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October

17,

1997

Second Veto Of Abortion Ban Decried Clinton's WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

Presi-

dent Clinton's second veto of the Par-

Abortion Ban Act has not resolved the issue and will spark an intensified effort to override it, according to

tial-Birth

the U.S. bishops' pro-life

spokeswoman.

In an Oct. 10 statement. Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., expressed "deep disappointment" over the veto of a bill that

had bipartisan support and the endorsement of the American Medical Association.

Smith, a Catholic, noted that the the ban, Clinton is-

In a statement issued following the

Oct. 10 veto, Helen Alvare said the

same day he vetoed

president's action "will only ensure a re-

sued a proclamation declaring Oct. 12 National Children's Day 1997 and calling for the nurturing of the potential "within each new infant."

"This same president OK'd the slaughter of thousands of babies," said Smith. "What about the potential for them, Mr. President?" he asked.

Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee, said the veto "means that each year thousands of living babies will be pulled feet-first from the womb and their heads punctured unless Congress

newed

grass- roots effort by Catholics and other people of good will to win the

congressional support needed to override his veto."

Alvare,

who

and information

director of planning

is

for the bishops' Secre-

Pro-Life Activities, said the

tariat for

president "ignored an overwhelming

consensus of legislators, religious leaders, medical professionals and the American people: the violent killing of children in the very process of being bom disgraces our nation."

"We will not rest until everything possible has been done to end the horror of partial-birth abortion," she said.

In a 296-132 vote Oct. 8, the House

approved the Senate's slightly amended bill that would ban the con-

version of a

troversial procedure except to save the

mother's

The House had passed

life.

its

version of the ban in March.

The

latest

House vote

is

more than

the two-thirds necessary to override a veto, but the Senate vote of 64-36 in

was

May

three votes short.

Clinton vetoed an earlier version of the bill in 1996.

Responding

to the veto,

Rep. Charles Canady, R-Fla., chief sponsor of the bill, said Clinton "will go down in history as the president

had

to

be overridden

whose veto

in order to protect

—

overrides the veto."

He

said Oct. 10 that the veto

came

"despite lopsided, bipartisan majorities"

Congress and "despite enactment of similar bans by 15 states." in

Johnson also commented on Clinton's proclamation of National Children's Day. "Why can't he recognize that it is radically inconsistent with that appeal to permit the brutal killing of a mostly delivered infant in a partialbirth abortion?" he asked in a statement.

Benedictine Father Paul Marx, founder of Human Life International, is

infanticide and, like it

is

consummate

all

forms of abor-

evil."

statement

issued at the organization's headquarters in Front In

a

innocent babies from a brutal, heinous

Royal, Va., Father

uphold the congressional ban procedure clearly demonstrates his moral depravity and signals the total moral collapse of this nation."

Before the veto, Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland, president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, sent Clinton a letter, urging him to sign

will over-

"We will work tire-

ride the veto, adding,

few votes needed in the Senate." Earlier, Canady had said he lessly to get the last

did not expect a vote to override the anticipated veto until 1998.

In a separate statement Oct. 10, Car-

Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia said he was "saddened and appalled" by the veto.

"It is even more disturbing that the dinal

president continues to permit a procedure that the majority

of Americans find des-

picable," he said.

Recalling that October

is

Respect

Life Month, the cardinal urged prayers for defenders of life

the ban.

He

"most of Clinton

all,

who

and supporters of

also urged people to pray

for those like President feel

it

protect our nation's

dren."

Marx

said, "Clinton's

failure to

House

predicted the

is

not necessary to

most vulnerable

chil-

gathered along city streets Oct. 12 for the Charlotte Life Chain.

Pictured with Bishop William G. Curlin are St. John Neumann Church parishioners Mary Beth Sardinia, Dan Morris and Mary Blanchard. Hundreds of North American cities have formed Life Chains in October to commemorate Respect Life Month.

said Oct. 10 that "partial-birth abortion

tion,

death."

He

Photo by Kathy Schmugge

An estimated 8,000 people representing area congregations

of

the

this

ban

Couples Celebrate Silver, Golden Jubilees At Mass By

transcends the accustomed bounds of the

abortion debate,

it

is

more accurately

KATHY SCHMUGGE Correspondent

CHARLOTTE — With the affirma-

into law. "Partial-birth abortion

tion of perfect weather

on Oct.

12, love

seen as a form of infanticide," the bishop said.

Similar letters also were sent to

were honored at a special event at St. John Neumann Catholic Church by approximately 300 couples and their

by Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles and Archbishop

families during the Charlotte Diocese's annual 25 th and 50th Wedding Anniver-

Daniel M. Buechlein of Indianapolis.

sary celebration.

the president

And in an Oct. 9 statement. Bishop J. O'Donnell of Lafayette, La., warned that "pro-life people and others who oppose the veto will gear up for a January campaign to enlist support for Edward

an override."

and

life

Bishop William G. Curlin praised the couples during his homily, calling them "a source of hope for the world."

He

said

would have

faith,"

Bishop Curlin

"Do

to die for

people

said, recalling the

the bride and

know what have

if more

unselfish love for

his first pastor told

high divorce rates, abortion and eutha-

would be abolished

same

him as a young groom know what tomorrow will bring? Sickness, what do they know of sickness? They are both in perfect health. They can't even words

priest.

the problems of today's society such as

nasia

the

one another as these spouses have had throughout their married years.

"Marriage is the greatest act of

'for worse' could be. ..but they one another and are willing each other."

faith in

See Jubilees, page 2

11

2 The Catholic

& Herald

News

October

Golden, Silver Jubilees, From Page

fine for her husband, Victor,

who felt the

secret to a successful marriage

was

to

Not is

forgetting to

communicate with

another important secret to suc-

cess, according to Dick and Diane McDonald, parishioners at St. Aloysius Church in Hickory celebrating 25 years of marriage. They both also encourage

family prayer.

The

by the Diocesan Family Life Ministry, was organized by Barbara Bazluki, assistant to the event, sponsored

executive director of Catholic Social Ser-

Our Church

Lady

Assumption

of

of

celebrated 50 years of marriage this year. As for advice to younger

couples on making their marriage last, Mr. Kawalec jokingly replied: "Keep your fingers crossed!"

Martha and Jose Ybarra of Our Lady of Assumption Church in Charlotte certainly relate to those words. As a young couple, they fled from Cuba 50 years ago, and went from having everything to owning one pair of shoes and a couple of shirts and pants. Mrs. Ybarro said their marriage lasted because of their faith in God, a faith which was constantly tested in a Hispanic country

where religious persecution ality even today.

As

is

a sad re-

for practical advice, Mrs.

added, "Don't argue about what ering

you

is

both-

away. Sleep on it and calmly the next day."

right

then discuss Otillie

Ybarra

it

Cozma, who

of their 50 years of marriage.

"We

and we are all still in the church," Mrs. King said.

Her husband attributes their happiness to their tremendous love for the Lord first and then each other. "We were taught the virtues and tried to live them," he added.

In his closing remarks, Bishop Curlin prayed that the couples' families follow their lesson in living. "May your children, grandchildren and their children call you blessed because, through your Christ-like love, you have shown grace in action," he said.

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courts to protect them.

His statement, released by the NaCommittee, said the law lacks requirements such as a mental health evaluation and other safeguards from misdiagnosis, family pressures or depression that might induce people to seek assisted suicide. nity

"Oregon's voters have the opportuand responsibility to reinstate the

safety net of suicide prevention and

treatment protections for the most vulnerable in our society," In light of the

Bopp

said.

Supreme Court's

re-

fusal to reopen the appeal, lower courts will

now have to reconsider their rulings

before the law can take effect. Depend-

upon how quickly those courts

standing reversed that judgment, effec-

ing

tively reinstating the law.

the law might take effect before the Nov.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled

in

June that laws in the states of Washington and New York prohibiting assisted suicide are constitutional. But the court's opinion made it clear that the justices do not consider the issue closed and suggested they might be open to hearing cases that approach assisted suicide law

from other angles.

"Throughout the nation, Americans are engaged in an earnest and profound debate," wrote Chief Justice William

act,

4 elecfion date.

The Death with Dignity Act also could be blocked if another suit is filed by people who can demonstrate they would be more directly affected by the law than could the original three plainfiffs.

David Schuman, deputy attorney general for Oregon, said early in Octo-

ber that such a lawsuit was likely.

in

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ten key principles our Catholic tradition of applying faith

teachings to economic

Sunday

life.

Thursday, November 20 or

Monday

Isaiah 53:10-1

Hebrews 4:14-16

Mark 10:35-45

and moral Saturday,

November 22,

Romans 4:20-25 Luke 12:13-21

1997

we

recognize that something distinctive about

Christians

Readings for the week of October 19-25

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DAY WITH THE GOSPEL OF LUKE

Principle #4: is

The 9th

Circuit's finding that the plaintiffs lacked

(803)

human

4.

attorney for the trio

& Herald

Our U.S. bishops summarized in

there

Jr.,

tional Right to Life

the law as unconstitutional.

are blessed with a big family

be counted Nov.

attempted to block the law, said in a statement that the Death With Dignity

ning a mail-in vote on whether to repeal it. Known as the Death with Dignity Act, the law passed with 51 percent of the

Dot and Peter King of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Monroe have seen the fruits

ballots will

James Bopp

who

Act has a great many dangerous flaws from which voters cannot expect the

federal judge in

she said, but as in previous years, other

The

was narrowly approved in a voter referendum.

The law may be short-lived, however, because Oregon voters were begin-

blessing.

this event,

parishioner.

As

it

standing to challenge the law. Earlier, a

we have had to invite only those couples who fit that category," of

Rehnquist in June. "Our holding permits this debate to continue."

Oregon was using a mail-in voting procedure to consider the Legislature's attempt to reverse the 1994 referendum.

law

to take effect, nearly three years after

and receive Bishop Curlin's special

1997. "Because of the growing popularity

also celebrated

50 years of marriage, lives by a different rule, a rule that might provide a better night's rest for some. "Never go to bed angry," said the St. John Neumann

sible for the state's assisted suicide

couples also attended to renew their vows

their 25th or 50th year anniversary in Photo by Kathy Schmuggi

and Anthony Kawalec

By declining to revive a lawsuit blocking the law, the court made it pos-

1 994 but has never taken effect because of lawsuits.

In its action the Supreme Court, without comment, declined to revive a challenge to the law filed by a terminally ill woman and two doctors.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the case on the grounds that the trio lacked the appropriate legal

vices. The planning started back in June parishes were asked to submit names of couples who were celebrating

when

Rita

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WASHINGTON (CNS) The U.S. Supreme Court Oct. 14 cleared the way Oregon law that legalizes assisted

for an

suicide to take effect.

avoid unnecessary arguments.

God

Court Clears Way For Assisted Suicide Law

1

She added two other important rules in her marriage: "Don't argue with the boss and always agree with the cook." It was fairly obvious that the cook was the boss in that household and that was just

1997

17,

Tuesday

9:30 a.m. -4:00 p.m.

Fr. David Valtierra, CO.

Romans

5:12,15,17-21

Luke 12:35-38

beings, something that sets

us apart from other living parts of the world. We express this by saying that we are created in the image and likeness of God. Whether male or female, each human being is a precious gift from God. Whether we come from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, or indigenous American backgrounds, every human being is a member of the one family that is of God's making. How do we show respect and reverence for this unique gift at all stages of life, not only at the beginning or the end?

Principle #4: All people have a right to life and to secure the basic necessities of life (e.g. food, clothing, shelter, education, health care, safe environment, economic security).

A fall

tradition at the Oratory.

Significant sections from Luke, the Gospel for the up-

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Liturgical year, will

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The same program is offered both days. The schedule includes prayer and Mass.

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October

17,

The Catholic News

1997

Pope, Argentine President Discuss

Church Leaders Laud Nobel Prize For Campaign to Ban Land IVIines

Situation In

"We will continue to urge our government to rethink its opposition to the Ottawa treaty and join the 100 other nations who will sign the global ban in December," said the archbishop.

The Catholic Campaign to Ban Landmines, made up of nearly 20 Catholic organizations, is part of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

Mercy Sister Janice Ryan, coordinator of the Catholic campaign, told CNS Oct. 10 that the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize will give "incredible exposure" to "the humanitarian crisis caused

John Paul Carlos ture in

.By

JENNIFER E. REED

—

WASHINGTON

(CNS) Church hoped to see greater international involvement in the campaign to ban land mines following the announcement of the 1997 Nobel Peace

Nobel Committee announced its decision to award the peace prize "in equal parts" to the International

leaders said they

Prize.

John Carr, secretary of Department of Social Development and World Peace for the U.S. Catholic Conference, said the award "is a way to shine a light on these hidden killers."

"My hope is that people will see in the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize ...

I

hope

that the U.S.

its

government

citizen

Catholic

On

Campaign

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who

Sept. 17, President Clinton an-

nounced

that he would not commit the United States to the terms of a treaty,

1

to

will re-

be signed

in

December

in

Ottawa.

In a statement Oct. 10, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick of Newark, N.J, chairman of the U.S. bishops interna-

spokesman for the Ban Landmines,

to

tional policy

Service Oct. 10.

the

Earlier that day, the

coordinates the campaign,

which was agreed upon by representatives of more than 00 countries and due

position and join the growing

told Catholic

Ban

which began in 1991. The international campaign is a grouping of more than 1,000 nongovernmental organizations in nearly 60 countries united in the effort to ban anti-personnel land mines.

global consensus to ban these indiscriminate weapons," Carr, a

to

Landmines and to Jody Williams, a U.S.

reason to join the effort. In particular,

think

Campaign

Norwegian

committee, congratulated

campaign and Williams "for

to

help lic

my

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ber.

The pope and Castro met for the first last year, an encounter that paved

time

way for the first papal visit to Cuba, home to some 4.5 million Catholics. the

Preparations for the visit have involved

and and the level of coopera-

the Vatican, local church leaders state officials,

tion has

will

drawn Vatican

But

country to join the process."

in recent

stantial

concessions in the area of

pected more progress in the period lead-

At the Vatican, U.S. Sacred Heart Keenan, an official at the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said the council is "certainly happy for any recognition of the splendid work being done by several nongovernmental organizations on the question of banning

ing up to the pope's arrival.

One official said that if there was no movement on the church's requests in Cuba, the ppe's speeches may reflect the Vatican's disappointment. The church enjoys basic freedom of worship in Cuba, but is seeking more space for its social and educative programs, a bigger media presence and more freedom of entry for foreign missionaries.

Sister Marjorie

land mines."

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richly deserved recognition" of the peace

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ence later in the day, said the pope had asked him to inform Cuban President Fidel Castro that the church needs and expects greater freedom to operate in the Caribbean island.

award, U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said in a statement: "This award will help encourage the nations of the world to

moment

the overall

Cuba during

Menem, speaking

are killed or maimed by the land mines, and more than 100 million land mines remain throughout the world.

Following the announcement of the

seize this fragile

—

Pope and Argentine President

the Vatican Oct.

estimated 26,000 people a year

ning these weapons forever.

11

Menem discussed religious free-

dom and

by land mines."

The international campaign reportedly was to give the prize of $994,000 to land-mine victims worldwide. The prize was to be presented at a Dec. 10 ceremony in Oslo, Norway.

Deactivated land mines are lined up in the sand near a refugee camp in the southern Algerian desert in April this year. The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its coordinator, Jodie Williams, won the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel committee announced Oct. 1 0.

Cuba

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17,

Pope John Paul II

Healthy Families Lead to Healthy Society,

Pope Says VATICAN CITY (CNS) Partial Birth Abortion transcends

— Here

of Pope John Paul IPs remarks general audience Oct. 8.

is

the Vatican text

in English at his

weekly

and

tion debate

more accurately

is

their elected leaders to reject this

inhumane procedure.

Pilla

Bishop of Cleveland

NCCB/USCC

President,

^^piscopal Galen Jar Bishop William G. Curlim

will

take pant in the foflowimg events j

October 18 10 a.m.

Mass for Healthcare Workers St.

Gabriel Church, Charlotte

1

Dear brothers and sisters.

The World Day of the Family, which has just been celebrated in Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, remains vivid in my mind and heart. The church recognizes and teaches that the family is an essential part of God's plan for the human race; it is the privileged place for personal and social development. The family, as a gift and a responsibility, is the hope of humanity. When the family is

human person is fostered; when the famhuman person is attacked. Today

ily is attacked, the

human

and the family are being confronted by a fundamental challenge. In the name of a false freedom divorced from objective truth, rules and prohibitions are brought into question. The broad and easy way of subjective choices, economic advantages and immediate pleasures becomes the rule. In reality, however, man and woman's true happiness is based on the experience of love in which mutual fidelity, the spirit of sacrifice and generous dedication to the good of the other lead to a sharing of thoughts, emotions and actions, thereby easing life's sufferings and increasing its joys. God's plan for the family is a message of hope: faithful love open to life is both possible and joyous; generous acceptance of the church's teaching contributes to a more just, peacefiil and loving human society. life

Upon

p.m.

"Jam for Jesus

New Zealand,

In-

donesia, the Philippines, Ja-

fostered, the

Most Reverend Anthony M.

Denmark, Norway,

land,

Australia,

the accustomed bounds of the abor-

seen as a form of infanticide. The American people are pleading with

those from England, Scot-

all

the English-speaking pilgrims, especially

pan and the United States, I invoke God's abundant blessings.

Pope Donates $200,000 Toward Relief Efforts

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

U. N.

Refugee

— Pope John Paul

II

donated $200,000 toward U.N. relief efforts for refugees in Rwanda, Angola and Balkan republics.

The pope presented the check during a private meeting Oct. 9 with Sadako Ogata, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Vatican Radio reported.

Ogata expressed gratitude for the contribution and for the moral support on refugee issues offered by the pope, the Vatican and the many Catholic relief agencies working around the world.

Pope Says Legalization of Drugs Not Answer To Drug Abuse Problem VATICAN CITY (CNS) Legalizing or decrimi-

—

nalizing of so-called "soft" drugs

would send the is not harm-

public a message that using such drugs ful.

Pope John Paul

II said.

Legalization or decrimi-

nalization will not diminish drug abuse and addiction,

nor address

its

causes, the pope said Oct.

1

during a meeting sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers.

"

Meeting Teachers a Half-Century Later

Marshall Park, Charlotte

By Antoinette Bosco October 20-23 Diocese of Knoxville Priests' Retreat Maggie Valley

October 25

—

6 p.m.

100th Anniversary St. Phillip

Mass and Celebration

the Apostle Church, Statesville

October 26 11 a.m.

50th Anniversary

Mass and Celebration for

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church

High Point Convention Center, High Point

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17,

1997

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The actress Patricia Neal once said: "A master can you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations."

I've never heard a definition of teacher better put and that's how I would characterize the nuns who

tell

007-393,

is

published by

Roman

50 years ago. Now some of my former me to visit them and talk about and work. I consider that a great compliment.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet staffed the elementary school, high school and college that I attended in my home city of Albany, N.Y. Not many people can say they had such continuity in their education. But I did, and the older I get the more I appreciate the extra value I gained from being in the classrooms of these nuns.

In the decades that followed, ridiculing nuns became the thing to do, sometimes in good humor, like off-Broadway's long-running "Nunsense," and sometimes seemingly in bitterness, like Christopher Durang's play, "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All to You." Yes, the nuns were strict, but they had to be, with 40 to 80 youths in a class. And yes, I'm sure some were tyrants. But I was lucky. My nun teachers seemed to have one goal in mind: to instill confidence in me that I could do good work when I completed my edu-

taught

me some

my

life

cation.

Now many of them have died, but some are active retirees living at the St.

Latham, N.Y. At long

Joseph Provincial House in I will have the opportunity

last

my

to

June, July and August for $1 5 per year for enrollees in parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and $18 per year for all other subscribers.

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passed on to their students.

Sister Charles Gamier (now, Sister Winifred), my high school Latin teacher, had such a sense of humor that she helped us translate the popular 1940s song "Mairsie Doats" into Latin! She also introduced me to

Charlotte,

NC

28237.

tyrs.)

teachers have asked

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, 1 524 East Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207, 44 times a year, weekly except for Christmas week and Easter week and every two weeks during

the

France to Christianize Native-Americans and were murdered, a story that fascinated me. (St. Charles Gamier was one of the mar-

thank them for their great impact on

member

their

the North

names and

reflect

American martyrs,

now on

the Jesuits

life. I re-

the gifts they

who came from

It

was because of

this

teacher that 20 years later

I

researched these Jesuit sto-

and wrote my second book on "Joseph the Huron," one of the Native-Americans converted by the ries

"Blackrobes."

Jerome Joseph brought

Sister

duced

me

Sister

the social

to C.S.

me music

and

intro-

Lewis.

Theophane inspired me to care deeply about and human needs of people, and understand

the role of politics in this.

Sister Emily Joseph had such a smile that you joy as you entered her classroom.

felt

Anna

Theresa, the librarian, was so human.

She gave me a treasure before she died, her little black favorite is "A hot head seems so book of writings.

Sister

My

much more pardonable

than a cold heart."

Admiral H. C. Rickover once wrote, "All great philosophers have understood that the education of the means youth is the primary function of society by which humanity's inheritance is transmitted from one generation to another.... Each one of us is heir to all of the ideas and accomplishments of every human

—

being

who

has ever lived."

Those wonderftil women who gave me so much to on in life will probably be surprised to leam

get started

that they are great philosophers.

Antoinette Bosco

is

a

CNS columnist.

.

October

The Catholic News

1997

17,

One Candle

Light

Father Thomas

Jewish Sukkot: Makeshift Huts During this week the Jewish Pilgrimage festival of Sukkot (Booths) comthe Jewish people to construct a "not too solid" dwelling for seven days in commemoration of the wandering of

mands

the Israelites in the desert.

Into the booth is gathered all the cornucopia of God's good creation. The injunction in Exodus 23:16 reads: "You shall observe the festival of harvest, of the first fruits of your labor, of what you sow in the field. You shall observe the festival of ingathering at the end of the

year,

when you

gather in fi-om the field

the fruit of your labor."

Jews who

In fact, even today,

make

ebrate

cel-

a hut consisting of three

makeshift walls and a roof which I am told is the last element secured. It must

be covered with tree branches so that the evening sky is framed like a tray of dia-

monds.

Each member of the family adds her

struc-

and decorated. are drawn over the frames. Others add oriental rugs or tapestries. From the branches of the roof dangle pomegranates, wreaths of almonds and corncobs, even decanters all pungent reminders of the of oil magnanimity of the Creator. Yet the booths are supposed to remain makeshift and temporary to call to mind human vulnerability and how ultimately we all depend upon God for shelter.

Author Blu Greenberg emphasizes the regulation that the shelter must be ture

the Everlasting

IVIeet

own personal touches as the

or his In

hoisted, sturdied

is

some families costly drapes

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

makeshift in her illustrative book "How to Run a Traditional Household". Sev-

husband Yitz, a rabbi, celebrated the frrst night's meal in a large shelter with a hundred members of his eral years ago, her

was

a very

windy night.

congregation.

It

After the

course, the rabbi decided

first

& Herald 5

move the crowd inside because of the powerful winds.

"We looked like a group of refugees to

J.

McSweeney

we sadly trudged out of our beautiful sukkah with our dishes and cutlery in hand. Ten minutes after we

and surely ourselves.

Are not all cosmic and

as

human frames shaky with fragile,

temporary supports

which

will eventually fail

up in the and had just beto resume our meal, we gun heard the sounds of a terrible crash: The sukkah had completely

ation and remind us of His love for us

collapsed."

who

had

set ourselves

and

social hall

All the glass windows,

bamboo poles,

evergreens, fabric and decorations had

one huge heap of were gasps of horror and a

instantly collapsed into

rubble. There

long

moment of silence

dered

ness

And yet their weak-

our strength. For God

work of His hands." This

we can

the rabbi

all

confi-

dently intone the sukkot she-he-heyanu

we are

prayer: "Surely

all in

God's

shel-

ter."

as everyone pon-

what might have happened But the rabbi, seeking to restore mood, broke the silence by

the festive

saying, "Well, at least

are "the

week with

is

there to steady His Cre-

is

For a free copy of the Christopher

fearfiilly

to them.

fall?

we know

it

was a

kosher sukkah!"

As Jewish families gather together in their fragile shelters to celebrate the

ing days of harvest just before the

News Note "Out of the Ordinary " to

The Christophers, 12 East 48th,

York,

write

New

NY 10017.

Father Thomas J. McSweeney rector of The Christophers.

is

di-

wanfirst

of winter, Sukkot provides a rich symbol for our environment, our planet.

blast

Question

Comer

Father John Dietzen

The

First Historical

Mention of

Jesus

outside the circle of Christians appar-

was by Flavius Josephus,

ently

Q. Jesus Christ is surely one of the greatest figures in history. Can you tell

ish historian

us ifhe is mentioned anywhere other than in the Bible?

Roman

A.

I

assume you are asking about

early Christian history, around the time the

New

Testament was being formed.

For us Christians, who believe that the coming of Jesus was the pivotal point in

human history, it's difficult to imaghow little interest he aroused apart his own small community of fol-

who

eventually

a

Jew-

won

the

close friendship of Vespasian and other

pleted about the year 94, were highly

prized resources by

St.

Jerome and other

early church fathers.

Toward

the end of the book,

Josephus describes how, under the procurator Albinus, there was brought

ine

before a group of judges "the brother of Jesus,

who was called Christ, whose name was James" (Book XX 9. ).

This would have been James the 1

From any viewpoint other than faith, he was, after all, merely the leader of a tiny off-shoot group of Jews, in a spectacularly insignificant comer of the Roman Empire.

The first historical mention of Jesus

Reflections

one of the three disciples closour Lord, who died as a martyr in

apostle, est to

the year 44.

An

earlier

mention of Jesus

in the

"Antiquities" as a miracle worker

on two

editor."

The

from

lowers.

was almost certainly added later by a Christian "copy

emperors.

This historian's works, especially "The Antiquities of the Jews," com-

priests: Father

who

I

had two profound

spiritual experi-

ences within a period of one week. Each at the Mass of Christian burial for a retired priest of the Charlotte Diocese. in

my

Both

priests

had been

influential

life.

The first took place on Oct. 2, the feast of the Guardian Angels, at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Morganton for Father John Murray. The second was Oct. 7, the feast of the Holy Rosary, at St.

Patrick's Cathedral for Msgr. Will-

iam Wellein.

Each man was a holy and dedicated priest. Each had been a friend and counselor at challenging times in

my life. Fa-

Murray had been there to listen and comfort when 1 was having a difficult time with an authority. He encouraged me without condemning the other person in any way.

ther

lost

my opportunity to return their kindme in some small way. But there

ness to

joy

in

knowing

mention of

that both Father

ried

How

A. Such biblical dilemmas are anall, if indeed any, of the Bible can be read as straight history in the modem sense of that word. parts

This

Book of Genesis noted

built a great city.

other proof that not

ticular

The Church and Scriptural Truths Q. A PBS television program on the

and

could he marry a non- existent

woman?

Christ.

John Murray and

Msgr. Wellein when he had his first heart attack many years ago, and he became a loyal friend of our growing family. He later gave us counseling at a very stressful time in our relationship. As well as being available, both priests were generous and faithful in offering their prayers for myself and my family.

When I first learned of Father Murray's death, I regretted that I had not been a more faithful correspondent in his retirement years. I almost immediately thought of Msgr. Wellein as well and was determined to write him in the near future. When Bishop Curlin announced Msgr. Wellein's death at the end of the Mass for Father Murray, I was cmshed.

I was sad that they were no longer here in our midst but even sadder that I had

My husband had helped take care of was

first

Jesus by a pagan writer seems to be by the Roman historian Gaius Suetonius.

In his Life of Claudius (perhaps about 120 A.D.) he writes, "Since the Jews made continual disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he (Claudius) expelled them from Rome."

This is generally accepted as referring to the early Christians and to Christ, though the timing is rather faulty.

Claudius was emperor some years after

By Karen Duncan

took place

God banished him from the territory and marked him somehow.

Cain then was afraid that anyone who recognized him would kill him. Who was he afraid o/? Who was there to kill him?

Cain went east and markilled Abel,

rose three days after dying

is

way

tme

at all stages,

but in a par-

for the "pre-history" portion

of Genesis, generally Chapters

1

to

See Dietzen, page

that after Cain

1 1

11

l\/lonsignor William Wellein

Miller

Murray and Msgr. Wellein would no longer suffer physical pain and had indeed "gone home." But there was much, much more.

These were no ordinary funerals.

Both Bishop Curlin's homily in Morganton and Msgr. James Jones' homily in Charlotte heightened my awareness and awe of the priesthood by leaps and

want

bounds. 1 came away with a new appreciation of and desire to pray unceasingly for our priests and for vocations. What an indescribable gift to be called! What a privilege to pray for and love our priests as brothers in Christ! Yes, they are hu-

each and every celebration of the Eucha-

man;

we

yes, they fight the

all

do.

same temptations

But they act

in the

person of

Christ.

ish

We must teach our children to cherour priests. We must pray for all

be the holy men God intends for them to be so that our young men will

priests to

to follow their

examples.

As my

heart was lifted at each homwas exalted at each consecration.

To see the raised hands of so many priests, to hear the chorus of voices changing the humble host into the precious body and the common wine into the precious blood emphasized for me that miraculous moment which occurs at ily, it

rist.

It

was

a privilege and a pleasure to

know

these two compassionate and devoted men. There have been many other equally holy priests who have touched

my life. May

1

not neglect them in friend-

ship and prayer, and

may many of

our

sons follow in their footsteps.

Karen Duncan Miller is a parishioner of St. Aloysius Church in Hickory.

6 The Catholic

News

& Herald

October 17, 1997

Makes Polish Connection

Parish

—

NORTH WILKESBORO

The

May as part of a delegation representing

congregation of

St. John Baptist de la Church made a global connection

the Charlotte committee. In addition to

Salle

encountering the ambiance of the 1,000year-old city while it hosted the 46th

when the parish hosted the Folk Dance and Song Ensemble from Wroclaw, Poland, at the 9 a.m. Mass on recently

Sept. 28.

The 30 members of

the

ensemble

were guests of the Charlotte Sister Cities Committee and took part in the UNCCharlotte International Festival '97 as the featured entertainment

on the UNCC

campus Sept. 27.

Founded in 1952, the dance and song group has performed more than 2,000 concerts around the world. This was their first trip to

The

the United States.

cultural

exchange gathered

Catholics from two sides of the world for

Communion, prayer and song at the Sept.

28 Mass. Following the liturgy, the ensemble performed two Polish hymns. A breakfast continued the festivities, where

many

the group sang and danced

from

tions

selec-

their repertoire.

International Eucharistic Congress, Father Cintula also learned of

July

a private, non-profit organization

is

responsible for coordinating the exPictured in front from left are Harry Grim, Father Anthony Marcaccio and Gail Grim; in middle, John Engler, Dr. Don Joyce and Ray Farris; and in back, Tony LopezIbanez, Jim Kelley, Chuck Grace and Bob Gallagher, at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C.

Order of Malta Invests

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when

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in

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Comuniquemonos Minis terio Hispano 17 de octubre de 1997

Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald

Empieza campana para recaudar fondos para nuevo Centro MIKE KROKOS CHARLOTTE - Un terrene Por

de Charlotte, sera donde se construira el future Centre Catolico Hispano de Charlotte.

El

Padre Vicentino,

Vicente

Finnerty, director del ministerio hispano

de

la

Diocesis, dije que

el

proyecte, que

se construira en tres fases, consistira de

una

iglesia,

un centro comunitarie, una

guarderia iufantil y una clinica de salud para cubrir las necesidades de la

creciente cemunidad hispana en la Diocesis. El Programa Hispano del

Servicio Social Catolico se

tambien para

el

nuevo

de este proyecto es de unos cinco millones de dolares.

"Nosotros hemos querido hacer esto total

de 16

acres en Tuckasegee Road, en el noroeste

mudara

local. El costo

mucho tiempo", dijo el Padre el 26 de septiembre cuando anuncio el comienzo de una campana de cuatromeses para recaudar $300,000.00 para construir la primera fase del proyecto que consistira de un centro comunitario de uso multiple y que tendra un valor de $1 millon de dolares. El centro ha recaudado $200,000 entre diferentes actividades y donaciones y la Diocesis hara un prestamo de $500,000. por

Finnerty

Este edificio incluira oficinas, salones

de clase, banos con duchas y una cocina.

"Nosotros necesitamos un lugar para

Continua en

la

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Dibujos arquitectonicos del future Centro Catolico Hispano de Charlotte.

Elevacion frontal de la futura iglesia (arriba). Vista general del conjunto

mirando desde Tuckasegee Road (derecha).

^Que es un Ano Santo?

En la tradicion catolica romana, un Ano Santo, o Jubileo, es un gran evento Es un afio de perdon de los pecados y tambien del castigo por los pecados, es un ano de reconciliacion entre adversarios, de conversion y de recepcion del Sacramento de la Reconciliacion. Es un tiempo de solidaridad, esperanza, justicia y compromiso para servir a Dios con alegria y en paz con nuestros hermanos y hermanas. Un aiio de jubileo es, sobre todo, el ano de Cristo, quien brinda vida y gracia a la humanidad. religioso.

El origen del Jubileo cristiano data desde los tiempos bfblicos. La Ley de Moises prescribi'a un ano especial para el pueblo judio: "Declararas santo el

ano cincuenta y proclamaras

la

liberacion para todos los habitantes de la tierra.

jubileo.

Sera para ustedes un ano de Los que habian tenido que

empenar su propiedad, la recobraran.

Los esclavos regresaran a su familia.

Este afio cincuenta sera un aiio de jubileo.

No

sembraras

ni segaras los

rebrotes, ni vendimiaras la vina sin cultivar,

pues es

aiio jubilar,

que sera

consagrado para ustedes. Comeras de lo que el campo produce por sf solo" (Levitico 25: 10-14). La trompeta que se uso en este aiio para anunciar el jubileo era un cuemo de cabra que en hebreo se llamaba Yobel, y de ella proviene la palabra jubileo. La celebracion de este aiio tambien incluye la restitucion de la tierra a sus duenos originales, la cancelacion de las deudas, la liberacion de los esclavos, y el descanso de la tierra.

En el Nuevo Testamento, Jesus se presenta como El que hace que se cumpla el antiguo jubileo, porque El ha venido "para publicar un ano feliz lleno de los favores de Yave" (Isai'as 61:1-2).

Una nota interesante es que en casi todos los pafses, el tiempo se cuenta desde antes y despues de la venida de Cristo al mundo, aunque hoy pocas personas se hayan percatado de los on'genes de este calculo. Para los cristianos, por lo tanto, el Jubileo del Ano 2000 es importante porque sera la celebracion del 2,000 aniversario del nacimiento de Cristo (aparte de las diferencias de un conteo cronologico exacto). Lo que es mas, sera el primer

XVI y

Alio Santo que marca la Uegada de un

empezo en

nuevo milenio, ya que el primer Jubileo fue proclamado por el Papa Bonifacio

hasta un ano.

VIII en 1300.

jubileos extraordinarios: en

Entonces para los cristianos, el Aiio del Jubileo debe ser una gran oracion de alabanza y accion de gracias a Dios por el don de la Encamacion de su Hijo y la Redencion que El nos trae.

El Jubileo es llamado Ano Santo, no solo porque se inicia, esta marcado y termina con actos santos y solemnes, sino tambien porque su proposito es alentar la santidad de la vida. En realidad,

proclamado por

este fue

convocado para fortalecer la fe, comunion

alentar obras de caridad y

fraternal dentro de la Iglesia y la sociedad

y hacer un llamado a los cristianos a ser mas sinceros en su fe en Cristo, el unico Salvador.

Un Jubileo puede ser "ordinario" si que cae despues de un periodo determinado de aiios y "extraordinario" cuando es proclamado por algun hecho significativo. Hasta la fecha, han habido veinticinco Afios Santos "ordinarios"; el afio 2000 sera el 26°. La costumbre de es

llamar "extraordinarios" a los jubileos

el siglo

estos

pueden

variar en duracion, desde algunos dias

conmemorar

En

el

este siglo,

el

hubo dos 1933,

Papa Pio XI, para

1,900 aniversario de la

Redencion y, en 1983, proclamado por el Papa Juan Pablo II, para conmemorar 1,950 anos de la Redencion por Cristo por su Muerte y Resurreccion en el aiio 33. El afio 1987 fue proclamado como aiio Mariano por el Papa Juan Pablo II. (Este extracto de www.vatican.va/ jubilee aparecio en el boletm Jubilee 2000 del Secretariado para el Tercer Milenio del

NCCB/USCC.)

2 Suplemento de The Catholic

News and

17 deoctubrede 1997

Herald

El Papa reta

Mensaje del Padre Rev. Vicente H. Finnerty,

CM.

al Brasil

justicia social

Queridos amigos y amigas en Cristo: En estos di'as celebramos el 1 2 de octubre, el dia de la raza hispana. Es un dia cuando tomamos conciencia de la riqueza de nuestra historia, de nuestra cultura, de nuestras tradiciones y de nuestra espiritualidad.

A mi me parece que es un dia sumamente importante. Es importante porque es un dia para damos cuenta de la gran riqueza con que Dios ha dotado a nuestros pueblos. A veces, como hispanos, tendemos a despreciar lo nuestro. Parte de nuestra historia incluye epocas de opresion, de dominacion, de injusticia. Esto nos ha marcado.

Entonces, el 12 de octubre es un dia cuando queremos afirmar con nobleza, con sencillez nuestra dignidad como hijos de Dios, como hispanos.

Tal vez yo les pueda ayudar al recordarles nuestros grandes valores

a fomentar

y prosperidad

espirituales.

Primero,

la espiritualidad de los hispanos tiene aguante.

La espiritualidad

es una realidad que ha estado viva a lo largo de su peregrinaje por la historia humana. La fe esta bien enraizada en nuestros pueblos. Se manifiesta de muchas maneras. A veces es en forma de oracion, novenas, canciones y

gestos sagrados.

Se manifiesta tambien en las relaciones personales y la hospitalidad.

Nuestra gente sabe dar de lo poco que tiene y no le cuesta. La casa de uno es la casa de todos. Las relaciones personales son muy calidas. Para el hispano, la persona es importante y se toma el tiempo para poner esto de relieve en nuestras relaciones personales.

Otras veces, nuestra espiritualidad se muestra con la tolerancia, la paciencia, la fortaleza y la esperanza en medio del sufrimiento y las dificultades. Al mismo tiempo, nuestra espiritualidad, nuestra manera de creer en Dios, no es puro aguantar y tolerar. Tambien inspira la lucha por la

EL PAPA EN BRASIL - Su

con el presidente Fernando santidad Juan Pablo Henrique Cardoso y su esposa Ruth Cardoso a su llegada a Brasil el 2 de octubre. su llegada por una visita de cuatro dias, el Papa desafio a los brasilenos a promover justicia social y prosperidad en esa nacion.

libertad, la justicia y la paz.

Con frecuencia nuestro espiritu catolico se manifiesta en compromiso y perdon como tambien en celebracion, fiesta, danzas, imagenes y simbolos sagrados. Altarcitos, imagenes y velas en la casa son sacramentales, signos de la presencia de Dios. Las pastorelas, las posadas, los nacimientos, el via crucis, las peregrinaciones, las procesiones y las bendiciones que ofrecen las madres, los padres y los abuelos son manifestaciones de esta espiritualidad y fe profunda.

Los hispanos encuentran a Dios, de una manera especial, en los brazos de la Virgen Maria. Es por eso que Maria, la Madre de Dios, toda bondad, compasion, proteccion, inspiracion, modelo.... esta en el corazon de la

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septiembre.

Receptaculos para donaciones han sido instalados en restaurantes y negocios hispanos del area y se han organizado grupos que visitaran vecindarios con poblacion hispana para recaudar fondos para este proyecto.

El Centro, que existe hace 25 anos, se fundo para unir a la comunidad hispana e incorporarla a una comunidad mayor a traves de programas, de la liturgia, de la catequesis y de apoyo. A traves de los aiios, el nucleo de la comunidad ha cambiado de cubanos y ecuatorianos a mayormente mexicanos y centroamericanos.

El Padre Finnerty espera comenzar

rectoria.

Se pueden enviar donaciones para este proyecto al Centro Catolico Hispano,

NC

Para mas informacion sobre el esfuerzo de recaudacion llamen al (704)

335-1281.

-rill

y a

los ricos

los pobres del pais.

y

la

entre

menudo

nas y eventualmente sera una parroquia bilingiie con Misas en espanol e ingles, dijo el Padre Finnerty. Se ha comprado una casa al frente del terreno, la cual

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del Brasil,

El Papa volvio su atencion a dos segmentos de la poblacion que a

proyecto. La iglesia sentara a 600 perso-

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Los descendientes de los esclavos africanos traidos al pais durante el periodo colonial, dijo el Papa, tambien han enriquecido a la cultura del pais.

"Estos brasilenos de origen africano merecen, tienen el derecho al maximo respeto por los rasgos

dificultades de los chicos callejeros

obra de la primera fase el proximo No se ha seiialado fecha para completar toda la obra. "Todo depende.

Si alguien nos hace una donacion de $4 millones manana, entonces podremos comenzar el trabajo mucho mas temprano", dijo el.

Los edificios se construiran en un estilo arquitectonico tradicionalmente hispano, el cual se usa frecuentemente en el sur de la Florida. El proyecto incluira una plaza al frente de la iglesia. El arquitecto argentino Carlos De La Croix, completo los pianos y dibujos del

como

prosperidad para todas las personas del

Al Uegar a la base aerea de Galeao el 2 de octubre, el Papa pidio que se prestara una atencion especial a las

la

servira

intimidad y el carino familiares. Ellos merecen toda nuestra atencion, para que puedan vivir su cultura con

pais.

otofio.

que la gente pueda reunirse y para responder a las necesidades recreativas, sociales y educacionales", el Padre Finnerty aiiadio. "Hay mucho entusiasmo por este proyecto. La gente verdaderamente esta apoyandolo". El Centre Catolico Hispano actualmente celebra cuatro Misas en espafiol cada fin de semana en lo que era el antiguo colegio catolico de Nuestra Sefiora de la Asuncion, en Shenandoah Avenue esquina a The Plaza. La camparia para recaudar fondos se anuncio en todas las Misas el fin de semana del 27 y 28 de

El RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS) Papa Juan Pablo II desafio a los y a su gobiemo para que promuevan la justicia social y la brasilefios

espiritualidad hispana.

En estos dias que celebramos nuestra raza, los animo a hacer dos cosas.

Primero, tomar conciencia nuevamente de lo bello de lo nuestro. Segundo, comprometerse en conservar y enseiiar lo nuestro. Seria una verdadera tragedia perder estos aspectos tan ricos de nuestra espiritualidad. Nuestros hijos necesitan experimentarlos, acogerlos, vivirlos. Que no nos avergoncemos de lo nuestro.

Viene de

II

A

enfrentan la se a discriminacion y a la pobreza grave: Los pueblos indigenas y los brasilenos de ancestro africano.

Los descendientes de los habitantes originales del pais, dijo el, han sembrado en la cultura brasileiia "un sentido profundo de la familia, del respeto por los antecesores y de la

dignidad".

fiindamen tales de su cultura y pueden justamente solicitarlos y esperarlos".

Refiriendose a la imponente estatua de Cristo que mira sobre la ciudad, el Papa oro para que "Cristo el Redentor, que desde las alturas del Corcovado abre Sus brazos en la forma de la cruz, iluminara a las familias, a la

y

comunidad

eclesiastica

a toda la sociedad temporal

luz

que viene de

La Virgen Maria, Mediadora CIUDAD DEL VATICANO,

—

En la Audiencia General del (VIS). miercoles Iro. de octubre, celebrada en la Plaza de San Pedro, el Santo Padre recordo que el Concilio Vaticano II da a Maria el titulo de «Mediadora» al afirmar que «con su multiple intercesion continua obteniendonos los dones de la salvacion etema».

En la Enciclica «Redemptoris Mater», dijo el Papa, «recuerdo que 'la mediacion de Maria esta intimamente unida a su matemidad, y posee un caracter especificamente matemo que la distingue del de las demas criaturas'».

El Concilio afirma que «Maria es

madre en

orden de la gracia'». Este titulo «aclara que la Virgen coopera con Cristo en el renacimiento espiritual de la humanidad».

Juan Pablo II indico que «la mediacion materna de Maria no oscurece la unica y perfecta mediacion de Cristo. (...) De Cristo deriva el valor 'para nosotros la

el

con

la

lo alto".

—

de la mediacion de Maria, y por tanto el influjo afiadio con el Concilio saludable de la Bienaventurada Virgen, 'de ninguna manera impide la union inmediata de los creyentes con Cristo, sino que la facilita'».

«A1 proclamar a Cristo unico mediador, el texto de la Carta de San Pablo a Timoteo excluye toda mediacion paralela, pero no una mediacion subordinada. (...) Es posible participar en la mediacion de Cristo en diversos ambitos de la obra de la salvacion. (...)

En esta voluntad de suscitar participaciones en la linica mediacion

—

de Cristo, se manifiesta el amor gratuito de Dios que quiere compartir lo que posee». El Papa senalo a continuacion que la mediacion materna de la Virgen es «un don del Padre para la humanidad».

Y

termino subrayando que «Maria

desarroUa su accion materna en continua dependencia con la mediacion de

y de El recibe todo lo que su corazon quiere dar a los hombres».

Cristo,

Suplemento de The Catholic News and Herald

17de octubrede 1997

^Tiene Vigencia La tradicion de la Iglesia ha dedicado el mes de octubre al rosario a la Virgen.

El rosario es una oracion simple y teologicamente rica en recuerdos biblicos. Por esto los cristianos lo prefieren y lo rezan con frecuencia,

conscientes de su autentica dimension evangelica, de la cual los Papas nos han hablado en numerosos documentos.

La oracion del Rosario, en el triple movimiento de sus misterios (gozosos: infancia; dolorosos: pasion; gloriosos:

resurreccion, bajada del Espiritu Santo glorificacion de la Virgen Maria), es

y una

alabanza y una imploracion a Maria para que interceda por nosotros, que no siempre vivimos como Dios lo desea.

Maria es la Madre de la fidelidad, la muj er de fe. Una muj er cercana a nosotros, semejante a nosotros. Una mujer casada, que vivio y compartio la temura de un hombre en el seno de un hogar. Una creyente que conoce, como nosotros, la dificultad de creer, pero que, Uegado el

el

LA BASILICA DE SAN

Rosario?

Asi's I

'

habia cogido frio o cuando el adolescente no regresaba a la hora prevista. Una madre que acepto no ser ni unica ni

primera en el corazon de su hijo. Una mujer valiente que acompafio a este hijo ultrajado y maltratado hasta el pie de la cruz. Maria!

Familiar del Espiritu desde su concepcion y que espera, en oracion con los apostoles, la manifestacion prodigiosa de este Espiritu el dia de i

Pentecostes

Invocada sin cesar por millones de que ella mejor abogada de los humildes y

cristianos porque cada uno sabe es la

de los humillados.

Redescubramos y valoricemos siempre, mas en este mes de octubre, el santo rosario, como oracion personal y familiar, dirigida a aquella que es Madre fieles

y Madre de

ERIE, Pennsylvania (CNS) Monsenor Donald W. Trautman, Obispo de Erie, desafio a 300 ministros parroquiales el 20 de septiembre a permitir que una "liturgia viviente" que se centre en la Eucaristia transforme a las parroquias

Como

la Iglesia.

Sacerdote hondureno advierte sobre apatia antes de elecciones TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNS) mirar candidatos fuera — Con menos de meses hasta de dos electores" a

las

a los

partidos principales.

los

elecciones generates, los hondurenos

El Padre Rodriguez dijo que los

estan «cansados y hastiados» de sus

principales problemas a que se enfrentan

dirigentes poHticos, cuyas "falsas promesas" han llevado a la apatia y el desencanto, dijo un dirigente eclesiastico hondureno.

"El partido politico de mayor crecimiento es el de las abstenciones", dijo el Padre Ovidio Rodriguez, vicario general de Tegucigalpa. El hablo en una entrevista telefonica con el Catholic

News

Service.

Los hondurenos habrian de ir a votar de noviembre para elegir a un

son la superacion pobreza cada vez mayor y la

y a

la

las culturas.

Iglesia del principio,

la

delincuencia.

El culpo del empobrecimiento a los cursos de accion economicos neoliberales, implantados en 1990 por primera vez por Callejas, que solo han beneficiado a los sectores orientados hacia la exportacion, dijo el.

"Lo que ha sido globalizado en Honduras es la pobreza", agrego el.

sucesor del Presidente Carlos Roberto Reina, los miembros del Congreso y las autoridades municipales.

un

sistema

dominado

tradicionalmente por dos partidos, el candidato presidencial del Partido Liberal, Carlos Flores Facuse, encabeza la contienda por delante de la candidata del Partido Nacional, Nora de Melgar, segun las

encuestas

mas

"La apatia

la

tres partidos

mas

zaga de los delanteros.

del pueblo resulta del

engatio" de los tres gobiernos

mas

recientes, dijo el vicario general.

"Hay tanta corrupcion oficial que la gente no cree ya en los dirigentes politicos", agrego

Iniciacion Cristiana hasta la Vida Etema", flie publicado en el "Lake Shore Visitor", el periodico diocesano de Erie.

Monsenor Trautman dijo que las comunidades parroquiales aprenden el secreto de esta liturgia viviente cuando reconocen a Cristo presente en la asamblea reunida, en el sacerdote, en las Escrituras que se proclaman y predican y, especialmente, en los elementos eucaristicos del Cuerpo y la Sangre de

necesidades de los pobres, de los

Cristo.

marginados, de los descastados y de los pecadores, dijo el obispo en un discurso ante la octava conferencia anual de

"La Eucaristia suministra el medio mejor y mas poderoso para formamos como el Cuerpo de Cristo", dijo Monseiior Trautman, ex-director del Comite de Liturgia de la Conferencia Nacional de Obispos Catolicos.

ministerios, auspiciada por la Diocesis

de Memphis, Tennessee.

El texto de su charla, titulada "La Centralidad de la Eucaristia, desde la

Laguna de inmigracion a punto de caducar extendida por 3 semanas —

WASHINGTON (CNS) Horas antes de que caducara, el Congreso dio una extension de tres semanas a un programa que permite a los inmigrantes ilegales permanecer en los Estados Unidos con sus familias mientras aguardan sus visas.

La accion adoptada el 30 de septiembre da una posposicion temporal a posiblemente millares de personas que se enfrentaban a tener que dejar a sus familias y solicitar la residencia en los Estados Unidos desde sus paises de origen. Desde que el programa empezo en 1 994, mas de medio millon de perso-

nas se han aprovechado del mismo.

El programa permite a las personas que son elegibles de otro modo para los permisos de 'residencia en los Estados Unidos, pero que han estado viviendo aqui ilegalmente, pagar una multa de $1,000 y despues quedarse en este pais mientras se tramitan sus solicitudes.

La extension del programa hasta el 23 de octubre fue aprobada por el Senado en votacion de 99 contra 0 el 30 de septiembre, y en votacion de 355 contra 57 en la Camara de Representantes un dia antes.

recientes.

Los candidatos de pequefios van a

puertas de la Iglesia para satisfacer las

es el

los dirigentes del pais

de

el .30

En

San Francisco despues que un terremoto sacudio la zona del centre de Italia el 26 de septiembre. Dos monjes y dos trabajadores murieron cuando la cupula pintada al fresco de la basilica se derrumbo, cayendo al suelo. (Foto CNS de Reuters)

Obispo dice que la Eucaristia centre de la vida catolica —

debemos experimentar una "liturgia viviente", que se mueva mas alia de las

tres

—

FRANCISCO

Ciudadanos y turistas en miran a la Basilica de

momento, dijo si a Dios sin vacilar. Una madre que, como todas las madres, conocio la inquietud, cuando el pequeno

de los

3

el.

El ex-presidente del Partido Nacional, Rafael Callejas (1990-94), se enfrenta actualmente a una serie de acusaciones sobre abuso de poder y uso indebido de millones de dolares de fondos publicos durante su permanencia en el cargo.

Los procedimientos .legales ya han empezado a solicitar que el Congreso suspenda la inmunidad de Callejas al enjuiciamiento, garantizada por el hecho de que el ex-presidente es ahora miembro del Parlamento centroamericano.

"No podemos decir al pueblo desde el pulpito por que partido han de votar en noviembre", dijo el Padre Rodriguez.

Pero el dijo que estaria "invitando a los

Mandamiento "No cometeras

Sexto

Continuamos con los mandamientos de la Ley comentando sobre el sexto mandamiento.

Actitud Cristiana. El autentico

podemos

cristiano sabe valorar la grandeza de la

traicion a la alianza nupcial,

mas

plena, profunda y exclusiva entre dos personas es la de un

relacion

hombre y una mujer unidos por rimonio. Es el

la

el

mat-

alianza cimentada sobre

mutuo amor y

la

mutua donacion de

sus personas, querida y establecida por el Creador desde el principio, en bien de la vida, ya que en ella el hombre y la mujer se complementan y ayudan mutuamente y en funcion de la

prolongacion de la vida. Un lugar primordial en la alianza matrimonial lo ocupa la sexualidad, y Dios dispuso en el Sexto Mandamiento que su ejercicio seria exclusivamente llevado a cabo en

misma. Toda relacion y satisfaccion sexual fuera del ambito del matrimonio la

esta prohibida.

Actitudes equivocadas. Aparte del

humana y

recordar: la fornicacion, que es la union

sexualidad

hombre y una mujer no union libre y la union a prueba, que en realidad son formas publicas de fornicacion; el divorcio, que es la ruptura de la alianza matrimonial y que desemboca casi siempre en un permanente adulterio de uno o ambos conyuges; el incesto, que es la relacion carnal entre parientes dentro de los grados en que esta prohibido el matrimonio; la prostitucion que es una forma de satisfacer la Injuria; la violacion, que es la violenta agresion sexual contra otra persona; la homosexualidad, que es la busqueda de placer sexual con personas del mismo sexo; la masturbacion, que es la busqueda solitaria de la satisfaccion sexual y, en fin, la pornografia que degrada la sexualidad para reducirla a un sensualismo corrupto y corruptor.

racional y noble fin de su ejercicio.

Tiene en gran consideracion al matri-

carnal entre un

La

adulterio"

adulterio que es la directa e injusta

casados;

la

respetar el

monio, instituido por el Creador y santificado con un Sacramento por Jesucristo. Segun su propio estado de vida, vive su castidad:

si es casado, evitando toda infidelidad conyugal. Si es soltero evitando todo deseo, pensamiento y accion relacionados con

la satisfaccion sexual.

Busca ademas

que dificultan su castidad tanto de soltero como de casado y procura el dominio de si mismo con la entrega a sus deberes, con la mortificacion de los sentidos y evitar los peligros

con

la

oracion

(Comentario al Catecismo de Edicion Espafiola Catolica

la Iglesia

—

- con permiso de los Padres de Sociedad de San Pablo).

la

News and

4 Suplemento de The Catholic

Semana

17 deoctubrede 1997

Herald

nacional de migracion de

1998 fijada entre

el

5 y 11 de enero

WASHINGTON (CNS) - "Llamados a Ser Uno en el Espiritu" es el tema de la Semana Nacional de

la

Migracion para 1998, fijada entre

el

5 y el

1 1

de enero.

Un foUeto publicado por la Conferencia Catolica de los Estados Unidos para la semana ofrece

estadisticas sobre migracion, inserciones

recomendadas para

los

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The Catholic News

1997

& Herald 7

rEntertainment Love Always Film Takes Lengthy

Road To Romance

NEW YORK (CNS) — Unsure if she wants

to settle

down, a young

woman

delays answering a marriage proposal by

taking to the road in "Love

Always"

Julia (Marisa Ryan), 22, leaves

Spo-

kane and her devoted lover Mark (Michael Reilly Burke) scene to see a

opening

in the

more of the world.

little

Six months

San Diego with a dour brother and an engaged later, living in

couple, Julia gets a postcard proposal

from Mark, who has just passed the bar and wants to marry her.

Julia decides to go see him, but she likely takes a very roundabout route an unconscious stalling tactic as she makes up her mind.

At first hitching towards Washington state, she gets detoured to Las Vegas, decides to see her San Diego friends get married in Boston, then heads back West, all the while riding alongside an assortment of eccentrics or criminally

—

— Jamyang Wangchuk, as the Dalai Lama, and Brad as "Seven Years The U.S. Catholic mountain climber Heinrich Harrer, — adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Conference America PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned that some material Pitt,

star in

classification

rating

may

in

Tibet."

of

is A-ll

is

beinappropriate for children under 13.

Seven Years In Tibet Movie Lacks In Story, But Not Beauty NEW YORK (CNS) — On the surface, is

"Seven Years

mains mostly

beauty

its

re-

superficial.

The movie

based on the memoirs of octogenarian Heinrich Harrer, only recently revealed to have been a Nazi SS member when his mountain climbing expedition set out to conquer the peaks of the Himalayas in 1939, but ended up interred in a British prisoner'of-war

camp

in

is

northern India.

make him look

like a poster

Aryan ubermensch, Brad

boy

Pitt's

for the

Harrer

callously leaves behind his very preg-

nant wife in favor of mountaineering, but the expedition

is

cut short

when they

are arrested in British-held territory as

POWs

and expected

to

sit still

for the

duration of the war.

Instead, egotistical Harrer escapes

teaming with fellow escapee Peter Aufschnaiter (David

in 1942, reluctantly

Thewlis) as they trek 1,500 miles to Tibet and ferret themselves into the holy city of Lhasa, normally forbidden to foreigners.

There Aufschnaiter marries a local seamstress (Lhakpa Tsamchoe) while Harrer is summoned to meet the teen-

age Dalai

Lama (Jamyang Wangchuk),

who

him "yellowhead" and asks

calls

to be tutored about the

wide world out-

side remote Tibet.

Impressed by his student's Buddhist

some of his monumental arrogance and gaining more respect for the peaceful Tibetans

beliefs, Harrer starts losing

Screenplay writer-director Jude Pauline Eberhard makes her directing debut with this modest but routine road

Sentimentality triumphs over spiri-

movie.

ing as Harrer, what with his on-again,

off-again accent and a transformation

tails.

story.

Handsome

Pitt is

not terribly

mov-

seems not much more than going from an unpleasant to a pleasant personthat

This

ality.

is

hardly compelling. is

Any

hollowly ren-

dered, and tagging on a final father-son

bonding comes off as schmaltzy in light of Harrer' s strong Nazi ties he glossed over in his memoirs.

On the other hand, young Wangchuk is captivating as the Dalai Lama, humble and pure, yet still a youngster eager to learn about (to him) the strange exotic world of cinemas and automobiles. He brings an innate natural charm to his first acting role.

The hills

vistas

of the Himalayan foot-

(and the Andes stepping in for the

peaks) are exquisite as

is

the re-creation

Argentina of the forbidden city of Lhasa. One gets an intriguing glimpse at the culture of Tibetans and can certainly sympathize with their treatment at the hands of a more powerful neighin

bor.

But the essential story about Harrer remains oddly bland, and although the movie has its visual compensations, its lofty story remains basically earthbound.

Because of brief battlefield violence and a gory mountaineering accident, the U.S. Catholic Conference classification

tic

The

script,

however,

NEW YORK

(CNS)

— Here

are

capsule reviews of theatrical films to be

shown on

national television the

week

of Oct. 26: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 8-10 p.m. EST (Fox) "Wolf (1994). Bitten by a dying

wolf he's accidentally run over, a Manhattan book editor (Jack Nicholson) fears he is turning into a fanged beast capable of attacking his estranged wife (Kate Nelligan), traitorous colleague (James Spader) or new love interest (Michelle

Mike Nichols' elegant monster myth may not

Pfeiffer). Director

take on a classic scare anyone but will engross viewers in Nicholson's performance as the an-

guished wolfman trying to cling to his diminishing humanity. Brief but intense violence, implied affairs and intermittent rough language. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification of the theatrical

was

—

The Mofion Picture Association of America rating restricted. was R

version

A-III

adults.

fort to build a relationship

—

cautioned that some material

may be

appropriate for children under 13.

in-

Nor does

the script clearly estab-

lish that cashier Julia

would

like to act,

and the underwritten character of her brother just doesn't

into the

fit

movie

with any rhyme or reason.

The tone of the film is very earnest throughout as Julia seeks to "find" herself, but from the opening scene be-

tween Mark and Julia, it seems clear they are opposites without being complementary.

Several scenes are mildly comical as Julia

must endure the company of a

crazed speed-demon, gets picked up by her favorite funky female band, and accidentally breaks an artist's prized life-

cow.

But the overall effect is that of a fragmented story with good intentions and an emotionally honest ending, but not one likely to be remembered a day size ceramic

Due

to a

bedroom scene with

brief

nudity, intermittent rough language and

occasional profanity, the U.S. Catholic

—

Conference classification is A-lIl adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted.

—

theatrical version

was

A-IIl

—

adults.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating was

PG

—

parental guid-

ance suggested.

Saturday, Nov.

1,

noon-2 p.m.

(UPN) "Teen Witch" little

story about a teen

who

learns that she

magic powers lar girl in

to

is

EST

(1989). Sappy (Robyn Lively)

a witch, uses her

become the most popu-

school but discovers what she

wants is to be liked for herself Directed by Dorian Walker, there is

really

nothing magical about the inane plot or its trite treatment. Sexually suggesdve scene,

number of sexual

references.

The

U.S. Catholic Conference classification

of the theatrical version was A-llI adults.

The Motion

—

ents are strongly cautioned that

material

may be

dren under

—

Picture Association

of America rating was PG-13

par-

some

inappropriate for chil

13.

EST

Catholic Conference classificafion of the

mountain climber and Tibet's spiritual leader deepens and upon leaving the

—

A-II adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America is PG-13 parents are strongly

is

rating

volving.

—

Friday, Oct. 31, 8:05-10 p.m.

with the son

their land by power of might.

The bond of friendship between the

episodic without being particularly in-

TV Reviews For Week Of October 26

country Harrer makes a concerted ef-

annex

to the next road-

side pick-up.

flawed, pre-

is

(TBS) "Teen Wolf (1985). High school lad (Michael J. Fox) becomes a big man on campus when he discovers that he is a werewolf in this moderately funny teenage comedy. Directed by Rod Daniel, the movie is marred by jokes about alcohol and drugs as well as some vulgarity and sexually oriented humor. The U.S.

while the aggressive Chinese prepare to

series of quirky

on

it's

later.

Its biggest plus is the very naturalisperformance of Ryan as the central character in search of what life may hold for her before she makes a permanent commitment with all that marriage en-

in director Jean-Jacques Annaud's scenic but somewhat shallow

tuality

true spiritual conversion

Sporting gleaming golden locks that

inclined characters.

he has never seen.

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visually stunning, but

humdrum

handle on before

As a result, the movie becomes very

(Legacy).

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October

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— Bishop

Su Zhimin of Baoding, China, a promi-

member of the underground Catholic Church, was being held by the Baoding Public Security Bureau after months in hiding. The bishop's Oct. 8 arrest in Xinji, China, was reported Oct. 1 1 by the Cardinal Kung Foundation in Stamford, Conn. At the Vatican, an official said "two diverse sources" had confirmed Bishop Su's arrest. The last time Bishop Su was arrested was in late April or May 1 996, together with Auxiliary Bishop An Shuxin and a hundred of the faithful from Donglu, site of a Marian shrine. Missionary and press renent

ports have said police subsequently se-

Bishop Boudreaux

Retired Bishop of IHouma-

Thibodaux Dies

—

Retired HOUMA, La. (CNS) Bishop Warren L. Boudreaux of HoumaThibodaux died Oct. 6 in Thibodaux of heart failure following a prolonged illness. The diocese's founding bishop was 79. His funeral was held Oct. 9 at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Houma, with interment in the Bishop's Crypt in the cathedral. Bishop Boudreaux had attended every session of the Second Vatican Council, "and voted for every line of every document," said a statement from the diocese announcing his death.

questered and partially destroyed the shrine. Joseph Kung, head of the Cardinal Kung Foundation, said Oct. 13 that "no one knows exactly what happened to Bishop Su." He said that beginning in May 1996, Bishop Su managed to go into hiding in various places until his arrest Oct.

8.

Boggs Confirmed As U.S. Ambassador To IHoly See

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Playwright

VATICAN CITY (CNS)

— The

Vatican newspaper criticized the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature to an Italian playwright whose works have disparaged the church. In an editorial printed within hours of the Oct. 9 an-

nouncement, L'Osservatore Romano said the selection of Dario Fo for the prestigious annual prize had "surpassed the limits of any imagination." Among his more than 70 works, the writer is best known outside of Italy for his play "The Accidental Death of an Anarchist" concerning right-wing bomb attacks in 1 969 Italy, and his one-man show "Mistero Buffo" ("Comic Mystery"), which satirizes religion and politics. When it was broadcast in Italy in 1977, the Vatican called "Mistero Buffo" the "most blasphemous show in the history of television." first

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Coast Dies

(CNS)

— Cardi-

retired archbishop

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He

died Oct.

was Ivory Coast's first

Cardinal

5.

NEW Sun Princess

Senate Oct. 9 confirmed without objec-

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Diocesan News Briefs Marian Conference and Retreat BELMONT The Third Annual Marian Conference and Retreat is Nov. 7-8 at Belmont Abbey College featuring Father Jovo Zovko of BosniaHerzegovina and guest speakers Wayne Weible, Jack Socco, Father Giordano Belanich, Jerry Morin, and Benedictine Father Jacques Daley. Music will be provided by Al Barbarino and Schola Cantorum Carolinae Borealis. Cost is $39 for adults, and $20 for those 18 and under.

To

register, call (803)

Lasagna Luncheon

—

SHELBY St. Mar>' Church hosts a lasagna luncheon Oct. 23 from 1 1 a.m.p.m. Tickets are $6 each and are available at the door or by calling (704) 4871

626-9577.

7697. Carry-outs are available, and to arrange deliveries within Shelby, city lim-

— Scripture scholar and

its

Susan Brady is the featured "Unto Us A Child is Bom," an infancy narratives program, Nov. 1 at St. Elizabeth Church from 9:30 a.m.2 p.m.

A

$5 per person donation

is re-

provided. Please bring your Bible, and register

by

calling Carol

Brown, (704)

264-1761.

Charlotte

Catholic Alumni Association hosts a homecoming tailgating party Oct. 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the school parking

time

is

lot.

Game

7:30 p.m. All alumni are invited.

The

Immaculate Heart of Mary Celebration HIGH POINT Bishop William G. Curlin presides

—

CCHS

Fine Arts department presents the murder mystery play "While the Lights Were Out" Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in the gymnasium.

General admission tickets are $4 each.

celebration of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Oct. 26 at 11 a.m. at the High Point Theater. A luncheon at the Radisson Hotel follows. Pictured from left are liturgy

commission members Charlene Sumser, Wanda Garrett and Margaret who are designing a banner for inclusion in the liturgy.

Emilie Sandin, (910) 274-4424.

Jesuit House of Prayer

Father Regis Gordon Oct. 31 -Nov. 2/3 at the Avila Retreat Center. The retreat

"12 Steps to HOT SPRINGS Wholeness," a retreat for recovering alcoholic men, is Nov. 21-23 at the Jesuit House of Prayer. Space is limited to 17 participants, and early registration is requested. For registration or information, call (704) 622-7366, or Don at (423) 483-

on St. Therese of Lisieux. The $105 for three days, or $150 for four days (Sunday evening/Monday morning are optional). To register, send a $15 check payable to OCDS to Kathy Smith, 3619 Courtland Dr., Durham, N.C. 27707, or call (910) 493-2712 for will focus

cost

is

—

Fire in the

concert Oct. 21 at

Church

at

St.

Thomas Aquinas

7:30 p.m. General admission

tickets are $

1

5

each and are available

at

Thomas Aquinas parish office, Carolina Catholic Bookshoppe or by

the St.

calling (800) 521-0290.

—A

Biblical series

on the New Testament Letters of Paul, John, James and Peter is presented each Sunday of October from 8:45-9:45 a.m. in the council room at St. John Neumann Church. There is no charge, and babysitting is available. Call (704) 535-4197 for

more information.

Charismatic Conference

—

COLUMBIA, S.C. Charismatic Prayer Groups of S.C. sponsors "Towards the Third Millennium: Jesus Christ, the One Savior of the World," the South Carolina Charismatic Conference, Oct. 24-26 at St. John Neumann School in Columbia. Father Paul Williams leads a healing service and Father Benedict Groeschel, CFR, is keynote speaker.

Advance registration fee is $25, or pay $30 on site. Contact Carlos Lamar, (803) 889-6264, or Ron Falter, (803) 782-147 1 for

more information.

Carmelite Retreat DURHAM The Secular (Third)

—

the Isaiah Parish Mission at St. Paul the

Apostle Church from Oct. 20-Oct. 23.

Anyone seeking a deeper meaning in their lives to discover or rediscover a personal, living faith

is

invited. Call Pat

— The

dioc-

on "God's Presence Here and Now Living a Sacramental Life," Nov. 15 from 9:15-4 p.m. at the Lake Junaluska Con-

Fire in the Mountains '97, focusing

—

ference Center.

Mauldin facilitates talks on church teaching, reflection and group discussion.

MAGGIE VALLEY Sisters of Mercy Retreat

HAMPTONVILLE Mercy,

—

living ro-

is

invited.

The

Abortion Counselors Workshop

WINSTON-SALEM

—

Dr. David

Reardon, researcher and author,

is

the

featured speaker at a post-abortion coun-

seling

workshop Oct. 28-29

at the

Radisson Inn for professional counselors, social workers, pregnancy center volun-

formation.

For Charlotte-area counselors, a is scheduled for Oct. 29 at 8:30

breakfast

a.m. at Charter Pines Hospital. Call Jennifer Cisney, (910) 362-1980, for infor-

mation.

Mercy Sister Mary Hugh

Living Waters Reflection Center

(910) 643-1700, for details.

represented, and everyone

esan Office of Faith Formation presents

Ladew, (910) 282-2963, or Dee Parkes,

Biblical Series

CHARLOTTE

—

fessional Catholic evangelists presents

—A

the green beside St. Leo the Great Church. Several parish groups will be

and peer counselors. Call Dr. Martha Shuping, (910) 659-1342, for more in-

Mountains

MAGGIE VALLEY Parish Mission GREENSBORO A team of pro-

WINSTON-SALEM

sary will be prayed Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. on

teers, nurses, parish respect life leaders

7850.

information.

—

Mary,

gathering will be inside the church in case of rain.

Order Discalced Carmelites sponsor a silent retreat led by Discalced Carmelite

Concert

CHARLOTTE Catholic musicians John Michael Talbot, Tony Melendez and Tom Booth perform in

five orders), call

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lecturer

speaker

directed by Msgr.

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Infancy Narratives Program

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—

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is

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—

"In Search

Nov. 7-9

retreat

The Catholic News & Herald welcomes parish news for the diocesan news: briefs. Good photographs are also welcome. Submit news releases and photos at least 10 days before the publication date.

Well of

a ministry of the Sisters of

Mercy, offers the "Be Still, Be Quiet, Be Alone" retreat Nov. 7-9 focusing on a communal experience of rest and contemplative quiet. Space is limited to 14 participants, and the cost is $85 per person. For registration or information, call (704) 539-5449.

World Community Day

HICKORY — A World Community Day ecumenical worship

service

is

Nov.

6 at 7 p.m. in St. Aloysius Catholic Church and the topic is "The Legacy of the Medieval Women Mystics." Call Carole Marmorato, (704) 256-8956, for details.

Around The Diocese Parish Fairs

& Bazaars

BREVARD — The

Sacred Heart Church annual craft fair is Nov. 7 and 8 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day and features a variety of crafts, baked and canned goods, holiday items, a raffle and a cafe.

—

CHARLOTTE The St. John Neumann Church aimual craft bazaar is Oct. 25 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. and features handmade crafts, prizes, a raffle and concessions. Call Colleen Neider, (704) 573-1994, for details.

—

KING Good Shepherd Church presents its annual craft bazaar Oct. 25 from 8 a.m. -3 p.m. at King Recreation Acres. Highlights include handmade gifts, baked goods, a raffle, a drawing, breakfast and lunch. Proceeds benefit the Good Shepherd Building Fund. Call Leslie Brown, (910) 969-5595, for details and directions. crafts,

Marriage Encounter

—

HICKORY The next marriage encounter is Nov. 7-9 at the Catholic Conference Center. For information call Michael and Stacey Holcomb, (704) 8448181, and for reservations, call Tom and

TRY ON — St. John the Baptist Church's annual craft bazaar is Oct. 25 from gifts, unique decobarbecue lunches, baked goods, jewelry and a call (704) 894-3790.

8:30 a.m. -4 p.m. in the church hall featuring heirloom-quality rations, specialty items, a cafe, raffle.

For

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more information,

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The Catholic News

1997

17,

World And National News (CNS)

— Celebrating

burden of the world's poorest countries, a Vatican official said. "One cannot cel-

between 1,056 and 1,250 people. It from the Port of Miami on Friday afternoon, Jan. 23, dock in Havana on Saturday morning and remain there until after the papal Mass on Sunday, arriving back in Miami on Monday

making a com-

for

mitment to justice and peace," said Msgr.

Diarmuid Martin, secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

"One cannot

will sail

celebrate the jubilee with-

out being concerned about the great inequalities

which

exist in our world,"

said in a statement read Oct. 8 at a

morning, Jan. 26.

he

Rome

Program Seeks To Replenish

conference on overcoming the international debt crisis.

Diminishing Pool of Catholic

Teachers Ohio (CNS) Enrollmay be on the

—

DAYTON, Senate Offering Help

In

ment

Restoring Basilica WASHINGTON (CNS) The U.S.

rise,

—

in Catholic schools

but the pool of teachers to educate

students

diminishing, says an expert

is

Senate Oct. 6 approved a resolution of-

in Catholic education

fering technical assistance in restoring

education majors this fall to teach in Catholic schools. Approximately 2.6 million students attend the nation's Catholic schools and enrollment has been climbing since 1992, according to figures from the National Catholic Educational Association. But "Catholic schools have a hard time recruiting teachers," says Father Ron Nuzzi, an associate at the Center for Catholic Education at the University of Dayton.

the artwork of the Basilica of St. Francis

of Assisi after a series of earthquakes severely

damaged the

The

by Republican

Italian shrine.

resolution, introduced

Sen. Pete Domenici of New Mexico, an Italian-American, noted the artistic importance of the frescoes in the historic basilica and offered the restoration help of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Gallery of Art and any other U.S. art museums with pertinent experience.

It

was approved by unanimous consent,

is

recruiting

—

agreement the discretion of the presi-

tual full vote, but the implicit

of the body at dent of the Senate.

preme Court opened turning

its

term Oct. 6 by

down appeals of cases

CNS

POST-HURRICANE CLEANUP —

photo from Reuters

Parishioners of Nuestra Senora de la Sagrada Familia church in Acapuico, Mexico, carry away a cross used for an outdoor Mass Oct. 12 next to where their church once stood. The building was washed away in a massive mudslide after Hurricane Pauline swept through the area Oct. 9.

Dietzen, from page 5 Church

God; that even God had plans to restore the broken unity, and so on.

We can become tied up in endless conflicts and contradictions of this sort if we don't acknowledge that many literary forms were utilized by the biblical authors to convey their message.

At least, as I say, this is what the Catholic Church teaches, as explained in its official documents on biblical in-

of

that the Scriptural truth

prideful desire to be like

then

these stories lies not in their scientific

accuracy, since the writers did

not profess to be giving scientific descriptions of creation

man

and early hu-

history.

They were writing truths of faith: that the world came from the loving hand of God; that humans were created in his image and were meant to live intimately

came

with him; that evil

into creation through

human

terpretation.

involving

placement of a foster child with a homosexual couple and the death sentence of a man who killed two people at an abor-

Vatican Concerned About Cuba's Progress On Religious Freedom VATICAN CITY (CNS) With Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba just months away, Vatican officials are concerned about a lack of progress on religious freedom issues in the country. The

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the conviction

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tence of Paul Hill, a former Presbyterian minister

James

papal visit Jan. 21-25 will proceed as planned, said officials, but in an atmosphere of mutual wariness by church and

who killed Dr. John

Britton and

Barrett, a volunteer escort, out-

side a Florida abortion clinic in 1994.

The court

also left standing a ruling

Supreme

the Massachusetts

Unless Cuban President Fidel makes major concessions to the church, the pope may have state.

by

Judicial

Court throwing out a Catholic father's objection to his son being placed in foster care with a homosexual couple.

Castro's regime

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who

Court Declines Case on Death Sentence WASHINGTON (CNS) The Su-

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SacrecfJfeari GliurcJi Missionary priests visited Salisbury to time to celebrate liturgies homes during the next few decades. The local congregation grew, thanks in part to a number of converts to the faith. Cardinal James Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore and vicar apostolic of North Carolina, occasionally cel-

— Almost

SALISBURY

in private

a century

before any Catholic diocese in North Carolina was established, a small group

of

Rowan County

Catholics gathered

ebrated Mass during his visits to

in Salisbury to celebrate their faith.

Salisbury.

That early presence led to the foundation of Sacred Heart Church, a parish rich in history and spirit.

The Roueche family, immigrants from Alsace, France, settled in

In 1881, Salisbury Catholics wel-

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the

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is in her year as principal.

Father Clements, who serves as vicar for the Albemarle Vicariate in the Diocese of Charlotte, ministers to more than 600 registered families who worship at Sacred Heart Church.

first

of Sacred Heart Church.

dating the layout of the church to

cating

to

it

Vatican

II

standards, re-

to Father Helfrich's

memory, and building

a colormade

connect the church and rectory.

By 1 982, the registered congregation comprised 435 families. The parish celebrated its 100th anniver-

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pre-school and for other parish func-

newly built veterans hos-

pital in

furbishing the basement and dedi-

the congregation size continued

construction of a

p.m.; Sun.: 7:45, 9 a.m.; 12

to a

conform

to

Mr.

Patrick Vallandingham

in

early '40s.

As

Mass Schedule:

needs.

in the

school became a parish institufion in the

Clements, VF

Permanent Deacon: Rev.

its

Sisters of Mercy from Belmont opened a private convent-school in 1910 near Sacred Heart Church. Through negotiations between the sisters and Bishop Eugene McGuinness of Raleigh, the

Salisbury, N.C. 28144

Vicariate:

el-

evated to parish status in 1898, and the community again had a resident pastor

Sacred Heart Church

Sunday morning breakfasts and other

new church facility.

A new, split-level school was built 1965 to accommodate the growing number of enrolled children.

Father Helfrich died in January 1971, the same year that Sacred Heart clergy's pastoral duties were extended

site,

Carolina in 1887. The mission was

until his death in 1842.

way.

Our Lady

whose task it was to build

fund raising and building, the completed church was dedicated by Bishop Henry Northrup of Charleston and named in honor of the Sacred Heart.

Benedictine monks assumed responing a

Salisbury parish.

opportunities for fellowship were offered

a church in town. After a year of secur-

the Charleston (S.C.) Diocese celebrated,

A new

of Victories, was established in 1942 to serve black Catholics in the area. That community later merged with Sacred Heart Parish.

During the World War II years. Sacred Heart served the pastoral and social needs of many Catholics stationed in the area. Saturday evening dances,

their first resident pastor, Father

Patrick Moore,

Salisbury in the late 1830s. With the handful of Catholics living in the area attending, the Roueches hosted what

was perhaps

tion of the parish debt along the

from time

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