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News & Herald Volume 4 Number 36 • May

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

19,

1995

Office of the Bishop

May

19,

1995

4 )

Dear Friends

SENTIRE

in Christ:

CUM CHRISTO

On June 3rd at 10:30 a.m. in St. Gabriel's Church, I will have the joy and honor of ordaining three diocesan deacons be

my first opportunity

to

to the priesthood. This will

ordain priests in the Diocese of Charlotte.

We are very blessed in having 20 diocesan seminarians studying for the new candidates to their number While we rejoice in the above number of this coming September. candidates for the priesthood, we also recognize the ever increasing expense in seminary education. The expense of educating a seminarian To help meet this cost in support of our is $20 thousand per year. candidates for the priesthood, we depend upon the charity of those who priesthood; we

"For your compassionate ministry to the disadvantaged and hurting and for your inspirational leadership and service to the Church, Belmont Abbey College confers

will

upon you this day, the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, with all its rights and privileges," reads the Doctor of Humane Letters citation presented to Bishop William G. Curlin by Benedictine Abbot Oscar Burnett, chancellor and CEO of Belmont Abbey College, as Robert M. Gallagher, chairman of the college board of trustees, looks on.

Photo by EDUARDO PEREZ

Weather

At College's By

Staff Writer

BELMONT

—

The 117th comBelmont Abbey College

mencement at was a great success although threatening into the multi-

purpose Wheeler Center.

Despite the weather delay, 197 se-

ment established Above

M. Gallagher, president and chief executive officer of Good Will Publishert

Abbey College' s philosophy.

and chairman of the Belmont

Abbey College board of trustees urged the graduates to "be givers."

"The world needs what you have to offer

... the ability to think critically, to continue to learn, to responsibly adapt to a changing environment, and to act ethi-

based upon constant Judeo-Chris-

tian values."

He is

plead for your prayers for the continued success of our

the diocesan Vocations Director, "spends himself in the generous

and

dedicated ministry he offers our seminarians.

God bless you for all that you do to encourage and support our seminarians. May the loving support you offer them today be returned to you a

Doctorate of Humane a director of the Southern

ees, received a

Letters.

all, I

vocations program in the Diocese of Charlotte. Father Frank O'Rourke,

Belmont

Christian values adherent to

chairman of the college's board of trust-

In his commencement address, Rob-

earlier this year.

Three honorary doctorates were also

Distributors Inc., Gastonia, and former

cally

foundation will provide assistance to our seminarians through an endow-

presented to individuals who have shown

and begin a new chapter in

their lives.

graces.

The Diocesan Foundation is yet another source for needed support. The

—

Tom D. Efird, president of Standard

ers, Inc.,

many

people I have had the privilege of knowing. I hope they help you as they have helped me."

niors waited in anticipation to receive their degrees

adopted family in order that both may become a "true family in Christ."

Helping a "future priest son" has proven a source of much happiness and

not inclusive by any means, but they are observations I have made of successful

weather forced the exercises from the

Abbey Church piazza

their priesdy ministry.

appeal collection provides invaluable assistance. Some generous people also offer a special gift to our vocations program. Yet others "adopt a seminarian." The latter provides direct contact with a particular seminarian who becomes a "member of the donors' family." A regular exchange of letters and visits is encouraged between the seminarian and his

To

EDUARDO PEREZ

one day benefit from

to seven

There are various ways of helping our seminarians. Our annual seminary

Dampen Spirits Commencement

Fails

hope to add five

hundredfold in the years

National Corporation and BB&T Finan-

Corporation and active with civic and education organizations. He is an active Jaycee and vice president of the board of directors of the Schiele Museum, Gastonia. He has chaired the Gaston Day School board of directors and served on the board of Gaston College and the board of visitors of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

to

come.

cial

Benedictine Abbot Oscar Burnett, chancellor and chief executive officer of

Always prayerfully in the Lord,

Most Reverend William G. Curlin Bishop of Charlotte

See Abbey, Page 13

1524

E.

Morehead

Street Charlotte,

NC 28207

the college, presented Gallagher with an

honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters

commencement address.

Abbot Burnett welcomed the graduates saying, today we honor you, the

prior to the

class of 1995, because of the efforts,

struggles and sacrifices

made

to

which you have master your subjects and earn

Diocesan Support Appeal Exceeds Goal

By JO ANN

CHARLOTTE

your baccalaureate degrees.

"You are equipped intellectually and morally to make a difference," said Gallagher. "Your scholarship and values can make a great difference starting first

within your

own

then spreading to

all

family unit and those you meet

throughout your life."

Gallagher reminded the graduates of four keys he has used throughout his business career: belief, attitude, commit-

ment and

action.

"These four keys are

KEANE Diocesan Support Appeal

each parish. This benevolence comes as no surprise, it simply epitomizes the diocesan faithful.

"The magnificent response offered to this year' s DS A is further evidence of

that fills the diocese," said Pat Signs,

faces a greater

the great charity that binds together the

associate director of development, and

challenge than

members of our diocesan

the year before.

Financial needs

Bishop William G. Curlin, on the first DSA under his charge. "Your generosity

director of the DSA. "Individuals are quick to support their parish as well as the many diocesan programs that in

are a fact of life;

is

Associate Editor

— Each

year, the

increases are impacted by a diocese growing by leaps and bounds. Yet, year after year, the increase is met and surpassed as generosity exudes from

—

—

family," said

truly a response of love to the appeal of

topped $2,309,625 concluding the campaign at 115 percent of its $2,022,000 ,

goal. "This is a continued indication of

the generosity and sense of stewardship

turn

'

DSA

an equally generous blessing from the Lord."

Pledges for the 1995 campaign the

will surely reap

—

serve the parish family."

DSA

the Savior who assures us 'that whatever

we do, even for the least one in our midst, we do for Him. Our charity in support of

—

funding allows 30 diocesan

ministries to offer services to individuals in the

89 parishes and missions through-

out the 46-county diocese serving West-

em

North Carolina.

See

DSA, Page

13

& Herald

The Catholic News

Priests Celebrate

Anniversaries At

Annual Jubilee Mass By

EDUARDO PEREZ Staff Writer

—

CHARLOTTE

The annual Mass honoring six preists for long service was celebrated by

Jubilarian their

Bishop William G. Curlin on St.

May

9 at

Patrick Cathedral.

Jesuit Father Robert Paquet, assis-

tant pastor of St. Peter

Church

celebrat-

ing his 50th year as a priest, gave an inspirational

homily

to the

bishop and

fellow priests throughout the diocese.

"Our ministerial priesthood reaches out to the whole world," said Father Paquet. "Priests are ordained in order to serve the people of God, to be collaborators with their missions

and carrying out

Bishop Curlin welcomes about 80 newcomers to the Church at the annual Neophyte Mass at

St. Patrick

Cathedral.

Photo by

Christ's mission to the world."

BOB GATELY

By celebrating the liturgy of the word and Eucharist day after day, Christ the Lord is teaching priests to notice his presence and actions in the minds and hearts and everyday living situations of the people of God, Father Paquet said.

"The role of priests in the life of the Church is crucial to the life of the Church."

Approximately 60 priests attended the

Mass honoring

their 50th, 40th

priests celebrating

and 25th anniversaries

of ordination to the priesthood.

Priests celebrating anniversaries in

addition to Father Paquet were:

Conven-

Franciscan Father Edgar Holden, Father James K. Solari, Msgr. Joseph S. tual

Showfety, Conventual Franciscan FaBellow and Father Thomas P. Clements.

In closing, Father Paquet urged his

ther Richard

fellow priests to grow in appreciation of the Catholic liturgy and to nourish love for the Holy Scriptures, each other and

want to thank my fellow priests who have made such an impact in my growing years. The example of generosity and dedication from them has been and remains a source of inspiration for me to measure up better than I have in the past and to do better in the future parishioners. "I

Bishop Welcomes Newcomers At Neophyte Mass By

BOB GATELY Editor

CHARLOTTE — Some of the new who were

Catholics

Church

at the

received into the

Easter Vigil in parishes of

the Diocese of Charlotte took time out

deep relationship with Christ. He told the new Catholics he hopes they will reach the point where they can say, "I really believe my life now is Christ in me."

"We have to reach out to Him," the bishop said. He said they must determine

be a

saint."

Concelebrating the Mass with Bishop

Curlin were Msgr. Richard Allen, pastor

of St.

Ann in Charlotte, and Father Frank

Cintula, pastor of St. John Baptist de la Salle in North Wilkesboro. Father Frank

from Mother' s Day activities May 14 to attend the Neophyte Mass celebrated by Bishop William G. Curlin at St. Patrick

to "put aside anything that will

Cathedral.

tion to take their guidance from the Scrip-

the deacon.

About 80 newcomers and their sponsors attended the mid-afternoon Mass and the reception which followed.

tures

and to "conform to Christ."

Asking the newcomers what they are seeking in the Church, Bishop Curlin said he hopes they some day will be able to say, "I want to be very holy. I want to

Following the Mass, Bishop Curlin mingled with members of the group in the churchyard and posed for pictures

In his homily, Bishop Curlin challenged the congregation to develop a

between

He

come

O'Rourke, rector of the cathedral, was master of ceremonies. Rev. Mr. Joe Mack of St. John Neumann in Charlotte was

me and Christ."

told

members of

the congrega-

with

many of the families.

Pope Says Governments Responsible For Poor VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

—

The

existence of Catholic relief and develop-

ment programs does not lessen the

re-

sponsibility of political leaders to care

Pope

During his

May

13 audience with

his re-election but did not

from acting for the true good of their people in mobilizing every means of the

ers

Pope John Paul congratulated Bishop Gregory on

the assembly participants,

mention the

state

and the international community" and

to address the root causes of poverty

cancellation of the secretary-general's

marginalization.

he focused on Caritas' service to victims of war and natural disasters, the poor, displaced and sick.

"We cannot resign ourselves to seeing the millions of innocent victims of

"Poverty remains a serious plague both in whole countries as well as for notable portions of the population of the

Internationalis.

starvation, or those forced to leave their

enough, as the Caritas workers them-

countries, or afflicted by

some other evil

selves know, the pope said. He encouraged the agencies to continue programs aimed at longterm development and self-

just not for us, but rather

The organization represents national Catholic charities in more than 1 50 countries. The general assembly, which meets every four years, re-elected Bishop

We

Affonso Felippe Gregory of Imperatriz,

fective solidarity," he said, "but this does

share our priesthood for the good of the

Brazil, as president.

not excuse political and economic lead-

Church." Father Bellow, pastor of St. John Neumann Church, Charlotte, cel-

general, the organization's

ebrated his 25th anniversary as a priest.

person in Rome, was cancelled when the

in living

my

ministerial priesthood of

"Today has been

a wonderful expe-

rience in celebrating with

my

brother

our ministry," said Father Bellow. "This Mass is a reminder that the

priests

is

for us to share with our communities.

"My 50 years of priesthood has me that there is so much promise

election. Instead

II said.

"We are in a world where inequality and injustice remain dramatic," the pope told

13

Christ."

priesthood

for their nations' poorest people,

John Paul

some 400 participants in the May 8general assembly of Caritas

The

election of a

new

pope

said.

"You

are effective agents of an ef-

three lay candidates withdrew

allow two priests to run for the office as

Gerhard Meier, secretary-general for the past 12 years, was asked to stay on until the Caritas executive committee could meet and name a new secretarygeneral. The committee is expected to meet in November.

CBisIiop IfOiffiam

from the U.S. Catholic Conference to promote 1 995 s Catechetical Sunday on Sept. 17. The theme of this year' s observance is "Imagine God's Mercy."

"It is not enough for the catechist to talk about God's mercy; the catechist must image that mercy, exemplify that love for those being taught," said Bishop Robert J. Banks of Green Bay, Wis., chairman of the USCC Committee on '

S

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Diocese of G£arfotte

Ob tJie priestly orcfinatiion of Cffeu.

Material Available For Catechetical Sunday Education, in an introduction to a bookWASHINGTON (CNS) — Materilet

people.

Gorcfiaffy invites i£e

well.

of promotional materials.

The booklet includes ideas for prayer

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services and a rite for blessing of catechists, a prayer for catechists,

homily

ideas and bulletin announcements for

Catechetical Sunday, bulletin

art,

and

suggestions for a retreat for catechists.

The English/Spanish Catechetical Sunday kit (publication No. 036-2) is available for $8. 95 by calling the

USCC

Publishing Services at (800) 235-8722.

Saturday ^une3 St. S?a£rieJ

GAurcA

G/iarfotte

10:30

said.

help projects for the world's poorest

from the

upholding of the Church that is taking place now," said Father Paquet after Mass. "I eagerly look towards the future and see God's grace working through people. It gives me great hope and promise seeing people accept the Church and God's love in their lives."

See picture and biographies of jubilarians on Pages 8-9.

English and Spanish are available

he

relief efforts are not

staff

race following the Vatican's refusal to

als in

Emergency

secretary-

main

taught in the

with which the world crushes them," the

richest countries,"

am

May

19,

1995

Greensboro Vicariate Group Aids Lithuanian Children

(l-r) Yolanda Obando, Frank Massey, Thompson, Marilyn Showers and Don MacCloskey.

Labeling cartons for shipment to Lithuania are Pearline

GREENSBORO

— Inspired by

Rosemary Martin,

report by

a

ing parishes

director of

Carolina Adoptions, Inc., the Greensboro Vicariate Community Life Net-

Network members and volunteer helpers with their loaded truck are (front, l-r) Frank Daniello Sr., Rocky Riccio, Sister Anne Joseph Edelen, Dick Miller, Miriam Williams and Bob Strang and (rear, l-r) Pat Kerwin and Carl McCollum.

work

collected about

1

took part were St. Joseph in Asheboro, Immaculate Heart of Mary in High Point, and Our Lady of Grace, St. Benedict, St. Mary, St. Paul the Apostle and St. Pius X in Greensboro.

,200 pounds of

clothing, school supplies, books and toys

home in

for the residents of a children's

Vilnius, Lithuania.

ful,

wist-

Heart of

appealing look in the eyes of the

small children she met at Children' s Home

classes at St.Pius X.

Society and the Knights of

Members of the St. Vincent de Paul were especially

ment and

Freight Line to transport the collected

was able

the Church.

Life

Network and

—

Members of the network returned to in the

which was designated a "Salt and Light" project.

The name comes from the U.S. bishops' 1993 pastoral reflection, Communities of Salt and Light. vicariate participated in the effort

Miller,

Carl McCollum, Pat Kerwin

(l-r)

Frank Daniello

and Don MacCloskey.

Parish

Adventure Exploration!

Set offon an adventure ofhigh ropes,

Whitewater rafting, rock

climbing,

camping and hiking.

Riccio,

members of

hand

to load the carton

collections for the project

terminal for the

of materials, the collections brought in

nity Life lic

be especially helpful for educational and

Network, sponsored by Catho-

Social Services, has been in existence

encourages sup-

since February 1992.

It

port and cooperation

among parishes

ing together on

Sister Anne Joseph Edelen, a Daugh-

common

projects.

coordinates the net-

For more information about

for Catholic Social Services, said

Sip Up Today!

1

youth 12Recommended by the

special sessions for

5 years old.

Remember

"A valid Will stands as a continuing expression of our concern for loved ones, as

HisWll

well as an ongoing commitment to the Church and the community in which we live'.'

Office of Faith Formation Five

days and one night of camping:

Session Session

I:

II:

July 10-14

In Yours.

July 17-21

Bishop William G. Curlin

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

(704) 545-7758

statement included in your Will:

Callfor more information,

"I leave to the

or a schedule ofday tripsfor all ages.

Charlotte (or

/4cCveHtufie& c*t

Catholic Diocese of

parish, city) the

sum of$

percent of the residue of my estate) for religious, educational and charitable works!'

# o

(or

TEAM] 7236 Chattanooga Lane Charlotte,

Roman

For more information on

NC

28227

how

to

make

the

network, call Sister Anne Joseph Edelen at (910) 274-5577.

the response of the people in participat-

Two

in

workprograms and

their various ministries as well as

recreational purposes.

who

leg of the trip to

first

The Greensboro Vicariate Commu-

$900 which will provide a television set and VCR for the home. The director had told Martin that such equipment would

of Charity

on the society's

truck and haul them to the Old Dominion Vilnius.

work

the St. Vincent de

Paul Society and the Knights, were on

were taken up on Palm Sunday. In addition to the approximately 1 ,200 pounds

ter

In

—

,

their parishes to seek support for the

Dick

no cost.

over to the Lithuanian Citizens' Club which, thanks to a government grant, was able to ship them overseas at no cost.

On April 2 1 network members aided by parish volunteers and members of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and Knights of Columbus gathered in the parking lot of St. Pius X School to pack, strap and label the cartons for shipment.

Dick Miller, Pat Kerwin and Rocky

The home houses 1 27 boys and ages 3-7. They are the children of families who are too poor to care for them.

Sr.,

Old Dominion

material to Boston, Mass., at

enlisted

Seven of the parishes

to arrange for

Boston, the cartons of goods were turned

girls

project.

helpful, Sister

seph said. Tom Thompson of the Knights

children.

the collected goods on the truck for shipment. Hard at work are

Columbus Anne Jo-

From the director, she learned about the poverty and many needs of the institution, now jointly operated by the govern-

the group's aid in reaching out to the

Vincent de Paul Society and the Knights of Columbus loaded

Our Lady of

School,

Grace School and the Faith Formation

#51, the name given the institution by Lithuania's former communist rulers.

Community

St.

Mary

special

of Immaculate

thanks to the students

When she returned to Greensboro, Martin told the story to the Vicariate

Volunteers from the

Anne Joseph gave

Sister

When Martin visited Vilnius several months ago, she was struck by the

was "enthusiastic, compasThe parishes which

sionate and joyful."

its

a Will that works, contact

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

acholic

& Herald

News

May

19,

1995

Pro-Life Corner legislators and encourage support of 624, Informed Consent and House Bill 481 Parental Consent for Minor's Abortion.

These bills are working their way through the legislative process.

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your state

House

Bill

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Main

Editorial

16 West

Guns and Violence As

(

lHe Respect Life Office

campaign against violence

part of their

fax - (919) 733-2599 Legislative Building Jones Street, Raleigh, NC

Church Has Duty To Proclaim Gospel

policy of "curbing the availability of dangerous weapons."

A bill now before Congress would make such weapons more readily available. The measure, introduced by Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., with the backing of the National Rifle Association, would repeal the 1995 federal ban on the import, manufacture or sale of new assault weapons for private use in the United States.

At a news conference last week in Washington, a number of Christian and Jewish leaders called for a national mobilization against repeal of the ban.

"The appeal of the assault weapons ban would be immoral," said Father Peter J. Klink of the U.S. Jesuit Conference. The United States Catholic Conference, the bishops' public policy arm, joined in endorsing the campaign.

Thomas Shellabarger of the USCC Department of Social Development and World Peace said that national gun control laws "give communities the ability to take practical steps limiting dangerous weapons without jeopardizing sport and hunting weapons."

1

(704) 331-1 720

of Charlotte

in this

country, the U.S. Catholic bishops endorsed a public

Calling attention to the bishops'

(Diocese

27601

994 statement on

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— The Church's mis-

sionary activity cannot be replaced by a simple dialogue that stops short of proposing conversion,

Paul

Pope John

II said.

Speaking at a general audience May 10, the pope defended evangelization efforts against those who complain the Church is trying to "impose its convictions and choices" on the rest of humanity.

"According to this viewpoint, evangelization activity should be substituted by a form of interreligious dialogue that involves an exchange of opinions and information ... without any concern about reaching conclusions," he said.

For Christians, this would mean giving up efforts to "set non-Christians on the path of the Gospel," he said.

Christians would have to avoid proposing or favoring conversion and baptism, he said.

The pope

strongly rejected this idea, saying

irreconcilable with Christ's

spread his message

it

was

to the apostles to

were involved in the issue of evangelization: that the salvation of all, that Christ is the one mediator between God and the human race, and that, in the words of St. Peter, "there is no salvation through anyone else."

"Although God can in mysterious ways lead to the faith those who through no fault of their own have not heard the Gospel, the Church nonetheless has a sacred duty to proclaim the Gospel and to draw all men and women to Christ," he said.

These "mysterious ways" by which people of other faiths may find salvation cannot be an excuse to slow or abandon the Church's missionary activity, he added.

He emphasized that while Church membership may be more concentrated in some parts of the world than others, the Gospel truth is not tied to a particular culture

Need Prayers

—

Paul

II,

new priests at the Vatican, said clergy need the prayers of the whole Church to help become models of holiness for

While

the Gospel, said fundamental

Priests

ordaining 4 1

among all people.

The pope, quoting

violence, Shellabarger said that repealing the assault

mandate

Pope Says

To Become Models Of Holiness VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John

all.

priests

have a special vocation and receive human weaknesses and

divine grace, they also have

weapons ban "would only make our struggle against

truths

need the spiritual support of their communities, the pope,

violence harder."

God wants

said

Repealing the ban is a bad idea which hopefully will

make it through Congress. If it does pass, maybe it won' t have enough support to override President Clinton's

not

almost certain veto.

There's an idea which

every

is

bit as

— making

bad

—

its way through the North Carolina General Assembly. That' s the bill which would allow private citizens in the state to carry concealed weapons. There are too many concealed guns on out streets as it is. We certainly don't need to let every trigger-happy character in the state run around with a pistol tucked inside his waistband.

Unfortunately, the bill already has passed the House and seems to have a pretty fair amount of support in the Senate. Too bad Governor Hunt doesn't have the veto power which he is seeking. If ever a bill was a prime candidate for a veto, that one is it.

possibly even worse

or nation.

"The truth of Christ enlightens every person regardFor that reason it must be announced to all of humanity," he said.

May

14.

"The people of God and public opinion are not mistaken in expecting from priests the witness of a profound consistency of life, perhaps to the point of heroism," he said.

"But we shouldn't forget that holiness needs to be sought from God and is a difficult path, in which priests no less than other men can show signs of their fragility," he said.

"Therefore it is necessary that the Christian community support them with prayer," he said.

The priests, from 18 different countries, were to serve the Diocese of Rome. The pope described their ministry as one of truth, holiness and charity aimed particularly at the most humble and needy in society.

Society as a whole is attentive to this ministry, he

I

said.

less of tradition or race.

"In fact,

it

depends

in large part

on priests whether

or not people recognize in our Christian communities the disciples of Christ,

who love one another," he said. :

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for students enrolled in parish faith|*li

formation classes, and kids in our Catholic schools. It's an educational supplement to reinforce lessons of faith,

while having a

little

fun.

a snappy, easy-to-read, fun-to-fol-

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See Notebook, Page

12 :

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May

The Catholic News

1995

19,

& Herald

5

The Christopher Awards "It is better to light

one candle than

This 3,000-year-

to curse the darkness."

pld Chinese proverb was adopted as The Christophers' motto in 1945 and it serves as the idea

behind the Christopher

On the last Thursday of Februevery year, we honor writers, pro-

Awards. ary

ducers and directors of the best movies also give and television specials.

We

such an award, which is rare; and, if so, would he want Archbishop Foley and not another bishop to accept

New York

We could spend a lifetime cursing

and banality in on TV and on the silver screen, but we feel it is better to applaud those who create works that affirm the highest valall

the violence, sleaze

print,

name?

i_i vji

1

1

v/i ic

vai ivi it?

/

John Foley and

I

had worked

to-

gether on the board of directors of the Catholic Press Association for five years.

We became friends long before he was

movie, "Schindler' s List." This year, we

the merits of the pope's

gave a special literary award to Pope

invited the archbishop to the

book and I podium to

John Paul II for his book, Crossing the Threshold of Hope. I called the Vatican and asked Archbishop John Foley, the president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, if he would

accept the bronze medallion with the

delighted to receive the Apostolic Bless-

human

made

came to

It

was

in the spirit of

we went forward

priest giving the

that

pope an award.

On the night of the awards, I extolled

our award ceremony to accept for his

New York to

archbishop.

friendship that

night with the unlikely scenario of a

spirit.

Last year, Steven Spielberg

Christopher motto on

He thanked me

it.

glowing terms of the Holy Father, the Vicar of Christ, referring to and spoke

him

ing.

After the archbishop returned to his

in

as a true Christopher, a

man who

seat, the

awards ceremony continued

when suddenly a voice boomed out from

accept the award

carries Christ's truth and love to the

the audience: "Don't

He said he would love to but he had to get the answer to two questions: Would the Holy Father accept

whole world. Then he presented me with a scroll containing a blessing from the

take back with

come

to

for the pope. first

<SST

Father John Catoir

to accept the Christopher

pope which acknowledged both The Christophers' 50th anniversary and my own up-coming retirement. (As you probably know, I will be stepping down in September to return to service in my home Diocese of Paterson, N.J.) Needless to say, I was both flustered and

ues of the

*2S£k '

Award in the pope's name.

awards to the authors of outstanding books.

in his

it

few days, the archbishop called to tell me that the pope gave an affirmative answer to both questions, meaning that Archbishop Foley would indeed come to In a

me?"

assembly was smiling with him as I realized with some embarrassment that, in the

confusion of the papal blessing,

I

had forgotten to give him the pope's award. With apologies and a red face I brought the medallion over to him and we all had a good laugh.

It was a memorable evening for one and all.

For a free copy of tthe Christopher News Note, "Let's Celebrate, " send

your name and address

to

The

I

get something to

Christophers, 12 East 48th Street

New

It

was Archbishop Soon the whole

York,

NY 10017.

Father Catoir

Foley, smiling broadly.

is

director of The

Christophers.

The Facts About Marriage Preparation "Every time I look at the 'Style' newspaper and see the

section in the

Research has found that there are an increasing

number of mixed marriages,

somewhat sad because I know half of them will end

as well as marriages involving "split-

up in broken marriages."

share the

smiling faces of brides,

I

feel

Those sobering words came from a researcher who is part of a team studying

marriage-preparation programs. search

is

level Catholics," a term for couples

same

who

religious affiliation but

Studies repeatedly have

shown that

The re-

the more each party understands how the

new

other views religion, the better the chance

being conducted by the

Centei for Marriage and Family

at

the marriage will survive. This

is

cially true when children come along

an effort to help couples preparing for marriage understand each other better

family values stand or fall on the gious values of the parents.

couples

come

and

reli-

to marriage

making or break-

preparation having been married before.

role finances plays in

to

Often each has children from a previous

ing a marriage, or

you that even though they found that

marriage. Disruptive family feuds could

pursuing individual careers.

last.

The tell

Some

Father Eugene Hemrick

espe-

Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., in

and know what will make their marriage

The Human Side

are at different levels in understanding it.

researchers will be the

two-thirds of those

first

who participated in a

marriage preparation program were very satisfied

with

it,

the

program alone can-

easily arise unless there

is

researchers studying marriage prepara-

of each family's sentiments.

Some couples have been cohabiting

show just the

iage.

no

little

marriage are 30 percent more prone than

with a parish or a priest.

The marriage-preparation program be-

others to divorce.

comes

A man

and

woman

may come from

cohabit before

planning mar-

backgrounds; others may be of the same

[;quarely

many important

they commit themselves for life.

who

riage

which if not faced can come back to haunt a mar-

But research by Creighton Univerand the Archdiocese of Omaha confirms the Church's wisdom in requiring marriage preparation. The research sity

preparation participants have had

a lasting marriage. Studies

because of the significant issues particiissues

in-

issues that couples need to face before

|»rams are especially necessary today

—

an

brings to the surface so

opposite. Couples

pants raise

it is

frequently is overlooked. Often marriage

relatives, a good education

researchers at Creighton are

feel

way to ensure compatibility and

the best

The

programs have surfaced. Research-

Some

fringement on their time.

ers also point to another finding that

Other factors are needed, like strong parent role models, wise friends and

finding that marriage preparation pro-

tion

side assistance.

is

for a considerable time thinking this

participation.

that is involved in

These issues are just some which

an acceptance

not guarantee a successful marriage.

and religious

all

diverse cultural

to

affiliation

a vehicle for their

first

close en-

counter with the Church.

Most priests and parents will tell you

It

also

shows

who have

found it worthwhile.

Father Hemrick is director of research for the United States Catholic

that the

Church's marriage preparation requirement often meets resistance.

Conference.

culture, but in

Service

ration sessions never have discussed the

Young people tend to be independent and want to find their own way without out-

name only.

Some who come to marriage prepa-

that those

participated in marriage preparation have

Copyright © 1 995 by Catholic News

Therapy Or Boot Camp? )ear Dr. Shuping,

rolled in

Our 16-year-old son has been skip-

derness

North Star Expeditions, a wil-

camp

ping school and is failing all his classes,

in Utah. Staff reportedly withheld food and shelter as a punish-

k

ment

couple of times recently he has tayed out all night. When I was put-

away some of his clothes, I found >me marijuana at the back of a rawer. He doesn't want to discuss it nd we can't control his behavior. My usband heard about a therapeutic Vilderness camp and wants to send

ling

im for the summer.

It's

expensive,

lut if it would get him

back on track, it puld be worth it. What do you think?

at times, and Aaron Bacon died enduring 1 1 days without food and four nights of near-freezing temperatures without a sleeping bag. He had lost 23 pounds. Several staff members are

after

Wilderness therapy

is

not a "sum-

lar to reputable

outdoor programs like

Outward Bound. These wilderness programs are supposed to provide "therapy"

gram is hardly an anomaly among these

for adolescents with drug abuse or be-

of teens reported during the past few

p-year-old boy, in many ways similar to

camp" approach.

year while en-

MD

mer camp" and is only superficially simi-

havior problems, but in fact

last

Martha W. Shuping,

now facing criminal charges.

I'm very skeptical about wilderness imps. An article in the May /June 1995 Isue of Health magazine tells about a

bur son, who died

Crosswinds

many

are

by young adults with little or no college and use a paramilitary "boot staffed

In

my

opinion, the North Star pro-

camps. There have been several deaths years involving youth in

more than one

program. I personally have treated young-

who have made suicide attempts while attending such programs. sters

Looking

for a state-licensed pro-

is not enough to assure safety.

North Star was licensed in Utah. The article in Health goes into details on what to look for if you want to find a good, safe wilderness program, but it certainly wouldn't be my first or even second choice as a treatment strategy.

gram

See Crosswinds, Page 13

holic

News

& Herald

May

Is Q. After the sudden death of a in our parish, some of us were discussing limbo. One woman, a lifelong Catholic, said she was taught that babies who died before baptism were not saved. They went to a place called limbo where they would be happy, but not with God in heaven. I am a convert, but cannot believe this is Catholic

There

A Church where they

similar to limbo,

from

baby

will

be free

suffering, though deprived of the

Father John Dietzen

Since then, particularly during the past generation or so, our Church has become far more hopeful and confident of God's desire and power to save his

A. In some ways she is. But you are your instinct thatthis is not what

who

people in ways beyond those he has revealed to us.

For example, when discussing children who die without baptism, the new Catechism of the Catholic Church doesn't mention limbo at all, but ex-

died without baptism began to be seri-

presses full trust in the love and mercy of

ously questioned by leading Christian

God.

Church teaches.

The name and ideas about limbo have a strange history. It starts generally around the time of St. Augustine (died, the Catholic

the salvation of infants

The great mercy of God who desires

writers.

Much

Catechism of the Council of Trent (the Roman Catechism of 1566) asserted that "without baptism this (sanctifying) grace and this (eternal) life

that all people

later the

children

come

to

it

who

says,

said,

is

"Let the a

Certainly, God has told us much about His plan of salvation, but not

"after his sin with

everything.

second group, including your examples, are musical instructions, instru-

way of

who have died without baptism" (No. 1261).

Awareness of this great desire of salvation for children

Jesus, continues the catechism, urges us

uncertain.

The final group are those with pernames attached for one reason or

sonal

Q. Would you explain the meaning of certain words that appear at the

another.

beginning of some of the psalms, words like "miktam" (16); "maskil" (32); "upon the gittith" (8)? We've asked several priests and ministers, but have not received an answer. (Florida)

ings apparently were added by Jewish

baptism."

In

The Church expresses this same trust

which you refer, contain an introduc-

tion or

in divine mercy often in her official litur-

Unbaptized infants would be included, for example, in a Mass

Just 110 years ago, the Baltimore Catechism (No. 3, published by author-

gical prayers.

One

of the American bishops in 1885) taught that infants who die without bap-

prayer most Catholics will recognize:

1

ity

That our brothers and sisters "and all the departed" will come into the light of

the

common belief they will go to some place

God's presence.

Stewardship

ewardt

stewardship, but

now

called

it

that is

what she was doing.

My

I

Is

title.

These are generally of three types. refers to the history of the psalm, according to Hebrew tradition. Psalm

most

if

not

all

cases, these head-

long after the composition of the psalms themselves. Some Bible translations today do not include them at all.

(A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about Mary, the mother ofJesus, is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to officials

A. Most of the psalms, as the ones to

lief.

it is

ments to be used and so on. The exact meaning of some of these terms is still

one of those which easily get us into water way over our heads if we try to define what God can and cannot do. is

all

common Catholic be-

tism "cannot enter heaven; but

to

who die without bap-

adults or children

the more "not to prevent little children coming to Christ through the gift of holy

of "natural" happiness, but not in heaven, has never directly been addressed in a document of the universal Church.

Strangely, however, it became for state

A

The question of what happens tism

Bathsheba" (2 Sm.

11).

and the

me," (Mark 10:14)

"allow us to hope that there

However, the existence of a place or condition called limbo, where unbaptized infants would spend eternity in a

centuries a

be saved,

tenderness of Jesus

are impossible" for children.

many

Question Box

remark.

right in

when

1995

On Limbo?

Teaching

happiness of heaven" (Question 632).

This catechism, as most older Catholics will know, was the primary source for teaching our faith for most of the 20th century, which explains your friend's

doctrine. Is she right? (Texas)

430),

19,

x

Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL 6170. Questions for this column should be sent

Father Dietzen at the

to

for being "rescued

same address.)

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his

Service

8, for example, is

David' s thanksgiving

from the grasp of all enemies and from the hand of Saul."

Psalm 51 is David's prayer of sorrow

A Way

Of

Life

know

exposure to stewardship sister and I would take Sister Paraclete and Sister Joan Loraine to the public library. The school had no library, so they borrowed trunk-loads of books at a time from the

Stewardship Profile

first

came when my mom, my

This

was a

lay witnesses steward-

ship talk presented last fall at

Our Lady

of the Assumption in Charlotte.

I have been a part of the Assumption family since I was 8 years old. I grew up in this parish, met my husband Larry here and brought three beautiful daughters, Addie, Julie and Rosemary, into the parish family. The people of Our Lady of the Assumption Church have a special place in my heart. That is why I was nervously excited when I was asked to speak on the meaning of stewardship in

my life. suppose I owe my understanding of my having a faith-filled mother who always taught me to put God and Church at the top of my priorities.

"We must thank God for all he has given to us," she used to say. "The least we can do is to give something of ourselves in gratitude for all His blessings." She never I

stewardship to

Then there was the five cents a week that came out of my 50-cent public library.

allowance and went into my children's church envelope.

The little girl with the 50-cent-aweek allowance grew up, went away to college, moved away, came back, got married and had a family. The seed of

Barbara Rohrman tor,

eucharistic minister, liturgy

com-

has been 1 5 years since I took that plunge and I continue to experience the benefits of sharing my time and talent with the people of Our Lady of the Assumption. If the benefits were monetary, I'd be a billionaire. Many parents have experienced the joy of seeing Christ in the face and eyes of their child receiv-

dred fold as a result of sharing

It

first

my time

talent.

Now, back allowance.

I

to that 50-cent-a-week

didn't realize at the time,

but the nickel

put in

I

my

children's

I tell

hood had begun

a story about the tears and hugs

I re-

See Stewardship, Page 16

grow.

to

When

our oldest daughter, Addie, was 3 years old, I was anxious to enroll her in our pre-school religious education

program.

ing First Eucharist,

knowing they were

RCIA

ceived from an

candidate who,

following his first reconciliation said, "It

Pope

Upon enrolling her, I couldn't

St.

Celestine

help but notice earnest pleading for reli-

gious education teachers in the church bulletin.

Remembering the words of my

ateobbtgS for

Sunday:

mom, "Barb, you only get as much out of something as you put into it," I signed on as a catechist. That first

blossomed

commitment RCIA, lec-

tlje toeefc

of SJJat)

21-27

Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23 John 15:26-16:4

into ministries in

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; more of a

Tuesday:

Acts 16:11-15 15:26-16:4

more

Wednesday:

do

16:5-11

of a

Thursday

Acts 1:1-11

Ascension of the Lord:

Ephesians 1:17-23

Friday:

Acts 18:9-18 John 16:20-23

Luke 24:46-53

confined most of his

Aye

s^^*;^

1

Saturday:

life

to solitary cells

and monasteries, found himself elected pope in 1294. Five months after his election, he discovered himself an inept leader. Gting his age, ignorance, rough manners and incapacity, he resigned from the papal throne and returned to the house of his monks. Fearing that St. Celestine had become too popular, the

new

life."

ofSalt and Light

Acts 17:15, 22-18:1

John 16:12-15

of

Peter di Monrone, an aged hermit

Acts 16:22-34

John

worshiping and evangelizing people, more of a faithful community. It is an

U.S. Catholic Bishops, Communities

My own

has increased a hun-

part of that child' s faith formation.

ffective social ministry helps the parish not only

essential part of parish

and

life

stewardship that was planted in my child-

Reflections on the Social Mission of the Parish

reflection of the gospel,

get much better than this !"

envelope represented a 10 percent sharing of my treasure. Upon reaching adulthood, I must admit I had a more difficult time sharing that treasure. I thought giving of time and talent was enough.

&fitt ^ln<k JSi<gAt more, but be more

t

personal faith

John

f

'

mission and other.

Monday:

E

can

pope, Boniface

VIII,

had him captured and locked

up in a castle near

Anagni.

He died there 10

Acts 18:23-28

months

later.

John

May 19.

16:23-28

His

feast

is

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May

The Catholic News

1995

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&

Herald 7

Diocesan Support Appeal Results As Of May 9 Charlotte Vicariate Our Lady of the Assumption Church Goal: $31,543.20

Pledges: $41,320.00

St.

Greensboro Vicariate

Eugene Church

Asheville

Christ the King

Goal: $36,800.40

Pledges:

$42,756.00

Our Lady of Consolation Church Goal: $21,231.00

Pledges: $18,320.00

St.

Pledges:

$19,620.00

St.

St.

Goal:$168,837.00

Goal:

Goal: $69,556.80

Pledges:

$8,694.60

$17,890.00

Mission, Highlands

High Point

Goal:

Luke Church

St.

Goal:

$650.00

Pledges:

$4,650.60

Basilica of St.

Pledges: $22,567.00

Matthew Church

St.

Pledges:

$29,158.50

Thomasville

Goal: $14,962.80

Boone

Pledges: $68,572.91

Peter Church

Goal: $43,270.80

$23,149.00

Goal:

Pledges:

St.

$3,305.00

$8,602.00

Pledges:

$1,306.83

Pledges:

$9,826.00

Pledges:

$8,430.00

Pledges:

$7,189.00

Joseph Church

Bryson City

Joseph Church

Goal:

Goal: $16,782.60

Pledges:

$20,391.00

Asheboro Pledges:

$7,885.80

$15,433.00

John Church

Goal: $10,312.20

Greensboro

St.

Pledges:

Waynesville

Vicariate

Bernadette Church

$842.00

$12,573.00 St.

Linville

Pledges: $42,072.00

Pledges:

Benedict Church,

Goal: $12,940.80 St.

St.

$5,459.40

Pledges:

Francis of Assisi Church

Franklin

St.

Pledges:

$1,011.00

Our Lady of the Highways Church

Margaret Mary Church

Swannanoa Goal: $10,716.60

Goal: $58,031.40

$2,972.68

$89,829.00 St.

Patrick Cathedral

St.

Goal: Pledges:

Lawrence

Goal: $25,275.00

St.

Pledges: $96,518.00

Pledges:

Robbinsville

Greensboro

Goal: Goal: $85,935.00

$6,268.20

$60,366.00 Prince of Peace Church

Asheville

Goal: $24,668.40

Pledges:

Our Lady of Grace Church Goal: $73,600.80

Mint Hill

$7,615.00

Jude Mission

Sapphire Valley

Pledges: $77,846.00

Pledges:

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Goal: $45,495.00

St.

$6,800.00

Our Lady of the Mountains

Pledges:$221,530.01

John Neumann Church

St.

Pledges:

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Cherokee Goal: $1,415.40 Pledges: $2,203.36

John Church

Tryon Gabriel Church

$8,088.00

$8,088.00

$9,765.00

Reidsville

Goal: Pledges: $80,952.42

Pledges:

Holy Infant Church

Goal: $19,006.80 Goal: $58,233.60

$6,066.00

Joan of Arc Church

Asheville

Ann Church

St.

Goal:

High Point Goal:

Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission, Hayesville

Church

Pledges:

$3,639.60

$22,642.00

Margaret Church Maggie Valley St.

Thomas Aquinas Church

St.

Goal: $51,763.20

St.

Pledges: $46,201.94

Elizabeth Church

St.

Boone

Joseph of the Hills Church

Goal: $11,323.20

Eden

Goal: $21,028.80

Pledges:

$23,485.00

Goal:

$6,066.00

Pledges:

$6,554.00

Vincent de Paul Church

St.

Goal: $65,108.40

St.

Pledges: $66,386.00

St.

Frances of

Rome

Mission

St.

Sparta

Albemarle Vicariate

Goal:

Goal:

Greensboro Pledges:

$3,437.40

$3,740.00

Goal: $17,389.20

Pledges:

St. St.

Goal:

$4,044.00

Pledges:

$5,180.00

Francis of Assisi Church

St.

Jefferson

Goal:

$2,972.00

Goal: $74,611.80

William Church

Murphy

Paul the Apostle Church

Goal:

Greensboro Pledges:

$3,639.60

Pledges:

i

Church, Albemarle Goal: $16,378.20

Winston-Salem Vicariate John Baptist de North Wilkesboro St.

Pledges: $15,235.00

Goal: j

St.

Goal: $16,984.80

Spruce Pine

Pledges: $23,087.00

|

la Salle

$7,885.80

Our Lady of Lourdes Church Monroe

Church $9,091.00

St.

Pledges: $48,256.60

$45,024.00

Hickory Vicariate

$4,044.00

Pledges:

$5,836.00

$4,448.40

Goal: Pledges:

Pledges:

$1,160.00

Pledges:

$8,220.00

Christ the King Mission

Goal:

Goal: $31,138.80

$3,437.40

$4,044.00

Pledges:

Goal: $31,341.00

Holy

Spirit

$4,580.00

Mission

Goal: $54,391.80

Goal: $46,101.60

St.

Pledges:

$15,612.99

$7,481.40

Pledges:

$7,408.00

Immaculate Conception Church

Pledges:

$64,126.00

$54,483.00

Winston-Salem

Charles Borromeo Church

Goal: $14,760.60

St.

Forest City

Goal: $21,837.60 Pledges:

Pledges:

$23,501.60

$18,723.00

Goal:

Winston-Salem Goal: $40,642.20

Francis of Assisi Church

Lenoir

$7,279.20

Pledges:

$8,502.00

Goal:

$8,290.20

Pledges:

3oal:

$41,973.00

Our Lady of the Rosary Church

$6,672.60

Pledges:

$6,650.00

Asheville Vicariate

Queen of the Apostles Church Belmont Goal: $21,231.00

Pledges:

St.

Lexington

Joseph Church

Goal: $11,727.60

Newton $26,120.00

Goal: $14,154.00

Pledges:

St.

lendersonville

$72,792.00

St.

Pledges: $74,054.00

Dorothy Church

St.

Lincolnton

Philip the Apostle

Pledges:

$10,640.00

Goal: $21,028.80

St. St.

oal: $23,859.60

Pledges: $23,668.00

Helen Mission

St.

Spencer Mountain

Goal:

$2,830.80

$3,513.00

Goal: $27,499.20

$2,426.40

Pledges:

$2,065.00

Shelby

$5,257.20

$17,255.00

Pledges:

$6,965.00

Goal: $78,049.20

Pledges:

$98,427.00

Anonymous

Pledges:

$16,319.00

Pledges:

$4,106.00

Barnabas Church Pledges: $37,316.00

Leo Church,

Winston-Salem

$2,426.40

Pledges:

$3,052.00

Church

Gastonia

Immaculate Conception Church Pledges:

$51,013.00

Canton Goal:

rden

$5,055.00

Andrews Goal:

Saint Michael

Goal: $51,965.40

$33,767.40

Pledges:

Church

lars Hill

Vicariate

Holy Redeemer Church

Goal: $12,132.00 the Apostle

Smoky Mountain

Mary Church

$7,504.00

$46,277.00 St.

St.

Pledges:

Francis of Assisi Church

Goal: Pledges:

acred Heart Mission urnsville

$7,683.60

Mocksville

Therese Church

Mooresville Pledges:

Moor Church

$19,898.00

acred Heart Church Irevard

Benedict the

Goal: Pledges:

$13,390.00

Winston-Salem

Church

Statesville

Goal: $10,918.80

Pledges:

$18,332.00

mmaculate Conception Church

Andrew

Pledges:

$9,948.00

Cannapolis

oal:

Pledges:

Clemmons

Aloysius Church

Morganton

Goal: $13,749.60

Joseph Mission

oal:

$36,370.50

Our Lady of Mercy Church

3oal:

t.

Pledges:

$5,055.00

Samlet

!oal:

$10,337.00

Our Lady of Fatima Mission Pledges: $31,414.00

James Church

ioal:

Pledges:

Kernersville

Hickory Pledges:

Denver

>t.

$7,481.40

Holy Family Church St.

Kings Mountain

James Church Concord

St.

$6,113.00

Holy Cross Church

Gastonia Vicariate

$1,011.00

Pledges:

$3,730.00

Our Lady of the Angels Mission Marion Goal:

Wadesboro

$4,448.40

Holy Angels Church

Taylorsville

$3,437.40

Goal:

Mt. Airy

Stephen Mission

Sacred Heart Mission

5t.

King Pledges:

Holy Trinity Mission

Elkin

Goal:

Goal:

Goal: $49,943.40

Goal:

Salisbury

Good Shepherd Church

Pius Tenth Church

Greensboro Pledges:

Sacred Heart Church

jGoal: $45,292.80

St.

Lucien Church

Goal: H

$8,290.20

$85,712.00

Our Lady of the Annunciation I

$8,088.00

$16,015.00

Our Lady of the Americas Church Biscoe

Mary Church

Sylva

Mary Church

$1,415.40

Pledges:

$1,375.00

DSATARGET:

$2,022,000.00

TOTAL PLEDGES:

$2,334,984.34

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The Catholic News

May

19,

1995

245 Years Of Serv Conventual Franciscan Father Edgar Holden

As A

Celebrating 50 Years Born: Education:

July 14, 1918 in Washington D.C.

Ordained:

January

Priest

University of Montreal, Canada

1945

13,

by Bishop Thomas O'Leary in Springfield, Mass.

Assignments Professor of Theology at St. Anthony-on-Hudson, Rensselaer, N.Y.

1946-60 1960-70

Director of Franciscan Foreign Mission Program in Rensselaer

1970-72

Director of Development for

CARA (a Washington

research

enterprise)

Director of Development for the Division of Latin America of

1972-75

the United States Catholic Conference

1975-80

(USCC)

in

Washington

Director of Ministry to Divorced Catholics in the Archdiocese

of Newark

1980-87

Mission Procurator for Franciscan Foreign mission program

1987-93

Director of Our Lady of Fatima Chapel and Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Mercy Church, Winston-Salem Significant Accomplishments

Semi-retired in 1993, Father Holden lives in Winston-Salem. the

program on pastoral care

He

tional Eucharistic Congress.

He moderated

for divorced Catholics at the Forty-First Interna-

has often been a spokesman for the divorced

ministry on regional and national television.

Monsignor Joseph

S.

Showfety

Bishop William G. Curlin expressed joy in celebrating the Euch Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral May 9. Shown with Bi Monsignor Joseph S. Showfety, Retired Bishop Michael J. Be! Paquet and Conventual Franciscan Father Richard M. Bellow i

Jubilariian

Celebrating Born: Education

January

Ordained:

May

5,

1927

40 Years As

in

Greensboro

Mary Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. St.

1955

19,

Vincent

S.

at

A Priest

Baltimore;

Mount

St.

Mary College,

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Raleigh by Bishop

Waters

Assignments 1955- 56

Assistant at

1956- 59

Assistant at at

Conventual Franciscan Father Richard M. Bellow

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Newton Grove St. Mary Church in Wilmington., Administrator

Our Lady of the Snows, Elizabethtown, with

a mission at

Celebrating 25 Years

Delco

1959-66

As

A Priest

1966- 67

McGuiness High School, Winston-Salem Director of Our Lady of the Hills Camp, Hendersonville Principal of Asheville Catholic High School

1967- 72

Pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, Hendersonville

and Seminary, Gramby, Mass.; Notre

1972 1972-79

Pastor of St. James Church, Concord

Bend, Ind.

Chancellor of the Diocese of Charlotte

1979-93

Vicar General of the Diocese of Charlotte

Albany, N.Y.

1979- 80

Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, High Point

1980- 83

Pastor of

Assignments Director of Guidance at Bishop Canevin High School,

1983-85

Pastor of Queen of the Apostles Church, Belmont

1985-93

Pastor of St.

1993-present

Pastor of St. Benedict Church, Greensboro

Director of Bishop

1963-70

St.

Eugene Church, Asheville

Leo Church, Winston-Salem

Significant

Michael

J.

High School Council for

in

all

As

diocesan chancellor, he assisted then Bishop up the Diocese. He opened Bishop McGuiness 1959 and has been a member of the Diocesan Presbyteral

Begley

the

first

in setting

but two years.

Ordained:

1970-75

August St.

1

1,

1943

in

New York, N.Y.

Francis Seminary, Staten Island, N.Y.;

May 30,

1970

in the

St.

Hyacinth Colle

Dame University,

Souf

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conceptior

Pittsburgh, Pa.

1975- 76

Associate Pastor of

1976- 77

Associate Pastor of St. Cyril and Method Church,

Accomplishments

Appointed Reverend Monsignor on August 10, 1976 by Pope John Paul II, Monsignor Showfety has been the diocesan consultor since the diocese was established in 1972.

Born: Education

St.

Peter Church, Riverside, N.J.

Binghamton, N.Y. 1977- 87

Superior and Director of Formation at

St.

Francis Seminary,

Staten Island, N.Y.

1987-present

Pastor of St. John

Neumann Church,

Charlotte

Superior of local Conventual Franciscan community Significant

Accomplishments

Father Bellow was Superior and Director of Formation at

St.

Francis Semi-

nary for ten years and has been on the governing council of the Conventual Franciscan community for nine years.

ri

May

19,

The Catholic News

1995

&

HerpJ

Lauded By Bishop

Thomas

Father

Clements

P.

Celebrating 40 Years March

Born: Education

St.

As A

Priest

26, 1928 in Raleigh

Charles Pre-Seminary, Baltimore, Md.;

St.

Mary Seminary,

Baltimore; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

May

Ordained:

19,

Vincent

1955 S.

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Raleigh by Bishop

at

Waters

1956- 58

Assignments Grove Apostalate, Newton Grove Assistant Pastor of St. Benedict Church, Greensboro

1958-61

Pastor of St.

1961-63

Director of Apostalate of Christ the King Church, Kings

Assistant Pastor of Newton

1955- 56

Mary Church, Shelby

Mountain Pastor of St. Joseph of the Hills Church,

1963-67

Rome,

Eden

1967- 68

Sabbatical year in

1968- 71

Pastor of St. Joan of Arc Church, Asheville

1972-79

Pastor of Sacred Heart, Salisbury and Director of Catholic

1980- 81

Pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Church, Morganton

1981- 87

Pastor of Holy Family Church,

1987-89

Pastor of Our

1989-present

Pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Salisbury

Italy

Social Services

Clemmons

Lady of Grace Church, Greensboro

Significant

Accomplishments

Director of Catholic Social Services for seven years, Father Clements has

worked extensively with administrative and counseling teams.

Photo by Joann Keane with his fellow priests their ministerial priesthoods at the annual

iring

are

(l-r)

itual

jubilarians Father

Thomas Clements,

Father

James

Soalri,

Jesuit Father Robert

Franciscan Father Father Edgar Holden, Jesuit Father Robert

Celebrating 50 Years Born:

September

Education

West Catholic High School

2,

1916

in St.

Paquet

As A

Priest

Romuald, Quebec, Canada for Boys, Philadelphia;

Transfiguration Parish, Philadelphia;

St.

Andrew-on-Hudson,

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Woodstock College, Woodstock, Md.

Ordained:

June

Born: Education:

40 Years As A

Priest

July 31, 1930 in Richmond, Va. St.

Benedict College, Atchison, Kan.; Collegio di Sant'

Anselmo, Rome; Pontifical Biblical

Institute,

June 28, 1955

in Assisi, Italy

Assignments: 1960-68

Chairman, Department of Theology, Belmont Abbey College Academic Dean, Belmont Abbey College

1970-78

1978 1978-83

Began Holy Family Mission, Clemmons Pastor of

St.

Michael Church, Gastonia

Pastor of St. Eugene Church, Asheville

1993-present

Pastor of St. Leo Church, Winston-Salem Significant

Belmont Abbey in

1983.

He

for 33 years, he

was incardinated

Jesuit Tertianship at Auriesville,

in

in

Md.

N.Y.

1948- 50

Professor at

1950-53

Assistant Pastor of St. Aloysius Church, Leonardtown,

1953-58

Professor and Student Counselor at Scranton Preparatory

1958-67

Professor at Georgetown Preparatory School, Rockville

1967-69

Assistant Pastor at Old

1969-80

Assistant Pastor at

1980- 81

Sabbatical year in Toronto,

1981- 85

Assistant Pastor/Pastor at

1986- 87

Sabbatical year in Hot Springs, N.C. and Wernesville, Pa.

1987- 89

Assistant Pastor at

St.

Joseph Preparatory School, Philadelphia

Md.

School, Rockville

1989-present

Assistant Pastor at

Significant

Clemmons.

into the

A monk of

Diocese of Charlotte

has served as Rector of the Seminary at Belmont

taught theology and scripture there.

Professor at Scranton Preparatory School, Rockville,

1947- 48

Accomplishment

began Holy Family Mission

Theologate Community Chapel

St.

St.

Joseph Church, Philadelphia

Ignatius Church, Baltimore

Canada

St.

Ignatius Church, Baltimore

St.

Charles Borromeo Church,

St.

Peter Church, Charlotte

Ahoskie, N.C.

1983-93

In 1978, Father Solari

at Jesuit

1946- 47

Rome;

Catholic University of America, Washington

Ordained:

1945

Woodstock by Bishop John McNamara Assignments

Father James K. Solari

Celebrating

17,

Abbey and has

Accomplishments

Father Paquet has maintained his desires and interests to keep his knowledge, skills and abilities current by attending conferences, years.

etc.

summer

schools, workshops,

during his high school teaching and parish pastoral ministry

Catholic

News

&

May

Herald

People Christophers Light 50th Anniversary Year With 50 Spirit Awards

NEW YORK (CNS) — As part of The

their 50th anniversary celebration,

Christophers have presented a special Spirit

Award

50 people from around

to

whose diverse

the world

efforts reflect

Christopher principles in action. Among the winners are: Cardinal Paulo Evaristo

Arns of Sao Paulo, Brazil; former Presi-

Jimmy

dent

Hu-

Carter, a Habitat for

manity volunteer; Rabbi Harold Kushner, author and speaker; singer and guitarist Tony Melendez, born without arms; Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who founded the Missionaries of Charity to serve the poor; and Wendy's founder Dave Thomas, who established a foundation to

In

York. Sister Janet R. Walton, who had been serving as an associate professor,

was named professor of worship.

Mary

C. Boys,

who

Sister

formerly taught

at

Boston College, was named professor of practical theology, aposition focused on religious education. Both nuns are Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, an order with its generalate in Longueuil, Quebec. Several members of the order came from across the country for the installation. Union Seminary, established in 1836 under Presbyterian auspices, later became an independent, interdenominational institution. Predominantly Protestant until the 1960s,

it

achieved recognition as one of the leading theological schools of the world.

19,

1995

The News assembly of the Latin American bishops' council elected Honduran Archbishop Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa to a four- year term as president of the council, known as CELAM. Chosen on the third day of the weeklong assembly taking place at the headquarters of the Mexican bishops' conference in Cuautitlan, Archbishop Rodriguez pledged in a press conference to work to stem the deterioration of moral values and economic opportunity that he said contributes to Latin

problems. "There

is

American social no longer a gap

between the rich and the poor" in Latin America, said the new CELAM president. "There is truly abottomless abyss."

was named coadjutor archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa, last August. The pope also named Father Michael R. Cote, 45, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Auburn, Maine, as an auxiliary bishop in Portland, Maine's only diocese. The ap-

pointments were announced in Washing-

May

ton

9 by Archbishop Agostino

Cacciavillan, apostolic pro-nuncio to the

United States.

New UNICEF Head

Says She's Not Expecting Change In Agency's Work

UNITED NATIONS (CNS) new

Carol Bellamy, the

—

director of

UNICEF, said May 3 any change

in the

she did not expect agency's policy on

abortion or contraceptives. Speaking at

Prelate Says Catholic Colleges'

a press conference at U.N. headquarters,

Msgr. Yzermans, Vatican II Expert And Author, Dies

Character Must Be Institutional NEW YORK (CNS) The Catho-

abortions or contraceptives. "I do not see

must be

tense press coverage of allegations that

ST. CLOUD, Minn. (CNS)— Msgr.

Vincent A. Yzermans of St. Cloud, a noted journalist and prolific author who

of involvement by Catholic individuals,

tration as director of the

Cardinal Hans Hermann Groer of Vienna,

directed the U.S. bishops' daily press

the prefect of the Vatican Congregation

began work May

Austria,

engaged in homosexual acts growing campaign against the Church and its moral teachings, said a

briefings during the

signal a

Council, died

leading Austrian bishop. "Austria

failing health,

awareness about adoption.

raise

Bishop Sees Bias In Media Scrutiny Of Austrian Allegations WARSAW, Poland (CNS)

—

In-

—

Second Vatican

lic

character of a Catholic university institutional, not just the result

for Catholic Education said in a

New

May 4 at Ladera Nursing

York address. Cardinal Pio Laghi, former Vatican pro-nuncio to the United States,

Kulturkampf," said Bishop Kurt Krenn of Sankt Polten, referring to the campaign against Catholic influences in 1 9thcentury Prussia. "The Austrian bishops have stood clearly and decisively behind

Albuquerque, N.M. Long in he died of pneumonia following surgery for an aneurysm on the aorta. He was 69 years old. He was buried at St. Agatha Cemetery in Coates following a funeral Mass May 9 at St. Mary's Cathedral in St. Cloud. Throughout the council he was director of the

Church teachings

daily afternoon press panels at which the

this relationship

U.S. bishops and theologians at the coun-

thority,"

is

periencing something akin to a

ex-

new

But there has been a particularly sharp media struggle against papal documents and against the Church's stance on priestly celibacy and women priests," he said.

The bishop spoke in Warsaw while attending an early May meeting of the in these areas.

Home

cil

in

briefed reporters

and

their

meaning.

on council events

He was

chief press

spokesman for the U.S. bishops from 1 964 to 1 967 as director of their Bureau

Polish bishops. Cardinal Groer, 75, has denied the allegations leveled against

now called the Office of Media Relations. He was editor in chief of the national Catholic newspaper Our

him, but widespread press coverage of

Sunday

damaged the Church's im-

the issue has

age. After the accusations appeared, the

cardinal resigned as president of the

of Information,

and of Priest magazine editor in chief of another magazine for priests, Homiletic and Pastoral Review, 1970-71 Visitor

1967-69.

He was

Austrian bishops' conference, and the Vatican appointed a coadjutor archbishop

with right of succession to the Vienna

Honduran Elected To Head Latin American Bishops' Council

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"It

remain Catholic as it would be for any other institution in the Church if it were to lack

—

—

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he said. The cardinal was the principal speaker at a convocation held May 9 by St. John's University.

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but it reflects the ethnic and nationalistic

inspection of East European societ-

divisions that have flared in the region

II is

he struggled to help free from communist rule.

The May 20-22 trip to the Czech Republic and his native Poland gives the pope a chance to see if these new societies are being built according to the Christian moral specifications he advocated in ies

past visits.

A tough ecumenical test also looms for the pope,

who

before the trip' s

turned 75 two days

start.

The main event of

the three-day journey is a Mass to canonize

The split was a peaceful, negotiated one,

preparing for another on-

John Paul site

To Czech Republic, Poland

Trip

Blessed Jan Sarkander, a 17th-cenby Protestants during a

tury priest killed

religious war. Protestant leaders see

Blessed Sarkander as a symbol of Catholic efforts more than 370 years ago to

ecumenical tensions hinder pa-

dreams of united Christian efforts to cement spiritual values into the building blocks of new East European societies.

The visit comes at a time when Eastern Europe is having problems sweeping away the political and ideological rubble of communist rule.

Czech Catholic leaders complain of pal

an atheistic, anti-clerical mentality in-

from Soviet domination

herited

placing legal obstacles in the

The schedule calls for Blessed Sarkander to be canonized during a May 21 outdoor Mass in Olomouc, the city where he was tortured to death in 1620 after being

that is

declared a saint at the same ceremony

munist rule.

In Poland, ex-communists are back in control of the government. They are without their Marxism, but still determined to cut into the Church' s power and prestige.

is

Blessed Zdislava of Lemberk, a 13thcentury noblewoman and mother of four known for her charitable works.

Czech and world Protestant leaders have protested to the Vatican and Czech Catholic officials, and Czech Protestant leaders have threatened to sever dialogue with local Catholics if Blessed Sarkander canonized.

Bishop Pavel Smetana of the EvanChurch of Czech Brethren asked for the canonization ceremony to be postponed or done in a low-key fashion in gelical

Rome.

The Rev. Konrad

Raiser, general

has also protested.

Polish Protestant leaders have not criticized the canonization, but

torical

the spirit of the

hundreds of millions of

other people living in the Soviet bloc.

The pope

will

the trip in the

spend

all

but 10 hours of

Czech Republic.

The pope's 1990 trip to the Czech Republic, when it was part of Czechoslovakia, was his first to an East Euro-

stirring

The pope

is

expected to emphasize

on

sides and re-emphasis of the forced conversions of previous centuries, said Vatican officials.

One main problem, said a Vatican ecumenical official, is that Catholics and Protestants have radically different views that there are martyrs'

all

that the canonization is not a

of these religiously turbulent times.

The

1989.

ing of these periods.

Czech Republic and Slovakia.

— May 22 Belgium — June 3-4

Skoczow, Poland, Blessed

in

Sarkander' s birthplace.

pope favors joint studies

by Catholic and Protestant scholars to

Since 1990, Czechoslovakia has split

official said the

reach a

common

The pope

historical understand-

also will have to wrestle

with the contemporary Czech problem of

up general interest in Church life

attended church regularly.

and a specific interest in vocations.

The pope will not find the same enthusiasm as on his first trip, said Archbishop Jan Graubner of Olomouc. Some Czechs voice disapproval of the "duties and disciplines" of Catholic life, he said.

Archbishop Graubner said half of his

In Poland, church officials hope the pope's brief stopover injects some life into the country's dormant Catholicism and soothes Church-state problems.

Although more than 96 percent of

archdiocesan parishes are without priests,

that 36 percent said they no longer recog-

and many active pastors are beyond

re-

the

40 million

nized any moral authority. The pope was

million population listed themselves as

most popular public figure, but only 20 percent said they followed his teachings. This compares to 60 percent in

Catholics in the 1993 government cen-

1990.

the

tirement age.

More than 40

sus.

percent of the 10.9

In an April talk to Polish youths at

But a 1994 survey showed that only

12 percent of the Catholics said they

Bishop McGuinness H.S., the only Catholic high school in the Triad, announces

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into the

Czech Republic

The pope will have a chance to make that effort during the Mass homily and at

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to the

The trip will mark the pope' s second Czech Republic. It will be his sixth Poland, where previous trips were

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'Qmtwhwemonoj La Confirmacion Nunca

se insistira

demasiado sobre

importancia que tiene la preparacion familiar para que los muchachos reciban la

en forma consciente y con verdadero

provecho el sacramento de la Confirmacion. La falta de esta preparacion puede influir grandemente sobre los efectos practicos que produce la gracia del

las

personas que asistieron

al retiro,

durante uno de los descansos.

Por

Cuaresma

EDWIN RODRIGUEZ

El dfa 8 de abrfl se llevo a cabo en local del Centro

Hispano un

el

retiro

espiritual en preparacion para la Semana

Santa.

Las charlas fueron ofrecidas por el padre Roberto Graves y un servidor. El tema central de las charlas fue "como desarrollar una mejor relacion con

ambiente de recogimiento espiritual, donde una vez mas se pudo palpar la presencia del Espfritu Santo, que derramo sus bendiciones en todos los presentes.

A este retiro asistieron mas de 45 personas de diversas edades y nacionalidades, que al final de esta experiencia de un dfa, compartieron sus testimonios personales. Estos testimonios

fueron muy emotivos y verificaron que el

Cristo".

El padre Roberto enfatizo la

dando frutos en ese mismo Una de las ideas que se expuso

retiro estaba

importancia de los diferentes ministerios

instante.

dentro de la comunidad y de como servir

en las conclusiones es la necesidad que hay en la diocesis de crear un equipo o grupo que realice este tipo de retiros y que este disponible para viajar por las comunidades hispanas de la diocesis.

Para concluir este dfa de reflexion, el padre Roberto, junto con todos los presentes, celebraron la Santa Misa.

mejor a Cristo y a los hermanos. Tambien se enfatizo que todos los ministerios son importantes, que todo se basa en la humildad con que se lleva a cabo.

Por mi parte, yo enfatize la presencia de Cristo en nosotros y como se hace palpable en la Eucaristfa.

Durante todo el retiro hubo un

El

Papa

calificado

de

persona mas interesante Nueva York (CNS) Szulc dijo que biograffa del

el

— El autor Tad

habfa llamado

"Una

biograffa", pero el

querfa escribir una

publicista decidio que "la biograffa"

porque

estaba justificada. Szulc dijo que aun

interesante

cuando muchas personas han publicado "obras con recortes pegados" y libros acerca de varios aspectos de la vida del Papa, su biograffa es la primera con

Papa Juan Pablo

es "la persona singular

mas

II

de la escena mundial". El podfa emprender el proyecto, dijo, porque habla el idioma del Papa el polaco y comparte con el los antecedentes de la

—

—

seriedad a gran escala.

Mientras viajaba en

historia y cultura polacas.

"Todas mis conversaciones con el Papa fueron en polaco, lo cual significa una diferencia increfble", dijo Szulc. El conocimiento del idioma le permitio tambien leer la version original de las obras del Papa en polaco, incluyendo muchos artfculos no traducidos de sus ahos tempranos. "Creo que he lefdo todo lo que ha escrito, lo cual es una cantidad

el

avion papal

de regreso de los pafses balticos en el otoiio de 1 993 se pidio a Szulk que fuera a hablar con el Papa, dijo el. En aquella oportunidad, de la cual se informa en el libro, el Papa Juan Pablo observo que los hechos y las fechas no eran suficientes para una biograffa, sino que esta debfa ,

transmitir el "corazdn, el

alma y

los

fecha de publication oficial del mas reciente de sus 1 8 libros, "El Papa Juan Pablo II: la biograffa", editada por la

pensamientos" de la persona.

"Yo le dije que eso era exactamente lo que yo querfa hacer" dijo Szulc. El solo tuvo una entrevista formal con el Papa, preparada para la edition de la resvista "Parade" en la Pascua de Resurrecion de 1994, pero tuvo varias "conversaciones" en cenas u otras

casa Scribner's. Szulc dijo que

ocasiones no estructuradas.

impresionante", dijo

el autor.

"No tenia

idea alguna". el

Szulc fue entrevistado en Nueva Yor mes pasado, una semana antes de la

el la

padrinos.

Los mismos padres del confirmando presentar al niho a la Confirmacion. En caso de que ellos busquen un padrino o madrina, deben

pueden

tenerpresente:que seanposiblementelos

confiere el sacramento y, en fin, que procuren enviar a sus hijos e hijas con

sacramentos de la initiation cristiana que puedan de verdad ayudar al ahijado y a llegar a ser un buen cristiano.

Como ya hicimos notar anteriormente, la Confirmacion serealiza bajo la forma de un rito sagrado. Es de suma importancia que los confirmandos, sus padres y sus padrinos conozcan el desarrollo y el significado de dicho rito y asf, participen de una forma consciente y digna en su celebracion. La celebracion del sacramento de la Confirmacion puede ser llevada a cabo dentro o fuera de la

puntualidad a las clases de doctrina que

Misa.

se imparten en las parroquias.

(Con permiso de los Padres de Sociedad de San Pablo).

deber de los padres con referencia al sacramento de la Confirmacion: que procuren hablarles de este sacramento y de su significado para su futura vida como cristianos. Que les hablen en el tiempo oportuno, cuando empiezan a distinguir entre el bien y el mal y a enfrentarse a los primeros deberes de la existencia: que a tal fin aprovechen la

solemnidad misma del

Experiencia de

los ninos y especialmente en la preparacion a la Confirmacion los

mismos del Bautismo. Que hayan recibido

Sacramento.

En concreto, podemos asf resumir el

Algunas de

(V)

rito

en

el

que se

Los padrinos juegan un papel muy importante en

Papa

El

la

insta el

a Mexico a

dialogo

CIUD AD DEL V ATIC ANO (CNS)

del estado de Puebla.

El Papa Juan Pablo

"El pueblo mexicano esta comprometido con la promotion de una

II

alento al

gobierno mexicano a continuar el dialogo

con los grupos que se sienten enajenados de la sociedad mexicana y a cerciorarse de que los programas recientes de reformas economicas no recarguen

sociedad en

injustamente a los pobres.

por

En

redactado discurso cuidadosamente para el nuevo Embajador de Mexico ante el Vaticano, el Papa no se refirio explfcitamente a las tensiones que continuan entre el gobierno y los campesinos en el estado de Chiapas. Ni tampoco hubo referencia alguna ni comentario del Vaticano sobre los alegatos de grupos de los derechos humanos en el sentido de que el embajador, Guillermo Jimenez Morales, ayudo a encubrir un complot relacionoado con la masacre, en 1 982, de 23 indfgenas mexicanos en una region controlada por su familia, mientras el era el gobernador

un

Mayo "San Isidro labrador, pon

el

15:

agua y

quita el sol", es un viejo dicho que se usa

en

el

campo por

ser este considerado el

santo de los campesinos.

Isidro nacio en Madrid hacia el ano 1080 y alcanzo la santidad labrando la tierra. La pobreza de su familia le obligo desde muy joven a trabajar en el campo.

Muchas veces fue presa de la envidia de sus companeros de trabajo por su devotion y bondad. Cuenta la historia que uno de sus patrones, escuchando

quejas de otros trabaj adores espio a Isidro y le encontro rezando, pero a la vez, vio

dos angeles dirigiendo la yunta de bueyes y el arado. De ahf en adelante admiro aun mas al joven Isidro y este continuo su trabajo y su oration.

Siempre tenia algo para dar a los

necesitados, incluso a los pajaros, que les

la

formation cristiana de

continuar

—

los

aventaba trigo sin que este

la cual

todas las personas se

sientan respetadas, valoradas y llamadas

a edificar el bien comun", dijo el Papa.

"Me gustaria expresar mi agradecimiento el trabajo que,

aun cuando no

sin

dificultades, esta haciendose para que se logre,

en

las esferas polftica, social

y

una sociedad cada vez mas democratica, mediante el diologo y la colaboracion de todos, donde las personas y los grupos puedan reunirse para cultural,

manifestarse, trabajar juntos y aportar al

bien de la nation", dijo el Papa.

El gobierno esta continuando las

negociaciones con los miembros del Ejercito Zapatista de Liberation Nacional, grupo que en enero de 1994 se apodero de varias ciudades en el estado

sureno de Chiapas, como protesta contra en la region.

las injusticias sociales

San

Isidro

disminuyera en cantidad. Murio hacia el aho 1130. Felipe II de Espana, atribuyendo su milagrosa curacion a la intercesion del santo campesino, se convirtio en un celoso promotor de su canonization. El Papa Gregorio

canonizo

al

XV

santo el 12 de marzo de

1622, nombrando

el

dfa 15 de

mayo

como el dfa de San Isidro.

To Our Friends Edwin Rodriguez

tells

about the

Lenten retreat April 8 in Charlotte. Fifth in a series about the sacrament of confirmation. Author Ted Szulc calls Pope John Paul II the single most interesting person in the world. The Pope encourages the Mexican government to continue dialogue with groups that feel left out of society. On May 1 5 we celebrate the feast of San Isidro.

May

19,

The Catholic New:, &

1995

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Cardinal Says Pain Of Abortion VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— The

He said many women who have had

by

abortions experience a combination of

psychological and spiritual pain

felt

women who have had abortions can open the path to reconciliation with God and the Church, Cardinal

Healing

Spiritual

James A. Hickey

haunting grief and stress

the financial goal

is

a

criti-

cal component of the appeal,

—

what

is

Jim Kelley diocesan director of development appreciates the larger implications. "The campaign is not totally dedicated to fundraising; the

DSA

provides us an

sometimes called the "post-abortion syn-

opportunity to reach out and help other

drome."

people.

"In other words, abortion victimizes

of Washington said.

people

Through the DSA, we reach

who may

or

may

not be in our

not only the child but also the mother,"

parish or our city, but fellow Catholics

even the pain of abortion. It is a sign that one must return home," he wrote in an article published May 1 0 by the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.

The article commented on Pope John

the cardinal said.

throughout the diocese."

Paul IPs encyclical, Evangelium Vitae

the

{The Gospel of Life), which condemned abortion but asked women who have undergone them to seek forgiveness and

said.

"Pain need not destroy one's

come back to

faith,

the Church.

Cardinal Hickey said the pope's words showed compassionate under-

"Truly abortion is a 'soul-wound' to for through abortion, the parents contribute to the death of their own children. Scar tissue may cover the human spirit

wound, but

—

will not eradicate it,"

involves reconciliation through the sacrament of penance: confessing the sin, true contrition, penance for the act and receiving absolution.

woman to have an abortion, as well as the

things difficult to do, but he encouraged

be healed from

its

them

effects.

to

(From Page

draw strength from Mary.

to gain a firmer foundation in the

faith."

Albrecht

and

Gorman

call

more

CatholiKids an interactive publication,

find less kids surfing the net and

allowing kids to communicate back and

kids surfing the bible.

Since the basic tenets of faith education begin and are nurtured at home,

unorthodox; but it speaks to our kids.

And if it works, then I say, you go, girls.

forth.

that' s just the right

spot for CatholiKids.

Kids talking to kids, while keeping open

Good

luck, Patsy

Some may see it as

and Wendy.

CatholiKids is

—

sorry to say

the lines of. communication with their

a regular part of The Catholic

parents.

Herald.

It

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a grand idea, and based on re-

— not

News &

was inserted as a lagniappe for

sponse from our readers a long-overdue product for our next generation. "We want kids to take pride in our faith," said Albrecht. "Our goal is to provide a fun ,

our readers. CatholiKids

is

tion-based publication, and

a subscripis

available

through individual subscriptions, write CatholiKids, PO Box 51 152, Charlotte,

NC 28227-0001

for

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half years of instruction, the Mecklenburg

of ceremonies. Music instructors Alan

Area Catholic Elementary School Instrumental Music Program will present a concert Sunday, May 21, at 2 p.m. at St. Gabriel School auditorium. The concert will feature 140 students representing

Kaufman and Hillary Yost will conduct

Gabriel, St. Patrick and

the Assumption. the public

The concert

and there

is

St.

Ann,

Our Lady of is

open

to

no admission

charge.

Dr. Stan Michalski, coordinator of

PUT YOUR GIFTS dt the

Service of Others

vidual soloists and/or ensembles from

each school and selections by the cadet band, concert band, honor band and combined bands will be featured.

Dr. Michale Skube, diocesan superintendent of schools, has expressed continued support of the instrumental music program and praised its phenomenal growth over a short period of time. He has credited the success of the program to the cooperation of the principals, teachers and staff of each school.

Following the conceit, students will be invited to participate in a summer

program in preparation for the fall up of new students.

is in

sign-

of Charlotte

Contact Father Frank O'Rourke Vocation Director 1621 Dilworth Road East Charlotte, N.C. 28203

(704) 334-2283

decorated

term on the city

Bishop Curlin urged the graduates not to assume that presentation of degrees qualifies their success.

Instead, he encouraged them to chal-

lenge themselves to find work and pur-

pose in their lives

...

to challenge

them-

selves to see Christ not only in each

community and business

other, but in people

An honorary Letters

affairs.

Doctorate of

Humane

who

are less fortu-

nate than they are.

was awarded to Bishop William

G. Curlin of the Diocese of Charlotte.

His work in the Church has been marked

CCHS Seniors Awarded Scholarships CHARLOTTE — Matthew T. Yaeger, a senior

Discerning The Personality Of Jesus MAGGIE VALLEY A week-

—

long retreat July 12-18, "The Personalof Jesus," directed by Father Chester

Michael, author of Prayer and Temperament, focuses on who Jesus is as reflected in his Sermon on the Mount and

NC

1420 Soco Rd., Maggie 28751 or call (704) 926-

Charlotte Catholic

Chancellor' s Scholarship at Appalachian State University.

It is

for four years based

a full scholarship

on academic excel-

lence and extracurricular involvement.

He

is the son of William and Barbara Yaeger of Charlotte.

Aimee M. Favreau,

other scripture. Donation is $200. Register early. Contact Living Waters Reflec-

at

High School, has been awarded the

also a senior at

CCHS, was awarded the Baldwin Scholarship to attend It

Mary Baldwin College.

carries a merit stipend of

$6,500 per

year for four years. She is the daughter of

Crosswinds

(From Page

5)

Charlotte,

NC 28205

If you haven' t already done so, have your son evaluated by a psychiatrist to get a better handle on what the real problems are and to decide on a treatment plan, perhaps including both individual and family therapy. If out-patient treatment doesn't work, hospitalization

Rapha in Winston-Salem or Charlotte would be a possible next choice (800RAPHA). They have a separate adolesat

cent unit with therapists in the kinds

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private practice as a psychiatrist in

Winston-Salem. Questions for

umn may be

sent to: Dr.

this col-

Martha W.

Shuping, 1400 Millgate Drive, Suite B,

Winston-Salem,

NC 27103.

Stewardship

(From Page 6)

It wasn t until I was sitting in church on our first Stewardship Sunday, listen-

ing to

my

first

lay witness talk that

realized that something

was missing

my concept of stewardship.

If

I

in

steward-

ship meant giving of the "first fruits," the

Rohrman family was definitely falling short. Larry and I made a decision to Beth Manning

increase our giving

Loan Officer

age that very day. While a fluctuating income has kept us from tithing a full 1 percent, Larry and I place our church offering at the top of our priority list every time we sit down to re-evaluate our budget and our percentage of giving of

Call (704) 536-4575

PM 365-6601 Voice Mail 559-3597 After 5

School Board Openings:

The Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools Board of Education is seeking applications to fill open Board positions for the 1995-96 school year. The terms will begin in June, 1995 and vary from one to three years. There are vacancies at Our Lady of the Assumption and Holy Trinity and several at-large seats are also open. a child in

MACS,

intend to send a child to a

school or have previously had a child in a MACS school should send a and resume detailing parish and/or school involvement and state why you would like to serve by June 2 to: MACS Nominating Committee, 1 524 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207. letter

days with a trained, volunteer host family while problems are being worked on.

Dr. Shuping is contract staff with Catholic Social Services and also has a

of problems you are seeing

be Catholic Social Services Host Homes program through the Winston-Salem

(704) 568-7886

MACS

cases provide housing for a teen for 30

who specialize

with your son. Another possibility might

consultation, planning, and preparation for individuals and small businesses.

Accounting services available.

who have

They do counseling with adolessome

cents and their families and can in

Tax

Interested individuals

office.

'

P. O'Rourke Certified Public Accountant

The Diocese I

his fifth

A

3 at the

1

council of Wadesboro and active in civic,

Joseph

Consider in

Bishop Curlin was the homilist for his homily,

various selections on the program. Indi-

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PRIESTHOOD

compassionate ministry to the

Virginia Favreau of Charlotte. instrumental music, will serve as master

St.

his

May

3833.

CHARLOTTE — After two-and-a-

elementary schools: All Saints,

compared with other dioceses; some re-

Abbey Church. During

Valley,

Students To Present Band Concert

grades four to eight of the five Catholic

Operational costs for the DSA are approximately 4 percent of the overall campaign goal. This amount ranks low

banker and trust officer, he retired from Southern National Bank in 1 988. He was with the First National Bank of Anson County for more than 25 years and at its merger with Southern National was an

tion Center,

MACS

1 00 percent of funds over and above goal are returned to the parish.

Missions and parishes that fall short will be assessed the difference from their weekly offertories.

achieved,

the Baccalaureate Mass on

ity It's

as-

Once

sented to

CatholiKids turns the tide we'll

If

Each parish and mission was signed a specific goal for the DSA.

poor, homeless and disadvantaged.

veteran, he

way

from

years past, said Signs.

by

1)

executive vice president.

Notebook (FromPage 4)

financial gift reflecting an increase

porting expenses as high as 10 percent.

percent of their goal.

said the path to spiritual healing

He said many women may find these

to

have exceeded their assigned goals.

Twelve additional parishes are within 90

Abbey

He

and missions

date, 61 parishes

contributed to the DSA, with the average

he

standing for the pain that can lead a

need

To

more than 1 5,000 fami-

or 48 percent of active households,

lies,

Though

Can Lead To

All together,

1)

by a small percent-

our treasure to the church.

Stewardship has become a life

way of

for the entire Rohrman family. Larry,

the girls and

I

are grateful for the oppor-

deepen our faith by sharing our time, talent and treasure. When the offerthe tory gifts are brought forward offering of bread and wine, treasure and tunity to

—

self

—

let

ourselves

us take that opportunity to ask if

fruits,"or of

we

are giving of the "first

what

is left

over?

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ilic

& Herald

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19,

1995

Diocesan News Briefs month at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Consolation Church. Lead-

fourth Saturday each

Strawberry Festival

CHARLOTTE — Amazing

Grays

school follows.

of St. Patrick Cathedral are sponsoring a strawberry festival on May 28 after 9:30

ers'

and 12: 15 p.m. Masses.

Donations will go to the House of Mercy in Belmont.

last Thursday

a.m., 10:45 a.m.

St.

CHARLOTTE — Ultreya meets the each month at 7:30 p.m.

at

lows.

—

BELMONT — Father

Friday each month at 7:30 p.m.

in Baltimore, will lead a parish revival at

at Sacred Heart Church. Leaders' school follows.

Ultreya for the

Queen of the Apostles Church at 7:30 each evening May 22-24. Co-founder of

Morganton/Hickory areas meets the fourth Tuesday each month at 7 p.m. at

Edward M. Church

Ambrose Housing Aid

the St.

Center,

director of the Archdiocese of Baltimore

MORGANTON —

St.

4. To make donations, call Mary Thompson at (910) 869-2313 or Beth

June

Griffin at (910) 869-6452.

SummerCamp Ultreya for the

Salisbury /Albemarle areas meets the last

Miller, pastor of St. Bernard in

door prizes at a, Bethany Soand fashion show

ciety calendar party

Gabriel Church. Leaders' school fol-

SALISBURY Parish Revival

to provide

—

CHARLOTTE Camp Gabe, a day camp for children ages pre-kindergarten through 10, begins June 12 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

A half-day toddler pro-

gram

for children ages 2-4 is also avail-

able.

For information,

call

(704) 846-

6558.

Charles Church. Leaders' school fol-

lows.

MORGANTON

Music Festival

—

BOONE— A Youth Music Festival

Ultreya and

Urban Commission and African- American Apostolate, Father Miller special-

leaders' school open to all the Cursillista

benefiting the Edmisten family

izes in parish revivals.

of the diocese meets June 17 from 9:30

Living Waters Retreats

a.m.- 2 p.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church. For information, contact Tim Cochran at (704) 692-5205.

27 from 2-5 p.m. at Belmont Abbey College. Music is provided by Jimmy Ray, Anne Trufont, F-Troop, Father Damion Lynch & Company and others. Admission is $4. For information, call (704) 264-8338.

MAGGIE VALLEY

—A

week-

long nature retreat June 12-18 directed

by Father Frank Connolly and Sister Mary Ann Jansen explores "The Grandeur of God." The donation is $210.

A week-long retreat June 19-25, "Many are Called, But Few...," directed

by Father James W. Donlon, focuses on what makes one a whole, mature person.

Donation is $200.

A week-long retreat, "Walking the Gospel Path with Luke," directed by Oratorian Father David Valtierra is June 26- July 2. Donation is $200.

To

register for these retreats, con-

tact Living Waters Reflection Center,

1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, NC 2875 1 For information, call (704) 926.

3833.

Support Group Meets

ASHEVILLE

— A support group

for widowed men and women meets Sun-

May 2 1

day,

,

at 4

p.m.

at

Catholic Social

Services. Call Sister Marie

And Leaders'

Schools

next few weeks:

May 21

am

5

ASHEVILLE

— A day of

spiritual

Conrad Hoover for those living with HIV/AIDS, sponsored and funded by Caring Hearts AIDS Ministry and St. Joan of Arc Church, is Saturday, May 20 from 1 0 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. Joan of Arc Church. Lunch is provided. Transportation and child care are available. For information and registration, call Tim

Noonan

at (704)

Hospital Needs Volunteers ASHEVILLE St. Joseph Hospital is looking for adults and teenagers to volunteer in all departments. For information, call Volunteer Services at (704) 255-3676.

GREENSBORO — Volunteers are

needed at Hospice of Greensboro to work with patients with terminal illness and their families. Training sessions begin in June, Mondays and Thursdays from 68:30 p.m. For information, call Mil Hendrixat(910) 621-2500.

Faith Inquiry

WINSTON-SALEM — People re-

—

turning to the Catholic faith and non-

Catholics interested in learning about

Catholicism are invited to an inquiry session at Joseph House Wednesday, May 31 from 7:30-9 p.m. For information, call Sister Patrice at (910) 722-

Youth Ex-

(800) 845-2121.

Donations Needed

— Items

munion at St. Gabriel in Charlotte, she wore the dress her mother, Kathy Crosby, wore for her First Communion 44 years ago. The dress was made by Kathy's mother. Elizabeth was one of 1 50 children who made their First Communion at St. Gabriel.

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan news briefs. Good photographs, preferably black and white, also are welcome.

Please submit news releases and photos at least 10 days before the date of publication.

—

BREVARD The Knights of Columbus Spring Garage Sale is at Sacred Heart Church Saturday, May 27. Donations are accepted at the rectory on Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon until May 20.

Perpetual Novena

CHARLOTTE —

There

is

a per-

Mother

at

Vincent de Paul Church, Mondays 8:30 a.m. For information,call Eva (704) 542-1614.

at

St.

at

Pre-Catechumenate Institute

HICKORY — Ideal for parish staff,

initiation teamsand those who

the pre-catechumenate,

work with "The Pre-

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Member of

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Gabriel Church

May

The Catholic News

1995

19,

& He&ikt

World and National Briefs Army To Study Priest

School's Purpose; Protests

Vows To Keep Up

—

The WASHINGTON (CNS) Army has commissioned an outside evalu-

have the secretary of commerce award grants to nonprofit entities to assess the level of violence

on TV

— on networks,

cable and local stations.

—

ation of the School of the Americas,

which has been criticized by Church activists and others for training Latin American military. Maryknoll Father

Urges Catholics To Join Health Care Debate WASHINGTON (CNS)

Roy Bourgeois, the organizer of opposi-

tionally

Benning

tion to the school at Fort

in

Columbus, Ga., called the study merely damage control and said he would continue his five-year campaign to close it.

He and other critics, including numerous

Ethicist

known medical

—A

ethicist

na-

urged

Catholics to play a leading role in the

U.S. health care reform debate to protect the nation' s sick and vulnerable from the

current "frenzy for cost-cutting. "Speak-

ing at the annual dinner of the John

Edmund

religious congregations, say the U.S.

Carroll Society April 28, Dr.

government should not sponsor a pro-

Pellegrino said that following Congress'

gram whose graduates

failure to enact health care

are responsible

and murder of civilians.

for torture

year, there

a

is

lull in

— To

DETROIT (CNS)

reform

the debate

window of opportunity

that

last

— "a

weighs

heavily on Catholics." "I appeal to you,

Cardinal Calls Latest Assisted Suicide 'Tragic, Dangerous'

join the discussion," said Pellegrino, who

assist in a

directs Georgetown University's Center

suicide remains "a tragic and dangerous

for Clinical Bioethics. "Health care re-

no matter how many times

act"

pens, Cardinal Adam J.

hap-

it

Maida of Detroit

May 8 after Jack Kevorkian' s latest

said

action. Kevorkian, a 66-year-old retired

pathologist,

was present

May

for the

ian Universalist minister

who had been

from pulmonary

suffering

fibrosis. It

was the 22nd time since 1990 that Kevorkian had been involved in such a death, and the first time since the U.S.

Supreme Court on April 24 affirmed the constitutionality of Michigan' s law ban-

Senate Bill Calls For Issuing 'Report Card' On Tv Violence

fund a quarterly "report card" on

television violence for

two

years.

The

was introduced May 9 by Sens.

Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., and Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas. At a May 9 press conference announcing the bill, Dorgan said that TV shows are rated overnight bill

on the basis of their popularity. "I'd like to know what the most violent television shows are," he said. Dorgan has pushed the idea of a

two

winery that had been the target of a nationwide boycott have agreed to hold the first farm labor election in the history of Washington state. The May 4 agreement between the and the Chateau Ste. Michelle winery came at the end of a three-year boycott of the Woodinvillepresibased company's products. dent Arturo Rodriguez told Catholic News Service the agreement is the most

UFW successfully

significant since the

years.

Vatican could be brought closer by the search for personal and social peace.

possession of a titular church assigned

largely under

—

him when Pope John Paul

II

named him

a cardinal a year earlier.

nam

which has already been strengthened by 40 years, is

the suffering of these last

experiencing a period of expectation for

resuming

its

full

Music: Aquinas

St.

Thomas

Church activities in Vietnam remain government control, but

there has been a gradual relaxing of

in Alpharetta,

1995. Excellent benefits

Ga. (404) 475-4506. Ac-

2300

and appropriate salary.

Please send resumes to

households, diverse min-

Elizabeth Thurbee, 1524

parish of

tive

supportive

istries,

Plan/coordinate

staff.

all litur-

E.

Morehead

lotte,

St.,

Char-

NC 28207.

gies, train staff/volun-

"There are many problems. Nevertheless, this Church intends to follow the

Director,

pervise choirs. Requires

Area

liturgy/music degree;

position with Catholic

Office:

Charlotte Full Time

keyboard proficiency

Social Services. Director

preferred; liturgy educa-

of

tion;

OCIA

experience;

collaborative skills. Call for

job description and

application.

social service

agency

with 12 staff members.

Agency

offers profes-

At the Mass, Cardinal Pham Dinh was praised for his steadfast faith during 30 years of house arrest by Vietnamese authorities. The cardinal spent much of

books aimed particularly at people without advanced education.

saints in giv-

In Hanoi, the cardinal has already

created active groups of lay people, mar-

Holy

riage preparation courses and a voca-

crucified and risen Christ, to the

pregnancy support, adop-

Director, Ministries:

Diocesan

tion, foster care

and

tions drive.

Church," he said.

He said one of the Church's goals was to help build, along with other Vietnamese citizens, a future of happiness, prosperity and peace for the Asian country. He suggested that his country and the

has 130 students, and in June 50

Paul II said the ceremony was part of the

statement commemorating the 50th an-

Church's Eastertime rejoicing. "The Church rejoices because God is the creator of all the earth, the creator of all nature, inanimate and animate," he said

niversary of the end of World War II. The statement was dated May 3 and made public in Zagreb by the Catholic Press Agency of the Zagreb Archdiocese. It was signed by all four Bosnian bishops. The bishops lamented that "for

to the universal

May 7. "The God who has created us has also made us new creatures in Christ."

The Italian priest and the four nuns two Italians, a Venezuelan and a German

—

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sis intervention services.

Candidate should have a

Social Services. Respon-

Master's Degree in Social

sible for supervision, de-

Work or a closely related field, a minimum of three

velopment and coordination of Family Life en-

richment

programs.

in

Vietnam.

nearly the entire 20th century, our soil

said during the Mass in St. Peter' s Square.

In Northern Burundi

Bosnian Bishops Ask Warring Factions To Forgive Enemies ZAGREB, Croatia (CNS) Bosnia-Herzegovina's bishops have

Catholic Relief Services worker was shot

Pope Calls Beatifications

asked their country

office in Kirundo, Burundi,

Part Of Eastertime Rejoicing

forgive their enemies, not blame them for

ference.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Beati-

lived lives filled with praise for

and concern

God

has been marked by injustices, conflicts, bloodshed and blame."

for his creation, especially

pope

CRS Worker Found Dead

WASHINGTON

—

'

s

warring factions to

"The ... will never end

the slaughter of innocent victims.

enumeration of 'guilts' if there is no forgiveness," they said in a

and

for supervision

a Volunteer Board and de-

which operate resources. Position availunder the umbrella of able June 15, 1995. Ex-

ministries

and ap-

Catholic Social Services.

cellent benefits

(60%

time). Candidate

propriate salary. Please

should have a Master's

send resume to Elizabeth

in Social

Work or Thurbee,

a related field, a mini-

125th anniversary 30 September

1995

at

Knock,

Ireland. Father

Father

John

Howard Krick

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CRS's regional was found

ran

shot in the head on a dirt road leading to

was found on a main road about six miles east of where his body was found. Catholic ReServices

is

the U.S. bishops' over-

seas relief and development agency.

who was ethnic Greek, was born and raised in Burundi. Jim O'Connor, CRS country director for Lascaris,

Burundi, told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview that Lascaris' body was found by workers from the organization Doctors Without Borders. Speak-

May

CRS

10 from the

office in

Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, O'Connor said the reason for the

murder was un-

clear.

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a refugee camp. His vehicle

ing

Knock, Ireland, where the Blessed Mother appeared and will visit other

—

8 in a violence-plagued

who

Lascaris, 32,

work with

program development velop relationships with for the other Diocesan community agencies and

Degree

SERVING THE TRIAD.

Pilgrimage To Ireland ^\ The sisters of Maryfield Nursing Home, The Poor Servants of the Mother of God, will celebrate their

May

administrative experience, ability to

of and

FAITHFULLY

fA

killed

(CNS)

area of northern Burundi. Dimitri

years supervisory and/or

(40% time). Responsible

new

be ordained, which some observers consider a remarkable number given the current situation of the Church priests will

winery to agree to a union election, said Franciscan Sister Adela Gross of the Office for Pastoral Care for Migrants and Refugees at the U.S. Catholic Con-

cri-

position with Catholic

The archdiocesan seminary

Father as the vicar of Christ on earth and

sional counseling, substance abuse intervention,

pastoral areas over

ing a witness of absolute fidelity to the

Murphy and

teers in liturgy/music; su-

many

the last 10 years.

the poor, sick and abandoned, the

visory experience. Posi1,

not an obstacle and does not

cant role in the campaign to get the

a bright, sunny spring day, Pope John

tion available July

is

together for peace," he said.

lief Director of Liturgy and

8,000 miles that divide

his time writing religious instruction

activity," the cardinal said.

example of its 117 martyr

1

prevent us from praying and working

restrictions in

"In this delicate moment our Church,

better times, before

"I think the

(Rome) from the distant country of Viet-

—

fying five founders of religious orderspn

employment opportunities

VATICAN CITY (CNS) A Vietnamese cardinal said that after decades of suffering, the Church in his country is preparing to resume its full activity in full loyalty to Rome.

Cardinal Paul Pham Dinh Tung of Hanoi made the remarks May 7 at a Mass in a Rome suburb. He was taking

organized grape workers in California more than a decade ago. Churches throughout the country played a signifi-

TV violence report card for

The Television Violence Report Card Act of 1995 would

the past

WOODINVILLE, Wash. (CNS)— The United Farm Workers Union and a

UFW

—

(CNS) A bipartisan effort is under way in the Senate to

UFW

Rejuvenated Reaches Agreement With Boycotted Washington Winery

UFW

ning physician-assisted suicide.

WASHINGTON

form is urgently needed. We should worry about the" moral tone, the moral quality of proposals. We (Catholics) have not been heard loudly enough in the debate."

8

death of the Rev. John Evans, a Unitar-

Vietnamese Cardinal Says Church To Resume Full Activity

St.

bu,

Msgr. Richard Allen

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This year, the churches will work on

phases of construction and expect more than 1 50 people from both parishes to be involved in construction and many all

II

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more

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While this is St. Gabriel' s first Adopta-House, other local parishes have completed houses of their own. Parishioners

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Habitat leader

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from

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Michael Shorkey,

Gabriel for the past

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rian

about $13,000

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St.

several donations

Cross and Crown Lutheran Church.

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