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Pro-life official
Internet
praises decision to appeal partialbirth rulings
Youth ministers begin training online
by
RESEARCH SHOWS LINK BETWEEN INDUCED ABORTIONS AND HEALTH ISSUES
GERALD POTKAY
REV. MR.
CORRESPONDENT
KERNERSVILLE
— The
by
ministry formation program for its youth ministers.
program
WASHINGTON
— The
spokeswoman
for the
pro-life
U.S. Catholic bishops praised
The Ministry Training Source
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Diocese of Charlotte has begun using an innovative, online
the Justice Department's Sept.
consists of 12
geared toward ad-
28 announcement that it would appeal federal court decisions in New York and Ne-
dressing the national compe-
braska that ruled the federal
tency based standards of youth
ban on
online courses of three modules
each and
is
ministers as specified
by the U.S.
is
Conference of Catholic Bishops.
The
"We commend
majority of the course
Department of
work, spread over a two-year time span, is done online, but
The
first
such class was held at Bishop
partial-birth abortion," said
Capuchin Franciscan Father Martin Schratz, parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte, blesses Angel, a hamster owned by Casey Jackson, 8, during the blessing of the animals at the church Oct. 3. Several
Cathy Cleaver Ruse, director of planning and information in the U.S. bishops' Secretariat
McGuinness Catholic High
dozen people brought their pets out for the annual blessing at
School
Advent Lutheran Church
in Kernersville Oct. 2.
During the
class,
seven
its
Murray
Photo by Kevin
class.
the U.S.
Justice for
vigorous defense of the ban on E.
students are required to attend
one face-to-face
partial-birth abortions
unconstitutional.
in Charlotte.
St.
Thomas Aquinas Church
Pet blessings are popular in churches across the nation
in correlation with
close to the Oct.
for Pro-life Activities.
4feast
"There
is
no place
in a
of St. Francis ofAssisi, patron saint of animals.
FOR MORE COVERAGE RELATED TO
See TRAINING, page 8
ST.
FRANCIS OF ASSISI, SEE PAGES 4 AND
See ABORTION, page 9
14.
A CALLING TO CHARLOTTE
Diocese among highest in ordinations in country VOCATIONS RECOGNIZED GEORGETOWN STUDY
Diocese of Charlotte.
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soon-to-be-released re-
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Stephanie Gardner work during
statistics
a class for the online training
creasing
program
for
diocesan youth
ministers Oct. 2.
show
that an in-
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in
Charlotte
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new
priests at
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Doetry inspires students;
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The Catholic News & Herald
October
2004
8,
Current and upcoming
In Brief
topics from around the
world to your
own backyard
Supreme Court
declines Catholic
Charities contraceptives case
—
WASHINGTON (CNS) The Supreme Court Oct. 4 declined to hear the appeal by Catholic Charities of Sacramento, Calif, of a ruling that would require some religious organizations to
MARCHING FOR MARRIAGE
pay
for employees' contraceptive insur-
The
court rejected an appeal of the
ruling by the California
Supreme
Court that said Catholic Charities may not be exempted from a 1999 law requiring employers who provide insurance for prescriptions to include contraceptives.
Catholic Charities had challenged
i32
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banning same-sex marriages Sept. 30. The Marriage Protection Amendment, backed by the nation's Catholic bishops, received 227 votes in favor to 186 against. To reach the two-thirds
summer, voters in Missouri and Louisiana overwhelmingly approved state constitutional amendments upholding the traditional definition of marriage, and voters in eight more states will be voting on similar amendments Nov. 2.
majority required for passage,
it
would
have needed at least 290 votes.
United States shall consist solely of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any state, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than a man and a woman."
111.,
just a Catholic concern but "part of the
common
moral heritage of humanity." moral heritage
"It is precisely this
must be protected today from a small but vocal minority that would alter the definition of marriage by making that
same-sex unions the legal equivalent of marriage," Bishop Gregory wrote. "A same-sex union is not equivalent to marriage," he added. "It is not based on the natural complementarity of male and female; it cannot cooperate with God to create new life; it cannot be a true conjugal union."
He
said marriage "is
lifestyle choice. It is
more than
a
an interpersonal re-
lationship with public significance."
The
nation's
bishops,
"strongly believe that marriage
human
institution
regulated by it
In referendums this
president of the U.S. Confer-
Belleville,
civil
and
that,
he said is
it is
laws and church laws,
did not originate from either the
church or the
state,
but from God. Ac-
cordingly, the bishops believe that nei-
Room on the topic of Natural
with-
The amendment was
killed in the
its
do not make up either a employees or a majority
of the recipients of its services. Catholic Charities' attorney Kevin Baine said, "If
the state of California can coerce
Catholic agencies to pay for contraceptives, it
can force them to pay for abortions."
is
will present a
contemplative prayer?
four-week course on Contempla-
tive Spirituality. The program will meet in
104 of the
New
Life Center of
Church, 8015 Ballantyne
senter will be Father Richard
6:30-7:45 p.m.
The preM. Hogan, na-
Oct
12,
Commons Pkwy., Come learn
19 and 26.
tional speaker
about this peaceful form of prayer and Call
1
and author. He will also be the on Oct 1 6 at the 5:30 p.m. Mass and
7 at the 8:30
am and 11 XX) am. Masses.
Contact the church office at (828) 684-6098 for
more information.
Room
St Matthew
homilist
lifestyle.
Sue VanderJeugdt at (704) 541-8362
ext.
4
to register.
CHARLOTTE
— A reunion
for Charlotte
O'Donoghue School and Our
LaayqfMercySchmlclassesqfi954tkrough 1965\s
CHARLOTTE
VICARIATE
CHARLOTTE — riage' 'will
"The
being considered for the Spirituality of'Mar-
be the topic at Eat at Matt's Oct. 16
following the 5:30 p.m.
Mass
Church, 8015 Ballantyne
at
St Matthew
Commons Pkwy.
Eat at Matt's is a poduck dinner with a speaker. St.
utensils.
Father Carmen Malacari and Rev.
Mr. Jim Hamrlik will be giving a presentation on strengthening your marriage whether you've been married Childcare tion in
is
5, 10,
20 or more years. by reserva-
available after dinner
Room
103. Call Jean
543-7677, ext 101
MINT HILL
1
Wren
at (704)
to reserve childcare.
— GEMS.
support group for mothers of children with
The group meets
bling
Wednesday ofeach month, 10 am- 12 p.m. at
the second
at call
if you
are interested in celebrating Charlotte Catholic
High School's 50th anniversary.
—
HUNTERSVILLE
The Newcomers
Women's Ministry of St. Mark Church invites women who are new or still feel new to the area to "MovingOn, "based on Susan Miller's book "After the Boxes are Unpacked." spiritual,
We will talk about the
emotional and practical needs associ-
ated with moving. Classes meet in
Room 200
Wednesdays of St
Mark
Church, 14740 Stumptown Rd, 10.15-11:30
am
Call Gigi at (704) 895-3310 or
Merry
at
(704) 947-9547 for more information.
CHARLOTTE
In September 2003, the 47-bishop
of 2005. E-mail
Joyce Hartis O'Keefe at (704) 536-5049
through Nov. 17 Daily is a prayer/
fall
Crawford Chartier Madeleine madeleine@harpermachinery.com or
Matthew will provide drinks, and all eating
disabilities.
it.
of-
out regard for the recipients' beliefs and without preaching about Catholic val-
Family Planning and Contraception.
Senate in July by a procedural vote ta-
New Creation Monastery will
Administrative Committee of the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement calling for a federal constitutional amendment to protect marriage as the union of a man and a woman. At their November meeting, the full body of
bishops overwhelmingly approved a 2,000 word teaching statement on the nature of marriage in society and in church teaching. In the national elections Nov.
a basic
though
pm
riage."
The proposed federal constitutional amendment said, "Marriage in the
ence of Catholic Bishops, said marriage as the union of a man and a woman is not
it
fers secular services to the public
Catholic High School
House members Sept. Bishop Wilton D. Gregory of
In a letter to
28,
meaning and structure of mar-
state court ruling said Catholic
Bruce Hassett, a St Matthew Church parishioner,
VICARIATE
in the John XXIII
ther church nor the state can alter the basic
The
Charities does not qualify because
CHARLOTTE — What ASHEVILLE
Oct
—
the
Michelle Roth at (704) 321-1717.
ARDEN —St Barnabas Church will hold two
The (CNS) House of Representatives rejected a proposed constitutional amendment
members of
St Luke Church, 13700 Lawyers Rd., to share concerns, praise and prayers. For details, call
conferences Oct 17 at 9:30 am. and 12:30
WASHINGTON
and
beliefs,
In his appeal to the federal court,
decision could affect universi-
Diocesan. planner
House vote on amendment to ban same-sex marriage fails
"reli-
group.
majority of
hospitals and social service agencies run by churches of all faiths. An appeal of at least one other state's similar law is
the California Supreme Court ordered a halt to the practice.
Contraceptive
beneficiaries of
services are primarily faith
ues. Catholics
of
U.S.
in inculcating religious
sponsored organization should not be required to pay for something the church
ties,
Marchers carry a pro-marriage and family banner as they walk through the streets San Francisco April 3. The rally was held in response to the city issuing more than 4,000 marriage licenses to same-sex couples from February to March, when
Women's
gious employers" but defines those as nonprofit institutions directly involved
the law on the grounds that the church-
The
www.YourCatholicVoice.org
in the courts.
Equality Act has an exemption for
considers to be sinful.
Marriage & Family
pending
California's
whose employees and
ance benefits.
March
still
state constitutional
amendments
2,
to pro-
tect the traditional definition of marriage
are
on the
ballot in Arkansas, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon and Utah.
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2004
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2004
October8,
FROM THE VATICAN
Pope honors journalists
Benedictine nuns set to take over
lives in areas
for Carmelites in Vatican cloister VATICAN CITY
— The
(CNS)
"Mater Ecclesiae" cloister in the Vatican gardens combines a traditionally strict life of prayer and manual labor with the innovative practice of bringing in new residents every five years. Pope John Paul II established the cloister in 1994 to ensure the presence of a perpetually praying community of women within the Vatican walls and to highlight the richness and variety of contemplative orders
of
women
religious present in the
tended a garden in the small monastery since 1999.
With
the end of the Carmelite's
-
group of contemplative Benedictine nuns is preparing to take up residence in the monastery. The monastery's bylaws specify the aim of the community is "the ministry of prayer, adoration, praise and reparation" in silence and solitude "to support the Holy Father in his daily care for the whole church." During the Oct. 1 Mass, Archbishop Sandri thanked the five-year service, a
Mass in the cloister Oct. 1. During the Mass, the archbishop thanked the Discalced Carmelite
Carmelites for their witness of "a profound and shared joy, which is a sign of an intense spiritual life, of a great love for the Holy Father and the church and of great agreement among yourselves in your daily
nuns who have
tasks."
Catholic Church.
His assistant secretary of state, Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, celebrated
prayed and
lived,
VATICAN CITY John Paul
of conflict
(CNS)
— Pope
paid tribute to journalists who, sometimes risking their lives, illustrate the need for peace and freedom in regions torn by conflict. II
During an Oct. 2 audience with KTO, a French Catholic television station, and with representatives of a French journal, Politique Internationale, the pope also conemployees of
demned The
for risking their
political hostage-taking.
pope's remarks were read as
ongoing wave of hostage-taking in Iraq as fears continued over the fate of two French journalists kidnapped in mid-August. During the audience, the pope received the "Political Courage Prize" sponsored by the Catholic television staa reference to the
and the international policy journal. said the prize highlighted "the church's mission of peace in a world where conflicts are, unfortunately, too numerous." "I want to launch a new appeal for tion
The pope
peace, for the building of a society of
among peoples," he said. thoughts go to journalists, who, through their witness and their publications, are artisans of peace and of liberty and who pay a heavy price in conflicts," he said. "I am thinking, as well, about the hostages and their families, innocent victims of violence and hatred." The pope said human beings must never be used as bargaining chips for political or military power. brotherhood
"My
Navigating Take Jeanne' Growth Seminar this fall. The meet Oct 28 and Nov. 4, 7-8
a Spiritual
sessions will
final
For more information,
p.m.
call
Father John
Vlanney Hoover at (704) 541-5026.
Women
's
Catholic Scripture
Mark Church, 14740 Stiimptown Rd. The class
office at
on the book of Exodus and
May 2005.
—
Elizabeth Ministry
a peer
is
ministry comprised of Sacred Heart Church
who have
parishioners
Study meets Wednesdays, 9:30-1 1:30 am, at St
through
VICARIATE
SALISBURY
lost babies before
of
shortly after birth. Confidential peer ministry,
HUNTERSVILLE
will focus
SALISBURY
For
details, call
meet
will
die church
(704) 948-0231.
information and spiritual materials are offered at
no cost or obligation to anyone who has
experienced miscarriage,
stillbirth
or the
death of a newborn. For
details, call
Renee
Washington
637-0472 or Sharon
at (704)
Burges at (704) 633-0591.
CHARLOTTE— All couples married 25 or 50 years this year will be honored at an Anniversary
Mass Oct 24 at 2:30 p.m.
at
St Gabriel Church,
.3016 Providence Rd. Please call office if you
your church
wish to be included.
CHARLOTTE
— The 50+
Neumann Church, 8451
'
organization, will have
its
next meeting
Commons
at
Oct
St William
ested are welcome to attend.
Idlewild Rd., meets the 1 1
information, call
am. with
For reser-
Walt
(704)
535-7723.
GASTONIA
VICARIATE
Church. 765 Andrews Rd, All persons interClub of St John
a program and lunch in the parish hall.
more
MOUNTAIN
MURPHY — Par Christy the Catholic peace 14 at 7 p.m. in the
second Wednesday ofeach month at
vations and
SMOKY
MURPHY Andrews
—
St.
William Church, 765
Rd., will sponsor
its fifth
Renew, a six-week spiritual renewal program.
Small Christian communities of six to eight
VICARIATE
participants
meet once a week. Oct 17-Nov.
2
faith, find
1..
to share
meaning, deepen
rela-
BELMONT — Faithful Citizenship Sessions will
tionships, pray, learn
be held at Queen of the Apostles Church, 503 N.
support each other in the struggle to live faith
Main St, Oct
in all aspects oflife.
2 p.m. will
6-7:30 p.m.; and Oct. 17, 12:30-
the Parish Family Center.
cover
sues. tact
in
16,
politics, elections,
Each
session
candidates and
is-
from one another and
for-
mail mskauffrnan@webworkz.com
VICARIATE
— Our Lady
mation, at teallileming@yahoo.com or (704)
WINSTON-SALEM
825-9600, ext 26.
Church will celebrate its 50th Anniversary Oct
of Mercy
1 1 am. bilingual Mass at the Tanglewood Park, Hwy. 158 west in
17 during the
GREENSBORO
Barn
VICARIATE
at
A potiuck
GREENSBORO— A Charismatic Healing Mass
Clemmons.
sponsored by Our Lady of Grace Parish Health
tivities will follow.
Group Oct 15 at Our Lady of Grace Church from 7:30-9 p.m Healing teams will be
tact the
Ministry and the Flames of Fire Prayer will
picnic with family ac-
For more information, con-
church office at (336) 722-700 1
be celebrated
details call
274-6520 ext
Maureen Cavanaugh
at (336)
Is
your parish or school sponsoring a free
submit notices at least
an afternoon of activities including music
writing
and
traditional
and
free health screenings, will
dames, food from various countries be held Oct
1
7,
3-6
pmatCXr Lady ofGraceQiurch, 2205 W. Market St For
details call
274-6520, ext 30.
Maureen Cavanaugh
at (336)
is
for the
Diocesan Planner
15 days prior to the event date to
Karen
A.
Evans
kaevans@charlottediocese.org or fax (704)370-3382.
more than 3,000 and leaving is
through the
two miles long and 3 to 8 feet deep.
Mexico City, Dalai Lama leads prayers for world peace In
MEXICO CITY Dalai
(CNS) Lama joined Mexico City
—
The
Cardinal
Norberto Rivera Carrera and other Mexican religious leaders in prayers for world peace while calling for mutual understanding among the world's religions. In an interreligious ceremony held in City's Metropolitan Cathedral, the
Lama urged
people not to blame
religion for the world's conflicts, saying
GREENSBORO—The HeahhandHispanicCuhiae Festival,
which
Dalai
event open to the general public? Please
30.
killing
as many as a quarter-million homeless, the only access to Gonaives
Mexico
available for personal ministry after the Mass.
For
Storm Jeanne passed through the area Sept. 18
For more information, call
Michael Kauffman at (828) 835-3310 or e-
WINSTON-SALEM
photo by Christopher Gunty, Florida Catholic
A truckload of people enters Gonaives, Haiti, Oct. 2 via a road running through what was a dry wasteland now called "Lac Jeanne," or Lake Jeanne. Since Tropical
lake,
No pre-registration or fees. For details, con-
Dennis Teall-Fleming, director of faith
CNS
season of
in
at to
wars often have more worldly motives "such as money, power and politics." "There are some that think there is a clash between the Western civilization and Islam. I think they are wrong," the Dalai Lama said Oct. 4, the second day of his four-day visit to Mexico. Cardinal Rivera praised the Dalai Lama for campaigning for peace and human rights around the world.
"You, Dalai Lama, have done honor title, which means 'ocean of wisdom,'" Cardinal Rivera said. to
your
The
Dalai Lama, smiling the entire
time, said he
would remember the
emony and Mexico
cer-
City's cathedral as
long as he lived. The ceremony included religious leaders from Mexico's Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu and Greek Orthodox communities, as well as from several Protestant faiths. The Dalai Lama and about; 100,000 Tibetan Buddhists fled into exile in India in 1959 when China, responding to an uprising against its rule, crushed a rebellion and placed tight controls on Buddhist monasteries. China's occupation of Tibet began in 1950. The Dalai Lama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
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October
2004
8,
AROUND THE DIOCESE SAINTLY SERVICE
Blessing the furry friends
Secular Franciscans honor St. Francis with Transitus service by
ELLEN NEERINCX SIGMON CORRESPONDENT
—
HICKORY
The teen-age
Francis of Assisi was a romantic troubadour and center of attraction among his peers. Like many wealthy young
men during
the
Francis
1200s,
donned armor and rode
off to
war
in
neighboring towns. But Francis was captured and imprisoned. During this time, the grandeur of knighthood turned into the stark reality of bare existence and Francis developed a compassion for the poor, said Ruth Thoni, minister of the Fraternity of Brother Francis, the Hickory-based Secular Franciscans Order. Thoni spoke at the group's annual Transitus service at St. Aloysius Church in Hickory Oct. 3. This month annually, members of Franciscan religious and secular orders around the globe gather to commemorate the passage of St. Francis from earthly life to everlasting
The
Oct.
September 1224.. After God appeared to Francis and told him something wonderful was to happen to him, Francis consulted the Gospels, asking a friend to
open them three times at random. Each time, the book opened to the story of the Passion of Christ.
From
this, Francis understood having imitated Christ in life, he
that,
was
also to imitate
feast of St. Francis,
4.
After dedicating himself to poverty and humility, Francis' good
Courtesy Photo
him
in the suffer-
ings that preceded his death in 1226.
Francis was praying one morning
when
life.
patron saint of animals and the environment, is
works, devotion to the Eucharist and preaching drew many followers. He founded the Friars Minor, or Franciscans, which now has more than 28,000 priests and brothers serving around the world. During the service, the Hickory Secular Franciscans presented several stories from the life of St. Francis, who was born at Assisi in Umbria around 1181; one story was about the miracle of the stigmata (wounds of the crucifixion) received by Francis in
a seraphim appeared to him. Af-
Msgr. John McSweeney, pastor of
St.
Matthew Church
in
Charlotte, performs a blessing
of the animals at the church Oct. 2. Pet blessings are popular in churches across
the nation close to the Oct. 4 feast of
St.
Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals.
terward, Francis' hands and feet ap-
peared to have black nails driven through them, and he had a wound on his side that looked as though it had been made with a lance. The wounds never healed or disappeared and were still there when he died two years later. Franciscans seek to imitate the life of Christ in the way that St. Francis did, by consulting the Gospels for guidance, said Thoni. Secular Franciscans promise to devote themselves especially to careful reading of the Gospels going from as Gospel to life and life to Gospel St. Francis is known for taking the Gospels literally. Franciscan values include creating a caring community,
—
showing compassion
—
for others, re-
specting and caring for God's creation,
and making peace through healing, reconciliation and forgiveness.
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together,
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"The
success appears to be communication.
critical factor for
background checks and undergo psy-
Diocese
chological testing.
But personal contact
among highest
the key to
"Our priests and the bishop have regular contact with the men who are in the seminary and the communication continues once they are or-
ordinations
in
is
success, said Father Allen.
dained," he said.
country
in
the
Father Allen expressed pride
in
number of men who
to
are
coming
the diocese to answer their vocations.
He
noted that all of the men who were ordained during the last five years
VOCATIONS, from page 1
are
The
attracting (a
number
priesthood that
Mary
its
Gautier,
senior research associate.
CARA
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1964 by
in
the bishops and religious superiors of
the United States as an independent File
agency to
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Father John Allen, diocesan vocations director, chats with Pat Hoare, a former
ence research. A majority of the dioceses reporting gains in ordinations have more than 1 million Catholics. Most have seminaries within their borders. According to CARA, the Diocese of Charlotte has the smallest number of
insurance company vice president and seminarian for the Diocese of Charlotte, at
Catholics
among
the top
the Cardinal
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By comparison, the number one diocese in attracting men is the Archlotte.
diocese of Chicago, which has ordained 46 priests in the same time frame as the Diocese of Charlotte. The Archdiocese of Chicago has more than 2.4 million Catholics and the ratio of approximately 53,000 Catholics per ordinand is far higher than that of the Diocese of Charlotte. According to Gautier, there is no
138,000 registered Catholics and an esti-
mated 125,000 unregistered Hispanics. Priests are trained outside the diocese be-
cause there are no seminaries within the
western 46 counties of North Carolina.
show
that 20 men have been ordained to the priesthood in the diocese between 2000 and statistics
for Priestly
(or ordinand) for the Diocese of
high ordinations, with a population of
CARA
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2003. The report lists a ratio of 6,929 Catholics per newly ordained priest
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several factors.
require
all
they can talk with
ally happier in their vocation."
to serve as priests. "It
"We
feel
priests to live in
the diocese for a year before they can
begin seminary education, and they a priest of
must be recommended by the diocese," he said. "Our
Hoge also pointed out that serving in a smaller diocese is advantageous ,to the happiness of priests. "In some large dioceses, the bishop or cardinal doesn't even know the name of all the priests," he said. The Diocese of Charlotte has 135 diocesan and religious order priests serving the needs of the faithful. A large diocese, such as the Diocese of Chicago, has as many as 800 priests.
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IN
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OUR SCHOOLS
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A student reads his original poem during the weeklong poetry residency Dan Dutterer at Asheville Catholic School Sept. 20-24.
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2004
IN
OUR SCHOOLS
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organizations throughout the area. While 75 percent of the funds raised will go to Church World Service, an international relief agency that provides emergency aid and supports sustainable self-help development
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Students, faculty and parent volunteers participated in their fourth annual
Crop Walk Oct. 1. Each class walked hour during the course of the day to help raise funds for the hungry in Greensboro and throughfor a half
hurricanes.
"We
out the world. Before blessing the participants at the start of the walk, Msgr. Anthony Marcaccio, pastor of St. Pius X Church, evoked the words of Mother Teresa: "Small things done with love can help change the world." Pat Arnett, director of development for Crop Walk, was present for the opening ceremonies and expressed her gratitude for the efforts of the students and faculty. This is but one of many Crop Walks arranged by religious communities, schools, businesses and civic
by Rev. Mr. Gerald Potkay
collected a total of $23,000
during the three previous years," said Anne Knapki, assistant principal. "During those last three years, funding for food was made available to the heroes of 9/ 1 1, as well as the peoples of Iraq and Afghanistan." Expectations were high this year as 100 percent of the students participated in the Crop Walk, she said. The school's fundraising efforts began shortly after Labor Day, when' letters were sent home to parents about the student body's goal of raising $10,000, according to Vicki
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people don't have, and that they're
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Each student also purchased a Crop Walk T-shirt financed by local businesses, the profits of which were contributed to the Crop Walk. "It is
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FIGHTING FOR LIFE
Standing for
Partial-birth abortion
life
rulings praised down
ing
ABORTION, from page 1
the ban.
The
pealed eventually to the
The and inhumane praca Sept. 30 statement.
society for this cruel
!
tice,"
she said in
In a Sept. 8 ruling, U.S. District
Judge Richard Kopf in Nebraska became the third federal judge this year to declare the partial-birth abortion ban unconstitutional. He said the 2003 law should have included an exception allowing that type of abortion to be used in cases
danger.
when
where the woman's health is in exception to the ban is
The only
the mother's
life is
partial-birth
abortion cases are expected to be ap-
at risk.
Supporters of the ban say that a would have rendered
Supreme Court.
Partial-Birth Abortion
Ban
Act was signed into law by President Bush last November, but the federal judges in San Francisco, New York and Nebraska each issued temporary restraining orders to prevent enforcement of the ban in response to lawsuits filed by Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of the National Abortion Federation and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The law bars a type of abortion that is usually performed in the second or
health provision
third trimester. In the procedure, a live
the legislation virtually meaningless
fetus
because of the broad definition of maternal health given by the U.S. Supreme
punctured to sever the brain stem before the whole body is delivered. Under the law, doctors who perform such abortions, which are also known to physicians as "intact dilation and extraction," are subject to up to two years in
Court
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in
its
decisions to legal-
ize abortion.
New York C.
Casey
said in
preme Court has
Judge Richard August that the Su-
District
"We
Judge Phyllis Hamilton
are hopeful that the ban
on
partial-birth abortion ultimately will be
June that the law's lack of exceptions "poses an undue burden on a woman's right to choose an abortion." said in
The
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Members
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by Kevin E.
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on Respect
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Sunday, Oct.
3.
The
Life
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place around the Diocese of Charlotte.
upheld," said Ruse. "But
no matter how
the legal questions are finally resolved,
these trials will have accomplished something extremely significant: They will have gotten the abortion industry
on the
CSS
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rd
statement
on another abortion-related matter, Ruse said she was pleased that testimony on the aftereffects of abortion was
we
that
live in a society that values
women, abortion continues
to be the big-
included in a Sept. 29 hearing conducted
gest assault against women," said
by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on "Improving Women's Health: Understanding De-
Maggi Nadol,
pression After Pregnancy."
mense and may take years for her to heal. We must continue to speak the truth: abortion hurts women."
hearing, which
director of the diocesan Respect Life ministry. 'The fall-out to a
woman who
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Bilirakis, R-Fla.,
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WORD TO LIFE
A roundup
of Scripture, readings, films and more
SUNDAY SCRIPTURE READINGS: OCT. Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Oct. 1
Pope beatifies five, including nun who inspired Gibson film VATICAN CITY
— Ad-
(CNS)
"The Passion of the
1)
—
Jewish leaders have said the nega-
Anne Catherine Emmerich,
Blessed
2) 3)
with a cancer that
Exodus 17:8-13 Psalm 121:1-8 2 Timothy 3:14 to 4:2 Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
lives.
mom, even as a daughter graduates from high school and goes off to college and as a son enters high school and works on his Boy Scout Eagle project. She prays and keeps up her routine of driving him to activities and attending important family, church and school
Though disheartened, we can still find
The biography in the beatification Mass booklet said Blessed Emmerich's
Biographies of the newly beatified at the start of the Oct. 3
words have reached innumerable people and represent "an outstanding proclamation of the Gospel." But her mystic
learned that she had two years ago. She was mildly concerned, but, buoyed by advances in cancer treatment, she and her
Some 20,000
writings received only a passing refer-
family set about the business of fighting
ence during the Mass, and the pope did
the disease.
The pope German mystic's health.
visions is
on
best
controversial
Christ's final
known.
were read aloud
Mass
ill
in St. Peter's Square.
not mention them at
sermon. Before the liturgy, Vatican experts said the writings had been discarded as evidence during the sainthood review
CNS
Tapestries with the
newly
The
Charles
I
of
Austria
hang from the
Peter's
Basilica
St.
Vatican Oct.
at
four others beatified were:
— Austrian Charles
Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich and
facade of
in his
process because it was uncertain whether she actually wrote the book. Sister Emmerich was practically illiterate, and her visions were transcribed and elaborated by a popular romantic poet, Clemens Brentano, who published them after Sister Emmerich's death at age 49 in 1824.
photo from Reuters
images of
all
exile in
the
I,
who
died in
God
salvation through by
events.
JEAN DENTON
Appearing alternately healthy and as her doctors try numerous, different treatments, she has been resolute in simply living life as well as she can and
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Kathy
frail,
first
breast cancer
Kathy
is
She constantly prays, while con-
tinuing to be an interested, supportive
book of days, for which
dealing with years of
particularly resis-
They constantly pray, while maintaining normalcy in their children's
Readings:
did not mention the
faith in
is
tant to treatment.
Jews in her writings was picked up and popularized by the Gibson film.
and firm
tive portrayal of
showed heroic patience
the pope said,
she
Christ."
C
2004
17,
suffering setback after setback in dealing
7,
Cycle
A few of the details in the as when book made it into his film Mary and Mary Magdalene use towels furnished by Pontius Pilate's wife to wipe up the blood of the scourged Christ.
Jesus Christ."
vancing the sainthood causes of five Europeans, Pope John Paul II beatified the nun whose visions inspired Mel Gibson's film,
2004
October 8,
a popular, involved
praying.
The
cancer has spread
now
to her
and brain, and one recent weekend after beginning yet another kind of treatment she was at church, in the choir, seemingly at peace. Just before Mass started she walked over to her liver
mem-
ber of her church community, which was
alarmed by her diagnosis and immediately provided strong spiritual and moral support to her, her husband Tom and teen-age children. Parishioners have prayed for her every Sunday at Mass in the Prayers of the Faithful. Meanwhile, she continues her active participation in parish life always visible in the choir and always obviously missing when she is in the midst of a round of chemotherapy. She and Tom work at keeping their spirits up despite
mother,
who
sat in a wheelchair at the
end of the front pew next to Tom. She gave her a kiss. At the Prayers of the Faithful, Kathy's name was spoken, and we all said, "Lord, hear our prayer." And today's Gospel reminds us that if we call out to God day and night, as
—
Moses did when he tired, as Jesus did when he wearied and as Kathy does when she
is
disheartened and in pain,
God
will
hear our prayer and bring salvation.
1922 and had a commitment to
Christian values.
—
3.
French Father Joseph-Marie monk who was
WEEKLY SCRIPTURE
Cassant, a Cistercian
hundred European royalty, applauded when tapestry portraits of the five "blesseds" were unveiled on the face of St. Peter's Basilica. The pope praised Blessed Emmerich's identification with the suffering of Christ, noting that she bore the stigmata, the wounds of the crucifixion. She entered an Augustinian convent in 1802, where she was bedridden for years. She soon became known for her visions of the supernatural and "conversations" with Jesus. Gibson said he was inspired to make his movie after reading Sister Emmerich's book of visions,- "The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord and Savior
people, including several
known
for his prayer
life
and
devotion to the Eucharist.
He
died of
best
his
tuberculosis in 1903 at the age of 25.
—
Italian
Sister
Ludovica de
member of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy, who gained fame for her work at a church-run children's hos-
Angelis, a
Buenos Aires. She died in 1962. French Father Pierre Vigne, an "itinerant missionary" of the 17th and 18th centuries, who would sometimes carry his confessional on his back as he walked through rural France. His devo-
pital in
—
tion to the Eucharist led
him
to found
the Congregation of the Sisters of the
Blessed Sacrament.
70
He
died at the age of
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER Sunday (Twenty-eighth Sunday 17:11-19;
in
10
-
OCTOBER 16
Ordinary Time), 2 Kings 5:14-17, 2 Timothy 2:8-13, Luke
Monday, Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31- -5:1, Luke 11:29-32; Tuesday, Galatians
Luke 11:37-41; Wednesday, Galatians 5:18-25, Luke 11:42-46; Thursday Ephesians 1:1-10, Luke 11:47-54; Friday
Saturday
(St.
Hedwig,
St.
(St.
Callistus
5:1-6,
I),
Teresa of Avi la), Ephesians 1:11-14, Luke 12:1-7;
Margaret Mary Alacoque,
St.
Marguerite d'Youville), Ephesians
1:15-23, Luke 12:8-12.
SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER Sunday (Twenty-ninth Sunday 18:1-8;
Monday
(St.
in
17
OCTOBER 23
Ordinary Time), Exodus 17:8-13, 2 Timothy 3:14
Luke), 2 Timothy 4:9-17, Luke 10:1-9; Tuesday (Sts.
Isaac Jogues and Companions), Ephesians 2:12-22, Luke 12:35-38;
-
4:2,
Luke
John de Brebeuf,
Wednesday
(St.
Paul of
the Cross), Ephesians 3:2-12, Luke 12:39-48;Thursday, Ephesians 3:14-21, Luke 12:49-53; Friday, Ephesians 4:1-6, Luke 12:54-59; Saturday (St.
in 1740.
(St.
John of Capistrano), Ephesians
4:7-16,
Luke 13:1-9.
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Perspectives
A
collection of columns,
editorials
and viewpoints
How much difference one
Pope speaks of marriage commitment, prays couples have children
make
person can
Cindy Wooden catholic news service
—
VATICAN CITY
Coming of Age
Even small kindnesses are
Pope John
Paul II dedicated his Oct. 6 general audience to married couples who live their commitment to each other with intensity
During the audience
REGINA CRAM CNS Columnist if
one person
can make a difference in the world? If so, think about this. In 1989, Armenia was hit with a
devastating earthquake. In just four minutes, 30,000 people died as buildings collapsed in ruins.
seen running toward the
He
looking for his young son.
city,
you."
The man ran toward his son's elementary school, but when he arrived all he found was a heap of rubble. He walked to where he believed his son's classroom was located and with his bare hands he began to dig. "Don't bother," a bystander moaned "I
"They're
promised
all
dead."
my son
I
would be there "Are you
for him," the father replied.
going to stand there and criticize or are you going to help me?" Silently the bystander began to
work alongside the father, moving slabs of concrete and shards of glass. Others joined in. For hours on end they worked. Eventually the others grew tired, leaving the father alone to dig into the
II
in St. Peter's
make
woman was
warm brownies and
Lady of
the rosary "your
daily prayer."
Pope John -Paul read only
six sen-
tences of his prepared text about the
second half of Psalm 45, the wedding
hymn
for the messianic king, which used in the church's evening prayer.
The pope
a
is
ding gown, threaded with gold and enriched with precious embroidery." 'The Bible loves beauty as a reflection of the splendor of God himself," the pope's prepared text said. "Even clothing can be a sign of blazing interior light and of a soul's brightness."
no coincidence, the text said, wedding hymn ends with a
said the psalm's celebra-
It is
bottle of wine. I've never forgotten her
tion of marriage "permits us to dedicate
that the
kindness.
it
to all spouses who live their marriage with intensity and interior freshness."
prayer for the couple's future children.
always
had promised his son, "Armand, no matter what happens, I will be there for
in grief
This same
standing on our doorstep holding dinner for 13: two huge casseroles, an enormous salad, bread,
Just after the earthquake struck, a
man was
house 13 people overnight before heading out of state for the funeral. Two hours later there was a knock at the door.
POPE
Square, the pope also asked Catholics to the Rosary and to
ever wonder
Speaks JOHN PAUL
celebrate the Oct. 7 feast of Our
Do you
The Pope
and joy, and he prayed they would bring children into the world.
worthwhile
2004
We
often feel that a situation
is
so
overwhelming that we -can't possibly change
But even small kindnesses are
it.
worthwhile.
guy on the beach when he discovered thousands of starfish that had been washed up onto the sand and were quickly dying. One by one, the man began to toss the starfish back into There
who was
is
a story told about a
strolling
the water.
A
bystander scoffed at him. 'There are thousands of them! You can't possibly
make a difference!" The beachcomber silently
Greeting Spanish-speaking
pil-
"We pray to the married couples called to offer new life, the continuation of civilization and of the history of salvation." The pope's remarks came five days after the Cabinet of the Spanish government in a move strongly opposed by approved a bill the Catholic Church that would allow homosexuals to marry
Fertility
is
a "reality radically in-
serted in matrimony," the pope's text
grims, the pope said,
said.
Lord
(of the psalm's couple) but of humanity,
for
all
—
—
and adopt children. The Spanish Parliament is scheduled to vote on the draft bill later this fall.
"The
future, not only
of the dynasty
possible precisely because the couple
is
offers
new
"This
creatures to the world." is
time, in the
a relevant
West
of entrusting
its
theme
for
our
so frequently incapable existence to the future
through the generation and safeguarding of new creatures," the text said. New generations, educated in love and responsibility, are the future of all civilizations and,
through them,
God
Spain would become only the third country in the world to legalize gay marriages, after
will continue to carry out the salvation
one."
the Netherlands and Belgium.
Even if we cannot overcome the huge problems of the world, we can
revealing
make
woman: she
is
'all
of the pope's text called marriage "a life-altering event and an authentic sign of the 'great mystery' of the Father's love for humanity and
magnificence
is
expressed in her wed-
a starfish, tossed replied, "I just
it
made
picked up
into the water
and
a difference to that
a difference in our
little
corner. If
you don't believe me, just ask Armand.
If the legislation passes,
In his main talk, the pope said
how Psalm 45
it
was
"exalts the
glorious,'
and
this
he
wills for all people, .
The
it
said.
Vatican's English
summary
Christ's love for his church."
For 24 hours he dug. Thirty hours. Thirty-two. His hands were bloody and his body ached, but still he night.
dug. After 34 hours he thought he heard a faint
sound beneath him. "Armand,
Respecting the sanctity of
The Bottom
is
that you?" the father sobbed.
Line
creation as St. Francis did
"Papa!" a small voice called.
The man
shouted for help and soon a crowd gathered to dig out his son. But it wasn't just Armand. They quickly
On a summer day, I was
treated to a
When
private tour of spectacular gardens in
they were finished, 14 of the 32 children
arriving from across the country later
Massachusetts by Charlie Spencer, who I had known as a radio talk-show host in had talked by Springfield, Mass. phone several times about our faith and the saints we love, and how our lives were shaped by the powerful biblical truths that took root in us. But we found we had another comour love for all of cremon ground ation according to the teachings and example of St. Francis of Assisi. At Stanley Park in Westfield, Spencer supervises the care of an immense, impressive American wildflower garden. He said he chose to work nurturing wildflowers "because each one has a name." In this he ex-
had to feed and
pressed his deep respect for the indi-
found another
child,
then another.
were saved.
As safety,
the father carried his son to
Armand was heard
calling to his
you that my father would be there for me?" That's an extreme example, but even in everyday life, one person can make a difference. I know, because it happened to me. I'd just finished the saddest day of my life as I watched my younger sister die. The next day I bumped into an acquaintance who was anxious to help,
classmates: "See? Didn't
especially
when she
I
tell
learned that
my
older sister and her family would be that day, and that
I
We
—
viduality of each one of God's
wood-
ANTOINETTE BOSCO CNS Columnist
land "creatures."
Spencer
is
one of 18,000 Third
St.
wildflower gardens around the United States. Spencer's wildflower work is inspired by St. Francis' teaching on our "kinship to creation," which the
Francis "the patron saint of ecology,"
great saint underscored because he
noting that it was fitting that his followers would place importance on "developing a 'brother and sister' rela-
saw that humankind was always in danger of forgetting the sanctity
Order Franciscans in the United States and a member of the U.S.-based Ecology Commission of the Secular Franciscan Order.
tionship to
all
He
called
creation."
This would make us peacemakers, bringing witness to the many forms of earthly desecration "caused by ignorance or injustice." Spencer founded "National Wildflower Week," now sponsored by his secular Franciscan order, and is responsible for introducing about 500
like St. Francis,
of creation. Spencer has long known that because of his mentor, St. Francis, who removed from the road even little worms, "lest they be crushed under foot." In sharing his love of wildflowers
with me, Spencer reminded me of how and why St. Francis, looking at the humblest of plants, would be moved to praise
God!
October 8,
The Catholic News & Herald 15
2004
How to make
How to rediscover peace Sharing time leads to inner calm On a recent drive back from Chicago to Washington, I stopped at my favorite resting place, St. Vincent's Archabbey in Latrobe, Pa. It is a monastery with a college, so it bustles with activity. Yet,
there
I
am
when
I
better
at peace.
accompaniment
The
Human
I believe this holds true for all of us facing tensions and seemingly hopeless situations.
Side
for us,
tions.
When we feel someone is
am
While staying overnight, I fell asleep to the melodious sound of crickets and awoke to singing birds.
A
but probably would be a happier priesthood and attract more voca-
to restful-
ness you could not find.
On my way to breakfast, I looked but over the countryside surrounding rolling hills dotted the monastery by trees and lush fields. I allowed the wonder of God's peace to fill me. On this particular visit, I learned yet another lesson about peace. Peace is generated by wholesome sharing. Many of the monks have become close friends people with whom I
—
—
can share my ideas freely, especially my inner feelings. In my conversations with them, I have had this experience often, even though it is momentary. connect and are "all there" for each other. Interestingly, the wonderful theologian Father Romano Guardini defined the power of stillness and peace as "being all there." He meant that
We
a 4-year-old laugh
FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CNS Columnist we're
all
there
when we
focus our
whole being on another, leaving
self
out of the picture.
On
same
home,
happened to stay at a rectory in order to meet with a friend who was visiting there. While there, the pastor came in, sat down and gave us his undivided attention. He was "all there" with us. Though I only stayed overnight, it was so refreshing to experience this hospitality and to feel at one with him.
As
that
I
reflected
trip
on
this, it
I
dawned
on me that as bad as the priesthood shortage is, if we who are priests could be "all there" for each other, even though momentarily, we would not only find the strength to carry on,
all there tends to free us up to be ourselves. Buried problems come to the surface and are aired out. Exciting aspirations are shared. New insights are generated. Hope is revived. What is more important, our spirit is refreshed and renewed. When an Italian says that he or she is doing well, a phrase that is used is "non si preoccupare" I am not preoccupied. In other words, I am not being torn apart by going in many directions. I am focused and "all it
—
DAN MORRIS CNS Columnist
Want to make a 4-year-old crack up? Make her think you are the funniest thing dog chewing peanut
since the
Say, "So,
me
tell
butter?
about SquareBob
so easy to be preoccu-
SpongePants." After he or she has composed him-
pied by events or concerns that de-
self or herself, the 4-year-old will say,
there."
Today
it is
The
news more often than not is disturbing, and no matter where we look we can't seem to find serenity. If you feel you are at
"No,
who
why
stroy our peace.
daily
the end of your rope, find a friend
there for you and be all there for him or her. Spend time sharing, and see if it doesn't restore that inner calm you seek. is all
it's
SpongeBob SquarePants."
"What's the difference?"
I
asked.
SpongeBob SquarePants."
"It's
"You
just said that,"
you
can't
I
replied.
"So
him SquareBob
call
SpongePants?"
More
laughing.
"Hey,"
guy
is
I
said defending myself, "the
square and he
we
can't
is
a sponge, so
him
call
why
SquareBob
SpongePants?" Until recently the
name "SpongeBob
SquarePants" had no significance to me.
The 'Roe
'killing' itself Taranto
Column CATHY CLEAVER
seen the fabulously popular and ubiquitous Frank Capra all
"It's a Wonderful Life." We know the bittersweet post-war tale of how the lives of the people of Bedford
flick,
were touched by George Bailey, and how different things would have been if he had never existed. Falls
It's
a great lesson in the principle
that absences have consequences.
Thirty-one years after Roe v. Wade, it's impossible to imagine what life would be like if those 40 million people were among us today. But odds are they would have been very much like us going to school,
—
getting jobs, raising families.
But can we know how they would have voted? No, of course not. Still, as
Effect."
And
voting.
Their missing votes is what Wall Street Journal reporter James
a general proposition, children tend
to absorb the values of their parents,
have abortions than pro-life women, and that children tend to espouse the views of their parents. Thus, there are fewer and fewer children growing up to become pro-choice adults and this, according to the theory, has po-
including their political views, and tend to develop the same lifestyle as their family. So if pro-lifers beget prolifers, then pro-choicers beget prochoicers unless they abort them
ramifications.
Larry Eastland, discussing the Roe Effect recently in The American Spectator, said the children who were aborted instead of born in any given year could be considered "Missing
Esq.
granddaughter Melody's favorite car-
"pro-choice"
litical
Guest Columnist
We've
"Roe
—
Guest Column
Then
politics."
The Roe Effect theorizes that women are more likely to
Guest
RUSE,
calls the
mass and power
a
as it thunders mountain," Eastland wrote, "the number of Missing Voters from abortion changes the landscape of
Effect'
Pro-choice movement is
speed,
down
Voters" 18 years later, the year they would have reached voting age. He calculated that abortions from 1973 to 1982 resulted in approximately 13 million Missing Voters in the 2000 election. Even taking into account the fact that not all possible voters become actual voters in any given election, the closeness of the last election can leave no doubt about the significance of millions of missing votes. Now skip ahead four years. A whole new group of young people has reached voting age since the last election but missing among them are those who were aborted from 1982 to 1986. Thus, the total number of Missing Voters in the upcoming election will be 19 million. "Like an avalanche that picks up
—
learned that
I
SpongeBob
is
my
toon character. Yes, it was important that I watch an episode of SpongeBob with her. Now I know a lot about SpongeBob. He is a sea sponge, but he looks like a dried-out kitchen sponge crossed with a hunk of Swiss cheese. (Please don't tell
Melody I said that.) SpongeBob lives
in a
pineapple in a
place called Bikini Bottom. His friends
include a starfish,
who
also wears pants,
A recent Wirthlin Worldwide survey found that, of the Americans who call themselves politically "conservative," 25 percent are having abortions. In contrast, 40 percent of
and a squirrel named Sandy Cheeks (who wears a dive get-up that makes him look like an underwater astronaut). I squinted at Melody. "Are you sure?" I asked. "Are you sure his name is not SpongeSquare BobPants?" "Nooooo. (Giggle.) It's SpongeBob
self-described political "liberals" are
SquarePants. (Giggle.)"
instead.
having abortions. As Eastland wrote, "Liberals have been remarkably blind to the fact that every day the abortions they advocate dramatically decrease their power to do so." It's
the classic Pyrrhic victory.
Catholics have sometimes been accused of promoting large families as a means of gaining social or political control a claim that is absurd
—
if the Roe Effect is true, not a stretch to say that the "pro-choice" movement is quite liter-
on
its face.
then
But
it's
"Oh,"
me.
I
I
sighed, "I'm glad
thought
it
"Does that mean his mother and Mr. and Mrs. SquarePants?
father are
Do
they live in a pineapple, too?"
About
that time Melody's
she asked.
Cathy Cleaver Ruse, Esq. is the director of Planning and Information for
My
"Nothing,"
Bishops.
mother
made an appearance on the front porch steps where we had been staging our SpongeBob seminar. "What are you two up to out here?" "Nothing," said Melody.
for Pro-Life Activities, United States Conference of Catholic
told
SquareBob." "SpongeBob, SpongeBob."
ally killing itself.
the Secretariat
you
was SpongePants
I
repeated.
daughter looked
suspicious.
"There had better not be any ideas floating around out here about slipping the dog a spoonful of peanut butter," she warned.
October 8,
2004
The Catholic News & Herald 16
THE FAITH
LIVING
GUARDIAN ANGEL
have stood by him.
Prisoner's faith, prayers
In fact, he said, the hardest thing is being separated from them. He calls Ingeborg weekly: "She's my strength,
touch
my
backbone."
He and
lives
faith,
of fellow inmates —
"I've said to Jerry, 'Religion isn't ing.'
sentence, his respite af-
He
dumps
One
is
"I've learned to accept a lot
anything to
an hour. Often his prayers are for others: an inmate's mother who had a stroke, a employee paralyzed when a falling tree broke his back. Another employee asked Wells to pray for the man who was near death. Wells and Rev. Mr. Gerard LaPointe, a deacon at St. Margaret of Scotland Church in Maggie Valley, have both prayed; the man can now move his hands and is alert. "We've had such good results that I can't say enough about prayer," Wells said. "I lay on my bunk and say what I want to the Lord and go through the
DOT
Photos by Joanita M. Nellenbach
DOT
Ollie Wells (left)
and
Margaret Church
in
Rev. Mr. Gerard LaPointe greet parishioners after
Maggie
Mass
at St.
he
preach-
believe in
increased
sit
and
weekly Communion service. "When he comes over on Monday night, it's very important to me," Wells said. "Consequently, the younger inmates see this." His calm demeanor and deepening
draw other inmates who ask
to
read passages from Wells' Bible, seek his advice on adjusting to life in prison
Other inmates are curious about
how to get work after they leave. He's talking to another inmate who has said he was raised Catholic but hadn't been to church in years; now, he too is planning to attend the Comand
those beads.
the rosary at
night and they come over and say, 'Can I ask you what that is?' so I show them," Wells said. "I read the ("Liturgy of the Hours") every day." Wells also reads the Bible and uses a lector workbook, which has commentaries, to help him understand the Sunday readings. "And all of this is because of
munion
to me,"
these other inmates, he's a guardian angel for (them). He gives them of his
knowledge what
will help them." Part of his Catholic upbringing, he said, was "that you had to get up and do," but also included devotions: "Since I was a little kid, I've loved the Stations of the Cross, the ultimate sacrifice for people you never knew."
Football scholarships financed
Wells bachelor's degree. Later, he earned a master's in cost accounting at McGill University in Montreal. He and wife, Ingeborg, have four
grown
service.
don't
"I
come
you
listen."
It's one of the things Rev. Mr. LaPointe has taught him. 'To me," Wells said, "preaching is 'I'm going to prove a point to you and the stronger I can yell, the stronger the point.' Jerry never preaches; he listens. To him, the homily is not preaching but
explanation."
Wells has earned the prison's Level
Valley.
a
faith
of people
said. "It doesn't cost
him
six-hour-a-
passes.
Rev. Mr.
2 status, which allows
rosary."
me do
reason, he thinks,
at face value,"
7.5 cents
see
I
tolerance.
stone. Lately, he
has been cutting trees and rebuilding roads washed away in the hurricanes. Recently Wells, who will be 74 on Oct. 15, put in an 86-hour week. He's paid
"They
God directs you to things.
that I'm here for a reason other than just the law of North Carolina.'"
serves as a flagman, runs the
chipper,
and she
my heart
ter another day working for the N.C. Department of Transportation.
wood
of a different
however, didn't church; he was too busy with his contracting and manufacturing businesses. Prison has changed that when he was incarcerated for what he described as a nonviolent crime involving money but not drugs. Wells began attending the Communion service in the prison. He and Rev. Mr. LaPointe started talking. "It's very comfortable," Wells said.
People yell and scream, music blares, but Oliver Wells isn't distracted. Lying on his bunk, one of 46 in a long room in the North Carolina Department of Correction's minimum-security prison in Waynesville, Wells is praying. It's his solace during his 32-
month prison
is
Mass frequently. Wells, always make time for
CORRESPONDENT
WAYNESVILLE
who
continues to attend
JOANITA M. NELLENBACH
by
his wife,
raised their children Catholic,
go to other people, they Wells said.
children, seven grandchildren
and a great-grandchild, and they
week sponsored
LaPointe takes him to Mass at St. Margaret of Scotland Church Although he misses the "mystery" of the Latin Mass, he likes participating. He doesn't think he'll be spending as much time working once he's out of prison. 'There's a lot of things that I can slow down and do, and I don't have to get away from my religion," he said. "I thought that I had to be in the plant 99 percent of the time. Now I know I don't have to." Contact Correspondent Joanita
M.
Nellenbach by calling (828) 627-9209 or emailjnell@dnet.net.
He's honest with them, as well as
during his talks with Rev. Mr. LaPointe.
"He hasn't tried to hide anything from me," Rev. Mr. LaPointe said. "I feel that what he's been doing to help
Jerry," he said.
Rev. Mr. LaPointe gave Wells the books. He visits the prison to conduct
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