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Established Jan. 12, 1972

by Pope Paul VI

FEBRUARY 13,

Margaret Church

SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN.THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE

2004

A MATTER OF MARRIAGE

VOLUME

NO

13

20

A CONVICTION TO SERVICE

Archbishop of Boston finds

expanded ruiing on gay marriage 'troubling* BY

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

—

BOSTON

opinion "seem determined to blur the constitutional separa-

Boston

tion of powers

Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley said the Supreme Judicial Court's expanded

gay marriage bling" than

The

court's

sion struck setts'

ing, the state

"more trou-

is

Nov. 18 deci-

"protections, benefits

gations of

and

obli-

marriage" but would have called the unions

opposite-sex-only mar-

new

rul-

Senate was con-

sidering a bill that would have given same-sex couples all the

decision.

down Massachu-

riage laws, but the

November

After the

ruhng on

its initial

and to usurp the

rightful role of the Legislature."

civil

ruling,

something else. But, before vot-

issued Feb. 4, declared that

ing on the measure, the Senate asked the court if the bill

same-sex couples have the right to get married.

would comply with

The

4-3 ruling, delivered in an advisory opinion sought

ruling. In its Feb.

the court said no. "This court's majority answer-deserves a commensu-

by the state Senate, "clearly demonstrates the overly activist stance of the four-judge ma-

rately strong response," added Archbishop O'Malley.

the archbishop in a Feb. 5 statement. He also said

jority," said

the justices

who

Nov. 18 4 opinion,

its

issued the

See MARRIAGE, page 13

KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS SAFE

Photo by Joanita M. Neilenbach

Rev. Mr. Gerard LaPointe stands outside the Carolina Department of Correction's minimum-security facility In Waynesville. The permanent diaconate now spearheads the prison ministry for the Diocese of Charlotte.

To be the hands of Christ Permanent deacons

MACS trains stafF

BY

KAREN

A.

EVANS

STAFF WRITER Editor's Note: This

second in a

to save lives BY

KAREN

A.

EVANS

CHARLOTTE

For

most children, a bee sting leads to a few tears and pain for an tiour or so. But for some, insect sites or exposure to certain slants and foods can lead to an illergic reaction characterized

sy anxiety, hives, difficulty sreathing, vomiting or worse.

md

For the past faculty

Each school

required to have five trained adults, but most have seven or is

—

year, teachers

members

of

VIecklenburg Area Catholic schools (MACS) have been rained to be first responders

eight responders.

The the

series,

is

the

"A Look In-

side," that explores the various

in just such a case.

STAFF WRITER

fill

first

MACS

Team was

step in forming

First

Responder

to change state leg-

allowing non-medical personnel to treat people sufislation,

fering an allergic reaction.

Paula Knish, a registered nurse for MACS and Kathie Holder, RN, and MACS

MSN

health director,

worked with

See MACS, page 8

departments and ministries of the Diocese of Charlotte.

CHARLOTTE — For

vital roles in parishes

most 20

years, permanent deacons have provided vital extra pairs of hands for churches in the Diocese of Charlotte.

"The permanent diaconate is an enabling ministry,'" said Rev. Mr. Andrew Cilone, the

permanent deacon at Immaculate Conception Church in Forest City and the Hickory region vicar for the permanent diaconate.

"Permanent deacons ease

diocese

the burden of the parish priest by taking on some of the work

ever, the

Holy

he

way and

that

he said. These servants of the Catholic Church may be found performing baptisms, mar-

here now.

I

is

find

why it

I

his

am

very re-

A deacon is an ordained minister in the Catholic Church and is one of the three forms of the sacrament

RCIA and

marriage preparation teachers, serving on parish councils and in various other parish and diocesan duties. The Diocese of Charlotte has 74 permanent deacons in service the Catholic Church. Rev. Mr. Ben Wenning, at

"Howhad

Spirit

warding."

riages, assisting at the altar at

permanent deacon

.

diaconate," he said.

can't handle,"

Mass, serving as al-

and

of Holy Orders, the origins of which can be found in the Acts of the Apostles.

Both permanent and transitional deacons are or-

dained into the one order of A transitional deacon is a man who is to be deacon.

St.

Gabriel Church in Charlotte, is also the coordinator of the dioc-

ordained a priest and

is

r^

ferred to as a transitional deacon, because he is in the

esan permanent diaconate. "I never looked at myself in a leadership role for the

See DIACONATE, page 9

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Cardiac care

Making

Knights donate emergency

MACS students

equipment

collect shoes

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2 The Catholic

February

News & Herald

Current and upcoming topics from around the

In Brief

world to your

own backyard

Catholic leaders say passage of foreign aid funding a victory WASHINGTON

(CNS)

—

The

U.S. bishops' conference and Catholic Relief Services called the amount of

NOT JUST FOR THE BIRDS

foreign aid funding included in an omnibus appropriations bill signed into law Jan. 23 a significant victory. The $328 billion measure to fund federal agencies included close to $17.6 billion for foreign aid. Of that, $2.4 billion was designated for programs to fight AIDS and other infec-

closer to the higher

amounts

Senate's original

than the lower

amounts

A

church entities said the foreign aid appropriation "marks a significant victory for our development assistance priorities and contains the largest increase in developmental and ci-

U.S. Conference of Catholic

of the bishops' Committee on Policy, and Ken Hackett, CRS president, said "meet-

man

ing these national commitments to the poor in our world is not just a matter of dollars, but one of moral responsibility."

The appropriations bill was finalized nearly four months after the start of the 2004 fiscal year. work together to For more information,

families can

loss.

a

PHOTO FROM Reuters

Dengler

disease.

Vatican

official

life, not profit,

says liuman

(CNS)

— Mod-

ern medical crises like AIDS and a new strain of Asian bird flu challenge the health care community to set aside the

motive and show new forms of solidarity with the suffering, a top

profit

Vatican cardinal said. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, said patent rights over anti-AIDS drugs, for example, may not be legitimate in places like Afi-ica, where millions of people face death. "Patents (on medicines) are legitimate, for reasons of scientific research

and

for a just profit margin. But, like all

private property, there

is

a social

mort-

gage on these patents," Cardinal said at a Vatican press confer-

Lozano

ence Feb.

5.

"Where human

life is at

stake, the

right of private property ends," he

said.

Cardinal Lozano noted the annual AIDS medicines already

cost of effective

has gone down drastically, from some $15,000 to about $,'350 per patient.

important progress, but it is still too high a price for many Africans to pay, he said. The cardinal said governments should work with international com-

That

is

and others to find new solutions, so that in the worst situations

merce

AIDS

officials

medicines can be provided free of

VICARIATE

HENDERSONVILLE

globalization should

include health care strategies and not

simply economic agreements. International cooperation and solidarity are needed because "microbes and viruses know no borders," he said. "This avian flu demonstrates once again that we're all in the same boat, we're all in the same world, and what strikes in

Vietnam can

strike in

Argen-

he said. That's all the more .reason, he said, that the actions of the health and drug industry should be driven "not only by tina,

Mexico,

Italy or Poland,"

but also by the real possibility of serving humanity." He said the bird flu also illustrated the need for effective global health monitoring and, when needed, controls

—

but without eroding the natural right of people to migrate. The Vatican press conference highlighted the

program

more

information.

for the

World Day

of the Sick, celebrated in Lourdes, France, Feb. 9-11. Various church experts addressed topics related to European health care and bioethics issues.

VICARIATE

CHARLOTTE

—

A

four-part series, "Understanding Tour Late Life Choices," will be presented at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., Thursdays Feb. 526, 10-11:30 a.m. Topics will include protecting your home and assets, housing

and in-home care, Medicare/Medicaid and long-term care. For reservations, call B.J. Dengler at (704) 364-5431, ext. 212.

CHARLOTTE

— Totty Lee of Hospice

of Charlotte will present "Children and Grief Feb. 18, 7-9 p.m. in the St. Gabriel Ministry Center, 3016 Providence Rd. All are invited to learn how death impacts children. Topics covered will be how children understand death at different ages, how children grieve, what to say and not to say to help children and

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B..'

ext. 212.

Learn why saving se

^

and young adults. Jason Evert, Cathoapologist, will present "Romajice without Regret" at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd., Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. For mor^

tors lic

information, contact Diane Hoefling, St. Vincent de Paul Respect Life coordinator/ Catholic Schools pro-life volunteer at (704) rhoef541@aol.com. 541-3760 or email

—

The Life Teen program of St. Mark Church, 1474C Stumptown Rd., will sponsor a free semi-

nar, "Let's Talk Money" Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. will address what pareni and teens need to know about financial

The seminar

stewardship, including establishing good credit, avoiding financial pitfall? and financial independence. For more information, contact Debra (704) 948-1306.

CHARLOTTE — All women

Season

1 1 23 South Church St., Charlotte, NC 28203 MAIL: P.O. Box 37267, Charlotte, NC 28237 PHONE: (704) 370-3333 FAX: (704) 370-3382

E-mail: catholicnews@charlottediocese.org

Word

Lemmon

a

are invited

t(

weekly gatherings for prayer, reflection on Sunday Scrip ture, music and sharing experiences o Christ in daily life. The group meets eacl

join

Women

in the

for

Thursday, 9:45-11:45 a.m. in the famii; room of St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Provi dence Rd. For details, call Linda Flynn a (704) 366-9889. For childcare reserva tions, call Jurga Petrikene at 704) 907 0205.

CHARLOTTE Group of

St.

—

The

Charismatic Praye will host Sick at St. Matthe\'

Matthew Church

Prayer Service for the Chapel, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy the third Monday of each month at 7:;i

FEBRUARY 13, 2004 VOLUME 13 • NUMBER 20 USPC

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SECRETARY:

aftei

call

for marriage is loving, life- and soul-saving: advice in a special presentation for parents, pastors, counselors, teachers, youth direc-

THE-

profits,

on human migration

—

heal

@

countries, he

CHARLOTTE

704-364-5431

HUNTERSVILLE

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 Tuesday of each month at 1 p.m. Call

Commenting on the recent emergence of a deadly avian flu in Asia, Cardinal Lozano said it was another modern

St.

SPARTA —

said, the rate of AIDS infection approaches 40 percent.

sign that

The

at (828) 883-964.5.

(336) 372-8846 for

some African

charge. In

—

Francis of the Hills Fraternity 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 welcome. For more information, call Helen Gillogly,

BOONE VICARIATE

health care VATICAN CITY

ASHEVILLE

SFO,

top goal of

at (704)

CHARLOTTE

boy,

—

in four

decades."

how

Diocesa n.

—

programs

vilian foreign aid

'

fight poverty.

President Bush the next day was

suspected of having contracted bird flu, breathes Hanoi Feb. 5. Vietnam through from one of Feb. 5 1 1 as deaths human of number highest the seen has the caught have strain of bird flu. Millions of poultry in several Asian countries

version.

statement issued by the two

International

The

a respirator at the National Pediatric Hospital in

House

in the

in the

In a November letter to members of Congress, Bishop John H. Ricand of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., chair-

Bishops and Catholic Relief Services had been pushing for higher levels of funding than were included in appropriations bills approved by the House. The final version passed by the Senate Jan. 22 and signed by

A 2-year-old Vietnamese

bill

and $1 billion was targeted for the Millennium Challenge Account, a new development program focused on helping poor countries tious diseases,

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FROM THE VATICAN

Vatican yearbook reflects appointments, statistics from 2003 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican 50 percent of

Vatican sends draft of minicatechism

In

to cardinals for review VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The The pope Vatican has completed a draft of a ISOpage minicatechism and is sending the text to cardinals and bishops' conferences for review, a Vatican source said.

Pope John Paul

commissioned

II

the shorter, simpler version of the 865-

page "Catechism of the Catholic Church" last year, and a 10-member commission has been working on the text since March. Over the next few months, the commission will consider the input of cardinals and bishops' conferences, and a final draft is

expected later this year.

The minicatechism outlines church teachings in four parts, under the headings of profession of faith, sacraments, commandments and prayer, the source said. p.m. For

more information, contact Barbara

Gardner

at

CHARLOTTE — The

50+ Club of St. John

Neumann Church, 8451

Idlewild Rd., meets the second Wednesday of each month at 1 1 a.m. with a program and lunch in the parish center. For more information, call Lucille Kroboth at (704) 537-2189.

CHARLOTTE

— The Ladies Ancient Order

of Hibernians Division

1

Mecklenburg

County-St. Brigid, an Irish-Catholic social and charitable inter-parish group, meets the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Anyone interested in their IrishCatholic roots, call Jeanmarie Schuler at

554-0720

for

CHARLOTTE

—

(704)

more

in

asked for the minicatechism at the suggestion of several bishops. One of them. Cardinal Christoph Schonborn of Vienna, Austria, who helped write the longer catechism more than a decade ago, said the current volume of more than 2,800 articles of church teaching was too ponderous for many Catholics. In constituting the commission last

pope said there seemed to be a widespread desire for "a brief compendium containing all the flindamental elements of Catholic faith and morals, formulated in a simple and clear manner." year, the

The pope said the new, shorter text would "faithfully mirror" the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" and would be "an authoritative, sure and complete synthesis."

information.

Thank God It's Friday (TGIF), a weekly support group for separated and divorced women, meets every Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the New Life Center building, room 114, of St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., including a potluck dinner. Divorced men are invited every third Wednesday of the month. TGIF is a healing ministry sponsored by Catholic Social Services, Charlotte Regional Office and St. Matthew Church. For details, call Karen Wepasnick at (704) 541-1891 after 3 p.m.

HICKORY

VICARIATE

Group is for all Catholic girls ages and up. The group meets the fourth Monday of each month at St. Joseph Church, 720 West 13th St., at 4 p.m. in the Holy Family Hall. For more details, call Debbie Vickers at (828) 495-2039. Girls'

five

—

HICKORY

A

Grief Support Group meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the parlor of St. Aloysius Church, 921 Second St. NE. For more information, call the church office at (828) 327-2341.

SMOKY

MOUNTAIN

CANTON

—

VICARIATE

Immaculate Conception Church, 42 Newfound Rd., will conduct one-hour sessions each Thursday through Feb. 26 on "The Precepts of

VICARIATE

—

GREENSBORO 2210 N. tion

Elm

series,

St., will

St.

Pius

X

Church,

host a Lenten reflec-

"The Purpose-Driven Life,"

Wednesday evenings, 6:30-8 p.m. Feb. 18 md March 3-April 7. This series is based

WINSTON-SALEM

—

Theology on Tap will

Tiore information.

3UILF0RD COUNTY

—

The Ancient Dr<f Hibernians Guilford County Division, :he oldest and largest order of Irish Catho-

new volume

reflect the situation as of

Dec. 31,

2003, while the statistics on the number of Catholics, priests, religious,

ery diocese in the world. According to the Vatican, at the end of 2002 there were more than 1.07 billion Catholics in the world, an increase of 1 1 million over the previous year.

Out of a world population of more than 6.2 billion people, it said. Catholics account for 17.2 percent.

405,058 Catholics priests

in

the

world, only nine fewer than at the end of 2001, the Vatican said.

The number of diocesan priests rose from 266,448 in 2001 to 267,334 in 2002, while the number of priests in from 138,619 2001 to 137,724 in 2002. The Vatican also reported there were 4,695 Catholic bishops, 30,097 permanent deacons, 54,828 religious brothers and 782,932 religious women at the end of 2002. The Vatican reported the number of major seminarians rose from 112,244 in 2001 to 112,982 in 2002. In the Americas, seminary enrollment increased by 1.4 percent. religious orders declined

in

Together in faith

the

—

meet Sundays at 1:30 p.m., Feb. 157, at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. For registration and information, call Stephanie and will

March

at (336)

Tuesdays in February. Speakers include Sister Antonette Schmidt, Abbot Placid Solari, Bishop William Curlin and rerry Aiken of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in High Point. Theology on Tap Tieets at "Anton's" on Battleground Ave. 7 i.m. Contact greensborotot@yahoo.com for

the world's cardi-

in the

cent of the population in Oceania, 16.5 percent of the African population and 3 percent of the Asian population. At the end of 2002, there were

Learn Natural Family Planning taught by the Couple to Couple League. This four-part series

—

ineet

and bishops

region, the Vatican said Catholics make up 62.4 percent of the population in the Americas, 40.5 percent of the European population, 26.8 per-

VICARIATE

Todd Brown

GREENSBORO

The names of nals

number of Catho-

648-7369.

MT. AIRY

the parish office at (336) 272-4681.

book, which runs more than 2,000 pages, usually goes on gale in late February.

the

to the general population in each

—

to

:all

3.

The

Comparing lics

provided. Discussions are open to anyone who wants to know more about church teachings or to review what you learned many years ago. For more information, call Dot and Chuck Luce at (828)

an Rick

Warren's book, which is a journey answer life's most important question: "What on earth am I here for?" To register,

Feb.

said

the world's Catholics live in the Americas; 26.1 percent are in Europe; 12.8 percent are in Africa; 10.3 percent live in Asia; and 0.8 percent live in Oceania.

Catholic Church." Sessions will start at noon bring your lunch; drinks will be

WINSTON-SALEM 5REENSB0R0

175 new bishops around the world and created 19 new dioceses. The new titles, names, addresses and local statistics are listed in the Vatican's 2004 yearbook, the Annuario Pontificio. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, and personnel from the Vatican's Central Office of Church Statistics presented the first copy of the 2004 volume to Pope John Paul

seminarians and parishes refer to data solicited Dec. 31, 2002, from ev-

NEWTON — The Little Flowers Catholic

chlt5nc@aol.com.

naming 30 new cardinals 2003, Pope John Paul II named

addition to

765-2909.

Holy Angels Church,

1208 N. Main

St., offers Eu^haristic AdoWednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m., and every Thursday, 10-11 a.m. Adora-

ration every

tion concludes with Benediction.

WINSTON-SALEM

—

The Healing

Companions is a grief support group for the bereaved that meets the first and third Thursdays of the month in conference room B at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. For further details, call Joanne Parcel at (336) 924-9478.

CNS

Missionary Sisters of

St.

Benedict pray at

St.

PHOTO BY Gregory A. Shemitz, Long

Agnes Cathedral

in

Isla.no

Catholic

Rockvllle Centre,

on World Day for Consecrated Life Feb. 8. The observance celebrates the way of life chosen by religious priests, sisters and brothers working In parishes, schools, N.Y.,

hospitals, shelters

and other areas.

ier

ic men, is looking for more Irish Catholic nen to join them for meetings, educational Seminars and social events. Contact Wichael Slane at (336) 665-9264 for time

'id location.

Is your parish or school having an event? Please submit notices for the Diocesan Plan-

ner at least in

writing

1

5 days prior to the event date to

Karen

A.

Evans

at

kaevans @ charlottediocese.org or fax to (704)

Corrections Father Joseph Kelleher,

who served Immaculate Conception Church

unintentionally not included

in

the Jan. 23 Parish Profile of the church.

Hendersonville,

in

was

We apologize for the

oversight.

370-3382. Principal Virginia Hutton of Asheville Catholic

correct individual

was artist Norma

Bradley.

School was misidentified

in

Feb. 6 photo caption.

The

February

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4 The Catholic

AROUND THE DIOCESE anyone, with or without medical training, can use the equipment. weighs The bright yellow

Knights contribute cardiac care

AED

about 10 pounds. Open the

JOANITA M. NELLENBACH CORRESPONDENT

— The

MAGGIE VALLEY rishioner

lower chest. The electrodes should not be placed over a pacemaker, but most pacemakers are in the upper left chest, away,

pa-

went as white as the proverand keeled over. Was it a

bial sheet

from the

fainting spell or sudden cardiac death? An emergency medical crew arrived

she doesn't need says on

—

If defibrillation

AED

defibrillator)

we just

Photo by Ioanita M. Nellenbach

Cardiologist

The knights hold

fundraising

parishioners are equipment. helping to pay for equipment that might save their lives one day. "If someone has an abnormal heart

happen to anyone. A February 2002 article from the Centers for Disease Control stated that in North Carolina in

rhythm, if you can use this in the first couple of minutes, they have a much better chance of survival; this is better

1999, of the 19,299 people

is

Margaret parishio-

when

used, he said,

in this

all deaths of men country are caused

said.

why

"That's

AEDs. Some

a 1

killer

of both

men and women

attended the briefing. "All churchei it. These things save lives

and sometimes you only have a minutes to do that."

by cardiovascular disease," Peterson be finding these have them."

fev

you'll

airlines

Peterson explained the

AED's

Contact Correspondent Joanita IVi Nellenbach by calling (828) 627-9209 a e-mailjnell@dnet.net.

fea-

tures at a briefing in the church hall, but

died of

117 were SCD-related for ages 0-34; 2,459 for ages 35-64; and 9,189 for those 65 and older. "Coronary artery disease is the No.

ner.

AED

who

women

and

step,

should have

country; 40 percent of

cardiac disease,

than CPR," said Dr. David Peterson, a

The

who

person collapses, is unresponsive, has no pulse and is not breathing. Sudden cardiac death (SCD), also known as sudden cardiac arrest, can

So, in effect,

St.

Dr.

Joe Yurko.

Dr.

by

chance of survival." "I think it's an excellent idea that w( have it," said parishioner Joan Mulligan

David Peterson (second from left) points out features of the and dentist Powerfieart AED to fellow parishioners Nicl< D'Anna (left), Joan Mulligan

decided to

indicated, the

is

leads the rescuer, step

through the procedure. The unit is powered by 8 nonrechargeable battery that lasts aboul five years, tests itself daily and sounds an alarm if it needs to be replaced. "When you have groups of peopk together, at some point you're going tc need it," Peterson said. "It's your bes-

Powerheart

a

events such as parish suppers throughout the year and are setting aside 40 percent of the proceeds to pay for the

and

The

...

nonshockable."

it."

cardiologist

Web site that the AED "auto-

noncommitted feature will not allow shock delivery if the rhythm changes to

and an oxygen and suction kit. "If we'd had this (during the fainting spell), I'd have made a beeline for it," said Jasay Ketchum, the council's deputy grand knight. "It could be anybody (who would need it). As a service organi-

do

he or

is.

(automated external

zation of the church,

if

The manufacturer

requires a defibrillation shock.

church's Father William M. Council of the Knights of Columbus has donated $2,600 worth of

emergency equipment

its

it.

matically monitors the patient's cardiac rhythm and determines if the pa,tient

The Murphy

AED

electrodes in place,

the patient won't get the shock

few minutes and the person went home from the hospital the same day. It was one of several such incidents in the past few years, and parishioners at St. Margaret Church wondered if there was some way to help an unconscious person before an ambulance arrives. that there

electrodes.

Even with those

\\ithin a

Turns out

and an

lid

automated vofce instructs, "Place electrodes on patient's bare chest." A picture inside the lid shows where the two electrodes should go: one on the right upper chest, the other on the left

to parish

Council donates emergency equipment BY

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AROUND THE DIOCESE

Making strides, one

sent to benefit needy families in

Guyuna, South America and the

foot at a time

Ukraine.

When

MACS students kick off shoe drive to help needy families BY

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—

CHARLOTTE

"Our mission is to progressively touch the lives of people with a message of hope, while meeting their physical needs," said Ohonme. "Partnering with organizations like MACS will help us to accomplish that

Catholic students are joining forces to bring soles to souls.

The

eight

Mecklenburg Area (MACS) kicked off

Catholic Schools their "Shoe of

Feb.

Hope"

collection drives

mission."

Samaritan's Feet is sponsoring the drives in the Catholic schools in celebration of Black History Month 2.

the

"We

Sister

are very excited for the op-

portunity to help needy families through this shoe collection drive," said Linda Cherry, superintendent of

shoes coming in are nice." "Students are crawling around their closets for shoes to donate, and adults are bringing in shoes," she

diocesan Catholic schools.

"We

often encourage our students

said.

become involved in community service, and through Samaritan's to

Feet 'Shoe of Hope' collection drive, our students will not only participate by giving, but many of them will benefit from the experience of leading and organizing the shoe drive at their respective schools," she said. Samaritan's Feet barrels have been set up in the MACS schools to receive donated shoes through Feb. 25. "We are very excited about our partnership with the Mecklenburg Area Catholic School system and

At St. Ann School in Charlotte, two barrels filled up the first week

and "they're almost full again," said Helene Nagle, a Sister of St. Joseph and school principal. "And the

month.

this

the shoes reach the fami-

the missionaries

lies,

"There are as many adult pairs

as there are children's."

When Ohonme

St. Ann School sort shoes donated to the school's Samaritan's Feet "Shoe of Hope" collection drive.

Students at

Emmanuel Ohonme, founder

and president of Samaritan's Feet. "Together, we can change lives right here in Charlotte as well as around

tell

shoes, and

many

Ann

visited St.

the students about Samaritan's Feet, he found that most students owned six to seven pairs of shoes, said Sister Nagle. "There are thousands of children in Africa who have never owned

Photo by Mike Ford

said

School to

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have them," she

and the world.

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said.

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"That impacted

the students." In correlation with the shoe col-

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Ohonme, a Nigerian native, conceived the idea for Samaritan's Feet more than four years ago. His life was changed when, received his

at the

first

Catholic Middle School in Charlotte attended the Mass. In April, the Diocese of Charlotte will support the Samaritan's Mile run to begin at Memorial Stadium in

age of nine, he from a

pair of shoes

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Charlotte Easter Saturday, April

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service Annual award named

GREENSBORO

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Gabriel parishioner

St.

—

CHARLOTTE Keller was honored for

Genevieve making a differ-

ence. Keller, an active parishioner at St. Gabriel Church, was named the 2003

recipient of the Mary Catherine Kearney Volunteer Emeritus Award by Crisis Assistance Ministry. "Genevieve has single-handedly kept the file room at Crisis Assistance in tiptop

Ministry years,

shape for the past 12

and was responsible

for recruit-

ing many Crisis Assistance Ministry volunteers from St. Gabriel Church," said Melissa Raphael, congregation liaison for Crisis Assistance Ministry. Established in 1975, Crisis Assistance Ministry is a nonprofit agency that provides eviction prevention, basic household necessities and counseling to in families and Mecklenburg County. Its mission is to provide assistance and advocacy for people in financial crisis, helping them move toward self-sufficiency. "Her indomitable spirit, devotion to St. Gabriel and love of Crisis Assistance Ministry kept her coming every week

individuals

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from making the

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Raphael. Keller, president of the St. Gabriel

Women's

Club, has taught Bible class and is a past member of the

for 14 years

Church Mice and the Parish Evaluation Commission. Crisis Assistance Ministry named the annual award for Mary Catherine Kearney after her death to honor volun-

parish Altar Society, the

teers for

exemplary service and ex-

traordinary

commitment during

their

years as active volunteers. Kearney, a St. Gabriel Church parishioner, volunteered at Crisis Assistance Ministry every

week

—

More than

260 parishioners of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Greensboro at-

for 25 years.

The agency estimates Kearney helped prevent home eviction and utility dis-

tended the "Hearts for the Community" dinner and auction at a local restaurant Feb. 7. The fellowship event helped raise $25,000, with all proceeds going to area community agencies that were

already receiving funds through regular parish budget allocations. Parishioners wanted to increase the parish donations due to concerns the economy was resulting in fewer financial donations to these agencies. "A group of parishioners came to-

gether to accept the challenge and they in turn sought out other parishioners to help them attain their specific part of the challenge," said Joan

Lauterbach, co-chairperson of the Hearts of the Community event. "I am delighted at the tremendous response to this endeavor," said Oblate Father Tom Murphy, pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Church. "It enables St. Paul the Apostle to continue to be an active participant in the life of our civic community." "In doing this, we live the Gospel imperative to give to others and also experience the Gospel reality of what an individual receives when he or she gives of themselves to others," he said.

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IN

OUR SCHOOLS

A shepherd of the children

HISTORIC JOURNEY

us shake his hand and introduce our-

Bishop Jugis St.

selves.

visits

Gabriel School

CHARLOTTE

— Bishop

Jugis paid a special visit to

School Jan.

We

met him one by

one," said

fourth-grader Sydney Oakley.

Peter

St.

J.

Gabriel

14.

The St. Gabriel Faith Advisory Committee sponsored the bishop's visit, which brought a spirit of celebration to the school in anticipation of Catholic

Schools Week.

Gathering in the cafeteria, students and faculty welcomed the bishop with songs and tokens of admiration, including a St. Gabriel School rain jacket, a pottery platter painted by the students, various school logo items, cards made by students and a book written by secondgraders.

After the reception, Bishop Jugis toured the school and visited each class-

"How often does one get to meet a bishop personally, much less shake his hand and be called by name?" asked Mary

Jo Reding, a fourth-grade teacher. Reding's religion class was work-

ing on a Second

said fourth-grader Brian Doyle.

Fourth-grader Laura Rudnicki was most impressed when the bishop learned the meaning of his name Peter: the rock and listed it on the classroom's

—

—

poster.

"When he was

room.

"The coolest thing about it was that he came to our class and let every one of

Commandment

project during the bishop's visit. Bishop Jugis joined in the project, which required students to learn the meaning of their names and write it on a "Called by Name" poster in the classroom. "He was nice and friendly and spiritual. I think he will be a good bishop,"

about to leave, he Courtesy Photo

blessed us," said fourth-grader Alyssa

Theysohn.

"I

hope he comes again soon."

Students at Our Lady of Grace School In Greensboro perform a colonial-era dance during the school's Colonial Fair Jan. 23.

Catholic school students experience colonial life —

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Students at Our Lady of Grace School in Greensboro recently went colonial. Fourth- and fifth-graders, attired in period costumes, participated in a Colonial Fair Jan. 23, during which the students explored life during colonial times in the

Courtesy Photo

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After administering the EpiPen, responders then enlist other people, if available, to assist

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vidual physicians at the

toms of allergic reactions and respond accordingly. Responders attend a "refi-esher class" each year to keep their

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A LOOK INSIDE

Deacons

church roles

vital

fill

throughout the diocese, deacons visit prisons on a regular basis to offer communion services, Bible studies

and counseling to

the residents of 32 of the 80 prisons located

within the diocese's borders.

The DIACONATE, from page 1

ordained deacon's

allows

him

Word

(in

who

Men

preaching, catechetical instruc-

permanent deacons.

liturgy

tion in Liturgy of the Hours, the official

in Jesus'

liturgical prayers sanctifying the part of

The diaconate flourished during the second and third centuries, but soon began to dechne due to the growing ten-

Men who

between the Presbyteria and the

ing over

some of the deacons' and other

responsibilities

By

tion to the history, spirituality

charitable

aspire to be deacons in the

Diocese of Charlotte share many things, but perhaps none is more important than

prayerfully reflect on their call to the

patience. In this diocese, candidates for

ministry.

the diaconate

factors.

go through approximately

six-and-a-half years of diaconate training.

became a transitional step toward priesthood and the role of the deacon became primarily liturgical. In 1964, the Second Vatican Coun-

'The church is always open to those who feel the Lord has given them a calling to ordained life," said Rev. Mr. Wenning. "The process needs to start with their pastor and discerning the call."

the western church

decreed that the diaconate could be

rank in the Latin

men

The

permanent and separate

restored as a

rite

and that married

could be ordained to this rank. Pope

VI restored the permanent

Paul

diaconate in 1967.

application process

Minimum

who

requirements for aspir-

35 and under 60," Mr. Wenning added with a

five years, "over (age)

and, Rev.

laugh, "tolerance for lots of study."

Once

ordained, permanent deacons

involving interviewing, collection of data, credentials and recommendations.

may perform many

After the apphcation process

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In July 2003, the permanent deacons

of the diocese expanded their duties considerably by taking over the prison ministry program flill time. Along with parishes

facility's chapel.

After Rev. Mr. Gerard LaPointe gives communion to the Catholic in-

mates, non-Catholics join them in a discussion based on the previous Sunday's Scriptures. Rev. Mr. LaPointe gets to spend only an hour a week, but that hour always fdled with lively discussion.

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"They ask a lot of questions, and they listen very intently," he said. Rev. Mr. LaPointe started his prison ministry about six months ago. He used to drive Augustinian Father Terry

Hyland, formerly the priest in residence at St. Margaret Church, to the prison but would wait outside, because he didn't have permission from prison offiinmates. That started him thinking about getting involved in cials to visit

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sincere desire for

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prison ministry so attractive to him. These are "men who, once they are in prison, start leaning towards religion

They start reading the he continued. Rev. Mr. Cilone said the prison ministry is not designed to convert prisoners to Catholicism, but rather to help them develop their spiritual lives and 'let it take them wherever it takes them." and

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boolts paint

in

Steps from the site of the

Trade Center

New York

is

World

City's old-

Peter's.

est Catholic parish, St.

The

mother church of New York counts three parishioners who have had causes for their canonization made. Among these is Pierre Toussaint ,who was born a slave in Haiti in 1766 and died a free

His body

man in New York in 1807. now lies under the altar at

Cathedral. Toussaint is the subject of a

St. Patrick's

new

biography by Arthur Jones, an editor-at-large of the National Catholic Reporter. Apart from the formal biographical materials assembled for his

Ordinary Time

The remaining few

chapters at last showed glimmers of promise. These focus on Toussaint's New York years, which included tragic familial and personal losses, as well as his analysis.

philanthropic endeavors, such as support for the first order of black nuns in America, the Oblate

own Herculean

Sisters of Providence.

Meanwhile, it is sad to report that "The Habit: A History of the Clothing of Catholic Nuns," by Elizabeth Kuhns, is similarly a narrative that limps. She writes that the book is "a journalist's summary of an extremely complicated and farreaching topic." With the possible exception of the first two chapters, I think the author has taken on more than she can handle. Contrary to the title, this history rarely talks about their habits or goes into much depth about the meanings and origins of their apparel. In fact, there

neous clutter

is

so

much

2004

lenges his disciples and us with his radi-

Cycle C Readings: 1) 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 2)

REVIEWED BY PATRICK J. HAYES CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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rage and anger that continually gnaw at the center of our being. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus chal-

Feb. 22, Seventh Sunda-j

Two historical dim pictures

FEB.

extra-

— from the story of the

Greek chilton (hardly the progenitor of the nun's habit) to early male mo-

1

teaching of love and forgiveness. Thf good news, according to Jesus, is we dc: not have to do this sometimes incrediblj

cal

difficult task

Corinthians 15:45-49 Luke 6:27-38

of forgiving alone.

Goc

gives us the ultimate example of kind-

3) Gospel:

mercy and forgiveness in Jesu5 while at the same time Jesus himsel: reflects the amazing truths about Goc ness,

BY

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Starting

Ash Wednesday

that assure us

(Feb. 25),

we

are never alone in oui

shroud worship spaces around the world as we Christians begin our Lenten journey toward Easter once again. Yes, the major peni-

struggles.

tential season of the church year awaits us. Lent provides a time to ponder how we have missed the mark in our lives,

does not hold of us intimately grudge and does not want to zap us int( oblivion for our sins. Jesus assures u;

but perhaps more important, it is a time to focus on the generosity of God's for-

that

liturgical purple will

giveness and to compare our

tempts to forgive

in the light

own

In

Father,

fact, this

God we

Son and Holy

who created

experience

Spirit

—

the universe yet

—

as

this

Goc

knows

eacl <

if we can return good for evil, if w( can forgo being overly critical and con demning, if we can stop clinging to thi pain of past injustices, if we can place al

at-

of God's

the baggage of our lives in his hands, wi

grace.

"Forgiveness," after

all, is

common We know

can

a

word in the English language. or do we? In Webster's what it means New College Dictionary I went searching for "forgiveness," which means "to

—

know

the peace of being forgivei

and the certainty that

God

is

truly wit)

us.

The Lenten

purple unfolds agaii week, the sign of a penitential sea son. "Forgive, and you wfll be forgiver Give, and gifts wUl be given to you,

this

cease to feel resentment against an offender or to give up claim to requital for In other words, for the d3aiamic of forgiveness to work, we have to let go of

good measure, packed together, shakei down and overflowing." Jesus, the har binger of joy, continually reminds u

the pain in our hearts and quit carrying

that

an

insult."

it's

aU about grace.

nastic rules to medieval knights to

Cromwell's 17th-century campaign that to subdue Catholic Ireland when we do find the author discuss-

—

"Pierre Toussaint:

A Biography," by

Arthur Jones. Doubleday York, 2003).

"The Habit:

342

ing the habit it is as if we are suddenly emerging from a fog. Add to this several tendentious historical details or outright inaccuracies, and the volume makes for a strange portrait of a highly variegated way of

(New

pp., $24.95.

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living the Christian calling.

cause before the Congregation for Saints' Causes, it is the only book about Toussaint in the last 20 years.

One would think, then, that this work is to be welcomed, but its muddled style and inclusion of from stories banal frankly life makes the book both and tiresome read. The first third of the book is a highly speculative account of the Haiti of Toussaint's boyhood and hardly mentions him at all. Jones concentrates more on the family who "owned" the young man than on Toussaint himself. When he does

Toussaint's a difficult

emerge

in

the narrative,

we

get super-

may

be too enamored of an

earlier account of Toussaint, an

1854

memoir by Hannah

who

F.S. Lee,

gushed over his virtues. Two hundred pages into this biography, I wondered if I learned anything about

Kuhns' work. First and foremost are 22 pages of photographs depicting the garb of several religious orders of women, including a contemporary snapshot of Franciscan School Sister Clare Korte of the biology department at St. Mary's University in Minnesota, She dons a lab coat. We also get some sense of the habit's symbolic transformation in the years leading up to and following the Second Vatican Council. I cannot give either of these books unqualified endorsement. So it may be a rather unorthodox suggestion for a reviewer to ask the reader di-

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bitter division for centuries, led to vio-

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compromised the

integrity of Christian proclamation of

movie continue to grow

the Gospel," Sister Boys said.

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BY

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Mel

As

Defamation League's monthly luncheon "my Jewish dialogue partners expres.sed emotions of nervousness about any esca-

Gibson's movie "The Passion of the Christ" nears its Feb. 25 release date, interest in the film grows, as well as the controversy surrounding it. An unidentified source close to

lation of anti-Semitism as a result of this

movie.

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The line known as

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Mary

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pressed for the death of Christ, neither all Jews indiscriminately at that time,

movie after it opens. Charles Robert Carner, a Catholic who directed the made-for-TV movie

nor Jews today, can be charged with the crimes committed during his passion."

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Pope says faith shown by sick, suffering is precious gift BY

Such shock and surprise

CINDY

WOODEN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

— The example The Pope

VATICAN CITY

of Catholics who, despite sickness and suffering, continue to express faith in the

Guest

Super Bowl

saving power of Christ for the church.

Column

debacle stems

is

a precious gift

Pope John Paul

Marking the Feb.

II said.

11 celebration of

World Day of the Sick, the pope said: "Human existence is always a gift of God, even when it is marked by physical the

from society

FATHER CHRISTOPHER

I am not sure why so many people have expressed shock, surprise and disbelief at the display of the "performers" during the halftime show of the recent Super

Bowl. Put

into the

much

larger context of

today's society, this display

nothing

is

that should have elicited scandal.

Our society is one in which the human body and the gift of our sexuality is demeaned and mocked in almost every form of entertainment. Be it movies, radio or television, sexual display and innuendo are the normal routines. The constant degrading of women by men and even by women themselves has taken on phenomenal proportions. Men also allow them-

selves to be similarly degraded.

Ours

is

a society that has taken the

of sexual self-giving rightly reserved to married spouses and degraded it to an opportunity to use another person as an instrument for the beautifiil act

satisfaction of one's desires.

Guest Columnist is

dealing with widespread sexual abuse.

In addition, since the contraceptive

themselves and their places in society, in reliance on the availability of abortion in the event that contraception should fail." (Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania et al v. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al) The teaching of "Humanae Vitae" is definitive and unchangeable: any action which either before, at the moment of, or after the conjugal act,

deeply convinced of the truth of the doc-

procreation

down by

the Church on this

issue if they reflect

on the consequences

of methods and plans for

artificial birth

this

way

them

first

consider

how

easUy

course of action could open wide the for marital infidelity

and a general

lowering of moral standards. Not much experience is needed to be fully aware of

human weakness and to understand and especially the that human beings young, who are so exposed to tempta-

—

tion

— need

law, and

it

incentives to keep the moral is

an

evil

thing to

make

it

easy for them to break that law.

"Another effect that gives cause for alarm is that a man who grows accustomed to the use of contraceptive methods may forget the reverence due to a

woman,

and, disregarding her physical

and emotional equilibrium, reduce her to being a mere instrument for the satisfaction of his own desires, no longer considering her as his partner

whom

he should

surround with care and affection." (n.l7) Pope Paul VI predicted the use of

is

specifically in-

tended to prevent procreation, is intrinsically evil (n. 14). The use of contraceptives for the specific intent of preventing

anyone

at

morally indefensible by anytime, and is very much at is

the heart of the continual

downward

of morality in our country. When I hear of the outrage so

spiral

control.

"Let

men-

emphasis on sexual fulfillment and excludes the openness to children, we now have as a result an average of 4',000 unborn children being destroyed daQy through abortion. In the words of the U.S. Supreme Court: "(Couples) for two decades of economic and social developments, have organized intimate relationships and made choices that define their views of tality places the

Pope Paul VI predicted just this situation in his 1968 encyclical, "Humanae Vitae": "Responsible men can become more trine laid

had

at the disgusting displays

the Super Bowl,

must

I

ask:

many

during

Are the

parents allowing their children to listen

music performed by these "artists"? Are the children watching the music video channels that promote the "artto the

ists"?

Are the parents

assisting their chil-

dren in choosing clothing that is modest? Are the parents teaching their chil-

dren the truths of the Catholic faith? There are over 61.5 million Catholics in the United States, which is about 28 percent of the total population. What would happen if every Catholic knew and followed the faith as taught by Christ through his Church? I suggest a major transformation of our society. The time has come to call on all

Catholics to learn and practice their

with the fervor of the earliest Christians. In the face of the opposition of the

be-

suffering

is

seen

Write love in the ashes WhUe reflecting on the beautiful and challenging readings of Ash Wednesday, there is a verse not in those readings yet keeps

coming to mind:

"I

may seem

like a

daunting

Let us courageously hold to

work through us

our

is this verse popping up on Ash Wednesday, when penance, repentance and fasting should be priorities? I don't know. I have learned not to discard thoughts that become stronger as soon

as

I

try to get rid of them.

have come to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were blazing already." St. Luke reminds us that we are commissioned to carry the torch. Each one of us is duty-bound to make the love of God burn brightly in the world. I like what our schoolchildren "I

often sing: "This

gonna

little

let it shine!"

light of mine, I'm

Have you tried to make it disappear?

imprison light or to Probably you did not succeed. The marching order of every beis to make the light shine and if your Ash Wednesday 2004 does not measure up with all the rules and regulations, as long as you let your light shine, you have accomplished your task.

liever

Jesus did not recruit the apostles,

and us

for his "secret service."

fast to the

him

mother against daughter, daughter

of

against mother, mother-in-law against

in the reclaiming

faith:

daughter-in-law,

society.

daughter-in-law

against mother-in-law." (Lk. 12:5 1-53).

Father Roux

Mark Church

is

parochial vicar of St.

in Huntersville.

II

and with all people, taking and making it part of the path to salvation and new life, the pope said, "Those who suffer must never be left alone," the pope said, and he thanked family members, medical professionals and chaplains who dedicate their lives to

suffers for

their pain

caring for the

:

i

I

i

sick.

a great act of love to take care

"It is

who suffers," he said. The pope prayed that Our Lady of Lourdes would watch over all who are sick, who are old or who are left alone.

of one

"Soothe their suffering, dry their and obtain for each one of them the strength needed to accomplish God's

tears

wlU," the pope prayed.

Guest

Column FATHER JOHN AURILIA,

OFM

Cap

to bring fire to the earth." (Lk. 12:49)

Why

"Do you suppose that I am here to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division ... the father divided against the son, son against father,

words of St. John Bosco: 'The power of evil exists and lives on the cowardice of the timid and the good."

POPE

JOHN PAUL

have come

world, this

teachings of Jesus Christ and allow

men

when

of the Gospel, "one is able to gather its deep salvific meaning." The Gospel message is that Christ in the light

He, instead, goes on with some startling statements that may shake our weak

lowering of moral standards" as women become objectified through the contraceptive mentality. Treated as an object, they would lose the dignity and beauty they possess by virtue of being made by God in His image and likeness. The "general lowering of moral ing treated as objects. Thus, our society

realities."

But, he said,

disciples

task, but in the

standards" has also resulted in

absurd

faith

contraceptives would result in the "general

any kind. It is a gift which the church and the world must value." The Catholic Church's main celebration of the day was being held at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, which was connected by satellite with Pope John Paul for his weekly general audience from the Vatican. In his audience talk. Pope John Paul said that from a human point of view "suffering and sickness can appear to be suffering of

ROUX

Speaks

I will say it is not difficult at all to bring division between the in-laws; the

opposite

is

The statement of Jesus is many Christians, therefore

true!

perplexing to

we simply gloss over. Does Jesus want to break up families? The answer is a resounding

"no."

When

Jesus speaks about divisions

among family, he tells us way to keep our priorities

God

even if wel shake our relationship with our

should be the

may

in a povverful in order.

first priority,

loved ones.

Another idea of peace is acceptance of the status quo, unwillingness to change and enjoyment of a false securitj' in money, career and pleasure. Jesus is not going to bring this kind of peace! S let's welcome war, which shakes our s( curity and makes us aware that we al ashes powerful enough to ignite

A

fire

o

way

of living and loving. revolutionary way of living an

earth by our

loving can be the following: "Mend 3 quarrel, search out a forgotten friend, dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust, write a love letter, keep a promise, forego a grudge, forgive an enemy, apologize if you were wrong, express

your gratitude." Write love on the ashes and you wil' be surprised not only by the experience of light, but the experience of a powerhouse called love. Let us not forget love L< freely given and freely received. Jesuf

was so trustworthy of you and me to th( point of not forcing love on us, but inviting us to love, knowing that accept the invitation.

we wouk

February

2004

13,

The Catholic News & Herald 15

suggest, being our very best selves.

Our best selves

Howtiie laity

So the same people who defeated Japan and

Germany

helped those nations rebuild economically and politi-

give support to

This spirit is carrying us forward our dealings with the people of Viet-

cally.

New York

love the

I

City tabloids.

They're a colorful mix of news and enter-

Maybe you

tainment.

shouldn't take- ev-

erything they print too seriously, but they are hard to put down.

I

Light

ions of the

nam.

in the street.

MSGR. JIM LISANTE

ished. In the loss

of

thing

life,

it

does very often.

We

put aside

long-standing political differences with the

Khomeini, their leader

government of Iran and jumped

into

the situation with millions of dollars of

humanitarian assistance. Some of the first planeloads of help t^ arrive were from the United States of America. To read many of the letters to the editor in those papers I mentioned, you'd think we'd committed a crime. After all, the letter writers say, these people are

our sworn enemies. After seizing our embassy in 1979, they held dozens of

American hostages for over a year. Today's Iranian government still shows few signs of relenting in

for the

its call

—

destruction of the United States called "the great Satan" by the Ayatollah

at the

time of the

So, the letter writers ask,

crisis.

what are we doing helping a nation bent on our undoing? Their finstration

aftermath of this incredible

the United States did some-

neither hard to

is

understand nor anything new. For all of our history, Americans have played to win.

And

that includes our dealings with other

even when it means war. But we an unusual habit of working to heal the wounds of conflict once it's over. nations,

also have

I

mentioned

this to

my father when

he was leaving for a business trip to Japan in the 1980s. How, I, wondered, does he deal with folks he fought so vigorously back in the 1940s during World War II? His response is something I've heard echoed by many veterans. "Well, Jim, it's one of life's great truths that some of our best fi'iends come from those who were once our enemies." While that may be true, I think it takes a great people to make the first

move toward

all.

It's

priests

one

swallow our national pride and re-estabwith those who brought us to our most significant military failure. But in victory and defeat, we have done what the world finds amazing. Have we done this in part for our own economic and political welfare? Of course. But we have also done it to ac-

The Human

lish relations

Guest Columnist

hostage

that reconciliation was, in

thing to extend the hand of friendship to those we've defeated. It's quite another to

A recent spate of letters recently caught my attention. Bam is the city in Iran devastated by a horrific earthquake at the end of December. Iranian officials and international aid groups estimate 30,00050,000 men, women and children per-

And

some ways, the toughest of

particularly

find the unvarnished opin-

man and woman

in

Candle

enjoy the "Letters to the Editor." Here's

where you

One

reconciliation.

That

is,

I'd

Side FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CNS COLUMNI.ST

knowledge that we know we are truly same human family. That's what's happening now in Iran. We still have differences with the government of Iran. And since Iran is a theocracy, a government built around a

part of the

A la3mian asked me how the laity can help priests. "Keep your faith," would be my first response. Studies on the priesthood report one of the greatest sources of

particular religious perspective, our plu-

ralism

is,

no doubt, hard

for

them

to

fathom. But thousands upon thousands of their people are homeless and badly

strength for priests

and when people suffer, there is and the willingness of those who can respond to do so. jSo I must disagree with those letterwriters. I think that we as Americans can be proud when we care not only for friends, but even more significantly,

at peace with

hurt,

only need

It

—

the

God;

a

laity's faith.

dying layperson

a family that

was

hit

hard but doesn't despair; or an elderly person who is selfless.

No two

things inspire priests

more

than celebrating Mass and seeing Christ lived in the daily lives of laity they serve.

—

The next admonition:

when we reach out help to those who aren't. Whether as a nation, or as individuals, when we love those who don't necessarily love us back, we show our very best

is

may come from

it

thing is Mother Teresa's "Do not wait for leaders, do

alone and person to person."

As a young priest, I experienced the work of the Catholic Family Movement, The Catholic Worker Movement, the Knights of Columbus — just a few

selves.

Catholic organizations in which the laity

took the lead

The veneration of relics How

are they Q. What are relics? obtained? And who determines what is

the Dominican

barts

The tug

times, even after they are buried,

of

the bodies

of saints are sent

to

other locations to be kept or honored. In the past few years

bone,

it

was

an apparent relic (leg of St. Therese of

said)

Lisieux traveled to several

United States, including a

cities

in the

near

city

my

home.

Surely bodies are not separate parts.

Can you

made

to be in

enlighten us?

veneration of relics

one of liose areas of Christian belief and prac:ice which in themselves can be solidly

bunded theologically and

is

spiritually,

experience proves, however, that this levotion has an almost built-in temptaion for misunderstanding and abuse.

Veneration of the bodies of martyrs ind other saints goes back to the beginling of Christianity. Sometimes the

was collected on a cloth :o be kept by the communfty as a reTiinder of that person's fidelity and cour-

Buying and

By

the 800s and 900s, problems

)egan to surface. Possession of relics of «rtain saints became a source of presige for monasteries and churches. When

Thomas Aquinas died in 1274, for ;xample, in the Cistercian monastery of >t.

ossa Nuova, it is reported that the nonks there decapitated his body to be ure of keeping his remains away from

for his

Comer

new breed of chaUenges

Today's church

Columnist

selling,

destined to be raised and glorified by the

XXV). These motives are

Spirit (Session

still valid, but experience understandably causes the church to be careful lest this less central

aspect of Catholic devotion again

grow

out of proportion.

190).

It is not surprising then that this bizarre dealing with bodies of saints

should be reflected in popular piety of

Ages and beyond. Veneragave rise to afl manner of feasts, shrines and pilgrimages. Possession of relics even became a sign of affluence and power. In 1393, at a royal feast, French King Charles VI disthe Middle

tion of relics

Apart from the canon mentioned above and conditions for placing relics in altars, veneration of relics is not even mentioned in the present Code of Canon Law. This may be* due as much to the decline in enthusiasm for this sort of devotion as to any other reason.

tributed to guests ribs of his venerated

Current norms for indulgences do not include any prayers or actions relating to relics of the saints. Honoring such

ancestor

relics

St. Louis.

Some

opposition to these practices

was always heard, but even popes eventually became nearly powerless to do anything about them. Mishandling of relics, and their sale, eventually became one of the abuses in the church attacked by leaders of the Protestant Reforma-

growth

tion.

by sending a stamped, self addressed envelope

In 1563 the Council of Trent offered

three reasons for venerating the bodies

of the

saints.

They

were, and are,

temples of the Holy

Spirit;

and they are

in holiness. It is necessary,

jumping

resentments

and

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fail-

human

an adult manner. maintain profession-

act in

that laity

alism and adhere to the principles of civility, the better they help priests.

answering questions Catholics ask about

and

and

Priests, like laypersons, are

The more

to

new

to conclusions, letting

rule, losing respect

and don't always

brochure in English or Spanish

baptism practices

calling for a

ing to strive for exceUence.

not always easy, to preserve that focus.

mem-

bers of the body of Christ; they were

pettiness,

can be a way of praising the goodness of God and seeking our own

A free

confronted with a

of lay leaders. In the worlds of medicine and biological experimentation, it is they who must deal with the ethics and morality of their work. It is they who ultimately must enforce moral standards in ecology, government, the workplace and globalization. The church more than ever needs lay thinkers, doers and movers such as Jacques Maritain, Cesar Chavez, Maisie Ward, Dorothy Day and Mothers Seton, Teresa and Drexel (although sisters are in religious communities, canonically they belong to the laity) whose leadership qualities were stellar. Often they worked side by side with bishops and priests. Sometimes they nudged and hounded them. But as any priest who understands history knows, such people gave life to the priesthood by giving concrete meaning to the church in action. Another way the laity can help priests is to be professional ~ avoiding

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to

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FATHER JOHN

body continued

even stealing, bodies or parts of bodies of saints was common. Transferring relics gradually turned into an international business. To this day. Catholic law explicitly forbids "alienation" or permanent transfer of major relics from one place to another without the pope's permission (Canon

jlood of martyrs

ige in professing faith in Christ.

of war between Cistercians

and Dominicans

1

The

Thomas

for decades after his death.

'Iowa)

A.

of which

drawing people closer

Question

was a member.

done with them?

At

friars,

in

Christ and the church.

.

and most important, I hope the never cease praying for priests. Prayer turns us toward God and brings the best out of us. When lay people enter into this state of mind and heart, they wiU find ways never before imagined to Last,

laity

help priests.

;

February 13, 2004

News & Herald

16 The Catholic

PARISH PROFILE North Carolina Catholics

to western

Margaret Church is testimony to dedication of founding priest, others

Murphy — — had begun.

that Michael

St.

and

priest

as a layperson

That devoted enthusiasm still Maggie Valley, due to the succeeding priests at St. Margaret

thrives in

Church. In August 1996, Father Eric

MARGARET CHURCH

SAINT

27 Murphy Maggie

Houseknecht arrived as pastor and led a renovation crusade, yielding improvements to the church building, inner sanctuary, grounds, parish center, officers, rectory and elsewhere. Parishioners made the project a family undertaking, offering voluntary labor and

Drive

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donating a variety of items to their spiritual home.

Father

In early April 1997, parishioners

Doyle

J.

Pastoral Associate: Augustinian Brother William

C.

and

By

Residence: Augustinian Father

In

Dennis M. McGowan

Number

visitors gathered for

an open house

to celebrate the enhancements.

Harkin

^

work

1997, ministerial

at the

all ages; the youth group, for instance, began regularly serving their neighbors at a local soup

parish existed for

175

of Households:

The

kitchen.

parish also helps

women

and children who are victims of domestic violence at local shelters. Other ministries

include faith formation, ministry women's guild and the Fa-

to the sick,

ther William, M.

Murphy

Council of the

Knights of Columbus, who donated $2,600 worth of emergency equipment to the parish in 2004.

In September 1998, Order of St, Augustine priests came to serve St, Margaret Church, including Augustin-

Augustinian Father Francis

J.

Doyle

ian Father Francis

MAGGIE VALLEY

—

Brother William C. Harkin,

took me six years to build the church three years to clear the land and three "It

—

a history

with an evangelical fervor that built up the Catholic Church in western

filled

North Carolina. Murphy, not yet a priest in 1950, arrived in North Carolina from Detroit in September of that year. Right away, he turned his attention to helping build churches in the mountain region of the state. He traveled to the town bearing his surname, where Father Lawrence Newman was trying to build a church with financial help from lies

Murphy

fami-

throughout the country. After visiting there,

Murphy went

on to Sylva and assisted

in building St.

Mary Church in memory of his late parents. The church was dedicated in August 1955. Soon thereafter, he

also aided in

constructing the Newman Center for Catholic students at Western Carolina University

in

CuUowhee.

On

lay missionary later

celebrated

Mass during

Photo by Karen A. Evans

June

Margaret Church

In

Maggie Valley was dedicated

August 1969 on land purchased

in

by Father Michael Murphy.

Bishop Waters urged the zealous Murphy to ponder becoming a priest. After prayerful discernment. Murphy studied at St. Meinrad Seminary in Indiana and in May 1972, he was ordained into the priesthood by thenBishop Michael J. Begley of Charlotte. Father Murphy was 80 years old at the time of his ordination. After serving for a year at a North Carolina coastal parish. Murphy returned to the church he had built in

Maggie

Valley.

As pastor of St. Marga-

Church, he built a house that later would serve as a convent and a retreat house. In February 1977, the retreat building burned to ruins, but the flame of evangelization that burned in Father

ret

on.

continued to own and operate Falling Waters Motel. Under Bishop Begley's direction, the motel was renovated for use as the Living

Father

Murphy

Waters Catholic

Reflection Center, and

today remains a popular retreat spot year-round. In 1981, the pastor also donated a building on the land to the diocese for use as a parish

hall.

Father Murphy's presence remained a constant in the parish community untU the priest's death at the

and the retreatants at Living Waters St. Margaret Church stands in memory of Father Murphy's dedication to th( Catholic Church while also testifying t( the vitality of the faith in western Nortl

Carolina.

M

age of 99 in 1990. A parish hall, built and dedicated in the early 1990s, was named Murphy-Garland Parish Hall in honor of the priest who gave so much to the community. Franciscan Sister Jane Schmenk, a friend of Father Murphy who operated Living Waters for over 20 years since the 1970s, wrote the biography of the priest. Entitled "Murphy: Apostle of the Smokies," the book is for sale at Living

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