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Many

people wish they had her spunk. She seems, to go non-stop, and her coworkers, friends and the women religious in her sister community wonder where this 83-year-old gets her energy. She describes herself as a old nun doing the Lord's work," while the patients and workers at the hospital where she performs her ministry call her the "Mother Teresa of "little

Cardinal Hickey surprised

by honorary degree

Baptist Hospital."

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Sister of St. Joseph

Gamber laughs

Living the Faith In Italian film, knights "on

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comparison. "I am old and wrinkled like her, but that is where the similarity ends," she humbly joked. "I can't even be mentioned in the same sentence with her." Sister Dennis, a parishioner of St.

Leo the Great Church in WinstonSalem, hails from Pennsylvania, where she attended an all-girls' school. It was one of her teachers, a

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Bishop

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who

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inspired her to join the order

herself.

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Dennis Eileen

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She began teaching and received her bachelor's of arts in mathematics from Chestnut Hill College in 1947. She also received her master's of arts in mathematics from Villanova University and studied physics and other subjects at Catholic University and Loyola University of New Orleans. She spent most of her life teaching high school, a profession she enjoyed immensely. When she moved to Winston-Sa-

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presented with the Mother Teresa Memorial Award and a $500 check for AIDS Care Service from the Knights of Columbus State Council. Pictured left is Bob Singer, state deputy, and Father James Solari, pastor of St. Leo the Great Church

lem

in 1975, a decision,

is

I went into would miss

she said, that well with her immediately, she continued to teach math at Bishop

direct gift

from God," said Sister Den-

McGuinness High School and began

nis of her

work

her hospital ministry part time. "I had to get used to being away from home," she said with a smile. In 1985, she retired from teaching and began

at Baptist Hospital

did not

to

sit

work,

this it.

thought

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work

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a

is

as a pastoral minister

and Forsyth Hos-

pital.

talks

She visits the patients and prays, and sits with the many Catho-

work "I

full time at Baptist Hospital. loved teaching math, and when

See SISTER DENNIS, page

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Lay Ministry graduates complete personal faith journey By

Every Week

Photo by Alesha M. Price

Sister of St. Joseph Dennis Eileen

CHARLOTTE

—

Chris and Jo

Gibbs have only recently learned what Catholicism is all about. Five years ago, Chris Gibbs came back to Catholicism after growing up Catholic but without a strong grounding in his faith. His wife, Jo, grew up Baptist and converted right before marrying. Both of them became involved with the diocesan lay ministry program to supplement the knowledge they already had.

wanted to learn more because I missed it growing up. I went to "I

of religious formation at

Sister

Mary Church

esan director of lay ministry and

in

St. Margaret Swannanoa, her in-

volvement with lay ministry is a way for her to better prepare her students. "I will use what I have learned with the faith formation classes, and me, learning about the history evolution of the church fascinates I simply wanted to learn more,"

for

Mary Timothy Warren,

women

vicar for

place."

me. she

his or her with the church, can become involved with the program. Faith formation and religion teachers as well as those who wish to become permanent deacons are required to complete the program, explained Sis-

The Gibbses were two of the 98 graduates, representing 32 parishes, of the Lay Ministry Training Program who received their certificates at a Mass and ceremony on May 13

Anyone, regardless of

affiliation

ter

Mary Timothy.

Gabriel Church in Charlotte, one of the sites for the Saturday ses-

talents given to

sions.

you

"We

at St.

church only a couple of times I can remember," explained Mr. Gibbs. "The lay ministry program is an affirmation of what I believe already and has focused my faith and understand-

the investment of their time and appreciate the generosity of family and friends in allowing

ing of the church." For Mrs. Gibbs, the coordinator

two-year commitment," said Mercy

them

commend

to participate because this

religious. "This aca-

demic program helps them to develop communicative skills and to practice their religious roles in the market-

and

said.

"I

dioc-

is

need the strength, you by God

and

gifts

who

calls

to this ministry of the church,"

said Bishop

William G. Curlin, celebrant for the Mass. "You have been commissioned to bring the joy of Christ

a

See

LAY MINISTRY,

page

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Vatican's U.N. nuncio applauds statement on Kissling group The' YORK (CNS)

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NEW

May

Vatican's U.N. nuncio said

new statement from

that a

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the U.S.

bishops denouncing Catholics for a Free Choice for a campaign against the Vatican's U.N. permanent observer status will be useful in reminding leaders at the world body that the organization is not Catholic. The organization has consultative status as a nongovernmental organization at the United Nations, and its president, Frances Kissling, has been an active lobbyist at U.N. meetings. In a telephone interview," Archbishop Renato R. Martino commented on a May 10

statement issued by Bishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, as president of the bishops' conference, that said the group's campaign against the Vatican's U.N. status is reminiscent of "other episodes of anti-

Archbishop bigotry." Catholic Martino said the group's campaign has not affected church relations with the world body and that not one of the U.N.'s 180

member

nations has indi-

cated any support for

it.

Donations, prayers urged for

New Mexico fire ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CNS)

victims of

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Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of Santa Fe authorized a special collection to be taken

up

May

in parishes

to aid residents

who lost when an

13-14

homes

their

intense fire and possessions surged through Los Alamos. The town, which is where the atomic bomb was built and is the site of Los Alamos National Laboratory, is 70 miles north of Albuquerque in the 6 1 ,000-square-mile

The

Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

was 4 to

fire

May

started as a controlled burn

clear out brush in nearby Bandelier tional

Monument

ditions caused

it

Na-

but dry, windy congrow out of

to quickly

By May

on

focused

cils

the

Bishop John S. Cummins of Oakland highlighted the importance of that fo-

May

cus in a talk

do not succeed

we as a church our vision for the

2. "If

in

human

unity of the

family, there

is

hope for the world," he said. Some 270 priests and church leaders gathered at the Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel for the federation's 32nd annual convention. The 2000 theme, "Ministry in a Church of Many Cultures," continued the 1999 theme, little

"From

Many, One Church."

the

Child soldiers said to have escaped rebels in Sierra Leone FREETOWN, Sierra Leone As fighting resumed in Si(CNS) erra Leone between rebels of the Revolutionary United Front and progovernment forces, about 100 child soldiers cared for by Caritas, the church's charitable agency, escaped from rebels. The supervisor of Caritas projects in Sierra Leone, John Thorley,

—

told Catholic News Service that the children had been in a rehabilitation camp at Lunsar, in northern Sierra

Leone. When rebels drove U.N. troops from the North and fought with progovernment forces May 8, the rebels attempted to lure former child soldiers into rejoining the conflict, but the chil-

dren escaped, he

said.

They had

walked about 50 miles when they were spotted by a helicopter and were airlifted to Freetown, Thorley said.

Vatican, Poland issue stamps to mark pope's 80th birthday The VATICAN CITY (CNS) Vatican and the Polish government have designed a commemoration of Pope John Paul II's 80th birthday that is expected to enter the homes of the humble and the offices of the mighty. Vatican City and Poland announced

—

forced 25,000 people to evacuate.

with great pleasure and deep affection that Vatican City and Poland prepare to celebrate the pope's 80th birthday," said a statement from the Vatican's

it

National Federation of Priests' Councils meets The OAKLAND, Calif. (CNS) National Federation of Priests' Coun-

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his

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Harare march to the Zimbabwe capital calling for an end to recent violence in their country. Nineteen people have been killed recently in clashes between war veterans and white owners of farms and in in

election-related violence.

Lithuanian agreements formalize Catholic Church status WARSAW, Poland (CNS) The

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Vatican has signed a series of agreements with Lithuania regulating the Catholic Church's position a decade after the collapse of communist rule. A church spokesman said the three texts, modeled on earlier accords with

Diocesan planner May 22 CHARLOTTE — The Alzheimer's/ dementia support group for caretakers of memory-impaired family members and friends meets today from 23:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., in rooms D and E of the ministry center. Activities are available for the memory-impaired. For further details about the support group or the Shining Stars Adult Day Respite program, call Suzanne Bach at (704) 376-4135. CHARLOTTE St. John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., is cel-

—

ebrating the 100th anniversary of the canonization of St. Rita, Augustinian wife, mother and nun, known as "the saint of the impossible." All who have strife in their lives, need help in family relationships or feel they have an impossible situation are invited to the

Croatia, signaled an end to the search

time-consuming concor"Most clauses confirm the existing situation here and should be seen

for "complex, dats."

as extending cooperation rather than providing protection," said Father Adolfas Gruzas, a spokesman for the

Lithuanian bishops' conference.

celebration and blessing of roses this morning for 9:15 a.m. Mass and to-

night for 7:30 p.m. exposition, benediction and prayer. Call the church at (704) 536-6520 or (704) 535-4197 with any questions. The Greensbor GREENSBORO

office

—

Council of Catholic Women is havi their annual May luncheon a Sedgefield Country Club, beginning at 11:30 a.m. with a cash and spirits bar, fashion show featuring items from a local women's clothing store and raffle prizes. For more information, call Janet Law at (336) 288-

6022.

—

All are invited to

to St. Joan of

Arc Church, 919

25 ASHEVILLE come

Haywood Ave., for a healing Mass tonight at 7 p.m. Refreshments will follow the Mass. For more information, call the church office at (828) 252-3 151.

28 CHARLOTTE

— The Charlotte

area monthly Ultreya meets today at 8015 Church, Matthew St.

.

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Around the Diocese

Make world a By ELLEN NEERINCX

SIGMON

better place for God's people, visiting priest savs sue his calling.

Correspondent

HICKORY

The Holy Trinity Fathers in Baltimore, Md., accepted him after a call

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Father Thomas Coughlin, the first deaf person in North America to be ordained as a

from young Coughlin's school princibut the student found it difficult

pal,

Roman Catholic priest, came from New York to North Carolina on Friday, May 5 to be the homilist at

to read lips in the classes. After a year, left to attend Gallaudet University

he in

Lenoir-Rhyne College's baccalaureate service that evening, and also to de* liver the homily during Sunday morning Mass at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Morganton. In both places, the theme for his talk was Jesus as the good shepherd, which corresponded to the Gospel reading in Roman Catholic and Lutheran churches that weekend

He kept in contact with Holy Trinwhile working on his bachelor of arts degree in English at Gallaudet. He persevered in his studies, and finally he was ordained in 1977 after receiving his master's in religious ity

studies from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He also spent some time studying at

the Alliance Francais in Paris, and is fluent in French and English, even though he has never heard either language, as

(John 10:11-18). At Lenoir-Rhyne, Father Coughlin told the graduating class that "the more you wrestle with Christ's truth, the

more you

well as American Sign Language.

After 15 years of being associated with the Holy Trinity Fathers, Father Coughlin became a diocesan

His truth to the so-called truth of this world.... Be not will prefer

afraid to take

up the challenges and struggles to make God's world a better place for His people. This world needs more good shepherds." Father Coughlin has followed this advice himself for much of his life. Born deaf in 1947, he is the founder and director of the House of Studies for Deaf Seminarians in Yonkers, N.Y, and the founder of Camp Mark Seven, a camp for deaf children in upstate New York. Many times in his life his plans or ideas have been met with an answer of "no" because of his deafness, but he persisted anyway and found success. In an interview after the Mass on Sunday, Father Coughlin talked about life. He talked about the sisters who taught him at St. Joseph Catholic High School in Buffalo, N.Y. "Their values rubbed off well on me," he said.

his

He

credited the nuns With helping

him discern

his vocation early on, depite

the challenges he faced with his deafness. "I

was

14,

an age where

impressionable.

I

was very

started reading other

I

books and asking questions," he said. After applying to several orders, he finally found a community to pur-

Ballantyne

Commons

1:30-3 p.m. Call Bill

Pkwy., from Gold at (704)

339-2121 for more information.

HENDERSON VILLE

—

The

St.

Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order meets to-

day at Immaculate Conception Church in the office wing on 6th Ave. West. Visitors and inquirers are welcome. Call Pat Cowan at (828) 884-

4246

for

more information.

June 2 ASHEVILLE tion of

— Catholic Associa-

Family Educators (C.A.F.E),

Western North Carolina's Catholic homeschool support group,

having an "end of the year" picnic and potluck at CP&L Park this afternoon at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call Denise Vish at (828) 64-5-6990 or Sheryl Oligny at (828) 298-0336.

4 CHARLOTTE

—

is

St.

working with deaf people all over the world. Nineteen years ago he founded Camp Mark Seven to help priest,

deaf children learn about their deafness and their faith. The camp, which entirely staffed

by deaf people, also offers some programs for elderly deaf people, and people with drug or alcohol problems. Father Coughlin said the camp is planning to expand its programs to include hearing children is

of deaf parents.

One summer,

the New York Department of Public Health threatened to close the camp down because they did not have a registered nurse on

They

advertised, but could not find a nurse who knew sign language. staff.

'Oh well, I'll go to school and become a nurse myself" "I said,

He

said that learning about the

inner workings of the human body increased his faith. "That science helped me to understand about God so much more clearly," he said. Another nurse has taken over those duties at the camp now. He serves as her assistant, as an assistant to the camp's current director, as

bers invite

all

cancer survivors,

caregivers, family and friends to attend Mass and to participate in anointing of the sick at 5:30 p.m. to-

day

at

St.

Matthew Church, 8015

Ballantyne Pkwy. For more information, call Bob Poffenbarger Sr. with the National Cancer Day Foundation

553-7000 (704) Rj poffsr@aol .com at

or

e-mail

CHARLOTTE — A special reception, sponsored by the Parent Teacher Organization, is being held for Mercy Sister Paulette Williams who is leaving her job as principal of Charlotte Catholic High School (CCHS) to begin a new ministry with the Sisters of Mercy. The reception takes place from 1-3 p.m. at CCHS, 7702 Pineville-Matthews Rd. For more information, call Vicki Britton at (704)

Vincent de Paul Church

mem-

chaplain and as executive director. The camp keeps him busy in the summer, but during the rest of the year he works with his group of seminarians. In 1997, he

began

his

own com-

munity and started looking

John O'Connor. "I

don't

know how' he found

said Father Coughlin.

about

out,"

"He asked me

and I explained the difficuldeaf seminarians and priests encountered) interpretation, support systems. He showed surprise that this had never been done before in the whole world." ties

it,

(that

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volleyball

Yonkers. They

now have

Plans are in the works to form a relicommunity for deaf women as well.

gious

Father Coughlin said that CardiO'Connor set up a $250,000 endowment so that the deaf seminarians there could get a free education. On May 21, 1999, Cardinal O'Connor came to bless the house and take a tour. "He loved our deaf people, and he blessed us," said Father Coughlin, who attended the cardinal's funeral. Father Coughlin is eager to connal

tinue his "I

work of outreach.

want

to be a producer, to

make

many

ninth- graders July 17-20 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The coaches are going to be Tim Leary from CCHS and Bettie Berry, a former CCHS coach. For

teer as counselors can write for a staff application. For more information and application, write to: The

more information,

call Bettie

(704) 521-8721.

MAGGIE VALLEY

Berry

at

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Augustinian Father Anthony M. Genovese is the facilitator of a retreat, "Take Courage

and Be

a

Man," emphasizing male

something," said Father Coughlin, who has been commended personally by Pope John Paul II for his outstanding ministry. "I have a certain drive inside of me. I'm very motivated to do things before

sideration.

I

die."

Those wishing

t

to volun-

Oratory Religion Camp, P.O. Box 11586, Rock Hill, S.C, 29731-1586.

Ongoing

CLEMMONS

—

The time for the Spanish Mass, being held at Holy

spirituality and how this experience has an influence on societal values, the pursuit of goals, dealing with failures

Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd„ is being changed to 7 p.m. for

and being open to God's call. For further information on the retreat being held June 9-11, call the Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center, 103 Living Waters Lane, at (828) 926-3833 or email lwcrc@main.nc.us.

in June and continuing through most of August. For details, call the

ROCK

HILL,

Religion

Camp

S.C.

— The

Oratory

grades 2-6 in Sept., can apply for con-

—A

in

Cardinal O'Connor met with Pope John Paul II that year, made a proposal, and received approval to form a deaf seminary. Father Coughlin moved to New York and set up the program through St. Joseph's

camp

Upcoming

CHARLOTTE

Seminary

four seminarians and a nine-bedroom residence where sign language is the primary language. "Deaf people feel at ease there," said Father Coughlin.

for a

bishop to help. After sending several letters without getting any positive responses, he received a telephone call from New York archbishop Cardinal

being held for rising sixth- through

365-0312.

is

Photo by Ellen Neerincx Sigmon

Lutheran Pastor Andrew Weisner of Lenior-Rhyne College, Father Ken Whittington of St. Charles Borromeo in Morganton and Father Thomas Coughhn following Mass on May 14.

two separate one-week sessions at Camp York in Kings Mountain State Park during the weeks of July 9-15 and July 1622. Boys and girls under 12, entering

In recognition of

National Cancer Survivors' Day, St. Gabriel Church, St. Matthew Church

and

Washington, D.C.

will hold

the duration of the summer, starting

church

office at (336)

778-0600.

Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to publication date.

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and non-Catholics who request her presence. "There is a list of those who are Catholic that I see, and I know that many of the patients who appear on the list are not Catholic. I want to be able to minister to all I

lies

can," she said. "I feel their pain,

and

I

cry tears over what happened to some of them." Sister Dennis touched one such sensitive to their needs.

I

non-Catholic patient so much so that she drives Sister Dennis wherever she needs to go when she can. She is one of several who volunteer to drive Sister Dennis to the hospitals and other des-

approval of using Mother Teresa's name and image. "We wanted to recognize people who do good works and follow in

Mother Teresa's example of what we are called to do. We want to preserve her memory," said John Harrison, past grand deputy and chairman of

Mother Teresa Memorial Award program. "This has been a very good program, and the recipients have always been near tears when they have the

walk everywhere had hip replacement surgery. still able to walk all over the

tinations. "I used to

before I

am

I

hospital," she said.

In her "spare time," she works with AIDS patients, espe-

received the award." Since 1998, the Knights of Columbus have sent letters to the pastors of both dioceses to nominate someone from their parish for the award. Father James Solari, pastor at St. Leo Church, thought that Sister Dennis was deserving of the award:

"From many

tirelessly

cially those

who

are disadvantaged

need of housing and food. She is on the board of trustees of AIDS Care Service in Winston-Salem, which helps low-income people afflicted with AIDS with shelter and care. She visits AIDS patients, conducts fund-raisers and wears the red ribbon symbol on her lapel as a sign

and

in

of her dedication to AIDS awareness. She is also the spiritual director of the St. Leo Church Christian Mothers'

May

Around the Diocese

Sister Dennis,

am

"

"

'

Group, where, as Ria Monteleone,

the group's president, said, her presis always needed and welcome. "There is something very spiritual about her, and she has a quality of holiness that is profound. She comes every month to the meetings and opens with a prayer or reflective time. She is a remarkable woman who

ence

more in touch with the topics related to us than many women I is

know," said Monteleone. Because of her work with hospital and AIDS ministry, the Knights of Columbus State Council chose her as the recipient of the Mother Teresa Memorial Award. She is one of two recipients this year, one in the Diocese of Charlotte and one in the Diocese of Raleigh. The Knights of Columbus wrote to Missionaries of Charity Sister Nirmala, superior general, for her

points of view, she

is

person who needed to be recognized for her dedication to ministry. She is an outstanding person in our community and is a dynamo to be spending time with patients at her age," said Father Solari. He said he tries to get her to slow down to no avail. "She need to rest sometimes, and I am trying to hold her back for the long haul."

She was presented with the award and a check for $500 for AIDS Care Service, her choice of charity, during the Mass on Mother's Day, May 14, at St. Leo Church. Members of the congregation rose to their feet and applauded through tears as she said, "I am so humbled and overwhelmed with gratitude for my God.

owe

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BELMONT

mitment

Despite tem-

commitment

to

High School in Richmond, Va., and Wallace Dalton of Lake Wylie, S.C. Mr. Dalton is a longtime supporter of Belmont Abbey, having served on numerous boards and committees. He established a scholarship honoring former college president Father John Bradley, for whom the college's Bradley Institute for the Study of Christian Culture is named.

Saint Gertrude's

historic campus. than 2,000 guests were in attendance, including families and friends of six Abbey staff members receiving degrees. Bishop Robert Baker, S.T.D.,

More

bishop of the Diocese of Charleston, was the principal homilist during the elevated stage

During commencement, four members were recognized: Father John Oetgen,

of students and

O.S.B., professor of English; Fa-

guests to deliver his message with

ther Arthur Pendleton, O.S.B., professor of chemistry; Dr. Frank Murray, professor of history; and Stanley Dudko, associate professor

S.C.,

the Mass.

when

The

audience was delighted

the bishop

and came to the

left

level

retiring faculty

drama and animation. Bishop Baker was among three to receive honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees for his com-

great

of business and economics.

Loyola Institute extension program to form

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leave to the

Roman

new group

CHARLOTTE The Loyola Institute for Ministry Extension Program is forming a new learning group in the Charlotte area. The Diocese of Charlotte is the sponsoring agency for this program, which yields master's degrees and certificates in religious education and pastoral studies. The distance-learning program is for anyone involved in ministry, and consists of 12 courses, each lasting 12 weeks. An informational session on the new learning group is June 5 at 7 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte, 3016 Providence Rd. For further information, call Connie Milligan at (704) 364-3344.

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of slowing down? "I feel like I am about 60, and I never think about how old I am. I am doing the Lord's work and loving every minute of it." t

Contact Staff Writer Alesha

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sum of$

percent of the residue of my estate) for its religious, educational arid charitable works.

do God's saving work in

I have called "home" most of my

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your Church by making a bequest to the Diocese

Catholic Diocese of Charlotte (or

brother priests at the

altar to share in the ministerial priesthood

of Charlotte or to your parish. Simply have the following statement included in your will:

(or

assis-

Charlotte Lange, O.S.B., principal of

My family moved to

express your

Church and

honorary doctorates were Sister

on the

tians

to the

tance to the needy. Also receiving

peratures in the high 90s, spirits were high May 13 as 196 students received degrees from Belmont Abbey College. Commencement ceremonies, preceded by a Mass of the Holy Spirit, were held in front of the Basilica of Mary Help of Chris-

the place

You can

2000

Belmont Abbey College hosts commencement ceremonies

to my Lord. The greatest has ever given me is to be able to serve the sick at Baptist Hospital and the AIDS patients." Does Sister Dennis show any signs I

gift

19,

is

a

transitional

deacon

in the Diocese of Charlotte. He is completing formation

at

St.

Meinrad School

of Theology in Indiana

He will be ordained

Charlotte in early

same

altar at St.

John

Neumann. Thank you for your prayers which helped me open my heart to God who was calling me to serve. Please continue to pray for me andfor all

my

brothers that our joy will lead others to join

in spreading this witness of hope.

in

June 2000. "A valid Will stands as

a continuing

expression of our concern for loved ones,

as well as an ongoing commitment

Church and the community

in

which

to the

we live.

Bishop William G. Curlin

For more information on how

to

make a

Will that

The

works, contact Cindy Rice, Director ofPlanned Giving, (104) 370-3320, at the Diocese of Charlotte

1123 South Church

Street. Charlotte,

For more information about serving God as a priest the Diocese of Charlotte please contact Father John Allen, Office of Vocations, The Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, 1 123 South Church St., Charlotte, NC 28203. in

NC 28203.

A

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19,

2000 The Catholic News & Herald 5

Around the Diocese

Bishop McGuinness on the air By

Piedmont Triad

in

LARRY CHANCE Correspondent

—

WINSTON-SALEM

raiser for the rapidly

he

When

way that reaches far beyond the school community into the commu-

you are the chief fund-raiser for a growing Catholic high school, and you have the pipes to work for the BBC, why not put that talent to good use? That's just what Eddie Mitchell,

nity at large.

With

feels

he

is

people rec-

someone comments about his accent. believes that you cannot get enough publicity, so if his accent and the radio show combine to generate

He

host a daily five-minute radio show about the activities of the school.

WIST

Londoner a voice that

ognize. In the Western Piedmont, that usually means that once a day,

Bishop McGuinness Memorial High School in Winston-Salem, had in mind when he began to produce and

The program

a distinctive British accent,

the former blessed with

director of institutional activities at

studios of

growing school, able to apply his experience in a

is

originates from the 98.3 in High

more

FM

interest in the school, he

is

Point, which targets adult listeners

happy.

with an eclectic play list of pop favorranging from Paul Anka to Louis

The show is effective. One other hat that Mitchell wears is that of admissions, and he pointed out that one

ites,

Prima and Frank

Sinatra.

first Photo by Larry Chance

ity at a central location in the Pied-

mont show

who heard

Kernersville parent

Mitchell believes this audience takes an interest in the school, which recently broke ground for a new facil-

Eddie Mitchell at the control board of WIST 98.3 FM.

Triad, and he programs the to increase that interest.

to get that message.

He

picked this station because many older BMHS alumni listen to the station, as do the parents of many alumni.

The show

covers topics such as upcoming special events like the recent auction, the new campus, interscholastic sports, fine arts and other

"The idea is to get the name Bishop McGuinness out it's about what makes the school different," said

Bishop McGuinness highlights. It begins at 9:02 a.m. Mitchell said that the show gives the school a " ... chance to blow our

...

Mitchell. "I'm sure everyone in the

Triad knows Bishop McGuinness; they don't know what goes on behind

own trumpet

A

his broadcasting career for the

BBC

doing programs about the sport. used to do a program on Friday morning about the upcoming weekend soccer games," he said. When he arrived in the United States, he worked for a radio station "I

in

the

called to register his child

as a result of what he heard on the show. Mitchell would like the show, which will resume production next September, to expand, so that he can keep spreading the word that Bishop McGuinness High School is what he believes to be an exciting place for students, abounding with opportunity. T

Texas. Now, as the head fund-

as far as the students

are concerned."

the doors." Mitchell feels that the radio show is an opportunity for people

gan

show

former professional soccer

player in Great Britain, Mitchell be-

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—

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of the Ericson saga will have to be

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dence while hearing his assailant's

,

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20-year-old Mario Miguel Chaoui. "It's had an impact," said Doug Hennes, a spokesman for the University of St. Thomas, which hosted the visit. "If he hadn't left the team, there would be a different atmosphere." Ohio priest stabbed, hospitalized after hearing

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after

visit

to Catholic college hurt by

Jacques Gaillot expressed his thanks for an invitation to participate in an ecumenical meeting. In a May 10 letter to Archbishop Louis-Marie Bille of Lyons, president of the French bishops' conference, Bishop Gaillot said his colleagues' expression of brotherhood "touches me deeply and will

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Mission community grows with multi-cultural flair By

JIMMY ROSTAR

whom he ministers to alongside the church's Anglo parishioners. "They

Associate Editor

KANNAPOLIS

—

Redemptorist Father Karl Aschmann looked out across the congregation and smiled. Excitement

are good workers, they do love God and they try to be good people here." Hundreds perhaps thousands, guesses Father Aschmann of Hispanics flock to St. Joseph Church for Mass and ministerial support in a land far from home. They have come

—

lilted his voice. "It's

been such a wonderful celebration today," he said. Father Aschmann, administrator of St. Joseph Church in Kannapolis, noted the many reasons to celebrate on this May 14 afternoon. Bishop William G. Curlin had come to pre-

Mother's

who worship

style picnic dinner awaited.

Best of all, a few shovels of dirt signified a new beginning for a

Bishop Curlin, Father Aschmann and

while about 160 Anglo families are

a host of St. Joseph parishioners took turns at the shovels during a groundbreaking

registered.

Explosive growth in the community prompted the need to make plans for a

into over-

building.

new, larger church building. The present church has been a staple of St. Joseph's

The symbolism of the ceremony was twofold, as the mission plans for a

six-acre site since 1949, but especially few years, the congregation

new worship

center while continuing to break ground in its ministry to a grow-

ing Hispanic population working, ing and worshipping in the area.

"You know, other,

ther

for

in the past

The parish hall now serves the parishioners as a temporary worship

liv-

one reason or an-

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God sent them here," said FaAschmann of the Hispanics,

Still,

parishioners

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the lawn.

An

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On

a personal level, filmmakers should be able to grasp and be edified by

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Third secret' to be published; pope links WOODEN

By CINDY Catholic

FATIMA,

Mehmet Ali Agca,

News Service Portugal (CNS)

—

ordering the publication of the so-called "third secret of Fatima," believes part of it was a direct reference to the 1981 attempt on his life, said the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano. Cardinal Sodano, the highestranking official of the Roman. Curia, said May 13 that the almost 80-yearold pope asked him to make "the solemn announcement" of the secret's contents at the end of the pope's Mass in Fatima, 19 years to the day after

Pope John Paul

II,

the assassination attempt. The message was written

Square May 13, 1981. Cardinal Sodano said that after the shooting "it appeared evident to His Holiness that it was 'a motherly hand which guided the bullet's path,'" saving the pope's

life.

In his homily during the beatifi-

cation Mass at Fatima, Pope John Paul renewed his thanks to God and to Our Lady of Fatima for saving his life, and he hinted at what Cardinal Sodano would reveal an hour later. Speaking about the world wars,

Nazi concentration camps, Soviet

in

tury "horrors," the pope said, "here in Fatima ... these times of tribulation were foretold,' and Our Lady asked for

prayer and penance to abbreviate them." Cardinal Sodano said that Sister whom the pope met with Lucia privately before the Mass to beatify her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco confirmed the Vatican's interpreta-

—

—

tion.

asked to review the Vatican's inter-

his papacy."

pretation of the message.

"This protection seems also to be linked to the so-called 'third part' of the secret of Fatima," he said. In the late 1930s, Sister Lucia made public the first two parts of the messages from Mary, which the children kept secret. The first two parts included the vision of hell shown to the children, along with prophecies concerning the outbreak of World War II, the rise of

Mary, including over Russia if the country were consecrated to her Im-

subject in the

messages and, second,

the cardinal told report-

Navarro-Valls also said the pope for delegating the announcement to Cardinal Sodano in

had several reasons

addition to the fact that the cardinal

is

his top aide.

he

First,

photo from Reuters

pope

is

a

said,

it

is

because the

"because it concerns a private revelation, which is different

from

revelation."

part of the message revealed to the

The "Catechism of the Catholic Church" explains that through

the

war waged by

God

way,

and Christians."

everything that

it

also includes reference to

the ministry and suffering of

a

"bishop clothed in white," whom the children believed was the pope, Cardinal

Sodano

The

directed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to prepare a commentary to help people understand the message, then to make the message and the commentary public.

Navarro-Valls,

the Vatican spokesman, told reporters on the papal flight back to Rome May 13 that publication was expected "within days, perhaps a week." In the message, Cardinal Sodano said, as the pope "makes his way with great effort toward the Cross amid the corpses of those who were

martyred and

—

women

—

bishops, priests, religious

men

and many lay

ground, apparently dead under a burst of

persons

gunfire."

600,000 people

he, too, falls to the

at

In

systems against the church and Christians." But,

it

essen-

in

white,"

whom

also

necessary.

said.

"The

for faith.

However, it "Throughout the

successive

events of 1989 led, both in the Soviet Union and in a number of countries of Eastern Europe, to the fall of the communist regime which promoted atheism," he

says, ages,

there have been so-called private rev-

some of which have been recognized by the authority of the church. They do not belong, however,

said.

"For

not their role to improve or complete Christ's definitive revelation, but to help live more fully by it in a certain period of to the deposit of faith. It

an-

lished because prayers for conversion and for divine assistance in responding to threats against the Christian faith are still

the children believed

was the pope, Cardinal Sodano

public

wanted the message pub-

includes reference to the ministry and suffering of a

"bishop clothed

his

nouncement, Cardinal Sodano said the pope

message revealed to the three shepherd children in 1917 "concerns, above all, the war waged by atheist

elations,

said.

cardinal said the pope had

Joaquin

tial

told an estimated

the

has revealed is

Sodano

the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima that the third part of

Scripture and in Christ, in a full and exceptional

atheist systems against the church

But,

ers.

Cardinal

biblical

a

visionaries.

three shepherd children in 1917 "con-

maculate Heart. In interviews after the announcement, Cardinal Sodano said the pope had been planning to reveal the secret "for some time. It was a matter of finding an opportune occasion. And that came with the beatification. "But it is also a decision tied to the closing of the millennium, to the century just passed, a century full of suffering and tribulation,"

Coimbra.

two young Fatima

helped by aides after being shot in St. Peter's Square May 13, 1981. Following the beatification of two of the Fatima visionaries May 13, a Vatican official revealed the so-called third secret of Fatima. Cardinal Angelo Sodano said the pope believes it refers to the attempt on his life and the church's struggle against communism. II is

communism and the ultimate triumph of the Immaculate Heart of

not say the pope sent to see Sister Lucia at the Carmelite cloister in

Children greet Pope John Paul II at the shrine at Fatima, Portugal, May 12 upon his arrival for the

CNS FILE PHOTO

Pope John Paul

thanks to Our Lady of Fatima "for her protection during these years of

The spokesman would

all,

to assassination attempt

a Turk, tried to

whom

cerns, above

2000

assassinate the pope in St. Peter's

Navarro-Valls said that several weeks before the beatification, Sister Lucia was informed of the pope's decision to reveal the secret and was

beatification of

it

19,

gulags, abortion and other 20th cen-

down

1943 by Sister Lucia dos Santos, the only surviving Fatima visionary, and placed in a wax-sealed envelope. She gave it to her bishop who sent it, unopened, to the Vatican, where it remained secret except to the popes and a few close aides. Cardinal Sodano told an estimated 600,000 people at the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima that the third

CNS

May

fatima Beatifications

is

this, too,

His Holiness offers most holy Vir-

heartfelt thanks to the

gin," the cardinal said.

"Even

if

the events to which the

history."

third part of the Secret of Fatima re-

Cardinal Sodano said the message would be published only with the commentary because "the text contains a prophetic vision similar to those found in Sacred Scripture, which do not describe with photographic clarity the details of future events," and, therefore, require an in-

fers

now seem

Lady's

call

part of the past,

to conversion

Our

and pen-

ance, issued at the beginning of the

20th century, remains timely and urgent today,"- Cardinal Sodano said.

A nun

assists pilgrims kneeling before the shrine at Fatima May 1 1 prior to the visit of Pope John Paul II. The pope was to beatify two of three visionaries visited six times by the Virgin Mary there in 1917.

terpretation.

announcing the planned publicrowd the pope came to Fatima to beatify the two children, but also to renew his In

cation, the cardinal told the

CNS

photo from Reuters

May

19,

2000 The Catholic News & Herald 9

fatima Beatification

Pope,

in

Fatima, beatifies

has aide announce "Third Secret" children, By CINDY

WOODEN

News Service Portugal (CNS)

Catholic

FATIMA,

— On

the 19th anniversary of the attempt to assassinate him, Pope John Paul II listened as his top aide announced the pope's decision to reveal the so-called "third secret of Fatima." Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state, told an estimated

600,000 people gathered

May

13 that the

in Fatima pope believes the

secret refers to the assassination at-

tempt and to the church's struggle

communism. Pope John Paul had just finished

against

Mass for the beatification of Jacinta and Francisco Marto, two of the shepherd children who saw celebrating

Our Lady of Fatima During

in 1917.

his homily,

he once again

Our Lady of Fatima for saving when he was shot May 13, 1981,

thanked his life

and he spoke of the "horrors" of the 20th century, which he said were foretold by Mary in the Fatima messages. In making the announcement about the secret, Cardinal Sodano said it "concerns, above all, the war waged by atheist systems against the church and Christians." But it also refers to the ministry and suffering of a "bishop clothed in white,"

whom

the children believed was the pope, Cardinal Sodano said.

The

cardinal said that in the sethe pope "makes his way with great effort toward the Cross amid the corpses of those who were martyred bishops, priests, men and women cret, as

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and many lay persons he, too, falls to the ground, apparently dead under a burst of gunfire." Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turk, tried to religious

assassinate the pope in St. Peter's Square on the feast of Our Lady of Fatima in 1981. Cardinal Sodano said that after the shooting "it appeared evident to His Holiness that it was 'a motherly

hand which guided the

bullet's path,'"

saving the pope's life. Pope John Paul has directed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to prepare a commentary to

help people understand the message, then to make the message and the

commentary

public, the cardinal said.

Joaquin Navarro-Valls, Vatican spokesman, told reporters on the papal flight back to Rome May 13 that publication was expected "within days, perhaps a week." In his Mass homily, Pope John Paul said the Fatima children demonstrated how "little ones" may be able to grasp important truths more quickly than their elders. In the course of the 20th century, the pope said, thousands and thousands of people died in the struggle

between good and

evil.

"My

thoughts go to the horrors of the two great wars' and those of other wars in many parts of the world, to the

concentration and extermination camps, the gulags, ethnic cleansing and persecutions, terrorism, kidnapping, drugs, the attacks on the unborn and on the family," he said. In Mary's

pope

said, "these

message

at Fatima, the times of tribulation were

and Our Lady asked for prayers and penance to abbreviate them." foretold,

"Today

I

want

to thank heaven for

the strength of the testimony" given by Jacinta and Francisco, he said.

"And, once again, I want to celebrate the Lord's goodness to me, when, seriously struck that May 13, 1981, I was saved from death," Pope John Paul said. "I express my recognition also to Blessed Jacinta for her sacrifices and

prayers for the Holy Father, whom she had seen suffer much," the pope said, referring to part of the Fatima message. As a sign of his gratitude to Mary, the pope sent one of the bullets used in the assassination attempt to Fatima. It is

now embedded in the crown on the statue of Our Lady of Fatima at the shrine. Arriving

pope knelt

in

Fatima

May

12,

the

prayer near the statue before leading a brief prayer service. Approaching the statue, he left a small red box and an envelope at Mary's feet. The box contained the gold ring that the late Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski of Warsaw gave in

him shortly

after his election as pope. cardinal had told the pope that he would lead the church into the third millennium.

The

Italian

and Portuguese newspa-

per and television reports were filled with speculation that the letter the pope left spoke of his resignation now that he had led the church into the Holy Year 2000. Navarro-Valls, the papal spokesman, said the reports were "150 per-

Carmelite Sister Lucia dos Santos, 93, smiles as she waits to meet with Pope John Paul II in Fatima, Portugal, May 13. She and her beatified cousins

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Francisco and Jacinta Marto witnessed six visions of the Virgin Maly in 1917 at Fatima. photo from Reuters

CNS FILE PHOTO Jacinta and Francisco Marto are pictured with their cousin Lucia dos Santos (right) in a file photo taken around the time of the 1917 apparitions of Mary at Fatima, Portugal. The Marto children died young. Lucia, a Carmelite nun, is still living. cent" wrong; the letter simply explains the history of the ring and its

Dozens of children in the crowd were dressed in costumes to look like

personal significance to the pope. The ring, he said, "is one of the most precious things the Holy Father

the beatification photographs of Jacinta and Francisco complete with dark scarves for the girls and

owns. The pope was trying to think of what to give Our Lady, and he de-

—

cided on this precious ring. Any other interpretation is without foundation."

floppy berets for the boys. "Our Lady needs each of you to console Jesus, who is sad because of the injustices they do to him," he said.

But the pope also received a spe-

"She needs your prayers and your

Fatima. Carmelite Sister Lucia dos 'Santos, who along with her cousins, Jacinta and Francisco, saw Our Lady of Fatima in 1917, gave the pope 300 rosaries she had made. cial

gift at

The pope met

privately with Sis-

ter Lucia in the basilica at the Fatima shrine before the beatification Mass.

Pope John Paul asked

how the

old she

nun

is,

sacrifices for sinners."

to

summit of perfection

The pope

said.

When

replied, "93,"

in a short time."

was preoccupied with Jesus being sad because of sinners. The boy's only desire was "to console Jesus and make him happy."

Sister Lucia

Navarro-Valls

Pope John Paul said that by listening Mary, the newly beatified "reached the said Francisco

"Little Jacinta shared this affliction

of

and lived

Our Lady,"

that

is,

they both smiled. As she sat by Francisco's tomb waiting for the pope, Sister Lucia re-

Mary's worry for sinners who would end up in hell, the pope said. "All the mortifications and penances seemed a

sponded briefly to reporters' questions. She said she was "very happy" that her cousins were being beatified. Already informed of the pope's decision to reveal the secret, which she had written down in 1943 and

small price to her to save sinners." The children prayed often, gave

placed in a wax-sealed envelope, Sister Lucia said, "It is a day of glory for

God and

for

Our Lady."

She said the only thing she had to tell the world was: "Try to be faithful to God and thankful for his graces."

During the beatification Mass, the pope asked children to try to be like Jacinta and Francisco in listening to

Mary and

following her to Jesus.

their lunches to poor children and wore rough ropes around their thighs in

order to offer their sacrifices to

Mary. And once people started hearing about the apparitions, the children endured harsh questioning at the hands of church and civil authorities, the doubts of their parents and the constant attention of the curious. Francisco died in 1919 at the age of 10. Jacinta died shortly before her 10th birthday in 1920. With millions of Europeans, they were victims of the Spanish flu epidemic.

May

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19,

2000

Readings

Book Review

"Pope Fiction" answers myths and misconceptions about the papacy Reviewed by PATRICIA ZAPOR Catholic News Service

debates about the church with fundamentalists, these sections of "Pope Fiction" might provide interesting

section of anti-Catholic treatises

—

30 myths and misconceptions about

to the satanic

the papacy," as the subtitle reads.

condescending and tiresome. This particular chapter does include an interesting explanation of the truth behind an argument against the church used by some Seventh-day Adventists. But in getting there,

"Pope Fiction" By Peter Madrid 338 pp., $14.99.

highly specific rebuttals of Scripturebased claims put forth by those who insist the Catholic Church misinterpreted the Bible in establishing the papacy. For instance, one chapter devotes 13 pages to analyzing the origins and possible interpretations of

the Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew terms used in Matthew 16:18 with the phrase, "you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church." Most American Catholics don't find themselves consumed by the quandary of whether the word Jesus used for "rock" was more accurately in Greek Scriptures as meaning "small rock," or "petras," meaning "large rock," and whether Matthew actually wrote in

reported

"petros,"

Greek or Aramaic. that's the

kind of debate that

relishes in these chapters,

where he attempts

to provide explana-

tions nonscholars can use to

some of the

answer

favorite Scripture-thump-

ing arguments against the papacy.

There have been plenty of scholarly discussions on the scriptural foundations of the church.

For quick

reference,

the "Catechism of the Catholic Church" explains this core teaching and refers to its

theological basis.

to be

Madrid resorts

Basilica Press (San Diego, 1999)

Yet

—

But for contempo-

rary Catholics without the time or energy to read the work of theologians or who want a little more thorough explanation than the sections on church structure in the catechism, Madrid provides a middle ground. For those who don't get involved

to a smirking, insulting tone that pervades his book. "Alas, if only this gentleman's Latin were as good as his imagination," he says in countering one Adventist writer. That's an unfortunate side-effect of Madrid's attempt to use a light, breezy

tone to

Amid

make

his material appealing.

helpful discussions of topics like

whether there was

a

"Pope Joan," and

the origins of the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition, Madrid crosses the line between a light tone and conde-

scending pompousness. His explanations may be accurate, but it's hard to believe many people will be convinced of that when he takes such glee in being insulting while debunking their beliefs.

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feelings" hardly describes the dizzying roller coaster of emotion that rocketed the disciples in this week's Gospel from the stomach-churning descent into doubt to the neck-snapping curve around the edges of fear, to the aweinspiring pinnacle of joy which was their encounter with the Easter Jesus.

used to imagine, as a child, I would do if the Lord appeared to me. I pictured myself happy, eager to display my virtuous deeds like some vain Boy Scout showing off a particularly impressive array of merit badges. I imagined Jesus smiling kindly at me. And though I knew it wasn't I'd never seen it in pious likely pictures or heard of it at home or church I harbored the hope that, if I kept being a good boy, there might be a pony in my future soon. I

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Enterf ainmen

Photographer Eastman profiled By GERRI

PARE

News Service YORK (CNS) The man who put cameras in the hands of the common man is profiled in "The Wizard of Photography," airing Monday, May 22, 9-10 p.m. EDT on PBS. From age 3, George Eastman was Catholic

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fascinated with photography. But at

when he bought

23,

sional

camera

his first profes-

his factory

employees, whose bathroom breaks he monitored. Devoted to his mother, he never married and was uncomfortable in social situations.

"The Wizard of Photography'

May

in

affair

paraphernalia far from user-friendly. Upon hearing British photogra-

CNS photo from

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"Hamlet" (Miramax) Pretentious adaptation of the Bard's masterpiece set in the greedy consumenst world of 21st-century New York City in which the country of Denmark is replaced by the "Denmark Corp." and the story's

mopey

a

is

hero (Ethan

aspiring filmmaker. Director Michael

Almereyda ambi-

tiously fuses the contemporary world with classic Shakespearean dialogue and cuts the piece to a lean two hours, but the edgy feel of the modern world

is lost in crowded staging and poor performances. Some violence The Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R restricted.

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"Battlefield Earth" (Warner Bros.) Chaotic post-apocalyptic tale set on Earth in 3000 A.D pits enslaved cavemen-like humans (led by Barry Pepper) against an occupying alien race personified by their corrupt security head (John Travolta). Director Roger Christian's virtually unwatchable adaptation of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's 1982 sci-fi novel has no particular spiritual dimension in its silly jumble of one-dimensional characters in muddled action sequences.

Much

stylized violence, explosive

mayhem and

brief sexual innuendo.

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the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting

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phers were working on a dry-plate process, high-school dropout

be inappropriate for children under

13.

on

his laurels,

Eastman moved

onto a bolder innovation:

flexible,

emulsion-coated paper film on a roll holder that he hoped would render the heavy glass plates obsolete. When professional photographers found the film inferior, his invention

was jeopardized, so Eastman decided his market should be ordinary folk who wouldn't be as picky but would be delighted to take their own photos. The $25 Kodak camera with a 100-picture capacity debuted in 1888, although the cost was still too

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and directed by James A. DeVinney, Eastman proves

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also offered

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The priest: A tool The experience

The Pope

On

Speaks

POPE JOHN PAUL

II

Unite sports with spiritual values,

pope tells cyclists By

Catholic

become

sports

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Done

well,

a significant expression of

high

values, Pope John Paul II said. Sporting activity "is a unique expression of the best interior energies of man and his capacity to overcome difficulties and to choose goals to be gained with sacrifice, generosity and perseverance in facing the challenges of competi-

pope

said.

The pope made

his

was privileged

Some

in call

which him an

spiritual writers describe a alter Christus,

another Christ.

remarks during

a

meet-

ing with the 180 cyclists participating in the

2000 Giro d'ltalia, a professional bicycle race that began May 13 in Rome and concludes June 4 in Milan. Race officials, sponsors, sports journalists and past winners of the race also

attended the audience. The jubilee year presents an important opportunity for reflection on and renewal of the necessary relationship between sports and spiritual values, the pope said. He highlighted the values of "rigor in preparation, perseverance in training, knowledge of the limits of the person's abilities, fairness in competition, acceptance of precise rules, respect for one's adversary, a sense of solidarity and altruism." Though the pope praised technical advances designed to make sports more competitive, he warned that they must be placed at the service of the athlete, not the other way around. In the audience's front row sat Marco Pantani, 1998 winner of the Giro and the Tour de France, who was disqualified from the 1999 Italian race on allegations of using illicit performance-enhancing drugs.

dear friends, every baptized Christian is another Christ. A baptized Christian is supposed to be a follower of Christ, a witness of Christ in the highways,

by-ways and forums of the world. The

priest

is

an-

other Christ in the sense that he perpetuates the work of Christ. But he is not worthy of the title unless he it is humanly image of Christ." As Cardinal Cushing continued, he stated: "A priest is an instrument, a tool of Christ. You know

strives to

reproduce in his

life,

insofar as

possible to do so, the character, the

what

a tool is?

Whether

it's

perfect or imperfect,

new

or old, stained and dark, sharp and bright, it cannot do a blessed thing of itself. But put it in the hand of a skilled craftsman, an artisan, and he can use that tool to reproduce, to create, as it were, a beautiful statue, a masterpiece or a simple table. The priest of himself can do nothing in the supernatural order unless he throws himself in the hands of the divine artisan, Jesus Christ." The Cardinal then reminded me as well as all in the congregation, that each priest is unique. They are neither clones nor robots. He stated: "Now there

(CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pope John Paul

offered his moral support to a

Rwandan bishop

facing the death penalty in a trial

on charges that

he was an accomplice in genocide. Prosecutors in the trial of Bishop Augustin Misago of Gikongoro, 57, asked a Rwandan court May 9 to sentence the bishop to death. Pope John Paul sent the bishop a telegram May 10 "in the face of the painful news which has reached me about your detention in prison, which has gone on already 13 months, and even more in the face of the request for capital punishment."

Pope asks young people to make time to listen to Christ

VATICAN CITY

(CNS)

â&#x20AC;&#x201D;

Pope John

asked young people to make time in their lives to listen to the voice of Christ and his plans for them. "I hope each one of you will know how to recognize, in the midst of the many voices of this world, that of Christ, who continues to address his call to the hearts of those who listen," the pope said May 10 during his weekly general audience. "Be generous in following him," Pope John Paul told young people at the end of the audience. "Do not be afraid of putting your energies and your enthusiasm at the service of the Gospel." Paul

II

FATHER JAMES HAWKER Guest Columnist

are

kinds of priests. There are gifted orators, good administrators. There are

all

prolific writers,

who would

priests

walks of

life.

probably be a success

There are

priests

who

in

many

are very tal-

There are priests who are fearless, who have tremendous courage. There are priests who are shy, aloof, quiet. You seldom, if ever, hear of them. There

ented.

are priests of ordinary ability; priests

who

never

seek the limelight, who do the best they can as living tools of Christ." Before he concluded the homily, Cardinal Cushing stressed the importance and necessity of the priest having an active, dynamic relationship with Jesus Christ. He stated unhesitatingly that if the priest is to be fruitful in the fulfillment of his ministry he must strive not simply to know Christ, but to be is to be a good tool in must be converted to His Way, guided by His Truth and sustained by His Life.

intimate with Him. If the priest the hand of Christ, he

As seven young men

are ordained to the minispriesthood for the Diocese of Charlotte, the message shared by Cardinal Cushing 37 years ago during the first Mass of a newly ordained are wellworth pondering. terial

Father James Hawker

is

vicar for education for the

Diocese of Charlotte.

The problem was

cancer; his leg

was removed

the next day.

"When my dad horrified.

I

told me,

I

was shocked and

couldn't imagine living without both

my

legs. I remember thinking I'd rather die. It was tremendous loss of self-esteem. I was incredibly embarrassed about how I would look." His family, trying to help, told him "Don't let it bother you," but it did. Kennedy, now a 38-year-old lawyer and father of two, said firmly, "Never say to a child, 'You shouldn't feel that way.' My feelings were never validated. People told me how brave I was, and paradoxically that isolated me. In the hospital my full-time job became to keep everybody

a

bishop facing death penalty II

Life

rays.

Pope offers moral support to Rwandan

VATICAN CITY

2000

to

My

human

tion," the

I

first

Cross in had been nurtured and nourished over the years. Since Cardinal Cushing, as the Ordinary of the Archdiocese, was the pastor of the Cathedral parish, he expressed a desire to preside and preach on that occasion. The words that His Eminence spoke during his homily have been with me throughout the 37 years that have unfolded since that memorable moment. I welcome this opportunity to share portions of his reflection with those to be ordained for service' within this diocese as well as with each reader. The Cardinal's initial remarks were a challenge to me as they would be to any priest. He said, "There are priest.

News Service (CNS)

10, 1963,

19,

Priestly

etched deep in

Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Boston. It was in that parish that my faith

many ways

JOHN NORTON

VATICAN CITY

my

the hand of Jesus Christ my memory.

in is

Sunday, February

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When a child suffers loss For the past seven years, Jim Emswiler has conducted the National Conference on Loss and Transition. After his wife died more than a decade ago, he could find little help for himself and his two children in

how

to cope with the pain of this loss,

and so he decided to do something about it. He founded the New England Center for Loss and Transition, and has worked ever since to bring professionals together to learn better people, especially children,

who

how

to help

are hurting.

This year, his keynote speaker was Ted Kennedy Jr., who lost his leg from cancer when he was 12 years old. He is the son of Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts.

The younger Kennedy's story was riveting. He emphasized right off that his experience had been a "transforming event" that made him more compassionate. It also brought him to his life's work of promoting the disability rights movement to "enhance the dignity of all" who are in any way disabled.

He told us how back in 1973, when he was playing football, "everything that touched my leg would hurt abnormally." His pediatrician said the swelling that had developed below his knee was a calcium deposit. Before long, when the pain got excruciating, he was brought to the hospital for X-

cheered up. "I

was growing up in an Irish Catholic family, a where anger was unacceptable and sadness

culture

not allowed. The attitude was: Pull yourself up, and get over it. If I cried, I knew I'd be letting everybody down."

What

a

burden that was for

a child!

Kennedy

took him years to "mourn his loss." Now he knows it's all right for a child to be angry over loss. "It's the weakling who keeps emotions in. They're scared. It takes incredible strength to process these feelings and emotions, and not be afraid of what others might think." Now he works to promote "value and dignity in every life." He also has learned the importance of acceptance. "The key to happiness is to live in the moment, to appreciate how wonderful life is, to be able to stay grateful, not to be afraid of emotions, not to says today that

it

intellectualize everything."

speaks of how he "can use the Kennedy name work for rights for the disabled, and for promoting value and dignity in every life. "We help others by the power of example. Be

He

to advance" his

cause of what happened to me, I became sensitize to a scope of issues. There's a tremendous amount o work to do around the world."

May

19,

2000

Editorials

learned from her painful account of a once deeply Misty was equally eager to make clear that Cassie's spiritual awakening was accom-

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rebellious daughter.

Candle

plished not in a single "Yes" but in the small, everyday decisions that restored her life and faith bit

by

bit.

Indeed, Misty Bernall knows her daughter was saint in life Satanism, suicide and

—

no

Family Reflections

murder

threats, sneaking out at night, drugs, lies

FATHER THOMAS

J.

McSWEENEY Guest Columnist

"Yes"

- bit

her old

by

bit

believe to be a martyr.

Within a day of the Columbine High School tragedy, she was reported to have said "Yes" when asked by her killer if she believed in God.

More

recently, police investigations

have been

published, pointing out a variety of discrepancies that suggest someone else may have actually

ut-

tered the celebrated "Yes." "Many of the kids were actually hiding under desks and hearing only bits

and fragments of the conversation," one investigator explained. "It appears that exactly who they taunted, what questions were asked, and who replied what may never be crystal clear." Even so, Cassie's story, as recounted in her mother's best-selling book, "She Said Yes: The Un-

—

likely

Martyrdom of

Cassie Bernall," continues to and energize Christian youth movements around the world. In her retelling, Misty Bernall courageously discloses the more radical, inspire believers

even darker side of Cassie's turbulent adolescence and her slow, daily struggle to get right with God. I met Misty and her husband, Brad, at the annual Christopher Awards ceremony honoring her book. I was eager to let Misty know how much

temper and pride. Misty explains: "Cassie died daily over the two years before her death. Her affirmation of faith in God did not come out of the blue, but out of every choice she made along the way. She answered 'Yes'

many

times, and with each day the 'Yes' came deeper and deeper from her heart and mind and

Then

smiled

there was the day that she smiled - really with eyes that glinted hope and promise." night before she was. murdered, Cassie

—

The

wrote to a friend: "Honestly, I want to live completely for God. It's hard and scary, but totally worth it." That she should have learned and lived this at such a young age is, for me, the real inspiration of her story. believe Cassie Bernall dares us to sacrifice all for Love's sake not as a hero or a martyr but consistently and with conviction, in the small, everyday things that make up a life worth living I

—

—

Father Thomas

J.

McSweeney

is

director

of The

Christophers.

Can you suggest any would dissuade herfrom this belief?

whole other approach a different perspective for viewing such realities as death and eternity.

Corner

to spirituality, life,

CNS

the law of "karma," which literally means action, the condition of life at each rebirth depends on the moral quality of actions in the previous life. is

predominant

in

Hinduism, Buddhism

and other Eastern religions. reincarnation

is

also a significant element

some major branches of the New Age movement in North America and Europe, which may be where your friend made contact with it. As I said, since belief in reincarnation does not at least

from any systematic or structured theology, undoubtedly, however, entirely incompatible with traditional Christian and Catholic teaching. For us Christians, death is a final, unrepeatable result

it is

mad money this summer, who will be the "funmaster" this summer. Ours has been a summer family for generations. Living not far from 31st Street Beach, Andrew's family would gather there very often on summer days. They were literally beach bums who made the lakeshore their home during summer. With aunts and uncles, cousins and friends, family gatherings at the beach

difficult to refute at that level. It is

event, unique for every human being. As the letter to the Hebrews tells us, "It is appointed that human beings die once, and after this the judgment" (9:27).

As we read in the Gospel story of the rich man and the poor Lazarus, between those on this earth and those who have died lies a great chasm, over which no one may cross from one side to the other (Lk 16:26). This understanding of the conclusiveness of

to

death has never been seriously questioned or challenged in Christianity.

sions have taken us on bicycle trails, rest stops, B&Bs and camp sites that have supplied our memories with treasures that will last a lifetime. The "dog days" are magical for us.

We

trace the thread of grace through

mer experiences

Confession

By

Today

leaving for college. It looks like it will be Marty, who will be mowing lawns for a little

summer flings ever since. In the summer of 1982 we settled into parenthood with awe and wonder. Our "Lykes on Bikes" excur-

Columnist

births.

in

summer. Andrea, graduating from high school, spend a couple of weeks in Europe before

will

family

FATHER JOHN DIETZEN

God, and

600 B.C. According to this "doctrine," all living beings, from plants to human beings and even gods, go through a continuous cycle of deaths and re-

belief

off to devote to planning family fun. Terri, now back in school, will have even less time this

Marriage Encounter experience transformed us and set us on a journey of ministry. On an open-ended camping trip in 1979, we discovered Mackinac Island, the venue of annual

Reincarnation is an ancient idea, originating in Asia and integrated into Hindu thought around

The

DePaul University, doesn't get the summer

It was in the summer of 1970 that our friendship turned to romance and our love began to flower. In the summer of 1978, our

A. I doubt that there are any such arguments for people who genuinely embrace this sort of belief, because it isn't one that is arrived at by logic or reasoning in our usual meaning of those words. It a

family time

night.

Question

who

strongly believes in reincarnation.

comes from

Summer

only a matter of weeks before the kids are out of school, and the time crunch of summer begins. As the kids get older, their lives are more involved outside the family. This makes finding time for family more difficult than when they were toddlers. Nonetheless, we must put great effort in creating sacred space for our family formation in the summer. Looking at our family calendar, ours is a formidable task. Andrew, no longer working at It's

would sometimes extend from morning

I have a friend, a sincerely good person,

arguments that

Columnist

—

Reincarnation Q.

CNS

life style,

her actions to transfer to Columbine where she could make new friends, to understand how much her parents really loved her, to resist sarcasm and meanness, to stop judging others, to relish someone else's joy and accomplishment, to get a grip on her

soul.

ANDREW & TERRI LYKE

while still caring for old friends. a cascade of choices about her attitudes and

Then

She lived unknown, until her murder thrust her into prominence. Cassie Bernall is the teenager

many

and more lies were her way of life for a time. Her parents were forced to go to extraordinary lengths to help and protect her. But after a weekend religious retreat, Cassie seemed to want to turn her whole life around! It began with her struggle to disassociate from

Q.

Rarely,

a law of the church that every Catholic confession at least once a year, during the

Is it still

should go

to

am 85 years young, and many people do not do that.

Easter time? I

it

seems to

me

A. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1457), all Catholics are obliged to "confess serious sins" at least once a year. In those words, the catechism repeats canon law (989) and the Introduction to the Rite of Penance (34). In other words, the obligation for at least annual reception of the sacrament of penance, which goes back to the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215, does not apply to those who are not aware of an unconfessed mortal sin. In all these statements, the church is not imposing a new obligation for confession, but simply prescribes a time within which mortal sins should be confessed so that, if for no other reason, the Eucharist might be received.

Canon law requires Catholics to receive Communion at least once a year, during the Easter season unless a serious reason forces another time.

it

to be

done

at

the

many

if

many sum-

as a family.

ever,

have we been able to plan

awe-inspiring

summer

experiences.

We only needed to be present, awake and cooperative. The Spirit has guided us to many wonderful family summer adventures. So, the calendar challenge is undaunting to us. We will have to seek quality rather than quantity. The guys plan a couple of brief fishing trips. The girls will probably do some power shopping. The "Lykes on Bikes" will spend a few days on Mackinac Island. With a few evenings of burgers on the grill, our summer family time will be rich. The rest we leave to the Spirit for the experiences of

wonder. Our task

is

to be present,

awe and awake and

cooperative.

Andrew and Terri Tyke are coordinators of Marriage Ministry in the African-American community for the Archdiocese of Chicago.

14 The Catholic News & Herald

Lay Ministry,

more about and to spread that knowl-

edge to others. congratulate you on this day, and

"I I

God

ask

empower you through you may use your gifts

to

Christ's love that

generously, prayerfully and joyfully for the benefit of us

all,"

he continued.

Expressing the need for more lay ministers not only in the Diocese of Charlotte but in other dioceses across the country, the bishop referred to the recent findings from the National Catholic Parish Survey, released on

May

4.

showed

The survey

me

that the laity,

deacons and religious with church staff posi-

"I

to one. Also, the

num-

ber of parishes with at least one lay minister

on staff has grown from 30 to 68 percent since 1982. Researchers predicted the

lot

about

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never knew, and

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me

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the New:

Alumnus, wife give $1 million to Belmont Abbey College —

BELMONT Frank L. Johnson and his wife, Linda, a 1972 graduate of Sacred Heart College, have

member

of the Board of Advisors and has actively assisted the Abbey in its student recruitment efforts. Linda, as

'71

made

a $1 million unrestricted gift to

a Sacred

Heart graduate, has likewise been active and supportive in Abbey

Belmont Abbey College. Citing the effect the Abbey has had on

affairs, from alumni gatherings to Bradley Institute functions. "We always wanted to make a contribution to the Abbey, it's very important to us," said Johnson, who met Linda at a Greek Week event between

and the part it has played in their success, Johnson said they are most happy to be able to make such a gift. their lives

Johnson

president of

is

JMS

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and temperature devices. A member of the Abbey's Board of Trustees, Johnson has been very much involved with the college through the years. He has been a

Belmont Abbey and Sacred Heart Colwhen she was a freshman. Johnson majored in psychology at the Abbey and fondly remembers such teachers as Stanley Dudko, Fr. John Oetgen, O.S.B., the late Fr. lege

Cuthbert Allen, and Jack Hanahan. His family is friends of Fr. John Bradley, a former president of Belmont

Gallagher, chairman of the college's

Board of Trustees, said, "I have known Frank Johnson all of my life. We grew up together. At an early age, Frank learned from his family the

Abbey College. Linda Johnson majored in primary education at Sacred Heart College and taught elementary school in Iredell County for 12 years.

The

couple has two

grown

importance of honor, character, integhard work and our Catholic faith. Linda shares those same virtues. This great gift is from their rity,

chil-

dren: Mitch, an attorney in Charlotte;

and Mary Catherine, a real estate professional in Gaston County.

Johnson was raised

in

hearts. Everyone associated with our college benefits from who they are

Gaston

and what they do."

County. His mother is buried in the cemetery on the Abbey grounds. "Belmont Abbey is more than a school," he said. "It's apart of our family."

Commenting on

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Robert

Catholic University surprises cardinal with honorary degree By RICHARD SZC7FPAND\a/<;ki SZCZEPANOWSKI

News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic

—

III <"M1 ^\ O'Connell, v-i

Stu-

dents, faculty and the board of trustees of The Catholic University of

America surprised Cardinal James A. Hickey of Washington May 13 by presenting him with an honorary

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lllth annual commencement exercises. It was given to Cardinal Hickey, who as archbishop of Washington serves as university chancellor, in recognition of his "life-

M.

Hickey was being appreciation of his 54 years

in

as a priest, his "great love for the church" and his devotion to Catholic education.

"His interest in and commitment to education (is) an enduring aspect of his life," Father O'Connell said.

doctorate degree.

long love of Catholic education." Vincentian Father David

1

dent, said Cardinal

Cardinal Hickey,

who began

studies at the university in 1942 and

earned a licentiate

in sacred theology there in 1946, said that he learned of the honor less than an hour before it

was presented. "I guess they didn't want to give me time to prepare a long speech," he quipped. "At my age, there are few surprises," the 79-year-old cardinal said

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In Italian film, knights By BENEDICTA CIPOLLA Catholic

he

CAMPELLO SUL CLITUNNO, (CNS)

Italy

—

Amid

—

violent

—

the holy shroud's history, before accounts of its existence cropped up in the mid- 1300s in France, Avati imagined the cloth's journey from the East.

killer!"

"Many

centuries ago, the West, in way, saw in the relics of Christianity something that went beyond all else, and thus relics filled a life, an existence," the 61 -year-old dia certain

well-done. In "Knights of the Quest," Avati

—

the story of five knights

^Italians,

three

rector said.

The

Frenchman and an Enwho travel to Thebes,

a

—

glishman Greece, in

1271

With

While

$15 million budget, an English-speaking cast and a decida

to-

one single project or journey, "today our existence is filled by so many small things, not one big event."

quest,

not typical Italian fare. this could be a chance to tell a story that wasn't just Italian, because this is a story that regards the West as a whole," Avati told Catholic News Service on the sidelines of the set May 1 1. is

Avati did his

thought that

Produced by Antonio Avati, the director's brother, for

DueA

the Middle Ages, said

in

CNS

Avati, people devoted entire lives to a

edly fast-moving, action-driven plot, the movie, due to be released in early "I

commonly known

burial cloth.

shroud.

2001,

shroud,

day as the Shroud of Turin, is believed by many to have been Christ's

the holy

to find

said.

Reflecting several years ago on what he terms the "dark moment" of

battle

shouted the Italian film director Pupi Avati after calling a halt to the cameras. He congratulated actor Marco Leonardi, clad in medieval chain mail and toting a sword, for a stabbing job

tells

embark on medieval quest for shroud

Avati, a practicing Catholic.

hills,

cries pierced the usual silence.

"Bravo,

Films,

homework

in addi-

tion to cultivating an already active

stresses diligently darning sackcloth

imagination: He read more than 150 books on the period. Starting with Jehan de Joinville, who chronicled the life of St. Louis IX, 13th-century king of France, and his

tunics.

ill-fated

Crusade to the Holy Land,

"There

is

a spiritual focus that

I

tried to render in the costumes, the

which is manifested by the discovery of brotherhood among them," said Cecchi.

cal truth as possible.

"Knights of the Quest" continues shooting through the summer in Umbria, southern Italy and Tunisia and is expected to pick up a U.S. dis-

Costume designer Nana Cecchi,

Though some of the knights are driven at first by commercial aims and hopes of political power, by the end of the voyage, Avati said, "they are touched by a sort of mysterious conviction that they are destined to

who

Quest" provided a fresh challenge. "The way Pupi approaches the story is very realistic, very simple," she said after conferring with seam-

tributor.

With Holy Year 2000

in

full

swing, Avati's film seems well-timed, though the director says it was unintentional, as his idea

while Pope John Paul

Hickey,from page 15

did

II

not specifically mention the Crusades in his March 12 apology for sins committed by Christians through the ages, Avati said he wanted to take a critical look at the meaning of the bloody forays into the Holy Land. "The story that I tell is set during

archdiocese in three decades. In 1997, Cardinal Hickey Academy in Dunkirk was opened. Again, it was established to

moment in the West in which the Crusades were becoming unpopular,"

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meet the needs of a grow-

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this time in ing Catholic population Southern Maryland's Calvert County. Also in 1997, the cardinal established the Center City School Consortium. An alignment of eight schools in

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five knights' search for their mission,

Avati tried to stick as close to histori-

tions,

photo from DueA Films

Pupi Avati, right, consults with actor Raoul Bova in the filming of "Knights of the Quest." The movie tells of a Medieval pursuit of the holy shroud, later known as the Shroud of Turin. Italian director

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