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OCTOBER

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2003

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LONG-LIVED FAITH

Seniors gather

Mother Teresa beatified in

day of

for

reflection

Rome

BY

KAREN

EVANS

A.

STAFF WRITER

Pope offers thanks for her witness,

Laughter resonated throughOut St. Mark Church as Benedictine Father Kieran Neilson shared jokes with 100

CINDY

gathered Oct. 9 for prayer and laugliter sponsored by the elder ministry for Catholic Social a

WOODEN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY John Paul

11

— Pope

offered his tlianks

Mother Teresa of

to Blessed

Calcutta, founder of the

Mis-

sionaries of Charity, for being

him

her lifetime and for courageously showing the close to

in

world what it means to love and serve Jesus completely.

"The venerable servant of God, Teresa of Calcutta, from this moment on will be called blessed," the pope said at the Oct.

the

19 beatification

crowd burst

Mass

as

the ceremony, the 83-year-old pope said: "We honor in her one of the most relevant personalities of our age. Let us accept her message and follow

lie

Unlike the Spring Fling, parishioners from across the diocese congregate to enjoy games and enricliment activities, the annual Senior Fall Day of Reflection is a time for

For the fii-sL time at a maPope John Paul did not read even one line of his homily.

A

Vatican

seniors to

official

gram

culty speaking clearly, the crowd would not ha\'e been

director for diocesan el-

der ministry.

"Seniors are \ery spiritu-

much of his ally

message, so others were asked to read for him.

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grounded," Breakfield

"They need, and

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of

II

Calcutta Oct.

19

in

At anniversary Mass, pope prays for 'wisdom, holiness and strength'

by JOHN THAVIS catholic

news

service

VATICAN CITY

— As CNS

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acknowledges the cheers of pilgrims at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square Oct. 15. Tens of thousands of pilgrims from around the world made their way to Rome to mark his 25th anniversary as pope Oct. 16 and to II

celebrate the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Oct. 19.

(CNS)

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with the

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Jugis'

rite

of reception at St.

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other events,'

in

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commemorative issue Bishop Jugis

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October 24,

Current and upcoming topics from around the

In Brief

Believers say religion not to

Poll:

own backyard

world to your

for violence around world WASHINGTON (CNS) — Even John though much of the world's violence

FIGHTING FOR LIFE UNTIL THE VE RY END

is

new

often linked to religious beliefs, a

survey of believers of the world's major faiths says religion is not to blame.

And

a consensus

among

the

more

blame

Zogby, founder and

CEO

of

International, said the study,

first in a series on world would be "mined" for years to come to more fully understand how people's religious beliefs shape

which

the

is

religions,

than 4,000 people worldwide who were polled for the survey released Oct. 16 by the polling firm Zogby International

their lives.

and University of Rochester's religion and classics department was that in-

percent of Hindus said they disagreed

creased religious practices within their countries

The

would only be

a benefit.

survey, conducted fi-om Janu-

ary through

March

this

year

countries, polled Russian Christians,

in

seven

Orthodox

South Korean Christians and

Buddhists, U.S. Catholics and Protes-

In India, a country torn by frequent

65 percent of Muslims and 55

violence,

was the source of trouble and unrest. In Israel, 90 percent of Muslims and 44 percent of Jews also disagreed. Eighty-one percent of Peruvian Catholics and 63 percent of U.S. Catholics disagreed that religion that religion

antagonized violence within countries.

U.S. Catholics and mainline Protes-

tants, Indian

tants gave similar answers to

raeli

questions.

Hindus and Muslims, IsJews and Muslims, Saudi Arabian Muslims and Peruvian Catholics. Also included in the U.S. sample were those

who

identified

themselves as born-again

Diocesa n, planner

PHOTO FROM Reuters

many

For example, 15 percent of

U.S. Catholics and

mainline

16 percent of U.S.

Protestants

they

said

believed their religion offered the one true path to God.

Christians.

CNS

Zogby

2003

-^TProtesters hold up signs and a photograph of Terri Schiavo with her mother outside

the Pinellas Park Hospice Terri

in

Florida Oct.

Schiavo's feeding tube, which was

15.

By order of a

keeping

circuit

ALBEMARLE

was removed that

her alive,

1445. This event will take place weather and job

schedules permitting.

court judge, VICARIATE

afternoon.

ALBEMARLE — The Forever Young Club of

Fight continues after woman's

Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, 4 1 6 N. 2nd St., meets the first Wednesday of each month in the Family Life Center at 10 a.m.

For details, call Gerald Maiden (704) 982-5261.

feeding tube removed, replaced Tampa, judge Meanwhile, (CNS) — PINELLAS PARK, a federal

Fla.

As

protestors held signs outside the Park Hospice, Terri Schiavo's

Pinellas

feeding tube was removed inside by or-

der of a circuit court judge Oct. 15.

The tube had kept Schiavo, a 39-

woman,

turned

Fla.,

down

a state agency's

welcome. For more information, call Helen Gillogly, SFO, at (828) 883-9645.

form of abuse.

"Tragically, denial of basic suste-

nance to people with disabilities is neither unusual nor new in our country," the National Right to Life Committee said in an Oct. 15 statement. "For about two decades, the law in virtually every state has decreed that 'surro-

She has since become the subject of a bitter battle between her husband, who claimed further treatment was useless and sought to have nutrition and hydration ended, and her parents and other relatives, who were fighting

of the Secular Franciscan Order meets the fourth Sunday of each month 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West. Visitors and inquirers are

gates'

ment

ASHEVILLE

~

Joan of Arc Church, 919 host a parish mission Nov.

St.

Haywood Rd., will 2-4. The theme will be Forgivetiess, a Bridge to New Life. The facilitators will be Deacon Eddie Ensley and Deacon Robert Hermann, contemplative brothers. Topics will include "How life's losses can become stepping stones to

new beginnings," "How to forgive from the and "Recognizing the sacred moments

heart"

may

authorize denial of treatto those who cannot speak for

of our

Each session begins

lives."

For details call the church

themselves."

at 7 p.m.

office at (828)

252-

3151.

No

to keep her alive.

Schiavo has no will or advance health care directives, and her husband, Michael Schiavo, had won $1.3 million for her care but has had to be brought to court to authorize routine treatment for his wife's infections.

—

Michael Schiavo now has a child with and a second one on the way another woman but remained married to Terri and in control of her medical fund and her fate.

Despite the best efforts of Terri's through parents, the feeding tube which she has received food and wawas reter for the past 13 years moved and she was expected to die within two weeks.

But Oct. 20, the Florida House passed a bill to give Gov. Jeb Bush the power to have her feeding tube restored. A Senate panel approved the bill early Oct. 21 and a full Senate vote was scheduled for that evening.

—

— —

medical consensus exists that Terri Schiavo is in a persistent vegeta-

BOONE VICARIATE

BOONE — St. Elizabeth of the Hill Country,

tive state.

"Over the last 13 years, Terri has laughed with us, cried with us, talked with us, and even tried to get out of her chair," said her parents in an Oct. 13 statement. "The accusations that Terri is in a coma or is a 'vegetable' are a

259 Pilgrims Way, will dedicate its new columbarium on All Souls' Day, Nov. 2, following the 1 a.m. Mass. For more informaTom Bracken at e-mail tion, 1

,

redfishy@intergate.com or

SPARTA

—

St. Frances of Rome Church, Hendrix and Highlands Rds., sponsors the Oratory of Divine Love Prayer Group in the parish house the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 1 p.m. or 7 p.m. Please call (336) 372-

8846 for specific time.

call

(828) 264-

CHARLOTTE

VICARIATE

CHARLOTTE — Catliolic Social Services will host an infonnational meeting on their Adoption China Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.

Programs in Russia

&

The meeting

will

be at the diocesan offices

1123 South Church

at

St.

—

CHARLOTTE This fall's Theology on Tap concludes Mon. Oct. 27 at Fuel Pizza on the Green, 500 S. College St. Social hour begins at 6:30 p.m. and a featured .speaker will begin at p.m.

7:30

For

details

e-mail

Aschmidt@charlottediocese.org

CHARLOTTE — Father David Valtiera will provide methods of enrichment for all families

in

"Family Spirituality" Oct, 27 at 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Call Susan at (704) 362-5047, ext. 27 1 to register.

CHARLOTTE

— Natural Family Planning

30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Life Matthew Church, 80 1 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy. For more information, call Judy Townsend at (704) 846-6983.

classes will begin Oct.

Center,

room

102, at St.

Please reserve a space before Oct. 28.

MINT HILL — St Luke Pax Cliristi will spon-

lie."

Msgr. Thaddeus Malanowski, a retired jjriest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn., is a Schindler family friend and Shortly after

the feeding tube was

removed, he gave her the anointing of the sick and touched a relic of Mother Teresa of Calcutta to Schiavo's forehead, cheek and throat.

The Florida Catholic bishops have urged that artificial nutrition and hydration be continued until "a more clear understanding of her actual physical condition" could be reached.

OCTOBER

THE

VOLUME

^NEW^iiERALD

fi-equent visitor to Terri Schiavo's bedside.

mit Ave., offers Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on the first Friday of each month following the 9 a.m. Mass with benediction at 4 p.m.

the Hills Fraterniiy

request to keep Schiavo alive while it investigated whether removal of the feeding tube could be considered a

alive since a

VICARIATE

HENDERSONVILLE — The St. Francis of

in

1990 collapse, believed due to a potassium imbalance, which left her with se\ere brain damage.

year-old Catholic

ASHEVILLE

SPRUCE PINE—-St. Lucien Church, 695 Sum-

13

2003

24, •

NUMBER

5

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FROM THE VATICAN

Vatican asks English-speaking

Vatican nuncio to U.N. urges Africans to guard 'autlientic vaiues' UNITED NATIONS (CNS)

— The

Vatican nuncio to the United Nations warned Oct. 6 that Africans working for the development of their continent should resist indi\idualism and maintain "the

own economies.

The progi-am was

General Assembly

up a panel

to air translation concerns

— Con-

In addition, the congregation's 20()1

tinuing concerns over English-language

document, "Liturgiam Authenticam"

be aired at a

('The Authentic Liturgy"), .set out new rules for such international commissions and required that the commissions have

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

liturgical translations will

endorsed by the is

to advise

Vatican meeting.

and Secre-

Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze,

scheduled to

prefect of the Congregation for Divine

last year,

Annan

tary-General Kofi set

Archbishop Celestino Migliore em-

improving

responsibility for

their

1

authentic values of Africa."

more

take

him on what

officials

Worship and the Sacraments, has

their statutes

Some

in-

approved by the Holy See.

conferences have objected that

African countries are doing to cai-ry out the

vited the presidents of English-speaking

the document, in

phasized "respect for the faniQy" as the

new

bishops' conferences to the Oct. 23 meet-

laws, which overrode the

most

tional

ing that will focus on improving understanding and cooperation between bish-

Law's precise indication that bishops' conferences are responsible for liturgical

significant

of those values, and said

the extended African family reflected a ".sense

of solidarity and community

'The Holy See will

is

always presei-ve

confident tliis

life."

tliat

Afinca

priceless cultiu^al

and never succumb to the temptation to individualism, which is so foreign to its best traditions," he said.

Archbishop Migliore spoke at a session of the U.N. General Assembly deheritage

New

voted to the

Partnership for Africa's

Development, a program adopted by the African Union and designed to express a

commitment by African governments

to

partnership and

community could

how

the interna-

help.

Archbishop Migliore said that "in tlie face of the current marginalization of Africa"

ops' conferences,

and

cal texts,

General Assembly's

tlie

ternational

action, the in-

community had a duty

new

to

move

which approve liturgiand the congregation, which

must authorize

The

and educational seminar on

the death penalty in North Carolina and the Catholic Church's teaching on the issue. Presenters include James Cooney, Esq. and Fr. James Hawker. Cooney, an attorney in Charlotte, is active at the Center for Death Penalty

Hawker is the pastor of St. Luke Church. Tlie event will take place Nov. 8 at 6:30 pm in the St. Luke Family Life Center, 13700 Lawyers Rd. For details, call Laura Laney (704) 764-8169.

Litigation. Fr.

CHARLOTTE — A Wotnen

's

new Code of Canon

estabiished

translations.

In addition to an explanation of the

their use.

role of "Vol Clara," a

committee of En-

who

used in most English-speaking countries are devel-

glish-speaking bishops

ferences submit for approval, one of the

community should take was solving the

oped by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy, formed in 1963 by 1 1 bishops' conferences.

problem of Africa's foreign debt But he said the program would "become fUly African"

In 1999, Cardinal Jorge Medina Esteves, the congregation's previous

forwai'd

vritli

"a

pattern of solidarity

and cooperation between the wealthier nations and the peoples of Africa"

Among

only

steps he said the international

was manifested through African

if it

values, particularly respect for the family.

liturgical texts

grief.

For more information, call .Toy at (704)

664-3992.

MOORESVILLE — The adult enrichment program of St. Therese Church will present "And you shall call him" Oct. 26 at 10: 15 a.m. and Oct. 29 at 4:30 p.m. This class will examine the many names of Jesus and their origins.

See how the name of one man and eHcit joy and tranquility in some people while bringing out anger in others. For more information, call

help e\alu-

ate the English texts that bishops' con-

most practical concerns facing Cardinal Arinze and the English-speaking bishops is the preparation of a new Missal containing the prayers for Mass.

Currently English-speaking Catholics use a 1973 translation of the first

ordered the revision of ICEL's statutes, including a provision that the Vatican approve the people employed to prefect,

Latin Missal issued after the Second Vatican Council; the proposed English translation of the second Latin edition was never approved by the congrega-

develop the translations. :ofi pbtlucksupper

effect,

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops approved the revised statutes in June.

Other conferences have yet to vote on them of New Zealand, have made it clear they are opposed to doing so.

tion,

or, as in the case

and a translation of the third Latin promulgated by Pope John Paul 2002 is under way.

edition II in

Reliving history

Tom Calabro at (704) 664-7762.

Talk will be held

Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. at St. Vincent Church,

6828 Old Reid Rd. The speaker will be Father Bittner.

For more information, please call Peggy at (704)588-7311.

SMOKY MOUNTAIN VICARIATE WAYNESVILLE For seniors who have

—

-

attending Mass, there will be a Mass and Anointing of the Sick by Rev. Dennis

difficulty

McGowan GASTONIA

VICARIATE

BELMONT

—

The

Gaston Coalition for a

Moratorium Now (GCMN) will host a candlelight vigil Nov. 6 in prayerful witness to the scheduled Nov. 7 execution ofTimmy Keel. The vigil will be held on the front lawn of Queen of the Apostles Church, 503 N. Main St. The purpose is to honor the humanity of the murdered victim and family as well as Keel and his family.

Following the ceremony, a spokesperson will present an update on the progress of the proposed state resolution for a two-year moratorium on executions in North Carolina. For

GCMN

more

information, 822-6350.

GREENSBORO

call

George Burazer, (704)

VICARIATE

Hibernians Guilford County Division, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men, is looking for more Irish Catholic men to join them for

meetings, educational seminars and social events. Contact Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264 for time and location.

VICARIATE

HICKORY

— The annual

(828) 648-7369 or Beverly Vignochi at (828) 452-4249. Local transportation will be pro-

vided and lunch will follow. This event sponsored by the Senior Ministry.

is

WAYNESVILLE— St. John the Evangelist Church

ofiers Adoration

tnmt the

first

the 9 a.m.

of the Blessed SacraFriday of every month following

Mass until 4:

tion, call the

church

1

5 p.m. For informa-

office at (828)

456-6707

or Christine Ryan at (828)926- 1331.

WINSTON-SALEM

VICARIATE

WINSTON-SALEM — The Healing Com-

GUILFORD COUNTY — The Ancient Order of

HICKORY

\ l a.m.-l p.m. Nov. 6 at St. John the Evangelist Church, 234 Church St. (wheelchair accessible). RSVP to Dot Luce at

ff'orld

Community

panions is a grief support group for the bereaved that meets the first and third Thurs-

Native American topics discussedat conference

days of the month in conference room B at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave.

As members of the Qualla Boundary

For further details, call Joanne Parcel at (336)

(above

924-9478.

CLEMMONS — Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd., offer Eucharistic Adoration every Thursday. Exposition begins at 6 p.m. and benediction is at 9 p.m.

LEXINGTON — Our Lady of the Rosary

Aloysius Church, 921 Second St., Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. This year's theme is "Circles of Love."

Church, 619 South Main St., is sponsoring a Parish Mission Oct. 26-29, hosted by Franciscan Father Thomas Vigliotta. For

Come and join

details, please call (336) 248-24'63.

Day ecumenical worship service will be held

at

St.

outward call

us in extending our

own

circle

peace for sake ofjustice. For details, Carole Marmorato at (828) 256-8956.

VICARIATE

Please submit notices of

who have

Karen A. Evans at kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax to (704) 370-3382.

meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Therese Ch urch, 217 Brawley School Rd. We draw strength from others' experience of loss and

of

plenary addresses on two pastoral letters by the U.S. bishops of Appalachia,

"This Land

is

enrichment In this

Home

to

Me" and

Home

"At

in

the

Web

of

Life,"

workshops and

cultural

activities.

issue on page 14, Joe Purello writes about "The Trail of Tears," one of the

paristi

events for the Diocesan Planner at least

a child of any age

from 12 states, explored socio-economic concerns and church-funded and sponsored programs addressing those concerns. The framework of the conference consisted

will

explore other topics raised at

the Bishop Begley Conference on Appalachia.

MOORESVILLE — A support group for parents lost

—

Eastern Band of the Cherokee, John Toineeta performs a Native American hoop dance and Freeman Owie (above right) shares history of the Cherokee people at the Bishop Begley Conference on Appalachia at Lake Junaluska Oct. 10-12. The conference, attended by 119 people left)

topics raised at the conference. Future issues

in

SALISBURY

PHOTOS BY Joseph Purellc

date

15 days

in writing to

prior to the

DID YOU

KNOW?

event

NO MASS ON ALL SAINTS DAY This year, because

on Saturday, the usual obligation of U.S. day is abrogated, said a July newsletter of the bishops' Committee on Liturgy. However, the Mass obligation remains for the feast of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8, even though that is a Monday.

All

Saints Day, Nov.

Latin-rite Catholics to attend

Mass

that

1, falls

4 The Catholic

October 24,

News & Herald

2003

AROUND THE DIOCESE MINISTERING THROUGH MUSIC

John Neumann music

St.

Song and dance

at

OLC

director wins national

recognition BY

KAREN

A.

EVANS

the church

—

CHARLOTTE

R.

Lance

Burnette, director of music for St. John

Neumann Church,

has been awarded

the 2003 National Minister of Music Award. Ten such awards are given out

annually by the National Religious sic

Week

Mu-

from thou-

.\lliance, selected

sands of nominees from across the United States.

Burnette was nominated by the choir at St. John Neumann for his outstanding contributions to the parish's music ministry.

"It was a complete shock to find out that I had won," Burnette said. "It's an incredible feeling to know that people

much about

care so

am

this ministry."

ery proud of what Lance has brought to our parish and how it has enhanced the quality of worship at St. "I

\

John Neumann Church," said Father Thomas Meehan, pastor.

"He is a terrific individual and uses his

many

gifts to

make

us into worship

leaders and enhancers," said Suzie Nichols, a member of the choir. "Our choir is very proud of his accomplishments and how much he has buUt our skills and enriched our church's level of worship."

St.

serves as

is

"Not only

choir, as well as the

support,

has both. is

Lance a pleasure to

but he also makes the choir a rewarding way to give back to God and

our congregation," said Nichols. "He constantly reminds us that we are singing to enrich and lead the worship service not singing to give a grand performance, emphasizing that we are to impress the

—

Lord, not just his people."

The church had struggled for

many

years with maintaining a choir. With Burnette's leadership, many parishioners were motivated to join the choir.

choir has grown from one 1 8. Nichols said Burnette has

The member

to

a charismatic gift that lends itself to ev-

ery balancing act he must endure.

"Lance spends countless hours plan-

ning, Nichols

organizing and practicing," said. "He strives to be the best as

make

well as

us our best

—

all

for the

glory of God."

Photos

Burnette said he hopes the music ministry will continue to grow as it has the past three years. For Advent, he is planning a festival of lessons and carols, a large undertaking for a young music

program.

"Lance

who

a gifted musician

and

uses his gift for praising

God

is

youth and

and enriching church worship," Nichols said. "He has truly changed the quality and quantity of music at our church, even the sound coming from the congregation no small task for Catholics."

willing to

Contact Staff Writer Karen A. Evans,

currently in his fourth

John Neumann Church. He director of music for a folk

harmony

choir, traditional four-part

main

now

listen to,

leader

Burnette year at

With Father Meehan's

organ.

STAFF WRITER

—

children's choirs.

Having

a pastor

who

is

support the music ministry is critical, Burnette said. When he was hired, the church did not have even a piano or

by calling (704)

Liturgical

m Stephen

dancers accompanied the Our Lady of Consolation Gospel Choir

formal concert at the 'church

in

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The Catholic News & Herald 5

2003

AROUND THE DIOCESE

Spreading the love of Jesus Wbmen's Guild distributes funds

—

HENDERSONVILLE

The

to

many

to a Franciscan brother

now

studying

Women's Guild donated

funds to help a

Women's Guild of Immaculate Concei>

for the priesthood.

Church held its second Presentation Luncheon Oct. 16, to distribute funds raised through a rummage sale and

financial support.

Hurricane Mitch

bers regularly

the recommendation of Sister

tion

fashion

show

In addition to the

Women's Guild memremember religious in

show

Zimbabwe

in-

ing Place, Storehouse, the Make-A-Wisli

phans.

cluded the Meals on Wheels program of

Foundation, Operation L.A.M.B. of the Knights of Columbus and Catholic

for the

Beneficiaries of the fashion

Aging of Hendersonville, Immaculata School and Immaculate Conception Church. The three-day rummage sale, held annually for more than 20 years to benefit the church and charithe Council on

ties,

raised approximately $7,500.

Dr. Dorice Narins, president of the

Women's

Guild, presented checks to

representatives of several organizations,

Meehan, principal of Immaculata School, which received

including

Bill

funds for scholarships. pressed his thanks for the

Meehan exmany years of

support provided by the Guild.

Women's

.

Immaculate Conception Church also received a check, plus a contribution for the

Good Samaritan

Ministry, which

helps the needy of the parish and the community.

The Women's Guild made

a dona-

tion to the diocesan seminarian fund

and

Charities

in

by on Theresa

1998. This year,

Mangieri, the funds will help sisters

their prayers.

Representatives of Mainstay, Heal-

lield last spring.

village rebuild houses destroyed

were also present to receive

checks.

For the second year, the Women's Guild sponsored a grandmother in Bogota, Colombia through the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging.

Support by the guild enables the foundation to give the woman clothing and food, and opportunities to join social activities. Guild members regularly send her short letters, group pictures and small gifts. She responds to the letters and prays for the members of the guild, as they continue to pray for her.

Also for the second year, the Women's Guild made a donation to Alaska Radio, an award-winning station that transmits religious programs and general programs to the widely scattered people living in northern Alaska.

Through the Maryknoll sisters, the

build a .school for

AIDS

in

or-

Donations were also made to Food Poor and the Walk for Hunger.

The annual luncheon is not the only time the Guild donates money to charitable organizations.

year, the

women

CouRrESY Photo

The Women's Guild of Immaculate Conception Church presented checks

Throughout the

collect toiletries for

At was

honor of

St.

various

of

organizations during the presentation

a September meeting, pet food

collected in

representatives

to

Mainstay, a shelter for battered women.

luncheon Oct.

1

6.

Francis of

own as Woman of the woman is recognized

needy people with pets. At a Christmas luncheon, baby clothes and diapers were given to the local health department. For the first time this year, the Women's Guild donated books to the Boys and Girls Club summer reading program, which is run by a local Assisi for

tions to the guild ever,

two women

— were unique

Year. Usually one for her contribu-

and the church; how-

—

both past presidents

recognized this year due to their

efforts:

Evelyn Bree,

for her

many

contributions over* the years; and Kit

bookstore.

Daly, for her overall contribution to the

At the October luncheon, the Women's GuUd also recognized two of its

pictorial directory of the pai-ish.

guild and her outstanding

work on the

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October 24,

AROUND THE DIOCESE "There are differences in their morand it goes on throughout their whole adult life."

At every age between 20 and 95, he

AGING WITH GRACE

said.

tality

Upcoming conference to

reported that the less-educated sisters

had twice the mortality

feature 'Nun Study' results HENDERSONVILLE

—

"Education in general

crude marker of

and

ment, and lack of health

nuns those

tor of the nationally known School Sisters of Notre Dame Health and Aging Study as the

Nun

but witli

care,

tlie

factors are not an issue.

policy.

a longitudinal study of health

'There

and aging that focused on 678 members

tion

of the School Sisters of Noti-e Dame.

Findings of the nun study have

been featured on

diet,

Organizers say the "Aging With Grace" conference is an effort to ensure the region's aging population will experience a high quality of life with increased independence and extended longevity. The conference will provide multiple opportunities for professionals and adults of all ages to explore effective strategies for postponing age-related disabilities through lifestyle and public

tucky, will share his experience as direc-

known

may be associ-

Ongoing benefits

David

Meaningful Lives."

Snowdon, a professor in the neurology department at the University of Ken-

unofficially

socioeconomic

early-lite

higher levels of stress and underemploy-

Snowdon, author of "Aging with Grace: WTiat the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier and More

— and Study —

a very, very

is

things, including

ated witli various factors, such as poor

—

will be

many

population, lower education

Research to Practice" Frontiers conference in Henderson ville Nov. 3-5.

Keynote speaker

more

Snowdon. In the general

status," said

helping seniors to remain independent for a longer time will be offered to the region's aging population and those who serve them at the "Aging with Grace:

New

and

intelligence

Strate-

gies for reducing age-related illness

rates of the

educated.

is

no doubt that our popula-

aging, and the trend

is

especially

is

evident in the Southeast," said John Bardo, chancellor of Western Carolina University, which is presenting the con-

CNN, NBCs 'Today "Nightline," among

Show" and ABC's

"How we manage

ference.

other television programs. Stories on the study have also appeared in the New

to

the aging

make an enonnous

trend wUl

difference

our region."

York Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal

interest to professionals

newspapers, and Time, Newsweek and National Geographic magazines.

the elderly, adult children of aging parents and everyone interested in living a

The

longer, healthier

Ideal subjects

A shared lifestyle and careful record keeping through the years made the group of elderly nuns ideal subjects for a major research project on Alzheimer's disease. The program involved almost ft-om the order's seven

CNS

annually on their mobility and

memory.

In addition, they agreed to donate brain tissue to be

examined

after their death.

Getting volunteers for the project

was

easy, provincial councilor Sister

Carol

Ann

Collins told the St. Louis Re-

and physical function to age 90 or older.

"We're not just looking at function in old people. Aging is something that occurs across the whole adult life span," said Snowdon.

He began pilot studies for the project in the late

1980s as an epidemiologist at

welcome a chance to help toward an understanding of what happens to the

they were a unique population for research because the nuns had lived in

how

to prevent

the disea.se.

"They want

to continue to teach

people during the latter part of their life when they may not be able to speak or

be totally disabled and after their death they continue to want to be of service," said Snowdon. 'They just won't quit."

was on Alzheimer's, but the underlying theme was an examination of factors connected

The

study's primary focus

with aging, "accelerated aging as well as successful aging," said

The

project

was

Snowdon. "like

He

with nuns

said information available in the

community's archives helped in an investigation of what factors determine which of the women entering at age 20, died 10, 20 or 30 years later and which of them have maintained their mental

in

Mankato.

He

working

recognized

community most of their lives, ate the same meals, had equal access to education and health care and, for the most part, were engaged in the same occupa-

mous

social

it,"

said

do so wUl have enor-

and economic consequences."

Catholic

News

sei'vice

contributed

creased at dramatic rates,"

more

so than

the general population of women.

In his earlier studies,

Snowdon com-

pared sisters of similar age and a wide from those who range of function were bedridden and confused to those stiU working full time. He found that those with a higher degree of education lived approximately four years longer

WANT TO GO?

—

with better mental and physical functioning than those who did not.

"We can see that this difference in health between the high and low (education level) started when they were in their 20s and it's there in their 30s," he

The "Aging With Grace" conference will take place at the Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville Nov. 3-5. Snowdon's presentation begins the conference at 7:30 p.m. Nov.

3

(after

a 5:30 p.m. social and 6:15

p.m. dinner). For call

more

(828) 694-1829 or

information, visit http://

cess.wcu.edu/aging.

tion of teaching.

In

1992,

Snowdon and

a

team of

nun study

scientists organized the

project at the University of Kentucky's

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging. He received more than $1 million from the National Institute on Aging and expects the study to be funded by several more millions of dollars.

Alzheimer's

an 80-year-

long study following a group of 20-yearold women throughout their adult life and particularly concentrating on what happens to the survivors in old age."

the richer for

Bai-do. "Failing to

to this story

the University of Minnesota,

Alzheimer's patient and

life.

we

economy wUl be Mary Virgina Geiger of Baltimore, an 11 -year member of the Nun Study, combats the old-age stereotype today by maintaining an active writing schedule.

Findings of the study include the observable benefits of early education and living in community, as evidenced in the lifestyles of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.

Sister

view, archdiocesan newspaper. Many sisters, long accustomed to serving others,

designed to be of who work with

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Participants were being assessed

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those over age 65. That

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Sisters appear to be "an exception-

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long-lived

Snowdon. "Their

population," increases in

life

said

expect-

ancy throughout the century have

in-

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2003

AROUND THE DIOCESE

Mercy professes perpetual vows

Sister of BELMONT Ury

—

Joann Margaret vows in the

at the Collaborative Novitiate in St.

Mercy of

ing the deep and committed in\'ol\ement necessary to be a Sister of Mercy.

professed her perpetual

Institute of the Sisters of

I^)uis,

the

Americas, Regional Community of North Carolina Oct. 18.

Mercy Sister Joann, originally from

On

Photo by Karen A. Evans

Fall

Day

of

Reflection

at

Mark Church

St.

Oct.

Reflections

The event gave seniors the

9.

commune

opportunity to focus on their Catholic faith and

on

with other seniors.

SENIORS, from page 1

Recent studies have shown that faith, love and laughter are important factors in living a longer, more fulfilling life. According to the Web site Senior

World

Online, University of California-

Berkeley scientists studied 8,000 men and women and found death rates were two to three times lower for those who had social ties, such as healthy relationships and deep religious beliefs.

Father Neilson stressed all of these Day of Reflection.

"I've always had a love for the eld-

aspects during the

and the young," said Father Neilson, serves as chaplain to the students of Belmont Abbey College. "Sometimes we forget about the elderly." erly

who

Punctuating his address with frequent jokes. Father Neilson said laughter

therapy.

However, he

first

is

great

and foremost

urged the seniors to pray every day.

"We can't pray just when we feel like it; we have to pray every day," he said.

Urging

special attention to the ro-

sary. Father Neilson noted the rosary is a prayer for all seasons. "It is never out of date and is always appropriate because it is a meditation on Christ."

You

religious

"God is perfection; there is no hate in God," he continued. "Hate is in man.

Jesus can change us, if we want to be

community,

Vietnamese refugees, taking care of the church books and visiting shut-ins.

During her volunteer work, Joann came

ence

contact with several Sisters of

by

Mercy

when

loves us, and

witness to God's pres-

in all creation, particularly in the

Mercy

Sister Rosalind Piof the Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of North Carolina.

During several years of Sister

Joann's formation,

Mercy

Sister Pauline

Clifford served as her spiritual director

and mentor.

was

"It

my

privilege to

with com-

plete concentration. Father Neilson ex-

However,

it is

important to take

JOHN

T.

the Sisters of

Mercy and

learn about religious

life

to help her

and the

Sisters

of Mercy," said Sister Pauline.

"Joann brings to our community a great compassion and love of people, which is rooted in her deep love of God,"

she

entered as a candidate. For two years,

she

she lived in the community whUe continuing to run her business. In 1 998, she moved on to the novitiate level, spending

the dignity of each person. We, the Sisters of Mercy, and the church are blessed

a year exploring a wide variety of minis-

ing to give her

tries.

A

said.

to have

second year of study was spent

"She has an innate respect for

Joann as a vowed member willlife to God and to God's

people."

changed."

Father Neilson congratulated the audience for their long-lasting marriages. "The bonds of marriage are a good investment only when the interest is kept up," he said.

According to Father Neilson, selfishness is one of the greatest problems in today's society, leading to the

breakdown

of maiTiage and other problems. "Two selfish people can't make the sacrifices necessary for the vocation of marriage,"

he

said.

In his homily. Father Neilson encouraged the congregation to pray for an increase in faith.

terms," he said.

done

"God "God

will bless us in his will

never be out-

in his generosity."

"Seniors are the backbone of our ministry," said Breakfield. 'This

population

is full

growing

of individuals that

we

look to for insight and wisdom."

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calling

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Joann, beginning with her entrance into

joyful in ev-

1996,

which we

in

cot, president

appeal to Joann. However, she didn't act calling until

Belmont and Michael

St.

God who

this profession,

church," said

erything they did," said Sister Joann.

"They were out there among the people."

Several years later, the thought of becoming a women religious began to

upon the

in

from

Church in Gastonia.

"The profession of vows by an individual sister is a celebration of the whole gather to praise

"They always seemed

back on track" when you get distracted from your prayers.

"We fail, we make mistakes," he said.

"God knows how many mistakes we make." As it is written in the Our Father, we are forgiven by God to the extent that we forgive others. Father Neilson said.

Marian Center

visiting shut-ins

John Neumann Church in Charlotte, Joann began working with Laotian and

in

she publicly pro-

From

don't have to pray the rosary

perfectly, or read Scripture

plained.

sisters at

—

the time and effort to pray, and to "get

7, 2(XX),

that time on, she has done double duty, serving in pastoral care by working with the .senior

who worked in the adult education program at the church Mercy Sister Donna Marie Vaillancourt, Mercy Sister Brigid McCarthy and Mercy Sister Carolyn Mary Coll.

faith

Oct.

fessed her first vows.

Ottawa, Ohio, moved to Charlotte in January 1977 with her husband, John, a radio newscaster. When her husband died unexpectedly a year later, Joann remained in Charlotte and eventually founded her own company, Joann Accounting and Bookkeeping Services.

Always an active member of St.

Benedictine Father Kieran Neilson distributes communion during Mass at the Senior

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WORD TO LIFE

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of Scripture, readings, films and more

SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS: OCT.

Sunday

Oct. 26, Thirtieth in Ordinary

Two tough questions

Cycle

'

on Christianity REVIEWED BY PATRICK J. HAYES CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE It is sometimes said that we know more about Jesus than his contemporaries ever could. These two books cut

through the accretions of centuries of commentary to an understanding of Jesus in his own milieu and in ours.

Bishop N.T. Wright, the great British New Testament scholai- and newly appointed Anglican bishop of Durham, England, and Father Jacques Dupuis, a French Jesuit who taught theolog}' in India and later at the Gregorian Uni\'ersity in Rome, tackle two of the most x'exing problems in Christology: How can we understand the Resurrection?

And, how can Christianity dialogue

how

volume.

The

phisticated

i

scholai-ship

—

is

bibliogi-aphy

and indexes

swell to 80 pages of small type

—

but this

book is accessible to the layperson.

Bishop Wright's question leads to

Does the com-

those of Fatlier Dupuis.

pelling case for the Resurrection lead the

believer to hold a "Christocentric" or

view of salvation, where Christ and his church are the exclusive mediators for eternal life? Father Dupuis and the Second Vatican Council "ecclesiocentric"

—

—

say no. Indeed, while Jesus makes the divine-human link more intimate, other

have

their

own

role to play in

economy of salvation.

Religions:

From

Confrontation to Dia-

Dupuis says a theology of religions based on dialogue is needed.

This is not always easy, even when the

logue," Father

parties observe conventions of respect.

For

is

Father Dupuis argues no substitute for a proper

understanding of one's tion.

own

this will

when reading

tures or a

tion of the magisterial teaching

Question of God." Augsburg For-

religions.

"Christianity

the

Orbis Books (Maryknoll, N.Y.,

point.

2002). 276 pp., $30.00.

faith

with other religious traditions and also say that Jesus is the way of salvation?

In 'The Resurrection of the Son of pillar in a series of

equally lengthy volumes on Christian origins. Bishop Wright shows that there a compelling case for the Resurrection.

— unmatched

He

through the .scriptural evidence to decipher how early Christians could hold out "hope beyond death." Finally, he looks at the noncanonical literature of the apostolic fathers and others.

All of this is preliminary grounding before entering into the Easter nairatives

themselves, which

comes

page

supplying a tentative

587!). After

summary, he poses

in part four (at

a crucial question:

did Resurrection show up in what the early Christians haliitually did?

Briefly and broadly, tliey behaved as if

"Where

more

the

their motives, the ploy

almost cinematic, this scene

Gos-

Bartimaeus, the blind beggar, sits outside the city gates, wrapped in a cloak to ward off the dust of the road.

His ears catch the tumult of the crowd following Jesus. He turns his sightless

pel.

eyes toward the noise, expectantly.

Perhaps he hears the name of Jesus shouted out by the enthusiastic

May God make

who

are his

ministry of healing, bringing to him all those in need. May he. give us the grace to be as bold as Bartimaeus in facing our infirmities and voicing our

May

ceive his

he move us, when we remany blessings, to follow

him more

faithfully.

need.

Questions:

For a moment, silence falls. Then angry voices all shout at once, trying to drown him out. they just killjoys, these

of us

disciples willing partners in Christ's

swarm of onlookers; perhaps a friend whispers it to him over the noise. His desperation to see and his hope in Jesus' power embolden him to shout out his affliction and his need. The anguished longing of his cries pierces the excited conversation surrounding Jesus.

appointed protectors of Jesus

all

In the end, the

forcefully.

goodness and mercy of Jesus overcome the meanness and self-interest of the naysayers. In spite of themselves, they convey his message to the beggar and bring him to Jesus. With a word, the blind man's longing is fulfilled, he receives his sight and the freedom that goes with it.

Immediately, Mark tells us, he followed him on the way.

Who help in

do I know that might need

coming

to

my

church or to other places

of healing? What is one infirmity for which I need help in seeking healing?

self-

who

also

The

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 26

Romans 9:1-5, Luke

congregation, as a guardian of

and a promoter of the Gospel, has questions when prominent theologians seem to question the Lord's mandate to "go and teach all nations." In a postscript to this book Father Dupuis explains that the examination by the congregation

-

NOVEMBER

1

Sunday (Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time), Jeremiah 31:7-9, Hebrews 5:1-6, Mark 10:46-52; Monday Romans 8:12-17, Luke 13:10-17; Tuesday (Sts. Simon and Jude), Ephesians 2:19-22, Luke 6:1219; Wednesday, Romans 8:26-30, Luke 13:22-30; Thursday, Romans 8:31-39, Luke 13:31-35; Friday, 14:1-6; Saturday

(All

Saints Day), Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14,

1

John

3:1-3,

Matthew

5:1-12

SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER

2

-

NOVEMBER

8

John 6:37-40; Monday

(St. Martin de Porres), Tuesday (St. Charles Borromeo), Romans 12:5-16, Luke 14:15-24; Wednesday, Romans 13:8-10. Luke 14:25-33; Thursday, Romans 14:7-12, Luke 15:1-10; Friday, Romans 15:14-21, Luke 16:1-8; Saturday, Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27, Luke 16:9-15

Sunday

(All

Romans

Souls Day), Isaiah 25:6-9,

Romans

6:3-9,

11:29-36, Luke 14:12-14;

reached a happy conclusion.

I found this to be one of the best treatments of religious pluralism cur-

rently available.

GRACE

—

then moves

be

Whatever

by

most New Testament scholars today explains the happenings on Easter morning through a close inspection of the ideas of life after death and "appearances" in the Hellenistic world of first-

century Palestine.

might

Doctrine of the Faith asked Father Dupuis to clarify his position on this

by Jesuit Father Jacques Dupuis.

His scholarship

It

applica-

on other mean pushing

faith.

and the Religions:

God," the third

new assessment and

In 1998 the Congregation for the

Fronn Confrontation to Dialogue,"

the

backfires, as Bartimaeus calls out

10:46-52

DAN LUBY

a shift

the "pause" button on zeal in defending

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they fear that their

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

faith tradi-

demand

God," by Bishop N.T. Wright. Vol.

817

is

For many,

in perspective

tress Press (Minneapolis, 2003).

BY

Mark

-

starters.

that there

'The Resurrection of the Son of

2)

Psalm 1-26: 1-2, Hebrews 5:1-6

up a future

extremely so-

In his book, "Christianity and the

RESURRECTIO N iiE SON 01' GOD

Jeremiah 31:7-9

to silence Bartimaeus' cries?

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Not being in a classroom setting was something Joey missed, but Krajewski said the boy still learned a lot because "he really had to juggle his time. He's really self-motivated."

She added that his fellow classmates him like everybody else: "He doesn't

treat

have a big head," she

said.

Despite his newfound fame, there are still

the everyday activities he

is

obligated

the same do the same everything," he explained. This includes taking out the trash and washing dishes, something his mom says he could still improve on.

As far back as he can remember in his to do, Joey said.

house,

"I still live in

I still

excited. To have other people recognize him in a wider realm is really

music. Wliere his ftiture

satisfying."

said,

Although Joey was gone from school while filming from September to December last year, his teachers at St. Stephen worked with tutors on the set who helped Joey keep up with his homework.

always be with music."

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"We would Fed Ex

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when

her son got the part

was so

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in

the role of Zack,

Margie, a parishioner at St. Stephen. "It's Even at age 2 funny now to look back. and 3, we have Joey on tape walking around with a toy guitar making up songs, singing 'Hey baby!'"

She was on her way home from a call that

it

who saw

week out

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dweller

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Arbor, he

was the top ticket at the box its first weekend of release.

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in its first

strongly cautioned.

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role

to 51

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the lead guitar player in "School of

of Fools"

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a result of his 2002 guitar per-

formance "

Holy

Catholic,

are

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is

in

across the

Ozzy (Osbourne)

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Sister Gola,

enjoyed

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she said, she definitely sees acting

Joey, a seventh-grader at St. Stephen Elementary School in New Boston, southwest of Detroit, says he feels the most

when

setting,

"We

talent in Joey.

movie

strings of a guitar. "Jimi Hendrix, (Led)

American writers

talent,

Rock"

Zeppelin and

in

Playing

a prime example.

"School of Rock."

spiritual

name

and Joey encourage chUdren to develop their talents and to bring them out more," she said. Besides musici is

also the

Zack

any educational

arts in

recently encountered fame through

his role as you Lord among the nations"

will

22

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means he uses to 12-year-old Joey Gaydos Jr.,

pray, said

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his

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work," said Kathy Krajewski, who teaches language arts. "We'd check it and send it back. He was really great with his homework."

Felician Sister Virginia Gola, the principal, stresses the

importance of fme

12 years, his passion has always been

I'm glad Joey,

who

1

concerned, he

w hat

—

it

will

had the experience," added he tries to play tlie guitar two hours every day. 'That's

said

for at least

just

is

'There's not even a doubt

I

do."

To promote

the movie, Joey has

al-

ready appeared on "The View," 'The Tonight Show With Jay Leno," and "Regis and Kelly." He's scheduled to go to the United 1-ungdom for more "School of Rock" promotions wlien the film opens there.

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Pope creates 30 cardinals, asks them to be 'fearless witnesses' BY

JOHN THAVIS

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VATICAN CITY In a ceremony that combined solemn tradition and tlie cheers of the faithful, Pope John Paul II created 30 new cai'dinals and asked tliem to be "fearless witnesses of Christ and his Gospel" on every continent

—

The

liturgy Oct. 21 in a sunlit St.

Square highlighted the international mix of the College of Cardinals, the group that wUl one day elect a new pope.

New members from 22 countries were added, including Cardinal Justin Ri^li of Peter's

Philadelphia.

The pope

said the

flected the "multiplicity

make up

tures that tion."

He

tore,"

or

new

cardinals re-

of races and cul-

the Christian popula-

also created in his heart,

one cardinal

"in pec-

withholding publica-

name.

tion of his

In his

emphasized

cardinals' special

duty to

preach the Gospel and serve others.

"Only if you become tlie servants of all will you complete your mission and help the successor of Peter to be, in turn, the 'servant of the servants of God,'" he said in his sermon, which was read by an aide.

Throughout the ceremony, called a consistory, the 83-year-old pontiff looked

pleased and

alert.

From

an

altar area deco-

rated witli thousands of red and yellow tulips,

he gazed out and waved to a crowd

dotted witli flags and banners from

many

countries.

But because of his increasing difficulty in speaking, the pope let others speak for hun at several key points, including the reading out of the

new

cardinals'

names.

honored

liturgy included several timetraditions. After

pronouncing a

profession of faith and an oath of obedience to the pope, the cardinals

came forward

and knelt one by one before the pope, who handed them a four-cornered red biretta.

The cardinals placed the birettas on their

own

heads.

The pope

Cardinal Rigali told reporters after

ceremony

tlie

at the

one day he would be inducted into the CoUege of Cardinals. He said he thought preaching and living tlie Gospel were tlie greatest challenges facing the church today.

Canadian Cardinal Marc OueUet of said the new cardinals had already formed bonds of fiiendship and camaraderie. Now they need to form relationships witli the more veteran cardinals, he said.

Each of the new cardinals had a rooting section of wefl-wishers in the square; crowd members applauded and cheered as

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Scottish Cardinal Keitli O'Brien celebrates

consistory led by Pope John Paul

II

List of new cardinals

created by pope

Oct. 21.

pope.

Their induction left the CoUege of Car-

—

members a new record.

Of these, 35 were under the age of 80 and

dinals witli 194 1

therefore eligible to vote in a conclave; that

matched

at October consistory

a record high set at the last

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In his sennon, the pope told the cardinals he

was counting on

new

their collabo-

He

asked them to preach tlie Gospel "with words and with example" and to serve the church humbly, ration and prayers.

every temptation of career or per-

"refrising

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"In this squai-e today shines the church of Christ, ancient and always new, gathered around the successor of Peter," he ...

said in his sermon.

Speaking on behalf of the new cardinals. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran said their only ambition was to love the church develop in

it

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who

recently retired as an

assistant secretary of state for foreign

tlie

third millen-

are servants, mindful

that in the church every authority

is

nothing

more than service," Cardinal Tauran said "Holy Father, you can count on us," he said.

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affairs.

help."

Seated apart on his throne, the pope

"We

and growth of the holy

19 resident archbishops

around the world and four theologians over the age of 80 with personal ties to the

be ready to act with strength, unto the faith, for

cardinals included seven

officials,

and help nium.

ity

when he worked

that

Vatican for 30 years he never dreamed that

'Tou must

explained to the cardinals

that the red color signified that

Christian

status as

the cardinals as they greeted each other

receiving his red hat.

The

new

members ofthe clergy of Rome and their new relationship with him as bishop of Rome.

Selfless service is a difficult ideal to

"AU of us were pleased to be here today, although there was a hint of sadness with the manifest decline of the Holy Father," Australian Cardinal George Pell said afl:er

symbolizing the cardinals'

their favorite received the red hat.

semion and prayers, the pope tlie

Pope John Paul also gave each cardinal a churches in Rome,

scroll assigning titular

Panafieu of Marseilles, 72.

of

62.

Spanish Cardinal Carlos

Vallejo

of Seville,

a

69-year-old

Franciscan.

— —

U.S. Cardinal Justin Rigali of

Philadelphia, 68.

Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien

a 59-year-old Sulpician.

—

former classmate of the pope's

at

Rome's

Belgian College.

— Czech

Cardinal

83, a Jesuit expert in

who

Tomas

Spidlik,

Eastern spirituality

led the pope's

Lenten retreat

in

1995.

—

Polish Cardinal Stanislas Nagy, an 82-year-old Dehonian theologian who taught with the pope at Lublin

University

in

Poland.

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Pope prays for strength at

Living rosary for the Holy Father

Mass

Anniversary

vice to the church," he said.

POPE, from page 1

Introducing the prayer of the the pope asked that God "continue to pour upon me the Holy

faithful,

versary exents, which included a conference of cardinals and bishops dis-

pontificate's major themes, the release of the pope's postsynodal document on the role of bishops and heartfelt expressions of support from a\'erage Catholics.

"I'm 26 years old, and I've followed him all my life. I see Christ in

cussing

him,"

the

Rome

resident Cecilia DiCarlo

"He in\ites everyone to be Christian, even when it is difficult. He knows how difficult this is for young said.

people, and that cially

is

so special, espe-

from someone

his age," she said.

The

liturgy in St. Peter's Square

was joyful and poignant, a celebration of what the pope has accomplished in 25 years and a reminder of how much his physical strength has slipped.

Youthful and energetic when he greeted the world Oct. 16, 1978, the 83-year-old pontiff had to be wheeled on a chair to the altar and struggled

the spirit of Avisdom, of holiness and strength, in order to serve

Spirit,

his holy people and proclaim to all people the Gospel of salvation and

peace."

At 25

years, this papacy has bethe fourth-longest in history and has left a defining mark on the church and the world beyond its bor-

come

ders.

One person who was in St. Peter's Square the night of the pope's election in 1978 was Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of Belleville, 111., president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

A student in Rome at the time. Bishop Gregory said he was immediately struck by the new pope's vigor and

rifice,

sac-

prayer and suffering have been

offered up to support

me

in

my

ser-

11,

group

Kessler, pastor of St. Leo

Leo the Great School

St.

in

Winston-

rosary around a statue of Mary. Student council officers

living

in

Thomas

Father

reciting the rosary.

,

place.

"God alone knows how much

Salem formed a

human dignity that is present at all moments in life and that we never lose, even though we lose our physical

of his "human fragility," he meditated daily over his ability to meet the demands of the papacy.

"I renew, through the hands of Mary, beloved mother, the gift of myself in the present and the future: All will be accomplished according to your will," he said in a prayer to Christ, the church's "good shepherd."

The pope told the gathered crowd their support helps him carry on his ministry.

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Today, frail and weakened by illness, the pope is "witnessing to us the

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2003

THE NEWS including

Mother Teresa beatified by Pope John Paul II

and Macedonia.

Aferdita Berisha, 35, a

Kosovo,

Mother Teresa

languages from Polish to Hindi, the blue-trimmed saris of the Missionaries of Charity, and the colorful traditional dress of Guatemalans and Nigerians.

In an unusually personal homily, read by a Vatican aide and by Indian Cardinal Ivan Dias of Mumbai, the pope in

Square and the surrounding streets were a crush of some 300,000 pilgrims and admirers of Mother St. Peter's

wrote,

forecasters

which weather would not appear,

a bright sun,

had

said

was awash with vibrant colors: from dozens of countries, banners

the scene flags

am

personally grateful to this

courageous woman, whom I always felt was alongside of me.

"An icon of the good Samaritan, she went everywhere to serve Christ in the poorest of the poor. Not even conflicts or

Teresa.

Under

"I

wars could stop her," the pope wrote.

Mother Teresa was beatified

— over — because Pope John Paul

record time

her death

The

Emanuele

people in the

The pope met Nirmala

hundreds of Missionaries of Charity and who had come to Rome for the beatification.

and serving the poor," Griffith said.

Before the Mass began, pilgrims swapped stories about when they met Mother Teresa or recounted tales of her audacity: For example, when a bank

one of the greatest missionaries of the 20th century," a missionary who preached the Gospel around with world

Mother Teresa, he

You

"with daily gestures of love for the poor-

Mother Teresa was born

Calcutta.

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coming

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rament.

"This harsh spiritual struggle allowed her to identify even more with those she served every day, experiencing

"She said, 'Remember when you used to teU me to go slowly? I always went away thinking, 'You'd think the

little

dig at

the pain and e\'en rejection they

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and dances at the Mass included acti\'e and contemplati\'e nuns, contemplati\'e brothers and priests belonging to the various branches of the

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Orthodox Church of Albania, Albania's Sunni and Bectascian Muslim communities, and fi-om 26 governments,

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felt,"

wrote.

fi-om the

A

her.

nacity to prayer before the Blessed Sac-

mark the 25th anniversary of the

That was her

her

of the Crucified One, particularly during her long years of 'interior darkness,'" the pope wrote in his homily. "In the darkest hours, she clung with even greater te-

Cassidy

Holy Father and would have more faith."

letters to

"Mother Teresa shared the passion

returned to 1975 to celebrate Mass with Mother Teresa and her sis-

tion

and shelters

clinics

God had abandoned

are building for the future,

his secretary

smiling

spiritual directors express a feeling that

representative of the

later.

now

rapidly expanded the order and

opened hospices,

Missionaries of Charity.

now

— always

Mother Teresa

—

Calcutta, India, in ters to

is

Macedonia; in 1946, she experienced a call to found the Missionaries of Charit}' and live among the poorest of the poor in

around the world, but her visitor,"

to Alba-

nian parents in 1910 in what

was among the attendees

Cardinal

told them, "was

est."

build solidly,"' the cardinal said.

Reserve

succes-

"She shunned everything and focused on two things: Jesus in the Eucha-

slowly.

or combination, call today for pre-construction pricing.

Oct. 20 with Sister

Mother Teresa's

pilgrims

to inform the nuncio of her plans and occasionaUy asking for help, he said.

'The nuncio and I kept saying, 'Go

choice,

Joshi,

sor as superior of the order, and with

countercultural.

of Charity.

"She was a fi-equent

size,

a bold proclamation of the

'until it hurts.'"

with a story. He was a secretary in the Vatican Embassy in India fi-om 1955 to 1962, the early years of the Missionaries

For the retirement lifestyle of your

and

"Her life is a testimony to the dignity and the privilege of humble service," he said. "Her greatness lies in her abUity to give without counting the cost, to give

a group doing a "saints pilgrimage" around Italy.

"For us, Mother Teresa is important because she is a saint of our own time," he said. "Her mission of mercy was among the poorest of the poor, and in

tian Unity,

of the above.

Pope John Paul wrote Mother Teresa's life was "a radical

living

offered her $ 1 million, she said it was not enough; she wanted $2 million.

Retired Australian Cardinal Edward I. Cassidy, former president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Chris-

all

Filiberto of Savoy, the former

Gospel."

rist

Choose

of Jordan,

In his homily, that

home towns.

They carried official posters as well as their own photographs of the small, stooped nun who died in 1997.

way she was

Mona

Romania and Prince

Italian royal family.

to their

that

Rome.

Queen Fabiola

royals included

Princess Elena of

crowd knew Mother Teresa, volunteered in one of her homes or soup kitchens, or at least heard her speak when she came

eat or sleep at

facilities in

of Belgium, Princess

Jack Griffith, 42, of Menasha, Wis.,

pencil.

who

2,CK)0 people

the missionaries'

set

was with

Get out your

from

far

cannot begin until the candidate has been dead five years.

many

faith.

Several royal guests were seated not

in

aside the rule that a sainthood process

Like the pope,

did cannot be di\ided

She helped everyone needed help, regardless of religion."

who

six years after

just

Muslim from

the good things

"All

said:

according to

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Perspectives

A

collection of columns,

editorials

and viewpoints

2003

Pope tells cardinals, bishops to preach Gospel BY

Bishop Begley Conference t/ie

pope's weekly geiieral audience.

II

told cardinals

VATICAN CITY The Sunday readings fi-om the Gospel of Mark in October call us to share our riches,

who 52).

be serv ants and ha\ e pity on

suffer

Our

cov eted

when

when we have when we

failed to share,

what

others have and

sought to make others serve us rather than seeking ways to be servants to them. Such reflections might also include thoughts on our behavior in the

ha\'e

realm of public policy.

As the U.S. bishops say

in a recent

we

ship."

are to practice "faithful citizen-

A new kind of politics is called for,

"focused on moral principles not on the latest polls, on the needs of the poor and

The pope

— were

move.

Thousands of Cherokee died from starvation, disease and exposure on their western migration. Some Cherokee managed to escape from the migration routes and return to the

hills

of Appala-

They joined many of their

and

sisters

"Faithful Citi-

entirety

at

in zenship" www.usccb.org/faithfulcitizenship/

index.htm.

Our

commitment

nation's

to the

democratic process, our defense of human rights and our entrepreneurial

models followed, and aspired by many nations. We must acknowledge, however, that much of our nation's

spirit are to,

history has

included injustices.

one commentator on a

I

heard

PBS show

call

slavery "the indelible stain on the fabric cannot preof our nation's history."

We

tend slavery did not happen, nor can we pretend its devastating effects are now just a part of history. Similarly, we can-

not sweep under the rug other actions of

our nation that have contradicted values we as Americans hold dear. awareness of one of our government's largely forgotten and un-

My

was recently

just policy decisions

re-

kindled at the Bishop Begley Conference

on Appalachia (Oct. 10-12 in Lake Junaiuska). Freeman Owle, a member of Eastern Band the Qualla Boundary

—

who

western North Carolina, spoke of the 'Trail of Tears." This is the name given to the forced migration of the Cherokee from of the Cherokee

live in

homeland in parts of what are now Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia, to "re-

their southeastern

served" lands west of the Mississippi.

This year marks the 175th anniver-

sary of the start of the 'Trail of Tears." In

Andrew

1838, President

Jackson, with

the support of Congress, issued orders to remove the Cherokee from their ancestral

homelands.

Why?

Because gold had

north Georgia and because the prevailing prejudice of the day could not fathom Native Americans living side by side in peace and prosper-

been discovered

ity

in

with white Americans. The Cherokee lived in towns, went to churches,

— who

attended schools and had their own written language; who lived in peace

brothers

already chosen to

under cover of the hills rather than migrate. This remnant of the Cherokee Nation formed the basis of the now roughly 13,000 members of the Chero-

live

kee living in North Carolina.

After attending the conference, I came home desiring to learn more about

our nation's hisour knowledge of

this terrible chapter in

For many of us, American history begins at the War for Independence and then fast-forwards past 80 years of national growth to the tory.

Civil

War.

It is

simply

wrong

tragic historical fact

is

this

were either pushed to the periphery as our nation grew, or simply eliminated (even though European settlement would have never succeeded without the advice and material assistance offered by Native Americans). Any serious reflection on our

land's original inhabitants

nation's failings

and heads of bishops' conferences Oct. 18 at the close of a four-day conference that reviewed the main themes of his pontificate's first 25 years.

In the face of the many changes over the last 25 years, he said, the need for the

pope and bishops to be fearless witnesses of truth and hope has remained constant.

"The courage in proclaiming the Gospel must never lessen. In fact, it must be our main task to the last breath, faced with ever-renewing dedication," he said.

But to announce the one Gospel with a "single heart and soul," the church must demonstrate internal agreement, he said. indispensable to culti-

vate a profound unity

among

not limited to an affective

founded on a

is is

fiiU

translated into

tional level,"

he

us,

which

collegiality,

is

but

doctrinal sharing and

harmony

at an opera-

must include the unjust

treatment of Native Americans. As we shape our nation's public policy, we should be mindful of the unfortunate

conditions in which many Native Americans continue to live.

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 4.1 million people identify themselves as Native Americans. Roughly

12 percent are Roman Catholic (from diocesan records). There are two Native American bishops, Bishop Donald Pelotte of Gallup, N.M., and Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, Colo. A June 2003 report from the in

our country,

322 individuals currently work in Native American ministry. Let us remember in prayer those in the Church who work with Native Americans.

said the perfect

example was Mother

Teresa of Calcutta, whom he beatified the next day.

The pope told the church leaders personal hoUness also must be an essential component of their leadership and was "the secret of evangelization" in today's

world.

At the close of his talk, the pope asked and bishops to "pray for me, can faithfully carry out my service to the church as long as the Lord,

the cardinals

so that

I

shall desire."

greeted participants one and handed each a bishops, and for for cross pectoral a cardinals, a manuscript reproduction of a

The pope

by one

after his talk

text of a letter fi-om St. Peter.

Bush right, Vatican and everyone wrong else

—

Letters to

—

Editor

I write to let you know I am embarrassed and disgusted at the arrogance of

Cardinal Pio Laghi as reiterated by John Thavis in the article on the fi-ont page of Herald ("Papal enThe Catholic News

the sand and smell the love of

voy to Bush says events proved Vatican right about Iraqi war," Oct. 10). Again

President George

&

profound arrogance with the headline where the article continues on page 13: "Vatican right about Iraq."

petty, but

Where were Catholic

News

the articles fi-om The

& Herald and Mr. Thavis

the 'leaders" of Iraq were torturing and murdering their own country-

when

U.S. bishops states

church that loves the poor, that is simple and that is on the side of the weakest." He

Greek

said.

said the credibility of the

church's hierarchy depends upon this unity and on showing "the face of a

that the

incredible hardships and injustices brought on by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 (when Native Americans in the eastern United States were ordered to move west of the Mississippi) remain largely unknown to the America public.

One

The pope

it is

he authentic teachers

asked.

to

addressed more than 250

'Therefore,

we

can

humanity and credible apostles of the new evangelization if we allow the weeds of division to enter into our hearts?" he

for

cardinals

forced to

chia.

Read

"How

breath."

the world's poor.

rich and powerful, and on the pursuit of the common good not the demands of

its

^

& Peace

POPE JOHN PAUL II

com-

and the commitment they show

selves

\'ulnerable, not the contributions of the

special interests."

'

JOE PURELLO

who had

By

The pope said that in evangelizing the credibility of church leaders depends on the unity they show among them-

Director, Office of Justice

—

duty was to preach the Gospel "to

tlie last

Column

with their neighbors

statement prepared for the 2004 election year,

mon

Speaks

Pope John Paul and bishops assembled

for his 25th anniversary that their

Guest

10:17-30, 35-45, 46-

(Mark

reflections should include

we have

tliose

The Pope

Due to an early publishing week, we were unable to print

Editor's note: deadline this

spotlights Tail of Tears'

JOHN THAVIS

catholic news service

men?

Where were the articles fi-om The Catholic News & Herald and Mr. Thavis when people were and are murdered all this horrible

over the world thanks to and organized global

—

—

Where were Catholic

when

News

terrorism?

the articles from The

& Heraldand

Mr. Thavis

the schools opened and the stu-

dents found them actually clean, newly painted and when mayors, councilmen,

were

etc.,

elected to various

towns

in

Iraq?

I

suggest The Catholic

ald and

Mr. Thavis get

News

& Her-

their heads out of

respect for

and presented anew

Wanda

in

W.

life

and

being allowed thanks to Iraq

mankind, as

is

—

Bush!

Carton

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2003

The

Saints are marching in

The Catholic News & Herald 15

in our liaiids. Our lives are powermovies with the subtitle "to be contin-

is still

and on

ful

Getting a

ued."

While holiness has been connected

On Nov. the world celebrates men and women who were not necessarily popular when they were alive, but as time went on became more popular than ever. I am talking about the heroes called saints. They had a clear purpose in life: to overthrow the stagnant system of mediocrity and to begin a revolution of love and values.

Every year since 610, the church brings to our attention their triumphant I

anniversary.

The

ever lived

they are strangely oblivious to

They

is

flattery.

are not affected by our compli-

ments, because they direct them to God, who accomplished wonders in their lives.

When

the great Italian conductor

Arturo Toscanini rehearsed with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra to perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, he took the musicians to heights they had never before known. When the rehearsal was finished, the musicians

stood and cheered their conductor.

Toscanini, visibly embarrassed with tears in his eyes, did his best to stop

them.

When the ovation ended, in a voice

of gentle rebuke, he said, 'Tour applause, ladies

Guest

Column FATHER JOHN

and gentlemen

...

not for me, but

for Beethoven."

we

ners as

They needed forgiveness we do. The American Ambrose Bierce, enjoyed

are.

journalist,

as

making fun of

and Christianity once defined a saint as "a dead sinner, whose life has been revised and edited." That was his way of sa3dng the saints were not really saintly.

The church has simply rewritten the in particular.

religion

stories of their lives to

make them

ap-

pear better than they were. You and I may be offended by that suggestion, but

doubt the saints

never occurred to them that they were anything other than ordinary people. I'll say they did the ordinary things in an extraordinary way, therefore they are the giants of our I

They were

faith.

I

Spirituality

for Today

are. It

real people,

who

lived

am convinced

the saints

would

like

us to continue their work on earth, their cause for which they lived and died.

They devoted themselves to projects too big to be finished, too challenging to be completed. The unfinished work of God

FATHER JOHN CATOIR CNS Columnist

and the best marketing technique. They are models for us as logic

they teach us the real meaning of life, which is being rather than doing, loving rather than bargaining.

He

real lives in the real world.

Wliat makes the saints close to us is the fact 'They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." (Rev. 7:15) That is to say their sins have been forgiven through the sacrificial death of Christ. They were sin-

human

defeat

For ity

is

humility.

They knew

not the proud and violent but the lowly and meek conquer the world. History, in fact,

is

It is the supreme law that we love and honor God. But in order to honor God we at least have to trust him. Every time you make a

instance, an outstanding qual-

of every saint

on

their side.

When

Jesus was

born in Bethlehem, Rome was the undisputed ruler of the world. Caesar's legions marched on every roadway and controlled every sea lane. Then the message of Jesus came along "Lx)ve your enemies, forgive 70 times seven." In that world of violence and hatred, Jesus was a misfit, a loser, so it seemed. The truth is that humility triumphed over pride: the Roma Empire fell along with hundreds of violent regimes and dictators, Christ

conquered the world and legions of saintly men and women proved that time may annihilate and wipe out everything, except the great heritage of our

Christian

faith.

on trust

grip

human beings. Popularity has never been a mark of true Christianity.

While the saints were not superhumans, they were indeed courageous enough to

Cap

and cleansing

a legalisfic

fellow

AURILIA,

OEM

may have

and negative connotation, the saints simply showed us that holiness is a way of life. They were people who marched to the beat of a different drummer; they had to be unpopular and revolutionary to the point of being killed or persecuted by

peculiarity of the great-

women and men who

est

with piety, which

,

^

decision to turn away from your fears, you please and honor him. The saints and mystics agree on this.

Julian of Norwich wrote, 'The greatest honor you can give to almighty God is to live joyfully becau.se of the 1-cnowledge

of his

lo\'e."'She

said: "Rejoice

got

Thirty-eight years ago I married a Catholic lady. She is still my wife, and I

Q.

converted

to the

Catholic faith since then.

Before our marriage I had to sign a promise to bring our children up Catholic; today all three love lic

and

respect the

Catho-

religion.

Soon our son will marry a

nice young

who is not Catholic. Our pastor informed him that he (not his future spouse) must sign a paper promising to lady

raise the children Catholic.

He feels signing

it.

he would not be truthful in

After

all,

he

says, the

wife will

he with the children

more than the husband and perhaps would wish to bring them up in a religion she is more familiar with. Doesn't that put unnecessary pressure on a marriage that is just beginning?

(Pennsylvania)

We

A. Catholics consider it of major importance that children born into this faith be offered the spiritual and cultural advantages of Catholic religious life, particularly the sacraments (baptism, Eucharist, penance and so on), but also the support of a Catholic community, Sunday Eucharist, daily prayer and all the other helps which enrich a Catholic life.

These are gifts of faith we, individually

and

as a Christian

community, have our children as

a responsibility to give to effectively as

we

can.

In light of this, the church has an obligation to assume that its members

who come

to be

married as Catholics

possess a basic Catholic knowledge

Corner

and commitment sufficient to desire and provide this religious heritage for

FATHER JOHN

fully? It doesn't

immediately.

over

Be

fear.

For a

variety of possible reasons,

no one can absolutely guarantee that this nurturing to a mature Catholic adult faith will actually happen in a marriage. Thus, the Catholic does not promise (in your words) to raise the children Catholic, but "to do all in my power to share my faith with our children by having them baptized and

CNS

easier later

when

children be-

gin arriving and even less leisure and objectivity are available to make wise decisions about these responsibilities.

You and your son seem

another story.)

that the other partner also holds important personal beliefs about

God,

family,

marriage and similar religious matters. doesn't

presume

to

know what

those beliefs are,

it is concerned that the of both parties be respected and confronted so any critical differences

beliefs

may

be resolved.

Without question, the time this

is

before the marriage.

It

to

do

doesn't

to

not choose to change

wallow

in self-pity.

Some

By

people

forfeit joy.

like that tell

me

their

important for him, why? he and his future wife want for their chDdren? If Mass, the sacraments.

them pity; instead I usually ask this disturbing question: "What would happen if today you decided to be joyful? What changes would you make in your thinking, in your ac-

Communion

tivities, in

relationship.

Might you

discuss

is

at all

story,

I

try not to give

your relationships?"

Sometimes they say: "Hav en't you

you

is

who do

or no trust in God, they

When

be better for their family to go into the

But that

it

little

to have a

future without these religious helps and

more by

supply whatever they are lackis

reacting fearfUly to the traumas of life with

is

religious con-

rather see themselves as vic-

order to get attention and .sympathy.

the desire to be married in

by

possible, but not for

is

present themselves as helpless creatures in

joyfijl." I

The church assumes furthermore

While

This

are at all valuable for him, wouldn't he strongly desire them for his sons and daughters? What does his fiance really want? Do they feel it would it

the church could be motivated

to learn to

cling relentlessly to their fears.

Tliose

What do

culture and family than

You have

natural fears.

not an easy leap of faith ladmit, but trust demands a radical change. ing.

Such a policy simply respects the fact that the Catholic has, by God's grace, a bond with the Catholic faith, for which he or she is accountable.

(Of course it can happen, and sometimes does, that no genuine personal

viction.

who

God wiU

these points with them? If the Catholic

to the Catholic faith

woes of life.

us 95 percent of our worries are about future things that never happen. Trusting God eliminates all this tell

They do not ha\'e faith enough to trust that

faith

all;

joy-

tims than as can-iers of divine love and joy.

ent promise, of course.

commitment

live

simply a choice of joy

It is

In fact, fear only adds to the

They would

raised as Catholics," an entirely differ-

present at

the wUl

patient.

Psychologists

wiU continue

good

is

mean good feelings follow

Living joyflilly

Columnist

become

who

People get into a bad habit of thinking fear helps protect them from danger.

those

DIETZEN

their children.

Paul

St.

circumstances

give thanks to the Lx)rd for this

the needless worry.

Question

all

of God for you in Christ Jesus."

Decide once and for all to

go against your

AgreeingtD raise children Cathoiic

from

this

always. In

been listening?

can't just decide to be

can."

Jesus said "Stop thinking about to-

supports?

morrow,

seems to me this is the direction from which they need to examine the questions you raise. Years from now there will be no police force to monitor their spiritual lives on this or any other matter. Ultimately it is between them and God. But the church tries every way it can, including through its marriagepreparation programs, to assure them the happiest possible relationship through the years, with each other and with God.

day's troubles."

It

You

smile and answer: "Oh, but yes

To your

sufficient

honor God, you

trust in him.

joyfiil is

unto the day are the

the

first

The

first step.

have to put

decision to be

Living

in fear

is

not

a happy alternative. Contemplate the joy-

presence of God within your soul.

Always remember pleasure comes from ful

the delights of the senses, but true joy

comes from

The joy

within.

of being

is

another

name

for

the divine Trinity dwelling within your

Train your and be joyful. soul.

vviU to

obey the Lord,

5

16

The Catholic News & Herald

2003

October 24,

PARISH PROFILE with an 1,800-pound block of Tennessee marble for the altar table.

Lawrence rises as spiritual harbor for western North Carolina Basilica of St.

THE BASILICA OF

ST.

LAWRENCE

97 Haywood Street

28801

Asheville, N.C.

(828) 252-6042 Vicariate: Asheville

Pastor: Father Wilbur

Thomas

Parochial Vicar: Father Joseph Long

Lay committees and a parish council formed soon afterward. Tlie parish of St. Anthony of Padua, with predominantly black parishioners, merged with St. Lawrence Church in 1969, and its pastor.

Father Joseph Howze, became pastor of St Lawrence.

Father Justin Pechulis, pastor fi"om 1977 until 1983, purchased the building across the street from the church and named it the St Justin Center in honor of his patron saint The buDding served religious education classes and various parish functions.

Pope John Paul II desigLawrence Church as, a minor a term of special designation given

In 1993,

Dinh

Number

nated

of Families: 931

St.

basilica,

to ceitain churches because of

theii"

antiq-

importance or sig-

uity, dignity, historical

nificance as a place of worship. Archbishop John F. Donoghue, then-bishop of Chai-

dedicated the church as the Basilica of

lotte, St.

Lawrence

October of that year.

in

Eighteen priests bishops

— have

— two who became

served the church as pas-

along with three administrators.

Msgr. John McSweeney, former chancellor of the Diocese of Charlotte and first priest tors-

Thomas

Father

Wilbur

ordained in

tlie

diocese, also served, as pas-

Father Wilbur Thomas, a native North Carolinian, became pastor in July 2000. Father Joseph Long Dinh is the tor.

On

Oct.

13,

192-0,

Gibbons consecrated Church, the

first

Cardinal James

Lawrence

St.

Vicariate of North Carolina.

of Historic Places, houses the crypt of Father Louis Bour, appointed pastor

in

The Basilica

of

Lawrence, designed by a Spanish architect

St.

was designated by Pope John Paul

as a minor basilica

II

CAROLE McGROTTY

BY

CORRESPONDENT

—

ASHEVILLE

In 1840,

when Fa-

ther John Barry visited Catliolic families

and celebrated Mass in Asheville, it marked tlie first tiine Mass was said in the mountain

area,

according to earliest writ-

ten records.

Mass was .sporadicelebrated whenever missionary

cally

years.

through the mountains.

Little else is recorded concerning Catholicism in western North Carolina until Fa-

priests tra\'eled

1

993.

During die Great Depression, the church was without heat except on Sundays and for

Then-Bishop Leo Haid also appointed Father Marion's younger brother. Father

ment became World War

Patrick Mainon, as assistant pastor.

women

The new

church was only half

one

tlie local

visitor

Mass was

ing the mid- 1 890s to

He

in

town dur-

work on the Biltmore Marion that a

told Father

tion started shortly after parishioners

in

Bishop Jaines

J.

lina, ti-aveled

trav eling abroad, for the

new church

Bishop Gibbons dedicated two years

The

that later.

mission church had no resident

pastor for the next

1

7 years

and

relied

on

who could be spared for a month or two at a time. One of these dedicated mi.ssionary priests was Father Thomas Price, a native North Carolinian, who later co-

priests

foundcxJ the In

1

MarylmoU Mission

Society.

887, Father Jaines Wliite loecame

and St LawTence, named in honor of Father Lawrence O'Connell, Ixx^ime a paiisii church. Father Wliite obtained the current property in 1 899 ajid built a small wooden church. Wlien poor hefiltii forced Father Wliite to resign, he rcTOmmended pastor,

Mass

facing the congregation, part of the

by stagecoach and horseback to Asheville in 1868 and arranged for the purcha.se of land on which to build a church. Sibling Fathers Lawrence and .Jeremiah O'Connell raised funds, even

of St Ro,se of Lima

1866.

stationed in the area, and atten-

the famous Spanish architect

With Bishop Haid's consent, construc-

feast

USO-type canteen during II, serving servicemen and

Wilkin. In 1968, in order for

who was

base-

a

unable to find a seat during

consecrated apostolic vicar of North Caro-

the suinmit of Mount

Mass on

The church

In keeping witli tlie spirit of Vatican II, changes took place under Father Robert

parishioners. In July 1905,

Rafael Guastavino,

Hou.se.

fijnerals.

dance at Mass and devotions increased as visitors and parishioners prayed for peace.

filled

during the off-season, but overflowed during the summer months when tourists

Gibtons, then newly

celebrating

MitcheU on the

in

years.

Church should be large enough to accommodate everyone and offered to draw plans for a new, fireproof church and donate an elliptical dome, the largest freestanding elliptical dome in North America.

ther J J. O'Connell recalled his exj^erience

new rectory next to the 1929 and served as pastor for 40

1922, built a

church

Father Peter Marion be appointed pastor.

joined

For many

in

the early 1900s,

in

.

moved

to

city of Asheville recently pur-

garage as part of a

new

plaza to be dedi-

cated to the Basilica of St Lawrence. Parishioners will have use of 200

Guastavino.

Courtesy Photo by George Cobb

The

chased the St Justin Center for a parkuig

The church, now on the National Register

current parochial vicar.

church consecrated in the

to be said altai-

was

middle of the sanctuary with

tlie

die fresco of the Last Supper and

moved

square panels

its

flanldng

10 feet and topped

fi"ee

parking

spaces on weekends and 150 spaces dur-

ing the week.

with a

new

The rectory will be renovated

addition to house a paiish

life

center.

The tic

basilica offers perpetual eucharis-

by former pastor

adoration, instituted

Father

many

Qark

yeai'S

Kaltreider in 1989, and for

was the only church

in

North

Carolina to have this dev otion.

The

parish recently celebrated the

anniversary of the church being des-

lOtli

ignated a minor

basilica.

Archbishop John

Donoghue of Atianta returned anniversary celebration Mass Oct As tlie parish moves toward

for tlie

F.

ture, the Basilica

spiiitual

5.

the

fli-

of St Lawrence remains a

harbor for residents and visitors

of the western North Carolina

city.

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cellar.

Father

who worked

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