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By JOANITA
M.N ELLEN BACH
Foundation supports evangelization LICA
WAYNESVILLE
—
"I
and Rollman moved into the heated rectory during the winters. She remembers that people in Waynesville were very kind and
Mass honoring
the
the oldest North Caro-
west of Asheville. Concelebrating were former St John's pastors Father Gabriel Meehan and Father Thomas Walsh; Augustinian Father Den-
Charlotte parish
Rollman
ing the parish's year-long celebration of its
Bishop William G. Curlin celebrated
Page 4
she met and married Walter Rollman.
nis
McGowan,
current pastor; Augustinian
said, "so
I
lived with a
The
family occupied an unheated house
Waynesville during the summer, but they
that those
who
couldn't
name called her "Ann
last
Catholic."
After eight years at
went back north
remember her St.
work
John, Rollman
NorthEventually she returned to Waynesville, where to
in the
western University business
arrived
in
Waynesville, 1939, was also the year that the
Catholic family."
in
The year Rollman
couldn't live at the rectory with the
priest"
75th anniversary.
projects
first
nuns, Sisters of
St.
Milwaukee, Wise, opened
Francis of St.
John's
School in the Victorian-era house that
now
St.
ret Catholic
Church
in
Maggie
ters of St. Francis of Tiffin, Ohio, taught at
the school, followed by Daughters of Charity.
Eventually the church built a separate
school building that accommodated grades K through 12; it closed in 1980. The current St. John die Evangelist
office.
See
WAYNESVILLE,
page
new path
AuMar-
Valley;
gustinian Brother William Harkin, St
garet pastoral associate; and Augustinian
Page 5
celebratory year include a
News
St.
the
John's School
reunion Thanksgiving weekend, and
"Come Home for Christmas" Dec.
16,
with
a parish dinner,
and an evening of lessons
The
year will close with a par-
and
CCHD
carols.
on Pentecost May 19. According to a St. John's Church history prepared by parishioner Ann Rollman, 'Long before 1900, Mass was offered in private homes by priests from Asheville, often traveling on horseback. By 1920, Mass was offered in the ballroom of the Gordon Hotel located on Main Street where Main Street Square is today. Outish picnic
official visits
Charlotte
Diocese ...
Church dedicated
Father Terrance Hyland, director of Living
Waters Catholic Reflection Center. Other events planned for
Page 9
side the tourist season, early parishioners
took the train to Asheville to attend Mass."
By
Deacon, wife provide
through faith ...
1925, the need for a parish west of
become clear. Bishop William Joseph Hafey of Raleigh established the parish in 1926 and appointed Father Bernard McDevitt as the first pastor. In her history, Rollman says that, "Miss Sally McDowell's home on Church
Asheville had
mutual support Page
16
Street (site of the present church parking
was purchased and converted into a and meeting place. The first Mass was offered in May of 1926 with 27 persons present. The parish embraced the eight western counties of North Carolina lot)
chapel, rectory
Every Week
— an
Entertainment .Pages Editorials
Half the parish's Catholics attended that first Mass. Rollman says there were only 50 Catholics in all of western North
12-13
Carolina at the time. Later, other parishes
& Columns ...Pages
area of 3,47 1 square miles."
10-11
would spring up in Murphy, Sylva, Maggie Valley and elsewhere in the eight "Take care, then, that the not become darkness.
If
light in
you
your whole
counties.
late
body is full of light, and no part of it is in
darkness, then
of light as a
with
its
it
will
be as full
lamp illuminating you
brightness."
-Luke 11:35-36
Now
households;
St.
its
Conception
John has 234 registered
mission church, Immacuin
Canton, has 34.
Ann Roflman was
23-year-old
Ann
Kramer when she journeyed from Jordan College in Menominee, Mich., in 1939 to work as secretary and housekeeper for Father Ambrose Rorhbacher, who was pastor at the time. He had met her at Jordan College and wrote asking her to
fill
is
John's rectory, she said. Later Sis-
Father Francis Doyle, pastor of St Marga-
celebrates history,
Local
the Diocese of Charlotte
John the Evangelist Catholic Church and church hall were packed on the evening of Oct. 6 for the special Mass and dinner highlightSt.
lina Catholic parish
forges
in
the dual position.
Correspondent
...
Western North Carolina
Waynesville parish celebrates 75th anniversary
Inside
« CM
HERALD
&
Photo by Jimmy Rostar
Singing
in
praise and thanksgiving
"El Coro de Nifios Hispanos" (the Hispanic children's choir) of St. Joseph Church in Kannapolis sings the offertory hymn during the dedication of the new church building Oct. 6. See story, page 7.
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The Catholic News & Herald
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The World
October 12, 2001
Brief
in
Weeks-long procession of New Jersey nears end WASHINGTON (CNS) The
funerals in
had assured the elder Bush that "the entire synod assembly was feeling and living the suffering of the American people" and that "Oct 1 1 will be a day of prayer not only in the United States but in the synod, too." Officials announced that Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York, synod recording
—
chaos and confusion that immediately
fol-
lowed the World Trade Center attacks have been replaced by quiet exhaustion in New Jersey Catholic parishes an hour away from ground zero. Parishioners in
secretary,
commuter suburbs of New York City
was
to return to his city to cel-
back-to-back funerals for fellow parishio-
Mass Oct. 1 Iranian prelate says pope could be model for bishops' ministry VATICAN CITY (CNS) As the
who
world's bishops gathered at the Vatican to
die
ebrate a memorial
have flocked to their churches not only for solace but for the difficult task of attending
and
ners, friends, neighbors,
died Sept.
1 1
.
relatives
—
What set these funerals apart
re-examine their role
in the church, one model for dieir ministry: Pope John Paul II. Chaldean Archbishop Thomas Meram of Urmya, president of the Iranian bishops' conference, said Pope John Paul was a "living witness of happiness and hope" and as such could serve as a model for all bishops. Meanwhile, the question of shared governance continued to occupy a primary focus at die Synod of Bishops as
were the photo displays where there would normally be caskets since most of the bodies were not yet found in the rubble of the fallen trade towers. At St. James Parish in Basking Ridge, NJ., only one body had
prelate proposed a
who died.
been found of the 10 parishioners
Churchmen say respecting Eastern heritage can ease path to unity
VATICAN CITY
(CNS)
—
Respect-
CNS
ing the traditions of Eastern Catholic churches can enrich the entire church and ease the path toward unity with the Ortho-
dox, several Eastern leaders told the Synod
of Bishops. Melkite Patriarch Gregoire
Laham
III
photo by
Max
Rossi, Catholic Press
Photo
Children light candles for peace, religious tolerance Children from Italy, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Peru and China light candles for peace and religious tolerance at the closing of a two-day summit of Muslim and Christian leaders in Rome Oct. 5.
of Antioch told the Synod of Bish-
tions of
its
Eastern churches makes the
Orthodox lose
all
good
respect for the
Too
of die church of Rome."
he
often,
will
Cardinal
Egan had asked Father Pavone work
archdiocese says Father Pavone had known he'd be
in the archdiocese.
church research leaders Oct.
Liturgical publisher offers
resources
in
aimed
YORK (CNS) A New York archdiocesan spokesman said Father Frank A. Pavone, the director of Priests for Life since 1993, has
known
for
months
that
he was to be recalled for pastoral work
on
the archdiocese. Discussions
its
of attacks (CNS) The li-
Ore.
—
Oregon Catholic Press
Web site (www.ocp.org)
in
his return
at addressing the Sept.
1
1
to
terrorist
'Prayer for the Nation" includes
attacks.
prayer resources and recommendations for general music, as well as suggestions for
and
bilingual celebrations children.
There
is
liturgies with
lamic leaders) and
rector Joseph Zwilling said in a statement
administered by Oregon Catholic Press for
He
2.
New York
added that
Edward M. Egan gave
Cardinal
advance
sufficient
notice to let Priests for Life
make
smooth
a
transition in leadership. Priests for Life
announced
had
10 that
in a press release Sept.
of charities and
Internet and print resources. also
is
Sept.
The company
offering free, one-time use of titles
1 1
remembrance
liturgies.
Theologian calls Internet key to adult faith formation WASHINGTON (CNS) The
—
Internet
is
becoming
a
key tool for adult
'The Internet
ancient Greece.
of today.
mote
3.
He
...
Any
is
the agora
parish that wants to pro-
adult faith formation will probably
Georgetown
University.
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Most Reverend William G. Curlin Joann S. Keane
in thefollowing events:
Publisher: Editor:
Associate Editor: Staff Writer:
Jimmy Rostar
October 20
—
VATICAN CITY
(CNS) Pope John Paul II said the Vatican was to join in a prayer day Oct. 11, one month after a deadly wave of terrorist hijackings in the United States. The pope made the comments Oct. 4 to about 250 participants at a Synod of Bishops, shortly after meeting in
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October 28 2 p.m. 25th/50th anniversary Mass St.
Thomas Aquinas, Charlotte
to protect the
life
of the mother.
amendment would not ity to travel
affect
The abil-
abroad to procure abortions,
would redefine the
it
women's
abortion so that
it
legal definition of
does not include the
pill and intrauterine devices. approved by the Irish electorate, the amendment would take effect only if spe-
morning-after If
cific legislation,
the Protection of
Human
Pregnancy Bill, were enacted within other1 80 days of die referendum vote wise the amendment in its entirety would
Life in
be
—
nullified.
Charlotte area will be hosting ultreyas and
Diocesan October 17 CHARLOTTE
—
on die following dates
schools of leaders
planner St.
Bridget's Divi-
Order of Hibernians will be hosting their 3rd Annual Irish Pub Nite at Tyber Creek Pub tonight
Along with Billy Mulligan's muand dancers from the Walsh-Kelley School of Irish Dance, a buffet dinner and
and times: St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Rd., from 1:15-3 p.m. today with ultreya and potiuck and St Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., from 1:30-3 p.m. on Oct. 28 with childcare and a family potiuck For more information, call Dan Hines at (704) 544-6665 or Aliceann
at 7 p.m.
Coon
sic
22 MAGGIE VALLEY
raffle to benefit
Father David Valtierra, director of the Oratory in Rock Hill, will be die facilitator
offered.
LAOH charities will also be
For information and
reservations,
at (704) 540-8696.
at a retreat held at Living
—
Oratorian
Waters Catholic
103 Living Waters weekend. "Reading Paul's Let-
Jeanmarie Schuler at (704) 554-0720 or Imelda Panzer at (704) 362-1786.
Reflection Center,
20 CHARLOTTE
ters in Today's Church" will focus on the key passages in Paul's letters. For details, call the center at (828) 926-3833 or e-mail
— There
career seminar at St.
October 26 7 p.m. Aquinas-Lutheran Banquet Catholic Conference Center, Hickory
where a motiier threatens suicide. The referendum would be on a proposed constitutional amendment that would outlaw abortion in most cases but would allow it
HW. Bush. The pope said he
call
October 22-24 Provincial assembly of bishops and
conduct a referendum proposing to close a loophole in Irish law that allows abortion in cases will
it
a private audience with former U.S. Presi-
sion of the Ladies Ancient
Confirmation
—
government announced
but
Vatican prayed Oct. 11 for victims of terrorism
The
N
become
government to hold referendum on abortion DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) The Irish
noted
have to begin on the Web," he said. Father Philibert addressed research and policy issues of the U.S. church today in a lecture before the annual dinner of the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at
(including reactions from Catiiolic and Is-
began "about nine months ago," and the reassignment "is not an unexpected development," archdiocesan communications diOct.
greater support of
3-4- called for
Irish
Philibert told a gathering of
agora, or public square, of the cities of
interfaith information
lists
J.
that St. Paul took his preaching to the
include extensive resources for liturgies
—
NEW
wake
PORTLAND, has updated
recalled
Oct
dioceses, increased delegation of ad-
Dominican theologian Fa-
ther Paul
turgical publisher
N.Y.
faith formation,
to leave the organization for full-time
churches to be fully Eastern, "the exact opposite occurs."
sions
poor
comfortable witii modern media
said,
instead of allowing the Eastern Catholic
more church leaders spoke in favor of expanding the authority of bishops' conferences. Others among die 34 bishops who addressed the fifth and sixth general ses-
ministrative tasks and the need to
ops Oct. 4 the Catholic Church's lack of respect for the identity, practices and tradi-
1
will
be a
Matthew Church,
8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., today from 9 a.m-3 p.m. To help with rising unemployment and underemployment statistics, the seminar will cover resume writing, job hunting, networking and compensation. For more information, call Rev. Mr. Jim Hamrlik at (704) 576-0456. Churches 21 CHARLOTTE
—
in the
Lane, this
lwcrc(@main.nc.us.
22
NEWTON
Catholic Girls'
— The
Group
is
Little
for
all
Flowers Catholic
and up. The group will be meeting at St. Joseph Church, 720 West 13th St., at 4 p.m. in the Holy Family Hall. For more details, call Debbie Vickers at
girls
ages
five
The Catholic News & Herai^
October 12, 2001
Bishops question if modern church governance reflects Vatican II VATICAN CITY (CNS) As more
Cardinal Keeler says October a time to recommit to value of life
—
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S.
synod of the world's bishops took the microphone, a growing num-
Church designates October as a time "to recommit ourselves to building a culture in which every life is valued, no
participants in a
Catholic
matter
how poor or sick, how old
ber questioned whether modern church
governance achieves a co-responsibility model they said was envisioned by the Second Vatican Council. Sev eral criticized
or micro-
William H. Keeler of Baltimore. But too often contemporary culture downplays the value of human life, and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 1 1 may seem like the culture has hit a new low, he said in a statement issued Oct. 3 for Respect Life Sunday, Oct. 7. The cardinal, who is chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-life Activities, said "humanity at its very best" was displayed after the scopic," said Cardinal
came
attacks, as people
the functioning of the synod, saying
leged instrument of effective collegiality."
Others supported expanding the competency of bishops' conferences and reducing the authority of Vatican agencies in local
church decisions.
who
14
rescuing others, and
many who
forum on grief issues takes on added relevance NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS)
—A
Women's
CNS photo by
Debbie Hill
Conference of
Musician instructs students in playing oud Mickael Maroun instructs student Yunus Abu Hgag in playing the oud at the Arab-Jewish Community Center in Jaffa, Israel. Maroun said he believes music can be a bridge between peoples.
27-30 convention "Opening the Door to Grief Issues" was already on the agenda. However, in responding to September's terrorist attacks, Father Terence Curley, a priest of the Boston Archdiocese who has written extensively about grief and be-
youtii conference, scheduled for Dec. 6-9
reavement, included information about
with the theme of "Hope at the Cross-
synod offered a perfect opportunity for a "profound examination of conscience."
was expected to draw 26,000 teens and adult chaperones to Indianapolis.
Religious leaders urge care against making terrorism
Sept.
in Nashville called
He
ministry in his session.
sis
the
mourning
lation,
and
cri-
focused on
process, ministries of conso-
on the unique
reflections
roads,"
Synod participants
WASHINGTON tional Catholic
December
for
(CNS)
conscience'
— The Na-
Youth Conference planned in Indianapolis will go
ahead, despite changed security situations facing travelers and apprehension about
the risk of further terrorist attacks.
call for
And
—
calls for
an "examination of conscience" on
—
the part of bishops
in their daily lives,
methods and
their pastoral
their .use of
"We
(828) 495-2039.
24 CHARLOTTE St.,
tice
and Peace presentation of Catholic Re-
Hope
to Heal-
and Bread for the World's
"Africa:
lief Services'
ing"
"Africa Rising:
Hunger to Harvest" The same
session will
CCHS, 7702 PinevilleMatthews Rd., in Charlotte on Oct 30 and at BMHS, 1725 N.C Hwy. 66 South, in
also be presented at
Kernersville
on Nov.
8.
For further
infor-
Joe Purello at (704) 370-3225 or Terri Jarina at (704) 370-3234. mation,
call
23 WINSTON-SALEM Francis Center of
— The
St.
Our Lady of Fatima
Chapel, corner of Cherry and 3rd streets., is
hosting a Jane Litsinger
Women
Day
Retreat for
"The Search for Spiritual Everyday Life." This event
entitled
Direction in
from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. is for women to step out of dieir worlds and into a space of prayer, silence, input and discussion. Lunch will be provided, and a free will held
donation will be accepted. Call Josephine RosHschi at (336) 723-8241 for details.
are
the rich and the power-
He added
monthlong
that the
—
All families
who
have suffered a loss are invited to attend the monthly memorial Mass at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Rd. East diat will be taking place 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 An-
24 GUILFORD COUNTY
and disarmed, but that cannot be done entire culture, religion or nation
is
held
St. Louis-based society forwarded $125,000 to the New York area. 'We know that the society's members, already
the
actively volunteering to help, are not alone
in
and by do not en-
way.
iden-
so
said.
Maple
must be
Christian-Muslim dialogue meeting in Rome. The Rome-based Community of Sanf Egidio, a lay group involved in work for peace and interreligious dialogue, called the leaders for an Oct 3-4 "summit" as die United States and its allies prepared to launch an attack on terrorism.
than with die poor and the oppressed,"
tonight from 7-9 p.m. for an Office of Jus-
attacks in the
often
is
he
Francis of Assisi Church, 299
1 1
terrorists
of
ful
St
"The
thousands of fellow Americans affected
more
All are invited to
States.
in their desire to help ease the pain
gage bishops
—
United
the 'Vic-
initiate
Martini of Milan told leaders attending a
Pope John Paul II has attended every World Youth Day since he initiated the meetings in the mid-1980s. The U.S.
23 FRANKLIN
scapegoats for the Sept
To
terrorist attacks.
1 1
He said
people from attending events there either.
in a spiritual
—
St.
Maria
a search for privilege
home with
victims
ST. LOUIS (CNS) The Society of Vincent de Paul has issued an appeal for
tims of the Attack on America Campaign,"
all
responsible," Italian Cardinal Carlo
at
called
$1 million to help the victims of the Sept.
said Oct. 2 that the first task facing the
"soulless ritual practices" that
Richmond, who has
"a historical masterpiece."
must be taken to avoid making Muslims or all members of any nation
if an
marked by
many
work
supporting the fight against terrorism, said great care
tified
ginning, organizers say they don't expect terrorist attacks to deter
The work was com-
Vincent de Paul Society appeals for $1 million for terror
leaders,
modern means of evangelization. Bishop Ngoy Katahwa of Kolwezi, Congo, bishops was to "convert ourselv es.'
die
—
Nestor
the bishop's ministry today
1 1
687-
History of the Catholic
in Virginia."
F. Sullivan of
scapegoats (CNS) An international
group of Christian and Muslim
VATICAN CITY (CNS) The first week of the Synod of Bishops heard several
though registration for next summer's World Youth Day in Toronto is just bethe Sept.
ROME
bishops' 'examination of
responding to grief and bereavement. still
—A
missioned 12 years ago by Bishop Walter
gifts
planned despite attacks
A
Catholicism:
Church
the Catholic Christian tradition offers in
Catholic youth meetings
Va. (CNS)
page volume chronicling the development of the Catholic Church in Virginia from the colonial period to modern times was released this summer by the Diocese of Richmond. Jesuit Father Gerald P. Fogarty, a professor of religious studies and history at the University of Virginia, researched and wrote the book, titled "Commonwealth
NCCW
Catholic
among
released
in Virginia
RICHMOND,
children that they loved them."
at the National
bishops were
Comprehensive history of church
faced
deadi called "to reassure their spouses and
symposium
The
spoke Oct. 2 during the synod's
third general session.
to the aid of co-
workers, firefighters and police lost their lives
it fell
short of the council's definition as a "privi-
Order of Hibernians Guilford County and largest order of Irish Catholic men, is looking for more Irish Catholic men to join them for meetings, educational seminars and social events. Contact Michael Slane at (336) 665-9264 for time and location.
this indescribable trag-
Eugene
B. Smith, national presi-
edy," said
dent of the
"Our
St.
sincere
Vincent de Paul Society.
sympathy and
heartfelt sor-
row
(goes) to the thousands of children
who
lost parents, spouses
who
lost their
beloved, and parents
who
hosting
bev erages and movies
weekend with Karen Purcott, a
infonnation about the
on board For more Oct 25 deadline, call
of Prayer, 289 a Reiki
many ways by
NW Hwy 25/70,
is
Duncan
lost children."
master Reiki practitioner in the Usai system of healing. Participants will have die
4 CHARLOTTE— The Christian Modi-
opportunity to receive a laying-on of hands
ers'
freatment and can reflect upon the
Providence Rd., will host a special Mass for
the
Holy
Spirit.
gifts
For more infonnation,
the center at (828) 622-7366.
28 HENDERSONVILLE
— The
of
call
Priscilla
Group of St
Gabriel Church, 3016
parents and grandparents of a deceased child
St.
at (704) 596-8269.
or children today at 3
pm
witii a
reception following the Mass. All are invited
cient
Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secu-
to arrive at 2:30 p.m. to light a candle or
Division, the oldest
lar
Franciscan Order will meet today from
place pictures ofloved ones in die sanctuary.
25 CHARLOTTE
—
St.
healing and has spoken to groups around the country.
For
details, call
the church
543-7677.
26 HOT SPRINGS
— The
A Mass for widows
and widowers
celebrated on Nov.
at 3
wing. Visitors and inquirers are welcome,
receptioa For
so for
more information,
Gillogly,
SFO,
Helen
call
at (828) 883-9645.
Matthew
Church, 8015 Ballantyne Pkwy., welcomes everyone to a healing Mass celebrated by Josephite Father Robert DeGrandis tonight at 7:30 p.m. Father DeGrandis has written over 40 books on
office at (704)
3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7th Ave. West in the office
Jesuit
House
(704-)
November 3 CHARLOTTE
— The Kabaka
its
Hope,"
will
be
pm followed by a
details, call
364-5431,
BJ. Dengler at
Ext 212
8 CHARLOTTE hold
1 1
— Room
at the Inn will
7th Annual Banquet "Witness to this
evening at the Charlotte Con-
Dancers
vention Center. The leception begins at 5:30
and Drummers of Our Lady of Consolation Church will be sponsoring a day trip to Atianta featuring holiday shopping at an outlet mall, a tour of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. historic sites, underground Atianta and the "World of Coca-Cola" The trip via motorcoach will also include breakfast lunch,
pm. followed by dinner at 7 pm and featuring guest speaker Gary Bauer. Contact Beth for
Oct 20
reservations at (704) 596-0667.
Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to the publication date.
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The Catholic News & Herald
October
Around the Diocese
12,
2001
Foundation supports monks in their mission of evangelization By
JIMMY ROSTAR
Associate Editor
HAMLET — Abbot
Foundation awards nine grants CHARLOTTE - The Foundation of the Roman Catholic
Patrick Shelton
and Father David Draim are on a mission of evangelization.
They bring
message
Richmond and Anson
for all in
counties to hear:
The
a simple
Catholic Church
Diocese
is.
awarded
of Charlotte
nine grants from income earned
welcoming community. serve at
by four unrestricted and general-
St.
James Church in Hamlet and Sacred Heart Church in Wadesboro have spent
purpose endowments the Foun-
their three-plus years in those Catbolic
James Church
The
Benedictine
monks who
dation
nity," said
Father Draim,
who
— Office
Diocese
torically has
been
between the
tion
Draim
little
Charlotte, for
is
really
going to open
doors for us in terms of connecting with these communities," said Father Draim.
The grants came from income earned by four unrestricted and general-purpose endowments the Foundation manages. Such grants are new to the diocese, said Jim Kelley, the Foundation's executive director.
"Due
to the generosity of Catholic doFoundation currently has 84 en-
dowments
to benefit parishes, schools,
—
Kelley, executive director of the Foundation of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte, presents a check to Abbot Patrick Shelton, pastor of the Catholic communities in Hamlet and Wadesboro. Kelley presented checks for two grants to the churches to fund multicultural evangelism projects in the area. Father David Draim also ministers in Hamlet and Wadesboro.
the people to really take hold of
them-
it
and part of the project includes
selves,"
empowering
local Latinos to take
on
lead-
In Wadesboro, the grant
is
funding an
community know the Catholic Church is open to all.
monks
letting the black
"In
all
of the ministry that we've done
we've always had a very nice
tain ministries
component," said Father seeks that same reality in Wadesboro where upon arrival he saw
the
little
first
stricted
that effectively support those
who
are poor, minority communities and evangelical initiatives," said Kelley.
interracial
who
Draim,
interaction
between the Catholic and
the African-American communities.
"We thought that if we could get this grant, we would be able to build a base
When Abbot Shelton and Father Draim heard about this opportunity, they were
church."
enthusiastic.
Pennsylvania, South Carolina and monks had enjoyed fostering healthy relationships among the multicultural and interfaith communities. Given the large Hispanic and Africanin
Florida, the
American populations in this area, the monks saw a real opportunity for evangeli-
The grant awarded
to St.
welcome
at
"What we
they
really
who
thought they'd never see the day when they'd be invited to a Catholic church. Now, that's happening here." A spirit of welcome and outreach con-
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their Catholic congregations,
as they witness the gradual
coming
J
to-
gether of communities that in these locales have, for the
most
that support will assist
part, historically existed
Kelley
is
ally
hopeful that
more entities
will
faith for-
mation and counseling. will
it
serves over time, said Father
Draim.
"What we've got now
is a really good and things are in the process of happening," he said. "We're trying to get
facility,
all
to
more person-
know God, Abbot
Shelton
"We thank the Diocese of Charlotte for
the poor and minorities and for evangeliza-
the funding that will enable us to help
tion efforts in the diocese
who and what Jesus about," said Abbot Shelton.- "This will certainly help what we've already begun."
through the
others to recognize
Christ
Foundation.
communities of Hamlet and Wadesboro,
is
all
more organized
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two
are prayerful that, with
the grant funding,
offering the celebration of Mass, hosting of
While
Foundation's
last Easter.
The monks
project will provide a real Catho-
Scouting meetings, Bible studies,
a refugee program.
applications due in November, and decisions will be made in March 2002. For details or an application, call Jim Kelley at
said they
tinues to drive the mission of the
Caro-
grant-making cycle begins with
is
munity. I've met people
for
The
want to get across is a welcoming com-
of North
Greensboro Campus Min-
James
funding a Hispanic ministry project that includes the renting of a facility in nearby Ellerbe, where there is a sizable migrant community. lic
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istry,
our church," Father Draim
Services' Charlotte,
Hispanic ministry;
lina at
For the Catholic and multicultural
Their work of the past three years is already bearing fruit, as one AfricanAmerican family was welcomed into the church
for
is
The
Rosary Par-
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zation here as well.
Church
of the
Lexington, for Hispanic faith
formation;
independently.
from which there would be interaction," he said. "And from there, hopefully we will see African-American people joining the
In their prior ministry to communities
are
the Catholic Church
in the past,
and particular parish needs, three grant cycles from the unreendowments "will focus on pro-
— Our Lady ish,
inter-
know
Hickory,
Hispanic ministry;
action.
said.
more general purposes." While restricted endowments fund such as scholarships, cer-
communication and
community.
that
grams
result in greater
outreach project to the African-American
use by these diocesan
specific projects
Arc Parish,
—St. Aloysius Parish, for
ministers and African-Americans will
lics,
"People really do need to
has involved going door to door, with the
entities, but we do have several for unrestricted use or for
of
— Catholic Social
In the past few years, that outreach
of these endowments are restricted for
Joan
St.
Asheville, for youth evangelization;
Jim
'The major-
ity
Office,
a family strengthen-
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agencies and organizations within the Diocese of Charlotte," Kelley said.
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ership roles.
nors, the
in
Vicariate;
Refugee Resettlement
said there his-
Church and
resource
— Catholic Social
appealed to
those two communities.
'This funding
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commu-
evangelical interac-
local Catholic
of Faith Formation,
of Charlotte, for
materials for ethnic minorities
Hispanic and African-American
populations. Father
addition to St.
in
the entities receiving grants are:
the Foundation for grants to evangelize the local
In
Hamlet and Sacred Heart Church in Wadesboro,
communities relaying that message. Now, with funding from the Foundation of the Diocese of Charlotte, that message can be furthered in a way it never has before. "Our concept is the church has something to offer to the multicultural
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Parish celebrates anniversary, forges ALESHA M. PRICE
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CHARLOTTE
— On
a sunny Sun-
day afternoon, parishioners gathered in a circle and watched as the bulldozer lifted the soil in a dramatic fashion.
A
new
on the
St.
Mat-
project has been unearthed
thew Church grounds as construction their latest addition It is
is
set to begin this
for fall.
the next phase for a parish that has
had an overwhelming growth spurt as continues in
The
its
adolescent phase.
Festival"
The
tion in die Diocese
center.
'Today
is
history of St.
Matthew
we
time now,
of Charlotte.
a special day in the 15-year Parish.
For die
have gathered as a
nity to break ground," said
The
two-story, 30,000 square-foot
third
cent to the church structure, will house the nearly 70 ministries that the church offers
Msgr. John
J.
they are the living stones that
build the church.
The
ministry building, which will stand adja-
commu-
McSweeney, pastor, during the ceremony. "The buildings are symbolic of the living stones of the growth of the fervent faith of this parish;
chapel and education center to
already existing sanctuary and parish
buildings are instru-
with additional spaces and meeting rooms. "Service
stands
is
what the ministry building Mercy Sister Jeanne
said
for,"
Marie Kienast, the pastoral
associate
who
has been with the church for
1 1
years.
"We
will
be able to carry on parish outreach as
own people, and it we desperately need
well as ministry to our
Fun
church community as well as the broader
will provide the space
which included games, food,
community. It has been a privilege to be working with many individuals who have
for operations."
brought
chapel will seat 175 and will serve the
events
multiculturalism ily.
its
mental for us to provide for the needs of this
its
entertainment, a historical skit and various
other
daily
15th anniver-
parish celebrated
sary Sept 15 and 16 with a "Family
Day
it
Mass
the beginning of an expansion project for an
ever-growing parish and Catholic popula-
that
celebrated
and unity
their
By
as a parish fam-
next day's groundbreaking marked
this project this far."
mid-2003,
St.
Matthew
added a ministry building,
will
have
bell tower,
The
Mass
3,500 square-foot daily
needs of daily communicants and those
who would
like to sit in quiet
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contemplation, explained Sister Jeanne Marie.
St.
The
25-classroom, 62,600 square-foot
education center will be built further the parish
lot.
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wanted
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October 12, 2001
'There are so
many
people to thank," said a smiling Redemptorist
Aschmann from the lectern of newly dedicated St Joseph Church in
Bishop William G. Curlin presided at
Now,
2000.
the
he returned to
The
less
ceremony
May
14,
than a year and a half later,
bless the fruits of the mission
will
occur in this
new
also in people's families, businesses
and
His words came near the closing antiphons of the dedication liturgy at the new mission church whose community Father
bishop anointed the church walls, incensed
of our faith.
the sanctuary and blessed the congregation
to bring the love of Jesus into the world."
Aschmann has
with holy water. Moreover, he urged those
ministered to for the past five
years.
Oct 6 was
Indeed, the afternoon of
a
time of thanksgiving for the multicultural
church community.
The
dedication liturgy
the two-hour dedication liturgy, the
building,
new
which
structure,
had housed the Kannapolis congregation since 1949. Especially in the past several
community were work in
completing the building of the
dedication ceremonies reflected the
Fatiier
Aschmann was
new
church.
praised as a lov-
read in English and Spanish, and the songs
"This church would not be here today
At a banquet in the liturgy, die community
we
com-
Mass were
ing priest a devout leader and an agent of goodwill in a varied church community.
also celebrate on this
gadiered to share in a meal seasoned with
without your inspiration and example," Marbois said from the lectern. 'More importandy, our church community, English
we
native dishes of its members.
and Hispanic, could not have acted together
altar the greatest gift
of the
the
called forth in appreciation for their
'Today we are celebrating a wonderful moment in your parish history," Bishop
community in Kannapolis, where a rapidly growing Hispanic population in large part
site
members of
various
munity. Readings during the
Curlin told the congregation. "As
The former church
at the heart
multicultural complexion of the church
crate this church,
stood on the very
is
The world needs Jesus. Our job is
truly means.
another in the history of the mission church
new church.
'That
the congregation nodded and
assembled to concentrate on what "church"
brought to a close one chapter and opened
contributed to the need for a
The
said.
Scebbi
in Spanish.
smiled. Applause sustained the smiles as
take the love of Jesus every-
where," the bishop
Gomez
same message
members of
"We must
in clos-
ing comments. Dolores voiced the
com-
Matthew Marbois
Regardless of the language spoken,
rela-
tionships.
community's
At
munity," said
church comes through an awareness of Christ's presence, not only during Mass, but
Kannapolis.
labor.
building not just our church, but our
bishop said the greatest realization
of the blessings that
the groundbreaking
Father Karl
new church in thanksgiving
have
we
conse-
in this world:
were sung
bilingually.
parish hall after the
"We are gathered here today to celebrate
Jesus Christ"
"We
are the living stones of Christ," he said. "Yes, we are celebrating our beautiful new church building today, but the church was already here by your presence. The church is you."
the opening of our new church
—
but there is
meaning in our gathering, which is community of faith and the togetherness of actions and contributions for a greater
to celebrate our
both Hispanic and English parishioners
in
in unity
towards a
common
goal widiout
you."
Father Aschmann called
his love for this
community "overwhelming" and added the support of everyone involved in the project
— from
diocesan officials to building commembers to each of the church's parishioners was truly inspiring. "I want to say a word of thanks to all of you," Father Aschmann told his congregation. 'You know, it's your parish. It's not the priest's. As our bishop told us, we all are the mittee
church.
—
We tiiank
all
ofyou for all that you've
done."
Jimmy 370-3334 or
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have worked
with
the building team of St. Joseph's Church Congratulations on your beautiful
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Around the Diocese John's mission church in Canton.
Waynesville,
conclusion of the
Mass on Oct
6,
At
the
Bishop
Curlin presented the parish's gifts to Robbins
from page 8
and Rollman and to fellow St John parishioners Cristina
Ammons,
Steve and Lucille
Church, built in 1941, was dedicated Sept
Czarnecki, Peter Gudris, Art and
10 of that year, the same day as the dedica-
Huber, Al and
tion of St. Joseph Catholic
Church
in
Bryson City. Harry Robbins became a parishioner four years later. He had met his wife, Wilma, during his Army Air Corps service in World War II. She didn't want to live anywhere but Waynesville, so they moved to the town and Robbins established an electrical and plumbing business. St. John is special, he said, "because we've had special priests. I took care of all the plumbing and wiring in the convent, the rectory, and the church. All my kids
went to the
Robbins also helped the nuns.
'The Tiffin,"
station
he
said.
would borrow a them to Tiffin and the fall. It was a nice I
take
bring them back in trip, really
sum-
to take a bus back to
"But
wagon and
Marie
James and Patti Schandevel, Bemice Smathers, John and Jean Strong, and Agnes Zarczynski Gifts were also presented to Immaculate Conception parishioners Nick Bonarrigo, Morris and Edna Kelly, Frank Mulvaney, and Jerome and Bonnie Schaefer. That service typifies what Bishop Rilling,
Carroll and
Curlin highlighted in his homily.
"What makes a
parish,"
a nice place to go."
said, "is
not
Jesus and the joy and love - our love for Jesus I've
been apriest
44 years, and I've never had anybody say to me, 1 want to be Catholic because I read a book.' It's always somebody they knew.
[They say] they
Mon-Fri 9:30am-5:30pm 9:30arn-3:00pm
Tm so impressed with the way
live their lives.'
"What ing
Rollman and Robbins were among those honored for long-time service to St John and to Immaculate Conception, St
Sat.
he
buildings but the awareness of the presence of
for
sisters didn't stay for the
mer and would have
Lawrence, Pearl Lehnhard, George McAlee,
and our love for one another.
school."
Amy
Mary Kampf, Annalore
is
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gives the
Christ in you.
power
to this build-
We will find
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one another. Don't think of 75 years of a building. Think of 75 years of loving
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hall.
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Readings
Book Review
Books convey spectrum
Word to Life
of saints' sanctity REVIEWED BY WAYNE Catholic
A.
The
HOLST
News Service
As of June, Pope John Paul II had canonized 451 saints and beatified more than 1,000. During his pontificate he has not only created more saints than any
narrative core of the
book
is
the spiritual values of their eras.
Some
more of them than
their psychologically unhealthy atti-
all
com-
previous popes
tudes toward their
own
Catholic
Richard
P.
672
generation and to
member
children to join
In today's second reading from St. Paul to Timothy, we can hear the pas-
adjacent chapel or meeting space.
sion in the writer's words. He writes with great fervor about the power that
The promotional material declares Father McBrien's book is "the first allthat
is
truly interna-
of the community invites the
them for the children's Liturgy of the Word, which occurs in an Girls and boys flock from
all
consisting of 365 images of well-known
young
on
and lesser-known humans some Christian, some not. Ellsberg pioneered
second thoughts about making
personal spiritual quests are looking to
the concept of looking past the specific
emulate earthy models of sanctity rather
religious affiliation of the character he
than ethereal miracle workers. Saints help
sketches and also through their personal
by Robert Ellsberg,
Crossroad Publishing (New York, 1997).
560
$19.95.
pp.,
—
Saints are popular today. People
us understand that sanctity
is
not just a
is embodied and lived. Saints are ordinary people who happen to live the Gospel in extraordinary ways. The spectrum of sanctity is broad and deep. In his book "Lives of the Saints: From Mary and St. Francis of Assisi to John XXIII and Mother Teresa," Father Richard P. McBrien, a professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame, has created a scholarly and a devotional book of saintly narratives. His "Lives" are an offering for the whole church and for the world. His selections are comprehensive, but obviously, with so wide a selection to choose from, they are not
concept but something that
how God
flaws to see
is
actively revealed
in their lives.
This
is
obviously not a traditional
collection of saint stories. Quite a large
number have not been canonized. Yet this user-friendly, more popularly writ-
smiling,
some
hesitant,
corners
Some
of the gathered community.
FOR OUR TIME,
it
to each
ourselves.
lies in
some guiding a
younger sibling along. At almost every Mass one or two little stragglers will rush along after the group, trying to catch up. Occasionally one of the very
wave around and wave will
dependent If
at the priest
at
aspects of daily
salvation
Mom or Dad, with
when he
says, "Proclaim the
persistent
this in-
whether
it
is
word; be
convenient or
inconvenient"
witnessed this delightful
Jesus asks us in today's Gospel,
when the Son of Man comes, will he
"But
find faith
on earth?"
QUESTIONS: when
we
Have you
the children return to
the gathered community, if
and
directly relate to the in-
all
word of God. The writer does not mince words
ourselves.
wonder
to the
faith
spired
or turn
exodus of children from the worship space, we may have realized that we were smiling or even chuckling despite Later,
from cradle
life
grave and beyond. Wisdom,
trek.
we have
the knowledge and understand-
ing of "sacred Scripture" and the importance of the place it occupies in all
are
realize
I
sometimes
considered whetluryour gifts
equip you to serve in cliildren's catechesis? Is
what we are wit-
now the time?
ten guide encourages readers to discover
whom God may
people through
work
— with
be at
or without the church's
Weekly Scripture
formal recognition. Again, the breadth of subjects chosen
awesome. Characters from Old and New Testaments appear alongside Christian and non-Christian witnesses to the faith from the last two millennia. Ellsberg helps is
the reader to appreciate that
through
many
God
speaks
persons within and beyond
For those new
Stories are arranged as daily read-
ings according to the yearly calendar of
the Catholic Church, but the book
useful for
is
Orthodox, Anglican and
Lutheran Christians who are devoted to saints as well. Selections include founders and representatives of various religious orders and martyrs, and historically significant persons within and beyond the Catholic community. In this grand array are supplementary figures such as Mohandas K. Gandhi, Florence Nightingale, John Wesley, Anne Frank and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
week
of Oct. 14 - 20 Luke 17:1 1-19; Monday (St. Teresa of Avila), Romans 1:1-7, Luke 11:29-32; Tuesday (Sts. Hedwig and Margaret Mary Alacoque), Romans 1:16-25, Luke 11:37-41; Wednesday (St. Ignatius of Antioch), Romans 2:1-11, Luke 11:42-46; Thursday (St. Luke), 2 Timothy 4:9-17, Luke 10:1-9; Friday (North American Martyrs), Romans 4:1-8, Luke 12:1-7; Saturday (St. Paul of the Cross), Romans 4:13, 16-18, Luke 12:8-12 Scripture for the
Sunday, 2 Kings 5:14-17, 2 Timothy
to the saints or a bit
bored with reading too many "authorized" narratives and eager to begin the exciting spiritual journey of discovering the meaning of sainthood, both books
2:8-13,
(depending on your literary tastes) are
Scripture for the week of Oct. 21 - 27 17:8-13, 2 Timothy 3:14 18:1-8; Monday, Romans <fc2, Luke 4:20-25, Luke 12:13-21; Tuesday (St. John of Capistrano), Romans 5:12, 15, 17-19, 2021, Luke 12:35-38; Wednesday (St Anthony Claret), Romans 6:12-18, Luke 12:39-48; Thursday, Romans 6:19-23, Luke 12:49-53; Friday, Romans 7:18-25, Luke 12:54-59; Saturday, Romans 8:1-11, Luke 13:1-9
—
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compelling. Read the selections through
an entire year. Return to them as resources for personal reflection, sermons or talks.
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PROPHETS AND WITNESSES
word of God
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we Each Sunday
contradictions, not affirmations, of the
AND ST. FRANCIS OFASSISI TO JOHN XXIII AND MOTHER TERESA, by Father
C Readings:
By BEVERLY CORZINE
bodies and to-
ward the reality of sexual intimacy sanctified by the sacrament of marriage were LIVES OF THE SAINTS: FROM MARY
ture
Exodus 17:8-13 Psalm 121:1-8 2) 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2 3) Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
actually serve in retrospect as "counter-
signs" of sanctity when, for example,
nessing as
1)
Saints not only shape but mirror
other pontiff before him, he has canonized
bined.
Cycle
introduced by a series of helpful essays on the nature of sainthood and of spirituality.
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The Pope
I
was
finish
with
Parents
Who
Love
Coming of Age
a department store, waiting for the clerk to
in
my purchases.
different clerk,
Speaks
October 12, 2001
& Columns
Editorials
Next
to me, being waited
was a woman with a small
on by a
child.
The litde girl looked to be about 4. The mother was tall, thin, perfectiy coiffed and impeccably dressed. The clerk was complimenting her on her daughter, saying how cute she was and (this is when my nerves started to fray) what a real "little girl"
she was.
Now, you know what
the implication of that
AMY WELBORN
is,
don't you?
POPE JOHN PAUL
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If you don't,
II
that the child
I'll
lay
seemed
out for you.
it
The
clerk
Columnist
meant
to be really interested in her
own
what the mother
said,
appearance. If you don't believe
Pope says God's love rescue humanity
listen to
that
daughters personality.
at
"Oh clothes,
will
me,
obviously thrilled that the clerk had picked up on her she cooed, "she loves
could write a column
I
I
yes,"
—
or
five
—
just about that, but
won't Just be assured, young women, if you're not particuby those externals, you're no less female than
larly fascinated
from every threat
a girl
time, "even failures of
his
if
—
delayed, will
come
men and women,"
despite
all
the
he said Oct. 10 at
weekly general audience.
In his greetings to English- and Dutchspeaking pilgrims, the pope asked for special prayers for peace and justice in the world, but he did not specifically mention the ongoing U.S.-led bombing of terrorist targets in Afghanistan. "I invite you all to pray for peace and to be committed to building a world without violence, founded on respect for the dignity of every human being," Pope John Paul said in
really set
me
it!
I
have
been working hard to program her to be that
really, really
way ever since
she was born."
what
I
to figure out are, indeed,
to focus
who
on
they
is this:
are,
Sometimes, as kids struggle
they
trying to "program"
may them
feel as if their
parents
to be a certain type of
person.
Be assured
most parents aren't doing that at all. most parents aren't totally prepared for the uniqueness that is you either. Even if you're basically buying into your parents' values and what they've tried to teach you, you're probably going to come up against some conflict in this area You're going to feel a passion and drive to spend time on some But
that
also be assured that
activities
evil, sin
God
in Jesus Christ
and sheep. God's promises are not abstract nor simply metaphorical for interior well-being, he said.
"God wants to make the whole person happy," he said. As in the time of Jeremiah, he said, the call to joy today is not motivated only by a promise of future happiness but by the knowledge that God loves each and every person at this moment. "This love
is
the golden thread uniting the
whole history of
Israel, in its
in its successes
and
joys and sadness, he said. "God's
failures,"
love never lessens, and even his punishments are an expression of
it
because they teach and
save."
The fullness of happiness, the pope said, will come at the end of time with the return of Christ, who already has triumphed over evil and death.
"Now,
the midst of all our sorrows and uncertainties, we look confidently to the time when the victory of Easter will be complete,"
he
said.
Reflections
has defeated
grain, oil
in
going on the path they seem to want for you, react to
They deserve
their
it
be understanding. Understand that your par-
ents
want you
you
are.
to be yourself but they've also been where They've made the mistakes that every young person makes in following what they think are their dreams, and they don't want you to make them too. Understand that you're not infallible. Older people, especially your parents, might have something to say that's worth hearing in helping you clarify which of your hopes are grounded in reality and which ones are really just fantasy. God made you to be someone unique, but he also gave you parents to help that unique person bud, grow and flourish.
That's not programming. That's love.
Each has its own very special place of importance. It would be wonderful to have it all. Yet, the limitations of time, energy, attention and financial resources dealt the reality that something had to give. The difficulty was that in each of those areas Andrew found his heart. No demons to exorcise, no clear-cut loser. But a decision had to be
and death."
In his main audience talk, Pope John Paul focused on a canticle in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah calling God's people to joy even though they were living under foreign occupation. The canticle promises a future in which the scattered people will be reunited, singing and dancing for joy, he said. Not only will they have their temple again, but they will have
in
their depth.
Family
speakers he said, "Pray for those beg for peace and justice in the
certainty that
Your parents have given
they really don't see the point of
To Dutch suffer,
loved.
years and years to your care. If you find yourself uninterested
Finally,
want
of an eye.
Be loving as you've been
Wow!
English.
who
Be patient that's what Be loving. Be understanding. Be patient with your parents as they slowly but surely let you fly on your own. Sure, it seems to you as if it has been a very long time since you were a baby, but to parents it's
questions and concerns with love.
There's a lot of room for comment in that little story, but
them
and they might have some words to say about that What do you do?
back was the mother's next
statement "And I'm so happy about
not "programmed" you, there's a chance
things that interest you aren't what interest
like the blink
is.
No, what
By CINDY WOODEN News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) God will rescue humanity from every threat because his love is real, Pope John Paul II said. The future of peace and joy that God has promised his children since the beginning of Catholic
who
if they've
all,
that stuff already:
all
having her hair done, makeup!"
Even some
ANDREW &
TERRI LYKE
Guest Columnists
Decisions, decisions.
How
.
.
with so many important decisions to make? How can we know to make the best decisions? Sometimes we can carefully discern and arrive at the best possible decision about some things. However, for many very important decisions, we may find ourselves stuck with too many options. Moving forward may be a matter of does one get through
life
faith.
Especially when it comes to family decisions, remaining stuck is not an option. For example, when we married 26 years ago, we were resolved to make our marriage work. But can we say that we were 100 percent sure that this was the best possible decision? No, we weren't. Though we were resolute, we were not absolutely sure about our choice being the best. Life held too many other possibilities for
such surety. Today
we both
that our choices could have been other and
believe
life
could
be sweet and full of joy for both of us. What we were sure about then was not that it was the best, but that our decision to marry was a good one. still
Another, more recent example
Andrew's deciCompeting passions for higher learning, ministry, work, marriage, family, and friendship demanded more than he had to give. It would not be fair to any of those passions to weigh and compare them according to is
sion not to continue theological study.
made. Very often, making life choices is not opting for good over bad or even good over lesser good. Sometimes it is choosing between two or more loves and living with that choice. Sometimes we have to just buckle down and make a good decision the best decision over time. It is about sacrifice and offering. It is the work of our humanity to make those life choices the best over time.
However, to live fully with such decisions, we have to put the not-chosen to rest. Sometimes we have to bury old dreams so that new dreams may sprout. This can be painful. But, what is sacrifice without pain? We ask God to enter into our discernment; we offer to God the not-chosen good as a sacrifice. We then dedicate ourselves to making the chosen the best choice through fidelity, faith and loving care. Through the loving work of our human hands, God blesses it and makes it holy. That's how one gets through life with so many important decisions.
Questions for Reflection: What life-choices have you made
What dreams
How
did you have
to
has this fed your faith?
the best over time?
bury?
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more given to faith than we know. Maybe we do, in unknown more fully than we realize. An
fact trust the
example: after generations of talk about the supremacy of
Candle
science over belief in
God,
The Bottom
One
polls tell us differendy.
survey, published recently in "Parade" magazine, has over
90 per cent of the American people saying they God.
life
Perhaps more convincingly, are the signs of faith all around us. Think of them. You drive your car and stop for a traffic light. You trust that when it's green for you, it's simultaneously red for those in the cross traffic. You have no way of knowing if that's true, but you trust nonetheless. You travel to see relatives in another state. You board an airliner. You sit in a seat and allow someone you don't know and never met to left you and others around you to a height of thirty-five thousand feet. You put your very life in the hands of a stranger who, you believe, will get you there in one piece. You go to a doctor and essentially place your body in
afterlife.
his or her hands.
MSGR. JIM LISANTE Guest Columnist
I'm in
More Than You Know a young woman comes
my office and
recent death of her father.
in to talk.
and badly shaken by the
She's about twenty-four years old
We speak about the meaning of
and death. She particularly wants to know about the What, she asks, is heaven really all about? How can we know that it exists? How can a person enjoy a happy life beyond this life? What kinds of sin would keep a person from experiencing God's goodness and mercy in
Now
someone she loves has died, Marianne needs to know. And she wants, more than ever, She wants to believe in the to be a person of faith. transcendent She wants to believe in a life greater than our earthly existence. But sometimes hope fails her. Sometimes she's paralyzed by doubt. Sometimes it's too hard to believe in a reality you can't taste or see or feel. Toward the end of our encounter Marianne looks sad. Her words revealed her struggle. "Father Jim, I wish I could be more like you. I wish I could believe that my father is more alive now than he was before. Believe me, no wants to trust that there's a heaven more than me. But I just can't My faith is so weak." Marianne is not alone. Many people I know and love are unsure of their faith. In a world that celebrates the provable, the verifiable and the scientific, belief in that which we cannot confirm seems too hard by half Maybe we're being too hard on ourselves. Maybe the life-to-come?
that
We
when
ministering the
and
host,
to
know
their business.
can
make
it all
body only and the wine
the majority
ofpeople
is
Or how about
You date a person for a while. You think you've come to know them. Together you decide to build a life together. The marriage takes place at which you promise before God to love, honor and respect each other always and forever. You don't know what the future holds. You don't know how well or how poorly the two of you will handle the inevitable disappointments and challenges of life. In so many love?
ways, every act of love and commitment, every marriage
a leap into the
is
You
chance.
unknown. But you take the
accept the challenge.
You
dare to
make
a
leap of faith.
In each case, you accept risk.
You
some must be left to more than we know. decide that
things that cannot be seen or proven faith.
We
think most of us believe far
I
recognize at some powerful inner level that
without meaning unless
it's
lived with
hope and
life is
trust.
I
believe
by
far
body and blood of the Lord
is
proof
begins to become
more
people regularly received
bread and wine.
It
his
blood (Jn
command
when we
of Christianity,
Communion under
was assumed
response to our Lord's
clear
that this
both kinds,
is
to eat his flesh
the fullest
and drink
6:53).
For reasons too complex
to discuss here,
by the 13th
Communion with bread alone became increasingly common. The sacrament was received less and less often, until even many men and women religious and 14th centuries
considered once a year
more than
sufficient.
This later prompted some leaders of the Reformation to contend that Communion under the form of bread alone
was
invalid since Jesus said
we must
eat his
body and
drink his blood. In reaction, Catholic authorities discouraged, even forbade,
Communion
phasize that Christ
is
with both forms, to emwholly present under each species,
bread and wine.
This custom continued
until Vatican Council
II,
when
the bishops of the world restored the practice of Communion
under two species and recommended instruction ex-
to
Camille D'Arienza, a Sister
me for her decades
of work
my own.
The
card
is
lovely, the
barn and manger figures
—
-
Bethlehem event with a
is
of animals, straw,
painted boldly. But the central
—
are done in a Mary and Joseph They express a presence, yet a trans-
Jesus,
different way.
parency, evoking the sense that they are not set in place, but rather,
Somehow
I
belong to everyone, everywhere.
was not
surprised to learn that this
image had come from the soul and brush of a prisoner on death row. Calling Sister Camille, I found out about David Paul Hammer, No. 24507-077 at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. I wanted to know why he had painted this scene and why she had used it for a Christmas card. Their story began in Advent 1998. Hammer, scheduled to be executed the following month, saw an Associated Press story about the Cherish Life Circle.
This group was founded by Sister Camille and others seeking a change in the hearts of American people who support the death penalty. Hammer wrote to the Cherish Life Circle asking for their prayers, and
tional, transient
On Dec. 30, she
plaining,
among
other things,
bread and wine better spirituality.
The
how Communion
He was on
"one bread and one cup"
When
theology
courtroom,
we
From
share
when he addresses
the church:
You
are
body of Christ and his members.' That which you receive, you yourselves are by the grace of the redemption, as you acknowledge when you respond Amen." The American bishops' Committee on the Liturgy explains this as the reason ministers of the Eucharist do not say "This is the body of Christ" or "This is the blood of Christ," but simply "the body of Christ" and "the the
vicious act that
behind
killed his
made no
Hammer.
he saw the pain
in Marti's family in the
Hammer was overcome
with remorse.
left
making amends
in
some way
for the evil
he had done.
A stay of execution came through, and after meeting Sister Camille, Hammer asked to take instructions in the Catholic faith. He chose her to be his godmother and spiritual adviser at his baptism. Now, awaiting a new execution date, he wants to devote his remaining time to helping abused children
and those working with them. When Sister Camille discovered he was an artist she proposed producing a Christmas card, with all funds received going to help abused children in Hammers name.
God
seems perhaps a trivial difference, but it expresses a remarkable reality of our faith. As Augustine, we believe
life
row because he had
then on he was determined to spend what time
he had
blood of Christ." It
death
mate Andrew Marti, a
with both
reflect Catholic eucharistic
us into, and declare that we are, the body of Christ St Augustine, in an Easter homily about the year 410, spoke movingly of this function of the Eucharist in Christian life. "This bread," he said, "is the body of Christ to which the apostie (Paul) refers
family dominated by an abusive,
incestuous father," had lived nearly half his
Columnist
sense, even to
make
The meaning
leling
cell
You do raise a significant point however, in understanding our Lord's intention and graciousness in giving
realize that for at least the first 12 centuries
known
September was it. It had
against the death penalty, a belief and mission paral-
bars.
and
body, the body of Christ on earth.
me by Sister
been sent to
of Mercy well
in late
took a closer look at
Now 40, Hammer, who began life in a "dysfunc-
enough of that.
the Eucharist as the food and drink which forms us into his
I
called it"
well-founded in their eucharistic faith not to be confused by the words of the Communion ministers. The way together, as the
a bit of a surprise until
and Ed Doherty from the Cherish Life Circle went to the prison to meet David Paul Hammer. It was clear to her, Sister Camille said, that he had "undergone some kind of conversion, an enlightement' as he
sufficiently
they readily accept the host and the cup, separately or
a Prison Cell
that Sister Camille has never ignored.
Corner
FATHER JOHN DIETZEN
most Catholics are
in
if someone could offer him spiritual guidance. That has been a question from many inmates
"the
believe this.
God
Finding
Getting a Christmas card
wager that
the blood only. I'd
Columnist
asking
Question
CNS A.
CNS
difference. Here, the earthy scene
right.
blood of Christ" when ministering the cup? Why not just the body and blood of Christ? The present practice can lead people to believe that the bread is the
ANTOINETTE BOSCO
of success. But they're doctors and you tend to believe they
believe that
body of Christ"
them
don't
during the Eucharistic Prayer of the Mass, the bread and wine each become the body and blood of Christ. Why then do eucharistic ministers say "the
trust
know if the day they operate is a good or bad day for them. You rarely know the statistics on their rates
You
The Words of the Eucharistic Minister Q.
You
Line
believe in
is
bless Sister Camille for her caring. I think
important to reach out to prisoners
it
who are trying
each the entire living Christ, together they recall more explicitly and symbolically the words of Jesus: This is
do good work from their prison cells, and there are many. For the past five years, all the cards and note paper and bookmarks I have used have beautiful artwork done by Dennis Lennon, a prisoner at Angola, La. His work has come to light thanks to Stephen Mickey, a poet who heard of Lennon and gave him the opportunity to have his artwork pre-
my body given for you, and my
sented in his Poetic Expressions business.
what we receive in Communion, we ourselves already are, the body of Christ a truth we proclaim when we respond with our Amen ('The Body of Christ" Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, 1977, pages 22-23). While, therefore, the eucharistic bread and wine are that
words of the
reflect that truth.
The Communion
blood shed for you.
eucharistic ministers before
to
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Ministry of priest measured by love for Jesus, bishop says at retreat By
JIMMY ROSTAR
Church Church
Associate Editor
MAGGIE VALLEY try of a priest cannot be
— The
minis-
measured merely
by the material signs of his life's work, but rather by how his ministry brings people closer to God, Bishop William G. Curlin told his brother priests on retreat in
Maggie
Bishop Curlin presided at a Mass in
ian clergy, hosted the retreat.
the liturgy, the priests recognized
those celebrating anniversaries of ordina-
and
entering retirement from
tiiose
active ministry this year.
"My
brothers,
whose ministry we
cel-
ebrate today, have given their lives to Christ through the years," Bishop Curlin
"We; thank you, my what you are. You are
said in his homily.
brothers, for being
good shepherds.
"We priest
—
see in
Bernadette
Mary Church
Cahill,
in Sylva;
Ob-
of St. Francis de Sales Father Thomas
lates
Fitzpatrick, pastor of Our Lady of the Highways Church in Thomasville; and Father Joseph Ayathupadam, pastor of
Holy
Spirit
Church
in
Denver.
Father John Aurilia, pastor of Immaculate
Conception Church Oblates of
in Hendersonville,
and
Francis de Sales Father
St.
Albert Gondek, pastor of Our Lady of the
Rosary Church in Lexington. Father John Hoover, director of New Creation Monastery in Boonville, celebrates 25 years this year. In addition to Father Waters, Msgr. William Pharr and Father Gabriel Meehan were recognized as they retired from active ministry this summer. Bishop Curlin said the jubilarians and retirees are models of the priestly life every priest can imitate.
He
said priests
assume an awesome God's love from
responsibility of taking
you what
it
means
to be a
to have a Christ-like, loving heart
in serving
St.
St.
Father James
Celebrating 35 years are Capuchin
Margaret Church Oct. 3 during the annual retreat for diocesan and religious priests sening in the Charlotte Diocese. Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center, a diocesan institution staffed by Augustin-
tion
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in Linville;
pastor of
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God's people."
the celebration of
Theirs
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he added.
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'The greatest moment for us is this moment," he said, motioning to the hosts and chalices. "We take bread and wine, and we call on the Holy Spirit, sinners that we
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Celebrating 40 years are Father Aloysius D'Silva, pastor of St. Lucien
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Celebrating 45 years of priesthood in
2001 are Father Joseph Waters, retired this year,
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October
12,
2001
Living the Faith
Deacon, wife provide mutual support with faith, ministry By
ALESHA
M. PRICE
where
Staff Writer
CHARLOTTE Macero saved
—
Rev. Mr. Carl
his future wife
on the
Barbara was dancing with someone else at a party and motioned
dance
floor.
across the
He
her.
their
room
to
Macero
to "rescue"
obliged, and they two-stepped
way through
college courtship.
a high school
He had
seen her for
the first time during lunch at their
Hyde
and
New
Park, N.Y., school and had said
"There she is." Macero had attended Catholic elementary school and had made the transition to public school easily with friends and his sweetheart at his side. They would gather for parties and get-togethers at each other's homes, and the tradition continued at St. John's University where they attended college. They were married after Barbara graduated in 1966, and Macero, a history major, began working in insurance in Boston while pursuing his master's degree in business at Boston College. After moving back home a couple of times during the '60s after his father was in an accident and subsequently passed away, the Maceros and their two children moved to the sunny skies and flatlands of Dallas in 1980. This corporate move was instrumental in placing Macero's faith to himself,
at the center of his
was
life.
faith lives),
in
many
which
families
think
I
is
the case
where 'Mom'
is
a cradle Catholic, so
the
and
his ministry ignited a spark in
Macero "I
was
that could not be quenched.
had started to wonder
me
calling
said. "I
think
sion because
to
it I
Mrs. Macero converted to Catholicism during her college years and became very active after they were married. "I was exposed to it as a child, and there was always something that was drawing it to me," she said.
to
his
her that he wanted to be a permanent deacon, and told
Macero found himself involved
year program. He dove headfirst into the rigorous program and studied about 15 hours a
in
various capacities in his church. Bible study, music ministry, reading Scripture at Mass, eucharistic ministry,
RCIA became
prayer group and
'staples in their lives as
they explored
aspects of their faith and
ger in their spiritual
grew stron-
lives.
spirituality
and spiritual
awareness really started to blossom then, and the strong calling to love and follow Jesus became a reality in our lives," said Rev. Mr. Macero. "I formed my faith in a far more serious way than even when I was in parochial school."
The permanent duced
that minis-
wife's surprise, he
with her support, he
diaconate intro-
the Maceros through
itself to
One of his friends had been in his diocese's previous diaconate class,
closest
You're Invited!
applied and
was
him
ac-
move. Rev. Mr. Macero found out that St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte
cepted into the five-
had never had a deacon and that Capuchin Father Ignatius
week. "In most diaconate programs, for the first couple of
Rev. Mr. Carl
you have to start knocking away some of the myths you have developed
years,
during childhood (about Catholicism). I tried to be open-minded especially when we began," remembered Rev. Mr. Macero, who said that his Bible study work and undergraduate history degree helped with his formation classes. "It was exciting and new for us and was a way to mature in our faith and the understanding of it. We had a wonderful time with community and relationship building," he said. Ordination in 1992 led to ministerial work with diaconate candidates and other parish work. While his spiritual life was blossoming so too was his professional life. He had taken a job as
Zampino, the pastor, had been asking for
Macero
Qne The University of North Carolina at Charlotte area was familiar to him, so it was a perfect fit.
The grandfather
of three is now in diaconate
working with aspirants formation and is working
at his parish.
He
says that the diaconate has strengthened his marriage and has helped to keep things in perspective. "Our faith has always kept us together. Our spirituality is a strong part of our lives and is the core of a successful marriage."
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underwriter for TransAmerica Reinsurance in 1996. Even though he was not happy about the move, a series of events made it impossible to doubt his life's path. His boss in Charlotte had made inquiries about the diaconate in the Diocese of Charlotte even before he had asked Rev. Mr. Macero to
right thing for me."
Much
1993, and
he
seemed to be the
ally
in
to relocate
Charlotte as vice president and chief
a natural progres-
felt called to
company decided
the Lord
(the diaconate),"
it
was
Their Texas parish family was a source of support for the Maceros as they adjusted to life in the South, and
"Our
if
underwriting manager the
try of service. It re-
spiritual head."
the influence of friends.
Catholicism was always going to be "I
I was going to be, but I had been here and there with my faith," said Rev. Mr. Macero. "Barb led the way while I trailed behind (in our