Learning because, as one Vatican official explained, by science is meant every exercise of human intellecalone."

Jubilee

Actually, this day

tual activity directed to the search for truth in a rational

and methodiway.

Cardinal Paul Poupard, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, announced plans for this jubilee day, calling for "a new season of dialogue between science and faith." cal

The jubilee for science "will take place in a profoundly different climate" than existed at the time of Galileo in the 17th century, the cardinal said.

A Vatican scientist, Jesuit Father George Coyne, director of the Vatican Observatory, said in a 1996 speech that today's religious and scientific leaders ought to be able to appreciate each others' benefits.

And Pope John Paul II said also in 1996 that "the need for dialogue and cooperation between science and faith has become ever more urgent and promising."

—

David Gibson Editor, Faith Alive!

—

In

a Nutshell

Can science and

religion live

together happily? Can the most interesting scientific ideas be reconciled with religious belief? is not always clear how to the science-faith connection.

Yet the pursuit of truth always leads back to God.

It

make

Science and religion each can "draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish," Pope John Paul II said.

10 The Catholic News & Herald

May

Readings

12,

2000

Book Review

National Shrine 'a uniquely

Word to Life

American expression/ says author By

NANCY HARTNAGEL

Catholic

News

WASHINGTON

Service

(CNS)

—

The

May 14, Fourth Sunday of Easter, Cycle B Readings: 1) Acts 4:8-12

Our knowledge about sheep may only come from movies cen-

Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 29 2) 1 John 3:1-2 3) Gospel: John 10:11-18

and cattle raisers. The agricultural images of the Bible often escape our life's experience. However, once in a while we have a graced moment

Catholic basilica that dominates northeast Washington is "a uniquely American expression," said the author of a

new history.

"Never before had American

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Gregory W. Tucker, who wrote The Basilica of 'America's Church the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception."

Early in the 20th century, the shrine became "a statement that Catholics had arrived in this country, and were in fact gaining acceptance and leaving an indelible imprint," he said.

The church's growth through immigration is reflected in the shrine's more than 65 chapels representing dif-

—

comforting psalms in Scripture be-

in

Memorial Hall, he said.

"Perhaps it's of a style of Catholicism that we'd roll our eyes at and say, 'Oh superstitious,'" he added, "but it all comes together under this great dome as a monumental expression of Catholicism in this country."

Tucker's pictorial narrative was published by

Our Sunday

Visitor in

A

former shrine communications director, he currently directs public relations and community affairs for the Baltimore Huntington, Ind.

Symphony

is

Speaking with Catholic News Service by phone, Tucker said the initial plan was for a university chapel to accommodate growing needs at The Catholic University of America,

begun

in

1887.

As

early as 1895, he said, the priest considered the shrine's founder, Father Thomas J. Shahan, "looked upon the sprawling campus and envisioned this monumental tribute to Mary." A church history professor, he

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sponsibility for the flock.

While he talked about caring for his sheep,

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10:11-18; Isidore the Farmer), Acts 11:1-18, John 10:1-10; Tuesday, Acts 11:19-26, John 10:22-30; Wednesday, Acts 12:24-13:5, John 12:44-50; Thursday (St. John I, pope, martyr), Acts 13:13-25, John 13:16-20; Friday, Acts 13:26-33, John 14:1-6; Saturday (St. Bernardine of Siena), Acts 13:4452, John 14:7-14

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Readings for the week of May 21

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2000

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Wednesday, Acts

Thursday, Acts 15:7-21, John 15:9-11; Friday (St. Philip Neri), Acts 15:22-31, John 15:12-17; Saturday (St. Augustine of Canterbury), Acts 16:1-10, John 15:18-21 15:1-6,

John

15:1-8;

I

mark on

I

knew we had shared

a conver-

good shepherd.

Question: Are you able to take comfort in an image of our relationship to God that emphasizes our total reliance on him for our safety, our comings and goings, our conduct through this world?

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his face, but here

ask ourselves what all these images about sheep and shepherds re-

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pride he took in his flock

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watched a man and his dog one to move his flock of

as

sheep down a steep hillside in northern England. After working with his dog, the man explained the challenges of raising sheep in the modern world. He noted the harsh winters, declining prices and his re-

tender care of his sheep frequently appears in Scripture. Jesus emphasizes in one of the Gospel stories the dedication of the shepherd who will search in the dead of night for the one lost sheep even though 99 are safely in the pen.

In this week's Gospel reading he again uses the figure of the shepherd. In his description of the "good shepherd," Jesus tells us that this is no ordinary person. The good shepherd is one who knows each animal; likewise, each animal knows the shepherd's voice. The shepherd Jesus describes would go so far as to sacrifice himself for the welfare of

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scene is set before Berlin's Brandenberg Gate, a hopeful symbol the future as a voice-over in-

increasingly heavy on the head once the half-hour mark has passed.

Even at its 38-minute running time, the movie would have benefited with

tones that with dreams, faith and love anything is possible.

Filmed in numerous locations under trying conditions and with

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The Pope

—

Speaks

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

Pope praises Cardinal O'Connor's years of 'courageous witness'

By BENEDICTA CIPOLLA Catholic

News Service (CNS)

VATICAN CITY

—

II

J.

pel."

"As a deeply spiritual man, a

warm and

zealous pastor, and effective teacher of the faith and a vigorous defender of human life, Cardi-

O'Connor modeled his own life and minison the figure of the Good Shepherd who, to the end, gives his life for the flock," the pope

nal

try

May 4 telegram to Auxiliary Bishop Robert A. Brucato of New York.

The pope expressed his appreciation for the late cardinal's efforts toward "better ecumenical and interreligious relations" and his work on behalf of the poor, calling him "a source of inspiration in serving God in our less fortunate brothers and sisters."

"Through the years he has been of great said in a

me in the service of the universal church," said the pope.

In a statement released May 4 at the Vatican, papal spokesman Joaquin Navarrosupport to

Vails said the pope

my readers remember this terrible Sund had taken the two girls on a trip show them the western United States. They exI'm sure

story. Carole

to

pected to have a wonderful time visiting Yosemite National Park and then going for a grand finale at the Grand Canyon. Sund's husband would then join them with their other three children.

When the family couldn't contact Carole Sund, they knew something was wrong. It was more than a month before their rented car, burned beyond recognition, and their mutilated bodies were found.

The family absolutely had to know what had happened to their loved ones. The Carringtons offered a reward for information. About five months later there was a break in the case; a man who had been the caretaker at Cedar Lodge where the women had stayed confessed.

From their pain, the Carringtons have reached out to help others. "We offer rewards for the safe return of missing people and to bring violent persons to justice. also want to raise public aware-

We

Ministry

Church in the United States," the statement said. "He was a truly faithful shepherd and an outstanding Witness to faith and human dignity."

The pope was to send Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, as his envoy figure in the Catholic

to the funeral, scheduled for May 8 in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Vatican announced.

U.S. Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka told Catholic News Service he also planned to attend.

"He was a great churchman, an outstanding churchman, who gave his whole life to the service of the church as a priest, a bishop and a cardinal," said Cardinal Szoka.

"He was a man of great talents and touched the lives of countless people with own special charism," he said.

Cardinal Szoka said he admired Cardinal

O'Connor for excellent work

communication skills and "as a proclaimer and defender of church teaching and church doctrine."

He said the late cardinal was "fearless in promoting and defending church teaching," even

his

in the face

of criticism.

A

memorial Mass was being planned in Rome at the late cardinal's titular Church of Sts. John and Paul.

Msgr. Timothy Dolan, rector of the U.S. bishops' seminary in Rome, said the Mass was "for the benefit of the American community (in Rome), because so many people have ex-

ANTOINETTE BOSCO CNS Columnist

ness about missing persons and violent crime in

country. That's what I'm doing running around the country," talking to media and groups, something that would have been unheard of for her to do two years ago, she said.

Carole Carrington said she has learned there are some "very bad people" who should be "put away forever." But there are also "kind, generous people in this world," hundreds who have sent them cards and letters. She has also learned that she has "a whole lot more spirituality and faith than I thought I did." Speaking of the victims, she said, "I do believe they're all in a better place."

She spoke of receiving a poem saying that if a breeze came up as she was thinking of her loved ones, she would know they were there with her.

They went back to Yosemite for a segment on the "Leeza Show," and when she mentioned this poem, there, on a still 95-degree day, "suddenly a breeze came up." There were other similar instances that all gave her "the overwhelming feeling that I was this

getting a message."

Working for the Sund/ Carrington Memorial

Reward Fund, she

said, is

showing them that help-

ing other people is essential "for coping with this agony that will be with us for the rest of our lives but we can go on."

—

program

for Hispanics.

Most of

these

new

programs focus on the formation of leaders for parish ministry, though a few offer opportunities for advanced training and education. Some, and perhaps most, were established with assistance from

the news of Cardinal O'Connor's death."

"Cardinal O'Connor was an extraordinary

Line

ship

Hispanic

was "deeply saddened by

2000

The Bottom

—

life."

Pope John

mourned the death of U.S. Cardinal O'Connor, praising his "many years of dedicated and courageous witness to the GosPaul

John

Carole Carrington never wanted to be in the public eye. But this California woman mother of five and grandmother of nine and her husband of nearly 50 years found their lives radically altered last year when tragedy made them the central survivors in a high profile murder case.

The story made the national news because it was so horrendous: A mother, a daughter and a friend from South America all were murdered during a visit to Yosemite National Park. They were the Carringtons' daughter Carole Sund, their granddaughter Julie Sund and a dear friend from Argentina, Silvino Pelosso.

I had the privilege of being a part of a two-day anti-violence conference in Connecticut where Carole Carrington was a keynote speaker. She said that having loved ones taken away "is the hardest thing that ever could have happened to me in my

12,

regional training centers such as the Southeast Pastoral Institute, the Mexican-American Cultural Center, and Northeast Institute for Pastoral For-

FATHER VINCENT FINNERTY

H.

mation, as well as smaller institutes such as Keno and Tepeyac.

Guest Columnist

On a)

the

The

down

side...

level of Hispanic leadership in the dio-

ceses remains low. Sixty-three percent of the dioc-

Evaluating Hispanic Ministry This month we want to examine "Lay participation and Leadership" in the 1998 study commissioned by the Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The study offers the following:

On

the plus side...

Hispanics already active in the church have increased their levels of participation. Seventy percent of the diocesan directors report that Hispanic men are more active in their parishes than in 1990.

Much of the credit is due to the expansion of the lay apostolic groups, particularly the cursillos and the charismatic renewal.

Seventy-seven percent of the directors also report that Hispanic women are in higher positions of diocesan and parish leadership than in 1990. a)

b) Forty-three percent of the dioceses

adminis-

esan directors said their diocese was "not doing enough" to encourage Hispanics to become leaders; however, 60 percent also acknowledged that most Hispanics still lacked the leadership skills and experience to serve in diocesan administration.

Sixty-three percent of the dioceses with Hispanic Ministry have no Hispanics in management positions in the central offices, and 73 percent have no Hispanics in the management of Catholic Charities.

b) Hispanic programs are most effective with Hispanic adults who speak Spanish. Only 18 percent of the diocesan directors said their diocese was not effectively reaching Spanish-speaking adults.

However, 37 percent of the dioceses are not reaching Spanish-speaking youth; 43 percent are not reaching English-speaking Hispanic adults; and 51 percent are not reaching English-speaking Hispanic youth.

ter a separate lay leadership institute or lay leader-

pressed the desire to pray for the cardinal."

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in

21B

TWA

a

in

Central Casting, a Brian

come in unexpected ways. cabin packed with LaGuardia-

bound New Yorkers itching to pull away from the West Palm Beach terminal.

I knew the majority of passengers had to be New Yorkers. Everyone and I mean everyone was

—

—

We

talking at once about the holdup. had been strapped in our seats for 15 minutes but were still moored to the boarding ramp. A lady provoked loud applause when she boomed: "What gives!

Some-

body gonna

us

why

we're just sittin' here?"

And then the drama began. A flight attendant's voice came over the PA system: "Passenger Herbert Brown in seat 2lB, please collect your belongings and

come

tell

Every head swiveled to the center of Mr. Brown (No, that is not his real name), a

to the exit."

the cabin.

middle-aged fellow in a business suit, wasn't budging.

A stewardess, followed by a very pregnant

young woman, marched down the aisle and quite audibly confronted Mr. Brown: "You see this woman?" she snapped, "She has a ticket for this

You were issued a boarding pass on a standby basis. You must give up this seat now, or else

seat.

things could become very embarrassing for you!"

Mr. Brown flatly refused, "I have and I am not giving it up."

aisle

he

Dennehy

with his carry-on luggage in his arms. All the way,

"I'll pay 300 dollars to anyone who gives me The response was deafening: "Forgedaboutit!"

"Shame! Shame!" "Swim home, you idiot!"

yelled,

a seat!"

But the drama wasn't over.

No

sooner had Mr.

Brown been ejected, when another man jauntily glided down the aisle and took seat 2lB. Non-plussed we all wondered aloud about the pregnant lady's whereAs we taxied out to the runway, the flight attendant's voice announced: "You may all be wonabouts.

worry about

No

his seat in First Class to the mother-to-be."

no gallant speech, no fuss. He simply and quietly went about doing the right thing get up and give the woman a seat. While we were cursing the villain, he was looking after the leading lady.

While we were finding fault, he provided a solution.

If you try, there usually is some way to make a bad situation a little better. If you try. fanfare,

Father Thomas

—

J.

McSweeney

is

director

of The

Christophers.

Question

Corner

is

troubling

me

because I

am finding

difficult to forgive these people deep in can someone like myself do?

A.

The volume of mail

my

heart.

it

this mail, and from my own pastoral expeseems that a large part of the problem stems from the old admonition to forgive and forget. In

most

it

when the hurt has been grievimpossible to forget, even after many years.

The supposition then is that one has not forgiven the wrongdoer, and that is a mistake. forgive others by letting go of resentment and the ous,

cases, especially

it is

We

desire to take revenge, to inflict

harm

in return

CNS

But again, that does not rule out forgiveness.

Anger, just as the other normal human passions, is often necessary and proper. It's how we respond to that is important. When we cease to harbor the desire for vengeance and give up our need to get even, to punish the other person for what he or she it

we

on the road to forgiveness. very ordinary actions can be signs that, however much we still hurt, we are in the process of are well

Two

forgiving.

—

realize

we can pray for the other person. do that we are also, even if we don't praying for our own healing.

First,

When we it,

— And

second,

we can

be willing to treat the

However, one

if

will charge out of the corners of the church and scream at you: "Don't anyone touch this person during the Sign of Peace. He has 'poinked' the nose of a germ-laden child and wants to infect you. Cast him out."

And that's just at the Sign of Peace.

If you are in a parish where people form human chains during the Our Father, the

I

We

other person with civility and charity. don't need to seek him or her out, and we don't need to be friends or buddies. But we should be open to simple Christian decency if the situation presents itself.

I know that many who say they cannot forgive have already reached this point. If not, it is something doable to aim at, much more sensible that attempting to suppress our memories.

Holy Days of obligation

We

have become totally confused about holy days of obligation, which ones apply and which do not. Now it seems Ascension Thursday is changed to Sunday in our Q.

area.

What

is

the story?

A. Several years ago, the Vatican gave permission for five provinces (groups of dioceses) in the

United States to transfer observance of the feast of the Ascension to the Sunday before Pentecost. Last year, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops authorized all ecclesiastical provinces to do the same. The purpose is to give more Catholics a greater opportunity to celebrate and reflect on this major feast of the church.

The bishops of your state are among many in this country who have implemented this change, beginning this year. Catholics in several other countries already follow this practice.

you "poink" your own or anynoses now, the Hand Police

else's children's

listen

realize this

what we

those

did,

Columnist

on

who have violated us.

Memory of what happened may remain. It is normal and healthy to be angry when someone does violence to us or to someone we love, and that anger may reappear when the memory of injuries recurs.

"poink" on the nose of your or friends' children with the tip of your index finger.

to

my

oft-repeated re-

quest that churches be cordoned off into "handholding" and "nonhand-holding" sections.

With decent signage and a couple of volunteers from the parish Scout troop equipped with cattle prods, parishes could easily funnel people into the appropriate pew areas.

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

this subject surprises

From

rience,

one's hands. You could pick up hymnals, touch the back of pews, touch the holy water font, open doors and even go

Gestapo would

What

I've

In the old days one could blithely saunter Mass (this was in a time before they were called eucharistic liturgies) and not

hands/germs thing can get ugly. Much of this, of course, could be avoided if the U.S. Liturgy

so

been receiving in recent me. People, obviously very good people, find themselves spiritually frustrated and guilty because they, as you, feel they cannot forgive and don't know what to do about it.

months on

naked.

gave up

have been very badly hurt by

This

day and age is that it has become of paramount importance that you pay full attention to germs and your hands.

Actually, it is easier to monitor your hands because most germs are really, really tiny and hard to see with the naked eye, and most of us have eyes that are, to be candid and blunt,

into a

several people, especially

us.

worked up over this hand-holding thing One of the more traumatic aspects about attending Mass in the United States in this All

dering about the man now seated in 2lB. Well, you'll be happy to know that while we were all dealing with the notorious Mr. Brown, this terrific fellow

when I was younger. I know there is a mandate from God that we are to forgive those who offend us, even those who do grave injustice against

the years I

DAN MORRIS CNS Columnist

out of 'Tou,

possible to forgive?

Is it really

Q. Through

in uniform.

Light Side

rude-

are going to get up and leave the plane. Now." And in a second Mr. Brown was moving up the

sir,

a ticket for

this seat,

On the

"Yougottabekiddingme!" filled the cabin.

"Don't say I didn't warn you," the stewardess advised, "because the next person you will deal with is Security." In disbelief we all watched the attendant help the passenger-without-a-seat make her way back up the aisle, as the unmoved Mr. Brown coolly perused his flight magazine. The minutes had now turned into a half-hour delay that was clearly ticking off the captive audience. "Ah, come on, you

dummy, you're making us all pay for your ness!" The buzz was intensifying rapidly.

Enter the Law a security officer straight

Life's little lessons

Like

expectant mother stood silently, while a of boos and variations of

know

would publicly acknowledge

We

our hearts is the truth. are a church in schism. Some people like to shake hands, hold hands and use their hands all

in

—

to share the Communion cup. Others you can tell who we are because we attend Mass with our hands in our pockets or behind our backs do not.

The shake-hold-share crowd will argue that there is no more chance of spreading germs through such contact than, say, pushing open the church door where other folks have touched the door with the same hands that they will be shaking yours with.

But they totally forget the axiom that says, "But, duh, we were not thinking about it then."

I even had a friend claim that people who want to criticize shaking, holding and common-cupping will think nothing of going to a bowling alley and using a rental ball.

"Think about it," she said. "People go straight from eating pizza with their hands to sticking their fingers into those holes and then rolling that ball on the floor, and then back to

—

eating pizza."

could not help but think, as I was gagit might be a nice thing if parishes started handing out latex gloves as we enter church, especially if there are any bowling alleys in the neighborhood.

I

ging, that

14 The Catholic News & Herald

Basilica Book, from page 10 became university rector

in

The

1909 and

by

"He saw them as his soldiers in the task."

At a 1913 Vatican meeting, thenMsgr. Shahan got "all the approval he needed," Tucker continued. "Pius X was so taken with the notion that he enthu-

Catholics are associated with the shrine

endorsed it, and then reached into his desk drawer and presented

champion

"He sent out the

women

Catholic

in

first

appeal just to

1911," said Tucker.

siastically

Shahan what amounted ian lire as a

to

$400

in Ital-

down payment."

One architect proposed a French Gothic design, but Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore, university chancellor, favored the work of Charles Maginnis, a well-known architect of Catholic edifices.

Tucker said Maginnis preferred the Byzantine-Romanesque form as "truer to the earliest beginnings of Christianity" and "most harmonious and compatible with the architecture of Washington." Also, he didn't want to compete with Episcopalians who "were building a Gothic structure on the other side of town." which once anThe crypt level nounced "National Shrine" in neon

—

letters

— was completed

in 1924.

story.

But

in

Tucker's view,

The

Tucker

said.

bishop appealed to

all

Catholics,

even school children, and his fellow bishops eventually approved a plan of diocesan quotas to complete the building.

Construction resumed in 1954, and the shell of the Great Upper Church, plus the $l-million campanile from the Knights of Columbus,

was

of-the-century prison" than the largest

a very small

Western Hemi-

greatest

after

Then it sat until 1954, said Tucker, 'looking more like an overgrown turnCatholic church in the

its

Bishop Shahan was Bishop John F. Noll of Fort Wayne, Ind., founder of Our Sunday Visitor.

After World War II, Bishop Noll, chairman of the first episcopal committee for the shrine, took up its cause in the pages of his national newspaper and at annual bishops' meetings.

"You can almost see the bishops' eyes rolling back in their heads, saying, 'Here comes Noll again about the shrine,'"

finished in 1959.

Said Tucker: "It was completed in

window of opportunity

in the '50s," as a

response to atheistic

sphere. "Bishops even talked about

communism,

maybe demolishing

of war, and following the 1950 papal

it,"

he

said.

in

gratitude for the end

Che Guevara."

Father de Vera told Catholic News Service May 8 that the report caught the Jesuits by surprise. The order's provincial in Colombia, Father Oracio Arango, immediately sent a letter of protest to the country's U.S. ambassador, he said.

The report's original wording "was rather obnoxious to say that we are inspired by Fidel Castro," Father de Vera said. "We have other sources of inspiration to put our lives on the line."

The Jesuit spokesman said that the mistaken information also potentially put Colombian Jesuits in physical danger, given the country's ongoing civil war.

"To point to the Jesuits as the inspiration or foundation of a terrorist group was really a blow in the present situation and could be very dangerous indeed," he said.

When he learned of the correction, Father de Vera sent a note of thanks to Lindy Boggs, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, he said.

In addition to issuing the statement, the State Department corrected its Internet version of the report to read instead that the ELN was "established in 1964 nominally as (a) military wing of (the) Colombian Communist Party." t inspired by Fidel Castro and

proclamation on Mary's Assumption.

The book details shrine construction, as well as the burst of ornamentation in marble, mosaics and stained glass that began in the '60s and ended in 1999 with installation of the "Universal Call to Holiness" sculpture.

It

kneel

that

at

Our Lady of Mankind said.

The "Catholic piety and mindset made the shrine possible" are ab-

sent on a large scale today, he said.

But the fact that hundreds of thousands of pilgrims come annually shows "that the shrine has a place still and somehow does express the deeply

also tells the story of prominent

from future popes and presidents to Dorothy Day, who said she found her vocation while praying in visitors,

held sentiments of Catholics."

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Three priests care for infant

By PATRICIA

RUDY

News

Service

Catholic

VIENNA, priests at St.

Va. (CNS)

— As

Mark Church

someone should pick up the baby.

We're not taught about this in the

Father Stewart Culkin, pastor, heard it from his room and Fathers Francis deRosa and Christopher Pollard, parochial vicars, noticed it from the living room. converged

at the front

door

same time," said Father de Rosa.

Alone on the doorstep was a 4month-old girl, Sadgi Gill. The priests learned later that she had been abducted from an apartment building in nearby Manassas shortly before 9 p.m. Her mother had left her briefly in at the

her second-floor apartment, strapped in her car seat, while she went to unload groceries from her vehicle in the parking lot. The infant arrived at St.

incident to the church.

whose daughter had

The

priests brought her in and Fairfax County police. The parents are not parishioners at St.

were getting ready to turn in for the night one evening in late April, the sound of a baby crying came from outside.

"We all

Mark's. Father deRosa said that there is no known connection of the

seminary."

Vienna

called

Father Pollard, who does not have nieces and nephews, held her most of the time, said Father deRosa.

"He did very well with the baby."

"I was born to be an uncle," said Father Pollard. "It's my God-given innate natural ability. It was kind of an adventure to have her there."

Father Culkin, for his part, said Father deRosa, was relieved that he had his two associates with him. In his nearly 29 years as a priest, the

LONDON

(CNS)

— Catholic and

was tragic, but obviously some comical aspects to it," Father deRosa told the Arlington

Jewish scholars reported "substantial progress" in examining published Vatican documents related to World

Catholic Herald, diocesan newspaper.

"We felt like three priests and a baby," he told the Fairfax Journal newspaper. "At first we felt bad for her.

War

"It

Then we thought we

just

might have

We

an addition to our family. even thought about raising her as a nun."

"It was like a movie," said Father Pollard. "At first we were incredulous, and then we thought, hey, maybe

II and the Holocaust.

"Collaborating as Catholic and Jewish scholars on a difficult and controversial subject, we are confident that our work will contribute to a deeper understanding of this painful

subject," the scholars said in a state7 after a four-day meeting

ment May in

London.

The commission, established

in

faith has to be taught; (one

is) not to be baptized and then live life as though it had never happened."

The baby was at the rectory for slightly over four hours, until the par-

infant's

to retrieve her. Since the abduction and abandonment oc-

curred in different counties, said Father Pollard, he understood that jurisdic-

a

problems caused some time delay. was a very happy ending that her parents were able to come so tional

"It

quickly," said Father Pollard. "It was nice to go back to bed at 2:30 a.m. and not lose any more sleep over it."

didn't choose a name."

"We had given thought to keeping her and even baptizing her, but three priests and a baby is not enough," said Father Pollard. "It was

"The mother was very relieved to see her baby," said Father deRosa.

The parents, believing that it was God's hand that brought the baby to the church, said, "She was in the hands of God," he recalled, r

the subject for my homily this week.

In addition to being baptized, the

in

came

ents

newborn child, and the needed supplies were brought.

For her name, "I chose Arizona, from the movie 'Raising Arizona,'" said Father Pollard. "Father deRosa chose Clotilde and Father Culkin

Scholars report progress

Mark's unharmed.

there were

their doorstep

pastor said, nothing like this had ever happened to him.

After the baby had been there a while, "she started getting cantankerous and needed changing," said Father deRosa. Since no diapers or formula are kept at the rectory, the priests called a pediatrician parishioner

the three

in

on

left

study of Vatican's WWII documents

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War

II and the Holocaust.

Prominent Jewish organizations have called on the Vatican to open its wartime archives in order to clarify

for Interreligious Consultation.

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that our

combined effort will take the discussion beyond the realm of heated polemics," the

ropean Jews.

scholars said.

The commission was formed

The Vatican responded by saying relevant documents had already been published in an 1 1 -volume collec-

to

all

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Volunteer teacher absorbs culture and rediscovers roots ALESHA

By

miles from the small city where he lived for the duration. Ostuni is in the Puglia region located on the heel of the boot-shaped country.

M. PRICE

Staff Writer

CHARLOTTE — Joe Tronco had traveled to Italy before on vacation

Also upon his

but not to the less-explored Puglia region in Southern Italy and not to stand in front of a room of children for

two weeks

this past

arrival,

rest of his team, a

he met the

group that con-

sisted of a Jewish person, a Serbian

Catholic and those with no stated reli-

March.

Earlier this year, after reading

gion.

Tronco

said of the differences in

work-

about the work of supplemental English language instruction to children through Global Volunteers in Italy, Tronco wanted to be a part of that

religion of the volunteers and

experience.

no stated religion had done this work before. They were teachers by profession and had been on prior assign-

"It

sounded

ing in a traditional Catholic country, "We all embraced it in our own way.

The Jewish person and the ones with

an interesting

like

and creative way of giving service to a part of society I had never thought of," said Tronco, a St. Gabriel Church

ments."

The group

parishioner.

He had

taught kids before, however, as a high school chemistry and biology teacher over 35 years ago.

But, he said, "I felt comfortable with the idea because of that experience."

It is an alternative to a vacation of sitting on the beach and sipping flowery drinks in coconut shells. This "getaway" serves as a way to get more involved with different cultures and to experience life through others' eyes.

According to their website, Glo-

around the world like Africa, Asia, the United States and other places a total of 20 countries.

The volunteer work is the actual vacation, tax-deductible in most cases tions

—

and paid for by the volunteer, as expenses incurred if he or she were to travel elsewhere.

Tronco arrived in Italy to the predominantly Catholic town of Ostuni and was met with the sight of miles of olive and almond trees and the white homes and shops and the smell of the Adriatic Sea, approximately three

-

these fairly

young

With Bishop William Q. Gurlin Combining Canadian Shrines and destinations with impressive accommodations makes this pilgrimage with Bishop William G. Curlin a

Montreal

Quebec

City

Mont Trembiani

Niagara

some

of Eastern Canada's most beautiful

Falls

from Puglia, is traveling back to visit some of the same areas and surrounding

said Tronco.

The students were like any other students with the class clown, the best athlete, the one serious student. They embraced Tronco and, and he did the same. "It was such an exciting opportunity to be with people to learn more and broaden all of our lives," he said.

Tronco, whose family tree can be

Catholic Social

St.

Michael's Cathedral

St.

Joseph's Oratory

+ Notre Dame Cathedral St. Anne De Beaupre

Limited space available. For reservations and registration, call

Joann Keane, (704) 370-3336

*Pfking based on double occupancy. Single

Room

Supplement: $500

"When you spend

Services

in July.

those two

weeks with them, you learn a lot more than you would as a tourist," he continued. "We all change as we become more aware. You go there to teach, but you realize that you have t

learned."

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with his wife Katherine

cities

cities:

Notre Dame Du Cap Shrine La Basilique Notre Dame

Ottawa

traced back to Southern Italy, not far

"The kids had practiced the questions they were asking. They wanted to know what types of sports I liked and other things about America and what I thought about certain topics,"

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Toronto

the Italian children are acquainted.

in, as sounding boards and seemingly large vats of information for the American world with which

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in

Courtesy Photo

Joe Tronco is pictured with junior high school students in Martina Franca in the Puglia region of Italy. Tronco taught English to Italian students for two weeks in March as a part of the Global Volunteers program.

come

July 3

wonderful experience

chil-

dren entered the cathedrals, their demeanors changed to one of reverence for their churches. They were proud of those cathedrals and wanted to show them off to us," added Tronco.

Global Volunteers gives their participants a teaching guideline, and the volunteers follow along with the textbook. The teaching consisted of exaggerated gestures and demonstrations to children who had already had between one and three years of English but have no one with which to practice. This is where the volunteers

$1875.00*

A-

from

Ostuni to Martina Franca where the school was located. Tronco taught three junior high classes, some with and without his Italian language arts teacher and guide.

When not in class or doing extra volunteer English tutoring at the hotel, he and the other volunteers were invited on walking and bus tours in their honor to neighboring towns and cities to visit the massive cathedrals and other landmarks.

"When

bal Volunteers, based out of St. Paul, Minn., is a non-profit organization that arranges volunteer trips for more than 150 teams of volunteers in loca-

June 26

school provided a car for the

to travel the 25 miles

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