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News & Herald Volume 4 Number 34 » May

Serving Catholics in Western North Carolina in the Diocese of Charlotte

1995

5,

Diocesan Youth Celebrate Christ At 'Woodstalk' By

EDUARDO PEREZ

creator. "Jesus

Staff Writer

CLOVER, joy, prayer

— A weekend of

S.C.

and laughter, the Diocesan

Youth Conference concluded with a Mass Damion Lynch, pastor of St. Elizabeth Church in Boone.

The 18th annual conference dubbed Woodstalk focused on the

celebrated by Father

—

—

manifestation of the spirit in joining this

may be

the beginning of a spiritual

may be

Trufont challenged the youth to cre-

— co-owner and operator of Camps Kahdalea and Chosatonga Brevard — blended com-

Trufont

summer

in

edy, music and spirituality in her presentation.

A

award is given to the teenager who most exemplifies the qualities of leadership

Lynch urged the Diocese

and compassion of retired B ishop Michael Begley, the first bishop of the Diocese

J.

of Charlotte.

"This whole weekend has been a

of Charlotte to always carry Jesus in

go out in the world and share the joy of God's unconditional love you must find Him within their hearts. "In order to

—

said Father Lynch.

"Find Jesus in every person you encoun-

yourselves

Youth Conference. Leading the procession is Father Damion Lynch, pastor of St. Elizabeth Church in Boone. Behind him are (l-r) Paul Birge, Marty Corts, Kevin Lampo and Peck Garner, all parishioners of St. Elizabeth.

Photo by EDUARDO PEREZ

Four South Carolina Bishops Sign Interfaith Covenant

By PAUL A. BARRA WHITE OAK, S.C. — Four South

The bishops

also agreed to invite

other denominations into their dialogue,

Carolina bishops of different denomina-

using the South Carolina Christian Ac-

tions signed a historic pact April 25,

tion Council as the vehicle.

agreeing to a common baptismal certifi-

Bryan, president of SCCAC, said the true value of the signing will appear in the future.

"This commitment to each other is indeed a historic moment," Bryan said.

"What is important now is what flows out of it. Where does this commitment go

cate and to an annual worship service for

Christian unity, among other provisions.

In the culminating episode of a fiveyear journey of ecumenical dialogue

known can,

as

LARCUM (Lutheran, Angli-

Roman Catholic and United Meth-

odist),

Bishop David B. Thompson of

the Diocese of Charleston, signed a cov-

enant with the state's Episcopal and Lutheran bishops.

Bishop Joseph Bethea of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church,

of the

who was a charter member

LARCUM model in the state, died

Bishop Robert Spain has come out of retirement as the interim

earlier this year.

bishop and will also sign the document.

To start the signing ceremony, the bishops recalled John's Gospel when Jesus prayed "that they may all be one" and asked the Holy Spirit to guide them before committing themselves to 10 actions.

Besides the agreement making baptisms valid across denominational lines and setting an annual interfaith liturgy, the other provisions of the covenant include: using both pastors in a mixed

marriage, developing spiritual nourish-

ment programs lies,

Dr.

Wayne

among the bishops. "We've been work-

ebrate

God within

ourselves and within

Carolina by his late father 22 years ago.

"I don' t know if ball-point pens will last for

Salmon

50 years

like this will,"

Bishop

said.

Sunday, closing speaker Anne Trufont said, though we may all be friends of creation, we should be friends of the

Catholic

NC Catholic RALEIGH As the

—

"We've been making

great strides

asking congregations to pray for

remarkable to see the hierarchy doing it."

The diocesan director of social ministry said the signing would have practical implications for social justice work.

regional assistant for four years. Though

Youth Ministry.

See Youth, Page 2

Bill

Another area of concern for the law-

General As-

The bill was filed by Rep. Ken Miller, R-Mebane. Miller, a Roman Catholic, says, "Our education system in North while state

is

not effective." Miller says

total state it

spending on education

sixth in the nation, the

ranks 48th in testing.

Miller says recent figures

20 point gain in Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATS) in North Carolina, but he said the rest of the nation had a 30 point gain. Miller says that means the state actually lost ground.

There are other reasons Miller would like to give a boost to private education in the state.

He

nancy males

rate is

around 19 percent of

fe-

in public schools," says Miller,

while the problem

is

practically non-

existent in private schools.

Miller is concerned that students educated in the public school systems in the state will not meet the standards of the future. "If they stay as they are

—

— our kids

now

be educated enough to meet the demands of the job market."

Private schools can also help ease the expected crunch on public schools over the next couple of years, says Miller.

He

in 10 years

cites figures that

70,000 more students

will not

show

there are

in kindergarten in

the state than in the 12th grade.

showed a

says while the drop-out

rate in public schools is at 20 percent, the

See Covenant, Page 2

was coordinator of the Diocesan Youth Council as well as Youth Minister

boro,

maker is teenage pregnancy. "The preg-

children.

would place

covenant.

—

—

Lawmaker Sponsors

MATT DOYLE

By

Parish in North Myrtle Beach, said interefforts as right-to-life, cursillo and ministries to the poor got a boost from the

in

To Assist Private Education

Carolina

of individuals in such

a pa-

stepping down as coordinator of DYC, he feels that he will always be involved in

On

Ned Johnson, a LARCUM participant form Our Lady Star of the Sea faith cooperation

Church

ation.

$3,100 per student to parents with children in private schools. The bill would give a tax break of $2,480 to homeschool

given to Bishop Edward Salmon of the Episcopal Diocese of South

is

rishioner of St. Paul the Apostle

Greensboro.

A very special award titled For God, For Youth was given to Tom Czarnomski. Czarnomski, a parishioner of St. Paul the Apostle Church, Greens-

pen

fountain pen filled with indelible

and the community. McDowell

each other," added Father Lynch.

The weekend kicked off Friday evening with keynote speaker Tracey Welliver, director of Faith Formation at St. Pius X Church in Greensboro.

Welliver urged the teenagers to become stewards of Christ, respecting and not taking for granted the gifts of His cre-

sembly continues its work, one bill in the

already in the pews," Johnson said. "It's

mation on controversial issues prior to releasing it to the press, and encouraging racial harmony.

outstanding service to church, school

House is drawing the attention of parents with students in Catholic schools. House Bill 190 would offer a tax credit of up to

—a — was

The Eagle and Cross award was McDowell for her

"All of us must tend to the needs of our brothers and sisters. We must cel-

is

ink

become in

touch with God," said Pautsch. "The conference made it easier to understand God and his unconditional love for us." presented to Becky

making that permanent," he said.

The bishops signed the covenant with a special pen for that same reason. The

ing well together for five years. This

for inter-church fami-

unity and for each other, sharing infor-

first,"

great opportunity for teens to

ter."

from here?"

Bishop Thompson said the covenant signing formalized the conversations

in

Paul Kotlowski, diocesan coordinator of

400 teenagers from around

the processional for the closing liturgy at the annual

Church

Mooresville, was presented with the coveted Bishop Begley Service Award. The

In his homily Father

in

surprised Angela Pautsch, a pa-

rishioner of St. Therese

the

it

Youth Ministry.

drums were used

in

continuation of a spiritual journey, said

revolution, and for others

African

and here today

alive

ate a space in their lives for Jesus' love.

all

creation as one body in Christ. For some,

is

our hearts."

rate is negligible in private schools.

Miller says state figures say

it

will

cost $5 billion to construct the class-

rooms needed to accommodate the growing school population. "If

we

allow the

become involved in the school business more than in the past,"

private sector to

he says, "the bricks and mortar will not be paid for by the taxpayer."

There are alternatives to giving tax breaks says Miller, but he is not enticed See Schools, Page 13

Catholic

Erin

& Heraid

News

Graves (I) and Christine Nguyen

face on Joe Ludes.

All

four are

(r)

are amazed as

members

Casey Allison draws a smiley Ann Parish in Charlotte.

of St.

Newcomers To Church Invited To May 1 4 Mass At St. Patrick CHARLOTTE

— Wonderful

break

in

Griffin of

St.Ann Parish

in

1995

Charlotte plays guitar for a small crowd during a

the weekend.

Photos by Eduardo Perez

Youth (FromPagel) "I

have had the benefit of seeing the

potential leadership that today's youth

grant chrism, our seal of the Spirit, lingers in our nostrils.

where rejoice in the signs of the Promised

Eucharist

Land among us, and consider how even more joyful are these days for those who have newly entered this land that is home to so many of us.

The great vigil of Easter was the doorway that ushered us into the newness of the Promised Land. Many signs taught us the beauty of new, resurrected life. And so, during Easter, we think

back and remember and savor those signs which so strongly proclaimed the kingdom and our part in it.

We remember the crackle and warmth of the fire. We see the magnificent candle marked with the wounds of Christ, but now aglow with light and

We hear the joyful shout of Alle-

—

we have tasted and seen the goodness of the Lord and we have experienced our pledge of future glory. And now as new and renewed Christians, we explore the meaning of being a

of Christ' s body in the world a

member

of His Church.

spirituality

The weekend was rience for

We

I

gather

May

14

Wadesboro.

On Saturday participants were kept busy with an array of workshop choices.

The workshops were "Special People Active In Ministry" presented by Carolyn Bergman, youth minister at St. M" jLael, Gastonia; "Help to Others" by Mercy Sister Carolyn Marry Coll, pastoral associate at St. Michael; "Come Together"

by Patsy Edmisten, youth minister at St. Elizabeth, Boone; "Theology of Ecology" by Paul Kotlowski, diocesan coordinator of Youth Ministry "Youth Making Church Alive" by Tom Czarnomski,

Bishop Will-

at

3 p.m. in St.

Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte.

Come, together with your families, friends

and sponsors and catechetical

Come, and meet others who are new to the Church. Come, and share teams.

Covenant

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

stories with

come in contact with," said Goodson, a

parishioner of Sacred Heart Church in

invited to participate in a special celebra-

iam G. Curlin on

confer-

— of being

new members of the Church are

tion of the Eucharist with

a profound expe-

Kim Goodson. "The

ence has put a fervor in my heart to go out in the world and bring truth to everyone

around our shepherd and celebrate our new life given by the Good Shepherd.

All

and commitment to each

other."

member

your joy and

so long absent,

conference can help them come out of their shells and move forward in love,

We have tasted the

split the silence of our meditation. The splash of life giving water beckons us to the font. The fra-

luia,

Joshua

5,

have," said Czarnomski. "Hopefully this are

the days of Easter! Christians every-

hope.

May

"

each other.

Amen.

;

D YC; "Let it Flow"

by Marty Corts, involved in youth minrecent coordinator of

"We

(From Page meet

can't

ourselves.

We

all

1)

the needs by

don't have the money,"

said Sister Susan Schorsten.

The Reverend Dr. Fred Reisz, presi-

and Bishop Dorsey Henderson of the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South CaroBishop Thompson said the size of South Carolina might make a difference in furthering interfaith relationships.

nary in Columbia, was the guest speaker

"Because we're in the 40th state in terms of size, we have the opportunity to make things happen, to dream those pos-

two-day event.

He

said that "the

boldness of the leaders issues a call for the rest of us to take seriously the imperative to be one in Christ."

Following the covenant signing on the second day, the four bishops held a panel discussion. The Methodists were represented by Reverend Debra Quiling.

Besides Bishop

Thompson and Bishop

Salmon, the others were B ishop James S Aull of the South Carolina Synod of the

of

St.Therese

dreams," he said.

Bishop Aull later said he hoped the LARCUM covenant would lead to local

in

Mooresville proudly displays the Bishop

Begley award which she received

lina.

dent of the Lutheran Theological Semiat the

Angela Pautsch

outstanding Christian leadership.

for

istry at St. Elizabeth;

"Traditional/Con-

temporary Prayer" by Father Lynch and "Spiritual POW-WOW" by Seth Corts and Tim Bibby, members of the Diocesan Youth Council.

sible

cooperative efforts such as inter-parish vacation bible schools.

Paul Barra

is

a staff writer for The

New Catholic Miscellany, newspaper of the Diocese of Charleston.

Watch For

LEARNING AND LOVING OUR FAITH

IN A

FUN WAT!

Coming Next Week!

Please pray for the following deceased priests during the month of May:

Reverend Henri Blanc, 1972 Reverend William McShea, 1973 Reverend Francis J. McCourt, 1982 Reverend Edward C. Smith, 1983 Reverend James A. Stuber, 1985 Monsignor Michael F. O'Keefe, 1994 Reverend Eugene P. Carroll, 1937 Bishop William J. Hafey, 1954 Reverend John A. Beshel, 1955 Reverend C. Ralph Monk, 1985 Reverend Joseph F. Bumann Reverend Francis Mayer, OSB, 1905 Reverend Philip Fink, OSB, 1917 Reverend Leo Kunz, OSB, 1917 Reverend Adelard Bouvilliers, OSB, 1950 Reverend Alphonse Buss, OSB, 1951 Reverend Charles Kastner, OSB, 1959 Reverend Edward Biss, OSB, 1969 Reverend Hugh Hagerty, OSB, 1979 Reverend Anthony Cahill, OSB, 1985

May

5,

The Catholic New s &

1995

More Than 200 Retirees Attend CRISM

Mary Jordan

champagne

of St.

Dorothy Parish

playing bingo at the

in

Lincolnton

CRISM

was the proud winner of a

bottle of

Retirees

try their luck at

'Spring Fling'

weaving pantyhose while dancing,

picnic.

By EDUARDO PEREZ Staff Writer

.

Photos by Eduardo Perez

HICKORY— More than 200 people attended the annual

CRISM

picnic,

"Spring Fling," at the Catholic Conference Center on April 27.

CRISM is dedicated to uniting Catholic retirees throughout the diocese in the three ministries of planning, praying and playing, said Suzanne Bach, coordinator of the CRISM ministry.

"Once in a while we need to take time for ourselves and experience laughter and joy," Bach said. "Spring Ring makes our Catholic retirees feel free and energetic during a wonderful stress-free day."

Carlita Hunter, author of Grey Hair and I Don 't Care and More Grey Hair and Won 't Care, led participants through different games and exercises during the day. Among games and exercises were, Hot Potato, bingo and line dancing.

THE ORATORY "Visions in Faith"

Joan Shawfety, a parishioner at Our in Greensboro,

Lady of Grace Church

attended the picnic for the

time.

first

"Today was like returning to kindergarten," said Shawfety "It has been the best .

time I've had in a long time and

I

am

looking forward to next year's picnic."

Spring Fling culminated with a Mass celebrated by Msgr. Richard Allen, pastor of St.

Ann Church

in Charlotte.

"Overall the day seemed to be very

rewarding for fully

we were

with a

little bit

all

who

attended.

Hope-

able to enrich their lives

of joy," said Bach.

Card Of Thanks Thanks to St. Jude for prayers answered and favors granted.

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You are sure to be delighted by this storyteller/theologian.

Visions in Faith is an annual

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Sessions are scheduled in the late afternoon and evening with a supper break. The Oratory provides a community environment for those who can stay overnight, while the schedule al so encourages commuter s.

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Bishop William G. Curlin

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sum of$

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May

1995

5,

(Pro-Life Corner Diocesan Respect

Life Office will

sponsor three Project

workshops

Life

in

May:

May 16 at St. Mary Church in Greensboro Wednesday, May 1 7 at the Catholic Center in Charlotte Thursday, May 18 at the Basilica of St. Lawrence in Asheville Tuesday,

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Editorial

For information,

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Children's Rights The United States finally has signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. But it now faces what is expected to be an uphill fight for ratification

Individual

by the Senate.

The convention outlines the responsibilities of gov-

'Diocese

VATICAN CITY (CNS) —Catholic philosophers should contribute to the growing academic debate about

reaffirms that children need special care and protection

ethics with a critical study of the concept of individual

because of their vulnerability.

To date it has been ratified by 169 nations, including the Vatican. It is the most widely ratified human

II said.

rights treaty in history.

27, individual freedom has been given such a high value

tion.

When countries ratify the treaty, they agree to bring their domestic

How

sions.

laws in line with the convention' s provi-

quickly this happens depends on the re-

sources each country has available. There is no interna-

enforcement mechanism. Roger Levesque of the University of Nebraska says, "It focuses on education, facilitation and cooperation rather than confrontation."

U.S. laws already afford a high degree of protection to American children but the convention would establish moral guidelines for a dialogue which is needed to further improve the situation of our children.

U.S ratification also would give this country greater authority in its advocacy work on behalf of children overseas. And there is little doubt that there is a growing need for that advocacy.

The convention is really an international legal expression of our fundamental beliefs about the minimum care and protection due to our children. As Pope John Paul II put it, "When one speaks of the rights of the child, one is really speaking of the duties of parents and educators to serve the child and its higher interests."

The International Catholic Child Bureau is mounting a campaign to urge support for the convention in the Senate. It asks for calls to members of the Senate to urge them to vote for ratification when the convention comes before them. The number for the Senate switchboard is (202) 224-3121. tional

.

In many schools of philosophy, the pope said April it has been used to justify "contempt for the weak happens with abortion and euthanasia."

Pope John Paul spoke to a Vatican conference studying the philosophical aspects of his 1993 encyclical, Veritatis Splendor (The Splendor of Truth).

He told the conference the 1993 letter proposed Gospel-based "foundations for Christian action" while his recent encyclical, Evangelium Vitae, (The Gospel of

Life), applied those criteria to the discussion cific

of "spe-

problems of great importance for the future of

humanity." of philosophical research today, the pope said. But without understanding the human person' s identity as a creature of

God

with an eternal destiny, philosophers cannot fully understand the human need for ethical guidelines. Faith provides the missing element, he said.

Human beings are physical and spiritual creatures with the ability to enter into a relationship with God, the pope said. From that spiritual openness comes an innate awareness that some things are good and others are bad.

It is

the

in the person of Jesus Christ that Christians find

most complete picture of a truly

free,

moral human

May

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II

Just before rain clouds

ered in

opened up on

visitors gath-

Peter's Square for the April

26 general audience, the pope asked for prayers for "the beloved African continent from where more frequent and disSt.

news reaches

us."

"A new, terrible massacre has left many innocent victims in Rwanda among people already sorely tried by genocide and war," he said. The United Nations estimated 2,000 ethnic Hutus were slaughtered by ethnic Tutsi soldiers April 22-23 in a camp for people displaced by last year's civil war.

'Nor can I remain silent about a serious violation of religious freedom occurring with the recent expulsion of a missionary from Sudan," the pope said, referring to '

Comboni Father Ottorino Sina, who was forced to leave the African country in late April.

79-year-old

"These measures create a climate of tension which disturbs peaceful coexistence and does not favor inter-

being.

"In this freedom

human

vocation of peace and working for justice," the pope said. "The theme of freedom, which is central in modern thought, is one of special interest for contemporary theological reflection," he is

rooted the

fraternal love, self-giving, solidarity,

religious dialogue,"

Pope John Paul

Philosophers and theologians must critically exam-

on

it,

he

said.

—

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II appealed for an end to death and destruction in Africa, denouncing new massacres in Rwanda and limits on

said in a pointed

reference to recent efforts by the Sudanese government to convince the world it is committed to dialogue and to

preserving the religious freedom of all Sudanese.

"In too

many African countries weapons continue

to dominate, prolonging already

said.

religious

Pope John Paul

turbing

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freedom and its relationship to morality, Pope John Paul

ine the concept of individual freedom and point out the

The Catholic

call

Freedom Needs

ernments to ensure that children have the family support and resources to grow up to be responsible adults. It

Yet, the U.S. Committee for UNICEF says its survey indicates that phone calls to Senate offices are running 100-1 against U.S. ratification of the conven-

7 p.m.

at

drawn-out

conflicts,

which lead to mass exodus and which sow destruction and death," the pope said.

Pope John Paul asked those at the audience to join him in praying that "the risen Lord would enlighten the minds and hearts of all leaders."

"Respect for basic human rights and a unanimous commitment to following the way of dialogue are the indispensable conditions for a future of hope and peace for these peoples," he said.

freedom in Sudan.

1995

Number 34

What Happened To The Promise?

Most Reverend William G. Curlin

Robert E. Gately

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Fifty years ago, the end of World War II brought with it the birth of the United Nations, the organization which we were assured was going to guarantee world peace. Right offhand, I can't think of any one of the 50 years since then when there has been complete peace in the world.

And, if the U.N.

performance in the recent past is any indication, the next 50 years aren't going to be any '

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I guess the best example of the failure of the U.N. do anything to bring about peace is the situation in what used to be Yugoslavia. The fragile truces which have been in effect in recent months are breaking down and the fighting between Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Muslims and between Croatians and Serbs is heating up

to

again. It's beginning to look like all-out war.

Peter Jennings of

ABC News

recently aired a

and verse of the United Nations failures in Bosnia. What it boiled down to was that most of the U.N. people at least at the upper levels special giving chapter

—

—

one way or the other what happened. my career in the news business, I've heard a lot of double-talk from officials. But I've heard very little that could match the excuses the U.N. officials gave for doing nothing.

I know there are dedicated people at the U.N. but didn't care

During

unless there are

some very

big changes,

organization ever living up to

its

I

don't see the

original promise.

May

The Catholic News

1995

5,

moment.

answered him

I

straightfor-

of 1 0 hours a month, I have heard confes-

wardly.

sions at St. Patrick's Cathedral. People

In the traditional parlance of the

coming and going all the time in the heart of midtown Manhattan so the flow of penitents is non-stop. I love it. The

you are a

are

sacrament of reconciliation is one of the most fulfilling aspects of my priesthood.

In the confessional

me

Christ acting in especially at the

experience Jesus and through me,

I

moment of absolution.

"No you are not a true Catholic.

He

heretic."

Church

replied almost

anyway I'd like to go to

casually, "Well,

took a deep breath and answered sorry but I can't hear your confession You don t seem to realize what you are asking. I am only a man.

If Jesus Christ is not divine, as

you claim,

you no longer accept the fact that Jesus Christ is God, you also reject the efficacy of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. If you believe that Jesus has no power to

Unfortunately, on rare occasions a penitent will walk

begin.

A

away before we even

recent experience left

me

sad

and disappointed. Of course, I couldn't and wouldn't share this with you if it had been an actual confession, but in this instance the penitent walked out before any confession began.

A young businessman came in and sat

down

for a face-to-face confession.

He announced immediately

that

he no

longer believed in the divinity of Jesus Christ and asked me where he stood with

Church? "Am I still a Catholic?" I wanted to explore his thinking a bit further, but he was not in the mood for a discussion. It was an uncomfortable

the

Is In a titled

It

Commonweal magazine article Lie," Richard

Schoenherr's picture of the declining

number of

priests accurately coincides

with several other studies.

of priests to the laity lower.

Much of the decline comes from an itself.

priesthood we would attract more men to

quences and

only because our Divine Savior acts in

Messiah. But you have rejected Christ's divinity, the very heart of our faith. This

a great folly.

He

them and through them. Maybe you haven't actually committed a sin in your

that celibacy is

central act of worship.

These

maintain an age-old

which didn't even

beginning of the Church?

Before responding to

is

more than

a difficulty.

I

can give you

your

a blessing, but there' s no point in hearing

do not judge you on that level, but you have rejected an essential part of the Catholic faith, and by your own choice and logic you have excluded yourself from an important part of the

your confession. I'm sorry." After a long pause he thanked me, stood up and walked away. I pondered long and hard what had

Church's healing ministry."

He was taken aback by the unex-

Either you accept

struggle to

conscience.

come

to terms with

I

taken place, but thing.

I

know

I

did the right

to

walk away from grace

is

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The truths of revelation are a gift. them or you do not.

Moral decisions may be subject

to

Requirement?

Priestly Celibacy

several other questions need to be posed.

First, is a

person wrong or odd to forego

the beauty of marriage in order to dedi-

God? Moreover, such dedication the result of a misunderstanding of Scripture and tradition, and even of God? Is celibacy solely a human idea, or does it arise from divine cate himself entirely to

exist in the

Father Eugene Hemrick

Second, why give up marriage and the gift of children? Is this the result of a personal calling? In

itself, is

the particu-

required by celibacy a God-

Third, does society benefit from a celibate priesthood?

What

statement

is

made about the value of women or family life when a person gives up the strong desire to marry and to have a family for the sake of God and the

make

Church? Might

a positive statement to

who strive to practice

justice and who search for some sign that their sacrifice is not in vain

when every-

thing around them militates against their efforts?

Fourth, this question,

The Human Side

inspiration?

leaders in society

tradition

Roman Catho-

Creed. Disbelief has inevitable conse-

deprive Catholics of the Eucharist, and that without the Eucharist, the church

Why

an option for

We are one people. We believe one

questioned whether Jesus was really the

celibacy

its

faith is not

continued, "Priests can absolve from sin

deterring priesthood candidates and will

people ask,

tinued,

time or another. John the Baptist even

driven call?

of attracting candidates are a reflection of the problem.

The precipitous decline has led analysts to argue that if we had a married

loses

ment process, but the deposit of faith is not up for grabs. The privatization of

He sat motionless as I con"Some of the saints questioned

sat silently as I

with confession?"

Seminary closings because of the

These voices argue

faith issue."

lics.

lar sacrifice

difficulty

it.

a

is

aspects of the deposit of the faith at one

not replacing

is

private conscience in a delicate discern-

"The problem you're having

is

By the year 2005 we can expect to have approximately 21,000 active diocesan priests, which is 40 percent fewer than the 35,000 we had in 1966. The average age will be higher, and the ratio

aging priesthood that

pected consequences of his denial.

bother

why

impart Divine forgiveness

Time To Panic Over The

"Numbers Don't

Father John Catoir

'

.

God' s healing love.

ization

One Candle

I

him slowly, "I'm

He cannot empower me to absolve you.

Only God can absolve from sin. Since

more thrilling than the realthat you are an instrument of

Light

confession."

is

Nothing

5

Away From Grace

Walking For the last five years on an average

& Herald

when we hear people argue

against celibacy on grounds that

it

leads

to a priesthood shortage that

prive rist,

may

de-

some communities of the Eucha-

might

we conclude

simply that

this

means we are all responsible for increasing the number of priests?

Frankly I do not have complete answers to these questions. I do know, however, that every time the declining numbers on priests is posted, there is a tendency to jump to the conclusion that doing away with celibacy will remedy the problem.

Seldom do we ask the deeper question: What is celibacy all about? As yet,

I

do not think we are frank enough in our

discussion of celibacy.

A frank discus-

sion of the experience of celibacy and

its

impact on the priest, others in the Church and society may just be what we need in order to understand celibacy at a deeper level.

Before we panic over celibacy and throw it out, we need to take a few more steps toward understanding it.

Father Hemrick is director of research for the United States Catholic Conference.

Copyright Š 1 995 by Catholic News Service

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Dear Dr. Shuping,

My son is a junior in college. His father and I are concerned about some

problems he is having. He has started having excessive concerns about cleanliness. After he has been in the chemistry lab at school, he will come home and shower for a full hour every day.

If he is outside and any of the neighbors are using chemicals on their lawns, he will also come in and shower for about an hour. He is constantly going around washing the doorknobs We are really concerned about him but he won't discuss any of this. We don't

know what to think.

ing

It sounds like your son my be sufferfrom obsesive-compulsive disorder.

People with

this

problem often develop whether

fears related to contamination

by "germs" or chemicals. People with OCD may wash their hands repeatedly for prolonged periods each day to the point where their hands become raw, or

Crosswinds

they may take excessively long showers,

even up to several hours each day.

People with OCD do not always have a focus on cleanliness although this is a common theme. They may have other rituals such as having to fold clothes in a certain way, and having to refold clothes (perhaps all day long) if they are not done correctly. There may be checking rituals, repeatedly checking all the electrical outlets to be sure things are not plugged in, or checking excessively to be sure all doors are locked. In each case, there is

Martha W. Shuping,

MD

intense anxiety and the feeling that some-

fectionist,

thing bad will happen

der goes beyond

if

the ritual

is

not

performed correctly Although some people use the word "compulsive" to describe people who are highly conscientious and perhaps per-

obsessive-compulsive disorthat. Obsessive-com-

pulsive disorder

is in

part genetic, asso-

ciated with decreased levels of the neu-

rotransmitter serotonin.

See Crosswinds, Page 16

6 The Catholic

News

& Herald

May

5,

1995

Marriages are Models Of Faith To have

a Paul, a mentor-couple,

and a Barnabas, a

faith

companion-

words of encouragement and affirmation empower a Timothy to work

help to

couple, married couples do the choosing.

However to have a Timothy, a protege-

harder at their relationship.

couple, married couples are chosen.

with them.

We have had the privilege of being Paul to younger couples after their PreCana, that we have been positive role models for them. It's not as much a challenge when they are couples who only see our ministerial side. When our

gift

we can

give them

is

The greatest

to pray for

and

Family Reflections

Timothies don't always tell their Pauls they have been chosen. As married persons,

we must assume

that

we

we see often, the "privilege" sometimes

impression of marriage. Those impres-

seems dubious. Sometimes it even seems burdensome. We shudder at the thought that these couples might see us at our

ing,

sions may have lasting effects on the Timothies who watch us.

To be chosen by a Timothy is a blessing. It's a call to be holy and God's gentle message to "Get it together!", often just when we need it. It's not a burden when we realize that God loves us in spite of our broken-ness, and that we have been chosen as Paul in spite of

words, even solicited words of advice.

our imperfectness. It invites us to try to be our best for ourselves and for others

When our Timothy needs our listenwe try to spare them our advice. Our actions speak so much louder than our

When they speak for direction, we try to point them toward God who will always lead

them

to love.

Sometimes simple

Terri Lyke

whom we

hold that serves those with

that our love is truly displayed.

&

being watched and chosen. This helps us to understand the public dimension of married life. Marriage is an "office" we

Timothies are close relatives, neighbors, co-workers, parishioners, or others who

worst times when we don't exemplify our ideals. Yet, we know that only in our realness, the good and the not-so-good,

Andrew

are

come in contact. We leave them with an

—

God's

for

glory.

Paul addresses Timothy as "my son in the faith (1 Timothy 1:2)."

St.

own

The Timothies in our lives are our "children" in faith. We model our faith as

beacons of light that guide us to successful relationships. Without the many faith

married people to other married people who are maturing in their faith. If you

companion-couples who have been Barnabas to us, our life would not be as rich and exciting. The precious gift of being chosen as role-models by Timothy-

have a Timothy, pray for them; encourage them; affirm them. Remember that the answers to their challenges may not be your answers. But through your witness of God's love in you, their answers

couples reminds us that

God chooses us

to be His. Having these three dimensions

of couple-to-couple relationships, we see

may unfold.

ourselves as ambassadors to marriage.

Marriage is a private relationship between a husband and a wife. But it is also a very public ministry to those around us, particularly other married couples.

Your comments are welcome. Write Family Reflections, PO Box 652, Matteson.IL 60443-0652 to:

We are especially enriched by the couples who have chosen

to

be Paul to

us, the

Programs For Volunteers A

our university

directories indicates, lay volunteers,

dorm want to find some place that can really use us where we can volunteer for service work this summer. Have

a significant factor in the life of the

you any suggestions? Or can you tell us where to look for possibilities?

their

Q.

few of us

in

(Ohio)

A. Since the

last

time I responded to

a similar question in this column,

two

short-

and long-term, have become quite

Church today. Every indication

is

that

Question Box

importance will continue to grow.

The Pallotti centers and the Catholic network (and F m sure there are others as well) deserve our thanks for making this information so readily available to American Catholics and others.

Father John Dietzen

wonderful publications have been brought to

my attention.

One

Response, the Volunteer Directory for 1 995 published by the Catholic Network of Volunteer Service. It lists is

,

the purpose, requirements, financial and living arrangements, training expectations and other information for dozens of

Q. You have said in your column and in your book that receiving Communion by intinction (dipping the host in the cup) prevents the option of receiving Communion in the hand. Several of our parishioners, including

myself, ask

why

they cannot receive

volunteer programs in the United States and foreign countries, with lengths of service varying from several weeks to

the host and then dip the host in the cup themselves. Can you explain? (New

several years.

York)

The

A. In

few are under Protestant or

all its liturgical

guidelines on

Church points out

non-denominational auspices. Write to

the subject, the

CNVS, 4121 Harewood Road

the theology and the entire symbolism of

Washington, 543-5046.

The

DC

other

N.E.,

20017; phone (800)

is

Connections 1995, a

Center for Apostolic Development (Box 893, Cardinal Station; Washington DC 20064; phone (202) 529-3330). Connections carries basically the same information as Response. Many listings overlap, of course, but each publication

includes some programs not in the other.

Openings are available to teen-agers, senior citizens and everyone in between.

As

the

that

Communion rite require that the Eu-

charist be ministered. This includes both

publication of the St. Vincent Pallotti

the presence of these valuable

that special situation is given in the same

If sufficient eucharistic ministers are

Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Church, 104 N. Main St., Bloomington, IL 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to Father Dietzen at the

lacking, the priest

great majority have Catholic

affiliation; a

The Church is so conscious of this need that it provides a separate form for ministering the cup ("The blood of Christ"), as well as an "emergency" procedure when not enough ministers are present at a particular Mass.

the consecrated bread and wine,

if

both

able person

may

who in

specific

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boundaries the homeless, the sick, those in prison, the stranger (Matthew 25:31 ). Our local families of faith are called to 'hunger and is its

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Tuesday:

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'the least of these' in

same

forms are offered.

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case of genuine ne-

occasion" (Immensae 973 instruction of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship).

A brief commissioning ceremony for a

how

they

Wednesday:

10:27-30

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John

ur parish

suit-

cessity would distribute Communion for

Monday:

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document.

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^> Thursday:

Friday:

Acts 13:13-25 John 13:16-20 Acts 13:26-33

John Saturday:

14:1-6

Acts 13:44-52 14:7-14

John

bom in 1260 at Forli, He was active in an anti-papal

Peregrine was Italy.

party but reformed his character upon meeting St. Philip Benizi. He joined the Servants of Mary and was ordained. He founded a new house for the order at Forli and became known for his preaching, austerity

and

holiness.

He suffered

greatly from a cancer on his foot.

The

prayed the night before he was to have his foot amputated and awoke to find it cured. Because of this miracle, he became more widely known. Peregrine lived until age 80. He is the priest

patron of cancer patients.

His feast

is

May' 1.

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World Day Of Prayer For Vocations May 7,1995 Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate Dear Brothers and Sisters throughout the

adherence to Christ. How many still do not know of whom to ask that question

young man" put to Jesus How many people's young days are at risk of

World

the "rich

"Pray the Lord of the harvest to send

losing out

Prayer for Vocations on the theme: "Pastoral care of

young people and pastoral

care of vocations are complementary."

desire to give a

remains strong

in the heart

its

The Christian community

of the World Youth Day.

is

called

The

existence

person with Jesus, making itself the mediator of the call and the teacher of the response which He awaits. It has the mission of bringing young people to the discovery of their personal call to be

of the body of Christ

Church. The Christian community

Let Us Pray

of every

new

generation. In the course of their journey

young people look for someone who will know how to speak with them about the problems which worry them and to propose solutions, values, perspectives which

What is needed today is a Church which knows how to respond to the expectations of young people. Jesus wants to enter into dialogue with them,

and through his body which is the Church, propose the possibility of a choice which will require a commitment of their

thus the natural setting in

is

people can complete their educational journey, discovering the greatest riches of their particular age and responding to that vocation which the God of life, from the creation of the world, has provided for each one. care of the

young, conceived and put into effect in the particular Churches, in parish communities, in church organizations, and in Institutes of Consecrated Life cannot fail to take into account this objective and

lives.

World Day of Prayer

for vocations, /

order to announce to them the ever-

on the close relation-

astonishing "news" of the Risen Christ.

ship which connects the pastoral care of

This is what is needed: a Church for young people, which will know how to speak to their heart and enkindle, comfort, and inspire enthusiasm in it with the joy of the Gospel and the strength of the Eucharist; a Church which will know how to invite and to welcome the person who seeks a purpose for which to commit his whole existence; a Church which is not afraid to require much, after have given much; which does not fear asking from young people the effort of a noble

fulfillment of their respective roles, to

that of

growth. In this regard, one must reject the temptation to a hurried impatience

invite all to reflect

young people and

the pastoral care of

vocations.

Having, on various occasions, called

upon young people throughout the world to meditate on Christ's meeting with the young man (cf Mk 10,17-22; Mt 19,1622; Lk 1 8, 1 8-23), I have already had the opportunity to underline that youth tains

its

when

true richness

it

is

at-

seen

principally as a ti me of vocational reflection.

The young man's question: "What must I do to have eternal life?" uncovers a constitutive dimension of youth itself.

The young man means, in fact: "What must I do so that my life may have meaning? What is God's plan for my life?

What is

his will?"

The dialogue which grows out of the young man's question offers Jesus the occasion to reveal the special intensity with which God loves those who are able to pose for themselves in vocational terms

the question about their

"Jesus looked steadily

him." The one

at

him and loved

it

seriously, finds

in the heart of Christ a care

reveals

future:

who lives with this voca-

tional tension, taking

of tenderness.

own

A

which

little later

is full

Jesus also

God' s response to whoever lives

his or her own youth as a favourable time

of spiritual orientation. The response

is:

"Follow me!" following Jesus that youth displays all the richness of its potentialIt is in

ity

and acquires

its full

meaning.

It is in following Jesus that

the young

discover the sense of a life lived as a

of

gift

and experience the beauty and growing in love.

It is in following Jesus That they feel

self,

become today the traveling companion of young people, who are often marked by confusion, resistance,

and contradictions,

and authentic adventure, such as

in

the following of the Gospel.

This commitment of the Church for young people, with the necessary atten-

3.

tion to elements of a pedagogical

cration,

which of

their nature require a

particular care.

A

plan of pastoral care of young

people cannot but have as its ultimate objective the maturation of a deep, decisive personal dialogue of the young man or young woman with the Lord. The vocational dimension is thus an integral part of the pastoral care of the young, to the point that one can say in synthesis: the specific pastoral care of vocations finds its vital context in the pastoral care of youth, and this pastoral care of is complete and effica-

young people cious

when

it is

open

to the vocational

dimension.

A natural predisposition for the discovery of what

is new, what is true, and good manifests itself with adolescence; at this age the first experiences which will mark the stages of growth towards the interiorisation of faith take place. The Christian community has much to say and to give to the young

beautiful

people

who are living these new experi-

ences, precisely because the gospel of

vocation can give a response to the ques-

That dialogue shows however that Jesus' care and tenderness can remain unanswered. And what is sad is the inheritance of life choices which distance

tions, to the expectations

us from him.

2.

How many motives, even today, hold back adolescents and young people from living the truth of their age in generous

these ideas. ,

It is

and to adoles-

the task of educators, in the

guide the maturation of different vocations, giving particular attention to

voca-

and the consecrated life. Even if their activity does not tions to the priesthood

directly bring about a response,

it

can,

however, facilitate it, at times to the point of making it possible. The fruit is always something new, original and fundamentally gratuitous: in the course of its

coming

posed

into being, this fruit is ex-

to all the uncertainties of

any

and an anxious worrying about the outcome and the rhythm of the growth of the seed.

From time

and

methodological order, can in no way fail to acknowledge that pastoral care of the various vocations is a primary duty. Nor can it fail to pay constant and specific attention to vocations to the ordained ministry and to the life of special conse-

truth of

themselves called to communion with Him as living members of a single body, which is the Church.

It is in following Jesus that it will be possible for them to understand the personal call to love: in matrimony, in the consecrated life, in the ordained ministry, in the mission "ad gentes."

Jesus with the disciples of

to time the educator is

called to be diligent in

sowing the seed

abundantly and wisely and then in fulfilling his duty without forcing the rhythm

of growth. His greatest aspiration will be that of creating educational journeys

which can bring about the young person' discovering the heart of God, so that fulfilling the will of God, he may succeed

immense joy of the gift that is life and of the life that makes itself in perceiving the

a

Sustained by the certitude that the heavenly Father continues to call very

many young people to follow more closely in the footsteps of Christ His Son in the evangelical counsels, and in missionary life, I

entrust to all the responsible au-

and to those engaged in the and of vocations the task, at the same time fascinating and demanding, of stirring up vocations. This must be done in such a way that there be "a more widespread and deeply felt conviction that all members of the Church, without exception, have the grace and responsibility to look after vocations." pastoral care of youth

(Pastor es dabo vobis, n.4I)

5.

I

am certain that

in this

World Day

of Prayer for Vocations the first place will be given to prayer. Let the whole Church pray with trusting hope, aware that vocations are a gift to

be begged for

community is the guardian and messenger of this response, because it is sent

ness of life.

by the Lord to reveal the ultimate meaning of life to the adolescent and the young

the extraordinary call to be all for

him to the dis-

vocation within the

live as

God wills.

O Virgin of Nazareth, the "yes" spoken in youth

marked your existence and it grew as did your life

itself.

O Mother of Jesus, your free and joyful "yes" and in your active faith so many generations and so many educators

have found inspiration and strength

welcoming the Word of God and for fulfilling His will.

O Teacher of life, teach young people to pronounce the "yes" that gives meaning to existence and brings them to discover the hidden for

"name" of God in the heart of

every person.

O Queen of the Apostles, give us wise educators,

who will know how to love young people and help them grow, guiding them to the encounter with Truth

which makes one

feel free

and happy.

Amen!

With these wishes, from

my heart I

impart the Apostolic Blessing to you, Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate,

you Priests, Deacons, Religious men and women and to all the lay faithful, in particular to the young men and the young women, who with a docile heart, listen to the voice of God and are ready to welcome it with a generous and faithful adherence.

From the Vatican,

1

8 October 1 994,

the seventeenth of the Pontificate.

Ioannes Paulus

II

PUT YOUR GIFTS at the

Service of Others

thorities

tian

own

is no true humanity unless there is commitment to

sacred ministry, in the profession of the

with prayer and to be merited with holi-

covery of his

may know how to

the world that there

gift.

cent and youthful restlessness. The Chris-

person, thereby directing

show

in

The paths of the pastoral

4.

At the conclusion of the decade I wish to give thanks to the Lord for the hope which that initiative sowed and caused to grow in the hearts of young people, and, on the occasion of the next

so the Church must

Church

which young

to

As Emmaus,

intercession so that in the

might beget new life and all members

life

are worth staking ones future on.

Ten years have now passed since the 1.

United Nations Organization proclaimed 1985 as "International Year of Youth."

On that occasion I sent a letter to the young men and women of the world to fix with them the joyful annual appointment

May "the Mother of the Redeemer" make

to make possible the meeting of the young

expectations!

meaning to

to perfection.

out a vocation can never be authentic.

on an authentic growth.

And how many

labourers into his harvest" (Mt 9,38).

With these words of the Lord I address myself to the whole Church, which on' May 7, the Fourth Sunday of Eastertide, will celebrate the annual World Day of

!

and all those who, journeying with them, make themselves their guides on the path

life. Every life, in fact, shows itself to be a vocation to be known and followed, because an existence with-

context of daily

To Mary, who in her youth lived out God and all for man in the wondrous mystery of the incarnation of the Divine Word, entrust

all

the

I

young people of the world

Consider

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Jornada Mundial De Oracion Por Las Vocaciones 7 de mayo de 1 995 vive seriamente la inquietud vocacional

ordenado y a

vida de especial

corazon de Dios, de forma que

consagracion, que necesitan por su misma

envfe operarios a su mies" (Mt. 9,38).

corazon de Jesus una atencion llena de ternura. Poco despues Jesus revela tambien cual es la respuesta que Dios da a quien vive la propia juventud como tiempo propicio de

cumpliendo su voluntad pueda llegar a entrever el imenso gozo que es el don de la vida y el de la vida que se hace don.

Sostenido por la certeza de que el Padre Celestial continua llamando a

Con estas palabras del Senor me dirijo a

orientation espiritual.

toda la Iglesia que el proximo 7 de mayo,

"jSfgueme!"

IV Domingo de Pascua, celebrara

Siguiendo a Jesus es como la juventud revela toda la riqueza de sus posibilidades y adquiere plentitud de

Venerables Hermanos en el Episcopado Queridos Hermanos y Hermanas de todo el

mundo "Rogad al Dueno de la mies para que

la

anual Jornada Mundial de Oracion por las Vocaciones sobre el tema: "Pastoral

juvenil y pastoral vocacional son complementarias" 1.

Han pasado

diez anos desde que la

Organization de las Naciones Unidas proclamo al ano 1985 "Ano Internacional de la Juventud". En aquella circunstancia dirigf una carta a los jovenes y a las jovenes del mundo para fijar el gozoso encuentro anual con ellos en la Jornada

Mundial de la Juventud.

Al termino del decenio deseo agradecer al Senor por las esperanzas que tal iniciativa ha sembrado y hecho crecer en el corazon de los jovenes, con ocasion de la proxima Jornada Myndial de Oracion por las Vocaciones, invito a todos a reflexionar sobre el estrecho lazo que une la pastoral juvenil a la pastoral vocacional.

Invitando en repetidas ocasiones a la juventud dispersa por todo el mundo a meditar sobre el coloquio de Cristo con el joven(cfMat. 19,16-22; Mc. 10, 17-22; Lc. 18,18-23), he tenido ocasion de subrayar que la juventud alcanza su riqueza verdadera cuando es vivida principalmente como tiempo de reflexion vocacional.

La pregunta

del joven:

juventud. El joven, en efecto,

quiere decir:

"^Que cosa debo hacer para

que mi vida tenga sentido? ^Cual es el plan de Dios respecto a mi vida? ^Cual es su voluntad"?

El dialogo que surge de la pregunta del joven, ofrece a Jesus la ocasion para

revelar la especial intensidad con la que

Dios ama a aquel o a aquella que es capaz de ponerse la pregunta sobre el propio futuro en clave vocacional: "Fijando en el la mirada lo amo". Quien

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La respuesta

es:

Siguiendo a Jesus es como los jovenes descubren el sentido de una vida vivida como don de si y exprimentan la belleza y la verdad de un crecimiento en el amor.

Siguiendo a Jesus es como ellos se sienten llamados a la comunion con El como miembros vivos de un mismo cuerpo, que es la Iglesia.

Siguiendo a Jesus es como les sera posible comprender la vocacion personal al amor: en el matrimonio, el la vida consegrada, en el ministerio ordenado, en la mision "ad gentes".

la

naturaleza de un cuidado particular.

Un proyecto de pastoral juvenil debe proponerse como

fin ultimo la maduracion en un dialogo personal, profundo, decisivo del joven o de la joven con el Senor. La dimension vocacional,

por tanto, es parte integrante de la pastoral juvenil, hasta el punto de que, en sftesis, podemos afirmar: la pastoral especifica de las vocaciones encuentra en la pastoral juvenil su espacio vital; y la pastoral juvenil es completa y eficaz cuando se abre a la dimension vocacional.

muchos jovenes a seguir mas de cerca las huellas de Cristo, su Hijo, en el sagrado ministerio, en la profesion de los consejos

evangelicos, en la vida misionera, conffo a todos los reponsables y agentes de la pastoral juvenil el afascinante y al mismo ,

tiempo, exigente deber de la animation vocacional. Es necesario obrar de

modo

que "se difunda y arraigue la conviction de que todos los miembros de la Iglesia,

En la adolescencia se manifiesta, en

sin excluir ninguno, tienen la gracia y la

una natural predisposition al descubrimiento de lo nuevo, de lo verdadero, de lo bello y de lo bueno; es en esta edad cuando se tienen las primeras experiencias que marcaran las etapas

responsabilidad de cuidar las vocaciones"

efecto,

(Pastores dabo vobis, n.4I).

Estoy seguro de que en esta Jornada Mundial de Oracion por las Vocaciones, 5.

sucesivas hacia la interiorizacion de la

se dara el primer puesto a la oracion.

La comunidad cristiana tiene mucho que decir y que dar a los muchachos que

Toda

vivenestanovedad,porqueprecisamente

fe.

la

Iglesia rece

con esperanza,

consciente de que las vocaciones son un

Aquel dialogo manifiesta ademas, que la atencion y la ternura de Jesus pueden quedar sin repuesta. Y la tristeza es la consecuencia de opciones de vida que alejan de El. jCuantos motives, todavfa hoy, impiden a adolescentes y jovenes vivir la verdad de su edad en la adhesion generosa a Cristo! jCuantos son, todavfa, los que no saben a quien dirigir la pregunta que

respuesta a los interrogantes, a las

don que se ha de implorar con la oracion y merecer con las santidad de vida.

A Maria, que en su juventud vivio la

inquietudes

extraordinaria llamada a ser todo de

adolescentes y juveniles. La comunidad cristiana es guardian y mensajera de esta

Dios y toda del hombre en el admirable misterio de la encarnacion del Verbo Divino, confio todos los jovenes del

el "joven rico" dirigio a Jesus! jCuanta juventud corre el riesgo de privarse de un

vocacion que se ha de conocer y seguir, porque una existencia sin vocacion jamas

autentico desarrollo

ser autentica.

el evangelio de la vocacion puede dar una

2.

Y sin embargo,

j

expectativas,

a

las

respuesta, porque esta invitada por el

Senor a des velar al adolescentey al joven sentido ultimo de la existencia,

el

orientandolo, asf, hacia el descubrimiento

de la propia vocacion en el vivir cotidiano.

Toda vida, en efecto, se manifiesta como

La comunidad cristiana esta llamada

cuantas esperanzas

En el corazon de toda nueva generation

a hacer posible el encuentro del joven con

permanece siempre fuerte el deseo de dar un sentido a la propia existencia. Los jovenes buscan, en su camino, quien sepa hablar con ellos de los problemas que les agobian y proponer soluciones, valores, perspectivas por las que valga la pena jugarse el propio futuro.

Lo que hoy se requiere es una Iglesia que sepa responder a las expectativas de los jovenes. Jesus desea dialogar con

mediadora de la llamada y educadora de la respuesta que El espera. Ella tiene la mision de hacer descubrir a los jovenes su llamada personal, a ser Iglesia y a hacer Iglesia. La comunidad cristiana se ofrece, por tanto, como el contexto natural en el que los jovenes pueden completar su iter educativo, descubriendo la riqueza mas grande de su maravillosa edad y correspondiendo a la vocacion que el Senor de la vida ha previsto para cada uno desde creation del mundo.

ellos y proponerles, a traves de su cuerpo

de una compromete toda su vida.

Como Jesus con los discfpulos de Emaus, asf la Iglesia debe hacerse hoy compahera

que es

la Iglesia, la perspectiva

election que

de viaje de los jovenes, con frecuencia marcados por incertidumbres, resistencias y contradicciones, para anunciarles la "nueva" siempre maravillosa de Cristo resucitado.

He aquf, pues, lo que se necesita: una Iglesia para los jovenes, que sepa hablar a su corazon, caldearlo, consolarlo, entusiasmarlo con el gozo del Evangelio y la fuerza de la Eucaristfa; una Iglesia que sepa acoger y hacerse desear por quien busca un ideal que comprometa toda la existencia; una Iglesia que no tema pedir mucho, despues de haber dado tanto; que no tenga miedo de pedir a los jovenes el esfuerzo de una noble y autentica aventura, cual es la del seguimiento evangelico.

3.

Para informaci6n llamar Padre Frank O'Rourke Director Vocacional 1621 Dilworth Road East

el

significado.

"^Que cosa

debo hacer para alcanzar la vida eterna"? revela una dimensi6n constitutiva de la

misma

encuentra en

El compromiso de la Iglesia por los

jovenes, con las debidas atenciones de

orden pedagogico y metodologico, no puede prescindir en modo alguno de considerar como deber primario la propuesta y el acompanamiento de las diferentes vocaciones. Ni tampoco puede prescindir de una atencion constante y espeeffica a las vocaciones al ministerio

mundo y todos aquellos que, caminando con ellos, se hacen sus gufas en el sendero que conduce a la perfection.

La "Redemptoris Mater" interceda para que en la Iglesia la vida engendre nuevas vidas y para que todos los miembros del cuerpo de Cristo sepan revelar al mundo que no hay verdadera humanidad, si no nos comprometemos a vivir como Dios quiere.

Jesus, haciendose

Los proyectos de pastoral juvenil, programados y realizados en las Iglesias particulares, en las comunidades parroquiales, en las asociaciones eclesiales, en los Institutos de vida consagrada no pueden prescindir de este objectivo y de estos contenidos.

Es deber de los educadores, en el

4.

desempenode sus respectivas tareas, acompanar la maduracion de las di versas vocaciones, teniendo especial cuidado de aquellas al sacerdocio y a la vida

Oremos ;0h Virgen de Nazaret!, si' que pronunciaste en marco tu existencia

el

tu juventud

y llego a ser grande

como tu misma vida. jOh, Madre de Jesus!, en tu "si"' libre y gozoso y en tu fe activa tantas generaciones y tantos educadores han encontrado inspiration y fuerza para acoger la Palabra de Dios y para cumplir su voluntad. ;0h, Maestra de vida!, ensena a los jovenes a pronunciar el "si" que da significado a la existencia y hace descubrir el "nombre" escondido

por Dios en el corazon de cada persona. jOh, Reina de los Apostoles!, danos educadores prudentes, que sepan amar a los jovenes y hacerles crecer, al encuentro de la Verdad hace libres y felices. Amen!

consagrada. El fruto es siempre una

guiandoles

original, nueva, realidad fundamentalmente gratuita: un fruto expuesto, en su concretizarse, a todas las incertidumbres de calquier cultivo. A

que

los

j

este respecto, es preciso alej aria ten tacion

Con estos votos imparto de corazon Bendicion Apostolica a vosotros Venerables Hermanos en el Episcopado,

de una presurosa impaciencia y de una ansiosa preocupacion acerca de la suerte y de los ritmos de crecimiento de la

Religiosas y a todos los fieles laicos, en especial a los jovenes y a las jovenes que

semilla.

El educador esta llamado algunas

veces a ser diligente en el sembrar con abundancia y con sabiduria y despues, a cumplir el propio deber sin forzar los ritmos del desarrollo. Su aspiration mas grande sera la de abrir caminos educati vos capaces de hacer descubrir al joven el

la

a los Sacerdotes, Diaconos, Religiosos,

con corazon docil se ponen a la escucha de la voz de Dios prontos a acogerla con adhesion generosa y constante.

,

En el Vaticano, 18 de octubre de 1994, decimo septimo de Pontificado.

Juan Pablo II

News

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& Herald

May

People

In

Suspect's Former Pastor: 'Our Town's Also Torn Apart'

(CNS)

—

John Paul

The

April 19's massive

The

who

Catholic Philanthropist J. Peter Grace Dies At 81 NEW YORK (CNS) J. Peter Grace, a leading Catholic layman and prominent American business executive,

—

died of lung cancer April 81

.

1

9

at the

Association of the Sovereign Military

Order of Malta since 1 977 and served on the boards of tions

many

Catholic organiza-

and institutions, including a stint as

president of the board of trustees at the

where he died, St. Vincent's in York. At the time of his death, he was chairman of W.R. Grace & Co., a $5 billion specialty chemicals and health care company that his grandfather founded 140 years ago. But he no longer had an active role in the company, since agreeing under pressure March 17 to resign as chairman in May. In addition to the Knights of Malta, Grace was involved with such groups as the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem; the Catholic Youth Organization of the Archdiocese of New York; the Grace Institute, a tuition-free school for women which has graduated some 100,000 students since its founding in 1897; the hospital

New

Covenant House

shelter for troubled

known

will bear the brunt of $17 bilbudget recisions OK'd by the

House, said Andrew Cuomo, sistant secretary for

recisions

by Vatican Secretary of State Car-

of the telegram, released April 21 by the Vatican. difficult time," said the text

was

HUD as-

community

ning and development.

able crime." Pope John Paul offered his prayers and condolences in a telegram

.

HUD

plan-

he

itself,

the target of $7 billion in

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"But they can still find $200 billion for a tax cut, half of which will go to people making more than $100,000 a year, and they can still find $183 billion for a capital gains tax cut, half of which will go to people making more than $200,000 a year," Cuomo said. Cuomo spoke April 24 at the eighth "Pastoring in AfricanAmerican Parishes" workshop sponsored by the National Black Catholic Congress and held in Chevy Chase, a Washington suburb.

the family for

Cardinal Urges President To Halt Deportation Of Chinese

Women WASHINGTON

Bishop Warns Against Exaggerated Devotions

(CNS)

— Cardi-

On Nukes UNITED NATIONS (CNS)

—A

group of religious leaders and others has

has appealed to President Clinton to halt

announced a fast for nuclear disarmament in conjunction with a U.N. conference on nuclear nonproliferation. The

the imminent deportation of Chinese refu-

against exaggerated devotions to Mary,

who say they fled their country to escape forced abortion and sterilization.

"It is our strong belief that these women gees

ROME (CNS) — Priests must guard

Religious Leaders Begin Fast While Conference Under Way

Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles

nal

father.

fast will continue until

May 1 2, the sched-

uled end of the U.N. conference for re-

have chil-

view and extension of the 1 970 Treaty on

said in a letter

the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap-

said an Italian bishop investigating the

are being denied their right to

possibility of a miracle in the case of a

dren," Cardinal

Marian statue said to have shed tears of blood. While a "special devotion" to

to the president April 20.

ons. Auxiliary Bishop

Mahony

Mary

Conference of Catholic Bishops'

Gumbleton of Detroit, a former president of Pax Christi USA, said that Pope Paul VI, in reference to the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, had declared that the

is

legitimate,

it is

not

at the

same

ily in

Mahony

Cardinal chairman of the National

is

mittee for Pro-Life Activities.

worship of Christ and the Trinity, said Bishop Girolamo Grillo of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia. "Avoid in preaching false exaggerations and narrow-mindedness so as to guide with equilibrium popular devotions," he said in an April 24 letter to diocesan priests. The letter was written as crowds of people continued visiting the backyard of a famlevel as

ComHe wrote

women in Immigraand Naturalization Service detention were moved April 14 to a holding to Clinton after 13

tion

center in Bakersfield, Calif., in prepara-

They were among some 300 Chinese passengers being

tion for deportation.

smuggled into the United States on the ship Golden Venture when it ran aground in New York Harbor in June 1993.

Civitavecchia to see the empty

Thomas

J.

world should prevent "such butchery from ever happening again." The fasters' message, he said, was to speak through their bodies, spirits and prayers to the nations and say, "No more nuclear weapons."

niche where a 17-inch plaster statue of

HUD

Mary is said to have cried tears of blood several times in early February. The to study the possibility of a supernatural tests

Cuts To Help

Them CHEVY CHASE, Md. (CNS) — A

bishop formed a theological commission

event after a series of scientific

Official Hits

Poor, Lack Of Outrage Against

Department of Housing and Urban Development official blasted recent Houseapproved cuts that affect the poor and

he

ordered showed the liquid falling from

youths.

lion in

said,

and to Archbishop Eusebius J. Beltran of Oklahoma City "His Holiness Pope John Paul II has been deeply saddened by the deplorable act of violence which has caused so many deaths and injuries in Oklahoma City and he gives the assurance of his prayerful closeness at this

know yet,"

program

able act of violence" and an "unspeak-

about 20 years, said he did not know Timothy McVeigh well, but he remembered him as a boy who liked basketball and attended Mass regularly with his

age of

Grace was president of the American

has

City.

pontiff called the attack a "deplor-

sent

he said. "We'll concentrate, of course, on the loss of life in the bombing, on the torn lives in Oklahoma City." Msgr.

Belzer,

Oklahoma

dinal Angelo Sodano to President Clinton

an interfaith prayer service for the town at Good Shepherd the evening of April 26. In a telephone interview April 25, Msgr. Belzer was asked what he planned

GRACE

bomb blast at a fed-

eral office building in

the three Methodist churches scheduled

W. PETER

and other church leaders

II

offered their prayers for the victims of

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FATHER FRANK O'ROURKE Vocation Director

As vocation director for the Diocese of Charlotte, I am given many wonderful

Where are you going?

lic

In today's troubled and uncertain

worship and prayer forms, particuMass, are presented and ex-

larly the

plained.

goal of life become all the more piercing

But don't get the impression that ARISE is all study and seriousness! It's

Why am I living?

a fun weekend with a good amount of

the purpose of my life?

What is What is God's purpose for my

life?

humor, plenty of singing, good food and pleasant, relaxed^surroundings.

How am I living God's plan?

ARISE

There comes a time for action. lives

aside

comes about because we fail to set some time to think about these

how others have approached them, to discuss, to pray, to search our own hearts for direction and questions, to consider

Our lives are fdled with other activiother concerns, and

back

God

takes a

ways taken

is al-

freedom of participants. The Lord has led you to ARISE, and it is He who will lead you from this point on. Our role is simply to provide you with a pleasant and informative

to respect the

weekend in His presence.

God later, tomorrow, when I'm older."

We become "spiritual procrastinators."

Now

There is no fee to participants in the weekend. Costs are entirely paid by contributions of those interested in this work.

seat.

We say, "I'll have plenty of time for the time to consider your

is

relationship with God.

Not later. Tomor-

row may never come.

Arise! Come to your God! The Catholic Church has developed a unique program called ARISE to help point the way. to

a friendly, low-key, no-

No Fee!

purpose. ties,

is

pressure encounter. Special care

All too often, lack of direction in our

ARISE is a weekend (Friday evening Sunday evening) conducted at a re-

treat center or church. It is specifically

designed for non-Catholics and for nonpracticing Catholics, to

What can ARISE

"come and see."

offer

you?

ARISE can bring you close

to

God

through His Son, Jesus Christ.

ARISE can help you gain a better understanding of the Catholic Church.

ARISE can present the Catholic Church and Catholic faith to you as one possible means to continue your personal pilgrimage to God.

A weekend you'll enjoy.

During the

ARISE weekend, you'll

be in the company of others, mostly nonCatholics, who are also seeking to improve their spiritual lives. Together, you'll listen to talks presented

by the

ARISE

"team."

The talks build upon one another to

life

and

men who feel called to the priesthood. Their stories of

faith are diverse. It's a

humbling and enriching experience

others

times, questions about the purpose and

and pertinent.

opportunities to meet with

Should you wish to become a contributor your donation will be gratefully accepted and used to bring others to Christ through

ARISE.

ARISE is a weekend experience for those who want to know more about the Catholic faith.

We invite those interested

who have been away from the Church, and those who just want to know more about the Catholic Church.

During ARISE, you will be in the company of others who are seeking to improve their spiritual lives. Talks presented by the ARISE team are followed by discussion in small groups. Time is allowed for questions and relating your feelings about the topics covered. in the Catholic faith, those

ARISE is a fun weekend with good humor, singing sharing, and good food in a pleasant, relaxed atmosphere.

Come

and join us for a great weekend. Weekends are scheduled as follows: June 9-11 Men's ARISE Holy

Family Church, Clemmons June 23-25 Women's ARISE Holy Family Church, Clemmons August 11-13 Men's ARISE St. Barnabas Church, Arden August 18-20 Women's ARISE St. Barnabas Church, Arden For application forms and informa-

who

Part of

to

meet with

are seeking to respond to the Lord's call.

my

ministry involves meeting people from

organizations that have a particular interest in voca-

and who share prayer, time, and treasure to promote vocation awareness and support for our seminarians.

Two groups in the Diocese of Charlotte stand out for their fine work for vocations: the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Daughters of America.

The Knights of Columbus have long been known for their support of the priesthood and religious life.

Besides individual efforts and prayers by the knights and their families, councils throughout the Diocese of Charlotte provide special funds for seminarians.

There are more than 30 councils in our diocese. Each has a knight who is responsible for vocation promotion and awareness. tions to the priesthood talent

On a national level, they provide scholarship money for the education of future priests

and excellent materials

for vocation

promotion and awareness. Locally,

they assist individual seminarians through a program called RS VP. This

money is

given directly to seminarians to help with personal needs and opportunities for enrichment.

Moreover, some councils sponsor evenings of discernment and awareness for

members, families and others who might be considering priesthood or religious

a vocation to the

life.

The Catholic Daughters of America, a relatively small group of women in the Diocese of Charlotte, has been most generous with their willingness to assist seminarians. They offer prayerful support and give generously of their time, talent and treasure to promote vocations.

The CDA has a special mission in serving the Church and its priests. Their joyful presence in providing receptions for diocesan events especially at the annual CRISM Mass and at ordination receptions is a wonderful expression of

—

—

their dedication.

Although many individuals pray and support vocations through daily prayer, mention the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Daughters in special recognition of their corporate efforts to serve the Church by promoting vocation awareness and the special care they show to the seminarians of the Diocese of I

Charlotte.

To inquire about the possibility of serving as a priest in the Diocese of O'Rourke at (704) 334-2283. Questions for this column can be sent to him at 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, Charlotte, NC 28203.

Charlotte, call Father

Pope Meets With President Of U.S. Bishops' Conference VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope he could not discuss John Paul

II

met Cardinal William H.

the specific

NCCB

items on the agenda.

Keeler of Baltimore, president of the

The leader of the U.S. bishops' con-

present a plan for Christian living, and a

tion, contact

National Conference of Catholic Bish-

ference, like officers of other large bish-

vision of Church as a community. Catho-

or call

ops, April 28 to discuss the

work of the

ops' conferences around the world, has

your local Catholic church Sheri Wilson at (910) 765-3499.

conference.

regular meetings once or twice a year

"We

had a very wonderful, warm meeting," Cardinal Keeler said, but added

with Pope John Paul to keep him formed about the bishops' work.

in-

Cardinal Keeler said he and the pope continue to discuss the effects of the

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'(^municiuemonos Vocacion diferente a Profesion Por ARTURO DE AGUILAR El domingo 7 de mayo se celebra el

Es deber de los jovenes el

una pequena reflexion con respecto a

Una de las cosas que me llamo mucho unirme al seminario en este muchos de los

pais fue el saber que

seminaristas se decfa, eran hombres "in their

second career", esto significa "en

en deseo por responder

la familia el inculcar

generosamente a este llamado. Son los papas y mamas quienes a traves de consejos y dialogo abierto con los hijos, van a inculcar ese deseo para descubrir cual es su vocacion en esta vida y especialmente si ese llamado es al ministerio en la vida sacerdotal o

su segunda profesion". Esto me impacto

religiosa.

mucho pues

En nuestra diocesis de Charlotte tenemos una gran necesidad de

nocion que yo tengo de vocacion es que es un estado de vida, es decir una forma de vivir en relacion con Dios y con los demas, y no una forma de ganarse la vida, como lo es una profesion.

Vocacion es un llamado que Dios la

sacerdotes, religiosas y religiosos para servir a nuestra comunidad hispana.Es

otra contestamos a ese llamado a vivir

nuestra vida como cristianos. Nadie nace

Religioso(a).

sabiendo a que ha sido llamado; tenemos que descubrirlo a traves de nuestra vida diaria, por medio de lineamientos basicos que recibimos de la Iglesia, la sociedad y

en busqueda de identidad, de su llamado, de su vocacion.

La Iglesia tiene el llamado de incorporar a todos en una comunidad de amor a Dios y a los demas y para lograr esto se vale de personas que han encontrado que su llamado en esta vida es el servicio a los demas, en un ministerio religioso. Es por ello que la Iglesia promueve las vocaciones sacerdotales y religiosas entre hombres y mujeres, para

Actualmente nuestra comunidad no tiene ni un solo sacerdote o religioso(a) hispano(a), ya sea local o de fuera, y la necesidad crece cada dfa mas. Si usted conoce algun joven que tenga ciertas cualidades que lo pueden hacer candidato para el sacerdocio o la vida religiosa, no dude en decirselo y anfmelo para que se ponga en contacto con el director de vocaciones de esta diocesis.

El Director de Vocaciones de la diocesis es el padre Frank O'Rourke, su telefono es (704) 334-2283. Tambien se pueden comunicar con alguno de los seminaristas en el Centro Hispano al telefono (704) 335- 1 28 1 En esta semana de oracion por las Vocaciones pidamos

que aquellos que sientan

por todos nuestros sacerdotes y religosas

hace a todos y cada uno personalmente. Todos, de una forma u

principalmente de nuestra familia. Es la familia la primera encargada en guiar a los jovenes

servir

como

el

llamado a

sacerdotes, religiosos y

Encuentran mucha alegrfa y satisfaction en su vida y su ministerio.

Son hombres de oracion quienes piden por los demas y gufan a las comunidades defe.

Buscan vivir de acuerdo a la Palabra de Dios; practican y viven lo que predican.

Son hombres de vision que buscan guiar a sus comunidades a la luz del Evangelio.

Son hombres de action quienes traen la misericordia de Dios, la compasion el perdon y el amor al mundo.

Son la presencia de Cristo en la vida de las personas en sus momentos crfticos e importantes: nacimiento, juventud, matrimonio, enfermedad, tragedias, vejez y

muerte.

por ello que todos los padres y madres de familia tienen que promover en sus hijos e hijas el amor hacia su Iglesia y hacia su religion para que descubran si Dios les esta llamando a servir como Sacerdote o

nos

10 cosas importantes sobre los sacerdotes: Son hombres generosos, felices y amorosos.

llamado.

Vocaciones" y

las

este tema.

la atencion al

puedan responder a ese

religiosas,

momento para hacer

"Dfa de Oracion por creo que es un buen

Algo sobre los Sacerdotes y las Religiosas

.

que han dado un

;si! al

Ayudan a la gente a reconocer sus dones y les guian para que los usen y los pongan al

servicio de los demas.

Son hombres que

trabajan por la caridad y la justicia, ayudando al

Son hombres santos quienes

estan al tanto de la presencia de Dios en sus vidas.

10 cosas importantes sobre

Son mujeres que centran su vida en Jesus,

Viven en comunidad y son apoyadas por su comunidad.

Su compromiso va mas alia de limites polfticos, geograficos, culturales y raciales.

No buscan estatus sociales, poderes ni posesiones.

Su vida es un ministerio de servicio totalmente entregado a los demas.

Son mujeres que traen a la Iglesia y a la sociedad sus dones, armonfa y colaboracion.

Son personas libres, abiertas a la vida, amorosas y alegres.

Su vida esta disehada por sus votos de pobreza, castidad y obediencia, que

modo sencillo de vivir y servicio amoroso.

Son cristianas radicales, quienes toman muy en serio sus compromisos bautismales para con Cristo y su Iglesia.

Estan al tanto y trabajan por las necesidades del mundo, por la paz, la justicia y expresan a traves de su

el

cuidado de los mas necesitados.

Cualidades que deben considerar los candidatos al sacerdocio y la vida religiosa Una buena y saludable relacion con

Senor.

En el rito de este sacramento conviene considerar el signo de la uncion y lo que la uncion designa e imprime: el sello espiritual.

La lectura de la biblia nos ensena de que la uncion es un sfmbolo antiguo y venerado en la historia del pueblo de Dios y posee muchos significados. La usaban en la consagracion de altares, reyes y profetas, etc. Ademas, aun en el piano material, le atribufan muchas propiedades: Trafa alegrfa, salud, bienestar, abundancia, sanacion, purification, vigor y belleza al cuerpo.

Todos estos significados de la uncion con aceite los encontramos en la vida sacramental. Por la Confirmacion en especial, los cristianos que son ungidos, participan mas plenamente en la mision de Jesucristo y en la plenitud del Espfritu Santo, a fin de que toda su vida desprenda "el buen olor de Cristo" (Cf 2Co 2, 15).

Por medio de la uncion, la persona que va a recibir el sacramento de la Confirmacion recibe tambien la "marca", el sello del Espfritu

Santo.

sfmbolo de la persona (Cf Gn 38, 18), signo de su autoridad (Cf Gn 4 1 42), de su propiedad sobre cosas y hasta de personas (esclavos).

Cristo

mismo

se declara

con el sello de su Padre

1,13; 4,30). Este sello del Espfritu Santo,

marca

la

Haber terminado por estudios de preparatoria o

articular

Habilidad para mantener relaciones sanas y amistosas con hombres y mujeres.

Voluntad para optar por el mas pobre y necesitado.

Voluntad para aprender otra lengua.

pertenencia total a Cristo, la

Oracion por las Vocationes

protection divina en

Oh Dios compasivo y misericordioso, los hombres y mujeres Diocesis de Charlotte a atender

ayuda a de

la

tu

llamado a

,

marcado

(Cf. Jn 6, 27). El

lo menos los High School.

La Oficina de Refugiados

y culturas.

puesta a su servicio para siempre, pero

indica tambien la promesa de la el gran dfa de la ultima prueba (Cf Ap 7, 2-3; 9, 4).

Con permiso de los Padres de la Sociedad de San Pablo.

ensenanzas morales y

los

para

servir.

necesita su ayuda La Oficina de Refugiados

del

Servicio Social Catolico de la Diocesis

de Charlotte ha recibido a la primera familia de refugiados cubanos. Se espera recibir otras familias en las proximas semanas.

Tan pronto estas familias esten listas comenzaran a trabajar, pero para que se establezcan se necesita todo lo necesario para equipar un hogar, desde muebles y equipo de cocina hasta toallas, sabanas y

Nuestra necesidad es grande y nuestro pueblo esta sediento de Ti.

almohadas. En una palabra, se necesita de todo incluyendo ayuda monetaria.

theme of vocations:

corazon de muchos, cultiva piadosos siervos del Evangelio,

personas que puedan ayudar a dar la bienvenida a estas familias, a proveerles

Seminarian Arturo de Aguilar reflects

santos sacerdotes, religiosas, religiosos

on the obligation of the family to encourage vocations. We discuss

y diaconos quienes se entreguen y dediquen a tu pueblo y a sus necesidades.

transporte y llevarlos a las diferentes agencias de servicio social, traducirles

To Our Friends This edition entirely to the

is

devoted almost

some important things to know about and religious women and some

Tambien Abre

el

of the characteristics required for candidates to the priesthood and reli-

gious

life.

Vocations. article in

We present a Prayer for We also have the third

Bendice aquellos que ya con coraje y perseverancia y haz que inspiren a muchos con su ejemplo y su fe. te

our series about the sacra-

ment of Confirmation.

se necesitan voluntarios:

durante visitas medicas y ensenarles Ingles. La oficina de Refugiados proveera orientation a estos voluntarios.

priests

En los tiempos bfblicos un sello era .

tambien esta marcado con un es Dios el que nos conforta juntamente con vosotros en Cristo, y el que nos ungio, y el que nos marco con un sello y nos dio en arras el Espfritu en nuestros corazones" (2 Co 1, 22; Cf. Ef

"Y

sello:

las

en sus propias palabras. principios de Habilidad para trabajar en equipo y con todo tipo de gente de distintas razas fe

cristiano

Aceptar

sociales de la Iglesia.

Habilidad (III)

las religiosas:

fortalecida a traves de la oraci6n y la

Eucaristfa.

Dios.

Confirmacion

mas pobre y

necesitado, a aquellos que son vfctimas de la sociedad.

Te pedimos esto por Cristo Nuestro Sehor, Amen.

sirven

Si saben de oportunidades de trabajo para estas familias favor de llamar al Sr. Greg Bazluki al telefono (704) 568-8806.

Para donativos o para ofrecer sus servicios como voluntario o voluntaria llamar a la Sra. Sonia Hayden al numero mencionado anteriormente.

May

The Catholic New.

1995

5,

tv

Rescue Workers Need Time To Heal Wounds From Experiences OKLAHOMA

CITY (CNS)

— At

9:02 a.m. April 26, exactly seven days after the explosion that shook Oklahoma City, workers at the their

heads

bomb

site

bowed

— but only

who have worked long and heart-

—

ing for the

bomb

City, President

victims in

Oklahoma

and Mrs. Clinton joined

more than 1 ,500 worshipers in Rockville for the funeral Mass April 26 of Secret Service Agent Alan G. Whicher.

Hundreds of Secret Service agents and other law enforcement officials joined Whicher' s wife, children, relatives and

placed in the church.

friends for the funeral at St. Patrick's

was

Church, the 40-year-old agent's former parish church.

"His

was taken

an unspeakable act of hatred for our country a country Alan loved, a country Alan served so well," said Cardinal James A. Hickey life

in

—

ofWashington.

Whicher

President Clinton called

Whicher, a native of Greenbelt, Md., a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland and spent most of his life in the area. He and Pamela, his wife of more than 20 years, and their three children had been members of St. Patrick's Parish for five years before their

move to Oklahoma City.

"The parish has been stunned by the news (of Whicher' s death).... This hor-

come home to us," Father

rible thing has

have

Paul Morel, associate pastor, who celebrated the funeral Mass, said before the

husband, the kind of father

every child deserves."

He

goodbye to when

recalled saying

Whicher and

his family last year

service.

In his eulogy Cardinal

funeral a source of "mourning for the

hectic pace of life."

sorrow."

commitment

to his country

was

not,"

Clinton said. in the president's security detail before

taking a promotion last October to help run the Oklahoma City office. Earlier in

had been among the agents guarding George Bush when he was vice president in the Reagan administration.

Three other Secret Service agents and an investigative assistant were also his career he

among the scores of people killed in the At the time of Whicher' s funeral

the office manager was

still

among those

morning Mass on his way to work, "was a man of deep faith

at St. Patrick for

the faith to

which we need to turn in this

hour of personal sorrow."

"No

terrorist

...

is

more powerful

than the love of Jesus Christ," the cardi-

commented. After Mass he warmly embraced Mrs. Whicher, who wept softly as she was escorted from the church.

Hundreds of police motorcycles and cars formed a solemn motorcade behind the hearse bearing Whicher' s body to its burial site at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Silver Spring. Mourners lined the roadnal

way at various spots along the two-mile

missing.

Others

He said Whicher, who often stopped . .

Whicher had been a shift commander

blast.

whole country (and) a day of national

unpredictable but (Alan's)

is

at the funeral

lady Hillary

included

Rodham Clinton,

teers out

of Tulsa.

first

Attorney

route to pay their respects.

— ambulance

firefighters

personnel, doctors,

— need

and others

debrief-

what they might have seen, heard and experienced, he said. "It's a cleansing. It might sound ing, a time to talk about

but talking helps."

trite,

For the surgeon brought me five, and

who

says,

lost

them

I

"They all,"

or

the firefighter left speechless for 1 2 hours after his shift, the road to recovery be-

gins with talking, Rousseau said.

But no one can predict with certainty

how

the explosion will affect an indi-

that

it

"We

was

a

man-made

catastrophe.

have never experienced anything

like this."

Recovery will depend on timing and is going to hit at some point," Rousseau said.

"The stress and anxiety won't go away all at once. There's no way to estimate this the total grieving process might

personal history. "The pressure

—

first

take years."

Mavros

walk the site and sit by the curbside with off-duty rescue personnel, many of whom are volunteers, working here from

—

said. "I feel pity

for the

people who've been cut to ribbons, trapped alive. I feel more sorrow, shock, disgust than I can describe. I haven't let myself get angry yet."

Long after they hang up their protective clothing, gloves

and masks, rescue

own

workers will need their

healing to

Dozens of psychologists and counselors

all

over the country.

Schools (From Page

the onset,

dinated with area counseling services,

churches and mental health organizations to set

up special hot

and

lines

referrals for rescue workers, as well as

and

their families.

Mike Fedewa, superintendent of

1)

by any of the other ideas. He says the voucher system could extend state control into

From

Catholic Charities personnel have coor-

for victims

the private schools.

Miller says he has received backing from supporters of private education. He says that is in part because his bill "would not touch the schools" as a voucher

system might. The vouchers are part of House Bill 781 which is being studied by the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Education.

schools in the Diocese of Raleigh, says proposals that would offer aid to parents

with children in private schools are gaining momentum. "All options, including tax credits will be topics of discussion at

our upcoming legislative training session on May 16 and 17," he says.

"During this meeting, which is a joint project of the dioceses of Raleigh

Public Instruction could be eliminated

and Charlotte," Fedewa says, "we will be meeting with Ken Dupre of the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) to develop priorities that will allow parents to become actively involved in a grass

what he

roots legislative initiative that will pro-

Hickey called the

new assignment for what he thought would be "a much less

the agent took his

"Life

Murrah federal building The team is made up of volun-

we had that day was that the dogs are trained to find through the smell of live humans, and even the cadavers still had that smell,"

"the kind of friend every wife hopes to in a

April 19.

"Part of the problem

by a closed-circuit television link in the parish hall, which was decorated with some of the floral tributes that were not

Professionals involved in this catas-

trophe

unique situation," he said, because of the magnitude of the explosion and the fact

the Alfred P.

General Janet Reno, White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md. Those who could not get into the church for the funeral followed the rites and the tributes to Whicher

done.

worse than the most horrible Friday movie you can imagine. You can't walk out of this movie theater."

Mavros and his specially trained 1 8month-old search dog, Bucephalos, were deployed to identify the location of humans and human remains for six hours at the 13th

In

Although an extraordinary bonding takes place among members of the rescue operation teams, Rousseau also believes that workers are still wearing their "professional masks" in order to get the job

vidual or the community. "It's a totally

It' s

—

W. Rousseau, medi-

find a piece of a body.

find

ROCKVILLE, Md. (CNS)

scars are going to be deep

cal director at Mercy Psychiatric Center.

—

rites that symbolized the nation' s mourn-

"The

of silent reverence for the victims.

—

Symbolizes National Mourning

of the deadliest

at the site

terrorist act in U.S. history.

here," said Dr. Art

wrenching hours, the work is only beginning. They have worked undeterred, picking up piece after piece of metal, concrete, glass and office equipment.

Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating has called them "the saints in gray and blue the rescuers and and white and khaki the healers." They also have seen what no person should ever have to see.

"What I saw up there...." said Stew Mavros, a 25-year-old member of the Oklahoma Canine Search and Rescue Team, pausing as he remembered that first day. "Every area of debris, in between office partitions, on the concrete walls, on the file cabinets was covered with blood," he said. a human "We would have a hit

Secret Service Agent's Funeral

they've seen

in silence, joining the rest of

For the hundreds

photo by Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda)

patch up the hurtful memories of what

the state and the entire nation in a minute

in rescue operations for

Stew Mavros and his dog, Bucephalos, of the Oklahoma Canine Search and Rescue team take a break in their efforts to locate victims of the federal building bombing in Oklahoma City. Mavros said the work was worse than the worst horror movie. (CNS

deal with their sorrow and shock and to

Miller says the state Department of

and schools mandated

to teach

—

mote the

into the public school

interest of Catholic schools throughout North Carolina."

The training session in Burlington is

tion

the hands-on phase of an effort to

refers to as "real education

'Rs.'"

What he

prefers

is

the three

to "introduce

system competiwhich they have never had before."

draw

The legislation still has a long way to go before it could become law in the state. Miller expects some changes to be made in the bill before it leaves the hands of a sub-committee within the House

parents into the process of monitoring

Education Committee.

Supporters and opponents of the bill are lining up where they might be ex-

Miller is a member of Blessed Sacrament Church in Burlington. He is a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus, something he thinks may be a first in the General Assembly. He represents the 25th House District which covers Alamance and Caswell Counties as well as parts of Rockingham and Orange

pected says Miller. The public sector unhappy with the proposal.

is

He says there is a fear the legislation could lead to a mass exodus from public schools. Miller asks, "if they are doing such a great job, why would there be a

mass exodus."

legislation that directly affects Catholic

schools. Dupre, will train the volunteers to become advocates on a local, state

and

federal level.

Counties.

Carbolic

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May

5,

1995

Diocesan News Briefs Seniors Mark Anniversaries The St. John CHARLOTTE Neumann 50-Plus Seniors Group meets Wednesday, May 10 at 11 a.m. The

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month at Village Tavern Restaurant. For information, call Lauren Dutzo at (704) 536-9492 or Mario Azar at (704) 358-

the second Friday each

8766.

Mother's Day Luncheon MAGGIE VALLEY The

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St.

floorfor incoming officers. Bringalunch.

Dessert and beverages are provided. For

May

information, call Anne Mclntyre at (704)

Tickets are available after Sunday Mass.

11 at

1

'

s

MORGANTON

Club annual

is

Thursday,

1:30 a.m. at Hallcrest Inn.

a.m.-2 p.m. at

Margaret's Players MAGGIE VALLEY The St.

was Belmont

assistant professor of philosophy,

recently presented with the

Abbey College 1 994-95 Adrian Faculty Excellence Award. The award was es-

nounced beneficial influence on students to inspire them to achieve their full potential.

Hodge, who holds degrees from Alma College and Marquette University Joined

Abbey faculty in 1 992. In addition to

the

her regular classes, Hodge has also taught in the

Abbey's Adult Degree program in the graduate program in

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nual Pilgrimage to Fatima, Portugal,

under the spiritual direction of Father Edmund McCaffrey, is July 24-Aug. 5.

Total cost from New York is $ 1 ,420 and includes airfare, meals and accommodations. For information and reservations, call Kathleen Potter at (704) 366-5127.

Birthmother Support Offered

WINSTON-SALEM— Family Serand Catholic Social Services group support for birthmothers the second Thursday each month from 78:30 p.m. at Family Services, Inc. Discussions center around issues of grief and loss experienced in the adoption process. For information call Rebecca Nagaishi at (910) 722-8173 or Becky DuBois at (910) 727-0705. vices, Inc.

offers

Poker Night

CONCORD — Card Night is May 14 at 7:30 at St. James Church in the Parish Center. The evening includes poker, snacks, drinks and trance fee

prizes.

En-

$20; $10 for spectators. are under 18-years-old will

is

Those who not be admitted.

Pilgrims Hike BOONE Hike every Wednesday

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—

rain or shine

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at different

locations with a group of hikers

from St.

Elizabeth Church. For information, call

Dick Rupp

at

Ultrey a team members are needed to work weekends. Volunteers must be atlarly. If interested, call

7 p.m. at

13

at

in the St.

St.

Barnabas

Lawrence Crypt. For

information, call Julie Doyle, (704) 274-

in

5142.

call Sheri

Wilson

Clowning Around For

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Bishop William a meeting of the

Women, on

2 at 9:30 a.m.

at St.

Gabriel

Church on the topic "Respecting Life by Seeing Jesus." For information on the Second Fridays for Praying Women prayer group, call Renate Weining at (704) 554-6290 or Margie Eades at (704) 552-6909.

Healing Masses

A

Good Cause WINSTON-SALEM

— Members

of the Junior Youth Group of

St.

Leo

Parish tried to live up to the theme of this year' s Diocesan Support

Appeal collec-

"We Are

His Hands." With their adult leader, Charlotte Eggers, they experienced the joy of giving firsthand as they distributed Easter baskets which

tion,

they had made.

At the early April meeting at which made the baskets, they had a visit from Smiley the Clown, who taught them to apply clown makeup. Shortly before Easter, they applied their makeup and

they

took their baskets to the Children

'

s

Home

and the Winston-Salem Convalescent Center.

The basket recipients were delighted by the costumes, the sweets and the talents of the clowns.

Members of the group were Audrey Eggers, Annie Birkel, Kylie Harwood,

Briggs Thoni, Lindsay Shepherd and Kristie Patterson. Their younger helpers were T. J. Eggers, Johnny Birkel, Col-

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 pub-

— A healing Mass

p.m.

at St.

Paul the Apostle Church..

MAGGIE VALLEY — A weekend May

22-25,

"May

Magnificat,"

Joan of Arc Church the second Thursday each month at 7 p.m. for people with HIV/AIDS and terminal illnesses.

For information or transportation, call (704) 252-3151.

and Sister Mary Ann Jansen explores "The Grandeur of God." The donation is

Garage Sale

-REVARD — 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.

Summer

directed by Jesuit Father Joseph Fotzenlogen, focuses on Mary, Queen of May. Donation is $80.

A week-long nature retreat June 12-

Volunteer Program

CINCINNATI

poor in Appalachia and the Deep South.

One- week volunteer programs are available from May- Aug. For an application or information, write

Missioners, P.O.

To

register for these retreats, conLiving Waters Reflection Center,

1420 Soco Rd., Maggie Valley, 28751 or call (704) 926-3833.

Ultreya

And

—

Single Catholics ages 18-45 are needed to work with the

$210. tact

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waiian garb and enjoy food, floor show and dancing. Tickets must be reserved in advance. From Arden and the north, call Helen Witkowski at (704) 684-4956.

From the Hendersonville area, call Raywood Resources at (704) 696-3026.

Living Waters Retreats retreat

— A Hawaiian Luau

Saturday, June 3 at 7 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church. The cost is $10. Dress in Ha-

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at St.

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Prayer Workshop GREENSBORO The experien-

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sented by Cistercian Father

Pennington, internationally

and author of 45 books, is May 13 from 9 a.m. -4 p.m. at the Franciscan Center. Cost is $20 and includes lunch.

Pre-registration and payment is required.

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Pilgrimage To Fatima The Tenth An-

CHARLOTTE

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play,

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"St.

tablished in 1984 by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert

M. Adrian, Jr. to recognize Belmont Abbey faculty members who have pro-

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Church. For information, contact Cochran at (704) 692-5205.

545-5046.

BELMONT — Dr. Janette Hodge,

7:30

:

Margaret Church Women Mother's Day luncheon

Abbey Professor Receives Award

at

St.

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bellringers group will provide entertain-

ment for the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversaries of some of the members. Nominations will be taken from the

month

Barnabas Church. Leaders' School is the second Sunday each month between Masses.

ASHEVILLE Ultreya meets the second Tuesday each month at 7 30 p.m. at St. Eugene Church.

Ultreya and Leaders' School open to all the Cursillista of the diocese meets June 17 from 9:30

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DEALERSHIPS SERVING CHARLOTTE WITH INTEGRITY FOR OVER 33 YEARS! Frank LaPointe, President St. Gabriel Church

Member of

May

1995

5,

World and National Briefs Catholic School Enrollment Increases For Third Straight

time the Supreme Court had addressed in

The

any way the debate over whether there is

lesbian couple decided to end their union.

letterpublished in The Independent April

Year

a constitutionally protected right to com-

One of the women was the natural mother,

25

made

by artificial insemination, of the child.

But the other woman has sued for child custody. A New Hampshire court is expected to rule on the issue in May. The article said it would be logical and sensible for the 5-year-old girl to remain with her natural mother at this point.

general support for the encyclical, but

CINCINNATI (CNS)

— For

the

mit suicide. About 30 states have

third consecutive year, enrollment in

assisted suicide a criminal offense.

Catholic schools nationwide has increased, according to officials of the

Oregon law allowing doctors

National Catholic Educational Associa-

quest

tion. Sister Catherine McNamee,

NCEA

scribe lethal doses to patients

them

is

An

to pre-

who

re-

on hold pending federal

court review.

president and a Sister of St. Joseph of Carondelet, said that enrollment increased

by 41 ,000 during the 1994-95 academic year. "One year might be luck, the second a small miracle, but now we're on to a trend," said Sister Catherine about the figure

NCEA

announced

at the

92nd annual

Some

convention April 18-21.

10,000 delegates greeted the

news with

Three Girls Die In 'Suspicious' Fire At Catholic-Run Foster

article referred to a

case in which a

Sudan Lets Three Missionaries Stay, Expels Comboni Priest

ment is more than 600,000 students, said

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

If

you

want to read the story of the black promovement, don't go looking for it in the mainstream media, said a nondenominational minister. "The dominant media culture has done a very goodjob of life

pretending that

spokesman

A New

York City

told Catholic

News

police

Service

in

.

lation.

A counselor and another girl in

the house

were uninjured.

Charitable Noblewoman, Controversial Priest On

Pope's Czech

pelled a 79-year-old

The government

Comboni

priest.

originally refused to

Dr. Jack Kevorkian,

who

challenged

Michigan's law banning physician-assisted suicide. Kevorkian had asked the

Supreme Court ruling that said there is no constitutional right to assisted suicide. He had hoped to block his prosecution for helpcourt to overturn a Michigan

ing five people to die. Michigan prosecu-

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During a three-day trip to the

Czech Republic

and Poland, Pope John Paul

II

plans to

recognize as saints a controversial 17thcentury Catholic priest and a 13th-century

noblewoman known for her chariThe May 20-22 trip in-

cludes meetings with leaders from other

according to the Comboni Missionaries'

Egidio officials confirmed their official

Paul IPs April 26 general audience, he

candidacy April 25 after Italian newspa-

announced the orders had been revoked.

The pope also called the expulsion of

pers stories reported that they were on

staff.

Plan/coordinate

ministries,

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Requires liturgy/music degree; keyboard proficiency preferred; liturgy education; ence; collaborative

skills.

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Call for job description

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Government Accuses Bishop's Aides In Peace Demonstration MEXICO CITY (CNS) A public

—

On Nukes Seen As

Part

Of Broader Effort To Eliminate

Them UNITED NATIONS (CNS)

— The

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons should be viewed as part of a broader effort to achieve nuclear disarmament, according to a Vatican official Nuclear disarmament should be further seen as part of general disarmament, including "elimination of all weapons of mass destruction and at the same time a limitation of conventional arms," he said. Msgr. Dominique Mamberti, deputy to the Vatican nuncio to the United Nations, presented the statement April 24 at U.N. headquarters in New York.

The Vatican was participating in a conference April 17-May 12 to review implementation of the treaty and decide about .

The bishop

Newspaper Says Promoting

Havel and Polish President Lech Walesa,

and Zapatista National Liberation Army rebels as mediator in the effort to end the

Contraception Does Not Prevent Abortions VATICAN CITY (CNS) Facts show that promoting contraception does

two main political leaders in the struggle that toppled East European communism.

The Vatican second to

The trip will be the pope's the Czech Republic and the

Poland since being elected to the papacy in October 1978. sixth to his native

Vatican Newspaper Says Lesbian Custody Case Shows Moral 'Chaos' VATICAN CITY (CNS) The Vatican newspaper said a U.S. lesbian

—

can result from exaggerated homostates to strictly regulate artifi-

cial insemination, so that

homosexual

couples do not have the legal opportunity to bring a

Ruiz,

whom

was

baby

into the world, said an

article in the April

21 issue of the news-

Romano. The article was written by Father Gino Concetti, a moral theologian who frequently comments on social issues for the newspaper. paper, L'Osservatore

MACS, in a

undermine Bishop

the

year-old conflict.

Bishops' Aide Rebuts Anglican Criticism Of Encyclical

LONDON

intend to send a child to a

MACS

school should send a

(CNS)

—

A

senior

Church of England official who questioned Pope John Paul IPs understanding of biology in his latest encyclical,

conditions for

its

future extension.

—

not prevent abortions, the Vatican newspaper said. One of the most common objections to Church teaching on sexuality is that

by opposing

artificial contra-

ception, the Catholic Church contributes to the growing number of abortions in the

world, said the article by Vincentian

drew a rebuttal from

Father Lino Ciccone. "This serious ac-

the Catholic Bishops' Conference of

cusation against the church" fails to stand

England and Wales. The questioning seems to arise from a misreading of the

up to the truth, said the

Evangelium

Vitae,

Nicholas Coote, assistant general secretary of the Catholic bishops' conference. Anglican Archbishop John text, said

Habgood of York criticized the encyclical in an April 20 article in the London newspaper, The Independent. The archbishop is second in seniority in the Anglican hierarchy in England. Archbishop Habgood was critical of the links made between abortion, contraception and euthanasia.

He

said that in the biological

world there were few "sharp dividing

Joseph

a child in

to

regards as being too

it

released the pope's itiner-

ary April 21.

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.,

1969.

Treaty

government

school or have previously had a child

letter

ous violation of religious freedom." Father Sina had a visa valid until 1996. He had been in Sudan since 1 976 and before that worked in the country from 1947-

was approved by both

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.

who have

of more than 100 candidates.

friendly to the Zapatistas.

School Board Openings:

Interested individuals

list

are meetings with Czech President Vaclav

need for

all liturgies,:train

the

seri-

war. Also listed on the papal schedule

sexual rights. The case also points up the

of 2300 households, diverse

Patriarch

ultimate goal

that

supportive

Orthodox

Some observers believe the government'

demonstrates the civil and moral "chaos"

tive parish

Ecumenical

about the decision to recognize the saint-

couple's battle over custody of a child

Director of Liturgy and Music: St. Thomas Aquinas in Alpharetta, Ga. (404) 475-4506. Ac-

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe,

hood of Blessed Jan Sarkander, a priest killed by Lutherans during a religious

prosecution.

employment opportunities

tion

headquarters in Rome. During Pope John

Christian churches who have complained

List

tors said they

would proceed with the The case marked the first

ROME (CNS) — The Community

Bartholomew I of Constantinople and Rabbi Samuel Sirat, president of Europe's rabbinical organization. San

campaign was waged at the highest Mexican government levels accusing top aides to Bishop Samuel Ruiz of San Cristobal de Las Casas of organizing a disruption of recent peace talks on the rebellion in Chiapas state. Diocesan officials and advisers to Bishop Ruiz and the independent National Mediating Commission he heads were targets of the government accusations. The aides deny the charges.

received scant media coverage.

—

,

pitalized.

table works.

(CNS) Without comment, the U.S. Supreme Court April 24 declined to hear an appeal by

.

They died shortly after being hos-

Rev. Johnny Hunter, national director of the Life Education and Resource Network, a coalition of 27 black pro-life groups. "If you don't read your own papers, you're never going to know what's going on," Mr. Hunter told an April 25 session of a workshop on pastoring in inner-city parishes sponsored by the National Black Catholic Congress in the Washington suburb of Chevy Chase. Rev. Hunter said that when he was a pastor in Buffalo, N.Y., he led a group of 2,500 black pro-lifers and

WASHINGTON

Community

Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize

ex-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev,

we don't exist," said the

Supreme Court Leaves Assisted Suicide Ban Ruling Intact

Catholic Lay

the text.

for three Catholic missionaries, but ex-

fire.

Mainstream Media Silent On Black Pro-Lifers, Minister Asserts

million. In Catholic high schools, enroll-

may have misread

what police called a sus-

Sisters died in

picious

—

Comboni Father Ottorino Sina "a

2.6

said he

ROME (CNS) The Sudanese government revoked expulsion orders

by the Cabrini Sisters, the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart. The three teenage victims were found in a rear bedroom unconscious from smoke inha-

is

He welcomed Archbishop Habgood'

in a foster home sponsored by the Cabrini

Michael Guerra, executive director of NCEA's secondary school department.

country's 8,300 Catholic schools

in a

that mediated an end to Mozambique's civil war, is a candidate for the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize. Among its nominators for the Nobel award are

Home NEW YORK (CNS) — Three girls

renew the visas of the three and told them they had to leave the country by April 26,

of Easter week. Current enrollment in the

.

Coote defended the pope

of San Egidio, a Catholic lay organiza-

an April 23 phone interview the fire was "believed to have been intentionally set." He said investigation was ongoing.

The fire occurred April 20 in a two-story house in the Bronx. The house was operated by St. Cabrini Home Inc., an agency based in West Park, N Y and sponsored

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priest, writing in

the April 24-25 edition of L 'Osservatore

Romano. "All over

the world the chief

supporters of legalized abortion have

been the people, movements and organizations long and notoriously committed to spreading contraception," said Father

Ciccone, a consultant to the Pontifical Council for the Family.

Mexico Proposes Visa Law Favorable To Missionaries MEXICO CITY (CNS) Mexico'

—

proposed amendments to Mexican immigration law which Interior Ministry has

would allow foreign clergy who reside and work in Mexico to be granted permanent work visas for the first time since the revolution of 1 9 1 0- 1 7. Prior to the 1 992 amendments to Mexico's Constitution that granted legal recognition to churches,

Tax consultation, planning, and preparation for individuals

only Mexican citizens were allowed to

and small businesses.

can soil. Non-Mexican clergy were not recognized as such, could only obtain tourist visas, and had to list their occupa-

Accounting services available.

(704) 568-7886

exercise their religious ministry on Mexi-

tion as social workers.

I

6 The Caiholic

News

& Herald

May

A Day

5,

1995

For Knights Celebration

Fathers and sons were treated

compliments of the Knights of Columbus, with former Oakland Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Drew Buie as keynote speaker.

Football and baseball players from Wake Forest joined the father and son festivities. In the photo, Greg Hiller, a St. Leo third grade student gets an autograph from a Wake Forest to breakfast,

Athlete.

A portrait of the Clemmons by the

Holy Family was presented to Holy Family Parish in The picture has a small plaque attached that reads, "His Holiness Pope John Paul II cordially imports his Apostolic Blessing," a message from the Vatican, dated July 12, 1 993, when the picture was blessed by the pope.

Presenting the picture from left to right, Tony Petite, State Warden; John Harrison, State Treasurer; Father Thomas Walsh; Jim Neely, State Deputy, and Jim Gildein, Grand Knight, Clemmons Council 9499.

Knights of Columbus on April 30.

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