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March

Volume

11 t

2002

15,

Number

Serving Catholics

embodied By KEVIN

Western North Carolina

the Diocese of Charlotte

A hunger for the cause

Inside Sister's charity

community center

MURRAY

Associate Editor

...Page

BELMONT not for these

idea of going to swallow, but

kids.

Approximately 60 youth ministry members from four area churches two Catholic and two non-Catholic gathered at First Presbyterian Church for 30 Hours of Famine March 8 and 9. The youths went without food, learned about

— —

Diocesan In-Service Day given high marks by

teachers ...Page

— The

hungry can be a hard one

global famine, and helped deliver a truck-

load of potatoes to those in need.

was

"It

learned

Diocesan Support Appeal

every day," said Catherine Butterfreld,

Sunday ...Page

really enlightening.

what other countries go through

18,

from Queen of the Apostles in Belmont. 30 Hours of Famine is an international youth movement sponsored by

World

Vision, a Christian humanitarian

organization serving the poor in nearly

100 countries, according to

World

Vision's

Web site.

BRocal News

'The fast is an opportunity to in the

see Jesus

people that they help," said Dennis

Photos by Kevin

Murray

Teall-Fleming, director of faith formation

Above, youth ministry from Queen of the Apostles Church in Belmont and Holy Spirit Church in Denver sorted 44,000 pounds of potatoes during the 30 Hours of Famine at

Queen of the Apostles. "We minister to when we help Christ's people." Teall-Fleming had done the 30 Hours of Famine with other youth ministries before. When the Queen of the Apostles youth ministry saw videotape of hungry at

New Knights continue a

Christ

long, noble tradition ...Page

Presbyterian Church in Belmont March 8 and 9. Left, the potatoes were boxed and bagged for First

wanted to get involved. started by looking at the problem

children, they

"We

Catholic and Lutheran

churches celebrate Lent

specific child in

Kenya, Africa.

"It really helps to

the 14,

tvery Week

money

Entertainment

Editorials

& Columns .Pages

12-13

their

human

of the world."

Spirit

good experience because for a

of time,

we stopped thinking about from Queen of the

Katie Bess,

of Queen of the Apostles. "A lot of times,

Apostles.

was glad to be here because good cause."

you don't know where it's going or who it's of the Apostles teens got

com-

rades from Holy Spirit Catholic Church in

Denver, N.C., and First Presbyterian Church and First United Methodist Church in Belmont.

'We have the people here who God wants to be here, and they've come tofasting

began

at noon, with the

for a

helping"

The

was

18-wheeler truck

dumped 44,000

'It (the

famine) brought

closer to

friends," said Katie Rozycki,

16, "It

took the materialism out of our lives so

The teens were quick to recommend 30 Hours of Famine to other youth minis-

others in the world

in the

immediate

area, said Teall-

Fleming. Numerous soup kitchens and shelters came with vans and trucks to pick up shipments. "I think the kids are awesome," said Marilyn Marks, the Western North Carolina coordinator for Society

the nonprofit group that salvaged and

a late evening worship service.

overwhelming. They're an inspiration to

to him.

'That put everything into a spiritual perspective," said Teall-Fleming. "We sang, read scripture and prayed for people

me," said Marks.

— Romans 8:8-9

to-

homes

water and juice. They gathered from 5 p.m. Friday until 6 p.m. Saturday, when they night consisted of small group sessions and

working

gether."

We really can't get the full impact of what

do not live as your human nature tells you to; Instead, you live as the Spirit tells you - if, in fact, God's Spirit lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong

The

great to see that

pounds of potatoes into the church parking lot, which the teens put into boxes and bags Saturday morning. The food was to be delivered to food banks and needy

teens encouraged to drink nothing but

to have their first meal.

it's

could concentrate on each other."

nature cannot please God. But you

were allowed

Church. "And

several denominations are

ourselves and started thinking about others," said

gether really well," said Teall-Fleming.

Those who obey

was

"It

little bit

have a certain kid for

together with their youth ministry

10-11

in different areas

to help," said Christine Irvine,

The Queen .Pages

delivery to area homeless shelters, soup kitchens and food banks.

—

together ...Page

of hunger in the world," said TeallFleming. 'They said, "We need to do something about that. This is what God needs of us to help the poor.'" The teens found sponsors to raise money during their fast, which will assist a

of St. Andrew,

supplied the potatoes from farms in

North

Carolina.

30 hours.

go through day

after

day," said Butterfield. "But we're starting to.

We learned how lucky we really are." Teall-Fleming said the experience

would last with the teens long after the fast was over. "Some teens want to do more because they remember there are people around the world, and around the country, who are hungry and need our he

said.

Contact Associate Editor Kevin E.

Murray at

this for

think the kids are wonderful," said

Susan Rozycki, a youth minister

"We're only doing

help,"

"Their commitment to the poor

tries.

Holy

by calling (704)

370-3334 or e-mail

kemiirray@cliarlotkdiocese.org.

The Catholic News & Herald

Long Island killed

The World

March

Brief

priest, parishioner

institutions and the home of a Catholic Bethlehem resident were hit by Israeli guided missiles in the latest round of violence to rock the Middle East. The latest

— A Long

Island priest and a 73-year-old parishio-

ner were killed by a gunman during morning Mass March 12. Father Lawrence M. Penzes, 50, and Eileen Tosner were shot just after the priest finished the

provoked the heads of March 9 to issue a letter tided "A Call to All the People of the Holy Land," which expressed deep concern over the spiraling violence. The church escalation of violence

churches in Jerusalem

homily during the 9 a.m.

Mass at Our Lady of Peace Church in Lynbrook, according to Karen Montalbano, a spokeswoman for the

leaders called

Rockville Centre Diocese.

Patriarch

was shot

two peoples." Latin Sabbah and the Franciscan custodian of the Holy Land, Father Giovanni Battistelli, were among

back and Tosner About seven hours

later police captured a suspect after

been

day.

all

The man

—

at the

parish.

bishops are disappointed at the narrow

Father Penzes was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, where he was pronounced dead shordy

after ar-

Tosner was pronounced dead at the church. No one else was shot, although several members of the congregation riving.

went

to area hospitals.

spokesman

police

Island daily newspaper,

the

gunman

told the

Long

CNS

six months was flown into the U.S. defense headquarters just outside of Washington. People gathered at emotional ceremonies in New York, the Washington area and Pennsylvania to mark a half-year

since the devastating Sept.

fled after firing the shots.

money from Scarapato said Troy

suspect was in custody.

Approximately 40 people attended the morning Mass.

—

John Paul

bishops of

Malawi and Zambia

has given $30,000 to the

them

the collection box.

starving in their nations.

into the back of the church.

Police did not immediately confirm

the mayor's identification of the suspect.

He was

arrested after police in riot gear stormed the building and brought him

suspect apparently tried to stab

one of the

Newsday

with a small knife,

officers

reported.

The 400

students at the parish's

elementary school were kept in their classrooms all day and parents were told

means that the constitutional protection of the unborn continues to be undermined by

feed the millions of people

The

to help

who

risk

papal dona-

were sent through the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum," the Vatican's charity promotion and coordination office, said Msgr. Karel tions of $15,000 for each country

Kasteel, council secretary.

The U.N.'s Food

and Agriculture Organization said 4 million people in Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe need emergency food assistance this spring because of low corn stockpiles, high prices and persistent transportation problems with the food the governments have

managed

Quebec bishops reaffirm church stance on gay marriage, stem cells

NEWS

& H E R A L D

March

Volume

15,

•

2002

Number

Bishop William G. Curlin will take part

Most Reverend William G. Curlin Joann S. Keane

in thefollowing events:

Publisher: Editor:

Associate Editor: Kevin E. Murray Staff Writer:

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—

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—

March 29 Good Friday 7:30 p.m. Mass St. Patrick,

March 30

Charlotte

— Holy Saturday

8 p.m. Easter vigil St. Patrick,

Charlotte

a pregnant

bishops have reaffirmed church teaching against homosexual marriage and stem-

rejected

by a margin of less than

cell

(CNS)

research involving

— Quebec's

human embryos.

assembly held in Cap de la Madeleine March 6-8, die bishops urged the province's government to carefully

The March

percent

Latin American bishops look to form theology from

their plenary

indigenous values

BOGOTA,

—

the ethical aspects surrounding

Colombia (CNS) Latin American bishops plan to examine the reli-

rapidly developing genetic information be-

gious elements of indigenous cultures to

weigh

all

on the

fore legislating

They

subject.

expressed concern about a

also

proposing

bill

rights equal to marriage for same-sex part-

The

currendy under review by the Parliamentary Commission, proposes equal rights and obligations in financial, legal and medical matters for homosexual ners.

bill,

partners.

hit

— Two Catho-

St.

and

faith.

that could be used for partisan pur-

Aguiar was interviewed Feb. 27 at the bishops' council headquarters in Bogota. The bishops'

10-12,

25-27.

Aug. 23-25, Sept 20-22 and For registration and other in-

22 SWANANNOA

— The Lenten and

Easter week schedules for St Margaret

Mary

Church, 102

Andrew

Place, will

as follows: penance service tonight at 7

Although the

Catholic in origin

sentation of the heart of the cross at 7 p.m.;

together.

who

desire

open to couples of any Couples are encouraged to attend the

orientation,

Catholic theology," said Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes of Texcoco, Mexico. The bishops hope to avoid a politicized theol-

9420 or (888) 310-9040 or e-mail eeregistration@yahoo.com.

Gabriel

— Engaged Encounter is

not just purify them, but develop them as a

Masses on March 24; March 25 with covered dish meal; 7 p.m. Mass on March 28 with washing of the feet followed with eucharistic adoration from 8 p.m.-midnight Stations of the Cross on March 29 at noon for youth and teens and Mass at 3 p.m. with veneration of the cross and pre-

for couples planning marriage, life

"We

to collect religious expressions and

formation, call Carl Whitesel at (704) 987-

at (704) 364-5431.

a richer, fuller

want

Oct

Church Men's Club will hold its world famous fish fry this evening from 5-7 p.m. in the St Gabriel School cafeteria, 3016 Providence Rd. Menu includes fried and baked fish, clam chowder, Cole slaw, French fries, hush puppies, dessert and beverages. For details, call the church office

22 HICKORY

the Latin American bishops' council.

May

Diocesan. planner

— The

Catholicism, said the general secretary of

poses, he said. Bishop

Israeli

guided missiles

March 22 CHARLOTTE

form a native theology- compatible with

ogy

Catholic institutions in

Bethlehem

encounter weekend

by the

6 referendum included a measure to end the suicide provision, but the proposal was

MONTREAL

JERUSALEM (CNS)

Supreme Court

threatened suicide.

to buy.

Episcopal. calendar

referring to the 1992 Irish

case that allowed an abortion

woman

The

are disappointed, particularly as the result

the "X case' judgment," Father Clarke said,

custodian over the theft of

a long coat until he walked

Service that Irish citizens

country's abortion laws. "Obviously,

Eugene Scarapato as saying the suspect was Peter Troy, 34, who had been fired a few months earlier from a job as parish

News

missed an opportunity to tighten the

terrorist attacks.

1 1

Pope donates $30,000 for famine relief in Malawi, Zambia VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope

The

Catholic

Newsday, that

apartment building. Newsday quoted Lynbrook Mayor

out.

spokesman for the bishops' conference. The spokesman, Father Martin Clarke, told

after a hijacked jetliner

they would not be released until the

rifle in

defeat of an abortion referendum, said a

photo from Reuters

Rosary hangs from tree near Pentagon rosary hangs from a tree near the Pentagon March 11,

was chased by two members of the congregation, including an off-duty Lynbrook police officer. The men were able to wrestle a rifle away from the suspect, who then ran into a nearby

hid a

letter.

bishops disappointed by narrow defeat of abortion referendum DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) The Irish

Irish

reportedly had

from a custodian job

fired

Michel

the 13 signatories of the

storm-

ing a nearby apartment where he had been holed up

to take the ap-

cres or tragedies for our

in the

in the face.

on "everyone

propriate measures to stop further massa-

Associated Press reported that Father

Penzes was shot

2002

lic

by gunman during Mass

LYNBROOK, N.Y. (CNS)

15,

it is

p.m.;

palms

at all

seder meal at 6 p.m. on

blessing of food baskets at 10

Easter vigil

Mass

at 8 p.m.

on March

and SO;

weekend three to six months prior to their wedding date. Engaged couples may take part in one of several Engaged Encounter weekends, which will take place at the

and Easter day Masses at 8:30 and 1 1 am on March 31. For more information, call

Catholic Conference Center, 1551 Trinity

vited to St.

Lane: today through Mar. 24, April 5-7,

Ballantyne

the church office at (828) 686-8833.

23 CHARLOTTE

—

All women are inMatthew Church, 8015 Commons Pkwy., for its 3rd

March

2002

15,

known by

council,

CELAM, body in

for

The World its

acronym

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

a service and coordinating

—

22 national bishops' conferences

Latin American and the Caribbean.

six

German diocese told to withdraw from abortion counseling program COLOGNE, Germany (CNS) Pope John Paul

ficer

German

after other

dioceses

Kamphaus'

of conscience over the

conflict

the sake of the clarity and unity

knowing

of the witness for

life of the Catholic Church" he was requiring the diocese to

follow the

German

leave the program.

the state system

Rodriguez, a lyric "spinto"

The

leave from the

pope asked Bishop Kamphaus to have

ment CNS photo by

Auxiliary Bishop Gerhard Pieschl carry

Swiss church leaders welcome vote approving

membership

country's U.N.

GENEVA in

(CNS)

— Church

leaders

Switzerland expressed "relief and hap-

piness" after a national referendum fa-

vored entry into the United Nations. "The national churches declared themselves in favor of entering the

—

the

—

a tenor with

—

the range to reach lower notes

to be carried out as

out the decision.

and thousands of individual tragedies.

'The withdrawal from

quickly as possible," the letter said.

growing fame

that his

result of a collective national tragedy

bishops' decision to

World

the

baseball's World Series, the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and a host of other public events. "Faith" is how Rodriguez says he has gotten through the past half-year

withdrew. In a letter to Bishop Franz Kamphaus of Limburg, Pope John Paul said that, while he respected Bishop issue, "for

terror

1 1

Trade Center, America and the world also have begun to know the talents of the Catholic policeman. Rodriguez has sung "God Bless America," "America the Beautiful" and 'The Star-Spangled Banner" at

sponsored pregnancy counseling system,

months

sing-

city's

down

attacks that brought

—

cese of Limburg to withdraw from a state-

Daniel Rodriguez as the

ing cop. But since the Sept.

has instructed the Dio-

Faith helps New York's 'singing cop' persevere WASHINGTON (CNS) Until months ago, New Yorkers knew Of-

Bill

Wittman

Pilgrims holding palms look toward Jerusalem Pilgrims from Toronto hold palms as they stop to look toward the Old City of Jerusalem during a walk along a traditional route marking Jesus' triumphant entry into the city. Touring the Holy Land in late February, the pilgrims found themselves alone at sites normally packed with tourists and pilgrims. Ongoing violence in the Mideast has kept most visitors away. Palm Sunday is celebrated March 24 this year.

New York

months of

for three

Police Depart-

lessons with

opera star Placido Domingo,

artistic di-

Washington Opera. Ten named to Cardinal

rector of the

Law's commission on protecting children BOSTON (CNS) With the addition of 10 new members, Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston completed the selection process March 7 for his Com-

—

mission for the Protection of Children.

commu-

"Our

priority has been to have a

good

nity of nations," the Catholic bishops'

showed an extraordinary fighting

are trying to lead normal lives despite

balance of expertise, talent, gender and

conference and Protestant Federation said in a joint statement. "Swiss foreign

spirit,

rooted in the faith he had in Lyons Archdiocese said in a statement. In October, after being diagnosed with a colon tumor, Cardinal Bille resigned as head of the French bishops' conference and began chemotherapy treatment. The archdiocese's statement said he died in Bordeaux surrounded by friends and family. Cardinal Bille had served as president of the bishops' conference since 1996 and archbishop of Lyons since 1998. He

escalating Mideast violence, said a Ramallah priest. "In spite of it all, we are trying our best to continue," Father Ibrahim Hijazin of Holy Family Parish told Catholic News Service. "Even if there is shooting, we will continue, because life should go on and we can't accept to (bow) to the

diversity," said Dr.

people are in a real crisis," he said in a telephone interview. In early March, Ramallah and other Palestinian cities

Members

was named

came under heavy

velopment and law enforcement. There are eight women and seven men. Only one is a priest or religious: Jesuit Father Edwin H. Cassem, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and former chief of psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.

policy stresses

human

rights

and hu-

manitarian involvement. Joining the U.N. will reinforce our country's influence in this area," the statement 54.6 percent majority voted

make Switzerland

said.

March

3 to

the United Nations'

190th member-state. Church leaders cautioned that "worries and doubts" by those who had voted against membership also should be taken into account.

French Cardinal Jean-Louis Bille, 64, dies of cancer PARIS (CNS) French Cardinal Jean-Louis Bille of Lyons died March

—

Christ," the

Paul

II in

JERUSALEM

am in the sanctuary with a continen-

(CNS)

ioners in Ramallah on the

the deceased on vice at 7 p.m.

ation

March

on March

25;

—

Parish-

West Bank

Tenebrae

ser-

26; 7 p.m. reconcili-

27; 7:30 p.m.

Mass with

procession and adoration of Eucharist on

March

28; 3 p.m.

Mass with

living Sta-

tion, call

on March noon blessing of Easter food baskets with vigil at 7:30 p.m. on March 30; and 11 am. and 1 p.m. (Spanish) Masses on

0398.

March

at 8 tal

breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the parish

center.

For registration and other informaKathy Murray at (704) 849-

23 STATESVILLE

— The Family

Life

tions of the Cross at 7:30 p.m. 29;

31. Call the

248-2463

church

for details.

—

office at (336)

Ministry of St. Philip the Apostle Church,

24 CHARLOTTE

525 Camden Dr., Easter egg hunt

Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., will be having its Christian Coffeehouse tonight

will at

be hosting

its

annual

p.m. this afternoon.

All are asked to bring a basket for the eggs

and a baked dessert to share. For further details, call the church office at (704) 8722579.

23 LEXINGTON schedule for Church, 619

—

The Easter week Our Lady of the Rosary

Main

St., is

as follows: 5

p.m. vigil and procession of palms tonight;

8:30 and 1 1 a.m. and 1 p.m. (Spanish Mass) blessing and procession of palms with a K of C-sponsored pancake breakfast on March 24; 7 p.m. memorial Mass for

At the same

fire

time,

Israeli

forces retaliating for a series of suicide

2001.

despite escalating violence, priest says

cer.

Annual Women's Day, today from 9 am3 p.m. Mercy Sister Helen Burns will speak on the topic, "Check Your Baggage." The day of prayer and reflection is dedicated to Mary, the mother of God. Mass is

by Pope John

Ramallah parish perseveres

12 after a months-long battle with can-

He was 64. "Up to the very end, despite the ordeal of suffering, he

a cardinal

Israeli shooting.

St.

Matthew

from 7:30-9 p.m. following 6 Mass. Through food, fellowship and Christian music from Kathy and David with Redeemed, participants can join in the spiritual celebration. For reservations of a table of six or more and sponsorship opportunities, call Kathy Bartlett at (704) 614-9100. 25 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 room E of

—

bombings. Since the current Palestinian uprising began nearly 18 months ago, more than 1,000 Palestinians and more than 300 Israelis have been killed.

3016 Providence Rd. With advanced fication, activities for the

memory-im-

For more information about the support group or the Shining Stars Adult Day Respite Program for the memory-impaired, which meets every Monday and Wednesday at St. Gabriel from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and every Thursday at Sardis Presbyterian Church from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m., call Suzanne Bach at (704) 376-4135.

NEWTON

Catholic Girls'

— The

Group

Little

for

all

Flowers Catholic

and up. The group will be meeting 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. ages

five

27 GUILFORD COUNTY cient

—

The AnOrder of Hibernians .Guilford

County

commis-

representative of experts and society."

The announcement

increases the number on the commission from the initial five selected by the cardinal in late

January to have their

15.

first

They were slated meeting March

to 16.

include leading figures in

psychiatry, medicine, law, education, social services, child welfare, child de-

665-9264* for time and location.

Ongoing

CHARLOTTE

— The Knights

lumbus Council 770

will

ery Monday night at Ann Church activity

of Co-

host bingo ev-

St 3635 Park

7:30 p.m. in the center,

Rd. Call Charles Nesto at (704) 398-

0879

for

information.

CHARLOTTE Charlotte

—

Catholic Singles of

a social group for singles 2

and over striving to maintain a warm and caring environment for singles by fostering friendships and enriching personal growth in the light of Christianity. Monthly events include Mass and brunch, weekend trips, movies, dinners and much more. For more infonnation and a calendar, call (704) 547-9844 or (704) 504-8509 or visit the Web site at www.cathokrainglescharlotte.faithweb.com.

Division, the oldest and largest

order of Irish Catholic men,

for the

the commission to be

noti-

paired can be provided.

girls

"We wanted

the ministry center at St. Gabriel Church,

sion.

Michael Collins, the

man

cardinal's point

men

looking for

them

meetings, educational seminars and social

Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior

events. Contact Michael Slane at (336)

to the publication date.

Irish Catholic

to join

for

The Catholic News & Herald

March

Around the Diocese

2002

15,

New Knights continue a long, noble tradition DIANNE M.

RIGGS

parishioners were turning to secret societ-

Correspondent

—

SWANNANOA

prevalent at that time.

ies

not

After exploring the idea of a Catholic

dead. But instead of thundering horses and

fraternal organization during the year

Chivalry

clashing broadswords, today's knights

1881, the

code and strive

February

fight for the church's ethical

Jesus' command to "love one Of course, these knights are the

embody

another."

first 1

council meeting

882.

was held in of Co-

The name Knights

lumbus was chosen to

identify both as

Catholics and as Americans.

Four degrees,

Knights of Columbus, die Catholic frater-

or levels of membership, were chosen: char-

nal benefit society.

ity,

unity, fraternity

Their ranks just grew stronger with the organization, chartering and

ing of Council

Mary Church.

30 1 6

first

meet-

death

stalled

1 1

Barnabas Church legally

St.

officers

Smith encouraged the

accords of God.

in-

Feb. 24.

the church and their fellow

men man

ibbean countries.

to serve

The Knights

with the

stressed that each has

providing

tion,

and anticipated that the newly would use those talents in

talents

McGivney' were 57 Knights of

in 1890, there

councils chartered in New England. Today there are 1.6 million members spread throughout the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico and several Central American and Car-

In a simple, meaningful

ceremony, District Deputy Knight David

Smith of

later, patriotism.

Columbus

Margaret

at St.

and

the time of Father

are a hybrid organiza-

members with an avenue and

for brotherhood

charity,

and

at the

elected officers

same

Knightiy service.

of the accidental death of a brother Knight

Married officeholders' wives presented the jewel of their office, while Smith bestowed the others. Then, newly installed Grand Knight Joseph Madden gave char-

or his wife.

members their certificates. "We want to help the parish out any way we can with Father Andy's direction,"

and

Madden, who functions as the council's president He said the men's cur-

District

Deputy Knight David Smith inducts Joseph Madden

is to assist with youth group and support other parish activities throughout the year. "As we grow and mature, (we will) make other goals in the future," he said. Why does a man become a Knight? The answers varied. Mark Owens said he felt like he was not doing enough to help other people. When he heard of the Knights, he thought it would be a way to do something. "I felt it was really a calling for me a start," he said. "I don't

rent plan activities

—

know what the Dord down the road."

has for

"Lots of friends (were) joining. a lot about

heard

wanted to be helpful," said "(They) do a lot of good for

it...

Edmund Fiore.

and underprivileged

charity

further

to set a

active

good example for the children in the church and charjties.

make

sure they can do their work," said

Rosine Marcaccio.

According to Smith, Knights support five distinct areas in a parish: the church, the council and family

life

and the

its

local

needs, youth,

community be-

New

Haven, Conn., on Christmas Day knew from his own humble beginnings the plight of the working class and immigrant poor of his church. He was deeply concerned. Weekly he saw widows and orphans who were destitute, following the death of the breadwinner from sickness or an industrial accident. He also wanted a

yond the church. They support these areas not only with their time, but also

money raised. "What we (as Knights) make in money, we try to give away. If we make $300, we give $3,000 away. We generally

way

some

Catholics

good standing with the church is eligible for membership as a Knight said Madden. Officers for Council number 13016 are: Grand Knight Joseph Madden Deputy Grand Knight George Frazier:

1877,

important to (support the Knights) and

Financial Secretary

Anthony Marcaccio:

Treasurer Dr. Rodolfo Valencia; Warden David Law; Advocate J. Chris Gibbs; Chancellor Edward Papay; Guard Robert Riegger; Recorder Paul McCrane; Trustee William Armstrong; Trustee

to strengthen the Catholic Christian

and fraternity of the men in his parish. Finally, he was concerned that his male

faith

Donald

Blaser.

with

don't have reserve funds," said Smith.

While most Catholics have occasionally seen the colorful Knights' robes at

various Catholic events, not

children."

to be

Any man, 18 years of age or over, of sound Catholic Christian character and in

as the grand

knight of Council 13016.

said

Unknown

others, the Knights of Columbus con-

stitute one of the most successful insurance companies in the world.

Photo by Dianne M.A. Riggs

ter

time, an insurance benefit in the case

all

At St. Margaret Mary, Father Andrew Latsko was particularly interested in

quainted with the Society's origins.

having a Knight's council at the church. He had heard that Father McGivney, the

priestly ministries

are ac-

Father Michael McGivney, whose began at St. Mary in

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Knights are particularly

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The Catholic News & Herald 5

Around the Diocese

Sister's charity embodied in By JOANITA M.

community center

NELLENBACH

Correspondent

HAYESVILLE Sister Loretto

— When

Charity

John Meehan came to

this

mountain community in 1971, health services or any kind of services for lowwere minimal. As one of income people

—

the healthcare pioneers in this region, Sister John's

name and memory remain

strong here.

She now works

New York as one of

four assistants to the administrator of the senior sisters' facility at

Mount St.

her order's motherhouse.

Vincent,

On March

though, she was back in Hayesville

10,

when

Meehan Commu-

the Sister Loretto John

was dedicated in her honor to carry on the work she and other nuns of various religious orders began. Her sisters, Sister Mary Martin Meehan and Helen White, also attended. The dedication was held in the nearby Hayesville United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall because the Sister John Center did not have a room large enough for the crowd anticipated to attend the dedicanity Services Center

tion.

People

who

Photos by Joanita M. Nellenbach

John Meehan (third from right) receives a standing ovation during the dedication of the John Meehan Community Services Center in Hayesville March 10. Above right, Ed Moeller, a parishioner at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, and Sister John pause after the dedication. The conference room in the Sister John Center was named for Moeller and his late wife, Barbara, in honor of their community service. "Any good cause in the community, and the Moellers were part of it," said Father George M. Kloster, IHM

Above

could not find seats lined

first

pointments. She provided solace to the

Good Shepherd Home Health and

dying before there was Hospice. She became the most well-known nurse in these

celebrated there because the

none served

Mitchell, of the

mountain communities. Sister John brought health care in such a fine way that trust was established with Good Shepherd (Home Health and Hospice), perhaps at a time when these people were thought of as

at the dedication. Sister

outsiders,"

Kloster, pastor of

William Church in ber of die committee to develop the Sister John Center.

following the dedication.

not the

Im-

Mary (IHM) and St. Murphy and a menv

maculate Heart of

Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church hosted an open house at the center is

Sister Loretto

Father George

the walls around the room.

This

left,

Sister Loretto

time Sister John

"Where many

The Sister L. John Meehan was named for her in July 2000.

served,

has been feted.

better than Sister John," said Dr. Brian

Bridge

Hinton Rural Life Center, John served on the board of the center, which provides support for rural Methodist churches.

The

Hiawassee River, straddles the Clay/Cherokee County line. bridge, across the

'The reason they did that is -because she worked in both counties, and they thought that in 30 years she probably

"She spent »

crossed that bridge a thousand times," said

many hours

with patients

here and in their homes as a nurse and a friend.

She took patients to medical ap-

'The getting to

nicest part of

communities.

The

We didn't

locations to

(coffee

choose from!

St.

said

even think

were."

Mark, Huntersville

1957.

Glenmary

sisters also

When the Diocese

of Charlotte was established

in 1971, it

became the building's owner. That was the same year that

Sister

become a staff nurse, working with two Glenmary sisters and a home health aid at Good Shepherd. She had always been interested in Appalachia, and wrote to Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Raleigh asking about opportunities.

John visited Hayesville for two weeks and returned the following year for what would be a nearly 30-year Sister

stay.

John Meehan Center houses West-

from

MPD

light,

Counseling Services, REACH of Clay County, Mountain Youth Services and the Fraternal Order of Police. The Catholic Church has owned the facility since 1957. It had been the Carolina Motor Court and Restaurant before the Diocese of Raleigh purchased it in

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ern North Carolina Legal Services,

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and Mass was town had

no Catholic church. The lived in the building.

Sister Loretto

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John

you were. I hope there are a lot of Methodists and Baptists and Jehovah's Witnesses waiting for me somewhere. The Glenmary Sisters were the foundation, but there were about what community

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jail

ten electricity a couple of years before.

People

still

had outhouses."

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People

'We were very conscious of the needs

SISTER'S CHARITY,

of health and of the people," she

Good Shepherd

sisters at

from previous page

Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners and provided holiday meals to prisoners and staff at the

"The kids would feel free to stop in on way home from school and go to the refrigerator," Sister John said. 'The sheriff would call and say, 'There's a family stranded over the mountain. Can you do

local jail.

their

something?'"

and others

to help families

meant traveling

assistance

When

a pickup truck on dirt roads.

the

became too narrow for a vehicle, she hiked in. Sometimes she had to figure out which of the many bridges over small creeks was the one referred to in the directrail

tions to her location.

"We cut wood for people," she said. "We cooked. We would do laundry for people who didn't have electricity. There were no Laundromats.

Wherever

the time.

went

with

all

out.

We were on call all we down today. You

was a

there

need,

weren't bogged

the laws there are

never got lost, and you never went hungry.

No matter what door you knocked on, you were always invited If medical

in."

was

John phoned

my sister, Sister Martin. She Vincent Hospital in New York.

"I'd call

make

big pans of

them around," Sister John "Everybody, including businesses,

said.

verely crippled girl

who

"couldn't even-

move one finger." The girl, now in recovered

full

Rev. Mr. Joseph E. Garavaglia,

â€”

HICKORY Rev. Mr. Joseph E. Garavaglia, a permanent deacon at St. Aloysius Church, died of a stroke on Feb. 25 at Frye Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held at his parish on March 1 at 1 1 a.m. with guard and honor of his mili-

a military

dead at 71

Vanda. After returning to Cherry Point, Garavaglia was shipped out to Vietnam in 1965 for the first of two tours of duty. Retire-

ment came

after he was asked to go back for a third time to Vietnam, and they went to visit friends in Hickory,

N.C., in

1970.

liked the area and

Born on Oct. 10, 1930, Rev. Mr. Garavaglia, a De-

made

Mich., native, grew up during the Depression era, the son of Italian immigrants. His signing up for the reserves

diaconate in 1983 and was assigned to St. Aloysius. His years of diaconate

land, their gardens.

Everyone knew

each other."

Good Shep-

Eventually, though, the

herd

facility

changed. Catholic services

moved to IHM when the church opened in 1985. The sisters had other living quarters. Briefly,

the building

was

a homeless

Good Shepherd moved out of the building when Murphy Medical Center shelter.

troit,

duties included hos-

ministry as an associate chaplain and other ministerial work. pital

led to active duty in

the Marines after high school graduation in 1949. The

He by

"When Good Shepherd moved out, the diocese was faced with an issue: What do we do with the building?" Father

ried

children,

was still a vibrant source of life for the community. We decided to name it for Sister John and rent it, at minimal rent, to agencies that were close to

in 2000.

said. "It

Sister John's heart."

Contact Correspondent Joaniia

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Rev. Mr. Joseph E. Garavaglia

Dominic, Christen and Savannah Garavaglia and Robert and Lauren Howard; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Anthony and Carmelia Cudine Garavaglia; a brother and

during his 13-month tour of duty, and he and his wife were sent to Cherry Point, N.C., for three years where their son, Bruce, was born. After four years in New Hampthe family was shipped to

two

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Diocesan In-Service Day given high marks by teachers By REV. MR.

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KERNERSVILLE

Maureen Meehan,

was

Mercy

tant superintendent, and

GERALD POTKAY

Correspondent

Sister

director of religious

formation of schools, for their time and

day for diocesan teachers to travel to the Triad for a Diocesan InService Day at Bishop McGuinness

energy

High School (BMHS) March 8. Some teachers started the day with an 8 a.m. Mass celebrated by Father

diverse needs and to pinpoint

Christopher Roux, the school chaplain.

tunity to share ideas and successful tech-

During the homily, Father Roux reminded the teachers, "God must be the center of your lives. Then, all else will flow from there. If we keep the children from walking through the gates of the Kingdom of God, you and I will not be able to walk through those gates."

niques with their peers."

beautiful

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The

in-service started at 9 a.m. with

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by Father James Hawker, dioc-

Hawker

esan vicar for education. Father

putting the in-service together.

"This format, last used four years ago, gives us the opportunity to target

most

what

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Each teacher had the opportunity to attend any four of the

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"Improving Test Taking Skills" to "Image and Social Justice." Many teachers felt that the return to this format was needed, and they gave this year's inservice high marks for creativity and

said the

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interest.

claimed throughout the world. In re-

sponse to these commands, you folks are

Christ," Father Hawker told his audience that the practical issues were good and necessary but that the most basic

here."

Somewhat

he told his audience, "This is the last 6pportunity I have to publicly express my thanks to Dr. Michael Skube," diocesan superintendent of schools for the last 13 years. Father Hawker told Skube that everyone would miss his presence greatly. Skube, who finishes supervision of the 17 diocesan schools on June 14, will become superintendent of the 50 schools in the Diocese of Youngtown, Ohio. Skube thanked Janice Ritter, assissadly,

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and

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Rev. Richard Fritz from St. Andrew's Lutheran Church spoke about the hymn 'When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," written by Isaac Watts. "The man who wrote this hymn would have disapproved of (our worshipping together) mightily," said Rev. Fritz.

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was a Puritan but the Holy Spirit used him to write glorious hymns." Rev. David Keck of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church spoke about the hymn "In Christ There is No East or West," written by John Oxenham. The' hymn is based on the biblical text of Galatians 3:28 that says, "There is neither Jew nor ...

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Photo by Ellen N. Sigmon

in it's

convenient and inconvenient."

of these boundaries, as

Ed Sheridan and St. Aloysius Catholic Church choir members look on as Rev. Bob Shoffner of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church leads the confession of faith during the Hickory Roman Catholic/Lutheran Covenant Lenten service at St. Aloysius March 6. Father

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Marie-Alix Geisler of St. Aloysius, of the covenant committee, presented a written meditation that included slides and music, and other members of the committee read the Scriptures. Rev. Deborah Michaels of Holy Trinity led the prayers with various members of the four churches reading the petitions from their seats a

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March

Read mg$

2002

15,

Book Review

Writer offers insight,

Word to Life Sunday Scripture Readings: March 1 7, 200.2

reflection of Catholicism

Cycle

WAYNE

Reviewed by

HOLST

News Service Simone Weil, the French

Catholic In 1940

philosopher raised

home, wrote: tion

"If there

consider

Hellenic tradition

patrimony,

sidered her one of the three tant influences

Gray

the

writes, "It

was

Hebrew

pathological receptiveness to the suffer-

was Simone and how seriously

ings of others, and her

Who

strong tendency to

FRANCINE DU PLESSIX GRAY

should modern Catholics

vate her own.

take her writings? In "Simone Weil," a carefully

schoolmate

developed study by author Francine du Plessix Gray, much can be learned about the church's spiritual influ-

little child,

ence

Western

Many

societies.

former recalls:

'Physically, she

secular

of Weil's

concerns have become our own.

s m i

o n p

In spite of her great

culti-

was

Fifth

Romans

Gospel: John

Sunday

Or-

1:1-45

noon

God

hope

lets

Then he looked

question like a scalpel in the hands of a skilled surgeon. "What if you don't?" he

visiting

had just finished all our grandchildren. However, it's an

asked.

grandchildren and

Long after I am

activity that can lead to serious conver-

her hands, but of extraor-

sations concerning the mysteries of life.

two children

dinary intelligence. She looked as if she belonged to another order of being, and her mind didn't seem to belong to our age or our milieu. She felt like a very old soul.'"

This day would be no exception. spotted a great blue heron fishing from the opposite bank. In a blink of an eye, the bird caught an unsuspecting fish and brought it back to shore. Shelby and his younger sister Olivia

sponse. "Shelby,"

Weil not only wrote

"snack" with intense curiosity. Shelby,

'Will you be widi Jesus?" he asked with that soul-piercing look of inno-

the kindergartner in our

cence.

watched the bird eat

his afternoon

when

ter

will

"Grandma,

gave a reasonably satisfactory answer. However, it triggered a discussion of God's role in creating the world as well as incredulity over God's logic for creating bugs, spiders and snakes. The three of us sat in the winter sun, enjoying each other's closeness, the blessed bond that unites grandparent and grandchild. Then Shelby said, "I have two papawa. but

"Yes, but

records in often harrowing detail the

Simone Weil joined the Provisional French Government (under Charles de

was assigned to do for pitifully modest wages, her impressions of her fellow workers and her own states of mind. It does not take much expertise to adapt her insights to immigrant farm workers and sweatshop seamstresses in North America. It is still too soon for a final stocktaking on Weil's life. Catholic readers

Gaulle) in London, but developed tu-

will doubtless find considerable merit

berculosis and died in

tasks she

unordained

friend performed the "baptism."

"Go

ahead," she motioned with a cer-

tain resignation as she spoke, "it can't

any harm."

simple plaque marks her grave in

an English cemetery.

torium, Ashford.

"In 1942

It states:

Grosvenor Sana-

Her writings have

philosophers."

Weil's

gift to

the

first

ers of religious insight.

the alternative

seeming

heretics.

The

principal features of her char-

acter and thought are her asceticism,

think

There

ambi-

group,

dies.

Re-

'Yes."

spiri-

guity in Gray's attitude toward her subject. In the end, whether Weil was a mystic or a masochist is a matter Gray rather enticingly leaves unanswered.

would not be time God has worked through

perspectives she offers.

will

you miss us?"

be there, waiting for

I'll

yOU 'I

"Grandma, when you're with

Jesus, will

you be able to see?" Wherever Jesus

'Yes, Shelby. it's

is,

light."

On this fifth Sunday of Lent, God assures us through Jesus that we will

never be stranded in some dark

place.

Weekly Scripture

might have

better appreciated and elucidated Weil's deep mysticism and her pow-

tablished her as one of the foremost

modern

A more

Gray's assessments.

tually attuned biographer

es-

little

re-

answered, "no matwill always love you

us."

"Grandma, does Jesus take care of

said,

these

member God sent Jesus to us so that we would know how much God loves

with them. Her factory journal, for example,

I die, I

her acceptance of many of

worked

gone,

remember

and Olivia because love never

that fish after the bird eats it?"

know

unable to use

the fields and the shops

to her death at age 34.

straight into

feeding die ducks, a ritual for

about the sufferings of the

until just prior

you and and

Mommy

eyes, cutting to the heart of matter, his

poor, she also

Weil remained unbaptized

live until

two youngest

January,

in late

her intrigue with Catholic mysticism and the church's teachings,

chil-

Daddy." after-

adoration of the Eucharist,

Olivia are as big as

warm

an unseasonably

hugged these two precious

dren and looked into two sets of brown questioning eyes. "Oh, Shelby," I said,

By BEVERLY CORZINE Catholic News Service

'That's right, Shelby."

at me with wrinkled brow, Shelby asked, "Grandma, do you think you'll be alive when Olivia and I get big?" I

8:8-11 1

said,

Looking up

Ezekiel 37:12-14 Psalm 130:1-8

by the

clear,

foreign to me."

tradition

Weil,

most impor-

his intellectual devel-

time she was 14, that the most singular trait of Simone's character was her almost

Christian, French,

mine; the

Readings:

March 17, dinary Time

opment.

a religious tradi-

The

Catholic tradition.

tical

secular Jewish

in a

Some

of her ideas were impracand absurd. Yet Pope Paul VI con-

flection.

only one grandma."

Scripture for the week of March 17 - March 23 Sunday (Fifth Sunday of Lent), Ezekiel 37:12-14, Romans 8:8-11, John 11:1^5; Monday (Lenten Weekday), Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62, John 8:1-11; Tuesday (St. Joseph, Husband of Mary), 2 Samuel 7:4-5, 12-14, 16, Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22, Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24; Wednesday (Lenten Weekday), Daniel 3:14-20, 91-92, 95, John 8:31^*2; Thursday (Lenten Weekday), Genesis 17:3-9, John 8:51-59; Friday (Lenten Weekday), Jeremiah 20:10-13, John 10:31-42; Saturday (Lenten Weekday), Ezekiel 37:21-28, John 11:45-57

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tnlertainment

"Hie Time Machine" By

ANNE NAVARRO

they serve as the Morlocks' principal

News Service Though YORK (CNS)

Catholic

NEW

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food source. In director Wells' film, this warped

possibly unfair, moviegoers are likely to

relationship barely sees the light of day.

Morlocks (which look

have high expectations for an adaptation

Sure

of H.G. Wells' novel, "The Time Machine," directed by his great-grandson,

like a fusion

Simon Wells. But

"Battlefield Earth") attacking

instead of preserving

the political and social implications of the novel, which made the story layered and thought-provoking, director Wells strips them away, churning out a very Hollywoodesque fluff piece, and a poor one at that.

Time

"The

Machine"

(DreamWorks), 1890s scientist and inventor Alexander Hartdegen (Guy Pearce) future

hurtled 800,000 years into the

— using — an

traption

his

own

time-travel con-

effort to

change the

see the

of the simians from "Planet

of the Apes" and the creatures from

and scur-

rying away with the poor Eloi. And yes, the Morlocks' leader (Jeremy Irons, looking creepy in long white hair and

opaque contact

lenses), gives

some kind

of explanation for the world in which Alexander finds himself. But none of it is the least bit coherent or engaging.

The screenplay written by John Logan lacks cohesion and is littered with inconsistencies and loose plot strands. The film devolves from romance to sci-fi to action without capturing the

His fiancee (Sienna Guillory) was murdered four years ago, and his mis-

audience's attention. Alexander's origi-

to change the past and prevent her death. But traveling back in time does not change things. Convinced that the answer then musfelie somewhere in

past.

sion

nal quest to bring his fiancee back to

woman, Mara (Irish pop singer Samantha Mumba), and her brother (Omero Mumba, the pop singer's realEloi

brother) from the deadly Morlocks.

the future, he lands in a mysterious time

life

where Earth's population is divided into the above-ground Eloi and the mon-

There

tion for the Eloi,

most of

strous, subterranean Morlocks.

speak English, or

warm up

In H.G. Wells' novel, these turistic races

two

fu-

represented the working

and leisure classes of his time. The Eloi enjoy life above ground while the

Morlocks toil away in underground working to preserve the Eloi's

ing with

make

high price, as

don't

new

Mara

(although the nearly see-

may feels

who was so good in last "Memento," is stiff and unsure forcing out his lines and unable to

ment of the

at a

to the

Pearce, year's

comes

whom

through fishnet shirt Mara wears explain why Alexander suddenly compelled to be a hero).

But Wells gave the classes a twisted symbiotic punch. The enjoyEloi

time to develop any affec-

Line Cinema

Scene from movie 'Time Machine' Guy Pearce stars as time traveler Alexander Hartdegen in the film "The Time Machine." It is the latest film adaptation of the novel by H.G. Wells. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II — adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 — parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

here,

a connection with the audience.

Mark Addy, whom movie

fans will rec-

ognize from "The Full Monty," does an admirable job as Alexander's close friend, but the role gives him little opportunity to stretch. Orlando Jones, making no particular mark, pops up as a computer-generated character able to survive 800,000 years and run without electricity.

The

nothing out of the ordinary, although the sequence where time speeds forward is neat. The time machine itself looks pieced together from discarded bits of a lighthouse beacon,

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Homelessness

The Pope

Speaks

POPE JOHN PAUL

March

& Columns

Editorials

15,

2002

America

This year we will reach the five-year limit set for those on welfare. Thousands upon thousands of poor people all over America will lose their rent subsidies and become homeless. Some will be fortunate enough to find shelter in a relative's apartment, becoming part of the "hidden homeless." Others will be forced out on the street to scramble for a bed in some emergency shelter. Many will be turned away in the cold, even homeless women and children. Obviously the government cannot return to the old welfare system, but neither can we turn a deaf ear

Spirituality

for Today

FATHER JOHN CATOIR

CNS

Columnist

to the cries of the poor.

Pope says

religious leaders should

help facilitate Middle East peace By

JOHN NORTON

Catholic

VATICAN CITY

the people, including the churches, the synagogues, the temples and the entire private sector, are going to have an enormous rescue challenge on our hands. At a time when millions of men and women in

News Service

the

(CNS)

agenda

â€” Meeting Muslim,

Jewish and Christian leaders from the Holy Land

amid a surge in John Paul II said are

all

March

13 at the end of his

weekly general audience.

"Our mission

men and women

of religion

impels us to pray for peace, to proclaim peace and to

do everything

our power to help bring an end to

the bloodshed," he said.

The pope made

New

Jersey's

ing Programs Inc., located in Paterson, N.J., I can tell you that shelters all over America will be bursting at

saddened by the daily instances of said

the former director of one of

must do every-

violence and death in Israel and the Palestinian Territories,"

will be stretched to the limit.

largest poverty programs, Eva's Kitchen and Shelter-

thing possible to stop the bloodshed.

"We

force have lost their jobs, Congress' domestic

Pope

Israeli-Palestinian violence, religious believers

work

remarks to a high-level group from the Holy Land that included Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah of Jerusalem, Sheik Tal el Sider, the Palestinian authority's minister of state, and Rabbi Michael Melchior, Israel's deputy foreign minister. They gave the pope a framed copy of their January "Alexandria Declaration of the Religious Leaders of the Holy Land," which condemned violence, pledged respect for each other's faiths, and his

the seams.

We should not help freeloaders and cheats, but we do need government assistance to offset the coming emergency. Many elderly, handicapped and destitute people are already receiving assistance from various governagencies, but a number of them are frauds who should be exposed. Many more, however, are people who are truly deserving, have been denied help.

ment

The system needs an

interreligious dialogue

overhaul.

Poverty programs, shelters and soup kitchens nationwide are

now

the last refuge of the poorest of the

poor, and they are often denied the federal assistance

they need.

How

times.

instituted to alleviate the social

They

all

ticipation in society.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt had the same idea during the Great Depression when he introduced Social Security and many other rescue programs to help the unemployed. But no one ever envisioned the extent to which the welfare bureaucracy would grow. Lord Shaftesbury, a wise English philanthropist who wanted to keep the government out of the poverty problem entirely, once said, "State benevolence tends to debase a large mass of people." He was right. When the poor become dependent on the state, many of them do little or nothing to improve their condition. This kind of passive dependence only perpetuates the poverty problem. But we just can't have tens of thousands of the homeless out in the cold. Let's face it, the problem of homelessness in America is soon going to become a national heartache. Jesus called the church to have a preferential option for the poor. have never turned our back on the poorest of the poor, and we never will. May God help us in the days ahead. There are no

can we strike a reasonable balance? concept of public welfare began in England

The

were

ills of the had the same noble idea of restoring people to self-sufficiency and eventually to a full par-

tives

during the Victorian era when

many

easy answers.

charitable initia-

called for negotiations.

Rabbi Melchior said the group's declaration, Egypt that lasted 48 straight hours, had the unprecedented support of Sheik Mohammed Tantawi of al-Azhar University in Cairo, spiritual leader of the world's Sunni Muslims. Speaking March 12 at a panel discussion in

drafted at a meeting in

Rome

mark

trip to the

Guest Column

the second anniversary of the pope's

Holy Land, the rabbi

said

"now more than

SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS OF TIFFIN, OHIO, AND ASSOCIATES

ever" Israelis needed the 'Involvement and care of the

Vatican and the pope." Cardinal Achille Silvestrini, a panel

member and

former head of the Vatican's Congregation for Eastern Churches, suggested that international emphasis

Israel's right to exist

state

might help give the Jewish

more confidence to enter peace negotiations with

Palestinians.

said Israel did not

terrorists, "but neither to

terrorism finds

fertile

need to capitulate to

A Response

respond in such a way that

to the

War on Terrorism

ground and nourishment" In our General Assembly meeting Feb 3-6, ratified the following response to the

Letter

From the Vatican, Feb. 28, 2002 In response to the

Dear Bishop

gathered

The Holy Father was saddened the death of Bishop Michael

to learn of

Begley, and he

has asked me to convey his deep sympathy. gratitude for Bishop Begley's apostolic labors as the founding bishop of the Diocese of

With

Charlotte, he offers fervent prayers that fullness of eternal

mourn

life

God

his faithful servant the

and

will

comfort

all

who

hope of the Resurrection. you and all the faithful of the Diocese of

Charlotte, His Holiness cordially imparts his

Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of strength and peace in the Lord. Sincerely yours in Christ,

Substitute

war on terrorism, we, the

and Associates, General Assembly, hereby proclaim

that:

recognize our oneness with all peoples as brothers and sisters, and abhor the violence within the

human

family.

call

upon our Church leaders War Theory and

alternative to the Just

to find an to use their

moral authority to work for peace and justice through nonviolent conflict resolution.

in the

Leonardo Sandri

we have

terrorism:

Sisters of St. Francis of Tiffin, Ohio,

Curlin,

our Father will grant

war on

challenge the leaders of our nation to ad-

dress the roots of terrorism by reducing the political,

economic, and social injustices that cause disamong nations and the oppression of

parities peoples.

denounce the use of violence as a response We urge our political leaders to maximize the use of dialogue and diplomacy in resolving conflict and responding to unjust aggression. to violence.

believe that a just response to terrorism can be achieved through such avenues as: following international law; utilizing national and international tribunals; using multinational law enforcement in place of further military force for the capture of terrorists; cooperating with multinational intelligence gathering on the activities and location of terrorists, while at the same time safeguarding individual rights; adhering to the Geneva Conventions in the treatment of prisoners and detainees;- endorsing and implementing international treaties that reduce arms trade and the proliferation of land mines; formulating a foreign policy that enhances the human rights and human development of peoples. As a community rooted in the Gospel, we take seriously the call to be peacemakers, and we follow the example of Jesus who publicly forgave his executioners. With the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the Franciscan Federation in the United States we endorse the establishment of a global nonviolent standing peace force to support local and regional groups striving to resolve conflict.

With the strength that comes from prayer and we commit ourselves to be forgivers and reconcilers wherever we are. We call on the people

fasting,

of our country to join us in our efforts to break the cycle of violence in our world and to create the

conditions necessary for a just and lasting peace.

Light

One

Candle

The Catholic News & Herald 13

& Columns

Editorials When When When When When

you do

None

of us want to be judged on the occasional

it, you're using tact. he takes time to do things, he's slow

you take

she picks flaws, she's cranky you do, you're discriminating. .

foolish things

character.

Family

ages, you're deliberate. .

Reflections

on our overall conduct and

do, but

want

to be given the benefit of the

More than that, we want to see ourselves as open-minded and large-hearted people who are willdoubt.

MSGR. JIM LISANTE

ing to offer that

Guest Columnist

gift,

as well.

As time goes by, though, I become more and more convinced that it is in the small everyday moments of life

On the benefit of the doubt and being human

—

the

matter with people? They can be so thoughtless. Or worse, what they're doing is so stupid and wrong, it must be intentional. Well, maybe. When we calm down, most of us know that making mistakes is one part of being human. Here's a quote by the often-wise Anonymous that I find appropriate in a lot of situations: When the other person acts that way, he's ugly .

When When When

you do

it, it's

she's set in her ways, she's obstinate

When

he's

judgment of human

Alan Paton, the great South African writer who spoke and worked against apartheid for decades, wrote: "Life has taught me that active loving saves one from the shortcomings of society and the waywardness of men. (Life) has taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God. To try to be free of self-deception, to try to see with clear eyes oneself and others and the world, does not necessarily bring an undiluted happiness. Yet it is something I would not exchange for any happiness built on any other foundation. There is only one way in which one can endure man's inhumanity to man and that is, to try in one's own life to exemplify man's humanity to man." God never meant "being human" to be something we should be sorry about, but rather something to .

like his, you're

munion when he does Another goes

Mass go.

at least that

constantly

Another

Mass and

and

stopped.

receives

Com-

a devout Methodist.

the sacraments regularly.

All of them have goodfamilies

The Our

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

CNS

mind missing. and raise their children

well, but practicing their faith isn't important.

get along well together, big holiday celebrations

why God

letting

them

Columnist

so on.

lose their souls.

Second, souls."

There

wrong to assume they will lose their no way you can possibly know how they

stand before God.

first

reaction

crowd.

and

is,

hardly

mean this know a family

don't

at all

today

some degree, doesn't have a similar story That may be no great consolation, but at least it

You

regret that they are missing something very

important to you, the advantages of a

full

Catholic

which, at least to

prayer, the Eucharist and the sacraments.

that regret

tell.

put your experience in perspective.

starts to

understand correctiy,

seems you're asking two condition of your children?

questions:

What is

And what

can you do about their religious

the spiritual

address the second

first,

lifestyles?

the answer

"not very

You've done your best to give them a good religious education and training. It's now their life and their responsibility. The most you can do is to much," at

least directiy.

support them with your prayer and example, and help

way they are open to, to be good spouses and parents now for their families. This is the hard part for parents in situations like yours. After years of caring for the large and small aches and hurts of their children, parents come to feel as if there them, in every

should be a solution to everything, something that will

make

things "well" again, the

way they want them for their

children. It's

a major step to peace of heart to acknowledge this

and never has been. Some things are possible, is much you will never be able to control, nor should you. They're adults, and the burden is on them. just isn't true

said,

but there

by the Pharisees and

backs.

usually

and

ydur opinion of this mess? (Kentucky)

flippantiy, join the

later quizzed

he open your eyes?" This time his response was that Jesus was "from God." Finally, Jesus himself asked him if he believed in the Son of Man, and revealed himself to him. And the man born blind believed in him and worshipped him. As children learn about Jesus, their understanding unfolds over time and develops as they mature into adulthood. Even as adults we begin to see God's redeeming action through Christ as we traverse life's tragedies and set-

Corner

fifth goes fairly regularly, but doesn 't

What

the Gospels

much clamoring over this amazing event the Pharisees summoned him again and pressed him asking, "What did he do to you? How did

Catho-

fourth attends church only on Christmas and Easter.

I keep wondering

When

Question

All went 12 years

now

father's alcohol problems, but

one misses

new meaning

story of the man born blind from John's gospel poignantly shows how the truth of the gospel is revealed not all at once but little by little. This is also true in families. begin to see more clearly over time as we grow and develop. The intricacies of the story-Jesus making the saliva and dirt compound for the man's eyes, his command to "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, the miraculous cure, the contemptuous Pharisees, the parents under scrutiny-and all the political posturing in the story make this important transformation so subtle it can easily be missed. The truth about Jesus-God's compassionate love for humanity-was to open up to the man born blind in stages and after four separate inquiries. After he was cured of his blindness the man born blind was asked by his neighbors and others, "How were your eyes opened?" In his reply to this first query he attributed this great miracle to "the man called

The

others, he referred to Jesus as "a prophet." After

and never missed Mass while they were growing went through some rough times because of their

Now

Finding

Jesus."

We havefive children.

nature.

schools

up.

showing good

Adult children and the practice of Catholic faith lic

life-

another.

Guest Columnists

your

as well as

changing event to come into play. And that's why we need to be generous and gentle and truthful with one

TERRI

LYKE

Your

she tries to be accommodating, she's

"apple-polishing"

of.

rejoice about.

you don't

When

nerves.

you are, it's just firmness. When he doesn't like your friends,

prejudiced

made

virtues and vices, don't just wait for a crisis or a

What

are so obviously unreasonable.

are really

your values,

personality, your beliefs,

Ever have one of those days when you're going along, feeling fine and then somebody does something to really' aggravate you? After all, whether a driver snags your parking space or a co-worker infringes on your turf or a friend criticizes your child's behavior, it's their fault. There's no doubt about it, it's hard to cut other folks any slack

when they

we show what we

that

ANDREW &

life

I understand and share it with you. But God has a unique relationship with every human being, and that relationship is conditioned, on our side, by countless factors. Even the same circumstances (same

parents,

same education)

affect

each child differendy.

According to their diverse personalities and emotional makeup, children react with greater or lesser adaptability to traumatic circumstances in their environment. The alcohol problem you mention would be one; but others too, which may not be as visible, inevitably affect children's spiritual and religious strengths and outlook in future

Every time a family relationship is broken and restored, for every reconciliation between married partners, for every new dream that arises from a broken promise, for every loving

see

intricacies of family life-from

the

action in the face of disillusionment,

Jesus

The

drama of

clearly for

who he

birth through the

is.

many marking

events of growing up: school, sports, vacations, graduations, hopes and joys, disappointments an sorrows, etc.-can easily push our faith development into the background as a subplot to

our story. Yet, the transformation from blindness to seeing Jesus as he is-the Son of God-is perhaps the most riveting story of our lives. It is truly amazing grace! I once was lost but now I'm found; was blind but now I see.

years. It seems clear to me from your description of what is happening in your family today that God's grace is working in their lives and producing much good. Maybe you need to be satisfied .with that for now. What you have done for them out of love will never be lost, though the results of your caring may not be evident in the way or at the time you would like. Have confidence in the ways God's grace has worked through you, and try to continue loving them and be present for them in the

ways

I said.

Questions for reflection: •

Jesus • •

•

How

has your understanding of who changed over time? How have you been blind to the gospel? Read John: 9:1-41 Who is Jesus to you? is

14 The Catholic News & Herald

March

Around the Diocese

Maryfield goes

TAG News

15,

2002

Butes

out Network offers many to thank benefactors benefits for diocese GERALD POTKAY

By REV. MR.

needed to look for potential accommoda-

Correspondent

POINT —

HIGH vants of the

The Poor SerSisters Com-

munity opened the doors of Maryfield Nursing Home to new and old friends

Tea March

10.

deep-seated tradition of 42 years, the

Poor Servants continue to recognize and thank the people of High Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Jamestown and other communities for their deep moral and financial support, which keeps the dream of Maryfield ever growing. In some cases this assistance goes back for generations. Others have just begun

Another benefactor, Ann Baumgardner,

felt

Pope

very connected to

Maryfield because her brother was a

resi-

dent of over two years before he passed on.

'The Poor Servants absolutely give the finest care to their residents,"

she

said.

Mr. Gerald (336) 427-8218 or e-mail

Contact Correspondent Rev.

Potkay by calling

gpotkay@triad. rr.com.

#4507 of

Council,

of the day.

The 3rd-degree Photos by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay

to the day's events, while 4th-degree

make and

300

serve Irish Coffee to the over

guests.

According to Emily Ragsdale, chairperson of the Advisory Council for Maryfield, she and Frances Craycroft began preparations for this event in early January. After

become

of these years,

all

"it

has

well-oiled machine," said

Ragsdale. Preparations included designing and

all

In past years there ties" to

year

puters. ally

accomplish

three generations of volunteers and benefactors at Maryfield Nursing Home from left are Katharine, Emily and Margaret Ragsdale. Below, Poor Servant Sister Lucy Hennessy, president of Maryfield, is flanked by Joseph Deering, George Coppedge and Robert Lodding, 4th degree Knights from Bishop Hafey Counsel #4507.

the last few years,

all

the food

he said. E-mail and domain names are another plus of the network. Each participating location will have access to the diocesan e-mail server and use of the

name

domain

diocesan

(charlottediocese.org). Centralizing e-

mail will allow for better maintenance

and support, as well

as better utilization

of features, such as distribution

Network

availability

lists.

open to

all

Because of the frame relay, distance is not a restriction, said Geter. "If they have a phone line, they can be on the network," he said.

Charlotte.

cable

the market saturation of DSL,

modems and

the increase of high-

speed Internet connections in other schools, the diocesan network a product of the Technology Plan to enhance

—

the ministry of the diocese

—

intended

meet the growing demand of diocesan employees and students for high bandto

width connections. High speed Internet access is only the first application of this network. Video conferencing, online training and accessible diocesan information are

program used

means one

to prevent un-

authorized access to a network. The network's firewall, considered by Geter to be one of the best in the country, will provide security for all sites, files, confi-

easier in recent years," noted Ragsdale. "In

viewing inappropriate

sites online,"

Kevin Geter, director of Information Technology for the Diocese of

Utilizing one network

"Preparation of the food has been

Web

parishes and schools within the diocese.

firewall, a

misses the parties.

"Parents can worry a lot less about their children

sources for top-notch security.

task; this

was done by databases and comRagsdale said the community actu-

schools, said Geter.

in the re-

potential future additions.

were "addressing par-

awesome

WAN

friends of Maryfield.

this

—

content filtering package be extremely beneficial to the

firewall's

will also

CHARLOTTE The 46-county Diocese of Charlotte continues to get a little closer as its new technology expands. Now up and running is the new diocesan high bandwidth (Wide Area Network), a network that allows schools and parishes to connect and share information with the diocese and each other. Benefits of the network include reduced costs, less maintenance and better updating and protection for participating schools and parishes.

With

Above,

printing 1,000 invitations for mailing in

mid-February to

The

here," said

Knights handled valet parking for visitors Knights, dressed in tuxedos, were on hand

MURRAY

We've got the best software and equipment in

the Knights of Columbus plays a large role in the festivities

Associate Editor

"The diocese has invested

helping in this endeavor.

The Bishop Hafey

By KEVIN

tions for their future.

Mother of God

alike for a St. Patrick's

all

dential documents, e-mail

Currently on the network are nine the seven local schools

outside entities

—

St. Gabriel Church and Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School in Winston-Salem. Being on the network would offer better and more consistent technical support, said Geter, as supporting multiple Internet access methods is inefficient and costly. The diocese recently restructured its Information Technology Department to facilitate better management of the Information Technology infrastructure and offer one point of con-

the Charlotte area,

tact for all technology-related issues.

Geter encouraged other parishes and schools to consider joining the network. "The more entities on the diocesan

WAN, the greater the information flow," he

said.

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—

into place

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Dou-

of Maryfield long before

the beginning of the

St. Patrick's

Tea, was

instrumental in having .Maryfield become incorporated.

Douglas

said that both his

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Maryfield and that both have long since

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