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hroughout the political process,
we have been hearing a great
deal from the candidates and
their campaigns. During this
extended period, it is obvious that a great
deal of zeal and perseverance are required
of the candidates in order for them to meet
the demands and rigors of the campaign.
In this Respect Life Month, the Church remmds us of
another type of campaign, the one highlighted by Pope
john Paul II in his encyclical Evangelium Vitae: A great
campaign in support of life. It is an ongoing campaign that
also requires zeal, perseverance, generosity and sacrifice.
In the words we speak, the deeds we perform and the
wime&s we offer, we must work tirelessly in eradicating all
that destroys human life, especially abortion and the use of
embryonic stem cells for scientific research. We must never cease our efforts in defending the dignity o£
every human person, in particular the terminally ill, the disabled and the immigrant.
At this criticalume in the life of our country, we have an extraordinary opportunity to campaign for
life in the public arena as we participate as faithful citizens in the electoral process. We pause to thank
God for those who have sacrificed their. lives to give us our right to vote. We remember that the exercise
of our vote demands a clear understanding of the issues and the positions of the candidates along with
a commitment to prayer and discernment so that our vote is always cast in light of the Gospel of Life.
To assist you in this process, I refer you to our Diocesan Web sue and some rich resources including
the document produced by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, The Challenge of Forming
Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. I also renew my invitation for you to gain access to a wealth of
information available from the new
initiative of the Dioceses of Raleigh
and Charlotte, Catholic Voice North
Carolina.
The great
.. . campaign for life
Soon political campaigns will
cease, at least for some period of
time. However, the great campaign
in support of life can never end. We
must pray daily for an end to
in the U.S. and throughout the world.
We must constantly seek ways to
alleviate the suffering of others and
those who lack the essential resources of food and clothing. We must visit those in prison and those who
are alone. We must reach out to those in our communities who are considered outside the boundaries
of legal protection. We must make clear our refusal to tolerate any form of racism and prejudice in our
communities and workplaces. We must take public stands in support of life.
This is the ongoing great campaign in support of life which demands much of us. At times, we may
have a sense that our efforts are failing to make a difference. We may tire and grow weary. We will
certainly encounter forms of rejection and face the choice to cease our witness of faith rather than
embrace any suffering that may accompany it. ln this Year of Saint Paul , we turn to this great Apostle for
inspiration, especially during this Respect Life Month as we rededicate ourselves to the essential work
of protecting and defending the sacredness of all human life from the moment of conception to natural
death. He tells us "to rejoice in hope, be patient under trial and persevere in prayer" (Romans 12:12). lf we
heed Saint Paul's words, we can be assured that, with God's grace, our great campaign in support of hfe
will end in victory because of the power at work within us, who is Christ jesus Our Lord.
-Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop or Raleigh
from the Bishop
2 The great campaign for life
- Bishop Michael E Burbidge
since you asked ...
8 I read that some scientists have created
embryos that are half human, half
animal! What:S the story?
- father Tadcus: J>achok;yk
from the editor
9 The Knights and the story
behind the Tootsie Rolls
-Rich Reece
theology 101
10 The Legacy of Popes John and Paul
part one of a nine-part series on the
Second Vatican Council
-Sr. Marla Faustina Showalter, 0. P., Sr. john Mary
Corb<tt, O.P., Sr. Maria Gemma Martek, O.P., and
Sr. Elizabeth Ann O'Reilly, 0 P.
saint of the month
12 St. Alexander Sauli
voices In our church
13 AAME Thanks Mrs. Martha Bailey
- Msgr. Thomas lladdcn
13 Celebraci6n de Ia Hispanidad
- Padre Fernando Torres
cover story
16 As elections near, Catholics across
North Carolina are making
Faithful Decisions -Rich Rmt=
your marriage maHers
22 He says: I just got a bonus- let's buy
a boat!. She says: Is he kidding? We
can't afford it. - Tom and joAnne Fogle
parish profile
28 A Little Parish With a Big Heart
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Farmville
- Rich Reece
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Red Mass, White Mass Celebrated
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge
PUBUSHER
Frank Morock
IIIRECTOR Of' toMMUNic:AnONS
October 2008 • Vol. 4 ; Issue 8
Richard Reece
EDITOR IN CHIEI'
Holly Stringer
ADVI!RnSING MANAGER
Bishop Michael F Burbidge
Msgr. Thomas Hadden
Father Tad Pacholczyk
Father Fernando Torres
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... A Red Mass was celebrated by the Most Reverend Michael F.
Burbidge at Sacred Heart Cathedral on Oct 17. The Red Mass dates
to the 13th century and refers to the color of robes worn then by judicial
officials who attended in order to seek divine guidance through the Holy
Spirit for their work. Today, the Red Mass is celebrated with the very
same intention for all legal professionals at the opening of the judicial
term each October. Bishop Burbidge invited attorneys, judges, and all
those working in the legal system or who are involved in the legal processes of government to attend.
A White Mass was celebrated by Bishop Burbidge at St Peter Catholic Church in Greenville, N.C., on
Oct 22. Originally named for the garments worn by some heahhcare professionals, the White Mass now
setves as a source of grace for all who serve in the professional and compassionate care of the sick. For
this Mass, Bishop Burbidge invited all physicians, nurses, those who give psychiatric care, pharmacists,
therapists, social workers, laboratory technicians, dieticians, those serving in an administrative capacity
within healthcare, and all who minister to the sick as priests, deacons, consecrated religious and laily.
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._. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge has appointed Mr. Michael G. Pedley as Director
of Stewardship and Institutional Advancement for the Diocese of Raleigh. Mr. Pedley comes from Purdue University, where he has served as Director of Corporate
Relations at the College of Agricuhure and also as Staff Counsel and Associate
Director for Aanned Giving. Mr. Pedley has an undergraduate degree from the
University of Cincinnati and a law degree from the University of Dayton. He is relocating with his wife Stone and their three children to Raleigh and will officially begin on Oct. 20.
In announcing the appointment, Bishop Burbidge expressed gratitude to Ms. Cathy Rusin and Mrs.
Joan Price for all of their work in the Stewardship and Development office, especially in the time of transition over the past several months. He also praised the dedicated work and wisdom of the search committee for this position: Mrs. Brug Jung who serves on the BAA Steering Committee; Mr. lim Mann, Chair
of the Diocesan Rnance Council; Ms. Kathleen Walsh, Director of Catholic Charities; and Father Justin
Kerber, Dean of the Tar River Deanery and Pastor of St Peter Parish in Greenville.
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._. St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic
Church celebrated its 25th anniversary
Sept. 13-14, culminating with the Most
Reverend Michael F. Burbidge presiding at
the 11 :30 a.m. Mass on Sunday.
The parish was established in 1983 as the
result of the increased Catholic population in
the Cary-Apex area It was assigned to the care
of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement with
Father William Schmidt its first pastor. Today,
the parish community numbers 3,200 families.
Father David E. Rtzgerald is pastor.
Bishop Burbidge acknowledged parishioners who were instrumental in building the faith community
and those who continue to strengthen and sustain it.
In his homily, the Bishop noted the parish anniversary occurred on the same day as the universal
Church was celebrating the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. "As we walk through this life, there are times our
patience can be worn out by the journey," the Bishop said. "However, the truth of today's Gospel alleviates any sense of defeat, as we are powerful~ reminded that all who tum to Jesus lifted up in crucifixion
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and resurrection are healed and given the promise of new life
both now and forever.'
For more about St Andrew Churdl, read NO Catholics,
September 2008, p. 28.
Sixteen Permanent Diaconate Candidates
Receive Ministry of Lector
II+ Sixteen candidates for the Diaconate in the Diocese of Raleigh received the ministry of lector at a special Mass, Sun., Sepl
7, presided over
by Most Reverend
Michael F. Burbidge. The Mass
was celebrated at
Our Lady of Guadalupe Churdl in
Newton Grove.
The men are in
the process of a
five year fonnation and discernment process that will lead them
to ordination as pennanent deacons. The lector is a person who
proclaims the Word of God. The second step in fonnation is the
ministry of acolyte, followed by the Order of Deacon. An interval
of time is established between the three ministries.
Bishop Burbidge instructed the candidates that in order "to
proclaim Christ to the world and convince others that Jesus is
God with us, then you must first be people who listen to His
voice, for it is His Word you proclaim, not your own~
The Bishop told the candidates they must lead by example and
be known "as people who love one another~ and be wiling to
forgive.
"You must challenge and instruct so that others are led to
avoid evil and to embrace aD that is good, holy and pleasing in
the sight of God," Bishop Burbidge added.
The 16 candidates are:
• Michael Boyd Alig
• Walter Calabrese
• Michel du Sablon
• Frederick Melvin Fisher, Jr.
• Joseph Pius Piyasiri Gabriel
• Frank Taft Jones, Ill
• Patrick Gerald Mcllmoyle
• Emilio Mejia
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Vincent Joseph Mescall
Patrick Daniel Pelkey
Robert Hinsdale Snyder, Jr.
Ronald Soriano
Gary Cole Stemple
Juan Alexander Vincent-Martinez
Bradley Evans Watkins
Mark Alan Westrick
lnfonnation on the Diaconate program is available at
vmw.dioceseofraleigh.orglhow/vocationsldiaconate.aspx.
New Ecumenical Officer Appointed
for the Diocese
II+ Brother William Martyn, S.A., has been appointed Ecumenical Officer for the Diocese of Raleigh. The Ecumenical
Officer serves as the liaison between the ecumenical community and the Catholic Church. While Brother Martyn is currently
Director of Faith Fonnation at Sl Michael the Archangel Parish
in Cary, he has served in a wide variety of ministries in almost
50 years as a Franciscan Friar of the
including health care, campus
ministry, web design, adult religious education and a host of Ecumenical positions,
among them Director of the Graymoor
Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute;
Consultant to the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for CatholicJewish Relations; Director of the Commission on Ecumenical
and Interreligious Affairs for the Archdiocese of New Yorl<; and
Consultant to the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations to the Jews. He holds a M.A. in Theological Studies from
the University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
Ecumenism is at the heart of the mission of Brother Martyn's
Order. Over a century ago, Fr. Paul Wattson, the founder of the
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, was searching for a name
for a new religious society. Opening the Scriptures at random,
his eyes fell upon the eleventh verse of the frfth chapter of St.
Paul's epistle to the Romans: "... we also joy in God, through
our lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the
atonement~ The last word of the verse stood out with a vividness that was to him overwhelming: at-one-ment And so, the
Society had found its name.
Headquartered at Graymoor in Garrison, NY, the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement are a Roman Catholic religious
community with social, ecumenical and pastoral ministries in
the United States, Canada, England, Italy, and Japan. Since its
inception in 1898, reconciliation and healing through atonement- the unity of men and women with God and one another
- has been the mission of these ministries.
In his letter announcing Brother Martyn's appointment,
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge wrote, "As a member of the
Friars of the Atonement, Brother Martyn has served as a great
witness to what is at the heart of the apostolate of the Friars:
Christian Unity. I am confident that he will continue that witness
as he assumes his responsibilities in our Diocese~ The Bishop
also expressed his gratitude to Fr. David McBriar, O.F.M., for
his service as Ecumenical Officer. u1deeply appreciate," the
Bishop wrote, "the tremendous dedication that he has brought
to this great endeavor of our Church~
Atonemen~
Bishop Appoints Director for Office of Worship
II+ Mr. Gerald Hall has been appointed Director for the
Office of Worship for the Diocese of Raleigh. In his letter
announcing the appointment, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
wrote: "Mr. Hall comes to Raleigh with over twenty years
of experience in leadership at the Diocesan level, most
recently serving as the Director of the Office of Worship for
the Diocese of Norwich. A native of New Mexico, Mr. Hall
was raised in a bilingual home and began his ministry in the
Church as the local parish organist~
One of Mr. Hall's responsibilities as Director of Worship, in
addition to overseeing l~urgical catechesis in the Diocese will
be to coordinate all liturgies for the Office of the Bishop. He
will join the Diocesan staff officially on Oct. 27.
ach month, NC Catholics will repon on vari·
ous initiatives and activities throughout the
Diocese to incorporate the jubilee Year of St.
Paul into the spiritual formation of the faithful. Watch this space! lf you know of Pauline
events occurring, send information and or pictures to NC
Catholics by emailing [email protected].
iPaul; Lessons From the Apostle, a series of podcast reflections on the hfe and works of St. Paul, has begun on the
Diocesan Web site. The first reflection, An Introduction to St.
Paul, features Father jonathan A. Woodhall, Ph.D., whose
columns have appeared frequently in NC Catholics. New
reflections \viii be added throughout the jubilee Year of St.
Paul, including some reflections in Spanish. Following Father Woodhall, look for reflections from Sister joanjurski,
OSF, director of the Diocesan Office of Peace and justice,
and Stster Mary Agnes Ryan, lHM, pastoral associate at Our
Lady of Lourdes Parish in Raleigh.
At the Emmaus Conference, Oct. 17-18 at St. Paul Catholic Church m New Bern, N.C., Paul Griffiths, Warren Chair
of Catholic Theology at Duke Divinity School, spoke on
Paul the Evangelist. Griffiths will also be part of an ecumenical event celebrating St. Paul at the Divinity School in
january 2009.
Students in Kathleen Kozaks Ministry for Leadership class
at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh have produced
a 20-minute video about St. Paul. Aimed at a peer audience,
the video includes a rap song.
St. Thomas More Church in Chapel Hill is presenting an
adult faith formation series: Eclipsing Empire: Paul, Rome and
the Kingdom of God. The 12-session DVD and Web-based
program explores St. Pauls message
of the Kingdom of God, its challenge
to Roman imperial theology, and
St. Pauls relevance for today. Each
20-minute video segment features a
brief travelogue on a location significant for the study of Paul. The first
session, Empire, was held Sept. 30.
To learn about the series themes and
dates and for more information see
www.church.st-thomasmore.orglysp
or contact jim Hynes at 942-6237.
Also on Sept. 30, Father Ernest
Ruede, pastor of St. Paul Parish in
New Bern, N.C., began a six-week Scripture Study on the
Pastoral Letters of St. Paul. The study began with a discussion
of Colossians.
Diocese Takes Part in 40
Days for Life campaign
.,.. More than BOO Catholic educators gathered Septem~
ber 19th for the annual Diocesan Education Conference.
The one-day event was held at St.
Francis of Assisi Church in Raleigh.
The day began with the celebra·
tion of Mass, with Most Reverend
Michael F. Burbidge presiding.
Bishop Burbidge joined Catholic
School Superintendent Dr. Michael J. Fedewa in the presen~
tation of service awards to teachers who marked milestone
anniversaries in Catholic education this year. The longest
serving milestone anniversary belongs to Ms. Annette Jay,
a staff member at Cardinal Gibbons High School, who has
worked in Catholic education for 30 years.
The theme of this year's conference was "Different
Where It Counts:' The objective was to introduce the basic
concepts of differentiated instruction, an educational ap·
proach that takes into account various learning styles and
tendencies.
In his homily, Bishop Burbidge thanked the educators for
their commitment to their students and families. "Your voca•
tion is a blessing to them and the entire Church," Bishop
Burbidge said.
"If we are going to help our students to utilize and to
maximize their gifts for the building and the strengthening
of the Body of Christ, we must reach out to them as Jesus
did; not as a crowd, not as a number, but as unique persons,
precious in the sight of God."
CGHS Chapel
Designated
''Queen of All Saints"
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At a Mass celebrated at Cardinal
Gibbons High School in Raleigh, Most
Reverend Michael F. Burbidge designated
the school chapel as "Queen of All Saints
Chapel." The Bishop also blessed the
new chapel doors, which were installed
during the summer as part of an ongo·
ing upgrade of the chapel and narthex
(entrance) area.
Fr. Scott McCue, Assistant Principal
for Spiritual Life at Cardinal Gibbons,
explained that the title of "Queen of All Saints" places the
chapel under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
as was the school building during its construction in the
1990's. This title also honors the patron saints of the three
religious communities that have served at the high school :
the Dominican Sisters of Newburgh, New York (St. Dominic) who, along with Msgr. Thomas Griffin, founded the
school as Sacred Heart Academy in 1909; the Sisters of
Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio (St. Julie Billiart); and the
Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, New York (St. Francis).
~ Forthy Days for Ufe, a na·
tional pro-life campaign, began
September 24 with more than
170 cities in 45 states taking
part in what is the "largest and
longest coordinated pro-life mobilization in history:'
In Raleigh, Bishop Michael F. Burbidge along with 30
men and women gathered at 7 am to pray the Rosary in
front of "A Woman's Choice" in Raleigh. In a September
18th letter to the people of the Diocese, Bishop Burbidge
extended hope that Catholics in every parish "will participate
in this activity of prayer and fasting, peaceful vigils and com·
munity outreach providing a positive pro-life message."
Bishop Celebrates
Annual Mass
for Home-School Families
~ The
Most Reverend Michael
F. Burbidge celebrated Mass for
home-school parents, Saturday,
Sept. 13 at Our lady of Lourdes
Church in Raleigh. The Mass was
hosted by The Association of Roman Catholic Homeschoolers (ARCH) of Raleigh and Cary and the Raleigh parish.
In his homily, Bishop Burbidge noted the day marked the
Memorial of St. John Chrysostom, a man who spoke of
life's difficulties, while maintaining a great faith. He com·
mended the parents for assuming their role "as the first
teachers of your children in the ways of faith:'
"In a world that often misleads and misguides our young
people with conflicting messages," the Bishop said, "you
lead your children to truth as found in Sacred Scripture and
the sound teachings of the Church."
Bishop Burbidge encouraged the children to thank their
parents and to work with them, adding, "Your parents love
you very much and will do anything to protect you." He cautioned, "Yet, they cannot spare you from all the temptations
and sufferings of the world." He said the formation they are
providing "will always lead you on the right path and provide
the strength that you need:'
Ministries Thank Diocesan Faithful for Support
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Several contributions by the faithful of the Diocese of
Raleigh to special collections were gratefully acknowledged
recently: Catholic Relief Services, $26,824.28 for Natural
Disaster Relief to Southeast Asia; the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, $73,702.63 for the Church in
Central and Eastern Europe; Pontifical Mission Societies in
the United Stales, $96,763 for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and $334 for the Society of St. Peter
the Apostle; the Franciscan Monastery in Washington, DC,
$81 ,369.58 for the 2008 Holy Land Collection.
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Dear NCC: I read that some sci·
enlists have created embryos
that are half human, half animal!
What's the story?
ritish scientists have recently
received a green light from
their regulatory agency to
create hybrid embryos. Using cloning
technology, these embryos are made out of human
and animal parts. By injecting a human nucleus (the
human genetic package) into a cow egg that has
had its own genetic package taken out, a defective
human embryo can be created.
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People sometimes imagine this would make
a half-human, half-animal creature and, hence,
the name hybrid embryo. However, because
the nuclear genetic package is entirely human,
the new embryo would actually be human with
various cow molecules present as contaminants
within the embryo's biochemical machinery. The
reason for trying to produce these maimed human
embryos is to be able to destroy them before they
grow too large, prior to reaching two weeks of
age, in order to obtain their stem cells.
This bizarre project of creating partially
damaged human embryos using cow eggs is being
promoted largely because of the difficulty of
getting women to agree to donate their eggs. Most
women balk at the idea of handing over their own
eggs voluntarily so that scientists can use them for
cloning experiments. Not only is the procedure
for obtaining eggs invasive, painful and dangerous
for women, but they often feel a natural
protectiveness towards their own eggs, their
fertility, and any children they might engender.
This instinct to protect our own is deeply
rooted not only in human beings, but
throughout the animal kingdom, and only the
most cursory ethical reflection is needed to
grasp the moral problem with creating human
offspring in laboratories, using an admixture
of cow components in order to scientifically
cannibalize them.
We see this natural instinct to protect one's
embryonic offspring very powerfully illustrated
in the case of the Emperor Penguin. It is the only
mammal bold enough to remain in Antarctica
throughout the entire winter, while others migrate
to warmer climates. The story of the breeding
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habits of Emperor Penguins has fascinated millions
in the recent big-screen movie, March of the Penguins.
These animals find one mate, to whom they are
singularly faithful, and each female lays one softballsized egg, which she hands over to her mate. She
then strikes out on a two-month feeding frenzy in the
waters of the ocean, leaving her partner to incubate
the egg through the worst of the polar winter, having
only his body fat to sustain him.
Through shreiking windstorms and weeks of
winter darkness, the male carefully balances the egg
containmg the growing embryonic penguin on the
tops of his feet, where there is an apron of denselyfeathered flesh which seals out the deadly cold.
That egg remains on his feet for more than 60 days,
and during that period, the male eats nothing and
loses up to half of his own body weight. If the egg
should happen to fall out of its protective hutch,
it can freeze solid on the polar ice in a matter of a
few short minutes. The mother normally returns
around the time the child hatches. After hatching,
an emperor chick spends its first two months
nestled within its mother's or father's belly pouch,
where the temperature hovers at a protective 96.8
degrees. Parents take turns caring for the young
chick, feeding it regurgitated food until it eventually
becomes ready to exit from its secret hutch and face
the brutal elements of Antarctica.
The incredible solicitude of the Emperor Penguin
for its own pre-born offspring, scrupulously
protecting them even in their most vulnerable
embryonic stages. is a power[ultestament to the
proper order of creation, where older members of
the species naturally go to great lengths to assure
the safety and well-being of younger members.
Part of the progress of human civilization over
the centuries has been in a similar protection for the
young, where children have come to be seen as a
sacred trust, an end in themselves, and not merely a
means for the satisfaction of parental (or scientific)
desires. Father Raymond de Souza has summarized
the matter well:
"It is a hallmark of Western civilization that
children are to be seen as good in their own
right, persons with rights and dignity entrusted
from
to the care of their parents. This is such
a commonplace idea that we do not
stop to consider it a great civilizmional
achievement, but it is. In the ancient world
both infanticide and child sacrifice were
not rare, and in general the legal status of
the child was akin to other propcny in the
household. It was the long painstaking
work of centuries - drawing upon both
religious and civil resources - to arrive at the
cultural and legal consensus that the child
does not exist as an object for the benefit of
others, but that the child must be treated as
a subject for his own sake."
Today, however, we are being powerfully
tempted to subvcn these primary intuitions
and instincts by forcefully removing our
young from the protecti\'e harbor of the
womb via abortion, and by going even
further and desecrating our own embryonic
children as mere objects for scientific
aggrandizement, treating them as repositories
for deriving spare pans or stem cells.
Some in our society pretend that this type
of scientific research represents progress,
but it actually represents a regress to a time
when children were considered objects
to be disposed of by others. One reason
that The March of the Penguins was such a
hit was because of the way it highlighted
the kind of parental love, protection, and
sacrifice to which each of us naturally is
drawn. The destruction of our own through
embryonic stem cell research - as much
as some might wish to cloak it m terms of
techmques such as hybrids - IS a reversion
to the barbarism of former ages.
The remarkable extent to wh1ch many
members of the animal kingdom seek to
protect their own embryonic offspring
should give us pause as a society to reflect
on basic questions, and help us regain our
moral equilibrium, lest we conunue to rush
headlong into transgressing our own nature
and our most sacred obligations towards
our young. )
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Raleigh, NC 27606
Or:
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Y
ou've probably encountered them more
than once: Knights of Columbus, on the
sidewalk outside your local supermarket,
offering Tootsie Rolls and asking for donations to
help developmentally disabled children. A few
weeks ago I had a chance to see one example
of the good those donations accomplish, and
to meet the man who started this program
in North Carolina.
1 visaed the Durham Child Development &
Behavioral Health Clinic, a division of Duke Children's Hospital, at the
invitation of Dr. Ave Lachiewicz, who works with children affected by
Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic disorder which results in mild to severe
physical, intellectual, emotional and behavioral symptoms. On the day
I visited, the Knights of Columbus were presenting $8,500 to the clinic
for the treatment of these ch1ldren, several of whom were there with
their famil ies. The Knights are one of the major charitable supports for
the clinic, thanks to former State Deputy Bill Scott, who learned about
Frag1le X decades ago when he realized his two sons were both affected
by the syndrome.
Today Bill is in h1s 80s, but his enthusiasm for helping these children
is undimmed. It was 1969 when he started a program with the Knights
which he christened LAMB, an acronym for Least Among My Brothers, to
raise funds for, m the parlance of the time, "mentally retarded children."
The LAMB Foundation's first Tootsie Roll dnve was in 1974. "We raised
$31,000: Bill recalls. Today, according to K of C Stale Deputy john
Gouldie, the program raises almost a million dollars a year to assist developmentally disabled children throughout the slate. Since the program
started, the Knights have distributed over $17 .4 milhon to hundreds of
North Carolina agencies.
At the Durham Clinic, now nationally renowned for its work with Fragile
X pauents, donations from the Knights fund a variety of needs. "A blood test
to diagnose Fragile X was available in the early '90s," Dr. Lachiewicz says,
"but insurance companies have been slow to allow coverage. Donations like
this make il possible to offer the test to families whose insurance won't cover
it." Fragile X is not curable. Treatment involves long term speech and physical therapy, and funding helps provide tools such as weighted pens and
flash cards, stencils for forming letters and talking puzzles.
The next time I see the Kmghts with their Tootsie Rolls, I'm going to recall
my visit to the clinic, and think about compassion. The compassion of the
professionals who work with these children and their courageous parents,
and especially the compassion of a man who saw m his own fam1lys misfortune a mandate to help others.
- Rlch:ml Reece Is the editor of NC Cnfhollcs.
II+ Thank you for your letters and emailsl You can
write me at 715 Nazareth Street, Raleigh, NO 27606
or [email protected].
hen Karol Wojtyla stepped out omo the balcony
overlooking St. Peters square after hi5 election
on Oct. 16, 1978, he was introduced to the
world as Pope John Paul II. The selection of hts
name was partly to honor his immediate predecessor, John Paul
1, who died after a brief 33-day reign, but, more significantly. to
represent the new pont illS mission: to explain, defend and fulfill
the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, which was convened under Pope john XXl11 and Pope Paul VI.
A rare and important event: The Second Vatican Council was
only the 21st ecumenical council in the 2,000-year history of the
Catholic Church. An ecumenical council is a gathering of all the
Btshops of the world - ~ecumenical,~ meaning universal- which,
when summoned by the Bishop of Rome, constitutes the highest
teaching authority in the Church, Councils have been convened
throughout the ages at crucial moments in Church history: to
refute heresy, resolve crises, discuss matters of doctrine and issue
formal pronouncements about matters of faith and morals. Most
of the councils were called in response to some error or false
teaching, and resulted in the definition of doctrine, such as the
Trinity, the Incarnation, Mary as the Mother of God, etc. Vatican
11ts unique in that it was called primarily to be a pastoral council,
rather than a response to a crisis.
Jesus endowed His Church with the Holy Spirit: He wanted
to ensure the handing on of the faith. This is done through
the teaching authority of the Church called the Magisterium.
When the Bishops are united in communion with the Bishop of
W
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- Sr. Maria Fauslin a ShoWllltu, O.P, Sr. john M:try Corbell, O.r., Sr. Maria
Gemma Manek, O.r, and Sr. Eli::tbclh Ann O'Rdlly, O.r.
Timeline: history of the 21 councils
Nicaea I, 325
• Nicene Creed formulated.
• Affirmed the divinity of
Christ.
• Fixed the date of Easter.
• Dogma of the Incarnation
- God truly became man.
• Declared Mary the Mother
of God (Theotokos).
• Affirmed that because the
Word became flesh, holy
images and statues are
legitimate and worthy of
veneration.
Chalcedon 451
Lateran II, 1139
• Ended the Papal schism.
• Reforms on Holy Ordera.
Lateran Ill, 1179
Constantinople IV, 869
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Constantinople I, 381
• Dogma of the Most Holy
Trinity defined.
• Declared the Holy Spirit to
be consubstantial (of the
same substance, therefore
divine) with the Father and
the Son.
• Nicene Creed
promulgated ("I believe
in the Holy Spirit ... life
everlasting" added to the
end).
• Affirmed that Jesus is one
person with two natures:
human and Divine.
Constantinople II, 553
• Hypostatic union: Jesus
was inseparably true God
and true man.
Constantinople Ill, 680
Nicaea II, 787
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• Reaffirmed the seven
Sacraments.
• Declared that a priest's
sinfulness does not
invalidate sacraments.
• Regulated Papal Elections:
To elect a pope, the
college of cardinals must
vote with a two-thirds
majority
Lateran I, 1123
Lateran IV, 1215
• Defined that Christ had
two wills, human and
Divine.
Ephesus 431
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• Deposed Photius, the
unlawful Patriarch of
Constantinople and
restored the patriarchy
to Ignatius, beginning
the schism between the
Eastern and Western
Churches.
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• Issued decrees on simony
(buying/selling of Church
offices), investiture and
clerical celibacy.
• Defined transubstantiation:
Holy Eucharist is the Body,
Blood, Soul and Divinity of
Christ under the accidents
Rome in an ecumenical council,
they enjoy infallibility in their
pronouncements on faith and
montls. A council does not produce innovations in doctrine or
the faith. Rather, it makes more
explicit those existing matters of
the deposit of faith in continuity
with the tradition of the Church.
Why was the council held?
The Second Vatican Council was
of a pastoral nature, rather than
one called to condemn errors.
Pope john XXlll, who convened the council, desired it to
increase the "fervor and energy of
Catholics and serve the needs of
Christian people." He hoped the
council would communicate and
promote the universal call to holiness attainable by every person,
and instill a missionary spirit in
the hearts of all Christians. To do
this, the Church needed to better
instruct the faithful of all ages in
faith and morals, to proclaim the
boundless depths of Gods mercy,
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of bread and wine.
• Issued decrees on annual
reception of the
sacraments of confession
and Holy Communion.
Lyons I, 1245
• Deposed Emperor
Frederick II for sacrilege
and heresy.
• Addressed clerical
morality.
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and to engage Christians in the
modem world. Pope john expressed his desires for up-to-date
renewal of the Church in one
word- aggiomamento. When
asked to explain htS prayers and
hopes for the council, he simply
went to a window and threw
it open, letting the fresh breeze
wafting into the room express his
intentions in a single gesture.
How did the Church prepare?
The Church, in the three years
preceding the council, embarked
on an intense time of prayer,
renection and preparation.
Bishops around the world submitted proposals for subjects to
be discussed; more than 2,000
lists of proposals were submitted with detailed opinions from
theologians. lnjune 1960, the
Holy Father established lO
commissions to study panicular
questions, including Scripture,
Tradition, faith and morals, Bishops and the control of Dioceses,
• Abolished the Knights
Templars.
Constance
1414-1418
• Ended Great Western
Schism.
• Decreed that ecumenical
councils have authority
over the Church.
Basel, Ferrara.
Florence 1431-1445
Lyons II, 1274
• Temporarily reunited the
Greek Church with Rome
• Mandated that unleavened
bread be used for the
Eucharist.
Vienne 1311-1312
• Eastern Church agreement
on the Holy Spirit,
purgatory and Eucharist
decrees from Lyons II.
· Affirmed the seven
Sacraments.
religious orders, the Uturgy,
seminaries and ecclesiastical
studies, missions, the Eastern
Churches and the lay apostolate.
What was Pope john XX Ills
opening message? The council
opened on Oct. 11, 1962, with
a solemn Mass m St. Peters
Basilica, with more than 2,500
Bishops present - the greatest
gathenng at any council in the
history of the Church. After the
Mass, Pope john addressed the
council Fathers, communicatmg to them the direction and
spirit of the council. Pope john
emphasized that the Church
must proclaim Gods mercy and
understanding, and pour out the
riches the Church had received
from Christ upon all people
who place all thm trust in God.
The task of the council was to
lind ways that the Church could
present itself to the world of
today, and reach the minds and
heans of all.
• Reasserted: soul is form
of body.
• Decree on indulgences.
• Clarified the relation of the
Pope to an ecumenical
council.
Trent 1545·1563
• Decrees on grace, sin,
merit, justification and
sanctification.
• Affirmed Scripture and
Tradition as the full deposit
of faith.
• Defined the theology of the
sacraments as a matter of
faith.
• Established seminary
system to train men for the
priesthood.
• Defined infant baptism.
Lateran V, 1512-151
Vatican I 1869-1870
• Defined papal infallibility
when the Pope speaks ex
cathedra (from the chair)
on matters of faith and
morals.
• Reaffirmed Church
teachings on revelation
and the relationship
between faith and reason.
Vatican II 1962·1965
• Allowed for native
language to be used
during liturgy.
• Affirmed the role of the
laity.
• Affirmed the role of the
Church in the modem
world.
• Defined Church as People
of God.
• Affirmed universal call to
holiness of all people.
sa1nt
of
the
month
Patron saint of Corsica
canonized Dec. 11, 1904
Meaning of name: Man's defender, warrior
Feast Day: Oct. 11
Santo patrOn de C6rcega
canonlzado el11 de dldembre de 1904
Significado del nombre: Defensor del hombre, guerrero
Dfa festtvo: 11 de octubre
Claim to Fame: St. Alexander entered a
Barnabite monastery at a young age, and soon
became a philosophy and theology teacher at
the local University of Pavia. In 1565, he was
made the Superior General of the monastery.
During his time there, St. Alexander came
to be known as a passionate and influential
preacher. In 1571, Pope Pius V appointed
him as the Bishop of Aleria, Corsica, where
the Church was basically dead. St. Alexander
and three companions managed to revive
it, however. They built churches and schools, and founded
universities and seminaries while also correcting the
Corsicans' behaviors and bringing them back to the Church.
St. Alexander and his companions also helped the Corsicans
fight off pirate raids. The Church eventually began to flourish
there, but in 1591, St. Alexander was made bishop of Pavia,
where he died a year later.
Hechos que le hlcleron famoso: St.
Alejandro ingres6 muy joven a un monasterio
bamabita, y pronto sa hizo un maestro de filosofia
y teologia en Ia Universidad de Pavia En 1565,
lo nombraron Superior General del Monasterio.
Durante su estadia alii, St. Alejandro se hizo conocido como un predicador ferviente e influyente. En
1571 , el Papa Pio V lo nombr6 obispo de Aleria,
06rcega, donde Ia Iglesia estaba, esencialrnente,
muerta. Sin embargo, St. Alejandro y tres compaiieros lograron revivirla. Construyeron iglesias y escuelas, fundaron
universidades y seminaries, y al mismo tiempo corrigieron las
conductas de los corsos y los trajeron de welta a Ia Iglesia. St. Alejandro y sus compaiieros tambien ayudaron a los corsos a repeler
incursiones piratas. Con el tiempo Ia Iglesia comenz6 a florecer
alii, perc en 1591, St. Alejandro fue nombrado obispo de Pavia,
donde muri6 un alio mas tarde.
What made him a saint: St. Alexander willingly went
to Corsica, where the people were corrupt and separated
from the Church. He helped lead the people back to God,
without using force of any kind, and despite the deaths of his
companions, continued his work. Besides his work in Corsica,
St. Alexander was a noted miracle worker, said to have
performed prophesy, healing, and calming storms both in life
and after his death. He also served as the spiritual advisor to
St. Charles Borromeo and Pope Gregory XIV.
Por que es un santo: St. Alejandro fue, de buena voluntad a
06rcega, donde Ia gente estaba corrompida y separada de Ia Iglesia. 8 ayud6 a devolver a Ia gente a Dios, sin utilizar fuerza de ninguna clase, y a pesar de Ia muerte de sus compaiieros, continuo
su trabajo. Ademas de su labor en C6rcega, St. Alejandro fue un
conocido taumaturgo, se dijo de el que habia profetizado, curado y
que habia calmado tormentas tanto durante su vida como despues
de su muerte. Tambiflm hizo las veces de consejero espiritual de
San Carlos Borromeo y del Papa Gregorio XIV.
Best Quote: We know very little about St. Alexander's
teachings, although it was said of him that he "was an
exemplary pastor in an age of abuse and corruption."
Major cita: Sabemos muy poco de las enseiianzas de St.
Alejandro, aunque se dijo de el que •era un pastor ejemplar en una
epoca de abuses y corrupci6n•.
How he died: St. Alexander returned to Italy in 1591
as Bishop of Pavia. A year later, on one of his visitations to
churches in his diocese, he fell ill and died.
C6mo muri6: St. Alejandro regres6 a ltalia en 1591 como
obispo de Pavia Un alio mas tarde, en una de sus visitas a las
iglesias en su di6cesis, se enferm6 y muri6.
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ife is full of changes. We often don't like
changes because the familiar ceases to
be and newness intrudes into our lives.
But we face them with faith and hope.
Change has come recently to The Office of African
Ancestry Ministry and Evangelization.
Mrs. Martha Bailey has resigned after six years of
ministry to the Diocese of Raleigh. During Mrs. Baileys
tenure the ministry has been brought forcefully to the front
in the Diocese and in the nation.
Outreach to all ages was revitalized. The outreach to the
youth was rejuvenated by the Ambassadors of the Word
program. Mrs. Bailey became involved in the Youth
Department programs. She fostered Right to Life issues.
HIV/AIDS was also pan of her ministry.
The Ngambi for Young Adults, which began under
Father Martin Caner, was continued and updated. For
the elders, Harambee was begun. It focused initially
on yearly pilgrimages to places of Catholic and African
American interest.
In 2002, after the resignation of Sister Maxine Towns,
S.A., as director, Bishop Gossman called me out of
retirement and appointed me as Director. His instruction
was to take eighteen months to study and
devise a plan to revitalize the ministry.
Father jaVan Saxon was a member of the
Study Committee appointed by Bishop
Gossman to confect the Plan. He was
aware that many of our African Brothers
and Sisters were coming into the Diocese
of Raleigh, and he recommended that the
title of the Orhce be changed to The
Office of African Ancestry Ministry
and Evangelization.
Bishop Gossman appointed Mrs.
Bailey as director to implement the
approved plan. Bishop Burbidge,
since assuming the mantle as Btshop of
Raleigh, has given his full support and
encouragement to the ministry.
Now we pray for Bishop Burbidge
as he seeks a new Director for
African Ancestry Ministry and
Evangelization.
- Msgr. Thomas P. Hadden
C
elebramos una vez mas la herencia hispana, con la esperanza puesta en Dios
para que por medio de su Espiritu Divino
nos conceda el don de valorar no solo el
numero de inmigrantes que vienen a servir en los
campos, las fabricas, los negocios, los restaurantes
y hasta en los hogares de tantas personas, sino para
poder comprender que en Cristo somas todos un
solo pueblo.
La unidad del Pueblo de Dios no esta basada en tener solamente un mismo rito littlrgico, tampoco por coincidir en las
mismas creencias o tener los mismos sacramentos. Todo esto es
importante, pero para que sea posible debemos todos reconocer a Cristo como el Unico que ofreci6 su vida por nosotros
en Ia Cruz, para reconciliarnos como hermanos y ante Dios,
para hacer de todos los pueblos uno solo, e\ pueblo de Dios,
animado por un mismo Espiritu, y llamados a construir en Ia
unidad yen Ia justicia Ia verdadera paz y Ia autentica libertad .
Por eso celebrar no es solo reconocer Ia presencia de tantos
hermanos que enriquecen Ia fe en Ia diversidad, en las tradiciones y en Ia fe, sino que es una oportunidad para todos de
reflexionar si estamos trabaj ando en Ia unidad, en Ia penenencia y en Ia panicipaci6n para construir el Reino
de Dios en nuestras familias, nuestras comunidades parroquiales, nuestra comunidad
diocesana y si estamos ayudando para que
seamos hospitalarios con el hermano, con el
extranjero y muchas veces con el desconocido, para ayudarnos a todos a construir
Ia verdadera unidad y Ia autentica
comuni6n del Evangelio.
Por eso pedimos aDios, porIa
intercesi6n de Marla Santlsima e
inspirados en este ano Paulino por
las ensenanzas del Ap6stol de las
gentes, para que cada dla nos abra
los ojos del coraz6n para reconocer
al hermano, para construir Ia paz
de Cristo en nuestras comunidades, con Ia fuera de su Espiritu,
con Ia gracia de su amory con el
trabajo de todos los que aceptamos
Ia fe en Cristo Nuestro Senor. jQue
todos seamos hermanos, ciudadanos
y colaboradores del reino de Dios!
- Padre Fernando Torres
L
ast spring, joan Rosenhauer, Associate Director of
the USCCB Department of justice, Peace, and Human Development, and an important collaborator in
the formation of the Bishops' statement, spoke to catechists
in Raleigh. "The message begins," she said, "by connecting
faith and politics with the Eucharist. What does the Eucharist mean and what does it call us to?" She quoted john Paul
II, who wrote that "our mutual love and concern for those in
need" will be "the criterion by which our Eucharistic celebration is judged."
"So we are called to love God and to love others in every action of our lives," Rosenhauer said, "and a key place for that is in our opportunities as citizens."
In their document, the Bishops point out that not all issues are of equal importance:
"There are some thmgs we must never do , as individuals or as a society, because they
are always incompatible with love of God and neighbor. Such actions are so deeply
flawed that they are always opposed to the authentic good of persons. These are called
'intrinsically evil' actions. They must always be rejected and opposed and must never
be supported or condoned. A prime example is the intentional taking of innocent human life, as in abortion and euthanasia .. .
"Similarly, direct threats to the sanctity and dignity of human life, such as human
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cloning and destructive research
on human embryos, arc also
intrinsically evil. These must
always be opposed. Other direct
assaults on innocent human life
and violations of human dignity, such as genocide, torture,
racism, and the targeting of
noncombatants in acts of te rror
or war, can never be JUStified."
Still, the Bishops say, "There
may be times when a Catholic
who rejects a candidate's unacceptable position may decide to
vote for that candtdate for other
morally grave reasons. Voting
m this way would be permis·
sible only fo r truly grave moral
reasons , not to advance narrow
interests or partisan preferences or to ignore a fundamental
moral eviL
"When all candtdates hold a
position in favor of an intrinsic
evil, the conscientious voter faces
a dilemma. The voter may decide
to take the extraordinary step of
not voung for any candidate or,
after careful deliberation, may
decide to vote for the candidate
deemed less likely to advance
such a morally flawed position
and more likely to pursue other
authentic human goods.§
As Rosenhauer stressed, ~Faith­
ful citizenship goes well beyond
voting. It's about working at all
times for a society that respects the dignity of every human being, that seeks
the common good, and that protects
the weak and the vulnerable."
To help North Carolina Catholics
further that objective, the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, and the Most Reverend Peter J.
Jugis, Bishop of Charlotte, announced
in July the creation of Catholic Voice
NC, a statewide initiative to give
Catholics in North Carolina the opportunity to communicate with their state
legislators on issues of importance.
At a news conference at the State
Legislative Building in Raleigh, the
Bishops outlined the focus of Catholic
Voice NC and unveiled a new joint
website, W\Vw.CatholicVoiceNC.org,
which will provide information to subscribers on legislative matters of interest
to Catholics in light of Catholic teaching. Subscribers will receive "alerts"
notifying them of pending legislation
and a have access to a system allowing
them the capability to voice their support or objection to the legislation by
email, telephone or regular mail.
"Our primary concern will always
An effort will be made to recognize the
be the sacredness of all human life and murder of a pregnant woman and her
unborn child as a double homicide.
the dignity of each and every person:
the unborn, the underprivileged and
This too will face an uphill struggle
the often forgotten . .. individuals who
from adversaries who are anxious
do not have very many advocates or
about any recognition of an unborn
child as a human being. The 'Choose
lobbyists," Bishop Burbidge said.
"Catholic Voice North Carolina will not Life' license plate will be introduced
endorse candidates or political parties,"
again and it will face opposition from
Bishop Jugis said in his statement. ''We
pro-choice lobbyists and legislators."
will call Catholics to action on legislative
So the election is only part of the
matters that touch upon Holy Scripture
journey for faithful Catholic citizens.
With well- formed
and/or the teaching of the
Catholic Church.~
consciences and well-inFaHhful CHizenshlp
At the same news
formed minds, the next
In Scripture
step will be letting their
conference, the Bishops anWoe to those who enact
nounced that Msgr. Michael
voices be heard - in
evil statutes
Washington, in Raleigh,
Clay. Pastor of St. Ann
And to those who
Catholic Church in Clayand in their hometowns.
constantly record unjust
ton. would be a registered
"Legislators have
decisions,
lobbyist to the State legislatold us," Msgr. Clay
So as to deprive the
ture on issues of concern to
said, "that the voices of
needy of justice
their constituents are
Cathohcs. Msgr. Clay spoke
And rob the poor of My
with NC Catholics about
heard, especially if they
people of their rights,
oppose pending legislaissues of this kind which
So that widows may be
may occupy lawmakers in
tion. All politics is local,
their spoil
the upcoming session of
as the saying goes, and a
And that they may
legislator doesn't generthe North Carolina General
plunder the orphans.
Assembly.
ally want to alienate a
Now what will you do in
"Funding for embryconstituency in his or
onic stem cell research will the day of punishment,
her district, especially
likely reappear," Msgr. Clay And in the devastation
one who argues from rawhich will come from
said. "Efforts will be made
tional moral principles.
afar?
to get legislation passed
Catholics in a legislative
- Isaiah 10: 1·3
that will ask for a constidistrict who ban together
tutional amendment to be
to voice a united front
placed on the ballot defining marriage
on an issue will likely be heard. A
as a union between one man and one
legislator who runs unopposed, wins
woman at one time. lt has failed for five
by a wide margin, and/or enjoys sigyears to be voted on in either chamber
nificant power may be more immune
of the legislature and next year it will
to the voices of opposition but that
shouldn't deter voters from expressing
face an uphill battle.
"Comprehensive sex education will
their position on pending legislation,
likely be back in the next session. Pro- especially if it is inconsistent with the
moral principles of the Church that
ponents want to replace abstinencebased sex education with this version.
exist for the common good." 13}
House, Governor. and local Gen
confront 1n the next•two
1
de Ia Segunda Guerra
Mundial, quienes estan
pronto a jubilarse en los
pr6ximos alios, este pais
necesitara de Ia ayuda de
3.5 millones de nuevas
trabajadores at aflo para
rcemplazalos. l De donde
vendr.in estos trabajadores?
Solo hay dos opciones: de
los trabajadores inmigrnntes a los Estados Unidos y
de los ciudadanos estadounidenscs que trabajan
mucho mas del tiempo de
jubilaci6n reglamentario.
D
onald Kerwin, Director Executive
de Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc (CLINIC por sus siglas
en inglees), consejero del comite de
inmigracion de la USCCB, Non-Resident Fellow at
the Migration Policy Institute, y el Associate Fellow
en el Woodstock Theological Center se reunieron
con la revista NC Catholics para discutir los asuntos de inmigraci6n en los Estados Unidos.
l.Han camblado las causas de Ia rnmlgradon en estos
aftos? l.CUales son las prindpales causas hoy en dia?
Sf y no. En general,la dcsesperacion econ6mica los motiva a
buscar una mejor vida para cllos y para sus familias, Ia necesidad
de escapar a Ia persecuci6n o de pedir asilo pol!tico siguen siendo
las causas primordiales en todos estos aflos, por ejemplo: Ia Iglesia
' Uitolica ha ayudado con Ia ubicaci6n de por lo menos 900.000
refugiados desde Ia caida de Saigon.
Hoy en dia, Ia econom!a estadounidensc tambien contribuye
de gran manera a Ia inmigrncion. l.a realidad es que un 16% de Ia
mano de obra esta compuesta por inmigrnntes (de los cuales un
5% de estos trabajadores son indocumentados) Ambas industrias,
como Ia tecnologica en Silicon Valley, y Ia agricola, etc .• dependen
de Ia mano de obra de los inmigrnmes, incluso, Ia mayoria de los
expenos reconoce que estas industrias podrian colapsar sin Ia
ayuda de ellos.
Este problema afecta a comunidades emeras, en especial,la
rural y las comunidades aledmias a las ciudades las cual han·sido
revitalizadas por los inmigrantes, tal es el caso de Iowa, una de
las areas cuyo crecimiento demogr.ifico es mayor a los 100 alios
o mas y su econom!a enfrenta una reducci6n de mas de 300.000
trabajadores de acuerdo al gobemador anterior.
Segtin proyecciones del presidente de Ia Reserva Federal, Ben
Bemanke, alrededor de 78 millones de personas nacidas despues
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influendado NAFTA y
Ia globallzadon en Ia
lnmlgrad6n hada los Estados Unidos?
El Tratado de Ubre Comercio de America del Norte TLCAN
conocido tam bien por TLC o NAFTA (por sus siglas en ingles
Nor1h Amc1ican Free Trade Agreement) es una de las causas de
inmigraci6n que difierc del pasado, porque tenemos un arden
econ6mico que reconoce el derecho de obtener productos y servicios de otras fronteras, mas no le da el derecho a las personas
de cruzar Ia frontera gracias a este movimiento de productos y
servicios.
l2 aflos despues de Ia creaci6n del TLCAN, dos millones de
mexicanos en el sector agricola perdieron sus trabajos en pane
por el subsidio en las exponaciones de Estados Unidos. Pero,
ta donde se fueron? Algunos se unieron a Ia cadena de trabajadorcs ~negates" en los Estados Unidos; otras victimas de este
proceso son los trabajadores de prendas de vestir de El Paso,
quienes perdieron sus trabajos cuando las fabricas se mudaron a
Mexico. El pumo es, que somas testigos de Ia inmensa oleada de
desplazados, pero nuestras leyes y las pol!ticas de inmigraci6n
no reflejan esta realidad.
(.Que tanto lnfluye, Ia raza y Ia religion en el publico
con respecto a Ia lnmigraclon?
Hay una creciente cantidad de personas en el pais que cree que
Ia raza, Ia religion, Ia cultura y el pais de origen son relevantes.
En el pasado, ser estadounidensc significaba ser parte de un pais
conformado en su mayoria por inmigrames comprometidos por
valores c!vicos similares como el de Ia democracia, Ia igualdad, los
derechos y las oponunidades; significaba scr fiel al pais, apoyando
valores c!vicos comunes y a las instituciones.
Ahora existe un movimiento que esta de acuerdo en que esto
no significa ser estadounidensc porque para este grupo, los
estadounidenscs son un grupo separado de personas conectadas por atributos en comtln, a pesar de que los que proponen
este punta de vista, tratan de no describir mucho estos atributos
porque sonaria un poco antiestadounidensc. Sin embargo, Ia
cultura occidental, Ia raza, Ia religion y el origen son candidates.
Reportc especial clc inmigracion por Douglas Culp
En mi opinion, no creo que este punto de
vista motive n Ia gente con respecto n este
asunto de inmigracion, en su lugnr, picnso
que Ia situaci6n econ6mica de cnda persona y el sentimiento de desplazamiento
juega un papel imponante. La incenidumbre econ6mica mezclndn con sentimientos
de que Ia comunidad se haec cada vez JTUis
irreconocible, contribuye a Ia creacion de
ese sentimiento nntiemigrante.
Es interesante acotar que In gran
mayorta de los recursos estan dirigidos a
In frontera de Estados Unidos y Mb.ico y
no a Ia frontera con Canada, en especial
cuando sabemos que Ia mayoria de los
terroristas han entrada a este pals por
Canada.
Muchos han cuestlonado Ia pos·
tura de Ia Iglesia con respecto
a Ia inmlgracl6n y Ia conslderan
en contra de los lntereses de los
Estados Unldos, partlcularmente,
en termlnos de soberani'a nacional y los derechos subsecuentes
a Ia regulacl6n de las fronteras.
l.Es esta critlca legiUma? lC6mo
podemos entender Ia postura de Ia
Iglesia?
No, no es una crltica \egltima. Hoy en
d!a, escuchamos todo tipo de falsedades
intentando tenir Ia postura de Ia Iglesia
de antiestadounidense e interesada
con respecto a los inmigrantes indocumentados diciendo: "La Iglesia busca
lwccr dinero con los indocumcntados para
distracr al publico sobre los esccindalos de
abuso sexual, y para incremcntar a sus
scguidorcs. n No obstante, estas calumnias no serian toleradas si fueran dirigidas a cualquier otro grupo.
La Iglesia ha reconocido en repetidas
oponunidades el derecho de un pn!s de
controlar sus fronteras y el de regular Ia
inmigracion. Sin embnrgo, esto debe scr
tratndo bajo In rubrica de Ia promocion
del bien comlin, Ia raz6n primordial de
Ia existencia de un pals en primer Iugar.
En general, e\ apoyo de In Iglesia est:i
a favor del ser humano y de Ia aplicaci6n
del orden y es por ello que los Obispos
de los Estados Unidos han argumentado por algun tiempo, e\ asunto de Ia
inmigraci6n. Todos los dfas, muchas
personas mueren en Ia frontcra, las
fami\ias son separadas, y los trabajadores
son explotados. Un arden humanitario
y eficaz es aquel que por ejemplo, evite
muenes a\ cruzar Ia frontera, limite Ia
detenci6n de personas que presentan un
riesgo y se evite Ia politica de deportaci6n que resulte en Ia destrucci6n de
fami\ias estadounidenses.
Para Ia Iglesia, no existe confiicto entre e\ buen comun y el derecho otorgado
por Dios. Par ejemp\o, si una persona es
persegmda y no tiene otro recurso mas
que dejar su pals de origen, esta persona
tiene el derecho y e\ deber de irse, y
apelar a un estado soberano en estas circunstancias es diffcil porque Ia soberanfa
trata de identificar Ia responsnbihdnd del
estado para promover los derechos y e\
bien comun.
En resumen, el estado puede regular Ia inmigraci6n y mantener fuera a
todo aque\ que no tenga que entrar,
pero aquel\os que estan tratando de
mnntener a sus familias, escapando a
Ia persecuci6n y ejercitando el derecho
otorgado por Dios, deben ser admitidos
y bienvenidos.
Slempre escuchamos sobre e\
lmpacto negaUvo que generan en
Ia economia los lndocumentados:
en los Impuestos, en los servldos
sodales, etc.
l.Oue tan derto es todo esto?
Cada vez que escucho que los inmigrantes no pagan impuestos, lo cual es
casi siempre, les hago Ia siguiente pregunta a las personas que hacen dicha afirmaci6n: talguna vez ha visto si un cajero
de a\gtin mercado se niegue a recibir el
impuesto del valor de los a\imentos, a\
saber que esa persona es indocumentada?
La verdad es que todo el mundo paga
impuestos y Ia mayorfa de los indocumentados pagan impuesto sabre Ia renta.
En e\2005, el Segura Social estimo
que tiene $580 billones de dolares en una
cuenta de fondos suspendidos, dinero
que no puede ser identificado a ningl!n
ponador del numero de seguro social.
Este dinero proviene de trabajadores
indocumentados que jamas recibirnn los
beneficios de su trnbajo.
Hace 10 anos, c\ Rcsearrlt Council of tltc
National Academy of Science publico un
repone estimando que los inmigrnntes
indocumentados y sus hijos pagaran
$80.00 d6\ares mas en impuestos a lo
largo de sus vidas y jamas recibirnn nada
de esos beneficios. Asf que e\ problema
no esta en si los lnmigrantes pagan los
impuestos o no, el problema esta en que
Ia mayorfa de esos impuestos provenientes de este grupo es destinado a\ gobiemo
federal, pero los estados 1\evan Ia carga
de brtndar educaci6n y salud. Asr que
mientras e\ gobiemo federal recibe un
excedente, el estado y el gobiemo local
experimenta perdidas. La cuesti6n recae
en como debemos compartir estos recursos equitativamente.
l.Le gustaria compartlr argo nuis
con nuestros ledores sobre lnmlgradon?
Nos enfrentamos a un problema
bastante complejo que requiere de una
soluci6n global. La iglesm ensena que el
pueblo tiene el derecho a emigrnr, lo que
slgnifica buscar una solud6n a Ia pobreza,
y a\ desarrollo econ6mico global y no
tratarlo solo como un problema local. Sin
embargo, no podemos ignorar que hay
gente real atrapada en esta rea\idad en estos momentos. tComo podemos encontrar
una solucion a este problema reflejando
nuestros va\ores religiosos y c!vicos?
En este memento historico, muchos
tienen Ia vision de un pals que no reconoce Ia comrtbucion que realizan los 12
mi\lones de inmigrnntes y los clasifican
como "ilegales forajidos," pero Ia gente no
puede ser ilegal en nuestro tradici6n como
tampoco se puede considerar a un nino
de ilegitimo porque todos somas hijos de
Dios. Estas etiquetas despectivas previenen
realizar polfticas humanistas, ademas de
culpar a todos los "ilegales" por lo que
pasa en el sistema medico, en el trnbajo
y hasta de las rntas que hay en nuestras
escuclas publicas.
Sin embargo, yo no creo que este
sentimiento prevalezca; nosotros somos
buenas personas que reconocemos In
dignidad que Dios les dio, aceptando a los
inmigrantes como personas y apoyando
las po\!ticas humanitatias de inmigrncion.
No estamos contentos a\ ver como separan
a familias y como mueren sin necesidad.
Estoy seguro que alglin dfa, tendremos
polfticas mas aptas a nuestros valores y a
nuestro herencia. '-'
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usted
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Dear NCC: lMitad Humano,
Mitad Animal?
1
os cientificos britanicos han recibido
recientemente de su agenda
reguladora Ia autorizaci6n para
crear "embriones hibridos". Estos
embriones se producen mediante
tecnicas de clonaci6n, utilizando para ello panes
humanas y animales. AI inyectar un mlcleo humano (el "paquete
gent!tico humano") dentro de un 6vulo de vaca a\ que se le ha
retirado su propio paquete genetico, se puede crear un embri6n
humano defectuoso.
- Ell';ulrc Tlldcus:
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Uni,·eBidlld de Yale
y su trabajo poiSt·
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Massachusetts, y sc
dcscmJ"'Cil:l como 01·
rector de Edue~clon
en d Centro National
Catollco de lllotllca
en l'hlladelphla. The
National Catholic
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Algunas personas imaginan que el resultado
de esto seria una crealUnt mitad humano y mitad
animal, y de ah! el nombre wembn6n hibridon. Sin
embargo, debido a que cl paquete gen~uco nuclear
es completamente humano, en realidad cl nuevo
embri6n seria humano, pero con varias moleculas
vacunas presentes como "contaminames~ demro
del mecanismo bioqulmico del embri6n. La raz6n
para tratar de producir estos embriones humanos
con defecto es el poder destruirlos antes de que
crezcan demasiado, es decir, antes de que lleguen
a dos semanas de edad, y asf poder obtener sus
celulas madre.
Este extrmio proyecto de producir embriones
humanos parcialmente daliados utilizando pam ella
6vulos vacunos esta siendo promovido en gran pane
debido a Ia dificultad pam lograr que las mujeres
acepten donar sus ovulos. La mayoria de las mujercs
rechaza Ia idea de ceder volumariamente sus ovulos
pam que los cientlficos los usen en expcrimentos de
clonaci6n. Este procedimiento pam obtener 6vulos no
solo es invasivo, doloroso y peligroso pam Ia mujer
sino que frecuentemente ella siente un natural instinto
protector hacia sus propios ovulos, hacia su fenilidad
y hacia los hijos que CSLOS 6vulos pudieran engendrar.
Este instinto de proteger a Ia progenie esta
profundamente arraigado no solo en los seres
humanos sino en todo cl reino animal. y no haec
falta una renexion profunda pam damos cuenta del
problema moral de producir progenie humana en
laboratorios, usando una amalgama con componentes
vacunos, pam luego canibalizarlos cientfficamente.
Este instinto natural de proteger a nuestro progenie
lo vemos ilustrndo de manern impacmnte en el caso
del PingOino Emperador. Estc es el unico animal
de sangre caliente to suficientemente ruerte como
para permanecer en Ia Antartida durante todo el
inviemo, mientras que los demas migrnn a dimas
menos frfos. La narraci6n de los habitos reproductivos
del PingOino Emperndor ha fascinado a milloncs
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en Ia reciente pelfcula La Mattila de los Pinguinos.
Estos animales encuentrnn una pareja, a quien le son
singularmeme fielcs, y cada hembra pone un huevo del
l.amai'to de una pelora de softbol, misma que cede a su
pareja. Durante los dos meses siguientcs ella se ocupa
fren~ticameme de alimentarse en aguas oceanicas,
dcjando al macho incubando el huevo durante lo peor
del inviemo polar y mameniendose unicamente con su
grnsa corporal.
En media de tremendas vemiscas y durante semanas
de obscuridad invemal, el macho cUidadosamente
balancea sobre sus patas el huevo que contiene el
embrion del pinguino en crecimiento, envolviendolo
con su denso plumaje y aisl:indolo complel.amente
del rna que podrfa mal.arlo. Esc huevo permanecera
sabre sus patas por mas de 60 dfas, periodo durante
el cual cl macho no come nada y pierde hasl.a Ia mi1.ad
de su peso corporal. Si cl huevo cayera de esc rerugio
protector se congelarfa sabre el hiclo polar en cucsti6n
de pocos minutos. La madre normalmente regresa
cuando se acerca cl momenta en que cl polluelo rompe
el cascaron. Despu~s que esto sucede, el pequelio
PingOino Emperador permanece sus dos primeros
meses acurrucado bajo cl plumaje protector de su
papa o su mama, donde Ia temperatura se mantiene
alrededor de 36°C (96.8°F). Los padres se tuman en
el cuidado del pequeno pingOino, dandole alimemo
regurgitado has1.a que csta listo para salir de su refugio
secreta y enfrcnl.ar los severos elementos de Ia Antanida.
El increible esmero del PingOino Emperador por sus
crias en cs1.ado previa al nacimiento, protegiendolos
escrupulosamente aun en esas vulnerables empas
embrionarias, es un poderoso testimonio del adecuado
arden que existe en Ia creaci6n, donde los integrnntcs
adultos de Ia especie, de manera natural, hacen
lo extrnordinario pam asegurar Ia salvaguarda y el
bienestar de los integrnntcs mas pequelios.
Pane del progreso de Ia dvilizacion humana a troves
de los siglos ha es1.ado en una proteccion similar de los
pequelios, donde los nilios han sido considerados
como un bien sagrado y como un fin en sf mismos,
y no meramente como un medio pam satisfacer los
deseos de los padres (ode los cientfficos). El Padre
Raymond de Souza ha resumido eltema muy bien:
"Es distintivo de Ia civilizacion occidenl.al que los
niflos sean vistas como un bien por derecho propio,
personas con derechos y dignidad confiados
al cuidado de sus padres. Esta es una
idea tan comun que no nos detenemos
a considerarla como un gran logro de
Ia civilizaci6n, pero lo es. En el mundo
antiguo tanto d infanticidio como el
sacrificio de niflos no eran raros, y en
general su estado legal era equiparable at
de cualquier otra propiedad del patrimonio
familiar. Fue necesaria una larga y dolorosa
labor durante siglos -\lpelando tanto a
recursos religiosos como civiles- para
poder llegar a Ia aceptacion cultural y legal
de que cl nino no existe como un objeto
para beneficia de los demas, sino que debe
ser tratado como un sujeto por propio
derecho".
Actualmente, sin embargo, estamos
siendo ruertemente tentados a sabotear
estas intuiciones e instintos arrancando
a nuestros pequcflos, con Ia fuerza
del abono, del rdugio protector del
vientre de su madre, y no solo eso,
sino profanando nuestros propios hijos
en embri6n como si fuesen simples
objetos para Ia maximizacion cientifica,
tratandolos como piezas de almacen para
producir repuestos 0 celulas madre.
Hay quienes en nuestro sociedad
pretenden hacer parecer que este tipa
de experimcntaci6n cientlfica representa
~progreso~, cuando Ia realidad es que
significa un rctroceso a aquellas cpocas
en las que los ninos eran considerados
cosas que Ia gente podia utilizar. Una de
las razoncs par las que La Ma1rha de los
Pingiiinos tuvo tanto Cxito fue par Ia forma
en que enaltecio el amor, Ia proteccion
y el sacrificio de los padres que a todos
nosotros, de manera natural, nos impulsan.
La destrucci6n de nuestro propia progenie
mediante Ia experimentaci6n con celulas
madre embrionarias -par mas que
algunos quicran rnaquillarla con terminos
tecnicos como "hibridos"- es un regrcso at
barbarismo de cpocas pasadas.
El grado extraordinario en cl que algunos
integrantes del rcino animal buscan proteger
a sus crias embrionarias debe damos una
pausa para renexionar como sociedad
sobre cuestioncs basicas, y ayudamos a
rccupcrar cl equilibria moral. De no ser
asi, continuaremos cayendo en picada,
transgrcdiendo nuestra propia naturaleza
y nucstras mas sagradas obligacioncs hacia
nuestros pequenos.. ..J
lo largo del proceso politico,
hemos escuchado mucho de los
candidates y de sus campai\as.
Durante este periodo, es
evidente que se que los candidates necesitan
mucho entusiasmo y perseverancia para llenar las expectativas y
las exigencias de la campana.
En este mes del respeto a Ia vida, Ia Iglesia
nos recuerda otro tipo de campana, aquella
destacada por el Papa juan II en su enc!clico
Evangelium Vital: "La gran campana por Ia
vida" Es una campana perpetua que requiere de mucho entus1asmo, perseverancm,
generosidad y sacrificio, sabre todo en las
palabras que decimos, en nuestras acciones,
y el testimonio que ofrecemos, dcbemos
trabajar sin descanso para erradicar todo to
que destruya Ia vida humana: en especial
el abono y el uso de celulas madre para el
uso cient(fico. Nunca debemos abandonar
nuestro esfuerzo en derender lo sagrado de
cada persona, sobre todo Ia de los pacientes
terminates, de los discapacitados y de los
inmigrantes.
En este momento crftico en Ia vida de
nuestro pals, tenemos Ia extraordinaria
oponunidad de hacer campana porIa vida
en Ia arena publica con nuestro panicipaci6n
como ciudadanos fides en los comicios
electorates. Agradezcamos a Dios por todo
aquel que ha sacrificado su vida para dames
cl derecho at voto. Recordemos que el
ejercicio de nuestro voto requiere un dam
entendimiento de los temas y de Ia posicion
de cada candidate, en conJunto con el compromise de Ia oraci6n y el discemimiento,
para que nuestro voto sea siempre rcalizado
con Ia luz del Evangeho de Ia Vida. Para
ayudarlos con este proceso, ingresen a Ia
pagina Web de Ia Di6cesis, que incluye el
'documento escrito por los Obispos Cat6licos
de Estados Unidos "Forrnando Ia consciencia para ser ciudadanos fides" Tambien los
invito a que accedan a otra vasta fueme de
informacion disponible (en ingles) gracias
a Ia iniciativa de Ia Diocesis de Raleigh y
Charlotte, Catholic Voice North Carolina por
http://www.catholicvoicenc.org/
Dentro de poco, las campai'las politicas terminaran
por un tiempo, pero, Ia gran
campafla porIa vida no tiene fin. Debemos
orar diariamente para ponerle fin a! abono
en los Estados Unidos y en el mundo entero.
Tambien debemos buscar constantemente
Ia manera de ahviar el sufrimiento de los
demas, sobre todo, de aquellos que no
uenen los recursos necesarios para comprar
alimemos o ropa. Ademas, visitemos a los
prisioneros y a los que no ttenen a nadie en
esta vida, ayudemos a todo aquel en nuestro
comunidad que se encuentre fuera de los
Ifmites de Ia protecci6n legal. Tenemos que
hacer evidente nuestro rec~o a cualquier
forma de racismo y prejuicio en nuestras comunidades yen nuestros trabajos. Debemos
apoyar Ia vida en Ia arena pubhca.
Esta perpetua campana por Ia vida demanda mucho de todos nosotros, A veces,
sentimos que nuestro esfuerzo no haec Ia
diferencia, y nos sentimos cansados, y nos
encontramos con Ia opci6n de dejar de ser
tcstigos de re, en vez de resistir el sufrimiento que trae consigo. En este aflo Paulino,
recibamos Ia inspiracion de estc gran Apostol, en especial durante el Mes del Respeto
a Ia Vida, para dedicamos a Ia tarea esencial
de proteger y defender lo mas sagrado de Ia
vida humana, desde el momenta de Ia concepcion hasta Ia muene natural. En palabras
seg\in San Pablo: "Aiegrense en Ia esperanza, muestren paciencia en el sufrimiento,
perseveren en Ia oracion" IRom:mos I2·12l Si le
hacemos caso a San Pablo, podemos estar
seguros que con Ia gracia de Dios, nuestro
gran campm'ia par Ia vida sera victoriosa
por el poder que nos concede en el trabajo,
jesucristo nuestro Senor.
- Monscl'lor Mlchad
r: Burbidge, Obispo de Raldgh
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marriage
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matt e r s
an has always wanted a boat - and
figures his recent bonus is a way
to make his dream come true. Kim
would rather have a savings account.
I just got a bonuslet's buy a boat!
lan says: I just got a big bonus from
work and I want to buy the boat I've
always dreamed of having. It would be
great- and Kim and I could take the kids out every weekend in the summer for some family fun. I don't know why
Kim isn't as excited as I am.
he says
Is he kidding?
We can't afford it.
Kim says: I'm really proud of Ian
for getting that bonus, but the last
thing we need is a boat. We have no
money in our retirement account, and this could be a
great start to a nest egg. We really can't afford this kind
of luxury.
she says
We could almost label this scenario as
a 'clash of the causes'! On the surface,
it appears one spouse desires recreation
and the other desires security; both desire
the fulfillment of a dream.
lan:S and Kim:S surface disconnection is not unusual; nor
is their lack of joint planning for what is important at this
particular stage in their marriage. In the early years of mar~
riage, most couples who openly respect each other share their
dreams and expectations in sufficient details so that this type
of disconnect doesn't happen. But sometimes 'life just happens'
- children arrive on the scene, work starts to take more time
away from sharing time with our spouse and we tend to drift
apart by not sharing our dreams and desires. Then, out of the
blue, one of us springs on the other a statement like Ian made:
~, want to buy the boat I've always dreamed of having."
We rather doubt that the statement by itself is the issue, or
his desire to buy a boat, or her desire to start a nest egg. One of
the issues here is the timing! Not that there is a right time, but
when couples start to drift apart, real communication falters
and then just about any statement made by one spouse would
most likely be a surprise to the other spouse. Most marriages
can handle bad news and survive; yet many marriages find it
difficult to handle surprises well- even good surprises like an
unexpected bonus. For Ian and Kim, we would recommend
What do
they do?
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an exercise that tends to work well in this
type of situation. Jan and Kim should
write down the pros and cons associated
with buying the boat, \vith startmg a
retirement account, and \vith Ian receiving a bonus based on his work sk1lls
and commitment to family and his job
They may even wish to try and quantify
their pros and cons with a dollar amount
written alongside the pros and cons. When
finished, exchange the lists and read them
silently. After reading the lists, ask for clari~
fication and then begin an open dialogue
by telling each other what the strengths and
weaknesses are with each pro and con on the
list. Go through the complete hst, starting at
the top (not by picking the one pro/con that is
most upsetting.)
In the dmlogue, Ian and Kim should also
be asking the question, "What would God
like us to do with this extra money?" If jesus
were siuing here at our kitchen table helping
us make this decision, what would he recommend? Ultimately, Ian and Kim may wish to
discuss a compromise. They could rent a boat first to
money
parenting
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JOurn ey
A
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lenge for
parents of
miAennlals Is
to allow the
autonomy
necessary for
their conUnued
development
In emerging
adulthood.
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ensure boating is something the entire family
would like to participate in. They can discuss
the possibilities of using some of the money
to start a retirement account, some of it going
to charity and the remainder for purchasing a
boat. Granted, the boat may be smaller than Jan
initially desired, but Tom believes God would be
pleased and Kim would be a happier wife, which
would be most beneficial to the relationship.
Finally, jo believes Ian should think twice about
his crazy idea, because a boat is just a hole in the
water that you throw money into! By the way, did
we mention Tom has a small boat for sale?
- Tnm and j11t\nnc Fogle
decade ago, a national poll investigated
the attitudes of 13- to 17·yeaM»Ids. Laurie
Goodstein and Mllljorie Connelly reported about
66 percent of the adolescents felt their parents
were "in touch with what life was like~ The majority felt that
they got along with their parents either very well (51 percent)
or fairly well (46 percent). The teens were spiritual, with 94
percent professing a belief in God, but also worldly, aware of
uncensored aspects of our culture. They were a conservative
generation in many ways, "... as wholesome and devoid of
cynicism as the generation that wore saddle shoes~ Now, with
memories of the Y2K bug becoming ancient history, parents
are launching these millennials into the worlds of college, work
and adulthood.
Still connected. Adult millennials remain close
to their parents. When I taught a study abroad class,
these secure attachments came up frequently in everyday
conversations. One student saw a Waterford crystal cake
slicer that her mother would appreciate. Another wished
his father could share an experience that reflected their
Irish ancestry, since his dad never had the chance to visit
Ireland. This warmth reflects that of many of their genera·
tion. The challenge for parents of millennials is to allow the
autonomy necessary for their continued development in
emerging adulthood.
Spiritual seekers. Most millennials in the U.S.
report they are spiritual individuals. But they are seek·
ing ways to express this spirituality. Pope John Paul II
pointed out that we are invited to the Eucharist for nourishmen~ "The Eucharist helps love to triumph in us - love
over hatred, zeal over incfrfference~ How do we help our
young adult children allow love to triumph? Reflect on
these questions:
• When millennials respond to God's invitation to attend
Mass, is this triumph of love evident in the relationships in
our parish communities?
• Is the zeal of the faith obvious in our lives as parents so that
they observe the importance of the eucharistic banquet?
• Is Mass something that they've noticed can be set aside on
vacations or for a good tee time?
In his homily at Yankee Stadium, Pope Benedict XVI directed many of his remarks specifJCally to the young people of
America. He noted that in the Gospel, Jesus promised his cfiS·
ciples that they would perfonn great works Wn 14;12).1he pope
inspired his listeners, saying, "Dear friends, only God in his
providence knows what works his grace has yet to bring forth
in your lives and in the life of the church in the United States.
Yet Christ's promise fills us with sure hope~ - Dr. Cathleen McGn:al
facing a shortage of more
than 300,000 workers
according to their past
governor.
As some 78 million
baby boomers begin to
retire over the next several
years, the Chairman of
the Federal Reserve, Ben
Bemanke, has projected
that the U.S. will need 3.5
million workers per year
to replace them. Where
will these workers come
from? There are only
two options: immigrant
laborers and U.S. citizens
working beyond the
typical retirement age.
onald Kerwin, Executive
Director of the Catholic legal
Immigration Network, Inc.
(CLINIC), Advisor to the
USCCB's Committee on Migration, NonResident Fellow at the Migration Policy
Institute, and Associate Fellow at the
Woodstock Theological Center recently
met with Faith Magazine to discuss the
issue of immigration in the United States.
D
Have the major causes of immigration changed over
the years? What are the primary causes today?
Yes and no. On a basic level, economic desperation,
which drives many to seek a better life for themselves and
their families, and the need to escape persecution or to seek
political asylum remain primary causes regardless of the
particular time period considered. For example, the Catholic
Church has assisted in the relocation and placement of
around 900,000 refugees since the fall of Saigon.
Today, U.S. economic needs also contribute greatly to
immigration. The truth is that 16% of the U.S. workforce
is composed of immigrants (5% of these workers are
undocumented). Both high-end industries, such as those
found in Silicon Valley, and low-end industries, such as the
agricultural and garment industries, depend on immigration
labor. Most experts recognize that these industries would
collapse without this labor.
This issue also affects entire communities, especially rural
and inner-city communities, whk h immigrants can revitalize.
Consider the case of Iowa, whose f;tStest growing demographic
is the 100 year-old and plus age group and whose economy is
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How has NAFTA and globalization fueled immigration
to the U.S.?
This is one cause of immigration that does differ from the
past. We have an economic order that increasingly recognizes
the right of goods"and services to cross international
boundaries but not the right of the people being displaced by
this movement of goods and services to cross borders.
In the 12 years after the passage of NAFTA, two million
Mexicans working in the agriculture sector lost their jobs
in part because subsidized U.S. exports drove them out of
the market. Where have they gone? Some have joined the
•illegal" migrant labor stream in the U.S. Another casualty
would be the garment workers in El Paso who lost their jobs
when the companies relocated manufacturing to Mexico. The
point is that we are experiencing the massive displacement
of people, but our legal regimes and immigration policies do
not reflect this reality.
How much effect, if any, does race and religion impact
the public's view on Immigration?
There does seem to be a growing body of people in the
country for whom race, religion. culture and country of origin
are very important. In the past, being an American meant
being part of a country formed by immigrants who were
committed to core civic values like democracy, equality, rights
and opportunity. It meant being loyal to the country and
supporting common civic values and institutions.
Now there is a growing movement that says this is not
what makes an American. For this group, Americans arc a
separate people connected by common attributes, although
proponents of this view are careful not to describe these
attributes too carefully because to do so begins to sound very
un-American. However, Western culture, race, religion and
national origin are candidates.
I do not believe that this view directly motivates most
A special report on immigration written by Douglas Culp
peoples concerns on immigration.
Instead, I think that a person's own
economic situation and sense of
displacement plays a bigger role.
Economic uncertainty coupled with
feelings that one's community is
becoming unrecognizable contributes
to anti· immigrant sentiment as
such concerns get displaced onto
immigrants.
It is interesting though to note that a
great majority of border resources go to
enforcement on the U.S.-Mexico border
instead ofthe U.S.-Canada border,
especially when one considers that most
confirmed terrorists have entered from
Canada or ports-of.entry at airports.
Many have questioned the
Church's stance on Immigration
as somehow being opposed to
the Interest of the United States,
especially In terms of national
sovereignty and the subsequent
right to regulate Its borders. Is
this a legitimate critique? How
are we to understand the Church's
stance?
No, it is not a legitimate critique.
Today, one hears all kinds of falsehoods
that attempt to paint the Church's
stance on undocumented immigration
as somehow anti-American and crassly
self-interested: the Church is looking
to make money off the undocumented,
to divert attention from the sex abuse
scandals, and to increase membership.
A great deal of it amounts to calumny
and would not be tolerated if it were
directed at any other group.
The Church has recognized
repeatedly the right of a state to control
Its borders and to regulate immigration.
However, this must be conducted under
the rubric of the promoting the common
good - the very reason for the state to
exist in the first place.
In general, Church advocacy has
been in favor of humane and effective
enforcement.
U.S. bishops have been talking for
some time about immigration as a life
issue. Every day people are dying on the
border, families are being broken apart,
and workers are being exploited. These
are things that go right to the question
of the dignity of the person. Humane
and effective enforcement policies would
be those, for example, which resulted
in no crossing deaths, limited detention
to people who presented a risk, and
avoided deportation policies that result
in the destruction of U.S. families.
To the Church, there is no conOict
between the common good and a
person's God-given rights. For example,
if a person is being persecuted and has
no other recourse but to leave his or
her country, that person has the right
and the duty to leave; appeals to state
sovereignty in these circumstances
are misplaced because sovereignty
is ultimately about locating state
responsibility for furthering rights and
the common good.
In short, a state can regulate all
immigration and keep out those who
do not truly need to enter. But those
who arc trying to support their families,
Oeeing persecution, and otherwise
exercising their God-given rights should
be admitted and welcomed.
We hear a great deal about the
negative economic Impact of
undocumented Immigration, I.e. tax
burden, social services, etc. How
much truth Is there to this view?
When l hear that immigrants don't
pay taxes, as l do quite often, 1ask if the
person making this claim has ever been in
line at a convenience or grocery store and
e>.lJCrienced the clerk waiving the sales
tax for someone after being informed
of his or her undocumented status.
The truth is that everyone pays sales
tax and the majority of undocumented
immigrants pay income tax.
As of 2005, the Social Security
Administration estimated that it had
$580 billion in a suspense fund,
monies it could not attach to known
social security numbers. This money is
overwhelmingly from undocumented
immigrants who will never derive any
benefit from it.
About 10 years ago, the Research
Council of the National Academy
of Sciences issued a report stating
undocumented immigrants and their
children will pay $80,000 more in
taxes over their lifetimes than they will
receive in benefits. So the issue is not
whether immigrants pay taxes. The
real issue is that the majority of the tax
revenues collected from this group goes
to the federal government, but it is the
states and localities that are left bearing
the cost of education and healthcare.
So while the federal government
experiences a surplus, the state and local
governments often experience a drain.
The question is how to share theses
resources more equitably.
Would you like to offer any final
thoughts to our readers regarding
Immigration?
We face a complex issue that calls for
a global solution. The Church teaches
first and foremost that people have a
right to not to have to migrate. This
means addressing poverty. economic
development and the rule of law across
the globe and not simply approaching
immigration as a domestic issue. However,
we cannot ignore that there are real people
caught in this reality in this moment. How
do we deal \vith this in a way that rcOects
our religious and civic values?
At this point in our history. many
seem to have a vision of the country
that does not recognize the contribution
of immigrants and views 12 million
people as willegal aliens. ~ However,
people cannot be illegal in our tradition
anymore than a child can be illegitimate.
We are all Gods children and God is not
a scofnaw. These dehumanizing labels
prevent humane policies and facilitate
scapegoating as ~illegaJs• are blamed for
everything from our healthcare and labor
problems to rats In our public schools.
However. l do not believe that this
vision can prevail. We are a better people
than that. We are a people who recognize
the God-given dignity of others, who
see immigrants as real people not as
abstractions, and who ultimately support
humane immigration policies. We are not
happy about families being separated and
people dying needlessly. I am confident
that at the end of the day we will enact
policies that are befitting of our heritage
and our values. 11
PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE DECEASED PRIESTS
DURING THE UPCOMING MONTHS.
loca l
news
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Catholic Charities hires
new Fayetteville regional director
OCTOBER
Most Rev. jame1 J. Nnagh, 1965
Rc\·, Maurice Roche, C.M., 199-f
Magr. William G. Wellrin, 1997
Rev. Paul G. Termer, 1970
Mtgr. Michold A. Carey, 1971
Rev. Leo G. Doc:ttrrl, 1956
Magr. Chrl1tophrr Drnnrn, 1939
Rev. john A. W:tlker, 1988
Rev. Rilymond j. Donohue, 1997
Rev. Millard L Neale, 19.f7
Re\·. Bernard J. Vincent, 1969
RC\. Joseph McNamara, O.M.I., 1991
Rev. john B. Murphy, 1918
..._. Usa Peri<ins, MSW, LSW, has accepted the position of Fayetteville
Regional Director for Catholic Charities, effective Nov. 4. Ms. Peri<ins
comes to Catholic Charities with significant social service experience in
Pittsburgh, PA, and a Master's Degree in Social Work from the Uni·
varsity of Pittsburgh. She has worked in case management, counseling
and other direct services as well as in management and supervisory
positions at Family Unks, Big Brothers, Big Sisters and the Parental
Stress Center.
NOVEMBER
Re\·. Thoma• G. Roehr, 1961
Re,·. Albertj. Todd, 1989
Rev. Mtgr. Frederick A. Koch, 1999
Rev. George A. Wood1, 1960
Mtgr. john Manley, 1981
Rev.JohnJ. Hyland, 1975
Rev, John A. Reg01n, 1976
Rev. Stephen Sullivan, 1989
John 6:35 Retreat draws Diocesan youth
..._. More than 600 youth
from the Diocese of Raleigh
attended the three·day John
6:35 Eucharistic Retreat Sept.
26 - 29 at St. Catherine of
Siena Church in Wake Forest,
N.C. The retreat has its roots
in YOUTH 2000, which began
as a result of Pope John Paul
ll's call at World Youth Day
' 1989 in Compostella, Spain,
for a decade of evangelization
of young people leading up to
the New Millennium.
The first YOUTH 2000 prayer estivaltook place ln 1990 in
DECEMBER
Mtgr. Francia Smith, 1981
Re\. Vincent M. Stoke•, I 979
Re\·, jame• A. Cowiln, 1968
Most Rev. Vincent S. Witten, 1974
Re,·. Allen A. jacobt, 1997
Rev, Paul A. Murphy, 19-48
Rev, John B. McGuirk, 1979
Rev. Francis A. Scheurlt:h, 1975
Rev. Frand1 A. McCarthy, 1962
Rc:v. Ambrose Rohrbacher, 1969
Re\·. William E. Pe.1non, 1962
Mtgr. Louis J. Bour, I 962
Mtgr. Peter J. McNerney, V.G., 1967
Mtgr. Herbert A. Harklna, 1962
Most Re\·, Charlcs D. McL'lughlln, 1978
Rev. Edward F. Rigney, 1959
Rev. Thoma• M. McAvoy, 1978
Msgr. Franci• j. 1-to\urd, 1971
Re\·. Maurice Spillane, 1992
Most RC\', EugeneJ. McGulnnea•, l957
Rev. John A. Weidinger, 1979
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Medjugorje, and included 7.000 young people from 24 coun·
tries. In 1992, YOUTH 2000 came to the U.S. through the
efforts of some of the participants of the original prayer festival.
The first retreat was held in Dallas, Tex., in June 1992 with 700
young people. The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal were among
the preachers at the event. In 2005, the first YOUTH 2000 was
held in Raleigh with over 600 participants. The following year
the name was changed to JOHN 6:35 (for the Scripture verse
"I Am the Bread of Life") and continues in the YOUTH 2000
format serving young people throughout North Carolina.
This year's retreat included liturgies, music, guest speakers
and workshops, Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary and the Sacra·
ment of Reconciliation. On Saturday evening, Most Reverend
Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, heard confessions and
celebrated the Vigil Mass.
In his homily Bishop Burbidge praised the work of Fr. Philip
M. Tighe, Pastor of St. Catherine, in hosting the event. He then
addressed the reason for the retreat: "Let's look at what you are
doing during these special days. You have left the usual plans
and activities of a weekend to spend time with the Lord. You
have demonstrated the necessity that He must be the priority
in your life. You will spend time with Him in the presence of the
Blessed Sacrament. .. You will grow in your knowledge of our
Catholic faith .. . You will celebrate the Sacrament of Penance so
that you may be freed of any guilt or shame that may be weigh·
ing you down due to the burden of sin ... You are expressing your
renewed reverence for Jesus in the Eucharist~
"We pray," the Bishop said in his conclusion, "that with His di·
vine assistance others will come to realize through the witness of
our lives that the Eucharist is 'firmly believed and intensely lived:"
St. BemadeHe, Butner,
Celebrates 50th Anniversary
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... On Sun., Sept 28, St Bernadette Catholic Church in Butner,
N.C., marked 50 years of ministry in southern Granville County. The
church, former1y an
army base chapel,
was remodeled under the direction of
the late Msgr. James
Jones and dedicated
by Bishop Vincent
S. Waters in 1958.
For the last seven
years, the parish has
been administered
by Sister M. Carol
Loughney, IHM, with
Father J. Paul Byron t!ll-llllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!l!!!!!!!'~~o!!!!!!l!!!!
providing priestly ministry.
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, was
principal celebrant and homilist at the bilingual anniversary Mass, which
was concelebrated by Father Byron, former St Bernadette pastor,
Father James Butler; and Father Robert Benko, OFM, Conv., dean of
the Piedmont Deanery. In his homily, Bishop Burbidge praised the pa·
rishioners, clergy and religious, both living and dead, for the dedication
with which they had served Catholics in the area for a half century. He
asked the members of the community to use the anniversary as a time
of renewal and rededication to the faithful and compassionate outreadl
which has characterized the parish for so long.
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Farmville, joining the Farmville
Mimsterial Association in interdenominational prayer services,
serving as guest columnist in the
local newspaper and more. She
also volunteered time and labor
to the local Benevolent Ministries
and Meals on Wheels.
When Sister left Farmville in
2005 , Father Joseph]. Yaeger
became St. Elizabeth's first
he first Catholic Church in Farmville, N.C.,
was a railroad car. The St. Peter, built in 1912
for the Catholic Church Extension Society,
brought Mass to missions across the country
until the 1930s. In the 20s, it was manned by the legendary Father Egbert Albert, C.P.
T
In Farmville, most of the
Catholics were Lebanese
merchants. When Fr. Albert
died in 1929, this small group of
Catholics began worshipping in
the home of Wadir Hatem, who
converted his dining room into
a chapel. Father Michael Begley,
later the first Bishop of Charlotte,
would come each Sunday from
the orphanage in Raleigh to
celebrate Mass.
By 1931, though, a permanent
church, St. Elizabeth of Hungary,
had been built and was dedicated
by Bishop William Hafey. It
was many years before St.
Elizabeth had a resident pastor,
but throughoUL the years many
priests, both Diocesan and
religious, served the parish.
For a short time, the Church
of St. jude, Grifton, was a
mission of the Farmville church.
St. Elizabeth also served as a
catechetical center for Eastern
Carolina. From 1958-70,
Mission Helpers of the Sacred
Heart Sisters were stationed in
I
NC Catholics
Farmville,
teaching
religion
classes and doing census work
and parish visiting. They worked
extensively with lay volunteers
known as "Mary Missioners," who
joined the Sisters in providing
religious instruction in Farmville,
Mount Olive, Jacksonville, Holly
Ridge, Scotland Neck, Grifton,
Tarboro, Roanoke Rapids,
Smithfield, Newton Grove,
Edenton, Plymouth and Ahoskie.
In 1993 Sister Grace Campbell,
IHM, was appointed Pastoral
Administrator of St. Elizabeth.
At the same time, Passionist
priests from Greenville were
assigned the duties of Canonical
Pastor provided priestly ministry,
thus returning the sacramental
care of the people of Farmville
to the Order which had begun
the ministry in the days of
the railway car. Sister Grace
served St. Elizabeth parish
devotedly for 12 years, and
was active in the community of
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resident priest
in 18 years.
A native of
New York,
Father Yeager
moved to North
Carolina 35 years ago with
his family and is an alumnus
of
East
Carolina University. While
oftfungq
he praises the "peacefulness" to
P'am.....,NC
be found in a small agricultural
3455South
town like Farmville, he
Oontentnaa
acknowledges that the entire
Street,
community is experiencing
~vil$e,NC
tremendous growth. "Our most
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pressing need as a parish," he
says, "is space." The church
seats 80 people "H they're
friendly," Father Yaeger says.
But the church property has
room for expansion, and the
parish is in the early stages of
planning to fund and build a
"gathering hall" with classrooms
for the Sunday school.
The official church history
describes St. Elizabeth as ~a little
parish with a big heart" filled
, with enthusiasm for the future:
"Our journey of faith continues!
L . . . - - - - - - - ' St. Elizabeth, pray for us!" ::b
... ...,
things to do:
Priesthood Discernment Group
9 am. - noon, Nov. 15. at Sacred
Heart Cathedral, 219 Edenton
SL, Raleigh, N.C. Adu~ Catholic
men between the ages of 17-48
discerning a possible call to priest·
hood are invited to the Priesthood
Discernment Group meetings
held on the third Saturday of each
month. If you are just beginning to
contemplate a vocation or are more
serious about a call to priesthood
please consider attending this
group. The priesthood Discernment
Group provides a fraternal environment in whidt to discuss your
discernment of a possible call to
priesthood with other men who are
also examining the call. The group
discusses issues central to the call
and does so within the context of
prayer, presentations, and discus·
sion. The morning begins with
Mass. Coffee and doughnuts will be
available in the Office of Vocations
(two doolll down from the Cathedral) after Mass. Morning Prayer,
a discussion/presentation about
discemmenVpriesthood, Daytime
Prayer and Jundt follow. For more
information contact the Vocations
Office, 919.832.6279.
African Ancestry Ambassador
of the Word Vocation & Spirituality Retreat, 8 p.m. Oct. 24
- noon. Oct 26 at Trinity Center, W.
Ford Macon Rd., S~er Path, N.C.
Retreat Theme: "God is My Pilol"
The retreat will focus on vocation
and lay leadership. Youth win ~
ticipate in prayer and various faith
building exen:ises during the day.
Mass will be celebrated on Sunday
morning with Father Ned Shlesing·
er, diocesan director of vocation
and seminary formation. For more
information call 919.821.9762.
Faith lhlx, Oct 25 at SL Patrick
Catholic Church, 2840 Village
Or., Fayetteville, N.C., is a brand
new event for middle school youth.
Participants will learn more about
their faith and explore ways to
LEARN IT, UVE fT and LOVE
There will be large group activities
and also tracks of sessions for sixth,
seventh and eighth gradelll, as well
as two tracks for adu~, parents and
chaperones (English and Spanish)
to deepen their own faith and to
discover ways to help foster faith
in early adolescents. The FaithTrax
Day will include meaningful service
m
projects, cool prayer experiences
and games to help youth ream
more about their faith. Cost: $30
for fillll member of familyl$25 additional membelll.
catholic ChartUes Sunday, Oct.
26, a celebration in an parishes
thanking parishionell! for their
support of Catholic Charities'
mission and sharing information about the agency. For more
information contact Patricia Reid at
919.821.8146 or patriciareid@
raldioc.org.
RELM Gathering, 9:30am.
• 3 p.m. Oct 29, at Our Lady of
Lourdes Catholic Church. The
annual fall gathering of the Raleigh
Ecclesial Lay Ministelll association
explores aspects of the Changing
Face of Ministry.
Catholics and the Environment,
a three-week online seminar from
Cathofic Distance Univen~ily, runs
Nov. 3 - 24. Participants Wlllleam
an overview of Catholic teadting
about creation, and the importance
of thatteadting for current environmental questions sud! as global
warming, the world economy and
the unique status of human beings
in nature. Instructor: Dr. Robert
Royal Cost: $139. Register online
at http:/lwww.cdu.edu or by phone
at888.254.4CDU. Registration
deadline: Oct. 29.
The annual Catho6c Campaign for
Human Development and John
J. Carey Awards banquet will be
held 6:30 - 9 p.m., Oct 30, at SL
Micflaelthe Archangel Parish Center, 804 High House Rd., Cary,
N.C. Local COHO awards will be
distributed. The Catholic Charities
John J. Carey award, given to a
leader in diocesan social ministry,
will be honored. All are welcome.
Search for Christian Maturity #152, Nov. 14-1 6 at Short
Journey Center, 2323 Cleveland
Rd., Smithfield, N.C. Search is a
weekend retreat for 11 th -1 2th·
grade youth. Activities encourage
seH-discovery and reflection on
relationships with othelll and with
God. This is a peer-led retreat as
the search "team" is made up of
other teens. These past searchelll
model leadership, faith sharing and
ministry with their peelll. Adu~
in youth ministry also attend and
participate in Search. Searches
usually fill up quickly, so sign-up
for the earliest date possible to
ensure yourself a space. Cost:
$1 05 youth/adults. Additional
dates: Dec. 12·14, 2008; Feb.
6- 8, 2009; March 20.22,
2009. Contact Mike Hagarty at
919.821.9770 or Hagarty@
mldioc.Ofg.
Fonnad6n Dlocesana para
Uderes en Pastoral Juve-
nll, 11115 9 a - 11115 4 p.
Prop6sito I Purpose: Ofrecer Ia
formaci6n basica requerida para
los lideres existentes o para los
que deseen ser lideres. Debenin
tener Ia recomendaci6n del parroco. To offer the Basic formation
needed for those who currently
are leaden~ or want to be a leader
recommended by the pastor.
Participantes I Participants:
Uderes o supervisores adultos,
18 aiios en adelante. Leaders or
adults supervisors, 18 yealll and
older. Cosio por parroquia I Fee
by the parish: $151persona por
cada sabado. $15.00 I pen10n
for each Saturday. Tamaiio de
Ia clase I Class size: 8 numem
maximo de participantes para
cada s8bado es 30. Se requiere
inscripci6n pam cada sabado
que asista Maximum number of
participants for each Saturday is
30. Registration required for eadt
Saturday class.
A Celebration of Lay Ministry,
10 am. - 2 p.m., Nov. 15, at Sl
Raphael the Archangel Catholic
Church, 5801 Falls of Neuse
Road, Raleigh, N.C. All lay ministers in the Diocese of Raleigh
are invited to join with Bishop
Michael F. Burbidge for Mass to
celebrate the gift of lay ministry
and marl< significant anniversaries
of service. Mass will be followed
by Iundt and a presentation by
our Bishop on the state of lay
ministry in the Diocese. Advance
registration is required. For registration information please contact
Bea Callery in the Office for Lay
Ministry, 919.821 .9715. There
will be a charge for Iundt.
Sl Martin de Porras Mass.
5 p.m., Nov. 15, at St Joseph
Cathoftc Church, 624 South
Peartree Lane, Raleigh, N.C.
Celebrant: Bishop Midtael F.
Burbidge. Contact Msgr. Hadden
for information, 919.8 21 .9762.
Saiplurallhemes of Advent,
a three-week online seminar from '
Cathoftc Distance University, runs
Nov. 24- Dec. 15. Participants
will prepare for Christmas by
examining the reading from the
prophet Isaiah and the Gospels
which tell us about redemption. Instructor: Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OM I.
Cost: $139. Register online at
http:/lwww.cdu.edu or by phone at
1-88B-254-4CDU. Registration
deadline: Nov. 19.
Vocations Prayer Group for
Women, 7 - 9 p.m., Nov. 20,
at Sacred Heart Cathedral, 219
Edenton SL, Raleigh, N.C. Single
Catholic women between the
ages of 17-45 who are comm~­
ted to praying for vocations, growing in holiness while in the midst
of the world and discerning the
call of Christ are invited to the v~
cations Prayer Group for Women.
Thursday evening meetings will
begin in Sacred Heart Cathedral
with Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament at 7 p.m. followed by
Benediction. At 8 p.m. the group
will move to the Office of Vocations for fellowship and discussions. Meetings should end by 9
p.m.. Contact Fr. Ned Shlesinger,
[email protected].
Office of Vocations Issues
New Poster
.,. In late September, the Office of Vocations mailed the 2008-2009 Diocesan
Seminarians vocation poster to Parish
Vocation Liaisons in parishes, missions
and schools of the Diocese. This year's
poster, entitled "In the Footsteps of the
Tarheel Apostles," highlights not only the
16 men in formation for the Priesthood in
the Diocese of Raleigh, but also the men
in whose footsteps they follow, men who
followed in the footsteps of Christ, embracing rejection and never counting the
cost. Most prominent on the poster is the
Servant of God, Father Thomas Frederick
Price, as a young seminarian for what was
then the Apostolic Vicariate of North Carolina. Father Price was the first native North
Carolinian ordained to the Priesthood
and later became widely known as "The
Tarheel Apostle" for his extraordinary mis·
sionary zeal. The handwritten text making
up the background of the poster is from an
actual letter Father Price wrote to Bishop
Haid, O.S.B., the third Vicar Apostolic of
North Carolina, reporting his missionary
activities in Eastern North Carolina and
mentioning his correspondence with St.
Katharine Drexel and her spiritual and
financial support of several parishes and
schools in the State.
Also featured on the poster is the Apostolic succession of Bishops who have shepherded Catholics in Eastern North Carolina,
from Cardinal Gibbons, the Rrst Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, to Bishop Michael
F. Burbidge, the Fifth and current Bishop of
Raleigh. Among the Bishops is a photo of
a young Father Mark Gross, one of the first
resident priests in Eastern North Carolina.
Father Gross was personally responsible for
bringing hundreds of people to the faith, and
nurturing the faith and vocation of an even
younger Thomas Frederick Price.
In the lower left of the poster is a group
photo of the seminarians of the Diocese in
1953. The photo highlights not only the men
whom today's seminarians follow, but two
prominent African American priests from
the Diocese. Msgr. Thomas Hadden was the
first black seminarian to attend the North
American College in Rome and was the first
Af · an American ordained in Rome for the
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Priesthood in North Carolina in
1 958. The following year, Bishop
Joseph Lawson Howze was the
second African American ordained
to the Priesthood in the Diocese
of Raleigh and later became the
second black priest ordained as a
Bishop in the United States.
The Office of Vocations hopes
the new poster will serve not
only as a tool to promote more
vocations to the Diocesan
Priesthood, but also as an aid to
begin teaching the rich history of
Religious, Priests and Bishops
serving Catholics in the State of
North Carolina and the Diocese
of Raleigh dating back to the
early 1 BOO's.
Also available upon request is
a poster version of a vocations ad
that recently ran on the back of
the NC Catholics magazine. The
"No One is Born a Priest" ad features a young boy from St. Peter's
Church in Greenville, NC. The
photo used in the ad was actually
taken by his mother and serves
to highlight the words of Pope
Benedict XVI on the poster to the
effect that religious or priestly
vocations are a matter that should
be explored and encouraged in
families today.
Additionally, new vocations
prayer cards with the names and
pictures of Raleigh's Seminarians will be distributed throughout
the Diocese via Parish Vocations Liaisons. These too will be
available upon request from the
Office of Vocations.
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