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Passionate volunteer honored in

2001 Governor's Award

with

unites ...Pages

4-5 By DIANNE M.A. RIGGS Correspondent

—

ASHEVILLE

Respect

Life

Newman

symbols

arrives

never knows what

stolen

When

home

Rick

work, he on his back

after

he'll find

porch: boxes of candy jars, clothes, puzzles,

...Page

canister sets. It all comes from St Joan of Arc church members, family, friends or volunteers. They know that the Mountain Area Hospice Foundation will be getting ready for another megasale, called "Superflea."

Because of his work witii hospice foundation, the 40-year-old

Newman was

Local News

Emerson, foundation CEO,

said.

made

Experience prepared him and

him

Death penalty

one

of five Buncombe County residents to receive the Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service for 2001. Nancv

a natural for the needs of the hospice

For 15 years, he has been asmanager of the Asheville branch of If It's Paper and serves on that corporation's informal think tank for foundation.

activists

sistant

applaud reprieve ...Page

goods and merchandizing. Newman first got deeply involved with hospice through the death of a close friend.

Deacon begins new life,

When

dinator asked

the hospice volunteer coor-

him

to help out, he found

himself selling Christmas ornaments at

defines spirituality after

the Festival of Trees, the foundation's

main fund-raising event each

immigrating to United States ...Page

The

year.

next year, the foundation sent him to Atlanta to purchase ornaments for the sale. He also decorated one of the trees

He man-

sold to the charity's sponsors.

aged the festival gift shops, which have consignments with local crafters as well as others, for four years.

While he continues

Potter) and assist in other areas, his cur-

rent major involvement "Superfleas."

Entertainment

boasts

...Pages

Editorials

10-11

& Columns ...Pages

"Every child has been

and be

more than an

acre of "treasures"

common

fine antiques to

in 2001.

Newman is a hands-on leader. He is busy with every Superflea detail, including item donation pickup, clean-up, sorting, merchandising, advertising, pricing, selling tickets, cashiering and directing undertaking, which

loved, in the

"stuff."

These Superfleas earned more than

Superflea volunteers. This

created for greater things, to love

from

is leading Each of these rummage sales

$60,000 dollars

12-13

a year-round

how Newman

ac-

crued more than 550 volunteer hours with

the foundation in 2001. (That

image of God."

equivalent of three-and-a-half

the

months of

haps that

sizing

volved.

"It's *

very rewarding," he

get a lot out of it.

back

him by emphacommunity and helping people.

Newman

not a cradle Catholic.

said.

"You

What good you do comes

triplefbld, quadruplefbld."

Newman

dying Catholic friend introduced him to Father C. Morris Boyd, then-pastor of St. Joan of Arc. Father Boyd invited him to the church and mentored him in the faith through conversations and the RCIA. "I felt drawn to Cathokcism: the community,

communion, homilies," Newman said. "It's a deep, grounded faith." He was confirmed in

1995.

Mountain Area Hospice serves advanced terminally

in Asheville

ill

patients in

homes and at long-term care facilities and Solace, hospice's inpatient facility. Rather than curative care, hospice emphasizes physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing of patient and family. Hospice's other prong is its foundation, which provides their

funding for the direct patient

40-hour workweeks.)

- Mother Teresa

finds his faith encourages

Christmas his tree theme was Harry

(last

Every Week

to decorate trees

Photo by Dianne M.A. Riggs

Newman

care.

proud of hospice's record: in homes with two

"Hospice has been

maids and

homes with

dirt floors." Per-

why

sionate about

—

that's

last year, his father

weeks

once told his

so fervently infather, "I'm pas-

why

it."

And

spent his last two

in hospice.

The

Asheville-area native finds like family when one is involved as deeply as he is. "It's hard hospice

work

—

sometimes it's a Tylenol day," he quipped. "But it's not difficult." Newman said he has over the years, "thrown stuff and pitched fits." He laughed. "It's like family you get over it." He is so enthusiastic, that he has managed to involve his mother, brothers and sisters, as well as St. Joan of Arc church members. "Volunteering gives me energy it's addictive." he said.

—

Newman encourages any interested person to volunteer, but especially "younger" persons, those who have not reached retirement age, even if they can only give four or six hours per week.

The Catholic News & Herald

The World

January 18

Brief

Mattress company's generosity lets the weary rest easy KANSAS CITY, Kan. (CNS)

They brainstormed about what

ratings.

the church can do to "take back" the culture

—

Somewhere out

and once again use the mass media to evangelize. "We have to change the cul-

there in the city a child, an

elderly person, a refugee or a battered

ture," said

woman

worked

long

having a good

last

night's sleep, thanks to Catholic Charities

up the

Catholic, bishop says (CNS) The lure of fundamentalist sects is a serious problem in Latin America, and it could become a seri-

is all

ous problem

panic immigrants, said Bishop Charles V.

Grahmann of Dallas. The

New

mark

CNS

photo from Reuters

•

national flag in the Plaza de Mayo Jan. 15. Argentine bishops called for an end to political corruption, the creation of new jobs and fine tuning of the justice system to help alleviate Argentina's economic crisis.

many

tries

people here from so

because of one

that everyone

many coun-

man who had one

idea,

called to holiness in their

everyday lives," Ezeani said. 'The pope should hurry up and canonize him," she added. In late December, Pope John Paul issued the decree clearing the

way

for the

canonization of the Spanish priest,

who

founded Opus Dei in 1928. No date has been set for the ceremony, although it is expected sometime

this year.

trips to Nigeria

and

They

support of state textbook aid

rally in

know

all

— Debbie and

about the

sacrifices

sold for

involved in providing a Catholic educa-

$1,4G0 and $2,000. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, said he hoped to make the auction an annual event coincid-

works two fun-time jobs to pay $30,000 in annual tuition at John Paul Regional Catholic School and Seton Keough High

ing with

India.

World Mission Sunday and

dedi-

cated to a humanitarian cause chosen by

The

auction, held in a

17th-

century chapel at the congregation's

offices

the pope.

in Piazza di

Spagna, drew about 50 people.

Media professionals discuss ways to evangelize American continent

tion for their seven children. Jeffery Stirn

School

in Baltimore.

top of caring for

the children, his wife works as a teacher's assistant at

John Paul Regional. The pa-

rishioners of St. Gabriel in the Baltimore

Woodlawn skimp and save as make sure their

suburb of

much

as they can to

children's nonreligious textbooks. That's

The

Hollywood production companies, meet-

why Debbie

10 auction

ing Jan. 9-12 in Miami, looked back at the

sands of parents

Rome

2002

Number

nearly $16,000 for Afghan refugees. centerpiece items at the Jan.

were two carved ivory tusks donated by Pope John Paul II, who received them on

Episcopa.. calendar Bishop William G. Curlin will take part

MIAMI

days

(CNS)

—

children receive a high-quality education.

For the

Representatives

when Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

aired

prime time and beat Milton Berle

in the

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February 1 11 a.m. Mass Sacred Heart School, Salisbury

—

February 8 2 p.m. Mass and dedication Immaculate Heart of Mary, High Point

makes a big

differ-

was among the thou-

who

rallied Jan.

7 in

book loan program.

— The

St.

Francis of the Hills

Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order

meet today from 3-5 p.m. at St. Barnabas Church, 109 Crescent Hill Dr.

will

Next month's meeting

will

be held at the

usual location at Immaculate Conception

Church

in Hendersonville. Visitors

and

in-

For more informaHelen Gillogly, SFO, at (828)

quirers are welcome. tion, call

883-9645.

—

Galligan will be presenting an all-day re-

St Ann Church, 27 CHARLOTTE 3635 Park Rd., will be having its parish mission today through Jan. 30 from 7-8:30 p.m. Sun-Wed. with a daily session following the 12:10 p.m. Mass Mon.-Wed. Conducted by Good News International,

light refreshments will follow the evening

541-8362, 11 a.m.

Matthew

meeting once a week during Lent beginning today to explore and reflect on the Sunday Scripture readings. Sign up begins today and will continue through Feb. 6. For details, call Sue VanderJeugdt at (704)

Charlotte

St. Patrick,

St.

Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., will be offering Lenten small faith-sharing groups

5 p.m.

NC 28203 NC 28237

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Stirn

support of continued funding for the text-

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and other information.

Diocesan 23 CHARLOTTE

in thefollowing events:

Graphic Designer: Tim Faragher

Charlotte,

Maryland parents, educators

television net-

Advertising Representative: Cindi Feerick

News &

and a

to find a job

live."

works, Internet portals, newspapers and

—

January 27

5HM

them immediately

place to

BALTIMORE (CNS)

Most Reverend William G. Curlin Editor: Joann S. Keane Staff Writer: Alesha M. Price

cities.

groups that speak their language and

Jeffery Stirn

Publisher:

other

"Hispanics are finding

home among fundamental-

from Catholic radio and

ERA

for enrollees in parishes of the

said,

comfort and a help

Unemployed workers from the slums of Buenos Aires march under the

Volume

newspaper, he

silver objects, raising

gathered

18,

The Miami archdiocesan

ist

Unemployed Argentines march under national flag

January

Florida Catholic,

donated jewelry and

the birthday of Blessed

the group's fourth an-

nual meeting. In an interview with

Vatican's missionary office auctioned off

Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. "There are

Miami attending

and universal

modern saint. Dympa Ezeani of Enugu, Nigeria, was one of 1,200 people

Jan. 8-11 to

president of the

Evangelization of America was in

ence to have a $60 per-student allotment from the state to help pay for their

appeal of a

who

United States unless

in the

dioceses here "open wide the doors" to His-

the proof needed

that he has the relevance

from 57 countries

—

MIAMI

Vatican auction raises $16,000 to assist Afghan refugees VATICAN CITY (CNS) The

of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the prelature's founder

decided to take a

all

Welcoming Hispanics is key to keeping them

—

member of Opus Dei, the Rome celebration

utes the "Dr. Laura" radio program.

1 1

Rome conference ROME (CNS) — For a Nigerian

culture.

of Angel Communications, which distrib-

Don't let terrorism harden hearts against immigrants, urges bishop WASHINGTON (CNS) The ter-

Opus Dei founder's life, message celebrated at

who

many

for

back seat" agreed Ben Angelotti, president

weeks as many as 30. Simmons dealers have shipped the mattresses back to the factory. They have minor flaws or tears, which render them unfit for sale.

should not "harden our hearts" to immigrants, refugees and migrants, said the former chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration in messages issued for National Migration Week Jan. 6-12. Addressing parishioners, young adults and children, Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of Camden, N.J., encouraged Catholics to overcome security fears and make the church a welcoming community to foreigners. The messages were posted on the Web site of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop DiMarzio was head of the migration committee when promotional materials for the weeklong observance were prepared. His successor, Miami Auxiliary Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, was elected Nov. 13.

Father Bernard Heffernan,

years with Father Patrick Peyton's Family Theater productions. "Somewhere along the road we gave

and the Simmons Mattress Co. Each week a Catholic Charities truck backs up to the loading dock of the Simmons mattress manufacturing facility in Shawnee, Kan. Two men from Holy Family Furnishings, a program operated by Catholic Charities, and a group of men from Simmons quickly load the truck with mattresses. Some weeks they load as few as 10, and other

rorist attacks of Sept.

2002

Ext

38.

26 CHARLOTTE

—

Mercy

Sisters

Jeanne Marie Kienast and Therese treat entitled "Journey into Lent" at the

Gabriel Church Ministry Center, 3016

sessions.

invited to attend

and

Providence Rd., from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to experi-

bring a friend. For more information, the church office at (704) 523-4641.

call

ence prayer, meditation, relaxation, imagery and joumaling throughout the day.

Drinks

will

be provided, but lunch must be

self-supplied. Call

(704) 362-5047,

Susan Krasniewski at

Ext

271, for registration

Everyone

28 CHARLOTTE

—A

support group

meeting for caregivers of family and friends suffering from Alzheimer's/ dementia will be held today and every fourth

.Monday from

10-11:30 a.m. in the St

January 18,

2002

The World

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

Pope baptizes 20

—

emony tions,

fants

come an cer-

Pope John Paul II baptized 20 inand urged their parents to witness

die faidi daily in order to

The

die Dili sub-

—

Chapel at the Vatican, an annual began years ago so that he could

lence that flared following a disturbance at

personally administer die sacrament to an infants.

learning to be-

Northern Ireland violence reveals gap between Catholics, Protestants DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) The vio-

instill it in their

81-year-old pontiff presided

group of

urb of Comoro.

liturgy he

international

electrician.

Technical Training Center

over die baptismal Mass Jan. 13 in the Sistine

one of 2 1 former Falintil guerrillas learning to become electricians, carpenters and welders in a 10-month program at the Salesian-run Don Bosco

that spanned the church's genera-

children.

Amaral

the referendum

infants, urges parents to instill them with faith In a VATICAN CITY (CNS)

This year,

Northern

primary

Irish Catholic

girls'

school illustrates the findings of a recently

the group included 17 Italians, and one

released survey that said the region

each from France, Spain and the United the liturgy with

coming more segregated and polarized. Violence at Holy Cross School, which was

crying, despite their parents' rhythmic ef-

the scene of picketing by Protestants last

States.

forts to

They punctuated keep them

quiet.

CNS photo

will join

studies at school in Kandahar An Afghan girl concentrates on writing at a school in the southern city of Kandahar in Afghanistan Jan. 15. Afghan girls and young women are flooding back to school after being deprived of education during the Taliban rule, which crumbled in the face of U.S.-led attacks launched Girl

Pope John

24 to pray for peace and condemn violence committed in the name of religion. At the same time, in dioceses throughout the world, Catholics will be hosting ecumenical

prayer services to ask

The pope

make

to use faith to foster peace.

expected to be joined by Ecu-

with a

listed

two cargo

The

supplies,

value of $25,000, were sent in

flights,

Dec. 19 and Dec. 21,

Adminis-

exit.

'We

are back to

worse than that," said Father Aidan Troy, chairman of the governors of Holy Cross School. "It will be very, very hard to come back from this, but we will have to try." square one, in

fact, it's

World Day of Peace

2002, the pope told

again to the international community that

leader of the Orthodox, in leading the pil-

ing thousands homeless. Farms also were

grimage of religious representatives to

heavily damaged, with

much

of the har-

—

Picking up a theme from his message for the diplomats he wanted to emphasize

4, killing five

about organ donation KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CNS) What

the truth about man," he said.

people and leav-

Cuba Nov.

said.

God and

Hurricane Michelle cut across

Coats

pilgrimage, a two-hour train

Belfast into the evening.

Children educate adults Catholic Charities of Miami.

of Constantinople, the worldwide spiritual

The

by Protestant

Hundreds of Protestant and rioters remained on the streets of

dents from a rear

Oct. 7 last year.

menical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew

Assisi.

parents of students

trators closed the school, evacuating stu-

God for the gift of

peace and interreligious meetings to

commitments

Catholic

from Reuters

North

a pilgrimage to Assisi, Italy, Jan.

II in

be-

residents.

than 50 religious leaders, including about Paul

when

were pushed and spat

—

two dozen Muslims,

flared Jan. 9

fall,

Half of participants in pope's Assisi peace pilgrimage to be Muslim More VATICAN CITY (CNS)

lolling in the

name of God

"is

an act of

blasphemy and a perversion of religion."

Former East Timor

vest destroyed.

began as curiosity about organ donation by four eighth-grade girls at St Therese School in

Kansas City has turned into a

commu-

and a national science competition entry. Jamie Menown, Alex Ramirez, Hannah Maybier and Melissa Guevara became, interested in organ donation about a year ago after one of them read about a child who received a life-saving organ transplant and discussed it with die nity education project

of Miami has sent 120,000 pounds of food

"state

of the world" address to Vatican-

guerrillas receive job training at Salesian center DILI, East Timor (CNS) Cipriano Alves Amaral seems an unlikely freedom fighter. The soft-spoken, 26-year-old grew up wanting to become an electrician. Instead, he became a guerrilla, joining East Timor's armed resistance movement four years ago. For two years, he fought from the jungles surrounding the town of Same

and relief supplies to Cuba to help victims of Hurricane Michelle. The supplies were

accredited diplomats Jan. 10, the pope also

against Indonesia's 24-year occupation of

lists for donated hearts, kidneys, and other organs and die number is growing by almost 10,000 a year. This school year the four girls were looking for a project

said fresh global tensions at the start of

East Timor.

The guerrillas, known by their

to enter in a national competition for middle-

2002 had "one' advantage" of forcing

Portuguese acronym

Troubled world situation is opportunity for

journey from the Vatican, also will include other Christian leaders, Jews, Hindus,

reflection,

VATICAN CITY

Muslims.

Miami Catholic Charities sends supplies to Cuban

received

—

(CNS)

Catholic Charities

Caritas, the

Cuban

bishops'

—

(CNS) Reviewing the troubled world situation, Pope John Paul II said Christians contribute to especially to Muslims peace by offering die values of forgiveness and humility before God and neighbor. In an annual

—

hurricane victims

MIAMI

—

says pope

Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and followers of traditional African religions, as well as the

human

Falintil,

disbanded

face our responsibilities.

Coats, in charge of relief assistance for

to ask the real questions: the truth about

referendum.

Gabriel Church ministry center, 3016

School, 12 Culvern

Providence Rd. With advanced notifica-

Open House

259 Pilgrims Way. There will be two CRP II as well as two CRP I workshops. All catechists and other interested people are

tion, activities for

the memory-impaired

this

St.,

makes us squarely Everyone is forced

will host its

annual

morning from 9-11

a.m.

Volunteers will answer questions and as-

can be provided. For more information

sist

about the support group or the Shining

day of open registration for preK through eightii grade for die 2002-2003 school year. All are invited to visit, and registration is not required. For more information, call the school at (828) 2527896.

Stars Adult

Day

memory-impaired, (704) 376-4135.

call

28 CHARLOTTE is

Program for the Suzanne Bach at

Respite

— The Light Weigh

a 12-week Catholic, spiritual growth,

with tours and registration. This will

be the

first

weight-loss program designed to help

deepen one's relationship with Jesus while learning to eat desirable foods in moderation.

orientation will be offered tonight

at 7 p.m. in the faith

St Vincent de Paul Church

formation wing of the parish center,

6828 Old Reid Rd. For questions, Karen Acken at (704) 543-5497

NEWTON

Catholic Girls' girls

— The

Group

ages five and up.

call

Litde Flowers

The group

will

West

meeting

at St.

13th

at 4 p.m. in the Holy Family Hall.

St.,

For more

Joseph Church, 720

details, call

(828) 495-2039.

30 ASHEVILLE

—

Debbie Vickers at Asheville Catholic

more about faith development For further details about the Jan. 27 invited to learn

registration deadline

and

February 1

HAMLET — St. James

Church, 1018

be having

its

annual pit barbecue from

a.m.-7 p.m. today. Attendants to eat in or take out site,

may

choose

pork or chicken cooked

with Cole slaw, baked beans and

rolls.

Orders of 10 or more can be delivered.

For

further information, call the church

office at (910)

2 BOONE

582-0207.

—

informa-

St.

sale today

Ann

its

Church,

annual

attic

from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. For

information, call the church office at

(704) 523-4641.

area

p.m. Prayer and worship with prayer

teams

be available at 3 p.m., and a

will

potiuck dinner will follow the Mass. Father John Putnam, pastor, will be die

celebrant For further information, Bill

Owens

3 CHARLOTTE

— The

St.

Maximilian

Kolbe Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order will be gathering today at 2 p.m. at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Ave. Those interested in learning more about the SFO and the Statesville

Franciscan

way of life are

invited to attend.

faith

3 SALISBURY 128 N. Fulton

—

St.,

Sacred Heart Church, will

charismatic and healing

be celebrating a at 4

Mass today

call

at (704) 639-9837.

4 CHARLOTTE

— Churches

in the

tiieir

regu-

group meetings for survivors, family and friends on the following days: St Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., tonight and every

first

Monday

at 7

ministry center library and

catechists for the responsibility of

forming communities, the Boone Vicariate Faith Formation will sponsor a daylong training session at St. Elizabetii Church,

in their

larly scheduled cancer support

For more information please call Skyler Mood, SFO, at (704) 545-8133.

In an effort to prepare

organs for children

391-0445.

—

tiiat

community problems. The girls chose work on the availability of transplant

Charlotte area will be having

2 CHARLOTTE

little

you

the National Science Foundation, that tar-

Faith Formation Coordinator, at (704)

and bake

W. Hamlet Ave. (off of Hwy. 74 West), will

otiier

Peg Ruble, Central Regional

tion, call

3635' Park Rd., will have

for all Catholic

Now more than two years after

tell

school students, co-sponsored by Bayer and

and

knew very

Now they can

waiting

donesian rule in a 1999 UN-sponsored

Cubans through parishes in the areas most damaged by the hurricane, said Peter

realized they

topic.

80,000 people in the United States are on

gets

people to re-examine fundamental

They

about die

February 2001, more than a year after the East Timorese overwhelmingly rejected In-

welfare agency, for direct distribution to

spiritual truths. "It

others.

p.m

St.

in the

Matthew

Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., on Feb. 5 and every first Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the office building conference

room. For more information, call: St. Matthew - Marilyn Borrelli at (704) 542-2283 and St. Gabriel - Eileen Correll at (704) 362-5047,

Ext

217.

Please submit notices of events for the Diocesaii Planner at least lO.days prior to the publication date.

The Catholic News & Herald

concerned over U.S. treatment of

morning message of life, hope, By REV. MR.

Afghan prisoners WOODEN

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

— While

legitimately fighting terrorism, the United

must guarantee

States

human

respect for

even for suspected

rights,

terrorists,

two

Jesuits told Vatican Radio.

In separate interviews, Italian Car-

Roberto Tucci, a Jesuit and former

dinal

director of the radio, and Jesuit Father

Pasquale Borgomeo, the radio's current

one of the most worrying aspects of the continuing war on terrorism was the U.S. treatment of prisoners director, said

captured in Afghanistan.

The

government defined them

U.S.

as "unlawful combatants" rather than as

prisoners of war with specific rights un-

der international law and began trans-

them Jan. 10 to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The fact that the men were trans-

ferring

wearing shackles and hoods, that they were being held temporarily in shelters with chain-link fence walls and that they might face military tribunals raised the concern of several human ferred

rights groups.

One-O-

In a Jan. 16 interview with

Five Live, a Vatican Radio channel, Cardinal Tucci said that if the Guantanamo

Bay prisoners were going to be tried, they had a right to legal counsel, a right Amnesty International claims is being denied. "I

wouldn't want democratic coun-

tries to forget

the principles which they

rightly believe to be better than those

followed in other countries. This

ger at

this

moment," the cardinal

'In addition,

a dan-

said.

see a kind of militari-

GERALD POTKAY

—

They were

there to strengthen and

consolidate their beliefs with people

from other dioceses who want to reverse Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized most abortions. Among those present was Constance Russo from St. Paul the Apostle in Greensboro. Russo is concerned about people like her friend whose boyfriend and a doctor forced her to have an abortion. How can it be a choice, Russo wanted to know, when, despite her protests, this woman was sedated the third time her boyfriend took her to the clinic so the abortion could be performed?

"We are on a crusade of life," said Bishop F. Joseph Gossman of Raleigh. "Who would have thought that this country would have put human life at risk? must change. Let us not abandon our youth. Now is the time to inspire them to be witnesses to life and love in this world full of hate. Confirm

life

as a gift

from God, a

protected and kept

gift to

he said there

tion to the Israel

and

What

"inertia" in its reac-

ongoing tensions between

Palestine. is

Borgomeo a more strategic

needed, Father

said, "is a wider view, view that would serve in the struggle to

build peace."

rifice and motivates people to want to love others because they are children

of God. Participants in abortion, she said, are stuck in the first three stages of love, without the love of God, so they never realize that agape brings people to something more beautiful awaiting.

Blasi described the four levels of

happiness: physical pleasure; ego highs;

human

love, mercy and compassion; and with divine love, mercy and com-

faith

passion.

Whatever the

level, true

happi-

without love, mercy, compassion and faith. Therefore, each person must ask two questions: "How much have I contributed to life?" and "How ness

much

lost

faith

have?"

Regarding euthanasia, De Blasi said that those to

know

who

are suffering need

that their suffering has pur-

pose, and that they are capable of do-

ing what Jesus did on the cross. The key for others is to be with dying patients, to listen and empathize with them, but to never leave God out of the Photo By REV.

picture.

The ensemble from the St. Thomas More Contemporary Choir sang, with many of the attendees joining in. Judith L. Hunt from Prayer Partners for Life explained how Prayer Partners was formed two years ago during the first Breakfast for Life. She said that people must be instruments of God through prayer: "Our battle cry is, 'If God is for us, who can be

Nancy J.R. Wells, mistress of ceremonies, introduced the guest speaker, Camille De Blasi, director of the Center for Life Principles and of Program Development for the Human Life of Washington Education Foundation. De Blasi said that the chief mistake most people make is that they look at pro-life as the end. Actually, she said, life, which is the first gift from God, is the means to a greater end life is the ultimate means to love.

ease tensions between India and Paki-

conditional love that requires self-sac-

MR. GERALD POTKAY

Taliban prisoners to Guantanamo," he

While the priest praised the U.S. government for its diplomatic efforts "to

Blasi explained the stages of simple affection; filial love; romantic love; and finally agape, the unlove:

safe."

against?"

said.

faith

Correspondent RALEIGH Parishioners from the Diocese of Charlotte came to the Brownstone Hotel Jan. 12 at for the third annual Prayer Breakfast for Life.

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— More

than 300 pro-life

Garden

at the

corner of

Wilmington and Lane streets. Nancy Lischwe and Betty Wickham had constructed a Christmas-treeshaped 'life tree" of gloves and booties tied with fishing line. The two women had spread the word across the United States that they wanted to erect a memorial

to the 4,000 victims lost to abortion

response to this memorial was

immediate. Gloves and booties came from

church groups, youth groups and

women

who

have had abortions and wanted their stories told. Many had included notes about their abortions and why they

wanted them memorialized. All the remembrances were included on the life tree. Bill

Eastwood from

parish in Knights of carried a Guadalupe,

The

St.

Benedict's

Greensboro represented Columbus Council 939. He picture of Our Lady of

patroness of the preborn. Knights' Supreme Council in New

Haven, Conn., gave the picture to the North Carolina Knights so that it could be honored throughout the area. Rev. Walter Lacy, pastor of the Praise Assembly Worship Center in New Bern gave die invocation. 'We repent for our nation trying to take the place of God," he said. He asked everyone to pray that the North Carolina Legislature and the U.S. Congress will change the policy that

promotes the abortion movement.

Rev. Lacey stressed the importance of un-

derstanding that,

'We

represent God's

love and peace. Therefore, as pro-life Christians, friendliness

we must and

Lorretta

Murphy showed

share that love with

smiles."

Thompson,

vice president of

North Carolina Right to Life, said that in the last 29 years, the United States has

crowd

the

a pine

cone and asked what it they saw. For many, he said, it was something for a mower to run over, but those with vision see

He compared the pine who see human life as someto be destroyed. They don't underthe incredible treasure that God as a forest.

cone to those thing

stand

womb

sees within the

Murphy

Abortion,

tom of an even of hope. There

each day in America.

The

tor of Goal Ministries.

areas throughout the

Charlotte diocese gathered Jan. 12 at the

Children's

an entire generation to the holocaust of abortion. Then she presented Rob Murphy, the founder and executive direclost

supporters from Charlotte, Greensboro,

Eden and other

Replenish the By SISTER

THERESE GALLIGAN,

created.

life is

said, is

symp-

greater problem: the lack is

always hope, he

long as people are

alive, as

said, as

long as they

what "pop culture" says. When he was 13, Murphy learned that his father was not his biological father. He was the product of the rape of his mother, who was 18 at the time. At that point, Murphy's life didn't make sense to refuse to look at

him. Despairing, he searched for the true

meaning

life.

matter

God;

how

happened.

therefore,

no created by

"life is

a gift

matter Life matters.

It's

a joy to be here."

Murphy

This pro-life movement, said,

human

about beings

human

beings defending

—defending

He com-

life.

pared slavery to abortion, saying that the culture of death wants to control people and families, thus enslaving the spirit. It is

a batfie that can only be

won

through

kindness, compassion and love.

Led by the Knights of Columbus, the group marched around the state capitol and moved on to Sacred Heart Cathedral. Dan Gallagher of St. Vincent de Paul in Charlotte said that, although the rally was an encouraging event for the pro-life movement, he was disappointed that it was simply a rally, rather than a protest at which the attendees' views could have- been more readily brought to the legislature.

News

Following

lunch provided by a restaurant, "Cherubs," a ministry of hospitality and food service which provides adults with mental retardation vocational training, it was time for further enrichment. Singer, humorist, storyteller and folk-theologian, Ed Kilbourne of Rock Hill, S.C., used his special brand of wit and wisdom woven together with religious underpinnings to shore-up attendees' spiritual infra-

downtown

important for bereavement minto take time to renew themselves spiritually, mentally and

isters

12,

few

opportunities for this type of renewal existed.

On that day over 90 participants representing 22 parishes, congregations, assisted living

and

skilled care

institutions, synagogues,

"I'm

be part of personally inspiring," said Corine Bockenek of Temple Beth istries.

brought them to bereavement

Carolina, welcomed the attendees and presented a brief history of the Sisters of Mercy as well as the ministries they sponsor, one of which is "From Grief to Healing, A Ministry of Bereavement." Mercy Sister Therese Galligan, director of the ministry, facilitated the daylong program of renewal and refreshment, using several videos to allow the group to see the extraordinary in the ordinary and to renew one's vision and gifts of creativity.

in Charlotte.

hea, yet,

also

know

that as indi-

viduals we need to help replenish ourselves if we plan to continue to be of service to those grieving." On a day when most didn't expect it, bereavement ministers received a "belated" Christmas gift. These individuals who unselfishly give of themselves, sharing their gifts of consolation with the grieving, were suddenly on the receiving end. They were presented with gifts of joy, cre-

Even opening prayer was creGaye Dimmick, a professional mime artist, brought the story

laughter and thought-proall because of voking presentations an anonymous donor who cared. Sister Therese serves as director of "From Grief to Healing: A Ministry of Bereavement." She maintains offices at St. Gabriel Catholic Church ativity,

ative as

of creation to life for the group. Using quiet time to journal as well as time to interact with one another, participants shared ideas on

renew one's own

It's

In reflecting on the day, Sister Therese said, "We rely on our faith to comfort others, our words to console, our thoughts to soothe, our deeds to reassure and our God to

Mary Rosalind

Picot, president of the Sisters of

feel privileged to

this group.

Mercy Regional Community of North

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Yet, until Jan.

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From the Cover

Respect Life symbols stolen from Charlotte church By

ALESHA M. PRICE

4400 BABIES ABORTED EACH DAY

by the church who doesn't want to be reminded of the issue or someone expressing his or her anger," he said. 'They are trying in some way to make a statement in favor of abortion. By removing the crosses

"WE MOURN THEIR LOSS"

and our receiving so much coverage, they have done the exact opposite of what they

Staff Writer

â€”

CHARLOTTE Lamprich, pastor of

St.

Mark

Father

Vincent de Paid

Church, was walking his dog Jan. 13 as he

does every morning,

when he

noticed

Forty-two white wooden crosses that had been planted in the ground in front of the church were

something out of

Two

missing.

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Hoefling speculates that the people

display at the time.

volved

served as reminders of

the 4,400 abortions performed every day in the U.S.;

sion in

each cross represents 100 of the

The

aborted.

for

sign accompanying the

shows those statistics along with numbers for pregnancy help and post-abortion healing, said Diane Hoefling,

choice,

Protestant churches also dis-

play crosses and signs.

Every January

Photo by Joann S. Keane

situation.

know

A billboard-type notice with abortion statistics is all that remains after people were part of the

stole 42 crosses that

for the past seven

St.

reminder of the anniv ersary of the Roe

vs.

Wade Supreme

Court decision on Jan. 22, 1973, to legalize abortion in the United States. Members of the Respect Life ministry at St Vincent coordinate the effort each

who

Life's educational efforts. police

suspects,

were

no witnesses and no

'There was no vandalism and no ap-

They

are believed to have been stolen during the

night of Jan. 12 or the

morning of Jan.

13.

ther Lamprich said. "It

assumed that Last

pretty surprising

were taken, and nothing

took a

kids."

the front of the church was slashed. stolen after being taped

lit,

crosses because

might have been

ones.

son and a mother and child that hung

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The

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Sister Kilian said serving Fair Trade coffee also helps out a neighbor. A mother/daughter-owned coffee shop in Annandale called In Hot Water, is the Fair Trade coffee source for Clare's

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By IRENE

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News Service Minn. (CNS) While Clare's Well is best known for its waters of wisdom, recent guests at the Catholic

—

ANNANDALE,

United

in the

profit reaped

them

sible for

by farmers makes to afford

pos-

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mately 80 percent of the

total

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the only third-party certification

how good

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despite the

for the

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and paying just wages are both in line with the church's teachings and Franciscan beliefs about social justice, serving Fair Trade coffee is also one way of showing support for the

many

exclusive Fair

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try to get as

coffee) as

that

"it feels

much

(Fair

can," Sparks said,

good" to be selling coffee that

friendly

manner and purchased

Four of the

six blends served at In

Hot Water

the poor in

espresso blend

— which

mochas,

and cappuccinos,

have given to Latin America, Sister

Kilian said.

Nine Latin American countries ence since their efforts began there

for a fair

price.

years of service the Franciscan

have benefited from the

Trade adding

has been raised in an environmentally

Sisters of Little Falls

sisters'

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lattes

the basis for etc.

pres-

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Trade by

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While the use of pesticides,

coffee that

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January 18,

2002

The Catholic News & Herald 9

Around the Diocese

Crafts create friendships, donations

By DIANNE M.A. RIGGS

Ecumenical choir

Correspondent

SWANNANOA — Almost everyone hands —somesomething

has a secret desire to use his or her

to perform for public

CHARLOTTE

beautiful, useful

create

fulfillment.

youth from area churches including St. Matthew, St. Luke and St. Vincent

Mary Wilke, a long-time crafter, did not know many people at St. Margaret Mary Church in 1996. Were there other

women who crafts?

de Paul churches, will begin

Sending a

feeler

work

7619 Idlewild Rd., with concerts at 5 and 7:30 p.m. All are invited to listen and experience the musical celebration. For further

out in a church

was delighted and surwhen a number of women immedi-

ately signed on.

Grafters

its first

February 1997, but when members

arrived, they

found maintenance work go-

ing on in the

hall.

Gunn

So, Jacqueline

chaired the meeting in a car in the church

parking

lot.

The

church's picture, hand-painted mailboxes,

crafters attach small objects, such as

preserves, notepaper holders, sweaters,

aprons" for Alzheimer patients.

arranged to have

business meeting in the church social hall in

Heart and

Hand members

and zippers, to the aprons, which

dolls

the patients wear.

They can

the items but can't put

play with

them

in their

None

of the

members questioned

remembers how the group's name came

following fall.

for the

They have used

the proceeds of

own congregation,

but

also

the

Asheville Catholic School scholarship

fund and Catholic Social Services. They have completed other helpful projects, as well, including knitting caps for hos-

premature

current projects

One making

babies. is

of their "fidget

about. But, Terrie Blaser said, heart.

"We the

it and love to do it church and others." Yolanda

for their

October

fairs:

small decorative

quillows (lap quilts that stuff into

own

Christmas tree ornaments, decoupaged medallions bearing the their

their last

pillows),

they get

Knights of Columbus North Carolina State Council

they

all

of these ideas?

"Craft magazines, people's relatives, other

Smith said, adding that they are always on the lookout for hard to find things that will

'To me, achieved it's

(in

sell.

it's

wonderful what

the fellowship that

cur.

"Now we

Blalock

most important,"

said.

The others con-

are like sisters," Connie

said.

T/ie crafts,

we have

terms of raising money), but

Mildred Vaillancourt

group

open to anyone interested in

Christian fellowship

and

service.

more information or to learn about group, call Gunn at 828-669-0274.

life!"

Donna Shenoha

Monthly charismatic

made more

craft shows,"

"AMERICA...

defend

decorations, and

fair,

than $3,500 for special church projects.

We love to do

Smith said she especially enjoys seeing someone buy what she has made that could provide enjoyment. Over the years they have created an enormous number of different craft items sleds,

drummer boy At

so forth.

Where do

work with our hands and from

their craft fairs to benefit not only their

ponchos,

mouths.

borrowed $50 from the St. Margaret Mary Women's Group and began making Advent calendars to sell at a fair the

pitalized

information, call (704) 339-21 18.

Thus, Heart and Hand

was born.

The group

con-

terian Church,

at other

bulletin blurb, she

prised

its

cert season Feb. 3 at Idlewild Presby-

liked to crochet, knit,

decoupage, sew, paint and

—

The New Vibrations, an ecumenical choir with

thing that will please another. But most

never carry that wish to

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January 18

Readings

2002

Book Review

Book series addresses physical, spiritual, Reviewed by

personal concerns

SISTER

"God Knows You'd Like a New Body," by Carl Koch and Joyce Heil, suggests that we be reintroduced to our

MONA

CASTELAZO, CSJ Catholic News Service The "God Knows" series offers books

own bodies. They write, "It seems as if many of us either become obsessed with

to be read slowly, pondered, perhaps kept at a bedside table. fact that

to us in

The

our inadequacy so that our body becomes an enemy, or we become like distant relatives who seldom visit with our body." We do not choose our individual physical characteristics, but need to learn to accept them. One way of acceptance is to pay attention to how we feel and what our body tells us; another is to take time daily to catch our breath. As Thich Nhat Hanh, who saw a connection between breathing and consciousness, writes: "Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again."

series addresses the

cannot control what happens but that we can become

life,

conscious of our attitudes and discover life-giving

ways

to respond to stress,

physicality and loss.

GOD KNOWS YOU'D LIKEA NEW BODY: 12 WAYS TO BEFRIEND THE ONE YOU'VE GOT, by Heil.

Carl

Koch and Joyce

Sorin Books, Ave Maria Press

(Notre

Dame,

Ind.,

2001). 158 pp.,

$11.95.

GOD KNOWS YOU'RE STRESSED:

The

SIMPLE WAYS TO RESTORE YOUR BALANCE, by Anne Bryan Smollin. Sorin Books, Ave Maria Press (Notre

Dame,

2001). 158 pp., $11.95.

Ind.,

GOD KNOWS YOU'RE GRIEVING: THINGS TO DO TO HELP YOU THROUGH, byJoan Guntzelman.

bodily

—

You're Grieving," shows how loss either brings us diminishment or new life, depending on how wholeheartedly we

stress in

undergo the grieving experience. As inwe must each find what helps us to move through grief to healing and integration. This book offers hope through proposing realistic ways to grow spiritually through the process of "leaving and arriving." Guntzelman presents stories of loss

can choose our

dividuals

the true causes of personal

stress.

Both an educator and a therapist, Smollin gives us original suggestions: "Decide to be imperfect," "Have fun," "Just say no," "Avoid crazymakers." Smollin insists that we need healthy boundaries in order to realize our deepest desires and dreams. A helpful ques-

"Why am

that include not only the death of a loved

one, but changes in jobs, living arrange-

doing this?" Connecting with kindred spirits, surrounding ourselves with positive people, and befriending our bodies with nourishing exercise, rest and relaxation all help us to deal with tension and worry. Smollin discourages negative self-talk and the carrying of "negative baggages" from our past, practices by which we sabotage ourselves. tion to ask

is:

con-

proves our general health. "Our body might slow down, but a vital brain makes life vital. Vital people, no matter how short and stout or tall and thin, radiate that vitality to all around them." Joan Guntzelman, in "God Knows

"God Knows You're Stressed: Simple Ways to Restore Your Balance," Anne Bryan Smollin begins with the bad news about the physical effects of stress. But the good news is that, al-

reactions

new

nections in the brain and creativity im-

our fast-paced world,

Koch and Heil

point out that learning develops

Sorin

2001). 156 pp., $11.95.

though we cannot eliminate

life.

Interestingly enough,

Books, Ave Maria Press (Notre Dame, Ind.,

authors state that discontent

with our body image comes from "megabytes of data" from events, relationships, advertising, movies and fads. The book suggests that we fully accept our bodies, truly valuing the gift of

ments,

illness,

and

accidents.

She suggests

that everyday choices lead to either stagnation or

growth and provide us with the

Word to Life Sunday Scripture Readings: Jan. 20, 2002 Cycle A Readings: January 20, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 1)

Jesus Christ,

40:2, 4ab,

Ron was

7-10

could see

Gospel: John 1:29-34

By JEFF HENSLEY News Service had been waiting for the guy

to interview for about 25 minutes

late.

Not

very

late.

But

afire

with

just a

his

own

When

giving special favor, that Jesus must have possessed as he began his ministry proclaiming the

de-

—

love to others

that

— they

will.

QUESTION: Since we become more like those we spend time with, have you considered spending more time with God in prayer and reading Scripture?

or lack thereof I've never seen anything like it before or since. And he

faith

late to the interview for the

good news

God's kingdom had come to earth. Don't we all wish that others could see the Father's favor and love in us in that way? Perhaps if we love and pray with the fervor of people like Ron and hunger to show God's

he finally arrived, there was glow about him not literally, of course. But wherever he went in the newspaper offices, somehow other people would begin talking about their a special

it.

seeing God's favor on my Ron, for so he became after just a brief encounter, I can have some vague idea of the great drawing power, the great sense of an anointing

scription, a "Messianic Jew."

was

young man

From

again,

friend

little bit late, but needed the interview so I could write about him. His name was Ron Chafetz, and he referred to himself as a "completed Jew." He was, in fact, a strong Christian who had formerly been a Jew, but clung to the cultural roots of his faith,

making him,

dem-

matic.

of the college newspaper on the University of North Texas campus. I was a student reporter, and he in the offices

was

in the flesh to

Today's Gospel talks about the visible mark of God's approval on Jesus as he came up from the waters of baptism: a dove descending on him. John the Baptizer knew from this that he was God's chosen one. It was dra-

Catholic

was

come

divine love, and everyone he ran into

Corinthians 1:1-3

him op-

onstrate the Father's love.

Isaiah 49:3, 5-6

Psalm 2)

reason: People kept offering

portunities to witness to his faith in

same

Weekly Scripture Scripture for the week of Jan. 20 - Jan. 26 Sunday (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time), Isaiah 49:3, 5-6, 1 Corinthians 1:1-3, John 1:29-34; Monday (St Agnes), 1 Samuel 15:16-23, Mark 2:18-22; Tuesday (St. Vincent), 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Mark 2:23-28; Wednesday, 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51, Mark 3:1-6; Thursday (St. Francis de Sales), 1 Samuel 18:6-8, 19:1-7, Mark 3:7-12; Friday (The Conversion of Paul), Acts 22:3-16, Mark 16:15-18; Saturday (Timothy and Titus), Tims 1:1-5, Mark 3:20-21 Scripture for the week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 2 Sunday (Third Sunday in Ordinary Time), Isaiah 8:23 9:3, 1 Corinthians 1:1-13, 17, Matthew 4:12-23; Monday (St Thomas Aquinas), 2 Samuel 5:1-7, 10, Mark 3:22-30; Tuesday, 2 Samuel 6:12-15, 17-19, Mark 3:31-35; Wednesday, 2 Samuel 7:4-17, Mark 4:1-20; Thursday (St John Bosco), 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29, Mark 4:21-25; Friday, 2

—

Samuel

11:1-4, 5-10,

Mark

13-17,

4:26-43;

Saturday (Presentation of the Lord),

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The Catholic News & Herald 11

Entertainment

Media Notebook

Picking the 10 best movies of 2001 By

ANNE NAVARRO

NEW YORK

(CNS)

interesting year for the

•

damaging not only her marriage, but her 9-year-old daughter as well. rably

News Service

Catholic

—

It's

been an

movie industry.

Though

difficult to

watch, the film's re-

morseful tone exposes the destructive

ef-

Back in May and June when the writers' and actors' guilds were threatening to strike, studios were scrambling to fix a schedule that wouldn't leave them without films to release if the strikes went through. Then after Sept. 1 1 Hollywood once again

fects

reshuffled release dates as industry execu-

system is a classy ensemble production, set in 1930s England during a weekend hunting party. It employs director Robert Altman's roving, inquisitive style with acumen and flair. Exploring death and love in an altogether different way is the touching Chinese film 'The Road Home," in which a modern-day businessman returns to his remote village for his father's funeral and

tives

attempted to put their fingers on the

pulse of America to figure out

what audi-

ences wanted to see during a national

crisis.

However, in terms of quality, it was an underwhelming year. A few standouts made it onto the Office for Film and Broadcasting's list of the top 10 movies of 2001. The exquisite documentary, "The Face: Jesus in Art," explores artistic repre-

and

sentations of Christ through the ages

around the world, detailing how art tempts to comprehend and touch the

human

vine by depicting the ally

atdi-

Jesus. Visu-

stunning and further enhanced by effects', a glorious music

remarkable special

of thoughtless sexual misbehavior

and the

results of living a selfish

life

void of

cup of

lighter

tea

the splendid

murder mystery "Gosford Park." The airy yet biting study of the English class

tender story of his parents'

recalls the

The

lovely drama juxtaposes hues representing the freshness of- youth and love from the past with black-and-white for the monochromatic, courtship. brilliant

sorrowful present. Visually alluring with magnificent

viewer to experience both great art and spiritual uplift.

good versus

Craig

MacGowan's superb

film allows the

In the absorbing biography tiful

Mind," director

a very

human

"A Beau-

Ron Howard

presents

story of brilliance, insanity

and marital love. Russell Crowe stars as John Forbes Nash Jr., a highly eccentric and gifted mathematician whose mind was overtaken by schizophrenia, but with the help of his devoted wife, played by Jennifer Connelly, he conquered the disease and came back to win the Nobel Prize. Crowe's honest performance elevates the film from a mere character study to a tale about a singular man heart, mind and

— —

soul.

Two

and location

effects

the Rings:

The

fantastic

evil

onto the screen with

Director

results.

Peter

Jackson's adventure tale set in the mythical realm of Middle-earth allows the Gospel values written by the devoutly Catholic Tolkien to come through. The main character's heroic struggle to resist the temptation to suc-

cumb

powers

to the ring's evil

akin to

the carrying of the cross, the supreme act

of selflessness.

"Monsters, Inc."

mated comedy about

a delightful ania furry, spotted

beast and his green, one-eyed friend

who

gather the screams of young children to

foreign films

the delightful

comedy 'The Dish" and the disturbing Swedish drama "Faithless" couldn't be less alike. With humor and

Australian

—

awe, "The Dish" relates the story of a small

power

their

monster world and accidenback to their superb and the

tally transport a little girl

realm.

story

The animation is

imaginative.

In "Shrek," a cynical ogre and his

Sam

smart-alecky donkey agree to save the

charge of a local satellite dish whose efforts were key in transmitting the

princess bride of a nasty lord in ex-

now-familiar pictures and sounds from the

swamp home. The sweet story of selfacceptance reaches new levels of excel-

team of engineers,

led

by a

fatherly

Neill, in

1969 Apollo

historic

mission to the

change

for the return of the ogre's

moon.

lence in

Ullmann directs from Ingmar Bergman's semi-autobio-

voices (including

In "Faithless," Liv

graphical screenplay about a happily married

woman who

affair

impetuously enters into

with her husband's friend, irrepa-

its

animation, and a fine cast of

Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and John Lithgow) further bolsters the film's appeal. And audiences seem

to have agreed

on the excellence of

both films as each garnered more than

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morality.

shots, 'The Lord of Fellowship of the Ring" hurls J.R.R. Tolkien's epic struggle of

track and insightful narration, director

$200 million at the box office. Last to be mentioned but certainly not least is "Spy Kids," a terrific fantasy-action flick in which two children become spies to save their former-spy parents and the world from a mad genius. Not only does the film synthesize a winning adventure story and cool special effects, it touts

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& Columns

The story of a girl and an abortion that wasn't

Coming Of Age

A long time ago there was a girl — around your age if young maybe a

you're a

reader of this column,

older,

bit

she did

How

younger.

maybe

a few years

she thought and what

the issue here, and in those respects she probably

much

different from you, no matter what stage of young adulthood you're swimming in right how. She was confused about some things and sure about

wasn't

others.

way II

2002

Both were equally dangerous

she'd have been a lot better off stuff she

was confused about

AMY WELBORN

positions, because

was completely

too often her certainty

CNS

and

off-base,

Columnist

she'd just admitted the

to people

who

could set her

straight.

But she

Daily prayer, desire for

God as necessary as breathing, By

pope says

JOHN NORTON News Service CITY (CNS)

Catholic

VATICAN

—

Pope John

Paul II called daily prayer as necessary as breathing and said it should be fueled by an unquenchable desire for God. Illustrating his message at his weekly general audience Jan. 16, the pope drew on the Psalms' famous image of a deer longing for running water. "The thirsty deer is, in fact, the symbol of the praying (person) who inclines with whole body and spirit toward the Lord, perceived as far away and at the same time necessary," he for

God on

the part of

man

said.

The pope

That

sentiments

there

a terrible temptation to step back, wash our hands

nant

works and loves life. Pray for the pregnant girls out there. Support them. Don't judge them Embrace them in acceptance and love. You never know. You might just save a life. Or maybe even two.

all

know,

that's

not what the kindly sound-

ing counselor meant. all petrified

the prospect of telling her parents.

For about a week, life

we want,

declare: 'Well, yes,

can't live rest of It

when

believe abortion

will,

vocalize

home

hits us at

wrong. But

promise. For the

But not now."

was a week

helpless

much.

but

right now. Later

life.

human

until she realized that the reality .

being,

who

of a

hadn't asked to be conceived,

being killed at her request, paid for with cold, hard cash

from her hand to

their

bloody ones, would echo

her

conscience until the day she died.

on an unexpectedly long bus

Finally, mercifully,

ride,

grace intervened and gave her the strength to do what she didn't think she could: tell her parents, be

them, finish school and give I

was

that

girl,

older than you.

and

Maybe

embraced by

birth.

son

19 now.

Maybe

little

a bit younger. But he lives and

this girl,

who Had marched in a prowhen she was in high

protest in front of that very clinic

school a few years earlier, contemplated the prospect of

called the Bible text,

Psalm

42, a

They

Looking

They

—

Pope John he was looking forward to World

July and said he hoped the Toronto would match the enthusiasm of the last youth encounter in Rome. The pope made his remarks at a Sunday blessin

celebrations in

ing at the Vatican Jan. 13, as he sent greetings to a planning session of bishops and lay leaders meeting in Canada. "I hope the world youth event in Canada renews the magnificent experience in Rome during the year 2000," he said. "I am eager to meet you once again in great numbers," he said. The pontiff urged young people to prepare for this year's encounter through formation programs being offered by local dioceses around the world. In this way they can take an active role in the church and help spread the Gospel, he said.

work employees do. on what sets them

capitalize

apart,

on what

These leadership

qualities are right for

our times

because leadership today, say these authors, has to adapt to "endless contingencies" while

FATHER WILLIAM BYRON, SJ

making decisions

suited to

a particular situation. Leaders have to be "good situation

sensors [able

Columnist

tcT\ collect

and interpret

soft data."

was impressed about 20 years ago when

heard

Dennis Goulet of the University of Notre Dame remark that to be effective, a leader had to be "available, accountable and vulnerable." I thought then and continue to

What a leader

(CNS)

that they

unique about themselves.

One way

VATICAN CITY

meaning

with people and also care "in-

realistically

tensely" about the

CNS

Pope says he's looking forward to World Youth Day in Toronto

display "tough empathy,"

empathize

Around

in his presence."

said

and

all

you

tell

breathes, laughs,

But, as

"Each day," the pope said, "we must strike our tents in order to move on toward new horizons in our efforts to know God and to live

at a crisis

We can

pro-life

in the desert.

Paul

Any worker

not unusual, you know.

It's

What's more, she was pregnant by a person whom she gradually was starting to admit she really didn't care for, and had been involved with for all of the wrong reasons and none of the right ones. Her plan had been to break it off But then carelessness and weakness kicked in, and there she was pregnant. These were the days before home-pregnancy tests, and furthermore these were the days in which, if you didn't want to go to a doctor, or couldn't, the only places that offered cheap or even free pregnancy tests were places called "women's clinics." Better known as "abortion clinics." It was in one of those places that she got the news. She was confused when the warm, kindly sounding male counselor told her that her test had been "positive," because at that point, of course, a positive result would have been one telling her she wasn't Catholic, unmarried and preg-

"true jewel of faith and poetry." The reflection continued a series of talks on the Liturgy of the Hours, daily prayers based on the Psalms. Desire for God lies at the heart of all prayer, the pope said. "It is not for nothing that there is a long tradition that describes prayer as 'breathing': It is basic, necessary (and) fundamental like the life breath," he said. He said Origen, a third-century theologian, compared the life of prayer to a journey

Youth Day

abortion.

girl

pregnancy center can

She was aghast, ashamed and most of is

an undertaking that is never finished because new progresses are always possible and necessary,"

and on the way to a college degree and

got pregnant

said.

"The search

didn't,

eventual real adulthood, something happened:

believe these three qualities are completely Christian in

to stop a business leader or any other kind of

leader in his or her tracks, say consultants Robert Goffee

and Gareth Jones,

you?" That question

"Why should

to ask,

the

title

of an

anyone be

article these

led

observers

wrote for the Harvard Business Review last fall. "Without fail," say the authors, "the response is a sudden, stunned hush. All you can hear are knees knocking."

The

question

a good one to put to anyone in a

leadership position.

How

answer, or an elected

would a high school

official,

principal

a military officer, a cardinal,

bishop or pastor?

How

about the "head of a household," a

teacher, a coach?

The

reply has to be something

substantial than, "I've been assigned," or "I tion,"

own

won

the elec-

why

should

next "Jesus as

because he wants to do

If Ike

want done

possessed the "sensor" that kit,

he would make that "he or 'she' wants to do it." But aside from that, not much else in leadership literature seems all

Why

should knees knock

when

a leader

asked,

has specialized in unavailability, unaccountability and invulnerability, the question could be quite discomfiting.

change over time. Today, they argue, the times

call

for leadership that displays the following four qualities:

weaknesses be known. By exposing a measure of vulnerability, they make themselves approachable and show themselves to be human. let their

Inspirational leaders trust their intuitive ability to set

the timing

it."

Goffee and Jones say belongs in today's leadership tool

accepted leadership traits and styles. But the traits and

when

book.

getting someone else to do something you

presumed

the course and decide

CEO"

"Why should anyone be led by you?" If the so-called leader

follow?

Goffee and Jones give a backward glance through

Leaders should

valuable for anyone coura-

Decades ago Dwight D. Eisenhower explained that, "the president does not lead by hitting people over the head. Any damn fool can do that... Leadership is by persuasion, education and patience. It is long, slow, tough work" Eisenhower also defined leadership as "the art of

history and acknowledge that there have been widely

styles

uncommonly

geous enough to adopt them as personal leadership characteristics. Don't bet, however, that they will appear in the

that new.

the business."

Leadership implies voluntary "followership." If you're the leader,

orientation and

right.

'long, slow,

And any leader who doesn't see leadership as tough work" will surely be stopped or stunned

by the question. Those in leadership positions should be wise enough to ask themselves

why

they are there.

And

constitute the followership can exercise their

those

who

own

quiet

leadership by raising that question ever so gently whenever the opportunity occurs.

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January 18,

Edit o r a i

Light

The Catholic News & Herald 13

& Co umns

Development, with headquarters in Richardson, Texas. But there is another Holy Land Foundation. It is a Catholic-operated charity, headed by a Franciscan priest, with offices in Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem. It is

One

Candle

was the target of

entirely unrelated to the organization that

But you can just imagine what confusion resulted from the announcement of the raid, and U.S.

government

Family Reflections

agents.

what chaos has come into the life of the Church-related Holy Land Foundation as a result. Of course it was an unintentional mistake; that's obvious. But

Msgr. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist

ous that the Holy Land Foundation

Holy Land Foundation

the

The

the funds the organization raises.

Old-timers in the newspaper business will recall a

important than the facts. "Never let the truth interfere witii

way one wag put

who

ANDREW &

TERRI

LYKE

ones

Guest Columnists

benefit from,

foundation, insti-

tuted in 1995 with the goal of reversing the exodus of

more colorful era in news-gathering, when the competition was dog-eat-dog and deadlines seemed to be a little more a good story" was the

just as obvi-

will tell you, the

hurting most of all are the people in need

Owning up to errors

it's

hurting.

and even

it,

Viewing marriage as a vocation What do think of the idea of marriage

Holy Land, has provided housing,

Christians from the

and scholarships to the dwindling Christian population. Its founder and president is Franciscan Father Peter F. Vasko, a native New Yorker

vocation? Perhaps

it's

hood and

life

who

marriage?

jobs, medical services

has lived in Jerusalem since 1981.

religious

as vocations. But,

what about

way of life with God

holy

Is it a

as a

easier to think of the priest-

or just a

two people?

private relationship between

But beyond

"We've had a barrage of people calling" about the government's raid, Fatiier Vasko told Catholic News Service in mid-December. 'If they get us mixed up, that doesn't do any good for die Palestinian Qiristians." Damage control is going forward, full speed ahead. Some news organizations, alerted to the potential for danger caused by the inadvertent

mix-up, have been extremely cooperative in trying to right the

particular state or course of action; especially: a

That's true whether

wrong. After all, a clarification statement noting that the object

divine call to the religious

a reporter working for a major publication or

of the government's attention was not die Holy Land Founda-

priesthood or a religious order."

broadcast outlet, or one neighbor telling another something

tion but the "Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development" shouldn't be too much to ask. But some still hadn't been heard from as of this writing no retraction, no correction, no

to a private love between a

one would admit to following that directive to the

mind too much

editors didn't appear to

fudged the

—

facts

if a

as long as a bright

young

letter,

reporter

and compelling

emerged from the mix.

story

We kid tend to

about those times today, to be sure; journalists

be much more

serious about their craft.

the kidding lies a basic truth: in telling a story, nothing is

important

tiian getting the facts straight

the storyteller

about the fellow across the street Messing up the

facts,

even

inadvertendy, can sometimes have disastrous results.

Early in December, federal agents conducted a wel-

publicized raid

of what was described as the

offices

"Holy Land Foundation," on the grounds that the organization

was

really a front for

Hamas, the extremist

Palestin-

The Texas-based "Holy Land Foundation"

ian group.

promptly denied the accusation. I'm putting "Holy Land Foundation" in quotation marks for a reason. The full name of the organization that federal authorities raided on Dec. 4 and 5 is the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and

—

effort to clear

the

The word vocation is from the Latin vocatio, which means summons, from vocare, which means to call, and from vox which means voice. The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary vocation as

"a:

summons

Though we may divine call to a holy

life.

now

Though

the Holy

Make every effort to get the facts straight to begin with. And if something goes wrong, even if it was unintentional, own to be in danger.

to it

The

lesson

obvious.

Q. In at Mass.

my parish

The

feels like a

calling

welling up within,

they are in containers that

particular

and

clear.

the couple continues to discern their voca-

the rest

poured

call

both species,

wine

left

CNS

in the glass bottle actually been

Columnist

Children and ecumenial marriages

setting of married

Q. In a recent column about preparationsfor a mixed marriage, the questioner claimed the Catholic party had

Working

consecrated must be on, or at least touch, the corporal (the

small square cloth

on the altar during Mass). That is not precisely true. The determining factor is not where the elements are, but the intention of the priest presider

that this

about which wine or bread to consecrate.

while the Catholic promises "to do all in my power to share my faith with our children by having them baptized and raised as Catholics.

promise

by hundreds or thou-

not appropriate that the altar be cluttered

be placed on tables away from the Regardless of where they

consecrated

if the

The same

are,

on or off the altar, they are

presiding priest intends to consecrate

at that

them

priest

The

over at Mass, what remains

placed in the tabernacle for

Communion at when hosts are

distribution to the sick or for people receiving

a later Mass. That

what you have seen brought from the tabernacle for Communion. It is liturgically appropriate, whenever people to receive particular Mass.

distributed.

you

The non-Catholic promises nothing

said,

to me.

(New

York)

A In practice, there may not be much difference. In either he or she can to

assure for their children the benefits of Catholic spiritual

life

and sacraments. Formerly, the Catholic promise was explicitiy to raise the children Catholic. I

The wording the church

uses today, which

quoted and you repeat, recognizes more honestiy the

Communion

When

Mass

diat

ally

possible, for

the principle that

it is

the church today says in effect

with hosts consecrated at that

children share your Catholic

and they

are brought

hosts consecrated

from the tabernacle and

not psychologically or

wise to demand promises that

not

feasible,

will

your promise.

is the contemporary notion of marriage as a private relationship between two people. Instead of hearing God's voice in the whisper from the heart, the couple hears the voice of their own infatuation and desire. The wedding is the apex of their experience instead of a threshold to a sacramental life with God. Instead of hearing God's voice in the din of

riage as a vocation

ordinary family

spiritu-

may be impossible to keep,

all

faith. If

you can

to help

your

that doesn't work,

be missing something, but you have not

life,

the couple gets lost in disillu-

sionment and chaos. No wonder so many marriages fail. Perhaps the best thing we can do for modern marriages is to help them recognize that their marriage is more than the two of them. It is a calling from God and a holy way of life-a vocation.

Questions for Reflection • How have you experienced marriage as more than just two people? •

impossible.

life.

against this understanding of mar-

fact

some marriages the best efforts of Catholic spouses simply fail, through no fault of their own. Circumstances beyond their control make raising their children Catholic that in

consecrated bread, the eucharistic body of Christ,

at a previous

hot true.

I don 't see the difference. Those two promises look the

same

true for the

Mass.

When is left

by the

You responded

case, the Catholic in fact promises to do the best

altar.

wine Some should be in the rest may be anywhere on the altar or nearby, as long as the priest intends to consecrate them

chalice used

to raise the children Catholic.

in this regard,

with dozens of ciboria containing the hosts. These containers

may

commu-

even more. Their marriage is part of a public and orders it's basic

same concern as you about which hosts and wine are consecrated at Mass. Some people, including some deacons and priests, if one is to judge by their actions, seem to be under the impression that all bread and wine to be

at liturgies attended

in the

as whisper from two hearts grows from a multitude. And in the din of diapers, mortgages, tuition payments, mid-life, empty nests, grandparenting, retirement, and death, we hear God's voice calling us, directing us and leading us home to God. This happens when the couple recognizes God's voice in their ordinary

A Apart from the question about the tabernacle, lots of

it is

life

into rallying cry

Catholics have the

For example,

couple's

What began

Communion

consecrated? (Massachusetts)

sands of people,

The

cell-the family.

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN the

becomes broader.

with children.

institution that serves society

time.

Has

life

nity that recognizes their goodness broadens the

into the chalice at the Offertory;

in the glass container until

is left

heard in family

Concurrently, the couple's

Corner

until

part of the wine

calling

their call amplifies.

remain at the edge of the altar

Communion time. Also, when we have Communion under

it is

purpose and the depth of their love multiply, and

Question

the tabernacle or

call,

outside themselves to be a gift to another person.

I never notice hosts being consecrated

They are always broughtfrom

a lifelong pro-

a falling in love that captures a couple's attention.

The consecration of the

life in

summons, responding

tion through the years, the call

communion bread and wine

it is

and hearing God's voice. That call begins with a whisper from the heart-

God's

the right thing to do.

It's

woman and man,

Just as in consecrated

cess of listen for God's

an entry into the

the Church, discerning marriage

air.

know

don't

life; b:

think of marriage as response

Land Foundation for Relief and Development is guilty as charged. I do know that the other organization, the Holy Land Foundation, has done a lot of good in six short years. That accomplishment seems I

defines

or strong inclination to a

you

failed

How do you hear God's call to marriage infamily

live? in •

community?

Ifyou were to end your marriage,

who would

affected? •

How do you experience marriage as lioly?

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Dominican cardinal proposes Catholic TV network for the Americas MIAMI

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bishop of Santo

— The

Domingo

cardinal-arch-

has a dream: to

network that

create a Catholic television will

span

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Argentina.

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North Carolina Catholics pray for a

moved from a bowling alleytoalocalgym

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Lopez Rodriguez was in Miami attending the fourth annual meeting of the New Evangelization of America, a group which he chairs. In a wide-ranging conversation, he spoke of the Latin American church's struggle with fundamentalist sects, of the relationship

than 240 Mass-goers depends on

between North and South America, and of the need for greater cooperation among Catholic media organizations in the entire American continent.

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Around the Diocese rosary to promote peace.

Death penalty

InBrief...

talking to

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reprieve JOANN

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In short, MADISON, NJ. (CNS) action-packed workshop sessions, a Catholic teen group called 'The Holy Bandits"

students in the Paterson Diocese.

Editor

— On

RALEIGH

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Gov. Mike Easley commuted the death sentence of a convicted murder. "We hoped, acted and prayed for clemency for Charlie Mason Alston Jr., and today he is alive," said Stephen Dear, executive director of People of Faith Against the Death Penalty. "North Carolinians are Jan

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