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step into Spring Fling ALESHA M. PRICE
By
Alaska Catholics debate
Staff Writer
For some attendants,
oil drilling
it
is
consid-
ered to be a day of rest and relaxation.
For ...Page
15
others,
in the
it is
a time to
name of
and fellowship
come together
friendship, spirituality
and as senior midst of the autumn and winter seasons of their lives to live them to the fullest degree possible. The 15th Annual Spring Fling, sponsored by Catholic Social Services Elder Ministry, was held at two locations this year to accommodate the growing. ji timber of older me;; and women who attend the event filled with activities and information for the opportunity to share with one another. On April 26, St. Mark Church in Huntersville hosted seniors mostly from the eastern half of the diocese, while those from the westernmost part of the state traveled to St. Aloysius Church- in Hickory on May 3 to join the festivities. as Catholics
citizens in the
Local News exchange project
cultural
builds bridges ...Page
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Racial justice of death
penalty challenged by
NC Council of Churches ...Page
16
Every Week Entertainment ...Pages
Editorials
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"We were literally bursting at the seams at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory previously, so we needed to try something new this year. With the help of the Knights of Columbus from St. Mark and the volunteers and youth from St. Aloysius, we were able to give both groups a beautiful day filled with wonderful and exciting people," said Sandra Breakfield, diocesan director of Elder Ministry. "It is like a homecoming or a family reunion for many of the seniors, and the Spring Fling continues
day where everyone can leave and forget the demands of life and to be a
& Columns ...Pages
12-13
join others in the spirit of oneness and friendship."
At
St.
Mark, 17 parishes were
present with 194 attendants, and at St.
Seniors from across the diocese gathered for the 15th Annual Spring Fling, sponsored by Catholic Social Services Elder Ministry, on April 26 at St. Mark Church in Huntersville and on May 3 at St. Aloysius Church in
Hickory. The day seminars and events bingo, blood pressure checks and a host
included including and pulse
of other
activities.
Aloysius,
150 parishioners came from
13 churches.
Erwin and Rita Morweiser, parishioners at St. Francis of Assisi in Lenoir, are repeaters to the yearly gathering of
"We have been coming for years because it is a relaxing and special day. It is good for us to be a part of it," said Mrs. Morweiser. "The day offers companionship and camaraderie, and meeting old friends is important," added Mr. Morweiser. As in past years, the day began after the diocese's older members.
Photos By Alesha M. Price See
SPRING FLING,
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new
Vatican issues
Ihe World
May
Brief
in
liturgy
church teaching and governance. Father Sullivan, widely regarded as one of the
translation rules WASHINGTON (CNS) The Vatican has issued a new instruction on
—
translating liturgical texts.
world's leading experts on issues of church
teaching authority, was a professor of
Among topics it
ecclesiology at the Gregorian University in
— one world —
addresses are inclusive language
Rome from
of
the most sharply contested issues in recent
years in the English-speaking
and requirements
The
new
execution
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Two U.S. cardinals have said the tion of Timothy
pound the
The
the
Web
May
site late
nal
describes
7. It
new rules as setting the stage "for a new
woman and CNS
—
NEW
is seeking to uncover the between the human brain and relithe gious experiences. Neurotheology
neurotheology link
—
subject of a cover story in the
May
"Why God Won't Go Away:
—
Brain
Catholic child picks up bullets in Beit Jalla up in and around his house in May 6. His Catholic family's house was hit by Israeli gunfire when troops entered the Palestinian
the
eyes of
human
is
Psychologists and neurolo-
spirituality.
gists already
have discovered through
brain imaging that certain parts of the
and other parts qui-
brain are stimulated
eted by religious activities such as medita-
and prayer. For his book 'Why God Go Away," published in April by
tion
Won't
Books
Ballantine
New York
in
drew Newberg and
Dr.
means
to see with the
not with those of science or
faith,
history," Cardinal Poletto said.
continue
scientists to
on the
TURIN,
(CNS)
Italy
— Cardinal
Shroud of Turin should continue, although faith, not science, is the key to understanding the cloth's image of a crucified man. The Gospel calls believers to know Christ and to see him, the cardinal said May 4 at a
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suggested that national bishops' confer-
net
unintended pregnancies in half"
a "structure of participation" for the church
on doctors to help make that happen by raising the issue with more patients. Cathleen Cleaver, director of planning and
conference outside the U.S. Capitol.
McGovern-Dole
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Speaking
at
Fordham Uni-
New York May
he said the
2,
take part in the following events:
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more effective. more "active
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called in particular for
Charlotte 11 a.m.
planner May 14 CHARLOTTE — The support group
Confirmation St.
James, Concord
May
—
23 6 p.m. School board Mass and dinner Diocesan Pastoral Center, Charlotte
Duke
St.,
will be hosting
a health
fair
awareness, blood pressure, diabetes, eye
exams and other seminars
will be available along with an on-site doctor or nurse to
May 28 from
room
at St. Gabriel
5585.
7-8 p.m. in the family
Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For further details, call the church office at (704) 364-
5431.
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MAGGIE VALLEY —
Waters Lane,
— 7 p.m.
form of
parent will meet tonight and
Charlotte
22
referred are essentially a
answer questions and vendors selling health-related products. For further information, call Sadie McConnell at (336) 851-
ters Catholic Reflection Center,
May
Purdon
abortion.
today from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Breast cancer
Confirmation Our Lady of Consolation,
6 p.m. Confirmation St. John Neumann, Charlotte
called
Catholic Bishops, said the drugs to which
812
Diocesan
for adult children grieving the loss of a
—
He
information for the Secretariat for Pro-Life
participation of the bishops" in univ ersal
,
could help cut the U.S. rate of
Activities of the National Conference of
permanently fund a $300 million
Episcopal, calendar
we
could be enhanced by making church
ity,
He
pilot pro-
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church's magisterium, or teaching author-
Education and Child Nutrition Act would
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Church theology expert suggests new council every 50 years
retreat today
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bombing of the Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995. The blast killed
ences consider reviving plenary councils as
World
tion
be helped if the plan
will
"My
Living
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May
educa-
(CNS) Catholic one of the many institu-
St. Patrick,
NC 28203 NC 28237
on
program. The plan's components are "the bold, first steps to turn concept into legislation in a hope that millions of young lives can be improved," said CRS executive director Kenneth Hackett at a May 3 press
is
of a comprehensive Third
May 20
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Secretary: Jane Glodowski
He was
Church convene a new ecumenical council every 50 years. He also
joins others in lauding
McGovern-Dole food aid plan
May
Graphic Designer: Tim Faragher
used to help poor countries provide school
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is
that the Catholic
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man.
Alesha M. Price
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year
money would be
bulk of the
McVeigh
NEW YORK (CNS) — Jesuit theolo-
crucified
Curlin
Associate Editor: Jimmy Rostar
fiscal
Com-
gian Father Francis A. Sullivan suggested
resembles a photographic negative of a
Bishop William G. Curlin will
Publisher:
The
2004.
December, turning
and
Policy,
spokeswoman for die U.S. bishops decried a call to make "morning-after" contraceptives more widely available. Dr. Thomas Purdon, the new president of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said at an April 30 press briefing
cloth,
crops and other food commodities as part
Severino Poletto of Turin said tests on the
billion
and to pregnant and nursing mothers. Estimates say up to 30 million children could
investigations
and Franciscan nuns during prayer. Cardinal says faith, not
shroud
undertaking by
1
church has allowed
tions behind a plan to use surplus U.S.
science, key to understanding
last
into a $
lunches, while the rest
data from brain imaging of Tibetan Buddhists
gram launched
whose
scheduled to die by lethal injection at the
Nevertheless, he told the congregation, the
An-
his co-authors used
"It
Committee on Domestic
federal prison at
the liturgical feast of the
about every man,
is
child in the country, in
mittee on Pro-Life Activities.
16.
Shroud of Turin.
statement
Cardinal Keeler, chairman of their
controlled area.
study of the neurobiology of religion and
Science and the Biology of Belief
ops'
Elias Slama, 7, displays bullets he picked the new Christian section of Beit Jalla
Mass marking
in a joint
2 in Washington. In-
name McVeigh will be executed, said Cardinal Mahony, chairman of the U.S. bish-
photo by Debbie Hill
7 issue
new book
of Newsweek magazine and of a
May
stead, the execution
New science of neurotheology
called
William H. Keeler
released late
era of liturgical renewal."
uncovers brain's links to spirituality A new YORK (CNS) branch of scientific research called
com-
"can only
violence" and will not bring
Timothy McVeigh. It is not even primarily about him," said Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and Baltimore Cardi-
Vatican Congregation for Di-
Worship and the Sacraments posted the instruction in English, French and Latin on the congregation's page of the
vine
Vatican
impending execu-
McVeigh
genuine healing or closure. "This first federal execution in 38 years is not just about
not
contained in the normative Latin ritual books.
currently
Mahony
Cardinals Keeler,
34-
liturgical texts
is
speak out against McVeigh
page instruction covers other areas ranging from detailed rules on how bishops' conferences develop translations, the Vatican's role in the process, and procedures for creating
1956 to 1992 and
a professor of theology at Boston College.
for exact translation of
Latin texts in other languages.
2001
11,
through
May 20. The retreat,
Soul Proclaims the Greatness of the
Lord," will be presented by licensed psychologist Dr. Diane Gautney,
who
will
how Mary's life can be a guide for mothers and their relationships with their children and God and provide enhancement of their lives. For details on this retreat, which could be a belated Mother's discuss all
Day gift, call the center 19 GREENSBORO
at (828) 926-3833.
—
St.
Mary
Church,
19
MORGANTON — A Disaster Relief
Workshop
will take place at St Charles Borromeo Church, 714 West Union St., today from 10 am-l p.m. Rev. Mr. Gerald
Collins will speak about
how
parishes can
prepare to take an active and effective role in disaster responses.
Gerry Carter
For more
details, call
at (704) 370-3250.
20 CHARLOTTE
—
Because of
Mother's Day, a charismatic Mass, celebrated by Father John Smyth from St John Church in Concord, will be held at St Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, this afternoon at
teams
at
4 p.m. with prayer
3 p.m. and a potluck dinner at 5
p.m. in the school cafeteria.
For further
information, contact Josie Backus at (704)
May
2001
11,
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in
The Catholic News & Herald 3
Brief
Survey shows young
Indian rights, said a former mediator of the
adult Catholics favor
Chiapas
personalized faith
—
WASHINGTON
(CNS) A survey of young adult U.S. Catholics reported that they strongly prefer a personalized view of
almost
At
the
same
such as diat Christ
beliefs
time,
it
is
showed
God or the son
of God.. The survey also reported an over-
whelming
desire in
young
adults to have
overall Chiapas problem.
The
who
difference in atti-
little
led an
The
armed indigenous
tudes between Latinos and non-Latinos.
Chiapas
The
the proposal agreed upon by
in
survey and an analysis are contained
the book
"Young Adult
June by the University of Notre An advance copy of the manuscript was made available to Catholished in
tion about Catholic colleges in the United
States
hit
by gunfire twice
in
two
the latest incident. In
an April 20 letter to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Teresian Sister Ana Garcia, head of the
St.
Teresa Student Hostel,
said,
unacceptable that a university resi-
"It is
of young Palestinian ladies studying at Bethlehem University and expatriate staff working with the church could be a target for an exchange of gun-
dence
CNS
full
in the
near future.
"Now
more younger bishops
in
that there are
Taiwan,
it
is
a
suitable time to re-study the issue,
repeatedly hear that the protection of civil-
sus several years ago," said Bishop Liu, 72.
is
the aim of military action."
sity,
owns
The
the hostel at the univer-
run by the Christian Brothers.
diaconate TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNS)
— Taiwan's
The proposed
manent
study was discussed during
the plenary meeting of the Chinese Re-
mid-April.
A
Taiwan
in
conference statement said
questionnaires
would be sent and laity.
to bishops,
priests, religious
Canadian churches' group confronts oil company on Sudan CALGARY, Alberta (CNS) A coa-
bishops are considering establishing a perdiaconate, an issue delayed for sev-
eral years because
on
which the bishops could not have consen-
gional Bishops' Conference in
Taiwan's bishops consider establishing permanent
—
of a lack of consensus
among
lition
bishops'
Canadian oil company's involvement in Sudan represents complicity witii human
the bishops. Bishop Lucas Liu Hsien-tang of Hsinchu, president of the
Commission
for the Clergy, told
UCA News, an Asian church based
in
gram
is
news agency
of church-based shareholders said a
rights violations in the African nation.
being used to fight die war against rebels
Kennedy said. Ex-mediator predicts hot struggle over Mexican Indian rights WASHINGTON (CNS) Mexico in
the South,
—
is
in for "a
very hot
political struggle"
now
that the
rebels are battling seriously again over
—
—
Father John
2 p.m. at St Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Rd, and invites everyone to celJubilee of Ordination to the Priesthood at
ebrate his anniversary. follow and to
RSVP,
A
call
reception will
(704) 334-9330.
23 GREENSBORO The Greensboro Council of Catholic Women will hold its annual May luncheon today at noon at the Sedgefield
Country Club. All
for further information.
23 CHARLOTTE
—
All families
who
colleges are listed
on the
site's
search engine, enabling students to find a
Catholic college that suits their needs based on school size, undergraduate program, region of the country and setting
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more information about the and other
details, call
May
17 dead-
Law
Janet
23 GUILFORD COUNTY
at
— The An-
Order of Hibernians Guilford County Division, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men, is looking for other cient
Irish Catholic
men
to join for meetings,
world's poorest countries
ing
its
"is far
from
fulfill-
potential," a global coalition of
Catholic relief agencies said in a major report released April 27. In practice, the
poorest people of poor countries are
still
far
and targeted beneficiaries they were supposed to become under the 2-year-old strategy, the agencies said. The 18,000-word report by Caritas Internationalis and the Catholic aid coalition CIDSE International Cooperation for Development and Solidarity
fi-om being the participants
—
— was etary
issued as die International
Mon-
Fund and World Bank were open-
ing their spring round of meetings in
Washington.
27 HENDERSONVILLE
— The
St.
Secular Franciscan Order will be meet-
For further information or
ing today from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate
tickets, call
— The
Conception Church, 208 next di-
in
7tii
Ave.
West
the office wing. Visitors and inquirers
ocesan Worldwide Marriage Encounter
are welcome, so for more information, call
meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn in Winston-Salem. Marriage Encounter is a 44-hour weekend where married couples can get away from jobs, children, chores and phones to focus on each other. For
Pat
further details about the
and other information,
May
call
18 deadline
Tom and Emile
Sandin at (336) 274-4424. 26 SYLVA The liturgy of the Hours,
—
which includes the
Contact Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264
of discussion at the
— The Abbey
—
erty-reduction strategy for debt relief in the
struggles between a mother and daughter.
educational seminars and social events. for further biformation.
Catholic agencies say debt relief plan must improve WASHINGTON (CNS) The pov-
Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the
25 WINSTON-SALEM
(336) 288-6022.
Jeanmarie Schuler at (704) 554-
have the
a play set in rural
is
mer fashion modeling from the Acorn Women's Clothing Store, raffle prizes, new
Order
interested in their Irish-Catholic
200 Catholic
Ireland about the mental and emotional
(704) 825-6787.
line
roots, call
will
Queen of Leone"
opportunity to enjoy table-to-table sum-
2 1 CHARLOTTE —The Ladies Ancient of Hibernians Division 1 Mecklenburg County-St. Brigid, an IrishCatholic social and charitable inter-parish group, will meet tonight at 7:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd.
—
government and indigenous
shareholders, through the Toronto-based
Vianney Hoover of the New Creation Monastery will be celebrating his 25th
0720
is
Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate
20 CHARLOTTE
Anyone
The
Talisman Energy Inc. president Jim Buckee at the company's annual meeting May 1 and asked where $300 million in oil revenues provided to the Sudanese government was used. "It was a simple question," said Joy Kennedy, task force representative. Kennedy said Buckee "went on at length but tiien wavered at the end. He said, "We basically don't have any responsibility for that $300 million we gave the government of Sudan.'" The Sudanese government has admitted that the money from oil revenues
be introduced in Taiwan
527-4676.
on one
all
site
ents and high school counselors. Nearly
Responsibility, confronted
Thailand, that he thinks the prolikely to
The
urban, rural or suburban.
Once again we denounce such a blatant show of force, especially when we
patriarchate
a click away,
site.
information for prospective students, parphoto from Reuters
Men place snakes on statue of city's patron Snakes are placed on a statue of St. Domenico at the beginning of an annual procession May 3 in Cocullo, Italy. The unusual religious festival recalls the legend of the saint in which he saved residents of the city from the bites of snakes and rabid animals in the 1 1th century.
fire.
ians
now just
www.catholiccollegesonline.org is sponsored by the National Catholic College Admission Association. It provides
weeks, with bullets entering a student's
dorm room during
is
Web
student dormitory at Bethlehem Uni-
was
1994, said Congress modified
in
Catholic colleges
News Service. Bethlehem University dorm struck by gunfire twice in two weeks BETHLEHEM, West Bank (CNS)
versity
Zapatistas, rebellion in
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Informa-
Press.
lic
—A
after
them and the government during 1996 negotiations. New Web site is available for
Catholics: Reli-
gion in the Culture of Choice," to be pub-
Dame
being
democracy
their children receive religious instruction.
results indicate
is
seven decades of one-party rule, said Miguel Alvarez, former executive director of the now-disbanded National Mediation Commission. Alvarez spoke May 1 in Washington, a day after the Zapatista rebels rejected an Indian rights bill passed by Congress and unilaterally suspended talks with the government to resolve the
adherence to core Christian
total
Their struggle
national transition to
the faith instead of the rules of the institutional church.
conflict.
played against the backdrop of the overall
be the topic meeting of the Lay Carmelite Community of St. Mary Church, 22 Bartlett St. Anyone interested Psalter, will
May
Cowan
at (828) 884-4246.
—
A support group meeting for caregivers of family and friends suffering from Alzheimer's/ dementia will be taking place today and every fourth Monday from 10-11:15 28 CHARLOTTE
a.m. in
room E
of the ministry center at
St Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Activities for the memory-impaired are also being provided. For more information about the support group or the Adult Day Respite Program for the memory-impaired, which meets every Monday and Wednesday, call Suzanne Bach at (704) 376-4135.
have suffered a loss are invited to attend the monthly memorial Mass at St Patrick
24 BELMONT
Cathedral, 1621 Dil worth Rd. East to-
senting
night at 7:30 p.m. Call the church
tonight at 7:30 p.m. through June 2 at the
Morning Prayer
Haid Theatre on the campus of Belmont College, 100 Belmont-Mt. Holly Rd. Martin McDonagh's "The Beauty
(828) 631-3561 or Kathy Starr at (828)
Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior
586-9303 for
to the
office at
(704) 334-2283 with the name(s) of loved
ones so they the Mass.
may
be remembered during
Belmont Community Theatre
Abbey
its
last
Players/
will
be pre-
play of the season starting
in learning
and
about the Liturgy of die Hours
in participating in is
a demonstration of
invited to attend after
the 9 a.m. Mass. Contact Linda Knauer at
details.
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the 'Bag Lady,' the Singing
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Nuns and
their boards intent
informational and interactive seminars
about water gardens, Latino traditions and customs and integrated therapies including music, aroma and healing touch; tai chi; activity aprons; raffles;
"It
meet
a lot of people," said
Herman
We
appreciate that of similar ages. because we see others who are active, and we need to be when we grow older." This was Gloria Sekulski's first time at the Spring Fling, and she was highly pleased with the day. "I thought it was fantastic, and seeing the different parishes come together all as one family was heartwarming," said the parishioner
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$20-$25
on
Those who took advantage of the tai chi session; a Chinese form of exercise involving meditation, breathing and slow, methodical movements; also had to work in a quiet space to pay attention to instructions. Women with some artistic talent made magnets and other small
seniors enjoyed bingo; arts and crafts;
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Catholic neighborhood caught
cross fire of West SUDILOVSKY
By JUDITH
News Service BEIT JALLA, West Bank (CNS) Catholic
caught
Bank fighting
—
Kawwas
gunmen
firing
watched as
on
paying an unbearable price, it is suffering," said Father Yacoub Abdel Nur, a parish priest in the West is
A
Bank town..
May
Early
Valentina Hadweh's
6,
bedroom became a war zone
Israeli soldiers
short time
later, Israeli missiles hit
Arja and his wife sought refuge garage for the next six hours. 'The Palestinians were running be-
as Israeli
through the room. "I was here making my bed and folding my clothes when I heard the shooting start," 20-year-old Hadweh, a Catholic, said a day later. Her bedroom window looks onto the Israeli checkpoint on the Bethlehem bypass road, known as
my
house to get to (the nearby
shoot
know why they want to from civilian areas. They can shoot don't
from other
areas, not in
houses," he said.
'We
We
middle; they are playing a
he
was the deepest
gunmen
The
Israelis
withdrew
hours of
battle,
new
Media
reports said one Palestinian, a
was killed and 20 others including two children and an older woman were injured during the fight-
—
—
Charlotte Regional Office
stand," Esquivel said.
'This workshop
rights, obligations
order to
facilitate their
project
ment,
one example of how church, govern-
is
legal,
human
service
and education
are responding to the needs of the
cials
A
March 2000
report from the U.S.
Catholic bishops said the Diocese of
Catholic Social Services.
Charlotte had the largest percentage in-
"Programa Esperanza has designed two different workshops to address the
crease in the Hispanic population from
needs of both populations," said Esquivel. "One offers the non-Hispanic population an introductory learning ex-
•specific
1990 to 1996 among all U.S. dioceses. The Diocese of Raleigh was listed fourth. For human services personnel, said Esquivel, that influx presents challenges.
"The non-Hispanic community dealing
signatory to the letter said the
skills for living in this
derstanding regarding rights and status of Hispanics in Charlotte/Mecklenburg." The four-hour non-Hispanic workshop
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In Spanish, "saber es poder"
means
answer they received from Arafat did not mention the gunmen and instead urged them to continue to be "strong and coura-
"to
geous."
signed primarily for social services, health
Nur
said the shooting
know
is
The workshop
for non-Hispanics
is
de-
session addresses
justice professionals.
grimage by Catholics and Greek Orthodox to the Shrine of St. George in El
people immigrate; a profile of the Latino
Khader.
community
Despite the gunfire, Father Abdel
and
tried to
who came "It
at 9:30 a.m. in Beit Jalla
calm the few parishioners
terrible.
They were very
traditional Hispanic/Latin culture; reasons
and Mecklenburg County; the impact immigration has on the community; and how to work effectively with the Hispanic community.
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despite the shelling.
was
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becoming part of the local community. The exchange project "is an outreach effort that offers the non-Hispanic and Histo better
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way
intended to offer the
of their
Latino population here and assists them in
panic/Latino population a
is
Hispanic/Latino immigrants a broad view
barriers, cultural differences
'There has been shooting here before but nothing like this. We didn't expect anything like this," said Kawwas. "I don't know if an action like this will
gunmen. After the
CSS
new country with a new lanand a new culture to under-
a
learn
and responsibilities, cultural ferences, system access and general
ing.
stop the
tural project designed to teach Hispanics
and non-Hispanics about one another. The Hispanic/American Cultural Exchange Project is sponsored by Programa Esperanza, a program of the Diocese of
in
guage to
to
Father Abdel
military leader,
hosting a cross-cul-
basic orientation that addresses legal
positions closer to Beit Jalla than before
the incursion.
is
reported that the letter also
of
their forces
taking up
of being
program
from Beit Jalla sent a letter to Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat asking him to stop the shooting from civilian areas.
civil
Pope John Paul II and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Israeli forces into Palestinian territory to
Hispanic immigrants, a Catholic Social Services
all
added challenges
knowledge about the diverse Hispanic/ Latino culture, its concepts and issues. "The other, called 'Saber es Poder,' offers the Hispanic/Latino community a
was sent
date.
after five
May, church and
Israeli press
residential
infiltration
us,"
ers
areas and at Jewish cars using the bypass road. It
game with
have the same needs and concerns as families do, but they face the
perience that emphasizes awareness and
In early
house nearby to be with her. Israeli Defense Forces said they entered the Palestinian-controlled West
civilians are in the
said.
dashed from his parents'
who have been firing at Jewish
those
why does Israel use tanks to shoot back? The Palestinians have only small guns. I am angry
at both sides.
to rout out Palestinian
all
problems here. "But on the other hand,
During a lull in the shooting, Hadweh's Catholic fiancee, Walter
Bank
between the
don't need
take clothes out of my closet," she said.
22,
In the diocese
that leads the nation in the influx of
that provides resources to the Hispanic/
"I
was just turning to leave the room when the bullets came at me. I can't sleep here any more. I am afraid to come and
—
Issues.
"Hispanic/Latino immigrant families
Charlotte's
village of) El Khader," Arja said.
T
CHARLOTTE
and immigration
tation
Associate Editor
in their
hind
the tunnel road.
JIMMY ROSTAR
By
his house.
bullets flew
Kawwas,
Arja, 36,
and Palestinian gunmen exchanged gunfire from two empty houses a few hundred yards away from his house. Then he saw the Palestinian gunmen run toward his backyard.
Jewish neighborhoods. "Beit Jalla
Makram
exchange project
Cultural
designed to build bridges
said.
Beit Jalla resident
in the cross fire as Israeli forces
searched for Palestinian
in
leader was killed, they became very angry and went right back to shooting at Gilo," a disputed Jewish area nearby,
Residents of Beit Jalla found themselves
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was convicted of manslaughter
lack
in the
human
dignity
death of a patient during a legal abortion was sentenced to five years in prison
cause they have
May
fails
LouAnne Herron, who died now-closed A-Z Women's Center
the
in
after her uterus
was sentenced
The
woman was
much
as
1
Biskind,
August 1998,
in
to
He
in
U.S. nun shot dead, victim of apparent robbery in Guatemala
one fewer senator.
apparent robbery, her religious order said. Charity Sister Barbara Ann Ford of New York was shot numerous times in a 5.
assault in
Sister Ford, 62,
Marriage prep must address anti-marriage attitude, speaker says RAPID CITY, S.D. (CNS)
CNS
for
indigenous people, especially the rural poor," said Charity Sister Doris Smith,
spokeswoman for the religious order. Priest urges strong seminary formation in sexuality, celibacy WASHINGTON (CNS) Calling
makes it difficult to provide "balanced and proper sexual education," he said. Father Coleman tied formation for celibacy to good formation in sexuality. Catholic clergy, laity back antinities"
seminary formation in sexu-
and celibacy, Sulpician Father Gerald D. Coleman said, "A sexually ality
imbalanced seminarian will be a sexually imbalanced priest." Father Coleman,
NEW YORK (CNS) — The Ameri-
can Anti-Slavery Group drew Catholic lay and clergy support at a sidewalk demonstration it sponsored against
Sudan
in
New York May
2.
The
anti-
Sudan's U.N. Mission has
offices.
WASHINGTON cial lic
(CNS)
Bishops backed a federal
Senate
shows disrespect
for
life in
commu-
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said Richard Doerflinger,
it,"
1st
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the very act of
tivities.
Service in Washington. Currently "the
bill
human embryo cloning at a hearing May 2. "Human cloning
blacks of the predominantly Christian
during the association's annual convention this April in Milwaukee. He later
offi-
hibit all
department of the Na-
and animist South, but also engage in widespread killing, torture and rape of black Sudanese. Franciscan Father James E. Goode, president of the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus and
— An
of the National Conference of Catho-
Park, Calif, gave the keynote talk
tional Catholic Educational Association
Dame
Bishops' spokesman backs federal ban on human cloning
associate director for policy
that
ronment
was among those addressing the
generating
Patrick Seminary in
Catholic marriage preparation must deal with a strong anti-marriage envi-
held outside the building where
Arab Sudanese of the predominantly Muslim North not only enslave
St.
to the seminary
made
rally,
slavery group, based in Boston, contends
president of
Menlo
for Life,
slavery protest against Sudan
—
for a strong
—
photo from Reuters
14-year-old works mine in Niger A 14-year-old worker sits at the top of a gold mine shaft in Niger, where some say up to 30 percent of mine workers are children. The west African country is on the International Monetary Fund's list of the most heavily indebted poor countries.
Guatemala City May worked in Guatemala
20 years, helping victims of the country's 36-year civil war recover from their psychological wounds. "She had a great love and a great compassion for the
bal-
Catholics in the Senate, a difference of
— A U.S
nun who worked with victims of violence in Guatemala was shot dead in an
midday
— There
59 Republicans this term, two fewer Democrats and one more Republican than two years ago. The same goes for the breakdown by House and Senate, with 128 Catholics in the House and 24
also ordered
(CNS)
(CNS)
ance of Catholics in each party remains nearly the same, with 93 Democrats and
restitution.
WASHINGTON
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one fewer than two years ago. The
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are 152 Catholics in the 107th Congress,
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who gave up
way
Human
members
WASHINGTON
con-
of negligent homicide in Herron's death. Superior Court Judge Michael O. Wilkinson could have sentenced Biskind to as
in a
Congress has 152 Catholic
»victed
prison or to probation.
be-
Prohibition Act of 2001.
to four years' pro-
63-year-<>ld
wrong
to respect that dignity." Doerflinger
bation and 500 hours of community service.
is
dignity but are
to discuss the proposed
Schadoff, administrator of the abortion clinic,
it
was one of 10 witnesses appearing before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
at
was punctured during an abortion. Carol StuartPhoenix
—
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brought into the world
John Biskind, 75, was found guilty in February in the death of 334.
year-old
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the Fort
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confusion and even hostility to others,'
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Bishop D'Arcy said. "They point out how the Old Testament upheld the death penalty and how Christ never spoke directly against this practice. Yet John Paul II, in St. Louis, called the death penalty 'cruel and
for the victims?"
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general
May
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Pope's trip to Gre across centu BY JOHN THAVIS News Service On a DAMASCUS, Syria (CNS) pilgrimage highlighted by bold ecumenical and interreligious gestures, Pope John Catholic
Paul
II
—
reached across centuries of division
Orthodox Christians Muslims in Syria to
In Greece
the pope issued a
May
6,
first
The pope was
tracing the footsteps of
and he encouraged the minority Catholic communities in Greece and Syria to follow the Apostle's example in combining evangelization and dialogue. He said St. Paul had approached the ancient peoples of the region on their own cultural terms 2,000 years ago, launching the Paul,
church's universal mission.
The
pope,
who
May,
turns 8 1 later in
May
first
three
with deep regret," he
The pope
The
fills
fact
Catho-
said.
followed his strong "mea
culpa" statement with a call to turn the
page, saying the time had
come
for Chris-
put aside rancor over past injus-
and "walk together." the end of the day, Archbishop Christodoulos prayed the Our Father with the pope and called his visit the start of "a new era" between the churches. The archbishop flew to Moscow the next day for talks with Russian Orthodox Patriarch
tices
At
Alexei
a coincidence Vatican officials
II,
found promising. The pope visited the Areopagus, the
where
4-9 pilgrimage, which
hillside
St.
He called
icon of the apostle.
Paul
first
Paul a model
him to Malta, the site of St Paul's shipwreck on his way to martyrdom in Rome. But the pontiff was clearly buoyed by the apparent success of his first two stops cordial in and the welcome he received
for the church
Greece and enthusiastic in Syria "It has gone beyond our expectations. The pope is very pleased," Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said at mid-
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos and other
was
to take
the
his
own
arrived in Greece with
his biggest ecumenical
impact
Orthodox Church
in Greece,
Arch-
bishop Christodoulos of Athens.
Tor
papacy. his stay,
he lauded Greek
member
role as a
He met
munity.
ministers,
who
of the European
new Com-
with Greek President
said they
were pleased that
anti-pope demonstrations earlier in the
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church
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reaches
e, Syria
s of division Christian-Muslim relations, and in a Muslims the pope urged others to
in
talk to
take note of the historic event.
my
"It is
Muslim
ardent hope that
and Christian religious leaders and teach-
two great
present our
ers will
communities as communities
more
dialogue, never
he
conflict,"
religious
in respectful
communities
as
in
the young to be taught
the
ways of respect and understanding, so
that
they will not be led to misuse religion
promote or
to
lence,"
he
The
justify hatred or vio-
enthusiastic
—
of cheering Christians
Orthodox
—
Catholics and
lined the streets of the old city
and the courtyard of the church, tossing flower petals as he rode in his popemobile IV.
After listening to a chanted prayer, the
pope gave a speech
in
which he
recalled the
CNS
flowering of the faith in Syria during the
who
greeted the
He
Muslim
said
he was pleased
leaders with the Arabic expression, "As-
ally excellent relations
salamu alaikum" ("Peace be with you"),
Catholic and
at the gener-
between Syrian
preached to the Athenians there nearly 2,000 years ago.
received long applause
Orthodox churches today, but urged them to do more in terms of
tion
cooperation.
and a warm recepfrom dozens of imams and other Is-
lamic leaders gathered in a courtyard of the eighth-century
complex.
After removing his shoes and donning i
walked down a of the mosque's prayer hall,
pair of white slippers, he
long aisle
>ausing occasionally for an explanation
rom
Muslim
his
Then he stopped
guide.
silently for
a minute before a memorial
shrine to St.
John the
Baptist, held
radition to be the place
lead
is
by
where the
local
saint's
buried.
knew
As owner bookkeeping it all
it
of an accounting and
firm,
Joanne Ury seemed
— a comfortable home, a
predictable and plentiful income and a
new
red
SUV with
plenty of options.
business, the higher
her income rose, the lower her career satisfaction dipped.
Sound
familiar?
There was an undeniable question that crept into her thoughts during
moments. By 996 she decided to answer question. She became a candidate 1
with the Sisters of Mercy. For
two years
in a
Dam-
the pope told
President Bashar Assad.
— though
not by name
It assailed Israel
—
for
its
policies in
that Christians,
Muslims and Jews were work together for regional peace. He asked them to remember that
gested Israel was acting with "the same
called to
mentality of betraying Jesus Christ and
is
go out brothers and sis-
but by the
of oneself toward one's
ability to
ters."
The and
torturing him."
A
not defined by oppo-
pope's message of interreligious
political reconciliation
contrasted with
by
Vatican spokesman downplayed
the remarks, saying they were merely the
Syrian point of view.
For his part, the pope called for respect U.N. resolutions, the banning of acquisition of territory by force and the right of
for
people to seU^eterrnination.
calculated the benefits, was time for a change. home to an empty house, now a member of a supportive,
she was
going
prayer-
community of women whose values were in sync with hers. She was getting ful
her answer.
When year,
she took her vows
this
she realized that for her the
bottom
line
is
measured by the
tion of putting smiles
real
satisfac-
on faces of the
elderly or serving the parishioners of a local
church.
"Although
quiet
that
6,
a strident arrival speech delivered
But something was amiss. The
more she grew her
Mass
occupied Palestinian territories and sug-
sition to others
triarch.
I
May
a congregation of about 25,000 Syrians
"Christian identity
pontiff paid a visit to the Syrian
Orthodox cathedral the next day, meeting with clergy and laity from all nine of the Catholic and Orthodox church communities in Syria. This time he shared his popemobile with the Syrian Orthodox pa-
I
a three-hour-long
ascus sports stadium
Easter.
"Once to have
At
A prime example in which the
Middle Eastern churches should show leadership, he said, is reaching agreement on a common date for the celebration of
The
photo from Reuters
Greek Orthodox Archbishop Christodoulos escorts Pope John Paul II from Areopagus hill in Athens May 4. Behind them is an icon of St. Paul, who
early centuries of the church.
said.
pope,
He
welcome of the trip at an Orthodox cathedral in downtown Damascus May 5. Tens of thousands first
with Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius
said.
"It is crucial for
itself
Syria greeted the pope warmly. received his
thought
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Readings
2001
11,
Book Review
Food Nation' is compelling story that 'Fast
Word to Life May
13, Fifth
Cycle
C Readings:
Sunday ofEaster
don't
do
Grandma
or "Don't put
it,"
in a
difficult position."
In today's Gospel passage Jesus
doesn't trivialize
Psalm 145:8-13
Catholic
When
THOMAS
R.
News
—
Service
a book with a
somewhat un-
popular message, a 19-page index, 55 pages of notes and six of bibliography,
and a $25 price tag finds a receptive audience, one must conclude that all is not lost, that the American social conscience is not moribund. What other lesson is one to take away from the popularity of "Fast Food Nation" (Houghton Mifflin), Eric
as he prepares to leave his loved ones.
So he gives them one more, all-encompassing commandment He's been instructing them right along, showing them
2) Revelation 21:l-5a 3) Gospel:
JOSEPH
By
on food handling 'What's in the Meat" (and
John 13:31-33a, 34-35
Schlosser's chapter it's
titled
what's in
it is
less
than appealing)
—
BY JEAN DENTON Catholic
is'
some regards. But his efblame for burgeoning obesity on the fast-food industry is one of the weakest sections of the book. Additionally, the epilogue, in which Schlosser takes up the what's-to-bedone-about-it question, suffers from the fort to lay
absence of a strong
The
action.
for concerted
call
just-say-no approach
isn't
News Service
My husband and
frightening in
I
activities
to be servants of
them
For me,
it's
my
on time. But just would give face-to-
children
and the calamitous social changes it has
and the chicken nuggets taste so
ior.
fostered?
good.
tinually are teaching their children es-
act of generosity
would be
when
also
the
face final instructions to the children re-
fries
garding their responsibilities and behav-
Although from Day
1
the ultimate guideline
can plug in just as
burgers and the
much
I
reminding demonstrat-
I once hoped would remember and follow the "if you have to lie about it" suggestion. When I want to get even after someone speaks harshly to me, when someone in my family takes out his or her anger on me just because I'm the one who will listen, when I'm ignored by someone I care about, when an
tiiat I
fast-food industry
before going,
all,
to love their enemies. But,
likely to
accomplish
heal,
he says it all in one line: "Love one another as I have loved you."
damning assessment of the Schlosser's
and
finally,
to get to his or her appoint-
ments and
to forgive
them
telling
When
our children were young, their grandmother generously would come spend that week with them. In preparing to leave, I always wrote out a detailed schedule so everyone would
remember
how
ing compassion for those most in need,
take a trip every
year to the convention of his professional organization.
parents con-
is
unappreciated,
when
a
There's a reason
sential lessons so they will act decentiy
I'm impatient with a friend's self-pity
mistake, however, to
for that too. It lies in
can simply try on Jesus'
attribute the book's
the fragrance indus-
success solely to
try
and responsibly when they are on their own, when die time to be separated arrives there's a sense of urgency to voice
very same way.
It
its
makes
which
processed food so appealing after all
the most important concerns. Once,
the public's sensi-
Rather,
the flavor has been
how
subject matter and tivities.
"Fast
Food Nation"
boiled,
blanched and
The
succeeds as well be-
frozen out of
Schlosser knows how to marshal his facts and present them in compelling fashion without the common-scold shrillness of too many goodcause advocates and without trivializing his thesis by engaging
very existence of that industry, and
cause
relationship to food as much as to its
more
chapters, each of
in
mere
entertain-
10 workmanlike
which could stand
as a
he needs to hold the reader's attention even when dealing with the production of french fries or the gory business of slaughtering steers quickly, without waste and at minimal cost. Quickly, without waste and at minimal cost these are the keys to fastfood service. But that service doesn't begin and end with the restaurant and the consumer; it extends back through marketing, distribution, franchising and production, the producers, of course, be-
—
who
raise the chickens
and grow the potatoes. They are the ones saddled with the financial risks (of the $1.50 you pay for and the
an order of fries, two cents makes its way back to the farmer) and they are chief
stance)
and
the
personal
stories
Schlosser weaves into what could other-
wise be a boring
statistical
foul conditions while wearing up to 80 pounds of protective
some
lie
about
it
and that
us to keep up with our and develop our gifts in
to love
what lie most wants us to do one another as deeply and he has loved
us.
to not get in trouble,
Weekly Scripture
number of burgers consumed
The
grants, beleaguered franchisees, status-
conscious teens and financially pinched farmers facing the loss of their indepen-
extent, the
consum-
are also putting their health at
19,
21:1-5,
2001 John 13:31-33, 34-35
John 15:18-21
16:1-10,
Readings for the week of May 20 Sixth Sunday of Easter, Acts
-
26,
2001
15:1-2, 22-29, Revelation 21:10-14, 22-23, Join
Monday, Acts 16:1 1-15, John 15:26-16:4; Tuesday, Acts 6:22-34, John 16:3 Wednesday, Acts 17:15, 22-18:1, John 16:12-15; Thursday (The Ascension of oin Lord), Acts 1:1-11, Ephesians 1:17-23, Luke 24:46-53; Friday (St. Bede, St Gregorj VTJ, St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi), Acts 18:9-18, John 16:20-23; Saturday (St Philip 14:23-29;
1
11;
Neri), Acts 18:23-28, John 16:23-28
(Moans one: "The only thing I is what time I get out of bed in
the morning.")
Through them,
Schlosser's
two
years of on-site research take on the hu-
man
-
(St Matthias), Acts 1:15-17, 20-26, John 15:9-17; Tuesday (St Isidore), Act 14:19-28, John 14:27-31; Wednesday, Acts 15:1-6, John 15:1-8; Thursday, Acts 15:1 21, John 15:9-11; Friday (Pope John I), Acts 15:22-31, John 15:12-17; Saturday, Act
in a day.
entrepreneurs (one founded a plant that
dence.
Readings for the week of May 13 Sunday of Easter, Acts 14:21-27, Revelation
Monday
stories are those of successful
processes a million pounds of spuds a day), injured workers, ambitious mi-
control
Fifth
account of the
face that
is
the strength of "Fast
Food Nation." Ultimately, however, the book
story of a revolution
—
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the
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mostly, where the turn-
working under
who
the history (of
include the workers at the
over rate is 300 percent), meatpackers and handlers (many of them migrants
risk.
is
victims Schlosser identifies.
armor), and, to
selflessly as
ultimately,
decision making, such as, "If you'd
interesting
in marketing concepts that has taken place almost without notice. Fascinating in its details, it nevertheless has
retail level (kids
ers
the whole so appealing
cattle
among the The others
own
have to
me him
he's loved
I've treated
order to use them for his purposes. But,
(She protested, "Gosh,
is
But what makes
his points effectively
ing the farmers
daily activities
Mom!") Usually, though, I would try to impart some ultimate guideline for their
takes up.
feature article on its own merits, Schlosser never loses sight of the fact
make
wills.
me when
God wants
daughter aside and told her to access the safe deposit box, which
subjects Schlosser
the french fry and franchising, for in-
Nevertheless, in
I
my
held our
how
and remember forgiven
I
commandment
soap and deodorants, is one of the
ment.
that to
it.
took
is
dealing with that same sense of urgency
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World War
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a would-be witch (Angela
Lansbury) invokes an army of spectral warriors to rout 20th-century German invaders and takes some trips with three
on her big brass
children
Robert Stevenson keeps
bed. Director
Disney musimoving merrily and emphasizes the
cal
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this
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Wonderful animated feature in which the cocky emperor (voice of David Spade) of a mythical South American kingdom is turned into a lowly llama by his wicked adviser (voice of Eartha Kitt) and must rely on a good-hearted peasant (voice of John Goodman) to regain his empire. With its simple message that kindness is
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gangsters then
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and an angel (Reese Witherspoon), must save his father from being destroyed
writers-directors
by Sandler's two conniving, evil-to-thebone brothers (Rhys Ifans and Tommy 'Tiny" Lister Jr.). Low on laughs, director
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but
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is
cast in
Dominic Anciano's and
fdm wander
aimlessly
brutal, pointless narrative
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somewhat
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because she couldn't breathe without
The Editors note: With Pope John Paul II on pilgrimage; the weekly audience did not take place. Instead,
column from Warsaw, commenting on
we bring
this guest
tool in that process
down
"I
you
Leadens of Greece's
to
thinking
point
this little
just
Meanwhile, a survey suggested public hostility had dropped sharply during Pope John Paul's visit, the first by a modem pontiff to the traditionally Orthodox country.
'The realities of this pilgrimage surpassed our expecArchbishop Nikolaos Foscolos of Athens. the questions which need resolving
be settled
we hope an official dialogue can now begin," he said. The archbishop spoke May 7 shortly before chair-
easily,
bait.
the surface
already checked, and
I
makes
it
I'd
room. It's pay for it."
sense. Lots of parents take the
"Jane has been so responsible," they
makes sense to let her have To which I must add my
a
themselves,
tell
"it
phone of her own."
way!" Here's
my
take. If teen-agers
have been responsible,
have not gotten into trouble and are not in the habit of sneaking around behind their parents, why set them up for failure? Why create a problem where none exists?
Once
a teen-ager has a private
line,
huge
a
With
place in the family communication pattern.
telephone
making and
line,
receiving calls
The phone
negotiation and interaction.
shift takes
is
a shared
and
rings,
if
a
the other end of the
church's spokeswoman,
Maria
Kutatsi, predicted the
would encourage calls for legal status by the Catholic minority, as well as spurring center-left government efforts to separate the state from Greece's predominant visit
Orthodox Church. "All such moves will be discouraged as long as such a tight church-state relationship exists here," Kutatsi said.
"But
dox
this
event has the potential to change Ortho-
attitudes. If the political will exists,
improvements
The 2&hour
—
which included a joint declaration between the pope and Orthodox Archbishop Christodoulos, was welcomed May 5 by most Greek visit,
line.
If it's a familiar caller, there's a
the parents and friends get on the simplest level.
—
If
to
know
conversation
little
each other,
even
—
if it's
"And who
is
this
or a 22-year-old guy.
girl
Once the teen-ager has conversations don't happen.
a private line, those
It
becomes more
little
room
If a
may
daily said
May 5
when
be especially important.
Guest Column
problems. parents
May 7
Meanwhile, a
private line
Fourth
Last year
living: Is
away from the Catholic Church tiieologically than the Orthodox But we all think eciimenically and favor better relations," Koulouris told CNS. further
The 200,000
Catholic minority has frequendy
The pope
in
Greece
referred to the "very difficult conditions"
May
4 message to Greece's Bishop Franghiskos Papamanolis of Thira Santorini and Archbishop Nikolaos Printesis of Naxos thanked the Greek government and Orthodox Church for approving the
facing the church in a
two of
whom
—
—
joined the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, a Catholic
I
visit.
CNS he believed the stop-
over had "broken the
ice" between the Catholic and Orthodox churches and could improve ties internation-
around four values:
and community.
community with
Communities
differ
from
simplicity,
I live in
four other volunteers.
living with friends
by a com-
put our
faith into action at
our job placements.
We do diis by
sharing a house, eating most of our meals together and sharing our time and
one of the stones bishop,
"A
who
for building a bridge," said the arch-
concelebrated a
faitii
on designated nights during the
24-hour
visit
a few days and weeks. But
churches," the archbishop said.
their faith
These communities guided was only when I attended a large I realized that Christian community was a part of small communities in my
was ingrained
in
me.
I
residence hall and academic department, but
I
found
I
That search led me campus ministry program. knew after college I wanted to volunteer for at
a Christ-centered community.
needed
I
year. In time,
I
realized that T
program so that would be met
now
was
First,
I
from
my
reminded
and
like the apostles
family and
me that
let fear
God would
I
faitii
my
12
community
because
community.
have two choices.
take over, or
I
in
two ways.
panicked at being away
I
I
can step out
My
new community
can act like the apostles in faitii
always take care of me. Second,
and believe that
after that realiza-
I was humbled to see that my community and I were in same boat They, too, were in a new situation and around strangers. That we were in the same boat and were trying to
tion
nity
made
the difference.
was able to open up and communicate my fears ashamed about feeling weak What I perceived as
In time
I
bring
me closer to my commu-
members. Christian
community
is
not just limited to volunteer
to the
least a
and can grow enough to share that love with
others.
Christian
community needs
Now after eight months of service, in addition to looking for the face of Jesus in my clients, continually see the face of Jesus in my four community members. Have you seen the face
why
Jesus surrounded
of Jesus lately?
understand more clearly liis
windstorm
programs and religious life. It can be found in Christ-centered communities in our families, schools, parishes, jobs and other organizations. Through them we experience God's love for us
needed to volunteer through a
my
large
is.
Tliis passage applies to
Catholic
for college. It
A
wake Jesus up the storm and asks diem
a panic. In return, Jesus quiets
where
my weakness actually helped
left
himself with all
in
and not feel
I
Luke
and the apostles are crossing a
asleep in the boat
school and church communities.
this
has been a historic event for Greece and
falls
me until
I
in
this struggle in reference to
center ourselves around Christ
Growing up, my life centered around my family,
faith-based
5 papal Mass.
about
the face of Jesus in our clients."
separation lasting almost a thousand years can't
be made to disappear
its
May
community members supported
die
as well as helping "change mentalities" within Greece.
"We can't expect miracles, but we have at least laid
my
that time.
week Each of us works at different social sendee agencies and is paid a small stipend. One of our JVC challenges is to 'look for
Catholic ally,
3211
threatens to destroy their boat, and the apostles
an inten-
mon mission to share our faith in Christ with each other and to
public university that
Archbishop Foscolos told
essential to Christian living?
service organization centered
tional faith-based
complained of Discrimination
it
Christians
church and are
address: Dr. Service,
can easily become overwhelmed and despair
and Jesus
lake,
Community
during the pilgrimage.
bishops,
we
like to think
I
church had opposed anti-Catholic demon-
aren't expecting a united
News
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017.
St.
8:22-25. In this passage, Jesus
social justice, spirituality
"We
for trouble.
Tour comments are welcome. Please
me through
7 percent believing
strations
up a connection
Christopher Carstens, c/o Catholic
the
said his
strongly hold that giving a teen-ager a
setting
strangers. Fortunately,
Guest Columnist
among Greek citizens, with
among
I
disappoints
However, community living can be risky to our pride and ego. It involves letting down our guard and being vulnerable. This year, I found myself struggling with homesickness. It was painful and hard to deal with in front of four
MARA ANNE DORSCH
Gallup poll indicated a sharp
the pope's call for closer cooperation
is
it
the phone back to themselves.
die gospel message.
positive
it was "not good for Orthodoxy and Greek state" compared to 30 percent in April. Asked if the visit could benefit other Christian minorities, the secretary-general of Greece's small Evangelical Reformed Church, Antoni Koulouris, welcomed
a popular opinion with teens, and
who might want
community, we can support each other while we try to live out
climate for conducting talks."
in opposition to the visit
should ring in the parents'
about the lack of love, hope and justice in the world. In
the
to unification,"
much more
it
phone rings and the teen-ager lunges across the it, and then talks in hushed, inaudible tones,
while the opposition Kathinerini daily concurred that the pope's remarks hftd "created a
a.m.,
to grab
pope's statement of regret for past Catholic misdeeds
would "change history and open a path
when an
the parents need
bedroom, not the kids'. If parents hear a mumbled conversation in the middle of the night, they need to pick up the receiver and hear who is talking on the line. Secret phone calls late at night commonly signal a kid who's having
isolated,
The pro-government Ethnos
and
going on. phone rings at 2
clicks off
—
row
three times in a
to ask what's
the teen-ager's friends are total strangers to die parents.
or Dad's presence
—
likely that
There's a loss of parental involvement, just at a time
Mom's
phone rings and somebody
If the
adult answers
Nevertheless,
calling?"
newspapers.
fall
Mom and Dad didn't know about. hangs up the phone and says, "Oh, that was just JJ," unless parents have a chance to hear the voice on the line now and then, they don't know if JJ is a 17-year-old
It isn't
a stranger, the parents ask,
it's
If the
could follow," Kutatsi said by telephone
could be some guys he met at the mall calling about some
plans he'd rather
a process of
the pilgrimage.
In a separate Catholic
the cute
If a girl
parent answers he or she gets a chance to hear the voice on
Service interview, the
"What was that about?" It might be new girl who just moved into his geometry class or
his parents get to ask,
it
"No
professional opinion:
ing a session of Greece's bishops' conference to discuss
News
CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CNS Columnist
my
should get a private line up in
I
churches.
On
of Pope John Paul
can't
some
Dad and make
or
know you think I tie up the phone, and it's a drag for answer calls when it's just my friends again. I was
Church have welcomed the ecumenical aspects I Is May 4-5 pilgrimage and voiced hopes of improvement in the status of minority
Catholic
between die churches, and although these
Mom
with
only $18 a month,
'It raised all
the phone.
proposition:
Greek church leaders welcome ecumenical aspects of pope's visit By JONATHAN LUXMOORE
tations," said
is
of
teen a major
In almost every household a teen-ager at
this historic pilgrimage.
—
new ways
modern
getting along with peers, and for the
will sit
WARSAW, Poland (CNS)
it.
teen years are spent discovering
2001
Coming of Age
Teen-age kids live on the phone. Our daughter spent so much time on the phone that we called it "the respirator"
Guest Column
11,
Aposdes and why die
was work
I
early church
made up of small faitii communities. God created us to as the Body of Christ not to face this world alone. When we are
Mara Anne Dorsdi, a parishioner ofSt Leo the Great Church inWinston Salem,
is
a Jesuit volunteer serving in Mobile, Ala.
May
2001
11,
Light
albums sell in the gazillions. The group includes Kevin Richardson, Howard "Howie D" Dorough, Alexander James "A.J." McLean, Brian "B-Rok" Littrell and Nick Carter. There is much to admire in these singing artists. First, they have talent and produce a quality product.
One
Candle
Msgr. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist
Remembering Who Matters One of my boyhood schoolmates, a friend who
has
remained a true friend through the years, now heads a major record company. His work puts him in daily touch with some of the biggest recording artists of our time. As music and music makers intrigue me, I often ask my friend what the famous folks are "really like." Some of the most successful, he tells me, are surprising for their goodness and normalcy. They say "thank you," they don't forget where they came from and are attentive to their families. Some of the brightest stars are also aware of the luck they've enjoyed. They know that most musicians who long for success
make
don't
it:
the vast majority are either underem-
ployed or unemployed.
Then my
who
friend describes another group: those
think they were meant to succeed and
who
forget
These are the more
the folks they used to know.
obnoxious success stories, people who think they invented themselves. These people tend to be spoiled, self-absorbed and given to overwhelming ego.
My group
obvious reasons, prefers the
friend, for
The Catholic News & Herald 13
& Co umns
Edit orials
Their songs, blessed with a magnificent use of harmony, both uplift and impress. They've also clearly overcome individual ego (a death blow for many musical groups) and work superbly as a team. I richly admire the sense of God's presence in their lives. In person, in interviews and in their album notes, they never fail to remember who made them "and acknowledge that every gift is from above. It's also great to note that the "boys" haven't gotten so big that they forget their families. You can hear the power of their gratitude to their mothers in the beautiful lyrics of their song "The Perfect Fan." We are reminded of their moms' love, prayers and guidance, as well as the blessings of God's grace, that got these
—
young men where they
are, as
they salute
Mom
pleases
it
me when
I
see a smile
the biggest and
I
wanna thank you
In hopes
I
be the perfect son. nice to achieve success.
$219,063.90 from Appeal XIII for 2000, will be of
of our 52,000 senior religious. The support made possible by the generosity of the donors is a great consolation for retired
May
is
the director
of the Christophers
The book bing
many
Hebrew.
Jewish tradition, was written origilater Greek edition added lots of
These interspersed additions are
also
the
apocrypha and are therefore not part of the Protestant Bibles. Catholic editions do contain them, but precede these verses with the letters A through F to distinguish them from the original Hebrew sections which are numbered. The reading to which you refer is found under the letter C. An excellent Catholic Bible to read and have as reference is the St. Joseph Edition of the New American Bible. It offers brief and understandable explanations of these sorts of concerns.
Corner
Q. I have asked several priests but cannot find out where exactly is the real tomb of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
CPPS
Washington,
DC
Dear Bishop
Curlin:
Campaign
behalf of the Catholic I
am
for
Human
writing to thank you and
all
of
funded groups to secure successes like these: Job creation. A group of young women who previously relied on welfare to support themselves and their families are
CNS
themselves,
fresh
selling
now in business for gourmet pastas
at a southern city's local fanner's market.
Columnist
Youth
leadership.
Young
people in the Midwest
launched a billboard and media campaign to reduce
neighborhood crime and drug
Community Ephesus? Or the Church ofDormition Or somewhere else? (New York)
Is it
in
Jerusalem?
A. Maybe one reason you haven't received a direct answer is that no one really knows. According to the Gospel of John, shortly before his death on the cross Jesus gave the care of his mother to the "disciple
whom
Jesus loved." Since this beloved
was perhaps the apostle John, and John supposedly died at Ephesus (in present Turkey), one tradition is that Mary died and was buried there. I
believe the is
more commonly accepted opinion that she spent her final years in or
around Jerusalem and died there. At least today, there seems to be no claim that the Church of the Dormition (Sleeping) of Mary, near the Cenacle in Jerusalem, is the true location of
Our Lady's death
or burial.
vate revelations certifying that the mother of Jesus was definitely buried in
me
one of these locations or another,
let
may be helpful to some They add no historic authenticity, howwhat we know about such matters from early
repeat that such disclosures
use.
revitalization.
in
change the structures of injustice in society: 'The promotion of justice is at the heart of a true culture of solidarity. It is
not just a question of giving one's
surplus to those in need, but of helping entire peoples
presentiy excluded or marginalized to enter into the
sphere of economic and human development." (World Day of Peace Message 2001)
Through
their gifts to the Catiiolic
We
tion represents a gift.
Many
1
reality.
buried,
if in
fact she
was
of course, that her body was assumed into heaven when her life on earth all,
Catholic belief
was completed.
is,
This contribu-
5.4 percent increase over last year's
thanks to your clergy, religious and
laity
which is essential to meeting the needs of the poor in our country. for this increase
Gratefully in
Our
Lord,
Christian witnesses, including the Scriptures.
buried at
Campaign
Human
Development, die people of the Charlotte Diocese have joined with CCHD to help build that are grateful for your leadership and for solidarity. the invaluable cooperation of your Diocesan Director, Dr. Bernard J. Offerman, whose partnership with us for
people's faith. ever, to
A community
an eastern city successfully urged banks to reopen branches in their neighborhood. Pope John Paul II appeals to Christians to
group
makes the CCHD's mandate a
Before I'm flooded with letters about assorted pri-
Wherever she was
The Tomb of Mary
Fries,
groups uphold the sacredness and dignity of human life by encouraging self-sufficiency and by educating all to the root causes of poverty and other injustices in our communities. Your generosity assisted CCHD-
Question
today, however,
among
your
Over the past 30 years, through your generous support, the CCHD has strengthened its efforts to help people help themselves. CCHD-funded
A
detail (107 verses) to the original story.
for
ing the 32 million Americans living in poverty create more secure lives and stronger communities.
disciple
of Esther, another hoary, attention-grab-
tale sacred in
nally in
Chapter" 3 has
you
generous contribution of $107,015.11. This support reflects the strong commitment of Catholics to help-
are in Catholic Bibles but are not included
And
Andree
Development,
in Bibles printed
verses.
bless
the faithful of the Diocese of Charlotte for your very
they are confusing. Both involve parts of the Old Testa-
in Protestant Bibles.
God
our loving
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more than 30
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religious. It gives
see their religious institutes able to continue to
On Msgr. Jim Lisante
A. You're very alert to catch these anomalies, and
found
is
contribution of
Executive Director
a misprint? Abo, on Thursday of Week 1, it says the first reading is from "Esther C." What and where is Estlier C? (Wisconsin)
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We
humbled by the love and respect
evidenced by such generosity.
even better to appreciate all we have received from God and all who give of themselves to us. Mother's Day is a perfect time to say "Thank you" to all the good women who formed us, shaped us and loved us unconditionally. We are so Its
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is
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the lives and service of our senior religious that
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first
under Protestant auspices. Protestant tradition refers to these books and parts of books as "apocrypha"; they are holy writings but, for reasons we cannot explain again here, are not consid-
religious are
And
Reader Inquires About Confusing Biblical References Q. Two Scripture readings during Lent really have
ment which
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contributing to the care of senior religious.
for
This group, more men then boys at this point, are musicians and singers with a truly Midas touch. Their
me
The
generosity.
face
America are The Backstreet Boys.
cal entertainers in
Editor:
deeply grateful for the generosity of the people of the Diocese of Charlotte for their generosity in
upon your
to the second!
Among
Dear
carry out the mission entrusted to them.
the Perfect Fan:
And
Letters to the Editor
Rev. Robert
J.
Vitillo
Executiv e Director,
CCHD
.
14 The Catholic N ews & Herald ^
May
J lk« n:*.*,* I Around the Diocese
"By Sunday (May
site
CLEVELAND (CNS) address of its former Web
— Because site
the
has appar-
is
name
a porno
site in
comes upon
its
of
www.dioceseofcleveland.org.
—
also surfaces in
some
—
Internet searches
Tayek
told
The
Plain Dealer local
newspaper that the diocese was exploring what recourse it had "to stop the site from luring the faithful to a porn
daily
marketplace."
domain name
that anyone
quished it May 3, said Bob Tayek, Cleveland diocesan communications
using the
still
site."
for the Diocese of Cleveland.
The diocese changed its Web site address a year ago. It kept its old after the switch, but relin-
that
The old name an abbreviated and cryptic form of the diocese's name
warning
other Catholic dioceses to be sure to use
domain
6),
"Now anyone who is
old address
entiy been purchased by a pornographic
the Diocese of Cleveland
7 e-mail to other
Russia or Ukraine picked up the old address,"
he added.
new
2001
diocesan communications directors.
Web address now goes to porn
May
director, in a
Diocese's former
site,
11,
:
Diocesan
officials
had not imagined
would want to buy the diocese's old domain name, he said. "It's a hard lesson to learn," Tayek added.
The Diocesan School Board has school board vacancies beginning 2001-02 school year. The School Board is a consultative body to the Bishop's representative, the Diocesan Superintendent of Schools. The Board meets monthly from September to May at various schools throughout the Diocese. The meetings take place during the week beginning at 6:30 p.m. and ending by 9:00 p.m.
School To be eligible to serve, a board member must:
Board
Be a practicing Catholic.
1.
A
letter of verification
and recommendation by the pastor is required.
Openings for the
Diocesan
2. Be a participating parishioner of a parish in the Diocese of Charlotte. 3. Have a genuine interest and commitment to
Catholic schools. Be able to work achieving consensus.
4.
effectively with
others in
School
Members shall serve terms of three years.
Board
having school committee, board, Athletic Association or other school experience are particularly encouraged to apply by sending a resume stating professional background and parish/school participation and letter stating why you would like to serve by June 8 to: Individuals
PTO,
Photo by Jimmy Rostar
Something
old,
something new
A weathered sign welcomes parishioners and visitors to St. Joseph Parish Kannapolis as a new church is under construction on the parish grounds. Bishop William G. Curlin presided May 14, 2000, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new church, which will stand on the site of the old sanctuary built in 1949. If all goes according to schedule, the multicultural Catholic community in Kannapolis will be celebrating Mass in their new church by September. Redemptorist Father Karl Aschmann is administrator at St. Joseph Church, where a rapidly growing Hispanic community comes to worship with the U.S.-born families. in
competitive salary. Send quirements to: St. Joseph PCL Position, PO Box 28202. Call (704)932-4607
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High School Youth Minister: Vibrant 4,500family suburban Atlanta parish. Sunday evening mass and program (currently LifeTeen); also teen OCIA, retreats, adult leader formation, confirmation preparation, and cooperation with colleagues to oversee entire parish catechetical effort. Healthy Vatican II spiritualcollaborative skills, a must; degree in reli-
gious education or related field or comparable experience required; Spanish-language facility a
Full-time position available immediately. Salary commensurate with qualifications. Send plus.
resume and references
to Business
Manager,
St.
Thomas Aquinas Church, 535 Rucker Road, Alpharetta,
GA
Charlotte,
re-
Catholic Church, Attn:
220, Kannapolis,
Classified
NC
30004. Fax 770-772-0355.
Parish Catechetical Leader: St. Joseph Parish, Kannapolis. Seeking a dedicated and spiritual leader for our faith education program. Must be certified catechist. Completion of Lay Ministry courses helpful but not necessary. Candidates shall have experience working with children, strong organizational skills, and leadership. Bilingual skills (Spanish) preferred but not necessary. Part-time (20-30 hours per week) with
The
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must have administrative experience and be willing to relocate to the Rocky Mount area. Please send your resume, references and salary history to: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 328 Hammond St., Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or fax your resume to 252-972-4780. progress). Applicants
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Principal: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School seeks a principal beginning the 2001-2001
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Feel free to contact Dr. Michael Skube with questions or comments at (704) 370-3271
(704)932-0566.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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Dr. Michael Skube Superintendent of Schools Catholic Schools Office 1123 South Church Street
aspects of the planning,
implementation and management of an effective stewardship and development program to support Catholic Campus Ministry financially. Minimum requirements: Bachelor's Degree; five years successful experience in higher education or nonprofit development; excellent organizational, planning and communication skills. Must be practicing Catholic. EOE. Send resume to Newman Catholic Student Center, Box 90974, Durham, NC 277080974 or email joev@duke.edu
Teachers: Our Lady of Mercy High School is seeking full-time teachers in Chemistry/Biology and Studio Art. We are also seeking part-time teachers in Music and French. Interested parties should send a resume to: Our Lady of Mercy High School, John Cobis, Principal, 861 Highway 279, Fairburn, Georgia 30213.
Youth and Young Adult Ministry Director: Roman Catholic Church of the Most Holy Trinity, 720 Telfair Street, PO Box 2446, Augusta, GA 30903. www.themostholytrinity.org. (706)7224944. Full-time position to direct and develop Middle/High School and Young Adult Ministries that are relational, holistic, developmental, ministerial, goal-centered with a multi-dimensional approach to youth ministry. Must work in harmonious collaboration with parish personnel, parents, many volunteers and youth. Must also work closely with DRE (Director of Religious Education)
in
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Must have
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downtown
This parish
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demographically and ethnically diverse.
Qualifications: Active, practicing Catholic in
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May
2001
11,
In
Alaska Catholics debating oil GEOFF KENNEDY
By
The debate over developing
—
"On the one hand one could reasonably say that the resources of the earth were made for our responsible use; let's use them," he said. "But let us ask the correlative question: Are we being responsible stewards for the future or are we simply concerned about filling our 'gas guzzlers' in our own times?" K.C. Kaltenborn of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in south Anchorage agreed that people are not just stewards of the earth but also of the future. He is concerned about treating the Arctic refuge the way 19th-cen-
an area of
tential oil drilling there.
Catholics interviewed by The Catholic Anchorage's Anchor, archdiocesan newspaper, reflect the broad range of opinions on the issue. see
as responsible steward-
it
drilling in Arctic
Scripture for both sides of the debate.
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is as hot a topic for local residents as it is for environmentalists and lobbyists on Capitol Hill, as the Bush administration gears up for po-
Some
among those
diocese of Anchorage, finds support in
News Service ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNS) Catholic
ship and others feel the proposal
is
the
result of overzealous consumption.
The Catholic News & Herald 15
fhc News
—
tury Americans used the buffalo as a mere commodity to be consumed as quickly as possible.
But Dave Campana, a member of east Anchorage's St. Patrick Parish, said, "God has put oil out there for our use." He said it's only practical to drill for oil in the refuge because the current political climate doesn't encourage developing alternatives like wind, solar, and tidal power. "They won't develop new types of energy sources until they use (up) the ones we have," he said. Holy Family Cathedral parishioner Cecilia La Cara, who said she
what is the right thing should be decided by the
hasn't decided to do, said
people
it
who
live there.
But the opinions of those living near the refuge are just as divided. A jurisdiction known as the North Slope Borough supports oil development on the refuge's coastal plain, which, residents say, is a lot safer than offshore development. Drilling on the Beaufort Sea threatens the bowhead whales that the Inupiat
Eskimos depend on for subsistence and preservation of their culture. Residents of Kaktovik, the only village in the refuge, mostly support oil development. Not only does it promise them jobs, but also more revenue for the North Slope Borough, which relies on money from taxing oil companies. The Gwich'in Athabascans of the eastern Arctic do not live in the ref-
many
uge, but for
name of the Indian means "people of the
there. In fact, the
tribe literally
Father Leo Walsh, pastor of St. Parish in Eagle River, described himself as "marvelously noncommittal" about developing the re-
generations they
have survived by hunting caribou
Andrew
caribou."
gion.
Cathie Schumacher, a parishioner Ann Seton, thinks of these people and others who have little to live on, when she considers the effects of oil drilling in the refuge, at St. Elizabeth
For him, it is "a matter not of having all the answers, but asking the questions such as, can you develop responsibly and avoid undue harm to the environment?" Humanity is part of the environment, he said, and "the earth is given for us to care for." But he added that
also called
speaks to the current situation, particularly the words: "It is manifestly unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate excess goods, squandering available resources, while masses of people are living in conditions of misery at the very low-
care requires us to realize we are stewards, not owners of the earth. "I lived here through the oil boom and I can see the differences it made," Father Walsh said. "I want to live here the rest of my life and to be proud of where I live." Since 1992, the average annual oil revenue going to the state has been $1.6 billion, according to the Alaska Department of Revenue.
—
Holy
Cross
Father
ing for
oil in
est level of subsistence."
"We
are the privileged few" the
pope described, she
said.
ANWR
shows us accumulating more excess goods and squandering more resources," she added, "with no thought of future "Drilling in
consequences."
LeRoy
Clementich sees the prospect of
ANWR.
She believes Pope John Paul II's 1990 statement on the environment
drill-
the wildlife refuge a glo-
bal issue.
A
caribou grazes underneath pipes near Prudhoe Bay, west of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in
"How much
longer can we continue to use those naturally limited resources at the rate we are using them and expect the people of the world to be able to exist in an ethically humane manner?" he asked. Once the refuge is depleted, "what then?" he added. Father Clementich, who is director of pastoral education for the Arch-
Certified
in
Alaska. Development experts say that the caribou have not been negatively impacted by oil fields there.
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Racial justice
and the
Former teacher learns about the love of God
death penalty —
Race plays a definRALEIGH ing role in determining who lives and who dies within the state of North Carolina's capital punishment system
according to a groundbreaking study sponsored by the North Carolina Council of Churches and the Common Sense Foundation. The study, conducted under the leadership of a University of North Carolina political
and
scientist
a professor at the
Uni-
North Carolina School of
versity of
Law, found that homicide defendants whose victims were white were 3.4 times more likely to be sentenced to death than those with non-white victims.
"This
and major proves the claim
a significant
is
breakthrough. ...it
that racial bias exists (in the imposition of the death
said
penalty),"
Robert
W.
Estill,
retired Bishop of
the Episcopal Dioof North cese Carolina and former president of the North Carolina Council of Churches. "This is a vital piece of in-
formation." The study, the first of its kind in
cannot be explained by any of the legitimate sentencing considerations that have been sanctioned by North Carolina's legislative and judicial branches." The North Carolina Council of Churches opposes the death penalty. "It is appropriate for us to be involved with this significant study," said George Reed, the Council's Executive Director. "Racial justice has been on our agenda since the Council's first days. Criminal justice issues, and, especially opposition to the death penalty, have also been important to us over the years. So this combination of the two issues, racial justice and the death penalty, is one on which we, as people of faith,
need
"This
is
a signifi-
more than 500 homicide cases in North Carolina from 1993 to a
and
cant
major
breakthrough. ...it proves the claim that racial bias exists (in the imposition
— Robert
33-page
punishment cases were being driven by
legal
factors or by race. The data was reviewed for 36 factors that could in a
death pen-
variables that ranged
from the age of the victim to the time between the trial and the district attorney's reelection. Factors which can legally play a role in determining whether the death penalty is imposed, such as previous convictions by the defendant for violent felony or homicide, were also considered.
When all the statistics were gathered, the study found that a defendant, regardless of race,
whose
vic-
tim was white was more likely to receive the death penalty. Indeed, statistically
speaking, that defendant would
more
than someone .who more than one person. Isaac Unah, an assistant profes-
likely face death killed
sor of Political Science at the University of
North Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill,
was the study's principal investigaand Jack Boger, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law, was its principal director. They write in their report, "North Carolina's capital system in the tor,
in-
of
North
French during the summers.
Staff Writer
HIGH POINT
—
In 1970, after earning his master's in |
Parental influence
was not the reason Rev. Mr. Tom Kak first embraced Catholicism. His mother faitiifully took him to church every Sunday and was with him as the sacraments were administered, but neither she nor his father was Catholic. However, Rev. Mr. Kak suspects that
fadier
liis
had been baptized
never practiced the
faith.
A usual
home life for
providing a stable
but
Catiiolic
a-week work schedule with die
seven-day-
railroad
and
his family
was
moved work at a
North Caro-
English, he
to Hickory,
Una, to
non-public, co-ed school
where
j
was the
his future wife, Emily,
secre-
Two years later, they married, moved to
tary.
High Point and began attending the Catholic and Episcopal Churches,
his wife's faith.
One of their four children faith
asked to go to
formation classes at Immaculate Heart
of Mary Church, and it was that action that prompted Mrs. Kak's conversion. "I said 'God, thank you for the sign.' It was an easy transition for me,"
his father's first priority.
re-
weren't
membered Mrs. Kak Square and ballroom dancing helped Rev. Mr. Kak find his
Catholic, but there
next job after leaving
were two older cousins
teacliing.
was very un-
'It
usual in the 1930s for
the Church to baptize
who
kids
He met his next two bosses while twirling his wife on the floor. He worked part time for Davidson County Com-
living widi us at the I was born who were Cathokc, which is
time
probably
why
was
I
baptized into the
of the Cross, a part of the Episcopal Dio-
munity College
faith,"
teacliing
explained Rev. Mr.
English transfer classes
Kak who was
while employed at the
Chicago.
born in
Employment
had a paro-
"I
Security
and attended Jesuit
Commission from which he retired a year and a
of the NC Council of Churches, provided the impetus
high schools, starting
half ago.
and a substantial portion of the
school, he developed
funding to undertake the study. Syd Alexander, an attorney and Senior Warden on the Vestry there,
also developed a
cese
Carolina, which a
is
member
said
from
a
donation a church
member
capital
—
of the
Episcopal Diocese of North
whether
alty case
W.Estill,
retired Bishop
of questions set out to deter-
impact the sentence
of the
death penalty)"
list
mine
be
The Chapel
1997. Researchers
using
to
volved."
ALESHA M. PRICE
By
1990s continues .o be infected with patterns of racial discrimination that
the state in a generation, looked at
2001
11,
Living the faith
made
possible the $25,000 which served as seed money for the study. He said the Chapel Hill church's involvement in the project continues a history of activism on issues including pacifism and integration.
"The Chapel of the Cross has
a
long history of being socially active," Alexander said. "It's been a church that has taken stands." Boger, a former director of the Capital Punishment Project of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, described the study as the most extensive of its kind in state history and proof that application of the death penalty was not color blind. "It may have been permissible pre-Civil War. It may be have been permissible in Jim Crow North Carolina. It's shameful now," Boger said.
chial school education
The
with Campion, a prep
While
boarding
in
also
Rev. Mr. by
his faith
Kak
After his father's retirement, the
moved to Tampa, Florida, and Rev. Mr. Kak was introduced to a new world, quite different from his own. "Back in those days, when you retired, you moved South. You did anything to get away from the winters. Tampa was a strange, little city to me at that time, and this was my first expofamily
it
Tampa
nccofc@nccouncilofchurches.org
the
call for
After graduating,
in his plans.
"We figured the class had passed
start
The eight of us were taken when the second diaconate
another class.
into formation class started its
second year."
Kak was
it
God
the reality of
and then moved on to military schools
'trinity'
tary school experience suited
him
The
mili-
better than
and during
his
year in a boarding school. 'In military school,
staff,
often, I
was the only
Catholic
on the
so a great deal of responsibility for the
Catholic students
fell
my way.
I
Mass, oversaw their catechism
He
makes
God all
-
and
of that
and granddaughter have also 'The first time around I was a hesitant because my conscience would
his children
little
me
to think about
Tom not
being
remarry with four small children
if
something were to have happened to me. The
we were both ready, and I was do what needed to be done," said Mrs. Kak, who works with Engaged Encounter, a hospital volunteer program and at die local community clinic with her husband. 'The permanent diaconate has done second time,
reawakened because of his involvement with the students' spiritual
lives.
"I
had put
my
on the back burner for a great many years from college on. Sunday morning comes, and you simply don't get up. I still talked about religion, but
I
wasn't practicing
as much." teaching, a desire to further his
education led
him
to
Notre
Dame University
for a master's degree in English in
a part of the
lent support
able to
Thus, Rev. Mr. Kak's dormant faith was
McGill
is
family and
says his biggest supporter, his wife,
not allow
mation."
Wiile
work
has been with him every step of the way, and
in the after-
for confir-
-
stronger."
got them to
noons and helped them to prepare
it
of life
rather like that of the family. It
the permanent diaconate
public schools because of his experience with all-boys' parochial schools
ordained in 1989 and
was something that originally appealed to him and has kept him in focus. "The permanent diaconate is another tie to says that
working world or a
Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee.
necessary.
us by, but suddenly, they decided they would
he began teaching in the public school system in
commitment
the diocese's second class
came around, they were both ready; however, a mild heart attack threw a monkey wrench
Rev. Mr.
was the "only thing that interested him and it seemed to be traditional," he majored in English and minored in French at
most
in
were too young for him to
that kind of
When
sure to the Hispanic culture,"
the University of
danced around
Rev. Mr. Kak's head,
that their children
make
reading and attending daily Mass.
Because
becom-
but his wife decided
knowledge of
faith
For more information, contact George Reed, Executive Director, The North Carolina Council of Churches at 919-828-6501 or e-mail
Tom Kak
books and
his love for
idea of
ing a permanent deacon
school in Wisconsin."
Canada
and to
for a master's degree in
willing to
more
for
my
marriage than anything
My
husband and I have shared the diaconate from day one. I am incredibly proud to be a deacon's wife and to be a part of the ministry of the Catholic Church."