May 14, 2004

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Roman

Catholic

Diocese of Charlotte

Journey into heritage Black Catholics

commemorated, celebrated 1

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Established Jan. 12, 1972

by Pope Paul VI

MAY

14,

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2004

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Pro-life official

praises

Swiss

PAGE 11

Guard keep peace, protect pope

FDA denial

on 'morning-after piir

NANCY FRAZIER

BY

O'BRIEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Corps unveils

WASHINGTON

plans for jubilee

—

"The voice of reason prevailed" in the Food and

celebration

Drug

May

Administration's

6 decision to withhold perBY

mission for over-the-counter

CAROL GLATZ

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY

II

sales of the "morning-after

—

pill"

Don't be fooled by their designer duds. Under those bright, baggy bloomers and a stands a lean,

tilted beret

"A drug which can dehuman embryos and

mean

stroy

increases health risks to

courteous helper of lost or curi-

women and girls does not belong on the drugstore shelf,"

tourists.

He

is

a Swiss Guard.

He

said

stands at least 5 feet 8 inches is an ironclad Catholic of irreproachable" character, young and single, has clocked

is

mation for the bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities,

in a

May

no more than

30,

7 statement.

and See

Swiss.

He

di-

19 birthdays and

in at least

he

Cathy Qeaver Ruse,

rector of planning and infor-

tall,

usually

issues.

life

fighting machine as well as a

ous

marketed as Plan B, ac-

cording to the U.S. bishops' chief spokeswoman on pro-

page 17

PILL,

also has completed rig-

orous entrance requirements and Swiss army training, making him a member of an elite guard who is ready at any

CNS

Swiss Guards elite

See SWISS, page 9

fall

Mass

into formation following

in

St.

Peter's Basilica

corps has begun marking 500 years of service. Established

still-active

in

PHOTO BY Alessia

May

Giuliani, Catholic

Press Photo

6 at the Vatican.

1506, the guard

Is

Immigration

The

the oldest

military force.

bili

said to go

far in repairing

inadequate system

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

CSS

brings

orphaned

new

sisters to

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family

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both born in Russia. Orphaned after a

to

girls,

Olivia, are sisters

introduced a bUl

May

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the chairman of the U.S. bishops'

Committee on Migration See

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page 14

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CSS learns to spot trafficking

BMHS hosts Special

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2 The Catholic News & Herald

May

Current and upcoming

In Brief

topics from around the world to your own baclcyard

Judge overturns feeding tube law; court battles likely to continue CLEARWATER,

Fla.

(CNS)

—

Despite a Florida judge's May 6 ruling overturning Terri's Law as "unjustifiable state interference" with constitutionally protected privacy rights, the court battles over braindamaged Terri Schiavo's feeding tube

SIGNS OF STIGMATA?

were

likely to continue.

was left brain-damaged 1990 after a heart stoppage and has received nutrition and hydration through a feeding tube. But her estranged husband, Michael, has been battling in court to have the feeding tube removed, saying Terri would not want to be kept alive artificially.

Six days after Terri's feeding tube was removed in October 2003, the Florida Legislature approved a bill allowing Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to issue an executive order that tubefeeding be resumed.

Schiavo, 40,

in

May

In his cuit

6 decision, Pinellas Cir-

Court Judge Douglas Baird of

—

Diocesa n, planner ASHEVILLE CNS

PHOTO COURTESY OF DaVID IrION

VICARIATE

ASHEVILLE

— The

St.

Martin De

David Irion observes the crucifix at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church

Some

parishioners claimed the crucifix began to bleed from the

in

nail

Marshall,

markings

Bishop Donald J. Kettler of Fairbanks sent a representative to investigate and later said the person "couldn't see any changes" during the Easter

on the

Vigil

April

10.

Poms

bring piigrims to Alaslta ANCHORAGE,

Alaska (CNS)

—

Reports that a crucifix started bleeding fi-om classic stigmata points has

drawn

remote Alaskan village

church.

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Marshall, an Eskimo village of about 360 people, has been abuzz since the Easter Vigil, when a group of parishioners say the church's main crucifix began to bleed from the feet, hands and side.

Anna Polty, 73, and her friend Sophie Shorty claim they saw something happening to the crucifix during the April 10 Easter Vigil.

A

closer in-

spection after the vigil revealed the crucifix

was bleeding.

"Where they nailed

his hands,

and

on his feet and on that cut on his side it was starting to bleed," Polty said. "His knee starting to bleed too, and his elbow too. Started sliding down, all that blood."

Polty and Shorty asked three remaining parishioners and the visiting priest

— Marshall does not have — go

dent pastor

Everyone

to

a resi-

look at the crucifix.

something Polty said. The

agreed

strange was going on,

was unable to be reached comment, but Polty said the priest couldn't explain why the crucifix was

visiting priest

for

bleeding.

at 7 p.m. in the rectory building at the Basilica of St. Lawrence, 97 Haywood St. Inquirers are welcome. For more information, contact Beverly Reid at (4>2,3)

6338-4744 or bebereid@adelphia.net.

By Easter morning,

with the reports, and

astir

locals

was

poured

into the church to see for themselves.

Some

VICARIATE

SPARTA

the village

noticed a change in the crucifix

and others didn't, according to ImmacuHeart parish administrator Clara

late

Shorty.

—

Frances of Rome Church, Hendrix and Highlands Rds., sponsors the Oratory of Divine Love Prayer Group in the parish house the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 1 p.m. Call (336) 372-8846 for

St.

more information.

CHARLOHE

VICARIATE

HUNTERSVIU>E

—

14740 Stumptown Rd.,

Over the next few

days, people fi-om

surrounding villages started showing up to pray and study the crucifrx. Clara Shorty estimated that in the three weeks after Easter, at least two dozen visitors there are no had flown into Marshall some from hunroads to the village

—

—

St.

3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West. Visitors and inquirers are welcome. For more information, call Helen Gillogly, SFO, at (828) 883-9645.

BOONE

Praise

May

Mark Church,

will host a Festival

The evening

of

will

feature praise and worship music by St. band in addition to AdoMark's LIFE

TEEN

ration of the Blessed Sacrament. All are welcall

Debra Lemmon

at

—

CHARLOTTE The music ministry of St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons May

dreds of miles away.

Pkwy., will host a Christian Coffeehouse

Donald J. Kettler of Fairbanks, whose diocese includes

22 at 7:30 p.m. Single and married adults of ail

Bishop

Marshall, sent a representative to check out the crucifix a few days after Easter.

He said the representative "looked carefully

and couldn't see any changes." But,

the bishop added, that report does not

mean

that nothing happened.

"As long as people are using it to strengthen their faith and are staying within the message of Jesus Christ, we can see it as a blessing, whatever it is," he said.

The bishop sent a letter about the crucifix to the parishes of his diocese, saying he will "continue to gather information and will proceed slowly, carefully and prayerfully."

Law

that failed to pass in Florida's re-

cently ended legislative session.

There is no charge to attend. To reserve a table for a group of six or more, call Kathy Bartlett at (704) 400-2213.

CXthqlic NEW^ERALD

'

Utipacked" based

on the book by Susan Miller.

We will talk about the spiritual, emotional and practical needs associated with will

meet through June 23

in

moving. Classes

Room 200

Mark Church, 14740 Stumptown

of

St,

Rd., 10;15 -

by lunch. Call Gen-y Phillips 895-2388 or Colleen Siadak at (704) 987-7920 for more information.

1

1:45 a.m. followed

at (704)

CHARLOTTE — All women are invited tojom Women

tn the

IVord for weekly gatherings tor

Sunday scripture, music and sharing experiences of Christ in daily hfe.

The group meets each Thursday, 9:45-11:45 a.m. in the family room of St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For details, call Linda Flynn at (704) 366-9889. For childcare reservations, call Jurga Petrikene at 704) 907-0205.

prayer, reflection on

CHARLOTTE

PUBLISHER: Most Reverend Peter J. Jugis EDITOR: Kevin E. Murray STAFF WRITER: Karen A. Evans GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Tim Faragher ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE: Cindi Feerick Beason

—

Thank God

It's

Friday

(TGIF), a weekly support group for separated and divorced women, meets every Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the New Life Center building, room 114, of St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., including a potluck dinner.

Divorced men are invited every third Wednesday of the month. TGIF is a healing ministry sponsored by Catholic Social Services, (!!harlotte Regional Office and St. Matthew Church.

For details, call Karen Wepasnick at (704) 5411

89 1 after 3 p.m.

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Sherill

The Newcomers

Women's Ministry of St. Mark Church invites women who are new or still feel new to the area

THE

SECRETARY:

—

HUNTERSVILLE

•

St.

22, 8-10 p.m.

come. For details, (704) 948-1306.

i

to a 10-week course entitled, "After tJu Boxes are

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Ordermeets the fourth Sunday of each month

Reports of bleeding crucifix

visitors to a

Monday of each month

HENDERSONVILLE — The

crucifix.

Clearwater said the Florida Constitution "guarantees to every citizen the right to be the master of his or her own personal private medical decisions."

But the new law allows "unjustifi-| able state interference witTi the privacy right of every individual without any semblance of due process protection," he added.

Gov. Bush plans to defend the constitutionality of the law, and the issue is expected to reach the Florida Supreme Court.

Burke Balch of the Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics, a department of the National Right to Life Committee, said he hoped Baird's decision would be reversed on appeal. He also expressed support for the Florida Starvation and Dehydration of Persons| with Disabilities Prevention Act, a more comprehensive version of Terri's

ages have found this to be a great place for entertaining and warm spiritual messages, evangelization and an opportLinity for praise and worship music in a Christian environment.

Dotninican Laity Chapter meets the fourth

Alaska.

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2004

14,

FROM THE VATICAN

Pope urges U.S. bishops to be close to their priests, encourage them VATICAN CITY (CNS) — human,

abuse stories belie work of 'great democracy' Iraq

VATICAN CITY

— The

(CNS)

abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers represented an "unequivocal and inadmissible contrast with the principles of a

great democracy," the Vatican newspa-

per

said.

The report May 6 in L'Osservatore Romano was the first Vatican comment on the scandal over revelation of alleged torture and abuse of Iraqi captives at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.

'The detailed revelations about the intorture in some cases deadly flicted on prisoners by forces engaged in Iraq and Afghanistan are affecting world public opinion and especially

—

—

public opinion in the United States," the

newspaper said.

Beyond global

criticisms,

precisely the U.S. people

is

it

said, "it

who have

Bish-

ops must love, listen

been most wounded in learning that this disfigurement of the human person, represented by torture, could be perpetrated under its flag."

It said the photos of the Iraqi prisoners, "humiliated physically and morally in order to weaken their resistance to interrogators," have rightly triggered widespread indignation.

The scandal erupted after CBS released pictures showing grinning U.S. soldiers allegedly abusing and humiliating prisoners, some of them naked, in the Iraqi prison.

Administrative and criminal inves-

begun and President George W. Bush, in interviews broadcast on Arab TV stations May 5, promised that the soldiers responsible would tigations have

be punished.

to,

for their

support and

and

correct the priests in their diocese. Pope John Paul II told bishops from Michigan and Ohio.

"As a spiritual father and brother to his priests, the bishop should do everything in his power to encourage them in fidelity to their vocation and to the demands of leading a life worthy of the calling they have received," the pope told

The pope

VICARIATE

— Notre Dame

Catholic

planning an alumni reunion for 2004. For more information, call Nicholas

Sc/iool is l*,

High Aug.

Schnyder

at

(336)

333-3456 or e-mail

director.

The talks

pects of St. Rita's

nicholas.schnyder@bellsouth.net.

—

HIGH POINT

prayer in honor of St. Rita of Cascia, Augustinian nun, May 20 and 21 at 7 p.m. and May 22 at 1 1 a.m., followed by brunch. Augustinian Father Richard Cannuli will be this year's

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 512 Montlieu Ave., offers free "Gentle Fitness" classes Wednesdays and Fridays, 1:302:30 p.m. The classes are structured to the fitness levels of seniors and anyone wanting low-

will focus

on

life

forcing the spiritual

share and their

Pope John Paul urged the bishops to take seriously their personal responsibility for the

CLEMMONS — Holy FamUy Church, 4820

more

0 N. Elm

who

St.

These sessions

has read the book. For

information

e-mail

lwellmaker@triad.rr.com.

HICKORY

VICARIATE

NEWTON — The Little Flowers Catholic Girls'

Group is for all Catholic girls ages five and up.

The group meets the fourth Monday of each month at St. Joseph Church, 720 West 13th St., at 4 p.m. in the Holy Family Hall. For more details, call Debbie Vickers at (828) 495-2039.

HICKORY

— A GriefSupport Group meets

the unity and "in faith,

love with the church."

priests."

ing formation programs are in place for

the bishops limina"

The all

May

6 as part of their "ad

visit.

bishop, he said,

must be

close to

the people in his diocese, and built up

communion of the church hope and love" by establishing "an ever-closer relationship with your Pope John Paul

Bishops also must ensure that ongo-

men who

said each bishop

should relate to his priests "as a father

and brother who loves them, listens to them, welcomes them, corrects them,

MOUNTAIN

WAYNESVILLE

more

The

as possible,

concerned

is

towering

Mary

Kinnamon Rd., offers Eucharistic Adoration every Thursday. Exposition begins at 6 p.m. and benediction

is

at 9 p.m.

WINSTON-SALEM

—

The Healing Companions is a grief support group for the bereaved that meets the first and third Thursdays of the month in conference room B at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. For further details,

call

Joanne Parcel

at (336)

924-9478.

Is

your parish or school having an event?

Please submit notices for the Dixesan Plan-

the

ner at least 1 5 days prior to the event date

writing

to

Karen

A.

Evans

kaevans@charlottediocese.org

in

at

or

faxto (704) 370-3382.

St.

St.,

John

tlie

Evangelist

will hold three days of

CNS

Episcopal calendar

Residents of Bishop Peter J. Jugis will participate in thefollowing events:

Industrial its

May 16

— 12 p.m.

May 19

Sacrament of Confinnation St,

— 7:30 p.m.

of the

May 18

—

Ind.,

completion.

view a 33-foot statue of the Virgin Mary outside Van's

9.

The giant statue was

Named Our Lady

New

of the

to

have

its first

Wilmington, Del., sculptor Charles Cropper Parks for a Chicago man.

throughout the United States since

its

cleaning since

Millennium, the piece was created by

unveiling during

It

has traveled

Pope John Paul

Church, High Point

visit

ll's

1999

to St. Louis.

— 5 p.m.

Guadarrama Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Charlotte

May 24

7 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation of IVIary

Francis of Assisi Church, Lenoir

Ordination to the priesthood of Jesus

Apostles Church, Belmont

Immaculate Heart

St.

May 22

Sacrament of Confinnation

Queen

— 7 p.m.

Hammond,

Sheet Metal May

PHOTO BY Karen Callaway, Northwest Indiana Catholic

Sacrament of Confirmation

John Neumann Church, Charlotte

May 17

grow ever

'men of the church,' imbued with a truly catholic spirit and authentic missionary zeal," the pope said. fully into

VICARIATE

—

Church, 234 Church

much

already have been ordained.

"In this way, they will

with Benediction.

second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the parlor of St. Aloysius Church, 92 1 Second St. NE. For more information, call the church office at (828) 327-2341.

SMOKY

seminaries in their dioceses

—

ner and life coach, will lead a follow-up session on Rick Warren's book "The Purpose-Driven Life" May 19, 10-11:30 a.m. and 6:30-8 p.m. Both 1

and identity they

WINSTDN-SALEM VICARIATE MT. AIRY Holy Ang;els Church, 1208 N.

Thursday, 10-11 a.m. Adoration concludes

X Church, 22

life

of celibate chastity."

(828) 456-6707.

call the pari.sh office at

GREENSBORO — Lucy Wellmaker, parishio-

are open to anyone

"life

has

Main St., offers Eucharisttc Adoration every Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., and every

Pius

must be

meaning for us today. For more information,

impact aerobic workout. For more information, call Deana Collis at (336) 885-7029.

sessions will be held in the Kloster Center at St.

priests

different as-

and how her

life

among

strengthened, particularly through rein-

supports them, seeks their cooperation

GREENSBORO

said the "bonds of fraternal

unity" with and

and for the training of candidates to the priesthood to produce men with "mature and balanced personalities, men capable of establishing sound human and pastoral relationships, knowledgeable in theology, solid in the spiritual life and in

and, as

GREENSBORO

ministerial

spiritual,

financial well-being."

—

7 p.m.

Sacrament of Confirmation Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Monroe

CORRECTION Several paragraphs were inadvertently omitted from the story "Welcoming the Stranger: Diocese of Charlotte reaches out to Hispanic immigrants" on

be downloaded from the diocesan

page 8

of the

May 7 issue. The complete story can

Web site at http://www.charlottediocese.org/catholicnews.html.

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2004

AROUND THE DIOCESE OUT OF THE SHADOWS

CSS welcomes new area director JO ANITA M.

BY

NELLENBACH

take care of our community, that's a

CORRESPONDENT

—

ASHEVILLE

unique position to be

Making

the

Western Region Office (CSS/WRO) very visible and better known so that it's a place where people "can come and get help when they're hurting" is one of Debra Braese's Catholic Social Services

goals.

Braese has succeeded Sister Marie

CSS/WRO's

Frechette as

Most

vants of the

border.

Staff members, in addition to Braese,

who

provides individual counseling, are

Lori Gilcrist, office manager; Ada Volkmer and Jerry Tudela, immigration

area director.

Missionary Ser-

Sister Frechette, of the CouRitsv Phoio by Joseph Purello

in."

Located in Asheville, WRO/CSS serves western North Carolina from Alleghany, Wilkes, Caldwell, Burke and Rutherford counties to the Tennessee

Blessed Trinity,

is

now

heading the order's mission advanceLauri Latuda, grants and

programs administrator

for the U.S. bishops' Office of

ment

Migration and Refugee Services, spealcs to 70 Catholic Social Services employees during an in-service training day at

St.

Aloysius Church

in

office in Philadelphia.

saw

"I

work

Hickory April 22.

my

in

faith belief," said Braese, a parishio-

ner at

CSS learns to spot E.

MURRAY

—

counseling, outreach to the

was grants and programs

day's featured presenter

Laurie Latuda, a administrator with the Office of Refu-

gee Programs in the U.S. bishops' Migration and Refugee Services (MRS).

"Oftentimes the only contact that people who have been trafficked have with the outside world is through religious ministers," said Latuda.

While those who profit from the trade in human beings often keep their victims under close watch, attending

weekly Mass might be the only activity that the trafficker

do

allows them to

there are net-

traffickers or

arms

traf-

fickers."

"We must do

we can

all

to fight

turn sexual activity into a commodity to be bought and sold," said Purello, adding that, "the trend to turn sex into a commodity (on TV, in movies, in popular music) often involves packaging sex with violence."

"We

are also called to be

much

more conscious of the working conditions of laborers who make and provide the goods

we

mand

side of the

business, then

"In almost

all

cases,

language bar-

made

in the de-

human

trafficking

we -will also number

nificant fall in the

of contacts in the

riers, lack

new

land,

beatings and fear of reprisals on family left

behind combine to keep

the victims silent and unable to flee to safety," said Joe Purello, director of the diocesan Office of Justice and Peace of

Anyone who

She has worked

Department of

in child pro-

Buncombe County

tective services in the

Social Services (DSS), as

a children's outpatient therapist in a

support.

Braese holds a master's degree in social work fi-om the University of North Carolina at Chapel HiU.

She

CSS

said that

"important

it's

...

that

on its own, but that it is an extension of God's light, that there's hope and healing and outreach in the services that we provide. If parishes can embrace us as an agency that can help

How to Identify a Trafficked

of people

suspects a trafficking

1

Why and how did the person come into

.

Once

here, they

different

may

said,

exploitation or other contemporary

job and/ or work off their travel

How was the person

2.

Many

recruited?

victims are recruited by ac-

forms of slavery.

offer "success stories" in the U.S.

contract before departure

are vague and they are surprised to learn

they

owe

exorbitant debts for travel,

lodging, food,

Does

3.

etc.

News

Service contributed to this story.

so,

he/she

is

the person

have identification

Many seized

upon

arrival

by

Does

receive compensation or go directly to the employer?

6. Where does the person live? Is their freedom restricted in any way? it

Victims

may

be forced to live in the

same place where they work. They may not be allowed to leave the premises and/ may be fi-ightened into staying inside

or

due to their immigration status and lack of documents (if the employer is holding them).

Has

the person been threatened to pre-

vent him/herfrom leaving?

In addition to physical harm, the per-

may be subject to psychological intimidation and/or coercion through threats to family members if he/ she tries son

the person

owe money

to his/her

a good job with pay but learned he/ she

must work

afair wage? work.^

Does he/she

their traffickers or

employers.

4.

the person get paid

Does

em-

How many hours does he/she

7.

victims have their documents

charged exorbitant and clothes leading

into a cycle of debt to his/her

5.

papers?

employer?

Catholic

them

does

The person may have been promised Nancy Frazier O'Brien of

doing

be forced into a

"debt."

428-7581, advised Latuda.

victims find forced labor, sexual

Person

ployer.

victims.

many

fees, call (828) 255-0146.

Many trafficking victims are smuggled into the U.S. or come on legitimate visas with the promise of a good job.

dream," said Latuda. Instead, she

— most —

any applicable

fees for rent, food

anywhere from 400,000 to a million or more annually.

These victims "often believe they are coming here to find the American

trafficking

WANT MORE INFO? For more information about services and

the country?

Terms of their

human

of them women and children enter the United States each year. The number of people brought across international borders worldwide for the sex trade or other forced labor is placed at

mailjnell@4net.net.

that stands

People also can help the trafficked person obtain free or low-cost legal services from an attorney familiar with the provisions of the federal law.

Latuda and others like her at MRS, who can be reached at (202) 541-3385, can help the trafficked person connect with local social service agencies that will help them before and after they are certified as trafficking

victims of

Contact Correspondent Joanita M. Nelknbach by calling (828) 627-9209 or e-

not be seen as a nonprofit agency

who

18,000 to 20,000

viet

combe County DSS.

quaintances/people in their ethnic group

estimated

people from the former SoUnion; Carol Meyerriecks and

specialist for

Michele Sheppard, international and domestic adoption workers; and Shelly Kilgore, adoption administrative assistant. Sheppard also handles pregnancy

tion into the matter.

An

Svetlana Gundorin, refugee

specialists;

mental health center in Burlington, as assistant director of Haywood County DSS and as program manager for Bun-

'That will initiate a federal investiga-

CSS.

Debra Braese

Braese has been a social worker for years.

see a sig-

situation that has not yet been reported or investigated should start by calling the Justice Department's Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force complaint line at

(888)

I

commu-

buy," he said. "If a

serious dent can be

being trapped and exploited."

alone.

members

24

our culture's overwhelming trend to

April 22.

The

people to smuggle them into the United States "and sometimes (the

traffic in people, just like

the

that

working with parishes and pro-

nity,

gram development."

smugglers) turn out to be traffickers who enslave them," she said.

"It's quite profitable," Latuda added. "There are networks ... who

all

work and ministry

gration options, they sometimes pay

works of drug

Mars

the Apostle in

Braese. "This position includes parts of social

Because of the lack of legal immi-

EDITOR Catholic Social HICKORY Services of the Diocese of Charlotte is continuing its efforts to bring the hidden problem of human traflTicking out of the shadows.

Seventy CSS employees learned to identify the signs and symptoms of human trafficking and how to assist victims during an in-service training day at St. Aloysius Church in Hickory

Andrew

"I don't think that opportunity comes along very often, so it was a good mix of my experience and my faith," said

like:

KEVIN

St.

Hill.

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this as an opportunity to an environment that supported

off his/her travel debt. Wfiile

to leave.

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AROUND THE DIOCESE

Orphaned

be adoptive parents.

Since a home study had already been completed for the Wards, their adoption of the girls, which began in August, was completed by the fall. fitness to

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sisters find

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go tremendous need for adoptive parents and the Wards were willing to take older chil"International adoptions usually

quickly because there

SISTERS, from page 1

dren," said Meyerriecks.

The CSS

staff in Asheville

happy endings,

new

prospects for the stability and love of an

adoptive

home

weren't good.

But thanks to Catholic Social Ser(CSS) and a loving couple from Minnesota, Marina and Olivia traveled more than 6,000 miles from southeastern Russia to the Midwestern prairie of die United States. They now have a new country, a new home and new parents.

The story of the sisters and the adoptive parents. Randy and Rita Ward of Eden Prairie, Minn., is heartwarming and typical for the International Adoption Program, based in the Western Re-

/ of-

making the adoption

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and

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"They had no experience with church or prayer before coming here.

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prayed for this for a long time. My husband thought we would never get what we wanted, but every day I got on the Internet and sent out a few e-mails," she said. 'X,ast summer, I found a list of agencies certified for adoption by the Russian government, and that's when I wrote to Carol."

"I

mixed up sometimes and thinks Father Tim Power is Jesus, to which he responds 'I'm a close perRita. "Olivia gets

The Wards have never met Meyerriecks in person, although they've talked on the telephone and exchanged e-mails many times. Usually in an adoption, the initial contact is followed by a home study, which is an in-depth background check that certifies an applicants'

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IN

FIELD OF

OUR SCHOOLS

DREAMS

BMHS student to join Radford basketbaii team Highlanders sign Smith in late signingperiod RADFORD,

Va.

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Radford

versity men's basketball coach

Samuels announced

Uni-

Byron

his first signing of

the late signing period, inking Bishop

McGuinness Catholic High School student Branden Smith to a National Letter of Intent April 29.

A senior at Bishop McGuinness in Kernersville, Smith will add more athleticism to Radford's perimeter game.

The 6-3, 180-pound combo-guard averaged 21.0 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game. Smith also tallied 4.4 assists and 4. 1 steals per game at Bishop McGuinness.

Smith has a 43-inch vertical leap, giving him the ability to play under the basket, but he also has skill from beyond the arc, shooting 46 percent from threepoint land.

"Branden Smith is a difference maker. He's an excellent shooter and strong athlete. His size and strength help us immediately," said Samuels.

"What Courtesy Photo by Kernersville News

An athlete makes a long jump during the Forsyth County Special Olympics Spring Games held at Bishop McGuinness High School in Kernersville April 19-21.

Approximately 600 athletes from schools throughout the county participated.

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Special ath-

and up walked, ran, raced in wheelchairs, long-jumped and threw balls for winning ribbons during the Forsyth County Special Ol3TTipics Spring Games held at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School.

The games, held on the school's field AprQ 19-21, were part of the count)rwide Special Olympics program.

The program allows children and adults with mental retardation or other

with Special Olympics for the past 10 years, this year's Spring

Wake

"I

envision

him

...

giving us one of

I'm 100 percent confident in Branden as a person, student and bas-

Conference and beyond," said Samuels.

"Branden can flat-out play, and I'm proud to have him in the Radford bas-

ing.

ketball player," he said.

In addition to his athleticism and ability,

'

The games began on Monday with an opening ceremony, at which all the elementary, middle, high school and adult competitors were present.

Athletes were able to compete in various categories, including motor activities, jumps, shot puts, Softball and tennis ball throws, relays, dashes, walks and wheelchair races. Game winners were awarded

ketball family."

Smith

Radford University freshman with four years of eligibility. Smith is the third committed recruit the Highlanders have in place. will join

this fall as a

ribbons throughout the event.

Brittany Shoemaker,

competed past two

in Special

13,

who

has

Olympics for the

years, said she enjoys every-

thing about the event.

"Everything is fun about it," said Shoemaker. "I especially like running and swimming, and we only get like one minute of school."

Forest University, their regular location, because of construction at the university. it and would like to Shaw. "It just turned out really well and was really exciting."

Kiser said Bishop McGuinness' long history of involvement made it a great choice for the Spring Games.

"Our

do

it

folks loved

again," said

"They are heavily involved," said "A quarter of their students are involved with Special Olympics some-

closely related developmental disabili-

Kiser.

ties to train and compete in a wide array of sports. It allows winning athletes to advance to international competitions.

time during the year."

Approximately 600 athletes from schools throughout the county competed in the Spring Games, which were attended by approximately 1,200 parents, volunteers and athletes, according to Lisa Kiser, Forsyth County Special Olympics volunteer coordinator.

"Every student in our school partici-

Games were

held at the school rather than at

University.

the best backcourts in the Big South

landers.

600 Olympians compete in Spring Games KERNERSVILLE

his

Samuels is also excited about what role Smith, a native of Chesapeake, Va., will play for the High-

Special Oiympics

letes ages eight

Branden apart are

Radford University Men's Basketball Coach Stan Kowalewski watches as Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School senior Branden Smith signs his National Letter of Intent to attend Radford

love for playing and his love for compet-

shooting

Bishop McGuinness

sets

Courtesy Photo

Shaw said the volunteers have found through the years that by being involved, they receive even more than the athletes do.

"The fact that they care so much and work so hard is really inspiring to us,"

vancement. "Bishop McGuinness has a long history of being involved with the

Shaw.

According to L3Tich, although students had classes on Monday and Wednesday, the entire day Tuesday was devoted to volunteering at the games.

Tuesday, which was the day the elementary-age Olympians competed, the

Special Ol3TOpics as volunteers."

school hosted a carnival, complete with

Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School students volunteered at the Forsyth County

games, food and drinks, a Pvrispy Kreme doughnut decorating machine and over 5,000 prizes, all of which were donated.

Special Olympics Spring

pated in some way," said

Ann

Lynch,

Bishop McGuinness director of ad-

According to Shirley Shaw, Bishop

McGuinness Spanish

teacher,

who

coor-

dinated the event and has been involved

said

Courtesy Photo

April

19-21 From

Ruiz, Ashley Moore,

Games Thomas

held at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School

Bohannon, Marc Russel and Ashley Payne.

left:

Porter, Brittany

Jillian

Smith, Marleny

3

8

May

The Catholic News & Herald

14,

2004

U

AROUND THE DIOCESE AFTER AFRICA

Holy Angels honors volunteers at annual banquet

Priest returns to

discuss mission

work

Zambia

in

tunities for the students to participate in

variety of educational and service

CHARLOTTE —

From

Charlotte

Zambia and back again, Capuchin Father Steve Hoyt is living his dream. to

soccer, basketball

Gaston Day School students also Hands Around Our School fundraiser.

The Ed Sabatini Advocacy Award went to Lora Grant of Belmont.

Named in honor of the late Ed Sabatini, the award recognizes an individual or group .who serves as an advocate of Holy Angels.

Grant has been a creative, enthusiastic and driving force behind many Holy Angels programs. She was often an

first got a taste of misFebruary 2002, when his order arranged a visit to the Capuchin mis-

in

He

described the experience as humbling.

"So many Zambians expressed their honor and pleasure to meet me," he said.

'They gave me so much more than I

ambassador to recruit volunteers

and Zambezi. They have continued to expand their reach and establish new missions.

WANT TO GO? The "meet and

Capuchin

greet" with

Father Steve Hoyt

will

take place

in

the chapel of Charlotte Catholic High

School on Sunday,

May

16.

Mass

is

for ac-

Holy Angels, such as the Angel Bowl, and worked to promote Holy Angels' Cherubs Cafe & Candy Boutivities for

could possibly give them. I witnessed their endurance, suffering and the

In 1965, U.S. Capuchins took over mis-

and volleyball games

for the first time. Several stu-

raised over $9,000 during the

Father Hoyt

sions in Chin3angi

who live there.

residents enjoyed

school hours.

young

established the first mission in Loanja.

way

dents volunteered during their after-

Zambians and how they can be assisted through prayer, service and awareness.

beauty of their faithfulness and love stemming from the family."

When he left for Zambia in September 2002, he was one of 35 Capuchins working at three mission sites separated by 30O-4O0 miles.

Capuchin mission work in Zambia, which is about the size of Texas, originated in 1932 when the Irish Capuchins

students were offered opportuni- J

— many

Father Hoyt will return to the school to discuss his work in Zambia on Sunday, May 16. The free event will include

sion headquarters in Zambia's capital.

with the potential to change the

The Holy Angels

His journey was the fulfillment of a dream to serve as a missionary since joining his order almost 20 years ago.

life

The

ties

differences of the people

parted for Zambia in September 2002.

sion

ties.

they view the community and accept the

Father Hoyt, former chaplain at Charlotte Catholic High School, de-

presentations about issues facing

a(>

activi-

Courtesy Photo

Missy Tiber,

awards

quets in Belmont.

Richard Rankin, Lora Grant and Brittany Hampton display their

Dr.

at Holy Angels' 14th

The Dennis McClain Volunteer of Award went to Missy Tiber

Annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet April 22.

— Holy Angels

the Year

of Cramerton.

A jun-

Dennis McClain was a classroom

East Gaston High School, Hampton developed an interest in volunteering following a presentation on Holy Angels at her school.

Volunteer Group of the Year went to Gaston Day School in Gastonia.

volunteer at the former Maria Morrow Center who signed up as a volunteer after learning he had a terminal illness.

visit

and adults with varying degrees of mental retardation and physical disabilities, some of whom

This past year, Holy Angels and Gaston Day School formed a unique partnership. The two organizations have similar goals for the students they

are medically

serve

BELMONT

pre-

sented volunteer awards during the 14th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet April 22 as part of Volunteer

Week

Appreciation

celebrations.

Founded in 1956 by the Sisters of Mercy, Holy Angels is a nonprofit corporation providing residential services

programs

for children

fi-agile.

Volunteer of the Year went to Brittany Hampton of Stanley.

Hampton has been a volunteer in the Oakcrest

Fox Run ICF/MR

mediate Care

Facilities for the

(Inter-

Mentally

Retarded) since September 2003. ior at

—

McClain came with hours each week to

through cre-

accompanied residents on field trips, assisted the Holy Angels Foundation with

Hands Around Our School project, for Holy Angels in the "Run for the Money" race where she

programs and services.

Both organizations were committed to making this a most interesting and filled

with

was just days prior to his death.

Tiber, Belmont Abbey College's women's basketball coach, has been a volunteer since August 2003. She has

ative

innovative partnership,

two

assist students

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to help each individual reach

his or her highest potential

his wife, Maria,

the

and recently ran

with oppor-

won

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Protecting the pope Swiss

Guard to celebrate 500 years ofservice reward you," he

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SWISS, from page 1

said.

Enduring 24-hour

most

shifts,

Swiss Guards find their greatest battle is putting up with thousands of tourists

moment to sacrifice his life for The papal Swiss Guard

asking the same questions:

the pope.

has been marching on for nearly 500 years

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On May for its

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"Is there a

bathroom?" "Which way to the museum?" and "Why can't I see the pope?"

The Swiss Guards attend to the same questions day after day with poise and sometimes even a smile.

tradition

do not see

their

commitment.

Swiss Guards stand

that side of the guards as they stand

them

tourists see

History of loyalty The sack of Rome marked the bloodiest day in Swiss Guard history.

After that, no other combat deaths have

as the perfect

setup for a souvenir snapshot.

show; they're very highly trained for any emergency," said Msgr. Charles

for

Burns, a church historian who spent more than 25 years as an official of the Vatican archives.

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diers arrived at the Vatican Jan. 22,

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time the Swiss Guard ever

last

an invader was in 1798 when Napoleon swept through, disarmed and disbanded the corps and abducted two popes in two years. One of those popes,

The Swiss Guards "take their job very seriously and bring great commitment to it," he said.

Pope John Paul paid tribute to that centuries-old commitment in a May 6 address to 33 new recruits before they took their oath of allegiance later that

Pius VI, died in captivity.

After that, the guard's record peccable, keeping popes

is

and papal

tory safe and protected since their troops

early April

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foot.

in 1800.

helped shield Pope John Paul

II

in the Vatican.

during

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laborators here in the Vatican.

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Pope Julius II formally requested the service of Swiss mercenaries

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FAITH

JOURNEY INTO HERITAGE

attending nationai convocation

Black Catholics

INDIANAPOLIS — An

...

I

my

hour of

is:

can't revive anybody. That's not job.

It's

Are we

him?"

hour revival energized participants at the National Black Catholic Convocation April 20 at St. Rita Parish in

After the revival, Father Smith said "young people are ready for the radical Gospel, of truly imitating Christ. They're waiting for the (church) leadership to say, 'OK. Let's go.' They need to hear it."

Msgr. Ray East, director of the Office of Black Catholics for the Archdiocese of Washington, led the praise and worship.

After the revival, Msgr. East said many teenagers and young adults are very involved in ministry and mission outreach. The challenge is to involve all youths in church ministries.

"They're today's church leaders," he told The Criterion, newspaper of the Indianapolis Archdiocese. "All we need to do is give them the microphone. The Lord is already using them. They're already in ministry."

During the National Catholic Youth Conference last November in Houston, Msgr. East said, he heard teens share powerful mission stories.

"Young people had already gone on mission trips," he said. "They had already been to Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti, and they were sharing their mission stories.

They were trained missioners, and they were only 14 and 16 years old. I

During

the

Father

revival,

Patrick Smith, pastor of

St.

Teresa of

Avila Parish in Washington, challenged black Catholics to grow in faith and to reach out to young people who desperately need to hear about the good news of Jesus Christ.

His talk was based on Ezekiel's vision of dry bones that are brought to life by God, as described in chapter 37, verses 1-14.

"What God wants

do is change the lyrics of your life. We need to take the time to listen to the word," Father Smith said.

"We need to talk about teen pregnancy and abortion, stuff we don't talk a whole lot about sometimes," he to

"But, realistically, why talk about the teen pregnancy rate or the abortion rate or the divorce rate or the illiteracy rate or the teacher turnover rate in inner-city schools or the crime rate or the homicide rate or the unemployment rate? Why talk about all that if there is no solution?"

The priest added, "Unless we bring this stuff into the light, we'll never be healed of it. Things change when they get brought into the light.

But I think we're just basically said.

afraid."

God

brings

life

to dry bones, he

said, referring to Ezekiel.

"He wants you looks like

when

to see just

what

he's not present,"

it

Fa-

"He wants you to see the mess as it really is. He wants you to know that you can't fix it yourself ther Smith said.

couldn't believe

it.

"What we need

to

do

is

highlight

what they're doing and support them in the ministry that God has already given them," he said. "I think they have so much to teach us. It's like God speaks to us through the young people and, with open minds and open hearts, we'll learn from them. I believe that our young people will

KAREN A. EVANS

BY

God's job. The question ready to be revived by

praise and worship and a nearly-two-

Indianapolis.

2004

tion"

STAFF WRITER

—

BALTIMORE made

Catholics

lead us."

—

com

the integration of sacred persons

by a nar-

into a single scene, illustrated

Forty-seven

a heritage pilgrimage to

rative bas-relief sculpture chronicling

the African-American odyssey.

A

black

Baltimore and Washington, D.C., April

ebony Christ was created using a centu-

30-May

ries-old African carving tradition.

the second such trip sponsored

2,

by the African American

The marble

Affairs Ministry

(AAAM) of the Diocese of Charlotte.

"We selected sites that were of particular interest to black Catholics

and

those interested in the contributions of

Rev. Mr. Curtiss Todd, vice-chancellor of the diocese and vicar for the

AAAM

The

AAAM.

was established

in

inlay at the threshold of

the chapel shows the "Henrietta Marie," a

17th-century slave ship.

hogany vault

ceiling

is

The ma-

reminiscent of

the hulls of such sailing vessels.

Saturday afternoon was devoted to Great Blacks in Wax Mu-

blacks to our faith and our society," said

visiting the

seum

in Baltimore.

Committed

solely to

the study and preservation of Afncan-

museum

1985 "to coordinate the efforts of black Catholics in the Charlotte Diocese," wrote then-Bishop John F.

American

Donoghue. "This coordination would

the pharaoh Akhenaton, who ruled Egypt 1380-1362 B.C., to current U.S.

give visibility to the work of black Catholics in the diocese and educate various diocesan groups to the needs and contributions of black Catholics in the church."

The

pilgrims,

rishioners of

Church the

most of whom are pa-

Our Lady of Consolation

and of St. Benedict Church in Winston-Salem,

in Charlotte

Moor

first visited

Mother of Africa Chapel.

A gift of African-American Catholics under the leadership of the Black Bishops of the United States and the National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC), the chapel was dedicated by Cardinal James Hickey Aug. 30, 1997.

The pilgrims were notably excited when they reached

the chapel, several

murmuring, "Here's our 'This one

is

A few members moment

chapel,"

and

ours."

of the group took a

to pray at the foot of the bronze

statue of

Mary and

the infant Jesus,

history, the

more than 100 wax

contains

figures depicting

nearly 3,500 years of black history, from

Secretary of State Colin PoweU.

A

somber mood overtook the group walked through the slavery exhibit depicting the inhumane conditions slaves endured on 'The Middle Passage" the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the Americas as well as as they

—

—

the horrible conditions of their captivity.

However, the museum focuses

the National Shrine of the

Immaculate Conception in Washington, where the highlight of the tour was Our

while others snapped photos of the sculptures of the four gospel writers, each depicted with African features.

According to the NBCC Web site.

Our Mother of Africa Chapel is characterized by the term "sacred conversa-

—

made to the world from the writings of Alexander Pushkin and Phyllis Wheatley

to the space exploration of Dr. Jemison and Dr. Ronald McNair. It also celebrates the achievements of Harriet Tubman; Frederick Douglass; educators George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington; Bishop Richard AUen, founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and many others.

Sunday morning the pilgrims attended Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church, the first Catholic church in the United States officially established for blacks. The church was founded in 1863 by a group of black Catholic San Domingo refugees and the Sulpician Fathers, who had fled the French Revolution and settled in Baltimore.

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FAITH

AND HERITAGE

norated, celebrated jation of the lence, the first )y

Mother Mary Lange

Illarissa

focus.

Oblate Sisters of Proviorder of black nuns. Led

Lange), four

vomen founded

black Catholic

the Oblates in 1828.

woman

male-domilated society, Catholic at a time when it vas not popular to be Catholic and Tench-speaking in an American city, ^ange was determined to serve the IJatholic Church and to serve her people, rhrough her leadership, the Oblates of-

welcome from

former teachers and principal.

Rev. Mr. Todd said he hoped the pilgrims came away fi-om the trip with a sense of pride and a deeper knowledge and appreciation of what early black Catholics endured. For example, the Obtheir

and

late sisters faced severe prejudice

nore area, including educating children homes for orphans.

work

was administered by Oblates

so several of the pilgrims re-

ceived an enthusiastic

discrimination, and

ind providing

sisters

it

sisters,

in a

ered vital services to blacks in the Balti-

Today, Oblate

states, the District

school,

Despite being a free black in a slavelolding state, a

in ministries in

of Columbia, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

When Our Lady of Consolation Church in Charlotte had a parochial

(nee Elizabeth

fi-ee

They can be found

seven

He

in the

also

still

do today.

hoped the pilgrims gained a

ireas

of parish planning, administration,

sense of gratitude and a deepening of

idult

education and retreats, with edu-

their

;ation

own

faith

and commitment

as a

result of the trip.

continuing to be their primary

Photo by Karen A. Evans

Amidst the scaffolding set up for the renovation of the church, Catholics from the Diocese of Charlotte listen to the homily during Mass at in

St.

Francis Xavier Church

Baltimore May 2.

Black Catholics in history St.

THE POPES

Pope St. Victor I

Benedict the

Sicily in

Born in Afi"ica, St. Victor served as pope from 189 until 198. St. Victor condemned and excommunicated Theodore of Byzantium for his denial of the divinity of Jesus Christ. He was buried near the body of the apostle Peter in St. Peter's Basilica.

Some

reports relate that St. Vic-

tor died of natural causes, while other

accounts state he suffered mart3T-dom.

Pope St. Melchiades St. Melchiades occupied the papacy from 311 to 314. St. Melchiades decreed that none of the faithful should fast on Sunday or on the fifth day of the week, because this was the custom of the pa-

gans. St. Melchiades led the church to

over the Roman Pope St. Gelasius I

Empire.

final victory

492 until 496. He delivered the city of Rome from the peril of famine. He was known for his austerity of life and liberality to the poor.

Cheyenne Lipscomb prays before the statue of Mary and the infant Jesus in the Our Mother of Africa Chapel at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. May 1.

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New Jersey nun writes

SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS:

23,

2004

May 23, Seventh

God's love for us and the important

Sunday ofEaster

of remembering the stories of salva tion history.

In the candlelight,

coloring booli on

Cycle

iife

1)

C Readings:

Acts 7:55-60

Psalm

Pope

of

3) Gospel:

BY

BY JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ROME —

—

—

written about Pope Pius pro and con XII in recent years, "Pius XII: The certainly one-of-a-

is

kind.

It is

a coloring

book with

text that touches

on the

and he was delighted. I told him we should have it translated into Polish, too," Sister Marchione said during a visit to Rome in late April.

Sister Marchione has been one of the staunchest defenders of Pope Pius XII against the accusation of "silence" during the Nazi persecution of Jews. In several secretary,

II's)

Of the myriad books

Children's Pope"

a narrative

late pope's

assignment as nuncio to Germany during the Nazi rise to power, his actions during the Holocaust and his relations with the United States all in 28 pages. ecclesial career, his

books, she has presented evidence that the pope quietly lives

worked

to help save the

of Jews and others.

Her coloring book, not surprisingly,

takes a sympathetic tone and avoids any

—

hint of controversy. Written in very

Written by Sister Margherita Marchione, a member of the Religious

simple language,

it

describes the pontiff

who

as a gentle, caring soul

versity

battled ad-

all his life.

important that children discover the goodness of this man. By think

"I

it's

getting the children interested, you'll get the parents interested," she said.

"The Holocaust," the Germany, Adolf Hitler thousands of Jewish people and

In a page titled

book

says, "In

killed

The pope

others.

them

in the

many by

saved

hiding

Vatican and in convents and

monasteries. He also provided them with money, food and clothing."

It cites a letter fi"om Jewish concen-

book with a narrative text that touches on the late pope's ecclesial career, his assignment as nuncio to Germany during

tration-camp survivors thanking the pope for his actions. Elsewhere, it relates that as a young priest he helped a Jewish famQy flee to Jerusalem when they were treated badly by Italians.

The coloring book recalls how Pope Pius once found an injured bird in the Vatican Gardens and nursed it back to health. It would perch on his shoulder during mealtimes, hopping down to eat fi-om its own dish of seeds and keeping him company.

Sister Marchione said these are hu-

the Nazi rise to power, his actions during

man

the Holocaust and his relations with the

in the

United States.

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Jersey Sister Margherita Marchione

displays a portrait of Pope Pius St.

Peter's Square

The member Filippini

in

XII

in

early December.

of the Religious

Teachers

order recently wrote "Pius

XII:

The Children's Pope," a 28-page coloring

touches that risk being overlooked

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said Paulist Press

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The Easter Season that we anticipated through the long weeks of Lent is itself drawing to a close. For me, the Vigil this year began on a cold wet Saturday night that seemed more like November than early April.

Outside the church the Boy Scouts, not deterred in their efforts to build the Easter fire, proudly stood watch over the Easter flames. Our priest prepared the candle with ancient words of prayer that mark the passage of another year of our Lord; then the great paschal candle began its journey into the warm darkness of the church.

"Christ Our Light!" the deacon chanted at the threshold of the church. Our community responded with joy, "Thanks be to God!" Once the paschal candle reached its destination by the baptismal font, the words of the Easter Proclamation filled the darkened church, reminding us with each verse that this holy night was like no other in the year.

"This is our Passover feast." The repetitive "This is the night" continued rhythmically through the Exultet, bringing home the truth of

important

have

they

been

ir

someone's journey of faith.

In John's Gospel, Jesus prays no 'just for the disciples

"but also foi me througl their word so that they may all b< one, as you, Father, are in me."

In the long continuum of time men and women wish to be one witl the Father and Son because someom passed on the faith. Someone becami a beacon of light in a dark world those

who

will believe in

Questions:

Who

are some of the people wh( have pointed the way to Jesus fo you? How have you helped light th way in someone's journey of faith?

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF MAY Sunday (Sixth Sunday

16

-

MAY 22

of Easter), Acts 15:1-2, 22-29, Revelation 21

:1

0-1 4, 22-23,

John 14:23-29

Monday, Acts 16:11-15, John 15:26—16:4; Tuesday (St. John I), Acts 16:22-34, John 16:5-11 Wednesday, Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 John 16:12-15; Thursday (Ascension of the Lord), Acts 1:1-11 Ephesians 1:17-23, Luke 24:46-53; Friday (St. Christopher Magallanes and Companions), Act ,

18:9-18, John 16:20-23;

Saturday

Cascia), Acts 18:23-28, John 16:23-28

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SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 23 - MAY 29 Sunday (Seventh Sunday of Easter), Acts 7:55-60, 19:1-8,

Neri), Acts 20:28-38,

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20, John 17:20-26

John 1 6:29-33; Tuesday, Acts 20: 1 7-27, John

1

7: 1 -1 1

;

Wednesday (St.

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John 17:11-19; Thursday, Acts 22:30; 23:6-11, John 17:20-26; Friday, Act

25:13-21, John 21:15-19; Saturday, Acts 28:16-20, 30-31, John 21:20-25

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and soon would be received into thi church. Joy and expectation fillec their faces. Here were ordinan people, both young and older, wh< had stories of how the God of th< universe somehow had invited each o them to this very moment.

I have been blessed this past yea) because I have come to know each o them and have been entrusted witl their stories of struggle and coming to faith. In the life of each persot there, listening to the Easter Procla mation and waiting to receive the sac raments for the first time, there wen people who pointed the way to Jesus Some, in fact, may never know hov

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CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Monday, Acts

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14,

.

The Catholic News & Herald 13

2004

makes clear the mind

'Fog of War'

^Minute'

is

double -trouble fun

of former defense secretary ANNE NAVARRO

BY

together with a synergetic score that punctuates the film's theme that humans

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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Director Errol Fog of War" is a riveting look at a man, a government and a turbulent time in a country's history that both examines the past and

war

are fallible creatures and

Morris' documentary "The

messy

is

business.

McNamara,

eyes twinkling, imparts

way

lessons he has learned along the

about

human

nature and the nature of

contemplates the present.

warfare. Morris divides these into

Morris peers into the mind of Robert McNamara, the U.S. secretary of defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, and what is

title

revealed

at turns intimate, anticipated

is

and surprising.

StUl

age 85,

of energy and opinions at is a fine subject, an

full

McNamara

entertaining character as well as a

of substance. to

He seems

like

make amends, but on

man own

a

his

as if he

1,

Empathize with your enemy," 'TSfo. 8, Be prepared to re-examine your reasoning," and "No. 9, In order to do good, you may need to engage evil."

Although it is not closely examined, the morality of going to war weighs heavily in the

World War

McNamara

air.

I

belief that the

terms.

wants to reshape his image one of a more gentle, thoughtful man, even during the time of his apIt is

succinctly with headings such as "No.

man

trying

1

cards, encapsulating each tutorial

describes

as a celebration in the

now

world could

war among great

for Best

need to of his point. He declares, "War is so complex, we can't comprehend all the variables," a thought that resonates with Americans, especially now.

Documentary. Morris tightly weaves varying elements into his story, from

discussions that the viewer can begin to

history to personalities to morality, us-

grasp the machinations of engaging the

into

pointment. easy to see

It is

War" won

the

why 'The Fog

Academy Award

of

It is in his

revelations of closed-door

Yet Morris clearly conveys to the audience the

enemy. And given our own turbulent times, the viewer anticipates that McNamara will

and inclinations. admits he has learned to answer not the question that was asked, but the question he would have

comment on

ing

McNamara

guide's

biases

(McNamara

wanted It

as a guide.

a

McNamara

film

as

much about

high-powered governattempting to balance power, ambition and moral responsibility as it is about the Vietnam War and Cold War.

ment

as a

official

On

its

surface, the film

is

visually

using precise editing, gripping wartime footage and clever illustrations slick,

to drive

home

a point. All of this

war

in Iraq,

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USCCB

Office for

casting classification

is

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&

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and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned.

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material

for children

is tied

may

under

be inappropriate

what questions

to ask

when

around Manhattan by a bungling gangster and an overzealous truant officer.

The frothy but forgettable fluff keeps Its screwball silliness sanitary while promoting a family-value message, that, compared to harder-edged teen fare, most parents would take in a New York minute. Some slight sibling issues and mild sensuality. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG parental guidance suggested.

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by

monster.

its

reigning queen bee.

The

many young

make

it

unsuitable for the 'tween

and teen audience it seems aimed at.

Recurring crude language and humor, some drug references and implied underage drinking. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13

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May

IN

Immigration BILL,

said

would go

meet the migration flows of the 21st century and which all too often undermines the basic rights and dignity of the

from pagel

far to repair

an inad-

equate immigration system.

The Safe, Orderly Legal Visas and

Enforcement, or SOLVE, Act would allow people who have entered the country illegally to apply for legal residency

if

they have been here for more than five years and held jobs. It also would break through backlogs in applications for family reunification visas and create

programs

for

workers

to fix system

bill

two

in low-skilled,

human person," his statement said.

The U.S. bishops "witness almost grant workers who themselves and their families; the discord in local communities, especially along our southern border, which are impacted by immigration; and, most disturbingly, the deaths of migrants, in-

women and

cluding

Kennedy

same day, Coadjutor Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Fla., offered his support for the

bill

chairman of the migration committee.

The bill reforms "crucial areas of our immigration system in a way that protects the rights of U.S. and foreign workers; promotes family unity; and grants migrant workers and their families in the United States the opportunity to become permanent residents, and if they so choose, U.S. citizens," Bishop Wenski as

children in remote

areas of the American Southwest," Bishop Wenski said.

temporary jobs.

In a statement the

and abuse of miseek to support

daily the exploitation

would

said the legislation

workers and businesses by improving wages and woTking conditions, and would strengthen national security by encouraging people without legal documentation to come forward and legalize their status.

A statement from the National benefit both

Council of La Raza said that the

SOLVE

is

it

unlikely

Act would pass

legislative year, but that

it

this

offers the best

approach to immigration reform of the several bills introduced so

said in the statement.

far.

would require hospitals to report Illegal Immigrants Bill

WASHINGTON

Sen.

bill in

the Senate,

Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.,

said

much of

the nation's economy depends upon immigrant labor, yet millions of those workers lack the legal right to be in the

country.

"These workers and their families live in constant fear of deportation and are easy targets of abuse and exploitation by unscrupulous employers and by criminals," he said. "Many risk great danger and even death to cross our borders."

Bishop Wenski said the legislation will help create legal avenues for migrants to come to the United States and "It will significantly repair

gration system which

"Rather, it makes legality the norm by bringing hard-working immigrants out of the shadows and allowing them to earn their legal status, and by creating the necessary legal channels for needed workers to enter the United States in the

he said. bishops of the United States

future,"

sonnel, "that of border patrol agents," according

The bill, HR 3722, would

and Mexico

2003 issued a joint pastowhich they called for the governments of both countries to change

policies,

legally

is

an immi-

inadequate to

on

to the

if

who cannot prove their

asked, and send the information

Department of Homeland Security's Im-

requirement for hospitals to be reimbursed by the

government for treating

immigrants

illegal

who have no medical insurance and cannot

In

a

pay their

letter

i

Current federal law requires hospitals to provide treatment to anyone seeking

legislation, the Catholic

af-

immigrants

illegal

to

oppose the

Health Association and six

other hospital groups said the

bill

will

"would

when they need

bill's

and prohibits asking If

passed,

Rohrabacher's bill would supercede that provision. labor

have

to

be sure she

pital to

birth?

avoid triggering an inquiry as she

is

giving

asked Eliseo Medina, vice president of the

Service Employees International Union.

bill

"Will

everyone be asked

only

some people? On what

Last

for their

documents

avoid getting the

"It's

name?" Medina asked.

he

a quagmire the health system doesn't need,"

said.

"It's

baffling that

Congress would waste

time on

this."

Dana Rohrabacher, R-

The

also would require hospitals to ask

would help address "the great-

est threat to the American people

...

the

still

uncon-

bill

immigrants

for information

illegal

about their employers,

who would then be billed for the patients' treatment.

new

Bishop Wenski's statement said the bill would make necessary reforms

in those areas.

Besides commending the sponsors of the bill, Bishop Wenski also credited President George W. Bush's proposals

system and working with him and member of Congress "to enact legislation which provides a measure of justice to the migrant, while to reform the immigration

said the bishops look forward to

also serving the

common good

of all."

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STANDING ON FAITH

amputees

as BY

JO

Now

TUCKMAN

Enough make

Dubon

day he thanks

said every

members of a youth gang pushed him off a is

alive after

still

train laden

God

he

tal

to have his

left

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

on

to a hospi-

leg amputated at the

The huge

thigh, said learning to feel grateful has

Mexican crackdown along traditional routes such as the

gration, but also a

"At first I wanted vengeance. I wanted to kill the people who had done me," said the 25-year-old

ran farmer

who

felt

freight trains that start just before

Hondu-

Tapachula and crisscross the country, headed for the northern border 1,300

left his tiny village for

the United States because

hope he

it

he had to pull

was the only

his family

miles away.

out

More and

of poverty. didn't feel like living

"I

Dubon

said, telling

Each day,

of a feeling of uselessCNS

waking up from the anesthesia discover he had lost a leg. "But now

Undocumented workers from Central America hop

things are getting a bit better."

Dubon

has found

some

Mexican authorities

solace in a

American amputees in the sticky lowland Mexican city of Tapachula, near the Guatemalan border where the train beits

in

an attempt to escape

in

the state of Chiapas, Mexico,

in

care for amputees.

journey north.

The Good Shepherd

Shelter

was

set

"I

up by a Mexican charismatic Catholic, Olga Sanchez, who promised God to dedicate her life to others 13 years ago after she recovered from cancer. She decided to concentrate on helping the train's victims after witnessing their struggle to come to terms with their broken bodies and shattered dreams.

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autumn 2003. Hopeful of finding work, immigrants board trains headed for the United States, but some lose their limbs in accidental falls or from train-gang violence. The Good Shepherd Shelter run by Olga Sanchez in Tapachula, Mexico, provides physical and spiritual

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Melia looks with suspicion at legs lying on her bed in the shelter. She set out from Honduras a fewmonths ago with a cousin and a friend, leaving her baby and two young children with her mother.

Leticia

her two

Honduran Wilmer Dubon, his leg amputated after he was pushed off a freight train headed for the United States, regains his life at the Good Shepherd Shelter in Tapulcha, Mexico, April

23.

Sanchez seeks to keep the atmosphere

up

five

years ago after running out of space to

tend to the patients

With 25

time, the shelter

said she

in

her

own

house.

to 30 amputees at is

at capacity;

any one Sanchez

dreams of building a larger

on the outskirts of Tapachula.

Sanchez said the Good Shepherd Shelter is run entirely from donations garnered from knocking on doors and selling second-hand clothing. She reshelter

"Nothing Could Be Finer"

as

limbs or in wheelchairs poses particular

Prices

Drivers wanted.

Mexico

new domain.

The vast majority of the current wave of Central Americans heading

She

positive in the shelter she set

Biggest

the railways in southern

patients back to their tiny hillside

swinging around her neck,

7800 E. Independence

Hondu-

Salvatrucha, which uses

to

countries; they think that they

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"Honduras

cannot work anymore," she said.

Dressed in white with her black hair flowing down her back and a heavy

covery.

also are frequent vic-

tims of a violent Salvadoran and

them," said Sanchez.

of a recent amputee. to

train cars.

The migrants

ing blow dealt by Hurricane Mitch. the patients in the Good Shepherd Shelter are Honduran.

This has prompted Sanchez to begin exploring the possibility of setting up a workshop for the amputees from that country so that they might have some job skills once they return home.

don't

"They are ashamed

and olf moving

ran gang,

risks.

take the

Most of

come traumatized, and want to live, especially the ones who have lost their legs," said Sanchez before cleaning out the wounds

I

more

who

Hondurans give up hope that their economy will recover from the devastat-

"He rescued me."

"They

many

hundreds

means constantly leaping on

train, this

Honduras

Sanchez said there are three t3q5es of amputees who end up in her shelter: those who fell while trying to jump onto a train, those who slipped off from exhaustion and those, like Dubon, pushed off by gangs.

like to feel that

for the

north are from Honduras, Guatemala and EI Salvador. The contingent from

but not the

way I do now," said Sanchez, who runs a prayer meeting in the shelter every

everything is over, to feel helpless," Sanchez said. "I tell them my experience and I tell them that you don't need arms or legs to live and do God's work."

Sanchez, 46, recounted her own depression when doctors told her she had six months to live. She said she was close to committing suicide when a woman she met in church persuaded her to visit a herbalist she now credits with her re-

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better-organized raids

are pushing migrants to take

any more,"

ness after to

increase reflects not only

the rising tide of Central American mi-

not been easy.

this to

is real.

Americans, sending the vast majority home within hours. During the first three months of 2004, they detained nearly 65,000 50 percent more than during the same period in 200.3.

United States.

was taken

seem

common

Last year, Mexican authorities detained 155,000 undocumented Central

freight

lay for eight hours

is

it

possibOity of mutilation or death

violent

with hundreds of Central

Dubon, who

for the risks to

knowledge that their chances of being caught and deported are high and the

American migrants heading for the

the track before he

it

worthwhile, even though

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wilmer

Mexico

migrants are striking out for eco-

nomic reasons.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

TAPACHULA,

are deported by

Mexican authorities.

Massive migration from Central America to the United States dates back to the region's civil wars of the 1980s. the

Mexican woman helps migrants deal with life

when they

with them

cently received a

from of

more

new

The threesome traveled througli Guatemala with relatively little trouble, but once in Mexico Melia bungled her jump onto the train near Tapachula and lost

both her legs as a

Editor's Note: Olga Sanchez be contacted by e-mail at: olgasanchezmartinez@hotmail.com or

may

substantial gift

vraselli@gmx.ch.-

a Swiss benefactor for the purchase

Shepherd Shelter

artificial

limbs for her guests to take

result.

"Sometimes I don't want to go," Melia says of her impending return home, weighing the desire to see her children again with the shame she feels at the manner of her return. "I went to work to help my family, and now I am just going to be a burden."

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May

AROUND THE DIOCESE BAC NAMES NEW ASSOCIATE DEAN

Dr. Elaine

ASSISTANT CAMPUS MINISTER

Sipe to head adult

and continuing education program

Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, located in the TRIAD area of North Carolina, is searching for an additional full-time

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j^ay 14,

FIGHTING FOR LIFE

FDA

Pro-life official praises

denial of 'morning-after pill' PILL,

without the professional supervision of a by law to adminis-

from page 1

practitioner licensed

ter the drug," said Dr. Steven Galson,

Plan B, marketed by-Barr^ Pharmaeuticals, is designed to be taken within

hours after unprotected intercourse,

'2 t

Drug

control

pills,

which are available

by prescription.

Ruse said Plan B

)nly

"marketed and idvertised as a 'contraceptive' but its )wn proponents admit tliat it works bebre and after conception."

"The Plan B distributor may argue hat it's all the same, but preventing luman life from beginning is not the iame as destroying life that has already )egun," Ruse said. "Women deserve to is

Evaluation and Research,

for

in a let-

ter to Barr.

The

involves a large dose of progestin-only

rirth

FDA's Center

acting director of the

letter

suggested that Barr "pro-

vide additional data demonstrating that

Plan B can be used safely by women under 16 years of age without professional supervision" or submit a revised application for approval of over-thecounter sales only to those 16 and over, whDe keeping a prescription-only option

narketed to them, and teenage girls

under 16.

Bruce Downey, chairman and CEO of Barr, said the company was encouraged by the FDA's suggestions, and looked forward "to working with the agency toward approval of Plan B for

ihould not be sold potentially dangerous

over-the-counter use."

mow

the truth about drugs that are

ibortifacient

In

its

drugs off the shelf"

decision, the

"It

FDA left the door

)pen for approval of over-the-counter sales

of Plan

for those

B

potentially be able

drug over the counter," Maggi Nadol, program director of

"You have not provided adequate

the diocesan Respect Life

support a conclusion that Plan B be used safely by young adolescent

is

ATomen for emergency contraception

Amanda

away from an anti-abortion demonstrator pleading his Women's Lives April 25 in Washington. "The voice of the Food and Drug Administration's May 6 decision to withhold

Gilbert, 26, walks

position during the March for

reason prevailed"

in

permission for over-the-counter sales of the "morning-after

pill,"

said the U.S.

bishops' chief spolceswoman on pro-life issues.

"Even more

office.

fi"ightening

is

the

way

it

attempting to pretend that actions have

no consequences

—

just

pop a

pill

having sex are removed," said the emotional repercussions, the possibility of sexually transmitted diseases and the most ignored issue, the moral implications?"

and

all

time she takes the pills," she said.

"The best thing the FDA can do

traces of

"What about

Nadol.

now for American women and their progeny is to take the next logical step and remove these pills from the market

The FDA's decision also drew comment from officials of the American Life

altogether,"

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stitute,

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"There are no studies indicating

added.

the long-term side effects of these pills when used by adolescents, nor are there studies to help us understand will

relies

"How many

teenage girls legal, so

'It's

—

it

people

—

especially

are inclined to think,

must be OK;

they wouldn't legalize

safe,

happen to a young woman solely on the megadoses dump into her system each

what

added.

—

statement.

these pills

Human Resources

other groups.

"While we are quite pleased" with the FDA action, it "is far from being totally satisfactory," said Judie Brown, president of American Life League, in a

who

Brown

Stephen W. Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, said approval of over-the-counter sales of Plan B "would be an act of almost unprecedented recklessness where women's lives are concerned especially the lives of very young women."

"The law has a teaching role," he

League and the Population Research In-

Director of

PHOTO BY Paul Haring

to obtain this

lata to

:an

frightening to think that

young women could said

in the future.

is

CNS

if it

weren't

it'?"

Editor Kevin E. Murray contributed to this story.

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ST.

St.

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in

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and a

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staff of 33, St.

is

well supported by

enjoys an excellent student to teacher St.

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in Raleigh,

NC

seeks a

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vision of youth ministry

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and 3

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students with a strong foundation

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in

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its

360 students

parish femily and

The school has provided

academics and Catholic

its

spiritual beliefs

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athletics

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Perspectives

A

collection of columns,

editorials

and viewpoints

14,

200

An emotional connection with God?

Pope, at audience, encourages

aiways trust

faithful to

article

i

on contempla-

reader wrote, "but there

still

is

something nagging at me. Why is it so hard for me to connect with the ever-

God

in

your

"1 liked

tion," a

1(

present, loving, pure, brilliant

Supreme

Spirituality

for Today

Being?"

CINDY

BY

WOODEN

VATICAN CITY serious trouble

—

In the face of

and even death, believers

"who remains

are called to trust in God,

The Pope

those he created and loves. Pope John II said.

At

May

his

ence, the

pope

strates that

12 weekly general audi-

Speaks

never

let

in

overcoming

trials

and death

is,

POPE JOHN PAUL

life,

he

The pope

first

Communion

their

grow in faith. welcomed 180 mili-

also

tary officers participating in courses at

NATO Defense College,

which offers programs on political, military and security issues and prepares officers for

NATO command positions.

Speaking

pope

in English, the

of-

fered the college personnel "prayerful

general audience in St. Peter's Square

good wishes

included

some 900 religious women from more than 65 countries participat-

international peace and security."

ing in the assembly of the International

residents and supporters of Rondine-

Union of Superiors General,

an experiment in building a model town dedicated to peace education and hospitality.

'To them and to everyone present, I renew my call to pray for peace in the world, especially in Iraq and in the Middle East," the pope said.

"With the support of the international community, may those beloved

handful of Polish children their first

Communion

Speaking

in

who

received

Rome.

in Polish, the

God

as well as a

pope

said, "I

of the children who, at this time of year, are receiving Christ in

entrust to

all

their hearts for the first time."

"May

they learn to love Jesus with

whole lives and, with the help of the mother of God, may they always persetheir

he said.

Pope John Paul also prayed that as

vere in the

faith,"

rest-

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

O Lord."

Spirit

is

dwelling within

us.

why

doesn't he

make

his

felt?"

for their efforts to

promote

Also attending the audience were Cittadella della Pace,

ing their young to almost starving themselves to death in order to connect with their Creator. We all wonder about it. If you love someone and that person loves you, shouldn't there be some way to experience that person's presence?

Shouldn't there be an emotional connection with God?

With human swer

realm of the supernatural we have to do it God's way.

Occasionally he does lift someone up to mystical heights, but only rarely. More often than not, prayer can be terribly dry. Disappointment is inevitable, unis

yes, but in the

you persevere.

less

Why

not begin to approach prayer Why not freshen it with joy?

"Choose" to be joyful. "Believe" deeply in God's love, and "rejecf those negative differently?

thoughts and

feelings.

When Mary

Jesus interrupted: rection and the

me

when

and Martha com-

their brother

again."

Martha

know

am

"I

the resur

Those who

believe

I

will live,

1

Here's a

When

little test

for you:

Jesus says, "The

nei

kingdom

God is within you," do you believe him This belief is not a matter of feelings; a matter of intellectual acceptance. Fait is knowledge given by someone yo

it';

trust.

ist

Either you believe or you don't

God

is

present to your soul no mar

ft

what you may be feeling at any give moment. When you say yes to this trutJ you come alive. Listen to these words ter

(

the Pscdms: "In your presence there the fullness of joy; in your right hand

pleasures forevermore."

"You make

glad with the joy of your presence." "Yo

Lazarus died, he answered, "Your brother will rise there

life.

even though they die, aii' everyone who lives and believes in m will never die" (Jn 11:25).

This is a strange way of sayin "Trust me." He doesn't apologize. H doesn't offer an excuse. He simply chal ») lenges Martha. He is telling her to disrt' h gard her feelings of confijsion and doub in Be He wants her to make a leap of faith.

turn our mourning into dancing.

plained to Jesus about his not being

populations set out with determination

on the path of reconciliation, dialogue and cooperation," he said.

relationships, the an-

tiiei

rection at the last day."

ask in exasperation: "Is he really

Good people from the beginning of time have done everything from sacrific-

II

children receive

the Rome-based

said.

'The satisfaction of this powerful aspiration was fully assured with the resurrection of Christ, for which we can never thank God enough," the pope said.

The crowd of 15,000 people at the

Holy

presence

parents and siblings will

in the

end, an expression of a hope for eternal

they rest in Thee

"Our hearts are

said,

there? If so,

be entrapped by the dark snare of des-

when it appears that all is lost."

The human longing for God's help

less until

Some

ourselves

peration

He

the

Psalm 30 "demon-

said

we must

problem.

We all feel the same frustration, yet

ever faithful to his promises" to save

Paul

same

Alas, St. Augustine had the

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

didn't like that answer: "I

that he will rise again in the resur-

These are all expressions of exubei Such feelings are repeated over an

ance.

again in the Bible. Usually they ai manifest within the context of commi nal prayer. When you have a who'

community around you singing

f

Jl

praise;

mi

itsl

me off the island,

Vote

Coming of Age

more im-

new furniture, backyard Jacuzzis and gourmet kitchens. And interactions sometimes rang hollow due to the blatant

portant than the presidential election!" he

black-and-white stereotypes that ruled

joked.

the ultrareligious over a few seasons Christian girl, the punk-rock atheist, the

American

listeners defending

tant

KAREN DIETLEIN

Idol contes-

LaToya London.

'Yo, vote for Fantasia! Ifs

CNS Columnist

After hoping desperately that people

Vote

me

off"

the island, please. This

Average Jane has had quite enough of the bachelors, big brothers, idols and survivors that have come to rule our

particular

cultural roost the past I

was standing

few years.

in line at

the drug-

store with aspirin and Altoids, killing

don't actually believe him,

the

DJ may

omnipresent

much

season

"Bachelor,"

two women an anti-Trump tirade,

reality

My

drug-

show how

shows are and how had on pop culture

and the way we look at the world.

And I'm not sure that's

handsome man

new

right.

influence they've

good

the

conceded that

store experience only goes to

time by paging through a magazine. On the cover was a picture of a square^jawed,

—

be partially

I

a

On MTVs 'The

— come

on,

Real World" each

you know the

drill

—

eight strangers are picked to live in a house

were engaged

together. Their every

cursing out the real-estate czar for sack-

ing

Kwame. Over

the speaker system,

"American Idol" finalist Clay Aiken sang about invisibility.

It was too much. I hojx'd to find a refiige from the reality-show onslaught in my car, where a local DJ took calls from

aired once a

them fight,

—

fashionista, the

the

week

talk

move

is

to millions

filmed and

who watch

on the phone and

secret confessions to

spill their

MTV cameras.

While I enjoyed the show, there was nothing "real" about it. The houses were huge, with amenities the average 20something couldn't hope to own: private

homophobe, the gay man,

macho jock.

To win on

you have to outfox people intent on stabbing you in the back while you attempt to do the same to them. Never mind that if I were stranded in the middle of nowhere with only a bathing

thing.

the caption said. Behind me, in

docks,

suit,

"Survivor,"

a set of brains and eight other

want them around to hunt, gather and construct some

people, I'd probably

help

me

please neighbors are cardinal virtues.

"Survivor" is not the kind of world

want I

nity ties

— helping each

commu-

other out, creat-

ing a better world for one another

—

are

crucial to an individual's very existence.

For our TV survivors, having those ties and loyalties are signs of weakness.

Scrambling to the top on the backs of others, forsaking friends and betra3nng

le

in.

watched "The Bachelor" for a

litti

succumb to a sense of nausi watching him smooch, snog and woo girls at once. (They really want a guy wH goes from girl to girl like that? Ugh!) Tl change

girls

who

e

A

I

j^npi

on

I

(

the Bachelor's good side, sublimating th(

own

He

they essentially are

survive the rose ceremonies and stay special qualities in order to

mo

T

m

themselves into the Bachelor's ide

woman.

Whatever happened one

for I

cultures,

to live

ent

while, only to

decent shelter.

For many world

m

to loving

som

who he or she is?

think there's very

Itrat

little

truth in

tli

puli

backstabbing and bickering of "Survive

Ai

and

icii

in the forced "love'of "Tlie Bachelor"

the homes of the "Real World." Yet, it's si everywhere: in our conversations, o books, our schools, our music and o philosophies.

And, our

in the process,

reality.

!tl ite,"

fact

soit

they are becomii to|

feet;

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2004

14,

Jlay

How much is

a parish secretary worth?

sume room

that she will not only reserve a

group but

for their

find

them

trash bags, set aside a can of coffee for

The selling

them and put up signs advertising

One

of the tew pieces of practical I got in the seminary

oastoral advice

"When you

^as,

get to the parish

their meeting.

She does

Parish

nake friends with two people, the cook

Diary

jnd the secretary."

those things, besides

Secretaries in parishes always are

one crucial person to

working under deadlines. They have

is

nake friends with: the secretary.

People not intimately connected vvith parish life probably don't have an ippreciation of secretary

how

—

she

is

is

often the first

our

friendly, the parish

is

jerceived as friendly.

Our

parish secretary

is

unfailingly

riendly, greeting people with

sympa-

and kindness.

The

parish secretary

is

also,

in

nany ways the repository of the parsh memory. She keeps the sacramen:al records and the parish rolls. She •emembers who is coming and who is yoing;

who

has had a baby, wedding,

funeral or tragedy.

The

many parOur secretary

parish secretary, in

ishes, outlasts

the pastor.

and understands the different styles and plans jf each one. In my case we have worked together for nine years, and she still knows more about the community and nas served three pastors here

than

the families

ever

I

the liturgical season, with feasts that

require programs to be run off and

CNS Columnist

schedules to go out for

will.

all

the various

ministries.

She —

joint of contact for people with Darish. If

FATHER PETER J. DALY

essential a parish

to a healthy parish.

is

generally a she

They Like the pastor, the parish secretary has to be skilled at a variety of tasks and has to have seemingly contradictory or at least "contrasting" skills. She has to be a detail person, recording Mass intentions and paying bills with accuracy.

She also has to be a people person, ready to stop and talk with the people who come in about a funeral or a sick loved one.

Being a parish secretary often calls for long hours, low pay and hard work. Our parish secretary works six days per week. We pay her for five, but she donates each Saturday as her gift to the parish as part of her tithing of

her time, talent and treasure.

People sometimes presume too much of her. They always presume that she will be there to unlock the

door whenever they

of religion

tion records.

Since our parish does not have a :ook, there

:hy

all

getting the bulletin out, running ofT inserts and recording all the contribu-

arrive.

They

pre-

also have the endless details

that people expect to be exactly right.

FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CNS Columnist

Each year our secretary has the huge task of getting out about 1,000 state-

During a

ments of contributions so that people

Malta,

visit to

liking to the Maltese Cross. Its

That means she has

bars are even in length,

to record

all

their

gifts every week. People sometimes presume she should know that the unmarked $20 in the collection should

have been attributed to them.

This past week, I certainly found out how much our parish secretary does. Ours was out sick for her first sick day in 18 years. That is an unbelievable record.

With

the constant flow

of people on the phone and through the door, I realized how indispensable she really is and how much any pastor

depends on a secretary.

I am happy to do my own cooking, but I know I could never replace our parish secretary.

took a

I

two crosswith two points at

can take deductions on their taxes.

The

each of their four ends.

eight points

on a Maltese Cross represent the

eight

Beatitudes.

thought,

I

"What

would make

this

a wonderful gift

for friends."

several of the crosses

and

later

I

bought

was sorry

I

hadn't purchased more.

Most people would think my desire to buy crosses was normal, perhaps even thoughtful. But after reading Vincent Miller's book "Consuming Religion: Christian Faith and Practice in a Consumer Culture,"

I

am

revisiting that question.

MUler encourages readers to reflect on the pros and cons of a consumer age glutted with commodities, and the effect this has on religion. He asks whether in selling religious goods, religion makes too much like other marketers.

The Maltese Cross symbolizes noble knights who fought for religious principles. More important, it symbolizes a way of life according to Christ that is antithetical to the way people usually live. itself all

The forms of absolutions Q. At my parish before Easter, we have five priests in different locations for the sacrament of penance. After some Scripture, prayers

and

music, people line

up by each priest to confess their sins and

Question

Corner

receive absolution.

Since there is such a shortage of priests, why can 't one priest give a general absolution to everyone? (Iowa)

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS Columnist

village about five miles from Jerusalem, surrounded for thousands of years by olive trees and vineyards.

Since the time of St. Helena (fourth century), tradition has identified it as the home of Zechariah and Elizabeth, and birthplace of John the Baptist. It would thus have been Mary's destination when she "set out and traveled to the hill country of Judah, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth" (Lk

1:39-40).

A.

The

Catholic Church's Rite of

Penance provides three forms for ministering and receiving this sacrament.

The

the one-on-one en-

first is

counter with the priest, which was ^he exclusive form most of us older

The

third official form for the rite

of penance is the one you suggest. All the first part of the ceremony remains, but after necessary explana-

tion

one priest ministers absolution to everyone at the same time.

By church regulations, this third rite may now be used only on certain very limited occasions, to be determined, if necessary, by the bishop of

usually

the diocese.

Catholics

grew up

Second

The

is

with.

the form you describe.

ritual prescribes a

ceremony of

Scripture readings, homily, examina-

of conscience and prayers, and some music, with all penitents present and participating.

The pastor tries to recruit a suffi;::ient number of priests from the surrounding area who provide opportu-

and abThis way of celebrating the sacrament of penance is common and

nity for individual confession solution.

popular in

many

Among

parishes today.

other advantages, as the DfFicial ritual notes, it emphasizes the fact that none of our sins are "private." They all involve other people, ^m fact the whole church community, in some way. Admitting our sins and asking absolution together emphasize that critical aspect of sin and

tions

village

Q. I am searching for information about a village in the Holy Land called

Ein Karem. I am Lebanese American, and our family name is similar. We've been told that it comes from that little

forgiveness.

ancient Church of the Visitatotally rebuilt during the

century. It, along with the Church of St. John the Baptist, are two jewels of the Holy Land.

More information than you will want to absorb is available by an Internet Google search for "ain karem."

they

For example. Pope John Paul

a celebrity

II is

whom

people will travel

thousands of miles to hear. they

make

it

When he is on

a point to

watch

As a commodity. Pope John Paul II well. But when people hear him, do

they hear his message and act upon

it.^

Miller gives another example of reli-

gion as a best-selling commodity. Before

and during Holy Week, there were a number of Scripture scholars on television commenting on variations in the Scripture accounts of the Passion.

How,

crowd appear to condemn Christ, especially since this was a high Jewish feast time when they would for example, did a large

be busy preparing their sacrifices?

I

don't

mean

to be crass, but pro-

grams of this type

sell weU. People need Marketers know this and also know how to package it. But in consuming such programs, are people con-

religion.

sciously or unconsciously seeking the bi-

zarre or are they searching for a

A free

brochure answering questions

Catholics ask about the sacrament ofpenis available by sending a stamped,

self-addressed envelope to Father

gratefulfor any information you can give.

Dietzen,

ance

Box

325, Peoria,

John

IL 61651.

(Ohio)

A. Ain Karem (the name means spring of the vineyard) is a lovely

how

Miller raises other soul-searching questions.

sells

was

I gave this cross see it would be admired or was

cherished as a reminder of

mostly Arab, predominantly Muslim, but about 10 percent Christian. It has changed dramatically, however, in the last two generations. Since 1948 it has been part of the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel, and the population is mostly Jewish. Some monasteries and convents still exist however.

The

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