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Chain links prayers for Jim Fowler, executive director of Mutual of Omaha's Wildlife Heritage Center and host of "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom," and Leno, a four-month-old Bengal tiger, were among special guests at All Saints School in Charlotte Oct. 12 for an educational presentation on wild animals. Fowler, a naturalist, zoologist and geologist who has made numerous television and movie appearances, is also seen regularly on "Animal Encounters with Jim Fowler" on the Animal Planet cable channel and on NBC's "Today Show," where he and his animal friends appear every two weeks. Above, All Saints Principal Betsy DesNoyer and firstgrader Anna Dettmer present Fowler with an All Saints shirt.
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Every Week
Death penalty opponents take journey of hope
Entertainment .Pages Editorials
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By JOANITA M.
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Correspondent
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"
10-11
12-13
everyone who exalts
himself will be humbled,
MAGGIE VALLEY
tried to give
Cushing
came
himself will be exalted."
dered and
to
people.
18: 14
Robert
"Renny" Cushing Jr. stood before the small group assembled in St. Margaret Church Oct. 6 and talked about hope, but not the kind of hope someone had
and the one who humbles
- Luke
—
I
me
him
after
said,
'I
hope they
group
my
that Cushing, executive
Reconciliation, advocates
"A man was mur-
that,
father
hope they fry those fry them so you and
your family can get some peace.' I know that man meant to comfort me, but it was the most horrible thing he could possibly have said."
is
the hope that
1988 Robert and Marie Cushing said. "They were
planted a garden," he
celebrating the birth of their
the death penalty will be abolished.
child
About 20 members of the group are speaking throughout North Carolina Oct. 6-23 in a program called "Journey
my
sponsored by North Carolina People of Faith Against the Death Penalty. Other Journey of Hope events within the Diocese of Charlotte were scheduled for Asheville, Charlotte of Hope," which
in 1988.
told the
The hope
director of Murder Victims' Families for
is
and the Triad. Cushing might well be expected to
— my
mother
new grand-
daughter. That evening as sat
on the couch watching
the Boston Celtics playoff game, the
My father opened the door and was greeted by two shotgun doorbell rang.
blasts that turned his chest into
ham-
burger and killed him in front of my mother's eyes." Robert McLaughlin Sr., the man who killed Cushing's father, was a police officer. He took a sawed-off shotgun from
strongly advocate the death penalty.
T
came
to speak to
you because
in
See
JOURNEY,
page
14
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2
The World
October 19, 2001
Brief
in
Four cardinals give measured support to retaliatory attacks
WASHINGTON
archbishop of
11
noon Mass
— Four US
(CNS)
Oct
and suspected
their lives in the Sept.
Philadelphia said he justice,
new
necessity
Maida of Detroit,
J.
now
"stand with the bereaved."
Pope prays for victims, for peace a month after terrorist attacks
is
John Paul
"a military
CNS photo from
founder of Sisters of Providence VATICAN CITY (CNS) In
—
urgy that celebrated
beatified
II
a
seven
overlooking the site of the fallen buildings in New York Oct. service at ground zero marked the tragic event.
Canadian founder of a
people, including the
Reuters
New York workers pause for one-month memorial One month after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, workers pause to watch a memorial service from a damaged pedestrian bridge
lit-
around the
saintiiness
world, Pope John Paul
1 1.
A short
religious order dedicated to serving the sick beatified during the Oct two martyrs: an Armenian archbishop killed by Turks in the early 1900s and a German journalist executed by
and the poor. Others included
the Nazis in 1945. Declared "blessed" for her life
of holiness and
was
sacrifice
Tavernier Gamelin,
needy
who
Sister Emilie
ministered to the
Montreal before dy-
in 19di-century
Her
ing during a cholera epidemic in 1851.
know the saving love of Jesus Christ" Lawyers concerned for public good urged to heed social teaching
be a short and quick operation, and from this some good will come."
AveryTXilles said in a lecture
it
will
World Mission Sunday aids church in developing world
— Cardinal
(CNS)
Oct 9
tiiat
Speaking at die Fordham
New York
Law
John E. Kozar, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United
The
Pakistan expressed grave con-
States, said in a statement released for
Peter the Apostie and the Pontifical Mis-
gram, part of Fordham
gov-
ernment
bishops
in Afghanistan. Several
concern that the
air strikes,
ground war, could make Chrisa target for violence by Islamic funda-
potential
Oct. 21.
"On
the
one hand we are witnessing a time of great growth for the church in the missions," said the priest,
who
heads the Society for the
sionary Union. 'Yet
more and more
often,"
J.
he added, "we see great suffering among the poor, and we find missionaries serving
Saldanha of Lahore, chairman of the bish-
in those areas, often at great risk to their
tians
mentalists. Archbishop
Lawrence
and peace commission,
ops' justice
said
he
own
lives,
so that the poor
may come
to
tute
Law
School's Insti-
Law & Lawyer's Work Archbishop John Myers installed in Newark, N.J.
on
Religion,
—
NEWARK, bishop John
J.
N.J. (CNS) ArchMyers was installed as fifth
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Secretary: Sherill
—
priests, Asheville
—
October 28
— 2 p.m.
tem of healing.
in the
Usai sys-
Participants will have the
opportunity to receive a Iaying-on of hands
treatment and
Holy Charlotte
—
master Reiki practitioner
celebration
Thomas Aquinas,
543-7677.
a Reiki weekend with Karen Purcott, a
25th/ 50th anniversary Mass and St.
in his previous
terrorist
targets in Afghanistan, the pope did not
support or
condemn
the military action.
Ecumenical delegates tell bishops to learn from other churches
VATICAN CITY
(CNS)
—
All
Spirit
reflect
upon the
For more
gifts
of the
information, call the
center at (828) 622-7366.
27 CHARLOTTE
—
Singles of Charlotte invite
and
women
solutions, said ecumenical delegates at the
Synod of Bishops. Delegates from the Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican and Armenian Apostolic churches addressed the synod Oct.
11,
echoing
many
of the concerns
shared with the gathering by the participating Catholic bishops. In discussing the essential role of the bishop in the tal
structure of the church,
"it is
sacramenencourag-
ing to hear bishops speaking along the
same lines" as Orthodox bishops have been doing, said Orthodox Metropolitan Ambrosius of Oulu, Finland. 'We share the same problems and concerns," he said.
bring non-perishable items to be donated
The all
Catholic
single
men
to their Halloween party this
bank For time, location, and more information about
to die local food
directions
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 healing and has spoken to groups around the country. For details, call the church
Mass, dedication and celebration
Graphic Designer: Tim Faragher
planner October
October 21
As
evening at the Mereview Clubhouse. Guests are asked to wear costumes and to
Diocesan
Bishop William G. Curlin will take part
Reverend William G. Curlin
Associate Editor:
a
said.
ing and organization, and they can learn from one another as they share possible
coupled with a
British air strikes against the Taliban
World Mission Sunday
pope
adequately taught without reference to the
Propagation of the Faith, the Society of St.
U.S.-
during a
churches have concerns about power-shar-
said that
who spoke to Catholic News Sendee voiced
wake of
Christian population in the
1 1
law "cannot be
he
Catholic Church has developed an unmatched body of social teaching, and the development reflects centuries of in-depth study of "the role of law and its place in a wellordered society," he said. With the lecture, Cardinal Dulles, who is McGinley professor of religion and society at Fordham University, inaugurated a Catholic Lawyers Pro-
cern for the safety of the country's minority
Oct
bombing campaign on suspected
School
—
Pakistan (CNS)
said
public statements since the start of a U.S.
was a resource "that no pubBcly-minded lawyer can afford to ig-
purposes of society and the nature ofjustice."
ISLAMABAD,
and peace," he
morning prayer with hundreds of bishops attending a monthlong synod. "May the Lord uproot from the heart of man every trace of rancor, enmity and hate and make him open to reconciliation, solidarity and
die
churches in the developing world, Father
Pakistani bishops express concern for safety of Christians
justice
church's social teaching
nore."
—
NEW YORK
NEW YORK
in
on her work on four continents.
in
United States with
'We implore tenacity and perseverance for all men of good will in pursuing paths of
peace," the
saw the Oct 7 air strikes "as a necessary means to an end." He said, "We had hoped that a solution could have been worked out in a more peaceful way. Now we hope that
(CNS) These are times of great growth and great need in the
order, the Sisters of Providence, today carries
Bishops
(CNS) Pope commemorated the deadly
terrorist attacks in the
Pope beatifies seven, including
Mass
II
prayers for the victims and for world peace.
the free world."
7
—
VATICAN CITY
the people of
itself to
presents
archbishop asked prayers for the dead
and pledged that the archdiocese would
not vengeance. And, according to Car-
Adam
dinal
lost
terrorist attacks.
Trade Center, which was just across the river from the Newark Archdiocese, were about 2,000 people from New Jersey. The
Bevilacqua of
confident the goal
is
1 1
Among the dead and missing at the World
campaign a "necessary response" but one he prayed would not take innocent life and would be guided by "principles of morality and human dignity." Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston said it was "understandable, given the threat to the common good posed by terrorists and their supcalled the military
J.
who
"great national sorrow" for those
camps in Afghanistan. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington
Anthony
the start of
by more than 60 cardiand bishops, was tempered by the
nals
terrorist
porters." Cardinal
At
occasion, attended
7 by American and British
forces against military targets
after-
the ceremonies, he noted that the joy of the
sured support for the retaliatory strikes launched
an
at
in the archdiocese's Cathedral
Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
gave mea-
cardinals, in separate statements,
Newark Oct 9
J
'
their
25th anniversary party with former
and current members on Dec. 1, call Frances Wiggins at (704) 367-0464 or email cathsinglesclt@aol.com.
27 CHARLOTTE
—
St Peter Church, Tryon St, is hosting its 2nd Annual Kennedy Lecture Series featuring Megan McKenna. The session entided Parables: Visiting the Kingdom" will include stories 507
S.
and and
will
about the parables in die Bible be held from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in Biss Hall. For details, call the church office at (704) 332-5342. tales
28 HENDERSONVILLE
— The
St.
Francis of the Hills Fraternity of the Secu-
Franciscan Order will meet today from 3-5 p.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, 208 7tii Ave. West in the office wing. Visitors and inquirers are welcome, so for more information, call Helen
lar
Gillogly,
SFO,
at (828) 883-9645.
October 19, 2001
The World
The Catholic News & Herald 3
Brief
in
Vatican's U.N. nuncio to give peace award to Knights of Columbus
NEW YORK
(CNS)
What is the revelation they exWhat is their encounter with
grants?
perience?
God?" he
— Archbishop
Father Groody has writ-
A Mexican Immigrant Spiritualexamining the evangelizing dimension of Mexican migration into the United States. The book is scheduled to be published next spring by Rowman &
Renato R. Martino, Vatican nuncio to the United Nations, has announced that the Champion of Peace Award given by the Path to Peace Foundation would go this year to the Knights of Columbus. The foundation, an agency founded and led
said.
ten a book, "Border of Death, Valley of Life: ity,"
by
Littlefield.
the archbishop to carry out projects related
Liturgy directors
work of the Vatican's U.N. mission, initiated the Champion of Peace Award
discuss renewal of Sunday as Lord's day
to the
PHILADELPHIA
year with a presentation to the
last
Knights of Malta. Announcing
award Oct. 10, Archbishop Martino said the Knights of Columbus were "consistently devoted to supporting the Holy Father and the Holy See on countless initiatives for spreading the Gospel of Christ throughout the world, particularly in their uncompromising defense of the sanctity of human life and the family."
Cardinal urges solution to Hispanic vocations crisis ATLANTA (CNS) The priestly
—
CNS photo from
Chinese
Reuters
women
pray at Catholic church in Beijing Elderly Chinese women pray at a Catholic church in Beijing Oct. 14, observed as the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Catholic priest in Beijing. Italian Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci first arrived in Macau in 1582. He moved to Beijing in 1601 and died there nine years later. An academic symposium was meeting in China's capital for four days to review the writings and work of the missionary.
vocations crisis affects the entire U.S.
church but
among Hispanics much faster,
sharper
is
because they are increasing
said Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington. "If we don't find solutions, the problem will be bigger in the future," he said. Cardinal McCarrick spoke in Atlanta during the Oct. 1-4- annual meeting of the
Among
vador
minimum wage,
earthquakes earlier this year, said Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador. About 250,000 permanent housing units are needed before the rainy season starts in May, he said, adding that this will be difficult to do and will require foreign funds. "Normally, the country builds about 20,000 housing units per year," he said. Archbishop Saenz was interviewed while in
ways
uninsured.
Pope says Nobel Peace Prize crowns Annan's dedicated work VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope
least a third
of
this
shortage
is
that at
the Catholics are His-
all
panic," the cardinal said.
of
—
to solve the scarcity of Hispanic
"The church has no doubt
"A major problem is no aware-
that there
ness that the shortage exists," he added.
Catholic Charities outlines economic stimulus package for poor
WASHINGTON Charities
USA
(CNS)
has laid out
its
—
Catholic
vision of an
economic stimulus and domestic relief initiative for the country following the Sept. 1 1 terrorist attacks. 'While much has changed since Sept. 11, many things remain the same," Sharon Daly, Catholic
Charities
USA's
policy, said Oct.
John Paul
on
congratulated Nobel Peace
general, telling
him the award "crowns a
lifetime dedicated to serving peace
and jus-
November 1 GUILFORD COUNTY
— The
lic
100th annual peace prize Oct. 12 in Oslo,
across the U.S. border can
Norway. The winners were picked from a field of 136 nominees, including Pope John
evangelizing pilgrimage, said Holy Cross Father Daniel Groody, assistant
Ancient Order of Hibernians Guilford County Division 1, an Irish-Catholic social and charitable inter-parish group, will be having a meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Ladies' Cottage at
Our Lady of Grace
West Market
Bishops.
Priest calls Mexican migration to U.S. an
evangelizing pilgrimage (CNS) The clandestine migration of Mexicans
—
WASHINGTON
become an
theology professor at the University of
Paul.
WASHINGTON
Policy.
Ladies
of the U.S. Conference of Catho-
officials
quake victims still need permanent housing
and Family
for visits with
and the well-being of the world's The pope said, "I warmly congratulate you on this well-deserved recognition of your efforts to build up the U.N. system." The pope's comments were made in a telegram after Annan and the United Nations were named the winners of the
testimony before the
in
Washington Oct. 11-13
tice
Archbishop: Salvadoran
1 1
faces the
ing permanent housing after a series of
peoples."
vice president for social
Social Security
Church, 2205
II
Prize laureate Kofi Annan, U.N. secretary-
Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee
child-care assistance, af-
fordable housing and health care for the
National Association of Hispanic Priests on
priests.
problem of rebuild-
needs she said remain the same and must be addressed, Daly listed the
still
(CNS)
— El
Notre Dame. It has spiritual dimensions which need to be tapped, he said in an
'What
Oct. 10 telephone interview. Sal-
the
are
wounds and struggles of immi-
contributed to the parish's development.
p.m. Prayer and worship with prayer
All are invited to Biss Hall at 12:15 p.m.
teams
today.
For
details, call
the church office at
(704) 332-5342.
4 CHARLOTTE — The St.
Maximilian Kolbe Fraternity of Secular Franciscans will be meeting today from 2-4 p.m. at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Statesville Ave. All visitors and inquirers are welcome. For more infonnation, call
and a potluck dinner will follow the Mass. Father John Putnam, pastor, will be the celebrant. For further information, will be available at 3 p.m.,
call Bill
5
Owens
at (704)
CHARLOTTE
(CNS)
— More
than 200 U.S. diocesan liturgy officials gathered in Philadelphia Oct. 2-6 to discuss renewal of Sunday as the Lord's
this year's
639-9837.
— Churches
in the
Day of Days" was the main theme of the meeting. The four main speakers addressed various aspects of Pope John Paul IPs 1998 apostolic letter, "Dies Domini" ("The Day of the Lord"), on Sunday as a day of rest, worship and celebration. Norbertine Father Andrew D. Ciferni, rector of Daylesforth Abbey Church in Paoli, Pa., and a former professor of homiletics and liturgy, discussed the challenges for a Catholic approach to Sunday that are posed by contemporary American day. "Sunday:
culture.
One challenge, he said, is simwe need to be there" with the
ply "that
assembly
at worship.
World Food Day shows enormity of world hunger, says coordinator
WASHINGTON Food Day, observed
(CNS)
— World
Oct. 16 this year,
an annual effort to raise people's conhow many people in the world go hungry, but the effort doesn't stop with just one day, says its coordinator. "Our main purpose is getting people to use World Food Day effectively; that means gathering resources and getting information out to is
sciousness about just
people," Patricia
Young, national coor-
dinator of the U.S. National Committee for
World Food Day,
said in an inter-
view. "The World Food Day effort never stops." Numerous Catholic institutions are among the sponsoring orga-
World Food now observed
nizations of the committee.
Day, started in
in 1981,
more than 150
is
nations.
not be given this month but will be offered next month, and the laying on of hands will take place after Mass. The next Mass will be celebrated on Dec. 3. For more information, call the church office at (336) 778-0600 or Jim Passero at (336) ciliation will
998-7503.
at the Charlotte
child or children today at 3 p.m. with a
Airport Holiday Inn. Registration closes
reception following the Mass. All are in-
Charlotte area will be having their regularly scheduled cancer support group meetings for survivors, family and friends on the following days: St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., tonight at 7 p.m. in the ministry center library and St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., on Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in the office building conference room. For more informa-
and the weekends fill up quickly. For further details and to register, call Tom
vited to arrive at 2:30 p.m. to light a candle
tion, call: St.
or place pictures of loved ones in the sanc-
Borrelli at (704) 542-2283 and St. Gabriel - Eileen Correll at (704) 362-
with a special message from Bishop William G. Curlin. The event will be held at Harrell Hall. For more information, call Rosemary Kingsley at (828) 274-0318 or e-mail
5047, Ext. 217.
johnann77@msn.com.
boro.
St. in
For further information,
Greens-
call
Alice
Schmidt at (336) 288-0983. 2 CHARLOTTE Marriage Encounter
—
Skyler
Mood, SFO,
4 CHARLOTTE
at (704) 573-4299.
— The
Weekends are designed for couples to get away from jobs, kids, chores and phones for 44 hours and focus only on each other. The
ers'
next Marriage Encounter will be taking
parents and grandparents of a deceased
place today through
Nov. 4
Oct. 30,
Christian
Group of St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd., will host a special Mass for
A
and Emilie Sandin at (336) 274-4424. 4 CHARLOTTE In honor of the year-
tuary.
long 150th anniversary of St. Peter Church, 507 S. Tryon St., Ellouise Schoettler, professional artist and story-
followed by a reception. For details,
—
teller, will illustrate
church and
tell
the early history of the
the stories of those
who
Moth-
will
Mass
for
widows and widowers
be celebrated on Nov. 11 at 3 p.m.
Dengler
at (704) 364-5431,
4 SALISBURY 128 N. Fulton
—
St.,
call
B J.
Ext 212
Sacred Heart Church, will
charismatic and healing
be celebrating a
Mass today
at
4
5
Matthew
CLEMMONS
—
-
Marilyn
Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd., will be celebrating a charismatic Mass tonight with Father Anthony Marcaccio at 7:30 p.m. The sacrament of recon-
10 LAKE JUNALUSKA is
— Oct.«26
the deadline for registering for Fire
in the
Mountains 2001
the Edge:
- "Living
on
The Challenge of Spiritual-
Father Louis Cameli, director of ongoing formation of priests in the Archdiocese of Chicago, ity" featuring
Please submit notices of events for the Diocesan Planner at least 10 days prior to the
publication date.
4
The Catholic News & Herald
October 19, 2001
Around thie Diocese
Campus ministry house
Healing Mass to be celebrated
dedicated at UNC-Asheville
at South Charlotte parish
By
WENDY
E.
MURRAY
ASHEVILLE
— About 35
students,
meeting where they
istry for years,
newal.
As friends gathered on the backyard lawn, Father Frank Cancro of St. Eugene Catholic Church began the rite. is
DeGrandis
"We
take the notion of
community
UNC-A, and many
people
priest
commu-
Society of St. Joseph Father Robert
Mass Oct 25 at St Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Parkway in Charlotte. Since 1979, Father DeGrandis has will celebrate the
7:30 p.m. in
Colombia and countries
crowds
in national stadiums, said organiz-
ministries provide a wonderful ground-
ing for students."
ber of the Diocese of Charlotte's Renewal
Future plans include a yard sale to benefit the house, a Thanksgiving progressive dinner for all the student groups and Advent services. Anyone wishing to contact the campus house may call (828) 2503841.
Service
terfaith events,
Sunday evenings.
and attend Mass on
Among
other student
groups using the house are from the Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian and Episcopal ministries. Baptist students already have an
off-campus house of their
own where
they gather to hold their activities. The Hillel student group, the Jew-
campus organization, is considering joining in on some events at the Coop-
Campus Ministry
After the Sept.
A
correspondent for The Catholic
News
& Herald in the Asheville Vicariate,
1 1
Wendy Murray was recently appointed as the new Catholic campus minister for the
house.
terrorist attacks
UNC-A held
University of North Carolina at Asheville.
an interworship service for the university community. From this event, an interfaith team was formed to meet monthly at the house to exchange ideas and plan special events and educational workshops. Their goal will be to provide in the
Northeast,
ers
who
are sponsoring his
Team. "His
an exciting time to be in campus "Our new home is a safe haven where all may enter to feel a sense of oneness. We feel that we are building an "This
faith
visit.
discussion of healing
circulated worldwide.
strongly deals with the aspect of forgiveness. Especially
there
so
is
hoping for
much is
Father DeGrandis'
during these times when fear
and unrest what I'm
newal Service
News
is
won-
an inner healing in
A
collection will be taken at the
Mass
Gardner
For further information, call Barbara Gardner at (704) 846-8133 or St. Matthew Church at (704) 543-7677.
DeGrandis' discussion of the liturgy profoundly "touches on an awareness" of how fundamentally said Father
for Father
ecumenicalfoundation that professes
'all
welcome' here."
are
^A
i
HEALING MASS October 25th, Thursday 7:30 pro
Titles, plus Bibles, Rosaries, Statues,
& much, much more! Monday Friday
Medals, Tapes, CD's, Plaques,
9am 5pm
DeGrandis' ministries.
is
ministry, " she said.
Catholic Gift & Book Store
Hours:
whom
God is in control, is very powerful, too."
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and by Good
lier this year.
which people come to know peace, to know that
Team
Ministries, the latter of
sponsored the Southeast FIRE Rally irt 1999 and the Youth Power Rally ear-
inner healing." "Certainly, a physical healing
spon-
visit is
sored by the Diocese of Charlotte's Re-
that people will experience an
derful,^ she added. "But
ish
erative
the campus
in Central and South America. Father DeGrandis has penned more than 40 books, including a collection of testimonies of Catholic priests touched and renewed by the Holy Spirit and an examination of the Mass as a healing service. Many of his books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and are
power of forgiveness to small gatherings in countryside churches and overflow
meetings, plan service projects and in-
this,
Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea,
the message of God's love and the healing
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St.
Joseph statue finds final resting place in Mount Holly By KRIS
JORDAN
St Joseph's Hospital, the statue of St
and the Department of the Interior. The structure was actually the fourth Catholic Church built in the Carolinas, which at the time reached further west than Knoxville, Tenn. Today, only one
year later
Joseph that graced the hospital since 1924
other of the four churches remains stand-
from
Special to The Catholic
for
was
75 years
"retired"
News
& Herald
— On Sept
ASHEVILLE after
18,
2001,
in service as the figurehead
and moved away to allow for
ing, St. Paul's in
Although
expansion of the parking deck.
Once the administration of Mission Joseph Health System mandated the
St.
move
of the statue, the Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina set out to locate a
new home
the 1,650-pound marble St Joseph and as
it
turns out
place
was
— an appropriate <
for
—
resting
cemJoseph Catholic Church in Mt.
located in the churchyard
etery of St. Holly.
Robert Williams and of the
late Sister
the "frontier" Catholics
number among buried there whose
now
be overseen by the
Evangelist Nixon
resting places will St.
Joseph statue.
The
statue's
new home
is
located
about 15 miles from the Sisters of Mercy of
North Carolina motherhouse. Church, built in 1843,
is
St.
Joseph
the oldest stand-
ing Catholic Church in North Carolina. In 1976, the church efforts
was restored through the
of Bishop Michael
J.
Begley and a
dedicated group of local Catholics from several parishes,
some of whom have an-
cestors buried in the cemetery.
The
exte-
and pews are just as they were during the first Mass at the church, which in 1979 was designated as a national historical site by the State of North Carolina rior, altar
New
St.
Joseph's
was the
first
here and the
was not the first it
Catholic Church dedicated first
1842, Father Cronin contracted yellow fever and died before he could see the
building of
Catholic Church built
west of the Catawba River. Until the time of its dedication, Catholic families primarily of Irish heritage wor-
its
immigrants
body was
who
de-
Upon
completed.
altar,"
completion a Latin in-
Upon
completion of the building, Fa-
ther John Gifford,
who
Mass.
Due
to inclement weather he
were recognized and seed monies for a church were procured. The bishop, Bishop I A. Reynolds, later assigned Father T J. Cronin to the Mt. Holly
local Catholics
Beginning with a six-acre parcel of land donated by William Lonergan as the area.
first
was
unable to cross the Catawba River at the
appointed hour. Instead a missionary who had been traveling the area arrived
the needs of the
became
parish and scheduled to perform the
church of their own. it
later
Bishop of Chicago, was assigned to the
priest Father J J. O'Connell,
luck would have
moved
"Habemus Altare," or "We have was placed above the altar.
cided to remain realized that they needed a
As
disinterred
—
—
an
The
Irish
his
Although for years Mass had been wide variety of locations, once construction on the church was begun its congregation was adamant and somewhat stubborn about not celebrating Mass in the building until the altar was
mine owner, Chevachapel was in use whenever itinerant missionaries from the Diocese of Charleston would travel through the area. Once the mines no longer produced, de Finola returned to Europe and subsequently the chapel was no longer French-Italian gold
The
however, about a
area,
said at a
scription,
available.
when
He
Joseph's completed.
Salisbury resting place and
shiped in the chapel of their employer, the
Riva de Finola.
St.
would return to the
to the churchyard cemetery.
Bern.
Catholic Church built in North Carolina,
lier
To make this move even more appropriate, family members of Sister Mary Mary
The Catholic News & Herald 5
Around the Diocese
on horseback
another route and happily said the
Mass
via
first
for the congregation following its
War changed the complexion
of the congregation completely. Only one of the Catholic males survived the
war and
consequently attendance at the church de-
From
which he purchased for $4,182.98. Later, on his required annual visit to meet with the bishop of Charleston, he informed the
1847 through 1870, Fathers Barry,
L.P. O'Connell, Father JJ. O'Connell's
and building the church began in earnest Money was collected across the diocese and two years later the church was completed, debt free and ready for dedication. Unfortunately, on a trip to Salisbury in
younger brother, and AL. McNeil, guided
site,
the Civil
Three other priests would serve the congregation composed of families with names like Duffy, Cahill, Lonergan, Cox, Miller and Hawkins. dedication in 1843.
the task of raising funds
construction
Courtesy photo life,
the flock before Father O'Connell retired
from the mission
fields
and took over as
clined. In
1870, Father O'Connell began
looking for a place to retire and found the old Caldwell Plantation, a 536-acre estate
bishop of his intentions to retire soon, since his
congregation was dwindling.
The
pastor of St. Joseph Church.
Like
many
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the News
Chicago-based Bernardin Center has new director Sheila CHICAGO (CNS)
of conversion was published by the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. Sveta Barbassova, a 22-yearold woman who worked as an interpreter during the papal visit, wrote that after being personally touched by the pope's message, she had decided to be letter
—
McLaughlin, former director of the Office for Divine Worship of the Chicago Archdiocese,
new
the
is
director of the
Bernardin Center for Theology and Ministry at Catholic Theological Union in
Chicago. McLaughlin was
named
baptized into the Catholic Church.
the post in September by Passionist
Father Donald Senior, president of the Catholic Theological Union, to replace
Al
Spilly,
who
The
young interpreter said she followed almost every papal event in the Kazak capital of Astana and was amazed at the pope's personality, "so weak physically,
to
resigned in June for
but so strong in
spirit."
Mike Mansfield, elder statesman, dead at 98
health reasons. Father Senior called
McLaughlin
"a superb administrator and a natural leader." He noted that in 1994 she was hand-picked by Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago to serve
WASHINGTON
(CNS)
— Mike
Mansfield, a son of Irish Catholic immi-
grants
whose
political
and diplomatic ca-
as director of his archdiocesan Office for
reer spanned almost half a century, died of
Divine Worship, the largest liturgy fice in the United States. Human rights activist,
congestive heart failure Oct. 5 at Walter
91, to receive
of-
Reed Army Hospital in Washington. He was 98. Mansfield, a Montana Democrat, spent 34 years in Congress and was Senate
2001 Lumen
Christi Award CHICAGO (CNS) A 91-year-old
majority leader a record 16 years, 1961-
—
human
rights activist
who
Lumen
will receive the
is
Christi
Award. Marie Wilkinson of Aurora,
ago,
— he argued in a
that the Catholic
Church was
unique position to exercise a profound
He
told the 1,200 people attending
Sterling Heights that the book's thesis
still
applies 13 years later.
Pope to issue document
in
Asian history and foreign
one of the
but not travel to
VATICAN CITY
earliest
York
— Pope
War
and played
trip
decided a
from
Rome
NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) — Aux-
iliary
to
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Fort
Wayne-South Bend
told lawyers, judges
and law professors and students
Mass
Red
at a
that their positions are ones of privi-
lege and should be used for service. In a tradition dating
from the 13th century,
members of the
legal profession gather at
the beginning of the judicial term for a
Mass
celebrated
ments
to ask the
VATICAN CITY (CNS) officials
often say the positive results of
Pope John Paul is
week
by priests in red vestHoly Spirit to guide members of the bench and bar. 'The whole
— Vatican
cess
in
The pope
few months ago that a
Things magazine. In a book tided 'The
opponents of the U.S.
Vietnam
Bishop tells judges, lawyers to use their positions for service
visit
trip to the continent for the occasion,
Oceania
said.
expert
he was
converted after papal
years to develop, and their pastoral suc-
for
Vatican sources
the editor of First
(CNS)
issue his final
II will
on the Synod
An
affairs,
Kazak interpreter says she
document November, but has decided against making a personal
John Paul
to Japan, a
relations in the 1970s.
1998.
Oceania to close synod
modern
New
a
one source said. It marks the first time the much-traveled pope has stayed home while issuing a regional synod document. Sources said the apostolic exhortation on the church in Oceania will be published at the Vatican in late November. It was written by the pope on the basis of thematic statements adopted at the end of the synod, which took place at the Vatican in late
the conference in the Detroit suburb of
Oct. 5 at a Call to Holiness conference.
is
the Far East would be too taxing for him,
on the culture of the United States and the world and should rise to the chal-
world, Father Richard John Neuhaus said
Neuhaus,
written 13 years
a Lutheran minister
influence
lenge.
from the Senate he
a key role in the opening of U.S.-China
—
Moment" when he was still
Catholic
—
archdiocesan priest,
his retirement
escalation of the
by Chicago-based Catholic Extension. It is the Catholic Church's highest honor for missionary work in America. Wilkinson has worked with more than 60 charitable organizations. She has launched college funds for poor children, rescued migrant workers from living in boxcars and advocated for preschools, fair housing laws, drug addiction treatment and aid to the poor and hungry. 'Catholic moment' is still here, priest says The Catholic DETROIT (CNS) Church still has a historic opportunity to
Father
Upon
post he held from 1977 to 1988.
111.,
award, presented annually
provide direction to a confused
77.
was made U.S. ambassador
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan speaks during a press conference at the United Nations Oct. 12 after it was announced that he and the United Nations had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
and been
involved in numerous charitable causes
photo from Reuters
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan
has spent a
lifetime speaking out against hate
the recipient of the 2001
CNS
II's
foreign trips take
purpose of today's Scripture reading offer
not always easy to measure. But a after the
Kazakstan
in late
is
his homily at the Sept 30 Mass at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the University of Notre Dame's campus.
Bishop Jenky said in
pope returned from September, an unusual
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From the Cover
Statue, from page 5
Mountain parish stands test of time By
ALESHA
M. PRICE
Staff Writer
SWANNANOA among
valley
—
Nestled in a the mountainous terrain
of Western North Carolina lies a small parish with a long history. The spirit of the "Grey Eagle," the name given to the area by the Cherokee nation long ago, still
spreads
its
wings over the people of
Margaret Mary Church. Two days before the feast day of St. Margaret
St.
Mary
Alacoque, the parishioners gath-
ered to celebrate 65 years of worship
and fellowship on Oct.
14.
ception Church in Hendersonville, concelebrated. During the homily, Father Aurilia said that through love of God and one another, the parish has been able to grow and develop. "There is a passage in the Bible which tells us what we are celebrating today. 'This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad,'" said Father Aurilia during his homily. "After 65 years of blessings, successes and ups and downs, we are the ones who must rejoice and be glad. Today we have a right to say thank you and 'I love you' to
One of the parishioners in attendance, Mary "Dot" Sobol, remembers the
God for his many blessings." The rain subsided after
one of the senior surviving parishioners having re-
in
parish in
its
early days.
She
is
ceived the sacraments of baptism, confir-
mation and matrimony in the early 1940s. She and two other women, Opal LeMieux and Mildred Vaillancourt, helped to blaze the trail for the parish by serving on several committees and helping to expand the church's ministries. "The ladies took charge, and we wore several hats. We have all been a good family together, and we have enjoyed it," said Sobol. "The growth has been so gradual that
we have
cepted things as they have
just ac-
come with
God's blessings and our faith." The originally scheduled outdoor Mass was moved into the church because of stormy skies that morning, and people overflowed into the outer areas of the parish. The day's events included Mass, a remembrance of history, a time capsule burial, an anniversary meal and
the
Mass
time for a symbolic event. The parishioners with flowers in hand stood around the burial site of a parish time capsule filled with items representing the various groups of the church and the over half of a century that the church has been in existence. All of the members brought in tokens symbolic of their association with the church also to be placed inside the capsule. The priests in attendance blessed the ground and the capsule and threw dirt onto the capsule while the parishioners took turns throwing dirt and flowers
were
I
arrived at the parish, the people
friendly,
and
it
has been a wonder-
who know your name and whose names you ful
experience to be with people
know." Father Latsko expressed his pride in his parish and in the people who have kept it going for many years. "The people make the church, and we have parishioners here at St. Margaret Mary
who
are community-minded, helpful and friendly. Our growth has been
steady over these last six years that
I
have been with the parish. Being a pastor in this area of
North Carolina has
been a learning experience and has afforded me the opportunity to meet many faith-filled and faithful people." Contact Staff Writer
calling
(704)
Aksha M. Price
370-3354
or
who were
amprice@charhttediocese.org.
A
I
first
church
came
here, there
grown
is officially
a mission of Queen of the
the reclamation project that began in 1976
is
kept alive and well in the personage of Carl Heil, caretaker for
1993,
St Joseph's Church. Since
he has lovingly and
respectfully
tained records for the church
main-
and the grave-
yard; he holds copies of every article or docu-
that he's been able to locate that
associated to the property; pieces together
any
is
he painstakingly
might come
facts that
his
peoplewhen give at least three days' notice 'It
used to be a place where
has
proud to be
all
kinds of
mischief took place since the area was so
overgrown," he
What tion to the
'We
were
have seen the church grow even more since I came here in 1995 which shows that they are doing something
families. It
feel
celebrated at the
branches, maintains the interior and exterior
said.
does Carl think of the
said
a part of this
new
are so thrilled to get that statue.
1
it's
920s.
when he was
Photos by Alesha M. Price
a
One of the moving men boy on his way to
little
and to him it appeared as waving back at him" statue
The plaque
rests on the burial site Margaret Mary Church time capsule during the 65th anniversary celebration on Oct. 14 in Swannanoa.
of the
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Pictured left: Father Andy Latsko, pastor, reads the Gospel during the anniversary Mass.
I
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elementary school he used to wave up
"I
addi-
St Joseph grounds?
since the early
so much,
Latsko, pastor, and Capuchin Father
I
is
Apostles Catholic Church, Belmont Today,
understand that
parish," said Blalock.
and
Mass
special
church annually, whenever possible, on March 19, the Feast of St Joseph, and the
way and tries to verify them before he sets them down in his notes as fact he cuts back tree
in this country.
"When
considering building an abbey
Nebraska A deal was struck widi Father O'Connell whereby he would sell them die plantation lands for cost provided that they would care for him in his retirement and make sure his burial was on holy ground. So, in a roundabout way, the pastor of St Joseph's became instrumental in the establishment of Belmont Abbey in 1 876. The Benedictines kept St Joseph's from being abandoned, even though by the late 1880s and 1890s most of St Joseph's parishioners attended Mass at the Abbey.
ment by
monks
Vincent's Abbey, Latrobe, Penn.,
either in the Carolinas or in
expansion of the parish since her arrival
morning Mass, and Father Andy
and pastor of Immaculate Con-
When
St.
and he hosts guided tours occasionally
only 37
Aurilia, vicar of the Asheville Vi-
cult to be a part of an intimate group.
Connie Blalock threw her flower into the ground and silently stared at the memorial plaque commemorating the event. She and her family came to Western North Carolina from the Philippines in the 1960s and commented on the
Father Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor, presided at the
cariate
Luvenia Jones, who remarked that the family atmosphere is what attracted her to the small parish. "I came from a larger parish in Florida, and I loved it. But, it was diffiright," said
before the burial.
presentation.
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Around the Diocese
Rev. Mr. Scott D. Gilfillan, Rev. Mr. Pierre M. K'Briuh, Rev. Mr. David E. King, Rev. Mr. R. Alexander Lyerly,
Diocesan Association of Permanent Deacons gathers for annual meeting
Rev. Mr. James Mazur, Rev. Mr.
Nash,
Mark
Mr. Michael J. Zboyovski, Rev. Mr. Wayne Adams
D.
Rev.
and Rev. Mr. Gerard
By REV. MR.
GERALD POTKAY
was a tension between the
presbyteriate
nent deacons serving in the Diocese of
and the diaconate because many bishops were taken from the ranks of the diaconate. Then, as the role of the priest, who presided
Correspondent
— On
HICKORY
Oct.
12,
perma-
grew
Permanent Deacons community of deacons and tion of
is
to serve the
their wives in
whatever capacity needed. Rev. Mr. Bernard W. Wenning Jr., the
Charlotte convened at the Catholic Confer-
at the Eucharist,
coupled
diocesan coordinator for the permanent
ence Center in Hickory for their annual
with the advent of monasticism in which
diaconate, said there are 78 deacons as-
meeting.
many
signed to the Charlotte Diocese.
It
was a time
for
renewing old ac-
quaintances and building
new
friendships.
For many, this is one of the few times to meet up with classmates. For some, it is the
new beginnings in that they have recendy been ordained into the permanent diaconate, while still others have recendy time of
moved
into the diocese because of job-
in stature,
of the charitable
activities
of the
diaconate were taken over by the monastic
all
Christians are called
who
baptism, those
by
virtue of their
are ordained into the
diaconate become living "sacraments of
He added that the new group of candidates
diaconate being relegated to the transitional role leading to ordination to the
church, nothing
was done
until
Vatican Council
II
the confines of the parish in the workplace.
The
needs of
in the early
diaconate flourished during
the second and third centuries in a variety
of ministries dealing with charity, liturgy
and proclamation of the Word. In effect, the deacon became the bishop's right-hand
man.
The
ries
in
Rev. Mr. Vincent H.
who
Shaw Jr.,
serves the parish of
Greensboro; Rev. Mr.
St.
Thomas
J.
Kak, vice president, serving Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church, High Point; Rev. Scott D. Gilfillan, treasurer, serving St. Joseph Church in Conover; and Rev. Mr. James Mazur, secretary, from Sacred Heart Parish in Salisbury.
Mr.
(1962-63).
acts of charity to the people of God outside
in response to the
on
to implement
the third and throughout the fourth centu-
(6: 1-6)
mushrooming community
church.
is
Book of the Acts of the
election of a
will also serve
the restoration of the permanent diaconate
decline of the diaconate (in the
Aposties a
institution of the diaconate
in the
was the
who
Although the Council of Trent (1545-
Western church) began during the end of
The found
was progressing well. Bishop William G. Curlin presented framed Certificates of Ordination to the newly ordained. They are:
for the diaconate
of officers
officers are:
and the general lack of support for
celibacy
permanent deacons, contributed to the
long and
the Diaconate Board of Directors. These
All of this, along with the emphasis on
Deacons, then, are not lay people doing charitable acts, but ordained members of the Catholic Church, who with their wives live the life of Christ in their own lives as they visibly serve the people of God in both the church and in the workplace. In this capacity, each deacon utilizes his own unique talents for the building up of the parish community to which he belongs. His duties include proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ through liturgies and activities within the church and overt
service" for the church.
the meeting
slate
Mary
63) reaffirmed the place of the deacon in the
while
years, with
years.
The word diaconate has its roots in the Greek word "diakonia," which means ser-
And
64
At
new
Deacon Wenning also introduced nine newly ordained deacons to the group.
prevalent
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2001
9,
Around the Diocese "Marriage
Bishop Curlin addresses deacons: "You cannot lose, if you love Jesus" Curlin demonstrated
how
earth."
God
Jesus embraced
he
that the dea-
is
Keep
expression of
...
in
mind
and bilingual singing. extravaganza were Rev. Mr. Edwin Rodriguez and Rev. Mr. Michael Zboyovski. Afterwards they brought their music to all present by strumming and singing throughout the
that
you are an
lose, if
you love
people,"
Bishop Curlin.
were provided the
"Prayer, sacrifice and a humble, pa-
going to confession. The eel-ebrants of this sacrament were Bishop Curlin, Msgr. Anthony Kovacic and Father Kenneth L. Whittington of St. Charles Borromeo, Morganton.
privilege of
By REV. MR.
GERALD POTKAY
The
Correspondent
HICKORY
be,
—
During the weekend of permanent deacons and their wives from around the diocese gathered for prayer and meditation at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory. Although a
Oct
12-14,
requirement for
all
deacons to attend at
one retreat per year, this particular is not only a time for needed spiritual renewal but, for many, it is a gathering of friends from the past who encourage and support one another. Bishop William G. Curlin directed the
least
deacon's
"My life is your
for you," Bishop Curlin said.
evening prayer should
me
my
open
At
tomorrow
the completion of
at the retreat
if I
don't
"Work
morning prayer
Bishop Curlin challenged
what you
to "practice
being charitable," he
at
fore, in spite
tary faults,
faults.
from public
"For eration,'
Mr. Andrew Cilone and
Mr. James
must be bridges
to unite
all
himself Therefore,
"The bishop has been wonderful,"
said
"He has helped me
to rediscover myself and has redirected my goals for both myself my family and my community."
fol-
Deacon Medina added, "This retreat was great because it has helped me to think more seriously about my own ministry. Now I must give thought to my own strengths and weaknesses. It is truly a time for us to wake up."
gloried in his weakness.
Christ was his strength. Therefore,
let
Jesus be your strength."
"Make Jesus your
rule of life," he said. "Deacons prove their love for Christ by the way in which they deal with their wives, with their families," he continued.
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the world.
'the been-there,
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Johnson.
Rev. Mr. Zboyovski.
God
Mr. David King and
said.
There-
peoples. Private lives cannot be separated
each day."
the presider and Rev.
Bishop Curlin as
Rev. Mr. Joseph Schumacher assisting.
was Janet Zboyovski, the wife of
are called by
Eu-
retreat culminated with the
all
of limited talents and heredi-
all
The
Rev. Mr. Michael Zboyovski. Music was supplied by Rev.
the only road to heaven,"
charistic celebration with
by Bishop Curlin, assisted Kingsley and Rev. Mr. James Crosby. The lector
is
Bishop Curlin said during one session.
say."
"The Twelve Apostles had
"Our heart and the heart of Jesus must be one," he told the deacons. 'Deacons in fact aU Christians must recommit our lives to Jesus
deacon's
"Can people see God's actions in our actions?" queried Bishop Curlin. "Can we say, 'I was nothing but your servant?'"
retreat
—
eyes
The
be, "Lord, don't let
intend to live completely in you," he said.
annual retreat
—
morning prayer should life.... Everything I do is
tient love
was celebrated by Rev. Mr. Art
Saturday's Eucharist
Bishop William G. CurMn directed the annual retreat for permanent deacons and their wives in Hickory. Here, the bishop is assisted at Mass by Rev. Mr. David King and Rev. Mr. Joseph Schumacher.
guitarists for this
hallways.
All at the retreat
Photo by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay
the deacons and their
hall for reminiscing
The
"Never use the
said.
Christ's love.
"You cannot said
fell,
derie in the lounge and in the conference
ministry to hurt with that unkindness that destroys.
in
wives congregated for snacks and camara-
bishop's prayer
life,"
found
can take us over?"
As evening
cons and their wives "incardinate Jesus
your
is
adding that the same is true of ministry. Bishop Curlin then asked: "If we are so terrified that Satan can take over our lives, why are we not filled with wonder that
the cross, only love did.
into
heart of a marriage
the joys, sorrows and sufferings, he said,
the world; that nails didn't keep Christ on
The
the greatest act of faith on
is
The
"
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contact Gina RhaJes,
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October 19, 2001
Readings
Book Review
Books contribute to continuing conversation on today's marriage REVIEWED BY BRIAN M. KANE Catholic
News Service so,
the breakup of marriage, cohabitation, one-
parent households and latchkey children.
American Catholicism also has been buffeted by these changes. While theologically
we continue
of
permanency,
to believe in the qualities
and
procreation
BREAKING APART: A MEMOIR OF DIVORCE, by Wendy Swallow.
Cycle
to affect children,
Waite's and Maggie Gallagher's book, "The Case for Marriage: Why Married People are Happier, Healthier and Better Off Financially," is an excellent resource for those who would like some empirical reasons as to
Linda
FINANCIALLY, by Linda Waite and
Maggie Gallagher. Doubleday (New $24.95.
pp.,
THE UNEXPECTED LEGACYOFDIVORCE:
A 25-YEAR LANDMARK STUDYby Judith S. Wallerstein, Julia Lewis
even when they are
adults.
MARRIED PEOPLEAREHAPPIER, HEALTHIER AND BETTER OFF
260
and for the children, it is about separating from their parents. This volume examines the way in which these children, who are now adults, have made sense of their lives. Seven case studies, which most exemplify the patterns that Wallerstein sees, are presented. While the authors may be faulted for this approach to the subject, since they appear to only show the models which most fit their conclusions, the other,
on the subject of how divorce continues
THE CASE FOR MARRIAGE: WHY
York, 2000).
nary Time
is
Neither a purely academic nor a purely popular book, "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce" is compelling reading
$23.95.
pp.,
and
Sandra Blakeslee. Hyperion (New York,
why
marriage is beneficial. The authors set out to attack some popular arguments that make marriage seem like a poor second choice in our quest for personal happiness.
amine the perceived tion and singleness
2000). 352 pp. $24.95.
They
ex-
benefits of cohabitain several different
conclude that marriage leads to some very good reareas. Ultimately, they
sacramentality, on a pastoral level struggle with the experiences of those
belong to the church and
who
qualities difficult to achieve.
books are the
we who
These three
A
vorce" the
is
Memoir of Di-
significant because
it fills
a void in
volume of books about the nature of
divorce.
The
author,
Married couples tend to
Wendy
Swallow, a
The book
marriage.
like to
view of divorce which is not found in any other book which is presentiy published. The reader travels with Swallow as she
is
it
who would examine the authors' evidence in a
dose of footnotes for those bit
more
detail.
Together, these three books are required reading for anyone
who
is
per-
sonally or professionally interested in
understanding of what the author means
at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pa.
writes:
believe that
it
is
'There are those
By
Luke 18:9-14
captured him.
BOZENA CLOUTIER
Catholic
News Service
During his second tour in Vietnam my husband Harold was assigned as senior adviser on an island near Hue. Harold loved the place and its people from the first From the outset, however, he was dismayed by the conditions in which the women and children of the Viet
Cong were kept on the island. They were interned in a fenced-off and guarded enclosure with minimum shelter and completely inadequate water
and hygiene His
mat
was
situation significandy.
that this action
improve
to
would not earn him
Food was
increased
and improved, and medical care was provided by the U.S. medics. asking his parents back
would harm or betray you. You are as safe walking about here as you would be at home."
A motif that runs through both the Hebrew and the Christian Scriptures is addressed by the prophet Sirach in today's first reading. It
is
the admonition
and protect the weakest members of society, here personified by the "widows and orphans," who were truly to care for
ancient Israel.
He knew well
brownie points with his superiors, but he went ahead in seeing that buildings were put up, adequate water supplied and latrines installed.
He was disturbed to learn of this, but was quickly reassured by his Vietnamese counterpart: "After what you have done for the women and children of the Viet Cong, there is not one person here on the island who
powerless in the male-ordered culture of
facilities.
first priority
Cong
learned that the Viet
had put a price on his head, offering a big monetary reward to whoever killed or
23
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
3) Gospel:
He
home
wrote
The Gospel
up yet another of
picks
those persistent motifs: the folly of arro-
gance and God's clear preference humble and lowly.
The
Christian's call
is
for the
always to
humble service to the marginalized and to an honest appraisal of oneself in relationship with God.
to orga-
and soon generous amounts of clothes were shipped for the women and their children. They were the wives, widows, mothers, sisters and children of men who were fighting with "the enemy," the Viet Cong or who had been killed while serv-
QUESTION:
nize a clothing drive,
written for popular au-
understanding the contemporary American discussion about marriage
when she
34:2-3, 17-19,
to Harold's actions.
He had
Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18
Psalm 2)
come
Reflect on
how you
reach out to the
disenfranchised: widows, single parthe mentally retarded, the poor.
ents,
Which of your own religious practices seduce you into thinking you are somewhat better than others?
and divorce.
the
Weekly Scripture
also includes a healthy
understand the chain of events which caused her to marry, to choose to have children even in the midst of marital troubles, and then to divorce. By the end of the book, one is left with sadness and frustration and an intimate tries to
There was a most unexpected out-
C Readings:
a personal preference. diences, but
an inside
choose either
1)
ing with them.
socially preferred choice, rather than just
Washington, leads the reader on an intimate journey through the breakup of her offers the reader
who
marry or to divorce. Marriage, they conclude, ought to be treated as the to never
professor at American University in
Swallow
live longer,
be more psychologically healthy, have more satisfying sex, and be better off financially than those
continuing conversation.
"Breaking Apart:
sults.
find these
latest contributions to this
October 28, Thirtieth Sunday in Ordi-
about separating from each
it
effect is entirely convincing.
Theia/Hyperion (New York, 2001).
352
experience different divorces. For the spouses,
American culture has been slowly transformed by shifting attitudes about marriage and divorce. We have become more accepting of
For the past 30 years or
Word to Life
Kane teaches theology and is director of Marriage and Family Studies Program
Scripture for the week of Oct. 21 27 17:8-13, 2 Timothy 3:14 42, Luke 18:1-8; Monday, Romans 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
—
Sunday, Exodus
Scripture for the week of Oct. 28 - Nov. 3 Sunday, Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18, Luke 18:9-14, Monday, Romans 8:12-17, Luke 13:10-17; Tuesday, Romans 8:18-25, Luke 13:18-21; Wednes-
Romans 8:26-30, Luke Matthew 5:1-12; Friday (All de Porres), Romans 11:1-2, day,
13:22-30;
Thursday
(All Saints), Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14,
Souls), Daniels 12:1-3, John 6:37-40; Saturday (St 11-12, 25-29,
Luke
14:1,
Martin
7-11
who
simple selfishness that
For those of us who why anyone would rip out their veins for some immature or narcissistic desire to get what they want, because that's what it feels like." To
leads people to divorce.
have lived
her
credit,
it,
it's
hard to see
she succeeds.
Another perspective on divorce is found in "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25-Year Landmark Study." The lead author, Judith S. Wallerstein,
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NEW YORK
(CNS)
— Following
are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops' Office for
Film and
Broadcasting.
"Corky Romano" (Touchstone) Mindless comedy about the goofy veterinarian son (Chris Kattan) of a
Mafia boss (Peter Falk) who poses as an FBI agent to retrieve evidence the feds have on his dad. Director Rob Pritts' tired fish-out-of-water premise garners a few chuckles from the silly circumstances and Kattan's shameless lunacy, but the comedy trudges along, feebly throwing in a lesson about family acceptance at the end.
Recurring comically intended vio-
some mild sexual humor including homosexual jokes, brief drug content and intermittent crass language with profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classificalence,
tion
A-III
is
—
adults.
The Motion
Picture Association of America rating is
—
parents are strongly cauPG-13 Some material may be inap-
tioned.
propriate for children under 13.
"Focus" (Paramount Classics) In World War II New York, a nondescript Christian (William H. Macy) experiences anti-Semitism firsthand when he is fired for simply looking Jewish and is attacked by neighbors when they wrongly assume he married a Jew (Laura Dern).
Adapted from Arthur Miller's first novel, director Neal Slavin's message
Investing
Is
is
handsome and
visually
well-
acted but leaden in conveying its outrage at racism. Brief violence, an im-
and some profanity. The
plied rape
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
—
adults and
adolescents.
The Motion
Picture As-
sociation of
America rating
classification
—
is
A-II
is
PG-13
parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. "Iron Monkey" (Miramax) Snazzy martial arts adventure set in a 19th-century Chinese village where a corrupt politician forces a traveling physician (Donnie Yen) to
capture
a
(Rongguang Yu)
masked who
bandit
—
repeatedly
—
robs the rich to give to the poor by holding the physician's young son in jail. Directed by Yuen Ping, the action is fantastic with several amazing stunts, while the film is sprinkled with humor and slapstick which lend a lighthearted air to the proceedings. Subtitles. Intermittent martial arts violence, fleeting sexual references and a few instances of crass language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children
Wo
— —
under
13.
"Mulholland Drive" (Universal Focus) Surreal story in which a young
woman
(Laura Elena Harring) struck with amnesia after being in a car accident stumbles into the apartment of an aspiring actress (Naomi Watts)
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— —
under
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who
helps her piece her life together. Director David Lynch's frenzied tale about the perils of Hollywood for the young and innocent maintains a pervasive sense of dread and emotional intensity up to a point, then the intentionally inscrutable conclusion renders the film both depressing and hollow. Graphic lesbian sexual content with nudity, a scene of masturbation, disturbing theme of vengeance and betrayal, intermittent violence
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and a
few instances of rough language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is O morally offen-
—
sive.
The Motion
of America rating
inside out
him
when she
decides to teach
Writer-director Jon Dichter's psychological thriller is mostly slick and intelligent, but the slightly distorted spiritual overtones and the central character's shallow transformation produce mixed results.
a lesson.
A
couple of sexual encounters,
rear nudity and sporadic rough lan-
guage with brief profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
—
classi-
A-III adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of
fication
is
America.
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—
restricted.
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Editorials Is
The
October 19, 2001
& Columns
there a just war?
recent tragedy of Sept.
1 1,
old ethical and moral question: Is there a just war?
Speaks
just
war
and
St.
and doctors of the church think that
saints
is
possible."
St.
Augustine,
Guest
2001, has revived an
The Pope
St.
Three
Column
"theoretically, a
Thomas Aquinas
Robert Bellarmine say that four conditions must be
simultaneously present to justify a war: 1.
Lawful authority
2.
Just cause
3.
Right intention Right use of means
4.
POPE JOHN PAUL
FATHER JOHN AURILIA,
0FM
II
least
theologians tend to believe today that
human
human
wholly
Pope asks church to launch
initiatives for
defense of family BY JOHN NORTON News Service Warning that VATICAN CITY (CNS) the family's central role in society was under attack, Pope John Paul II called on the church to launch new educational and political initiatives in its promotion and defense. "Above all it is necessary to pass from a
—
consideration of the family as a sector to a vision of the family as the criterion to measure all political action, because all the dimensions of human and social life are correlated to the
good of the family," he said. The pope made his remarks
in a
message
affair,
is
the result of
war
is
a
the result of greed, envy, hate, ambi-
and passion. There are two extreme
attitudes regard-
the militaristic attitude, which normal way of survival and preservation, and the pacifistic attitude, which declares that war is always wrong because it involves violence. Between these two extremes, there is a wide array of solutions, which are not totally right or totally wrong. If you ask Hitler, he would say that war is necessary. If you ask Gandhi, he would say that war is never justified. If you ask Jesus, he would answer with the law of love (Mt. 5:39-40; 26:52). There are instances in which Jesus challenges us to wage war against sin. The aggressive and defensive wars may clearly appear wrong or right, but
ing the concept of war: allows
new
Catholic
tion
war
failure and, unlike natural disasters,
when
war
it
as a
comes
to political reasons, ethics
seem
to struggle
mentioned above. By the way, three doctors of the church seem to suggest that a just war may be possible; what do the other 30 doctors of the church think about it? If you ask what people think about the USA's action or reaction to the Sept. 1 1 tragedy, you get the whole spectrum of the alphabet from A to Z. Do we take a stand or do we compromise? Here is an example of how to give some reasons without any result. There are comments from a Tennessee legislator answering a constituent's letter about the "whiskey situation" "I had not intended to discuss this controversial subin justifying the four principles
Cap
Guest Columnist
no just war ever took place because at one or two elements were missing. Philosophers and
Historically,
he wrote. "However, I want you do not shun controversy. On the contrary, take a stand on any issue at any time, regardless of
ject at this particular time,"
to I
know
will
that
I
how fraught with controversy it may be. You have asked me how I feel about whiskey. Here's how I stand on the question. If, when you say 'whiskey' you mean: the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that
defiles
innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates
misery and poverty, yes, the Christian
literally takes the
bread from the
mean
the drink that topples
man and woman from
the pinnacle of righ-
mouths of little children;
if you
teousness, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degra-
and helplessness, then, certainly, I power. But if, when you say
dation, despair, shame,
am
against
it
with
you mean:
'whiskey'
my
all
the
oil
of conversation, the philo-
consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts, and laughter on their lips, and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes, if you mean Christian cheer; if you mean the stimulatsophic wine, the ale that
is
ing drink that puts the spring in an old gentleman's step
on a frosty morning, if you mean the drink, the sale of which pours into our treasury untold millions of dollars which are used to provide tender care for our crippled children, our blind, our deaf, pitiful, aged, and infirm, and to build highways, hospitals, and schools; then certainly I am in favor of it. This is my stand, and I will not compromise." By all means, do not ask this politician if there is a just war!
Camillo Ruini, head of the Italian bishops' conference, who was organizing celebrations Oct. 20-21 for the 20th anniversary to Cardinal
initiatives to
1.
On the
of "Familiaris Consortio," a papal document dedicated to the family. Praising the Italian initiative, the pope appealed for more church-sponsored conferences, family events, and cultural, social and political
Light Side
life,
penalizing
"Many
—
the nuclear family."
Why
the family so important? does the church insist so much on the theme of matrimony and the family? The reason is simple, even if not everyone succeeds in understanding it: On the family .depends the destiny of man, his happiness, the ask themselves:
is
Why
ability to give
meaning
to his existence," the
pope said. "Man's destiny depends on that of the family, and that it why I will not tire of affirming that the future of humanity is strictly tied to that of the family," he said. The 81 -year-old pontiff was to meet with Italian families in St. Peter's Square Oct. 20 and celebrate a beatification Mass the following day for Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi, the church's first married couple to be declared blessed.
DAN MORRIS CNS Columnist
health and the envi-
—
A
2.
norms
ronment; city planning and regulation; school systems, "beginning with the right of the parents to choose" between public and private institutions; and labor and tax laws, "which cannot be based only on a consideration of single subjects, overlooking or even worse,
b)
is danger of death, or in the judgment of the minister a grave cause suggests otherwise."
said consideration of the family should
for the protection of
The weapon
conference of bishops has determined another age, or there
ity.
He
891:
that won the Spanish-American war. camera used by professional photographers. c) The entry in canon law that says confirmation "is to be conferred at about the age of discretion unless the
underscore the family's central-
direct all political decisions, including
Canon
a)
a)
and
Sacraments of initiation: What follows "pledge week"
at
many
fraternities
sororities.
Catching an NFL rookie quarterback in the and plowing sod with his face mask c) A trio of sacraments: baptism first Communion and b)
backfield,
Confirmation Quiz
A
confirmation.
column on the U.S. confirmation guidelines has provoked much thoughtful comment from readers, including a mild rebuke from a Texas Catholic who wanted me to know I was way out of line in saying young persons could not be confirmed willy-nilly from parish to recent
Age of discretion:
A past era of the human
formed the better part of coupon days. tion
b)
The
state of life achieved
race during which discrevalor, except
when one
"Hey, Mr. Sawdustbrain," she wrote, "we can have our kids confirmed at about any age
They do
it
in
grade school
in
we want
one
place,
in
our diocese.
middle school
in
another and high school in others. Get your facts straight."
This made an impact on me, especially when I read it much fun that I next tried
with a Texas accent. That was so a French accent,
and that was funny too. German was when I imagined myself wearing a
really a kick, especially
Col. Klink costume. Feel free to try
As you
it
—
establishing
it
somewhere between "the age of discretion and about 16 years of age." Each diocese may establish its own policy, as
although the risk of being called copycat give the bishops a hand,
multiple-choice quiz
I
am
is
about age 4.
a)
including a brief
on words and phrases often used
quiz follows.
on one
A stand-in actor if Norm was absent from "Cheers."
A transitory regulation or guideline until a perma-
for confirmation
age
is
"temporary norm" August was between the age
established; the
until this
of discretion and "about 18." 5. Ecclesiastical
a)
in
A
province:
where a
place
certain
Old Testament book was
b)
feel like.
Something an archbishop says when he wants
people to be quiet c)
The
the parents decide
b)
with a
you
7.
Temporary norm: A newborn's name while
c)
way we
fruit
at which a person becomes capable of free and comprehends moral responsibility, often
they can agree on.
can compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges, unless we live in a certain diocese in Texas where you can probably compare apples to any darn
two-
instead.
written.
high.
discussion of the sacrament of confirmation. In this
van
The age
acts of will
nent "national norm"
for yourself
well know, the Vatican recently approved the
U.S. bishops' policy for confirmation age
c)
on double-
lusts for a
seater convertible but buys a nine-passenger
parish.
To
3.
a)
A grouping of dioceses, not infrequently contiguous state's boundaries.
Hint:
The
extra credit ^vith a
is
more-correct answers are
given to those
German
who
all
"C."
However,
can read any of them
accent and keep a straight
face.
.
October 19, 2001
Work is for the person,
One
Light
The
fact
it
own
took his
At Work for the Master Builder "How ya doin? How's the job?"
had
who, a year ago, thought they had steady jobs in growing industries now searching for work to support themselves and their families. Anyone of a certain age knows we've been down this road before, yet it's still a shock when signing bonuses give are so tightly
bound
to
what they do
for a living that, for
perhaps more than any other aspect of their
me
say
it's
like to
flat
shortage,
I
out that as a priest
really
I
Let
"We
you
to say!"
seen again and again through
I
can't argue.
Still, I
members of my
unemployment
have
parish the
painful sense of loss as well as the host of financial
!
thing,
but
A man who
say about the real meaning of work:
is
"It helps,
the Lord's work.
cannot do everything and there
and to do
it is
it
is
.
.
a sense of
This enables us to do some-
very, very well. It
may
be incomplete,
a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity
for the Lord's grace to enter
"We may
and do the
never see the end
rest.
but that
results,
is
the
between the Master Builder and the worker. We ministers, not are workers, but not master builders
difference
.
.
.
messiahs.
"We are prophets
of a future that
Whatever challenges we face financial setbacks
even all.
if
we
The Company You Keep
can't
— God
still
—
is
sickness, family strife,
how and why
thought through that decision.
Yet here she was, smiling and filled with a new of hope. Her son was treating her well, had stopped using drugs in her home and was going to level
not our own."
asks us to serve his people,
always understand the
was talking to a relieved mother in my office. A few weeks before, her son, an 18-year-old senior, was drinking regularly, smoking marijuana with increasing frequency and arguing with her daily. Tm 18," he insisted, "and you can't tell me what to do any more." Under our state laws, he was an adult His mother considered getting a court order putting him out of her house. If he insisted on being an unreasonable adult, then he might need another place to stay. Her heart had been heavy when she I
school regularly.
"What happened?"
of it
We are the Master Builder's workers.
First,
Msgr. Jim Lisante
causes.
is
director
of The Christophers.
ated. "And," she added, "he's
All his old friends did out.
statement offering a reminder about the dignity of
They
seemed to His
who are far more important than things, including The document goes on to say, "In Genesis, we come to understand that human beings, created in God's image, share in the tasks of the Creator through their work .
to school, they
Our
three children are baptized
and
was smoke dope and hang
to school or have jobs and
all
seemed
serious about graduating.
me your friends, and I'll tell you what kind of person you are." It used to annoy me when my dad said that "I'm my own person," I would think, "and I don't act just like my
Question
First
friends."
In
Corner
Q I am Methodist and am happily married to my Catholic husband.
that
drink.
raised in the
fact,
if your
a growing body of research demonstrates friends drink,
The same is
you are much more likely
Catholic faith. Because
— and
grades and staying out of trouble.
of work obligations, my husband was Communion ofour youngest daughter. I asked the pastor if I could receive Communion with her. He were married I was given Communion, no quesPhase explain why some priests alhw non-Cat/iolics
FATHER JOHN DIETZEN
CNS
Columnist
Communion and others do not. People have told me to take Communion anyway but to me it would be like going to
to participate in
someone's housefor dinner uninvited.
Am I or am I not welcome to
receive the Eucharist in the
(normally pastors)
may
themselves judge individual cases,
observing the norms mentioned above.
Catholic Church?
Catholic ministers of the Eucharist are to "judge indi-
A. According to present Catholic ecumenical regula-
vidual cases and administer these sacraments (Eucharist,
an explanation for why you might receive conflicting answers to your question.
penance and anointing of the sick) only in accord with established (national or diocesan) norms, where they ex-
tions, there is
Four
basic conditions are required for administering
the Eucharist to a baptized person of another individual
her
own
must be unable
must ask
for the
and
(4)
sacrament on his or her
The
(2)
own
person
initiative. (3)
Catholic faith in this sacrament;
must be properly disposed
may administer
whenever these conditions are present In
other situations (yours for example), the conditions are
more complicated. Diocesan bishops and national conferences of bishops are encouraged to establish general norms for applying the conditions mentioned to specific circumstances of "grave
and pressing need," and for verifying the conditions mentioned.
Up
now, however, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has not established such supplementary norms. To my knowledge, only relatively few dioceses have done so. Most have not to
Most
Catholics, including
many
priests
it
ist"
When
these
norms do not
exist,
they will judge each
above four conditions for eucharistic sharing.
(All these
regulations are found in the 1993 Vatican Directory for the
Application of Principles and
Norms on Ecumenism, Nos.
seems, are
not aware that in these circumstances Catholic ministers
Confusing as it may appear, if you read the above you can understand that different judgments are possible in different places, though all judgments should be made within the framework of these ecumenical guidelines. carefully
A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about ecumenism, intercommunion and other ways of sharing with people of otherfaiths is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Box
IL 6l651. Questions for this column may be same address, Dietzen at the
Dietzen,
Some groups think "normal" means taking advanced classes and applying to tough colleges. Others think "normal" means getting pierced eyelids and tattoos on your neck. In both sets, kids are j ust trying to
fit in.
There are times when your friends can push you to when they can hold you back Putting
succeed and times it
bluntly,
not
many
kids in the science club will get
arrested for stealing cars, and hardly
anybody
in the
gang on the comer will get into the state university. This is one of the most difficult things a teen can do, but sometimes you need to take a look at the friends you hang out with and ask yourself seriously,
"Where does this path lead?" Are they likely to become productive people or are they aimed for trouble? Are they trying to accomplish things or just floating, looking for some amusement to come along?
You
are not a robot or a passive victim of peer
sent to
Father
Still, a set of friends is like a group of people on a bus: each an individual, but all going
or
in the
pressure.
325, Peoria,
jjdietzen@aol.com.
think
if-
of friends define "normal" in very different ways.
case and a<dminister the sacraments only in accord with the
130-131.)
spiritually.
In danger of death, Catholic ministers the sacrament
The
to approach a minister of his or
church to receive the sacrament.
The person must manifest
faith, (l)
I
good
your friends would surround you and chant "Smoke Dope, Smoke Dope, Smoke Dope" till you took a puff Nobody forces anybody else to take that first drink or to keep drinking after already having had too much. The pressure is not external, it comes from inside. The powerful motivation is to fit in, to be one of the group. Kids want to be normal, but different groups that misses the point, as
When we tions asked.
for positive behaviors, like getting
People use the term "peer pressure," but
am not ofthe samefaith.
to
true for drugs and sexual activity
unable to attend thefirst
refused because I
toler-
friends."
There's an old saying, "Show
.
Can Non-Catholic Parent Receive
Communion at Catholic Child's Communion?
go
did not
would not be
got different
live on money stolen from their parents. new friends were "regular kids." They were going
people jobs.
.
asked.
I
she had stood her ground, making clear
that his unreasonable behavior
problems
Last month, the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a Labor
Day
%
CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CNS Columnist
then, to step back
liberation in realizing that.
do not know what
be out of work and, considering the vocation am never likely to experience it. So if you're
thinking, "Easy for
that
lives.
of his people.
political rights
UK.
mission and that of others very seriously, he
the magnificent enterprise that
identities
better or worse, they see themselves in terms of their job titles,
that.
and take the long view. The Kingdom is not only beyond our efforts; it is beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of
leaves thousands of people
many people's
this to
now and
For a growing group of people today the answer is: Tve been laid off" The numbers are not huge yet, and, hopefully, the economy will soon turn around. But that still
that,
Coming of Age
This mission certainly includes
Twenty-one years ago in El Salvador, Archbishop Oscar Romero was martyred because he stood up for the economic and
More than
life.
goes well beyond
also happens to be the truth.
Guest Columnist
to pink slips.
in
Whether you are pulling down a six-figure salary or reading the want ads, the task of changing the world for the better in some unique way is still yours and yours alone. You will never fulfill your role in the workplace alone, but^h your home and your community as well. Easy for me to say? Yes. It work, but
FATHER JIM LISANTE
way
not the person for work"
each and every person has an individual
is
God-given mission
Candle
The Catholic News & Herald 13
& Columns
Editorials
same direction. you don't like the direction your friends are headed in, maybe you need to get on a different bus. If
14 The Catholic News & Herald
October 19, 2001
Around the Diocese
The death penalty brings no honor, no healing to victims of crime."
enough.
Journey of Hope,
The emphasis, Cushing believes, should be on helping the victims to heal
from page 1
by meeting their spiritual, emotional and material needs. "There's no statute of limitations on prosecution, but there is a time limit on compensation to vic-
the police evidence lecker and, with his
wife standing lookout, shot Cushing's father to death in the culmination of a
convoluted plot to
tims," he said.
a Cushing" be-
"kill
members of the Cushing family had opposed McLaughlin. The McLaughlins lived two houses away
Cushing asked that everyone listening to him support a moratorium on
from the Cushings. Yet Cushing says
it's
cause
the death penalty, to take a look at
how
used: "It's better in this country to
mur-
be guilty and rich than to be innocent
der didn't induce him to favor the death penalty, which he had always opposed.
and poor. It's a lottery. There are no wealthy people on death row."
"Murder is about power," he said. 'Tour world is tossed. Your entire sense
people are executed. Indeed, a book, "Not
of order
his father's
tioned to look to the Deity as the
homicide
taker, but
wrestle with
We
recounts not only the stories of people whose loved ones were murdered, but
be that
me to change my position
For
life-taker.
on the death penalty would be to give more power to the murderer. It would not only take my father from me, it would take my values. That would just add to the ache and the tragedy." Cushing said that it is not execution but truth that begins to provide
also those
who
Photo byJoanita Nellenbach
Journey of Hope speaker Robert Cushing Jr. talks with Sister Jerome Marie Menard of the Holy Heart of Mary, Kankakee, 111., after the program. Sister Jerome's order presented her with a sabbatical at Living Waters Catholic Reflection Center in honor of her 50 years as a nun.
are themselves victims, to get
on with their lives. Trials of McLaughlin and his wife, who planned the crime, took two years. Both are sentences without parole. Cushing attended the trials to learn
serving
life
about the crimes.
"The
we need
is
truth,"
he
"How was
said.
us?
.
thing
first
We
and
can try to make sure that
We
Our
I
know
isn't re-
can hold murderers account-
justice
system aspires to help
murderers accountable. Healing
is
violence in the state
vor is, in one respect at least, like having an illness that doesn't heal: friends often don't know what to say to you. "One of the things that happens when someone
—
murdered you get real isolated," Cushing said. "People see you and they go the other way."
Some
legislators are
speak
Cushing
—
is
among
those
for the death penalty,
on
this tour to
that another side
is
heard.
make
and sure
A recent two-
Classifieds
known
he
said,
to his fellow legisla-
"At the end of the day
more votes
to abolish [the
death penalty] than to retain."
He would
spoke out, he
said, because, "I
see policymakers claim they
were speaking
for
me
and that the
state
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in his five broth-
and sisters and in his children. "I can hear my father's voice in the silence of my children's laughter," Cushing said, "but there's not much for
ers
effect
to counter the idea that
victims' survivors
"execution solution":
"I care,
murder had this treon a broad range of the community, and it affected the family of
mendous
are happy, and he
on
father's
He wants
me.
life
carried
should want Bobby go to the prison and wait for his father to be taken from his cell and put on a gurney and have a needle put in his arm and claim the body and create another grieving family. I'm told that's what I should want, but that's not what my father's life was I
to
There's even the idea that those don't want their loved ones' murderers put to death are somehow disloyal to those who died, Cushing said:
who
the murderer."
Later, he said, "It's not about whether he deserves to live; it's about whether we deserve to kill him." Cushing speaks sadly of the son of his father's killer. Ironically, Cushing
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October 19, 2001
Chain links prayers for end to
Life
KASPER
By DENISE
Correspondent
WINSTON-SALEM
— Dozens
of
work
(we've)
done," said local event organizer
Donna
Life Chain.
stood together along Hanes Mall Boule-
"If it
we
human
Life
Chain on Oct.
could just save one baby's
would be worth
all
the
life
on 'challenge' of By JOANITA M. N ELLEN BACH
Chain would not take place," she said. "I had some previous experience with a Chain in Florida and decided that I
would gather the information necessary and just do it." Yearning for a better location, as she was driving around Winston-Salem earlier this year, she soon found what she thought was the perfect spot for the
people praying for an end to abortion
LAKE JUNALUSKA oping an active question for in the
beled as grassroots Christian ministry
aimed at persuading people to change their view of abortion.
Dyer moved
to
Advance about
six
Dyer provided
it
to me."
participants with
signs emblazoned with anti-abortion sentiment, urging passers-by to pray for the unborn children.
As motorists sped
past in that area highly populated by
some waved and honked
years ago and immediately got involved
retail stores,
with a Right to Life group and partici-
their car horns, while others just
pated in the local Life Chain. Last year,
quietly past.
as
it
stretched along
its
original location
The event made darity,
signs, as
Creek Parkway, 125 waved people said the rosary, sang
hymns or
stood in silent prayer.
the area,
at Peters
When
the position of event coordi-
nator for the Triad area became vacant last year and there posed a risk of the
Chain being cancelled, Dyer, a parishioner of Holy Family Catholic Church in Clemmons, stepped up and local Life
took over the reins. "I could not accept the fact that a Life
drove
a statement of soli-
with representatives from
differ-
ent denominations and other churches in
A
Dyer said. Life Chain was
first
held in
North California in 1988, and now is held around the country and all over North America. Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Charlotte have long
so this year Fire
Mountains guest speaker Father
The
Challenge of Spirituality." is
scheduled for
8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at Harrell
10,
Hall at Lake Junaluska. Father Cameli
is
scheduled to speak in the morning, with
Bishop William G. Curlin giving a talk in the afternoon. Breakout sessions in the afternoon will offer attendees the opportunity to discuss the morning's material.
Sponsored by the
Roman
Catholic
Diocese of Charlotte, Fire in the Mountains connect people to each other and to
through
sharing focused on issues
faith
critical to
the diocesan
that time, Father Cameli
ral
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Canada and
States,
The
New
Zealand.
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Father Cameli, appointed by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin in 1996 as director of ongoing formation of priests in the Archdiocese of Chicago, has been a writer and speaker about spirituality since the 1970s. It was one of his talks that inspired Dr.
tion about Fire in the Mountains, call
is
Rosemary Kingsley, (828) 274-0318;
Directions to Fire
From the
Mountains speaker. "I
came down
to
74).
Hwy.
White Oak Confer-
ence Center, about 50 miles south of Charlotte, during the in-service being per-
education]]," Villapando said. "I
came
just
at
johnann77@msn.com.
for the Charlotte Diocese, to rec-
as this year's Fire in the
McKeown
Ann
or
Cris Villapando, director of faith formation
ommend him
For more informa-
Oct. 26.
programs
ern North Carolina.
ecumenical Life Chains Piedmont and West-
At
me as having a handle on the pastoscene: He was describing the tremen-
struck
modern world.
formed by the Charleston Diocese for their catechists and DRJEs [^directors of religious
in
heard and been inspired by the person's presentation.
community and the
linked across the
been links
never
as presenter at priests' convocations in the
is
a peaceful demonstration, la-
a burning
is this:
God
gracious in granting
It's
many people,
of
devel-
My principle
a one-day annual retreat that seeks to
Edge:
choices, like adoption.
first
life. It's
is fall
is
man.
recommend a person to the 'Fire" Executive Committee unless one has actually
dous dichotomy going on between religion and spirituality." Father Cameli's books include "Ministerial Consciousness" and "Stories of Paradise: The Study of Classical and Modern Autobiographies of Faith;" and "A Sense of Direction: The Basic Elements of the Spiritual Journey," which he coauthored with Robert L. Miller and Gerard P. Weber. He has published monographs in collaboration with the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and served as a retreat director for priests retreats and
Sunday of October, it is described as alarmingly simple. People line up, about 10 feet apart, sporting signs urging for women to make other
against abortion. Held on the
Life
Louis Cameli will talk about 'Life on the
Nov.
The goal of the Life Chain is to continue efforts to raise awareness and intensify the prayerful movement
spiritual
Fire in the Mountains ...
—
challenges, not the least of which
to focus
spirituality
to hear the
Correspondent
"Each year, as I stood there I dreamed of finding a better location to enable us to be seen by more people," she said. "I was driving down Hanes Mall Boulevard and saw all the sidewalks on the North side of that area, I know that this was the location that I had long desired. I requested permission from the police department and they were most
Dyer.
The Mountains
Fire In
abortion during Respect Life Month
vard to form a
The Catholic News & Herald 15
Around the Diocese
East:
in
Take
the Mountains:
1-40 to Exit
Take the second Junaluska 1
9)
.
27 (19/23/
exit (Exit 103,
Go past Junaluska Assembly
Residen-
tial
Area, South Lakeshore. Take next right to en-
ter
"Lake Junaluska Assembly."
From the West:
I-40 East to Exit 20.
at first traffic light (at Quality Inn).
Lake Junaluska
is
Turn
left
The entrance to
about three miles on
left.
ANIMALS BLESSED IN THE SPIRIT OF OLD FRANCISCAN TRADITION
Photos by Denise Kasper
Along Hanes Mall Boulevard
in
Winston-Salem and throughout the
of
at other locales
Diocese
Charlotte Oct. 7, people gathered in prayerful support for an end to abortion. The annual Life Chain is an ecumenical event drawing people from a variety of faith traditions. A Life Chain was first held in North California in 1988, and now is held around the country and all over North America.
Photos by Josephine Rosaschi
This scene was enacted under the overcast skies with Conventual Franciscan Fathers Jude DeAngelo and Denis Hackett blessing the owners and the 15 or more dogs and four birds that gathered for the blessing of the animals ceremony on Oct. 6. Sue Borschke, a Secular Franciscan of the St. Clare Fraternity, assisted the two Franciscan friars.
The
Blessing of the Animals, a Franciscan tradition, refers to the story of St. Francis of Assisi taming the wolf Gubbio by addressing it as "Brother Wolf" and telling it to no longer threaten the people or livestock in the small mountain town in Tuscany.
16 The Catholic News & Herald
October
Living the faith community
tually, his
Couple grow in faith through
harmony
pursuit of racial ALESHA
Dot
me in English class, and I thought he had the softest, sweetest voice I had ever heard," remembered Mrs. Herbers.
Herbers had just retired for the night after assisting a couple with marriage preparation in their home. All was quiet in Memphis when they heard noises out-
She had grown up Baptist, and her parents were upset when she announced that they were going to be married. "I had lived in it (the Baptist
By
M. PRICE
hind
Staff Writer
SYLVA
side.
— Rev. Mr.
They awoke
Jerry and
to
religion)."
garbage can on fire at the end of their driveway.
The
Despite their
their
find
couple
family protests, they were married at the end of World War II in 1945 af-
who had
were of different races, and interracial dating and marriage were earlier
left
ter
not popular concepts
the Tennessee capital over a quarin
ter of a century ago.
The
Herbers
didn't
"We
know any
We
Rev. Mr. Jerry Herbers
what our mamas Mrs. Herbers. Rev. Mr. Herbers experienced pain early in his life with the death of his father when Jerry was nine and the death of his brother two years later. He says his mother, a devout Catholic who ter.
just believed
believed," said
walked
to
church every morning,
guided him in his faith and took over both parental roles after her husband's death.
He
attended his Catholic school and church with little to no personal interaction with African-Americans.
'When
was growing up in Memphis, it was a segregated city, and my experience with minorities was limited, not negaI
tive,
but limited."
Memphis
State University
was
his
where he met his wifeto-be, although, he only saw the back of her head in the beginning. "He sat be-
college of choice
racism.
"My
interest in
feel spiri-
"I
I
got out of that
active."
pew
predominately African-
spoke to various organizations and groups about integration and
and
and prayed,' but
From
ships with her students and the stu-
a panel that
was a committed Catholic. I went to Mass every Sunday (because) that is what you did. You and got
At the Catholic school where she worked to foster relationthe.
caused quite a stir among friends and co-workers. Two people who had grown up in the city and were active in their communities began to be snubbed, ridiculed and ostracized. However, the Herbers continued with their quest for racial harmony and
development.
Cursillo and served as a eucharistic minister at Mass.
As he developed
spiri-
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When
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"We were attracted to it because it sounded like something we could do and wanted to do. The initial attraction was that we had a friend who was a deacon, and from then on, we were curious about it," said Mrs. Herbers. "We thought that it would enhance our spiritual lives, help us to make friends and give us opportunities to serve."
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He began working
with RCIA, Meals on Wheels, prison ministry and nursing home and shut-in visits, but
Member
of
St.
Gabriel Church
'The people of God need to see in and deacons a comportment full of reverence and dignity, able to help them penetrate invisible things even without
many words and Sept. 21
explanations," said the
mem-
message to congregation
bers.
The message was
given to the
mem-
bers during their late-September plenary
meeting; the Vatican provided no explanation of why
publication
its
was delayed
until Oct. 17.
Roman
Missal, referred to as
that of St. Pius V, as in various Eastern
very beautiful prayers with which the priest expresses the deepliturgies, there are
est sense of humility
and of reverence
before the sacred mysteries; these reveal
the very substance of any liturgy," the pope said. Every liturgical celebration, he said, must be marked by "a profound sense of the sacred."
The individuals at Mass and the community as a whole should have the experience of being in the presence of the
pope
said.
"Consequently, the attitude required
also praised the congregation's efforts to
apply faithfully the liturgical guidelines of the Second Vatican Council.
As the council taught, he Mass cannot be reduced to an reality,
nor can
it
said,
the
aesthetic
be considered simply a
tool for teaching the Catholic faith.
'The celebration of the holy mysterabove
all
an act of praise to the
sovereign majesty of God," an act which recognizes
its
with efforts to
need to be complemented fulfill God's will in every
the
part of life, he said.
grandchildren.
"A liturgy which does not have a life would become empty and certainly not pleasing to God," Pope John
bittersweet. After Mrs. Herbers' extensive heart surgery, they
wanted
moved
to be
1995, they
to Sylva to a house chosen
their children
and to
St.
by
Mary Church.
Although Rev. Mr. Herbers has been retired for several years, he still works four hours a day for the local Department on Aging and works at his parish
when
needed.
Contact Staff Writer Alesha Frank LaPointe, President,
Council of Trent contained prayers that beautifully expressed those attitudes.
ies is
closer to their family. In
^MITSUBISHI
—
—
from knowing you are in the presence of the majesty of God," he said. While he mentioned the prayers in the Tridentine MissaL Pope John Paul
of seven was ordained in
Their move to North Carolina was
Serving Charlotte with integrity for over 40 years!
and reverence before the mystery of the Mass, Pope John Paul II said. In a message to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, the pope said the Roman Missal or Mass book issued by Pope Pius V after the
undertake. After four years of forma-
most fulfilling aspect of his ministry was witnessing his daughter's marriage and baptizing two of his 16
Dealerships
—
cannot help but be permeated by reverence and by the sense of awe which flows
January 1978.
Memphis, made
By CINDY WOODEN News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) Priests and laity must show attitudes of humility Catholic
one another and silently agreed that this would be something they would
later, Rev. Mr. Herbers became heavily involved in his parish and the community. He became one of
the first lectors in
Mass
holy, the
tion, the father
deacon years
reverence at
nun spoke at their parish about the permanent diaconate, they looked at
to the pulpit as a
the
Pope says faithful must show humility,
"In the
While his wife was subject to dirty looks and whispers in her presence, Herbers was called "the liberal" at his place pf employment. His work with an all-African-American Boy Scout troop
spiritual
2001
9,
priests
taught, she
of converting to her husband's religion,
church ministry but did not
'paid
to
American Catholic school in the city. "We were pioneers for our age group, but my actions weren't taken too kindly," she said. She was also a part of
com-
Catholicism lay with Jerry. I was gripped with it, and I don't know how or when. When I began taking instruction, I was ready." Mrs. Herbers may have been ready, but her husband was still in preparation. He had been a faithful Catholic by his definition and had involved himself tually fulfilled.
what she could
mortgage
her daughter was born.
in
level again but did
dents at
after consulting with a priest, she became Catholic shortly before
bet-
started, they helped us in our thinking," he said. As their church became integrated, the rift between the races became wider. Many of the civil rights marches began routes at the corner where their church stood. Mrs. Herbers participated in her first and only march along with the bishop of the Diocese of Memphis, parish priests and other clergy. After a crowd of angry protesters gathered, she did not involve herself at the grassroots
as a loan officer for a
had been thinking
dis-
movement
help with race relations.
Mrs. Herbers
notorious for racial
helped us to understand the changes in the church, and when the civil rights
volunteered in the Army Air Corps for a short stint and had begun working
pany.
had grown socially and spiritually since their younger days in a Southern city division and crimination.
Herbers had
interactions also
changed. They were attending St. Patrick Church, headed by the Paulist Fathers, who aided them with acceptance of Vatican II reforms and people of different nationalities. "The priests
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reflection in
Paul
II said.
The pope tion for the
also thanked the congrega-
work
it
has done since
its last
plenary session in 1996, including the May publication of norms for translating liturgical texts.
"On
this subject, I
exhort the bishops
and the congregation to take every care so that liturgical translations are faithful to
the original" text in Latin, he said. "A translation, in fact, does not represent
an exercise in creativity, but a precise to keeping the sense of the original without changes, omissions or
commitment additions."