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How We Live
Our Baptismal Promises
t the Easter Vigil and on Easter Sunday, we
renewed our baptismal promises. In doing
so, we recalled in a special way that all of
us baptized in Christ have been called and
anointed, have the Holy Spirit dwelling within us and
have been claimed as God’s own sons and daughters. In
renewing our promises, we rededicated ourselves to go
forth in the name of the Lord Jesus and, in imitation of
Him, to bring glad tidings to the lowly and to heal the
brokenhearted. We do so in all those places the Lord
sends us each and every day, ever mindful that our baptism requires a daily renewal of our promises.
All of us who are baptized
in Christ share a common vocation: to grow
in holiness, to live in
Christ and to bring
His healing and abiding presence to others, most especially
to those in need of
our assistance.
NC Catholics
How edifying it has been to see so
many people live out their baptismal
call in the aftermath of the tornadoes
that resulted in death and devastation
throughout our Diocese and many
parts of our country. In the midst
of such suffering, countless people
continue to share their resources,
to offer their service, to assist in the
rebuilding efforts and to offer fervent
prayers. As one young gentleman
stated to me, “There has been so much
darkness in our lives. Yet, because
of all these good people, the Light of
Christ continues to shine.” Isn’t that
exactly what it means to live faithfully
our baptismal promises: to bring His
light, presence and power to others,
especially in their time of need?
We live out our baptismal call in
the particular vocations the Lord has
entrusted to us. In recent weeks, our
Diocese celebrated two particular
vocations in the life of the Church.
It was a great joy and privilege to
celebrate the Sacrament of Holy
Orders and ordain our newest priest,
Father Brendan Buckler. One of
the most powerful moments of the
Ordination ceremony is when the
candidate prostrates himself on the
floor as a sign of his willingness to
give his entire life in service to the
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Lord and His Church, with utter
dependence on the intercession
of Mary and all the saints and the
amazing grace of the Lord our God.
Please continue to pray for Father
Buckler that he may always imitate
the Good Shepherd and bring His
infinite love and mercy to others,
most especially in Word, Sacrament
and through a life of selfless service.
In May we also celebrated the
beautiful gift of the Sacrament of
Matrimony at our annual Wedding
Anniversary Mass, at which over
3,455 years of faithful married love
were represented. Married love is
a sacrament because it is a sign of
the love the Lord Jesus has for His
Church. It is a love that is permanent
and faithful and one that never counts
the cost. In keeping the promises
made on the day of their wedding,
through good times and bad and
through the joys and sorrows of life,
our married couples have shown
and continue to show us the love
that Christ has for each one of us.
We thank them for the precious gift
they are to their families and to the
Church!
All of us who are baptized in
Christ share a common vocation: to
grow in holiness, to live in Christ
and to bring His healing and abiding
presence to others, most especially to
those in need of our assistance. We
do so specifically in the particular
vocation God has given to us. How
necessary it is for priests, religious,
married couples, single persons and
all of us to renew each and every day
our baptismal promises and all the
promises we have made to God and
one another. We pray for the grace
to be faithful, to be generous, to be
selfless and to love without counting
the cost. Then, the Light of Christ
continues to shine in and through us!
In that reality, we find our joy both
now and forever.
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Most Reverend
Michael F. Burbidge
this issue
PUBLISHER
Frank Morock
from the Bishop
DIRECtOR Of COmmUNICAtIONS
June 2011 • Vol. 8 : Issue 5
2 How We Live
Our Baptismal Promises
Richard Reece
EDItOR IN CHIEf
– Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Anjanette Wiley
ADVERtISING mANAGER
in exile
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge
Msgr. Thomas Hadden
Father Carlos Arce
Father Ronald Rolheiser, O.M.I.
Anjanette Wiley
12 A Particularly Joyous
Wedding
– Ron Rolheiser
CONtRIBUtING WRItERS
from the editor
Lettie Banda
tRANSLAtOR
13 Don’t Get Me Started
Paul Tomas
– Rich Reece
CONtRIBUtING PHOtOGRAPHERS
FAITH Catholic
voices in our church
Rev. Dwight Ezop
15 Remembering
St. Monica School
CHAIRmAN
Patrick M. O’Brien
– Msgr. Thomas Hadden
PRESIDENt AND CHIEf EXECUtIVE OffICER
Elizabeth Martin Solsburg
15 ¡Un Nuevo Pentecostés!
EDItORIAL DIRECtOR
Jillane Job
EDItORIAL ASSIStANt
Patrick Dally
ARt DIRECtOR
Lynne Ridenour
GRAPHIC DESIGNER/WEB mAStER
Janna Stellwag
Abby Wieber
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Derek Melot
PROOfREADING
Jennifer Baron
Rachelle Garbarine
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“God Brought Us together” three
couples tell their marriage stories
– Padre Carlos N. Arce
Local News: 6 Bishop Burbidge Appointed to Co-Chair
Ecumenical Dialog | 8 Independent Study on Sexual Abuse of
Minors Released | 9 Catholic Charities Providing Long Term Aid
to Tornado Victims | 20 Official Announcements
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Una Boda
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Cómo Vivimos
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Sister Joan Jurski, OSf, to Retire
Sister Joan Jurski, O.S.F., Coordinator of the Peace and Justice (and
until recently Respect Life) Office of
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of
Raleigh, will retire effective July of
this year.
A Toledo native, Sister Joan professed her vows with the Franciscan
Sisters of Sylvania, Ohio, in 1953.
She next worked in education. As a
high school teacher in the ‘70s, she
took her students on annual outreach
missions to Appalachia, an unusual
effort in those days. After years of
teaching, she coordinated the Peace
and Justice efforts of her Community.
In the ‘80s she directed volunteers
at a Franciscan shelter for homeless
people in Boston. She has promoted
peace and justice in the Raleigh
Diocese for nearly twenty years. In
2009, she was named Diocesan
Director of the Year by the Catholic
Campaign for Human Development
(CCHD), which she has coordinated
for the Diocese of Raleigh since
1992.
In her years with the Diocese, Sister Joan has provided resources and
training in parishes in the Diocese,
educating people on the social teaching of the Church, raising awareness
and alerting people to opportunities
to advocate for those in need.
Sister Joan said her years in the
Diocese of Raleigh have been a
“wonderful time” of joy and growth,
“ministerially, spiritually and professionally.” She cited her work in
parishes, “seeing people becoming
more aware of the social mission of
the Church and acting on it.
“Spiritually,” she said, “my work is
connected to my identity as a Franciscan woman. The relationships with
people here, from the Bishop and
the people in our Diocesan offices to
those I’ve met in the parishes, have
helped me grow in understanding
of our mission to follow St. Francis
by being among the people in joyful
servanthood.”
Professionally? Sister Joan
laughed: “I can remember twenty
NC Catholics
years ago coming in and seeing this
machine – the computer – on my
desk. We used Word Perfect and the
paper in the printer had those holes
on both sides. Over time I’ve learned
to use technology as a valuable tool
in teaching and presenting the social
mission of the Church.”
Sister stressed that there is still
much work to be done in the areas
of peace and justice. “Most important,” she said, “is continuing to help
people understand what advocacy
is all about and how they can work
to change the structures that keep
people in poverty or oppression.”
Another goal she noted was developing the Just Faith program in more
parishes. “I’ve seen Just Faith create
real change in people in the parishes
where it’s been implemented,” she
said. “I’d like to see it expanded
to our rural parishes. We have to
catechize, not just in doctrine, in word
and worship, but also in witness.”
Finally, Sister would like to see
more parishes establish social
ministry committees. “The committees don’t do all the work,” she said.
“The whole parish is called to do that
work. But the committee can help
the various groups in the parish work
collaboratively to make the social
mission of the Church more public.”
From Raleigh, Sister Joan will
move to her Community’s headquarters in Sylvania, and take on the
developing job of Director of Franciscan Spirituality Experiences. “In the
Franciscan Village in Sylvania,” she
explains, “we have the Motherhouse,
our health care system, a university
and an academy. We’ve collaborated
in the past on a business level, but
leadership believes we need to develop our spiritual collaboration. How
do we help our sponsored ministries
grow in our Franciscan charism? So
I’ll be organizing retreats, speakers
and events to help accomplish that.
I also hope to offer parishes in the
area opportunities for education in
Church social teaching.”
Commenting on Sister Joan’s
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service in the Diocese, Ms. Kathleen
Walsh, Executive Director of Catholic
Charities, spoke of Sister’s “great
gift for relationship. She shares with
every one she meets her own joy
in God’s call to act in love through
service and advocacy, and that draws
each of us further into our own call
and response. We in the Diocese of
Raleigh are more firmly rooted and
more practically active in proclaiming
the Gospel in Word, Sacrament and
Service because of Sr. Joan’s sharing
of her commitment, talents and deep
faith over these two decades.”
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge expressed deep gratitude to Sister Joan
for her years of dedicated service in
the Diocese of Raleigh. “We have
been blessed by her commitment
to proclaim in word and deed the
sacredness of all human life and the
dignity of each and every person,” he
said.
“I also commend Sister Joan for
her tireless efforts in bringing forth
the social justice teachings of the
Catholic Church, and her tremendous outreach to those on death row,
the poor, the immigrant and those in
most need. With all in the Diocese of
Raleigh, I assure Sister Joan of my
prayers and best wishes for much
happiness at this new and exciting
time in her life.”
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msgr. Gerald L. Lewis
Celebrates Golden
Jubilee
Annual mass
Pays tribute to milestone
Wedding Anniversaries
More than 90 couples from
throughout the Diocese of Raleigh,
celebrating milestone anniversaries
in 2011, joined the Most Reverend
Michael F. Burbidge Sunday, May 15,
2011, for the fifth annual Wedding Anniversary Mass. The Mass, celebrated at
St. Peter Church in Greenville, honored
couples who have been married 25, 50
and 50-plus years. The total number
of married years of those in attendance
exceeded 3,800. Ten of the couples are
Diocese of
Raleigh seminarians Mr. Ryan
Elder and Mr.
Paul N. Cottrill have been
instituted in the
From left, Mr. Ryan Elder, Newman
Ministry of AcoCatholic Student Center, Chapel Hill;
lyte, one of the
Reverend Shaun L. Mahoney, Rector,
important steps
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary; Most
to Priesthood
Reverend Timothy C. Senior, Auxiliary
ordination. The
Bishop of Philadelphia; Reverend Ned
Shlesinger, Vocations Director, Diocese
Rite of Institution
of Raleigh; Reverend Joseph W. Bongard,
was celebrated
Vice Rector, Saint Charles Borromeo
Saturday, May
Seminary; Mr. Paul N. Cottrill, Our Lady of
7, 2011, at St.
Lourdes Parish, Raleigh.
Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, with Most Reverend Timothy
C. Senior, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, presiding. Father
Ned Shlesinger, Diocesan Vocation Director, concelebrated.
Both seminarians have completed Second Year Theology.
An Acolyte is appointed to aid the deacon and to minister to the priest at the altar and as a special minister to
give Holy Communion to the faithful at Mass and to the
sick. Acolytes may also expose the Eucharist for public
adoration in the absence of a priest or deacon. During the
institution ceremony, candidates are reminded that they will
have a special role in the Church’s ministry, since the summit and source of the Church’s life is the Eucharist, which
builds up the Christian community and makes it grow. The
candidates are asked to show a sincere love for Christ’s
Mystical Body, God’s holy people and especially for the
weak and the sick.
married more than 60 years, including
Frederick and Marguerite Kull, parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church
in Durham, who marked their 69th
wedding anniversary on May 22.
Telling the couples that they served
as an inspiration to all, Bishop Burbidge
said on behalf of the faithful in the Diocese of Raleigh, “We congratulate you
and thank God for the gift your precious
vocation is to us and the entire Church.”
Noting the challenges married couples
face in today’s world, Bishop Burbidge
added, “We must continue to proclaim
that vows and promises are meant
to be kept and cannot be abandoned
S. Webb Photography
Msgr. Gerald L. Lewis,
Administrator of St. Paul
Catholic Church in New Bern, celebrated his 50th year of
Priesthood with a Mass Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at the
Church. Msgr. Lewis was joined by the Most Reverend Michael
F. Burbidge, priests of the Diocese, family and friends.
“It was fifty years ago today that God called me to be priest
through the imposition of hands by Bishop Vincent S. Waters,”
Msgr. Lewis said in his homily. “It was a call to serve the people
of God and His Church.”
Msgr. Lewis noted that when he was ordained, the Diocese
covered the entire state. He remarked how his assignments
brought him from the mountains to the sea coast, allowing him
to be part of the lives of so many people over the years. “For
all these years, for all these people, for the privilege of ordained
ministry, I am grateful. Yes, grateful for those whom I have
touched and for those who have touched me.”
Msgr. Lewis acknowledged the presence of two classmates
in ministry: Msgr. John Wall and Father Donald Staib. “We have
prayed and played and worked together for a total of a hundred
and fifty years. They have been the best of companions, and I
owe much to them.”
He also extended his gratitude to Bishop F. Joseph Gossman, whom he served as Chancellor and Vicar General of the
Diocese, and to Bishop Burbidge, “who has shown trust in me
and charged me with the ministry of St. Paul Parish. I thank God
for these three shepherds of the Diocese,” Msgr. Lewis said.
In his remarks at the conclusion of Mass, Bishop Burbidge
spoke of Msgr. Lewis’ profound history and love of the Diocese.
“Today, we celebrate his yes; the yes he gave to the Lord 50
years ago, the yes he has renewed every day of his life. “
“There is something special about the ordination class of 50
years ago,” the Bishop said, “Msgr. Lewis, Msgr. Wall, Father
Staib. All they want to do is to serve and thank God; there is no
stopping them. We are grateful to our jubilarians.”
Diocesan
Seminarians
Instituted
into ministry
of Acolyte
at the first sign of disappointment or
setback. The most powerful way to
proclaim the sacredness of married
love and family life is through the living
example that you offer.”
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Divine mercy Sunday and Blessed
John Paul II Beatification Celebrated at St. Anthony of Padua
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge
marked the beatification of Blessed Pope John
Paul II with the celebration of Sunday Mass
at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Southern
Pines on Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1, 2011.
The parish’s elementary/middle school is
named Pope John Paul II School, after the late
pontiff.
“This is a proud day for our Catholic Church
as the holiness, faith, strength and courage of
John Paul II is held up for the world to see and
to imitate,” Bishop Burbidge said in his homily.
He noted that at the heart of Pope John Paul II’s
ministry was the proclamation of the Gospel of
Life. “He consistently and convincingly taught
that all of life, from the moment of conception to
natural death, is sacred and must be protected,
celebrated and nurtured. He reminded us of the
dignity that belongs to every human person and
stressed the reason: because we are created
in the image and likeness of God and His Holy
Spirit dwells within us.”
Bishop Burbidge spoke of the importance
of forgiveness, which is the essence of Divine
Mercy in the Scriptures. “This is not always
easy,” the Bishop noted, “yet, it is always
possible due to the grace of God especially
bestowed on us in the Sacraments.”
Following the Mass, a reception was held for
the parish community, featuring a presentation by students of Pope John Paul II School.
Students from the school had held a “Bake for
the Bishop” afternoon the day before, preparing
cakes and cookies for Sunday’s reception.
In the afternoon, the Bishop returned to the church to preside
at a Divine Mercy Prayer Service. Msgr. Jeffrey Ingham, Pastor
Bishop Burbidge
Appointed to Co-Chair
Ecumenical Dialog
The Most Reverend Michael F.
Burbidge has been appointed by
the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity to act as Catholic
Co-Chair of the Pentecostal/Catholic
International Dialog. Since 1972
the Church has been involved in an
official theological dialog with some
Classical Pentecostal leaders and
Churches. Five rounds of conversations have taken place so far, with
NC Catholics
of St. Anthony, led the service, which included a procession,
Exposition of the Eucharist, the opportunity for Reconciliation,
the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction.
each producing a report. The most
recent report, published in 2008,
concerned insights on the concept of
Conversion, derived from Scripture,
the writings of the Church Fathers and
contemporary theological thought.
The sixth phase of the Dialog, which
the Bishop will co-chair, will focus on
Charisms in the Church: Their Spiritual Significance, Discernment and
Pastoral Implications. The members
of the team will meet in six-day sessions annually for the next five years.
The first session, scheduled for June
10-16 in Rome, will take as its theme
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“Charisms in the Church: Our Common Ground.”
“I am deeply honored to have been
appointed to this position,” Bishop
Burbidge said. “This Dialog will allow
me to work closely with renowned
theologians and skilled biblical scholars throughout the world in a dynamic
exchange of gifts. It is a gradual process that, with God’s grace, will lead
to mutual understanding and a true
spirit of collaboration. I respectfully
ask all the faithful in the Diocese of
Raleigh to pray for the spiritual success of this endeavor.”
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Papal Commission Encourages
Preserving the forma Extraordinaria
On July 7, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI delivered the
Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum, which clarified the
status and usage of the Missal of Blessed Pope John Paul
XIII, published in 1962. In the Apostolic Letter, the Holy Father
explained that the 1962 Missal is to be used as the Forma
Extraordinaria or extraordinary form of celebration of the Mass.
The Letter also instructs Bishops to make what is commonly
referred to as the Tridentine Mass available to members of the
faithful who request it.
In announcing implementation of the Summorum Pontificum, the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge stated that he
would do “everything possible to respond appropriately and
generously to the requests for this form with the resources we
have.” In a letter to the faithful, the Bishop wrote, “To this end,
resources will be provided to those priests who are able and
choose to study how to properly celebrate the Forma Extraordinaria (Extraordinary Form of the Mass) so that both he and the
people of God will best be served.”
On Monday, May 16, the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia
Dei issued an Instruction on the application of the Apostolic Letter, in which it noted the importance of maintaining the Forma
Extraordinaria in the celebration of Sacred Liturgy, calling it a
precious treasure to be preserved. The Commission wrote that
the Holy Father holds the Forma Ordinaria (Ordinary Form of
the Mass) and the Forma Extraordinaria as two usages of one
Roman Rite. The Instruction states, “Both are the expression of
the same lex orandi (rule of prayer) of the Church. On account
of its venerable and ancient use, the Forma Extraordinaria is to
be maintained with appropriate honor.”
“I am grateful to receive the Instruction from the Holy See
on the application of Summorum Pontificum, our Holy Father’s
Apostolic Letter on the Extraordinary Form of the Sacred
Liturgy,” Bishop Burbidge said. “This Instruction will provide important assistance to our current on-going formation programs
for our priests in this form of the Sacred Liturgy and to the
Summer
Assignments Listed
for Seminarians
With the end of the
school year, the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge
has announced the summer
assignments for the Diocesan
seminarians. Three will attend
a school in Guatemala to
familiarize themselves with
Spanish. They will then travel
with Diocesan Vocations
Director Fr. Ned Shlesinger
on a mission trip to Honduras.
Three will travel to Nebraska
to attend the Institute for
Priestly Formation and 13
will be assigned to pastoral
assignments at parishes.
Deacons
• Reverend Mr. Don Maloney: Saint Stephen the First
Martyr Parish, Sanford
Seminarians
• Mr. Nick Cottrill, Mr. Thomas Duggan and Mr. Ryan
Elder: San Jose el Viejo
School, Antigua, Guatemala
& Mission experience in
Honduras
parishes where the Extraordinary Form is being celebrated.
“I express my gratitude to the Reverend Paul M. Parkerson,
my delegate for the Extraordinary Form and to the priests of the
Diocese of Raleigh who so generously celebrate the Sacred
Liturgy in the Usus Antiquior for all of the faithful who are so
beautifully attached to this rich heritage of our liturgical prayer,”
Bishop Burbidge said.
“Pope Benedict XVI has blessed all the faithful with the document Universae Eccleseiae, which provides even greater clarity
in understanding his broader plan of reform and renewal for
the whole Church,” Father Parkerson explained. “By ensuring
that the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite is preserved,
protected and afforded the honor and dignity due to it, the Holy
Father continues to bring about authentic ecclesial reconciliation
and unity.”
the forma Extraordinaria
offered in Diocese of Raleigh
The Forma extraordinaria, commonly referred to as
the Tridentine Mass, is celebrated in five churches in the
Diocese of Raleigh. The churches are:
Sacred Heart Cathedral
100 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
4:30 p.m. First Sunday of
the month
Sacred Heart Church
108 S. McKay Avenue
Dunn, NC 28335
12:00 p.m. Every Sunday
Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Church
328 Hammond Street
• Mr. Michael Burbeck:
Saint Anthony of Padua
Parish, Southern Pines
• Mr. Steven Cartwright:
Saint Paul Parish, New
Bern
• Mr. Philip Johnson: Saint
Catherine of Siena Parish,
Wake Forest
• Mr. Phil List, Mr. Ian Van
Heusen and Mr. Jonathon
Baggett: Creighton Institute for Priestly Formation
Program, Nebraska
• Mr. Rob Schmid, Jr.: Our
Lady of Perpetual Help
Parish, Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
6:00 p.m. Every Sunday
Immaculate Conception
Church
104 E. John Street
Clinton, NC 28328
9:00 a.m. Every Tuesday
St. mary Church
412 Ann Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
7:00 p.m. Last Sunday of
the month
• Mr. Tim Ahn: Saint Mark
Parish, Wilmington
• Mr. Myles Casanova: Saint
James Parish, Henderson
• Mr. James Magee, III:
Academic Assignment,
Elizabeth City
• Mr. John Kane: Saint Mary
Parish, Laurinburg
• Mr. Michael Schuetz: Holy
Family Parish, Elizabeth City
• Mr. Edisson Urrego: Saint
Therese Parish, Wilson
• Mr. Brian Wright: Saint
Gabriel Parish, Greenville
• Mr. Marlon Mendieta: Saint
Ann Parish, Clayton
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Independent Study on Sexual Abuse of minors Released
An in-depth, independent study,
commissioned by the United States
Bishops to determine the causes and
context of clergy sex abuse of minors,
was released in Washington, D.C., May
18. The three-year research project was
conducted by the John Jay College of
Criminal Justice in New York. Its findings
conclude that no single factor, such as
homosexuality, celibacy or pedophilia,
was responsible for abuse of minors
by priests. Rather, the report states the
increased frequency of clergy abuse in
the 1960s and 1970s was consistent
with the patterns of increased deviance
of society during those two decades.
The study notes that more than 90
percent of the known cases of sexual
abuse of minors occurred more than
20 years ago and that the most recently
reported cases date back decades
ago. The Study makes note of the fact
that “most incidents of sexual abuse
were reported many years after they
had occurred,” and explains that “most
abuse incidents occurred at a time when
the impact of victimization was not fully
understood and research on sexual
offenders was in the early stages of
development.”
The study questions claims by some
that celibacy is responsible for sex
abuse. It notes that “celibacy has been
constant in the Catholic Church since the
eleventh century and could not account
for the rise and subsequent decline in
abuse cases from the 1960s through
the 1980s.” It points out that most sex
offenders in society are not celibate
clergy.
At a news conference announcing the
findings of the study, Ms. Karen Terry,
PhD, John Jay’s principal investigator in
the study, said the Institute was able to
operate without limits or boundaries in
its research and expressed confidence
in the thoroughness of the threeyear long investigation. Investigators
gathered information from a broad
range of resources and individuals,
including victims’ advocates and leading
clerical advocates for victims of abuse.
Investigators held face-to-face interviews
with both national and local leaders
NC Catholics
of Voice of the Faithful and Survivors
Network of Those Abused by Priests.
The Most Reverend Michael F.
Burbidge said the study, titled Causes
and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors
by Catholic Priests in the United States,
1950-2010, clearly demonstrates
the United States Bishops’ ongoing
commitment to do everything possible
to eradicate the sexual abuse of minors.
“I think it’s important to point out that this
is not a report from the Bishops, but an
independent report to the Bishops. Like
everyone, we found the horror of child
abuse difficult to understand. So we
commissioned professionals and said,
‘Help us to understand.’”
The Bishop said that the other purpose
of the study was to “help us see what
we can do to prevent sexual abuse of
children. And the answer that came back
was ‘Create safe environments.’ I’m
proud to say that the Diocese of Raleigh
has had a policy on clergy sex abuse of
minors in place since 1988. It has been
periodically reviewed and revised as
new scientific information has become
available.”
The Diocesan policy underwent an
intensive review in 2004 to ensure it
was in compliance with the Charter for
the Protection of Children and Young
People, and then again in 2010.
Since 2003, the National Review
Board, as empowered by the Charter,
has undertaken regular reviews of all
Dioceses to determine if the Dioceses
are complying with the 17 Articles of
the Charter. The Diocese of Raleigh has
been found to be in full compliance in
every audit.
The Bishop also expressed his
gratitude to the faithful in the Diocese
who have been “wonderful” in their
support of our priests during this difficult
period. “It’s hard on our clergy,” Bishop
Burbidge explained, “as some in society
will look at them in a certain way, with
suspicion. Anything our faithful can do to
continue to support and encourage them,
I’ll be grateful for that.”
the Diocese of Raleigh:
• Trains more than 2,000 people each
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Left to right: Karen Terry, principal investigator for the John Jay College report; Most
Reverend Blase J. Cupich of Spokane,
Wash., chairman of the USCCB Committee
on the Protection of Children and Young
People; Diane Knight, chairwoman of the
National Review Board.
year in recognizing and reporting child
abuse and neglect.
• As part of priestly formation, provides
clergy with training on how to ensure
a safe environment for parishes and
schools. A recent session on ‘proper
boundaries’ was conducted for priests
of the Diocese.
• Each year, provides approximately
24,000 parents, who enroll their
children in Catholic school or parish
faith formation programs, with resource
material that provides them with
awareness and abuse prevention
strategies.
• Has conducted over 13,000 criminal
background screenings of clergy, staff
and volunteers since 2003. These
screenings provide a search of national
criminal background databases and the
national sex offender registry.
• Requires criminal background checks
to be renewed every five years.
• Informs 30,000 children each year
of parish and school safe environment
structure, specifically, that catechists
and teachers are people who are here
to help them grow in their faith life and
also they are here to help keep them
safe from harm.
• Requires each parish to have a trained
Safe Environment Committee.
• In 2010, conducted over 90 safe
environment training sessions for all
those in leadership with children and
youth.
Details of the Diocesan Safe
Environment policies and procedures, as
well as the complete John Jay Study, are
available on the Diocesan Web site.
Catholic Charities
Providing Long term Aid to
tornado Victims
T
To date, the Catholic Diocese of Raleigh has received $166,925 from 51 parishes and missions
in response to the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge’s request for a special collection to aid the
survivors of the tornadoes that impacted portions of the Diocese on April 16. The Diocese received an additional $63,727
from other sources, including a gift of $7000 from the Diocese
of Charleston and $10,000 from Catholic Charites USA, for a
total of $230,652. In addition, Catholic Charities in the Diocese received approximately $100,000 in other donations.
Catholic Charities regional offices in
the affected areas have been working
to provide food and clothing to victims
as well as other assistance. In Wake
County, Catholic Charities distributed
food from the Catholic Parish Outreach
truck on site of the Stony Brook Mobile
Home Park that sustained heavy damage and the loss of four young lives.
Catholic Charities staff and volunteers
visited families in shelters and completed
intake reviews and helped families apply
for FEMA benefits. Several families were
helped who needed financial assistance
to get into regular housing. Catholic
Charities is now contacting families who
are ineligible for FEMA or insurance
benefits.
In Bertie County, for the first two
weeks, Catholic Charities went house to
house daily to reach out to 90 families
who had destroyed or damaged homes
and provided counseling to those who
lost loved ones or homes. Each day they
debriefed 13 first responders. Catholic Charities is working with FEMA in
Albemarle Deanery and assessing unmet
needs. Food cards have been issued as
other food distribution stations have been
closed in the local communities.
In Cumberland County, Catholic
Charities has been working with other
churches and agencies to serve families seeking food, utility assistance, and
replacement of medications or glasses
lost in the tornadoes. Catholic Charities
is also working with families in need of
housing and employment.
Donations have helped Catholic
Charities provide funds to assist with
funeral costs of the four children. It also
is providing for support for Stony Brook
residents in need of assistance with
expenses, such as security deposits and
first month’s rent for those without other
resources, short term motel housing
for several families, and food cards. So
far, Catholic Charities has served 250
families in tornado relief efforts.
On May 16, Ms. Roberta McCauley,
Coordinator of Catholic Charities’ Faith
Communities Support Circle Program,
spoke at a training workshop for parishes
and other Christian denominations
interested in adopting a family to help it
through this traumatic time. The Support Circles Program, which received a
national award in 2009, was created in
2005, as survivors of Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita were brought into the area for
temporary resettlement. Since then, the
program has blossomed into an effective
community outreach program involving
churches throughout the Triangle.
Roberta McCauley, Coordinator of Catholic
Charities’ Faith Communities Support Circle
Program, speaks at a training workshop
for Christian groups interested in adopting
families impacted by the tornadoes.
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Diocesan faithful Respond to march Collection to Aid Japan
Catholic faithful in the
Diocese of Raleigh donated
more than $195,000 in a
special collection taken up
in March to aid the survivors of the earthquake and
tsunami that struck Japan on
March 11, 2011. The 9.0
earthquake was the largest to hit Japan and one of
the five largest in the world
since record keeping began
in 1900. The Japanese
government estimates more
than 25,000 people are
dead or missing with more
than 125,000 buildings
destroyed or damaged. The
situation has been magnified
with the crippling of a major
nuclear power plant in the
impacted region.
The money donated by
Diocesan faithful to aid in
relief efforts in Japan was
sent to Catholic Relief
Services (CRS), the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ international
humanitarian and develop-
ment organization operating
in more than 100 countries
and territories. CRS is forwarding US donations to its
counterpart, Caritas Japan,
which is in the midst of the
first phase of relief work
expected to last about three
months. CRS reports this
phase includes working with
parishes and religious congregations to provide shelter
to those whose homes were
destroyed. Caritas Japan has
also opened a soup kitchen
that offers food and water for
those living at the shelters.
They’ve sent volunteers into
the tsunami-affected areas
to help clean up houses
owned by senior citizens.
And they’ve opened centers
in two cities to coordinate the
logistics of working with hundreds of volunteers who’ve
offered to help.
CRS says the second
phase, the rehabilitation
phase, will begin when evacuees move from shelters
to temporary housing. This
is the longer, more costly
phase of the recovery effort,
usually lasting several years.
Caritas Japan will focus on
setting up temporary homes
and helping people move
into them and provide ongoing psychological support
and mental-health assistance where needed.
In an interview with
Caritas Internationalis
– the umbrella network
of Catholic charitable
organizations throughout
the world – Bishop Isao
Kikuchi, president of Caritas Japan, responded to all
the expressions of solidarity
and support the organization has received. “I would
like to express my sincere
gratitude to all of you, our
friends in the Caritas confederation, and through you,
to all the good people who
showed their willingness to
support Japan during the
time of this disaster with
prayers, messages and donations,” he said. “The tremendous response reminds
us that we are not living
in solitude, but solidarity,”
Bishop Kikuchi said.
Bishop Delivers
Opening Prayer at NC Senate
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge delivered
the opening prayer at the beginning of the North Carolina
Senate session on Thursday, May 26. Bishop Burbidge
was invited to give the prayer by Sen. Kathy Harrington of
Gastonia. Upon arrival, he was greeted by Sen. Harrington
and Lt. Governor Walter Dalton.
Bishop Burbidge’s Prayer at N.C. Senate
Blessed are You, Lord, God, of all creation,
Whose goodness fills our hearts with joy.
Blessed are You who have brought us together this day
to work in harmony and peace.
We ask Your blessing upon the men and women of the
North Carolina Senate.
Strengthen them with Your grace and wisdom.
Inspire them to work together to strengthen our families
and communities so as to uphold the sacredness of all human life and the dignity of every human being.
May they temper justice with love, so that all their decisions may be pleasing to You, and earn the reward promised to good and faithful servants.
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May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May His face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
May He look upon you with kindness and give you His
peace.
Amen.
Catholic Charities Establishes New
Award in Honor of Bishop f. Joseph
Gossman
A gala recognizing the outstanding work of
Catholic Charities in the Diocese of Raleigh was
held Saturday, April 30, 2011, with approximately
300 guests attending. The banquet, titled Celebrate God’s Gifts, was hosted by the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge and the Catholic Charities
Board of Directors. The gala was held at Cardinal
Gibbons High School, and featured an address
from Father Larry Snyder, President of Catholic
Charities USA.
Following a welcome by Mr. John Keller, Chair
of the Catholic Charities Board of Directors, Father
Snyder discussed the mission of Catholic Charities
USA as the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops’ humanitarian organization in the United
States. The association, which celebrated its 100th
anniversary in 2010, represents more than 1,700
local agencies. Father Snyder shared its history and
explained how the national organization assists its
member agencies, providing training and support,
especially when natural disasters strike.
Remarks followed by Ms. Kathleen Walsh, Executive Director of Catholic Charities in the Diocese,
and Bishop Burbidge, who spoke of the “great
concern and care for the most needy and vulnerable” shown by his predecessor, Bishop F. Joseph
Gossman, during Bishop Gossman’s 30 years as
Bishop of Raleigh. Bishop Burbidge, who serves
as President of Catholic Charities in the Diocese,
said it was fitting that the Diocesan organization
chose to honor Bishop Gossman with an award
established in his name.
“The best way for future recipients of the award
and all of us to honor our beloved Bishop,” Bishop
Burbidge noted, “is to re-dedicate ourselves to
continue to promote the sacredness of all human life from conception to natural death and the
dignity of each person, to work on behalf of a just
and peaceful society and to demonstrate through
our generous deeds our concern and compassion
for the unborn, the poor, the hungry, the homeless, the immigrant and all those who require our
assistance.” The Bishop added, “This is the work of
Catholic Charities; this is the vocation that belongs
to all of us; this is the legacy of Bishop Gossman.”
Ms. Walsh read the proclamation announcing
the creation of the Bishop F. Joseph Gossman
Community Service Award, explaining that it will be
presented annually to an individual who meets the
example of Bishop Gossman by working “on behalf
of life, justice and peace here in eastern North
Carolina and to all the places the Lord sends us.”
Bishop f. Joseph
Gossman Awards
Presented to School
Volunteers
The 2011 Bishop F.
Joseph Gossman Award
was presented to volunteers
from five Catholic schools
in the Diocese of Raleigh.
Left to right: Mrs. Eva Glennon; Ms.
The individuals were
Patricia Stewart; Dr. Michael J. Fedewa
honored at a reception and
(behind); Mrs. Annie Garriga Kunz; Dr.
dinner May 13, 2011, held
Vincent and Mrs. Nelsy Liquori; Mrs.
at the Fallon Center at Our
Suzanne Comstock; Bishop
Michael F. Burbidge.
Lady of Lourdes Church in
Raleigh. The event was attended by the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh.
The Gossman Award was established to recognize individuals who
have made outstanding contributions to Catholic education in the
Diocese, through extraordinary service by way of time, talent and/or
treasure.
Those recognized were Mrs. Suzanne Comstock of Our Lady
of Lourdes Catholic School; Mrs. Annie Garriga Kunz of St. Mark
Catholic School in Wilmington; Mrs. Eva Glennon of Annunciation
Catholic School, Havelock; Dr. and Mrs. Vincent Liquori of St. Joseph
Preschool in Raleigh; and Ms. Patricia Stewart of St. Mary Catholic
School, Wilmington. The program for the evening detailed the contributions of the award winners:
mrs. Suzanne Comstock has done just about everything - field trip
chaperone, athletic team mom, classroom party coordinator, auction,
IOWA test proctor, Booster Club member, and co-chair of the 8th grade
fundraiser. She has assisted in the office with family mailers and copying
and was instrumental in the development of the hot lunch program.
mrs. Annie Garriga Kunz is a former chair of the principal search
committee. She helped establish the RenWeb data base system and
was instrumental in establishing the school’s tuition assistance endowment. She voluntarily trained coaches and team members in “The
Odyssey of the Mind,” has served on the school advisory committee for
the past five years and is the liaison to the parish finance council.
mrs. Eva Glennon teaches art to every student at Annunciation
Catholic School on a volunteer basis. She also volunteers her time to
teach an art elective and has contributed art supplies to the class for
over seven years. Her students’ artwork is very spiritual and colorful,
which lends itself to keeping the Catholic Tradition alive at Annunciation
Catholic School.
Dr. and mrs. Vincent Liquori’s presence in the Saint Joseph Preschool for the past five years has given the students a sense of stability.
Mrs. Liquori is able to converse with and give special attention to the Hispanic students. Dr. Liquori captivates the students with his stories about
Jesus and the Saints. He fascinates the students with his drawing.
ms. Patricia Stewart, a retired 38-year veteran of public schools,
started out at Saint Mary Catholic School several years ago by assisting a
new ESL student who was in the 5th grade. She has returned from Idaho
every year since then to assist this same student, as well as many others.
In addition to tutoring, she assists with internet searches and curriculum
ideas and helps coordinate the annual academic festival.
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A Particularly Joyous Wedding
L
ast week I presided at a wedding ceremony.
All weddings are
special, but this one was
particularly special. Why?
The young woman getting married
was wonderfully radiant and healthy,
but she was a cancer survivor. Five
years ago, I used this column to tell a bit
of her story. Let me repeat some of that
here, updating the chronology slightly:
For twenty-five summers, I taught
a summer course at Seattle University.
One of the rituals I developed during
those summers was to spend the July
4th holiday with some family friends on
Bainbridge Island, a short ferry ride from
Seattle. This family has its own rituals
and one of these is that it watches the
July-Fourth parade off the front-lawn of
one of their friends’ houses.
Ten years ago, sitting on that lawn,
waiting for the parade, I was introduced
to the youngest daughter in that family.
She was a senior in high school and a
member of their state-winning basketball
team, but she was also suffering from
cancer and the debilitating chemotherapy treatments that were being used
to combat it. Just 18 years old, weighing
less than 80 pounds, she sat wrapped
in a blanket on a warm summer day,
quiet and melancholy, while her friends,
healthy and robust, drank beer and
celebrated life. Things didn’t look good
then. The long-range prognosis was iffy,
at best, and her body and spirit didn’t
belie that, though friends and family did.
She was surrounded on every side by attention, affection, and concern. She was
very ill, but she was loved.
I got to know her that day and more
in the months and years that followed.
Her family and others prayed hard
for her, storming heaven for a cure.
Those prayers, along with the medical
NC Catholics
treatments, eventually did their work.
have loved and it’s just as tragic to die
She hung on against the odds, slowly
and not have expressed your love to
improved, and after many months
those around you.
emerged healthy, whole again, back to
Doctors who research on the human
normal, except once you’ve stared death brain tell us that we only use about
in the face “normal” is never quite the
10% of our radical brain capacity. Most
same again.
of our brain cells never get activated,
When she eventually picked up the
both because we don’t need them (they
pieces of her former life, she knew that
exist for wisdom rather than utility)
while things were the same again they
and because we don’t know how to
were also very, very different. In the
access them. The same doctors too tell
wake of such an experience, ordinary
us that, paradoxically, two things do
life is no longer something you take for
help us access them: the experience
granted, there’s a deeper joy in all things of love and the experience of tragedy.
ordinary and a new horizon, wisdom,
Deep love and deep pain, together,
maturity, and purpose that wasn’t
deepen a soul in a way that nothing
there before. God writes straight with
else can. That explains why Therese of
crooked lines and sometimes cancer,
Lisieux was a doctor of the soul at age
terrible as it is, gives more than it takes. 24. It also explains the wisdom that this
Her new health
young woman
is more than
There are only two poten- now lives out of,
physical. It’s also a
gently challenges
tial tragedies in life and
thing of the soul,
her friends with,
dying young isn’t one of
a moral tan, a
and radiates to the
depth, a wisdom.
world.
them.
Asked in a public
Ten years ago, a
interview if, given
young girl had her
the choice, she
youth and dreams
would give the
stolen from her
illness back so as
by a brain tumor.
to have the life
There was pain,
she could have
disappointment,
had without it,
depression, some
she replied: “No,
bitterness, scant
I wouldn’t give it back. Through it I
hope. Everyone seemed luckier than
learned about love.” The love she expeshe did. That was then. Today, a radiant
rienced when she was ill taught her that young woman, a gifted special-needs
there are worse tragedies in life than
teacher, is on her honeymoon, happy,
getting cancer.
wise, planning life, having learned at
John Powell once wrote a remarkable
a young age what most of us will only
little book entitled, Unconditional Love,
learn when we die, namely, that ordinary
the story of Tommy, a former student of life is best seen against a bigger horizon,
his who died of cancer at age twentythat life is deeper and more joy filled
four. Shortly before he died, Tommy
when it isn’t taken for granted, and that
came to Powell and thanked him for
love is more important even than health
a precious insight he had once drawn
and life itself.
from one of his classes. Powell had told
– Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, and
the class: There are only two potential
award-winning author, is President of the Oblate School
of Theology in San Antonio, TX. He can be contacted
tragedies in life and dying young isn’t
through his website www.ronrolheiser.com.
one of them. It’s tragic to die and not
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It’s tragic to die
and not have loved
and it’s just as tragic
to die and not have
expressed your love
to those around you.
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Don’t Get me Started
H
ave you got a “Don’t get me started” topic? More than
one? Here’s one of mine: the debasement of certain
words in the English language through lazy, careless
or commercial over-use. I think it starts with marketers who cynically manipulate the language for their
greedy purposes, and then it seeps into everyday usage and ... Don’t
get me started.
A Parish Comes together
for a Blessed Event
On May 14, 42 children made their First
Holy Communion at St. Elizabeth Catholic
Church in Farmville, NC. It was a historic day for
the small Parish, which has grown rapidly over
the last three years of its eighty years serving
Farmville. The parish church seats only about
100 so organizers foresaw in January the need
for more seating. They rented a tent and chairs
and borrowed other needed items for worship.
One parishioner built an altar especially for the
occasion, while others created flower arrangements by hand. St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Youth
Organization hosted a bake sale in the fall 2010
and conducted fundraisers during Advent and
Lent, as well as a Spaghetti Dinner, to raise the
money needed to host this project.
At noon on the big day the red carpet was
rolled out, with over 300 in attendance. The
children processed in to dress the Altar, proclaim the Scripture lessons and prayers, and
receive the Blessed Sacrament with Godparents, parents, families and friends. “We were
truly Blessed to have this special day,” said Rita
Zalonis, St. Elizabeth’s Director of Religious
Education. “It was a parish family effort much
like the way a family pulls together for a reunion.
We would like to thank all of those in the community for allowing us to use parking lots and
other items, and especially the Farmville Police
Department for their support.”
One of those words is love, a
favorite of advertisements for
jewelry stores, insurance companies and breakfast food. It’s a
word that poets, who strive to
use language truthfully, simply
avoid anymore.
Still, however the word may
have been devalued, love exists,
and you know it when you see
it. That’s why it was so refreshing
to interview the three married
couples in this month’s cover
story. (Page 16) I’ve been trying
ever since to pin down just what it was about them that, without
using language, spoke love so eloquently.
The husbands and wives looked at each other. As if whatever
they said or were even thinking was by itself incomplete.
They made each other laugh, sometimes with little remarks you
could tell had almost become rituals, but which still elicited a smile.
They admired each other. Sometimes they spoke of this, but you
could see it on their faces, a look that said, “We’re a couple, and
happy about it.”
When they did talk about love, as you’ll read, it was the love of
God, who, they were convinced, brought them together.
I hope you’ll read their stories. It might remind you of the riches
contained in that word, love, and the importance of using it with care.
I also want to call to your attention to the brief update on
Catholic Charities’ continuing efforts to assist the victims of the
tornadoes that ravaged our State on April 16. If you have ever been
affected by a disastrous event, even a personally disastrous one like
the death of a loved one, you know that the effects can last much
longer than the help that comes immediately after the disaster.
Catholic Charities understands that, and they are committed to the
long term.
– Rich Reece is editor of NC Catholics
thanks for your letters and emails and kind suggestions. You can reach me at 715 Nazareth Street, Raleigh,
NC 27606 or [email protected].
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A Bishop who
fought heresy
St. Irenaeus
St. Irenaeus was a secondcentury Bishop in Gaul (now
Lyons, France). His most
famous writings are found
in Adversus Haereses or
Against Heresies which
attacked Gnosticism, a heretical system of thought that
represented a great threat to
the life of the early Church. A
quintessential quote from that
text reads, “The glory of God
is man fully alive, and the life of man is the vision of God.”
The second part of that text presents the spiritual pilgrim
with the key to being fully alive – in short, it teaches us
that we will never be whole or fully alive unless we are in
harmony with the end for which we were created.
What is the end for which we are all created?
The Catechism completes the previously referenced quote
with “…to share in his own blessed life.” We were created
to know, love, and serve God; to spend eternity in communion with the Trinity; to enter into the “vision of God.”
A great truth of the faith – St. Irenaeus is pointing out to us a great truth of the Catholic faith: the human
person is by God, for God. The Blessed Trinity is both the
source of our life and the ultimate destiny for our life. This
truth has important implications. For example, because
the whole, undivided human person is destined for eternal
life in communion with the Holy Trinity, authentic human
development must be viewed holistically with an eye to the
eternal rather than from a narrow and fragmented worldly
perspective.
A key to evaluating all aspects of life – Also, the
human person, made in the image and likeness of God,
has an inalienable dignity and worth. This dignity and
worth becomes a primary criterion against which to evaluate all economic, political, social, technological, and environmental policies. Finally, the human person is not the
author of life, especially his or her own life. The centrality
and necessity of God must permeate our lives and is
one reason why we must resist attempts by the dominant
culture to push God to the margins of society or to silence
the Church in the public square.
St. Irenaeus witnesses to the authentic relationship
between God and humanity subsisting in a reciprocity of
love. It is a message that continues to have a profound
meaning for us today.
La Gloria de Dios es el
hombre plenamente vivo…
San Irineo
Este es probablemente el texto más citado de este obispo del
siglo II en la Galia (ahora Lyon, Francia). El Catecismo enseña,
en el primer párrafo de la primera sección, que Dios «nos creó
libremente ...» En otras palabras, Dios nos creó por un amor
incesante, con la única intención de que cada uno de nosotros
pudiese tener vida y vivirla plenamente. Por lo tanto, cuando
aceptamos este maravilloso regalo y lo realizamos en nuestras
vidas, Dios es glorificado porque su voluntad en nosotros se ha
cumplido.
Sin embargo, es también sólo una cita parcial de la famosa
obra de San Irineo, Adversus Haereses o Contra las Herejías
que atacó el gnosticismo, un escuela de pensamiento herético
que representaba una gran amenaza a la vida de la iglesia primitiva. El texto completo dice: «La Gloria de Dios es el hombre
plenamente vivo, y la vida del hombre es la visión de Dios.»
Esta segunda parte del texto le ofrece al peregrino espiritual
la llave de la vida plena y por lo tanto de la gloria de Dios. En
breve, nos enseña que nunca estaremos completa ni plenamente vivos a menos que estemos en armonía con el fin para
el cual fuimos creados.
¿Cuál es este fin? El Catecismo completa la cita previamente mencionada con «... para compartir Su vida bendita».
Fuimos creados para conocer, amar y servir a Dios; para pasar
la eternidad en comunión con la Divina Trinidad; para entrar en
la «visión de Dios».
San Irineo nos señala una gran verdad de la fe
católica: la persona es por Dios, para Dios. La Santa Trinidad
es tanto el origen de nuestra vida como el último destino de
nuestra vida. Esta verdad tiene consecuencias importantes.
Por ejemplo, porque toda la persona, no dividida, está destinada para la vida eterna, en comunión con la Santa Trinidad, el
desarrollo auténtico humano debe contemplarse holísticamente
con vistas a lo eterno, más que a la perspectiva mundana estrecha y fragmentada.
también, la persona, hecha a imagen y semejanza
de Dios, tiene una dignidad y valor inalienables. La
dignidad y valor se hacen un criterio primario contra el cual
se evalúan todas las políticas económicas, políticas, sociales,
tecnológicas y ambientales. Finalmente, la persona humana no
es el autor de la vida, especialmente de su propia vida. La centralidad y necesidad de Dios debe penetrar nuestras vidas y es
una razón por la cual debemos resistir los intentos de la cultura
dominante de empujar a Dios a los márgenes de la sociedad o
para silenciar a la iglesia en la esfera pública.
San Irineo atestigua la auténtica relación entre Dios y la
humanidad, que subsiste en una reciprocidad del amor. Es un
mensaje que hoy sigue teniendo un significado profundo para
nosotros.
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Remembering
St. monica School
A
mong my happiest memories are the years
I spent as a child at St. Monica Catholic
School in Raleigh. I owe much of that
happiness to the teaching and spiritual
care of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, of Scranton, and of the Dominican
Fathers of St. Joseph Province.
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la naturaleza de nuestra fe
¡Un Nuevo
Pentecostés!
E
l Vaticano II nos invitó a reconocer en
nuestra vida “los Signos de los Tiempos”. En
nuestra Diócesis de Raleigh reconocemos
muchos de estos signos:
Many of the students
in St. Monica School
were the children of
school teachers or
other professional
people. There also were
children of ordinary
working people. Two of
us entered the religious life. Of course I
eventually entered the
seminary and became a
priest of the Diocese of
Raleigh. And a young
lady entered the convent of the Sisters of Divine Providence, and became Sister Miriam. She was a member of
the Rogers family, which lived on the same block as my
family did, and was very close to us.
I have written about Fr. Otis Carl, who had a great
impact on the students of St. Monica. He would visit the
homes of the families who had children in the school. He
was also devoted to music and his enthusiasm for that
subject infected us all. Father Carl persuaded his confreres
in the Province of St. Joseph to ask for donations to buy
instruments for our band. In fact, in the archives of the
Dominicans there is a photo of Father Carl and the band.
There are also photos of them marching on Fayetteville
Street in downtown Raleigh. They were a popular group,
and some of the band members went on to became professional musicians.
To my recollection all of the students who attended
St. Monica School experienced real education and many
went on to do well in their chosen professions. Although
St. Monica School and the parish were eventually merged
with Cathedral School and Sacred Heart and St. Joseph
Parishes, many African Americans who graduated from
St. Monica look back on their grade school years, as I do,
with affection and gratitude for the Sisters and priests
who made it a challenging and at the same time loving
place of learning.
Celebramos las bodas
de plata y de oro con muchas parejas. Tuvimos la
Ordenación diaconal de
Don Edward Maloney y
la Ordenación presbiteral
de Brendan J. Buckler. La
parroquia Holy Trinity en
Williamston celebró su 50
Aniversario de existencia. La Pastoral Juvenil
Diocesana ha celebrado
su VI Encuentro sobre el
tema “La Familia es: Alto
Voltaje… ¡Conéctate!” con la participación de muchos Adolescentes y Jóvenes Adultos de todas las parroquias y la extraordinaria animación de Ricardo Veloz. En Greenville tuvimos
la Convención Juvenil Católica (Catholic Youth Convention)
número 41 con el lema “Todo es posible para el que cree. Mc.
9,23). Celebramos el Retiro Espiritual para Líderes Hispanos del
27 al 29 de Mayo en Ávila sobre “El Padrenuestro” con el acompañamiento del Padre Jaime Pérez. El African Ancestry Ministry
también ha desarrollado su Retiro para Líderes con el P. Marcos
León como director del mismo. Hemos ofrecido 3 Talleres sobre
Lectio Divina para líderes hispanos en diferentes decanatos y
parroquias con el apoyo del Padre Chesco García. El Retiro parroquial de Sanación Interior se ofreció en St. Patrick con el lema
“Vengan a mí los que van cansados, llevando pesadas cargas, y
yo los aliviaré” (Mateo 11:28). Tuvimos el Cursillos de Cristiandad
para hombres en español # 113 con el decidido apoyo del P.
Paul Brant SJ. Continuamos la formación de los candidatos al
Diaconado Permanente con el Padre James Garneau, la promoción de las Vocaciones al sacerdocio y a la Vida Religiosa con el
Padre Ned Shlesinger, los Talleres de Formación para los líderes
de la Renovación Carismática con el apoyo del Padre Joseph Lapauw, párroco de St. Eugene en Wendell… entre otros signos.
San Juan 20,30 nos dice: “Muchas otras señales milagrosas
hizo Jesús en presencia de sus discípulos… Estas han sido escritas para que ustedes crean…” Esta realidad se aplica entre
nosotros y con agradecida confianza podemos exclamar: ¡En
la Diócesis de Raleigh estamos viviendo un nuevo Pentecostés! ¡Cristo Vive! ¡Él ha resucitado! ¡Aleluya!
– Msgr. Thomas P. Hadden
– Padre Carlos N. Arce, Vicario para los Hispanos
A
t a dance. At work. At a mall. Three married couples from St. Peter Parish in Greenville,
where Bishop Burbidge offered the 2011 Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass in May,
can testify that God was in those places when they met. They will also tell you that the
God who put them in each other’s path has watched over them ever since.
In the case of Tony and Jackie Tucci, that
has been more than 54 years. Cradle Catholics, Tony and Jackie met at a dance in New
Jersey in 1955. They were only a year out of
high school, but a year later they promised
before God to spend the rest of their lives as
husband and wife.
In 1967, the Catholic Charismatic
Renewal profoundly affected the Church.
The movement, which began at a retreat at
Duquesne University, also profoundly affected Jackie Tucci. By then the couple had
moved to Miami, Florida, and within a year
of the Duquesne retreat Jackie had established the first charismatic prayer group in
the State and worked help the movement
spread in the Archdiocese of Miami.
“Until then,” Jackie said, “the Holy Spirit
had been the neglected member of the Trinity. But the charismatic movement signified
a new understanding of the Spirit and how
He works in our lives.”
Tony supported Jackie’s involvement in
the Renewal, but he was cautious. “I tailed
along,” he recalled. “But it wasn’t until I
made a Cursillo in 1971 that I really understood what Jackie was trying to do.”
She agreed. “The Cursillo allowed the Renewal to go from Tony’s head to his heart,”
she said with a smile. “And that was God’s
work. I had prayed, ‘Lord, if You want me to
do this work, You have to take him, too.’”
The couple became pioneers in Catholic
lay ministry in Miami under then Archbishop Edward McCarthy. Jackie helped to form
the Office of Lay Ministry for the Archdiocese, and Tony was the first president of the
Lay Ministry Council. Together, they would
for years host a popular radio program,
“Living in the Spirit,” where listeners could
call in with questions about Catholic teach-
ing and practice.
After 35 years in Florida, the couple
moved to North Carolina to be closer to
their children and grandchildren. “We
came with the idea of retiring,” Jackie said,
“and getting involved in a prayer group at
the parish level. But I guess the Lord had
other ideas.”
Bishop F. Joseph Gossman had learned
about the dynamic lay ministry duo even
before they arrived. As a result, the Tuccis
have been involved in promoting Charismatic prayer throughout the Diocese ever since
they arrived in 1997. As this issue of NCC
went to press, they were enthusiastically preparing for the three-day, Sixth Annual Holy
Spirit Conference in October (See p. 31.)
Sharing their vocations in lay ministry
has been key to their sharing the vocation of
marriage, the couple said. Asked if there’s a
secret to staying together for 54 years, Jackie
smiled and turned to her husband. “Is there
a secret, Tony?”
“We’re stubborn,” he joked, then said,
“Commitment. That seems rarer today.”
Jackie agreed. “You make a commitment
to one another and to God,” she said, “and
you keep that commitment. We all have
our ups and downs, but we have the Lord
in common.”
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s t o r y
How do married couples
stay together? “It’s no
mystery,” Jean said.
“You trust God.
J
ean and Bruce King met where
they both worked at Burroughs
Wellcome, a pharmaceutical
company in Greenville. Jean was
a
cradle Catholic whose father, a
doctor, had moved the family to the U.S.
from Ecuador when she was seven. Bruce
was baptized Methodist in Gates County in Eastern North
Carolina. Both were graduates of East Carolina University.
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The two began attending St. Peter
Church when they were dating. They
were married 27 years ago. “When
we knew we were headed towards
marriage,” Bruce said, “we attended a
couples retreat. It was really impressive.
They had great presenters, and exercises
on how to make decisions as a couple.”
Bruce went througwh RCIA. The
late Sarah McPherson, a beloved
Director of Religious Education at St.
Peter, introduced him to the Church.
Today Bruce and Jean are presenters at
Marriage Encounter weekends, where
couples rededicate themselves to each
other, to God and to the Eucharist.
How do married couples stay together? “It’s no mystery,” Jean said. “You
trust God. You make up your mind
that you are going to dedicate your life
to the person whom the God you trust
put in your path. God picked Bruce for
me, and I am going to do all I can to
cooperate with what God wanted.
“There have definitely been situations that
required more
understanding:
parents deceased, challenges at work.
At those times
we look to the
Eucharist to
refocus us.”
“Jean and I go
to Communion
side by side,
holding hands,”
Bruce said. “The
Eucharist reminds us of God’s
plan for us.”
Today Jean is a
teacher at St. Peter
Catholic School.
The couple have
three grown daughters, one newly married, who attended the school.
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A
lan Zell was
managing an
American Eagle
store at a Greenville mall when he noticed
Victoria, the woman who
would become his wife.
“It turned out we were both students
at ECU,” he said, “but I met her when she
would come in as a customer. She always
came accompanied by kids with mental
health disabilities, and as I got to know
Victoria I also got to know the kids and
became fond of them. I was so impressed
by her character, the good person she
was. We started going to some Special
Olympics events, and we would bump
into each other on
campus.
“For me,”
Victoria said, “it
was that he was
so good with the
kids. He treated
them as just
regular boys and
girls, and he was
genuinely excited
to see them. He
was such a nice
person to everyone who came in.”
Alan, a Catholic, describes himself at
the time as “close to graduation, just getting over the hump of acting like a kid.
The Church helped with that, and I was
going to St. Peter. Then meeting Victoria
-- she helped me take my faith more seriously, and to me that was a huge sign telling me that God had brought us together
for a reason.”
Victoria had grown up active in her
Baptist church. “We were always involved
with church,” she said, “singing every
Sunday and other activities. I missed that
when I came to college. I never really
found a church, so I would go home
some weekends to go to church with my
family. When I started going with Alan he
was Catholic and I’d been looking for a
church, so we started going to St. Peter’s.”
The couple talked to each other about
their faith, and it became part of their
bond. “Hearing
her speak about
the Bible was a
real boost to my
faith,” Alan said.
“Where I was weak she made me strong.
In places where I thought I had faith, she
showed me I still had a way to go. I just
tried to follow her good ways.”
The couple was married in St. Peter
Church five years ago. “Father Justin was
really welcoming even though I’m not
Catholic,” Victoria said. “When we got
married he assured me that I was always
welcome here. We have a son now, and I
remember when Father Justin explained
to us that it was important to teach our
children about both our faiths and how
many similarities there were between the
two. That we shared the same goals.”
Shared goals, trust in God, commitment – Catholic married couples use
different words to describe the conviction
that they are indissolubly one. Whether
they have been together 54 years or 27
years or 5 years, however, it seems as if
they have this knowledge in common:
With the Lord as the centerpiece of their
lives, they are not together alone. As
Jackie Tucci put it, “It takes three to make
a marriage.”
marriage makes Love Real
When the baptized
spouses exchange their
promises of loving and
permanent fidelity before
the Church, their marriage covenant becomes
a participation in the
unbreakable covenant
between Christ and
the Church. The Holy
Spirit binds the spouses
together and enables
them to perform acts of
self-giving love to the
benefit of themselves,
their families, and the
whole Church. In this way
their marriage does more
than symbolize Christ’s
love; it makes that love
present in the world.
– From “Marriage: Love and Life
in the Divine Plan” – a pastoral
letter by the Catholic Bishops of
the U.S.
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n e w s
Official Announcements
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, announces the following priest assignments and special announcements:
Effective may 26, 2011
• Reverend Chul Ho Lee, a Priest of the Archdiocese of Seoul
(Korea) is appointed Pastor of Saint Ha-Sang Paul Jung Parish,
New Hill.
Effective June 30, 2011
• Reverend Romen Acero, Parochial Vicar at Saint Thomas More
Parish, Chapel Hill, is appointed Assistant Principal for Spiritual Life
at Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh and Priestly Minister to
the Hispanic Community at Saint Bernadette Parish, Butner. Father
Acero will be in residence at Saint Thomas More, Chapel Hill.
• Reverend Bill John Acosta-Escobar, Administrator of Saint Juan
Diego Mission, Robbins, and Priestly Minister to the Hispanic community at Saint Anthony Parish, Southern Pines and Priestly Minister
to the Hispanic community at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Parish,
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Raeford, is appointed Pastor of Holy Spirit Parish, Kinston.
• Reverend Gregory Anatuanya, a Priest of the Diocese of Awka
(Nigeria), is appointed Parochial Vicar at Sacred Heart Parish,
Pinehurst.
• Very Reverend Carlos N. Arce, Vicar for Hispanic Ministry, is
additionally appointed Priestly Minister to the Hispanic Community at
Saint Anne Parish, Edenton and Holy Family Parish, Elizabeth City.
• Reverend mark J. Betti, Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish,
Clinton, is additionally appointed to priestly ministry for the Sacred
Liturgy in the Extraordinary Form at Saint Mary Parish, Wilmington.
• Reverend Jeffrey Bowker, L.C., Parochial Vicar at Saint Gabriel
Parish, Greenville, is appointed Parochial Vicar at Infant of Prague
Parish, Jacksonville.
• Reverend mr. Brendan J. Buckler, upon Ordination to the
Priesthood on June 4, 2011, is appointed Parochial Vicar at Saint
Catherine of Siena Parish, Wake Forest.
• Reverend Edward J. Burch, Pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Kinston, is appointed Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Pinehurst.
• Reverend Ryan Z. Carnecer, C.I.C.m., a priest of the Congregation of Immaculate Heart of Mary, is appointed Parochial Vicar at
Saint Eugene Parish, Wendell.
• Reverend Anthony V. DeCandia, Parochial Vicar at Infant of
Prague Parish, Jacksonville, is appointed Pastor and Campus Minister of The Doggett Center for Catholic Campus Ministry at Aquinas
House, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, with residence at
1601 Westbridge Court, Raleigh.
• Reverend David J. Devlin, O.S.f.S., an Oblate of Saint Francis
De Sales, Wilmington-Philadelphia Province, is appointed Pastor of
Holy Infant Parish, Durham.
• Reverend Robert W. Diegelman, Pastor of Saint Matthew Parish,
Durham, retires from active priestly ministry.
• Reverend John G. Durbin, a Priest in Good Standing in the
Diocese of Raleigh and Pastor of Saint Thomas More Parish, Chapel
Hill, is granted a six-month sabbatical.
• Reverend francisco Javier Garcia Gonzalez, Parochial Vicar
at Saint Bernadette Parish, Fuquay-Varina, is appointed Parochial
Vicar at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Raleigh and will continue to
serve in Diocesan Hispanic Ministry.
• Reverend John Alex Gonzalez, Pastor and Campus Minister
of The Doggett Center for Catholic Campus Ministry at Aquinas
House, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, is appointed
Pastor of Saint Joseph Parish, Burgaw and Transfiguration Mission, Wallace.
• Reverend Rodolfo Gonzalez, Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Parish, Rocky Mount and Hispanic Priestly Ministry at Saint John the Baptist Parish, Roanoke Rapids is appointed
Administrator of Saint Juan Diego Mission, Robbins and Priestly
Minister to the Hispanic community at Saint Anthony Parish,
Southern Pines and Priestly Minister to the Hispanic community
at Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, Raeford.
• Reverend Ryszard Kolodziej, Pastor of Saint Stanislaus Parish in Castle Hayne, is appointed to an additional one-year term
as Pastor of Saint Stanislaus Parish, Castle Hayne.
• Reverend James m. Labosky, Health Care Minister of Moore
County, is appointed Parochial Vicar at Saint Thomas More Parish, Chapel Hill with residence at Robert Southwell House, 211
McCauley Street, Chapel Hill.
• Reverend Rafael A. Leon-Valencia, Pastor of Saint Joseph
Parish, Burgaw and Transfiguration Mission, Wallace, is appointed Parochial Vicar at Saint Patrick Parish, Fayetteville.
• Reverend Scott E. mcCue, Assistant Principal for Spiritual Life
at Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh, and Priestly Minister
at Our Lady of the Rosary Mission, Louisburg, is appointed Pastor of Saint Thomas More Parish, Chapel Hill.
• Reverend thanh Nguyen, Administrator of Saint Anne Parish,
Edenton, is appointed Pastor of Saint Matthew Parish, Durham.
• Reverend Walter Ospina-Briceno, a Priest in Good Standing
in the Diocese of Raleigh and Parochial Vicar at Saint Catherine
of Siena Parish, Wake Forest, is granted temporary leave for
spiritual renewal.
• Reverend Paul m. Parkerson, Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish,
Dunn, and the Bishop’s Delegate for the Sacred Liturgy in the
Extraordinary Form, is additionally appointed to priestly ministry
for the Sacred Liturgy in the Extraordinary Form at Sacred Heart
Cathedral, Raleigh.
• Reverend William L. Pitts, Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in
Pinehurst, is appointed Pastor of Saint Anne Parish, Edenton and
All Souls Mission, Columbia.
• Reverend Johanes Raharjo, C.I.C.M., Parochial Vicar at Saint
Eugene Parish, Wendell, is appointed Administrator of Our Lady
of the Rosary Mission, Louisburg.
• Reverend trent L. Watts, Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish,
Southport, is appointed to a second six-year term as Pastor.
• Reverend Joseph J. Yaeger, Pastor of Saint Elizabeth Parish,
Farmville, is appointed to a second six-year term as Pastor.
Effective July 1, 2011
• Reverend Lawrence Hayes, O.F.M., a Franciscan Friar, Holy
Name Province, is appointed Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish, Durham.
• Reverend John G. Durbin is appointed Pastor of Saint Jude the
Apostle Parish, Hampstead and Saint Mary, Gate of Heaven Mission,
Surf City.
Official Announcements
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, announces the following Pastoral Administrator assignment.
Effective June 30, 2011
• Sister Elizabeth Bullen, I.H.m., Pastoral Administrator of Our
Lady of the Rosary Mission in Louisburg, is appointed Pastoral
Administrator of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Parish, Raeford.
• Sister m. Carol Loughney, I.H.m., Pastoral Administrator of
Saint Bernadette Mission in Butner, is appointed an additional
term of three years.
• Sister Kieran Williams, I.H.M., Pastoral Administrator of Holy
Trinity Parish in Williamston, is appointed an additional term of
two years.
Effective January 3, 2012
• Reverend Deacon Juan “Nay” Enriquez, Pastoral Administrator of St. Isidore in Stedman, is appointed an additional term
of three years.
• Reverend terrence Collins, Pastor of Saint Jude the Apostle Parish, Hampstead and Saint Mary, Gate of Heaven Mission, Surf City,
retires from active priestly ministry.
• Ms. Joan A. Marion, Pastoral Administrator of Our Lady of the
Snows in Elizabethtown, is appointed an additional term of three
years.
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pr egunt a!
Una Boda Especialmente Gozosa
L
a novia, joven, estaba maravillosamente
radiante y sana, pero era una superviviente
de cáncer. Hace cinco años utilicé esta misma
columna para narrar un poco su historia.
Permitidme que repita aquí algo de aquel relato,
poniendo un poco al día la cronología:
Durante veinticinco años
impartí un curso de verano en la
universidad de Seattle. Uno de los
gestos rituales que repetí durante
esos veranos fue pasar la fiesta del
4 de julio con algunos amigos de
mi familia en la isla de Bainbridge,
a un corto trayecto en ferry desde
Seattle. Esta familia tiene sus
propios rituales y uno de ellos es
ver el desfile del 4 de julio desde el
césped frontal de una de las casas
de sus amigos.
Hace diez años, cuando estaba yo
sentado en aquel césped, esperando
el desfile, me presentaron a la
hija menor de la familia, Katie
Chamberlin-Malloy. Estaba ella
estudiando el último año de
enseñanza media y era miembro
del equipo vencedor de baloncesto
de su escuela, pero también
sufría de cáncer y del tratamiento
debilitante de quimioterapia utilizado
para combatirlo. Allí estaba ella,
justamente con 18 años y con
menos de cuarenta kilos de peso,
envuelta en una manta en un día
caluroso de verano, silenciosa y
melancólica, mientras sus amigos,
sanotes y robustos, bebían cerveza
y celebraban la vida. Las cosas
no parecían ir bien, entonces. El
pronóstico médico a largo plazo
era dudoso, a lo más; y su cuerpo
y su espíritu no lo desmentían,
aunque amigos y familiares sí
lo contradecían. Por todos los
lados estaba rodeada de atención,
afecto y preocupación. Estaba muy
enferma, pero era muy querida.
NC Catholics
Aquel día la conocí, y en los
meses y años siguientes llegué a
conocerla mucho más. Su familia
y muchas otras personas oraron
fuerte por ella, avasallando el
cielo buscando una curación. Esas
oraciones, junto con el tratamiento
médico, finalmente fueron efectivas.
Ella se aferró a la vida contra
toda esperanza (frente a fuerzas
hostiles mayores), fue mejorando
lentamente, y, después de muchos
meses, emergió sana, íntegra de
nuevo, de vuelta a la normalidad,
aunque, cuando has mirado a la
muerte fijamente a la cara, “lo
normal” ya no es nunca lo mismo
del todo.
Cuando volvió finalmente a
empezar su vida (recogiendo las
piezas de su vida anterior), se dio
cuenta de que, mientras las cosas
eran lo mismo de nuevo, eran
también muy diferentes. Tras tal
experiencia límite frente a la muerte,
la vida ordinaria ya no es algo que
tomas por sentado y a la ligera; hay
una alegría más profunda en todas
las cosas ordinarias y un nuevo
horizonte, sabiduría, madurez e
intención, que antes no existían.
Dios escribe recto con líneas
torcidas y a veces el cáncer, tan
terrible como es, da más de lo que
recibe.
La recuperada salud de la
joven Katie fue más que física.
Fue también algo del alma, un
bronceado moral, una profundidad,
una honda sabiduría. Cuando le
preguntaron en una entrevista
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pública si, dada una posible
elección, cambiaría la anterior
enfermedad con el fin de tener la
vida que hubiera podido tener sin
ella, replicó. “No, no la cambiaría.
Por medio de ella aprendí lo que es
el amor”. El amor que experimentó
cuando estuvo enferma le enseñó
que hay peores tragedias en la vida
que adquirir cáncer.
John Powell escribió una vez
un extraordinario librito titulado
“Amor Incondicional”, la historia
de Tommy, un antiguo estudiante
suyo que murió de cáncer a los
veinticuatro años. Un poco antes de
su muerte, Tommy visitó a Powell y
le dio las gracias por una bella idea
que había captado una vez en una
de sus clases. Powell había dicho
a la clase: “Solamente hay dos
tragedias posibles en la vida, y morir
joven no es una de ellas. Es una
tragedia morir y no haber amado, y
es también una tragedia morir y no
haber expresado tu amor a los que
te rodean”.
Los doctores que investigan
sobre el cerebro humano nos
dicen que empleamos solamente
alrededor de un 10% de nuestra
capacidad radical cerebral. La
mayoría de nuestras células
cerebrales nunca se activan, sea
porque no las necesitamos (existen
para la sabiduría más que para la
utilidad) o sea porque no sabemos
cómo acceder a ellas. Los mismos
doctores nos aseguran también
que, paradójicamente, dos cosas
nos ayudan a tener acceso a esas
células especiales: la experiencia del
amor y la experiencia de la tragedia.
Profundo amor y profundo dolor,
juntos, hacen profunda un alma,
de tal forma que ninguna otra cosa
puede hacerla. Eso explica por qué
Santa Teresa de Lisieux fue doctora
del alma a sus veinticuatro años.
Eso explica también la sabiduría
O b i s p o
B u r b i d g e
Cómo Vivimos
Nuestras Promesas Bautismales
E
n la Vigilia Pascual y el Domingo de Pascua, hemos renovado nuestras promesas bautismales. Al hacerlo, nos recuerda de manera especial que todos nosotros los bautizados en Cristo hemos sido llamados y ungidos, tenemos el
Espíritu Santo viviendo dentro de nosotros y somos reclamados como hijas
e hijos de Dios. Al renovar nuestras promesas, reafirmamos seguir adelante en nombre
del Señor Jesús y, en imitación a Él, llevar la buena noticia a los humildes y sanar los
corazones destrozados. Lo hacemos en todos aquellos lugares que el Señor nos envía
cada día, siempre conscientes de que nuestro bautismo requiere una renovación diaria
de nuestras promesas.
Qué edificante es ver tanta gente vivir su llamada
bautismal a raíz de los tornados que resultaron en muerte
y devastación a lo largo de nuestra diócesis y muchas
partes de nuestro país. En medio de tanto sufrimiento,
innumerables personas continúan compartiendo sus
recursos, ofrecen su servicio, ayudan en los esfuerzos de
reconstrucción y ofrecen fervientes oraciones. Como me
dijo un joven, “Ha habido tanta oscuridad en nuestras
vidas. Sin embargo, debido a todas estas personas buenas,
la Luz de Cristo sigue brillando”. ¿Acaso no es esto
exactamente lo que significa vivir fielmente nuestra promesa
bautismal: de llevar Su luz, presencia y poder a los demás,
especialmente en sus momentos de necesidad?
Vivimos nuestra llamada bautismal en las vocaciones
particulares que el Señor nos ha confiado. En las últimas
semanas, nuestra diócesis celebró dos vocaciones
particulares en la vida de la Iglesia. Fue una gran alegría
y un privilegio poder celebrar el Sacramento del Orden
Sagrado y ordenar a nuestro más reciente sacerdote, el Padre
Brendan Buckler. Uno de los momentos más poderosos
en la ceremonia de ordenación fue cuando el candidato se
postró en el suelo como señal de voluntad de entregar toda
su vida al servicio de Dios y Su Iglesia, con dependencia
total de la intercesión de María y de todos los Santos y
la sublime gracia del Señor nuestro Dios. Les pido que
continúen orando por el Padre Buckler para que siempre
pueda imitar al Buen Pastor y llevar Su infinito amor y
con la que nuestra joven Katie vive
ahora el resto de su vida, con la que
reta suavemente a sus amigos y con
la que irradia luz al mundo.
Hace diez años, un tumor
cerebral robó a una muchacha su
juventud y sus sueños. Sentía ella
dolor, decepción, depresión, algo
de amargura, escasa esperanza.
misericordia a los demás, especialmente en la Palabra,
Sacramento y a través de una vida de servicio desinteresado.
En mayo también celebramos el regalo hermoso del
Sacramento del Matrimonio en nuestra Misa Anual de
Aniversario de Boda, donde más de 3,455 años de amor
conyugal fiel estuvieron representados. El amor matrimonial
es un sacramento porque es un signo del amor que el Señor
Jesús tiene para Su Iglesia. Es un amor que es permanente y
fiel y que nunca importa el costo. Al mantener las promesas
hechas el día de su boda, en las buenas y malas, alegrías
y tristezas de la vida, nuestras parejas han demostrado y
continuarán mostrándonos el amor que Cristo tiene para
cada uno de nosotros. ¡Les agradecemos por el regalo
precioso que son para sus familias y para la Iglesia!
Todos los que son bautizados en Cristo comparten una
vocación común: crecer en santidad, para vivir en Cristo,
llevar Su sanación y presencia perdurable a los demás,
especialmente a aquellos que más necesitan nuestra ayuda.
Lo hacemos muy específicamente en la vocación particular
que Dios nos ha dado. Que necesario es para los sacerdotes,
religiosos (as), parejas casadas, solteros (as) y para todos
nosotros renovar cada día nuestras promesas bautismales y
todas las promesas que hemos hecho a Dios y unos a otros.
Oramos por la gracia de ser fieles, generosos, desinteresados
y amar sin importar el precio. ¡Entonces, la luz de Cristo
continúa brillando en y a través de nosotros! En esa
realidad, encontramos nuestra alegría ahora y para siempre.
Parecía que todos tenían más suerte
que ella. Eso fue entonces.
Hoy, una joven radiante, una
maestra bien dotada (especializada
en “Necesidades-Especiales”),
está de luna de miel, feliz, sabia,
planificando su vida, después de
aprender en edad tan joven lo que la
mayoría de nosotros aprenderemos
sólo al morir, es decir: que se ve
mucho mejor la vida ordinaria con
un horizonte mayor como fondo, que
la vida es más profunda y está más
colmada de alegría cuando no se
la toma a la ligera, que el amor es
más importante aún que la salud y
que la vida misma.
– Ron Rolheiser (Traducción Carmelo Astiz, cmf)
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C a t ó l i c o
“Dios nos Unió”
Tres parejas cuentan sus historias de matrimonio
E
n un baile. En el trabajo. En un
centro comercial. Tres parejas
de la parroquia de St. Peter en
Greenville, donde el Obispo
ofreció la Misa Diocesana de Aniversario
de Boda 2011 en mayo, pueden dar fe de
que Dios estaba en esos lugares cuando se
conocieron. También les dirán que el Dios
que los puso por el mismo camino ha cuidado de ellos desde entonces.
Es el caso de Tony y Jackie Tucci, que tienen más de 54
años juntos. Cradle Catholics (Católicos desde siempre),
Tony y Jackie se conocieron en un baile en Nueva Jersey en
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1955.Tenian tan sólo un año de haber terminado la preparatoria, y un año más tarde se comprometieron ante Dios a
pasar el resto de sus vidas como marido y mujer.
En 1967, la Renovación Carismática Católica había
impactado profundamente a la iglesia. El movimiento, que
comenzó en un retiro en la Universidad Duquesne, también profundamente afectó a Jackie Tucci. Para entonces,
la pareja se había trasladado a Miami, Florida y un año
después del retiro de Duquesne Jackie estableció el primer
grupo carismático de oración en el Estado y trabajó para
ayudar que el movimiento se extendiera en la Arquidiócesis
de Miami.
“Hasta entonces,” dijo Jackie, “el Espíritu Santo había sido
el miembro olvidado de la Trinidad. Pero el movimiento
carismático significó una nueva comprensión del Espíritu y
cómo trabaja él en nuestras vidas”.
Tony apoyó la participación de Jackie en la Renovación,
pero fue precavido. “Me colé”, recordó, “Pero no fue hasta
que viví un Cursillo en 1971 que realmente entendí lo que
intentaba hacer Jackie”.
Ella está de acuerdo. “El Cursillo permitió a la Renovación
pasar de la cabeza de Tony a su corazón”, dijo con una
sonrisa. “Y fue la obra de Dios. Había orado, ‘Señor, si tú
quieres que yo haga este trabajo, condúcelo a él, también’”.
La pareja se convirtió en los pioneros católicos del
Ministerio laico en Miami dirigido en aquel entonces por
el Arzobispo Edward McCarthy. Jackie ayudó a formar la
Oficina de Ministerio de laicos de la Arquidiócesis, y Tony
fue el primer Presidente del Consejo de Ministerio Laico.
Juntos, por años presentaban un programa popular de radio, “Vivir en el Espíritu”, donde los oyentes podían llamar
con preguntas sobre la doctrina y la práctica Católica.
Después de 35 años en Florida, la pareja se mudó a Carolina del Norte para estar más cerca de sus hijos y nietos. “Vinimos con la idea de jubilarnos”, dijo Jackie, “y participar
en un grupo de oración a nivel parroquial, pero creo que el
Señor tenía otras ideas”.
El Obispo F. Joseph Gossman había aprendido sobre
el dúo dinámico de Ministerio laico incluso antes de su
llegada. Como resultado, los Tuccis habían participado en la
promoción de la Oración carismática a lo largo de la Diócesis desde que llegaron en 1997. Mientras que la NCC pasó a
la prensa, se preparaban con entusiasmo para los tres días,
la Sexta Conferencia Anual del Espíritu Santo en Octubre
(véase p. 31.)
Compartiendo sus vocaciones en el Ministerio laico ha
sido la clave para su participación en su vocación del matrimonio, dijo la pareja. Se le preguntó si hay un secreto para
permanecer juntos durante 54 años, Jackie sonrió y miró a
su marido. “¿Hay un secreto, Tony?”
“Somos tercos”, él bromeo, luego dijo, “Compromiso. Eso
parece raro hoy en día”.
Jean está de acuerdo. “Haces una promesa de uno con el
otro y con Dios”, dijo ella, “y cumples esa promesa. Todos
tenemos nuestras altas y bajas, pero tenemos en común al
Señor”.
J
ean y Bruce King se conocieron cuando ambos
trabajaban en Burroughs Wellcome, una compañía
farmacéutica en Greenville. Jean fue católica desde
siempre cuyo padre, un médico, trasladó a la familia
a los Estados Unidos desde Ecuador cuando tenía
siete años. Bruce fue bautizado en la Iglesia Metodista en el
condado de Gates en el este de Carolina del Norte. Los dos
se graduaron en la Universidad de East Carolina.
Los dos comenzaron a asistir a la Iglesia de St Peter cuando eran novios. Se casaron hace 27 años. “Cuando sabíamos
que nos dirigimos hacia el matrimonio”, dijo Bruce, “asistimos a un retiro de parejas. Fue realmente impresionante.
Tenían grandes presentadores y hablaron sobre cómo tomar
decisiones entre pareja”.
Bruce asistió al programa RICA. La fallecida Sarah
McPherson, una querida Directora, de Educación Religiosa
en Saint Peter, lo presentó a la Iglesia. Hoy Bruce y Jean
son los presentadores de Encuentro Matrimonial de fin de
semana, donde las parejas renuevan su compromiso el uno
con el otro, con Dios y con la Eucaristía.
¿Cómo permanecen unidas las parejas? “No es ningún
misterio”, dijo Jean. “Tu confías en Dios. Tomas la decisión
de que vas a dedicar tu vida a la persona que Dios ha puesto
en tu camino. Dios eligió a Bruce para mí, y yo voy a hacer
todo lo que pueda para responder a la voluntad de Dios”.
“Definitivamente a habido situaciones donde se requiere
una mayor comprensión: padres fallecidos, problemas en el
trabajo. En esos tiempos miramos hacia la Eucaristía para
que nos ayude a reenfocarnos”.
“Jean y yo vamos de lado a lado y tomados de la mano a
recibir la Comunión,”, dijo Bruce. “La Eucaristía nos recuerda el plan que Dios tiene para nosotros”.
Hoy Jean es una maestra en la escuela Católica de St.
Peter. La pareja tiene tres hijas mayores, una recién casada,
que asistió a la escuela.
A
lan Zell trabajaba en la tienda de American Eagle
en un centro comercial de Greenville cuando
conoció a Victoria, la mujer que se convertiría
en su esposa.
“Resultó que los dos éramos estudiantes de ECU,” dijo él,
“pero la conocí cuando era cliente de la tienda. Ella siempre iba
acompañada de niños con discapacidades mentales, y al conocer a Victoria fui conociendo a los niños y me encariñé con ellos. Yo estaba muy impresionado con su forma de ser, la buena
persona que era. Empezamos a asistir a algunos eventos de las
Olimpiadas Especiales, y nos encontrábamos en el campus.
“Para mí”, dijo Victoria, “era que él fue muy bueno con
los niños. Los trataba como niños y niñas regulares, y se
emocionaba al verlos. Era una persona agradable con toda la
gente que llegaba.
Alan, un católico, se describe a sí mismo en aquel tiempo
como “cerca de la graduación, Cómo vencer el desafío de
actuar como un niño. La Iglesia me ayudó con eso, y fui a
St. Peter. El conocer a Victoria--me ayudó a darle más seriedad a mi fe, y para mí fue una enorme señal de Dios que
me decía que nos había reunido por una razón”.
Victoria creció activamente en su Iglesia Bautista. “Siempre
estuvimos involucrados en la Iglesia”, dijo ella, “cantando
todos los domingos y en otras actividades. Extrañé todo eso
cuando me fui a la Universidad. En realidad nunca encontré
una iglesia, por lo que me iba a casa algunos fines de semana
para asistir a la iglesia con mi familia. Cuando empecé a salir
con Alan él era católico y yo había estado buscando una iglesia, así que comenzamos a asistir a St. Peter”.
La pareja hablaban sobre su fe, y esto se convirtió en
parte de su vínculo. “Oírla hablar sobre la Biblia fue un verdadero impulso para mi fe”, dijo Alan. “Cuando estaba débil
ella me hizo fuerte. En lugares donde pensé que tenía fe,
ella me mostró que aún tenía un camino por recorrer. Sólo
intento seguir la buena forma de ser de ella”.
La pareja se casó en la Iglesia de St. Peter hace cinco años.
“El Padre Justin me dió un buen recibimiento a pesar que
no soy Católica”, dijo Victoria. “Cuando nos casamos él me
aseguró que siempre sería bienvenida. Tenemos un hijo
ahora, y recuerdo cuando el Padre Justin nos explicó que es
importante enseñar a nuestros hijos sobre nuestras creencias
y la similitud que hay entre las dos. Que compartimos los
mismos objetivos”.
Compartimos los mismos objetivos, confianza en Dios,
compromiso – las parejas católicas casadas usan diferentes palabras para describir la convicción de que ellos son
indisolublemente uno. Así estén juntos 54 años, 27 años o 5
años, sin embargo, parece como si tienen este conocimiento
en común: no están solos. Como dice Jackie Tucci, “Se
necesitan tres para que sea un matrimonio”.
El matrimonio
hace al Amor Real
Cuando los esposos
bautizados intercambian
sus promesas de fidelidad
y amor permanente ante la
Iglesia, su Pacto de matrimonio se convierte en una
participación en el pacto inquebrantable entre Cristo y
la iglesia. El Espíritu Santo
une a los cónyuges y los
capacita para realizar actos
de amor en beneficio de ellos mismos, de sus familias
y de toda la iglesia. De
esta manera su matrimonio simboliza más el amor
de Cristo; hace ese amor
presente en el mundo.
– De “El matrimonio: El Amor y la
Vida en el Plan Divino”– una carta
pastoral de los Obispos Católicos de
los EE. UU
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Cardinal Gibbons
Graduates 295
On Sunday, May 29, Cardinal
Gibbons Catholic High School held
its 2010-2011 commencement ceremony at Meymandi Hall in Raleigh
for 295 students receiving diplomas.
Two days earlier, Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh,
celebrated the class of 2011’s Baccalaureate Mass at St. Thomas More
Church in Chapel Hill. The attendance
exceeded 1,500, with standing room
only in the Church, the large gathering space filled to capacity and more
than 300 people watching the Mass
on closed-circuit television in the new
parish hall.
In his homily, the Bishop spoke
of the joint dedication of school
administration, faculty and parents
who worked together to provide the
graduates with a solid foundation for
the new world that lies ahead. “Graduates, Cardinal Gibbons has given you
an excellent education in all fields of
study, provided countless opportunities to utilize your gifts and talents,
and wonderful memories that will last
forever,” Bishop Burbidge said. “But
above all else, the school has done
everything possible to assist your parents so that you are rooted and built
up in Jesus Christ.”
Noting how the new graduates will
hear about expectations so many people have of them, Bishop Burbidge
said those expectations are shared
by family and friends joining them in
celebration at the Mass. “However,
our highest priority for you is that
you remain ‘firm in faith,’” the Bishop
added. “It is what the Church and the
world need from you more than ever!”
Bishop Burbidge thanked the Class
of 2011 for initiating a Leadership
Endowment, which will provide all
Gibbons students the opportunity to
submit an idea for a project they feel
will benefit the school. Each submission must be accompanied by a 3-5
minute video, highlighting such facts
about the project as who is involved
and how much money is needed to
implement it, among other details.
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The winning submission will receive
money from the endowment to fund
the project. The Class of 2011
is providing $9,000 to begin the
endowment, with each member of the
class being asked to pledge $20.11 a
year for the next five years to grow the
fund.
In acknowledging the endowment,
Bishop Burbidge noted how the gift
ties in with the mission of the school.
“The gift reflects the fact, dear graduates, that you have embraced that
mission, which is actually the mandate
of Christ Himself: to be men and
women of faith, leadership and service
in Church and community. With the
administration and faculty and the
entire Gibbons community, I thank you
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for your generosity and for affirming
the mission so dear to all of us.”
On Saturday, Bishop Burbidge also
celebrated a Baccalaureate Mass for
the graduating class of St. Thomas
More Academy in Raleigh.
c o m m u n i t y
things to do:
Vocations Prayer Group
for Women, June 6, 7 p.m.
– 9 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Cathedral, 219 Edenton
Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27603.
Single Catholic women
between the ages of 17-45
who are committed to praying for vocations, growing in
holiness while in the midst
of the world, and discerning
the call of Christ are invited to the Vocations Prayer
Group for Women. Thursday
evening meetings will begin
in Sacred Heart Cathedral
with Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament at 7 pm followed
by Benediction. At 8 pm the
group will move to the Office
of Vocations for fellowship
and discussions. Meetings
should end by 9 pm. Next
group June 6. Contact Fr.
Ned Shlesinger, vocations@
raldioc.org.
Quo Vadis Group, June 7,
7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at Sacred
Heart Cathedral, 219
Edenton Streeet, Raleigh, NC
27613. High school aged
boys are invited to attend
the Quo Vadis Group, which
meets once a month, usually
on a Tuesday evening. Quo
Vadis provides a fraternal
environment and an opportunity to gather for fellowship,
prayer and a discussion on
discernment and vocations.
Dinner is provided. Please
contact the Office of Vocations for more information at
919.832.6279.
VI Encuentro Diocesano
de Pastoral Juvenil, 11
de Junio, 8:00a-6:00 p. La
Red Diocesana de Pastoral Juvenil, La Oficina de
Pastoral Juvenil y la Oficina
del Ministerio Hispano de la
Diocesis de Raleigh los invita
al VI Encuentro Diocesano de
Pastoral Juvenil. Jovenes de
14 a 17 (con chaperones) y
Jovenes de 18 a 30 años. El
tema de este año es: La Familia. Metas del VI Encuentro:
• Hacer conciencia en la juventud de la importancia del
valor de la familia y de los
beneficios que obtenemos
en participar activamente
como miembros de las
mismas;
• Identificar algunas estrategias que ayuden a mejorar
nuestra comunicación y convivencia en nuestra familia.
Upcoming events at
Avila Retreat Center
711 Mason Road, Durham. 27712. To register or
for more information, call
919.477.1285.
Being a man of faith
in today’s World: Ignatian
Retreat for men. Friday, June
10, 2-3 p.m. – Sunday, June
12, noon. Sponsored by St. Luke Knights of Columbus.
Particularly during these troubled times, is God calling
you to a peaceful respite and conversation with Him?
This silent retreat will give you opportunity for reflection
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Fecha limite de Registro:
5 de Junio, 2011. Si estas
interesado en participar comunícate con tu Coordinador
del Grupo Juvenil o con tu
Coordinador de Ministerio
Hispano Parroquial. Con los
miembros de La RED Diocesana o con el Sr. Ricardo
Veloz (919)600-8750;
[email protected].
Deacon formation
Weekend, June 11, 9
a.m. – June 12, 3 p.m. at
St. Mary Church, 313 West
Main Street, Mount Olive, NC
28365. The men in deacon
on your roles and relationships in our world. Fr. Michael Proterra, S.J., drawing on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, will lead us through vocal,
contemplative and meditative approaches that focus
on being a man of faith in life today. The $145 cost
includes overnight room for two nights, two dinners,
two breakfasts and a lunch. To register, send a $50
deposit made out to K of C #12455 -- Ignatian Retreat to C/O Jim Haag, 500 Emerywood Dr. Raleigh,
27615. For information contact him, jjmthaag@
bellsouth.net or call at 841-5817.
Weekend for Engaged Couples, July 15-17,
Fri. 7 p.m. - Sun. Noon. Contact: Linda Bedo, Director, Marriage & Family Ministry, Raleigh Diocese
919.821.9753.
formation meet in Mt. Olive
for prayer, Mass and monthly
classes for study and discernment toward the diaconate.
Contact Amy Breindel,
919.658.4023 or amy.
[email protected].
AAmEN Leadership
Retreat, June 17, 7 p.m. –
June 19, noon, Avila Retreat
Center, 711 Mason Road,
Durham, NC 27712. Fr.
Marcos Leon will be our
retreat director. We will
finish our work on combining the Diocesan Pastoral
plan and the NBCC plan.
Contact Lauren Green,
919.821.9762 or lauren.
[email protected].
Priesthood Discernment
Group, June 18, 9 a.m.
– 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Cathedral, 219 Edenton
Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27603.
Adult Catholic men between
the ages of 17-48 discerning
a possible call to Priesthood
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 which
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 discussion. The morning begins with
Mass. Coffee and doughnuts
will be available in the Office
of Vocations (two doors down
from the Cathedral) after
Mass. Morning Prayer, a
discussion/presentation about
discernment/Priesthood,
Daytime Prayer, and lunch
follow. For more information
contact the Vocations Office,
919.832.6279.
faithful Servant Leadership Institute, June 19-24,
Short Journey Center, 2323
Cleveland Road, Smithfield,
NC 27577. Learn to serve
as Jesus did. This program is
for youth (9-12 grade) who
want to develop and use their
leadership skills, and for the
adults who work with them.
Learn valuable tools for your
parish and for life! This event
is jointly sponsored by the
Dioceses of Charlotte and
Raleigh and this year will be
hosted by the Diocese of
Raleigh. Contact Joan Novak,
919.821.9770 or [email protected].
Charismatic Healing Rally,
Friday, July 8, 7 p.m. – 9
p.m., Saturday, July 9, 9 a.m.
– 3 p.m., Holy Infant Church,
5000 Southpark Drive,
Durham, NC 27713.
Deacon Candidate and
Aspirant family Retreat
Day, July 9, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.,
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Church, Irwin Drive, Newton
Grove, NC 28366. Deacon
Candidates and Aspirants
and their families share a
time of prayer and fellowship. Contact Amy Breindel,
919.658.4023 or amy.
[email protected].
17th Annual Run for Life,
Saturday, August 27th at
Wake Med Soccer Park in
Cary, NC. The committee is
looking for runners, sponsors and volunteers for the
annual 5K Run and 1-mile
Fun Run. All Proceeds to
benefit Christian Life Home
and Street Samaritans &
Gospel Ministry. If you have
any questions, would like to
volunteer or would like more
information, please contact
organizers Kathy or Bob Klein
at 919-815-1369 or via
email: [email protected].
Pro-Life Office Awards
2011 Respect Life Grants
In May the Diocesan Office of Pro-Life awarded grants
to the following organizations, in recognition of their efforts
on behalf of protecting and nurturing human life:
• Albermarle Crisis Pregnancy/Elizabeth City
• Birthchoice /Raleigh
• Creative Choices Pregnancy Center/ Kill Devil Hills
• Pregnancy Support Services/Durham
• Project Rachel serving North Carolina
• St Raphael Early Childhood Center /Raleigh.
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Born of Inspiration
Sacred Heart, Dunn
T
he origin of Sacred Heart
Catholic Church
in Dunn, NC,
predates its
establishment as a mission
of Our Lady of Guadalupe in
Newton Grove in 1904.
Catholicism emerged in Dunn due in part
to the conversion of Mr. Enoch Godwin, an
avid Bible reader who suffered great spiritual distress. He prayed fervently for peace,
and believed God instructed him to seek a
Catholic priest. Godwin obeyed and sought
out Father Edward, O.S.B., in Newton Grove. When he
asked to be baptized immediately, the priest told him he first
needed to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and to learn the
Catechism. Upon passing his catechetical examination, Mr.
Godwin built an altar on his land, located between Newton
Grove and Dunn. His home soon became a mission center
visited monthly by priests for Mass. Mr. Godwin influenced
many of his Protestant friends to join the Catholic Church,
and his community sowed the seeds of Catholicism in Dunn.
In 1905, Father Michael Irwin secured funds to build a
church on McKay Avenue; Bishop Leo Haid, O.S.B., dedicated Sacred Heart Church the following year. For the next
ten years, Mass was offered once a month there by a visiting
priest. Father George A. Watkins became the first resident
priest in 1916.
Sacred Heart Parish has been served by twenty priests
over the past 107 years in the original church building in
downtown Dunn. Father Paul Parkerson has been pastor of
the 360-family community since 2000. Confirmed at Sacred
Heart, Fr. Parkerson is finishing his 11th year as Pastor. He is
also the Bishop’s Delegate for the Extraordinary Form of the
Mass. “A highlight of my time here was in 2004 on the Feast
of Corpus Christi when I offered Mass in the Extraordinary
Form for the first time,” reflected Fr. Parkerson. “The parishioners were as unfamiliar with the Latin Mass as I was, but it
changed the life of the parish and changed my Priesthood.”
The Extraordinary Form of the Mass is celebrated in Latin
with the readings and homily re-read in English. It is celebrated according to its own liturgical calendar, and utilizes
Gregorian Chant.
Sacred Heart is one of two parishes in the Diocese to offer weekly Mass in the Extraordinary Form. (The other is
Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Rocky Mount.) Immaculate
Conception, Clinton, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Raleigh and
St Mary’s, Wilmington, offer the Mass
once a month. “We have families that
the Diocese of
travel weekly from Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington and Fayetteville to
attend this rich and beautiful Mass,”
said Father Parkerson. “There has been a
tremendous growth and love of this Mass;
it’s an inexhaustible font of richness and
Sacred Heart
beauty.” Sacred Heart also offers weekly
Catholic
Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed
Church
Sacrament.
Despite its relatively small size, Sacred
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Heart has numerous active apostolates, inAve, Dunn, NC
cluding ministry to the sick, a prayer chain
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and a bereavement ministry. Mr. Godwin’s
inspiration has borne abundant fruit.
910.891.1972
Raleigh
June 2011
715 Nazareth St.
Raleigh, NC 27606
919.821.9730
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