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heritage, history Page

— Understanding

and culture is a basic yet in reaching out to immigrants as people who wish to call the United States home, said members of a panel addressing a statewide conference on essential

Catholics share faith,

ordains nine

new bishops ...

Page

immigration.

statewide conference works with Hispanic family members

"The bad economic situation in most of the Latin American countries has forced

social security.

gathered experts in the

the people to leave the land there because

The panel members said a strong family connection exists in Hispanic

not able to support them anymore," Father Brant said. "A Mexican worker here can earn in one day what he earns in

expensive and often dangerous ways of bringing their families into the United

of govern-

fields

ment, law, religion, industry and education to ponder practical solutions for improving in

it's

experience with those they serve, they

Mexico. As long as you have going to be coming here." The panel discussed topics that included the basic needs, expectations and desires of immigrants who come here.

encounter a wide variety of people who hunger for a sense of home, job security

the Hispanic advocacy organization Vin-

and

culo Hispano, said documentation

During "Latinos

two weeks

their panel presentation

North Carolina," four

advocates for Hispanics said in their daily

social belonging.

And work

Those with

immigration influx at survival from financial ruin in their homeland.

an immigration system that has been

News

Experts ponder

Governor's Hispanic/Latino Advisory Council and the North Carolina Legal Immigration Coalition March 16 in Greensboro. The statewide conference

place for nearly a half-century.

Local

whom they

while the people with

are varied in their backgrounds and

experiences, the panelists said

immi-

all

grants to this country share in a

common

that, they're

liana Dubester, executive director of

part of

dream for a better life. 'They are making a leap of faith

Hispanics'

thread of hopes, expectations and needs.

little

"We are a very different many different countries,"

allowed to stay here," said Dubester,

honored at

...

Page 7

people from said

one-to-one on such issues as healthcare and

and many workers are finding

culture,

For many immidream will always

States to be with them.

grants, they said, the

include being in Latin America, though

conditions force "I

who

them

doesn't

new homes. an immigrant

to find

don't think there

dream of going home and

sharing what they accomplished in their life,"

said

Pomerans.

'(But) their plans are

whole family having a job, for giving their

for here, for establishing their

that

one day, perhaps, they will be doing everything that they are doing now, only with a

disabilities

Mass

the Diocese of Charlotte

faith

step

The state's first Legal Immigration Forum was hosted by the North Carolina

Pope

they are as a diverse people of family,

community,

Irish

Western North Carolina

JIMMY ROSTAR

Associate Editor

& H E R A L D

here, for

children the best possible education."

Dr. H. Nolo Martinez, director of

piece of paper that says that they are

who

See IMMIGRATION, page

Katie

Pomerans, a native of Uruguay and an advocate for Hispanics who now coordinates North Carolina State University's NC AgrAbility program in the Triangle. "Some of us have been here for

many years and have raised families And some of us are just arriving,

here.

Faith

trying to establish here, trying to learn to

accompanies

live in a

Northerner down South ...

Page

new

culture and a

dramatically since the current immigra-

visa

fvery Week

was

established in 1952, the

system has stayed

organizers

said.

static,

resulted, they said, including

work

legal

encounter

10-11

make

their

such issues as

authorization,

and

trust of the people that

Entertainment

conference

Long-term problems have

citizenship credentials,

Editorials

environ-

While the economy has changed

tion system

.Pages

new

ment, and trying to survive."

in the

fear

proper and mis-

immigrants

very land they hope to

home.

Discussions included those on immi-

& Columns

grants from a plethora of places across the

.Pages

12-13

who come

world

to this state, while the

conference focused particularly on the

"Jesus spoke to them again,

am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will saying,

not walk

darkness, but will

tremendous influx of Latinos who are North Carolina home these days,

calling

either

permanently or for the time being.

Jesuit Father Paul Brant, chair of the

Immigration Committee of the Governor's ters to Hispanics in 16 counties within the

have the

light of life."

-John 8:12

Photo by Larry Chance

Council on Hispanic/Latino Affairs, minis-

Diocese of Raleigh. On the 'Latinos in North Carolina" panel, he said in his

experience with a mostly Mexican population, he meets people who fight for

Heath applies beeswax with a copper stylus to an intricate pattern on an egg during a Pysanka Egg Writers Retreat at Holy Family Church in Clemmons. Parishioner Ann Michel led the retreat, which weaves spirituality into the Ukrainian style of egg decorating. See story, page 9.

Jeff

The Catholic News & Herald

The World

March 23, 2001

Brief

Some

church policies alien to Hispanics, says N.M. bishop WASHINGTON (CNS) Many Hispanics are kept away from the sacra-

spreads. spreading

—

become concerned, because the more it spreads, the more it affects our parishio-

ments by church practices and policies said Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, N.M. Church authorities need to be more flexible about procedures associated with baptisms, annulments and weddings, he said in a March 14 phone interview. He added that government legal procedures

ners in different parts of the country,"

alien to them,

pastoral problems. Mexican-American bishop was

The

summit

OTTAWA

(CNS)

Speaker discusses improving male-female collaboration in church CHICAGO (CNS) Improved

—

Quebec

—

collaboration

Canadian

women,

a speaker told a national gathering of women March 12. Leodia "Lee" Gooch, program manager for

evangelization and parish outreach in the

CNS

photo from Reuters

Residents make their way through flooded village row though flooded streets in the village of Geten in western Ukraine March 15. Tens of thousands of homes in more than 240 villages and towns have been hard hit by recent flooding in Ukraine.

leadership positions.

Friars resolve land-use dispute

—

added. Father Phan, a professor of

of philosophy at

and culture at The Catholic University of America in Washington, gave the Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety

She and Notre Dame provost Nathan Hatch received a $600,000 grant from Pew Charitable Trusts to cover the expense of students' travel, books, board and housing at Notre Dame,

March

lecture

Pilot

8 at Seton Hall University.

program offers intensive

study of Christian classics ST. LOUIS (CNS) Through

Asian nations offer diverse religious traditions "which can renew and strengthen

—

program

called Traditio,

20 top

the Catholic Church," said Father Peter

pilot

Phan, president of the Catholic Theological Society of America. These traditions include a commitment to family,

college students from across the country

stability, respect

and a sharing

lifestyle,

he said. They are also influencing the United States because millions of Asians have arrived since World War II, he

will

summer at the The program

University of Notre Dame.

— designed

to further the integration of

—

and learning was developed and directed by Eleonore Stump, professor

faith

tpiscopal, calendar

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March

2001

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Staff Writer:

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ment

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Box 37267,

Charlotte,

Leo School, 333 Springdale Ave., morning at 10 a.m. and Our Lady of Mercy School, 1 East Banner Ave., at

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— Churches

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night;

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of Cherry aid 3rd April

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Our Lady

Sts. in

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Box 37267,

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take part in the following events:

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Leone (CNS)

$3,000 stipend.

The ,

"amicably" resolved a land-use dispute

Catholic Church in Sierra Leone

where the program will be held this Each student will also receive a

— The

—

with the National Park Service. The controversy involved an area of land where the Appalachian Trail crosses the property of the friars' Graymoor headquarters. Adjusting an easement of 58 acres granted the Park Service in 1984, the agreement adds a little more than seven acres and returns almost two acres of the original easement to the friars, leaving 63.28 acres covered out of the total of about 400. The friars, who

year.

study important texts of the

Christian tradition this

Louis University.

St.

with National Park Service YORK (CNS) The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement announced March 8 that they have

NEW

ance," the alternative

religion

The

meeting was convened by the U.S. bishops' Committee on Women in Society and in the Church to consult with some 150 women holding diocesan

Villagers

umbrella of the "Hemispheric Social Alli-

(CNS)

Rights Office of the Archdio-

of a three-day meeting in Chicago.

Agreement of the Americas. Under the

N.J.

Human

cese of St. Louis,"spoke on the second day

and South America will meet in Quebec City from April 20-22 and are expected to sign the first draft of the Free Trade

SOUTH ORANGE,

start with

the site of decision-making out of the rectory or other locations closed to

Summit of the Americas, April 16-21. The heads of governments from North

Asian traditions can renew church, says theologian

must

moving

America are members of coalitions that plan to take part in the Second People's

Trade. Agreement of the Americas.

among women and men

the Catholic Church

church organizations will participate in an alternative summit in Quebec City in the days before leaders of 34 governments in the Americas gather for the Summit of the Americas. The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, the Ecumenical Coalition for Economic Rights and the Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin

summit will bring together representatives of more than 400 organizations opposed to the Free

AIDS.

virus that causes

viewed on issues he raised in a Feb. 23 speech at a Miami meeting of the National Institute of Liturgy for Hispanics.

alternative

Freetown, the coastal capital of Sierra Leone. Following a workshop in early March in collaboration with the ministries of health and education, the church embarked on sensitizing parishioners on the dangers of engaging in activities likely to cause the spread of the HIV

inter-

Church groups to participate

Momoh,

said Father Theophillos

priest of Sacred Heart Cathedral in

for people seeking U.S. residency also

present

"The AIDS epidemic is The church has therefore

fast.

—

at (704) 792-9329.

Holy

Spirit Church, 537 North Hwy. 16, is hosting a fish fry this evening and April 6 from 5-8 p.m. All-you-can-eat and carry-out fried fish, French fries, bread and sweetened tea are on the menu for the two-day gathering to benefit the church. For details, call (704) 483-6448. SYLVA The youth of St Mary Church, 22 Bartlett St., are presenting the Living

—

Stations of the Cross tonight at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, call the church office at (828) 586-9496 or Beth Harcourt at (828) 586-0463.

31 BOONE

— The

Faith Formation

diocesan Office of

presenting die 5th

An-

nual Boone Education Conference todav

March 23, 2001

The World

The Catholic News & Herald 3

Brief

Canadian church group urges education about refugee rights OTTAWA (CNS) The federal government should be more active in

vised rules in a February talk to about

1,000

—

Holy See decries to Vatican Radio VATICAN CITY (CNS) Holy See denounced a threat by

— The

Immigration. CNS photo by Karen Callaway

College students once again spend break helping others WASHINGTON (CNS) This

Activists hold vigil before execution in Indiana a Catholic from Notre Dame, Ind., joins a vigil protesting the execution of Gerald Bivins outside the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City March 13. Bishop Dale J. Melczek of Gary, Ind., was a witness to the execution of Bivins, who was put to death by lethal injection for a 1991 murder.

—

hundreds of thousands of

num-

ber of college students are taking part in service projects. Instead of drinking beer

as part training, part retreat

women

designed to help Catholic

—

reflect

their faith in the fight of Catholic social

soup kitchens. Students are spending the

teaching, exploring the link between

week

and the principles of Catholic social thought. Sessions scheduled for 2001 are: April 7, Portsmouth, N.H.; May 5, Moses Lake, Wash.; May 19, Austin, Texas; June 2, Stevens Point, Wis.; June 22, Davenport, Iowa, and Boise, Idaho; and Sept 22, Springfield, 111. Ukrainian Catholic aid workers urge help for flood victims (CNS) Ukrainian Catholic aid workers in the impoverished former Soviet republic are appealing to Catholics abroad for help in cop-

dubbed "Alternative

Spring Breaks," "Spring Break Out" or "Appalachian Outreach," helping people in rural areas in the United States and Central America. These service projects require a lot of advance planning. Students have to fill out applications, get on waiting lists, and take part in prerequisite training seminars and fundraising projects before taking

offers leadership institutes for Catholic women

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

— The

Women

National Council of Catholic

service

—

MOSCOW

off.

NCCW

said

Bob Dhoore,

college students flock to the beaches dur-

ing with flooding that has killed at least

Italy's

environmental minister to cut off electricity to Vatican Radio over alleged electromagnetic pollution and said ongoing bilateral negotiations were the proper means to resolve the dispute. In a statement March 17, Joaquin NavarroValls, Vatican spokesman, called it "surprising" that an Italian government official spread misinformation and suggested "initiatives that are contrary to the spirit of negotiations." Wilier Bordon, the environmental minister,

mid-March hearing of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and

in projects

power

Italian threat to cut

publisher of the Catholic Register in Toronto, was among presenters at a

and sunbathing, they'll be building homes, tutoring students, registering voters, visiting the sick and elderly, and volunteering in homeless shelters and

Stockton

of Liturgical Catechesis."

Notre Dame Cathedral-Basilica and a former assistant general secretary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Daly, a retired former

ing their spring break, a growing

Stockton Bishop Stephen E. Blaire invited Father Moroney to give the workshop for laity and a session for priests as the first major events of the diocese's observance of 200 1 as a "Year

educating Canadians about the rights and needs of refugees, a Catholic Church group told a House of Commons committee studying a proposed overhaul of the Immigration Act. "Many causes, including high-profile media coverage of human smuggling, queue jumping and other abuses, combine to produce a negative public opinion that is hostile to refugees," said Bernard Daly, chair of the permanent refugee committee of

year, while

participants

diocesan liturgy workshop in Manteca.

March

16 he would order the

ian electricity

company

vice within 15 days

Ital-

to suspend ser-

the radio's trans-

mission antennae continued to violate Italy's very strict radiation standards.

CRS sends food to thousands of displaced

Nowakowski, president of Caritas Ukraine, in a telephone interview March from

in southern Sudan NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS)

— Catho-

Sudan sent food thousands of displaced people

lic

Relief Services

the Ukrainian Catholic Church's headquarters in Lviv. "In February, we had a huge amount of snowfall, and then what happened was last week there were torrential rains that melted all diis snow. That, along with the rain itself, caused the flooding," he said. Updates for Mass seen

southern Sudan's Diocese of Rumbek after renewed fighting between government-backed soldiers and the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army. Responding to an urgent appeal by Bishop Cesare Mazzolari of Rumbek for food, water, and other relief supplies, in

as opportunity to examine

mid-March CRS Sudan delivered 60

goals of liturgy

tons of lentils, vegetable oil, bulgar wheat and other supplies to the Bahr el Ghazal region in the western part of southern Sudan, said David Snyder, media relations adviser with CRS, the

MANTECA,

Calif.

(CNS)

— The

Vatican's first revision in 25 years of the

General Instruction of the Roman Missal gives Catholics an opportunity to take a new look at the liturgy and reforms initiated by the Second Vatican

U.S. bishops international relief and

six people

Council, said the U.S. bishops' top

ality

and damaged more than 33,000 homes. "They called the 1998

seven

flood the biggest flood of the century, but

executive director of the U.S. bishops'

even bigger," said Father Ken

Secretariat for Liturgy, discussed the re-

development agency. The Sudan program is CRS' biggest project, with most of the funding coming from the U.S. Agency for International Development, he said.

3016 Providence Rd.,

offering leadership institutes

"Spiritu-

and Service" for Catholic women at sites around the United States this year. The daylong program described

—

one

this

urgy

official.

Father James P. Moroney,

beginning at 9 a.m. and concluding at 3

Faith Formation Coordinator, at (704)

Commons

p.m. at St Elizabeth Church, 259 Pilgrims

370-3247.

die office building. For

Way. Based on

the theme "Our Baptismal and Response," Anne Trufant will share her sense of God's call in her life and will engage in fellowship and spirituality Call

The

with participants.

deadline for regis-

call:

April 1

—

ASHEVILLE

Church, 919 a ministries

Haywood

fair to

St.

Rd.,

Joan of Arc is

sponsoring

be held today following

26,

and for information

the 10

Community Mass. The

joint

and registration,

call

Peg Ruble,

Mass

being celebrated in the parish

gym

Central

Regional Faith Formation Coordinator, at (704) 391-0445.

CHARLOTTE tion

—A

Workshop

being held at

Catechist Recogni-

for catechist training

St.

Matthew Church, 8015

Ballantyne Pkwy., today beginning with

from 8:15-8:45 am, Mass at 9 am. and modules presented during two sessions from 10 a.m-l2:30 p.m. and l-

registration

3:30 p.m.

Any

adult involved in parish

ministry or seeking personal enrichment invited to

modules

come

for the four

offered

certification process

for

the

Phase

in lieu of die four regular weekend Masses and is intended to allow the church membership to greet each other as one

church family. Following Mass, the 16 church ministries are being represented by displays throughout the building to familiarize people with the ministries

encourage participation. For (828) 252-3151. to

CHARLOTTE

—

and

details, call

Churches

the

Charlotte area are having their regularly

scheduled cancer support group meetings

catechist

for survivors, family

following days:

St.

and friends on the

Gabriel Church, 3016

sacraments, Scripture, morality and creed.

Providence Rd., tonight at 7 p.m. in the

For more information and to register, call Marylin Kravatz, Southern Regional

conference St.

Matthew

information,

Marilyn Borrelli at

Cordell at (704) 352-5047, Ext. 217. For further information, call Bob Poffenbarger, Sr.,

coordinator, at (704) 553-7000.

CLEMMONS

—

Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd., is celebrating a charismatic Mass tonight, not April 7, at 7:30 p.m with Father Frank O'Rourke.

The sacrament of

room of the ministry center and

Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne

reconciliation

being

given at 7 p.m., and die laying on of hands is

The next mass For more informa-

taking place after Mass.

takes place

tion, call the

May

church

0600 or Jim Passero

4 CHARLOTTE

with the topics of the

Pkwy., on April 3 at 7 p.m.

(704) 542-2283 and St. Gabriel - Eileen

March

tration

St.

lit-

Curlin

office at (336)

778-

at (336) 998-7503.

— Bishop William G

presenting a Lenten evening of

John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., tonight at 7 p.m. The evening includes prayer, Scripture reading, a homily by the bishop, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction. Call (704) 535-4197 for details. CHARLOTTE St. Gabriel Church, reflection at St.

—

hosting a

bereavement education session entitled "Grief Dealing with Loss in die Years that Follow." All are invited to come and explore how feelings of .grief and loss continue sometimes long after die first year for many people and how one can deal with those feelings. details, call

For further

BJ. Dengler at the church at

(704) 364-5431.

WINSTON-SALEM

—

St.

Leo the

Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave, is hosting Dr. William Rabil as he leads a presentation on the Shroud of Turin tonight from 7-8:15 p.m. at the activity center annex.

The

medical and

scientific

talk concerns biblical,

shroud as a theoretic

accounts of the

"fifth

gospel."

For

further information, call the church office at (336) 724-0561.

Please submit notices ofeventsfor the Diocesan

Planner at tion date.

least

10 days prior

to-

the publica-

The Catholic News & Herald

March 23, 2001

Around the Diocese Catholic dioceses.

IMMIGRATION,

was

The

Diocese of Raleigh

listed fourth.

Vincentian Father Vincent Finnerty,

from page 1

director of Hispanic Ministry in the Dio-

Hispanic/Latino Affairs for the Office of the

cese of Charlotte, said educational meetings

Governor, moderated the panel. "One of the things that is unique about the immi-

such as the forum provide an opportunity

grant population 'Theirs

their behavior,"

a behavior that

understand

a result

it,

Exodus

story.

church and

can reach out to welcome strangers in a

likened the

Latino experience of displacement to the biblical

individuals, the

their

status."

Father Brant agreed.

how

said.

of,

and as we have seen

immigration

to look at

other institutions, and society as a whole

'These people have

new

land.

'The big problem with the immigration law is that many people come as strangers here," he said, "but they're not able to

come

documented

people,

and

and so

been through the desert," he said of those to whom he ministers. "Some of them have

they

They've been turned back and have had to cross again. They're survivors, these folks, and that

Father Finnerty said the church has long taken a leadership role in outreach to

seen people

die.

several times

explains a lot (about their behavior)."

When

comes to basic needs, the spoke of documentation, healdicare, education, and labor and law issues as key. They also spoke of North it

panelists

Carolina as being a favorable place to host its

new "I

live in great insecurity

ing the time that they're here."

immigrants and that the church here in North Carolina is currendy providing tremendous outreach to Hispanics. "The church must continue to be aware of its role that Hispanics will

—

come

to us because they have confidence in

hear from a lot of clients that diey

we try to we have power

the church," he said. "As long as

respond to their needs, then

residents.

fear dur-

with them, and as a

result, the voice

are very grateful to be here and for the

church becomes strong

opportunity," said Dubester. "People are

cate for Hispanics' rights."

in society to

of the advo-

very hopeful about North Carolina, are

Msgr. Jerry Lewis, the Diocese of

good

who addressed the forum from a faith perspective, agreed that the church holds an impor-

very thankful to be here and find

place to live with lots of opportunities."

Father Brant said depending on the future economic situations in their lands,

Latin

home-

many immigrants may return to America though many will stay

—

"We're going to have a permanent Hispanic population in any case, and they are going to have the same expectations for the future as any other person living in North Carolina does," he said.

March 2000 report, the U.S. named the Diocese of

Catholic bishops

Charlotte as having the largest percentage

of increase in the Hispanic population be-

tween 1990 and 1996 among

tant responsibility. "Certainly through our Catholic social ministries

and by helping them with im-

migration questions,

here in the States for good.

In a

Raleigh's vicar general

all

U.S.

can be advocates,"

'We might not change the government ourselves, but we can be a part of that advocacy. "This is a long-term struggle, but we in the church can put ourselves behind these people to say that they are human beings, they've got to be treated with dignity, and they have a right to justice. have a moral force to keep pushing for that." he said in an interview.

Photo by Susan oe Guzman

From Winston to Washington Leo School students and faculty mailed a care package to President George W. Bush recently which included a giant card, two St.

school cookbooks (one for Laura, the president's wife, and one for his mother, Barbara) and other school memorabilia. This project was organized by Resource Specialist Linda Fatale, who is the school's 2000-01 "Teacher of the Year." Pictured are teacher Linda Fatale with fifth-grade students. This project was part of a nations day celebration for Catholic Schools Week.

Jesuit Father Paul Brant, far left, addresses the Legal Immigration

March 23

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Assuring Absolute

Toce

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Around fhe Diocese States and promotion of the Catholic

Irish

Catholics share

and

faith

Irish heritage

at the fore-

AOH's philosophy. With the motto "Friendship,

front of the

faith, heritage, history

Unity and Christian Charity," the AOH strives to not only keep its members educated and steadfast in their faith but also to inform the

pub-

ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer

—

CHARLOTTE

was

With

derful day for a parade.

won-

AOH reportedly began sevhundred years ago during the in

Queen

Elizabeth I, and she declared Anglicanism as the religion of Great Britain. Citizens and priests caught practicing their Catholic faith were

Photos by Alesha M. Price

The annual

Day parade one of many projects in which the Ancient Order of Hibernians' Mecklenburg County

and

societies

began. After thousands of Irish people

in its earliest forms,

Division

immigrated to America and were met

involved.

The AOH's motto

with similar hostility and discrimination, the men, who had been a part of those first secret societies which protected the Catholic faith and its be-

largest Irish Catholic lay organiza-

St. Patrick's

in Charlotte is

were guarded and protected by dedicated Irish laymen. Thus, the AOH,

lievers, officially formed the AOH in America in 1836 in New York. Their job was to protect churches and clergy from violence and to support new immigrants in finding jobs, homes and other resources. Today, the AOH is the oldest and

"Friendship,

Unity and Christian Charity."

sions extending into Canada and Mexico. "Hibernia" is the ancient

about the rich and varied history of the Irish people and to improve religious and political conditions in

name

their native land.

tion in the United States with divi-

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and the promotion

lie

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works performed by members of the group throughout the United

ern part of the Diocese of Charlotte, which was the first in the state. The

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March 23, 2001

the News Our Lady of the Angels,

—

grade students at St. Barnabas Elementary School in Chicago have won a national competition sponsored by the National Society of Professional Engineers.

Katherine Dunham, Messerle, 13, and

Dan

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Meredith

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i/;

commercials

Mr****

McGowan

—

who died in a Nazi concentration camp, as patron saint of social communications. "It seems to me the life of Maximilian Kolbe predestines this martyr to become the patron saint of the means of social communication," Archbishop Franck said March 15 during a weeklong plenary meeting of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. Convinced that modern tools of communication could be used to further the church's message, St. Maximilian founded and edited two highly successful periodicals in his native Poland and an-

—

City flagship station,

as the inspiration for

CNS

scheduled for

Lima

Auxiliary

Her March

80.

funeral

Ukrainian Orthodox leader says papal visit won't weaken church ROME (CNS) The leader of one of Ukraine's Orthodox churches said he is not worried that Pope John Paul II's June visit to Ukraine will weaken the

—

12 af-

Orthodox Church

country. Patriarch Filaret of Kiev, head of the

Mass was

17 at St.

Rose of

Miami Bishop Thomas G. Wenski

Miami

Face."

issues

—

VATICAN CITY

(CNS) Pope John Paul II has named Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York to a council of 15 cardinals that deals with

Fillyaw

three-month battle with brain can-

She was

"The

council on Vatican finance

Anti-abortion activists protest in Panama Catholic anti-abortion activists protest in Panama City, Panama, March 12. They were seeking to pressure Congress for laws restricting abortion in the Central American country.

Donohue, who spent nearly her whole life reporting on the church in South Florida and became known as the "walking encyclopedia" of Miami

cer.

— who

Pope names Cardinal Egan to

photo from Reuters

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ter a

WNET

thought McGowan would like to branch out and film a documentary. Baker commissioned McGowan to direct "The Body of Christ," a half-hour summation of a Houston art exhibition that served

other successful monthly magazine in Japan.

March

documentary like in Art"? Peter replies that, while not

abandoning commercials altogether, he's going the 'long-form" route from here on in. He's been based in Detroit for many years, having directed scads of commercials for Chevrolet, Geo and Budweiser. But it was a childhood friend from McGowan' s native Cleveland, Bill Baker now the president of PBS' New York

tor

archdiocesan history, died

—

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Maximilian Kolbe,

— Marjorie

directs

tant feature-length

a Franciscan priest and newspaper edi-

(CNS)

What's commercials for a living doing overseeing an impor-

someone who

(CNS) Luxembourg's Archbishop Fernand

MIAMI

September 2002. thrilled by and

he was

WASHINGTON

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open said

Director of 'Jesus in Art' show has expertise in TV

St.

Franck proposed

Shores, with

said,

his

Orthodox

Ukrainian

independent Church,

"We do

not have any fear"

that the pope's visit will cause

Orthodox

and other priests of the archdiocese

to join the Catholic Church. "Ukraine

concelebrating.

territory

which has had dealings with

Catholicism for 1,000 years.

The

choice

of what

to belong to already has

Vatican financial issues. Joining Cardi-

been made both by the Catholics and by the Orthodox," the patriarch said in a

of Cardinals for the Study of Organiza-

March

faith

15 interview with the Italian

nal -Egan as

new members

of the Council

and Economic Questions of the

tional

newspaper La Repubblica. With the papal visit, "I do not think Orthodox will

Apostolic See were Cardinals

run to convert to Catholicism," he

England, Ivan Dias of Mumbai, India, and Thomas Williams of Wellington, New Zealand. The appointments were announced at the Vatican March 10. The

said.

Longtime music director lands L.A. cathedral music post

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—

Frank

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Cormac

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different for eac k of

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decorating Ukrainian eggs is a way to remind

For Ann Michel, a parishioner of Holy Family Church in Qemmons, decorating eggs in the style of Ukraine has become a a craft to be shared

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March 23, 2001

Read

Book Review

Book on cathedrals offers

Word to Life

meditative pilgrimage Reviewed by

News

touch,

Service

The

world's great Gothic cathedrals odds with the minimalist, iconoclastic spirit of today, and, for many, have become simply museums of the medieval period.

seem

walk around, study and pray

Gothic cathedral Son of God."

With

its

Dame

in Chartres,

of Paris and cathedrals

The The

HEAVEN IN STONEAND GLASS:

Amiens, Reims,

Denis,

St.

128

pp.,

writes.

as:

port of safety, of peace and of from the dangers and the blindness walls.

its

—A

Robert Barron. Crossroad Publishing Co. (New York, 2000).

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picture,

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its

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repositories of the

mony, radiance and

spirit Christian hold that Father Robert Barron has written the short illuminating but

the Christ-centered verse.

"Heaven

structure, of the cross

nature of the uni-

—

Stone

and Glass: Experiencing the Spirituality of the Great

Christian

—

it,

tour of the engineerEXPERI E N C N G THE SPIRITU ALITY OF THE GREAT CA THEORALS I

ing genius of the structure but rather a medita-

windows, towers,

vaults,

tresses

read"

and facades, and teaching "how to

its

transforma-

specific spiritual,

tive language.

Today, as

"heirs of the Enlighten-

ment and the age of technology," the society has lost

its

sense of the symbolic

and the transcendent and is "spiritually hungry," writes Father Barron, a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, a professor of theology at Mundelein Seminary at the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, 111., and the author of several books, including "Thomas Aquinas: Spiritual Master," which won the Catholic

Book Award

A medium,

—A

naves, labyrinths, altars, gargoyles, but-

for Spirituality in 1997.

Cathedrals, he writes, can be vehicles for teaching the faith

and focusing

Father Barron also aims a critical eye toward today's church architecture, saying that since the Second Vatican Council the "iconic element has been undervalued." Many churches today, resembling "living rooms or shopping malls," are 'largely

imagery and

empty

spaces, void of

color, places

he writes. "Heaven in Stone and Glass" ex-

selves, tell a story,"

plores, but not in great depth, the signifi-

cance

specific architectural details

medieval times and today.

how

But what makes

had for

they are relevant it

valuable

its

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that we

know

endless series,

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longer

is it

Grandma's house?" The names of the towns we have to pass along the way have become part of one of the games we play to to

pass the time.

Over the years each

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blessed season of Lent and preparing

us for the glorious mystery of Easter.

QUESTIONS: How many of us find ourselves on the the Fatlwr this Lent? Can we way to someone who seems to have forgotten how eagerly he awaits?

road fwnie to point out

tlie

Readings for the week of Mar. 25 - 31, 2001 Fourth Sunday of Lent, Joshua 5:9-12, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Luke 15:1-3, 1 132; Monday (Annunciation of the Lord), Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10, Hebrews 10:4-10, Luke 1:26-38; Tuesday, Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12, John 5:1-3, 5-16; Wednesday, Isaiah 49:8-15, John 5:17-30; Thursday, Exodus 32:7-14, John 5:31-47; Friday (Abstinence),

Wisdom

2:1,

12-22,

John

7:1-2,

10, 25-30;

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John 7:40-53

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know

are.

hugs of loving welcome lives forever in my heart and memory. life and Scripture are filled with

where the

people gather but not places that, them-

cathedrals

the Christ in

—

joy that existed

rado.

its

experience as a pilgrim struggling to find

The

journeys.

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"To know the Gothic

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natural dimension of God's creation.

directing atits

life.

bodies to the super-

pilgrimage

tention to

through the stone and wood carvings and glass etchings, between the plant and animal life of earth and heavenly

he leads on an architectural guided

dral,

overall

Christianity and the

the reader not

through the cathe-

witness,

its

center

the

Cathedrals."

tive

through

Gothic

15:1-3, 11-32

other.

and-white station wagon speeds along the flat, incredibly straight roads of southeastern New Mexico. Once again we are on our journey to visit my parents, 12 long hours away in Colo-

our

seen through

Catholic

ship to carry one toward the

Luke

In the pre-dawn light, the brown-

cathedral serves the faithful as a

building can be read

light

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metaphor of faith, Father Barron

EXPERIENCING THE SPIRITUALITY OF THE GREAT CATHEDRALS, by Father

in a

to apprentice to the

the reader, Father Barron vis-

Notre

to recover the story that these

It is

Fourth Sunday of

25,

Cycle C Readings: 1) Joshua 5:9a, 10-12

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Pope welcomes proposed document on Internet By

JOHN NORTON News Service CITY (CNS)

Catholic

VATICAN John Paul

new document

—

Pope

proposed Vatican document addressing ethical concerns raised by the Internet was "very timely" and could be a great help to Catholics in facing "the many challenges of the emerging 'media culture.'" "The church cannot be a mere spectator of the social results of technological advances, which have such decisive effects on people's lives," he said March 16 to participants in a plenary meeting of II

said a

the Pontifical Council for Social

Com-

munications.

The

council's

members discussed a document during the

March 12-16 meeting. No its

pacity for doing a lot of good."

The document is

"not intended to be

more negative

criticism of new technology and media," he told Catholic

just one

News

Service.

While encouraging the positive aspects, the document will take note of problem issues like pornography, invasion of privacy

—

ment

and copyright infringe-

but not only those,

Shaw

said.

"These are serious problems and any responsible discussion of Internet ethics has got to talk about these things,"

draft outline of the

been set for

to take an overall positive

approach, recognizing the Internet as "a technological marvel which has the ca-

The document will likely address broader cultural and philosophical issues raised by the Internet, as well as traditional concerns like pornography,

privacy and intellectual property rights, said.

In his address, the pope said tech-

nology advances, globalization and the deregulation and privatization of media "present new ethical and indeed spiritual challenges to those

who work

communications." 'These challenges

in social

"But

said.

I've also

to believe

The deeper

from the

issues spring

decentralized technological structure of the Internet itself, which "opens up all sorts of value-oriented issues

Shaw

ties,"

many ways, he

and

reali-

said.

the and reinforces a "libertarian ethic," which advocates absolute freedom of expression and said,

Internet's design lends itself to

action.

Such an approach stands in sharp contrast to Catholic principles, Shaw said.

"The church be met effec-

come

there are deeper ethical issues involved."

deadline has

publication.

meeting participants

for a long time has been

talking about community, the

common

by those who accept that 'serving the human person, building up community grounded in solidarity and justice and love, and speaking the truth about human life and its final. fulfillment in God were, are, and will remain at the

good and

room

heart of ethics in the media,'" said the

tional level to ensure that the Internet

will

tively

solidarity.

There's no

for

these things in a system of absolute lib-

ertarianism or absolute freedom of expression," he said.

Shaw found

said civil authorities have

virtually impossible

on a na-

pope, quoting from the council's 1997

serves the

document, "Ethics in Communication." Russell Shaw, a U.S. journalist and council consultor who presented the Internet document's draft outline at the meeting March 14, said he expected the

technology's "boundary-less character." "I

common good

because of the

think there's the need for

new forms

and international agreement," he In addition, the Vatican

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that the

The

U.S. journalist said that the

Vatican's

attempt to unravel the

Internet's ethical implications involved

much work in uncharted waters. "What I've found in working on is

that

talk about

it."

itself to

zation."

Shaw said that probably the best long-term solution to the threat of cultural domination is to help other countries and cultures come "up to technological speed" so that they can defend themselves.

this

you open up one door and all of a sudden you see you're looking at a very large vista. It's a whole series of interrelated issues and realities," he said. "From that point of view, it's quite complex to analyze and rather difficult to talk about. But I think we can begin to project

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12 The Catholic News & Herald

March 23, 2001

& Columns

Editorials A

threat is an action you must act on You already know the story. On March 5, a 15-year-

The Pope

old

Speaks

Two died.

boy

in Santee, Calif, the

town next

his high school with a pistol

Coming of Age

to mine, walked into

and shot 15 of his classmates.

nobody has any idea why he did it He had He was a loner. As times goes on, the theories will grow and multiply. Still, one tragic fact is obvious right now. The young boy had told people that he was going to do it Perhaps 20 people heard him joke about taking a gun to school. It is reported that he even asked some to join him. Then he laughed it off saying it was a joke, saying he didn't really

write,

been teased a lot

POPE JOHN PAUL

mean

He meant it

Pope says Mary is model of faith through By CINDY

WOODEN

News Service CITY (CNS) The Blessed Virgin

Catholic

VATICAN

trials

—

Mary's pilgrimage of faith is a model for all people whose journey toward God passes through the difficulties and injustices of life, Pope John Paul II said. While chosen by God and filled with his grace,

Mary knew

Why

his

weekly general audience

as inclined as

information to themselves.

counselor, a teacher or the police.

First they don't want to believe it The idea that somebody you know, a kid you hang around with, would go to school and start shooting is just too awful to believe, so you

the years our staff

don't

seling.

didn't

—

Second, you

you

and the kid gets in trouble it will be your fault. After all, he was just talking, and words aren't actions. He probably isn't really going to do it It doesn't seem fair to get somebody in trouble for something feel that if

— —

includes teen-agers.

Hers was a journey of

faith

If you threaten to kill

the

someone, that

action. It has

Threats damage people's trust and sense of

portent of the sword that would pierce the soul,

effects.

passed through the tortuous paths of exile in Egypt

even

and of inner darkness when Mary did not understand the attitude of the 12-year-old Jesus in the temple, but kept these things in her heart," he said. Mary's pilgrimage led her to the foot of the cross, he said. 'In a certain sense, she died as a mother with the

people don't ever

safety,

actual violence follows. Reasonable, responsible

make

that kind of threat. People

You

don't need to

Were

they serious

some weren't Did coming to

when they made

Some

the threats?

were,

see a therapist embarrass

them? Prob-

ably.

by the hundreds. In San Diego, at least 20 teens went to bed wishing they had called somebody. If you are ever in a situation where you hear someone making threats like that remember that the threat is an action and that people are responsible for an act that scars

lives

their actions.

who do The

should be held accountable.

making the

who

direct

—

That

First people are responsible for their actions.

an emergency mental health service, and over members have seen a number of teens made threats, were reported and brought in for coun-

Did getting reported ruin their lives? Absolutely not Not one of those kids later went out and shot up a school

Second, words are actions.

knew

—

tell

he probably won't do. There are two important things to remember here.

Peter s Square.

"which

—

isn't enough they may be just you to hope it won't happen and keep it to themselves. No, you need to tell someone who is part of the organized safety net around your school the principal, a

Telling your parents

any of those kids tell? I have not interviewed any of them but I do know the way the mind works, and there are some common reasons people keep that sort of

uncertainty and pain, the pope said

March 21 during

CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CNS Columnist

Then be responsible for your own actions. Make the call. lives of your friends may depend on it

know the future, whether the person

threats will or will not actually

with a gun. If he says he

will,

come

and you must report them to somebody

Tour comments

to school

those words are action enough,

Washington,

in authority.

are welcome. Please address: Dr. Christopher

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Carstens, c/o Catholic

Service,

3211 Fourth

iVLE,

St.

death of her son," but with his Resurrection she

gained "a

new motherhood," becoming mother of the

church.

Mary believer

on the path

and to eternal

"We

life

The Times

The Bottom

walks ahead of the church and of every

Line

with God, he said

their discharge

and in moments of doubt, crisis, silence and suffering," Pope John Paul said. The pope, quoting Martin Luther, said the Magnificat, Mary's hymn of praise to God, offers a model of how everyone should love and praise God. evil

CNS

promote and value the immense procession of poor and hungry, humiliated and oppressed women and men," he said. Attending the audience was a group from the Diocese of Charlotte that was concludnig a Lenten pilgrimage in Italy led by Bishop William G. Curlin. During the audience, the pope greeted 700 participants in a meeting of the World Union of Catholic

Women's

"You have come together

grow

a deeper

understanding of your mission and to support one another as you seek to live out your commitment to Christian holiness, to feminine holiness," he said.

The pope told them the church has a special need for their

commitment and

talents at the beginning of

we want

to talk about the great gifts the Creator

list.

Much has been written about the joyful gift of music almost since the beginning of recorded words. I could write a column quoting saints such as

Augustine, great thinkers like niuses from the ancient world

The bottom in

Cecilia,

and

all

of heaven

hope and love and who honor God's name in prayer and service have always played a central role in transmitting the genuine sense of Christian faith and in applying it to every circumstance of life."

all

reflecting

on the

we have

below."

on music as a healing balm. King Saul, in the Old Testament knew this, which is why he solicited young David to play his recently, attention has been placed

Down

through the centuries, this healing in many documents. But what's different now, in these days of scientific

lute for him.

of music has been affirmed

that the medical establishment has taken

the world of work, study and leisure" he said. "Cathofaith,

—

Ambrose and

would be, as Joseph Addison wrote the late 1600s in commemorating the feast of St. "Music is the greatest good that mortals know,

notice of this. Proof of this

personally

how

the emerging

field

music therapy, once considered just a pleasant diversion, is

have seen and

felt

the beneficial effects of their work,

gaining great respect as a healing profession.

"Music therapy

on the books

according to a report in

as hard science,"

The New York Times. New

respect for music as therapy has developed because proof

of its value can no longer be denied.

many

through the ages "the tonic of the soul." It's no mystery to Frank and Judi

why medicine is now looking much more seriously at the health benefits of music therapy. They point out that the medical profession is now much more open to alternative methods of healing.

"Instead of being afraid of the unexplained, doctors

Carlyle and ge-

line

passing on the Christian message in the family and in live

home."

a believer, and not just because

and

scientists

have become curious and are making more

of an effort to understand"

emphasis,

women who

Thomas

marvels of music.

"Women, in fact, are uniquely gifted in the task of

lic

so linked with music, which has been called by

bestowed upon creation, music would have to be near or at the top of the

effect

the third millennium

Columnist

Music therapy, more than comfort

back

Organizations.

City

ever since.

Jesus,

walking the winding paths of the history to raise up,

New York

have found such peace and healing in music. My son Frank and his wife Judi are both music therapists. They got their degrees back in the early '80s from New York University and have worked in this healing profession

ANTOINETTE BOSCO

"From the moment God looked at her with love, Mary became a sign of hope for the multitude of poor, of (the) least of the earth who would become first in kingdom of God," he said. 'The church follows Mary and the Lord

piped into a

seemed to help lower the mortality rate 8 percent below the national average." Even more astounding, "lullabies played in a neonatal nursery might have helped premature infants gain weight and spur

guide us toward Christ and the Father, even in the

the

Muzak

intensive care unit

that leads to salvation in Christ

turn to her so that she would continue to

dark night of

reported, for example, that scientists have

"discovered that

how

music, prayer, spiritual-

yoga and such connect with ill and hurting people in ways that traditional medicine has not been able to, Frank told me. ity,

meditation,

Music, said Judi, "reaches people who cannot be reached by verbal communication. It touches deeper than words. It does more than elicit emotions. It connects people with their emotions. Sitting and listening to calming music is

not

stillness,

but a very active interaction."

a starting point for healing.

Being a music therapist said Frank, because

of engaging in a

a special kind of privilege,

means you

medium

lead people to "a sense

that relates to us

all levels,

helping one get unstuck from being locked solely in a thinking mode.

With music

with feelings, and

therapy,

that's what's so

have found personally, and wonderful medication. Music,

you merge thought

powerful about is

it."

a most effective

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we are there because our friend has invited us to be there. If we are true friends, we

disappointed. Rather,

One

God

take that invitation seriously.

Candle

the nonsense

That means we

There are 168 hours

"I'm really busy."

Lenten

reject all

use as excuses for staying away, in

like:

every

Reflection

We somehow find the time to eat, to sleep, to go to

week.

school or work, to play sports or pursue hobbies, to be with people we care about, to take care of a great

number of personal

MSGR. JIM LISANTE, Director, The Christophers

Going to Church was heading over to church one Sunday morning to help with Communion. When I got to the sacristy, I realized that the priest celebrating Mass was just completing his homily. So I decided to take a step outside to I

enjoy the pleasant weather.

As I went out a teen-age guys

side

door

who were

bumped into two sheepish They clutched in their

leaving.

hands copies of the parish bulletin: parental notification of the fact that they had been to church. "Busy day?" I asked them. "No," said the older boy, "we're just bored."

They

fact,

really believe

His people are important to we will also make the time to be there. "But the sermons are so boring." Give me a break. If switched off everyone and everything that's boring

we would

stay

life,

trying hard. Shouldn't

we are not just

there for the homily.

be part of a community that needs us. go to get God, who never bores us or gives up on us. "I can find God in many places. I don't need a church

But

to pray." That's true.

how much

further,

where

let's

be honest:

serious praying

do we

don't

really

do?

And

can you go to receive Communion? out someplace else? More importantly,

else

Are they giving

Jesus told us in no uncertain terms:

want you

to gather

mumbled good-bye and took off Watching the two of them retreat, I started thinking about some of my own friendships over the years and the elements that make those relationships work. It

used to go, but I had a really bad experience at church." have all had some bad experience * at

certainly isn't excitement: friends sometimes bore each

friendship with the rest of our lives. If every time

sometimes our conversations are dull beyond belief It isn't the richness of our personalities: we can be annoying, obnoxious and difficult to be around. It isn't power or money: we haven't got much. In fact, it's less a "feeling" of friendship than a commitment to be friends: our desire to be loyal and our

had a poor experience with our parents, siblings or

â€”

other. It isn't intellectual:

decision to be there for each other.

And

friendship,

spiritual lives, too.

think,

at the heart of

Sometimes going

to church can be

boring, dull and intellectually vacant.

expecting exciting entertainment,

our

And

we're be

will surely

with other believers to celebrate

life.

church. But again,

friends,

let's

compare our experience of God's

'That's

said,

this relationship's over,"

it,

we we

But we keep working at relationships that matter. We forgive, we compromise and

would have none

all.

try to love again.

If we give the same energy to our love of God and His people as we give to our friends and family,

maybe we would

find that the

boredom

that put us

off wasn't really inside the church, but inside us. that's

After

something we can change all, it's

And

are willing.

for a Friend.

OFM

Cap.

Guest Columnist

Palm Sunday: A passing glory! The event we call Palm Sunday is usually

We go to

closer to

church,

AURILIA,

home in bed. Assume the speaker we try to listen? And more to

the point:

FATHER JOHN

God and

important. If our us,

obligations and preferences. In

find the time for everything

"The Triumphal Entry." It was a prophecy of the ultimate triumph of Christ. There are, however, a few shadows hanging over Palm Suncalled

day. St. John the Evangelist skillfully places

own death immediately triumphal entry, perhaps to remind us that every time we celebrate Palm Sunday, we are also aware of Good Friday.

Jesus' prediction of his after the

The text I am referring to is John 12: 20-37, which describes glory and defeat, success and failure, joy and sorrow, salvation and condemnation, life and death, light and darkness. The shadow of the cross is more visible than the green of the palms, even on Palm Sunday. There was a cross ahead of Jesus. This "hour" was the crucifixion, just five days away. Death was that monstrous, hideous enemy, which would crush the life out of Jesus and break the hearts of his disciples. The shadow of judgment is a necessary evil in

world

some circumstances, when the

indifferent to the light

and chooses dark-

"Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out. When I am lifted up from the earth, I will ness.

draw

all

people to myself." (Jn 12: 30-32) Jesus words with great sadness. The very

uttered these

Sundays and Lent children are

Question

taught that Sundays do not constitute part of Lent. Therefore, what they give up for Lent they may have on Sunday.

Corner

At our parish elementary

I've been told this

is true,

school,

next day, Jesus wept over Jerusalem and its coming judgment. The light shone brightly on that Palm Sunday, but very few saw it and it was changed into darkness for many. The shadow of rejection overwhelms the whole spectrum. Jesus had just, that very day, experienced the triumphal entry, had heard the hosannas, and had been welcomed as a king, but not everyone felt the same way. Palm Sunday ended on a sad note, "yet they did not believe in Him." What does it take to believe, for

but I've also heard that,

even though including Sundays makes Lent longer than

40 days, one should still observe any sacrifices made during that time. Is there any correct teaching on this?

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

(Illinois)

CNS A. There

no "correct" teaching on

this,

every year. Any extra self-denial or prayer or good works undertaken for Lent is purely voluntary. One is bound only by what one wishes to be bound by. there's a lot of discussion about

Columnist

though

heaven's sake! Life has

One might

resolve to abstain from candy or beer, on Wednesdays and Fridays of Lent, much as the church now has only a few specific Lenten days obliging Catholics to fast and/or abstain from meat. As you imply, part of the uncertainty may be

for example,

traceable to the confusion over the

number of

Probably imitating our Lord's 40 days of

days.

fast in the

desert as described in the Gospels, the period of

your question? We, in a special way, pray, deny ourselves and do good for each other during Lent to unite ourselves

and to rejoice more

closely with the cross of Christ

fully

with him

in his risen life.

carry out these resolutions every day, including Sundays, manifests perhaps a somewhat more

enduring commitment for these six weeks. To do them every day except Sunday is also good. Liturgically, of course, Sundays are unquestionably a part of Lent. But in accord with ancient Christian custom, Lent now ends on Holy Thursday

penance before Easter has been traditionally "40

evening, before the celebration of the Lord's Supper.

days" since at least the fourth century. How those 40 days were calculated differed from

The

At first, in the West, Lent was six weeks of fasting every day but Sundays, adding up to 36 fast days. A few centuries later, four days were added, starting with Ash Wednesday, to make a total

days, Lent

place to place.

of 40. There's a lesson in the interesting fact that the concern over exactly 40 days seems to have developed as the emphasis on the season turned more toward the obligation of fasting and away from the original purpose of these weeks, which was to prepare the minds and hearts of Christians for a worthy and joyful celebration of the Lord's resurrection and our resurrection with him. Does this say something about the way to look at

â€”

sacred triduum has

its

own

again

much

from then even with Sun-

identity

until the Easter Vigil ceremonies. So,

closer than before to the old

"40 days."

free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about the sacrament ofpenance is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen,

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at the

same

its

shadows over Palm Sunday. Life Good Friday must

also full of light, because

A successful person is can lay the foundation with the bricks that others throw at her or him. I really like, in spite of the shadows, to keep the green branches of Palm Sunday and stay away from the crosses and why not? of Good Friday The story of Captain Cook comes to mind as we recall Jesus' love story. Captain Cook was an Englishman who circumnavigated the world. Wherever he landed, he was noticed by the boatmen to go up away from them a bit, and he was seen to take little packets out of his pockets and keep on going around, throwing them out of his hand unto the soil. He belted the world with English flowers. Other navigators were surprised to find English flowers where they could not have dreamt of seeing them. Whenever and wherever we sow the seeds of kindness and goodness, others will see the flowers. Let us not forget that the young man" called Jesus who was king on Palm Sunday, who died on Good Friday and resurrected on Easter Sunday is the same Jesus who "went about doing good." become Easter Sunday. one

who

...

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pastor at Im-

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Rally hails Catholic University's

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first By

MARK

Catholic

PATTISON News Service

WASHINGTON

(CNS)

than 300 students, faculty and staff crowded around the steps of old McMahon Hall on the campus of The Catholic University of America in Washington to hail their men's basketball team, which

won

NCAA Division III championship

the

March 17 in Salem Va. The March 20 rally was punctuated with applause, cheers and shouts of joy as Cardinals' head coach Mike Lonergan, himself

a Catholic University alumnus, spoke

about his job, his team and his school. After he was interviewed for the job nine years ago, Lonergan said, he

went

to the

Basilica of the National Shrine of the

Immaculate Conception, next to the Catholic University campus, and prayed "that Father Friday and Mr. Talbot would hire me."

Father Robert Friday, the school's life, and Robert

did.

Nine years

the school has

later,

its first

NCAA

championship team. the 76-62 win over William Paterson (N.J.) University March 17,

With

Lonergan, with 177

victories,

winningest basketball coach history, beating

Rice

out

into the

ers in Ireland, Slane said that

with us when you could look crowd and count 30 to 40 people." The Cardinals' Pat Maloney was named the most valuable player of the NCAA Division III tournament. "Some of the guys don't have the stats of a Pat Maloney but they've contributed to our team from the first to the 15th man," Lonergan said. Division III schools do not give athletic scholarships and do not lower admission standards for prospective stu-

who

dents

are expected to play sports.

Talbot said there are 380 Division schools in the United States.

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NCAA

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March 23, 2001

the New*

Pope ordains nine new bishops, including two North Americans By CINDY Catholic

International

business conference brings U.S.,

WOODEN

News Service

Mexican

—

VATICAN CITY

(CNS) On the feast of St. Joseph, Pope John Paul II ordained nine new bishops, including two from North America, and told diem to care

to Charlotte

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for die church as Joseph cared for Jesus.

new

bishops

March

19,

—

community

business

Before the pope placed his hands on the heads of the

officials

Charlotte's exposed

will be

to international expertise April

2-3

asked diem to "care for the holy people of

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widi die love of a father."

Among those kneeling before the pope Peter's Basilica

in St.

Timothy P.

were Archbishop

Broglio, a 49-year-old native of

Cleveland, appointed nuncio to the Republic and apostolic delegate in Puerto Rico; and Bishop Marc Ouellet, 56, a native of Quebec named secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. "If, at times, you should encounter difficulties and obstacles, do not hesitate to

Dominican

be willing to suffer with Christ for the good of his mystical body," the pope said in his homily.

'The Lord, who you

his grace,

will

not

to give

fail

today consecrates you and

sends you as apostles into to the world," he said.

"Carry engraved on your hearts 'I am with you always,' and do

fear."

Pope John Paul told the new bishops to keep St. Joseph as a model for

CNS

photo from Reuters

their ministry.

"He, a faithful and wise servant, accepted with obedient docility die will of the Lord

who

him

his family

would care for them dedication," the pope said.

on earth so with daily

entrusted to

While

that he

fulfilling

successor of Peter

of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, "at the doors of the

knew

his place

American

conti-

nent."

The pope

the earthly role of

being Jesus' father, Joseph

among the dear peoples"

told Bishop Ouellet his

new

post at the council for Christian unity

nation, "a country which, will

ence. Giermanski is frequently interviewed by news media because of his international business credentials. He has also consulted with state, provincial and national governments in the United States and Mexico. Among the topics to be covered are U.S. policy and textiles; new Mexican customs changes; new job creation; border crossing issues and problems; new U.S. legislation; management issues in Mexican production; and more. Top American and Mexican officials and business

God

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in late June.

The pope ordained ops March

six other

new bish-

19:

— Archbishop Fernando and — Polish Archbishop Henryk Nowacki, — Archbishop Domenico Italian

nuncio to Iraq

Filoni, 54,

International

business, directs the program at the college and has organized the confer-

Pope John Paul II presents a bishop's staff to newly ordained Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino as five others stand by March 19. From left are Bishop Djura Dzudzar, Bishop Marc Ouellet, Bishop Tomasz Peta, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio and Archbishop Fernando Filoni. The pope ordained nine new bishops at the ceremony. He thanked Archbishop Broglio, who had served as chief of staff to Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Vatican secretary of state. He prayed that the new archbishop would be "a witness of the affection of the

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his words,

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the

Jordan.

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Bishop Djura Dzudzar of Mukacheve, Ukraine, Pope John Paul said he wanted to send greetings to the entire Ukrainian

Sorondo, 58, chancellor of the Pontifical

Joseph, like every other person,

The pope

addressed each

briefly in his homily, offering

semce

new

bishop

thanks for the

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prayers for their

new

many Christians." Through 46-year-old Auxiliary

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Tomasz

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the Pontifical

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Giampaolo

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St.

Joan of Arc

Church plans

accompanies Northerner down South Faith

ministries fair ASHEVILLE

â€”

forefront of the couples' lives in their

ALESHA M. PRICE

GREENSBORO

St.

1, following a 10 a.m. community Mass in the parish gym. The 16 church ministries will have table displays arranged through-

April

out the building, representing a wide variety of interests and parishioners, from Catholic Daughters to karate, bereavement to parish celebrations, and Hispanics to Hibernians. Sandwiches and finger foods will be served from the church kitchen and diverse desserts will be placed on each ministry table, adding interest

encouraging

progression

throughout the exhibits.

The

Staff Writer

Joan of Arc Parish has announced plans for a ministries fair to be hosted on Sunday,

and

community

Mass

that

precedes the fair will be celebrated in lieu of the parish's four regular weekend Masses and is intended to allow the church membership to greet each other as one church family. Father John M. Pagel, pastor, said he anticipates that the event will not only familiarize parishioners with various aspects of church ministries, but will also encourage increased participation.

â€”

As Rev. Mr.

Timothy Rohan poured

the water on his newest grandchild Samuel's head during his baptism this year on March 10, his namesake, his 4-year-old grandson Tim, gazed in wonderment at his grandfather,

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childhood neighborhood. Groups of youth and teens played, prayed and studied together during the post-World

War

II era.

"Religion

was always

principle in

both our homes, and we learned the true meaning of being disciples of Christ from

Out of curiosity, he asked him, "Why do

our parents," said Rev. Mr. Rohan. "And later on, our children had the same upbringing that we did." Mrs. Rohan agreed: "The melding of

you wear a dress?"

our spirituality came early on, and

Tim was

permanent deacon. Young

interested not in this sacrament of initiation but in his grandfather's vestments. .

The intermingling faith

of family and

has been the source of comfort and

joy for Rev. Mr. Rohan since his childhood days in

New York

to his days

as a father of five and grandfather of five

and during his nearly 13 years as a permanent deacon. Moreover, ministry and family have complemented and supported each other throughout his

"One of the great

our

that he has baptized all five of

our grandkids and has given

Communion

through the influence of the Eucharist and the sacraments, we received additional comfort and blessings. Back then, everything

was done

first

to our oldest granddaughter

Patty," said wife Eileen

Rohan.

the children in a special

way

"It affects

the direction of ordained ministry in the state of

North Carolina. Faith was

at the

IQ0\ loves his Son

nursing

associate pastor of

OLG, gave

piqued.

couragement from

Msgr.

William

Pharr, then pas-

he ordained

was

tor,

was

traveling romance," he joked. During that time, Rev. Mr. Rohan had begun

the

diocese's second diaconate class.

Since that Rev. Mr. Rohan has been time,

for

involved with the

reality of

came

moving

North

somewhat of a shock

who had to relocate with Rev. Mr. Rohan's company, and they did not know what to expect. It was an the family

adjustment for

know anyone it

all

involved.

'We

didn't

North Carolina, but we

as an opportunity for us to

new surroundings in the we had wanted for our growing family," he remembered. bigger house that

a place like 'Green Acres.'"

Mrs. Rohan

recalls the

adjustment

to continuing to raise her children in a

rural area rather than an urban

one surprisingly more unsettling than before. 'We felt that the children had too

much freedom. In Brooklyn, we always knew where they were because they played in the same block, whereas in Greensboro, they could be anywhere;

his side in

'The key

"However, our kids were in culture shock. They thought we were moving to

Photo by Jimmy Rostar

was With en-

curiosity

visit his

looked at

5:20

a talk

about the ministry during Mass one Sunday, and Rev. Mr. Rohan's

start fresh in

â€” John

the

permanent

Carolina

amazed.'"

Involvement

school.

future wife. "It

and shows

may

Our

in the

with

would take three

The

you

church,

community. Mrs. Rohan began working with Hospice of Greensboro, while Rev. Mr. Rohan was elected to the parish pastoral council and also worked with Eucharistic ministry and as a lector.

Rev. Mr. Rohan

Father

him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that

home

Greensboro, and

diaconate came when Father Joe McCarthy, then

Catholic values and education.

the

Western Electric Rev. Mr. Timothy Rohan adjunct chapin the mailroom laincy program at and had started attending college at Moses Cone Hospital, marriage preparanight and earned a degree from St. tion, ecumenical prayer services, prison John's University. He eventually worked ministry and various other diaconate his way up the proverbial ladder to a duties. He retired from Western Electric, position as a senior computer specialist, now known as AT&T, in 1990 and bewhile the family began to expand. The came the business manager of OLG. After Rohan children grew up in a house in the seven years of service to the church, he same neighborhood that their parents unofficially retired for the second time to did and experienced almost the same devote himself fully to his diaconate mintype of upbringing complete with istry. Through it all, Mrs. Rohan has been

Levi

...

Lady of Grace

Throughout the

working

in ministry at their

was married in 1958 after Mrs. Rohan completed

buses to

young Catholic growing up in Brooklyn, Rev. Mr. Rohan never dreamed that his life would take him in

That renewed sense of strength propelled the couple to become involved

The couple

their relationship,

here, we found that it was like our church was years ago. We felt our children had moved into a more structured church, and our church became strong to us again," said Mrs. Rohan.

one-on-one

of clergy, and for him to have been able to be the minister of the sacraments has been phenomenal for our

western area of the state and nostalgia for times past. 'We found a different spirituality in this area than in New York. Faith had become lax as far as rules and doctrine, and when we moved in the

offered a sense of comfort

couples."

courting phase of

in the role

However, the fledgling Catholic faith

him

to have

although they were with friends, they could be at the park, pool, anywhere."

group; there were

that the

gifts

permanent diaconate has given family

life.

family."

For further

March 23, 2001

Living the Faith

make God

support of the ministry. to a successful marriage

the head of the home.

The

marriage cannot fail if this is so," said Rev. Mr. Rohan, who has been diaconate vicar of the Greensboro region for the past four years.

"Our morning prayers and our work with perpetual adoration at

Home have become a tremendous source of comfort for us which we would have never experienced had it not been for the permanent diaconate," said Mrs. Rohan. To be able to see the clerical end of the church and to share what we have as givers as well as Maryfield Nursing

receivers has been very special for both

of us." Contact Staff Writer Aksha

calling

(704)

370-3354

amprice@cliarlottediocese.org.

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