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SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
Established Jan. 12, 1972
by Pope Paul
OCTOBER
28,
BY
KAREN
A. EVANS STAFF WRITER
Harriet Miers
Catholic Church records
when
to guess at her
five children of
Supreme Court. stories, commentarand editorials nationwide
for the
her own. Eleven years ago, she
News
started over with her great-
granddaughter, Quenisha.
—
raised as
and the White House both refute what has become a boilerplate part of discussions about Miers, the White House general counsel and nominee
exact age.
She raised
was not
a Catholic.
woman who
"those thing weren't written
down," she has
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WASHINGTON
— Margie
a time
at
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each of her 80-some
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Cooper walks with the slow,
years.
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raised as a
caregivers
steady pace of a
Herald.
Miers was not
grandparent
CHARLOTTE
of The Catholic
reports, Harriet
CSS program aids
feels
Nem &
included
Contrary to
Dawn on the horizon BY
in this issue
is
ies
Two
years ago, she took in another
See MIERS, page 5
granddaughter, Alexi.
Quenisha lived
in foster
months of her life, until she came to live with Cooper. Alexi has been with Cooper and Quenisha since birth. Cooper has no idea where Alexi 's parcare for the
first
eight
Doing justice to God's Photo by Karen A. Evans
Margie Cooper, center,
ents are.
(right) in their
Like most seniors, Cooper on a fixed income, and
than a year old,
lives
sits with
her great-granddaughter, Quenisha
in
Charlotte. Cooper,
operated by Catholic Social Services
See HORIZONS, page 9
of
(left)
and her granddaughter,
who has raised each of the now gets assistance from New Horizons for Children and
apartment
in
the Diocese of Charlotte (CSS),
in
girls since
Alexi
creation
they were less
Families, a
new program
BY
JOANITA M.
NELLENBACH
partnership with Smart Start
Mecklenburg County.
CORRESPONDENT
MAGGIE VALLEY
Synod closes with strong emphasis on eucharistic renewai BY
JOHN THAVIS Peter's Square.
of the Eucharist at the Mass.
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thanked the for their
to Sacred Heart of
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Sister
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acts
ation," she said.
within cre"Thinking of
God as outside creation implies God as a ruler. God is in every-
strong call for eucharistic renewal,
key to revitalizing their faith.
thing, thus everything
input and invited Catholics to
Catholics should also under-
among
stand that "no dichotomy
the world's
is
CathoUcs but no major changes in
missible between faith and
church rules on priestly celibacy
he
ad-
life,"
said.
Speaking
at
is
holy."
the Bishop
Begley Conference on Appalachia II: "Environmental Justice and Living Sustainably," Sister
McBrien continued, "Now we are seeing that humans are part
presided over the three-week as-
The pope expressed his deep sadness that four Chinese members of the synod were not
sembly, formally closed the synod Oct. 23 vidth a Mass in St.
See SYNOD, page 4
See CONFERENCE, page 8
Communion. Pope Benedict XVI, who
or shared
Year of the Eucharist
Culture
Adoration List
Book I
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of creation, within creation.
Perspectives
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VS., 'North Country' I
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to the
created, according
contemplate the Eucharist as the
the Eucharist
The pope formally ended the Year
He
more than 250 bishops
urging a deeper understanding of
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to celebrate the canonization Mass of five new saints in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 23.
God, but not
God
Synod of Bishops closed with a
VATICAN CITY
from Reuters
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Clare McBrien.
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The Catholic News & Herald
2005
October 28,
Current and upcoming
In Brief
topics from around the
world to your
own backyard
Programs funded by California institute offer hope after tsunami DALY CITY, Calif — Colachel, and money items are sold
In
THE BATTLE FOR SUNDAY
India, $7,000 builds a
home
to replace
one destroyed by December's tsunami. Thanks to the Catholic-run Seton Institute in California, 20 new houses have been completed for families. The insti-
which
tute,
fiinds health care projects in
impoverished countries,
is
also providing
But even more importantly, hope is rising in the tsunami-aflfected region, said Sister
Flory Paranilam, who thanked the institute for
milUon in tsunami reUef fluids.
"The world came together," said Sister Flory, a Sister of St. Anne whose order conducts educational programs in
sewing and computer skills for widows, girls and expectant mothers who
young lost
everything to the sea.
Although "recovery will take years," she said, "a beginning has been made." Women in programs funded by the Seton Institute receive a year of free training. In the craft
skills
and sewing programs,
when
"and
chine,
the
is
kept in trust
women leave the program. woman is given a sewong ma-
the
Then, each
after that they will
be able to
stand on their ovm," Sister Flory said.
"Everything was not although in those days,
lost in the felt
it
tsunami,
as if
it
were.
me, 'Where is happen to me?' and I
Individuals at that time asked
my
skill-building classes.
raising $ 1
for
What will
fiiture?
had no answers," Sister Flory said "Now I can say, 'There is an answer," she added. "Thanks to Seton Institute, lives are being rebuilt." The institute, based in Daly City, recently announced funding totaling $60,000 to five health projects in Poland, Uganda, Rwanda, Liberia and Haiti. "We are always looking for new, worthy health care projects in disadvantaged countries where Catholic sisters are leveraging a small amount of money into a very large return," said Sister Joyce Weller, a Daughter of Charity who chairs the board of Seton Institute.
Diocesan, planner
Land
BOONE
CHARLOTTE —Theology
For more informa-
to the United States.
please
tion,
HCEF's website
visit
at
www.hcef org or contact Jane Balbimie at (704) 544-3372.
CNS
Pete Nicksic battles for the
PHOTO BY Karen Callaway, Northwest Indiana Catholic
game
against Brian Keilman at a soccer
ball
Seeking to restore a balance to family
life,
in St.
John, Ind.
a parents' group hopes to recapture Sunday
as a day for families, not organized sports.
Balance4Success project seeks to keep Sundays for family
VICARIATE
NORTH WILKESBORO
—
A
Catholic
Scripture Study group is beginning at St. John Baptiste de La Salle Church, 275 CC Wright School Rd. Visit www.catholicscripturestudy.com for more information. The first class is Nov. 2, 7-8:30 p.m. Please call Rob Hicks at (336) 957-7193 for
more information
or if you plan to attend.
BOONE — Father David Valtierra of the Oratory in
Rock
Hill will speak at St. Elizabeth
Church, 259 Pilgrims Way, Nov.
ST.
PAUL, Minn. (CNS)
— Seeking
to restore balance to family life, a par-
Minnesota hopes to recapture Sunday as a day for families, not ents'
group
in
organized sports.
"Coaches are interested ing as
much
in schedul-
play time as they possibly
—
hard to speak up it seems being selfish and denying your child an opportunity," Doherty said. "Parents have a hard time doing that if they think they're the only ones. We're "It's
trying to
cerned."
initiative
While hoping to reach out to likeminded parents, Balance4Success is not dichange any parent's mind. is realistic about the boycott's consequences. While she hopes teams will stop holding games and
rectly trying to
Grazzini Walstrom
practices
Mother of the Church
Bumsville.
"It
in
has gotten out of hand.
They're just kids."
Sunday
A
We
sports steal valuable time
want them
St. Thomas Becket Eagan, Paul Caron said hockey part of the family time he spends with
parishioner at
Church is
in
his three boys. "I don't see a
fi^om the family, said Grazzini Walstrom. Although sports can bring "great benefits" for children, such as social skills and lessons in responsibility and leadership, "those aren't the only skills we want them to have.
on Sundays, she knows some
will ask the boycotting players to leave.
said Terrie Pearson, a parishioner at
Mary,
to know that who are con-
empower people
founder of Balance4Success. "Sunday is just another day they can use to get kids outplaying."
to
understand
family connectivity," she said. In the midst of their children's jampacked schedules, families struggle to find time together. University of Minnesota professor Bill Doherty calls this phenomenon "overscheduled kids and undercormected families."
Parents involved in Balance4Success
suspect that other parents want more family time but lack the courage or sup-
Their Stories and SpiriThis will be the seventh installment in his acmual "A Day with Scripture" series. The program will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, contact the church office at (828) 264-8338. tuality. "
like you're
there are a lot of folks
The Balance4Success
on
"Women in the Bible:
port to oppose the scheduling.
can," said Andrea Grazzini Walstrom,
"Taking Back Sunday" seeks a boycott of sports practices, games and tournaments scheduled on Sundays. "We're just trying to force the athletic system to think a little differently,"
5
problem
"Catholicism in our Daily Lives." Father Conrad Hoover will discuss "Catholicism Other Faiths" Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Catrina Conway at (704) 665-7374. will discuss
&
CHARLOTTE — Christians tion, a
in Career Transisupport group for those whose job status
causing them to seek employment. Sessions
is
include interactive discussions on networking,
resumes and interview skills. The group meets furst and third Monday of each month, 7-9 p.m. in room 132 of the New Life Center at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy. Please call Jack Rueckel at (704) 3418449 for more information. the
CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE
— The
Maximilian Kolbe
St.
Fraternity ofthe Secular Franciscan Order gath-
VICARIATE
CHARLOTTE — St.
Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., will host a Christian Coffeehouse Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. Single and married adults are invited for an evening of contemporary Christian music, food and fellowship. For more information, call Kathy Bartlett at (704) 400-2213.
Sunday of each month
ers the first
at
2 p.m.
at
Our Lady of Consolation Church, 2301 Ave. Those interested in learning the SFO and the Franciscan way of life are invited to attend. For more information, call Tom O'Loughlin at (704) 947-7235. Statesville
more about
CHARLOTTE — The Happy Timers of St. Ann
CHARLOTTE — St.
Church meet the
presentation by the Holy Land Christian Ecu-
with a luncheon and program at 1 p.m. in the Msgr. Allen Center, 3635 ParkRd. All adults age 55 and older are welcome. For more information, call Charles Nesto at (704) 398-0879.
Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., invites you to a menical Foundation (HCEF), a charity supporting Catholics in the Holy Land. The presentation will be Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Banquet Room of the New Life Center. The presentation will also focus on
come more involved
in
ways
to be-
HCEF's programs,
including the Children's Peace Project, a pro-
gram
with balancing both," he said.
on Tap will meet Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Pepperoni's Pizza in Park Road Shopping Center. Father Timothy Reid
that brings 8th graders
from the Holy
GASTONIA
first
Wednesday of each month
VICARIATE
BELMONT
—
place on the
First Saturday Devotions take
first
Belmont Abbey
Saturday of each month at
Basilica, 100
Holly Rd. Devotion begins
Belmont-Mount
9:30 a.m. with the
at
Families are not the only ones struggling to find time on Sundays
amid
Many
churches are having difficulty scheduling youth sports schedules. events, Grazzini
Walstrom
said.
Churches "have to build faith formaand they think that's backward," she said. "They think that faith and family should come before
—THE
OCTOBER
Catholic NEWS
*EERALD
tion around sports,
sports. But, unfortunately, in
that
is
not what
is
our culture happening."
Bonnie Serio, faith formation coordiSt. John Neumann in Eagan, said sports leagues conflict with youth activity scheduling all week long. "The travel
nator at
leagues are killing us," she said.
VOLUME
15
2005
28, •
NUMBER
4
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FROM THE VATICAN the correct idea of
Pope Benedict's first encyclical finished, to
be released
in
XVI
flesh" implied reconciliation
—
(CNS)
Pope
expected to release it in early December, Vatican sources said. The sources told Catholic News is
Service Oct. 20 that the encyclical
46-page
was
on "eros" (love) and "logos" word) and their relationship to the person of Christ. The pope worked on (the
the encyclical during his
summer stay at Rome. The
the papal residence outside
was being
translated into various
languages, including English, the sources
two articles written before his and published in a recent issue of the magazine Communio, Pope Benedict wrote about the unity of the word and said. In
election
love, as personified in Christ.
He
high-
lighted the importance of the personal
encounter with Christ, which love,
Jesuit
working
stirs
up
and said love of God helps define
of the rosary, followed by reconciliaand Mass. For more information, call Phil or
Opus
million
MILWAUKEE
the priest said,
"every
goal,
(and) tribal village, to bring about social
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An early esti-
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reconstruction, faculty salaries
dent financial aid,
New Orleans
Finding the
now
plans to reopen
was about $90
money
to
and
pay for the
loss
is
Xavier, the country's only his-
(CNS) When Norman Francis was a freshman at
torically black Catholic university,
Xavier University in New Orleans in 1948, his work-study scholarship landed him the job of repairing damaged books in the university library. These days, Francis, who has been Xavier's president for nearly four decades, is once again fixing things, although this time on
universities do. Instead,
not have the large lion
stu-
million.
the daunting task before school of-
ficials.
—
WASHINGTON
The
the entire university.
endowment that it
does
larger
has a $50 mil-
endowment primarily
restricted for
scholarships. Eighty-five percent of
its
student body receives financial aid.
The school's insurance will cover wind damage but not the extensive water damage on the campus.
given
annually to individuals or organizations
of any religious background that demonstrate innovative strategies to solve deeply rooted community problems in a
and establishing a muand respect. For more Dave Conklin at (704) 664-
issues,
information, call
7762,
— The Ladies Ancient Order
Jesuit
to bring literacy to
is
tual foundation of love
GREENSBORO
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pavement, slum, hilltop
street,
problems and
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that fosters personal responsibility
and independence. The foundation
Water-damaged Xavier
The organization's
just six years.
tion
GREENSBORO
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recitation
Terri at (704) 888-6050.
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books and teachers to the desperately poor is the 2005 recipient of the $1 million Opus Prize.- Jesuit Father Trevor Miranda heads Reach Education Action Program, founded in Mumbai, India, which has opened more than 450 literacy centers in working
priest
way
Group, a commercial real estate development company based in Minnetonka, Minn., that contributes 10 percent of its pretax profits to community and reli-
for
literacy in India
a
spiritual meditation focusing in
large part
text
su-
has finished writing his
encyclical and
first
between
pernatural revelation and reason.
December
VATICAN CITY Benedict
human autonomy. He made
also wrote that Christ as "logos
Rebirth of Christian faith in
former Communist republic
ext. 108.
SALISBURY Fulton
St.,
— Sacred Heart Church,
28 N.
1
celebrates a Charismatic
and
of Hibernians oj Guilford County will gather for the monthly meeting Nov. 1, the feast of All Saints, at St. Benedict Church, 109 West Smith St., for the 12:15 p.m. Mass. Members will gather for lunch at Ganache Cafe after Mass. Any questions can be directed to Mary Giff at
Healing Mass the first Sunday of each month at 4 p.m. Prayer and worship with prayer teams will be available at 3 p.m., and a potluck dinner will follow the Mass. Father John Putnam, pastor, will be the celebrant. For
(336) 855-7014.
639-9837.
further information, call Bill
Owens
at (704)
—
GREENSBORO The Greensboro Theology on Tap will meet Nov. 3 and 10 at 7 p.m. at Coopers Ale House, 5340 West Market St. There will be great speakers, excellent food and conversation. TOT will have a food drive to benefit Urban Ministry. Non-perishable items will be collected each Thursday. For more information, e-mail greensborotot@yahoo.com or call
Deb
at
(336) 286-3687.
GREENSBORO — The Reemployment Support Group of St. Paul Nov.
the Apostle
Church
will
meet
Room 8 of the Parish Life
7:30-9 p.m., in
3,
Center, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Rd. If you are currently out of work or looking to make a career
change, join us for encouragement, support and informative topics to help you in your job
more information, (336) 294-4696, ext. 226.
search. For at
SALISBURY
call
Colleen Assal
WINSTON-SALEM
CLEMMONS
will
Mass at Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Rd., Nov. 7 at 7:30 celebrate a Healing
p.m. Individual prayer for healing will follow
Mass. For more information, contact the church office at (336) 778-0600.
WINSTON-SALEM
— The Compassionate
Care-Givers meet every first, third, and fifth Thursdays of each month at St. Benedict the Moor Church, 1625 East 12th St. This group provides affirmation, support and prayer for people who have cared for and are caring for loved ones living with Alzheimer's and any other chronic illnesses. For more information, call Sister Larretta Rivera-Williams at (336) 725-9200.
VICARIATE
MOORESVILLE — One of the most aspects of parenting
important Is
the ability to set healthy
is
boundary
open
to the
general public?
Please submit notices for the Diocesan Planner at least 1 5 days prior to the event
1
practical strategies for
your parish or school sponsoring a
free event
boundaries with teenagers. Shannon Wilson, family therapist, will present Parents, Teens and Boundaries: How to Draw the Line Nov. 2, 1-4 p.m., at St. Therese Church, 217 Brawley School Rd. This workshop will teach parents
them deal
VICARIATE
— Msgr. Mauricio West
date
in
writing to
Karen A. Evans
kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax
setting to help
at to
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PHOTO BY Father Paul Wicker
(704) 370-3382.
better with avoiding conflict, resolving
Children throw flowers
in
front of a procession marking the 70th anniversary of a
priest's ordination in Miastkowka, Ukraine. Father Paul Wicker, pastor of Holy Apostles
Episcopal calendar Oct. 30
Bishop Peter in
in
Nov. 6 honor of
Marriage Anniversaries St.
Jugis will participate
the following events:
— 2 p.m. Mass
Diocesan Celebration
J.
,
,
Thomas Aquinas Church,
St.
— 6 p.m.
weeks
in
Colorado Springs, Colo., brought an important message back to Catholics
trip to Ukraine:
Celebrate your faith and embrace the Eucharist. He spent six
the former Soviet republic, which
is
enjoying a political and, for Catholics,
religious rebirth.
Francis of Assisi Church, Jefferson
Charlotte
Friends of Seminarians Dinner
in
Sacrament of Confimiation
Nov. 7 Nov. 3
— 5 p.m.
Church
from his
— 7 p.m.
Sacrament of Confirmation
SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL Dec. 8
Immaculate Conception Church, Hendersonville In
will
mark the 40th anniversary
the coming weeks, The Catholic
of the close of the
News & Herald
will
Second Vatican Council.
feature a variety of stories
Bishop's residence, Charlotte
Nov. 8 Nov. 5
— 5 p.m.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Our Lady
of the
Assumption Church, Charlotte
— 11 a.m.
looking back on the council and the impact
it
has had on the Catholic Church
throughout the past four decades.
Presbyteral Council Meeting Pastoral Center, Charlotte
On page 10
of this
week's issue. Father John Catoir highlights what were,
opinion, the major accomplishments of the council.
in
his
4 The Catholic News & Herald
October 28,
IN
Synod
2005
THE NEWS
closes with eucharistic emphasis renew pastoral support tions,"
SYNOD, from page 1
he
for these situa-
said.
"We cannot change the rules," he said. Overall, the synod offered a strong
Rome for the assembly
allowed to travel to
and said the church
in
China was
still
on a
"suffering path."
On Oct.
22 the synod handed the pope
endorsement of the hturgical reforms of Second Vatican Council, saying they had greatly benefited the church. Abuses have occurred in the past, but have sub-
the
mendations, which acknowledged a priest
some
of the world but said eliminating priestly celibacy and ordaining married men were not the solution. shortage in
"I think
been
a
is
it
parts
significant that there has
massive restatement of the tradition
Church of mandatory celibacy for priests," Australian Cardinal George Pell of Sydney told reporters. In an unusual move, the pope immedi-
said he
would use
the bishops' recom-
mendations in preparing his sometime in the fiature.
own document
latitude for celebrating the pre-Vatican II
ments did not even mention that possibility. The synod encouraged promotion of eucharistic adoration, but stressed that the
practice should
the
Eucharist to transform their lives and the life
of the world. The message expressed pastoral con-
cem and sadness for the situation of Catholics who have divorced and remarried civilly
be seen
in relation to
Mass.
To promote better Mass attendance, bishops recommended better liturgies,
strong preaching and improved education
of Cathohcs in
their
understanding of the
Eucharist.
They Eucharist
also is
emphasized
that while the
the center of Christian
life
not
everyone has an automatic right to receive it
The synod also pubhshed a final message, which asked Cathohcs to allow the
said.
Tridentine Mass, the synod's final docu-
normally they are considered confidential.
He
it
Despite recent speculation over wider
in the Latin
ately ordered the propositions pubUshed;
diminished today,
stantially
a hst of 50 propositions, or final recom-
at all times.
The question of Communion and Catholic politicians received some attention at the synod. One final proposition called for "eucharistic coherence" and said Cathohc lawmakers cannot promote laws go against human good, justice and
natural law.
But
it
indicated pastoral flexibility in
them from
determining whether specific politicians
receiving Communioa
should receive Communion, saying bish-
The synod's
propositions echoed that
ops should "exercise the virtues of fortitude and prudence" and take into account
statement, but suggested that
of
flexibility
some margin
might be found
in fiirther
local circumstances.
Archbishop Minnerath said the
study of church law on the conditions for
synod was not trying
annulments.
The
of divorced and remarried Cathohcs was one of several sensitive passtatus
by bishops on some to expect the synod
the synod
toral issues raised floor, leading
to
of church pohcies. But in the end the assembly recommended no call for revision
Praised the value of priestly celi-
bacy and called for a greater push in vocations as the answer to the priest shortage. It said ordaining married
men
in the Latin
church was "a road not to follow."
— Reaffirmed
called to live the faith coherently
consider that
when
Communion, he
it
that shared
and to
comes time
for
said.
The synod's
other recommendations
— emphasis on of — Study and
CONCORD
the Eucharist.
possible change in the
—
Shannon Parette, a James Church in Concord, recently earned her Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn.
member of
To the missionary
St.
earn her recognition, presented
by the Hornet's Nest Girl Scout Coxmcil, Shannon collaborated with three employees of
New
Beginnings Preschool, the St. James Church:
order of the sacraments of baptism, confir-
parish preschool for
mation and the Eucharist.
Clovia Pattee, director; Dick Bensler, building chairperson; and Richard Borsuk, maintenance supervisor, to design and build a playground, "Noah's
— of peace exchange. — Reminding
Possible relocation in the liturgy of
the sign
Commun-
Girl Scout organizes construction of new playgroundy earns Gold Award
included:
aspect
Instead, the synod:
—
is
Improved Beginnings
to single out politi-
cians as a special group. Every Catholic
Better
significant changes.
Shannon Parette stands in front of "Noah's Landing" at New Beginnings Preschool in Concord. She organized the construction of the playground by parents of the preschoolers and parishioners of St. James Church.
that
without an annulment, but offered no relaxation in church rules that prohibit
Courtesy Photo
the faithful of the im-
Landing," for the preschool.
Shannon organized several "work days" for parents of the preschoolers and parishioners of St. James Church to stake out the area, pour concrete for a bike path and chalk pad, install of new swings and spread mulch groundcover. Sharmon is a member of Troop 205, which is sponsored by Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church. She has been active in scouting for 12 years. A senior at Northwest High School in Concord, Shannon plans to pursue a career in the medical field
upon graduation.
ion with non-Catholic Christians "is gener-
portance of genuflection or other gestures
and said an "ecumenical
concelebration" of the Eucharist would be
of adoration before the consecrated host. Better awareness of the Eucharist's
even more objectionable.
connection with social justice issues, in-
The
At a closing press conference, French Archbishop Roland Minnerath of Dijon, the
cluding ecological concems.
exuberance of nature
With the end of the synod came the close of the Year of the Eucharist convened by Pope John Paul II. The bishops said they hoped the special year might be "a
unlike
ally not possible"
synod's special secretary, said
it
was a
mistake to have expected major changes
on
issues like divorced Catholics.
"Obviously, the aim of the synod
is
not
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Holy Redeemer Church
St.
new report says
Fridays, 9-10 a.m., with confessions ending
Benediction
witti
Afden
Miers never a Catholic, MIERS, from page 1
Saturdays, 6 a.m.-4 p.m.
Joseph Church
Asheboro
St.
Asheville
Basilica of St.
Belmont Abbey
Mary, Help of Christians Church
Boone
St. Elizabeth
Bryson City
St.
Church
Joseph Church
OurLady of theAssumption Church
Mass until
Fridays following 8:1 5 a.m.
first
Lawrence
daily
6a.m.-9p.m.
daily,
5 a.m.-IO p.m.
first
Fridays 10 a.m. until 12 p.m.
first
Fridays following 5;1 5 p.m.
otherwise posted) Chariotle
until
Mass (unless
Mass for one hour
Ann Church
Saturdays following 8 a.m. Mass
St.
Gabriel Church
perpetual adoration
St.
Matthew Church
Fridays following 9 a.m. Saturday,
Peter Church
in
Mass
until
until
9 a.m.
9 a.m.
Mass with
St.
Thomas Aquinas Church
Clemmons
Holy Family Church
Concord
St.
Denver
Holy
Forest City
Immaculate Conception Church
first
Fridays following 9 a.m.
until
10:30 a.m.
Mass
Church
Mass
first
Fridays, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.,
first
Fridays, 7 p.m.-l a.m. Saturday
at 11 a.m.
Thursdays, 7-8 p.m.; Fridays, 12:30-1 :30 p.m.;
St.
Francis of Assisi Church
first
Fridays 9 a.m.
raised theological concerns about the fa-
vorable spin
until
9 a.m. Saturday; other
Fridays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
eve of first Friday 10 p.m.
St.
Benedict Church
first
Fridays, 12:15-8 p.m.
St.
Paul the Apostle Church
first
Fridays, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Immaculate Conception Church
first
Fridays, 9-11 :30 a.m.
St.
Greensboro
Hendersonville
Aloysius Church
Hickory
St.
High Point
Christ the King
Church
Maryfield Chapel
8 a.m. Friday
until
first
Fridays, 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
first
Fridays: call church fortime
Miers might well have occasionally attended Catholic churches as a child or
young
Deacon Havard
records of baptisms and other sacraments.
Mark Church
Fridays, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
St,
Francis of Assisi Church
Fridays, 9:30-1 0:30 a.m.
Joseph Church
Thursdays, 4-7 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m.-7:45 p.m.
Kannapolis
St.
Kemersville
Holy Cross Church
Fridays following 9 a.m.
King
Good Shepherd Church
Fridays, 6-7 p.m.
Lexington
Our Lady
Fridays following
Lincolnton
St.
Dorothy Church
Linville
St.
Bemadette Church
Marion
Our Lady of the Angels Church
until
Rosary Church
also said as an active
of Harriet Miers or her immediate family
Dallas he has never heard anyone refer to
member of the Cathohc
Miers as a Catholic or former Catholic until the current set of rumors. He noted that a local Episcopal church has pews dedicated to her parents and that she worshipped there with her family on a recent trip to Dallas.
Church," said Deacon Bronson Havard,
spokesman for the Diocese of Dallas and editor of the newspaper. "We have checked
all
known
sacramental records."
Court Justice Nathan Hecht, has been vari-
Deacon Havard
ously quoted as saying Miers was "raised
Miers on the same Sunday attended a worship service by a group that split from Valley View Christian Church, which she and Hecht, among
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some evangelicals have
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Miers' longtime friend, Texas Supreme
Sundays, 8-9 a.m. Franklin
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immersion baptism. Several local and syndicated newspaper columnists have
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have repeated the description that Miers was brought up CathoHc but now attends an evangehcal Protestant church. However, according to White House spokeswoman Maria Tamburri, "Harriet Miers did not grow up CathoHc." When news reports first quoted the nominee's acquaintances as saying she had been raised a Cathohc before joining an evangelical Protestant church in 1979, the
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A roundup
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SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS: NOV. 6, 2005
Nov.
Unique book looks at history
Sunday Time
in
PATRICK
Ordinary
TV
1)
prayers of the
"One Nation Under God" is an elegantly written survey of prayer in America that captures the spiritual imagination from the very
James
P.
first
Moore
Jr.,
page. a professor at
Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, begins with the death of his father and his resulting quest for solace in the nation's prayer prac-
These practices are as diverse as
tices.
— —
in they are plentiful. There are prayers connection with the land, music, preach-
ing,
sports, politics
literature,
for
nearly every occasion and taste. Subtitled
"The History of Prayer
in
common person
What were
peace.
in time
of
immigrants praying as they drove the How did people bury their dead or marry? What kind of common theology has arisen from so much popular hymnody or catechesis on prayer or its ritual enactment? of the most touching prayers ever written. For me, none struck a more moving chord than a prayer now enshrined by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was foimd by the liberators of Ravensbruck concentration camp on a scrap of paper near the body of a dead child:
not only the will,
but also
remem-
ber all the suffering they have inflicted on us. Remember the fruits we brought,
JAMIS
P
MOOHI
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thanks to this suffering: our comradeship, our loyalty, our humility, our courage, our generosity, the greatness of
which has come out of all
when
JR
they
fruits that
Moore
to
Moore shows how prayer connects the momentous events of U.S. history,
such as the encounter of two cultures with the arrival of Columbus, the Revolution, the early days of the government, the Civil War, the Depression, the world
wars and beyond.
He
looks at nearly
every presidency to determine the impact prayer had on policy and policymakers.
W. Bush
recently called
The
real strength
the personalities that
of the work
Moore
lies in
says have
In the Gospel, Jesus tells a parable to
kingdom of young women
ing prepared for entering the
heaven.
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The dimly
screen ushers us into a
lamps are able
to join him.
The
five with-
room where an aged woman lies
out oil are locked outside in the dark and
of voluminous white comforters,
cannot be part of the celebration. Jesus
lit
in a sea
TV
describes 10
enduring an extended wait for the bridegroom. When he finally arrives, the five who have extra flasks of oil for their
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The dim light in the room allows us to see some visitors, listening to the woman's soft, rambling words. The figure in the immense bed could be Dickens' Miss Havisham with her mass of disheveled silver hair. We, the viewers, join the visitors to
pillows and lace.
does not describe the unfortunate five as
bad people. However, they do not possess the wisdom to recognize the most essential preparation task for the wedding
feast.
In
his
letter to the Paul assures us that
first
Thessalonians,
St.
most important
hear this matriarch as she begins to recount
the
the achievements of a long and exciting
the risen Lord. For Paul, the fhaition of
life.
Caught up
in her recollections, she
all
wisdom
is
to
God
Our matriarch falls back among the mounds of white linen. Disillusioned, she
the celebration.
gift in life is faith in
know
Jesus and to have
raised Jesus from the
The
lasting achievement of a lifehave looked forward to meeting the risen Lord and prepared well for
dead.
is
to
who,
he says, send their prayers as genuinely and devoutly as those of America's forebears. While reading Moore's book, I
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE
found myself listening more for prayer within our culture and especially in the
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER
of the students I teach. It sometimes silent but numbers adapting and reinventalways active ing its forms as the times demand.
Sunday
lives
— —
great
Hayes Marymount sity in
is there in
theology
teaches
New
(Thirty-first
Sunday
in
30
NOVEMBER 5
Ordinary Time), Malachi 1:14-2:2, 8-10,
Matthew 23: 1-1 2; IVIonday, Romans 11:29-36, Luke 14:12-14; Tuesday 9-14,
1
John
25:31-46;
3:1-3,
Matthew 5:1-12; Wednesday
Thursday
(St.
Martin de Porres),
Borromeo), Romans 15:14-21, Luke
(All
Souls),
Romans
16:1-8; Saturday,
Wisdom
Thessalonians 2:7-9,13,
1
(All Saints),
3:1-9,
Revelation 7:2-4,
Romans 5:5-11 Matthew ,
14:7-12, Luke 15:1-10; Friday (St. Charles
Romans
16:3-9, 16, 22-27,
Luke 16:9-15.
at
College ofFordham Univer-
Tarrytown,
York.
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 6 NOVEMBER
1
Sunday (Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time), Wisdom 6:12-16, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18,Matthew 25:1-1 3; Monday, Wisdom 1:1-7, Luke 17:1-6; Tuesday, Wisdom 2:23-3:9, Luke 17:7-10; Wednes-
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Luke
Wisdom
13:1-9,
Luke 17:26-37; Saturday (St. Josaphat), Wisdom 18:14-16;
19:6-9,
18:1-8.
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Here we find Mother Elizabeth Seton and Babe Ruth (among the few Catholic references). Gen. George Patton and Harriet Tubman, T.S. Eliot and J. P. Morgan, Benjamin Franklin and Mary Pickford, Thelonius Monk and Reinhold Niebuhr. It is not impossible, but one must search harder in Moore's text to see all of the Jewish and Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu champions of prayer. One wonders, also, about the
No-
help us understand the necessity for be-
leaves the fiiture of prayer in
in a
bless the nation.
in
God's kingdom
time
upon the nation
day of fasting and prayer for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, numerous other presidents have asked for God's aid on the country's behalf. Moore sifts many of the presidential papers to find instances where they invoked God's assistance in carrying out the duties of office or beseeched God to engage
weekend
Preparing to enter
of a beautiful young woman preparing to step into an ultramodern bathtub.
the capable hands of today's youth
first
vember. The readings for our Sunday liturgies are beginning to take on an apocalyptic tone and start to reflect the waning of another year.
judgment, let all the borne be their for-
to
For instance, just as President George to
readings for this
1
faith that
come
it is
vignette provides a contrast with the
glances toward a television and sees a shot
this;
giveness."
America," this soul-stirring book is one of the few recent histories of its kind and it promises to hold pride of place in writing on American culture.
6:12-16 Psalm 63:2-8
and
we have
consumer
fixtures;
The unintended message of this brief
Wisdom
We do find in Moore's catalog some
heart
bathroom
and dying.
railroad spikes?
those of ill will. But do not only
ONE NATION UNDER GOD
this clever
to intensify
is
desire for upscale
Thessalonians 4:13-18 3) Matthew 25:1-13
2)
the Irish or Chinese
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commercial
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J.
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is still
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2005
AROUND THE DIOCESE
CSS program aids
caregivers
YOU KNOW?
DID
According
to the
2000 Census, North
Carolina has:
Smart Start, will provide these resources in Mecklenburg County," she said. New Horizons staffers also will help grandparents navigate the confusing charmels of the Department of Social Services and other agencies. "It can be complicated to receive services at a lot of these places and the grandparents just don't understand," said Cranford. "Our job is to call and
Fifteen families are already enrolled
HORIZONS, from page 1
in the program,
which was launched
last
July.
man-
Social workers provide case
must take numerous prescription medications. Recently, an official at the Mecklenburg County Health Department informed her that her Medicaid was cut off During a September home visit, Carmen Cruz, a social worker with New Horizons for Children and Families, learned about Cooper's loss of health coverage. She contacted the Health Department and had Cooper's Medicaid reinstated.
Thanks
to
New
Horizons, Cooper
and others like her now have a valuable resource of information, assistance and referral services.
Approximately 160,576 adults in North Carolina have grandchildren living with them full time. These unique famihes
exist for several
reasons: death of the parent, drug depen-
dence, imprisonment or inabihty to parent.
Catholic Social Services in the Diocese of Charlotte (CSS), in partnership
with Smart Start of Mecklenburg County developed New Horizons, a program in support of grandparents and "kinship families" parenting children birth to five
years of age. Kinship families are
of children and
their guardians
made
who
are
not their parents.
agement
in assisting these families with
services,
which include monthly home
on-going parent education and referrals for assistance within CSS and
visits,
community resources. "The whole point of the program
appropriate
is
figure
support," said Colleen Cranford, project
New
director for
Horizons.
"We
that these people parenting again
volve a
lot
of
can
it
in-
prehensive services including professional mental health intervention, parenting education and case manage-
New Horizons.
Contact Staff Writer Karen A. Evans by calling (704) 370-3354 or e-mail kaevans@charlottediocese. org.
"CSS
ment to benefit
families in
are being raised
To be ticipants
47%
are Caucasian
are Hispanic/Latino are American Indian or
Alaskan Native
• The city of Charlotte has 5,175 grandparents responsible for meet-
by older
•
needs of grandchildren.
42.9% of the grandparents have had
responsibility for the grandchildren for
5 years or more.
which children program, par-
must
Mecklenburg
in
42.6% were households without
•
relatives.
eligible for the
live
ing the basic
parents present. •
one child must be 5 years old or younger and the grandparents or guardians must be the primary caregivers and sole decision-makers. Funding is assured only for the next two years, Cranford said. After that, CSS expects the program will receive County,
28.2
at least
% were over the age of 60,
3.6%
•
of
all
households
Carolina are grandparents
in
North
living with
grandchildren. •
1
9.4% were
living in
poverty
in 1
999
continued funding for the future.
Margie Cooper and
In the meantime,
others like her are reaping the benefits of
CSS and Smart
has the expertise to provide
and
are African-American
out for them."
Home visits include an assessment of the safety of the household: cabinet locks, smoke alarms, proper storage of chemical-based cleaners. The counselor also assesses the physical and mental development of each child. A licensed counselor is available to help strengthen these families with individual and family counseling along with therapeutic support groups for caretakers and for children. Parent education classes, which run for six weeks at a time focusing on age's birth to 12 years of age, are offered as well. Cranford said that the needs of children from birth to 5 years old who are being raised by grandparents or older relatives are complex. These needs can only be addressed by a program such as
this safety net
47%
2% 2%
Horizons for Children and Families is the only program in Mecklenburg County that provides com-
stress."
living with
grandchildren.
New
realize
160,576 grandparents
•
in partnership with
Start.
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October 28,
Perspectives
A
collection of columns,
The Second Vatican Councirs 40th anniversary
and viewpoints
editorials
Forty years ago, on Dec. 8, 1965, Second Vatican Council came to an end. Down through the decades most
the
Catholics have applauded
News media code
words: the
mind
shortcut to a small avoid
these code words because
I
find
them
He
with feeble
talent.
But
I
with a television producer
once worked
who
the Media
thought
cious in promoting concord, a just peace
and the brotherly unity of all." I was only a seminarian when John XXIII was pope, and I admired him from afar. Cardinal Leon Joseph
DIRECTOR
pUed.
The problem with
cliches
is
that they
media of"devouf or the
lack clarity. For example, the ten refers to a Catholic as
wing of the council
v. Wade. But who knows one avenue of speculation that the code words opened. We Catholics are part of a diverse
Roe
overturn
—
punishment? Senator John
that's just
worldwide church. Our traditions go back 2,000 years. These twin towers
he
Is
Suenens, the leader of the progressive
and the White House seems to want to make clear where Ms. Miers stands and therefore how she will vote in the event that she has the opportunity to
or she opposes abortion but supports
Kerry's views are just the opposite.
above, are divided on the issue of abortion,
more formal "devout Roman Catholic." Do "devout Catholics" ever miss Sunday Mass? Is a Catholic devout if, like Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, he capital
devout? Cliches can also be used to divide us.
make our
Red
State,
that is a
Blue
State,
1,
understand something beautiful. The flame of faith that bums in each of us can provide warmth and light to others, but the light will remain under a basket if
we
who
a great deal of help.
did the re-
organizations
—
those two words are these questions:
now? Did
News
and pundits have a limited amount of time and space 600 words for me. Code words can become irresistible shortcuts. The only way I've found to avoid falling into a cliche rut is to be exposed to varying viewpoints. And so, if you subscribe to "America" magazine, visit the Web site of "Crisis" every now and then. You might think the sun rises over the editorial page of The New York Times, but remember, 77?^ Wall Street Journal can be pretty thought-provoking, too. Even better, have a discussion with a fellow
search, it has been cleared up that Ms. Miers was never a Catholic. So what was the original intent of the wrongly reported cliche that Harriet Miers was "raised Catholic?" Inherent in
faith is she
don't get past the cliches.
Don't expect the general media to be
thanks to a deacon in
the DioceSe of Dallas
she reject
Catholicism?
Those are very good questions, but unfortunately cliches don't provide answers. That opens the drain for specula-
which quickly clouds the important issue of the role that faith might play in a Supreme Court nominee's decisionmaking process.
tion,
Was
And
than they miss the opportunity to truly
The code word/cliche of the past few weeks has been "raised Catholic" when used in reference to Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers. As re-
What
beliefs hard to categorize.
good thing. If someone thinks they know you or your faith via a cliche,
One you like. One you hate.
ported on page
Catholic, a Protestant, a
Jew or a Muslim
that she
about God. Yes, it will take a little longer to come to an informed opinion. But think
gelical Protestant
about
wink
"raised Catholic" intended as a
to the fundamentalist
community
had "found" Jesus in an evanchurch and therefore somehow would be a fit justice for the Supreme Court? Catholics, as noted
it,
what's the rush?
If the shoe
fits,
wear
There, that
makes 600.
250 words
or less, pertain to recent
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for Today FATHER JOHN CATOIR CNS COLUMNIST Others when they were in the minority, using the principle that "error has no
rights." This principle
when
on
the teaching
was dropped
religious fi^eedom
became more developed. Today the church teaches
that
no
one should be subject to coercion of any kind when it comes to the act of faith. The document on religious freedom also taught us that the church has the power to change some of its traditions. The "Decree on Ecumenism" dealt with the problem of the reunification of all
the Christian churches.
New thinking
on the dignity of the human person and fi^eedom of conscience led to an entirely new approach to church unity.
those years.
the different concepts of the church.
Sixteen documents were written during the council under the inspiration Spirit, and each one of them Pope John's pastoral approach
The chief obstacle
to reunion rests in
One view sees the church as an absolute monarchy; the other sees church author-
of the Holy
ity as
reflected
adopted the view that the authority of the pope and bishops henceforth would be considered a service to be implemented
to leadership.
as pivotal:
Two in particular stood out
The "Declaration on Religious
Freedom," largely the result of the thinking of Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray (1904-1967), and "The Decree on Ecumenism," promoted in large part by theologian Father Hans Kung. Past popes had condemned the very thought of religious freedom, but the council fathers found the courage and
a coUegial service. The council
in a collegial
We no return to
mode.
longer see imity in terms of a
Rome by
the other churches,
but rather as a restoration of all things to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. All parties
have agreed divisions
blame for the Pope John Paul II
to share the
among
us.
humility to reverse the ultraconservative
even went so far as to apologize publicly for the church's part in causing this
"Syllabus of Errors," issued by Pope
division.
IX in 1864. The church once demanded freedom for itself when it was in
the
Pius
the minority but refused to grant
it
to
We are all working diligently to fulfill mandate of Jesus, spoken at the Last Supper, "That all may be one."
Lessons from the IVIillions IVIore IVIovement As Mall
I
walked along the Washington I came upon
in the nation's capital,
was a sight for Millions More Movement. a rally that
sore eyes: the
was held; an estimated 1 million people, most African American, attended. Though this year's crowd was much smaller, witnessing it was an awesome experience. A number of the talks zeroed in on In 1995 a similar rally
how poor
for calling it the Millions More Movement, rather than the Million Man March. This event's statement is one we have heard over and over: The poor people of New Orleans represented the pockets of poor people throughout this
country who are neglected, forgotten and abandoned. But why state the obvious? Because it is
not obvious to everyone, especially
people
The Human Side FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CNS COLUMNIST
Afiican
Americans were betrayed by America. They also addressed unemployment, equal rights, slavery, self-empowerment and a number of other social justice issues. Interestingly, there was a strong emphasis on family unity, hence the reason
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Spirituality
be his occasional secretary during the 1980s and 1990s when he came to the United States. I learned a lot about the workings of the council fi-om him during
Hurricane Katrina and it.
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of time. time saves nine,"
of leadership that put charity
taught that the best
seeds of discord, nothing more effica-
were great. She said cliches are code words that express an easily understood point of view in a minimal amount stitch in
ac-
fective than charity, in eradicating the
cliches
"A
many
errors was by demonstrating the validity of the church's teaching through Christian charity: "There is nothing more ef-
&
Catholics
unimaginative crutches used by writers
its
complishments. An angry minority thought it was a disaster. I belong to the first group, and I'll tell you why. I think Pope John XXIII was the most outstanding church leader of the 20th century. He promoted a pastoral style
I
I've always disliked cliches.
2005
who live comfortably and have no
sense of social justice. But ^his move-
ment goes deeper than this. The word "doubt" conveys the notion of paralysis, of an inability to move because of being caught between two conflicting possibilities. Too many Americans are still not convinced that we have desperately poor people in our big cities, suburbs and rural areas. They have yet to become believers and to act
upon
that belief
Events
like the Millions
ment emphatically
More Move-
state that in the richest
nation in the world, people must
come
to
we still have a long way to go in assuring the equality we champion and giving the care to each person that we tout. realize that
The Catholic News & Herald 11
2005
October 28,
What makes a
A determined woman
happy marriage? Our Turn
worker for the Lord
THERESE
J.
BORCHARD Back
made
Hollywood
in the early 1950s,
movie
a
called
"Come
to the
Young and Celeste Hohn playing two penniless nuns who came to America from France at the end of World War II to found a hospital for Stable" with Loretta
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children.
was
It
story that
a fictionalized version of a
was much more powerful
Americans there "enemies." She became a fiigitive from the Gestapo and somehow escaped arrest. At the liberation of Jouarre by the Americans, Mother Benedict had something of
in
CNS COLUMNIST
The real-life woman played by Young was Mother Benedict Duss, an American-bom graduate of a medical fact.
school in Paris, a nun
Benedictine
at the
Abbey
visit
I
them often
abbey,
at their
at Jouarre in France and a fugitive from the Gestapo. More than that, she was a faith-motivated, courageous pioneer determined to found a Benedictine monastery for women in America as her way of thanking this country for liberating her abbey in France. In the decades that followed the movie until her death Oct. 2, 2005, at age 94, Mother Duss was the first to acknowledge what a tempestuous 60-plus years this had been for her as the maverick foundress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Conn. She had to
some 45 of them, all professionals who have taken vows making them members of this first cloistered Benedictine community of women to be established in the United States. These women wear a traditional habit and live according to a rule written for community life by St. Benedict in the sixth century. But that's just the overview. What has been established here is a model that was expected to fail building a monastery on American ground for American women, based on a 1 500-year-old rule. But Mother Benedict was no ordi-
face poverty, trauma, setbacks, success,
nary
sometimes harsh accusations but always she had fidelity and love from her "daughters," every one of whom I call "my sisters." failure, physical illness,
—
— ,
interviewed hundreds of couples for
book "I Like Being Married." Says my husband on commimication:
home
start at their
appropriately,
in a tiny
Bethlehem
town
called,
in the hills
of
mans occupying France declared
all
Among
the other secrets to
happy
marriages were these: Forgiveness. "Without forgiveness, love has no meaning," says best-selling
author Marianne Williamson.
"It has no Only when two
fullness or maturity.
people have shown each other the worst side of our natures are
we
truly ready for
named Dolores Hart
Hollywood and entered the community in 1 963 known and beloved these many years as Mother Dolores.
Nouwen, a noted spirituality writer. "Good marriages don't just happen,"
Much
the task of love," she says.
came
attention
their
way
after
Hollywood made the movie, and even more eyes were on this abbey when a beautifial left
blonde
star
—
when
sfrong
and the Ger-
continue to ask each other how her day was, you send a quick e-mail, you take time to have limch once in awhile."
"You
Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Billy Graham since 1943, says, "A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers." Compassion. "Love often makes it-
Connecticut.
put her in great jeopardy after the AmeriII
my
a mystical experience, leading her to
dying, Regina Laudis, founded by a
War
Good communication was one of the many secrets to happy marriages when I
promise then and there that she would thank her birth country for this liberation by founding a monastery in America. How she convinced the Vatican that this was a viable project is a tale of a strong woman facing up to powerful men and winning. She also had the coincidental luck of finding some American women, notably artist Lauren Ford, who offered her and her companion. Mother Mary Aline, hospitality and a place to
woman. The work she did for her community and the villagers of Jouarre cans entered World
CNS COLUMNIST
In a time
woman who
dividuality of
religious orders are
so respected the in-
women, swims
tide with a thriving
against the
community.
self visible in pain," said Father Henri
says Tipper Gore, married to former Vice President Al Gore since 1970. "They take a lot of love and a lot of work. When things get rough, you don't just cut and run." Actor Christopher Reeve said: "We made a bargain for life. I got the better end of the deal."
and friendship. "Familbreeds content," says Leach. "Fa-
Familiarity iarity
Your faith is yours
is knowing someone so well that you both say the same surprising things at the same time and feel the love in the
miliarity
laughter that follows.
Don't be fooled. They are not there to be your friends. They are not there to have an open discussion. They are not there to hang out. They are not truly interested in
"Hey, where are you guys from?" I asked, hoping to talk about home, hoping to bring up restaurants we all may have frequented, guessing they would like. to
your daily
talk to
I
life.
Don't be fooled.
walked down the winding Dublin
my MP3
player and feeling loneliness along with excitement. I felt the crisp Irish fall air along with the heat under my jacket streets,
from
listening to
my
downtown
walking.
I
focused on the
skyline, using
it
get, turning left, then right,
as a tar-
allowing
it
guide me. I had left the United States a couple months earlier, visited a friend in Germany and then headed to Dublin to begin writing. I had been there a week, sleeping and reading quietly in a room at a hostel converted from a convent, but still operated by nuns. On the winding streets, songs brought me back home, music filled my insides with a yearning for family and
to
who, the last time those tunes, were with me. friends
In the distance
I
I
listened to
someone who grew up near them
too, as the majority
Wasatch front. They told me that they grew up less than 1 5 miles from where I grew up. "That's great! What do you guys miss about it?" I asked, expecting to talk about the mountains or the fishing or the mountain biking. They responded, "Have you ever been introduced to the LDS faith?" This shocked me. I thought, like me, they would be happy to meet somebody from
home. "Yeah, yeah
I
"Would you it
like to set
disappoint-
like to learn
more?
We
to discuss
I
said, disguising
my
"No
frustration
thanks,
I
and
am
a
practicing Catholic, and I'm not interested."
recognizing their religious affiliation, crossed the street to say hello.
horizon.
street,
I
turned and headed
faith is yours.
down
the
my
landmark
Your
beliefs are
continuing toward
Your
KASE JOHNSTUN CNS COLUMNIST
"Gradually, though,
being so close
we learned about giv-
ing 100 percent, and about deciding to love,
and about finding the energy and
becoming vulner-
patience, and about yours. If missionaries from other faiths
make you doubt your way in.
try to
their
Perseverance. "In every marriage there are horrible, hurtfial,
Missionaries of any faith tend to be kind, good-hearted people. But there are some whose only goal is to convert you away from your faith to theirs. Don't be fooled by friendly inquiring. There are very few things that I am downright pessimistic about, but this is one of them. It's to have doubts, to have questions and to seek answers. But if you have doubts, talk to your parents, priest, teachers, but not to someone with an ulterior motive not one whose aim is to find a hole in your faith and to fill it in with something
—
quite different.
able," she says.
faith, that is
OK
further with you."
men in suits, ties and badges walking down the road. Being from Utah and I
I
up a moment
responding nicely,
saw two young
have,"
edly responded.
would
Coming of Age
of Utah's population
one northern area along the
lives in
It is
you think her thoughts and feel her feelings at the same time she thinks and feels them," he says. Vulnerability. "Before I met my husband, I was always kind of private and had doubts about the wisdom of opening myself up too much," says Kathleen Walsh of Upper Saddle River, N.J. to the other that
T
don't
know
can stand one more minute of this pain' moments," says Judy Markey of Chicago. "But you get through them. You get through them because fiandamentally you know there is something worth salvaging. ... Because you believe fiercely in the worthiness of the imperif
I
fect union," she says.
Fun. "When
I
first
met John,
I
could be this much fiin," says actress Kelly Preston, married to actor John Travolta since 1991. "There's always a game to play and something fun to do a way to look at life with joyous eyes," she says. couldn't believe
life
—
And, of course, there
is
prayer.
October 28,
The Catholic News & Herald 12
2005
PARISH PROFILE observance of International Rosary
St.
Vincent de Paul a thriving parish
for
40 years
began
Day
in 1978.
A number of ministries began during the tenure of the next pastor, Msgr. Felix
Kelaher, ST.
VINCENT DE PAUL CHURCH
3828 Old Reid Rd. Charlotte, N.C.
who arrived in September
1984:
Knights of Columbus Council 9560, the Visitation Ministry, St. Vincent de Paul Preschool and the aduh faith formation
28210
Under
classes (RCIA).
his direction, the
(704) 554-7088
parish organized a committee to plan a
Vicariate: Charlotte
new church complex. When Msgr. WilUam
Pastor: Father Mark S. Lawlor
Parochial
Father
Vicar:
John
F.
Starczewski
Permanent Deacon: Deacon Gerald Hickey, Deacon Edwin Rodriguez
Number of families:
Pharr took over
99 1 he guided the parish through the important undertaking of renovating and adding to the existing buildings, including a renovation of the church. As work began on the church, paas pastor in June
P.
1,673
rishioners
1
moved
,
into the
newly
built ac-
Masses. On Feb. 27, 1999, then-Bishop William G. Curlin
tivity center for
dedicated the
new
church.
Msgr. Pharr also introduced a youthoriented Mass, the ACES group for senior citizens, and the parish picnic. When he retired in July 2001, the parish dedicated the activity center to him, renaming it
in his honor.
Mark Lamprich assumed the when Msgr. Pharr retired in
Father pastorate
2001, and added two houses to the church holdings. One serves as a rectory, and the other as a youth house. Father Mark Lawlor was assigned as pastor in July 2003. In the past two years, two additional adjacent homes were pur-
Photo by Karen A. Evans
Father Mark In
50 years,
less than
home
for
many south
CHARLOTTE
St.
Vincent de Paul Church has established
— The
parish of
church leaders suspect that the church itself for almost 40 years. On Oct. 29, 1961, Bishop Waters dedicated St. Vincent de Paul as a mission church of St. Aim Church. In the
gymnasium would become
early 1960s, the population of Charlotte rapidly, as
was
its
Catholic
growth
claimed
St. its
1965, Bishop Waters proVincent de Paul Church a
own right
in
many
areas. In
1966, Father
Noonan began a kindergarten in the parish social hall,
and two years
ioners elected the
When
first
Father
later the parish-
parish council.
Noonan
left
St.
Vincent de Paul Church in July 1971 to begin a new assigimient, Msgr. John Rouche was appointed pastor. He initiated a Saturday evening Mass and began sponsoring the Girl Scouts. A year and a half after coming to St. Vincent de Paul Church, Msgr. Rouche was reassigned and the parish welcomed Father Vincent Stokes as its third pastor. His years saw further changes. The acreage purchased earlier was sold off, as the diocese decided the facilities planned for the land were no longer needed.
On July 9, parish in
as the spiritual
The remainder of the decade saw
St.
Little did the
was growing community.
The parish added a new wing
The following
ery and a religious education office. Also
added a social hall to its existing facilities, with a cry room, a kitchen and meeting space for the many church activities. The ladies of the parish formed the Women's Guild to help the church meet its needs.
during these years, the parish established
the first pastor.
for a long time of estabgroup to help those in crises, and during his tenure a group of men and women formed the St. Vincent de Paul Society to do just that. This ministry continues today for the same purpose. In August 1977, Msgr. William Wellein became St. Vincent's fifth pastor. He oversaw a number of physical improvements to the church property. During this time, St. Vincent de Paul Church began ecumenical participation with the other Park Sharon-area churches in celebrating joint Thanksgiving and Lenten services, and the semiannual Rosary Rally took root when the
lishing a
the craft group, chartered a cub
chased that increase available parish meeting space. There are plans for a to be constructed on the church property in the near future. To
columbarium
provide for the pastoral care for the large
numbers of Hispanic Catholics Uving within the parish, Father Mark instituted a weekly
Mass in Spanish in December 2003. The parish of St. Vincent de Paul Church has come a long way from the mission church gymnasium. Through the work of many hands and with God's blessing, it has grown into a thriving parish.
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NOVEMBER
SERVING CATHOLICS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE DIOCESE OF CHARLOTTE
2005
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A milestone of love
VOLUME
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Judging Catholics WOULD BE FIFTH CATHOLIC ON SUPREME COURT
ALITO
Anniversary couples celebrate
,
BY
JERRY FILTEAU
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
sacrament of
—
WASHINGTON
matrimony
Judge Samuel Alito
If
con-
is
Jr.
firmed as a U.S. Supreme Court
BISHOP SAYS CHRIST'S LOVE IS FOUNDATION TO LASTING MARRIAGE
justice,
it
KEVIN
E.
Oct. 31 nominated Alito, a
CHARLOTTE — The sacment
one
God's
to
W. Bush
President George
is
love,
of
court are Catholic.
MURRAY
EDITOR
rament of matrimony
time
first
on the nation's highest
justices
BY
would be the
in history that the majority
New
former U.S. attorney in
Jersey and for the past 15 years
a testa-
a judge on the Philadelphia-based
to be
shared with the entire world,
3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Ap-
said Bishop Peter
peals.
J.
Bishop Jugis gave message
among
renew their matrimonial vows during the annual dioc-
to
Church
St.
The
Thomas Aquinas
most
liberal in the
judge
5 5 -year-old
likely to face strong
is
Democratic
opposition because on the appel-
in Charlotte Oct. 30.
Hailing from
the
country.
esan wedding anniversary celebration at
is
strong conservative
this
134 couples invited
to
He
widely regarded as a on an appellate court that is considered
Jugis
around the Diocese of Charlotte, 50 couples celebrated 50 years and 82 couples celebrated 25
late court
all
he opined that
it
was
wives to
constitutional to require
See SUPREME, page 13
Photo bv Kevin E. Murray
Tina and Elmer Branstetter accept roses after celebrating 25 years of marriage at the annual diocesan
wedding anniversary celebration held
See MARRIAGE, page 5
VATICAN
at St.
Thomas Aquinas Church
in
Charlotte Oct. 30.
The Branstetters
were one of 134 couples celebrating 25, 50, 60 and 64 years of marriage.
Pope says Vatican II underlined special Christian-Jewisli ties
II
Forty years
later,
Vatican
BY
II
JOHN THAVIS
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
continues to reverberate
through church BY
Editor's note: This first in a series
Vatican
's
is
the
the halls of the Vatican to the
religions.
pews of local
ond Vatican Council, the deep it set in motion
transformation
0€6€
9/2 u;
firmed the
ses-
sions from 1962 to 1965 and its
16 landmark documents
modernized
the
CNS
Between 2,000 and 2,500 bishops attended each Vatican
ON TIIH ladVHO ao Ayvyan noshm ONn Nouoamoo on
FILE
PHOTO
liturgy,
See COUNCIL, page 8
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"The council
parishes.
The council's four
years after the close of the Sec-
Second
while expressing respect for Muslims and followers of other
II legacy.
VATICAN CITY — Forty
said the
the church at every level, from
continues to reverberate through
examining
XVI
Vatican Council had rightly underlined the special ties between Christians and Jews,
JOHN THAVIS
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
— Pope
VATICAN CITY Benedict
fathers conof universal
spirit
brotherhood that forbids any type of religious discrimination or persecution," he said.
session
II
See
inside St. Peter's Basilica.
TIES,
Secular devotion
Pastoral assignments
Perspectives
Catholic Daughters; Equestrian
Bishop Peter ]. Jugis
Stewardship Awareness
Order of Holy Sepulchre;
announces new
Sunday; responding
Discalced Carmelites
assignments in diocese
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page 7
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2 The Catholic News & Herald
November
Current and upcoming
In Brief
topics from around the
world to your
own backyard
New study finds lay ecclesial ministry still
growing in United States
Major improvements
RING OF GENEROSITY
WASHINGTON
in
pay for ministers since
— A new
(CNS)
national study reports that there are
now
nearly 31,000 paid lay parish ministers
and more than 2,000 others who work parish ministry at least 20 hours a
on a volunteer
Washington
ranges for them.
with commentaries on time in the history of
holds up a wedding ring that was in
Los Angeles. A
saying
it
was
in
left
woman who
for the victims of
Gabriel the Archangel Church
St.
New
in
Orleans,
a donor envelope at St. Lawrence of Brindisi
said she had no
money
to offer
the gold ring
left
Hurricane Katrina. The pastor of the Los Angeles
church sought out the parish most
need of help and contacted Msgr. Doussan.
in
will
meet
at 6:30 p.m. at Pepperoni's Pizza in Park Road Shopping Center. Father Timothy Reid will discuss "Catholicism in our Daily
Hoover
will discuss
&
"Catholicism Other Faiths" Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. For more information, contact Catrina Conway at (704) 665-7374.
CHARLOTTE — A Mass for Bereaved Parents
and Grandparents
be celebrated Gabriel Church,
will
Nov. 6 at 2:30 p.m. at St. 3016 Providence Rd. All are invited to bring a photo or memorabilia of the child. Parents who have lost a child to miscarriage or stillbirth are encouraged to attend. For more infor-
Collection at Los Angeles parish
mation, call (704) 364-5431.
yields gift for Katrina victims BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) — The she had, and she gave all
second collection taken up Lawrence of Brindisi Church
at
St.
CHARLOTTE — Janice Olive will facilitate a it
with
all
her
heart."
Watts section of Los Angeles, earmarked for Hurricane Katrina victims, contained an unusual donation. St. Lawrence is an inner-city church of 3,000 families, about 80 percent Hispanic and 20 percent African-American.
For several days. Father Banks carried the ring with him in his shirt pocket to remind him of the woman's generosity. But he knew the ring and its story had to be shared. "I didn't want to part with it, but it was not mine it belonged to New
They
of "very modest means," said Capuchin Franciscan Fa-
Orleans," Father Banks said.
ther Peter Banks, pastor.
shared the story with his parishioners,
in the
are people
A recent second collection contained by an anonymous woman's wedding ring that
a stunning gift left
donor: a eventually
church
hit
was sent to a New Orleans by floodwater 8 feet deep
after Katrina.
In a church donation envelope,
someone
left
a message hand-printed in
Spanish: "For the victims of the hurricane.
I
did not bring any money. But this
should be of some value.
my
It is
with
all
of
heart."
When
Father Banks opened the en-
velope, he saw a gold wedding ring with
small notches on the outside.
"My
immediate reaction was, what
—
The following weekend
many of whom have "I
"It's incredible that
woman
who
nothing and she reached
hand and took off her
down on
ring.
...
her
This was
wanted people to know what Father Banks said.
"There are saints living within our midst. Our parishioners do relate to tragedy and suffering." Father Banks then began searching on the Internet for a parish in the Archdiocese of New Orleans that might need direct help recovering from the devastating storm. He came across Msgr. Douglas Doussan' s name and made contact with the pastor of St. Gabriel Church in Pontchartrain Park. The church had been flooded by water 8 feet deep. ing to
woman had
Louisiana relatives.
program for adults concerning "The Death of a Parent. " Nov. 9, 6:30-8 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. The loss of a parent as an adult is the single most common form of bereavement. This program is for those who have lost a parent or minister to the bereaved. For more information, call (704) 364-5431.
—
CHARLOTTE A Mass for Spouses of the Deceased will be celebrated Nov. 13 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. Join us to remember your deceased spouse in a special way. For more information, call
(704) 364-5431.
CHARLOTTE — The
50+ Club of St. John Church, 8451 Idlewild Rd., meets the second Wednesday of each month at 1 a.m. with a program and lunch in the parish
Neumann
happened,"
incredible kindness and charity this had," he said. "This
the priest
make such
people are will-
a sacrifice to help those
are traumatized," said Msgr. Doussan. "She obviously was not giving out of her surplus but out of her want."
ministry that the U.S. bishops are being
approve when they meet in
to
in
mid-November.
summary of
ecutive
ex-
it
appears as a
a quarterly publication of the center.
The two previous studies were conducted in 1990 and 1997.
For reservations and more information,
call
VICARIATE
BELMONT — Queen of the Apostles
Church, provide an opportunity for people to express their support to our church family members that are serving in the military. After all Masses the weekends of Nov. 5-6 and Nov. 12-13, we will have letter writing materials for anyone that would like to participate. If you have family members in the military, please send a picture and mailing address to Dermis Teall-Fleming, director of faith formation, to be included on the poster of family members. If you have any questions, please call Dennis at (704) 825-9600, ext. 26, or e-mail teallfleming@yahoo.com.
503 North Main
St., will
QOA
GREENSBORO
VICARIATE
HIGH POINT
— Immaculate Heart of Mary
School, 605 Barbee St., is hosting an Open House Nov. 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m., for prospective students for the 2006-07 school year. For
Nancy Achter
information, call
2613 or
visit
at
more
(336) 887-
www.ihm-school.com.
—
The Greensboro Council STONEVILLE Catholic Women will hold its annual Mass
of of
Remembrance Nov.
17 at St. Francis Springs Prayer Center, 477 Grogan Rd. Mass at 10:30 a.m. will be followed by lunch. For more infor-
mation, please contact 545-9266.
—
GREENSBORO
Carmen Wood
at
All Irish-Catholic
(336)
women
are invited to participate in the Ladies Ancient Order ofHibernians, a social, cultural and chari-
group for an ongoing series of fun and LAOH meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Kloster Center of St. Pius X Church, 2210 N. table
informative activities.
NOVEMBER
[HE-
VOLUME
NEWS">MERALD
An
the study along
special insert in the fall issue of Church,
GASTONIA
Tap
the Laity's
Subcommittee on Lay Ministry has incorporated findings from the study into a resource document on lay ecclesial
Lucille at (704) 537-2189.
VICARIATE
Lives." Father Conrad
The Committee on
hall.
Nov. 8
Msgr. Douglas Doussan, pastor of
Com-
the
Endowment.
asked
CHARLOTTE — Theology on
Methe, Clarion Herald
was commissioned by
them with continuing education and in setting employment standards and salary
CHARLOnE
J.
It
mittee on the Laity of the U.S. Confer-
ing of lay parish ministers, in providing
Diocesan. planner
PHOTO FROM Frank
York, which con-
ducted the study.
the Lilly
first
990
ence of Catholic Bishops and funded by that since
our country, there are more paid professional lay ministers in our parishes than there are priests," said Father Eugene F.
CNS
New
Life Center in
1990 there have been major improvements in pay for the paid ministers. It also found striking advances since. 1990 in the involvement of dioceses in the training, screening, certification and commission-
"For the
1
Lauer, director of the National Pastoral
in
week
basis.
The study found
Church
2005
4,
15
2005
4.
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FROM THE VATICAN
Pope
condemns statement against new Hoiy Land vioience
Vatican Israei,
—
VATICAN CITY
Christians to think of 'death
tells
without
fear^
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
—
Land "from whatever side they originate,"
tians
including a Palestinian terrorist attack in
statements questioning Israel's right to
the next day.
responsibility for the attack in Hadera,
of death, recognizing that it is a necessary juncture leading from one's journey on earth to one's final destination in heaven, said Pope Benedict XVI. Observing the Nov. 1 feast of All
which
Saints and anticipating the
exist
Hadera Oct. 26 and an Israeli reprisal raid
A
were "unacceptable."
The Vatican statement was issued Oct. 28, two days after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denounced the and said the country
policies of Israel
Palestinian miUtant group claimed
killed
fiv'e Israeli
troops; the group
said the attack was in retaliation for Israel's
of an Islamic miUtant. Israel in tum with a missile attack in Gaza that
killing
should be "wiped off the map." His com-
retaliated
ments drew widespread criticism and calls by some for sanctions against Iran. Without mentioning Iran by name,
killed four militants
the Vatican statement said
firmly con-
peace and justice that springs from their
"certain statements, particularly
populations and avoid acts or choices that
demned
it
serious and unacceptable, in
which
Middle East
"They should commit themselves
"The Holy See reaffirms on this occasion the right of both Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security, each
own
sovereign state,"
The Vatican expressed tion
Elm
of recent
acts
it
said.
condemnaof violence in the Holy its
Please join us for refreshments and to
St.
to "hsten to the yearning for
lead to division and death."
Israel's right to exist is denied."
in their
and three bystanders. all leaders of the
The Vatican urged
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learn
with courage and determination to creat-
minimum conditions necessary for
ing the
a resumption of dialogue, which
only
way that will assure
and prosperity land,"
it
the
is
a fixture of peace
to the children
of that
said.
more
the church hall. For
church ofiBce
FRANKLIN
VICARIATE
MOORES\aLLE — One of the most important aspects of parenting is the ability to set healthy boundaries with teenagers. Shannon Wilson, family therapist, will present Parents, Teens and Boundaries: How to Draw the Line Nov. 12, 1-4 p.m., at St. Therese Church, 217 Brawley School Rd. This workshop will teach parents practical strategies for boundary setting to help them deal better with avoiding conflict, resolving problems and issues, and establishing a mutual foundation of love and respect. For more information, call Dave Conklin at (704) 664-7762, ext. 108.
SALISBURY
~ Sacred Heart Church,
— The
and Healing Sunday of each month at 4 p.m. Prayer and worship with prayer teams will be available at 3 p.m., and a potluck dinner will follow the Mass. Father John Putnam, pastor,
Fulton
Mass
St.,
the
celebrates a Charismatic
first
For further information, (704) 639-9837.
will be the celebrant. call Bill
Owens at
MOORESVILLE -- A Support Group for ParWho Ha\'e Lost a Child of any age meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Therese Church, 217 Brawley School Rd. We draw strength from others' experience of loss and grief For more information, call Joy at (704) 664-3992. ents
MOORESVILLE
—
Seniors ages 55 and up are
invited to St. Therese Church,
217 Brawley
Nov. 2
Women 's Guild
feature guest speakers
Pope Benedict told thousands of Square on
visitors gathered in St. Peter's
the feast of All Saints, an Italian public
holiday, that the day offers the opportunity "to experience the joy of being part
of the large family of God's friends." The communion of saints is "a family united by deep bonds of spiritual solidarity, which unite the deceased faithfiil to the world's pilgrims," he said. This bond is "mysterious, but real" and is fostered "by prayer and participating in the sacrament of the Eucharist,"
feast
of All Souls, Pope Benedict said these days of offering prayers for departed loved ones can help Christians "think of the mystery of death without fear." "New life, received through baptism, is not subject to the corruption and power of death," he said Nov. 1 before praying his midday Angelus. For Christians, "death is a gateway from the earthly pilgrimage to the home of heaven, where the Father welcomes all his children of every nation, race, people and tongue," he said.
the
pope
said.
The souls of all the faithful "overcome the barrier of death" and are united in the Eucharist,
he
said.
"think about the mystery of death with-
would be cemeteries Nov. 2, saying he would be "in prayer at the popes' tombs in the Vatican grotto" with "a special remembrance of
out fear and cultivate that constant
the beloved John Paul II."
He called on some time during
Pope Benedict
Christians to include
two
the
feast
said he
spiritually imited to all those visiting
days to
of
St.
WINSTON-SALEM
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at
the church office at (336) 778-0600.
—
St.
Benedict the
Moor Church, 1625
East 12th St., has a 12:15 p.m. prayer service, Veni Sanctus Spiritus. the
second and fourth Wednesday of each month. All are welcome to reflect on God and refresh the spirit in the middle of a day. For more information, call Sister Larretla Rivera-Will-
iams
at
(336) 725-9200.
WINSTON-SALEM
—
The Compassionate Care-Givers meet every fijst, third and fifth Thursdays of each month at St. Benedict the Moor Church, 1625 East 12th St. This group provides affirmation, support and prayer for people who have cared for and are caring for loved ones living with Alzheimer's and any other chronic illnesses. For more information, call Sister Larretta Rivera- Williams at (336) 725-9200.
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can cultivate a feariess acceptance
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awareness that prepares us
Chris-
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VICARIATE
Planner at least 1 5 days
prior to the
Courtesy Photo
event
W A YNES VILLE — The Catholic Women s Circle
date
of St. John the Evangelist Church, 234 Church St., meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in
kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax to
Point,
(704) 370-3382.
annual Halloween carnival Oct. 31. Students are paired with their prayer partners
in
writing to
Karen A. Evans
at
Caroline Hollins
shows
off
(left),
a first-grader at Immaculate Heart of Mary School
during the event to share
EpiSCOpfl
l
calendar
Nov. 7
Bishop Peter
J.
Jugis will participate
in
the following events:
— 7 p.m.
Nov. 10
— 7 p.m.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Sacrament of Confirmation
Immaculate Conception Church, Hendersonville
St.
— 11 a.m.
1
.
Any individual having
related sexual 2.
Vincent de Paul Church, Charlotte
Presbyteral Council Meeting Pastoral Center, Charlotte
Nov. 12
— 11 a.m.
abuse
is
actual
The Chancery will then
with
civil
to
suspect an incident of ministry-
notified of the particulars regarding the
The individual
Chancery's
filing
reporting the
of the incident
authorities.
Pemnanent diaconate candidates
to
civil
St. Patrick
to
make a
Cathedral, Charlotte
knowledge of or reasonable cause
report the incident to the proper civil authorities.
Chancery will be
This reporting requirement
for Institution of Acolytes
the trick-or-treat fun.
in
to immediately report the incident to the Chancery.
3.
Mass
High
DIOCESAN REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING MINISTRY-RELATED SEXUAL ABUSE OFAMINOR
incident to the
Nov. 8
in
her costume beside sixth-grader Lauren Gushing during the school's
authority, but
report to
is
to
civil
is
not intended to supersede the right of an individual to
make
a report
ensure proper, complete and timely reporting. Should an individual choose
authority,
a report
is still
to
be made to the Chancery.
4
The Catholic News & Herald
November
4,
2005
AROUND THE DIOCESE
Secular Carmelites welcome
members
DURHAM — The Order of Secular growing
is
both Masses and officiated
order's Flower of
provincial delegate of the order's Carolina.
The Secular Order of Discalced
Oct. 21-23.
Carmelites
Cynthia Blum, a parishioner of St. Barnabas Church in Arden, made her
of evangelical perfection
of
poverty and obedience and to the Beatilife.
Blum's vows were the culmination of more than five years of spiritual discernment, formation and study of the order's saints and way of life.
WANT MORE
After 10 months of discernment, Jim
and Loretta
Potts, parishioners
of
who embrace
a calling
world according to the spirit and ideals of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. Following in the way of St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross, Secular Carmelites endeavor to make their Hves as grace-filled and fiuitful as possible in every way for the whole church and the world.
the Evangelical Counsels of chastity,
tudes for the rest of her
an order of lay people and
to strive for Christian perfection in the
a life
in the spirit
is
diocesan priests
promises to the order superiors and
community gathered. She promised
Wash-
ington province, which includes North
nual retreat at the Avila Retreat Center in
final
both cer-
Father Centela previously was the
Carmel Community in Asheville honored several of its members at Masses held during its an-
Durham
at
liistory
emonies.
in the
Diocese of Charlotte.
The
Observing faith and
annual retreat
at
Discalced Carmelites
new
INFO?
For more information on the Secular
St.
Order
Barnabas Church, were received into the
of Discalced Carmelites, visit
www.ocdswashprov.org.
community to begin their five years of study and formation. They were clothed in large brown scapulars, the habit of the order. Discalced Carmelite Father Theodore Centala of the Carmelite mon-
For more information on the Flower of
Carmel Community,
call
Elizabeth Pantas,
6284621
director of formation, at (828) Ella Reid, president, at (828)
,
or
Courtesy Photo
667-3903.
Father Wilbur Thomas, pastor of the Basilica of St. Lawrence
astery in Brighton, Mass., celebrated
in Asheville,
and members of Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Asheville 412 celebrate National Catholic Daughters
Day
at the basilica Oct. 16. The
court, the first in
North Carolina, also celebrates
During
a 50-year pin was given
the event,
member of Court Asheville
From
its
to
85th anniversary.
its
Bernice Fowler, the oldest
412.
inception in 1903, Catholic Daughters of the Americas has
and developed
into the largest organization
Americas, with representatives
Guam and
Mexico, Virgin Islands,
Blessed Mother,
its
in
of Catholic women
in the
Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Saipan.
Under
members are united by theirfaith
devotion to the Catholic Church
grown
the patronage of the
in Jesus Christ, in their
and the Holy See.
Catholic Daughters is open to Catholic lay and religious women, 18 years ofage
or older,
who want to support the Catholic Church andparticipate in social and
charitable activities.
Courtesy Photo
Cynthia Blum, Loretta Potts, Discalced Carmelite Father Theodore Centala and Jim Potts are seen
in
this
photo from the Order of Secular Discalced Carmelites Flower of
Carmel Community's annual retreat
made
final
in
Durham
Oct. 21-23. During the retreat,
promises to the order and the Pottses began their
five
Blum
years of study and
formation.
Knights and ladies Ei^t from Charlotte honored WASHINGTON,
D.C.
—
Eight
Charlotte were recognized during the
ceremonies. Cardinal Keeler presented
the Diocese of Charlotte, recently re-
ous promotion to knight commander and lady commander to Guillermo Calles and Helen Antoinette Calles (posthumously)
Cardinal William H. Keeler of Balti-
more promoted Cleatus
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the order's regional representative, to the
scrolls authenticating their investiture into
rank of Lady Commander during the order's annual investiture ceremonies in Washington, D.C, Oct. 14-15. During a Mass Oct. 15, Cardinal Keeler invested into the order Peter Fredrick Asmer, Jr., a parishioner of St. Patrick Cathedral in Charlotte, and Rita Maria Jimenez Witt, a parishioner of St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte, with the titles of knight and lady, respectively. Other members from the Diocese of
November 2004. The order is a philanthropic organization that works to promote and protect the Catholic faith in the Holy Land. There are 57 members of the order in the Diothe papal order in
cese of Charlotte, including Bishop Peter J.
Jugis and Bishop Emeritus William G.
Curlin.
Membership is considered one of the highest papal awards conferred upon clergy and laity alike.
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2005
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FROM THE COVER
Celebrating love and manriage 'MARRIAGE IS A VOCATION,
A SACRAMENT, A COVENANT, A WAY OF SALVATION.' BISHOP PETER J. JUGIS are alive and well," "The love and respect of the entire Catholic Church community are extended to you today in the solemn
as master of ceremonies.
said Bishop Jugis.
After the bishop's homily, the couples faced each other as they renewed their marriage vows. Their prom-
celebration of the anniversary of your union in the sacrament of matrimony." Bishop Jugis said a lasting marriage demands love and loyalty, deep faith in
ises
riage and family
MARRIAGE, from page 1
years of marriage this year.
One
couple,
Harry and Martha Earnhardt of St. Joseph Church in Kannapolis, celebrated 64 years of marriage; another couple, Edwin and Kitty Shaver, also of St. Joseph Church, celebrated 60 years of
life
God's grace, great hope that becomes a source of strength and refuge, and an ever-growing love for God and mankind. "Christ invited you to build your marriages on a solid foundation, that being Christ himself, the foundation of the
marriage.
Bishop Jugis called the event a "marvelous celebration of God's faithfulness and grace." "You are the living signs that mar-
were then sealed with a "Marri-age
is
kiss.
a sacrament, a cov-
enant, a vocation, a
way of salvation,"
said Bishop Jugis. "I thank
you
for the
privilege of sharing in your love and
Photo by Kevin
E.
Murray
joy today." Anniversary couples share kisses during
Contact Editor Kevin E. Murray by calling (704) 370-3334 or e-mail kemurray@charlottediocese. org.
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celebration held at
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"Because you accepted tion,
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AROUND THE DIOCESE Father Aloysius D'Silva, retired priest of
Bishop Peter
Jugis
J.
diocese, dies at
announces the following pastoral assignments:
69
—
HIGH POINT Father Aloysius Joseph D'Silva, a retired priest of the Diocese of Charlotte, died in High Point on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Father D'Silva, 69, resident of Permybym at Maryfield
was a
retirement center in
A
Effective Aug. 22, 2005
Father Christopher
Effective Oct. 17, 2005
Gober
IVI.
Father
Vocations director for the Diocese of Charlotte,
Church,
Bernadette
St.
H.
Duong St.
Benedict Church,
Greensboro
while remaining pastor, St. Lucien
Church, Spruce Pine, and
Due
From: Administrator,
To: Pastor, St. Benedict Church,
Greensboro
Linville
Effective Nov.
1,
2005
Effective Oct. 12, 2005
Father
Conventual Franciscan Father Juniper Alwell Our Lady
Parochial vicar.
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James
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celebrated by Bishop Peter J. Jugis at Maryfield Chapel Oct. 31. In accord with Father D'Silva's wishes, he was cremated. Inurnment is at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Cemetery in Mumbai, India. "Father D'Silva's devotion to the Mass will always remain my most vivid memory of his priestly ministry," said Bishop Jugis. "Even as his eyesight was failing him in recent years, he made sure that the Mass remained an important part of his life by having large-print copies prepared of the text of the Mass," he said. "In that way, he always stayed close to the Lord." Father D'Silva was bora in Mumbai March 20, 1936 and was ordained to the funeral
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York. Father D'Silva came to the Diocese of Charlotte in 1993 and served as pastor
of St. Lucien Church in Spruce Pine and St. Bernadette Church in Linville. During
Father Aloysius D'Silva
his pastorate, an active faith formation
program was developed
at St.
Lucien
Church. "I give of myself 200 percent because of the love of my ministry," said Father D'Silva in a 1999 interview with
The Catholic News & Herald. "I try to be available for the people; moreover, I feel very enthused and grateful to the good Lord for being able to do what I can," he said. In 2002, Father D'Silva became chaplain of Pennybyrn at Maryfield, where he resided until his death. Memorials to honor Father D'Silva may be directed to the Priests' Education Fund, Diocese of Charlotte, 1123 S. Church St., Charlotte, N.C. 28203.
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from page 1
peoples.
goes on to say that the church "rejects nothing of what is true and holy It
in other religions," the
The pope made the remarks at a Sunday blessing Oct. 30 from his apartment window above St. Peter's Square, which was crowded with more than 50,000
As
same
time,
it
makes
pope
said.
At the
clear that the church
aimounces Christ to all people as "the way, the truth and the life" in which people find "the fullness of their religious life," he said. Among other Vatican II documents, the pope said the Declaration on Christian Education has particular relevance today. It emphasizes the importance of an educational system that recognizes the primacy of man as a person, open to truth and goodness, he said. All the documents of Vatican II deserve a new look, he said, because they "maintain their value and reveal a timeliness that, in some ways, has increased." He asked Catholics to join him in
visitors.
the church prepares to celebrate
the 40th anniversary of the close of
Vatican II, the pope asked Catholics to look again at several of the landmark documents approved in the final weeks of the council. Among them was "Nostra Aetate," the Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions, which the pope said was extremely relevant today. He said the document begins from the principle that "all men form but one community," and that the church has a duty to foster unity and charity
praying to
Mary
"keep alive the
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A group
of prelates from
around the world stand outside
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2,000 and 2,500 bishops attended each of the council's four sessions. Vatican
of the Second
spirit
Vatican Council."
Only
Dates, documents and
eight U,S. bishops
On
It
Jan. 25,
were 2,908
The average daily attendance of bishops was 2,200. There were 460 officially designated experts, including 235 diocesan priests, 45 Jesuits, 42
who was
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or-
who
voted on
Retired Maronite Archbishop Francis M. Zayek of St. Maron of Brooklyn, N.Y., 85. Bom in Cuba, he was ordained a bishop in 1962 and was serving as an auxiliary bishop for Maronites in Brazil during the council years. He was made bishop of Maronites in the United States in 1 97 1 Two still-living U.S. bishops were named during the council years by Pope Paul VI and were able to attend part of
first
session ran Oct.
1
1-Dec. 8,
Sept. 29-Dec. 43 general meetings. Pope Paul VI presided over that and subsequent sessions. The third session, Sept. 14-Nov. 21, 1964, included 48 general meetings. The fourth and final session, Sept. 14-Dec. 8, 1965, included 41 general
council fathers.
— Retired Archbishop Raymond G.
Hunthausen of
ings, plus 10 plenary sessions.
4, 1963, included
eligible
session of the Second
dained a bishop in 1962.
Pope John presided. The second session,
4,361 written interventions.
ordained a bishop in 1959. af-
Vatican Council, only eight U.S. bishops
1962, and included 36 general meetings.
church history. During the council's four sessions, from 1962 to 1965, there were 147 reports and 2,212 speeches read, as well as
final
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Dominicans and 15 Franciscans. The council had 168 general meet-
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participated in
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Orleans, 92, are the only remaining
who were named by Pope They were ordained bishops in
U.S. bishops Pius XII.
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VATICAN
November
II:
a session of the council.
Forty years later
"The debate was very systematic, with a great exchange of ideas. The documents would come back again and again with amendments, which the bishops would study. That's why these are very polished documents it was not just a matter of bringing them in one day and passing them the next," Bishop Fernando said.
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renewed the priesthood and religious life, enhanced the role of lay Catholics, opened dialogue with other churches and non-Christians, and identified the church
God"
as the "people of
Major accomplishments
attuned to the
In the end, the council issued four
problems and hopes of the world. Although the council defined no new dogma, Cathohcs who Uved through the
constitutions:
n era will never forget the changes
vine revelation.
Vatican
— some of them
abrupt
—
on the liturgy, the church's structure and nature, on the church in the modem world and on di-
that visited their
It produced nine decrees: on the church and the media, ecumenism. East-
church communities in the mid- 1960s. Altars were turned around so that priests faced the people.
Latin gave
way
Mass
to
The Mass
in the
era Catholic churches, bishops, priestly
in
formation, religious
vernacu-
Other sacraments were updated and simplified. Men and women religious adopted a more modem form of dress. Not all the changes were immediate, however. Church leaders began a long and sometimes contentious process of revising nearly every area of pastoral hfe, from the
modem mentality." church sees the Some Catholics are still nostalgic for the old ways of worship, and at times some church offiin the
council as a positive thing.
cials
— including
several in
—
Rome
have criticized the way Vatican II has been understood and implemented. In many cases, the ongoing debate reflects issues that were argued heatedly on the floor of the council.
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PHOTO FROM The Pilot
Most Before the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council, Catholics received the Eucharist by approaching and kneeling at the
Communion
during Mass at the Paulist Center
1955.
in
Boston
"Thanks to the council, young people have been taught to see the world not simply as a threat to Christian life, but as an opportunity to announce the Gospel," Melloni said.
sometimes described as a revolution, but it did not appear out of the blue. There had been 20 previous ecumenical councils in the church's history, including the First Vatican Council in 1 869-70. Vatican I defined the dogmas of papal infallibility and the primacy of papal jurisdiction, but the council was suspended when war broke out in Europe, and it never resumed. The theological ferment of the mid20th century helped lay the groundwork for Vatican II. Pioneering theologians like Dominican Father Yves Congar and Jesuit Fathers John Courtney Murray and Henri de Lubac were trying to build bridges between Christianity's ancient truths and the contemporary world. All three were silenced in some fashion by Vatican
and direction
in
rail.
This photo
was taken
close of the council in 1965, and this
fall
Rome and the Vatican are hosting several commemorative encounters far the
last four
to
1950s, but re-
life
to reflect
on
church has come over the
decades.
Between 2,000 and 2,500 bishops II session, and
participants have said the debates ranged fi-om free-wheeling to finely timed, with
uncommon. To when the first
amendments
From
partici-
pated in the council as a theological expert, is expected to speak about the im-
portance of the council's documents. Although he has criticized some postconciliar changes, the pope has made it clear that Vatican II will be the his papacy.
The compass,
of course, sets direction; it will be up to the new pope to provide the details. The pope also has emphasized that implementation of the council is an ongoing task in the church, not just something that happened 40 years ago. One goal is to make sure Vatican 11 is not viewed as ancient history by young generations of Catholics. "Younger Catholics may not be as intellectually aware of the council, but they are continually experiencing fects," said Alberto Melloni, a
historian of the Vatican
called to holiness and specific roles, rights
the
un-
as the "people
document
and
are
who each have responsibilities,
said.
The Pastoral Constitution on the in the Modem World ("Gaudium et Spes") was written more for the average reader and was approved in 1965, Church
later.
the beginning, bishops recog-
nized that their task was not just updating church practices but also a process of
during the council's
last vote.
Bishop Fernando remembers the moment well, and he said he considers "Gaudium et Spes" the most important
"ressourcement," or going back to the sources of the
new way of
—
body whose individual members
of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church ("Lumen Gentium") was presented, it was roundly criticized as triumphal, clerical and legalistic; the document was adopted two years and many draft
faith.
There was a sense among participants that they were indeed making history, said Bishop Frank Fernando of Chilaw, Sri Lanka, one of a handfiil of
thing to
many
come
out of the council.
He
said
bishops thought the council had
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become important voices of
Pope John XXIII surprised almost everyone when, after only three months as pontiff, he armounced he was convening the council. The pope spoke of the need to update the church and promote Christian unity; above all, he said, he wanted to show the modem world that the church had been transformed and
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give just one example,
the council's big-
of God" and not simply a hierarchical stmcture, and as a "sacrament" to the world with an active mission in all sectors of human society. "Lumen Gentium" presented the church as a mystery and a communion of baptized believers moving toward heaven as one body that is holy, yet imperfect while on earth. Although organized hierarchically, the church as a communion is a living
evangelization.
verbal skirmishes not
list
derstanding the church
important follow-up work in areas of
ecumenism, religious
experts
gest achievement as a
other three sessions and directing the liturgy,
is-
It
the council.
Dec. 8 marks the anniversary of the
how
II is
the Vatican during the
emerged History
the laity, priestly
sued three declarations: on non-Christian religions. Christian education and religious freedom.
teaching of rehgion to lay ministries.
"The council represented a Copemican revolution for the church, which challenged itself by asking how it could reopen a dialogue with the modern world," said Father Dario Vitali, who teaches church history at Rome's Gregorian University. "Through the council, the church drew closer to contemporary men and women and made the Gospel meaningful to them," said Father Vitah. "If there had been no Vatican II, I think the church today would be a small minority, closed off in rites incomprehensible to the
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with theology degrees, replaced clerics in a number of administrative church
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positions.
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Throughout the church, there renewed attention to Scriptures, in liturgy and in individual spirituality. Eastern Catholic churches were
spoken in previous documents primarily to experts and specialists and wanted this document to communicate a message to the whole world. "Gaudium et Spes" called on the church to engage in dialogue with contemporary society and its problems, bringing church teaching and moral values to bear on a world too often torn by hatred, war and injustice. The document acknowledged that science and culture have things to teach the church, but also said the church has a mission to sanctify the world around it.
was
a
—
encouraged to return to their own traditions, ending a period of Latinization and opening a new appreciation of variety within the universal church.
— Ecumenism
flourished, in formal
dialogue between Catholic officials and other Christian churches, and in prayer and
fellowship encounters at the local level.
—
After the coimcil acknowledged the
possibiUty of salvation for non-Christians,
dialogue also began with other reUgions.
— Religious
Many changes In the years after
its
newal outlined by the council was refined and codified in a number of decrees, norms and changes in canon law. The
norms and rewrote tions, taking a
changed dramatiadopted Vatican
their
new
own
—
community and identity. The council restored the perma-
is-
nent diaconate as a ministry and allowed
sued in 1970, with a new cycle of readings designed to offer a richer selection of Scripture. The liturgical calendar was simplified. The rites for sacraments were revised, emphasizing the communal aspects of their celebration. The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults was revived and reformed. As the changes took places, active
married men to be ordained deacons. Today, there are more than 29,000 permanent deacons around the world.
— The
cally in
—
many Lay
—
local church communities.
ministries multiplied.
council's teaching that the
pope and bishops together form a single collegial body led to a new appreciation for bishops and bishops' conferences. The Synod of Bishops was formed to meet regularly and advise the pope. Theology was revitalized, especially moral theology, which focused increasingly on biblical sources and the individual conscience, and less on church law or authority. The council underlined the church's solidarity with humanity
liturgical participation increased dramati-
Lay
readers and lay ministers of Communion
appeared during Mass. Laity were represented on parish councils and diocesan boards, and lay men and women, many
—
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constitu-
look at issues of
authority,
church witnessed countless changes:
— The new Roman Missal was
life
cally, as religious orders
close, the re-
This photo taken
in
1930 during the dedication
Mass., shows the layout of a pre-Vatican
II
of St. Gabriel
PHOTO FROM The Pilot
Monastery
in
Brighton,
sanctuary. Before the changes set forth by
the Second Vatican Council, the priest celebrated Mass facing the altar with his back to
the congregation.
instead of its separation fi-om the secular
dissent
world, and this led to a mushrooming of
control,
social
and charitable
activities.
Church
leaders spoke frequently about the church's identification with the poor and suffering,
human
and the pope became a strong
rights advocate.
At the same time, the church experienced some worrisome developments, including a dramatic drop in vocations and an increase in the number of priests and religious seeking laicization. Mass attendance fell in many places, many Catholics abandoned the sacrament of penance, and
on certain teachings, such was widespread.
as birth
All that has helped fuel a 40-year debate over the proper reading and realization
of the council.
Pope Benedict has been a sometimes critical voice in this debate. But he always distinguished between the council and its implementation, saying that what hurt the church in the decade following
Vatican
II
was "not the council but
refusal to accept
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WORD TO LIFE
A roundup
of Scripture, readings, films and more
SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS: NOV.
Fantasy conquers reality's woes?
Nov. 13, Thirty -Third Sunday in Ordinary
a young
Time
was
Professor assesses Tolkien's 'Catholic vision in 'Rings' trilogy
13,2005
me the story of how as he built his house next to a
Later he told
man
family with several children. The eldest a 16-year-old girl whom he liked very much. Over the years he helped
teach her to read and write, and assisted BY
GENE STOWE
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NOTRE DAME,
Ind.
— J.R.R. — and
scription for
approach to
— modem
ills,
Wood,
BY
Wood gave the first lecture in the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and
CNS
adventure "The Lord
J.R.R. Tolkien's epic
of the Rings"
was
PHOTO COURTESY NeW LiNE CiNEMA
recently brought to the
crown of one's
Three other talks were scheduled the series theme, for "Valor, Fellowship and Sacrifice:
Gollum, for example, has lived 500 years because of the ring: "It's made him
Tolkien's Catholic Mjrth."
live longer but not better,"
series.
November on
is
—
an unpopular idea in a world of identity poliand in tics and fragmented diversity the Catholic sense of a deeply sacramental understanding of reality. Wood said. Tolkien, whose mother suffered the rejection of her relatives when she be-
—
came
a Catholic in 1900,
was
intensely
devoted to Catholic teaching and piety, but unlike his friend C.S. Lewis he focused on literature as art and not as a vehicle for evangelism, Wood said. Tolkien described "The Lord of the Rings" as "a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously at first, but
Wood said.
consciously in the revision,"
—
the will,"
But presents
seem
modem
way, he
said,
Tolkien
ideas hostile to the
Catholic view as being on the side of evil,
by the powers of the ring: Deathlessness leads to
illustrated
—
stretched-out
life that
a
loses quality for
the ring's holders, in contrast to the un-
derstanding that a good death
Wood said. to
do
is
the
his
community far
I
ST.
eat,
or parish responsibilities.
know
these:
When
I read this weekend's Scripunderstood how all these roles a have fallen to this one gifted man man who found a wife he has loved and
tures, I
—
cared for as a prized pearl
who
complishment comes from slow and embodied work in the real world. "To disappear is to be invisible," Wood said. "Look what the Intemet does to us. It allows us to be completely anonymous," feeling free to do things we
my God" (Gospel); who
would not
—
ordinarily do.
Coercion denies the understanding of human freedom that leaves relationships a matter of choice rather than enslavement. "For Tolkien, coercion is the fundamental fact of the modem world," he said, listing
dmg
many young people. No wonder God has given him more responsibilities. As the master saw in the
reading);
music for every day looks
says, "I love playing the
for enterprising
ways
good and parable,
to provide for the
of the Gospel
faithful servant
God
sees in Venel one
who
rec-
— and God's purposes — of what he has
ognizes the holiness
the potential
poorest of people in a poor country and
for
who
been given. As he invests and tends these gifts, and every additional one he is given, he shares his Master's joy.
patiently offers Third- World ado-
lescents formation in faith.
On a Sunday morning soon after we'd met, Venel infroduced me to his wife and young daughters. As they tumed to go, he griimed proudly: "Do you think my wife is good? She is beautiftil,
Questions:
What specific gift have you received and invested for God's purposes? What retum have you seen on that investment?
yes?"
addiction as well as
governments under the head-
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE
"Every time we yield our will to that which is coercive, the window of freeing.
dom
(first
learned to play. Invariably the
answer was "Venel." He has built up a sizable group of musicians who lift worship by their delight in playing for God. Venel' s wife is the wife of Proverbs, sharing the task of caring for the children, household and small family store with her beloved husband. The joyous music pervading the community and church is the return on Venel' investing his gift of musicianship in
music minister, owner of a copy business, husband and father, music
So
narrows," he said.
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER
6
-
NOVEMBER 12
Tolkien's solution to those situations is
Christian faith, hope and charity
—
faith that involves the trust
of the fellow-
ship of the ring, hope that
makes
a per-
without seeing the end, and charity that offers
mercy and
pity to
someone
as
undeserving as Gollum, Wood said. Gollum plays a crucial role, he added. The phrase "the pity of Bilbo
may
many" appears in each book. Wood said. "Had Gollum been killed, the quest would have failed." mle
the fate of
Sunday (Thirty-second Sunday thew 25:1-13; Monday, Wisdom
shop and have fun at
in
Ordinary Time), Wisdom 6:12-16,
1:1-7, Lul<e 17:1-6;
1
Thessalonians 4:13-18,iVlat-
Tuesday, Wisdom 2:23-3:9, Lul<e 17:7-10; Wednes-
day (The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome), Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12, 1 Corintiiians 3:9-11, 16-17, John 2:13-22; Thursday (St. Leo the Great), Wisdom 7:22-8:1, Luke 17:20-25; Friday (St. Martin of Tours), Wisdom 13:1-9, Luke 17:26-37; Saturday (St. Josaphat), Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9, Luke 18:1-8.
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER Sunday (Thirty-third Sunday
in
13
-
NOVEMBER 19
Ordinary Time), Proverbs 31:10-12, 19-20, 30-31,
1
Thessalonians
Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63, Luke 18:35-43; Tuesday (St. Albert the Great), 2 Maccabees 6:18-31, Luke 19:1-10; Wednesday (St. Gertrude, St. Margaret of Scotland), 2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31, Luke 19:11-28; Thursday (St. Elizabeth of Hungary), 1 Maccabees 2:15-29, Luke 19:41-44; Friday (Sts. Peter and Paul, St. Rose Philippine 5:1-6,
Matthew 25:14-30; Monday,
Duchesne),
Come
ask a guitarist, tmmpeter or keyboardist
how he
Every time I visit my fnend Venel in Lascahobas, Haiti, I discover another of
the understanding that worthwhile ac-
son willing to play a part in a larger story
explicitly Catholic.
in a larger
JEAN DENTON
teacher, store owner, youth minister.
with instant gratification in contrast to
totalitarian
He said some features, such as Boromir's confession to Aragom, the Marian qualities of Galadriel, the awakening of the dead to purge their past sins and the description of elvish "waybread" that resembles Communion bread "it does not satisfy the stomach but fortifies
life.
— Magical disappearance has
Catholic in both
the general sense of "universal"
God
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Culture's fourth annual Catholic culture
Tolkien's view
she reached an approhe asked to marry her, an "unfailing prize" to whom he had entmsted his heart. Venel also loves music. He plays a number of instmments well. Occasionally after liturgy in Lascahobas, I would
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a professor of theol-
ogy and literature at the Baptist university in Waco, Texas.
When
priate age,
Responsibility can
be way to serve
she matured, his love for her
deepened.
*
a
Baylor University professor told a crowd at the University of Notre Dame Oct. 25. "Tolkien has been a writer of such immense popularity in our time because he gave us such a deepened Catholic vision and understanding of the world," said Ralph
As
1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 3) Gospel: Matthew 25:14-30
pre-
society's
growing up.
in the process of
Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 Psahn 128:1-5
2)
Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy offers a Catholic
her with family chores while guiding her
Cycle A Readings:
Maccabees
1
1
Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59,
1
Chronicles 29:10-12, Luke 19:45-48; Saturday,
1
6:1-13, Luke 20:27-40.
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a disappointing computer-animated film about a
after humiliating himself by
sounding the alarm that the sky
chick who,
little
gets a chance to
is falling,
save face when his apocalyptic announcement later proves true. The movie's story lack charm or wit, undercutting
warm themes
The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification patronage. The MPAA rating is G general audiences.
oneself.
flat
bonds and believing
of family
is
—
A-1
—
in
general
TV EYE If cable
must carry broadcast
stationSy
what must
the stations carry? BY MARK PATTISON splitting the digital signal into as
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Stevens, R-Alaska, cited "a significant finding their
it
increasingly difficult to place
programming on
local stations.
an analog
In the end, if broadcasters want to
format since TV's beginning. The Federal
force cable to carry their content, the pub-
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carry
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been broadcast
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TV unless they have a TV set that can pick up the
signal; broadcasters don't
they
want
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invest the
Congress
is
considering a
should be able to force broadcasters to
some of
after all,
the chicken-and-egg question
over again. Viewers won't watch
lic
to
until
bill
to
still
its
content.
The airwaves,
belong to the public.
And if the moral and aesthetic arguments aren't enough to sway you, consider that the various versions of the bill call for $830 million-$990 million enough money for each noncable TV household to get a pair of $40 coupons
—
for a converter
box
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force local stations to convert to digital
digital signals. That's a fraction
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expected cost. Meanwhile, the government will be col-
considering our media-drenched society.
Broadcasters tive to
make the
may have one
incen-
switch: the possibility of
lecting about
$10 biUion when
parts of the present
TV
it
auctions
spectrum
that wall
be unneeded foUovwng digital conversion.
12 The Catholic News & Herald
November
4,
2005
AROUND THE DIOCESE
BMHS student honored
teams
ducting afternoon kids' camps.
"The main thing is [raising] more money," said Krissy. "The more people we can recruit, the more money we can raise. I get good support from my dad and mom ... church and school."
for fundraising efforts Teenager dedicated
to
Krissy started raising funds for the
MS
fighting multiple sclerosis
KERNERSVILLE
— Krissy
her a
Society offered
the total through her aggressive personal
MS Tour to
campaign that included the sale of glass beads and hotdogs. Krissy and her team dedicated their efforts in honor of a classmate whose mother has MS. In 2004, to recognize DuU's efforts, the National MS Society named her its first Outstanding Youth Award winner. The award recognized her contribution of more than $53,000 to the organization over the past several years by leading
Australia to the
trip to
Tanglewood, funds for the
a bike ride that raises
MS
Society, the 15-year-
old declined the award and donated the trip's
value to the society's 2010 re-
search campaign.
The benevolent gesture by the Greensboro teenager was one of many contributions she has
she rode her
—
her continued fundraising efforts.
MS
when
Barbie Bike with her dad in the Central North Carolina bike tour. She founded her own bike tour team, the Canterbury Team, comprised of students and parents, and raised $50,000 in 2003 Krissy herself contributing $10,000 to
Dull, a
sophomore at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School in Kemersville, was honored by the Multiple Sclerosis Society for But when the
Society at age 8
made
to the organi-
zation in the seven years she has been involved.
in the tour, holding craft sales,
leading letter writing campaigns and con-
Krissy plans to intem with the
MS
So-
from high school. "It makes me sad to see people suffer," she said. "I've seen the advances we've made and it makes me happy to see us raise money and get closer to a cure." "Krissy 's efforts in the fight against MS continue to inspire and move everyone she touches," said Joyce Nelson, president and CEO of the National Mulciety after she graduates
tiple Sclerosis Society.
"Krissy not only demonstrates a deep passion to help others, but her unselfish attitude
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and
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administrative experience;
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of 3 years of successful Catholic secondary
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Gelo has worked the last several years as a consultant with Catholic schools across the country. Previously he was superintendent of Catholic
Educational Leadership Certification;
Experience
her one of the society's most valu-
tion visit scheduled this month.
requirements:
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in
Multiple
presentation highlighting the faculty's
Fairbum, Georgia, 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Position
Practicing Catholic in
was honored by the
Teacher Organization meeting Sept. 20. Gelo (pronounced "jello") and others in attendance were greeted with chilled trays of Jell-O gelatin dessert. During the meeting, PTO officers discussed plans for the school year, and Gelo shared with parents a PowerPoint
the
principal at
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remarkable in an adult; it is unprecedented in a young woman of her age."
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academic and
Bishop
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able and admired volunteers," said Nelson. "Her generosity of spirit would be
accredited college preparatory high school; co-educational, with 258
students and 35 faculty members.
program
principal to lead
High
Sclerosis Society for her fundraising efforts.
Our Lady of Grace School in Greensboro, was recently given a "cool" welcome by parents and
The Archdiocese
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Principal Geio weicomed witli Jell-0 new
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McGuinness
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November
4,
The Catholic News & Herald 13
2005
IN
THE NEWS
Alito would be fifth
Catholic on Supreme Court constitutional. In his concurring opinion
SUPREME, from page 1
he said Supreme Court precedents required a health exception for the mother to make the law constitutional. In a case of church-state interest, Alito \\Tote the majority opinion of the
notify their husbands before having an abortion. That opinion
came
as a minority
dissent in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, a
appellate court hi
landmark case contesting Pennsylvania's 1989 Abortion Control Act. The Supreme Court in 1992 upheld most of the Pennsylvania law but agreed
upholding a
Supreme Court's
Schundler,
display that included a Nativity scene and it
U.S.
ruled in 1999 that the Newark, N.J., police department could not bar
ruling the late
CNS
also dis-
In another religion-related case, he
the spousal notification provision.
In the
vs.
Jersey city's holiday
menorah, on the grounds that played secular symbols.
with the appeals court majority in striking
down
ACLU
New
appeals court Judge Samuel
Alito
down
religious reasons, since the city permit-
preme Court and would become the fifth Catholic justice on the current court,
the spousal notification portion of the law.
ted other officers to wear beards for
forming for the
medical reasons.
Catholics on the nine-member court.
the other hand, in
2000 Alito
down
joined in a ruling striking
a
New
If confirmed, Alito
Jersey partial-birth abortion law as un-
would be the 1 1th sit on the Su-
Catholic in U.S. history to
first
judge him too conservashaky political agreement to avoid minority filibusters to block judicial appointments could break down. The day before Alito 's nomination Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed fears of a filibuster by Democrats if they oppose a nominee's position on abortion. "The topic which dominates cratic Senators
time a majority of
Other Catholics currently on the nation's highest bench are recently ap-
Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas. Justices
Past Catholics on the
Supreme Court
included two other chief justices, Roger
the discussion, as
Taney, 1836-64, and Edward White, a jus-
woman's
tice
from 1894
to
1910 and chief justice,
and cookies.
Its
new
ideas, the grandest gifts,
where generations of mom and
An (lldeTowne
and
his favorite cakes
1950, in
1,
was an
mother. Rose, year,
immigrant. His
turns 91
was a public school
later this
teacher.
After graduating from Princeton Uni-
he attended Yale Law School, where he was editor of the Yale Law Journal and earned his law degree in 1976. versity,
Bush called most accomplished and
After a year clerking for U.S. 3rd
Leonard Garth, Alito spent
Circuit Judge
just four
Italian
who
days
four years as assistant U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.
Harriet Miers,
He went on
who had been nominated Oct. 3 to succeed O'Connor, withdrew her name under heavy fire from conservative groups who
become
form the core of Bush's political support. They were concerned that she had no court track record to back administration claims that she would bring a conservative
the District of New Jersey in 1987.
judicial philosophy to the bench.
that court Alito "has
lem. Observers believe that if
to
assistant to the U.S. solicitor gen-
deputy assistant U.S.
eral in 1981,
ney general
in
He was
attor-
1985 and U.S. attorney for
only 39
when he was
ap-
pointed to the federal appeals court in
Bush
on more prior judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years." 1990.
Demo-
said that with 15 years
grandmas and
liads,
granddads, aunts and uncles, friends and family the Holid.iy spirit, gather inspiration,
and
a
is
Alito Sr.,
The nomination came after White House counsel
for
know,
were Joseph McKenna, Pierce Butler, Frank Murphy and Wilham Brennan Jr. Alito was named to take the place of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who last summer announced her plans to retire as soon as a successor is confirmed.
respected judges in America."
where Santa shop*
was bom April
Alito
Alito could face the opposite probIt's
all
Trenton, N.J, His late father, Samuel
In his nomination speech
New
we
right to choose," he said.
1910-21. Other former CathoHc justices
Alito "one of the
Christmas
Bush
tive their
pointed Chief Justice John Roberts and
Cakes
W.
Muslim
police officers from wearing beards for
On
speaks after President George
Jr.
nominates him as a justice of the Supreme Court at the White House Oct. 31.
Chief Justice William Rehnquist quoted Alito in his dissent against striking
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November
Perspectives
A
collection of columns,
editorials
and viewpoints
Should celebrants receive Communion after everyone else? One
Q.
we visit Communion to the
Question
people first, before he receives. After all the other congregation and ministers receive, he takes the body and blood of His explanation, we are told, is that this procedure is proper since the host at a dinner always serves the guests first and himself or herself last. Something seems out of tune here. But maybe we 're
DIETZEN
"guests" at Mass. I
my judgment, and obviously in the judgment of the church through the ages, there are at least two serious concerns about it. the "host" at the eucharistic
First,
who
one
comes and feeds us
there, is not the
priest celebrant but the
was host
at the
and wel-
invites
same one who
Last Supper, Jesus Christ
himself The eucharistic prayers, in fact the whole Liturgy of the Eucharist, often
The
express this belief
called
The banquet is his, accomplished by power of his Spirit, just as the eternal banquet in the kingdom of God, which eucharistic Communion prefigures and
for
first
at
Eucharistic Prayer, the so-
Roman Canon,
those
priest is
Mass, acting in the name of and in the person of Christ. The ancient understanding of the church, however, repeated several times in the present General Instruction of the Roman Missal, is that the celebration of Mass is "the action of Christ and the people of God arrayed hierarchically," each one carrying out the role which pertains to him or her in the people of God (especially Nos. 5-18).
this practice. In
sacrifice, the
congregation
The ordained
designated the presider
too have sometimes witnessed
the only one in use
some centuries before Vatican CounII, makes clear several times that
stairs.
Her lamp shade odd
erby the struggle being
and father are away so
may
cancer.
The
high school seniors
his
body and blood
ers "all
"an everlasting
heavenly Father (Eucharistic
gift" to the
Prayer
into
And it is his Spirit who gathwho share this one bread and one
III).
cup into the one body of Christ," making those who receive it "a living sacrifice of praise" (Eucharistic Prayer IV).
cause
The liturgical tradition of the church bends over backward to be sure the fact is not missed. The origin, the focus and the climax of the Eucharist is the risen Lord himself
Some odd ally
their right as baptized
dures of the church regarding
with friends, and being the
I
they stay
mom who
gets to enforce cur-
few, reminding not one but two 17-year-
on
their
home and keep me
evening whereabouts.
I have begun an by Creighton Uni-
this fall,
Based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, the refreat offers busy people a chance to share in the tremendous wealth of Ignatian spirituality. Creighton' s retreat starts in the fall and follows the church's liturgical year. This is perfect for me; as flowers die and darkness beckons, I find great inner longing for reflection. I want versity.
meaning,
I
want
to
know what
this
darkness is all about. This week, the refreat asked us to reflect on the world's evil. Evil wasn't hard to notice. Although I am, personally, in the midst of a busy, happy time, all around me I see the falling away, the sickness, loneliness all
on
posted
and
sin that stalk us
this journey.
The
main message
retreat's
this
restaurant, the conversation turns to-
week, however, wasn't about evil, but about God's response to it. We were to keep our eyes and hearts focused, in the background of our days, on the cross and
ward college
the
This friend
is
delightfiil
At dirmer
plans,
—
at a
and he
polite,
Chinese
tells
us he
looks forward next year to telling his parents about his college adventure since
them went to college. His sweet, youthful dreams juxtaposed against his mother's struggle make my
neither of
throat tighten.
One who
accepted
it
lovingly for us.
reminds me, a farm girl at heart, that the grain of wheat which must fall to the ground to bear much fruit is most likely winter wheat, and to germinate it needs the cold, dark days of bleak mid- winter. It
mem-
Commun-
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are those
who
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Once again
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things are said occasion-
spective on target:
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stay at
CNS COLUMNIST
body of Christ. The ancient, and present, proce-
today about "whose" Mass it is we The words we hear just before
Second,
EFFIE
CALDAROLA
bers of the
celebrate.
Communion
it is
—
said, "the temptations are there,"
upbeat, articulate.
eat." It is he nourished by
mother
that the
ing the week, checked on by relatives.
of praise." As the Catechism of the Catholic Church notes, all the faithful "carry out this command of the Lord by celebrating the memorial of his sacrifice. In so doing, we offer to the Father what he has given us" (No. 1357). Those present at Mass, therefore, are not guests of the priest. They are there and participate in the sacrifice be-
who says, "Take this and who forms those who are
waged within
fiiend and his sister
anticipates, belongs to him.
this sacrifice
an
receive treatment for aggressive
old boys to call
Jesus
tilted at
My son's friend has been staying with us over the weekend. His mother
while the priest is doing the speaking, he is acting and speaking for all. "All of us gathered here before you ... offer you
is
askew,
those walls.
cil
it
is
angle, as if to proclaim to the pass-
the
In every consecration
Journey
They
have made accommodations to the car and the house, but I don't know how much longer she will be able to handle
liturgical history to call the
to evil
For the
half-life
children, battles multiple sclerosis.
CNS COLUMNIST
seeing a problem where there isn 7 any.
A.
It is early Sunday morning, and a misty fog softens the silhouettes of trees newly freed of their summer leaves.
of dusk. Out the window from my desk I see a lamp shining through a bedroom window. My neighbor, who has two young
FATHER JOHN
(Iowa)
Often goodness comes from our response
be blackness or the
Corner
Christ himself
2005
Knowing what this dariiness is aii about
Winter's encroaching darkness moves steadily toward us in Anchorage. By December we will have only a little more than five hours of light; the rest will
priest in a parish
often prefers to give
4,
in Charlotte.
Ben Sira teaches that the one who has found a faithful friend has found a freasure. Temple Beth El has found that
own
John in Msgr. Mc Sweeney and members of St. Mat-
reflection
thew Church. For a fifth year, the church opened its doors this October to our congregation. Temple Beth El, so we could celebrate our Rosh Hashana morning ser-
the blessings that
faithful
friend
vice as an entire conmiunity. That's be-
cause
we have grown
too large for our
sanctuary.
As we welcomed 5766 are,
...
we began
—
the
New
Year of
a 10-day period of
of taking stock of who we of the ways we need to grow and of
we
interfaith relationship
have.
with
Our strong Matthew
St.
Church, as symbolized by its incredible generosity, was one such blessing for which we thanked God. Rabbi Judith Schindler
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Remembering the dead helps Christians reflect on own lives, says pope BY
CINDY
WOODEN
The Pope
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY
— Remembering
those who have died, Christians naturally reflect on their own lives and on how to
ensure that they will enjoy happiness for-
XVI
ever with God, Pope Benedict
said.
Addressing some 20,000 pilgrims and visitors at his weekly general audience Nov. 2, the feast of All Souls, the pope said the secret to eternal happiness is to love God, follow his commandments and give to the poor. The pope's audience talk focused on Psalm 1 12 and its proclamation, "Happy the
man who
fears the Lord."
After reading his prepared text, the
pope offered a spontaneous summary of his remarks: "On the day we commemo-
we
rate all souls,
face the reality of death
how
to
us the answer
is:
and, therefore, the question of live well. tells
man who man who is merciful, good and just, who hves with love for God and his neighbors," the the
man who
does not hve
pope
POPE BENEDICT XVI
"those
who model their earthly existence of the will have the fiillness of
in accordance with the indications
word of God Ufe."
Trusting in God, he said, gives hope
and harmony to one's life, and observing the moral law "is a source of a profoundly peaceful conscience."
Citing the prophet Job, Pope Benedict said it is obvious that being just
and upright does not guarantee one not suffer in this
"This psalm
Happy
Speaks
life for
gives, the
himself, but the
said.
"In this way,
we do not have
we
will live well,
to fear death,
because
and
we
have the happiness of those who fear God, a happiness that will last forever," he said. In his prepared text, the
pope
said,
life,
but
it
will
does guaran-
tee eternal happiness.
The fact is proven, he said, by the "many just people around the world who suffer greatly."
Yet fidelity to God's word is a sign and guarantee that a believer's trust will be rewarded, he said. "The heart of this fidelity to the divine word consists in a fundamental choice of charity toward the poor and needy," the pope said. "The just one, responding to the constant call of the
prophets, takes the side of the emarginated and aids them with abun-
Stewardship: A
dant help."
disciple's response
Addressing Polish pilgrims, the pope on the day when Catholics remember their dear ones who have died, "we also remember John Paul II. On the anniversary of his priestly ordination (Nov. 1, 1946) and his saint's day (the Nov. 4 feast of St. Charles Borromeo), we give thanks to God for the fruits of his life and for the ministry of this servant of God." Pope Benedict ended his audience by urging the Italian government to adopt policies and tax laws to help families. His remarks came in a greeting to the Italian Association of Large Families, a group formed by couples with at least five children. They are seeking a break in property taxes for large families and lobbying for a change to the system for determining garbage taxes currently based on the size of the house or apartment and on the number of people living there. The pope said the presence of 2,500 members of the association was an occasion to reaffirm the central role of the family in society, particularly for welcoming and serving human life. "In today's social context, family groups with numerous children are a witness of faith, courage and optimism, because without children there is no fixture," he said. Pope Benedict called for "adequate social and legislative interventions to safeguard and sustain the most numerous families, which are a richness and said that
Guest
Column MSGR. MAURICIO W. WEST GUEST COLUMNIST
Many
variety of ways The
spoke with a religious
I
cently
whose
mills to generate energy
windmills
saw atop
I
sister re-
wind-
institution utilizes
— much
like the
a Pennsylvania
mountain recently when I traveled through by train. Speaking with this nun, I came to
we
means
These prefabmade of foam insulation sandwiched between sheets of oriented strand board or other building
materials.
Compact
we will ever become, and everything we have is a gift from God, then we also recognize the need to cultivate those gifts out of gratitude and use them in service to God and others.
could be in for an enormously exciting time in
lamps use less electricity, and their reduced electricity consumption (less wasted heat) also means that cooling
this regard.
loads are decreased during the
realize that
an energy
I
don't really need to fear
crisis in the fiature.
We
learned from her that the one wind-
mill the sisters possess not only meets
energy demands, but often surpasses them. The excess energy is sold to the nearby electric plant, providing the sisters additional income. This is but one of many hopefijl energy signs of the times. During Solar Decathlon 2005 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., I witnessed many others. The Solar Decathlon brings totheir
gether university students their designs
that
it
than to
present
of energy-efficient, solar-
powered homes Naturally,
who
I
in a
much cheaper to save energy make it. Good insulation is key to
is
making
this
cient
God
each of us to participate in up of the Kingdom; each of us has been gifted by God with personal charisms needed to do whatever He asks of us. Every one of us has been called to a
—
happen.
In the race to conserve energy, re-
searchers have discovered that structural
insulated panels are one of the best
crisis
Some
The Human
have answered the call to religious life as sisters and brothers. Still others are lay
Side
ministers serving their fellow parishio-
ners as catechists, youth ministers, lectors,
FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK
winter.
The technology doesn't
On
stop here.
number of homes run entirely on solar energy. The heat generated by solar energy warms water, which then can be were
a
transferred to space-heating systems.
Ingenious ways of dealing with energy are more numerous than the stars.
ministers of welcome and commission members, pasand finance council members, and
hospitality,
CNS COLUMNIST
toral
in a variety
Our
who
At times
I
wonder what
of our young generation.
the mall during the Solar Decathlon
extraordinary ministers of holy
Communion,
fective energy.
duces heat loss through the windows in
are serving through ordained
ministry as priests and deacons. Others
radiation back into the room. This re-
or tin oxide permit visible light to pass
celebrate our 17th annual Steward-
Awareness Sunday. It is an appropriate time to remember how God has gifted our parishes and missions here in the Diocese of Charlotte through the time, talent and treasure of thousands of people. ship
through, but also reflect infrared heat
Thin, transparent coatings of silver
—
a unique way of following in the footsteps of Jesus. Religious or lay, married or single as Christians we are expected to be good stewards of our unique gifts. We cannot discern our vocations in isolation. It takes the support, help and encouragement of the community. As a Christian community, on Nov. 1
we will
Today, enormous amounts of money is being poured into energy research. Francis Bacon once said that a prudent question is half of wisdom. Today, students and their professors, working feverishly in laboratories, are raising one question after another about how new ways of saving and generating cost-ef-
technology.
calls
particular vocation in life
summer
months, thus reducing the electricity consumed by air conditioners. Yet another energy saver is the lowemissivity window. Low-emissivity coatings for windows, invented in the 1980s, have revolutionized window
competition.
learned at this exposition
are, everything
the building
fluorescent lamps are an-
other energy saver. These energy-effi-
gifts.
If we truly recognize that everything
we
for saving energy.
ricated panels typically are
Disciple's
—
God's
for the entire country."
creation of a wise generation through the energy
A
Response," reminds us that becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ calls for a response to become good stewards of
Responding to challenges The
heart of the U.S. bishops' pas-
toral letter, "Stewardship:
—
hope
contribute in a
will
No
become
doubt there is much to worry about, given all that influences and/or challenges them in contemporary society. But what I saw in Washington were young people whose imaginations were being stretched to the limit and who were responding to challenges in ways that suggest the birth of a wise generation.
of other parish ministries.
parishes are filled with people
devote a portion of their time to
daily prayer for the needs of others,
who
contribute generously to support their parish and diocese. .
As
I
reflect
on the
Parable of the Talents on this Steward-
Awareness Sunday, I am gratefijl many good stewards of our dio-
ship
for the
who have
cese
accepted their
gifts grate-
from God, nurtured those gifts, and returned them to God with increase through service to the community. I invite each of you to set aside some fially
time to prayerfully consider their re-
sponse to the questions "What does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus Christ?" and "What am I called to do in response to that discipleship?"
Msgr.
West
is
vicar"
general and
chancellor for (he Diocese of Charlotte.
November
2005
4,
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PARISH PROFILE
Joseph Church serves growing, diverse Catholic community St.
JOSEPH CHURCH
ST.
512WestWainmanAve. Asheboro, N.C. 27203-5342 (336) 629-0221
Vicariate: Greensboro
ASHEBORO — The
Catholic
munity of Asheboro attained parish
Mack
Pastor: Father Joseph
com-
Number
of Households: 273
sta-
tus in 1948, although early traces of a
Catholic presence date back
more than
a
half-century earlier.
During the 1880s, two sergeants of Army and a female native of
the British
Ireland
composed
the
first
Catholic
com-
munity in the Asheboro area. The servicemen, having completed their time of duty, settled in the area in search of goldmining fortunes. The Irishwoman became a key figure in the establishment of a chapel.
Father Joseph Macic
For several years, visiting priests from neighboring communities celebrated Masses in the chapel, a former law office, in town. When the servicemen died and Mrs. Bartow, the third Catholic, moved away, the Catholic community in Asheboro ended for the
growing presence of a Spanish-speaking community, an outreach was begun and a Mass was offered in Spanish. Because of the continued expansion of the Spanish community, a second Mass was offered in Spanish and child, youth and adult educational programs also were conducted in Spanish. Father Joseph Mack has served St. Joseph Church since 1993, ministering to almost 750 registered parishioners and to some 300 Hispanic
next several decades.
Between
the
World War
years and
I
1930s, local reports of itinerant priests visiting Asheboro by train suggest the
a Catholic citizenry, the area.
A
however
scant, in
railway car converted into a
who were said have spent a week at a time ministering to Catholics and discussing the faith with others. Beginning in April 1935, priests for High Point among them Father Michael chapel carried the priests,
to
—
J.
who would become
Begley,
weekday Masses
—
Asheboro High Point
in
homes. Residents traveled to or Greensboro for Sunday liturgies. When gasoline rationing during World War II years began affecting
Asheboro Catholics Mass in the courtroom of
travel opportunities,
gathered for
St.
Joseph Church
Asheboro, a red
in
bricl<
the City Building.
September 1947, the present church site was purchased. A chapel was set up in a house on the property, and Father Edward Sullivan, pastor of Holy Rosary Church (now Our Lady of In
1948, has seen many expansions and improvements to accommodate
was appointed
pastor.
Bishop
Joseph S. Waters of Raleigh dedicated the church under the patronage of St. Joseph in September 1948. Masses continued to be celebrated in the chapel until 1954,
when
a red brick
church was constructed next to the original structure. More improvements and expansions came in 1978 when a rectory was built and a second floor was added to the church. The parish was in the care of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales at the time.
During the early 1980s, St. Joseph Church ministered to about 22 Catholic
Asheboro community. The congre-
families in Liberty, to the northeast. That
gation thereby
became
its
in
growing parish.
In the early 1990s, a
was added it
new
the
addition
to the church that connected
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the parish.
first
on Christmas Eve
"With
number increased with time, and the mission community was assimilated into
a mission of the
Father Sullivan celebrated the in the chapel
Catholics in the area as well. The parish has an active Knights of Columbus council. Ladies Guild and Right to
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