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AGOSTINO BONO

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON

— Be-

cause of the growing Hispanic Catholic population, the U.S.

bishops will be asked at their

upcoming

meeting to approve Spanish-language liturgical texts that would formally incorporate important Latin fall

American

rituals into U.S.

church services.

These include

the

"quinceanera," a popular cel-

among Hispanics that place when a girl is 1 5 to

— The exchange of

"arras,"

special coins symbolizing the

good stew-

couple's pledge to be

—

"lazo," a

new

The

household.

placing of the

double-looped rope or

large rosary or garland, over

groom symboliz-

the bride and

takes

ing the unity of the marriage.

child-

hood to adolescence. Also up for approval

at the

include:

ebration

mark her passage from

Puerto Rico. These marriage traditions

a blessing

for

Nov. 15-18 bishops' general meeting are additions to the marriage rite incorporating traditions popular mostly in Mexico, Central America and

ards in the

ceremony

VOLUME

LOVE ETERNAL

Bishops to consider liturgical texts for Hispanic Catholic rituals by

issue.

—

The

"velacion,"

See RITUALS, page 9

Photos by Kevin

Murray

Above, anniversary couples share kisses during the annual diocesan wedding anniversary Mass at St. Gabriel

Church

Charlotte Oct. 24. Below, an anniversary couple accepts two red roses after

the Mass.

Anniversary couples celebrate

sacrament of marriage Photo by Karen A. Evans

Red Hat Society members from

St.

Gabriel Church

demonstrate chair exercises during the Senior at St.

Mark Church

Fall

Day

Charlotte

Bishop Jugis says

couples invited to renew their

Christ's love helps

matrimonial vows during the

marriages to endure

annual diocesan wedding anniversary celebration at St.

of Reflection

Gabriel Church Oct. 24.

Oct. l\.

Seniors gather for spiritual, physical

KAREN

EVANS

STAFF WRITER

CHARLOTTE though there roof" there the hearth"

—

Al-

"snow on the

is still

MURRAY

EDITOR

every senior Catholic, Mercy Sister Jeanne Marie Kienast told 125 seniors who gathered for the annual Senior Fall

Day

heart

—

See SENIORS, page 8

S33S

around the

50 years of marriage, Tony and Marie Aceti of St. Gabriel Church said they can finish

marriage this year; one couple, John and Mildred Vaillancourt of St. Margaret Mary Church in Swannanoa, celebrated 70

said

Marie Aceti about

their

years of marriage. "I

honored to be

in the

decades of matrimony.

See MARRIAGE, page 7

The Acetis were one of 156

Committed 1000-665^3 ON T1IH ftflfltt 83 N0S1IM

all

celebrated 50 years and 98 couples celebrated 25 years of

five

Hailing from

Diocese of Charlotte, 57 couples

— After

each other's sentences. "We'd do it all over again,"

"a fire within

— and

CHARLOTTE

well-being by

KEVIN

to the faith

RCIA Commission supports diocesan initiation efforts

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Perspectives

Parish Profile

Laughing at wedding-day

St.

Bernadette Church stands

mishaps; Taking care ofthe

as tranquil house in

poor

moun tain shadow 's

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10-11

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Cardinal Schonborn stresses Eucharist's significance through child's story NEW ORLEANS (CNS) — Aus-

OUTFITTING OUTREACH

trian Cardinal Cristoph

Schonborn of

Vienna played an indispensable role in editing the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," but in a New Orleans lecture he used a child's story

rather than a lofty theological text to explain the mystery and power of the Eucharist. In a world where people often

through sacred moments, Catholics could learn a lot from Claire, a 4-year-old girl in the Vienna Archdiocese, Cardinal Schonborn said in his Oct. 8 talk on "The Church Living From the Eucharist" at Notre Dame Seminary. rush

"Claire

a little girl in a family of

who prays every day personally for me," the cardinal told about 500 people at the Archbishop six children

CNS

photo by Eric Sucar, Catholic Courier

Barbara and Charles Avino of Auburn, N.Y., help Charles Thermindor, center, find a pair of shoes at Our Lady of the Lake Church in King Ferry during a distribution of

Diocesan,

—planner

supplies to area migrant farmworkers. ASHEVILLE

VICARIATE

SWANNANOA

with everyday needs

—

CHARLOTTE

N.Y. (CNS) The migrant camp in King Ferry has been a part of Eddy Celamy's life for the past 26 years. He stays at the camp each year

back yards.

when he and other migrant farmworkers come to harvest sweet corn for Turek Farms. Like many farmworkers, Celamy, 49, moves from place to place following the harvests. The work is hard and the nature of his job makes it difficult for him to keep in touch with his family in Haiti, but he doesn't complain. "It's not normal, but that's life,"

parishioners began collecting nonperish-

Celamy

I was in Haiti, I'd Over there, every day when you wake up you hear (that)

said. "I

think

be dead. I'm blessed.

many

people died for nothing. I'm just

working hard I'm

to eat,

and

God

thank

still alive."

Each year Celamy and his fellow farmworkers in King Ferry are the beneficiaries of the Migrant Farmworker Project, an annual service project of the

Good Shepherd

Catholic

Community

southern Cayuga County.

Volunteers provide farmworkers with everyday items they lack, including clothing,

and lead education sessions for

them on such issues as health care. Each August they also hold a prayer service and a picnic to welcome the workers to the area.

The

project began

cade ago, said

its

more than

a de-

coordinator, Debbie

Patrick.

that point on,

effort to serve

we made an

them," Patrick

Patrick and other

said.

Good Shepherd

able food, health and beauty supplies,

used household items and clothing, which they then distributed to the farmworkers to help make their stay at the

camp more comfortable. The program has grown over

years, with parishes, businesses

and or-

Cayuga and two other counties becoming involved. This year the program was expanded to include an educational comganizations from

ponent, which included an informational

workshop

designed to help the farmworkers make informed choices about over-the-counter medications. The efforts of Patrick and other volunteers don't go unnoticed by the farmworkers, who include Haitians, African-Americans and Hispanics, as well as Caucasians from Appalachia. Celamy said he feels blessed to know that so

many

have come tomake life better for him. Father Donald Curtiss, pastor of Good Shepherd, said the Migrant Farmworker Project helps the workers

way mission work

become involved in when they realized there was a migrant camp nearby, giving Catholics a way to do mission work practically in their own

that local residents appreciate

what they do and helps the community at large become aware of their needs and their humanity.

"They're human beings like us. They still have that dignity," he said. 'They're not just workers, they're husbands and wives. They work very hard outdoors and in the sun, in the weather,

many

"Her mother

said the cardinal.

said to

the parish priest, 'I think Claire is ready for early Communion.'" The cardinal noted that the parish priest asked Claire if she wanted Jesus to come to her in the Eucharist,

and her response was: "No, Jesus wants to come to me." Cardinal Schonborn, president of the Austrian bishops' conference, re-

marked with

a smile, "Yes, Claire

meets Mondays,

5-6:

5 p.m. and

Tuesdays from

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CHARLOTTE

—

support group for

of a family member with memory loss meet the last Monday of each month, 10-1 1:30 a.m. at St. Gabriel Church, 30 1 6 Providence Rd. caregivers

For more information, contact Suzanne Bach

Alzheimer's Association will sponsor a free informative Lunch and Learn panel discussion about Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia at St. Mark Church, 14740 Stumptown Rd., Nov. 4, 1 1 a.m.-l p.m. Please register ahead (so we can

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fort and healing for enced miscarriage,

—

Christian Coffeehouse will

present "Redeemed," a 10-member Christian contemporary band performing an eclectic mix of rock, jazz, blues and gospel sounds,

ready to receive Communion." The story illustrates the reverence all Catholics should have for the Eucharist, he said.

—

HUNTERSVILLE forming

group

Elizabeth Ministry

at St.

Mark Church, 14740

Stumptown Rd. Elizabeth Ministry offers confidential, one-to-one contact, information, com-

women who have

experi-

stillbirth or early infant

Sandy Buck at (704) 948-4587 more information.

death. Please call for

CHARLOTTE — All women are invited to join Women

in the

Word

weekly gatherings for scripture, music

for

prayer, reflection on

Sunday

and sharing experiences of Christ in daily life. each Thursday, 9:45-11:45 a.m. in the family room of St. Gabriel Church, 3016 Providence Rd. For details, call Linda Flynn at (704) 366-9889. For childcare reservations, call Jurga Petrikene at 704) 907-0205.

Nov. 6 at 7 p.m. at St. Anne Church, 1694 Bird St. 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.

The group meets

CHARLOTTE — The

CHARLOTTE — The Happy Timers of St. Ann

mons Pkwy., during the

Church meet the first Wednesday of each month with a luncheon and program at 1 p.m. in the parish activity center, 3635 Park Rd. All adults age 55 and older are welcome. For more information, call Charles Nesto at (704) 398-0879.

Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick demonstrates the presence of Jesus as healer and comforter. The sacrament is offered the first Saturday of each month at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Com-

CHARLOTTE

9 a.m. Mass.

— Would you

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Schulte Auditorium. "When her mother comes back from Communion, she sits down and Claire puts her head on her mother's breast and says, 'Mom, Jesus is now within you. I want to be close to him,'"

HUNTERS VILLE — Solomon House and the

ROCK HILL the

...

Parishioners were looking for a to

"From

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St. Margaret MaryChurch, 102 Andrew Place, offers Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on the first Friday of each month following the 12 p.m. Mass with Benediction at 5 p.m. For information call 686-8833.

Parish outreach helps farmworkers

KING FERRY,

2004

October 29,

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2004

FROM THE VATICAN

Vatican's social catechism touches

on war, working women, environment ness and economy. ROME (CNS) — The the

Vatican's "so-

catechism" includes an

cial

how

official,

While the compendium supports

sys-

Vatican's U.N- nuncio urges world

do more

—

peer-review mechanism, a self-monitor-

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Vatican nuncio to the United Nations, called Oct.

ing process established to further the realization of goals of the New Partner-

UNITED NATIONS

the right of a nation to defend itself

19 for the international

Church applies Christian principles to questions, including war, social democracy, working women and the

from

increase

environment.

launched, raises serious moral and ju-

The "Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church," released Oct. 25 runs to almost 500 pages. Topics include ecology, the common good, human rights, family, work, women in society,

ridical questions."

tematic explanation of

the Catholic

the economy, the international

commu-

and indigenous peoples. The book has three main sections: a presentation of the theological and anthropological underpinnings of the church's social teaching; an examination of basic themes and concrete social issues; and the pastoral and practical consequences of Catholic social teaching, especially for lay people and Catholics working in politics, businity

attack,

also says a "preventive

social teaching.

ered his statement to a session of the

suitable for Africa, for the well-being of

about to be

reflects questions and by Pope John Paul II and Vatican officials over U.S, President George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq. Pope John Paul asked the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace to write the compendium, which frequently has been

statement

criticism raised

In a 1999 meeting with council

members, the pope said the "compendium or approved synthesis of church social doctrine" would help Catholics learn

what the church teaches on social issues and see how important the teaching is.

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SYLVA

—

The annual World Community Day Ecumenical Worship Service will be held at Bethany Lutheran Church, 1644 Main Avenue Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. this year's theme is "In Women Shape the Future for Peace." Guest speaker will be Rev. Alice Johnson Curl, associate pastor of St. Stephen's Lutheran Church. For more information, contact Carole Marmorato at (828) 256-8956.

—

St.

Mary Church

WINSTON-SALEM

Faith,

WINSTON-SALEM

— The

Widows Lunch

Bunch, sponsored by Immaculate Conception

Church, meets at a different restaurant on the first Wednesday of each month at 11:30 a.m. Reservations are necessary. For more information and reservations, call Joan Keagle at (828) 693-4733.

HICKORY — A

the

first

Charismatic Mass Thursday of each month

celebrated

Sebastian

Chapel of St. Aloysius Church, 921 Second

KE,

at 7 p.m.

St.

For further information, contact

loan Moran (828)-327-0487.

SALISBURY

—

nity, and especially its more powerful members, had a duty "of redressing the economic imbalances that penalize Africa and of helping it to resolve its regional and national conflicts."

The and

rica

General Assembly devoted to review of the New Partnership for Africa's Development, commonly known as NEPAD. This is a program instituted by the

commitment by African governments to take more responsibility for the development of

African Union to express a

own

societies.

urban and rural families

alike

and for

the preservation of African values

KERNERSVILLE

Archbishop Migliore said. said much remained to be done to rebuild trust among the ethnic groups tion,"

in the various African countries, but that

"African solutions to African problems

Archbishop Migliore said that Africa was "doing more and more" in regard to preventing conflicts and building peace

have started to emerge." "The promotion of greater coopera-

many adversities it faces." He also commended the African

be a decisive factor in peace-building and peacekeeping," he added.

despite "the

tion

among

religions in Africa could also

offers Adoration

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— Holy Angels Church, 1208 N.

St.,

CNS

photo from Reuters

concludes with Benediction.

CLEMMONS — Holy Family Church, 4820

Women

Kinnamon

Lord of the Miracles, through central Lima Oct. 18. Each year thousands of Catholics in Lima commemorate the image's survival in a devastating 17th-century earthquake.

Rd., offers Adoration of the Blessed

Sacrament every Thursday. Exposition begins at 6 p.m. and Benediction is at 9 p.m.

yourparish or school sponsoring a free event

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[Oct. 31

surely an urgent international obliga-

opportunity for quiet prayer time to escape the mad rush in our lives. For additional information, contact Our Lady of Mercy Church at (336) 722-7001.

For details, call Renee Washington at (704) 637-0472 or Sharon Burges at (704) 633-0591.

its fifth

in the African countries

their factions, but also

and every Thursday, 10-11 a.m. Adoration

Elizabeth Ministry

MOUNTAIN

reasons for such conflicts are

found not only

offers Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Wednesday, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,

ministry comprised of Sacred Heart Church parishioners who have lost babies before of shortly fter birth. Confidential peer ministry, information and spiritual materials are offered at no cost or obligation to anyone who has experienced miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of a newborn.

SMOKY

commu-

said the international

Franciscan Father Jude DeAngelo will present "Peaceful Prayer in a Busy Season" Nov. 10, 17 and 24 at 7 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Chapel, 2 1 1 W. Third St. This is an

Main

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once a week, Oct. 1 7-Nov. 2 1 to share faith, find meaning, deepen relationships, pray, learn from one another and support each other in the struggle to live faith in all aspects of life." For more information, call Michael Kauffman at (828) 835-3310 or e-mail

HICKORY

community to on behalf of Africa.

"beyond Afand its interests," he said. Speaking at U.N. headquarters in New York, Archbishop Migliore deliv-

that an act of aggression

youths are welcome to join Dennis TeallFleming for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament every Tuesday, 5-6 p.m. in the Adoration Chapel at Belmont Abbey College for an hour of prayer and devotion. For details, contact Dennis at (704) 825-9600, ext. 26 or e-mail

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Continuing the Vatican's longstanding campaign for canceling the debt of poor countries, the nuncio said it was regrettable that recent meetings of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and group of industrialized countries known as the Group of Seven had "failed to agree on the total cancellation of debt of the 27 poorest countries." The G-7 is made up of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Italy and Canada. "The realization of economic policies

war, unleashed without evident proof

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AROUND THE DIOCESE COMMITTED TO THE FAITH

RCIA Commission supports diocesan

initiation efforts "Our job is to expose as much information as possible," he added.

Initiation benefits

The seven-member RCIA Com-

whole church, say members

KEVIN

MURRAY

EDITOR

CHARLOTTE Church continues

— The grow

Catholic

in part

due

to the Rite of Christian Initiation of

new communion through

Adults, the process that initiates

members

to full

—

the sacraments of initiation

bap-

and the Eucharist. The RCIA in the Diocese of Charlotte would not be possible without the commitment and dedication of the diocesan RCIA Commission. "What we do is provide resources and ongoing formation to parish ministers serving in the RCIA," said Linda Licata, a parishioner of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Greensboro and commission chairperson. "We also plan and oversee the diocesan rites of election, which were not offered on the diocesan level until the commission was formed (in tism, confirmation

1997)," she said.

"We're a support system," said Capuchin Franciscan Father Martin

mission held three in-service sessions for parish delegates in the winter of 2003 to prepare for the various rites of election at churches throughout the diocese this April. Planning has already begun for 2005. The commission members are not paid; they receive no reimbursements for their work or travels, said Dr. Cris Villapando, director of the diocesan faith formation office. "Each of the commission members has a passion for initiation ministry

and for the liturgy," said Licata. "It's our passion and love of the church that helps us to do this work, and not see it as

work but

as a ministry."

mission at its inception. Licata, who has been involved with formation ministry for almost 25 years, is a

team member

for the

North American

Forum

of the Catechumenate, which started as a grassroots organization

RCIA

and

well as academics in the

Tho-

Charlotte

and commission member. "We're there as support for the diocese to any parishes who need us,"

"We

said Father Schratz.

help people in the process, to

priests."

Schratz.

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can

see,

Commission members are excited about their third RCIA focus workshop for this year, "The Period of Purification and Enlightenment," featuring Steven Janco, director of liturgy and music at a parish in the Diocese of Illinois and a member of the North American Forum on the

make

their parishes to

work,"

said Father Schratz. "It's the entire

parish's responsibility to be involved (in

the RCIA)."

"The foundation of the

rite

It's

of RCIA church," said Licata. "The rite is not just to make new Catholics but to form disciples," she said. "It forms new Catholics and all of us as we walk with them on their journey to God. It has the power to how we're transform the church

—

called to live out our mission in the

Villapando, director of the diocesan faith formation office. "Now it is time to explore the period of purification

calling

church." Contact Editor Kevin E.

(704)

Murray

kemurray@charlottediocese.org.

and enlightenment."

The workshop

will explore

RCIA

to incorporate the

process

how

into the

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The diocesan RCIA Commission members are (from left) Capuchin Franciscan Father Martin Schratz, Susanna Weatherholt, Pat Millar, Dr. Cris Villapando (seated), Linda Licata, Father Jose Antonio Juya and Carlos Castaneda.

Both Licata and Father Schratz were among the first to join the com-

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of Scripture, readings, films and more

hard to imagine how two personal reflections on Catholicism could be more different than "Called to Question:

Nov. 7, 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

she writes. Really?

ter

On page 223,

common

it is

Joan Chittister of Erie,

Pa.,

and

Sis-

Con-

About What Really Matters" by Pittsburgh's diocesan communications director, Robert P. Lockwood. thing they have in

are

not his purpose to

come

to grips with

He goes back in time to establish common ground with his intended reader the baby boomer who drifted away

21st-century America.

his past.

Their differences are profound. There is almost nothing similar about their backgrounds, their focus, their concerns or their

—

intended audiences.

or just the

from the faith because of a

slight, a

grudge

momentum of growing up in

post-Christian culture.

Lockwood himself drifted away with life, but his drift was

soon found a place in the Catholic press and worked his way to the posts of president and publisher of Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. While he was there, we met and became friends. Lockwood is familiar with all the baggage, misinformation and misunderstanding that have kept many of his cradle-Catholic contemporaries from the practice of their faith. He seeks to have a respectful "conversation" with them. His message is one of liberation: Forget the trappings of childhood that bother, befuddle and burden you; focus instead on the core of Catholicism and enjoy a richer, more satisfying life. He knows the core and writes about it with clarity. His book does something I would like to do and sometimes try to do with old friends and other contemporaries who have lost their way or feel adrift, looking for an anchor as life recedes. Lockwood writes that he likes the often-quoted description of the Catholic Church as "Here comes everybody."

Both vividly reflect on their Catholic upbringings. But Lockwood's was a happy time loaded with friendships. Sister Joan describes a tormented, solitary childhood that she struggled to transcend. Sister Joan's book is an inner journey of the soul.

Lockwood

reaches out to others.

— and

Sister Joan's fans

legion as she

they are

thor and well-known speaker

—

will

enjoy sharing her personal faith journey,

from her earliest days to her recent years as one of America's most prominent

women religious. The chapters

are organized into

seven sections ranging from the "inward life"

to issues of resistance

—

a widely published au-

That

and ecology.

description

Catholics, even

Occasionally one finds insight, as

when she describes why thinkers chafe at commands: "Orders bind us to an

still

some

good news

ferent authors

—

it.

how

—

cal

death was not the end, but that some-

how God,

Thessalonians 2:16 to 3:5 Gospel: Luke 20:27-38

as the author of life, could

and

In the Gospel, Jesus refutes the Sadducees those Jews who did not

—

them

SHARON

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CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

When

when

fullness.

On those rare occa-

childhood

memory

To be a follower of Jesus, to claim

status as a child of God,

one embraces the of life in all its myriad manifestations, whether in oneself or in another.

heard footsteps marching I knew it was time to get

My husband's

was

ance from death and the existence of an afterlife. But the "God of the living" is not merely a rescuer at the hour of death; God is a here-and-now source of life in all its

gift

up the stairs, and fast! up

—

telling

The message is meant to assure the believer of the promise of deliver-

I was a child, I had an upbedroom from which I would hear the morning clarion call of my mother waking me up for school. Usually her greeting would begin with a cheerful, "Rise and shine!" But if I tried to sneak in a few more minutes of sleep, a note of exasperation would

stairs

creep into her voice.

— by

that the belief in an afterlife

not a recent notion, since Moses himself had professed it. Jesus emphatically states that God is the God of the living; thus a child of God is one who by his or her very nature is filled with life.

living.

believe in a resurrection

to rise shine

This promised life invites us to wake not from our sleep of complacency

—

mother appended the morning greeting with, "Rise and shine it's daylight in the swamps!" It wasn't until recently that I was struck by the notion that the invitation was not only to get up out of the bed, but

only to

to "shine."

what way are you being

This week's Scriptures begin with the story of the martyrdom of seven

fullness of

similar, except that his

vitality

—

but to shine with the very

rise,

of God.

Questions: the

What does the statement "God God of the living" mean to you? God's

life

resistant to the

shining through

you?

WEEKLY SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER

NOVEMBER 6

Sunday in Ordinary Time), Wisdom 11:22—12:2, 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2, Luke 19:1-10; Monday (All Saints), Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14, 1 John 3:1-3, Matthew 5:1-12; Tuesday (All Souls Day), Wisdom 3:1-9, Romans 5:5-11 John 6:37-40; Wednesday (St. Martin de Porres), Sunday

(Thirty-first

Philippians 2:12-18,

Luke 14:25-33; Thursday

10; Friday, Philippians 3: 1

7—4: 1 Luke 1 6 ,

(St.

Charles Borromeo), Philippians

-8; Saturday,

Sunday (Thirty-second Sunday

John

1:1-9,

Luke 17:1-6; Tuesday (Dedication of the Lateran

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Luke 15:1-

Ordinary Time), 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14, 2 Thessalonians

2:16—3:5, Luke 20:27-38; Monday, Titus Basilica), Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12,

3:3-8,

Philippians4:10-19, Luke 16:9-15.

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such difand their books

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don't like to hear

and others don't believe

And

immediate response, but listening sets us But she paints the nuanced world she inhabits with a broad brush, not always concerned about staying within the lines.

trusted in the

centuries before Jesus' birth that physi-

God invites us

short-lived. After

whom

would restore the

sions

the flow of college

all

2004

2) 2

—

and "A

Midlife

versation

One

Joan

mature Catholic

Memoir" by Benedictine

insight about being a

scribbled: "I think

brothers,

power of God to raise them up and restore them to life. This passage reflects the belief of many Jews in the last two

Cycle C Readings: 1) 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15

on the same page spiritually, but she carries some baggage that does not and much anger." On page burden me 224 she acknowledges the burden of "old baggage." She says one needs to "grow beyond the wounds and memories," but in the end it is not clear that she does. Lockwood's book is different because

Faith for Grown-Ups:

SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS: NOV.

"Every era manufactures a heresy proper to the times. Quietism is ours,"

It is

A Spiritual

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Anniversary couples honored at annual celebration commitments to one another and to God has helped them endure," said Gerard Carter, director of the diocesan Family Life Office, which organizes the couples'

MARRIAGE, from page 1

presence of so

who

many

the celebration.

anniversary couples

"Of all the things that come with life, it means to be committed despite the complexi-

are celebrating Christ's abiding

these couples symbolize what

love in their marriage," said Bishop Jugis during his homily.

"It is in a spirit of joy and gratitude Almighty God that you come to this

Mass

marriage anniversary year for each of you," he said.. "Each year has been a gift from God, and now in 2004 you have reached a special milestone by God's grace." The bishop said the anniversary couples have endured to this day not only because of their love for each other but also for their love of Jesus. "It is your union with him which has guaranteed the presence of his grace in your marriage," said Bishop

and

day,

Marie

Aceti.

dedicated our

"The love of Christ

perfects

your

love," the bishop told the couples. "Christ's love teaches us to be patient with each other, to be understanding, to be compassionate to each other, to be merciful, to be forgiving of the

other's faults; in short, to

know

the

perfection of love.

'The joining of a man and woman

who

They

are parishioners of St.

Aloysius Church in Hickory.

beauty of marriage over the years, such as polygamy, divorce, selfishness, hedonism and unlawful contraceptive

and in health, as the marriage vows state: your abiding union with Christ," said the bishop. "Marriage is not always easy, but

Murray

Anniversary couples renew their wedding vows during the annual diocesan wedding

anniversary Mass at

St.

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today we must add another which devalues and further weakens marriage the trend toward making same-sex unions the legal equivalent of marriage," said Bishop Jugis. "Whenever our contemporary society takes hold of marriage, it ends up making marriage something very different from what God intended it to be something very different from the beau"...But

situation

Bishop Jugis spoke of the many "blemishes" that have disfigured the

in bad, in sickness

celebrated 50 years with his wife,

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good times

Photo by Kevin

matrimony gives the couple life and meaning that would not exist without their joining," said Dominic Esposito,

produces the fruit of holiness, of charity, of peace, because of your abiding union with Christ."

—

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lives to Jesus."

no union with Christ, no love for Christ, then his grace cannot work effectively," he said. "But marriage

the key

"On our wedding

a precedent for other couples

to see this

Jugis.

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said.

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in this special

"If there

ties,"

practices.

—

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tiful

this

St.

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She also told those gathered not to squander the wisdom they have gained over the. years by thinking their "time has past" or they have given enough. "How can any Catholic look up at the crucifix and say 'I've done enough I've given enough?" she asked. "When you stop giving, you stop living."

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Hispanic rituals considered

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he an acknowledgment by the bishops of what is already happening in the Hispanic Catholic community, said Father Juan Sosa, president of the National Hispanic Institute for the in the U.S. liturgy is

RITUALS, from page 1

which a large

veil

or shawl

placed

completely over the- bride and over the shoulders of the groom to symbolize that the bride

the couple

the center of the

new home

Currently, these rituals are used by

Hispanics in U.S. liturgical services but

without standardized texts. Spanishlanguage texts are often borrowed from Latin American countries where these rituals are officially incorporated into

li-

turgical services.

Including these Hispanic traditions

newlywed couple

the

of Spanish and Spanish-speaking priests first

to God,"

said.

The

"lazo"

and the "velacion" sym-

bolize the "binding together of what

has joined," he

God

said.

'The bishops of the United States

At the November meeting, the bishops will also be asked to approve Spanish-language texts for infant baptisms. The texts scheduled to be voted on

who

are part of a long-term project by the

Liturgy. are filling the virtual needs of people

want

about to establish.

to express their traditions that

have come down from the centuries," said Father Sosa, a member of the bishops' subcommittee on Hispanic liturgy, which helped draft the Spanish texts. These traditions symbolize important Christian concepts, he added. 'The 'arras' symbolize an exchanging of equality between the spouses in

bishops to translate into Spanish

a limited use of English, said

Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George in an explanatory note to the bishops that accompanies the document on the liturgical texts. The cardinal is chairman of the U.S. bishops' liturgy committee, which is supervising the translations. Father Sosa said that the bilingual books also would make it easier to perform bilingual services in increasingly multicultural U.S. parishes.

all

the

English-language liturgical books approved for use in the United States.

The

who have

project involves bilingual edi-

books with Spanish on one page and English on the other. The purpose of bilingual editions is to facilitate their use by English-speaking priests who have a limited command tions of the side of the

"The inclusion

in bilingual form books of the church will give importance to the rituals that the Hispanic Catholics have brought with them to the United States," said Franciscan Sister Andrea Inkrott, director of Hispanic ministry for the Diocese of Charlotte. in the official

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Finally able to laugh

2004

killed

while working

Reflecting on wedding-day mishaps

SARAH DELANEY

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

My husband Andre and I observed our 16th wedding anniversary in October. For the first time in years, I can laugh at things that went terribly wrong during our wedding despite me-

The Pope Editor's note:

Bridging

ing schedule, story

Gaps

all

require^

ments, cross-checking 200 guests' addresses.

preferred only one bridesmaid,

Burrow, major contributors to the black Catholic hymnal "Lead Me, Guide Me," as coordinators of our 7 p.m. nuptial. Then a rift appeared in my seam-

During the

final

proofing of our in-

I did not catch that I had listed "H" and not "L" for the middle initial in the name of our wedding's principal celebrant Bishop Joseph Lawson Howze

less that

of Biloxi, Miss.

The limousine driver chose our wedding day to shampoo the car's burgundy velour interior, something I did not discover until I emerged in a damp wedding gown. The photographer, whose service was a gift, arrived late, left early and did not take one photo of our wedding party. The

best

man

arrived without the

groom, saying warily: "Carole, I waited for Andre as long as I could, as long as I dared. I've brought his tux with me." And where was the happy groom? Waiting at a barbershop to get his hair cut. When he arrived an hour late, he was directed to the convent where an elderly Franciscan nun had his tux and was praying for his imminent arrival.

Once toward

inside the church,

me and

for forgiveness.

fell

friend Beverly

own diamond

and gave it to him. to walk down the aisle flanked' by his father and mother.

off her finger

Andre was first,

Then I was to process with my The music began.

parents.

Nervous and not realizing that his was there from Virginia, Andre took off down the aisle on the arm of only mother, an attractive, youthful look-

woman whose pale-silver gown made some of my out-of-town friends ing

who'd never met Andre think they were at the wrong wedding. When my parents and I processed

down

the

aisle,

breathing freely at

breath caught as

auxiliary, Josephite

saw

last,

local

Bishop John Ricard,

seated in the sanctuary with Bishop

Howze.

In an instant

— Pope John

In his Angelus address Oct. 24, the pope offered his "very cordial greeting and profound thanks" to the many missionaries gathered in St. Peter's Square

helped us

as well as to those carrying out the

all

to loosen up.

what Bud Schutzman, Andre's friend and former employer, recall

me when we danced

said to

tion: "Smile,

honey, and enjoy this

mo-

ment. They'll never come together again for

you

urged

like this until

all

funeral."

all the good that's moment, and not to linger

embrace

in the present

over

your

that should have been.

Before returning

friend's ring,

said half jokingly, half seriously to Bishop

Howze, 'WTien

wedding rings, I'll have to mail them to you because I want YOUR blessing on them!"

get

difficult

smiled indulgently, betraying a

born of years of dealing with us sheep and our dilemmas. "Oh, there's no need to do that," he replied. "The blessing stays with the finger!" skill

and often dangerous task "on

the frontiers of evangelization."

at the recep-

POPE

JOHN PAUL

promised" them

remembrance

all

in prayer."

The pope gave his greeting followMass marking World Mission Sunday. He did not celebrate the Mass. Speaking from the window of his ing a

apartment to the crowd gathered below, the pope said he gave particular

who crowned

their

witness to Christ and service to with the sacrifice of their lives."

man

thought to "those

He reminded the faithful to "renew own responsibility in the word of

their

the Gospel to

all

their faith, the Italian missionary

news

agency, Asianews, reported. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, told Vatican Radio in an Oct. 23 interview that there are

about 75,000 Catholic missionaries around the world "who leave their country, their land, their families, their

"a special

people."

The Vatican

says that approximately 30 missionaries lose their lives every year, but that tens of thousands of Christians die annually because of

language and their culture and offer themselves to their brothers to announce Christ." Statistics issued by Fides, the news agency of the congregation, show that out of a world population of 6 billion people 1 billion are Catholic. The number of Catholics decreased slightly on every continent except Asia. The number of lay missionaries, Fides reported, increased on every continent except Europe. Cardinal Sepe reminded Catholics that "every baptized person is essentially a missionary" and should "give witness to their faith in their own environment."

Put parish picnics on the agenda, please As you probably have

read already,

the U.S. Catholic bishops are holding national meeting in mid-Novemour chagrin here at the Roadkill Theological Roundtable, they have not included an agenda item we advocated: a their ber.

fall

pastoral letter

on parish

picnics.

know you

are as disappointed

"Maybe they

just didn't think par-

However:

Washington, D.C., is November; b) we'd probably be overwhelmed by the same-sex marriage and/ or optional celibacy people; and c) the NFL season

Uncle

Dan

DAN MORRIS CNS

realized that

had breached an unspoken protocol by not informing him that Bishop Howze would be in Baltimore officiating. Sheepishly I grinned at him, honored nonethe-

We at RTR are resilient, though. We have faced similar disappointments

from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. To date they have not addressed other proposed agenda items: a national mascot; abstaining from television on Fridays; buying a major sports franin the past

in full swing.

The

bishops are, however, going to

vote on the text for an adult national

Columnist

catechism for U.S. Catholics, and we can hope a future edition might include a footnote on parish picnics.

ish picnics constituted a serious topic,"

ventured my friend Bud last Sunday over RTR coffee and donuts. "Then they've never experienced tainted potato salad," snapped his wife, Marlene. "Or ripped a tendon in a threelegged race," I added. "Or been called out at home on what was clearly a wrong call," noted Msgr. O'Kneel as he passed our table.

really chilly in

as we.

father

his

he would concelebrate.

still

Speaks

Andre ran

that he didn't have

the ring, she snatched her

was Marist Brother Cyprian Lamar Rowe's reflection on the true meaning of love, tough at times, that

his knees, asking

When my

McFarland overheard

unable to bring you the

the pope's weekly audience

thanked missionaries at work all over the world and paid special homage to those who have died while performing their work of Paul

vitation,

—

early publish-

evangelization.

less tapestry.

VATICAN CITY

CAROLE NORRIS GREENE CNS Columnist

best friend Elmira Thornton. Andre's

buddy Phillip Dean Adams was his best man. We rested easy with Jesuit Father Glenn Murray and Marjorie Gabriel-

we are

Wednesday.

ticulous planning.

Like clockwork we'd met

from

Due

developing a theology of parish garage sales ("theocrapology"); endorsing chise;

official

food to give up during Lent; or

a national cell-phone policy for religious celebrations.

For the reader

in Springfield

who

going to write a testy note: We were only kidding about asking the bishops to develop a secret Catholic handshake. Clearly, the National Council of Catholic

Men

can handle (get it? hand-le?) that. have thought of a public protest

— maybe

standing outside the meeting wearing sandwich boards and neon orange road pylons as hats. Or we could

dress as a favorite picnic item, favorite being

my personal

Mrs. Castagna's guacamole.

They are electing new officers. Maybe one of the candidates will include parish picnics in his platform.

Not to dream too much, but they might also commission a pastoral letter on marriage, and what kind of pastoral would that be if it did not mention the role of the parish in strengthening marriage and the role of picnics in fostering strong parishes. Right? The bishops might even talk about joining Christian Churches Together, an offspring of the National .Council of Churches. There would be nothing like a picnic to nurture ecumenical relations, as long as it was clear charge of cleanup.

who was

October 29,

The Catholic News & Herald 11

2004

Domestic violence:

on her back and eight photos of her children. There she recovered from her injuries and with her parents' help

clothes

A real nightmare

Taking care of

started a domestic violence awareness

used to think domestic violence only happened behind closed doors in

campaign

inner cities and Third-World countries. It

certainly didn't

women who

happen to

Our Turn

life

part-

happen to educated, sucgraduated summa cum laude from prestigious universities. Then I began to meet them and hear their stories. One was my college roommate's close friend. She divorced

THERESE

ners. It didn't

cessful

the

husband

BORCHARD

women who

guy

CNS Columnist

lence,

of the events that then un-

abuse and may be reached at bringveronikahome@yahoo.com. Today one out of every three women

numerous escapes from Rus-

to attempt

with Veronika. Finally, with the help

of the American consulate, she successfully fled but without her daughter.

â€”

Knowing

that

she were dead she

made

couldn't help her daughter, 'she

"Sophie's Choice" and returned home, to

on film

away

to another place

transport you

and time.

can hold up a mirror to our world. A film can make us feel and see things we otherwise would miss. It

The

success last year of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" reawakened a lot of us to the idea that movies can be a spiritual experience. That is why our parish is going to start a new program. We call it "Faith on Film."

Over the course of a year we are going to show 20 movies. Afterward, if people want they will be invited to discuss the themes raised by these films.

The movies

will not just be

overtly religious themes, like the

Ten Commandments." They

"The

also will

be films that awaken in us a religious sense or explore a theme of our faith. As part of preparing for this pro-

gram,

asked our parish film

14-year-old boy

me a list. Dan

named

critic,

Daniel, to give

has seen practically every

major movie ever made. He really knows his cinema. He came back with some good ideas:

Man for All

Seasons," "Lilies of

"The Shoes of the Fisherman." He also wanted a "Lord of the Rings" festival. (Not sure we can do

the Field" and

asked some older people. They wanted nostalgic films of their youth,

her behalf. Bree's parents, Linda and Gary Schuette, also are coordinating out-

experiences at least one physical assault

by a partner during adulthood, according to a 1996 study by the American Psychological Association.

A new

survey by the Center for the

Advancement of Women indicates that 92 percent of American women rank domestic and sexual violence as one of their top priorities. It

happens so regularly that

makes headlines anymore, which it is

rarely is

why

so important to write and talk and

do something about

My Way,"

"The

(about a

good candidates. That There are

list

caring for those

who

lack necessities in

Washington, D.C., we have

blankets and encourage

lots of

for television

on the list, like "Catholics" and Prisoner" (about Cardinal

Mindszenty). Catholic social teaching could be discussed with movies like "On the Wa-

terfront" and "The Mission" and "Romero." Catholic novels on film also make the list, such as "Diary of a Country Priest," "The Power and the Glory" and "Monsignor Quixote." Some films are not overtly religious, but they evoke a religious sensithat

me, you probably

ter. It is

the experience

parish

blessed to have a

good theater with a great sound system, so it will be just like a real movie

The

only difference is that we won't charge anything for the movies (we will of course pay all the required royalties). I think that this could be a good little experiment. When I was in Italy in the 1980s, I remember that a lot of parishes had a "salone del cine" (a movie room) where they showed films once a week. It was a great way to bring people together, a painless way to experience.

I'm looking forward to this series

During

myself.

out going anywhere, ported everywhere.

theme).

a cheap night out with-

we can

be trans-

Sports movies also have religious

Among

are "Brian's

the ones that

into

Some are truly in need, others are operators who know all the tricks of making you feel guilty. Some use the money they receive for drugs and alcohol.

What

most agonizing about con-

cern for the poor

many

that there are so

truly poor people

When we

who

take this seriously,

need it

care.

tears the

heart out of us.

rule seasoned caregivers follow,

whether serving the poor or a loved one, is

that being kind to others requires that

you

definitely be kind to yourself.

There have been many who tried following St. Vincent de Paul's example but stopped because of burnout. They took on everyone's problems, but never took off

time for themselves. In some called the

circles, this is

'Messiah complex."

Another

rule caregivers follow

disconnect every so often. If we spend a lot

we may grow

who tend to lack hope,

negative, leaving ourselves

open to disillusionment and depression. Caretakers must take care to surround themselves with healthy, energetic people.

come

Song" and "Rudy"

Often this kind gesture

of time with people

educate.

them

met by curses and rejection. There are also homeless who hang around the train station and restaurants.

bet-

screen in their laughs, gasps and sighs.

and "Babett's Feast"

eucharistic

nice to hear others react to the

"Chariots of Fire," "A Raisin in the Sun" (a

to play for

to use entertainment to

With other people

we might show

list

idea

you are

Our

Some movies made

guy who wanted

don't really like watching movies alone.

"Saint Joan."

mind

Take, for example, St. Vincent de who devoted his life to the peasantry of France. In his writings he tells us that as Christ was born of a poor family, served the poor and picked his apostles from the poor, so too should we be concerned for the poor. In the Mass for St. Vincent de Paul, the Gospel speaks of Christ pitying the crowds because they are like sheep without a shepherd. Serving the poor involves

seen social workers try to distribute

teach and edify.

might

movies about the saints, including "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" (about St. Francis of Assisi), and

year remind us

people milling along Pennsylvania Ave. On cold days, I have

Notre Dame).

The

include "Ben-Hur" and "Becket."

possibilities.

we commemorate

liturgical

Paul,

others suggested sentimental

saints

to reach out to the poor.

shelters.

Historical classics about the church

tivity.

Many

throughout the

But there is another side of this: caring for oneself. Giving hands-on care can be more demanding than it may seem. Reaching out to the poor is all about exercising the virtue of charity. Nonetheless, we have to expect at times to be rebuffed, taken advantage of or overwhelmed.

PETER J. DALY CNS Columnist

Nun's Story."

"The

CNS Columnist

life.

it.

FATHER Bells

favorites like "The Miracle of Marcelino," "Boys Town" and "The

are

FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

many homeless

Mary's" and "The Song of

Some

Side

Bernadette."

that.) I

St.

are also

about

readers

The Human

Diary

including "Going

officials to

write petitions online or otherwise

Parish

Movies can bring faithful together A good movie can

may

any support system, and she was

Minneapolis, Minn., with only the

movies.

whom

reach efforts in the United States. They are available to speak about domestic

trapped in a violently abusive marriage.

like the

yourself

for

ment. As is the case with many victims of domestic violence, she was cut off from

sia

and provides the addresses

Russian

She reports that Mikhail refused to allow her and Veronika to return to the United States, and he forbade her to communicate with friends and family back home. This smart, capable woman felt

Faith

and

She reports suffering broken fingers, ribs, wrists and four concussions. When she was taken to the hospital after the most severe injuries, Mikhail refused to pay for recommended medical treat-

bloody assaults, Bree found the strength

tells

trial.

other information about domestic vio-

veronika65.tripod.com/index.html), Bree

home at the end of the

On her Web site, Bree chronicles her

they traveled to Russia to introduce Veronika to her paternal grandparents. her Web site (http:// In

folded.

taking care of

and the murder

horrific story, posts press releases

ashamed of what was happening. In February 2001, their son Valerij was born. Bree reports that when Valerij was 16 months old he was abused to death by his father, who forced her to watch a gruesome video recording of it. Somehow in between life threats and

later

for abuse of her

ing Veronika

the poor,

safety again, she

of their son, and with the hope of bring-

after lying to herself for years

that they somehow would work it out. Another was a family member who is now living apart from the batterer but has resumed communication. But by far the saddest story to date came via e-mail from a friend. A woman with whom she went to school, Bree Schuette, met her future husband, Mikhail, while studying for her Ph.D. in economics from Boston University. Their first child, Veronika, was born in January 2000. A few months

own

Risking her

returned to St. Petersburg in late August to press charges against her estranged

intelligent

chose compatible

to plead her case for her

daughter's safe return.

ther

Film suggestions can be e-mailed to FaDaly at sjv@chesapeake.net.

Charity not only requires love. requires wisdom.

2004

October 29,

The Catholic News & Herald 12

PARISH PROFILE

St Bernadette Church provides tranquil house of God in the shadow of Grandfather Mountain

swinging bridge.

The

new

first

McCue,

BERNADETTE CHURCH

celebrated in the

Navy

a retired U.S.

and now a ST.

Mass was

Bernadette Church Dec. 31, 1988. Bishop Donoghue dedicated the building in June 1989. Father Richard St.

chaplain

was

retired diocesan priest,

pastor at that time.

Mission of St. Lucien Church, Spruce

Father Aloysius D'Silva was inLucien Church

Pine

stalled as pastor of St.

Route 105

and

mission, St. Bernadette Church, in

November

28646 (828) 898-6900 Linville,

Church Vicariate:

Boone

who

call

St.

their spiritual

Bernadette

home, Father

Mass with hundreds

D'Silva celebrated

Pastor: Father Christopher Gober

Number

1994. In addition to the local

parishioners

who

of vacationers

frequented the area year-round, especially in the summer months.

of families: 230 (100 year-

round)

On New munity of ebrated

its

Eve

Year's

1998, the

com-

Bernadette Church cel10th anniversary together as St.

a family of faith.

During the summer of

1999, a grotto honoring the Blessed Vir-

gin

Mary and

St.

Bernadette was dedi-

cated.

In the spring of 2002, Father Kurt

Fohn was appointed

as administrator of Lucien and St. Bernadette churches by then-Bishop William G. Curlin. In

St. Photo by George Cobb

Father Christopher Gober St.

Bernadette Church

Linville

stands

the shadow of Grandfather Mountain

Avery County.

LINVILLE

Gober

— While

the mission

the last 1970s, the North Caro-

mountains had become a popular vacation spot, and the 30-seat Patricia Chapel could no longer ac-

lina

the area during the 1930s.

both resident and visiting

summer St.

commodate the number of

Bernadette was established in Spruce Pine, 1 5 miles southwest of Linville. A

solution

new church was

Masses

on the

Back

rectory ware August 1940.

Linville,

began celebrating weekend Beech Mountain restau-

in a

Lees-McRae College, in Linville Episcopal Church and finally in a Presbyterian church in Banner Elk, while daily Mass continued to be celebrated

dedi-

at St. Patricia Chapel.

then-Bishop Eu-

gene McGuinness of Raleigh had founded a mission

rant, at

daughter.

The church and

— coming

—

too became inadequate.

Priests

site in 1938,

and was renamed St. Lucien in memory of the principal benefactor's deceased

cated and blessed in

Catholics

worship. Masses were added, but that

1935, a chapel dedicated to St.

built

as pastor of both churches.

The church responds

church in Linville placed under the patronage of St. Bernadette is only 17 years old, its lineage dates back decades thanks to a growing Catholic presence in In

the summer of 2003, Bishop Peter J. Jugis appointed Father Christopher

community of Linville. In 1987, then-Bishop John F. Donoghue gave his approval for building to begin. Special emphasis was placed on capturing the beauty of the North Carolina

mountains

The

and

exterior

at the church.

was created

in part with stone from the Linville area, and the sanctuary's rear wall was fashioned of glass to allow a view of Grandfather Mountain and its famous mile-high

to a number of needs in Avery County. Parishioners are involved in prison ministry, hospice, lit-

eracy programs, Habitat for Humanity

and Boone

spirit

of Catholicism in the North Caro-

Staff'

story.

The Center

is centrally

located in the Piedmont

the Driscoll family

ofNorth

was established in 1977 by Father Henry Becker, and he

June 1940 to serve the Catholics in Avery County. L.W. and Marion Driscoll of New York, who

began searching for a location for the new

owned

Catholic church.

building fund

One

only

Carolina. Located

hour's drive from

three major cities assures

meeting planners and

of his successors,

attendees a meeting that

Father John Pagel, took charge of the building project and in November 1984,

donated the structure to the diocese. Dedicated to the service of God and named St. Patricia Chapel by Bishop McGuinness, the little church opened its doors to area Catholics for more than 40 years, all the while as a mission of St. Lucien Church.

Writer Karen A. Evans contrib-

uted to this

1987, the diocese returned the chapel to

a chapel in the Linville township,

Pregnancy Center.

lina mountains.

November

Crisis

Bernadette Church continues to serve as a testimony to the evangelical St.

more accessible than Being accessible

the Diocese of Charlotte purchased a lO-

ever.

acre tract of land facing Grandfather

the country

Mountain.

setting is

Fund-raising efforts continued

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