—-THE
Roman
Catholic Diocese of Charlotte
Established Jan. 12, 1972 by Pope Paul VI
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Hungry for a higher purpose
leading, but in a
way
different
Our Lady of Lourdes youths
POPE SHOWS THERE IS STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS, MANY SAY
fast for Catholic
ReliefServices by
JOHN THAVIS
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY John Paul
II's
— Pope
10-day hospital-
problems has raised new questions about the ability of a pope to govern from a sick bed. ization for breathing
A.
EVANS
STAFF WRITER
MONROE
—
While
their friends were eating veggie pizza and going to the movies, six members of
Paul's
recent focus on the special
spent 24 hours fasting from
it
forms of Christian witness fered
KAREN
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
At the same time, highlighted Pope John
own
by
by the
sick
and the
has
of-
elderly.
the youth group from
food and feasting on increased knowledge and
See POPE, page 13
em-
See FAST, page 5
A project of love and hospitality Photo by Karen A. Evans
Members
of the
Our Lady of Lourdes Church youth group and their advisors attempt to untangle
themselves during an icebreaker as part of Food Fast, a 24-hour hunger-awareness program. The youth group took part in the fast Feb. 11-12.
GENERATING HOPE
Adult stem- cell breakthrough seen weakening case for embryonic cells Photo by Karen A. Evans
by
Ann Rich's class at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte show their handmade valentines to a news camera Feb. 11. The first-grade class helped make this year's Valentine's Day First-graders
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and their family members staying at Hospitality House, which provides boarding for family members of patients. The class' project made the local news. "We made valentines for people who are sick," said firstlittle
less lonely for patients at area hospitals
grader Mariel Green. "We hope they like our cards and are happy." For more on how Catholic schools are reaching out, see page 9.
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BOSTON
— Researchers
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston have identified adult stem cells that may have the capacity to repair and regenerate all tissue types in the body, which exat
perts say
weakens the case
Moving on to
for
"This discovery represents a major breakthrough in stemcell
therapy," said Dr.
Douglas
Losordo, chief of cardiovascular research at St. Elizabeth's.
"Based on our findings, believe these
CNS
photo from University of Wisconsin-Madison
we
newly discovered
A microscopic view shows a colony
See STEM CELLS, page 12
of
undifferentiated
human embryonic stem
Perspectives
Bundle of joy
DSA helps shelter for pregnant,
The case ofTerri Schiavo;
Priest finds prema ture
homeless women
Len tin the Media Age
newborn at church door
self-sufficiency
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The Catholic News & Herald
2005
February 18,
Current and upcoming
In Brief
Commemorative book about
topics from around the
world to your
diocese
own backyard
to be published; writers sought
— To
CHARLOTTE
observe
its
35th anniversary, the Diocese of Char-
HAVE SNOWMOBILE, WILL TRAVEL
commemorative book
lotte will create a
of diocesan history, spiritual reflections
David Hains, director of communications and project manager for the book. According to Hains, the book will focus on stories and reflections on the
and photographs. The book, which does not yet have a
following topics: inspiring stories of faith
will be available in the fall 2006.
church/faith community; the blessings
Editions du Signe of Strasbourg, France
of multicultural worship; those who brought Catholicism when they relocated to western North Carolina; those who grew up Catholic in western North Carolina, when there were few Catholics
title,
will publish the book.
To
be designed as a "coffee table"
book, the commemorative edition will feature a history of the diocese and color
that are
woven with
a description of a
who
photographs of the people and parishes that have shaped Catholic life in western
in the region; those
North Carolina since the
the Catholic faith teaches others, espe-
diocese's found-
ing in 1972. Catholics in the diocese will
converted to
Catholicism; love for the Eucharist;
what
cially non-Catholics.
be invited to submit stories or spiritual
WANT MORE
reflections for publication.
"We hope to create an attractive largeformat book that
is filled
with stories and
and
pictures depicting the history
faith
available
book
Web
on the diocesan
is
site at
www.charlottediocese.org/book.
of
the Catholic people of western North Caro-
Authors interested
and to increase spiritual awareness among Catholics and non-Catholics," said
tion
in
submitting a reflec-
may
contact David Hains dwhains@charlottediocese.org.
lina,
Diocesan. planner
INFO?
Additional information about the
Church, 1400 Suther Rd., will host "Weaving One
Heart Welcoming the Stranger" March
6,
12:30-4:30
p.m. This educational forum will provide an over-
ALBEMARLE
HAMLET CNS
photo by Anna Baum, The Compass
Edward Church the annual MS Snowmobile Classic Tour,
For the last 17 years, Father Charles Brooks, pastor of
St.
has been riding in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He and eight other members of Mackville, Wis.,
a
one-time deal? will share bibli-
question:
Is
conversion
of conversion and answers to the
cal stories
Why does God call us to
turn back to him
constantly? The event will take place in the par-
Edward's took to
St.
—
Susan Brady, scripture student,
in in
view on the plight of refugees and offer suggestions on how parishes can welcome and foster
VICARIATE
West Hamlet Advance registration is necessary. Call (910) 582-0207 to register and ish hall
the road Feb. 4 for Watersmeet, Mich., and two days of snowmobiling 100 to 150
of St. James Church, 101 8
Ave., Feb. 27 at 12 p.m.
miles a day to raise pledges to find a cure for multiple sclerosis.
for details.
relationships with refugees resettling in the Char-
The
lotte region.
cial
Services. Visit www.cssnc.org/justicepeace
provided to those VICARIATE
ASHEVILLE
—
Joan of Arc Church, 919
St.
Haywood Rd., will hold a Lenten Mission March 6,
7
and 8
at 7 p.m.
Msgr. Michael Flanagan of
multiple sclerosis fund
Cross International
GREEN BAY, Wis. (CNS) — For most snowmobiling money — with some new
meaningful link between parishes in America
people,
a sport
is
that costs
sleds selling for
more than $10,000. For
an eastern Wisconsin priest, however, snowmobiling is a way to make money. For the past 17 years, Father Charles Brooks, pastor of St. Edward Church in Mackville, has been riding in the annual Snowmobile Classic Tour in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. He and eight other members of St. Edward's went off Feb. 4 to Watersmeet, Mich., for two days of snowmobiling 100 to 150 miles a day to
MS
raise
money
for the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society.
In the past 17 years, Father Brooks alone has raised $167,000. This year
more than 128 snowmobilers pated in $225,000.
the
"First of
all,
Kemkes, who had
raising
tour,
I
had
partici-
a sister,
some
Theresa
MS for 44 years,"
Father Brooks. "She was
in a
said
wheelchair
42 of those years." This isn't the only event for which Father Brooks has ridden his sled. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was well known locally for his 24-hour Enduros for Life to raise funds for pro-life causes. In 1987 he set a world record of 1 ,409 miles in 24
for
his
Cross International was founded to forge a
and the bishops, priests, nuns and lay leaders working overseas in places like Africa, Belize, Trinidad-, Haiti and the Philippines.
primary snowmobile was being
For more information,
hastily repaired.
The
priest, 67,
will present the mission,
"Living in the Peace of God's Love and Healing.
hours on one sled. That didn't count the miles he put in on a back-up sled while
has also ridden
the church office at
Enduros main love is the
CHARLOTTE
We
our healer and comforter.
when
gery to receive this sacrament
I
was
who
Gabriel's in Neenah.
I
kept
it
church
had his share of spills and cold weather he said he has been out in temperatures as low as 41 degrees below zero but he has never broken any bones. He did suffer a compound dislocation of a finger, but claims to have "a skeleton of steel." Father Brooks said he can no longer handle 24 hours straight on a snowmobile. "Unless you do 500 miles regularly, you get pretty stiff in the shoulder muscles," he said. But he plans to continue his snowy rides. After all, he points out, the regulars in the MS tour range in age from their
— —
"I'm one of the oldest," he admitted, "but not the oldest!"
Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Parishioners
and
visitors with
varying degrees of mental retar-
dation will serve as musicians, lectors, greeters and
For more information, contact Mary St. Gabriel disABILlTY Ministry, at
ushers.
Kennedy,
(704) 364-6964.
GASTONIA
VICARIATE
GASTONIA will
— Queen of the Apostles Catholic
sponsor a Prayer Vigilfor Peace at the
4020 Titman
Rd.,
skirts.
For
details, call
—
no shorts or short Dennis Teall-Fleming, di-
dress modestly for the Vigil
rector of faith formation, at (704) 825-9600, ext.
26 or e-mail teallfleming@yahoo.com.
at
a special
office at (704)
Mass
Gabriel Church, 3016 call the
364-5431.
GREENSBORO
VICARIATE
GREENSBORO
— A Black History Celebration
will be held at St.
Mary Church
Catholic NEWyffERALD
in
Greensboro
Feb. 26 and 27. Entitled "Moving on: Embracing the Future,
"
the event will feature guest speakers Fa-
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the garage."
Over the
afflictions,
Feb. 20 at 2:30 p.m. at
out behind
invite all those
are experiencing any physical, mental or
emotional
(associate pastor) at St.
pow-
demonstrates Jesus' presence among us as
"I'm one of the pioneers in snowmobiling, at least locally," he said. "I got my first snowmobile in 1968,
J.
Mass celebrating the gifts of those with mental retardation March 6 at 5:30 p.m. at St.
celebrant at a
Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. Peace begins with prayer. Please
the Sick
erfully
register, or call
pre-register.
Islamic Society of Gastonia,
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CHARLOTTE — The Anointing of
snowmobile.
who
CHARLOTTE — Bishop Peter
Church
torcycles and jet skis for his
fund-raiser, but his
call
(828) 252-3151
mo-
and to
for further information
Terri Jarina at (704) 370-3234. Lunch will be
ASHEVILLE
Priest snowmobiles to benefit
Mary Morton
speaker will be
from the Office of Migration and Refugee Services, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The event is sponsored by the Office of Justice and Peace and the Refugee Resettlement Office of Catholic So-
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2005
18,
FROM THE VATICAN
Vatican: Rice says
Pope says without public faith or — When
(CNS)
and faith-based values are banned
faith
from the public arena, fanaticism tends to grow and can endanger public order, Pope John Paul II said. On the other hand, "a legitimate and healthy" separation of church and state
tionship of respect and cooperation for
good of the
pope said. Material well-being and technological advances cannot answer people's questions about why they were created and what the purpose of their lives is, he said. the
By giving
guarantees everyone the right to profess his
and to try to defend faith-based values in laws and in social life, he said. In a message released by the Vatican Feb. 12, Pope John Paul wrote to the bishops of France to mark the 100th anniversary of the passage of France's "Law of Separation" of church and state. Despite initial periods of serious tension and turmoil including the confiscation of church property and banning or her
faith
—
—
from teaching in schools the French government and the Catholic Church in France have developed a relareligious
-
God and
nation, the
witness to their faith in
to the existence of objective
moral truths, French Catholics can help
meaning of true freedom, which involves acting in accordance with the laws of God and the
others discover the
requirements of the
common
good, the
pope said. Allowing believers to express their faith and their values in public, he said, lends "dynamism" to public discussions about building a better society and alleviates "the tendency to seek refuge in sectarianism, which can represent a danger for the state
itself"
VATICAN CITY
(CNS)
—
Rice assured Cardinal Sodano that
U.S.
she would be personally engaged in
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured top Vatican officials that the Holy See's concerns over the Holy Land and religious freedom in the Middle East and China would be on the U.S. agenda. Rice, on her first visit to the Vatican as newly appointed secretary of state, was to have met with Pope John Paul II, but his hospitalization kept him away. She made the visit as part of her sevenday tour of Europe and Israel. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, and the Vatican's foreign minister, Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo, and other Vatican officials welcomed Rice and her entourage Feb. 8 in the Vatican for "an exchange of opinions,"
Rice,
day
Lajolo outlined the Vatican's concerns in
the
Work-
time classes will be held each at the church,
shops for high school and college students will be
Wednesdays, 6:45-8:30 p.m., and Thursdays 9.30- 1 1 1 5 a.m. For more information, call Ann Miller at (828) 441-2205, or email
Mass and dinner 5:30 p.m. Feb. 26 and Mass will
offered Feb. 26, 12-5 p.m. Gospel will take place at
:
be celebrated Feb. 27 at 11 a.m. For details, call
stalscss@charter.net.
Mary Ann Coleman
NEWTON — The
GREENSBORO (Catholic
at (336)
272-8650.
— The Greensboro Council of
Women
will present its
annual Lenten
mini Retreat at the Franciscan Center, 233 N. Greene St. Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. followed by coffee and light refreshments.
The
retreat dates are Thursdays, Feb.
March
3,
10 and 17. This
is
GREENSBORO — prayers, or
would
If
an opportunity for
you have
all
like to offer
Carmen Wood need
a special
your time
for others' needs, please call the Prayer
in
for
prayer
Chain at Our
Lady of Grace Church. The Prayer Chain is a sizable group committed to praying for your needs and the needs of your family and friends on basis.
To
a daily
request a prayer or to participate in the
Prayer Chain,
call
Flowers Catholic Girls'
especially concerning
the status of Palestinian refugees and the final status
of Jerusalem.
The
archbishop
wished that the sacred character of Jerusalem be recognized and that priests and other religious have access to the city without hindrance or difficulty. Rice said the United States agreed with those principles, but she cautioned there was much work to be done before specified that the Vatican
discussions
on Jerusalem's
final
status
could be approached.
Time
spent on talks about Iraq was Rice emphasized she was aware of the difficulties Iraqi Christians were brief:
said.
who had just come from a twoand the West Bank,
Many Christian churches have been the target of bombings and attacks by insurgents. Rice promised that the United States was working to encourage the
facing.
visit to Israel
had some good news concerning the Holy Land. She said that for the first time, Israeli and Palestinian leaders were saying the same things and that the two sides wanted to make the most of the new opportunities opened to them.
eventual formation of a government that protected religious minorities in Iraq.
Cardinal Sodano told Rice he appre-
comments came just hours before Israeli Prime Minister
ciated President Bush's strong spiritual
Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Presi-
Rice said she appreciated the Holy See's
dent Mahmoud Abbas formally announced a cease-fire aimed at end-
longstanding efforts promoting interreligious dialogue and the fight against
ing four years of violence.
HIV/AIDS.
Rice's Feb. 8
and moral approach to
his leadership;
24 and
of us to do something extra during Lent. For more
information, please contact (336) 545-9266.
Little
Group is for all Catholic girls ages five 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.
Holy Land,
finding a resolution to territorial issues,
Vatican spokesman Joaquin
Navarro-Valls
fol-
lowing the Middle East peace process. Cardinal Sodano and Archbishop
told Vatican officials that she
thers Chester Smith and Charles Smith.
religious
freedom on U-S. agenda
values fanaticism tends to grow VATICAN CITY
Holy Land,
3
the church office at (336) 274-
SALISBURY
VICARIATE
SALISBURY
— Michael Matthews, Catholic
evangelist and former Baptist minister, will be
joining Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
128
North Fulton St., March 6-8 at Sacred Heart Lenten Mission.
the
Matthews faith,
7 p.m. for
On
Stewardship here and down under
Sunday,
will share his journey to the Catholic
including things every Catholic should
know. The topic for the following nights will be "Bread from Heaven: the Eucharist in ScripContact the church
ture." Childcare provided. office (704)
633-0591
for
more information.
6520, ext. 10 and leave your name, address and
SMOKY MOUNTAIN VICARIATE
.phone number.
MURPHY — HICKORY
VICARIATE
HICKORY
— The annual World Day of Prayer
ecumenical worship service will be held Presbyterian Church
March 4
at 7 p.m.
gual service was written by Christian
at First
This
bilin-
Women
of
Panama. The theme
is
guest speaker will be
Emmanuel Gitlin. A native of
Poland, he
is
Rev. Arnaldo Lugo will preach
the third in a series of Community Lenten Worship
"Let
Our Light
Shine.
"
The
March
Services
12-12:30 p.m. at
2,
Church, 765 Andrews Rd.
St.
William
The series is designed
to strengthen ecumenical bonds within the
community. For more information,
Kennedy
at (828)
Joan
call
837-8519.
professor emeritus of religion at
Lenoir-Rhyne College. For more information, contact Carole
HICKORY — NL\
is
Marmorato
at (828)
256-8956.
Is
your parish or school sponsoring a free Photo by Kevin
St.
Aloysius Church, 92 1 Second
St.
offering a weekly Catholic Scripture Study.
program whose the Scriptures, but come
Catholic Scripture Study
members not only
learn
is
a
to a deeper understanding of their faith in a setting that builds Christian fellowship.
Evening and day-
submit notices at least 15
date
in
for the
days
writing to
Diocesan Planner
prior to the event
Karen A. Evans
development
Jim Kelley (center), director of
Gaddy (second from
left),
for the Diocese of Charlotte,
stewardship efforts with visitors from the Diocese of Wollongong, Australia, at the
diocesan pastoral center
(704)370-3382.
Charlotte Feb.
in
Barnabas Church
see firsthand how parishes is
Bishop Peter J. Jugis will participate
— 9 a.m. Mass
Our Lady of the Assumption School, Charlotte Feb. 27
— 4 p.m. Diocesan Youth
Pilgrimage Belmont Abbey, Belmont
March
in thefollowing events:
5— 11 a.m. Mass
Institution to Ministry of
Lector Permanent
Diaconate Candidates and Rite of Recommitment St. Patrick
and Barbara
at
kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax to
visiting St.
Feb. 24
Murray
associate director of development, discuss diocesan-based
1.
The group attended the
International Catholic Stewardship Conference Winter Institute
Episcopal calendar
E.
event open to the general public? Please
in
in
Arden and
St.
Pius X Church
in in
Orlando,
Jan.
24-28
Fla.,
before
Greensboro Feb. 2 to
the Diocese of Charlotte implement stewardship. Kelley
an instructor at the annual winter
institute. Pictured
are (from
left)
Noel Liming,
Gaddy, Kelley, Father Brian Jones and Father John Ho.
CORRECTIONS in
the Feb.
1 1
Diocesan Planner, the wrong location
Feb. 20
Mass will be cerebrated
Deacon
Jerry Hickey, permanent
at St. Gabriel
for the Anointing of the Sick
was given. The
Church, 3016 Providence Rd., at 2:30 p.m.
Cathedral, Charlotte
identified in a
deacon
at St. Vincent
photo caption about airport chaplains.
de Paul Church
in
Charlotte,
was
not
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A.
EVANS
—
ACTION
at art
how much Americans know about their governing doctrine. They received permission from the find out just
STAFF WRITER
CHARLOTTE
IN
Young
Polling at the post office by
2005
February 18,
YOUTH
Members
of
Scout Troop 174 from St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte spent their Saturday morning at Charlotte-
Boy
area post offices educating customers about the U.S. Constitution Feb 12. In honor of the upcoming Liberty Day, observed each year on March 16, the Boy Scouts asked willing customers one of 34 questions about the Constitution. In two hours, three Scouts at the Park Road Shopping Center Post Office surveyed about 75 people about their knowledge of the document that forms the basis of the U.S. governing system. The project grew out of a recent presentation by members of the Lions Club to Troop 174. Following the Lions Club visit, the Scouts decided to go out into their communities and
post offices to poll patrons. "It's important for people to know about the Constitution," said Raul Farroch, second vice president of the SouthPark Lions Club. The Scouts found that only about one in four people answered their questions correctly. Everyone surveyed received a booklet containing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and its 27 amendments. The post office customers weren't the only ones getting an education. Nick Hagopian, a seventh-grader and member of Troop 174, learned there are 27
amendments.
Fellow Scout and seventh-grader T.J. Roux learned the first seven
words of the Constitution: people of the United States."
"We
the
Photo by Karen
A. Evans
Griselda Salazar, a parishioner of Sacred Heart Church and a senior at Salisbury
High School, stands
Church
in
front of a depiction of the Nativity of Jesus at Sacred Heart
in
Salisbury Feb 10. The display was created by about 25 Hispanic young
adult parishioners, under the direction of Father Julio Dominguez, parochial vicar
Sacred Heart Church. The scene
of
is
one
of five displays portraying
Adam and
the Bible, including the creation of
scenes from
the Annunciation, and
will
be on
display until mid-March.
Photo by Karen A. Evans
r The
T.J.
Roux, a
member
of
Boy Scout Troop 174 from
St.
Gabriel Church
in
Charlotte,
surveys a customer about the U.S. Constitution at the Park Road post office Feb 12.
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The Catholic News & Herald
2005
YOUTH
Tve
learned what
like to
it's
IN
ACTION
be hungry, even for one day/
Hunger is a global problem
Youths fast
forCRS
m
5
Every day, 799 million people in developing countries go hungry. Every year, 6 million children under the age of five die as a result of hunger. Approximately 2.8 billion people live on less than $2 a day. More than 1.2 billion of these survive on less than $1 one in five
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FAST, from page 1
—
—
a day.
Approximately
pathy for the poor and hungry of the world Feb. 11-12. The agenda for the fast was based on Food Fast, a program designed by Catholic Relief Services (CRS). This was the second year the youth group elected to participate in the hungerawareness fast. During their 24 hours of fasting, the youths studied poverty on global and personal levels. During a visit to
1.1
billion people
lack access to clean water and 2.4 billion live tion,
mostly
without adequate sanitain Asia and Africa.
Every 14 seconds, someone dies from a disease caused by contaminated water, inadequate sanitation or
poor hygiene. Seventy percent of water-related diseases could be avoided. Source: Catholic Relief Services.
Humanity site, the teen-agers learned about conditions in West Africa from the project forea local Habitat for
man, who had tat for
built
Humanity
homes
for
Photos by Karen A. Evans
them with
HabiAbove: Steven Zabel, Lizabeth Vlach and
that impover-
in
minimum-
ished part of the world.
Patrick Bullock mull over their
"In West Africa, many people only eat one meal every other day," said June Bullock, one of the co-advi-
wage budgets during Food Fast
sors for the youth group.
prior to getting a drink of water during
Another
Jennifer Geyer
Right:
Food
activity consisted of
Feb. 12.
mine, causing them to ask a friend to
Some
Fast.
reads her card
drink for them. The parish supports the youth group's fast with financial donations. Last year's fast raised $960, which was then donated to CRS. During their fast, the teen-agers and their advisors held a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Dec. 26
of the cards allowed
while other passage," carried "waterborne diseases" or even
"safe
for
budgets as if they earned minimum wage. Later in the day, they took their budgets to a grocery store to learn how much food could be purchased based on their budgets. The youths quickly realized how much has to be sacrificed by a person earning $5.15 an hour. Slashed from the budget were entertainment, new clothes, even health insurance. "It's next to impossible to live on
"landmines."
allowed to drink a cup of juice. Other than that, they went completely without food. "I learned what it's like to be hungry, even for one day," said freshman Cody Gonzalez. "It's not pleasant." The teen-agers were allowed to drink as much water as they wanted some of the time. In order to drink water, they first had to draw a card
a month," said sophomore Steven Zabel. Every few hours, the fasters were
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waterborne disease and
pull a card in an attempt to get a
youths working out hypothetical
Now Your
a
required a five-minute wait. The final cards struck the faster with a land
— Can
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tsunami victims. "Letting go of my normal routine think more about the people who live without clean water, food and shelter," said senior Jennifer
made me
Geyer.
from a basket. Some of the cards allowed "safe passage" to drink from the fountain. Other cards "afflicted"
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February 18,
2005
AROUND THE DIOCESE
Moving on to
self-sufficiency
DSAhelpsMothersHomeshekerpregmnt Iwmeless women by
KAREN
EVANS
A.
STAFF WRITER
HICKORY
—
Expectant mothers need of housing are getting additional help, thanks to the Diocesan Support Appeal. "The diocesan housing corporation in desperate
giving $5,000 in February to Mother's Home, a component of the Family Care Center of Catawba Valley, to support their efforts to house home-
is
less
pregnant women," said Gerry
Carter, director of the Catholic Diocese of
Charlotte Housing Corporation.
The housing corporation, one of the 36 ministries funded by the DSA, became involved with the Family Care Center as part of an ongoing effort to help local initiatives already in existence.
'This
money
be coupled with
will
worker and staff member of the Family Care Center. Some of the women are homeless because they have fled abusive relationships.
According to Cale, residents are provided shelter, clothing, transportation and help in finding permanent housing. In addition, they are required to attend behavior modification, prenatal and postpartum care and parenting classes. Residents also, must hold jobs or attend school, or both, while at Mother's House, said Cale. "We're batting .700 on our former residents," said Cale. "Most of them are working or going to college, and living
own
in their
apartments."
to use diocesan
for a
said Cale. 'Their children are
by the Catholic Social Services
Respect Life Program to support this ministry," said Carter. 'This is an effort
money to serve as leaven community-based response to
and they give them
housing needs."
The Family Care Center
Celebrating service
Although residents are given the option of putting their babies up for adoption, so far all of the women have chosen to raise their children. 'For many of these women, this is the first love they've ever had in their lives,"
efforts
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Family
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the love they need."
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the St.
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St.
John
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were officially recognized by theirfellow parishioners at a Mass at Our Lady
kaevans@charhttediocese.org.
Care Center opened Mother's Home, a home specifically for homeless pregnant women. "(Mother's Home) is pro-life and
of Consolation Church which concluded a weekend of initiationfor
highly ecumenical," said Carter. "It's purpose is to do case management and help the women to get off the street while
United States, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana, Togo and
they are pregnant and
move
into self-
,
Knights of
St.
John commandery
in
North Carolina.
The international fraternal and The Housing Corporation
is
one of 36
ministries funded by contributions to the
Trinidad,
Di-
thefirst
charitable organization 'serves in the
among other countries.
ocesan Support Appeal.
sufficiency."
The home
is
women of all who come from
open to
races and religions,
throughout North Carolina. Residents of Mother's Home must be pregnant with their first child in order to live in the facility and may stay there until six weeks after giving birth.
The house women at a
There
provides shelter for four time.
"Mother's
Home gives
these
women
on the ground," said Sandra Cale, a social a chance to get their feet back
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2005
YEAR OF THE EUCHARIST
Gloria in excelsis
Deo
Guest
Column
Understanding the Mystery of the Mass, Part 8 We Mass
is
mentioned
last
week
Church. As the highest act of prayer, the Mass teaches us how to pray. The first movement of the heart in prayer is humility and so we enter into the Mass by first calling to mind our sins and seeking the divine
Only
mercy of God in the
Penitential Rite.
our need acknowledg-
then, only after recognizing
for forgiveness
and only
after
ing the abundant mercy that us in our need, are
the ancient
And
that the
the greatest prayer of the Catholic
God
so,
the
Mass
FATHER
teaches us that
Deo £"Glory
in excelsis
to
God
prayer begins with humility and moves to praise and adoration of God: after the
highest''^ before the sacrifice of the
Penitential Rite follows the Gloria.
the Gloria
Upon
close inspection,
we
discover
not a single word in the Gloria that is not also found in the letters of St. Paul or in the writings of St. John. The Gloria is one of the oldest Christian there
is
hymns. The
earliest records
of the an-
From
MATTHEW in the
GUEST COLUMNIST
the very beginning, singing
was
particularly appropriate
during the Christmas season, since the angels sang the opening words of the hymn after the birth of our Lord. Later evidence shows that the Gloria was given
wider range to be sung at Sunday Masses throughout the year, but only when the
supplies
cient Christians, dating as far back as
bishop offered the
we able to sing for joy in
the early second century, refer to singing the angelic hymn, known as the Gloria
almost the 12th century that the Gloria was extended to every Sunday Mass of-
hymn of the Gloria.
BUETTNER
Mass.
sacrifice. It
wasn't until
by
fered
priests, as well as bishops.
The
Gloria
main parts and
composed of three
is
refers to the three divine
persons of the Blessed Trinity. The first section praises the Father, beginning with the words of the angels to the shepherds after the birth of our Lord: "Glory to God in the highest and peace to his people on earth."
The hymn
continues to
God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father; we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory." In other parts of the Mass, we thank and praise God for what he has accomplished. But here, in the Gloria, we thank God for who he is, not for what he does. praise the Father: "Lord
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The second section of the Gloria is addressed to the eternal Son of God: 'Lord, Jesus Christ, only son of the FaLord God, Lamb of God, you take
ther,
away the sins of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer." Again,
we he
Son of God firstly for who then for what he has accomplished. Only after recognizing the divine
praise the is,
identity of the
Sunday, February 27 THF.
YEAR OF
3:30-7
THE EUCHARIST
him
Son can we
petition
to "receive our prayer."
The hymn
pm
then
surges to its height and completion as we move to the
its
third section that includes reference to
the Holy Spirit: 'For you alone are the
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the glory of God
the Father. Amen."
2-3:30
pm
This completes our the Blessed Trinity.
3:30
Basilica
4:00
Arrival
/
Welcome
Welcome
Basilica
It is
hymn
of praise to
important to note
Abbey Students
that
Abbot
two penitential seasons of the Church year as a communal Advent and Lent
Placid/
Bishop Jugis
we do
not sing the Gloria during the
—
—
preparation for Christmas and Easter.
4:10
Following the Gloria, the Introduc-
Bishop Jugis
Exposition of the
Basilica
Blessed Sacrament /
Opening
Mass reach their sumOpening Prayer or collect.
tory Rites of the
mit
talk
in the
After
we have approached God
in
hu-
mercy and praised him we now approach him in
mility to seek his
4:30
Basilica-College
5:30
Basilica
Campus
Eucharistic Procession
Bishop Jugis
Evening Prayer
Monks and
for his glory,
petition or supplication. all
present
The
priest,
speaking on behalf of the church, collects the intentions of the day's sacrifice.
He
begins, "Let us pray," inviting
the church to join
6:00
Basilica
Benediction
Bishop Jugis
6:15
Haid Ballroom
Informal Dinner*
all
Lord. There
is
him
in petitioning the
a brief moment of silence
to allow us the opportunity to collect our
*Please bring your
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dinner (sack lunch
style).
There
is
no
participants
petitions
and intentions. The celebrant
extends his hands in prayer, known as the orans position, a typical prayer pos-
cost for this event.
ture for those
who
are begging for a
as well as the posture of one
Confessors
will
be available throughout the afternoon
receive the Sacrament of Penance. This pilgrimage
the "Year of the Eucharist" proclaimed by our
Note to
all
is
in the Basilica for those
a part
let
us
Holy Father
know how many youth
Please e-mail Paul Kotlowski (pjkym@bellsc mth.net) by
wish to
of our Diocesan observance of
Youth Group and Young Adult Group Leaders:
Please respond to this invitation to
who
are planning to attend.
Wednesday, February 23rd.
www.goEucharist.com
God
gift,
who beholds
in his glory.
The
faithful participate in
this
prayer by responding "Amen," which means "so be it." It is an assent to all that has been accomplished in the Introductory Rites of the Mass: from humility, to praise and, finally, to petition.
Next week we the Liturgy of the
will begin to
Father Bwttner
Dorothy Church
examine
Word. is
parochial vicar of St.
in Lincolnton.
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February 18,
IN
2005
OUR SCHOOLS
Tribal lessons
Courtesy Photo by Debra Lee
Photo by Karen A. Evans
Suzanna Maxwell, Michael Mazur and Jack Young Indian "artifacts" that they and their classmates used to study various native tribes, including Pueblos, Makahs and Algonquians Feb 10. The students are all members of Brynne Beal's fifth-grade Catholic students Caroline Smith,
stand
Portraying pioneers
front of a display of American
in
class at Sacred Heart School
Salisbury.
in
Tricia
Wagner
Happened on the Oregon Trail," stands with fifthin front of a wagon at St. Matthew School 25. Wagner, a parishioner of St. Matthew Church, brought the
(left),
author of
grade students dressed in
Charlotte Jan.
in
"It
period clothing
costumes, wagon and other antiques for display during her talk with students about In
addition to the visual displays they created, students brought foods of the tribes
they studied and dressed up
native costumes.
in
some remarkable and little-known events that happened along the 2,000-mile trail from Independence, Mo., to Oregon's Willamette Valley during the 19th century.
The Diocesan Office of Justice and Peace/ Catholic announces four upcoming events: Sunday, February 27 St.
— 1:30 PM
Therese Church
St.
Mooresville
Fr.
Joseph Koters
).,
wiMjSpr discussion on fine Teaching on the
Church's from May, February 27 lolic
Ethics"
m
room of
Therese
in
(followin i
1:00
ked).
S^^hcics
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to
will
PM
Co-sponsored
Catholic Church and
the Respect Life Program/CSS.
CSS ( ^dtnifar
St.
Mooresville
Mass).
be pro^ (donat with
Chair of
Fordham and lead
at
Diversify,
1:30 to 3:30 in
—
1
PM
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Ms.
March 1 Peter Church
Friday,
Thomas Aquinas Church
St.
Charlotte
the Philosophy Deptrtr, t
Sunday, March 6
1
PM
Mary Morton, from the Office of and Refugee Services of U.S.
St.
.
Virtue
behind the church, on College
who
pre-
register by calling 704-370-3234 by March 3. Co-sponsored with the Refugee Resettlement Office/CSS.
On
Friday,
March
11 for
JUST SECOND FRIDAYS
(JSF)
on "The Power of
- Religion and the Building of Peace in an Age of Terrorism" from 1-2 PM. Doors open at 12:30 PM. The event takes place in the lower level of the Annex Building of St. Peter Catholic Church in downtown Charlotte (located
garage next to
St. Peter's.
A
Parking
Street).
limited
number
is
available in the
of sandwiches
underground be available
will
(donations requested) or bring your lunch. Cold drinks provided.
On
Saturday,
9/11 and
March
Iraq:
A
12,
on "The United
Slates
Catholic Perspective" at 11
and Global
AM in
Church in Asheville. Co-sponsored with Community Life Ministry. Catholic
Responsibilities After
the Social Hall of St. St.
Visit
is
Eugene
Eugene's Family and
no charge for attending these events; however, a courtesy call that you plan to attend will assist staff in making preparations. www.cssnc.org/justicepeace for further information on each of these events, including speaker bios and event descriptions. E-mailjusticepeace@charlottediocese.org or call 704-370-3231 for information and/or to indicate your plans to attend the event (s).
There
AM
Mr. Gerard Powers, J.D., Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, U. of Notre Dame, will present: ,
Welcoming the Stranger" on Sunday, March 6, 1:00 to 4:30 PM, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Charlotte. Lunch will be for those
11
Asheville
Conference of Catholic Bishops, will be the keynote speaker at "Weaving One Heart:
PM
March 12 Eugene Church
Saturday,
Charlotte
Migration
available at 12:30
Social Services
The Catholic News & Herald 9
2005
February 18,
IN
OUR SCHOOLS
MERCY
MISSION OF
Catholic middle school teacher
Lanka
travels to Sri
to aid in
tsunami cleanup by
KAREN
A.
EVANS
Caroline Orsillo, a health teacher at
STAFF WRITER
two
Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School, departed from Charlotte for 16 days of
months ago, Galle was a posh resort on
cleaning wells and setting up water-pu-
the southern coast of the tiny island
rification
nation of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean.
Such
—
CHARLOTTE
Just
who
But the Dec. 26 tsunami devastated the city, leaving thousands of people dead and decimating living conditions. Help poured in from near and far. Money, clothes, manpower.
On
Feb.
15,
womanpower
more manpower
— came from
—
systems in Galle. trips are familiar for Orsillo,
has taken
more than two dozen
mission trips to eastern North Carolina,
El Salvador, Honduras and ground zero following the Sept. 1 1 terrorist attacks. When she told Carole Breerwood, principal, about her desire to go on the mission and that she would need three
or
—
Charlotte.
weeks
off
from school
—
"She said to me, "You go and do what you need to do,"' Orsillo said. Orsillo was responsible for- raising more than $2,200 necessary to finance trip.
She wrote a note to her fellow
teachers asking for their financial and
prayer support.
Within a week, donations of cash and supplies poured in from Holy Trinity teachers and parents as well as from Orsillo's
own
me away
Following her return on March Orsillo will talk to
Orsillo,
for Galle,
Sri
Lanka, Feb.
spending 16 days
in
15.
left
She
7,
Holy Trinity students
about her experiences in Sri Lanka. "I hope to start a trend with the teachers and students, and my own daughters, to do this sort of mission
a health teacher at
Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School,
trip,"
more than $1,600for Catholic Relief Servicesfor tsunami relief contributing to the more than $3,000 raised by the whole student body. The fourthof teachers Steve Boon, Denise Heskamp, Jean Spegal and Betsy DesNoyer placed buckets in the school cafeteria, in which other students
grader
classes
placed their left-over lunch and
ice
cream money.
HAVE A STORY TO SHARE? with their
support," Orsillo said.
Caroline
Performing a number of oddjobs, collecting door-to-door and working lemonade stands, thefourth-graders at St. Gabriel School in Charlotte raised
parents.
'They've blown
Photo by Karen A. Evans
Collective efforts
Breerwood
didn't hesitate before agreeing.
the
Courtesy Photo by Patti LeFlore
Orsillo said.
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someone you know in Asia immediately before, during or after the Dec. 26 tsunamis? What are you and your family, parish or school doing to help the victims? Are you willing to share your story with The Catholic News & Herald? If so, please contact Editor Kevin E. Murray at (704) 370-3334 or e-mail or
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U.S. bishops' doctrinal official JERRY FILTEAU
he added. "So Jesus becomes the symbol of God being merciful, kind,
— The
WASHINGTON
Vatican's
notification that there are doctrinal er-
Symbol of God,"
rors in the book, "Jesus
by Jesuit Father Roger Haight, "doesn't surprise me," said Capuchin Franciscan Father Thomas Weinandy, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for
compassionate, forgiving.
we can
ing,
he
is
cation, dated Dec. 13,
was published
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the divinity of Jesus, the Trinity,
the salvific value of the death of Jesus, the
uniqueness and universality of the salvific mediation of Jesus and the church, and the resurrection of Jesus." Father Weinandy, who wrote a critical review of the book following its publication in 1999, noted that the Vatican document "begins by pointing
what God
is
said he
at the
sonable to what he considers the postmodern age. In order to do that, Father Haight feels that he has to deny anything that is supernatural." "So revelation is not God acting in time and history in a manner that is unique to himself; but rather, revelation
becomes philosophical insight into the way reality, human life, always is," Fa-
Weinandy
ther
said.
"And the reason
taught theology
Weston Jesuit School of Theology in
Boston from 1990 to 2000, was suspended from teaching in 2000 when the Vatican began a formal investigation of his book. Last
fall
Weston
cal
Christianity relevant, intelligible, rea-
who
He
Union Theologi-
Seminary in New York. The Vatican notification said that during its investigation his responses to questions about his writings had not been satisfactory. It said he can no longer teach as a Catholic theologian unless he "cormity with the doctrine of the church." Father Haight told Catholic News Service he will have no comment on the Vatican ruling.
While one of Father Haight's stated was to "affirm together the normativity of Jesus, the true and intentions
character of other religions, and
understood, can no longer be believed by
gious dialogue said his book
postmodern men and women." 'What he's saying is not really anything new," he said. "It (the denial of the supernatural) has been a problem since the Enlightenment. And of course he willingly admits that the Bible, especially the New Testament, believes in miracles and purports to have seen them not least of which would be the Incarnation and the Resurrection." Father Weinandy said that methodological approach affects Father Haight's theology of Christ, the Holy Spirit and God's trinitarian nature. "In line with his methodology, he can no longer hold as again the
ful for
—
Vatican document points out
—
that the
Son of God pre-exists with the Father and the Holy Spirit from all eternity, and then actually does
human time.
being, as a
come man,
That understanding
to exist as a in is
space and ruled out
is
not help-
such dialogue. Father Francis Tiso, staff specialist
for interreligious relations in the U.S.
bishops' Secretariat for Ecumenical
and
Muslims and Buddhists the two main world religions with which Catholics are engaged Interreligious Affairs, said
—
once shared with us about I have found those graced moments of long ago coming full circle when my two youngest grandchildren burst through our front door. I'm not sure how my becoming the stories they
own
their
lives.
resident storyteller began, but
now
the
request for a story, or better yet a scary story, quickly follows their arrival.
of the great
gifts
One
of "Grandma's Story
was
a
have become the living link in a chain that reaches back to late in the 1870s
by
this philosophical
method
that he's
sto-
issues for centuries.
When
Jesus asks a Samaritan motion the conversion not only of the woman, but of her neighbors as well. During their long
woman
for a drink, he sets in
conversation, barriers afraid to
speak to a
fall.
woman
woman some would
Jesus
is
in public
not
—
been condemned on the spot.
Not
Jesus.
Jesus meets her where she is
is
and
the long-awaited
Messiah, the living link to God. I
often
wonder who remembered
wonderful multifaceted story and passed it along so that someone we this
know Spirit,
whose muse was the Holy would share it with us.
as John,
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY Sunday (Second Sunday (St.
20-26
of Lent), Genesis 12:1-4, 2 Timothy 1:8-10, Matthew 17:1-9;
Peter Damian), Daniel 9:4-10, Luke 6:36-38; Tuesday (The Chair of
St. Peter),
1
Monday
Peter 5:1-4,
Matthew 16:13-19; Wednesday (Lenten Weekday), Jeremiah 18:18-20, Matthew 20:17-28; Thursday (Lenten Weekday), Jeremiah 17:5-10, Luke 16:19-31; Friday (Lenten Weekday), Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28, Matthew 21:33-43,45-46; Saturday (Lenten Weekday), Micah 7:14-15, 1820,
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32.
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 27 - MARCH
5
Sunday (Third Sunday of Lent), Exodus 17:3-7, Romans 5:1-2, 5-8, John 4:5-42; Monday (Lenten Weekday), 2 Kings 5:1-15, Luke 4:24-30; Tuesday (Lenten Weekday), Daniel 3:25, 34-43, Matthew 18:21-35; Wednesday (Lenten Weekday), Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9, Matthew 5:17-19;
Hosea
Thursday (St. Katharine Drexel), Jeremiah 7:23-28, Luke 11:14-23; Friday (St. Casimir), Mark 12:28-34; Saturday (Lenten Weekday), Hosea 6:1-6, Luke 18:9-141.
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WEEKLY SCRIPTURE
see the book's ap-
proach as an attack on "a metaphysics we have in common," he said. "It's going to upset the Buddhists and Hindus as well," he added, "because they, too, have great philosophical systems which in effect are being dismantled
litical
reveals to her that he
little girl.
that frames Father Haight's work.
Muslims would
same
compels us to move closer to the events of Holy Week and to our own encounter with the risen Lord. In today's Gospel, John draws us into a dusty day where we find Jesus tired and thirsty, looking for respite from the noon-day sun in a Samaritan town. The fact that this story occurs in Samaria prepares us for a tale of the unexpected, since Jews and Samaritans had been feuding over religious and po-
Time" is reaching farther back in memory to those times beyond when I
—
active interreligious dialogue would draw back from a dialogue based on "the postmodernist point of view" in
methodologically," he said. In Father Haight's
loved parents and grandparents, and the
rects his positions so as to be in full confor-
pluralism," a Catholic expert in interreli-
—
to trea-
Inevitably, after a spirited tale in-
the interdenominational
salvific
we come
the years pass,
volving ancient relatives, the three of us visit the wall of family pictures. Calculating the years one night, I realized that I
that belief in revelation, as traditionally
because he
As
sure the memories of childhood, of be-
currently teaching at
is
thus the positive character of religious
this is
BEVERLY CORZINE
accepted his resignation
feels
Father Haight does
stories
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
hoped Catholics, includ-
Father Haight,
the
Martha and Lazarus. Each of these
with timely messages
ing the Catholic theological community,
methodological issue
document states, that the author subsumes everything under what he calls 'postmodernism.' He wants to make
Old by
would welcome the notification. "What they have done has not been done in an authoritarian manner, but done in order to preserve the authenticity of the Gospel and the Catholic faith," he said. "By highlighting the errors that Father Haight has tried to offer, the clarity and the truth of the Gospel is more clearly seen in all its splendor and light."
when my own grandfather was
ries
truly like."
out methodological errors." He said that the most important as the Vatican
do-
eternity as a distinct per-
all
as a professor.
"is,
in so
5:1-2,5-8
John 4:5-42
him the Son of God, but
son within the Trinity, but because as a man he becomes an icon, a symbol, of
He
doctrinal congregation's notifi-
And
3) Gospel:
only the son not in the sense that he
exists
Doctrine and Pastoral Practices.
The
call
Romans
2)
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We
Exodus 17:3-7 Psalm 95:1-2,6-9
like,"
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
27,
We
Cycle A Readings: 1)
FEB.
age as the two upturned faces before me. shift to the Gospel of John during the next three weeks of the Lenten season. hear about three unforgettable encounters Jesus has with a Samaritan woman at Jacob's well, a man blind from birth and Jesus' friends
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Embryonic
In addition, the researchers demon-
stem cells can be found only in embryos, and to harvest these cells, a human embryo must be destroyed. "Adult stem cells have already been
strated that this specific subpopulation of
blood, skin, and the liver.
Adult stem-cell breakthrough
generates new hope supporters of research using embryonic
stem stem
STEM CELLS, from page 1
cells cells
have long argued that adult were not as flexible as embry-
onic stem
may
erate into
most
have the capacity to gentissue types in the
body," said Losordo. "This
is
human
cells,
and
cells in
only been found in embryonic stem cells." Losordo, together with Dr. Young-
single cell type
1
issue of the Journal of Clinical
is
this re-
from the bone marrow, which can be expanded and used to flexibly generate a
number of
tissues," ex-
plained Father Pacholczyk.
"Adult stem
are incredibly
cells
powerful," he added.
Investigation.
the flagship hospital of the Boston's
Adult vs. embryonic stem cells Stem cells have a number of unique
System and
properties not found in other types of
Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center
is
Caritas Christi Health Care
They can
divide and
renew them-
a teaching hospital of the Tufts Univer-
cells.
School of Medicine. Reviewing the study, Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk, director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics
selves over a long period of time and,
sity
"It
According
humans have
embryonic stem cells." "The findings reported in Dr.
we
but another affirma-
is
don't have to invest hun-
dreds of thousands on dollars on something that
is
purely speculative, not to
mention morally questionable," he added.
preclinical research
with this -subpopula-
stem
the findings confirm
tion of
cells. If
their hypothesis, they will seek to begin
New frontiers
Phase
clinical trials
I
"We may
Losordo and Yoon led the preclinical study in which researchers extracted stem cells from human bone marrow and transplanted them into the damaged hearts of rats. The stem cells induced cardiac regeneration, including the growth of new muscle and blood
from a
cells
human
with
patients.
be able to extract stem
patient's
bone marrow to
repair a wide variety of
damaged
in his or her body," said
Losordo.
tissue
"Furthermore, by growing tissue from a patient's own stem cells, we could overcome issues related to cell therapy, such as tissue rejection," he said.
vessels in the heart.
— embryonic and
he
said.
to Father Pacholczyk,
row, the brain, blood vessels, peripheral
in the past,"
therapies for
ever been successfully carried out using
Losordo's study
make
up the glands, digestive tract, hair, skin, nails, brain, nervous system and muscle. While previous research has been conducted with stem cells derived from rat or mouse bone marrow, this is the first study to show how human bone marrow stem cells can be used in the generation of various tissue types. Losordo and his team at Caritas St. Elizabeth's are planning to conduct further
Currently there are two different adult stem cells. Adult stem cells can be found within tissues and organs, including bone mar-
many have thought
in
has the capacity to develop into
types of stem-cell research taking place
than
a higher de-
is
no therapies
date,
cells
types of cells, including those that
into specialized cells for specific tissues.
cells
shows that there
gree of flexibility in adult stem
all
while they are unspecialized in their structure, have the ability to generate
Center in Philadelphia, characterized the researchers' findings as "very exciting."
"To
stem
years," Father Pacholczyk said.
tion that
that they have carefully derived a
port
the Feb.
damaged
the body.
"What appears novel about
a very
unique property that until this time has
sup Yoon, led the team of researchers whose findings demonstrating the unique properties of these cells were published in
thus making them less
useful in repairing or healing tissues
human
successfully used in
many
stem-cells
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FROM THE COVER
Pope
year also explored a theme with personal
but in different ways
leads,
overtones: old age and the role of the elderly in the church and society.
and a failure of the church to confront hard facts. sive adulation
POPE, from page 1
who
For the 84-year-old pontiff,
from a debilitating neurological disease and arthritis, the hospital stay may hav e marked another stage in his passage from an activist pope to one who leads primarily through prayer and presence. The pope raised the issue in an Angelus talk Feb. 6, which an aide had to read for him. The pope said he was spending
questioned
"In this
my
to
how
illness progresses, will
whom
his teaching role
is
ex-
founder of the
sit
talks.
slapped the hand of an aide to
who
he was suggesting that sometimes prayer, not managerial abilities, must take preceeven in the papacy. dence 'The pope doesn't have to be like
presence a sign of holiness," Vanier
apartment window
Schwarzenegger, the governor of Califor-
see in the pope "a weak, suffering, sick
something in him extraordinarily luminous and clear," he said. For Vanier, the pope's suffering has become an inspirational sign for Christians living in a world of poverty and injustice. In this sense, he said, the pope exemplifies St. Paul's statement,
man who
"Strength
mean still
the pope
was
asserting
run the church. Rather,
'The pope
—
there
and give the impression of a superman the church," said French Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, who retired in mid-February as archbishop of Paris.
who governs
Cardinal Lustiger said most people
continues to be the sign of a
who
should carry
carries his suffering like it,
it
is
some,
all this
And
is
made
perfect in weakness."
from the content of his teachings recent months and years.
in
all
this
is
when he who tried to
pronounce the
first
few words.
But increasingly, the pope has
photo from Reuters
pointed to the need for people of his age
John
Paul
II
waves
from
at the Vatican Feb.
his
to "focus
on
that which
is
essential, giv-
3.
ing importance to those things that the
The pope thanked the world for praying his recovery and was cheered at
passing of years does not destroy," as he
1
for
said in his
Lenten message.
By doing
length during his 10-minute appearance.
so,
the elderly teach some-
thing important to their society, espetions about ultimate realities, including
cially the
For the
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it is
to understand that "health" goes
younger generations, he
Most Vatican
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Pope John
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officials
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pontiff returned
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hoping that
"Of course,
less is
more.
he's less active," said
from the hospi-
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for the
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one
Vatican source. "But even so, he's communicating a powerful message."
World Day of the
In his
said.
accept that
Important lessons
a great example,"
sounds
yet
is
The
Cardinal Lustiger said.
To
He
on the pope's mind
we
with courage and for the
good of humanity,
suffers.
think he also
clear
"If it were like that for 30 years, it might be a little excessive. But the church's government, when it shows it has a man at
who
I
CNS
is
That
carries all the
suffering in the world."
the head
man who
a
suffers terribly in his heart.
nia,
compassionate Christ
is
suffers physically, but
said.
and hand
take his text, after the pontiff struggled
Pope
the remark to that he could
sidelines at liturgies
Occasionally this impatience shows,
spoke to Vatican Radio. 'Today the pope, more than any encyclical or other document, is by his very the disabled,
on the
as in Switzerland last year
That doesn't bother Jean Vanier, LArche communities for
misinterpreted
said.
say the pope does
off his speeches for others to read.
be able to keep up
manity," the pope's text said.
officials
not always bear his own physical burdens lightly. He is typically impatient to resume work during his hospital stays, and over the last two years he has regretted the need to shorten his meetings,
— through documents,
speeches and weekly spiritual
Some commentators
Vatican
as his neurological
go out, I continue to serve the church and all of huaffectionate thoughts
who
long the pope,
grow weaker
pected to
old, if accepted in the light
stand the "mystery of the cross," he
capable of governing cannot last any longer," it said. Even inside the Vatican, some have
and the world. way, even here in the hospi-
growing
of faith, can be an opportunity to under-
is still
praying continually for the inten-
among the other sick people
life,
...
tions of the church
tal,
about times when age and physical weakness reduce the person's ability to be self-reliant. But far from being a wasted time of
Strength in weakness "Most ends of pontificates have been and with marked by a type of idolatry John Paul II the limit has been reached," the French newspaper Le Monde said in a commentary. 'The fiction that this exhausted man
suf-
fers
his time
The pope wrote
illness,
Southern Catholic College Where Great Things Are Happening
or email: jkkelley@charlottediocese.org
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14 The Catholic News & Herald
February 18,
Perspectives Lent
in
A
collection of columns,
editorials
and viewpoints
Your will won't work well when MULTIPLE FACTORS MAY INTERFERE WITH EXECUTING A WILL
the Media Age
Tour
Giving up
Catholics
TV might
make for goodpenance
something
like this:
"When
was
I
down what we would like to give up for Lent. I wrote down vegetables,
write
my room
and homework. That very same day I learned how boring and arduous it was to write 500 times, 'I will not make fun of Lenten sacrifices.'" Wouldn't we all like to take the easy way and do a penitential act during this holy season by giving up something we
cleaning
anyway? Alas, there is no easy way around it. Pain is gain when it comes to penance.
don't really like
—
Penitential acts can take
two paths
and good works. Denial is usually prefaced with the question, "What are you giving up for Lent?" Depending on your age, the answer might be candy, desserts, decaf doublemocha-fudge-caramel lattes, alcohol or any one of a number of other simple pleasures. The other possibility, good denial
works, offers endless choices: volunteer in a school, visit the sick or reach out to
someone
in need.
What
you could combine the two Can we do something good and at the same time give up something? The media, or more if
our interaction with
it,
pro-
vides the opportunity for this double
whammy
of Lenten grace. Foregoing some of the program-
ming
DAVID HAINS GUEST COLUMNIST
a soup kitchen.
Newspapers and magazines offer the trashy equivalent of "The Jerry Springer Show," too. As with TV, for
that television has to offer
is
both
and doing a good work. I don't recommend giving up TV completely. The Weather Channel is always good, and there are other programs that by giving them up wouldn't necessarily qualify as a Lenten sacrifice. Local newsdenial
Column
work well when
1. It's
out-of-date.
How
old
is
GUEST COLUMNIST
your
will?
Have you
reviewed it in the last three years? If not, chances are it could use some attention. A number of personal factors can affect your will: things like changes in income, employment, family size, or marital status. External factors such as new federal or state laws can also require the revision of your will. Have any of the following things occurred in the last few years? Move from another state; New business venture; Children less dependent;
the food bank.
Also by avoiding the tabloids, think money you will save at the grocery store check out line.
Your
some people skipping some
articles
would be a minor
sacrifice that carries
an ultimate
Take
please.
You
benefit.
in family;
celebrity news,
illness in family;
could start by passing over
divorce;
of the stories about Madonna, Brad, Jennifer and Cher, just to name a few.
Birth
all
Limit your reading to reviews of their
can't serve;
to
Sordid sports stories about the offof some athletes are another
and highlights of real games. Depending on how fast you read, this might give you time enough to write someone a thoughtful note or drop off some canned goods at to scores
life
insurance;
out-of-state property; in joint
in finances.
of the
good work of being more we watch and read is that the producers and editors of this trash will get the message that the audience is more sophisticated than what it is now perceived to be. real
Perhaps that will raise the quality level. I wouldn't count on it though. Maybe we can get the good Sister in Father Zuschmidt's story to require all offending media moguls to write 500 times, "I will not create trash."
David Hains
interests;
in
field lives
The
child;
can't serve;
film or recording work.
good example. Stick
is
tionsfor the Diocese
GINA M.
...
— — — — Death — Serious — Marriage or — of — Executor — Trustee — Desire change guardian; — More grandchildren; — Change giving — Job promotion; — Purchase of — New — Purchase of home; — More property names; — Major change
discriminating about what
types of Lenten offerings?
specifically,
&
in
elementary school, the Sisters had us
will won't
Guest
RHODES
the Media
Oblate Father Joe Zuschmidt, pastor of Queen of Apostles Church in Belmont tells a homily "ha-ha" that goes
2005
director
will
can contain
all
will certainly
outside the will to the
named
beneficia-
Pension funds are also distributed outside the will. A will that truly ries.
works well takes
all
of these other as-
sets into consideration.
to
4. It fails
fulfill
your
desires.
Your will should accomplish exactly what you want. Do you want your children to receive their inheritance
at once, or at various inter-
all
Do you want
vals?
your charitable
be used for unrestricted purposes, or do you want to earmark the funds to meet specific needs? Do you want to give your parish a percentage of your estate, or a set amount? gifts to
Perhaps you didn't know all the when you signed your will. Later, you discovered other ways to make your bequests. You may feel dissatisfied with your will. It may work as a legal document, but fail to work well as the expression of your options
the infor-
mation you think you want and not be worth the paper it's written on. This is more likely to be true if your will is old, or if you tried to cut corners by using generic forms from a stationery store. A will can be invalid if it is unsigned or witnessed improperly. There's just no substitute for having a competent attorney involved. In the short run, it may cost you a bit more, but it
ceeds and brokerage accounts pass
true desires.
legally invalid.
2. It's
with your other estate transfer documents. For example, insurance pro-
provide greater peace of your" survivors
time to redo your will? If so, to make an appointment with your attorney as soon as possible. You should be satisfied and confident about your estate plan. Is it
we urge you
Jim
Kelley, diocesan director
velopment,
of de-
available to visit with you
is
about any of this. He can review bequest options with you and tell you about other
giving
possibilities.
For more informaJim at (704) 370-
mind and possibly save
tion,
from a nightmare.
3301 or jkkelley@cha rlottediocese. org.
please contact
of communica-
ofCharlotte. Contact him
3. It conflicts
Your
at dwhains@charlottediocese.org.
with other plans.
will should be coordinated
Gina Rhodes was director ofplanned givingfor the Diocese of Charlotte.
casts with those abrasive car dealer ads
come immediately
TV
to mind.
has been described as a vast
wasteland, and there
ming
that
we
a lot of program-
Money left for Masses
is
a guilty pleasure.
good example of this genre is the popular "judge" show, where people a
argue before a retired jurist about issues as silly as repair bills on their mobile homes or a missing pet that may have
Q. Several months ago our sister died, leaving a large sum of money for
Masses. wishes,
We but
want
to
comply with her
how do we
distribute these
Masses and be assured they will be of-
may
also does a greater
community good.
For example, your neighbors won't overhear one of these arguments and
assume
it
is
a real confrontation.
children will profit from your
Your
good ex-
ample and who knows, with the spare time you have you could serve a meal at
tribute
A. Offerings for
may
be given to any
Mass
priest,
intentions
who
is
then
obliged to apply the Masses for those specific intentions. Parishes,
monasteries
and other Catholic institutions may also accept such offerings, committing themselves to having the Mass intentions fulfilled by priests connected with that institution.
them among
several parishes or
you may find do that since no priest
individual priests. In fact, it
necessary to
can
off this kind of video sludge
be a sacrifice for some, but doing so
your case, with the large number of Masses desired, you may wish to disIn
may
fered? (Ohio)
ended up on a neighbors dinner menu.
Turning
Question
could easily do without,
but which, for many,
For me,
is
accept fulfill
more Mass
fulfilled
Mass
A free
you give them, you need not worry about your requests being satisfied. Church law seofferings
riously obliges priests to satisfy
all
so in a timely fashion, certainly, as
brochure answering questions
Catholics ask about receiving the holy charist
is
self-addressed envelope to Father Dietzen,
Eu-
available by sending a stamped,
Box
325, Peoria,
John
IL 61651.
Mass
obligations they have accepted and to do
within a year.
DIETZEN CNS COLUMNIST
by
a priest or Catholic institution
has accepted the
FATHER JOHN
offerings than he
or arrange to be
others within a year.
Once
Corner
I
said,
Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or e-maih jjdietzen@aol.com.
\
February 18,
The Catholic News & Herald 15
2005
permit that to hapshould that permission apply only in Terri's case? There would be no way to limit it to her case alone. Countless others would follow, and their deaths would be described as "letting them die" instead of "killing them." Where, indeed, does the state get the authority to starve people? Court decisions permitting this lack all authority, as Pope John Paul II teaches in "The Gospel of Life" (section 72). These decisions cannot be obeyed, because they are not binding on the conscience and are in fact acts of violence. At the present time, there are two simple things you can do. Educate If the courts
The case of Terri Schiavo
pen, then
One can't let go ifshe isn't going anywhere She is not dying. She has no terminal illness. She is not in a coma. She is not on life-support equipment. She is not alone, but rather has loving parents and siblings ready to care for her for the rest of her life. She has not requested death. Yet a battle rages regarding
Guest
Column FATHER FRANK PAVONE
whether Terri Schindler-Schiavo should be starved. She has sustained brain injuries and cannot speak or eat normally. Nevertheless, the only tube attached to her is a small, simple, painless feeding tube that provides her nourishment directly to her digestive system. Her legal guardian is her husband, who already is with another woman by whom he also has children. He wants Terri's feeding tube removed. Of course, he could simply allow her to be cared for by her parents and siblings, and get on with his life, but he refuses. I have had two opportunities to
—
visit Terri,
most recently on the
Sunday of February.
I
first
have been able
to talk to her, to listen to her struggle to
speak, to watch her focus her eyes and
smile and attempt to kiss her parents.
I
have prayed with her, blessed her and assured her that she has many friends around the country and around the world, who love her and want her to
GUEST COLUMNIST
your enjoy the same protections we all enjoy, even when we're wounded. News articles have recently characterized Terri's situation by saying that some want
against Terri is ing her thing as that
is,
to "keep her alive
her husband's wishes." But not dying. What does "keepalive" mean, if not the same keeping you and me alive by giving us adequate fpod,
—
and care? say that Terri's family should "let her go." But this is not a shelter
Some
matter of "letting her go," because she isn't "going" anywhere. If, however, she is deprived of nourishment, then she would slowly die in the same way that any of us would slowly die if we were deprived of nourishment. It is
why
neighbors
ask them to encourage their governor and state legislators to continue do-
ing everything possible to save Terri's
life.
For more information on this cruvisit case, our Website, cial www.priestsforlife.org. If you want educational cards on Terri's situation, contact our orders department at orders@priestsforlife.org, or by calling 888-PFL-3448, ext. 237, or by writing Orders Department, Priests for Life,
land,
NY
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and gold Our Turn THERESE
is
J.
BORCHARD CNS COLUMNIST
After a mere four and a half years, Hollywood's most celebrated marriage between America's heartthrob Brad Pitt and "Friends" favorite star Jennifer has ended in speculation that Aniston has the tabloids guessing everything from extramarital affairs, ultimatums about babies and the usual celebrity gossip about jealousy, careers and whether beautiful people can remain faithful in a world of glitter.
—
—
My young
the national director
Life.
naive self was
adults
who
among
the
many
invested hope in Jen's
and Brad's marriage because, like the nuptials of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, it seemed like the one fairy tale that wouldn't end as half of marriages do
—
10314.
Father Pavone
isn't all glitter
this
situation. Visit our Web site, www.priestsforlife.org, and click on the "Terri Schiavo" link. Second, contact anyone you know in Florida and
of Priestsfor
called starvation.
about
Marriage
in bitter divorce.
As a product of a split family, nothing gives me nightmares more than messy breakups. Like many brides, I said my vows knowing that marriage wasn't always going to be as easy as
it
How common mendacity is!
Looking
appeared on that gorgeous day I said "I do." Yet I didn't expect the newness to
Around
wear
Telling lies comes too easy to many ofus
ics.
I
I
may even have
"mendacious"
in
used the word a*
false
income statement. In any case, a mid-level manager came up to me afterward and said, "You used a word that I never heard before, 'mendacity.' What does it mean?" My immediate reaction was to admire his honesty in acknowledging his own modest vocabulary deficit. Some others in the audience probably didn't know the meaning of the word either,
but chose, as so many of us do from time to time, not to let on.
We're not expected to declare
to
His point
"The
Attorney General Elliot Spitzer's disclosures of the extent of fraud committed by Wall Street investment bank-
The article was titled "Let's Be Honest." "The country seems to be on a ing firms.
fraud.
tide of corruption at
Enron,
ImClone et al," says Aucoin, "represents a profound breach of the social contract and persuasive evidence of a systemic, robber-baron ethos at play
—
one that, if unchecked, could threaten the livelihoods and retirement dreams of millions of working stiffs."
The way
to check
it is
"the simple
act of telling the truth."
giving advice to Catholic
In their
State
a solution to the
WorldCom, Tyco, Arthur Andersen,
Church
New York
is
problem of corporate
conversation partners presume that we know and understand. But if we shade the truth in speech we originate and, of course, tell an outright lie, we're left open to the charge of mendacity. A column by Don Aucoin in the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine last highlighted
that "the simple act of
is
telling the truth"
the world our ignorance of things our
summer
WILLIAM
officials
still
way through
trying to work the clergy sex-
abuse scandals of 2002, Margaret O'Brien Steinfels, former editor of
Commonweal,
said simply, "Tell the
She added: "We must pursue a form of what Vaclav Havel, president of the Czech Republic, called 'living in truth' in his 1978 essay, 'The Power of the Powerless.' 'Living within the truth,' he wrote, 'is an attempt to gain truth."
control over one's
own
sense of respon-
sibility.'"
Havel saw "living a lie" as a condition "so subtle and so unconscious that
responsibilities
—
of laundry and feeding and bathing
tak-
chil-
—
not fully
dren introduced me to domesticity's boring side. Like half of American wives today, I can say I'm in this relationship for the long haul. The white gown and wedding
grasp the ordinary subterfuge in which they carry on their daily life,"
just props for a personalized pageant.
Steinfels said.
They
BYRON,
J.
SJ
CNS COLUMNIST
these days."
an
describing
auditor's complicity in filing
lying bing^e," writes Aucoin. "The simple act of telling the truth seems unaccountably hard for a lot of people
mundane
ing out the trash, washing endless loads
FATHER used the word "mendacity" in a passing comment during a lecture on contemporary business ethRecently,
off as the
of playing house with someone
those
who
The
live a lie
may
has to be respected by everyone in church and state, business and government wherever human persons communicate. "Living within the truth" implies a serious responsibility to understand the meaning of "mendacity," which, of course, is the opposite of "veracity." A lawyer friend told me the other subtlety of
it
all
—
day that veracity
is
so
much on
his
mind that he finds himself challenging young associates if they say, in written or oral communication with clients, almost ready," when, in fact, not one word of the brief or memorandum has found its way onto paper. "Veracity is a crucial but neglected "It's
ring (to which I'm signified the
now
allergic)
end of a me-first
tude and the beginning of a
with someone
I
weren't
life
atti-
together
love.
A friend who recently celebrated her 25th wedding anniversary told me that marriage at nine years is much more difficult than it is at 25 years. In the earlier years, a couple hasn't worked out all
the kinks.
Perhaps
that's
why many
people are
divorcing after a few years of marriage. Just as the starts.
romance
fades, the real
work
You realize your spouse snores grumpy when he has the flu. But
and is you love him anyway. And if you happen
to
fall
in love
with a person, place or thing, you do so as a married entity, with a respectful
virtue," says this senior partner. "It's
distance so as to not break the bonds of
easy to start with small untruths, but that can escalate into exaggeration of the number of hours worked (and billed) and on to outright misrepresen-
your commitment.
tations."
a committed relationship chips
Avoiding mendacity for us
is
a challenge
all.
E-mail wbyron@loyoh.edu.
Marriage
isn't for
sissies
or for
people used to glitter and gold. More often than not, the daily give-and-take of a person's selfishness and ego,
away at making
her into a kinder, more compassionate human being. But that only comes with a little
boredom.
February 18,
2005
The Catholic News & Herald 16
IN
THE NEWS
BUNDLE OF JOY
Chicago priest finds premature newborn church door by
MICHELLE MARTIN
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
—
CHICAGO When Father Paul Kalchik peered behind the vestibule door at St. Michael Church in Chicago before the 9:30 a.m. Mass Feb. 6, he saw a bundle wrapped in a blue terry-cloth towel.
wasn't until he unwrapped the
It
cloth that the tiny baby inside started to cry,
and Father Kalchik's training
—
a degree he studied for and as a but never completed
as a nurse
priest kicked
—
in.
was thinking, 'Little baby. Cold Get the baby warm. Get the baby safe,'" Father Kalchik said from his office at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary Feb. 7. And as he carried the baby up the aisle and into the attached rectory, he noticed the tiny boy urinating on him it means his kidneys ("That's good are functioning," Father Kalchik thought) as he pronounced the "I
little
baby.
—
prayers of baptism. He christened the child Michael Joseph, in honor of St. Michael the Archangel, the parish's patron, and late pastor Father Joseph Nowack. All the while, a small parade of lectors, eucharistic ministers and other parishioners followed, while a choir
member began
leading the waiting congregation of 200 to 300 people in prayer. After Father Kalchik wrapped the baby in a dry towel and called
Discussing Vatican at
authorities, Michael Joseph was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital. Staff said the boy, at 3 pounds 4 ounces, was about five weeks premature. He needed tube feeding but was otherwise well. Meanwhile, Father Kalchik started Mass about 20 minutes late. He and parishioners prayed for the boy and his mother at that Mass, the 1 1 a.m. Sunday Mass and daily Masses. "Obviously, this pregnancy was not totally wanted," Father Kalchik said. "But she did carry it to term, and she did bring the baby to a safe place. Churches have traditionally been seen as a place of sanctuary." Whoever it was might be familiar with the parish's Mass schedule, Father Kalchik said, because the baby was placed in the vestibule sometime after 9:10 a.m., when he finished greeting parishioners after the 8 a.m. Mass, and before 9:30 a.m. Illinois' "safe haven" law allows mothers of newborns to leave them, no questions asked, at police stations, fire -stations
and
II
hospitals.
Churches
are not on that list, and the state Department of Children and Family Services was investigating. That same morning, Father Kalchik said, two parish families ex-
Courtesy Photo
Msgr. John McSweeney, pastor of St. Matthew Church
in
Charlotte, speaks to
more
than 100 people at the church Feb. 8 about the importance of the Second Vatican Council
in
Vatican
II,
recognition of
as
it
is
called,
its
upcoming 40th anniversary.
was an
ecclesial, theological
and ecumenical congress
1965 with bishops from around the world. The council produced 16 documents and brought about many changes in the Catholic Church, including those on liturgy and Catholic social convened
in
the autumns of four years from 1962 through
teaching. Msgr. McSweeney will give more lectures on Vatican II throughout March and April. Scheduled times are: Feb. 28, March 7 and 21, and April 4 at 7-8:15 p.m.; and March 1 8 and 22, and April 5 at 6:30-7:45 p.m. Childcare is available by reservation at (704) 543-7677 ext. 1011. ,
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