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ALESHA M. PRICE Staff Writer
CHARLOTTE
—
The
diocesan
pastoral center bustled with activity as
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9
people from the Charlotte Vicariate and surrounding vicariates gathered on
Nov. 3 and 4 to discuss
American flag meant
their roles as
leaders in the diocese, share experiences
and develop action plans for their par-
war veteran
communities. The leadership training program for lay ministers, sponsored by the education vicariate, is die first of its kind in the diocese. The twoish
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day program; consisting of interactive sessions that included encouraging feedback, questions and group work and centered around ways for atten-
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extends
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in
program
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to
Western North Carolina
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in
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dants to become
more
effective parish
Tap
and community leaders. Father Jim Hawker, vicar for edu-
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cation, said, "I
I
for
Catholics
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want
to praise the dedi-
cated professionals who developed and presented the sessions and congratulate the participants for their enthusi-
3
asm and commitment
to cultivating
and skills as leaders." This pilot program, so well received by the attendees, will be replicated in another area of the diocese next fall," continued Father Hawker. Committee members and diocesan their talents
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officials
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Way" Entertainment .Pages
presented the weekend pro-
gram, which included two different tracks. Track one consisted of three parts, while track two was comprised of four sessions on various topics. Using the theme "Leading the
10-11
as a guide, the goals set for the
track one participants were: understanding how leadership affects minis-
understanding how one leads and developing a plan for being an effective try,
Editorials
& Columns Pages 12-13
leader.
Those goals were displayed and
reiterated throughout the weekend.
The from
volunteer leadership team of seven different ministries
and
local busi-
nesses based their presentations
November 12 is the Jubilee Day for Agricultural
Workers
the United States
in
on
books and writings about leadership in a religious setting and their own education and personal experiences. "This is the first of two programs to help develop leadership to better utilize managerial skills," said presenter Katharin Brink, who has a doctorate in organizational behavior
Keane
with a concentration in leadership. "We wanted them to think more about their roles as leaders, their relationship with their followers and to
more leaders. "On Friday, we discussed how
build
in their
own
parishes.
the attendants will
their findings
and receive sugges-
tions. Until that time,
pants the opportunity to think about the qualities of leadership. On Saturday, we moved into putting structure on their goals and discussing the im-
making
Church
in Charlotte.
to imple-
ment this plan, and in March, they will come back for the second half of the leadership program to discuss
leaders have to sometimes bring order to chaos and gave the partici-
portance of shared vision between the leader and the group and considering community skills," continued Brink, a parishioner at St. Thomas Aquinas
Moreover,
work
tact
they can con-
any of the presenters their plans
come
for aid in
to fruition.
one parhelping to coordinate an adult bible study program at her church, Our Lady of Consolation in Charlotte. She said that she enjoyed working with people who shared some of her ideas. "Being there with other lay leaders added a value of Alicia Verdun, a track
ticipant,
is
The group had
to create an action plan for something they want to enact
See
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Vatican confirms papal trip to Ukraine in June Pope VATICAN CITY (CNS)
—
II will visit
of Vatican evaluation of a trip's potential
work, says archbishop South Africa (CNS) Zimbabwe's economic crisis is severely damaging the church's pastoral work, said Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo. "I often have more than 20 people outside my office begging for money for food, clothes and school fees," the archbishop said in a Nov. 1 telephone interview from Bulawayo. "We cannot
Catholic school student casts mock vote David Rodriquez, a third-grader at St. Stanislaus School in East Chicago,
cope," he said, noting that the country's
voted for George W. Bush.
October, and official inflation is running at an annual rate of 62 percent. Less than half the work force is employed. Immigrants in society, church on
bishops' agenda (CNS)
in
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WASHINGTON
With
separate statements for civic and pastoral use, the U.S. bishops this November will consider reiterating their support for
immigrants
society and the
in
church. At their Nov. 13-16 meeting in
Washington, the bishops will be asked to approve a resolution calling for immigration reform by the U.S. government and a separate pastoral statement encouraging Catholics to open their hearts and parishes to immigrants. In the draft resolution on immigration reform, the bishops' Migration Committee outlined principles for reforming U.S. immigration laws and policies. The draft said the bishops "wish to call upon our federal policy-makers to re-examine our immigration laws and enact reforms which
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EL PASO, Texas (CNS) El Paso faces a water crisis that demands prompt action, said the El Paso diocesan Peace and Justice Ministry. El Paso's Bishop Armando X. Ochoa urged residents to read and act on the ministry's 5,800-word "A Pastoral Reflection on the Water Crisis." It called particular attention to issues of stewardship of resources and care for the poor which are raised by the water shortage. It noted Pope John Paul IPs
warning earlier this year, "The lack of water might well be the principal question that humanity will have to address in the future."
Catholic-Methodist dialogue to
focus on what church (CNS)
WASHINGTON
is
—
The
United Methodist-Roman Catholic dialogue met in Washington Oct. 26-28 to plan its sixth round of consultations, on
theme "The Church
and
in All Places."
is
in
Each Place
The participants'
goal
move their churches closer to communion by developing a common
to help
statement on the church, its unity, its structures, its local and global dimensions and its mission in the world. The U.S. Catholic-Methodist Dialogue began in 196,6 and generally meets twice yearly. The group's five-year fifth round of dialogue focused on bringing dialogue between Catholics and Methodists to the grass roots. Catholic, Lutheran leaders praise
Jewish statement (CNS)
WASHINGTON
—
Key
U.S. Catholic and Lutheran leaders have
publicly thanked a group of Jewish scholars and religious leaders for issuing "Dabru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity." A group of Catholic bishops said they welcome the "gesture of reconciliation" and "urge Catholics throughout the United States to read it with care and loving respect." Lutheran representatives called the
document
a "bold step"
and thanked the
Diocesan
November 13-16 National Catholic Bishops' Conference Washington. D.C.
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Box 37267,
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Bethlehem University expressed "grave concern" after an Israeli bullet shot through a university residence. Christian Brother David Scarpa had just gotten up from the chair next to the window Nov. 1, when the bullet tore through the window and, after ricocheting around his front office, landed on the floor next to his computer. Another bullet was found near the Social Cultural Center of the university the following day, and a classroom was hit by gunfire during a confrontation Oct. 25.
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university
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clashes between Israelis and Palestinians
uphold the basic dignity and human rights of immigrants among us and preserve the unity of the immigrant family."
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Ukraine to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1595-96 Union of Brest, which re-established full communion between Rome and the Ukraitravel to
bishops "don't
in
changed dramatically" in its views of Jews and Judaism, and it urged Jews to respond in kind with a new attitude toward Christians.
Union in 1991, Catholics in the country began asking for a papal visit. Initially it was hoped the pope
pastoral obligations in these conditions."
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Jewish scholars for their efforts. "Dabru emet," Hebrew for "speak the truth," is an instruction from the Lord in the Book of Zechariah. The Jewish statement, signed by 170 scholars and religious
Ukraine in June, Vatican spokesman Joaquin NavarroValls said. The spokesman confirmed the trip in a Nov. 6 statement after months
John Paul
10,
Brief
Thanksgiving Ball House of Mercy, Charlotte
parent is being held tonight and Nov. 27 from 7-8 p.m. in the family room of St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Ruth Posey, who may be reached at (704) 370-3238, is the facilitator for both dates.
GREENSBORO
—
Father George Church in Murphy and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Hayesville, is the guest speaker at the noontime information Kloster, pastor of St. William
gathering at the Franciscan Center, 233 N. Greene St., today from 12:10-1 p.m.
The
topic
munion of and
is
"November and
Saints:
the
Com-
Death and Beyond,"
is being taken before the meal. For more information, call the center at (336) 273-2554.
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a love offering
CHARLOTTE
— The Ancient Or-
der of Hibernians, Mecklenburg County Division, is hosting an open membership meeting for all area Catholic men of Irish
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Lutheran, Catholic bishops in Ohio sign historic covenant YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (CNS) Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Youngstown and Lutheran Bishop Marcus J. Miller signed a historic covenant Oct. 29 between the Catholic diocese and the Northeast Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The document is expected to have far-reaching implications in terms of prayer, study, and action involving the two Christian faith traditions. It is a local embodiment of the historic joint statement on justification signed at Augsburg, Germany, in 1999 that ended nearly 500 years of official disagreement between the de-
—
nominations. Calling it a "happy, holy, and historic night," Bishop Tobin welcomed the Lutherans who helped to fill St. Columba Cathedral and said the initiative "is good for our community in northeast Ohio" because of its commit-
ment
to
ongoing prayer, study, and
action.
ancestry tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Room C of the St. Gabriel Church Ministry Center, 3016 Providence Rd. For details, call Mike Callinan at (704) 841-9195 or email Tim Lawson at NCAOH@aol.com. CHARLOTTE Room at the Inn is having its annual banquet to support
—
single, homeless women facing a crisis pregnancy at the Charlotte Convention Center with guest speaker Ambassador Alan Keyes. The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. For reserva-
Kim Grady
at (704) 525-1 199. All are welcome to join the Greensboro Council of Catholic Women for their annual Mass of retions, call
GREENSBORO
membrance ily
—
members, fammorning at 1 1 a.m.
for deceased
and friends
this
with lunch following the Mass. Yearly dues are being collected this morning or can be sent in at any time. For further details, call Janet Law at (336) 288-6022.
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St. Thomas 18 CHARLOTTE Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd., is holding its annual Holiday Bazaar today from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. and Nov. 19 from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Featured events and items
include a Sat. cookie walk, craft sale, raffles, silent auction and food. For more
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2000
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Around the Diocese
Young adults tap spirituality with By
ALESHA
M. PRICE
Staff Writefj
CHARLOTTE
—
Food, discussions and a time for reflection sprinkled with spiritual themes have replaced regular evening outings for many
into faith,
new program can be sure of the path that God wants one to follow. "We can't get by without prayer and contemplation. The more our
more we are moment,"
faith increases, the
to live in the present
"My
OFFICE OF THE BISHOP
November
able
10,
2000
said
Dear Friends
in Christ,
Catholics around Charlotte. Young adults have been attending the Theol-
church, and
ogy on Tap program, sponsored by
some
Campus and Young Adult
from
a theological perspective in order to understand God." Sister Larretta's support section, her Sisters of Mercy, also added un-
"Our Faith tradition
scheduled responses to questions about their vocations and how they
pleaded on behalf of those in our communities who have been "left out and left behind" in a prosperous and growing economy. And especially, we found it unacceptable in a nation that has sufficient resources to care for all of its people, that the economic recovery "...has generated a wider income and benefit gulf between the upper and lower ends of the work force." And finally, we confirmed in the Pastoral that we must shape the world of work so that the God-given dignity of each human being is acknowledged, respected and protected.
Ministry.
An
average of 75 to 80 participants have attended the alternating 7 p.m. Tuesday and Sunday gatherings at Southend Brewery and area churches thus far, and many have attended more than one or
all
Sister Larretta.
things, as
ney
Catholics in Charlotte," said Colleen
twenty years
McDermott, diocesan director of campus and young adult ministry. "A few of the people I have talked to said that they hadn't chosen a church yet, and
way
this is a
them to come back and to ease them into
for
into the church
the Diocese of Charlotte."
People have had the opportunity to listen to clergy,
women
religious
and lay people from across the diocese speak about various topics including vocations, prayer and discernment of one's personal
call.
"We
have had a good variety of speakers, a wide range of people, including Sister Larretta who shared her spirituality through poetry and Father Matthew Kauth who used the repetitive litany of the
which sounded almost
Our
Father,
like a Baptist
sermon," said McDermott. Mercy Sister Larretta RiveraWilliams, director of faith formation at St. Benedict the Moor Church in Winston-Salem, publicly read poems from her personal journal for the first time at the Oct. 24 gathering at Southend Brewery. After reading, people asked questions about her life
woman
as a
religious and
how one
information, call Maryellen or Jim at (704) 599-0781 or (704) 549-1607 or email stabazaar.home.att.net.
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19 CHARLOTTE Join the Perpetual Hope Gospel Choir of Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Stateville Ave., for their 20th anniversary celebration concert this after-
noon
at 5 p.m. "It's
Time"
is
the theme
commemorate 20 years as a For more information, call the
as they choir.
church
20
office at (704)
375-4339.
CHARLOTTE — All are
invited to join the St. Matthew Church's "Alive in the Spirit" prayer group for a Mass to gain the special jubilee indulgence at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, tonight at 7 p.m. with Monsignor John McSweeney. For more information about the Mass or about the celebration of reconciliation prior to the Mass, call
Barbara Gardner at (704) 846-8133.
21 is
CHARLOTTE — Theology on Tap
a
program
for
young
adults in their
20s and 30s to reintroduce them to the church and to refresh or strengthen their involvement in their religion. The sessions continue tonight at
late teens,
is
of the
to personalize
my
do with
I
responded to their
of the sessions.
"About half of the people are new to the area including a few people where this was their first contact with
theology
we have
Three years have passed since Bishop Gossman of the Raleigh Diocese and
poetry,
issued our first Joint Pastoral, "Of One Heart and
is
"I
love
it
something
is
it
works on even
after nearly
in the religious
that the
women
life.
The Annual Bishops' collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development on the weekend of November 1 8th and 1 9th is an effective way to raise our voices on behalf of the poor and the powerless. In honoring CCHD for its thirty years of bringing justice and charity into the workplace and marketplace, the neighborhoods and our rural areas, we are recognizing and implementing the Biblical call to see and to serve the poorest among us. In the CCHD tradition, we empower people to control their own lives and to develop their potential; we are getting at the root causes of their poverty and empowering them to be a
religious
how they came to a voand how today that so few
talked about
cation people are challenged with the question of vocations," said Will Esser, who recently moved to Charlotte and has been visiting various churches in
have young Catholics get together on a religious basis and be able to challenge each other with their faith. It is great to feel that it is OK to be Catholic and to live your faith." Newlyweds Chris and Kelly Haver have also enjoyed the sessions. "I like interacting with people our own age and being able to meet people from other churches," said Mrs. Haver, who is now going through the RCIA process. "It has helped me learn more the diocese. "It
is
7 p.m. at Southend Brewery,
2100 South
Blvd., with Julie Ostergaard, associate
Wake
at
Forest Uni-
versity in Winston-Salem. Bishop Curlin will be the speaker on Dec. 3 at St. Peter
Church, 507 S. Tryon St. For details, call Jen Rupp at (704) 370-3359. The Adult EducaGREENSBORO tion Program at Our Lady of Grace Church,2205 W. Market St., continues tonight from 7:30-9 p.m. in the activity center. Father Eric Kowalski is presenting "Hey, That Wasn't in the Brochure," a session about theology, the practice of priesthood and the life of a priest. For further details, call (336) 274-0415.
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CHARLOTTE
— All families who
have suffered a loss are invited to attend the monthly memorial Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East, tonight at 7:30 p.m. Call the church office at (704) 334-2283 with the name(s) of loved ones so they may be remembered during the Mass. The Holy Spirit 24 CONYERS, Ga. Trappist-Cistercian Monastery for men in Conyers, Ga., and the Our Lady of the Angels Trappist-Cistercian
—
Monastery
for
partner in their
own development.
a real benefit to
about Catholicism." "It has been educational, and we are getting to know people on a personal level in a relaxed setting," said Mr. Haver. Father Matthew Leonard, parochial vicar at St. Gabriel Church, is speaking at his parish on Nov. 12, and Julie Ostergaard, associate campus minister at Wake Forest Univer-
campus minister
I
we stated:
We
call to religious life.
constant, and
In the letter,
as Catholics calls us to put the needs of the poor and the vulnerable before all else. In our job-oriented economy, this tradition is expressed in the security of gainful employment."
Sister Larretta said that her faith jour-
that she
One Mind."
women
in Crozet, Va.,
With Campaign.
these realities in mind, please join me in supporting the work of the It gives all of us an opportunity to practice a modern-day version of
Christ's Beatitudes.
Prayerfully yours in the Lord,
Most Reverend William G. Curlin Diocese of Charlotte • Post Office
Box 36776 • Charlotte,
Winston-Salem is speaking at Southend on Nov. 21. Bishop Curlin is the guest speaker on Dec. 3 at St. sity in
Peter Church. "People are getting something out of it. Some are getting more from hearing the speakers than others, while some are happy to meet other
young
Catholics," said Jennifer Rupp,
NC 28236 • (704) 370-6299
eryone appreciates that
it is
Theology on Tap
is
being done." a
program
began in Chicago as a way for people in their late teens through their thirties to connect and share their faith through discussions, music and dialogue, said McDermott. that originally
Contact Staff Writer Alesha
M.
the diocesan program coordinator for youth and young adult ministry. "Ev-
Price by calling (704) 370-3354 or email amprice@charlottediocese.org.
two live-in experiences this weekend through Nov. 28 and Jan. 3-7
up to six people. For scheduling and other details, call the monastery at (336) 699-4005
are hosting
with personal testimonies and conferences given by the monks. The retreats are free, but space is limited. For reservations and details, call Natalie Smith at
340-5705 or (954) deserttraveler@aol.com.
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There is a sup27 CHARLOTTE port group meeting for caregivers of family and friends suffering from Alzheimer's/ dementia today from 23:30 p.m. in rooms D and 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 meeting or the Adult Day Respite Program for the memory-impaired,
which meets every Monday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m.- 1 p.m., call Suzanne Bach
Ongoing BOONVILLE make
at (704) 376-4135.
—
All are invited to
a private retreat in the
New
— Catholic Singles
a non-denominagroup for singles over 21. Events include Mass and brunch, weekend trips, movies, dinners and much more. For more in-
of Charlotte
is
tional, social
formation and a calendar,
call
Donna
549-4590 or Gina at (704) 679-9614. Call Donald Howard with any questions at (704) 521-2790.
at (704)
GUILFORD COUNTY
—
The
Guilford County Division of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the oldest and largest order of Irish Catholic men, has celebrated its first year as a division and are looking for more Irish Catholic men to join them. Meetings are evenings on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Also, a ladies' division is forming, and members are needed. Contact Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264.
woods
Creation Monastery, 1433 Richmond Hill Rd. Prayerful and reflective weekends can be planned for at
CHARLOTTE
Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to the publication date.
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Around the Region
Welch brings tears and laughter to Bernardin Lectures By PAUL A.
BARRA
with the father of the
for The Miscellany
COLUMBIA
— Bud Welch
own
lived
of his
E.
"Bud" Welch was the
Welch
killed,"
felt
Bud Welch's only daughter was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. He will be in Charlotte next
month
as part of*a
restorative justice program.
told the silent
When
saw him on telesomething familiar in the older McVeigh. "I saw the pain in his eyes," he
vision, he recognized
The young woman was a daily communicant, her father said, a graduate of Marquette University
Welch
derer.
first
said.
nun friend of the Oklahoma gas owner arranged a visit between the two Irish Catholic men in western New York. Welch was already in demand nationally as a
Building, killing her
speaker against the death penalty. Still, he felt unsettled and unsure of his emotions, he said, sitting in the
McVeigh "fried." That was before he met Bill McVeigh, father of the mass raur-
said that
being, but
kitchen of the
McVeigh
family
home
some people
"get a
human was to come
if
Jesus Christ
here to South Carolina today, he
—
would go straight to Death Row because he was on it himself." Bud Welch was a -good speaker, but it was his message that drew Catholics and others opposed to capipunishment. Paula Loehr, for instance, a prison ministry worker from tal
St.
James
in
had earned
station
and 167 other people. Welch wanted
felt as
feel-good over killing a caged
A
and in love with a second lieutenant. She worked for the federal government as a linguist. She was at work when Timothy McVeigh blew up the
Conway,
"It (the abolition
to
said that
Welch
credibility.
message) needs
come from people who have
lived
the experience. He's lived it, so means something," Loehr said.
Father Joe
came
Wahl
of
it
The Oratory
to the talk to support
USC
for
sponsoring the Bernardin Lectures. He thinks that public opinion about the death penalty is gradually changing.
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"I
hear in the prayers of the faith-
(during Mass), more and more people prayiftg for an end to the death penalty," Father Wahl said. "There's a change of heart here, and there should be. If you remove all the adjectives, then a life is a life." Mariano LaVia, a native Roman
ful
who
is
a
member
John the
of the Cathedral of St.
Baptist, said that his adopted
country is the only civilized one in the western world that still practices capital punishment. But, he said, civility is but one aspect of the controversy. "It's a moral issue," LaVia said. "We must give a person a chance to repent before we end his life." He thought that the Welch talk was appropriate for a lecture series named after the late cardinal archbishop of Chicago, since Bernardin espoused a "seamless garment of life" philosophy. President John Palms of USC agreed with LaVia on the appropriateness of the university's invita-
Welch, especially in light of the impending elections.. *"I hope that the electorate will be
tion to
enlightened this evening;" he
said.
Palms' institution sponsors the Bernardin Lectures to "honor the life and legacy of the cardinal." USC is raising money now for a Bernardin Chair in ethical, moral and religious studies, which will be held by a scholar and teacher of national stature when it is
fully funded.
The
chairholder will spe-
cialize in
Catholicism or ecumenism or
American
religious history.
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if a great weight had from my shoulders. I never closer to God." "I
been
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Lectures on the campus of the University of South Carolina on Oct. 9. He drew a capacity audience to the Lumpkin Auditorium. "I can remember the morning
was
He
thartic.
featured speaker at the second annual
Julie
daughter.
apparent in the killer's kin. "I found a bigger victim of the Oklahoma City bombing than me. Every morning Bill McVeigh has to face the awful truth that his son killed 168 innocent people," Welch said. Welch promised to work to keep Tim McVeigh from being executed for his crime. That promise was ca-
girl.
Emmett
killed
was inexplicably moved by the
every parent's worst nightmare and he went crazy. His only daughter was blown up in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 in her first year out of college, two hours before he was to meet her for lunch. For months the rage he felt surfaced in a severe drinking problem and what he called temporary insanity, but he turned his life around and came to South Carolina to tell people how he came to be a fighter against the death penalty for the killer
man who
daughter and with McVeigh's
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Bishop exercises caution, cancels Holy
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of Temptation, where he was tempted by the devil, are in the West Bank. "Violent clashes and confrontations continue to take place throughout the West Bank and Gaza, warns the U.S. State De-
—
As violence escalates in the Middle East, Bishop William G. Curlin has cancelled his Lenten 2001 Holy Land pilgrimage. Although the pilgrimage, scheduled for a March 2001, departure is months away, "It is
expresses solidarity
wait," he said.
The United States State Department issued a travel warning Oct. 24, asking U.S. citizens to defer all travel to Israel. While this is not a ban on travel, the strongly worded statement urges Americans to be mindful of a 'heightened threat of terrorist incidents in Israel, the West
Palestinians.
"The situation in Israel deeply saddens us, and we pray for peace in the Middle East," said Bishop Curlin. "We hope to see a resolution soon, and look forward to a future pilgrimage to the Holy Land, perhaps for the Lenten season in the following year, 2002." Alternately, Bishop Curlin will lead a Lenten pilgrimage to Italy. This pilgrimage will depart Charlotte on March 13, and return on the 22nd.
Patriarch Sabbah, who initiated the meeting, was accompanied by small delegation of priests, including Father Manuel Musallam, a parish priest in Gaza; Father Maroun Laham, director of Beit Jalla Seminary; and Father William Shomaly, general administrator at the Latin
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Time on sites for Chris-
—
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"Private
More than
grimage as the situation is now. can just watch, pray and
(CNS)
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The patriarch also extended greetings from Pope John Paul II and noted the pontiff s concern about the ongoing
situation.
Father Raed Abusahlia, chancellor of the Latin Patriarchate, declined to give further comment about the content of the meeting, calling it a "private visit" and a "courtesy call," noting that it was "friendly." The patriarch meets occasionally with the Palestinian leader, Father Abusahlia said. Some 5,000 Christians, mainly Greek Orthodox, live among Gaza's 1 million residents. The Latin-rite Catholic parish in Gaza has about
500 parishioners; 1,000 children attend the parish school, and a new school is under construction. In addition, the Rosary Sisters opened one of
own Many
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their
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this year.
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Cardinal shift
Patriarch Michel Sabbah, the pope said, "brought to our prayer this evening the reminder of the dramatic situation of that population which is so dear to me." In a brief homily during the prayer service, Patriarch Sabbah said the Holy Land is today
CarWASHINGTON (CNS) dinal Bernard F. Law of Boston, chairman of the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee, has praised congressional action on debt relief for poor countries. He also welcomed "the fact that, for the first time in many years, the majority of the members of Congress have expressed their clear
"the land of violence, of death, of hate
and of destruction, and cries to the Lord, demanding justice."
Knights of Columbus Council 10505 celebrates 10th anniversary
outmoded Cuban em-
bargo must, sooner rather than later, be abandoned." He said those two international issues "have been of particular concern to the U.S. Catholic
CHARLOTTE - More than 165 people were present for the St. Thomas Aquinas Knights of Columbus
bishops."
Argentine priest, 72, calls off
hunger strike after 56 days BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
—
CNS
health to a severely weakened state. After ending his strike Oct. 30, the tenacious 72-year-old member of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars vowed to continue with the struggle for a retrial, or pardon, for himself and oth-
We
result in a deepened commitment from the Caritas confederation to continue in
—
ing to the Vatican's missionary news agency Fides Oct. 31, MacLaren said his trip to North Korea "hopefully will
its
solidarity at an exciting time
Korea's history."
New York bishops
urge reform
of criminal justice system The ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS)
—
Head of Caritas
to visit North Korea to bolster aid projects SeekVATICAN CITY (CNS) ing to bolster humanitarian projects in North Korea, the head of Caritas Internationalis announced a visit to the communist country. Duncan MacLaren, secretary general of the umbrella Catholic aid organization, was to depart Nov. 2 for a two-week tour of Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing, North Korea and South Korea. Speak-
celebration on Nov. 4 at the
photo by Edgar Romero
in
10th anniversary
at St.
Thomas Aquinas The evening
Charlotte.
started with a Mass, complete with an
and fellow protesters and called off a hunger strike that had brought his
more than a decade ago of trying to overthrow the Argentine state. "I will go on fighting; it was an all injustice that they did to us. feel aggrieved. The sentences must be commuted," he said.
10505
Mass and Church
Portraits of slain churchwomen held at service Portraits of Maryknoll Sister Ita Ford, Jean Donovan, Maryknoll Sister Maura Clarke and Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel are held up during a Mass in San Salvador Oct. 21, while a civil trial against two former Salvadoran military men suspected of involvement their murders continued in Florida. The women were kidnapped, raped and shot dead Dec. 2, 1980, along a roadside in central El Salvador.
to the insistence of his doctors
ers convicted
Council
Aquinas Hall
After 56 days without food, (CNS) Argentine Father Antonio Puigjane
bowed
2000
close.
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will that the
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criminal justice system's "almost exclusive dependence on incarceration"
must be
rejected in favor of an ap-
proach that emphasizes "healing for the victim, rehabilitation and reintegration for the offender, and safety and stability for society," the bishops of New York state said. The bishops' statement, called "Restoring All to the Fullness of Life: A Pastoral Statement on Criminal Justice for the Jubilee Year," was released Oct. 30 by the
New York in
Albany.
State Catholic Conference
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bishops called for a
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honor guard and knights performing the usher, lector and Eucharistic minister duties. Capuchin Father Martin Schratz, chaplain of the council and the parish's parochial vicar, was the celebrant. The banquet following the Mass included B.J. Taylor, State Warden; Greg Kent, District Deputy; Terry Reed, 1Q505. Grand Knight and Capuchin Father Ignatius Zampino, pastor, as guests.
to
an eventual repeal of the death penalty in the state; modification of the mandatory sentencing provisions of the state's Rockefeller drug laws; and reconsideration of the use of "special housing units" which give inmates no human contact for 23 hours a day.
Debt
peace (CNS)
signed into law (CNS) A
—
global effort for debt relief prompted
by Pope John Paul
II
bore fruit Nov.
6 as President Clinton signed a
debts owed by the world's poorest countries. At a White House ceremony celebrating approval of the legislation, Clinton praised the bipartisan political effort responsible for the bill's approval in Congress. "I believe this is one of the most important moments of the last eight years for the United States of America," Clinton said.
—
Jerusalem's Latin-rite patriarch led prayers for Middle East peace during an evening service in St. Peter's Square with thousands of jubilee pilgrims. Giving the Oct. 31 gathering special weight, Pope John Paul II made a rare appearance from his studio window above the square to address participants at the prayer's
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Campus ministry community, Greensboro parish celebrate Black Catholic History Month By
— —
JIMMY ROSTAR
cern for the poor especially black and Indian needy led her to religious life, during which time she donated much money to churches and schools, including here in North
Associate Editor
—
GREENSBORO
In a setting
with gospel music, preaching and fervent prayer, a celebration of faith and culture elevated the spirit of a Mass observing Black Catholic Hisfilled
Month
tory
X
at St. Pius
Church
Carolina. Like St. Josephine Bakhita,
she was canonized in October 2000. • Franciscan Sister of Perpetual
in
Greensboro. "Celebrating the Church in the African Diaspora" was the theme of. the Nov. 4 Mass, sponsored by the Catholic Campus Ministry for North
Carolina
A & T
Adoration Thea Bowman,
who became
to the faith
a
convert
a respected
teacher, preacher and evangelizer while inspiring the faith among the African American Catholic commu-
University and
nity before her death in
1990.
Thea
Bennett College, St. Pius X Church and the Ladies Friendship Club of St. Mary Catholic Church, all in Greens-
House, the Catholic campus ministry center serving N.C. A & T and Bennett College, is named in her.
boro.
memory.
The
and private college serve predominately black state university
student bodies. Defined, a diaspora is a migration, a scattering of an originally ho-
mogenous
people. In music and word,
the congregation at the liturgy hon-
ored the spread of faith through the world while remembering the oftenturbulent global migration of African peoples through the centuries.
"Tonight we are celebrating so Bishop William G. Curlin, who presided at the Mass. To beautifully," said
the
members of
the black Catholic
community assembled, he added, "We gave your ancestors tears and humiliation and suffering, and you took the stones off our hearts." Bishop Curlin referred to the strong faith of African Americans he has encountered in his life and ministry, particularly recalling
two elderly
women who worshipped
at a
ington, D.C., church
The Mass and Alberta Hairston, pictured center, said the annual Gospel Mass at St. Pius is an educational and spiritual opportunity for all those assembled.
the Gospel
is
each one of
us.
and
about: the Jesus in
all
With
all
history of suffering that brought their ancestors to this country in chains, they knew that freedom was in your heart. They knew that the spirit of Jesus is what really makes the nobility, not birth into ...
some
rich family."
They changed his life, he said, giving him the heart to be a compassionate priest.
The Mass the Perpetual
featured the music of
Hope Gospel Choir of
Our Lady of Consolation Church
in
Charlotte, one of a handful of black
where he once
Catholic parishes in the diocese. Banners representing the spread of native African peoples across the world into
"They gave me a whole new viwhat life was really like," he said of Miss Hattie and Miss Rebecca, who shared with a young Father sion of
Curlin stories about prejudice, povmost of all, faith. "They opened our hearts to what
erty and,
A
roll call
honoring blacks active
Rev.
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diocese's vice chancellor
and vicar for
African American Affairs Minis-
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later became a devout Franciscan brother. • Pierre Toussaint, a Haitian who later settled in New York and became a well-known supporter of orphans, the poor, the homeless and the sick. • St. Katherine Drexel, a wealthy Philadelphia-born heiress whose con-
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"Wherever you come from, this is your home, especially during those four maybe five years which we call college," a smiling Father Marcaccio told the students, who worship at St. Pius X Church. Hairston said the annual Mass gives the students and the parish the chance to reflect on what it means to
from North Africa and whose teaching continues to influence the church
and elsewhere decorated the sanctu-
— not
of faith. Father Anthony Marcaccio, pastor of St. Pius X Church, thanked Alberta Hairston, Catholic campus minister at N.C. A & T and Bennett College, for her devoted ministry in Greensboro and noted that the college experience itself is a diaspora that brings many people of different places and backgrounds together.
spreading the faith and those who provided outreach to them began the liturgy. Among those included were: • St. Augustine, who converted from a life of sin and later wrote thousands of letters, sermons and books to instruct the early church, who became the first doctor of the church
• St. Benedict the Moor, a Sicilyborn son of African-slave parents
remember
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the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe
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November
Agency says
Clinton
could help religious By BENEDICTA CIPOLLA
News Service CITY (CNS)
Catholic
VATICAN
—
U.S.
Bill
During
his
Nov. 17-18
visit,
Clinton was scheduled to meet with Christian leaders, including Arch-
bishop Jean-Baptiste
Man
of
Ho
Pham Minh He was in Ho
Chi Minh City.
also expected to attend
visit
Ho Chi saying he hoped Clinton "will speak not only of economy and business contracts but ber of the Archdiocese of
Minh City
Clinton's upcoming trip to Vietnam could usher in greater religious freedom in the communist country, said the Vatican's missionary news service, Fides.
President
Vietnam freedom
2000
10,
Mass
as
human and religious rights." But one Vatican source pointed to Clinton's support of China's entry into the World Trade Organization also of
human rights abuses as reason to doubt the outgoing president's
despite
would
trip
any
harbinger
real
changes.
He
said that while Clinton
began
human
rights
his presidency touting
Chi Minh City's Immaculate Concep-
as central to his platform, the issue has
tion Cathedral.
"practically turned into an appendix."
From left to right, Donna Rayle from St. John Neumann Church, Judy Devlin and Joe Vagnone from Our Lady of Assumption Church, John Kopfle from
Local Catholics hope the meetings with Catholic and Protestant representatives will result in a forceful human rights appeal by Clinton to the
Fides reported that Vietnamese Catholics suggested Clinton also meet with Bishop Nicholas Hyunh
Vincent Church and Terry Aiken, one of the presenters at the Leadership for Lay Ministers Training Worskshop, discuss Aiken's presentation about race and diversity on Nov. 4 at the diocesan pastoral center in Charlotte.
Vietnamese government, said Fides. A September U.S. State Department report on religious freedom
closely with flood victims in the Mekong Delta region. The Vatican source said Bishop Nghi is more "outspoken" than Archbishop Man and might be more forthcoming with the president on the subject of the need for religious liberty in
Photo by Alesha M. Price
St.
around the world having other resources outside of the parish. Having come from a corporate environment, I am using those same skills and talents and applying them to a religious environment. You as a leader have to know where God is calling you and what he is calling you to do," said Verdun. The people who chose track two could attend two of the four sessions.
Richard Lucey, diocesan attorney, presented "Civil Law and Legal Concerns: Affecting Lay Ministers." "We discussed the make-up of civil law including statutory enactments and case law developments with particular emphasis on matters that have resulted in litigation involving the diocese over the last twenty years," said Lucey. "Also included was discussion of the Diocese of Charlotte Loss Prevention and Safety Manual with its varied forms." Joanna Case, who works with Catechetical Initiation Ministry and conducts workshops for the North American Forum on the Catechumenate, talked about "Facilitat-
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Farmers calls for
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care of Earth, says By CINDY
WOODEN
News Service The VATICAN CITY (CNS) Jubilee for Farmers will be celebrated on the Vatican's Day of ThanksgivCatholic
—
ing for the Gifts of Creation, underlining the importance of agriculture but also the need to care for the earth. The Nov. 11-12 celebrations express "the lordship of God over the Earth and, at the same time, the gift of the Earth given to humanity to cultivate," said Msgr. Fernando Charrier, the Vatican organizer. No other Holy Year celebration is tied more closely to the Old Testament jubilee, a year when fields were left to rest and injustices were addressed by restoring property to its original owners, freeing slaves and forgiving debts, he said. "The social aspects of the Old Testament jubilee have important repercussions for us today: must recognize the gifts of the Earth, protect them, recognize the injustices which continue and commit ourselves to correcting them," Msgr. Charrier said at a Nov. 7 Vatican press conference. Tens of thousands of farmers from Italy and representatives of Catholic rural life organizations from around the world were scheduled to attend a special jubilee Mass Nov. 12 celebrated by Pope John Paul II. In addition, the leaders, staff members and ambassador's to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organi-
The archbishop said hunger is "a tremendous slavery," which oppresses 800 million of the world's people. "As regards our relationship with
yet been decided.
Mother Earth,
Herald will run coverage of the
that she
World Food Program and International Fund for Agricultural De-
—
—
velopment all based in Rome were expected to participate. While fewer than 100,000 people were expected at the jubilee Mass, its focus on rural life is a focus on more than half of the world's population, said the Vatican's representative to FAO,
Archbishop Agostino Marchetto. According to U.N. statistics, of the world's 5.8 billion people, 3.5 billion
and
live in rural areas
them work
The
2.5 billion of
in the agricultural sector.
participation of the U.N. or-
ganizations, the archbishop said, "will demonstrate the unity of all men and women of good will on behalf of the jubilee cause of liberation, including from hunger."
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Archbishop Marchetto said. "We must transform into a relationship of communion that which
were more
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Editor's note:
time,
until
now
has been mainly a relation-
ship of exploitation,
becoming aware
of the fact that the goods which nature offers to all must be respected because they are the heritage of the
whole human family." Archbishop Marchetto said the world needs a true form of global governance, an institution which not only would suggest common policies, but could activate them to guarantee a coordinated production of food to feed everyone while protecting the en-
vironment
for future generations. Agriculture, forests and fishing
the
general election for the presidency had not
&
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election
Among
WASHINGTON
—
(CNS)
Americans woke up Nov. 8 to hear that the outcome of the race between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush was perhaps less certain than it was when they went to bed. A margin of less than 2,000 votes separated Gore and Bush in Florida, where absentee ballots and a legally
Msgr. Charrier said some developed countries have tried to tie for-
while."
eign assistance to population-control in the Third World, an unjust practice that denies the rights of individual couples to determine the
professor at University, said the close outcome of the presidential race as well as the narrow majorities Republicans still
size of their families.
reportedly held in the House and Sen-
"Experts say the world can feed 10 billion of even 12 billion people if we share and cooperate in production and distribution," he said. "Rich countries cannot seek shortcuts by limiting the number of children the poor
ate
is
"the
global en-
run-away planetary
programs
can have." The Vatican document
man
beings, created in the
said, "Huimage and
Stephen Wayne,
we have
in
government Jesuit-run Georgetown
it
president.
"The name of the game it's
moderation,
victories,"
Wayne
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Grieboski, president of the Institute
on Religion and
Public Policy. "That will be
the big effect, no matter
who wins, both politically and
in
day-to-day
governing," he told
Catholic
News Service the
morning after Election Day. "We're going to see a
very different first
100
days of the presidency than we have
in
a while."
One conclusion Wayne drew from the statistic that Bush was favored by white Catholics nationwide is by 52 percent to 47 percent that "Bush overcame the anti-Catholic allegations from early in the cam-
—
—
paign."
Bush was dogged
Exit poll data that breaks down how specific groups of people voted also was still being analyzed the day
for a while
early this year by charges of being anti-Catholic after he spoke at Bob
Jones University, an evangelical Protestant school in South Carolina. The school's leaders have long been
project to protect the environment. Cardinal Roger Etchegary, presi-
ciated Press and the major television
ric.
networks said that nationwide, 47 percent of Catholics voted for Bush and 50 percent voted for Gore.
clearly disassociating himself
dent of the Vatican's jubilee committee, said the Nov. 12 events celebrate one of the first articles of the Chris-
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means "there is no national mandate for loser
a
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margin between victor and
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tian creed: the belief in
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a
razor-thin nationwide
God, have a unique place as the crowning of creation," and their rights must have precedence in any
likeness of
to
The
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vironment
the
go
said they
Oval Office in January should expect slow progress on his agenda, ana-
vide ever greater quantities of food."
The document said that many factors impacting the
among
who
cent voted for Bush, and 40 percent voted for Gore.
the result of the presidential race was still unclear the day after the election, whoever moves into the
population growth and the need to pro-
all tied to environmental conditions and impact them, he said. Therefore, caring for the environment is not an end in itself, but a condition for guaranteeing human life. Msgr. Charrier's committee planning the jubilee published "God's Earth, Mankind's Earth" to help people reflect on Christian principles of environmentalism.
those
religious services once a week, 57 per-
Though
required recount dragged the result of one of the closest races in history into at least the next day. The razor-thin nationwide margin between victor and loser means "there is no national mandate for either candidate," said Joe Grieboski, president of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. "That will be the big effect, no matter who wins, both politically and in day-to-day governing," he told Catholic News Service the morning after Election Day. "We're going to see a very different first 100 days of
are
likely to support Bush.
Sixty-three percent of those who said they attend services more than once a week voted for Bush, compared to 36 percent who said they voted for Gore.
in next week's issue.
cultivated,"
We
zation,
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known
for their anti-Catholic rheto-
Bush
later apologized for not
from
the anti-Catholic allegations. Grieboski, who hadn't yet seen the exit poll data, said that other pre-
liminary information the Institute on Religion and Public Policy had received seemed to show that some Catholics were willing to vote for Bush over Gore primarily over the issue of abortion. But
when
it
came
to
voting for House and Senate races, abortion was not the deciding factor for
many
He
Catholics.
said he thinks that
is
be-
cause "both campaigns doing a good job of scaring people about the impact of abortion and the Supreme Court."
10 The Catholic News & Herald
November
10,
2000
Readings Book Reviews
Books
of interest to Catholic
readers By LOU Catholic
now on
News
November
$16.95, 343 pp.
PANARALE
is both a guidebook for good and happy life, and a handbook for thinking through some of the most troubling issues afflicting
living a
Here
is
a list of recent
books of
particular interest to Catholic readers.
"God's Stephen
L.
Name
Vain." By Carter, Basic Books, in
$26.00, 288 pp.
presidential candidates' confessions,
he illustrates ways in which religion and politics do and do not mix. "The Aquinas Prescription," by Gerald Vann, Sophia Institute Press,
reader learn more about living the Christian life in the 21st century the way Francis lived it in his time. "The Spirit of the Liturgy," by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Ignatius
antidote for today's ailing
Western
culture plagued with materialism
and self-obsession. "I like being Catholic: Treasures, Traditions, Rituals and Stories," by Michael Leach and Therese J. Borchard, Doubleday, $19.95, 159 pp.
This is not about theology. It is about the good things that come with being Catholic. Everyone from famous Catholics like Father Andrew Greeley and Martin Scorsese, to ordinary parishioners offer reasons why they like being Catholic.
"Growing up Catholic" dated
(up-
and
expanded), by Jane Cavolina, Jeff Stone, Maureen Kelly and Richard Davis, Broadway Books, $12.00,
1 19 pp. says Catholics don't know how to poke a little fun at themselves regarding some of their religious practices? For Catholics of all ages, here is a funny and sublime side of day-to-
Who
Press, $10.95,
209 pp.
The authors
offer a process of
Press, $17.95, 232 pp.
Cardinal Ratzinger, prefect of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, offers insights to help readers discover the hidden spiritual wealth and grandeur of the liturgy and to better understand the Second Vatican Council's intentions for liturgical renewal.
"The New World of Faith," by Avery Dulles, SJ, Our Sunday Visi$14.95, 175 pp. convert to Catholicism, the noted Jesuit scholar writes, "In order tor,
A
meet the challenges of our time we must see the world of faith as a new and enduring order, established by God and capable of regenerating every human life and society." to
"Goodbye
to Catholic Ireland: How the Irish Lost the Civilization they Created," (first U.S. edition),
by
J.
Spitzer,
S.J.,
Mark
By JEFF It's
a small
been
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my privilege
number of
of a staunchly Catholic Ireland.
Panarale is book review coordinator for Catholic News Service.
because they share his heart.
Margaret and her husband Dick have been involved for the past several years in equitherapy
programs, Margaret directly and Dick more peripherally, due to her
commitment. These programs use the gentle swaying motion of horseback riding to give joy and increased muscle strength, coordination and confidence to children severely restricted by a variety of handicapping conditions. To do equitherapy, you need
huge
lots of resources, including a
volunteer base, a covered riding area> horse barns and, of course, horses.
At
a point in their
development,
it
program's
became necessary
new facility. Margaret, much prayer, began, with Dick and others who shared the to build a
after
reading in Kings, who put the request of the prophet Elijah for a small cake before Ker "own needs and those of her son. A statuette depicting a young girl clinging to the mane of a running horse and girl having behorse come one is the symbol of the nonprofit organization. But knowing its roots in prayer, their symbol could as easily be a circle of believing friends, praying. For the gift of joy and development they are able to. offer these special children and their parents has in today's
—
—
been brought to
life
through prayer
— and on Wings of Hope.
Readings for the week of Nov. 12
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Dick and Margaret are radically open to the Holy Spirit and to the call of hospitality on their time and their home. They are much like the widow
Sunday, 1 Kings 17:10-16, Hebrews 9:24-28, Mark 12:38-44; Monday (St. Frances Cabrini), Titus 1:1-9, Luke 17:1-6; Tuesday, Titus 2:1-8, 1 1-14, Luke 17:7-10; Wednesday (St. Albert the Great), Titus 3:1-7, Luke 17.11-19; Thursday (St. Margaret of Scotland, St. Gertrude), Philemon 7-20, Luke 17:20-25; Friday (St. Elizabeth of Hungary), 2 John 4-9, Luke 17:26-37; Saturday (St. Rose Duchesne), 3 John 5-8, Luke 18:1-8
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new friend, now deceased. She had willed a sizable amount of money to them for use in building their new equitherapy parelatives of their
vision, to put together all the ele-
Sunday, Daniel
Ignatius Press,
Catholic
not
seeking canonization for them, nor am I denying the holiness of dozens and hundreds of other good Christians I have known. But these few seem to have God's ear in a special way. Perhaps it is
376 pp.
Widely acclaimed on its publication a few years ago in Ireland, Kenny has written a well-researched history of the Emerald Isle and convincingly debunks traditional views
know
to
saints. I'm
Mary Kenny, Templegate Pub-
lishers, $19.95,
day Catholic life. "Healing the Culture," by Robert
now-conjoined ministry. One breakthrough financial gift came to them because of hospitality they offered a young woman, a friend of another friend of theirs. Their hospitality and the beauty of the vision Margaret shared with her made a lasting impression. The young woman died unexpectedly only a few months later. Not long afterward, Margaret received a phone call from
Catholic
study, prayer and action to help the
Vann's book offers a new view of St. Thomas to dispel the saint's undeserved reputation for dispensing dry and formidable rationalism. The author uses plain language to show how Aquinas' life and thought are an
Psalm 146:7-10 Hebrews 9:24-28
2)
3) Gospel:
Leonard Foley OFM; Jovian Weigel, OFM; and Patti Normile, SFO, St.
ments needed to build Wings of Hope's new home. It was at this point that Dick's background as a civil engineer brought him directly into their
human life. "To Live as Francis Lived: A Guide for Secular Franciscans," by
Anthony Messenger
$14.95, 224 pp.
Thirty-Second
Cycle B Readings: 1) 1 Kings 17:10-16
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Entertainment
What's By
in
name?
a
Don't ask this actress
MARK PATTISON
Catholic
spoiled child stars
News Service
HOLLYWOOD blame Irene Molloy
(CNS)
if she
—
Don't
has an identity
crisis.
In Molloy's first prime-time series, "Grosse Pointe," a spoof of the "Beverly Hills 90210" teen soap-opera genre, she
plays a Shannen Doherty type who's sweet on screen but a schemer off cam-
drive Humvees,
young actors starring in the prime-time soap opera," she added, "yet the program still needs to work out follows the six
era.
But she's not playing Shannen, or Shannen's "90210" character, Brenda. Molloy's character on the spoof is instead named Hunter Fallow. And Hunter's character on the teen soaper, which is also called "Grosse Pointe," is Becky Johnson. Now, if that isn't head-spinning enough, when Molloy acted in the musical "Hello, Dolly" at Archbishop Wood High School in the Philadelphia suburb of Warminster, Pa., she played a character named, ah, Irene Molloy.
some kinks." Molloy told TV writers that she was "just starting to get" some of the is
the show.
"The funny thing is that a lot of scenes that the young actors who are on those shows have to play are scenes like that, that are
very dramatic and serious,
but not very
realistic,"
she said.
Molloy addressed the teen-soaper phenomenon for CNS. "Me and my friends,
we
don't like to say that
we
watch 'Dawson's Creek,' but we do (watch it). You enjoy that stuff, but you enjoy making fun of it," she said.
She got her performing start by singing at Presentation-BVM Church in Cheltenham, Pa., another Philadelphia suburb.
There's to
At Archbishop Wood, where one of
still
a good-sized audience
watch teen soaps, Molloy added, but
many people who have got to a point with all of those shows like, 'Wait a minute. I can't see soand-so almost hook up with so-and-so one more time.' I think there are people who, just like we would just like you would just get to the point where, 'Ooh, my God, one more teen drama,' even if you watch them." Perhaps "Grosse Pointe" tipped the scales of being "one more teen drama," even if it is a spoof. Because of low ratings it's tied for 1 10th out of 112 prime-time shows that have aired this "there's also just as
her sisters is still a student, she had the lead female roles in the musicals "Okla-
homa" and "Bye Bye Birdie." For "Hello, Dolly," Molloy wanted Dolly Levi.
— or — must do and say on
"ridiculous" things her character
that characters?
"Yeah, it's confusing," Molloy told Catholic News Service.
to play the title character,
who
with eating disorders and self-esteem problems, and plain old obnoxious teens willing to do most anything to get ahead in the business," said Navarro in her review of the debut episode. "It's a behind-the-scenes look at one of television's hottest teen dramas that girls
"
—
—
Of
course you want to be Dolly," she told CNS. She added that her mother, a "Hello, Dolly" fan, chose her name at birth. "I'm glad my mom named me Irene Molloy over Dolly Levi," said Molloy, the eldest of five girls. "Grosse Pointe" was one of eight new shows this season that "holds promise," according to Anne Navarro of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. "All the essential elements are there:
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who founded the Marianists. The actor taped 10 minutes
of
narration at a Malibu, Calif, studio for the half-hour video, which was
developed by the University of Dayton's Center for Business and Economic Research. Sheen volunteered out of gratitude to the Marianist priests who educated him at Dayton's Chaminade High School, he said. "I was largely formed in that Marianist community," said Sheen, who grew up in Dayton as Ramon Estevez, one of 10 children in a Catholic immigrant family. "The Marianists are very close to
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Editorials
The Pope
Jesus and the children wonder why Jesus was fascinated by the children. The undiscovered world of children, still a mystery for some psychologists, magnetized
Speaks
Jesus' attention.
I
presumption
is
Column
that children
are unpredictable, vulnerable, fragile, lovable, and creatures in the process of learning. Are we not all in the same boat? In Jesus' time, the above qualities placed the children in the third class category, after men and
FATHER JOHN AURILIA,
OFM
women
POPE JOHN PAUL
II
2000
Guest
often
My
10,
& Columns
being first and second. The apostles and disciples of Jesus were not different from the general understanding that children "don't come first
Cap.
Guest Columnist
in the hierarchical scale."
Pope says Eucharist is source of church
unity, love By JOHN NORTON
Catholic
News Service (CNS) The Eucharist
—
VATICAN CITY is
the sacrament and source of church unity
and fraternal love, Pope John Paul II said. Celebrating the Eucharist without charity therefore denies the sacrament's deepest
Well, the skilled and talented writer Saint tells us a different story about Jesus: "And they came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, What were you discussing on the way?' But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. And sitting down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.' And taking a child, he set him before them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, Whoever receives one child like this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, does not receive me, but Him who sent Me." (Mark 9:3337) Probably, we understand the beautiful world of children, when we grow older and everything seems to fade away, except learning, vulnerability, fragility, and love. As we get older, we yearn to return to the simpler, less complicated days of our childhood, to recapture that sense of wonder at how remarkable and good our world is and that inquisitiveness as to why things cannot be right and good for everyone. It is that childlike simplicity and integrity of faith that Jesus calls his disciples to embrace, that simple, uncomplicated way of looking at life that deflates the most convoluted
Mark
mean-
ing, he said during the weekly general audience Nov. 8. Some 35,000 pilgrims were gathered in St. Peter's Square in chilly fall sunshine to hear the pope, whose white hair and clothing were buffeted by a stiff breeze blowing across the
stage.
Continuing a series of audience talks on the Eucharist, the pope said Christians are brought closer by the sacrament's celebration it brings them closer to Christ. "Those who receive the Eucharist are united more closely to Christ. Through it Christ unites them to all the faithful in one
because
body — the church," he
said, quoting the "Catechism of the Catholic Church." Communion with Christ generates another communion among believers which is
in a
bond of
love,"
he
said.
Correct celebration of the sacrament therefore requires a spirit of brotherly love, said the
pope.
"One rejects the profound meaning of the Eucharist when one celebrates it without taking into account the need for charity and communion," he said. "St. Paul is severe with the Corinthians (in his epistle) because their gathering together 'is not to eat the Lord's supper,' because of the divisions, the injustices, the egoisms," the pope said.
He
when
divisions reign, the Eucha-
no longer "an expression and source of
rist is
love."
said
.
"Whoever participates unworthily, without letting it blossom into fraternal charity, 'eats and drinks judgment on himself,'" said the pope, quoting St. Paul.
Human
rights violations in Europe must be addressed, says pope
—
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(CNS) Praising Europe's long-standing commitment to human rights, Pope John Paul II said violations including of the right to life persist and must be addressed. In a Nov. 3 speech to participants in a Council of Europe ministerial conference marking the 50th anniversary of the signing of the European Convention on Human Rights, the pope said the celebrations were a "time to give thanks for what has been achieved." But a halfcentury after the document's signing, he said, Europeans need to "recognize clearly the problems that must be addressed" if the continent's
—
commitment forward.
to
human
—
rights intends to
move
By
AMY WELBORN CNS
Columnist
What's a teen to do as the holidays
approach? As
the holidays approach, not
all
ignation, but
I
teens' lives are
with warmth, cheer and joy. The reasons are as varied as young people themselves. For some, divorce makes the holidays a painful time. There's likely to be tension and guilt hanging in the air no matter which parent's house you end up at, and especially if the divorce is recently minted. The holidays only serve to reinforce the sadness you feel. But even if your parents are married to each other, you've no guarantee of a smooth Thanksgiving dinner or, a few weeks later, Christmas Eve. Intense preparations are a part of many families' holidays, and tension tends to go right along with the intensity. Then there's the rest of the family either descending on your house or welcoming you to theirs. Everyone's together, and it's supposed to be great. But isn't it strange how often it isn't? Simmering resentments come right up to the surface, unspoken questions about absent family members hang heavily in the air and perhaps even a recent loss puts a pall on the day. At some point, unfortunately, someone might even end up loudly, unpleasantly drunk. No, the holidays don't always live up to their reputation for family closeness and cheer. If this has been the case with your family in the past, I've no doubt that you're dreading the next filled
—
like
it.
hereby tender my resignation as an adult. I have decided to accept the responsibilities of an eight-year-old once again. "I want to think that the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible. I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the "I
...
I want to be simple. I don't day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, or how
things again.
little
my
want
more days in the month than money in the bank, gossip, illness, and loss of loved ones. I want to believe in the power of hugs, smiles, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, and making angels in the snow "So, here is my checkbook, car- keys, credit cards, home equity loans and mortgage. I am officially resigning from 'adulthood.' ... and don't ask to survive doctors' bills,
me how
to spell
it."
Now, you know why Jesus loved adults who become children.
children and
Capuchin Father John Aurilia is pastor at Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville.
sixweeks just a
Coming of Age
"ecclesial, fraternal, able to unite all the partici-
pants at the same table
adult logic and the intricacies of compromises. I still don't know who wrote the following "res-
little.
What's a teen to do? First, you have to realize that you're not alone. Perfect families only exist on television commercials and in storybooks. Every family, and therefore every family gathering, is bound to have some tension. Your family's imperfections may sadden you, but you shouldn't let them. Every family is imperfect, and every family member contributes to the imperfection. Including you. So try to be more accepting and less judgmental. Second, don't add to the tension. If you know that your mom and your grandmother don't get along, and that having your grandmother's critical eye roving her house for three hours solid on Thanksgiving Day is pure torture for your mom, don't make her life any more difficult. Don't fight having to make time for the family. Don't cop an attitude. Be helpful without being asked. Finally, try to be positive. Hey, remember what this
season
is
about? Those
little
things called
"thanksgiving," "grace" and "love"? Believe it or not, God put you in your family. put you there for a reason, too. Instead of spending your holidays griping about how goofy your family is or what a pain it is to spend time with them, focus on the good things about them. Take time each day to thank God for a particular gift that you have because your family gave it to you: your granddad's sense of humor, your mom's patience, your father's creativity. I'm sure your list could be endless if you just thought about it for a minute. Thank God for all your family members have taught you even if it's a lesson that has been painful like the harm that irresponsible drinking can do to a family. There's no use in simply sitting around being disgusted at difficult relations. Try to learn and grow from your interaction from them.
He
—
And family
is
—
pray, finally, for a sense of humility. Your not perfect, and neither are you. You're dread-
ing spending the day with cousin Al. How do you know he's not dreading spending the day with you too!
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what people needed and how to give it to them. a flood forced families from their homes, they arranged housing. One elderly husband and wife were upset after being told that their beloved dog could not go to the shelter with them. So the Sisters
When
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FATHER THOMAS
J.
McSWEENEY Guest Columnist
Deserving of Praise Mark Twain had a way with words. Any reader of "Huckleberry Finn" or "The Adventures of
Tom
Sawyer" would agree.
So when he
said, "I
could live for two months on a good compliment," think it was more than hyperbole. In a real sense, think it was the truth.
I I
Perhaps that's because a really "good compliment" is truthful. The person singing someone else's is sincere, because the recipient has earned the kind words through accomplishment, often hard-won. The very people who are quickest to shrug off the applause of others are the ones most likely to appreciate sincere compliments and to value the
praises
encouragement they
offer.
The Christophers were reminded of the importance of' such encouragement when we heard about the death of a friend. Her name was Recently,
Sister Laurentia Gettings, 88 years old, a Sister of
Joseph. She was a nurse, and in her traditional white habit, got the nickname "Salt." With her partner, the still very busy Sister Mary Daniel Singer (aka "Pepper"), she ran the Catholic Charities Neighborhood Center in Wheeling, West VirSt.
was a place where folks and pressing needs were welfood, clothing, shelter. These
ginia, for three decades.
It
with the most basic comed and helped to roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-to-work
women knew
study group?
When were
friends said.
And
that's true, too.
Generally, when we pay a compliment, whatever form it takes, we don't completely realize its
Most folks spend do the best they can. An occasional pat on the back can be what it takes to keep going in tough times.
potential for encouragement. their lives trying to
Quite a while back, a teacher asked her young students to write down their classmates' good points. Years later all of them still had and treasured those now dog-eared lists. And it isn't only "everyday people" who are grateful to feel appreciated. Abraham Lincoln carried newspaper clippings in his wallet which praised his patriotism and singleness of purpose. They were in his pocket the night he died. Yet people often hold back rather than let others know that their fine qualities and valuable contributions are noticed. That's too bad. When it comes to sharing a little well-deserved praise, there's no time like the present.
had about their authenticity or canonicity. As you note, following the Reformation, the custom developed of placing these parts of Scripture in a separate section or sometimes omitting them entirely. While they were honored as sacred writings, they were not considered equal to the rest of the Bible as the word of God. Catholic faith, of course, is that the Apocryphal books are a genuine part of Scripture, on equal footing with the rest of the Bible. To answer your question, all early English Bible translations, including the King James Version, contained the Apocrypha. The Coverdale Bible ars
(1535), the Great Bible (1539) and the Geneva Bible (1560) all included the Apocrypha in a separate section between the Old and New Testaments.
The same was 1611.
Only
King James Version in under Puritan influence, were
true of the
in 1644,
these books excluded.
New
World,
The
first
Bible printed in the
omits the Apocrypha. Interestingly, the Geneva Bible also accepted these nine books, even though the thoroughgoing Protestants who published it added marginal notes in 1783, also
Columnist
Part IV: The Principle of Preferential Protection for the Poor and Vulnerable Luke's Gospel frequently highlights Jesus' toward the poor. In Chapter 6:20, Jesus says, "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours." Later (14:13) Luke has Jesus telling his dinner host to "invite the poor, the crippled, the lame;, the blind," and then "blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you." And who could miss the point of the famous parable of the rich man Dives and the preferential posture
poor man Lazarus (16:19-26)? The poor seem to attract the preferential love of the Lord because they tend more readily to accept his message.
Why
is
a preference for the poor so hard for
modern Catholics to accept as part of their faith? Even at Christmastime most contemporary Catholics are charmed by the poetry of Mary's Magnificat but fail to grasp the implications of her praise for a Lord who "has thrown down the rulers
from
their thrones but lifted
The hungry he
has
filled
up the lowly.
with good things; the
he has sent away empty" (Lk 1:52-53). story of the Last Judgment in Matthew (25:31-46) is, all would agree, an important part of our faith tradition. From its earliest days, the church taught that we will be judged for what we chose to do or not do regarding the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger seeking shelter and the naked needing clothes. will be judged for our success or failure in rich
The
the Faith
FATHER JOHN DIETZEN
CNS
BYRON, SJ
and prisoners.
we touch Christ when we touch the needy. Our Catholic faith instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first. The Catechism of the Catholic Church emphasizes this in words taken directly from an instruction issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of
Corner
the Scriptures?
books, because of differing beliefs ancient Jewish schol-
J.
CNS
Faith
It is
refer to these as deutero-canonical ("second canon")
By FATHER WILLIAM
visiting the sick
Apocryphal books (those in Protestant Bibles) removed
our understanding that they were omitted in some of the very early English translations, like the King James Version. Can you help? A. For those who may not be as familiar with the subject as you are, we should explain that the Apocryphal books, in the sense you speak of, are all or part of a number of books in the Old Testament which have not traditionally been included in Protestant Bibles. These include Tobit, Judith, Baruch, First and Second Maccabees, Ben Sirach (Ecclesiastics), Wisdom, and parts of Daniel and Esther. For reasons we cannot explore here, Bible scholars
Social Thought
We
Question
question from our Scripture
Ten Principles of Catholic
themselves.
the
Catholic Bibles but not in
from
-pet
In 1995, to celebrate its 50th anniversary, The Christophers presented special Spirit Awards to fifty people whose lives exemplified the belief that one person can make a difference. "Salt" and "Pepper" were among those honored. Sister Laurentia lived her life with a deeply held conviction about what was good and merciful. She did not need anyone to tell her what was right or how to do it. But The Christophers' recognition still mattered to her and those around her. It was mentioned in her obituary and in a newspaper editorial about this woman who was simply the "Salt of the earth." "You have no idea what that award meant,"
The Apocryphal Books of the Bible Q. Could you answer a
& Columns
"In
Columnist
tells
us that
(CDF,
its
"Libertatis Conscientia," 68):
various forms
...
human misery
is
the obvious sign of the inherited condition of frailty and need for salvation in which man finds himself as a consequence of original sin.
identifying the bishop of
woman
Rome
with the scarlet
in Revelation.
King James abhorred such comments, which was one reason he commissioned a new translation by some of the leading Scripture scholars of his day. This new translation is what we know as the King James Bible.
Incense at Mass Q. You have written in the past about the reasonsfor using incense at Mass and other ceremonies. Is it possible to do away with incense since it bothers so many people? I myself have asthmatic bronchitis. I start coughing, my throat gets dry and sometimes I have to leave church because of it. Others tell me their reactions are worse than mine. A. I guessed that incense manufacturers would have tried to address that problem with some sort of nonallergic incense. After checking with them, however, I learned that, though one or two have tried, there is no such product that works decently. They all use natural resins (frankincense, myrrh and others) which, according to their experts, cannot be synthesized or modified without ending up with some not very happy odors. One manufacturing official told me the only answer is to use good incense, but use less of it. The less smoke, the less harmful effects for people like yourself. Maybe your priest would be helped by knowing the severity of the problem you have.
This misery
elicited the
who
compassion of Christ
it upon himself and identified himself with the least of his brethren. Hence, those who are oppressed by poverty are the object of a preferential love on the part of the church, which since her origin and in spite of the failings of many of her
the Savior,
willingly took
members has not ceased
to
work
for their relief,
defense and liberation through numerous works of charity which remain indispensable." Why preferential love? Because the com-
mon good requires it. If the good of common good, is to prevail, preferential
all,
the
protec-
must move toward those affected adversely by the absence of power and the presence of privation. Otherwise the balance needed to keep society in one piece will be broken to the tion
detriment of the whole. The church is asking nothing unusual, unfamiliar or extraordinary when it calls for preferential love of the poor and vulnerable. Those who happen not to be poor should never make the mistake of thinking that the Lord doesn't love them dearly. They should simply make the commitment to show their gratitude to God for all their good fortune by using their gifts to do what they can to reduce the scourge of poverty in the world.
14 The Catholic News & Herald
November
10,
2000
fhe News
In
British pro-lifers criticize legal
Gospel Mass,
system after
from page 7
twin's death following separation surgery By PAULINUS
BARNES
News Service MANCHESTER, England (CNS) Catholic
—
British Catholic pro-life activists
system that permitted an operation to separate criticized the legal
Siamese twins, resulting in the death of the weaker twin. Dr. Tony Cole, chairman of the Joint Ethico-Medical Committee of the Catholic Union of Great Britain, warned that a fault had entered the British legal system and it would spread "like a computer virus."
The union
is
a nonpolitical lay
Catholic association that monitors and legal issues. Cole, a former master of the Guild of Catholic Doctors, told Catholic News Service that the outcome of the surgery should not be measured solely by the life of the survivor. He said the appeal court judgment, which finally gave the go-ahead for surgery, had shown the lack of protection in British law for the weak and the vulnerable. "This was a case of illegitimate means being used toward an otherwise acceptable end," he said Nov 7.
political
"No one wishes the parents, who remore than one offer of abortion, anything but prayers and support. Their ordeal, away from their own country and crushed by the power of a foreign law, was truly terrible. We can only wish Jodie a good future. The real losers
domen with arms and
are conscientious parents, the weak, the
Jodie was said to be critically making good progress.
fused
dying and the very disabled," said Cole.
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10,
Veteran' Day
American By MIKE
LATONA
American
flag
Korean War vet
to
"We saw
auspices.
"A lot of us were gung-ho about going to war. But once you were there, you realized what could happen to you," Salerno recalled. On April 23, 1951, Salerno was captured, and he spent the next 28
News Service N.Y. (CNS) The meant a lot of things to
Catholic
GREECE,
meant much
flag
—
Steve Salerno. He displayed the flag so often outside his apartment building in Greece, a Rochester suburb, that when it wasn't flying, his neighbors
wondered why.
Salerno found
Salerno, a soldier in the Korean
War who
spent nearly two and a half
years as a POW, did not get to join his fellow Korean War veterans in late June to mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the
Nor in
war
comfort
reading
dailyfrom a Bible,
an
at
in
monument.
area
POWs,
tive heart failure in his sleep a
week
before the ceremony. in
— lessons
was going
I
"I
lot of faith in
one
my
still
I
ter,
joined the
Army
at
age
17.
A Com-
5th Regiment combat team,
sults in
pany.
it
He months
nist forces first crossed the allel
into South
wife,
38th par-
We
Korea on June 25,
Two
days after that invasion, the U.S. military into action. U.S. troops were 1950.
President
Truman ordered
eventually joined by military from 20
other countries, fighting under U.N.
Please join
as
did for him, according to Salerno's
Angela. Rations usually consisted of rotten sorghum and pig's feet. "We got missed all no milk, bread or fruit. our nutrition," he said. But despite the poor diet, Salerno fared better than many fellow POWs, who died from malnutrition and lack of treatment for injuries.
in Korea within North Korean commu-
arrived after
as a prisoner of war.
permanent heart damage,
— the de-
DMZ
North
and South Korea was established near the 38th parallel, roughly the same border that existed at the war's
He contracted beriberi, which is caused by malnutrition and often re-
He was
part of the 24th Infantry Division,
did not yield a
—
do. You have to
believe in."
months
than 33,500 U.S.
militarized zone that separates
have something to
Roches-
in
More
years of battle, the
Purple Heart.
who grew up
it."
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the Korean War involved more than 1.5 million Ameri-
The Korean War
and medals, including the
Salerno,
you're deprived of
pitch to
seminarians — "The Army
and did
a lot for his
family."
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Some
is
commonly
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Army chaplains present programs to help soldiers and their families reflect on the possibility of a call to religious life. "The Vocation Sabbath reminds our chaplains to teach and preach on vocation God's call in the lives of our soldiers," the general said. Although about 25 percent of those serving in the Army are Catholic, only about 8 percent of Army chaplains are Catholic priests. Gunhus said the Army has about half
—
number of priests
it
needs.
"These (military personnel) are Catholics from dioceses around the United States and many will return to those dioceses
when they complete
their service," he said.
The general noted that most of those serving in the military are between the ages of 18 and 25, and face important decisions about their fu"They need guidance from
of
he
their
said.
Gunhus praised the Archdiocese Newark and Archbishop Theodore
McCarrick for providing a subnumber of military chaplains. During evening prayers at the semiE.
stantial
nary Oct. 30, the general presented the archbishop with an award in recognition of his assistance. Archbishop McCarrick said he had served as secretary to the late Cardinal Terence J. Cooke, who as archbishop of
New
York, 1968-83, had responsibility
for the U.S. Military Vicariate before
became the Archdiocese
Honoring the generosity
chaplains.
said that "Vocation
2000" will be observed
re-
rean Conflict or a police occupation, because a war was never officially de"I
(CNS)
need for
Gaylord Gunhus, a Lutheran minister
religion,"
The Korean War
N.J.
critical
who is the U.S. Army's chief of chaplains. The general was at Immaculate
ture.
life
has a
chaplains," according to Maj. Gen.
"He
good
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beginning. After returning home in 1953, Salerno suffered physical and psychological difficulties. He married three years later, and had three children. It was only in the late 1980s that his life began to improve, according to wife Angela. "He fought and fought, until he finally got the right help," she said.
That's a war," Steve Salerno told the Courier. "If you talked to parents (of a U.S. soldier) whose son was lost and you said it was a conflict, I'll bet they'd get angry."
us...
Army chaplain makes service
States Nov. 10-12, as
clear-cut victory. In fact, after three
to
be his day." Salerno's office walls were covered with newspaper articles from the 1950s, detailing his experience as a POW. One framed item exhibited his
"That was the happiest day of life. You don't know freedom until
can soldiers. troops died.
had a God;
15,
said.
needed, they
remarked.
Fantigrossi, told the Courier. "Steve this
"What a feeling that was, seeing the American flag up there," Salerno
leftitwithme,"he
that survive him.
was so proud that
item he was allowed
thing
"He was going to put all his medals and badges on his shirt for the commemoration," a close friend, Peter
citations
N
the only valuable
to keep. "The
an interview with the Catholic Courier, newspaper of the Rochester Diocese, just 48 hours before his death, he recalled how much his service in Korea meant and how his faith got him through the physical and mental suffering he endured in prison
every day," he said. Survivors endured both physical and mental suffering, and "some guys would crack up," he added. Salerno found comfort in reading daily from a Bible, the only valuable item he was allowed to keep. "The one thing I needed, they left it with me," he remarked. "I had a lot of faith in God; I still do. You have to have something to believe in." An armistice was reached between North Korea and the United Nations on the morning of July 27, 1953. The cease-fire took effect that Salerno was released Aug. 1953, at Kaesong.
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2000
10,
Living the faith
Bible scholar gives prisoners Bibles, By
NANCY HARTNAGEL
News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) Catholic
—
In a
ministry that "just kind of happened" over the last six years, the executive secretary of the Catholic Biblical As-
sociation of America has corresponded with more than 300 prisoners nationwide and sent Bibles to many of them.
Benedictine Jensen,
who
Father
teaches at
The
Joseph Catholic
University of America in Washington, said he has learned from prisoners'
letters that
abandoned
knows they
many
in prison,"
feel
"totally
that "nobody
are there," that "people think they're animals."
So when prisoners request a Bible or "Catechism of the Catholic Church," he said, he always writes back and inscribes each book "to the person, saying 'prayers and best wishes,' and signing my name and position." "I
he said
make it a bit personal," November interview with
try to in a
Catholic
News
Service.
Father Jensen said he initially got requests for the scholarly "Textual Notes on the New American Bible," a booklet mentioned in the preface to that translation.
This booklet would be intelligible only to someone who knows Hebrew and Greek, he said. So he began sending copies of its pages to prisoners,
human connection
"Do you really want this?" At the same time," he added, "I would let them know that if they wanted the NAB and didn't have that, I'd send them that." Father Jensen said his offer spread by word of mouth among prisoners and chaplains. However, he asking,
doesn't send Bibles in quantity. "I
occasionally get such requests,
my response always is that I only send them to individual prisoners in response to individual requests," he said. "If a person doesn't want the Bible enough to do that, they are not all that likely to read it." Most of the priest's prison correspondents are Catholic men, who and
write or print their letters on legal "Many of them are quite literate," he said, "but some are barely
pads.
literate."
One wrote: "I see and can fathom the evil in the world. It is only a step away from each one of us." Another, who credited Christ with saving him, said he spends his whole life now in thanksgiving to God, Father Jensen recalled. The letters are touching, he said, "but the ones that really break my heart are the ones that say they're in for their natural life, because it means they'll never get out." Prisoners "usually are rather reticent about saying what they're in the priest continued. Sometimes they protest their innocence or say their crime was nonviolent. But most often, he noted, "they'll express sincere repentance, that they had been living a good life and then went astray and got into trouble." The biblical scholar has corresponded with one prisoner more than
for,"
dozen times. The man recently was up for parole andaSked Father Jensen to write a letter of recommendation, which he did. a
The
prisoner later wrote that he
was "turned down
for another five
years" because he had no family or
church willing to sponsor him, and the parole board rejected placement in a commercial setting like a YMCA. A few years ago, under "Light to Those in Darkness" on the association's Web page, Father Jensen invited members and others to donate Bibles, in English and Spanish, and other religious books for prisoners and to correspond with them. "The response to that has been very poor, which is surprising," he said, "because you'd think most people would feel compassion for prisoners." But, he said, people worry that prisoners would want help with lawyers or legal problems or would look them up after getting out. 'That simply has not been my experience," said
most of
Father Jensen, adding that
his correspondents are looking
human connection, or want to learn about the Catholic faith or establish a link with a Catholic community.
for a
He
said this ministry
— on which
the association spends less than $500 a
year
—
has given him "greater compas-
sion for the people in prison" and a better
understanding of their difficulties. For example, he said, some prisons offer job training and opportunities for spiritual growth, while others In some, a Bible
offer nothing.
is
available only in the library.
Some make
it
hard for prisoners
to get mail: they won't accept pillow
—
even those containfor fear of drugs, and ing a Bible they won't forward mail when an in-
or bubble bags
—
mate
is
moved
to a
new
prison.
Prisoners also have recounted in-
stances of anti-Catholicism, he said, where they had trouble scheduling Catholic services or where such services
were scheduled the
at the only time
week when the prison
during
PX was open.