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The sun that rose that first Easter morning saw Mary of Magdela hurrying to the tomb to anoint the body of Jesus. She had witnessed His death on the cross; now she would offer Him her final act of love. An empty tomb awaited her. Yet, within moments, she heard her name, "Mary," and she turned to look upon the Risen Christ. From that graveyard of death she hurried with the message of eternal life: "I have seen the Lord!" Her words echoed throughout the centuries and will continue until the end of time. message of Easter is a message of joy, it is because it is the assurance of eternal life beyond the if we would share in the life offered by Christ, we must first be willing to share in His death. As Christ died for sin, His followers must be willing to die to sin. The message of Easter is essentially spiritual; it has nothing in common with a philosophy that teaches that life on earth has no relationship If the

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grave. But,

with eternal

very Week

life.

America is very slowly emerging from the tomb of grief created by the tragic events of last September. Yet, reports of moral corruption and terrorist attacks continue to destroy innocent lives daily. This is ample proof that, as long as men and

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Him, that

then you were raised with seek what is above, where

hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, Christ

seated at the

then you too

will

right

appear with him

—

human

women

forget

God and

fail

to see

Him

in their

neighbor, selfishness,

heart.

cannot do without Him. Before He came, "might made right." Without you and I would do our part to set the world right, we must be willing to follow Christ with an undivided heart. Discipleship with Christ demands an identity with Him. His life flows into our lives as members of His Body on earth. Nourished and strengthened by His presence in sacrament and prayer, our words and deeds become the extension of His life on earth. God has willed that the Good News of His love and mercy be placed in our hands.

Our world needs

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Christ,

of Easter

Jesus

evil principle will prevail. If

Yes, for Christians, Easter solves the riddle of life and death. It points beyond the grave to the world There we will one day lay down the burdens of our years and, homeward bound, pass to life with Christ and immortality.

to come.

Most Reverend William G. Curlin

glory.

Bishop of Charlotte

— Colossians 3:1-4

The Catholic News & Herald

The World Israeli gunfire

March 22, 2002

Brief

topples

promoting democracy and pluralism in the region also had been tabled, but cautioned that "real progress" depended on local efforts. A practical proposals" for

Mary statue at Bethlehem church

Virgin

JERUSALEM

—

(CNS)

toppled

off" the

120-

Mary was

year-old statue of the Virgin

statement issued after the March 12-13

top of a Bethlehem church

meeting

hours of

Israeli gunfire in the early

March

14. According to Holy Family Maternity Hospital director Dr. Robert Tabash, Israeli tanks rolled down to the Bethlehem-Beit Jalla junction a few yards away from the hospital and started shooting "all over." There were

Palestinian

gunmen

throughout southeastern Europe by promoting youth exchanges, media contacts, prayers for peace and historical tion"

studies.

Bishop Sullivan of Fargo,

in the area, said

succeeded by coadjutor

N.D., resigns, is

Tabash, but there was "absolutely no shooting" from the hospital compound where the church is located. An orphanage is also part of the Holy Family compound.

WASHINGTON Bishop Sullivan, 72,

bishops refute reports of secret deal tied to referendum

—

(CNS)

Ireland

Irish

narrowly defeated government-backed abortion law in exchange for a favorable settlement of child abuse cases. The March 6 abortion referendum was criticized by several pro-life leaders, who said the proposed law would weaken

CNS

photo by Thomas Moloney, Long Island Catholic

the unborn. "It has been suggested by

media that cord, or definite

Calcutta, an ethnic Albanian. Speaking

regarding the proposed constitutional

muscles,

March

some way

linked to

movement of voluntary regardless of whether the um-

government spokesman Sokol Gjoka said Albanian premier 11,

the contribution that religious congrega-

bilical cord has been cut, and regardless of whether the expulsion or extraction

tions have agreed to make to the government's compensation scheme for

(from the mother) occurs as a result of natural or induced labor, Caesarean sec-

tion to rededicate Tirana's Rinas airport

or induced abortion." However, the written and introduced by Rep.

personality" of the late charity worker.

We wish

victims of child abuse.

on record that

to place

suggestion

clearly

absolutely untrue and has no basis in

fact,"

this

the bishops said in a statement.

House passes Born

tion, bill,

Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, makes no attempt to define life "at any point prior to being

Pandeli "as a

Majko had accepted

way of honoring

the

the sugges-

work and

Mother Teresa, who was born Agnes

Gonxha Bojaxhiu

of Albanian parents

on Aug. 26, 1910, in Skopje, now in Macedonia, lived most of her life in Calcutta working for the poor. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Alive Infants Protection Act WASHINGTON (CNS) The House of Representatives passed a bill March 12 that amends the legal definitions of "person," "human being," "child,"

expelled or extracted from his or her

European bishops pledge

mother, and who is alive, is considered a person for purposes of federal law."

to 'deepen reconciliation'

and "individual" to include "every infant

Albania to rename

—

member

of the species

homo

sapiens

alive.'"

that the legislation will firmly es-

tablish "that an infant

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sacred theology.

Pope says church

difficulties

include lack of Christian values

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

St.

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Rd., will be celebrat-

ing the following events: a potluck supper

younger generations, he Speaking to participants in the plenary meeting of the Pontifical Council for Culture, the pope called for the development of "new ways of evangelization" to reach modern men and women. "The transmission of the Gospel message in today's world is particularly difficult, especially because our contemporaries are immersed in cultural environments that are often void of any spiritian values to

said

March

16.

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which essentially

dominate," he

materialistic aspects

said.

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8015 Ballantyne April 2 and every

on March 29; 8 p.m. bilingual Mass followed by a reception sponsored by the Catholic Daughters on March 30; and 8:30 and 11:30 am. Masses on March 31. For further details, call the church office at

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CNS) As proud as they were of his military heroism, the family and friends of fallen Army Ranger Marc A. Anderson wanted people to know that he was a wonderful person long before he was killed trying to save a in

Afghanistan.

Through

their shared memories, those

who

gathered for Anderson's funeral Mass March 1 1 at St. Raphael Parish in St. Petersburg saw many aspects of the 30-year-old who died March 4 serving his country. He was a child who got scared when his brothers put on a grotesque mask, a teacher who would

come

in early

and stay

life was particumarked by an unequivocal affection and commitment to her grandchildren. She will be remembered, too, as a dedicated and caring friend to many. Jeanne's survivors include her husband of 56 years, Gerald, of the home; sister, Joann Scheele of Portland, Ore.; four children, Barbara Baker and her husband, Don of Winston-Salem, Jane Seeley of Mt. Shasta, Calif, Joann Keane and her husband, Jim of Charlotte, and David Seeley of Lake Wylie, S.C.; and six grandchildren, Elizabeth and Cameron Baker, Chris, Paul and Daniel Keane, and Jarod Seeley. She is also survived by five nephews and two nieces.

In recent years, her

larly

late to help

who

loved his niece, and a broadshouldered son who always seemed to be smiling. "Marc loved his country, he loved his students, but most of all, Marc loved his family," said Father Michael Smith, associate pastor of St. Raphael Parish. Faith helps New York's

'singing cop' persevere Until (CNS) six months ago, New Yorkers knew Officer Daniel Rodriguez as the city's singing cop. But since the Sept. 1 terror attacks that brought down the World 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

CNS photo by Dana Wind, NC

Catholic

Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones Jr., R-N.C, has introduced the Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. He told the NC Catholic in Raleigh that the legislation would allow churches to become more engaged in politics without fear of losing

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"The Star-Spangled Banner" at baseball's World Series, the opening

their tax-exempt status.

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 knowing that his growing fame is the result of and a collective national tragedy thousands of individual tragedies. Rodriguez, a lyric "spinto" a tenor

—

In lieu of flowers, the family re-

—

with the range to reach lower notes

made

quests donations are

to the

on leave from the New York Police Department for three months of lessons with opera star Placido Domingo, artistic director of the

American Cancer Society, 500 East Morehead Street, Suite 211, Char-

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New Hispanic pastoral plan in the works By KEVIN

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Before one can mincommunity, one must understand the needs of that community. Approximately 30 Hispanic community members from the Hickory, Asheville and Hendersonville areas and diocesan leaders met to offer input on a

portant to one was important to oth-

ister to a

ers," said Sister

March

14. It

were the same

was the

first

Andrea

The January

Once

Inkrott, O.S.F.,

who

Photo by Kevin

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Andrea Inkrott, O.S.F., director of Hispanic ministry for the Diocese of Charlotte, works with Hispanic community members during the first of five meetings to critique and develop a new Hispanic pastoral plan for the diocese at St. Aloysius Church March 14. Sister

meeting, held at the

Catholic Conference Center in Hickory,

was arranged ,for coordinators of His-

ing number of Spanish-speaking persons in the Diocese of Charlotte. The plan will be an updated and diocese-focused version of three previous national Hispanic pastoral plans

—

"The Hispanic Presence: Challenge and Commitment" (1983); "Prophetic Voices" (1986); and "The National Pastoral Plan" (1988) developed by the

—

National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"We came up

with a lot of ideas," said Sister Andrea. "We had a small task force of volunteers that worked hard to put those ideas into four categories. worked on those categories

tonight."

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everyone was voting the same way." Once all of the meetings are finished in April, the task force will review the responses and formulate a preliminary plan, which will be critiqued again in another series of community meetings.

of five area

coordinating the meetings.

to see

mindset," said Bernal.

Church

director of Hispanic ministry,

"One of the

was

meetings over the next two months to help shape the plan to be implemented within the next three years. "We met to prioritize the ideas brought up in the meeting on January 30," said Sister

Anglos

as those of the

the meeting," said Sister Andrea.

of Charlotte Hispanic pas-

toral plan at St. Aloysius

Andrea. "And by and

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Around the Diocese

Nephew chronicles the life of St. David —

Pictured left is Father David Uribe Velasco, who was canonized on May 21, 2000 by Pope John Paul II. St. David's remains were originally entombed near the altar at St. Anthony of Padua in Buenavista,

of the

nine years old, he only recognized

very

special

Mexico, where he had served. Upon his canonization, his remains were buried under the altar of the church where they remain today.

his

grandmother's house. As Uribe began inquiring about the contents, his grandmother explained that the box contained dirt, hair and dried blood from his martyred great uncle, Father David Uribe Velasco, who was canonized on May 21, 2000, by Pope John Paul II. St. David's feast day is

May

For Uribe, questions and answers came as he grew in wisdom and understanding. He discovered that his mother was the last person to be baptized by Father Velasco with the sacrament administered secredy in his grandmother's

home, which was a It

dirt floor

was disheartening

adobe house.

to find out that

for three years, Father Velasco's remains

dug by a where he died due to fear of persecution. Yet, it was also amazing for Uribe to learn about the travels in years to come of Father stayed in the shallow grave train

worker

at the spot

Three years following murdered

priest

him

questions, I'm

to hear every

know

still

little detail.

have

drawn I want

his death,

— brother

— dug up

to the

the grave

placing the bones in a small box.

He took

them

to Las Nueces, a place in the Buenavista countryside where family members could gather to pray secretly at night. The remains were then taken to his sister Vicenta's house in Buenavista, where after a prayer gathering, they were buried inside the house under a bed (the house had dirt floors). Only the family knew of the body's whereabouts. Years later, the remains were en-

tombed near the altar at St. Anthony of Padua in Buenavista where Father

celebrated his

first

Mass

home Anon March

in his

church of San Antonio de Padua

thony of Padua)

Buenavista

(St.

Shortly thereafter, he became the

personal secretary for Bishop Antonio

Courtesy Photo

teaching

Then

they were

in 1942,

moved to a wall near the entranceway with a plaque recognizing his martyrdom. Upon his canonization, his remains were buried under the altar where they remain today. In May 2001, 10 priests concelebrated at the first anniversary Mass of Father Velasco's canonization. Uribe, at

who

now warehouse

Arley Corporation

supervisor

Matthews and

helps support his parents in Buenavista,

money

sent

for the celebration feast after

the Mass.

After arriving in close friends with his

Tom

Shortell, at

Community

Monroe

skills

and a humble and

suffer-

ing obedience to church authority. Since early childhood, Father Velasco

demon-

and willingness to answer God's call and make the ultimate sacrifice to defend God, the church and his fellow man. In his sermons, he preached Mexico's devotion to their queen and prayed that this devotion would continue. He was outspoken on three very important topics: religion, union and independence. His remarks condemned the policies of the government to try to eradicate the Catholic Church and estabstrated a desire

Hernandez Rodriguez of Tabasco. Within a year of his ordination, persecution of the Catholic Church spread throughout Mexico. At that time, Father Velasco and the bishop were ordered by church officials to leave Tabasco and go to the city of Chilapa back in the state of Guerrero.

Father Velasco carried on his pastowith prudence and zeal. His

ral ministry

arrest

first

came on a return

from

trip

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many

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Velasco served.

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and

uncle, Luis Uribe,

Velasco," said Uribe. "Although

handmade wooden item, but until Jose Gabriel Arizmendi Uribe was nearly

something

church.

to return to Buenavista

who is 94 years old and remembers Father

was a sacred place with candles and a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe keeping vigil. Relatives in front

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want

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Around

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From previous page

a ride that

hometown of

ing Catholicism in Mexico. When the Mexican National Press published Archbishop Monsignor Jose Mora Del Rio's

During this train ride, Father Velasco was offered a pardon if he would renounce the Catholic Church and accept a position as bishop in the new Schismatic Mexican Church. He

request that the five Articles of the Consti-

declined.

Buenavista.

president of Mexico, he focused on destroy-

tution

—

articles positioned against the

Catholic Church

—

into a declaration of war. In

June 1926, he

also signed a decree reforming the penal

was very

code, which

regarding

specific

the treatment and punishment toward the

church and clergy.

The

Cristeros, as the rebelling

Catholics were known, fought against

War. On July

to as the Cristera

He was

addressed the soldiers, "Brothers, kneel

the government from July 1926 through 1929 in what became referred

to receive God's blessings.

with

20,

all

heart and

God

forgive

you

only ask that

you pray

nonexistent. Dutifully following orders,

about to murder him and distributed

Father Velasco left his parish church of San Francisco de Asis (St. Francis of Assisi) in Iguala, encouraging his parishioners to be calm, prudent and pa-

among them

Then he

home

of a neighbor.

in the

secretly minis-

brief visits. all,

Father Velasco was arrested

was on April taken by train

three tiipes. His final arrest 7,

1927, in Iguala.

He was

blessed the

men who were

his watch, rosary, crucifix

Father Velasco was shot once in the back of the head and left by the side of the road. Daniel Casarrubias, a native of Buenavista and worker in the nearby train station, heard the shot. He sent his son to investigate, since a boy wandering in the countryside would not arouse suspicion. When the son confirmed that it was Father Velasco, Casarrubias telegraphed the news of his death to his

tered to his flock through letters and In

soul.

and other personal items.

Before leaving, he protected the it

for

never forget you when

before him."

tient.

Blessed Sacrament by hiding

will

For

1926, at the request of the Mexican bishops and with the approval of the Vatican, all Catholic priests abandoned their churches and public worship was

part,

millennium's watchmen By KEVIN

hometown.

MURRAY

sense of right or wrong,

has no continuity

Associate Editor

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HUNTERSVILLE

his last will

his jail cell.

enforced the Constitutional Provisions and

The youth are the

April 11, 1927, Father Velasco

and testament from taken from his cell early in the morning on April 12, 1927, the Tuesday of Holy Week and driven to a remote site near San Jose Vidal. Getting out of the car, Father Velasco kneeled and prayed to God for forgiveness of his sins, for the salvation of Mexico and for the church. Rising and with a paternal voice he wrote

Calles seized the op-

portunity to twist the intent of the article

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Book Review

Poetry for the soul ELIZABETH RACKOVER News Service

moment

Word to Life

box with a simply which dead twigs,

mother and child, and the is conveyed through achingly simple words. It is deftly and beautifully done, and I wonder who he talked to, where he got his information, to

gathered by a crow, taken back to the

strike such female chords with such thrill-

Reviewed by

Catholic

John O'Donohue's "Conamara Blues"

had

right out of the

poem

structured

for

spiritual intensity

become

tree,

a nest to

with dreams.

That

—

anybody's window on any given January day, and make them suddenly

soul.

Less inspiring is Franciscan Father

magical, even hopeful.

the images; on the

must

19-20, 23-24

4) Gospel:

Days such

Matthew 26:14-27:66

as these are so

momen-.

tous and our emotional response so

deep and complex that they leave us

BOZENA CLOUTIER

Catholic

wordless and spent. Those days change us.

News Service

were stationed

Hawaii

when our 7-month-old daughter, Marie, developed an eye infection. The

I thought of that day as I looked over the readings for Palm Sunday. I experienced a multitude of feelings

base pediatrician told us to take her to

and found myself secretly wishing

the hospital to consult with specialists.

that

Once

somehow

those familiar passages

her overnight, but the

ings to end with death and desolation.

This book begs some

viding

—

passion knowledge of you want the truth

al-

thanks.

22:8-9,

Levertov" volume from the Pauline Books' "Poetry as Prayer" series.

dences and rhythms are

work at

Marie home. There we wept and gave

Psalm

would be

Murray Bodo's "Denise

contrary, they

Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-11 24,

team of doctors examined Marie. Some were for keeping

ca-

smooth and confident. The reader doesn't have to

—

A Readings:

3) Phillipians 2:6-11

—

fatal.

2) Isaiah 50:4-7

images from nature's wintry bracken, seen through

O'Donohue's

slim and sturdy. poetry that first makes you feel, then think it is food and drink for the hungry, traveling

eling

common

be able to take

"She could have died." "Could have died" the words were comprehensible, but unbelievable. Wordlessly, numbly, we took

March

just the right size for trav-

—

poetry

"Conamara Blues"

fill

the brain and could have been

Cycle

ing accuracy.

"vacancy" of the parent

Sunday Scripture Readings:

March 24, 2002

was

there, a

This year

final decision

we could take her home we brought her in the

that

thing the next morning or

there

different.

did not

want the read-

I wanted Jesus to be honored, for the crowd to take his side, for him to be recognized for who he was and spared

profirst

was

any change in her condition. Next morning, just as we were

die cruelty of torture and slow death. to be spared the pain, helplessness

counter a poet whose

body of work It is some way into the book before the reader encounters

leaving for the hospital, the pediatri-

work lands somewhere

snippets of poetry.

We are

between Hopkins (less manic) and Yeats

then told where Levertov

tal he became uncharacteristically angry and literally ordered us tertake her there right away. Again the team of doctors saw her and to our joy pronounced that she was significantly better. Trying to understand our

most be fought

off forced

for, if

—

to recede so that the next

can be absorbed.

lines

delightful to en-

It is

was when she wrote the

poem

back).

laid

(slightly

Levertov's poetry as a

—

question

Fiercely proud of the Irish

physically, emotionally,

landscape, not to say state

and spiritually, of course. I found myself wanting less information about Levertov from a third person, and more information from the writer, herself since

of mind, the writer gives us outlines not just of to-

pography but of the soul itself Is it fair to say it's a given that the works of nature in and of themselves glorify God? They do, in O'Donohue's poems, but with a certain wildness that feels as scary as

God

himself

might be if you met him on the moor around sundown. And hey! How does this guy manage to get inside Mary's head in his poems 'The Annunciation" and 'The Visitation"? the revelation of the human and mingling with the divine. Chief among many notable lines: "She awakens a stranger in her own life" and In both

felt

that

the unique property of poetry

—

the

transubstantiation of the writer's heart and

Having this

said

that,

all

warm and

dissertation about Levertov. Father first

Bodo

admired, then became acquainted

with his subject through poetry. But

ulti-

book fails to charm because the bottom line for any poet is the work itself; telling me about the inspiration and leavthis

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hearing that she was not in the hospi-

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"An anxious moon doubles her among the stone." In the poem 'The Nativity," the last two lines both glorify and humanize the

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is falling in love again something peculiar about the greatest

Easter There

The Pope

ebration of the liturgical year.

Speaks

date every year because

We moon; the

Guest

cel-

Column

actually celebrate this great event at a different

go by the phases of the Easter on the first Sunday after still

we celebrate moon of the spring

in fact,

first full

coincide with the rebirth of

equinox, obviously set to that erupts

life

from an ugly

bulb planted in the winter ground, representing a message

of hope from nature. So be lilies

POPE JOHN PAUL

really don't

make

it!

FATHER JOHN

Rabbits, eggs, butterflies and

AURILIA,

Easter, but they are powerful signs

OFM CAP

Guest Columnist

of fertility, resurrection and hope. In a cartoon called 'The

Family Circus," two children have discovered their Easter baskets and are busily enjoying the contents. One of the children asks,

Pope says God has power to overturn

—

Virgin Mary's Magnificat, the thanksgiving in the

Old Testament

hymn

a mother's

God who takes the side of the poor and humiliated, Pope John Paul II said. Both prayers recognize God as the Lord of life and death, the one who has the power to turn the normal course of events upside down, the pope said March 20 at his weekly general audience in St. profession of faith in a

Peter's Square.

The

pope's reflection on Hannah's

hymn was

part of a continuing series of audience talks

have been

many cemeteries

never seen an empty tomb. after

other

blessing tombs, and yet

also

have

know that usually people die

some illness. The Lord, to the best of my knowledge, was

perfectly healthy,

and yet

his

days were numbered.

The two Marys who went

to the

tomb were

tomb empty, and

also

don't blame

astonished in seeing the

miraculous because she was sterile. "Hannah's sterile womb was like a tomb, and

empty tomb is as important as the cross. Were it not for die empty tomb, the cross would have been a ttagedy. The two Marys were determined to see the Lord again. Perhaps the crucified Lord was only die begin-

God made

bring forth

life

because

the soul of every living thing and the

all

life

his

hand

breath of

rection,

when

see a foreshadowing of the Resur-

life

definitively

By reading

understand

tiiat

ning of their

mankind,'" the pope said. "In this,

'in

them.

triumphs over death,"

continue.

magnet

our

the account of the resurrection,

The pope

spiritual journey. fall

lives.

in love

thrones and

said

that,

Their love story had to

Mary, whose

filling

sings a

the

hungry with good

make

in love

with

fall

us,

in love

not with

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the fact that the

at the

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ones to witness the empty tomb.

resurrection,

about "witnessing" the cross and the empty

The

reality is that

must be more than

who were

lilies,

really listen to

resurrection.

whenever we experience or life and our lives. Easter

celebrate his

rabbits, butterflies

what the Gospels

and eggs when

tell

us about the

We Catholics are the Gospels' people, who. see

the real Jesus, not simply the picture or the statue.

Actress Arlene Francis was strolling in the park one day when she saw a very beautiful little girl at play so beautiful, in fact, that Ms. Francis could not resist congratulating the child's mother, who was nearby. 'Your daughter is the most beautiful child I have ever seen," she said. She looks so healthy too: her skin, her hair, her eyes,

—

her teeth, everything.

don't think I've ever seen a child so

beautiful as she." "Oh, that's nothing," said the mother, "you

should see the picture!"

Happy

Easter Season

...

and enjoy the

real

person of

Jesus in our Eucharistic banquet.

hymn

praising

hymn,

"the strong are humiliated,

God who

In Hannah's

Samra

says: "Our modest aim is to recapture the spirit of humor, unity and healing power of the early Christians. We try to be merry more than twice a year!" That resonated with me. I often have wondered why more emphasis isn't placed on humor in liturgy and worship. After all, humor, like everything else in life, is part of God's invention, so why have we ignored it so when it comes to remembering the Lord? Not that the saints did. Many of diem were infamous

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joy,

things,

"over-

Line

turns destinies."

weak

things.

widi die Lord, he becomes a

We search for liim because we want to

Magnificat speaks of God casting rulers from their

the

we clearly

God-

said.

Hannah

the

Once you

Our Risen Lord

witness Jesus,

days are numbered."

everything about the

advertising business tries to

tilings.

tomb.

Hannah's prayer is recited in the temple as she offers God her son, Samuel, whose birth was seen as

yet

The with

Mom

know

don't

Man who died for us, until we become part of his love story.

cold.

an aspirin, have a fine record. You've never been sick before, and this is your thirty-fourth day here." Later, the boy wrote home: "Deaiand Dad, today I got sick and guess what! The nurse said

him

be with

therefore,

summer camp went to the infirmary The nurse said to him, "I'll give you and you'll feel much better. By the way, you boy

little

complaining of a

used in morning prayer.

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"Who

'The Easter Bunny." Then, the philosophical exchange continues: "Who gave us the jelly beans?" The Easter Bunny. "And the chocolate rabbit?" The Easter Bunny. Clearly, for those two little children, nothing was impossible for the Easter Bunny. Then the family went to church. They heard the preacher say, 'They came to the tomb and saw the stone had been rolled back. Who could have done this? To which the two children cried out in unison, 'The Easter Bunny." For me the most powerful symbol is die empty tomb. I child replies,

are girded with strength, the well-fed

go in

desperate search of food, the hungry are seated at a

sumptuous banquet and the poor are raised from the ashes and given glorious thrones," he said. 'These are professions of faith pronounced by two mothers in the face of the Lord of history who comes to the defense of the least, the poor and unhappy, the offended and humiliated," the pope

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debate and

its

settlement.

for

how

they accentuated the positive

smile. St. Francis of Assisi did

—

with, I'm sure, a

some pretty funny things

and he strongly advised: "Leave sadness to the devil. The devil has reason to be sad." And St. Teresa of Avila would pray, "From somber, serious, sullen saints, his

said.

At the end of the audience, Pope John Paul offered his prayers and condolences to the family of Marco Biagi, an Italian government economic adviser murdered March 19 outside his home. Biagi was working on a hotly contested reform of Italian labor law, and the pope prayed that a climate of harmony and peace would mark the

Columnist

The healing power of laughter was reading the latest issue of "The Joyful

Noiseletter" and, as usual, found myself laughing at

the items.

one of

Indiana priest, Father Gregory Chamberlin,

life,

save

us,

O Lord."

There's a little-known fairy tale that ber, precisely

because

was

heaven?'

then the laughing

"One young theologian

gotta

yelled at the top of his voice,

die!'"

For reminding me of the importance of laughter, I silently thanked Cal and Rose Samra, founders of 'The Fellowship of Merry Christians." Theirs is a they are Christians. I

especially applaud

Humor Month."

them

for proclaiming April as

Samra says reverwas at Easter that the biggest joke in the world occurred. 'The joke that God played on Satan by rising from the dead was indisputably the greatest and most imaginative practical joke in the "Holy

ently, this

Because, Cal

Eastertime, and

history of the world."

Explaining the fellowship he founded in the early

'80s,

about a

always remem-

woman who

never

told she couldn't

have children

until she

laughed

five

times.

how she learns to laugh and woman becomes this beautiful woman, who now has new life. And because she has new life, she can now give new life, and she is able to have children. InterestThe

story goes on about

ing that the key to having

Laughter

once again

ministry of getting Christians to smile, precisely because

laughed. She got married and couldn't have children. She

it in, and it went like this: "One Sunday morning before the beginning of Mass, I asked a group of children 'What do you have to do to get to

had sent

new

life in

this tale

wonderful for relationships.

laughter.

The famous

comedian Victor Borge said it best: "A smile is the shortest distance between two people." I have found so many wonderful quotes from respected people who understood the importance and need for humor. Abraham Lincoln said, "If it were not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office." I quite agree with the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr who once said that 'liumor is a prelude to faith, and laughter is the beginning of prayer." I'm convinced, by the way, that heaven is a fun place, full

of joy and laughter.

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Everyone talks about love in was unconditional. For a long time I think we just thought that's the way it's supposed to be. Didn't realize how great was his giving,

only real father figure

One

was

the family. His

Candle

had.

real. In fact, it

Our Turn

his sacrifice for us."

Jonathan continued, "For a

heroes. In

of my

lot

life, I

looked for

teenage years, the heroes were mostly

power and

professional athletes. Their

success, the adula-

made them bigger than life. They were for a time. Then as I got older and more career came to admire money and those who made a

tion they enjoyed,

my heroes

MSGR. JIM LISANTE

oriented,

Guest Columnist

lot

of it. So people

Gates became

like Bill

"Recentiy, watching ifiness,

Close to

home heroes

THERESE

BORCHARD

my heroes.

CNS

grandfather struggle with

Columnist

got focused on what really makes someone a hero.

And remembering my

grandfather's devotion to us, his

Why

was called recently to officiate at the funeral for a high school classmate's Dad. He was a true nobleman, his father, always doing for others. Jim Nevins not only went to church regularly, he also put his faith into action. There are coundess families, down on their luck, who had occasion to seek his help through decades of service in the St Vincent de Paul Society. He never turned his back on anyone. At home, Jim faced his own challenges. He had a

have the eyes to see. Sometimes they come in the form of stooped and wrinkled figures. Sometimes those worn out

I'm sticking with the church even now you continue to place your trust in the Catholic Church after hearing about all those priests? I hear this question a lot these days. The topic surfaces at most play groups and moms' hours that I attend. Predictably, within the first half hour of our meeting, someone will mention the latest bit on the priest pedophilia scandal. As if

beloved daughter in a

bodies hide hearts of radiant gold.

choreographed, there are simultaneous shrieks of

and

his equally

marriage. After three beauti-

difficult

times, his absolute,

who my truest hero So many of us admire, to look up

devoted wife welcomed their daughter and

got on

witii the business

children.

of raising a

know from my

own

classmate

was not always

these three children, that the going

Children are the greatest miracle

Maybe we

look too

far.

There could if

are in

disgust and disappointing sighs.

Most of these young moms would agree with me

matter where

easy.

are to

Rising in

And

instructions.

and through

gray

our whole family eternally.

Faithfulness and love leave their

own

legacy.

Jim

how outraged

Nevins, rest in peace.

ALL

But

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IN THE FAMILY,

New

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family. I

Why

celebrate

can't

mas and

Easter on a

first full

moon

the

first

Sunday

It's

would a

knowing

want

it.

But I wouldfeel

body will be divided that way.

Thank God it's still voluntary, I think, and we're not forced to make these donations. Does tlie church still encourage it?

(New

CNS

York)

A. Donating organs and body tissue after death will I've

explained previously,

however, the church, and the pope very

explicitly,

urge us to

respond generously to the need for transplant organs.

Perhaps better than any further comment of mine following letter

column.

received, also responding to the

comes from a 72-year-old

who carries

in his

the

same

father of eight children,

wallet

To: Doctors, Hospitals, Emergency Medical Personnel,

a certain

moment

a doctor will determine that

brain has ceased to function, and for

all

intents

and pur-

my life has stopped. When that happens, don't call this my death bed. Call my "bed of life," and let my body poses

be taken to help others lead

—Give my —Give my

sight to a

without

fuller lives.

man who

has never seen a

woman. whose own heart has

sunrise, a baby's face or love in the eyes of a

heart to a person

— Ms. Lewinsky —

I felt

when

experienced

the Boston priest scandal

We expect flawless character and moral pufrom our political and spiritual leaders. We put them on high too high in my estimation

—

Like most Americans, I didn't pin my disappointment over Clinton on George W. Bush just

caused nothing but endless days of pain.

—

Give my brain to: Brain and Tissue Bank for Development Disorders, 655 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, 21201-1599. My hope is they can find a way to cure dystonia and Tourette's syndrome, both of which I have. Give my blood to the teen-ager who has been pulled from the wreckage of his car so that he might live to

—

because the two share the same job. So

one who depends on machine —Give my from week someone who —Give my smoking soon enough. —Take my and my way and make —Take my and them grow kidneys to

could not quit

bones, every muscle, fiber

body,

find a

let

nerve

a crippled child walk.

so a speechless

and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window. Send what is left of my body to be used for study and training of new doctors. If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all my prejudice against my fellow man. Give my sins to the devil. Give my soul to God. If you wish to remember me, do it with a kind word or deed

child will shout at the crack of a bat

—

someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever. I am grateful to this Ohio reader for sharing with the rest of us this much-needed and hopeful reminder of the good we can do even after we die. to

why

the

as an institution at fault for the

grave, personal disorders of a handful of

its

minis-

And why have the reports of a few pedophiles tainted many people's respect for the priesthood in ters?

general?

That's not

to week.

Church

Catholic

see his grandchildren play.

cells

woman

same nausea

rity

lungs to

profession

pedestals.

to exist

always be voluntary, of course.

it's

would no more desert it than with a prison record or an alcoholic I

broke.

Columnist

column about donating bodily organs

that

the

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

Concern over donating organs bot/iered me. It's fine if oiliers

my home. sister

No way.

dysfunctional but that

confidence would

with that

after

of spring.

recent

church

sion that he did have an inappropriate relationship

dated

agreement seems yet a long way off

Your

a trusted priest, a friend of the

any way.

ment is not immune to corruption. I'm not that naive. When Bill Clinton admitted on national televi-

Arguments concerning the date for Easter, some of them quite bitter and prolonged, have been going on for centuries "among Christians. Not long ago a new effort was under way to find a more consistent Sunday for the celebration (as, for example, the first Sunday of April), but

terrible

Corner

specific date, like Christ-

determined by the lunar calendar because

according to lunar cycles. Easter

Question

otherfeasts? (Oklahoma)

A. Easter

its bad apples. How have in the health-care system if I knew about every physician who had been busted with medical malpractice? I might bury life savings under my mattress if I learned about all the small Enrons out there. And I know the govern-

confusion, especially with school schedules.

of its connection with the Jewish Passover, which the

lot

him

father.

The different dates for Easter and

the most severe

won't leave the church over

The

inconvenience

I'd

family, abused

For

person's respect and dignity,

thwarting healthy emotional, psychological and spiritual development, and often causing permanent damage. Each morning when I sit down with my paper and coffee and read about the most recent charge of pedophilia, I think about my little prince and imagine

much Q. The different dates for Easter each year cause a

young

violation of a

You

At the funeral service, one of those children, now a grown and married man in his twenties, got up to speak. His name is Jonathan, and his words were simple, eloquent, and powerful testimony to the power of one life well lived for others: 'In so many ways, my Granddad was the

Her

that sexual molestation of children

A warm and bright sunshine amidst the cloudy A spot of colorful joy that doesn't fade away

sometimes that includes being there through the valleys and mountaintops of daily living. Jim Nevins was there for those children, always.

only

Grandpa

heart,

the world, but they

to.

You learn by doing, and mistakes. The key is faithfulness,

come with

don't

longtime plans and

new generation Tom, the uncle

Grandpa"

How can

eulogy took the form of a poem:

You

put aside their

It's

seek someone special to emulate, to

Jenny, Jonathan's sister also spoke that day.

her children into their home.

The Nevinses

is.

be some truly remarkable people close to home,

her husband walked out. Jim Nevins

ful babies arrived,

humor even in difficult and always freely-given love, I realized

his great sense of

self-sacrifice,

fair.

blame the pedophiles for their heinous crimes. But also blame the press for making pedophilia seem I

unique to the Catholic Church. Unfortunately, sexual abuse of children happens in churches, seminaries and of virtually all religions and professions. Although the exact number of pedophilia cases in the United States is not known, Father Stephen Rossetti, a psychologist and adviser to the U.S. bishops, believes that the rate of child molestation by priests is probably no different from that of the offices

general population.

How

can

continue to place

trust in the

Catholic Church after such horrifying stories?

Because of the priests love.

me,

Because of the one

who

never forgets

know, and die

priests

who married my husband and

my birthday, my feast day, my

wedding anniversary Because of the one whom with my life and my son's life. That's why.

trust

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March 22, 2002

the News

Charlotte native honored for

Administrative Committee

commitment to

puts sex abuse of minors on

â€”

BELMONT

Belmont Abbey

College announced Charlotte entrepreneur, Robert

M. Gallagher,

a special gala on

March 11. The Gallagher

Award include, Herman Blumenthal, Bynum and Rebecca Carter, Howard A.

Grace

"Humpy" Wheeler, Jr., Felix S. Sabates, Thomas Efird, and Father Mauricio W.

campus

West, vicar general and chancellor of the

as this

year's recipient of the annual

Award

public service

Diocese of Charlotte.

was

agenda of General Meeting WASHINGTON istrative

â€”

The AdminCommittee of the United

Sexual Abuse was given the charge to review these suggestions and others

which it may surface to recommend a comprehensive response on the national level at our June General Meet-

in atten-

Gallagher has served on the college's

States Conference of Catholic Bishops

dance, as well as Bishop William G. Curlin

Board of Advisors and its Board of Trustees. A 1972 graduate of the college, Gallagher earned the Belmont Abbey College's Alumnus of the Year in 2000. Holding degrees in economics, business, and tax law, Gallagher currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of his own company, Good Will Publishers, Inc., one of the largest publishers and distributors of religious and value-oriented books in the country.

has put the problem of sexual abuse of minors by clergy on the agenda of the

family

of the Diocese of Charlotte, Dr. James Gearity, president of

Belmont Abbey

College, and Abbot Placid

Solari, O.S.B.,

chancellor of the college.

The Grace Award,

presented by the

Belmont Abbey College Associates and the Board of Advisors, is presented to an outstanding individual whose contributions and commitments have significantly improved the quality of life throughout the region and

whose others.

life

serves as an inspiring example to

The award

named

for Charles

"Chuck" Grace, president of Cummins Atlantic, Inc., of Charlotte and a longtime supporter of Belmont Abbey College. Others who have received the Grace

In addition to his

Gallegher has been

work for

the college,

active in other civic

events and served on a

number of church

counsels and boards.

June General Meeting of the

full

body

of Bishops. The Conference's Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse has been asked to review and report on recommendations leading to "a comprehensive response on the national level" to ensure "the safety of children and the healing of victims and their families." The Administrative Committee is made up of nearly 50 Bishops whose responsibilities are to carry on the work of the Conference between Gen-

Meetings and to

eral

set the

agenda

for these meetings. will be

held in Dallas, June 13-15.

The Administrative Committee issued the following statement:

members of

Catholic Bishops, meeting in

"We,

Wash-

ington, D.C., discussed with the greatest concern the problem of sexual abuse of minors by clergy which, we profoundly regret, has so wounded God's people. We recognize our responsibility as bishops to ad-

and Dr. James Gearity, president of Belmont Abbey, flank entrepreneur Robert Gallagher, this year's recipient of the annual Grace Award. The award was presented at a special gala on campus

March

Solari, O.S.B.,

affirm the five principles first

curred. "2. If such an allegation is supported by sufficient evidence, relieve the alleged offender promptly of his

ministerial duties and refer

him

for

appropriate medical evaluation and "3. Comply with the obligations of civil law as regards reporting of the incident and cooperating with the in-

vestigation. "4.

Reach out to the victims and and communicate sin-

their families

commitment

cere

to their spiritual

to prevent

and emotional well-being. "5. Within the confines of respect for privacy of the individuals involved, deal as openly as possible with the members of the community. "The full body will be asked to consider how these principles can be further developed and whether additional principles should be formu-

sexual abuse and to assure a safe en-

lated as the foundation for future ac-

vironment

tion."

dress this problem

Abbot Placid

"We

announced in 1992, "1. Respond promptly to all allegations of abuse where there is reasonable belief that abuse has oc-

the Administrative

Committee of the U.S. Conference of

Photo courtesy of Belmont Abbey College

families.

intervention.

The June General Meeting

the

ing that ensures the safety of children and the healing of victims and their

"We

effectively.

discussed a variety of recom-

mendations for means for children.

"The Ad Hoc Committee on

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Chocolate Sunday offers Bible study class

much for children By JOANITA M.

NELLENBACH

—

said.

"We want

to support

our

children and to support their partici-

Correspondent

HIGHLANDS

tor,

experiences Seder meal

Chocolate

crosses and bunnies carried by

mem-

bers of the parish's youth group were part of the offertory procession at Our

Lady of the Mountains (OLM) March 3. About a dozen youngsters participated.

Father William M. Evans blessed the unusual gifts that they might bring joy and happiness to those who receive them. This was "Chocolate Sunday," a project to provide gifts to REACH of Macon County. The chocolate goodies were placed in eight Easter baskets that will be combined with baskets from other groups throughout the community and given to children who are victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse in their own homes. Chocolate Sunday was also the "kickoff to youth participation in liturgy, at least on a monthly basis," Mary Beth Brody, OLM's choir direc-

don't want them not coming to church when they're teen-agers because (they think) it's boring, and they didn't have a good experience." Brody got the idea from a Catho-

pation.

New

Orleans where youth were much-involved in the litlic

Church

CHARLOTTE

—

The daytime

Bible study class at St. Matthew Church participated in a Seder meal as a follow-up to the group's study of the Book of Revelation March 12. Group member Elizabeth Hoffman hosted the meal, which is a Passover ceremony. The ceremony paralleled part of the Catholic Mass, according to group

detail in

hosting the Seder and

The group wanted

to thank

credible faith tion to them.

The Rock

Bible study class uses the Little

Scripture's unique combination of

study, reflection and prayer to lead to a

transformation of will offer

class

kets, Easter grass, jellybeans, plastic

edgeable in biblical events, spared no

Scripture's study of the

OLM

Hoffman

and her inthat serves as an inspira-

choir donated the bas-

The

for her spiritual leadership

member Aida Tamayo. Tamayo said that Hoffman, who is extremely knowl-

urgy.

made

a wonderful learning event for the class.

faith.

the

In April, the

Little

Rock

book of Exodus.

eggs, ribbon and the cellophane to cover the baskets. A collection the week before provided the money for

the chocolate. To emphasize the Chocolate-Sunday theme, Brody said, "The boys passed out ice cream sundae glasses during Mass, and the congregation contributed."

After Mass everyone ate cream sundaes in the church hall.

ice

Contact Correspondent Joanita M. Nellenbach by calling (828) 627-9209 or e-ma il jnell@dnet. net.

Photo courtesy of Aida Tamayo

Elizabeth Hoffman hosts a Seder meal, a Passover ceremony, for the daytime Bible study class at St. Matthew Church in Charlotte March 12.

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She moved to Charlotte in 1949 and began

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liked to talk," she said

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with a laugh.

Mary Timothy

meditation and prayer."

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has worked as a principal and teacher at St

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