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Holy Year begins next weekCatholics urgedto celebrateat local level —Rome readiesfor 6 millionpilgrims

VATICAN CITY(NC)- At 5 p.m.on March 25 Pope John Paul II willstrike the Holy Door of St. Peter'sBasilica three times with a silverhammer, thus opening a jubilee yearmarking the 1,950th anniversary ofmankind's redemption by Christ.

That same papal act has opened ho-ly years for centuries. But the 1983jubilee has a novelty all its own: of the27 holy years in the church's history,this will be the first to be celebratedsimultaneously around the world.

The pope has asked each of theworld's 2,405 dioceses on or aboutMarch 25 to celebrate localceremonies in union with those inRome. He has called on each of theworld's 784,000,000 Catholics to"rediscover in their daily experienceall the riches of salvation."

In addition, he has announced thata plenary indulgence can be gainedby Catholics in their own dioceses forparticipating in certain Holy Year ac-tivities.

A plenary indulgence is the remis-sion of temporal punishment due forsins already forgiven.

LOCAL OBSERVANCES of theHoly Year will apparently bewidespread and enthusiastic. Msgr.Francis Frayne told NC News, "Thefeedback we're getting is excellent.People around the world have caughton to this."

Msgr. Frayne, a native of England,has worked for nearly a decade at theVatican office which serves touristsand is now assisting in the planning

TRUMPETING THE IRISHFloats and fanfare feasted the Irish at Miami's annual St. Patrick's Day parade last Saturday.One of the highlights of the event was the Cardinal Gibbons High School band, who travel-ed from Fort Lauderdale to perform a spirited medley of Irish melodies that earned them se-cond place in this year's parade band competition. For more floats and faces turn to page 13.(Voice photo by Prentice Browning).

of Holy Year activities.Despite the availability of local

celebrations, pilgrims will not bedeterred from coming to Rome asthey have done since the first HolyYear in 1300.

The city is preparing for an influxof some 6 million pilgrims during the

Holy Year, which runs until Easter of1984. This is in addition to the 12million tourists who visit the Italiancapital during a normal year.

Rome's 1,200 hotels are alreadybeginning to say they are completelybooked for the year's peak periods, asare dozens of religious orders that

run pensiom, inexpensive roominghouses.

The city is constructing two newcamping areas, and four new youthhotels will be opened.

Thirty pilgrim trains will be linedup daily to take visitors on a

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MIAMI ARCHBISHOP, PRIESTMET POPE IN HAITI

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By Prentice BrowningVoice Staff Writer

Back from a trip to Haiti duringwhich they briefly greeted the pope,Archbishop Edward A. McCarthyand Father Thorns Wenski said JohnPaul IFs visit helped church freedomin that nation.

In an interview with The VoiceMonday, the Archbishop called theHaitian president's announcementthat he would no longer exercise his

authority to approve the appointmentof bishops an important step towardchurch freedom.

Haiti's President-for-life JeanClaude Duvalier made the announce-ment during a Mass celebrated at theairport of Port-au-Prince, Haiti'scapital, on March 9.

Pope John Paul spent nearly 10hours in Port-au-Prince en route toRome from Central America. He clos-ed his eight-nation tour there byrebuking the Duvalier regime andtelling the Latin American bishops tobegin a program of "new evangeliza-tion" throughout the continent.

While in Haiti, the pope closed theNational Eucharistic and MarianCongress and opened the 19thPlenary Assembly of the LatinAmerican Bishops Council (CELAM).

In his welcoming address to thepope before the Mass, attended by anestimated 100,000 people, Duvalierdescribed Haiti as a "haven of peacein an agitated region, a model ofstability in a world of chaos."

In a "new step" in what he saidwere already good Church-state rela-tions, the Haitian president said hewould renounce the "rights andprivileges" contained in an 1860 con-

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cordat between Church and state andallow the Vatican to name archbishopand bishops.

"I THINK we will see a change (inthe freedom of the Haitian CatholicChurch)," Fr. Thomas Wenski,associate director of the Pierre Tous-saint Haitian Catholic Center inMiami, said this week.

Fr. Wenski called Duvalier's vetopower a "disastrous thing for theChurch," saying "one of the reasonsthe hierarchy was silent for the last20 years was because he Duvalier

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Official refutes school lunch act exclusionWASHINGTON (NC)-A National

School Lunch Act provisionexcluding schools which chargetuition of $1,500 or more is"blatantly discriminatory" andshould be removed, Richard E.Dufffy, U.S. Catholic Conferencerepresentative for federal assistanceprograms, testified.

Duffy spoke before theSubcommittee on Elementary,Secondary and Vocational Educationof the House Committee onEducation and Labor. He said 164Catholic secondary' schools weredisqualified in the 1982-83 schoolyear and nearly 200 more schools willbe disqualified in the 1983-84 schoolyear.

The 97th Congress attached the

provision to the National SchoolLunch Act with little or no debate,Duffy said. „. •

"We are not convinced that theexclusion provision is justified onbudgetary grounds," he said. "Sinceit has introduced a blatantlydiscriminatory element into theselongstanding and laudable programs,we urge you to support its removalfrom the statue as soon as possible.

"For 35 year all students, whetherattending public, Catholic or otherprivate schools, shared equitably inthe benefits of the National schoolLunch Act and the other childnutrition programs enacted byCongress," he added. "All of this wassuddenly and drastically changed in1981."

Federal child nutrition statutes

'NO TO ABORTION - several hundred thousand Spaniards rally indowntown Madrid to express their opposition to the socialistgovernment's efforts to liberalize Spain's abortion laws. Thedomonstation was the largest yet in a heated national debate. (NC photofrom UPI) <

Cults dangerous,says Archbishop Cunnane

DUBLIN, Ireland (NC)—Archbishop Joseph Cunnane of Tuam and five otherCatholic bishops in the western region of Ireland have warned families againstcults and sects active in the area. In a joint pastoral letter read at Masses in thesix dioceses on Sunday, March 6, the bishops did not name any of the cults butsaid some were non-Christian and others non-Catholic. Young people are "not somuch converted as taken Over," the bishops said. Among such groups becomingmore prominent throughout Western Europe are Hare Krishna, the UnificationChurch and the Way International. An organization known as the Irish FamilyFoundation has been established to provide information to parents, teachers andlegislators about the cults.

limit the program benefit accordingto, family income. According toincome, a student pays a full orreduced price for lunch or receives afree lunch. Even full-priced lunchesare subsidized, but the schools whichcharge tuition of $1,500 or more arenow eliminated entirely from theprogram.

Duffy said the apparent purpose ofthe change was to reduce federalexpenditures by removing subsidiesfor families who could afford toprovide for the nutritional needs oftheir children.

"It obviously was assumed that anyfamily which can afford $1,500 fortuition to a private school could wellafford to pay for a child's lunch. Thisis a subtly specious and false

assumption, because there are manylow-income families making greatsacrifices to send their children to aprivate school," he testified.

"Catholic schools which charge$1,500 or more in tuition do notexclude children of lower-incomefamilies, whose need for subsidizedchild nutrition benefits clearly arejustified," he said. "These childrenare automatically disqualified fromthe programs simply because theirfamilies have made the extra sacrificeto seek out education in a privateschool.

"On the other hand, children ofwealthy families residing in exclusiveupper-income communities whoattend public schools in those areasremain qualified to receive benefits,"Duffy said.

More Military Aid to El Salvador,Reagan urges congress

WASHINGTON (NC) — Saying it is "nonsense" to accuse his administrationof seeking a military solution in El Salvador, President Reagan urged Congressto^approve $110 million in new military aid for the Salvadoran government toprotect democracy there. In a speech to the National Association ofManufacturers the president said the military situation in El Salvador is "notgood" and that protecting Central America from communist takeover is vital toU.S. security. In the speech Reagan referred twice to Pope John Paul KK's visitto El Salvador four days earlier, noting that the pope called for a new climate ofdemocracy and prayed for "orderly and peaceful progress" for the nation.Besides military assistance, Reagan said, his administration would also continueto work for human rights and supply economic assistance to the region.

Fidelity forum says no to cable shows

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (NC) - A group calling itself Fidelity Forum hasthreatened to "go to Rome if necessary" to oppose a series of lenten cabletelevision programs prepared by the Diocese of Providence. The group objects tothe series because, it includes interviews with anti-war activist Jesuit FatherDaniel Berrigan and two controversial theologians, Father Hans Kung andDominican Father Edward Schillebeeckx. Bishop Louis E. Gelineau ofProvidence said that he found the series appropriate for Lent. The bishop hasdeclined to meet with members of the group about the issue. The series,"Spirituality in 80s," was produced by the diocese from material distributed bythe Catholic Telecommunications Network of America, of which Bishop Gelineauis chairman.

Religious leaders criticizeGeorge Schultz

NEW YORK (NC)—Twenty-five U.S. Protestant and Catholic leaders have ac-cused Secretary of State George Shultz of impugning the judgment and motivesof church leaders in El Salvador and have called U.S. policy toward El Salvador"irresponsable and inhumane." Thd4U.S. religious leaders expressed their viewsin a telegram extending "congratulations and the assurance of our prayers" toArchbishop Arturo Rivera Dihias of San Salvador on his formal appointment tohead that archdiocese, becoming the principal Catholic leader in El Salvador.The church leaders said they would "resist efforts to increase U.S. Militaryassistance" in that country. Among the Catholic signers were: Oblate FatherRonald Carignan, president of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men;Father John O'Callaghan, president of the U.S. Jesuit Conference; and SisterHelen Flaherty, president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.

Sr. Mansour appointeddirector of Social Services

LANSING, Mich. (NC)—The Michigan state Senate confirmed the appoint-ment of Mercy Sister Agnes Mary Mansour as director of the Michigan Depart-ment of Social Services. Sister Mansour had been told by Archbishop EdmundSzoka of Detroit to resign because she had not opposed government funding *abortion, which her department oversees. At a confirmation hearing Sister Man-sour said she personally opposes abortion but she also jthinks that as long as abor-tion is legaPit would be unfair to permit it only for wpftien who can afford it. "Irespect the fact the archbishop does not agree with me, and I also respect that heis acting in accord with his conscience," she said.

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12-minute ride to St. Peter's from St.Paul's Gate on the fringe of the city.

THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM forcelebrations in Rome during the HolyYear was not yet released when NCNews spoke with Msgr. Frayne, buthe said it will include such events asFriday Stations of the Cross eachweek in St. Peter's Square and week-ly public recitation of the rosary, alsoin the square.

'This pope is anascetic, and the notionof a Holy Year fits rightinto everything he hasalways said.'

Already begun before the HolyYear's official opening was a Thurs-day morning multilanguage pilgrims'Mass in St. Peter's Basilica.

Ready for publication by theVatican is a pilgrim's guide to the Ho-ly Year written in seven languages -Italian, French, German, English,Spanish, Portuguese arid Polish.

Papal general audiences, heldevery Wednesday, will have an addedspiritual depth during the Holy Year,with congregational singing andperiods of common and privateprayer.

More than 150 volunteers will act

as "greeters" and "helpers" at St.Peter's. They will be able to helppilgrims in at least 20 languages.

A HOLY YEAR as a time ofspiritual renewal has its biblical rootsin the jubilees observed by Jews at50-year intervals, when debts werepardoned and slaves were freed.

The term "jubilee" itself comesfrom the Hebrew word "yobel,"meaning a ram's horn, which was us-ed to make the trumpet that signaledthe beginning of such a time offorgiveness.

When the 1983 Holy Year was an-nounced by the pope last Novembersome skeptics saw it as the Vatican'sway to recoup financial losses sus-tained by the church's central ad-ministration over the last severalyears.

But Archbishop Mario Schierano,head of the Holy Year's central com-mittee, told a recent press con-verence in Rome, "If it had been forthat reason, we wouldn't becelebrating it all over the worldsimultaneously, something whichdoesn't serve to bring people toRome. It is a spiritual event, and itwill be celebrated as such:"

In fact, the Vatican sustainedfinancial losses in celebrating the lastHoly Year in 1975 and expects to dothe same this year. In order todisplay art for its inspirational value,for example, the Vatican Museums,plan to open up whole new sectionsand restructure others to facilitatethe passage of extra tourists, whichmeans paying extra attendants andguides.

Pope Paul VI kneels in prayer at the threshold of the Holy Door in St.Peter's Basilica after opening it during the 1975 Holy Year, the most re-cent in a long tradition of Holy Years dating back to the first one pro-claimed try Pope Boniface VIII in 1300. me photo from KNAI.

Whatever the extra expense of theyear's activities, the Vatican, and thepope in particular, evidently considerit worthwhile.

One highly-placed Vatican officialtold NC News, "This pope is anascetic, and the notion of a Holy Year

fits right into everything he hasalways said. He often talks about thedignity of the human person asredeemed by Christ and the need forus to recognize our value and thevalue of everyone else. The HolyYear will make us think about that."

Marriage, unity topics of interfaith meetLONDON (NC) - When British

churchmen hold a six-day ecumenicalmeeting with Vatican officials inApril, several key social, doctrinal,moral and spiritual issues will beamong their discussion topics.

Twelve representatives of the Scot-tish, English and Welsh Catholicbishops and the British Council ofChurches, following an invitationissued by Pope John Paul II duringhis visit to Great Britain last May,plan to meet with Vatican officials inRome April 25-29 to discuss

ecumenical issues.On March 14 the British group an-

nounced the topics of discussion:Peace, marriage, the uniqueness ofChristianity, how faith is received andunderstood, the spirituality of theecumenical movement, and thesignificance of councils of churches inthe search for Christian unity.

TAKEN TOGETHER, the topicstouch on major areas of ecumenicalconcern.

"Peace" reflects the question ofcommon witness and action by the

churches on social issues despite doc-trinal differences.

"Marriage" includes a range of keytopics on differences in moralteaching and sacramental disciplineamong the churches."The uniqueness of Christianity"reflects the fundamental drive behindchurch unity, the mandate to preachthe good news of Christ to all nations.

"How faith is received andunderstood" reflects Catholic-Protestand and intra-Protestand ten-sions over the sources of Christian

teaching and the role of authority inthe churches.

1 "The spirituality of the ecumenicalmovement" is an area thatecumenists often say is the most fun-damental but least attended-to aspectof ecumenish, that Christian unity byits nature must be first and foremostspiritual.

"The significance of councils ofchurches" reflects'concern over prac-ticalities on the path to unity and theorganic form that Christian unityshould take.

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Communist countries citedfor religious persecution

UNITED NATIONS (NC) - Com-munist nations were singled out forpracticing religious persecution dur-ing the United Nations Commissionon Human Rights 1983 meeting inGeneva, Switzerland.

The commission was asked by theGeneral Assembly last year to con-sider ways to implement a U.N.declaration on the elimination of allforms of intolerance and discrimina-tion based on religion or belief. Thedeclaration was adopted in 1981 after20 years of negotiations.

THE COMMISSION has the taskof encouraging "understanding,tolerance and respect in mattersrelating to freedom of religion orbelief." The term "belief' is equatedat the U.N. with atheism.

JAAP WALKATE of theNetherlands said governmentsshould use the declaration as aguideline for their internal policiesand as a "touchstone for nationallegislation in force." •

He singled out for criticism coun-tries with a communist system andspoke of' unattributed informationabout persecution in North Korea.

He attributed to North Korea thebelief that "all remnants of belief andreligion must be eliminated in orderthat communism may develop." '

He also singled out Iran's treat-ment of the Bahai feligion'sfollowers, saying .members of thatgroup have been executed for themere fact that they profess a religionwhich was not the same as that of theruling theocratic Moslem govern-ment.

Richard Schifter of the UnitedStates complained that the declara-tion "remains a dead letter" in theSoviet Union. He told the commissionthat anti-religious propaganda con-

tinued to be an integral part of thegovernment's program and said that,while the adherents of most religionswere persecuted for their faith andactive practices, "the added burdenplaced on Jews is discrimination andpersecution on the basis of ancestryalone."

D. V. Bykov of the Soviet Union•reminded the commission that thedeclaration is not binding on membergovernments. But he said that Sovietlegislation provides "full guaranteesfor freedom of thought and religion."

Bykov argued that the equality ofthe citizens is not dependent uponbeliefs or failure to believe in religion*He rejected as regrettable, or "evencondemnable," criticism by theNetherlands of the Soviet Union.

Also participating in the debatewere a number of non-governmentalorganizations.' .

Lucie Baltassat, representing theInternational Federation of RuralAdult Catholic Movements, saidreligious freedom is denied to thepeople of Guatemala.

She said" that under the presentmilitary government Catholic andProtestand churches are the object of"terrible repression while religioussects of North American origin areaccorded a privileged position by thegovernment." The mentioned nospecific examples.

Thomas Conception, representingthe Christian Democratic World,Union, complained that "a youngdemocracy has died a brutal death"in the Philippines. He urged the com-missjon.to "move to stop militariza-tion and religious persecution in the

DEPORTATION-Father Brian Gore, an Australian priest serving in thePhilippines, reacts with disbelief as he listens to testimony against himduring a deportation nearing in Manila. The Philippines military com-mand has accused Father Gore of inciting rebellion and illegal posses-sion of a hand grenade in his parish at Negros. Several priests and nunsattended the proceedings in a show of support for the priest. (ReiigiouS N«WSService photo).

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Christi, international Catholic peacemovement, expressed sorrow thatthere are countries such asCzechoslovakia "which have voted infavor of the declaration but whichhave not changed their nationallegislation so as to guarantee fully

this unconditional freedom for allcitizens."

Eduardo Revira, representing theHoly See, called religious intolerance"one of the tragedies of our times"and called it "an evil offense tohuman dignity atid a disavowal ofUnited Nations principles."

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BUT WILL EITHER SIDE LISTEN

Injustice hasChristiansolution,pope toldLatin America

By Nancy FrazierNC News Service

Perhaps more than any of his 16previous foreign trips, the results ofPope John Paul II 's "Lentenpilgrimage" to Central America andthe Caribbean may not be clear formonths or even years.

Some effects of the papal visitMarch 2-9 to Costa Rica, Nicaragua,Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala,Honduras, Beliz and Haiti were im-mediately obvious:

-In El Salvador, President AlvaroMagana announced that the govern-ment would hold elections before theend of 1983. Earlier, the electionshad been planned for March 1984.

That. . . those whobear responsibility inthe villages, in thecities and at the na-tional level act accor-ding to the Gospel andto the social doctrineof the church. . .'

-In Haiti, President-for-life Jean-Claude Duvalier renounced his vetopower, contained in an 1860 concor-dat between Haiti and the Holy See,over papal appointments of bishops inthat country.

-In Nicaragua, to the pope'sdismay, church-state tensions rose-toa fever pitch at a Mass in Managua,where supporters of the Marxist-influenced Sandinista governmentengaged in a shouting match with thepope. The.ensuing controversy is like-ly to cause even greater divisions bet-ween church and state in the nearfuture.

-In Guatemala, where fighting bet-ween government forces and guer-rillas have taken a large toll in recentyears, President Efrain Rios Monttannounced an amnesty for guerrillasand promised to ease the state of.siege in his country.

"We know and understand that wehave sinned, that we have abusedpower, and we want to reconcileourselves with the people," RiosMontt said six days after the papalvisit.

BUT THE RESPONSE to thewider issues dealt with in Pope JohnPaul's 40 speeches - his calls for anend to violence, for social justice, forrespect for human dignity and life,

. for fidelity to church doctrine and therejection of ideological misuse of theGospel - may be a long time emerg-ing.

Pope John Paul summed up hishopes for the religious life of both

Central and South America in hisMarch 9 address to representativesof the entire Latin American hierar-chy, meeting in Prot-au-Prince,Haiti. •

He outlined a plan for "not the re-evangelization but a new evangeliza-tion of Latin America, new in its ar-dor, in its methods, in itsexpression."

The "fundamental suppositions" ofsuch a program would include agrowth in vocations and "ap-propriate" formation of priests inspiritual, doctrinal and pastoral mat-ters; greater collaboration of the laityin the work of evangelization; andsafeguarding of the "integrity" ofthe orientation for the LatinAmerican church approved fouryears ago in Puebla, Mexico, hesaid.

The Puebla document must be pro-tected from "deformed interpreta-tions, deforming reductionisms andunworthy applications On one hand oreclipse oh the other," the pope added.

BUT THE POPE'S wordsthroughout the trip also made clearthat the church in Latin America cannot ignore social realities.

The Latin American people "in re-cent years have certainly knownnotable material progress and arebeginning to offer to the world theresults of their efforts in many areasof civilization," he said.

"But these people also know-andthis is a radical contradiction-

Pope John Paul II stands with Guatemalan President Rios Montt duringwelcoming ceremonies for the pontiff at Guatemala City. The pontiffcriticized the persecution of Indians in Guatemala and condemned violence,but he saved his strongest statement in favor of social justice for his stop inHaiti, where he also told Latin America's bishops to renew theirevangelization efforts in the true spirit of Puebla. (Religious News seme photo.

immense areas of poverty,- illiteracy,sickness, alienation," he added. "Itsroots are encountered in inherent in-justices, exploitation of one by theo thers serious lack of equality in thedistribution of the riches and goods ofsociety."

In his strongest human. rightsstatement of the trip, which came notin Central America but in Haiti, thepope criticized "divisions, injustices,excessive inequality, the degradationof the quality of life, misery, hunger,the fear of many people," but said thechurch wished "not to accuse but tocontribute to an improvement by get-ting through to the conscience ofthose who bear responsibility in thevillages, in the cities and at the na-tional level to act according to theGospel and to the social doctrine ofthe church."

• He insisted that changes must takeplace "without violence, without

Polish visit set for JuneROME (NC)-Poland's Roman

Catholic primate said Pope John PaulIFs planned visit to his Polishhomeland has been officially schedul-ed iirr June 16-22 of this year.

The primate, Cardinal Josef Glempof Warsaw and Gniezno, made theannouncement as he arrived in Romefor a week of meetings with the popeand Vatican officials.

"I am happy to be in Italy," Car-dinal Glemp told reporters at Rome'sFhimieino airport, "particularly nowthat the Holy Father's trip to Polandfrom June 16-22 has heen officiallydecided."

On the previous day the cardinalhad niet in Warsaw with Poland'smartial law chief, Gen. WojciechJaruzelski, to discuss the papal trip.

The pope visited Poland in 1979,shortly after hi& election as pontiff.Another trip, planned for August of

last year, was postponed, reportedlybecause the martial Taw regimefeared that the pope's presencewould spark anti-government ac-tivities.

The program for the pope's Junevisit, according to Polish sources, in-cludes stops ' in Warsaw.Czestochowa, Poznan, Wroclaw andCracow. Also said to be included isPiekary Slaskie, a mining center inSilesia "where a popular Marianshrine is located.

At first, according to Polishsources, the military governmentwas unwilling to allow the pontiff tovisit the mining area, where sym-pathy for the government-outlawedSolidarity labor union is strong.

Stricken by the government fromthe pope's preferred itinerary, accor-ding to the same sources, wasGdasnk. the Baltic city whereSolidarity was born.

murder, without internal struggles."

HE SAID the task of nearly 700Latin American bishops is a "gratify-ing" but difficult one.

"To be a bishop today in LatinAmerica is also to consider oneselfpastor of a people who in recent yearshave certainly known notablematerial progress and are beginningto offer to the world the results oftheir efforts in many areas of civiliza-tion," Pope John Paul said.

"But these people also know - andthis is a radical contradiction-immense areas of poverty, illiteracy,sickness, alienation," he added. "Itsroots are encountered in inherent in-justices, exploitation of one by theother, a serious lack of equality in thedistribution of the riches and goods ofsociety."

He mourned the fact that "manyyouths fall into the temptation ofcombatting injustice with violence"and told the bishops to "work always,according to your possibilities, withwisdom and patience, in favor of con-cord and peace."

The pope also stressed to thechurch leaders in Latin America that"the poor must have a preference inyour hearts."

AT THE CLOSE of the trip, on hisreturn flight to Rome from Haiti, thepope decided against his usual in-flight press conference with the jour-nalists who accompanied him on "atrip that was not easy."

Calling the Central America tour"a great experience for me," he saidthat'"I think for you and me CentralAmerica has become more of a reali-ty, more close."

He added, "I would return withpleasure."

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Laity called to greater role(Pope John Paul II is has issued sity, called the restriction on "the priest (who is the actual pastor). They than t

the new TnHe nf Canon Law which definition of cleric." mav be consulted hvtfifthishon if rir-(Pope John Paul II is has issued

the new Code of Canon Law whichwill replace the current code, orgeneral law governing Latin-riteCatholics, issued in 1917. This isone in a series of articles by Na-tional Catholic News Service togiven an overview of the new codeand what it will mean to Catholics.)

By Jerry FilteauNC News Service

Fifth in a series

"The Emerging Layman" was thetitle of a book and the topic of in-numerable articles and speeches inthe years following the SecondVatican Council.

Now the new Code of Canon Law,incorporating into general churchlaw the council's reforms, is a conve-nient milestone to mark the progressof the laity in the church in the 20years since "Vatican I I began. In thenew code's pages are all the majorlegal landmarks of changed churchthinking and practice regarding thelaity.

A first point of interest is that "TheEmerging Layman," if written, to-day, would probably have to be called"The Emerging Layperson." Virtual-ly all forms of sexual discriminationbetween laymen and laywomen thatexisted in the old Code of Canon Laware eliminated in the new code.

As Father Donald E. heintschel, acanon law expert and associategeneral secretary of the NationalConference of Catholic Bishops-U.S.Catholic Conference, summarized it,"In the new code, sexist discrimina-tion has been replaced by discrimina-tion based on ordination."

But the nature of discrimination,based on ordination has changednoticeably, too.

Legal breakthroughAn important backdrop to the role

of laypersons in the new code is whatanother canonist, Jesuit FatherLadislas Orsy of Georgetown Univer-

sity, called the restriction ondefinition of cleric."

Exemplifying that basic changewas the action by Pope Paul VI in1972 when he suppressed clerical ton-sure and the clerical orders of porter,exorcist, lector, acolyte nad

priest (who is the actual pastor). Theymay be consulted by the bishop, if cir-cumstances warrant, in the choice ofa new pastor.• At the diocesan level, laypersons

may be members of the diocesansynod and its commissions, of the

Close-up on the Codesubdeaeon, making ordination to thediaconate the point of entry into theranks of the clergy.

Of those clerical orders suppressed,Pope Paul established two, lector andacolyte, as lay ministries. He alsorevitalized the order of deacon in itsown right, reinstituting the perma-nent diaconate and opening that or-dained ministry to married men.

The more restrictive definition of acleric, based on a sounder theology ofthe role of ordained ministry and therelation between pastoral respon-sibility and juridical authority in thechurch, was a legal breakthroughthat allowed laypersons to do manythings once restricted to priests, saidFather Orsy.

Of course many of the changes in"'the new canon law code that affectthe laity have been gradually incor-porated into church practice in theyears since Vatican II, so their inclu-sion in the new code is more a matter

• of integrating and solidifying thechanges rather than introducing realinnovations.

Here are some of the things thatare open to laymen and laywomen inthe new code which under the oldcode simply did not exist or wererestricted—in general practice if notalways strictly by law—to clergymen:• At the parish level, laypersons

may be members of the parish counciland the parish financial council;-members of a team ministry, headed ,by a priest, that is in charge of thepastoral care of a parish; or ad-ministrators of priestless parishesunder the leadership of a neighboring

bishop's financial council and of thediocesan pastoral council. They maybe consulted in the selection ofbishops. A layperson can serve as adiocesan chancellor or administratorof finances, or on the diocesan courtas an auditor, assessor, defender ofthe bond, promoter of the faith orjudge.• At the provincial and regional

levels, representatives of womenReligious are to participate, andother laypersons may be asked toparticipate, in provincial and regionalcouncils of bishops.• In certain circumstances (that

seem to apply chiefly if not solely tomission areas), with permission fromthe Holy See a bishop may appointlaypersons to administer baptism orserve as official church witness formarriages on a regular basis when nopriest is available.• Laypersons may serve as lectors

and in other ministries at Mass. (Inone of the few exceptions to the newcode's general rule of non-discrimination toward women, onlylaymen may serve as acolytes, andonly laymen may be formally install-ed^as lectors or acolytes.)• Laypersons may teach in

seminaries and on pontifical facultiesand may be book censors for bishops.For the first time the right of layper-sons to receive pontifical-degres andofficial church mandates to teach thesacred sciences is spelled out ingeneral church law.

• In general, non-clerical religiousorders and organizations of the layapostolate have, greater freedom

than they did under the old code.

EqualitySuch specifics in the final draft of

the new code show the expansion oflay roles in the church at one level,but they do not capture the underly-ing spirit of the new code. That spiritis seen in a number of ways, amongthem:• for the first time the fundamental

equality of all the people of God byvirtue of baptism is spelled but.• There is a stress on the rights as

well as the duties of the layperson,and on interpretation of the hierar-chical governance of the churchprimarily in terms of pastoral servicerather than jurisdictional authority;• The vocation of marriage and

family life and the fundamental roleof spouses in "the building up of thepeople of God" are emphasized.

Active lay roles and ministries arerecognized and spelled out in the

• sacraments and divine worship,which are at the center of church life.

In the area of lay rights, FatherJames Provost, executive director ofthe Canon Law Society of America,cited as one of the important ad-vances in the new code the legal pro-tections given to lay employees of thechurch.

Parents come firstOne good example of the difference

in spirit between the old code and thenew comes in the treatment ofCatholic education.

In the old code the law portrays theparents' obligation as a largelypassive one of surrendering the childto the clergy to be educated.

In the new, parents have primaryresponsibility for education; layper-sons are seen as having a profer roleas teachers of the faith in their ownright rather than as substitutes ifthere are not enough clergy; and thegovernance of Catholic education bypriests and bishops is placed in amore pastoral context of service andfulfillment of pastoral respon-sibilities.

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And what is'real' love?DENVER(NC) -- Young people are

asking what real love is, and "ifthat's their No. 1 question, with thedivorce rate what it is, that's an ex-cellent question," the Rev. Ray E.Short, a Methodist Minister, said inan interview with the DenverCatholic Register.

"There's more to sex than abreathless bounce in bed," saidShort, who is also a professor ofsociology at the University ofWisconsin-Platteville. He is theauthor of "Sex, Love or Infatuation:How Can I Really Know?" which isnow in its ninth printing, with170,000 copies sold.

Short was in Denver to talk toCatholic school and parish groups.His visit was sponsored by theDenver archdiocesan Pro-Life Com-mission, Catholic youth ministry pro-grams and a number of parishes.

The trip to Denver was somewhatof a homecoming for Short, who methis wife of 29 years at the Universityof Denver.

IN AN INTERVIEW he said hedoesn't provide answers or tell youngpeople what- decisions to make aboutpremarital sex, love and infatuation.But his research gives clues to helpyoung people make the distinctionbetween kid stuff and the real thing.

"I am convinced," he said, "thatmost marriages are based on roman-tic love, not real love. Many coupleshave the elements of real love thatthey develop after marriage. But inview of 50-50 odds the marriagewon't survive, it's too dangerous togamble. They better know beforethey take those vows."

Short said he believes today'soveremphasis on sex has young peo-ple confused about premarital sexand what constitutes a good relation-ship between two people. -

"The public media have put anoveremphasis on sex," he said. "I tellyoung people that I hope they don'tbuy that cheap, physical idea of sex.Virtually every night on any televi-sion show you can see couples go dan-cing, have a few cocktails and end upnaked between the sheets. I hopethey don't buy that, or they'll missout on the most wonderful, fulfilling,exciting experience that is good sex.'

THAT "BREATHLESS Bouncein Bed" is not good sex, Short said,because good sex can be experiencedonly in marriage, when a couple isbeyond the fears, the feelings of low-esteem and the guilt that accompanypremarital sex.

"Good sex is total sex," which ,ismore than the joining of two bodies,Short explained. It is the joining oftwo people who truly love oneanother and their personalities, theiremotions, their ides and theirspiritual selves.

Many parents, he said, want to talkabout sex with their children butdon't always know how. One of hisobjections in giving talks "is to getyoung people and parents talking andopen the door for young people totalk about these intimate subjects, totalk openly and listen to each other."

To the great relief of parents, hesaid, current surveys indicate that in-creasing numbers of teen-agers arerejecting premari tal sex forthemselves.

ST. PATRICK IN THE THIRD WORLD?

Ireland was once a mission country, a young Church. St. Patrick helpedchange that, of course, and he did it eventually with the help of priestsdrawn from the newly baptized Irish people.

It wasn't long before priests from this "mission" country went out asmissionaries themselves.• This process continues today, in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and wherever

there are young Churches striving to grow and—despite their own needs—to send out missionaries.

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One. of the most attractive andtypical small towns on the river'sright bank is Ruedesheim. It claimsto be the region's wine capital and itssetting, below the Johannisbergvineyards and the Niederwald Monu-ment, certainly seems to prove this. /Walk along the Drosselgasse, a nar-row street, free from traffic, the hap-piest street in the work with one winerestaurant next to the other, filled, atalmost any time of the day and night,with the sound of music and laughter.Here is even a wine museum in a one-thousand year old castle, theBroemservurg and the 'Musik-kabinett,' an amazing collection ofself-playing mechanical instruments.

One of the town's most popularrestaurant-taverns is in a buildingthat, in part, traces to before the year1450. It was the seat of ah Episcopalestate in 1729, founded by order ofthe Prince Elect of Mainz and pain-fully reconstructed in 1952. Duringthis reconstruction workmen foundFrench silver coins from the years1727 to 1793 and, rather typically,two bottles of wine: one from. 1738,the other showing the date 1811,from the cellars of the Grand-Duke ofToscana.

It is of interest to note that theRhine region between the city of Col-ogne and • Ruedesheim is

predominantly Catholic. "Holy" Col-ogne was, in the Middle Ages, Ger-many's largest city, St. Ursula is herpatron saint, -

The Cathedral of Cologne, in fullGothic style, has a long history and ittook more than 600 years of on andoff construction to complete it. Thefirst pilgrims came to the t wnalready in the 12th century whenAlbert the Great, teacher of ThomasAquinas, preached here, soon afterFrederick Barbarossa brought backrelics of the Magi Kings from Milan,to be presented to the Archbishopricof Cologne. Thus, construction of thefirst Gothic church in the Rhinelandbegan around the year 1250.

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CHICAGO (NC) - With Congressmulling over an immigration reformbill, the nation's bishops are seekingrecommendations from Catholics onthe grassroots level on how to ap-proach the proposed legislation.

Representatives of. the U.S.Catholic Conference Secretariat forHispanic Affairs and the USCCMigration and Refugee Services haveheld "town meetings" and round-table discussions in San Antonio,Texas, San Hose, Calif., and Chicago.A meeting in New York was postpon-ed by a snow storm and may bereschedules.

They discussed the posture thechurch has historically taken on im-migration, the experience of the 1982immigration bill which did not passand the options emerging as the 98thCongress prepared a new round ofimmigration proposals for late Marchor early April.

The USCC had supported the 1982bill, but with reservations.

"THE AIM," said Chicago hostZeferino Ochoa, director of the ar-chdiocesan Latin American Commit-tee, a department of CatholicCharities, "is to ensure that thechurch's voice, speaking with onevoice, will be effective in the cause ofjustice in the coming monts.

"Though there was support for. afair and current legalization pro-gram, the overall consensus was thatsupport for the overall bill as writtenwas not there," he said of the 1982 ef-forts.

During discussions numerous

reservations surfaced about specificprovisions of the bills now under con-sideration in the House and Senate.

KEY OPPOSITION was voicedagainst aspects of provisions dealingwith family reunification, legalizationof some aliens, sanctions againstemployers hiring illegal workers,asylum, and refugees and temporaryforeign worker programs.

Auxiliary Bishop Nevin W. Hayesof Chicago, episcopal vicar for the Of-fice for the Hispanic Apostolate, said,"this is a very Christian, practicaland humane approach to the wholearea of immigration." The church "ison firm moral ground in approvingthis legislation with reservations," hesaid.

The bishop said approval of the billwould serve as "foot in the door"after which there would be thepossibility for revision, refinementand improvement. '

Others argued that the legislationwas a "one shot deal" and thatchanges should be made before enact-ment.

The USCC was invited to testify-$tcongressional hearings on the bills^but opted to meet with its constituen-cy to gain feedback to possibly updatetestimony already given to Congress'

Recommendations from themeetings will be given to the bishops'advisory committee in Washington atthe end of March. At that point, thebishops will have the options of giv-ing further testimony, making a writ-ten statement or not making anystatement at all.

Child neglect billincludes handicapped

WASHINGTON (NC)- Legislationwas approved by a House subcommit-tee to expand the~definition of childneglect, to include cases in whichchildren born with life-threateningcongenital defects are denied food ormedical care. .• The definition was included in aproposed $23 million bill on childabuse prevention and treatment ap-proved by the select education sub-«committee of the House Educationand Labor Committee March 9. Thebill goes to the full committee.

If passed, federal funds could be

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THE REGAN ADMINISTRA-TION had earlier announced regula-tions to prevent hospitals from deny-ing food and medical treatment tohandicapped newborn infants.

The regulations would provide for atoll-free hotline for reporting cases ofneglect. Hospitals receiving federalaid would-be required to post a warn-ing that people might be prosecuted ifthey deny care to the handicapped orretarded.

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VOICE SURVEY FINDS

Local family expertslike "squeal' rule

By Betsy KennedyVoice Staff Writer

Pro-lifers and abortion supportersare enbroiled in yet another con-troversial dispute over the issuanceof a "squeal" rule which would enablesome parents to know whether or nottheir children are using birth control." The ruling requires clinics thatreceive federal funds' to notifyparents in writing after prescribingbirth control devices or medication toteenagers up to age 17.

Pro-family groups contend thatsince the government is already- us-ing tax dollars to provide contracep-tion for young people, the least it cando is. inform parents.

Planned Parenthood and healthagencies believe the regulation wouldpush the government too far intofamily affairs.

IN SOUTH FLORIDA, Catholicfamily and education -experts con-tacted by The Voice expressed sup-port for the rule, citing better com-munication in the home and parentalresponsibility.

The ruling requiresclinics that receivefederal funds to notifyparents in writing afterprescribing birth con-trol devices or medica-tion to teenagers up toage 17/

Currently, the Department ofHealth and Human Services rule isbeing reviewed by a federal judge inWashington, D.C. who issued arestraining order. A New Yorkfederal judge this week permanentlybarred the government from im-plementing the rule.

It was anticipated that the rulingwould go into effect last February,after a drawn-out two-year debate onthe issue, but groups opposing the re-quirement intervened with court in-junctions.

The concept of a so-called "squeal"rule began in the summer of 1981when a report by Congress statedthat recipients of federal grants forFamily Planning Services should en-courage participants to "include theirfamilies in counseling and involvethem about services."

From April, 1982 until January,1983 no action was taken on the pro-posed rule. Then Richard Schweiker,former secretary of HHS, issued astatement Jan. 10 that the rulingwould be finalized Jan. 26.

However, more delays ensued.During a two month period groupswere given an opportunity to publishcomments.

The U.S. Catholic Conferencepublished an endorsement of the rule,stating that it was a "national scan-dal" that no requirement had been in-troduced earlier into the family plan'-ning program.

SEVERAL South FloridaCatholics who work closely withteenagers commented on the rulingthis week:

» TERRY REILLY, director ofFamily Life Ministry of the Ar-chdiocese of Miami, columnist andauthor:

It Is not so muchparents rights as itwould be their respon-sibility to know whatthey*re doing. . . agirl cannot get herears pierced withoutparental consent. Thesqueal rule has muchgreater ramifications."

-Carol Farrell

"if the child becomesthe responsibility ofthe civil governmentof society, then we'rein trouble. . ."Terry Reifly

"I don't like the word "squeal"because that implies a lack of respon-sibility, but I am in favor of the ruleitself. I think parents have a right toknow what their children are doing.Once they do know they can choosediscipline or compassion, in a value-oriented way ..: The child should notbe the responsibility of the civilgovernment... When he is, we are introuble."

• CAROL FARRELL, director,Ministries for Parenting andHuman Sexuality, Family Enrich-ment Center:

"It is not so much parents' right astheir responsibility to know if theirchildren use birth control. It would bedestructive of the family unit if theywere uninformed. A girl can not gether ears pierced without parentalconsent and (the "squeal" rule) hasmuch greater ramifications ...

Even if it Fas extended to cover alldoctors andclinics, not just federallyfunded ones, "I would support it. Also,from a medical standpoint, parentshave to know what their children are

doing. Suppose a child were in a posi-tion where she were unable to tellmedical personnel about herself andthe parents were also unaware ofwhat she was taking?"• LAUREN RENKERT, teacher inWest Palm Beach parochial schoolsof courses on human sex educationprepared childbirth and human sex-uality:

Parents should know because"there is more than morality involv-ed. There is the matter of medical

side effects that can happen. Boysand girls don't always get the infor-mation they need when they go to getcontraception. They're just not in-formed ... I know this from talking!*)them. •

"(But) I think parents (also) havean obligation ... to their children togive them information about sex. If achild goes out (to obtain) contracep-tion there is definitely a need formore communication in the family."

House foreign affairscommittee approves nukes freeze

WASHINGTON (NC)—Thousands of backers of a nuclear weapons freezewere among the first to know that the House Foreign Affairs Committee ap-proved the nuclear freeze resolution now before Congress. Rep. Jim Leach(R-Iowa), a member of the committee and a major co-sponsor of the resolution,told participants at an anti-nuclear rally in Washington March 8 that the ForeignAffairs Committee had just approved the measure 27-9. The rally was part of theMarch 7-8 Citizens Lobby for a U.S. - Soviet Nuclear Weapons Freeze. Othermembers of Congress who addressed the rally were Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.),who presented the freeze resolution before the House and Sen. Edward Kennedy(D-Mass.), the major co-sponsor of the bill in the Senate. Following the Housecommittee's approval, the bill was to go before the House floor for a full vote.

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testimonial luncheon. .Help celebrate 47 years of invigorating service to The Church on MiamiBeach and revitalize our "unofficial bishop" for many more.

Mass will be celebrated at 12 noon on Sunday April 17 followed by atestimonial lunch at the Konover Hotel.

Reservations for the luncheon ($15) may be made by calling St. PatricksRectory 531-1124.Reservations and information may also be obtained thru the followingmembers of the testimonial committee: Bob & Mary Lou Reilly, HowardSetlin, Virginia Beneduce, Lois Burkett, Maurene Joseph, Chuck Graham,Chuck Guimento, Ivan Servais, Mike and Natalie Hannau and MarilynBurns Healy.

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Lenten Reflections

Lent and non-violenceJesus, Gandhi and childhood experience led there

'But when they continued asking him, he raised himself and said to them, "Let him who iswithout sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her... But hearing this, they went away,one by one." —Luke,8

This is the fifth in a series; ofLenten articles written by theBishops of Florida.

By BISHOP RENE H. GRACIDADiocese Of

Pensacola-Tallahassee

I can't remember when I firstbegan to feel that is was necessaryfor me to commit myself to non-violence completely and withoutreservation.

Certainly the idea did not spring in-to my mind over-night. I did not wakeup ;one morning and decide that I notonly had to be a non-violent person,but that I also had to begin to activelypromote non-violence as a way of lifefor others. I suppose it was a gradualprocess.

Over a period of many years,perhaps even over my entire lifetime, I have been moving in the direc-tion of total commitment to non-violence.

SOME OF MY earliest recollec-tions vividly reveal ,the problems Ihad with violence. Tension existedwithin me growing out of the am-biguity of being on the one hand ared-blooded American boy and on theother hand a member of a minority ina nation which has always tended todiscrimninate against its minorities.

As a red-blooded American youth, Iwas enamored of guns and all thatthe Western folklore portrayed withregard to their use in a machoculture.

On the other hand, I knew some ofthe disadvantages of being a Hispanicyouth growing up in Texas, wherediscrimination against Hispanics fre-quently took the form of violentrepression.

Even my military service in the Se-

cond World War was colored by acertain ambiguity of feeling. On theone hand I was convinced of the evil.of the Nazi campaign of worlddomination and of the necessity ofdefending my Country and the freeworld from Nazi agression.

But on the other haiid I was nothappy about my direct involvement inkilling.

In the war I was a flight engineer ina B-17 bomber and flew 32 missionsover Germany. Whatever elation I

I had been dubbed with the nickname"Mahatma Gandhi."

At that time Mohandas K. Gandiwas very much in the news as he car-ried on his campaign of civil disobe-dience against the English colonialauthority in India.

I was then a skinny, brown-skinnedyouth who must have looked morethan a little like the Indian leader. Iwas always offended by being calledthat name hut, in retrospect, the

Instead our Lord chose to confrontthe woman's (and His) antagonistswith the challenge: "Let him who iswithout sin cast the first stone."

That challenge confronts us all inso many of life's situations. Againand again we are faced with situa-tions in which we can only justify ourviolent words or deeds by glossingover or forgetting entirely our ownsinfulness.

AT THE HEART of the message

'I knew some of thedisadvantages of being aHispanic youth growing

up in Texas wherediscrimination against

Hispanics frequentlytook the form of violent

repression.'

may have felt over the Allied victorywas soon dissipated by the growingrealization that military success pur-chased at the cost of countless liveshad been 'crowned' with politicalfailure, when the leadership of thewestern world created at Yalta andPotsdam the Soviet Empire whichnow poses an even greater threat tothe free world that Hitler ever did.

A FEW WEEKS ago I saw themovie "Ghandi."'"It was a moving ex-perience for me. I highly recommendit to everyone. One reason why I was

. moved by it is because when I was astudent in junior high school in Texas

MOVING Father John McLaughlin, pastor of St. Martha parish inMiami Shores, removes the crucifix from the wall of the parish's oldhome, a converted motel on 114 Street and Biscayne Boulevard. St.Martha now has a new home at 9201 Biscayne Boulevard, alongsidethe Archdiocese of Miami's Pastoral Center. Dedication of the newChurch iS Set f o r Apr i l 10. (Voice photo b» PnMice Browning)

association may have served to in-crease my already latent feelingsabout the value of non-violence as away of life.

I have always admired MohandasK. Gandhi.

Another recollection I have is of theimpact which the narrative of the en-counter of our Lord Jesus Christ withthe Pharisees and the woman takenin adultery - as related in the eighthchapter of the Gospel of St. John -had on me from my earliest'years.

THE REVELATION of JesusChrist as a non-violent, forgiving per-son is clearly presented in this nar-rative. While it is true that the realdefendant in this instance was-ourLord Himself - if He condemned thewoman, the Pharisees could havereported Him to the Romanauthorities as having incited a mob tocommit murder, and if He orderedthe woman to be released, thePharisees could have discredited Himin the eyes of the majority of Jews,who would have been scandalized byHis tacit approval of adultery.

Our Lord could have avoided thetrap set for him by the Pharisees byresponding to them that if they wereso sure of the law and of the facts inthe case they should do what the lawrequired of them as good Jews; asPilate did later in his own case. Buthe did not.

I was seized by more than thedrama of the story. I was seized bythe image of Christ as a non-violentperson. Christ did not condemn.

of Jesus Christ about non-violencelies the command that we shouldforgive one another. There is noother course open to the Christianthan to practice a kind of forgivenesswhich makes impossible violence inthought, word and deed.

Throughout my lif e I have struggl-ed to be a non-violent person. Non-violent in thought, word and deed. Ihave not always succeeded.

Like St. Paul I can say, as he wrotein his letter to the Philippians:

. ; "Itisnot that I have reached it yet, or havealready finished my course; but I amracing to grasp the prize if possiblesince I have been grasped by .ChristJesus."

I am confident that for the re-mainder of my life I will continue tohave to struggle. I will continue tohave to struggle to forgive. I willhave to struggle to condemn the sinbut not the sinner.

As we enter on the fifth week ofour Lenten observance we would dowell to devote this week to focusingupon the extent to which we are trulynon-violent persons; the extent towhich we are compassionate andforgiving persons; the extent towhich we share that great hope whichJesus Christ Himself has instilled inus and which will enable us to over-come successfully our weak humannature and its conflicting demands.

Father Retera, Biscayne professor

Mass of the Resurrection wascelebrated Monday at Biscayne Col-lege for Augustinian Father Chris-tian A. Retera, who died in his sleepMarch 11 at the age of 77.

Auxiliary Bishops John J. Nevinsand Agustin Roman were principal

celebrants of the Mass in the collegewhere Father Retera had been a pro-fessor of English Literature since1960.

A native of Antwerp, he hadstudied for the priesthood and wasordained in Holland.

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Devotedly Yours

A trip to Haitiand a smile from the pope

Dearly beloved:

Here I am again. In the clouds.Literally! Aboard Eastern's air bus,31,000 feet up, winging the wayhome from Haiti and the exhilaratingexperience of the Holy Father's visitto that poor country.

The greatest thrill was standing atthe airport, with a black sea of flagswaving in rhythm, as the giantAlitalia airliner bearing the papalcoat of arms settled on the runwayand majestically taxied up to thereviewing stand.

As the tears welled up in my eyes, Idid not know which was the greateremotion—welcoming this in-defatigable apostle of peace, love andjustice as he knelt to kiss Haitian soil,or the dramatic awareness that,despite its troubles, humankind is in-stinctively dedicated to goodness andwill demonstrate that commitmentoverwhelmingly when given an op-portunity, such as a visit from theman who represents their ideals.

HIS HOLINESS was first escortedby the President of Haiti and his wifeto a Haitian army band which playedthe Vatican State anthem and theHaitian national anthem. Presidentand Mrs. Duvalier then escorted HisHoliness to a platform where thePresident read a welcoming greeting.Significantly, he announced he wasrenouncing a right from a historicVatican covenant to approve thenaming of bishops.

After His Holiness responded, hegreeted the cardinals, the Haitianbishops, members of the diplomaticcorps and other representatives ofthe people and was then escorted to atemporary sacristy at the airport tovest for Mass.

I anticipated His Holiness' pathand situated myself along the way, soI had an opportunity to greet him ashe went by on behalf of the Ar-chdiocese of Miami, at which he smil-ed.

The Eucharist was celebrated onthe closed airfield. We bishops wereinvited to join the procession to thespecial platform adorned in yellowand white.

I felt somewhat clerically undress-ed. Again my bag was lost—not byEastern but by the Hospitality Com-mittee on my arrival (I found it justbefore returning!).

I borrowed what vestments I wore,but was without a white miter and azucchetto (purple beanie).

THE CROWDS of joyful flag-waving, singing Haitians wereradiant-faced as though seeing a vi-

sion. Especially lovely were the blackand white sisters in their whitehabits, their veils blowing in thewind, and their weathered lay mis-sioner colleagues—beautifulwitnesses to the Gospel in this land ofpoverty.

Among the Haitian and foreignpriests and visitors' present wereFather Thomas Wenski, of ourCatholic Haitian Center, FatherEmilio Vallina, of St. John BoscoChurch, and Father Pablo Navarro,my aid—all of our Archdiocese.

The liturgy, as well as the ar-rangements and decorations alongthe avenues of the city, reflected thesimple joy and dignity and grace ofthe Haitian people. Their joy in thepope's visit was expressed by a dou-ble national holiday and a week offfrom school for the children.

'Later, chatting withsome of the priests andlaymen who accom-panied His Holiness, Igot the impression thatwe of Miami can expecta visit from the HolyFather/

DURING THE MASS, con-celebrated with the bishops andpriests present and before a greatthrong of Haitians, the Holy Fatherspoke of the Eucharist (his visit cameat the closing of a Eucharistic Con-gress),.and of the need for change.

He spoke pointedly of the problemsof Haiti, of the need for this firstblack democracy to renew its dedica-tion/to human rights, of the need ofthose*in positions of political respon-sibility and "of the wealthy and'of allwho work in peace to relieve the prob-lems of poverty, hunger, inadequatehousing, unemployment and lack ofrespect for the equal rights of all.

For me, another high point of thevisit was the recessional through thecrowd, all singing a speciallyprepared lilting song—"You arehere, we are here; it is a greatfeast!"—which they had learned byradio to salute the Pope.

As we bishops processed,thousands of hands reached out toshake ours in a beautiful expressionof thanks and joyous internationallove. ' . ' • . .

AFTER THE MASS, the inex-haustible pope rode the"Popemobile" through the city tomake a state visit to the President's

palace. He then went to the cathedralto open a Conference of LatinAmerican Bishops (CELAM) meetingin Port-au-Prince.

The bishops who addressed HisHoliness there apologized for thetreatment he had received inNicaragua.

His Holiness, in his remarks, com-plimented and encouraged the some700 bishops of Latin America fortheir zeal and distinctive Puebla ef-forts in evangelization.

Our Holy Father spoke specially ofthe need for emphasis on ministry toyouth and to the family, forcatechesis and lay involvement in theChurch. In speaking of the impor-tance of evangelization, he mention-ed that what is new about evangeliza-tion in our time is its ardor, methodand expression.

The pope concluded his Haiti visitwith a reception and dinner for thebishops and His Holiness' staff at thenew Nunciature (Apostolic Delega-tion). Archbishop Luigi Conti is thenuncio. The building is located in themountains and has a spectacular viewof Port-au-Prince below.

Father Navarro and Father Vallinawere especially interested, since theyhad assisted Archbishop Conti insecuring in Miami some neededmaterials and furniture for the newbuilding.

At the reception, I had the oppor-tunity to greet His Holiness on behalfof the Bishops of the United States,whom I represented, and to tell himthat we of the Archdiocese of Miamiare hoping that he will visit us soon(wouldn't that be great!)

LATER, CHATTING with someof the priests and laymen who accom-panied His Holiness, I got the impres-sion that we of Miami can expect avisit from the Holy Father.

Two of the priests were on the staffof Vatican Radio. They set tip at theNunciature a shortwave transmissionof the event.

The head Master of Ceremonies is' an Irish priest. He was feeling theheat of the Caribbean.

All of the staff seemed exhaustedat the end of this final visit and anx-ious to get to the airplane for the mid-night departure. From a Bishop ofCosta Rica I learned that, on return-ing from the Nicaragua visit, the Ho-ly Father went directly to a chapel topray in reparation for the distur-bances during his Mass. I also learnedthat the public address system hadbeen manipulated in Nicaragua todistort the words of His Holiness andweaken the reaction of the people,

while amplifying the Voices of thedissenters.

There was a feeling that the recep-tion of other Latin American coun-tries was all the warmer in amendsfor the Nicaraguan behavior.

It was generally felt that the Hai-tian reception was one of thewarmest. I was relieved that all wentso well, especially since I had learnedconfidentially that Interpol hadreasons to expect trouble in Haiti.

FATHER NAVARRO and I en-joyed the exquisite hospitality ofWilhelm Frish and his son Peter (nowstudying at the University of Miami)and his daughter Vicky (now a stu-dent of Barry University) while inPort-au-Prince.

The Frisch Family is an oldGerman-French family who havebeen in Haiti for generations. Theirhome is at an elevation of 3,500 feetin the mountains and part of a clusterof homes, including those of Mr.Frisch's lovely mother-in-law, Mrs.Deschamps, and of his marriedchildren.

Mr. Frisch is in the printingbusiness. His company printed the1.5 million flags used for the papalvisit. He. gave us valued insights intoHaiti and the lives of the people heloves.

He believes in social benefits andtraining and adequate pay for hissome 250 employees. He has been ex-perimenting with reforestation andplant and animal breeding. He urgesfewer expensive studies and morepractical programs in foreign aid toHaiti, such as drilling of wells,reforestation, union of groups offarmers to market their products andreceive counsel from agronomists.

He feels the need in Port-au-Princefor an American Catholic academy asan alternative to the other privatenative schools now educating thefuture leaders of Haiti.

The visit to Haiti was a marvelousadventure with brothers and sistersof another nation but of our oneFaith, joyfully welcoming our Fatherin Christ come to bring non-violentpeace, justice, encouragement andblessings.

Isn't it great to be a member of theCatholic Church!

Devotedly yours in Christ,

Edward A. McCarthyArchbishop of Miami

Pope criticized 'injustices' in HaitiContinued from page 1picked weak bishops."

Archbishop McCarthy saidDuvalier's action will also have thepositive effect of creating a climatewhere people do not have "the feel-ing that they are being controlled bythe government."

BOTH ARCHBISHOP McCarthy

and Fr. Wenski were able to speakbriefly with the pope after the airportMass and during a reception and din-ner that followed. Fr. Wenski, anative of Poland, exchanged a Polishgreeting with the Pope, and Ar-chbishop McCarthy, representing theAmerican bishops, expressed to himhis hope that he would soon visitMiami. (See "Devotedly Yours.")

After speaking later with severalVatican priests, the Archbishop saidhe had the "impression" that thePope would visit Miami during hisnext trip to the United States,

DURING THE airport homily thePope was strongly critical of condi-tions in Haiti, the poorest country inthe Western Hemisphere, which has

- been led by the Duvalier dynasty. since 1957.

He said there is a "rightful desire"for more freedom of expression inpolitics and the media and a "pro-found need of justice, of a betterdistribution of goods" and of a "moredisinterested concept of service to allon the part of those who have respon-sibilities."

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Cancer-stricken priest'I will behold God'

By Betsy KennedyVoice Staff Writer

"Every moment in every man's lifeplants something in his soul"

—Thomas Merton

Dressed in his street clothes, youmight suspect that James Kreitner isa basketball player. He towers over6'3" and casts a giant shadow. But heis Fr. James Kreitner—the priest.Any points he scores are for God.

He is now involved in the mostimportant game of his life. Fr.Kreitner has inoperable cancer.While the mere thought of such anillness sends most people into a stateof panic and terror, the 33-year-oldpriest is calm about his misfortune.

Last November, when the cancerspread to his vocal chords, forcinghim to talk in a whisper and give upthe singing he loves, he continued tolive his life in what he calls, "joyfulwitness."

"I just prayed that. God wouldteach me how to sing in new ways,"he says. . : .--: *

CHEMOTHERAPY treatmentsare agonizing and painful. Fr.Kreitner puts the good days in bet-ween to use. He wrote an essay onredemption and is currently planningto write another one on reconcilia-tion.

At his small apartment and office'at St. Vincent de Paul Seminary inBoynton Beach, he collects words ofwisdom by theologians like ThomasMerton and copies them on whiteindex cards. His own special thoughtsalso fill dozens of cards.

Prior to his illness, he was activefor 8 years in his work at theseminary. He has most recently beeninvolved in helping older students inthe formation of their Christian lifeand teaching them"to appreciate thegifts God gives them so they canchange and grow," he says.

Helping others develop spirituallyhas been the handiwork of his life. Byage 12, he had already entered theseminary and was experienced indealing with Seminole Indians,migrant workers and underprivilegedblacks.

His deeply religious familyencourage him every step of the wayuntil the day he donned the collar.

"AT FIRST I thought social workwas the only channel I needed toreach people. . . but all along I keptfeeling I could give them somethingmore, besides human enrichment. Iwanted to give them God. I turned tothe Church because they hadresources concerned with the wholeperson and I could do so much morethrough them."

Because of his background ineducation and love for children, Fr.Kreitner was assigned as priest-principal at St. Mary's CathedralSchool in Miami. It was the beginningof a lasting relationship between thegentle priest and many of thestudents.

He smiles broadly as he looks at thewristwatch he wears. It could neverbe displayed in a Timex commercial,but to Fr. Krietner it is a treasuresuitable for King Solomon's mines.

"One day there were five boys from6th and 7th grades who got in •trouble. I read them the riot act, inwhat I thought was a fatherlyfashion. . . but they seemed reallyangry. The next day they gave me the

Fr. James Krietner remains cheerful and optimistic despite his battle with cancer. The 33-year-old priest has beenhelping people in trouble since he was a youngster. (Voice photo by Betsy Kennedy).

theywatch and a beautiful card,had planned it for months."

There were lighter moments ofcourse. A second grader was makinghis first confession. He gazedsolemnly at Fr. Kreitner and said, "Ihave commited adultery, Father."

Fr. Kreitner raised his eyesheavenwards.

"How did this happen, son?""I touched a girl on the shoulder in

class. . ". isn't that adultery?"

OTHER MEMORIES are trig-gered by the plaques on his walls,given to him by students and inscrib-ed with such affectionate words as"with love and devotion."

Many students from St. Mary's •are still in contact with Fr. Krietner.When word got out that he washospitalized and about to undergosurgery, they flocked to his bedsideand lined up in the hall, at least 30of them. They visit him frequently atthe seminary, and his drawer is full ofcards and letters.

Despite his intense love forchildren, he does not regretsacrificing marriage and family to beon God's team. He spends time withnieces and nephews from the familiesof eight brothers and sisters who livenearby in Fort Lauderdale.

"The celibate life has a purpose.The beauty of it is that I can have apart in the lives of my students andother children and give them all ofme. I've never felt celibacy to be aburden, but my gift to people."

THROUGH YEARS of counselingpeople, Fr. Kreitner has discoveredsome important truths.

'After I got cancer, Iwas able to 90 beyondasking, "Why me?" andreach out to God ... tomake the commitmentinstead of turning awaywhen I need Him themost. He will be mystrength and I will en-dure it gracefully.'

Fr. James Kreitner

Married people, he says, havetrouble looking for the good in eachother. They also have trouble makingcommitments. And business peoplecan't make a commitment to theircompanies or their employers.

If we learn to make commitments,marriages and business will besuccessful. This also applies to ourrelationship with God.

"After I got cancer, I was able togo beyond asking, 'why me?' andreach out to God. . . to make thecommitment instead of turning awaywhen I need Him the most, he will bemy strength and I will endure itgracefully."

Fr iends throughout theArchdiocese are also helping Fr.

Krietner endure his difficulties. Ayear ago, Auxiliary Bishop JohnNevins and Archbishop EdwardMcCarthy arranged for Fr. Krietnerto meet with the Pope at the Vatican.It happened that President Reaganalso was there for a visit.

" I t was an ' unforget tableexperience. . . fantastic," beams Fr.Krietner.

What of the future—has he no fearof his adversary?

"If I fear anything, it is separationfrom loved ones. But I don't feardeath, even though it couldn't becloser to me than this. When deathcomes I will behold God."

So far, the score is: Fr. Krietner,100. Cancer, 0.

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Irish ~eyes weresmilin9

^TEXT AND PHOTOS BY PRENTICE BROWNING

More than a dozen Catholic schools, parishes andI organizations participated in this year's St. Patrick's DayI parade, held on a cool but sunny Saturday afternoon indowntown Miami. St. Rose of Lima kindergartner Jennifer

'Lowery (top right) was among the school children to walk(the full length of the parade. One of the floats representingI Catholic schools was created by the parents of Holy Familyschoolchildren in North Miami (center right). Complete

) with would-be leprechauns, the float was a reproduction of[Creogh Patrick, the mountain in County Mayo, Ireland,k where St. Patrick fasted for 40 days. St. Rose of Limar parish in Miami Shores also contributed a float (bottomiright) where children dressed as famous saints and scholars|of Ireland. Below, three spectators make complete use of a[sweater to keep themselves warm.

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Missing Christ's messageIn Nicaragua, Catholics chant Marxist slogans arffl say God

does not object.In Guatemala, a born-again Christian orders enemies killed in

the name of God.In El Salvador, rightists and leftists slaughter innocent people

and demand that the Church approve.Here at home, conservative Catholics claim God wants us arm-

ed to our nuclear teeth while liberal ones say He calls them todamage the cones of missiles.

In every corner of the globe, self-righteous people of everypolitical and religious persuasion claim the Lord supports theirearthly cause, agrees with their most petty views and condemnsthose blasphemous enough to disagree.

Could Christianity have failed so miserably? Or is their wayChristianity? .

For Christ never preached any revolution but a spiritual one.He never spoke of a change in government, no matter how muchbetter it would be. He pleaded for a change of heart. And theonly demonstration Christ ever led was His own march toCalvary.

During his ministry, in fact He disappointed many who wantedfreedom from Rome. Instead of the warrior Messiah they ex-pected, He came as a gentle teacher who spoke in parables and

EDITORIALallowed Himself to be nailed to a cross.

The Christ found in the New Testament would anger the San-dinistas by not condemning U.S. agression and rejecting the no-tion of a Christian-Marxist church.

He would call Guatemalan President Rios Montt a hypocrite forkilling in God's name.

He would tell those jn El Salvador resisting efforts at socialjustice that they are like camels trying to enter the needle's eyeof the Kingdom.

Like Pope John Paul II, He would exhort his followers to faithin His true Church and a daily, personal effort to live His com-mandment: "Love one another as I have loved you."

Which is not to say, of course, that some things shouldn't bechanged. Poverty and injustice everywhere must be decried anderadicated. Millions must not starve while wealthy Christianswaste their "daily bread." Bloody violence must cease.

But Christ, in effect, said the solution to these wordly pro:

blems lies inside us. .His way is not clenched fists and revolution any more than it

is killing guerrillas and suspected Communists.Unjust governments flow from unjust hearts, He tells us.

Poverty is bred by human selfishness. Justice monies only when

THE SEED PLANTED BY JOHN PAUL II

men and women cease to seek revenge.Find God and spiritual perfection first, he promises, "and all

the rest will follow."Pray that someday we will learn His lesson.

Children at Mass worth the troubleI have been reading The Voice for

many years, and for the most parthave enjoyed each and every issue. Arecent story, however, alarmed me.The story concerning taking childrento Mass by Hilda Young, I'm sure,was meant to be funny. However, herclosing sentence about Protestants,Sunday school and the new Code ofCanon Law disheartened me im-mensely.

I have just become a practicingCatholic again, after several yearsaway from the Church. The last yearwas one filled with crisis and despair.It got to the point where I seriouslybegan to question the faith I was rais-ed in, and I started attending aPresbyterian Church. The peoplewere warm and friendly. I wasalmost at the point of joining theChurch, but several factors held meback.

One of those factors was thenoticeable absence of children attheir religious service. Yes, I mustadmit that sometimes I am distractedby the cries of infants while attendingMass each Sunday, but then I began

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to realize that these children havejust as much right to be there as wedo. They are children of God throughBaptism, part of the parish, and Ithink longingly of someday beingblessed enough to be able to attendMass with a husband and a little oneof my own.. Even though infants and childrenhave no conception of what is goingon,, at least they can become awareand accustomed to those certainspecial times where a lot of peopleget together under one roof as onebig family, responding to the priest,listening to hymns, and moments ofsilence.

No one is ever too young or too oldto attend Mass. We are all "Childrenof God" and our presence each weekin the freedom of worship is aprivilege open to all. The Pro-testants can keep their Sundaysehool. I for one love the presence ofchildren at Mass. I can't wait to bringmy own to Mass someday.

R. COMBALUZIERMIAMI

Elderly parentsoften'left out'

To The Editor:The article in The Voice, "Parents

and Teens," March 4, is beautiful butthere is still another sad situationthat should be corrected. That is theway many of the parents of theseteens treat their elderly parents.

We are elderly parents and knowfrom speaking to other elderlyparents that they are unhappybecause their children rarely visitthem and keep them in the darkabout so many things taking place intheir homes and lives.

Our children are very good to usand to their own children but as far aswe are concerned there is nocommunication, which hurts usimmensely. Our children are veryactive in their church with MarriageEncounter and many organizations,but we are left out of so many things.

Couldn't something be startedwithin the Church to remedy thisvery sad situation, to bring the youngparents closer to their own elderlyparents? We ask for nothing but alittle recognition.

Name witheld

Hatred that mustbe eliminated

To The Editor:In one of your issues a Chaplin nar-

rated about American men duringthe Viet-nam War. He further stated:How would men go the next time? Myquestion is, where will they go? Theenemy is here.

When you read our newspapers,the staff writers, letters to the editor,political cartoonists all vent theirhatreds on our governments. Howlong can we survive under this bar-rage of hatred? Look at the family inAmerica today, with so manydivorces, annulments, children withone parent, etc. This means that thefamily as we know it is falling apart.

When it comes to religion inAmerica, it speaks for itself, they canteach sex in schools, but not prayer.Again, can this great nation survivethese hatreds that started during thisperiod? Who was either right orwrong, makes no difference. Thehatreds are still with us, and theseshould be eliminated.

John J. MackelHomestead, Fla.

The lesson of Cross-bearingThere is one lesson that every Catholic was

taught early and frequently, but seldomremembers - the lesson on bearing crosses- Now Idon't want to sound like Aunt Cynthia, who solvesall problems by raising her eyes to heaven andmurmuring it's God's will and allows no morediscussion on the problem.

It's not that simplistic. However, even littlechildren - at least in the past - are taught that beinga follower of Jesus means more than just believinghim and quoting his teaching. As he gets older, helearns that for' some mysterious reason he has tocarry a cross, whatyever that means.

As time goes on he finds out thatr Jesus defineda follower as one who takes up his cross, denieshimself and looks constantly for his footsteps. It allsounds so terribly pious and unrealistic. What isthis, "Take up your cross ...?"

TAKE A day out of your life, any day.

BYMSGR.JAMES J. WALSH

for our happiness and well being have to do withbeing a follower of the Lord?

THEY HAVE everything to do with it! Without,them, we'd be giving lip service to- the Lord andlook no more like him than the atheist.

The cross always shows up as an interference inour normal affairs.. It represents all the things inlife that we dislike and shrink from. It can be

"The cross always shows up as an interferencein our normal affairs. It represents all thethings in life that we dislike and shrink from. 9 9

Something upsets your plans or badly interrruptsyour work? Tough luck? No, the cross! Or you wakeup feverish and realize you have the flu, just whenyou had a big day planned. Or your car sits in aparking lot while you shop and sports a big dentwhen you come out, and no slip of the culprit'sname under the windshield wiper. Or someone whojust doesn't like you spreads a tale that was notdesigned to better your reputation.

You answer that bloody phone at 2 a.m. and talkto a drunk who has the wrong number. You wakeup in the intensive care unit and when you aretuned in, your sympathetic doctor informs you thatyou had a coronary thrombosis.

That's enough. What are all these, incidents? Thecross that Jesus had in mind_when he predicted hisfaithful followers would take up their cross daily.Of course, this is not the way we pictured the crossat all. We didn't exactly picture it in a setting ofsoft music and low lights, but what hare all theseunrelated incidents which interfere with our plans

anything that keeps us from having our own wayand offers opposition to our carefully worked outplans. It usually looks like and^ccident, a piece ofbad luck, something that may even, have surprisedGod, and we are almost always inclined to treat it

. as such. •We are indeed, unless we nave learned the bitter

lesson of cross-bearing. It is a very tough lesson toget through our pores and into the soul. We fight itall the way. We have to fo contrary to our damagedhuman nature. The apostles were not up to doingthat, even after all the teachings of Jesus and hispredictions about his death and resurrection. Theysaw the tragedy of Calvary as only a tragedy. In noway could the murder of an innocent man becomethe sole source of peace and happiness for alleternity. What the Jewish leaders and the Romanscombined to do was neyer to be matched in cruelty.Nothing would ever be more frustrating or useless.

Or so it looked. We are so much like the apostles_ before Pentecost. Each time we are a victim of an

unexpected hardship, we consider it unnecessary,of course, and just as unpoductive. There is achorus of "Why me?" Each such situation seemslike a genuine setback. Our card house is blowndown.

HOW DO we get over this non-Christian view?Let me make a couple of suggestions. First, we

' have to realize we usually put the emphasis on thewrong features of ;the life of Jesus. We love hisrole as Teacher and active worker among the sickand poor and oppressed. And we forget that, asArchbishop Fulton Sheen used to say, all mencome into the world to live. Only one came in todie.

Jesus primarily came to suffer and die and rise.Moreover, we find it so hard to believe and

accept that God has his own plan for our salvation.Most of us are foolish enough to believe we areplanning our own lives and mapping out ourdestiny. And it would appear so, if the cross did notcome into ourlives every day. And We don'trecognize it ...

LOOK BACK. Remember the "terrible thingsthat happened some years ago and we felt onedegree or another of defeat or misery. And now wecan indeed look back and see the unwantedhappening in the context of what happened later,and we realize, to use an overworked work, it wasa blessing in disguise.

All these seemingly miserable events were thevcross.: Yes, we are living out someone else's plan, thankGod. If we had to live out our own, we'd quicklybecome unglued and taste the bitterness ofdespair. God uses crosses as the shepherd uses hiscrook - to point the way, to guide gently,, to givereassurance we are being watched, to prod us intodoing our duty sometimes.

Holy Week should help us to treatr the crosses inour life without surprise and dismay. What aglorious lesson to learn.

(Msgr. Walsh is pastor emeritus at St. Agnesparish in Key Biscayne)

The centrifugal machineWhen I was a boy, our favorite family excursion

was a visit to the Cincinnati zoo. I t was anadventure from riding the incline on the street carthat took us to the zoo, through the zoo with itsvariety of animals to the fun house near the exitgate.

The zoo fun house wasn't like those ofamusement parks, it was more like a biggymnasium. There were slides and buckingwalkways and big rolling drums to walk through -and there was the centrifugal machine. It was myfavorite because I figured it out when I was just alittle kid and I used to get on it, watch "as otherswent sliding off into the padded area around it andfeel a pride as I heard grownups say, "Hey, did yousee how that little kid stayed on the centrifugalmachine."

And in the last couple of decades of the history ofthe Church, I've been thinking about thecentrifugal machine and the lesson it might offer toCatholics.

First of all, let me explain what the centrifugalmachine was - maybe you knew it by an othername. It was a huge flat plate, varnished wood ontop, maybe 40 feet in diameter. People got on it,then it would start revolving the way a phonographrecord does., It started slowly, as it speeded uppeople started sliding off its slick surface until

. finally it moved so fast that almost everyone slidoff into the cushioned area beyond it. I learned tostay on, no matter how fast it went.

What you needed to do to stay on the centrifugalmachine was to station yourself close to the center.As you felt yourself sliding you threw your arms orlegs or moved your weight in a. circular fashiontoward the center, tried to distribute the pullaround the entire circumference so the verycentrifugal force worked to hold you in position. Itwas some thing a little boy could do. But the keywas keeping close to the center.

BYDALE FRANCIS

What does that have to do with the Church andCatholics? Well, I've observed that in the lastcouple of decades in the history of the Church thatthose movements and individuals that move fromthe center of the Church, whether- to the right orleft, risk being sloughed from the Church.

I'm not saying uniformity preserves beingCatholic. I'm not talking about uniformity at all.There is no reason there cannot be diversity withinthe unity of the Church. The spectrum of attitudeswithin the Church can be wide but diversity mustnever lose contact with the center of unity.

That center of unity can be found in thesuccessor to Peter and the Apostles, the Pope and

the bishops. Movements or individuals that claimto be Catholic but would ignore or demean theimportance of the Pope will, with the speeding oftime, simply slide away from the Church and ceasebeing Catholic. Parishoners who, dissatisfied withtheir bishop, establish a parish outside hisauthority may be sincere but inevitably they willfind themselves further and further away from theChurch until finally they are not Catholics at all.

I'm not saying that in these situations thesegroups or individuals are disconnected from theChurch by decisions made by the Church todisavow them. Rather it is by their own momentumthat they are cast off, cut off from the center ofunity, they simply slide further and further away.

When I say this contact with the center of unityis necessary, I am not saying that the goodCatholic must be commtted to silent obeisnace toeverything the hierarchy says. There is a properrole for dissent within unity. But being Catholicrequires a recognition that this is a visible Churchwith a center of unity in the successor of Peter andthe successors of the Apostles. Committed to this,the Catholic may be conservative or progressiveand know he or she remains firmly Catholic.

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Grandparents and divorceBy Antoinette Bosco

Grandparents are among the clear-cut victims of asociety in which families break up at a fast. pace. I'veheard a sad tale many times from grandparents. It tellshow the animosity between spouses spilled over toinclude the spouses' parents. Vindictive former partnersgo on to deprive the next generation—their children—ofthe richness of contact with their grandparents..

Fortunately, grandparents have not taken thisinjustice, lying down. Many precedents have now beenset for them to take legal action when they are deprivedof the opportunity to #feit their grandchildren.

Grandparent visitation rights first became a legalissue as far back as 1966. That was the year the state ofNew York passed legislation allowing grandparents toseek court-ordered visitation, or even custodial, rights incase of the death or divorced of their children.,

BYANTOINETTE

BOSCO

A§ words got around that grandparents did have avoice, other states took action. By 1972, laws similar toNew York's had been passed in 17 states. Today, 42states have such laws. In 11 of them, visitation rights donot apply in cases where the separation is due todivorce; but 31 states allow grandparent visitation (andcustodial) rights after either the death or divorce of theiradult children. ' • • . . . -

However, while all this is a giant step in the rightdirection, it is not automatically restoring contactbetween grandparents and their grandchildren. In asurvey of 300 children last year by authors Kenneth

Woodward and Arthur Kornhaber, only 5 percent ofchildren interviewed said they had close, regular contactwith their grandparents.

The others cited their parents' divorce, remarriage, orliving too far away, as reasons why. they saw little oftheir grandparents. Most interesting, few were pleasedor indifferent about this. Many expressed hurt andanger.

. The authors commented, "The bond betweengrandparents and grandchildren is second in emotionalpower and influence, only to the relationship betweenparents and children." They concluded, "They don't domuch. Their happiness comes from being together."

The laws that give legal standing to visitation rightsfor grandparents symbolize a significant and positivechange in American attitudes toward grandparents, inthe opinion of a sociologist who studied familyrelationships. "Where ambiguity, powerlessness andineffectually have been the rule for the past century orso, the 1980s may become the decade of thegrandparents in family relationships," said Michael .DeShane, assistant professor of urban studies atPortland State University in Oregon.

DeShane added, "Where grandparents were oncepresented as threats to parental authority, they are nowseen more often as a source of emotional and loving

. support to the parent-child relationship."Perhaps one needs to be a grandparent to understand

this. I became a grandmother last year, so now I haveexperienced that incredible love for an infant I may nothave given birth to, but whose origins rest.in me..Wehave a right to our relationship of love and visitation

vbecausewe belong to each other in a truly unique way.Rif between his parents, I think I would be unable" to...accept this without the attempt at least to change it. ;

Apparently many grandparents in the past decade anda half have felt the same. Because of their courage inseeking a mature solution to an unjust situation thatdeprives them of their rightful relationship with theirgrandchildren, attention has been focused on thisproblem. Fortunately, the legal system has seen thewisdom of their position, at least in 42 states.

Of life and deathA few years ago I wrote about a friend of mine named

"Rosie' whom I have visited nearly every Sunday for 10years. Though 89,and dying of cancer, she refuses to behospitalized. She doesn't want to be subjected to whatshe considers unnecessary pain and medical expense.However, I'm not writing about Rosie; I'm writingabout her daughter-in-law, Denise, who is no l6nger incontrol of her own destiny.

More than a year ago, Diane Denise Roswell, a44-year-old nurse from Ramsey, N.J. a mother of threeand the wife of a high school math teacher, choked whileeating. She went into convulsions, and sank intounconsciousness. Within 20 minutes she had been taken

There are many thousands like Karen and Deniseamong the living dead: the heart beats, the eyes twitch,the head jerks, but the brain is dead. They are trapped inbodies that have ceased to function.

We all believe that the right to live is sacred, but so toois the right to die when that time comes. We were madefor heaven, not for an unnaturally prolonged existenceon earth. I hope that our legislators, doctors, hospitaladministrators, judges, in fact all interested parties, willseek new remedies to protect the rights of the dying.There is a-better way, and we must find it. .(Fr. Catoir is-director of the Christophers)

. BYFR.JOHN CATOIR

to the hospital, where they recorded her as dead onarrival. Nevertheless, they plugged her with tubes,attached her to a respirator, and somehow revived her atleast partially. She has been in a deep coma ever since,and there is no hope of recovery.

Despite the unanimous recommendation of both amedical ethics, committee and her loved ones, the life-support apparatus was not withdrawn. The hospital,fearing lawsuits and malpractice charges, refused to

•-•^pmply. A court order was necessary just to unplug therespirator. She. now breathes on her own, but has afeeding tube directly attached to her stomach.

This is not my first experience with such things. I amfriendly with Karen Quinlan's parents and have-visited.Karen many times sjnce 1975 when she fell into herirreversible coma. Karen is almost 27 now and has beenkept alive through artificial life-support methods formore than six years.- A comdtose person is not necessarity a sleepingbeauty. I have visited both Karen and Denise and haveseen each one crying hysteric aJly,>.as' though pleading tobe left to die in peace. One feels so helpless.

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"As our collection today was quite poor - insteadof today's hymn, we will now sing the blues."

Declaringthat youare free

ByTOMLENNONNC NEWS SERVICE

Q. Man, I just don't think youknow what you're talking about.You write like it's, easy to beyourself and resist peer pressure. Iwish you could come to our school.The guys are divided into three biggroups - the jocks, the freaks, andthe preppies. You gotta belong toone of those groups. There's no wayout.

BY TOMLENNON

To be a jock, you've got to be agood athlete. If you want to be afreak, you get into drugs and dolousy school work and have dirtyhair. If you want to be a preppie,you buy an expensive alligator shirtand do more studying.

Last Fall I went out for footballso I could be a jock. But I didn'treally want to and I was kind ofmiserable the whole time.

But you gotta be in one of thosegroups. It's the same with the girls- they try to be cheerleaders orfreaks or preppies too.

You make it sound so easy not togive into all this pressure. But itisn't easy. Where do I get the pushto do what I want to do?INDIANA

A. About 10 miles from where I livethere is a large public high school. Itsstudent body is divided into just thethree groups you mention. Some ofmy young friends there wrestle withthe same problem you do.

The problem really is this! How canyou make your personal declarationof independence? How can you setyourself free to be yourself, theper-son God earnestly desires you to be?

Worth repeating now is an incidentI wrote about nearly a year ago.Fifteen-year-old Moira was at ateenage party where beer abounded -with the parent's consent.

Moira later laughed about the partyand said, "I'd bet $10 that half thekids there drank beer just becausethey thought it was the thing to doand not because they really wantedto. I searched around in the fridge forsome Pepsi and drank that andnobody laughed at me or put medown."

Consider carefully the idea thatyour world might not come to anend if you don't become a jock or afreak or a preppie.

The sky won't fall in if you say"No," not.even if you say it loudly.

..Indeed your life may have a newbeginning as you slowly developqualities of leadership.

Yes, there may be some verbal jabs,some razzing, even some foul insults.But are people who needle and insultyou and others the type of - personsyou want for friends? Does the opi-nion of such people even matter?.Declaring your independence may

be a little scary at first, and unsettl-ing and even strange experience.Perhaps you could begin in smallways, just as a weight lifter beginswith the lighter weights and workshis'way up to the heavy ones.

Then as your freedom grows, youmay find you have new friends whoare looking for a leader.

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Providing for an elderly parentBy Dr. James and Mary Kenny

Dear Dr. Kenny: My mother's mind is good,but she has suffered a stroke which has left herpartially paralyzed on the left side. She is 78years old and lives alone in her own four-roomhouse. She loves it there and won't go to anursing home or come .live with us. She needshelp in dressing and someone to cook her meals.We live about 20 miles away, so I can't get overevery day. Whtfre can I find this kind of practicalnurse-companion?—Indiana.

BY DR. JAMESAND

MARY KENNY

Companions to Jive part time or full time in thehome with partially incapacitated older personsare an excellent alternative to nursing home care.They can relieve the children of part of the burdenof caring for an older family member.

Your mother's desire to remain in her own homemay be important to her feelings of self-worth and

her need to stay in control of her time and life. Alive-in companion would allow her to maintain herhealth and safety in the home, and at the sametime continue to be "her own woman." You wouldbe freed of the worry that you might be forcing her

•into residential care that she does not fully need orthe fear that while alone she will hurt herself, insome way.

Locating a companion who is mutuallysatisfactory to all parties may seem anoverwhelming task. There are, however, manyplaces to look.

Newspapers would be the most obvious. Placingwant-ads may result in inquiries by qualifiedcompanions. Also, local government employmentoffices and private job-placement agencies will bewilling to carry your listing and attempt to findsomeone with the skills and compassion that yourmother needs.

Try the personnel office of your local nursinghome. There often are part-time people on staffwho are looking for additional work. Contact thelocal branch of your Councils on the Aged andAging. They may help you uncover a potentiallyfine live-in. Agencies that provide visiting homenursing may also know of qualified companionswho, are unemployed.

Talk to the priests and ministers in your area andmake your needs known. Don't overlook your localmental health center and office of occupational

development. Their staffs0 contain professionalswho do career counseling and may know anappropriate person. .

Live-in companions can provide the manyservices of a homemaker—not simply dressing andcooking as you request, but practical nursing care,laundry, light housekeeping, chauffering and evenan occasional card game. There are surely womenin our communities with these skills. •

Many types of compensation are possible.Salaries may be paid in money or in room andboard, or often in a combination of both. Live-incompanions will still want time off each week.Many individual arrangements can be made. Fromyour letter, it sounds as though you would be gladto fill in a few days each week'.

As our population becomes more and moreelderly, the focus will shift to provide moregeriatric services. In the future, agencies willprobably be set up to find live-in companions forsenior citizens who wish to remain in their ownhomes but need some aid. Good luck in your searchfor a companion for your mother. You may beahead of your time.

(Reader questions on family living and childcare to be answered in print are invited. Addressquestions: The Kennys; Box 872; St. Joseph'sCollege; Rehssealer, Ind. 47978).

. ,(NCNews Service)

Lent V:'Why have you forsaken me"I used to believe in God," she said as she

twisted nervous fingers. "But when he took Alanlike that, for no reason at all, I found I couldn'tforgive him. It was so senseless. A loving Godwouldn't do a thing like that." Resentment shonein her misty eyes as she spoke of her twenty year-old son's tragic death, victim of a drunken drive.

How many times have we heard a statement likehers? Of the Seven Words spo en by Jesus on thecross, this is probably the most felt and invoked byus. So ofter in life we ask God why He has forsakenus - when a loved one dies, when a job is lost, whena child is born deformed, when war exacts itshuman tragedy, when natural disasters occur,when loneliness becomes unbearable.

How can a loving God do these things to hispeople, we cry. We want to rage out at the invisibleperpetrator of tragedy and God is often thehandiest to blame;

But we rarely stop to realize that we areforsaking t5od when we accuse him of forsakingus. He never promised us an endlessly happy lifehere but he invited us to trust him. When we givehim up because life doesn't go according to ourplan, -we're a little different from the child whosays, "If I don't get my way, I won't love youanymore."

How, then, are we to interpret Jesus' cry to hisfather? Wasn't HE accusing him of abandoning

him? On the contrary, Jesus was quoting from aneloquent psalm of hope, written by his forebearer,the prophet David. His appeal to the psalms at thetime of his agonizing death tells us that not onlywas he familiar with them but also his was a prayerof triumph, not despair. In spite of its openinglines, Psalm 22 is a prayer praising God fordeliverance.

BYDOLORESCURRAN

Let's reflect of the first few verses:

"My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?Far from my prayer, from the words of my cry?0 my God, I cry out by day, and you answer not;by night, and there is no relief for me.Yet you are enthrowned in the holy place0 glory of Israel'In you our fathers trusted;they trusted and you delivered them.

To you they cried and they escaped;In you they trusted, and they were not put to .shame."

Jesus' cry of abandonment was a reminder tohim and to us that even though we may feelforsaken by God in our bleakest moments, we willbe delivered if we continue to trust. And if we findit hard to trust in God at dark times in our lives,imagine what it was for Jesus. His own peoplecalled for his death. He was betrayed by Judas,denied by Peter, abandoned by all but his womenand .one of his men at the cross.

Scripture scholar Ronald Cox wrote that byinspiring King David to write these psalms athousand years earlier, the Holy Spirit preparedtwo perfect prayers for Jesus on the cross."Undoubtedly he kept saying them over and overduring the three hours," Cox wrote. (The other"perfect prayer" referred to is, "into thy hands, Icommend my spirit," which will be discussed nextweek.)

These words are another deathbed gift fromJesus, urging us neither to feel forsaken nor toforsake God in our most despairing moments but tocontinue to trust in him because he loves us as afather and will not abandon our cries.

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OPENING PRAYERThank you, Father, for the won-'

drous gift of life you have given_Thank you for the great gift -is toour family. Bless us as we gather tocelebrate this very special day and

many abundant blessingshk Fh

g ythis next year. Thank you, Father,for birthdays. Amen.

SOMETHING TOTHINK ABOUT

Young Families

A birthday party with little friendsis so much fun for young ones. By allmeans have a party, but make sure itis well organized and there are lots ofhelpers. This Family Night is thefamily's chance to celebrate. Foryounger ones, the, more festive the

(Contributed by Mimi and Terry Reilly) •

better. Baloons, homemade hats, andgifts are special fun. Present the bith-day person with a king's or queen'scrown and a royal cape. The words"Happy Birthday" can be pinned onthe back. Then award him or her abirthday badge with paper streamershanging from it. On each streamer-mark some positive quality of the bir-thday person.

Middle Years Families

Make a birthday candle. Use alarge white candle and mark it fromthe top down with years up to 18. Thecandle can be decorated with ribbonand sequins Using small straight pins.Permanent magic markers or acrylicpaint can be used to mark it with theperson's name and birthdate. Whenthe candle is finished, burn it to thepresent age of the birthday person.

Every year it is burned on theperson's birthday. Each familymember thanks God for the honoredone and names his or her talents aswell as asks for special blessings forthe birthday person in the coming-year.

Adult Families

Read aloud John 3:1-8, the story ofNicodemus. Together look back overthe last year and recall the high andlow points in the birthday person'slife. How have these helped the hv.dividual grow spiritually? What dobirthdays mean to those of us who areadults?

SNACK TIME

. Let the birthday person decidewhat snack or special treat to serve.

ENTERTAINMENTPlay favorite birthday games.. If

you have a family tradition for bir-thdays, don't forget it. If not, con-sider starting one.

SHARING- Mom and Dad share their favoritememory of a birthday as a child.- Why are birthdays important for theentire family? • .

CLOSING PRAYERDearest Father, thank you so much

for your gift of life. Help us tobecome more and more lovingtowards each other. Thank you, dearFather, for the beauty and mysterythat each of our lives represents.Thank you,. Father, for , our birth-day celebrant. We love you. Amen.

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LENT V - REASONS FOR HOPEReadings: Isaiah 43:16-21; Philippians 3:8-14; John 8:1-11

Time flies by oh winged feet. Hereit is the fifth week of Lent already;only two more Sundays and we shallcelebrate the glory of Easter. As welook back over the past four weekswe find little to boast of over our per-formance during this penitentialseason. Today's readings howevergive us solid reasons for hope and im-provement in the future.

Discouragement*® a common ex-perience. It arises whenever we findourselves faced v/ith an unpleasantsituation.-No one likes that. Whenthe situation appears to be more thanwe can handle, the stage is set forfear and despair, and we are temptedto give up.

GREAT AND MANY are thereasons for a more positive attitudetoward the difficulties of life. TheScriptures are a gold mine of hope.Listen to the exciting voice of Isaiah.Fifty years of Exile have finally cometo an end, unexpectedly. Isaiah sangof the Return as of a new Exodus, aliberation from degrading servitude."Lo, I am doing something new!"

says the Lord. Indeed He was. ForJews even today, the Exodus is thereally great event in the history ofIsrael.

Another powerful, exciting voiceis heard in the letter to the Philip-peans. Paul, a hard man dedicated topersecuting all followers Of the new"Way" of Christ, had come in a blin-ding flash of light to know the sur-passing knowledge of Jesus Christ.From that moment on, he was willingto put up with anything; nothing mat-tered more to him than to knowChrist and the power of His resurrec-tion.

EVERYTHING may have changedfor Paul when Jesus came into hislife, but he was not thereby exemptedfrom working amid difficulties. Hedescribes his life as a race in which hewas running hard,, aiming at the prizeof all prizes, life on high in ChristJesus.

St. John relates the - story ofwoman taken in adultery and broughtto Jesus to be judged. Jesus' enemies

tried every possible way to trap anddiscredit Him. If He agreed that thiswoman should be put to death, Hewould run afoul of the Roman law;the Romans had reserved the deathpenalty to themselves. On the otherhand, if He had allowed the woman togo scot free, He would be accused ofdisregard for the Law of Moses^which demanded death(Deuteronomy 22:22-24)

WITH. HIS USUAL extraordinarycomposure, Jesus simply said, "Lethim who is without sin cast the firststone." Then He stooped to write onthe ground, and the woman's"judges" silently slunk away. Jesusthen said to the woman: "Neither doI condemn thee. Go now, and sin nomore."

In these episodes, we find groundsfor encouragement. Jesus' resurrec-tion is for us" what the Exodus was-isfor the Jews, only more so. Paul's im-age of a race does not (thank God!)apply to us physically; for most of us,.that kind of runnng is over. Butspiritually we must be always grow-

ing. "Though this outer man of oursmay be falling into decay," Paulwrote (2 Cor 4:16), "the inner man isrenewed day by day."

IN LENT we are reminded of thereasons for hope. We are challengedto achieve the good, and encouragedwith the knowledge that all evils(especially our sins) can be avoided,or washed away by penance.

Our religion is admirably suited fortough and difficult situations. Itreminds us that Jesus did not say;"Your sin is all right with Me," butrather "Go, and sin no more." Ittakes sin seriously, and never tires ofurging us to do the same. We all cando better; we need not give in to oursinful habits but with our hand in His,we can with courage and hope facethe evils, the temptations, and dif-ficulties of daily living. The prize iswell worth the* effort, nothing lessthan a new life with the Risen Christ.

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A judge wonders: Can we ever judgeQ. I am a jury trial judge and mustdecide which prospective jurorsmay be excused from serving.-Among the frequent excuses is theclaim that Jesus said, "Judgenobody and you will not bejudged."

Often it is asserted by JehovahWitnesses, but sometimes also byProtestant ministers. Recently, tomy surprise, a Catholic woman toldme the same thing. This lady wasunique, since many Catholic priestsand nuns have served as jurorscheerfully and with dedication. (Inour state no one is automatically ex-empt from jury service. Evenformer Governor Brown served ona criminal jury two years ago.)

Could you explain just whatJesus meant by this teaching andgive me some insight as to what Imight reply to people who invokethis passage? (California).

A. -The passages to. which yourefer (mainly Matthew 7:1 and Luke6:37) are always interpreted as warn-ing? against harsh and self-righteouscriticism of others, not against aclear and open stand on moral issuesthat affect society.

Jesus himself teaches this attitude;and in this he is in harmony with the

*whole of Old and New Testamenttradition. From the ancient prophets(one might particularly cite Amos,Isaiah and Jeremiah) to the Gospels,God's people have been told theymust eradicate the injustices in socie-ty that cause injury, injustice andeven death to the poor; the helplessand other innocent people.

They must not, in other words, be

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neutral about what is happening.They are commanded not only to. con-demn evil done to others but to doeverything possible to eliminate thatevil from human society.

Jesus stood clearly in the spirit ofthat tradition. The Sermon on theMount, the criterion for the finaljudgment given in Matthew 25, andnumerous other occasions on whichthe Lord spoke of the responsibilityto see that justice is guaranteed for abrother who is suffering unjustly, allindicate that he was not neutral to allthis. Nor did he expect his followersto remain simply weepingbystanders.

Obviously, therefore, Jesus did notdiscourage every kind of judging inthe passages your potential jurors in-voke. The context shows that whilewe must not be vindictive and cruel,we must recognize and help societyput*an end to social injustices thatseriously disrupt our human lifetogether. '

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and thus no way of knowing whetheror how much that person is subjec-tively guilty of sin before God. Thatsurely is not ours to judge.

The purpose of the court is only todetermine, under proper instructionfrom the judge, whether the in-dividual is guilty before the law of thecrime of which he or she is accused.

Those are two very distinct kinds ofjudgments which not only jurors butthe rest of us need to keep clearly inmind.Q. Several months ago, inresponse to a question about the ap-paritions at Garabandal, you saidthat the church had not acceptedthe fact that the Blessed VirginMary really appeared there. Youquoted bishops back in the 1960s.

I have read much about this and Ithink the church has now statedthat the appearances did actuallytake place. It is a beautiful story,and I think you should set the factsstraight for people who may notknow about developments thatcame up after your previous col-umns.

Please let us know: Where doesthe church stand on this today?(New Jersey).

A. For readers who may not befamiliar with the background of thisquestion, the town of Garabandal isin the Diocese of Santader in Nor-thern Spain. For several months,beginning in 1961, some children ofthat area were said to have seen vi-sions of the Virgin Mary.

During these appearances Mary isreported to have repeated much ofthe message of Fatima, the need forprayers and conversion of life if

mankind is not to suffer greatly fromdisasters imminent in the world.

At least twice in recent years Ihave reported statements of thebishops of Santader during theseveral years following these allegedapparitions. In both instances thebishops, after careful investigation,indicated there was no basis forclaiming anything supernatural hap-pened at the site of the apparitions.

Because of the above question andsimilar letters I have received, Iwrote to the present bishop of San-tader, Bishop Del Val. Just a fewyears ago, In December 1977, hevisited Garabandal and met with pe-ple said to have been involved in theappearances.

Following this visit, noting that hispredecessors did not admit a super-natural character to the phenomenathat took place there, he said, "I amin agreement with these bishops, mypredecessors. I was always open incharity and without prejudice, andwill always be willing to consider anyoccurence that takes place here (inGarabandal). But in the six years thatI have been bishop of Santader, nonew phenomenon has taken place."

Bishop Del Val adverted to the sug-gestion by partisans of this shrine inmany parts of the world that a newinvestigation take place. If theVatican wishes to do this, he said, hehas no objection. He himself,however, has no reason to review theprocess, and sees no reason for aspecial commission for the Holy Seeto do so.

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TUNED IN

The Beaver' makes a comebackTheodore, Wally, Ward and June.

And Lumpy and Eddie and Whitey. -You already know who I Sen talking

about if you watched TV in the fifties.I'm talking about the Cleavers.

Still not clear? How about BeaverCleaver? How about "Leave it toBeaver?"

The generation of Americans bornif the Fortiespraised in the Fifties

BYJAMESBREIG

and now raising their own childrenwas avidly interested in the Cleaverfamily and their weekly adventures inthe long-running TV sitcom.

THE ICON of that time may beHowdy Doody, but he was only wood.His real-life counterpart (the woodenPinocchio made human) was Beaver,the boy always getting into scrapes,wondering about growing up,clashing with his brother, beingtempted by his friends and facing life.with a baseball cap cocked slightly tothe south. .

Recent TV specials'have tried torecapture that time. "Father KnowsBest" and "Gilligan's Island" havehad updatings. And now it isBeaver's turn. On March 19th, at 9p.m;, channel 4 in South Florida willair a two-hour movie entitled. "Stillthe Beaver." Returning in their

original roles will be Barbara Bill-ingsly as June the Mom, Ken Osmondas the duplicitous Eddie Haskell, 'Richard Deacon as Mr. Rutherford,Tony Dow as Wally and - all togethernow - Jerry Mathers as the Beaver.

To find out about the original seriesand the special, I talked recently withTony Dow, who began life as WallyCleaver when he was 12. Do youremember what you were doing inyour everyday routine when you were12? Neither does Dow.

"IT WAS A way of life for us," herecalled. "It was like going to school.We were up at eight and home atfive.. There was more discipline, ofcourse, because we had to learn linesbesides doing homework. But I can'tremember what most of the episodeswere about. There were 234 of them.

. When I see them now, I have no ideawhat they are about and I'm amazedat how good they are."

Good? It is popular to sneer atthose programs, to call the Cleavers,the Stones, the Andersons and theNelsons images of ideal . familieswhich never existed and which gaveunrealistic expectations to viewers.

"That's been brought up to me,"Dow said. "They say we.were a milk-and-cookies atmosphere with dad in asuit and never upset. But if you lookat the shows, you see that dad did getupset. We did not cover outlandishtopics like alcoholism or have tempertantrums. We dealt with what kids gothrough daily, human, relationshipsand the things we go through grow-ing up. My father (in real life) neveryelled at me. My friends had parentswho never yelled or beat them. So ifyou were brought up in a family situa-tion that was loving, you could relatewell to these shows."

'Real toReel'

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outstandingA moving profile of Camillus

House, a shelter and soup kitchenfor men in Downtown Miami,garnered a 1983 Proclaim Awardfor "Real to Reel," the Ar-chdiocese of Miami's televisionnewsmagazine. '

The award, given for excellencein Catholic communications, mark-ed the second year in a row thelocally-produced show was prizedby the U.S. Catholic Conference.

The winning segment was pro-duced, written and edited by CarolGallagher of the Archdiocese'-sRadio and Television Office.

"Real to Reel," which airs everythM Sundayon WCKT, Channel 7in Miami and at other times oncable channels in Dade andBroward, is funded in "part by theCatholic Communications^" Cam-paign of the U.S. bishops':

THE FACT that June always worepearls while house-cleaning is oftennoted. What is not recalled is thetrue-to-life relationships which ex-isted in the Cleaver home - like thefrequent antagonism between thebrothers or the foreboding presenceof Eddie Haskell, a sort of teenageIago.

, "The writers had 11 kids betweenthem," Dow noted, "so the thrust

was toward depicting real relation-ships that a family has together. Andit was done from the kids', point ofview. It was the craziness of the adultworld as seen through the eyes of achild."

As for Eddie, Dow rates him, with-Archie Bunker, Fred Sanford and theFonz, as "one of the best charactersever created for television."

In the special, the Beav' faces allsorts of crises: his father is dead (theactor who played him died not toolong ago), he's out of work, his wifewants a divorce and his two sons arebugging him. Does that sound like anostalgia trip? Dow says the writersdeliberately avoided making thespecial just a "where-are-they-now"

. exhibition.

"THE CHARACTERS are in-teresting on their own," he said,"and this is a valid two-hour movie,not just a walk down memory lane tosatisfy people's curiosity."

After 234 episodes which havererun daily around the country fortwo decades, Dow is permanentlyidentified with his role as Wally,which he finds a mixed blessing.

"I tend to be associated with theshow," he said, "but most people whocome up to me call me 'Tony' ratherthan 'Wally.' I can't do anythingabout it. I've done other shows, butpeople associate me with theBeaver."

After March 19, he hopes they con-tinue to do so if the special becomes aseries, which could happen if peoplerespond enthusiastically.

'Pirates' make good entertainment for all agesLianna—R,0

The young wife (Linda Griffiths) ofa philandering and cynical collegeprofessor (Jon DeVries) falls in lovewith another woman (Jane Hallaren)and impulsively abandons herhusband and two children only to findthat she has traded one set ofproblems for another. This is aperceptive, sensitive film whose levelof reality is much higher than that ofthe glossy Hollywood product.However, there is little passion ordramatic tension. It also lacks any

but the most rudimentary of moral.perspectives: This and a graphic andextended love-making sequencemake it 0—morally offensive.

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INTERNATIONAL DAY. ft looked like a ceremony at the United Nationsthis month when St. Helen's Catholic Church in Ft. Lauderdale held anethnic mass and international festival. Parishioners dressed in thecostumes of twenty different countries presented gifts representing theirnation to an altar decorated with flags from around the world at a specialmass.

Villa Maria honorsCong. Pepper

••- Prominent national, state and localleaders will join with Villa Maria Nur-sing and Rehabilitation Center inpaying tribute to CongressmanClaude Pepper at a black-tie dinnerdance Saturday, March 19th, in theInternational Ballroom of the OmniInternational Hotel.

Congressman Pepper will behonored for his appointment as chair-man of the Committee on Rules of theU.S. House of Representatives, forhis continued contributions to theelderly and for his inspiring efforts asHonorary Chairman of the VillaMaria Building Fund Committee.

Governor Bob Graham is serving asHonorary Chairman of the dinnerdance and-Mrs. Charles A. Mastor-nardi is Chairperson of the dinnercommittee. Emcee for the event willbe Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre.

Congressman Pepper's involve-ment with Villa Maria stems from thesimilarity between his philosophyregarding care of the elderly and thatof the North Miami facility.

Pepper has lauded Villa Maria'srehabilitative services, which, hesaid, "enable many elderly patients

to recover and return home, andregain a large measure of their in-dependence and dignity." .

The dinner dance will begin withcocktails at 7 p.m. Dinner will be at 8p.m. ;

Barry Open House(MIAMI S H O R E S - ) Barry

University Admissions Office is spon-soring a Graduate andUndergraduate Open House, onWednesday, March 16, ThompsonHall, 7-p.m.

Invitations are extended to localschools, churches, businesses andsocial agencies throughout Dade andBroward counties.

The program will give prospectivestudents an opportunity to meet withfaculty members and to receive infor-mation about all of Barry's pro-grams, application procedures, testrequirements and financial aid.

For further information call ext241 at Barry University.

Biscayne hosts

seminars onpersonal growth

Rabbi Ruben Dobin, NationalChairman of "Concerned Citizensagainst Cults" will be speaking at aseminar March 26th at Biscayne Col-lege titled "The Cult: Is it FreeChoice or Domination." Severalformer members of cults will tell oftheir experiences as members of acult group. Cost is $15.

Four other seminars will also^behosted by the Pastoral CounselingCenter of Biscayne College. Aseminar on April 9 titled "A Time forEvery Season" will deal with thecritical periods in peoples lives thatcall for understanding and accomada-tion and will be led by Greg Cornelia,c.pp.s., a priest with a certification incounseling from Loyola School ofTheology in-Chicago. Cost is $15. OnApril 22nd there will be seminar on

the "Psychology of Management",dealing with family and businessleadership skills, led by John Sample,M.S., an assistant professor ofBusiness and Economics at BiscayneCollege, Cost is $20. On May 7th-8thFrank McGarry, M.S., and Sr.Carmelita Centanni, M.S., M.Ed,both directors at the PastoralCounseling Center will teach aseminar on "The Gestalt Process andBurnout. Cost is $40. Movement Ex-ploration and Body Awareness, incor-porating the concepts of Gestaltphilosophy and basic principles ofmovement, will be taught by Virginia.Shuker, M.S., and instructor of danceat Broward Community College. Costis $15.

.. The seminars will be from 9:30 a.m.to 4 p.m. on the designated Friday orSaturday.

New Foundation.' Board members, patrons and other friends of St.John's Nursing and Rehabilitation Center gathered for a cocktailreception at the Ft. Laurderdale Tower Club to celebrate thecenter's newly formed foundation. The foundation board for the 180 bed,three year old facility is currently being formed. Pictured with their wivesare directors J. Louis Moellers (left) and Jack Miller.

.BazaarsThe Women's Club of Ascension Catholic

Church, Boca Raton, will hold a rummage saleon March 26th at (9:00 A.M.) in the ParishHall.-Donations of clothing and miscellaneousitems may be left at the Parish Hall on March25th before 3:00 P.M. Please call 997-7470 forinformation."

St. John Neumann Parish will hold a"gigantic garage sale" in the parking lot at10801 S.WJL20th St. in Miami on March 19thfrom' 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

S i n g l e - d i v o r c e d -widowed

The Dade Catholic Singles Club and theNorth-South Dade Catholic Singles Group willhold a picnic in TropicalPark at 11 a.m. March20th. Donation $3. Bring your own food. Use•82nd ave. and Bird Rd. entrance. For moreinformation .call Brian 441-0594 or Paillette at695-4734.

The North-South Dade Catholic Singt.Group will play softball at Ponce de Leon Jr.High School (across from U of M) on March27th.

The Catholic Widow and Widowers club ofBroward County will have a social gathering onMarch 21st at 7:30 p.m. at the K. .of C. Hall at3571 N. Andrews Ave. Ft. Lauderdale. For

1 more information call 772-3079 or 561-4867.Divorced and Separated Catholic men and

women will meet, March 27, 7:00 p.m. at St.Joseph's School library, 1200 E. 10th St.,Stuart. Guest speaker will be Mr. Mickey Ezell. 'Refreshments will be served. For information<-:aii 2*3-7375 or 287-1691:

Church of St. Hugh's Renascence Group,(Ministry for Separated & Divorced) meets Fri-day, Mar. 18 -. 7:30 ' p.m. Speaker: TobiMansfield, M.A.; Topic: "Stress and You."3460 Royal.Rd., Coconut Grove. .

Card PartiesThe St. Francis of Assisi Ladies Guild will

sponsor their "Round the World Salad Lun-cheon and Card Party from 12:30 p.m. to 4p.m. March 19th in church's school cafeteria inRiviera" Beach. $4 donation. Bring cards.

St. Lucy's Women's Guild will have a ;Bridge Marathon Luncheon on Wednesday,March 23rd, at 11:30 a.m. at L'HexagoneRestaurant, 1600 No. Federal Highway, BocaRaton- All are invited whether or not they havebeen in the Marathon. Reservations--Mrs.Ginger Girardin-278-9527.

Fashions shows• Holy Spirit Women's Guild, Lantana areholding their annual spring luncheon andFashion Show at Strebs, Boynton Beach onMar. 26th. Fashions by "Glad Rags" of LakeWorth/Donation $ia.00. Tickets available bycalling 588-8851 or 585-6978."

The St. Mark's Home and School Associa-tion invites you to their annual fashion show-luncheon to be held.at the breakers hotel, PalmBeach, on Saturday, March 26. Social Hour:12-1 p.m. Lunch Follows. Fashions will bepresented by Jordan Marsh and will include aprparel for today's working woman and sport-swear for Florida Living. Tickets and Reser-vations Only In Advance. Adults: $20.Students 16 and under: $15. Please call737-5233 or 498-3035 for tickets and reserva-tions.

Women's Guild Second Annual FashionShow and Luncheon will be held at the HolidayInn of Coral Springs, on March 19th from11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. All the models will befrom the Guild, Modeling all the latest fashionfrom the Top and Bottom Shop and the ScotShop. Tickets are on sale for $12.00. For reser-vation call 752-3950.:

Spiritual RenewalThe Cenacle Retreat House. Palm Sunday

Weekend Retreat, March 25-27, will be givenby Rev. Thomas Lay, S.J. There is still time tomake reservations for your lenten retreat. Forfurther information and-or reservations, pleasecall 582-2534. Cenacle Retreat House, 1400South Dixie Highway, Lantana, Florida 33462.

The Dominican Laity, third order of St.Dominic, will hold a Day of Recollection onSunday, March 20, 1983 at Barry University.Father Cyril Burke O.P., will be the SpiritualDirector and the theme will be "Self Denial andPenance." The members will meet for services

• beginning with the recitation of the Rosary in-Cor Jesu Chapel at 11:00 A.M. Mass is schedul-ed for 12:15 P.M. The day \«11 be spent in con-ferences, confessions, stations of the Cross,prayers and meditations.

PotpourriSt. Paul of the Cross Church oh Singer

Island, N. Palm Beach will perform Godspell onMarch 24th thru March 27th at 8 p.m. Admis-sion free. .. .

The Golden Age Club.of St. Clement willhave their EASTER LUNCHEON on March23rd from 11:30 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. at GIBBY's

Restaurant. Members may purchase their•tickets at their regular meeting dates., The East Coast Deanery of Miami Ar-chdiocesan Council of Catholic Women, Springmeeting and luncheon will be March 29th at9:30 a.m. at St. Edward's Church Hall, 142North County Road, Palm Beach. Mass will beat 11 a.m. and luncheon at 12:30 at Palm BeachHotel. $9.00 per person. For more information,call 844-9884.

The Respect Life Office will hold a counsel-• ing course beginning on March' 21st at 7:30p.m. at 900 54th St. West Palm Beach. FranGabaldan, psychologist, will conduct thecourse. Mary Anne Maraist, Executive Direc-tor of Respect Life, will conduct the first classon March 21st. Anyone interested call Lifelineat 842-4621 or Ginny McManus at 844-1488.

The St. Hugh Church Women's Guild willhold their 2nd "Wearin' of the Green" hoe-down square dance on March 18th at 7:30 p.m.at Glorie Hall, 3460 Royal Rd., Coconut Grovein the rear of St. Hugh Church. Performancesof square dancing and teaching of square danc-ing. Donation $5 adults and $3 children andteenagers. For more information call LouiseCarter at 443-4340. Prize for most originalIrish outfit. . .

Father Don Walk, who taught at MiamiDade College for 11 years, will speak to thehigh school youth of St. Peter's Parish inNaples on March 20 at the home of David andGinny Nolan, 1000 Roseate Drive at 7:00 p.m.

Father Walk will talk about "Learning toMeditate."

."The Forever Young Club of St. James in-vites Senior Citizens to attend their 9th. AnnualVariety Show- on -Wednesday, March 23rd at2:30 p.m. at St. James Parish Hall, 565 N.W.131 St., Miami."

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Holocaust commemoration slatedA community-wide Holocaust Com-

memoration will be held Wednesday,April 6, 8 p.m. at Bailey Hall,Broward Community College, 3501S.W, Davie Road, Davie, sponsoredby The Broward National Conferenceof Christians and Jews in cooperation

with the archdiocese of Miami, Ft.Lauderdale and South BrowardJewish Community centers and adozen civic and religious organiza-tions.

The Commemoration will be aremembrance of those who perished/both Chrisitans and Jews; a celebra-

tion of life for those who survived andrecognition of the liberators and"Righteous Christians", who riskedtheir lives to protect their threatenedneighbors.The program will feature a slide

presentat ion, "AuschwitzRevisited", by Dr. Norman Morrison,

widely-known photographer and lec-turer, who photographed the campduring a visit in 1981. Also on theprogram will be a Holocaust survivor,Frieda Jaffe; a child of Holocaust sur-vivors, Fran Klauber,. and a campliberator, Rev. Robert Miller, pastorof Southwest Community Church.

St. Vincent de Paul Society unveils "Project 150"A major new multi-faceted cam- L°uis> .February 15. Scheduled to title'.'

paign "Project 150" was announced coincide with the Society's 150th An- --"Project Phoenix"- a food-by the Society of St. Vincent De Paul niversary celebratipn,.in .1983, the distribution project patterned after aat its National Headquarters in St. project is essentially i an "umbrella food distribution movement that has

its origin in Phoenix, Arizona in1952. •

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PRIESTSFears, joys similar when..• By Father David K.O'Rourke, OP

Bring together a group of prieststo talk about their life and theirwork, and you are going to have along and lively discussion. As one oftheir members, I-fvirant to tell whatpriests are saying and I can think ofno better way than to quote some of

'When you can changean orchard into a townof 75,000people almostovernight, then you'rein a world that 's mov-ing so fast it's hard tokeep up.' • •

them directly.There probably is no such thing as

. a typical priest but there are a fewissues that are' common and recurr-ing ones for us. Mentioning some ofthese concerns is probably as closeas we can get to finding out whatpriests today are up to in theireveryday ministry.

The first issue is the degree ofchange that is facing us every day.One pastor I visited recently, or-

Seminarians and priests join in a rap session on the grounds of St. Joseph's'Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y.dained more than 40 years, eonvmented on the changes he has seen,both in life and in the priesthood.

"When I came here, this place,"he saidj indicating the blocks and

blocks of businesses, stores ancthouses around us, "was nothing butwalnut orchards. When you canchange an orchard into a town of75,000 people almost overnight,

(NC photo)

then you're in a world that's movingso fast it's hard to keep up."

The pace of change in society canpose challenges for anyone. But

Remember that they We only •By Katharine BirdNC News Service

Monsignor Quixote is acompassionate human being who hasspent a lifetime taking care of hisparishioners in a tiny Spanish village.In the process he has gained a greatdeal of common-sense wisdom abouthuman beings.

"Monsignor Quixote" is also thelatest novel by venerable story teller,Graham Greene. The centralcharacter is a humble man whodownplays his own learning andaccomplishments, sure that otherpriests have far more to offer thanhe.

Over the years, the loving priesthas tailored his pastoral. care verynicely to suit the needs of hisparishioners; What he has in spadesis a sympathetic ear and a gentlemanner. Monsignor Quixote talkspersuasively with the parishionersabout the love and goodness of Godand human beings.

MONSIGNOR Quixote doesn'tattend a myriad of meetings or havea parish council to advise him. Theonly priest in town, he is on call allthe time. He seldom takes a day off.

When Monsignor Quixote stops tothink about it, heis aware he doesn'tfind much companionship among hisparishioners. They don't turn to himfor friendship. They don't think oftheir priest as a human being withmany of the same needs they have forcompanionship and comfort.

But for the most part, themonsignor doesn't think about that.He turns for comfort to his favoritespiritual authors.......

"Monsignor Quixote's only realfriend is the Communist ex-mayor ofthe city. An intelligent man, theCommunist and the Catholic priestenjoy sparring with each other about

their beliefs and fears. Finally, theyset off together on vacation, a raretreat for Monsignor Quixote.

I have introduced this fictionalpriest because Greene draws such avery human and full portrait of him.When you think of it, how often dowe regard our priests in suchterms—as real, complex humanbeings? • • • • " . . >

Some priests today are openlyexpressing their need for greaterunderstanding and support. Forinstance, the priests' senate in theDiocese of Charlotte, N.C., recentlypublished a statement about the needamong priests for some regular timeaway from their duties in order tominister to people well.

Their statement was published in1982 along with a letter fromCharlotte's Bishop Michael Begley.He explained the statement is

intended to help parishioners "betterunderstand some of the tensions andpressures under which priests labor."

The North Carolina priests' senatesaid:1. People are apt to "lump allpriests together," forgetting eachpriest is a "unique human being whohas needs, habits and talents thatdiffer from those of every otherpriest."

2. Priests often are expected to beon call 24 hours a day, seven days aweek. A 60-70 hour workweek is notuncommon.

3. Priests often live and work in thesame plaee. This makes it difficult torelax and unwind since there is noclear distinction between a priest'swork time and private time.

4. Priests do not have the emotionaland physical support offered by wife

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KNOW YOUR FAITH.

Lifein

By Father John CastdotNC News Service

l ife in Babylon was bristling with problems forthe Jewish exiles. At first, their difficulties werethe obvious ones, homesickness, lack of materialcomforts, anxiety about their loved ones back inJudah, the hardships of forced labor.But there were deeper problems too, graverquestions, including:

• Should the Israelites stick together as adistinct group?

• Or should they simply allow themselves to beabsorbed into their new surroundings?

To some, the Babylonian captivity seemed likea nightmare from which they would surelyawake, the exile would be over shortly and theywould be allowed to go back home again. Thiswas especially true of the people deported in 598B.c.'.;_

Then*Jerusalem was still intact. Life was goingon there as usual under a descendant of KingDavid. The liturgy was being carried on daily inthe temple. Surely the exiled Israelites wouldfind their way back before too long.

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groups gatherKNOW YOUR FAITH

perhaps it is worth stating explicitlyhere that priests are among thosewho are challenged by the changesin their society.

Finding ways to minister to aworld that is changing quickly was

For many priests thechanges taking placetoday are an opportuni-ty for discovery.

the topic of a clergy planning ses-sion I attended. One priest, thepastor of a large and active parish,rose to say: "You have to take peo-ple where they are and where theyare today is very much in theworld." In this priest's view, whatis needed is "to find the best meansof reaching people, communicatingwith them, and then involving themin the life of the church."

For many priests the changes tak-ing place today are an opportunityfor discovery, for finding newdimensions of the priesthood. Theolder pastor I first quoted, the onewhose walnut orchard became a cityof 75,000 people, told how his ownministry had expanded.

"At first I was a typical pastorfor solid, lifelong Catholics. Now,"he added, "we've gone missionary.We're baptizing entire families."Marveling at the growth in hisministry he added, almost in awe,

"We have almost 60 people becom-ing Catholics this next Easter."

That theme is a common one. Thefuture presents challenges butpriests frequently see them aspossibilities for expansion and

and children. Therefore they need to"find the support system vital toevery person's emotional stabilityamong friends." Yet when prieststake time off to be among personalfriends they are often criticized.

5. Preparing homilies requires "farmore of a priest's time than mostparishioners realize. Meaningfulliturgy and homilies mean reading,study, professional continuingeducation and careful preparation,"at home and away.

The Charlotte priests senate notestha t communication betweenparishioners and priests is essential.And the responsibility for initiatingsuch a dialogue rests largely onpriests who should talk about whatthey need as persons.

But, the , statement concludes,there is a "tremendous need fortrust, care and openness oh the partof all."

FR. CASEY

Many parishioners,fail to realize their priest isalso a human being. Because his residencefrequently is also his office, the priest remainson call 24-hours a day.

(NC sketch)

growth. Coming up with ideas thatwill allow us to understand thechallenges and then developingmeans that will help us meet themis a frequent topic of discussion forus.

The changes in our world and inthe church and the opportunities forcreativity they present make up thepublic and ministerial side ofpriests' lives. But priests also areconcerned today with prayer.

The priests and clergy groups thatI am involved with are prepared totake their own spiritual livesseriously. And they talk about itwith one another.

One priest I knew quite well, anoutstanding man who was as much

The priests and clergygroups that I am in-volved with areprepared to take theirown spiritual livesseriously. And they talkabout it with oneanother.

at home on the university campuswhere he was a chaplain as he hadbeen among the soldiers onGuadalcanal, was stricken with adevastating cancer. Athletic and ac-tive until his illness, he talked withme about his gradual loss of mobili-ty, work and health. He realizedthat in the near future life itselfwould be taken away. _

. "Little by little," he said, "theLord takes away everything youhave until you have nothing left butthe Lord himself," He said this notin a complaining or bitter way, butsimply as a truth, with a trace of asmile on his lips.

There is a great diversity amongclergy today, perhaps greater thanin the past. But our concerns areoften similar from priest to priest,even from region to region: Theneed to minister to a rapidly chang-ing world; the desire to minister ef-fectively and with religious authen-ticity; the recognition that we needto, have our own personal religioushouses in order.

Those three concerns are the focalpoint of many discussions among.priests today.

TO DISPEL those vain hopes, the prophetJeremiah had written a letter in which he advisedhis people to build homes in Babylon, plantgardens and prepare to settle down for a longstay. .

On the other hand,; the Israelites had the quietunderstandable problem of discouragement,which took an especially dangerous turn. Whathad become of all their grandiose hopes of daysgone by?

Yahweh had promised them that, as his specialpeople, they would be the salvation of the world.And now look at them! Perhaps, and this wasespecially true after the destruction of the templein 586 B.C., Yahweh was not the one true Godafter all. The gods of the Babylonians seemedmuch more real and much more powerful.

It rarely occurred to the Israelites who enter-tained such blasphemous thoughts that it wasthey who had failed Yahweh, not he who had fail-ed them. . -

Often the Israelites' discouragement led toapostasy from Yahweh. Babylon presented themwith a glittering, cosmopolitan civilization, the

likes of which most Jews had never seen before.There were opportunities for wealth, comfort,pleasure, imfluence. With the right connectionsand a bit of hard work one could really go places.

ON THE RELIGIOUS Diane, the temples ofthe Babylonians were magnificent and theceremonies of their liturgy dazzlingly attractive.Jerusalem, after 586, was a heap of dirty ashes,the temple area a mass of rubble which would becovered in time with unsightly weeds.

Given these circumstances, why shouldn't theIsraelites be sensible and accept reality, especial-ly since that reality was so inviting?

All things considered, it is one of the mostremarkable facts of human history that many ex-iles did not allow themselves to be swallowed upby the inevitable. Even though hopes of nationalrestoration grew dimmer by the day, many

- Israelites insisted on remaining a nation apart,Yahweh's nation.

Given these circumstances, why shouldn't theIsraelites.be sensible and accept reality, especial-ly since that reality was so inviting?

. All things considered, it is one of the most

remarkable facts of human history that many ex- ^iles did not allow themselves to be swallowed upby the inevitable. Even though hopes of nationalrestoration grew dimmer by the day, manyIsraelites insisted on remaining a nation apart,Yahweh's nation.

They capitalized on the forces which drew themtogether rather than on those which pulled themasunder. And they succeeded.

THE ISRAELITES' enduring permanenceunder such adverse circumstances is aphenomenon without parallel in human history. Itpoints to the fact that here indeed was no or-dinary people, but truly the people of God;

In their darkest hour, Yahweh was with them,unseen, but powerfully active, working topreserve the remnant which would carry on hiswork in the world.

As usual, Yahweh made use of all factors athand to accomplish his purpose and counteractthe pull of other forces which threatened tothwart his plans. - . .

One of his most powerful instruments was anextraordinary man of the spirit^ the prophet EzekieL,

THE VOICE - Friday, March 18, 1983 - PAGE 23

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Kids'play

New York parishhelps childrendevelopmusical talents

NEW YORK (NC)-St. .Augustine's Parish is offeringyoungsters culture for $7 a month.

About 250 students—85 percent ofthem black, 15 percent Hispanic andmost between nine and 14—attendthe parish program in the basementof St. Augustine's rectory. For $7 amonth they can learn an instru-ment; for $2 a month they can studymusic theory and appreciation,dance (ballet, jazz and tap), arts andcrafts and creative writing.

• The Augustine Fine Arts Programwas founded in 1979 by ThomasPilecki, a former music teacher inPhiladelphia Catholic schools. Theprogram's aim is to "get students toexpress their totality in the arts,"Pilecki said.

"Historically, churches are wherethe black artists have got theirchance to develop," said FatherRobert Jeffers, St. Augustine'spastor. "I felt St. Augustine's oughtto be encouraging them too."

"It gives students a sense of ac-complishment, above and beyondtheir ordinary school work," accor-ding to Father Jeffers. "It alsogives them a challenge and thediscipline necessary to experiencean even wider range of artisticendeavor.

"These kids have obvious, greattalent that needs to be nurtured in

Soma Ward, 9, appears to be enjoying himself as he practices his violin in the basement of the St. Augustineparish rectory in the South Bronx, me photo). -

the kind of disciplined and accoun-table environment the program pro-vides."

Students participate in an or-chestra; dance, mime and dramatroupes; gospel and Spanish choirsand ensembles specializing in a par-ticular type of instrument ormusical style. A magazme^Iottings,provides a forum for writing, artand photography. • "

The program gets funds from cor-porations and foundations, such asthe New York State Council on theArts. Some of the instruments weredonated out of the surplus ofschools in the Philadelphia Ar-chdiocese.

Pilecki requires his students,especially those studying an ap-preciation.

"We want to teach them that per-

formance is not just doing what youfeel like doing. It's discipline coupl-ed with the heartfelt thing," hesaid.

Proper conduct is expected ofstudents, and discipline—throughdetentions—is strictly enforced.

"The word discipleship—that'swhere the word discipline comesfrom," Pilecki said. "It meanseveryone sharing a vision together.When students and teachers share asense of discipleship, that im-mediately sets up its ownparameters of behavior."

Five of the program's studentsnow study at Manhattan's HighSchool of Music and Arts. Its per-forming groups are also in demand.The gospel choirs, which includeadults, have sung at church anti-nuclear ceremonies and at memorialservices for Dr. Martin Luther King

The choir also appears in the car-dinal's archdiocesan appeal filmmaking the rounds of parishes. Itsglee club has performed at awardsdinners at the Helmsley Palace andWaldorf-Astoria hotels.

Pilecki credits a good deal of thesuccess to the 14 people who teachwith him. All are professionals inthe arts.

Some students stay in contactafter they go to high school. An-thony Crawford, 15, a student atCardinal Spellman High School,sometimes serves as a studentteacher for the program.

"When I enrolled in the programin seventh grade, it was justsomething else to do,' he confessed."Now it's teaching me to not onlybe a student but a teacher too. Ithelps me understand what myteachers are going through." .

Seeing with new eyesBy Hilda Young

NC News Service"It might be a good idea to have your daughter's vision tested," read a

note from her teacher last month.•"MSfe did. When the optometrist gave me his report, I felt so guilty Ialmost asked him if he'd hear my confession. I hadn't even noticed her eyeswere bad.

SURE, ONCE in a while I wondered why Marie shook her drinking glassover her potatoes instead of the salt shaker, and why she sat so close tothe television that the static made her hair stand on end. But I just wroteit off as preadolescent behavior.

"Why didn't you tell me you needed glasses?" I asked her plaintively."You know we would have gotten them for you."

"I didn't know I needed them," she said calmly. "I didn't know thattrees were supposed to have so many individual leaves and I thought mybrothers looked so much alike because they're related."

"But how have you been able to see the blackboard and do yourhomework?"

"You just get used to it, I guess," she said.HER FIRST HOURS at home with her new glasses were amazing. She

walked around the placelike a time traveler from 100 B.C. "Look at this,"she said, pointing to the windowsill above the sink.

"Yes," I said, "it's a little mold that grows because of the condensationthat builds up on the window. I have to clean it off every few day$."

"It's gross."She looked down at the floor, "When was the patterned linoleum put

she asked."Id guess about two years before you were born," I answered."Ugly." • . ' . . •SHE DIDN'T like the faces on the new wallpaper that she used to think

were large grapes ("wierd"). She also asked to have her room repainted,the artificial fern on the mantel condemned and the dog renamed,"Mange."

"How's "Marie liking her new glasses?" the optometrist asked when hecalled yesterday.

"Is there any way to throw them, a little but of focus?" I asked.

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ORN IN 1555, IN YORK/ENGLAND,MARGARET WAS THE DAUGHTER OP

THOMAS MIDPLETON, A WEALTHYCANDLEMAKER.

SHE MARRIED JOHN CLITHEROW, AWELL-TO-DO 5UTCHER IN 1571 AND WASCONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM TWO ORTHREE YEARS LATER. HER HUSBANDWAS FINED REPEATEDLY BECAUSEMARGARET DID NOT ATTEND PROTESTANT^tSERVICES. SHE WAS ONCE IMPRISONED ~FOR TWO YEARS.

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