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Vol. XXXI No. 48 Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Price 250 Friday, January 27,1984 New drug program here Test project to help parishes By Betsy Kennedy "Recent statistics from the Na- Voice Staff Writer tional Institute on Drug Abuse in Washington reveal that children are The federal government has funded using drugs at an average age of 11 Catholic Community Services to years, 8 months. Because their bodies launch D.A.R.E. (Drug, Alcohol, are still in the growth stages, it really Rehabilitation, Education), a new drug program aimed at prevention on the compounds the problem." parish level in the Archdiocese. Hard Facts D.A.R.E. will be aimed at helping abusers like Mary Ann, a bright, Other figures released from the In- spunky 12-year-old who goes to school stitute are disturbing to Faraglia. Six- each day with "a buzz on." She takes ty percent of high school seniors have the newest fad drug sold on the elemen- experimented with marijuana. tary school campuses — bootleg Another 60 percent have ex- Quaaludes, each shaped like Pac Man, perimented with other illicit drugs. the video game character. But the true (And this figure may be higher, character of this drug is a deadly mix- because it does not account for the ture of barbiturates which substitute for number of students who have drop- the now illegal methaqualone, the main ped out of school.) As high as 93 per- ingredient of prescription Quaaludes. cent have experimented with alcohol, "We're seeing younger and younger and 34: percent admit to alcohol drug abusers like Mary Ann," said An- use on a regular basis. nette Faraglia, the director of the A former teacher in New York City fledgling program. and a former drug counselor at Village South Rehabilitation Center — BOSTON-BOUND—-^ in South Miami, Faraglia felt appall- ed by the youthfulness of the addicts who came to her for help. Many of them were empty husks of what they once had been. They were no longer cheerful, productive, healthy teenagers. Instead they had become John Joseph Moorman's, holds a self-made profile sign while participating with brothers Matthew, 4, and Mark Isaac, 13 months, in the South Broward wan, apathetic shadows who lived on- Respect Life Office's "Walk for Life." See story below. (Voice photo by ly for their next chemical boost. Ana Rodriguez-Soto). "I wondered why parents had let it - come to this... I talked to parents in Prevention For more than 10 years, CCS has the elementary schools who swore The D.A.R.E. program of the been conducting a full program at St. their children had not experimented Archdiocese will focus on prevention Luke's Center, offering counseling, with anything. Then I would talk to and early intervention, and will be methadone maintenance primarily the kids and they would admit to us- guided by the philosophy that "peo- for detoxing and returning people to ing all kinds of substances." ple are the most important resource in productive society, and a day care When Faraglia worked at Village the fight against substance abuse." center for the children of addicts. Bishop Bernard Law of Missouri, South, ' the average age of my clients "This program is an outgrowth of "The important thing is to try and Harvard grad, ecumenical leader, was 21. It kept dropping until it was the drug treatment program we have to be Archbishop of Boston, the provide prevention for this grave U.S.' third largest diocese. Story, an average of 12 or 13 years old. I had in the diocese for 14 years," said social illness as soon as possible in page 3. began to realize that prevention must Father Sean O'Sullivan, the division our schools and communities." be the answer." director. (Continued on page 12) Walk for life 'til toes fall off By Ana Rodriguez-Soto Then he re-joined. the group, who the south Broward Respect Life Of- tative Tom Bush during a brief rally Voice News Editor sang hymns in Spanish and English fice which organized the second an- at the church parking lot. Bones chilled, hands numb, faces between decades of the Rosary. nual Walk for Life. Bush listed hopeful signs that stoic against the bitter gusts of cold From 9 to noon Saturday, But their actions and the cold, America's pro-abortion mentality is wind, the 20 or so young men from passersby on busy State Road 441 dismal, gray day seemed to symbolize changing. "No question," he said, St. John Vianney College Seminary in couldn't miss Celio, his friends and all prolifers, deeper resolve: As sure "public opinion is beginning to Miami repeated Hail Marys and Our more than 300 others, young and old, as the sun, invisible throughout the sway." Fathers as they walked around the who joyfully walked, jogged and gloomy Saturday, would return to • More and more Catholic and parking lot of St. Stephen Catholic roller-skated despite the hostile warm South Florida on Sunday, the Christian schools are opening each Church in Hollywood, holding black weather to make a simple point: The bitter, chill wind cast upon life by year, all of them teaching the futiire and brown rosaries and carrying Supreme Court decision legalizing nine Supreme Court justices one day generation that abotion is wrong. posters proclaiming human life as abortion 11 years ago is a moral will be stilled. • Christian theologian Francis sacred. wrong which must be sighted. "We have the truth and the truth is Schaefer's book, "The Christian "We decided we wanted to do The walkers, mostly members of that human life is sacred and we will Manifesto," has sold more copies something active for prolife in the 10 south Broward parishes, prevail," Father Dan Kubala told the than the Jane Fonda "Workout" general and show our extreme disgust students from St. Thomas Aquinas walkers. The director of the Respect book. with the law of the land," explained and Madonna High Schools and Life Apostolate of the Archiocese of • One Supreme Court Justice, San- Victor Celio, a seminarian who vow- children from the area's Catholic Miami shared the back of a red pick- dra Day O'Connor, has said she is ed to walk "until my toes fall off." schools, also were raising money for up truck with former state represen- (Continued on page 9) Pope tells lawmakers Families must fight drug abuse

VATICAN CITY (NC) — If U.S. lawmakers want to fight drug abuse, they should "favor unhesitatingly all initiatives which aim at strengthening the family in American Society," Pope John Paul II told a U.S. con- gressional delegation Jan. 19. The group, representing the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, met with the pope in the Apostolic Palace. "AS YOU TRY to make your fellow citizens more and more con- scious of the dangers of drug abuse; as you promote legislation, on the na- tional and international level, which seeks to draw up a comprehensive plan of deterrence against trafficking in narcotics, may you ever strive to meet the needs of the family, for it is a key element in establishing stable, loving relationships and in offering to every person the support needed for a fulfilling life," the pope told the 36 Americans. "The flow of narcotics has reached' immense proportions, so that no na- tion is immune from its debilitating effects," the pope said. The church's interest in the drug problem, he added, "is focused on the crucial role that the family must pay in the solution to the problem." "The family stands at the very KING HONORED — During an ecumenical service in Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Coretta Scott King, Cdl. foundation of society, and through Joseph Bemardin of Chicago and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, join hands and sing, "We Shall Overcome." The its role of service to life is vitally link- ceremony revered slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King. (NC photo from UPl). ed to society's advancement," the pope explained. "It provides the everything possible to ensure that unencumbered by threats to their The Delegation visiting the pope in- forum for the fostering of authentic families have all the help that they authentic realization as person," the cluded seven members of the House and mature communion between per- need in order to fulfill their respon- pope said. committee: chairman Charles B. sons and is the place of origin and the sibilities." Rangel (D-N.Y.), Daniel Akaka most effective means for humanizing "It is by no means extraneous to "THE SCOURGE of drug traf- (D-Hawaii) Frank Guarini (D-N.J), and personalizing society." your work as public servants to foster ficking and drug abuse," he added, is George W. Crocket Jr. (D-Mich.), social conditions in which individuals one of the factors which "menace the Harold. Sawyer (R-Mich,), Harold He added that "the church en- may grow and develop in a way com- individual and impede the growth of Rogers (R-Ky.) and Louis Stokes :ourages the public authorities to do mesurate with their human dignity, a healthy social climate." (D-Ohio). News Weakland of Milwaukee. Archbishop Weakland was notified that the Vatican Reagan predicts end of trial for doctrinal congregation ruled the case involved "the indirect violation of the sacramental seal" and that any "penal measures" against the priest would be Salvadoran ex-guardsmen left up to the archbishop. Father Arthur J. Baertlein, then pastor of St. Catherine Parish in Brown Deer, Wis., was accused of having repeated a WASHINGTON (NC)—The Reagan administratibrKpredicted Jan. 16 that parishioner's confession during a Sunday homily last July. the trial of five Salvadoran ex-National Guardsmen accused of the 1980 murders of four U.S. Catholic churchwomen will be completed by mid-1984. The prediction, contained in the administration's new report to Congress on Peace pastoral opens dialogue the situation in El Salvador,, said completion of the trial this year could hinge WASHINGTON (NC)—Dialogue generated by the U.S. bishops' pastoral on an upcoming appeals court decision on whether the case has properly been on nuclear arms can help realize its goal to build peace and keep peace, elevated to its final stage. A similar appeal last March delayed the trial when speakers told a Jan. 15-18 symposium on the pastoral. Cardinal Joseph Ber- the court ruled that more evidence was needed before a trial date could be set. nardin of Chicago said in his address Jan. 15 that dialogue has begun between the church and the state, between religion and science, between the church and Colorado diocese gets $3.15 million the universities and within the religious community—Christian. and non- Christian. The symposium was sponsored by the U.S. Catholic Conference DENVER (NC)—The Archdiocese of Denver is giving a dowry of $3.15 Department of Education to help implement the bishops' letter, which was ap- million to the new Diocese of Colorado Springs, including $1 million in proved last year. unrestricted working capital to get the diocese started. Pope John Paul II formed the Colorado Springs Diocese last November, drawing nine counties from the Denver Archdiocese and one from the Pueblo, Colo., Diocese to Murder suspects ask Vatican for help form the new church territory. He named Auxiliary Bishop Richard Hanifen SANTIAGO, Chile (NC)—Four people sought by Chilean police as suspects of Denver to be bishop of the new diocese. in the August murder of a general entered the Vatican diplomatic mission in Santiago Jan. 16 and asked for political asylum. A statement issued by the Priest accused of violating confession Vatican mission, called a nunciature, said the two men and two women scaled at 10-foot wall in an "unauthorized entry" onto the nunciature grounds. The MILWAUKEE (NC)—A parish priest who was temporarily suspended statement did not say if the Vatican would grant asylum but said the papal while being investigated for possibly breaking the seal of confession was nuncio, Archbishop Angelo Sodano, contacted the foreign ministry "to look reinstated, but will be transferred to another parish, said Archbishop Rembert for a solution to the problem."

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WASHINGTON (NQ—Boston's Boston's last three archbishops new Archbishop Bernard F. Law is a have become cardinals. Harvard graduate known nationally As a priest and bishop holding na- for his ecumenical activity and in his tional and international ecumenical home Missouri diocese for his posts, Archbishop Law has frequent- pastoral directness. ly been a leading U.S. Catholic Pope John Paul II promoted Ar- spokesman for Christian unity and chbishop Law from the small Diocese the advance of Catholic- Jewish rela- of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, with tions. 52,000 Catholics, to head the 1.9 Also a spokesman for better million Catholics of the Boston Ar- Catholic-Jewish relations, at a Na- chdiocese on Jan. 24. He succeeds tional Workshop on Christian and Cardinal Humberto S. Medeiros, Jewish Relations in 1977 in Detroit, who died Sept. 17. Archbishop Law called Christian- Archbishop Law, 52, has received Jewish dialogue in the United States national attention in the past three "one of the most exciting years as the director of the special, developments in religious contact.'' MISKITO TO MIAMI—Bishop Salvador Schlaefer (center) of ecumenically delicate U.S. program He attributed a major change in Nicaragua who accompanied 1,040 Miskito Indians on foot from for admitting into the priesthood Christian-Jewish understanding to Nicaragua to Honduras last month, tours a peace art exhibit at the married Episcopal priests who con- the civil rights battles in the South in Pastoral Center of the Archdiocese of Miami last week. He and vert to Catholicism. the 1960s, which he said-"brought us Bishop Wendelan Shafer, also of Nicaragua (right) are now back in In the Springfield-Cape Girardeau out of theological and cultural isola- Nicaragua. Looking on is Auxiliary Bishop John Nevins of Miami. Diocese, whose Catholics make up tion and made us one." (Voice photo by Prentice Browning). only one 20th of the area's total population, he is known as a pastorally direct man who frequently visits parishes and gets involved in Scripture scholar to teach here parish life. Before administering con- An internationally known Scrip- eritly Auburn Professor of Bibli- the Encyclopedia ., Brittanica which firmation, for example, he often led ture scholar and author, formerly of cal Studies at Union Theological has now been printed in small book retreats for the young people to be Miami, will join the faculty of St. Seminary in New York City, Father form as paperback book entitled, confirmed. Vincent de Paul Seminary, Boynton Brown has been active in ecumenical "The Churches the Apostles Left The son of a career Air Force of- Beach, early in February as a visiting work and was the first Catholic priest Behind," soon to be he went to Rome ficer, the late Col. Bernard A. Law, professor. to address a Faith and Order Con- where he has been scholar in Bernard Francis Law completed col- Father Raymond E. Brown, S.S,, ference of the World" Council of residence at the North American Col- lege at Harvard University in Cam- who was ordained to the priesthood Churches in 1963. lege lecturing at the seminary section bridge, a Boston suburb. He then in 1953 at St. Rose of Lima"Church, For 5 years he was a consultor for which includes about 180 United began studies for the priesthood, stu- is the author of 15 books on the Bible Vatican Secretariat for Christian Uni- States men studying for the dying at St.> Joseph Seminary in St. and recently co-authored "Antioch ty by papal nomination.'A past presi- priesthood. : Benedict, La., 1953-55, and at the and Rome" with dent of the Society of Biblical On Feb. 8 Father Brown will con- Pontifical College Josephinum in Father John Meier. I Literature, Father Brown lectures duct a workshop for Florida's Worthington, Ohio, 1955-61. In 1972 he was the throughout the world and has degrees Bishops and priests beginning at 9:30 As head of Boston, the See with only American nam- in Sacred Scripture, Semitic a.m. and concluding at 3:30 p.m. at third-largest Catholic population in ed by the late Languages, Philosophy, and the seminary. A second workshop for the country after Los Angeles and Pope Paul VI to • Theology. religious educators and laity is slated Chicago, Archbishop Law could the Roman Pon Since he began a sabbatical from for Saturday, Feb. 11. "The Chur- eventually follow Cardinal Baum into tificaL Biblical Union Seminary, he completed work ches After the Death of the Apostles" the College of Cardinals. Commfssion. Pres-' _ _ __ — on recent biblical discoveries for is the topic for both one-day sessions. Fr. Ray Brown Great Ideas Today, a supplement to For registration call 732-4424. Father Greeley donates $1.25 million NC News Service priest and, most recently, through the don't exist" but that "if I were in his novel, "Lord of the Dance," is to be Father Andrew M. Greeley, a donation to the University of position I might do the same thing." published in March. He has authored sociologist-author whose sometimes Chicago, "what I wanted to do was (The priest was once said to have and co-authored many scholarly steamy popular novels have been build a bridge" between the church plotted to get then-Archbishop Ber- books and other works as well as the best-sellers, is donating $1.25 million and the world of scholarship, Father nardin of Cincinnati to replace Car- popular novels. in royalty income to the University of greeley said in a telephone interview. dinal John Cody of Chicago. Father Chicago to fund a professorship in He holds a doctorate in sociology: "I didn't become a priest to make a Greefey denied being involved in any from the University of Chicago and is Catholic studies, the university an- lot of money, and I don't ever want such plot.) nounced Jan. 23. a research associate at the National to become a millionaire," he said. "I The $150,000 grant to St. Mary of Opinion Research Center, a quasi- The priest said Jan. 24 that in don't want to be burdened with lots the Lake Seminary will be used to of money." independent affiliate of the universi- December he also donated $150,000 fund a lecture series in honor of the ty. • . . • . . ; , •, . : to the Archdiocese of Chicago's St. He said that aside from the grant, late Cardinal Albert Meyer of Mary of the Lake Seminary, "I think that I?ve pretty much failed Chicago. The four lectures a year of Yuenger said that "interest in Mundelein, 111., for a lecture series. in bridging the gap" between the the late Cardinal Albert Meyer of Roman Catholicism has been great The University of Chicago dona- Catholic Church, particularly the Ar- Chicago. The four lectures a year will here for a long time." he said that tion consists of about $800,000 plus chdiocese of Chicago, and the feature distinguished scholars about one-fourth ofjthe some 275 interest from investment and is to be scholarly world, particularly the discussing the topic of church and students in the university's divinity spread over four years, Father University of Chicago, "because society, Father Greeley said. school are Catholic and that there are Greeley said. The investment interest neither the university nor the ar- FATHER GREELEY'S three nuns and priests on the faculty. should bring the total to about $1.25 chdiocese really wants me." bestselling novels are "The Cardinal The University of Chicago is a «million by 1988, he said. He added that Chicago Cardinal Sins," "Thy Brother's Wife," and private, non-denominational institu- THROUGHOUT A LIFE as a Joseph Bernardin ''pretends that I "Ascent into Hell." He said a fourth tion; :; >••"'!•.• •. -.. •,..•;.•.; .'• , . ••'

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Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27,1984 / PAGE 3 Pope to streamline Vatican ? By Father Kenneth J. Doyle of the Congregation for Bishops; and Another theory is that personnel relations with other religions and VATICAN CITY (NC) — Will Cardinal Bernardin Gantin, president changes will wait at least for several philosophical beliefs: the Secretariat 1984 be the year Pope John Paul II of the Commission for Justice and months and will be preceded by struc- for Promoting Christian Unity, the streamlines the, Vatican Curia, the Peace. tural alterations in the Curia. Secretariat for Non-Christians, and church's central administrative of- Suporters of this theory say that the Secretariat for Non-Believers. fices? Shortly after the expiration date, the pope appointed a 12-member The question arises because the each Vatica#official affected receiv- committee'to study the possibilities of Many people working • in the terms of more than a dozen of the ed-a letter from Cardinal Agostino streamlining the work of the Curia Vatican say streamlining is also need- Vatican's top officials expired last Casprdlij papal secretary of state. based on recommendations from car- ed to modernize the Curia's equip- October. Under the 1967 curial The letter, which, has subsequently dinals around the world. They add ment and office procedures. Such reforms of Pope Paul VI, the term of leaked to the press, was written on be- that the pope will wait until hearing streamlining would improve efficien- the curia's chief administrators is five half of the pope. It "did not the committee's suggestions for struc- cy, they add. years, renewable at the pope's discre- automatically reappoint the officials, -tural changes before deciding what to There is little use made of com- tion. as had been the custom since the ad- do with the officials whose terms puters or word processors within the vent of the five-year term of office.. Pope John Paul II took office in have expired: Curia, filing systems are frequently Instead, it told them to remain in of- admitted to be antiquated, and even October 1978 and so the terms of fice for the time being, until a new What might the structural changes those officials whom he reappointed be? dictation equipment and electric step is taken. typewriters are rare. from past papacies expired five years Many within the Vatican believe later. / The letter has fueled speculation that the pope will establish at least In aT4east one major department, Included among these are Cardinal that the pope is comtemplating some one new department, a council for the executives outnumber secretaries by Johannes Willebrands, president of major shifts in personnel. Fanning sick and suffering, which will handle five to one. the Secretariat for Promoting Chris- the flames of the speculation is the the pastoral and social concerns of "We'd get a lot more done with tian Unity; Cardinal Eduardo fact that the pope met in private au- the sick and handicapped. half the executives, a little modern Pironio, prefect of the Congregation diences- during the closing weeks of For years there has been specula- equipment and a few more for ReligkiuV and Secular Institutes; 1983 with nearly every person whose tion that the pope would consolidate secretaries," said one curial staff Cardinal Sebastiano Baggio, prefect term has expired. the three secretariats which deal with member. Poland-Vatican ties near ROME (NC)—Diplomatic rela- among many things, the problem direction of Archbishop Luigi Poggi curate communication with the tions between the Vatican and Poland relative to diplomatic ties between the of the Vatican's Council for the government," said the official, who might be established during 1984, Holy See and the Polish Public Affairs of the Church. asked not to be named. Cardinal Josef Glemp, the primate of government," Cardinal Glemp told An official involved in the negotia- If diplomatic relations are Poland, said Jan. 19 after several reporters at the end of his four-day established, Poland would become days of meetings with Pope John visit, before leaving Rome for War- tions told NC News Service that diplomatic ties would put the Vatican the first Warsaw Pact nation to have Paul II and other top Vatican of- saw, Poland. diplomatic ties with the Vatican. ficials.. in a better position to communicate "I DON'T EXCLUDE that such Meanwhile, a Vatican official with the Polishy government, Diplomatic relations were inter- relations may be established within especially on human rights issues. rupted after World War II when the engaged in negotiations with the the year," Cardinal Glemp said. Polish government on the issue said "The full diplomatic presence in Communist government took power diplomatic ties would place Pope Cardinal Glemp said he was not Poland would be a help to the in Poland. Since 1974, however, John Paul in a key position to protest personally involved in ongoing Vatican. It would help us know the Poland and the Vatican have had the human rights situation. negotiations about diplomatic rela- local situation better, and it would contact through a Polish embassy "We discussed with the pope, tions. He said the task was under the give us the means of rapid and ac- representative to the Vatican.

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PAGE 4 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27,1984 Church, state compete in Cuba? OAS says Church accepted but limited

WASHINGTON (NC)—Freedom limited, was basically restricted to the of religion in Cuba has improved, middle and upper classes and was with an increasing tolerance between very slight among the lowest ranks of church and state, but some society." discrimination remains, according to The OAS report cited a 1957 study a report on human rights in Cuba by by a Cuban Catholic organization, the Organization of American States. Agrupacion Catolica, which said that While there is no direct religious of 4,000 heads of rural families persecution, indirect restrictions con- studied, 53.51 percent had never seen strain believers and lead to some a priest; 36.74 percent said they knew discrimination, said the report, which a priest by sight only; and 7.81 per- was prepared by the Inter-American cent said they had personal contact Commission on Human Rights of the with a priest. Of those surveyed, OAS. 41.41 percent said they had no The OAS, which expelled the religious faith, although 52.10 per- Cuban government of Fidel Castro cent claimed to be Catholic, 3.26 per- from membership after the revolution cent Protestant and 1.09 percent in 1959, has published seven human Spiritist. About 89 percent of the rights reports on Cuba in the past 20 Catholics said they had never attend- years. The latest was completed last ed Mass. October and released several months later. . THE OAS COMMISSION said restrictions on religion the mass '•THERE IS CURRENTLY media and in education should be freedom of religion and worship in eliminated, "since they undermine Cuba, but it is limited in terms of the exercise of the right to religious dissemination by two fundamental freedom and worship." restrictions: the use of the mass com- The OAS report added that indirect munications media and education. restrictions promoting discrimination The early hostility in church-state against religious groups affect central relations has given way to ideological aspects of life and politics in Cuban competition, in which the govern- society. ment has, and uses, the vast resources In its conclusion, the report com- it has at its command to actively pro- plimented Cuba's political, mote the official Marxist-Leninist A young woman pauses to pray Inside Havana's cathedral, whose sanctuary Is economic, social and cultural system philosophy," the report said. filled with scaffolding since the building in undergoing repairs. An OAS report on its ability to deliver basic needs to on human rights in Cuba says freedom of religion has improved but restric- its citizens, such as universal medical, There has been an evolution in the tions still exist. (NC photo from Wide World) educational and nutritional services, but faults its one-party rule and positions of government and church, restrictions on personal freedoms. which "has brought about a positive environment of mutual tolerance," Three groups have been singled out. By 1969, the regime of Fidel Castro It said some elements of the Cuban the rep'ort stated. by the Cubans as unpatriotic: the was consolidated and appeared to be political system, if developed, Jehovah's Witnesses, for their op- irreversible. It also had improved the "would allow for the progressive "There is no religious persecution; position to military service and public standard of living of those who were evolution of a democratic order, to- the restrictions to which certain schooling; Evangelical Gideon's in the most disadvantaged sector of day absent, and which is the only way religious groups have been subjected, Band, for being "counter- 1959. With the emphasis in of consolidating the advances made including imprisonment of some of revolutionary"; and Seventh Day worldwide Catholicism on a commit- in the social area and of overcoming their members, can be traced to the Adventists, for refusing to work or ment to social justice as a principal the deeply-rooted distortions that af- impact of their actions on the send children to school on Saturdays. derived from basic religious beliefs, fect its economy." political system and not to the fact of Indirect discrimination exists in the church became more flexible "The commission hopes that the professing a religious belief as such," positions requiring Communist Party toward the government's socialism, internal and international conditions the OAS report said. membership, open only to atheists, while rejecting Marxist-Leninism. will be created that will make it possi-" the report said. "On the eve of 1959, there was a ble to bring about the effective and high level of secularity in Cuban authentic participation of the citizens "Nevertheless, indirect restrictions IT TRACED CHURCH-STATE society, with the result that the chur- of Cuba in the political decisions that continue to constrain believers, relations; since the time of Castro's ches lacked the marked influence that affect them, in a context of liberty leading to discrimination against revolution. During the 1960s, there characterizes their presence in other and pluralism which is necessary to them in various central aspects of the was open" hostility between the societies in Latin America" the OAS bring about the observance of all life and politics of Cuban society." Catholic Church and the government. report said. "This influence, already human rights," the report concluded. Pope's nears •Argentina pact

VATICAN CITY (NC)—The agreement. Argentina in 1982, the pope promised just and honorable settlement to the foreign ministers of Chile and Argen- "In this certainly historic moment, he would visit both countries once ah dispute, based on mutual peace and tina signed a "declaration of peace I give thanks to God," the pope said. agreement had been reached. friendship. and friendship" at a Vatican ceremony Jan. 23 and pledged to br- "Both ministers, in the name of AS A FOLLOW-UP to the declara- Asked if he would make the trip their governments, solemnly declare ing their territorial dispute to a soon, he said: "Let's hope so. I don't peaceful conclusion. tion, Chile and Argentina planned a their decision to preserve and develop number of negotiating sessions in know when. This depends on the relations of unalterable peace and Pope John Paul II, who in January January, some attended by Vatican ministers. The pope is only a perpetual friendship, and to resolve, 1979 agreed to mediate the dispute mediators, the Vatican announced. servant." therefore, always and only through peaceful means, the controversies of over three islands in the Beagle Chan- In a brief exchange with reporters The joint declaration, announced nel off the southern tip of South after the meeting, the pope said he any nature between their respective in a ceremony with Vatican Secretary countries," the declaration said. America, later met both ministers and did not expect to travel to Chile and of State Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, expressed his "great joy" at the Argentina in 1984. When he visited said both countries resolved to find a The declaration note$ the "patient and inestimable work" of Pope John Paul in mediating the dispute. 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Several American theologians have Reconciliation," published in the criticized a recommendation from the United States in January, the com- Vatican's International Theological mission, argued against use of general Commission that it would be better absolution even in most of the "ex- for priests npt to use general absolu- traordinary emergency situations" in Horoscope use not tion even in legally sanctioned cir- which church norms*permit its use. cumstances, but to substitute non- Instead, it suggested, a non- sacramental communal penance.: sacramental communal penance ser- in the cards—priest Jesuit Father Francis Buckley, a vice should be used, in which any par- theologian at the University of San ticipants in a S#te of serious sin VATICAN CITY (NC) — A priest- responsibility." Francisco, summarized the view of should be urged to make an act of columnist for the Vatican newspaper "So much less," he added, "can it several when he asked, "Why are perfect contrition. L'Osservatore Romano has said constitute material for foreseeing the non-sacramental forms'to be prefer- The commission argued that there reading horoscopes is contrary to future of one person alone, of per- red to sacramental forms in a church is confusion about the later obliga- Christian faith and morality. sons together, or of the entire human which rejoices in the sacraments?" tion to confess serious sins after The opinion piece, which appeared race." "THEOLOGICALLY it doesn't general absolution, but the perfect in the Jan. 19 issue, was written by a Father Concetti said that belief in make sense," said Jesuit Father contrition approach makes this Franciscan theologian, Father Gino horoscopes is contrary to Christian Ladislas Orsy of the Catholic Univer- obligation "psychologically more Concetti, who is one the paper's teaching on theological and on an- sity of America; a canon lawyer,and understandable to most of the staff. thropological grounds because it re- faithful." "Christian morality," said the jects divine providence as the guar- "THAT'S LIKE saying that when priest, "warns not only not to put dian of a person's future and because The (Vatican) commis- people attend Mass, at times they faith in horoscopes, but also not to it clashes with the essential self- sion argued against should not take Communion in order use them, so as not to subject the determining factor of free will. to increase the psychological impact faith to the risk of pollution and not THE INCREASED popularity of use of general absolu- of the presence of Christy" Father Or- to offer the occasion of scandal to horoscopes, the priest observed, "is tion even in most of sy commented. believers who are weak and insuffi- in proportion to a decline in the ciently developed." the 'extraordinary At issue, said Msgr. McManus, is authentic sense of religion " "the deprivation of the sacrament of The theologian criticized those who Father Sean O'Riordan, and Irish emergency situations' penance." put their trust implicitly in moral theologian who teachs at in which church Msgr. Richard Malone, director of horoscopes, because this contradicts Rome's Alphonsianum University, the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Doc- providence and free will, and those told NC News he believed Father norms permit its use. trine, acknowledged that the commis- who read them merely out of curiosi- Concetti was reacting to a rapid in- sion's position on general absolution ty, because this can increase their crease within Italy of people who theologian who has written extensive- was controversial. But he defended popularity and lead others to believe trust implicitly in horoscopes and ly on the history and theology of the document, saying that it is ' 'aim- in them. who make of that belief a "substitute penance. ed at reviving the whole sacrament of THE COLUMNIST said religion."- The view of the commission goes penance" and "intent on saving the horoscopes were "increasingly Father O'Riordan alluded to directly contrary to "what Pope Paul sacrament from being gobbled up by becoming the object of wide interest" medieval theological currents and to VI was trying to do" when he ex- general absolution." and that they had moved from contemporary scientific evidence in panded the use of general absolution, (In Rome, American Passionist women's magazines to large daily support of the thesis that the position said Msgr. Frederick McManus, Father Barnabas Ahern, a Bible newspapers and then to radio and of the stars does in fact have some in- academic vice president at the scholar and member of the commis- television. fluence on human behavior. But he Catholic University of America and a sion, expressed essentially the same "Science," said the priest, "... has said it would be "silly and morally canon law and liturgy expert. views as Msgr. Malone. The docu- always denied the foundation of wrong" to belive that horoscopes are The theological commission, a ment's main purpose is to tackle "the horoscopes.. •. (by demonstrating) thatthe "dominant factor" in behavior papally appointed group of 30 fundamental crisis of penance stemm- persons born under the same con- and thus to "go about in fear and theologians, meets yearly to discuss ing from the loss of a sense of sin," stellations have had diverse inclina- trembling if your zodiacal signs point major doctrinal and theological ques- and its stand against general absolu- tions and lives that were totally dif- to trouble" and to "feel that you are tions posed to it by the pope or by the tion was an attempt "to bring people ferent." at the mercy of the stars." Vatican's doctrinal congregation. alive to the basic elements which go to "While not wishing to deny that To read horoscopes with such im- Its reports are only advisory, but make up contrition and penance," he the stars exercise an influence on the plicit trust, said the Redemptorist they are not made public unless they told the NC News Rome bureau.) balance of the universe, on plants, on theologian, would be wrong, "but to are released by the prefect of the doc- Father Buckley saw a different animals and on other things, and even read them simply out of curiosity and on human beings," the columnist trinal congregation, Cardinal Joseph pastoral issue at stake, however. nis for fun, as most readers do, is Ratzinger, who is also the ex officio "If somebody is in a state of mor- his self-knowledge, perfectly OK." tal sin, to deprive him of the sacra- Arrangements Now Have Been Made for You to Travel Nearly Two Thousand Years FLA 1956 in Only Twelve Days to the LITHGOW FUNERAL CENTERS HOLY LAND Two Generations . . . with the Bible as your guide- book, under spiritual direction of 43 Years of Service Father Daniel K. 1336 S. 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PAGE 6 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27, 1984 Problems as priests dwindle?

traditionally the main source of Can Church church , personnel, Father Hemrick told the task force mgmbers,there are a number of "optimistic signs" of in- carry out creasing lay involvement in church work, but also some "qualifications mandate? must be made." Specific areas of growth he cited in- Official asks cluded: • The addition of 6,000 permanent meet deacons in the U.S. cnurch~since the permanent ordained ministry was WASHINGTON (NC)—With far restored in the early 1970s; fewer priests and Religious in the • Some x 700 professional religious future, "can the church carry out its education directors in the country, of mandate to teach, sanctify and whom more than 300 are lay persons govern?" asked Father Eugene working full time at that job; Hemrick, director of the U.S. • Increases in recent years in the Catholic Conference's Office of number of lay volunteers, who usual- Research. ly devote one to three years to some The answer is mixed, he told the form of full-time lay missionary or National Task Force on Personnel at service work. a meeting in Washington Jan. 16. He cited significant growth in the • Significant lay involvement in numbers of permanent deacons and campus ministry programs; lay workers in many areas of church • The establishment of diocesan plan- ministry, but he also noted a number ning offices in many dioceses to make of problems or potential problems better use of church personnel and help arising in those areas. them become more effective; The national task force, a group • Extensive involvement of lay per- sponsored by the national organiza- sons in new lay liturgical and service tions of the country's Catholic ministries and many other forms of bishops and superiors of men and parish or Catholic group activity. women Religious, is seeking strategies On the other hand, Father Hemrick to confront the church's personnel said, there are questions about such needs in the future. things as the adequacy of formation and supervision programs for perma- STATISTICAL projections releas- The nuinJer of young men entering the priesthood cannot keep pace with the ed by Father Hemrick in December nent deacons, the adequacy of number of priests reaching retirement age. It is expected that by the year 2,000, said that the number of active U.S. religious education programs which only half as many priests will be engaged in active ministry In the United diocesan priests could drop as much fail to reach more than two-fifths of States. (NC photo) as 50 percent by the year 2000. The the nation's Catholic children, and number of active men and women the changing nature of the church if Religious is also expected to decline parishes must be closed down pr lay- part-time personnel to filT vacuums about 14 hours a week for the church, significantly by the turn of the cen- administered because of a lack of left by the lack of full-time personnel and the average lay missionary tury. priests. He rioted, for example, that the volunteer does not receive enough Faced with this "dwindling HE ALSO RAISED questions average permanent deacon has a pay to make it a long-term career if he number" of priests and Religious, about the adequacy of temporary or separate full-time job and works or she wishes to raise a family. Fewer priests dropping out now

By Father Kenneth J. Doyle were 1,260 and 172. priesthood were not met, perhaps Paul's approval, the doctrinal.con- VATICAN CITY (NC)—The The other key element in the drop, because of rapidly-shifting views as to gregation issued new norms. number of priests dispensed from ?said Father Herron, is the new norms the role and demeanor of a priest. ACCORDING TO these norms, their vows has dropped dramatically under Pope John Paul by which the When Pope John Paul II was laicization is "not to be considered as under Pope John Paul II, reflecting congregation currently judges ap- elected to the papacy in October a right which the church must tighter norms and fewer priests wan- plications. 1978, one of his first acts was to put a recognize indiscriminately as belong- ting to leave the active ministry, ac- UNDER POPE PAUL VI, no hold on laicizations. For more than a ing to all its priests," and the Vatican cording to a Vatican official involved document specified the criteria, but in year, no dispensations were granted will accept for consideration only the in the dispensation process. practice the Vatican standard was while the pope began a study of the cases of those "who should not have The official, Father Thomas Her- whether at the present moment it standards by which they had formerly received priestly ordination because ron, said the number for 1983 was seemed best that the priest be dispens- been judged. the necessary aspect of freedom of significantly lower than during the responsibility was lacking or because mid-1970s under Pope Paul VI when the competent superiors were not able several hundred men were dispensed within an appropriate time to judge in each year. The Vatican does not In 1977, the last full year of Pope Paul's a prudent and sufficiently fitting way release figures for dispensations pontificate, 2,506 men left the priesthood... whether the candidate really was granted. suited for continuously leading a life Father Herron is a 37-year-old Of these, 293 were U.S. diocesan priests. In of celibacy dedicated to God." diocesan priest from Philadelphia 1981, the last year for which Vatican The critical time at issue, under the who staffs the American desk in the statistics are available, the corresponding new norms, is not the present mo- doctrinal section at the Vatican Con- ment but the time prior to ordination. gregation for the Doctrine of the figures were 1,260 and 1721 According to Father Herron, it Faith, the department which handles must now be shown "with moral cer- dispensation requests. titude, that the mail should not have Father Herron said the drop in ed. Father Herron said this meant The new pope felt that if a man had been ordained in the first place" for dispensations, also called laicizations, that a dispensation was granted if the pledged himself to a life in the the dispensation to be granted. is partly due to fewer men leaving the applicant was unable or unwilling, at priesthood, the good of the church Witnesses must give evidence to priesthood, whether they seek permis- the time of the application, to live up demanded that the pledge be kept, support the position that factors were sion or not. to the obligations pledged at ordina- said Father Herron in an interview present prior to ordination which Although the Vatican does not tion and there seemed to be little hope with NC News Service. would show that the petitioner's or- release laicization figures, it does that the petitioner would change his Also, the practice of readily gran- dination should not have occurred. issue the total number of priests who mind. ting dispensations was creating pro- Only the petitioner's suitability for left the active ministry. blems in seminary formation, he add- ordination is being questioned under In 1977, the last full year of Pope There were many applications dur- ed, as young men preparing these norms, not the validity of the Paul's pontificate^ 2,506 men left the ing, the 1970s, and most of them were themselves for a lifetime in the ordination. priesthood with or without being granted, said Father Herron. The celibate priesthood were seeing many The new norms, Father Herron laicized. Of these, 293 were U.S. typical case involved a man ordained priests laicized, creating confusion as said, have improved seminary diocesan priests. In 1981, the last year during or just after the Second to what the^ commitment to evaluative processes, making faculties for which Vatican statistics are Vatican Council (1962-65) whose ex- priesthood actually entailed. more attentive to their responsibilities available, the corresponding figures pectations of happiness in the In October 1980 with Pope John so that they not be called to task later.

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27,1984 / PAGE 7 It's infanticide, surgeon gen. says

WASHINGTON (NC) — Society would hot have "entered the field of in- fanticide" so soon "had it not been for the devaluation of life caused by multitude of abortions," said the U.S. surgeon generM, Dr. C. Everett Koop at the Jan. 23 March for Life Rose Dinner. At the dinner which followed the 11th annual march, Koop was given the Outstanding Life Award for dedicating "his talents to serve innocent little children." The honor was presented by Nellie Gray, president and founder of March for Life. Koop told the almost 400 people attending the Washington dinner that the pro-abortion mentality creates a "domino effect." The rationale ' 'use to authenticate a certain type of behavior will become a progressive philosophy and therefore apply equally well tomorrow to justify conduct which today is outside of bounds of society's moral consensus," he said. The surgeon general said infanticide, "now emasculated of its true meaning when it is referred to as a decision not to treat," once was the "silent domino, because when practiced in hosptials it was a very well-kept secret." Koop said some bioethicists now argue that there is no difference between aborting a fetus with a congenital defect and "depriving a newborn child with the same problem of life-sustaining nourishment or care." He said that as early as 1973 while he was still a practicing pediatric surgeon, Anil rti larchers massed outside the Supreme Court in Washington, he called the' 'withholding of treatment from handicapped newborns... what it D.C., rallying to protest the 11th anniversary of the high court decision was, infanticide." which resulted in the deaths of millions of unborn babies. (NC photo) "The Devaluation of life caused by multitude of abortions" has progressed to the "point that there are those who refer to a newborn baby as a 'fetus ex utero' thereby depriving him or her of personhood," Koop said. The surgeon general said that while infanticide had been a problem in the Speaking of an infant in those terms, he said, makes "withdrawal or with- nation's hospitals for years, the "obscurity" of such cases was lost after the holding of medical-treatment or even nourishment that much easier to accom- 1982 death of Baby Doe in Bloomington, Ind.; "the issue was not debated by plish." physicians and lay persons alike." Marchers want HLA, not ERA

WASHINGTON (NC)—The pro- "The Equal Rights Amendment Barbara Vucanovich (R-Nev.) before Amendment," said Rep. James life movement will not compromise in means abortion," said Miss Gray at the marchers walked from the Ellipse Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), referring to its call for a human life amendment the 11th annual march, which near the White House to the Supreme legislation which prohibits the federal Outlawing abortion, said Nellie Gray, brought thousands of pro-lifers to Court and Capitol buildings.' She was funding of abortions. president of March for Life, but the Washington Jan. 23. one of four U.S. representatives who pro-life legislative agenda also in- "If the ERA passes the only deci- spoke at rally preceding the Sensenbrenner was sponsor of a cludes defeating the Equal Rights sion On abortion left to be made is demonstration. ~ proposed addition to the ERA which Amendment. how the job will be done," said Rep. National Park Service police would have stated that a right to an estimated that 50,000 people gathered abortion is not guaranteed under by' at the Ellipse for the march com- . the amendment. The ERA without BELEN is a memorating the Jan. 22, 1973 the clause was defeated by the House Catholic Jesuit Supreme Court decision which struck before the holiday recess. .JV- down state laws against abortion. College Preparatory District of Columbia police estimated Miss Gray introduced Sen. Jesse School & a Family of the crowd at 30,000. Helms (R-NC) to the crowd calling Parents ? "WE THOUGHT we put down the him the "greatest friend the babies ERA" years ago, Miss Gray said, and you and I have in the Senate." Students r j^ "but it is rearing its ugly head again. Helms said he had "received many Teachers We do not want it." threats" because of his pro-life stands Alumni The American public "unfor- and that some have said his dedica- tunately has been sold on the ERA as tion to the anti-abortion legislation Main Goals of an amendment simply to give equal will mean he will lose his Senate seat pay for equal work," she said, but the BELEN JESUIT SCHOOL in the 1984 elections. amendment "destroys basic family The senator said that the price of is to train: unity" and sanctions abortion. not voting for "the most innocent, "The Equal Rights Amendment as the most helpless" is too high "and I STUDENTS to BE written will overturn the Hyde will not pay it." MEN OF CHARACTER CHRISTIAN LEADERS QUALITY PROFESSIONALS "NOT THE LAST WORD" CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY "So for my part and yours, we are not content to let the United States Supreme Court have the last word on abortion in the KEYSTONES OF BELEN JESUIT TRAINING are United States. The words that last will be those of Jesus: 'I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly.' (Arch- RELIGIOUS FORMATION VALUE EDUCATION bishop Edward A. McCarthy.) | ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY The Miami Archiocese throughithe Respect life office is deter- mined to defend the sanctity 0f every human life, since life is Studying at Belen Jesuit School is a Unique Experience of God's most precious gift. The respect life office in your area pro- vides a life giving alternative to the abortion holocaust. The lives LEARNING CARING' FRIENDSHIP of many pre-born children have been saved through the selfless GROWING SHARING COMMUNITY dedication of trained counselors and dedicated volunteers. Each ENTRANCE EXAMINATION tor 1984-85 area office offers the following services at no cost: Pregnancy Tests — Baby Clothing — Help with Housing — will be held at Belen on Baby Furniture — Maternity'Wear — Layettes — PLUS tender, SATURDAY, February 11, 1984 at 8:15 a.m. loving care! Each office is in need of trained counselors, secretarial help, ••'••. ' • ' :. •' '• •. •: , ' ' •• • 7th fund raisers, typists — you are that person. Call you local office APPLICATIONS are OPEN for GRADES ; 8th today! •:. ', ...• . •'.. •...-...... 9th -:•. ••. REQUIREMENTS: GOOD ACADEMIC RECORD GOOD BEHAVIOR APPLICATION FORMS and INFORMATION may be OBTAINED at BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL 500S.W. 127th Ave. Call your local office today: Miami, Fla. 33184 Main Office 653-2921 ' Stuart 334-0948 Phone Number: (305) 223-8600 Hialeah 883-2229 West Palm Beach 842-4621 Carol Springs 753-0770 Hollywood 963-2229

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wind can't i '• stop life

9 South Fiorldians marked the 11th anniversary of the Supreme walk Court decision legalizing abor- tion in many different ways. (Continued from page 1) Above, Kathleen Alvarez and her 11-month old adopted daughter, "willing to review" the Court's 1973' Ann Alvarez, attended the dedication at Our Lady of Mercy abortion decision. Cemetery in Miami of a monu- • Even the media, newspapers, ment to the unborn killed by radio and television, are re-adjusting abortion. Ann was saved from abortion. Identical monuments their abortion-colored lenses. to the unborn were dedicated at " "They're getting out of the the other two Catholic business of pushing social issues and cemeteries in Broward and Palm Beach counties. At left, the getting into the business of WIencek sisters (from left) Deb- reporting," Bush said in an interview bie, 15, Lillian, 16, and Laura, 14, before the rally. "The media are be- lit candles at home on the eve ing forced to change ... (because they of the anniversary as a sign that are) realizing that their credibility is the prolife struggle continues. In only with 13 per cent of the popula- Hollywood, St. Bartholomew tion." students Dianne Hertel, Joe Dietz and Wendi Naylon (below, Bush also told the walkers that the _ ..—flSV right) walked 10 miles each to abortion issue bears "eternal conse- caisej funds for Respect Life and quences," testify to their opposition to abortion. They were joined by "I believe that all the aborted Bill Cresswell, far left, a member babies, 15 million of them, are going of St. Bartholomew Parish and a to stand before the Father, the Miramar city commissioner, who Creator of the universe and one day jogged the 10 miles "because I look the abotionists in the eye," he figured I couldn't last three hours so I'd better get It over said. with." (Voice photos by Prentice Chuck DiCorno, a big man with a Browning, Betsy Kennedy and Ana big sign,, mentioned other reasons for Rodriguez-Soto. walking. Clad in a shiny blue wind break and wearing a matching blue cap with the Knight of Columbus emblem sewn on, the St. Bar- tholomew parishioner said his in- volvement grew out of frequent con- servations with prolifers who passed out pamphlets after Sunday Masses. "They'd tell me about these little babies that they'd find in dumpsters and I don't think that's right," he said. One day, after determining that DiComo had "a big mouth," the pro- lifers commissioned him to sign up walkers and sponsors for the Walk for Life. Seventh-grader Wendi Naylon, of St. Bartholomew School, said she "I was standing outside of church, took part in the walk "so that unborn hustling people," DiComo said, when children have the opportunity to feel members of the parish dared hiin: love like we do." "Fatso, if you walk, we'll sponsor Her friend, Joe Dietz, also in you." . •' DiComo accepted and in 20 minutes found 34 sponsors. "I'll be lucky if I do. 10 (miles)," DiComo 'I believe that all the joked, but he walked on. aborted babies... are go- Barbara Moorman, a parishioner at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in ing to stand before the Fort Lauderdale, not. only walked, Father and one day she pulled a wooden wagon filled look the abortionists in Dianne Hertel, would walk 10 miles She confessed to being shocked last with two and sometimes three of' her and raise more than $70 between year when 152 walkers collected more five sons* ranging from 13 months to the eye' them for the Respect Life Office. than $3,000 for the office. Bursting five years old. with joy, she referred to the nearly Toni Heitzman, coordinator of the 400 participants in this year's march. The Birthright volunteer said she walk, explained, "We didn't do it for wanted to let women know that they the money. We did it for public ex- "They keep giving envelopes of don't need to kill their unborn seveth grade, explained, "It isn't fair posure (on the anniversary of the money that they collected children. "It's only nine months out (that) we get to walk here and none of Supreme Court decision)... to let peo- beforehand," she exclaimed. "Even of your life, but it's the baby's whole those unborn babies do." Each of ple know that the office is open for the children are coming up and giving life," she said. them, along with fellow sixth-grader these girls... Somebody cares." us$l bills." Miami. Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27,1984 / PAGE 9 (•' Local

Sunshine Club is to 'help people and to cheer each other up' Pshantel Dean, 12

Jazzercise class (left) plus Scouting and various clubs meet at St. Francis Xavier School to keep neighborhood kids involved in wholesome activities in inner- city Miami. (Voice photo by Prentice Browning) Keeping kids straight in Overtown

By Prentice Browning 12-year-old Pshantel Dean, "to help it supervisor Sr. Pat Boyle says. Their programs which charge a fee. Voice Staff Writer people and to cheer each other up." own boys club meets at the same time From limbering up exercises to do- They collect food for the elderly, visit and includes most of the same ac- Other activities include a choir ing good deeds in the community, nursing homes ; (sometimes singing tivities. group and Club Scout troop that kids at a St. Francis Xavier after- songs to the bedridden), arid often meets on Mondays, a book club that school program in Overtown are hav- help each other with their hpmework. meets on Tuesdays, a Newspaper ing fun and keeping off the streets — St. Francis Xavier school has had Club that meets ori Wednesdays, and all for free. clubs before but this is the first year a jazzercise and Boy Scout troop that meets on Thursdays. SELF-RELIANCE is encouraged that they have been brought together The program, which survives on and each child contributes a dime in under the organization of a central donations from other parishes and dues every week which he or she director, 23-year-old Katie Tracy. It All groups meet after school ends civic groups is open to school kids raises through his own efforts or the was felt that it would offer an alter- at 2:45 p.m. For more information from the surrounding neighborhood work of the club which has hosted native to public school and YMCA contact Katie Tracy at 576-2865. and includes a variety of activities. puppet shows. Boys are "honorary", members of There is the "Sunshine Club" participate in whose purpose is in the words of this club which meets on Thursdays, Saint jude will help you SOLEMN . NOVENA

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PAGE 10 /Miami, Florida /THE VOICE / Friday, January 27,1984 Local Joy marks youth center dedication

By Araceli Cantero More than 500 young people attended the Staff Writer, La Voz dedication Saturday of the Archdiocese of Miami's new Youth Spiritual Center, localld behind La Salle High school in Bearing signs, songs and joy, South Miami. Archbishop Edward A. McCar- young people from every corner of thy, shown below blessing the Center's st. the Archdiocese came to the dedica- John the Baptist Chapel, said it was time tion Saturday of their new Youthr to recognize that young people are vital Spiritual Center, located behind La participants in the life of the Church. (Voice Salle High School by the bay in South photos by Araceli Cantero) Miami.

"It's about time to realize the Church is also made of young people," said Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy, and the more than 500 gathered clapped their approval.

The Archbishop praised the young people especially for their hard work in "transfiguring" the grounds behind the high school, for years covered by^Tfto'fire;-brambles—and underbrush and now become a vast, grassy plain where youth can pray and meditate.

The Archbishop said' the Youth Spiritual Center is important because young people themselves are vital to the life of the Church. He added that they need not only personal freedom but also "freedom from/the ig- norance of Jesus, freedom from fear and hatred, freedom from drugs," and warned, "There are people who are making millions of dollars from you."

But the work of Catholic young The Cuban priest recalled that the people alone would not have been idea for such a youth center was first enough to fulfill the dream of the conceived by Msgr. William Dever, Youth Center. La Salle Principal when he directed Youth Ministry in Rosemarie Kamke made it all possible the Archdiocese, and later was nur- by permitting Youth Ministry to use tured by his successor, Father Jinx the grounds behind the high school as Murphy. well as two small buildings which served as storage sheds. Father Menendez thanked Kamke, "the strong woman in whom we have always found the help to make our Months ago, with the Archbishop's dream a reality." "This is not a center for ping-pong approval, groups of young volunteers spirit" the priest added. reception which followed the Mass. began working to clean up the area, tables or socials designed to keep in the process uncovering a small young people entertained or liberate, stone temple; its interior covered with them from drugs," Father Menendez The dedication ceremonies Satur- The dedication of the Youth Italian tile, which was restored and continued. day morning were preceeded by an Spiritual Center marks the conclusion converted into a smair chapel named all-night prayer vigil. Young people of the first phase of the project, after St. John the Baptist. "This center was created to invite took turns praying before the Blessed Father Menendez explained- Youth all to leave the noise of everyday life Sacrament to symbolize the deep Ministry hopes eventually to make The site of the Youth Center once and here find silence and the Lord... spiritual dimension of the center. full use of the grounds and carefully No matter what country one comes preserve the buildings already stan- formed part of the vast Vizcaya ding. estate, which is adjacent to La Salle. from, what language one speaks or The music during the dedication what accent one has... what begins liturgy was performed in several "As with everything in the life of today depends on the young people,' languages and Haitian young people, To this end, a group of architec- the faith, the blessing of this Youth on the love they must plant in the Ar- moving to the beat of their native tural students from the University of Spiritual Center is only a seed which chdiocese," he said. music, took up the offertory. Miami have drawn up plans, as part must bear fruit," said Father Jose "This is not mom and dad's house» of class project, which outline the Luis Menendez, director of Youth it is your house, youth's house. It is Folkloric dancing and improvised possible uses of the area. The design Ministry, during the outdoor Mass only a piece of land and some performances by the young people includes a small fountain for medita- which marked the dedication. buildings. You must, fill it with kept guests entertained during the tion and a structure for meetings. Peace exhibit going on the road By Betsy Kennedy Voice Staff Writer The art exhibition sponsored by moral obligation. We human beings "Artists Speak for Peace" drew hun- show was "quite a good thing. More tists cannot speak of something which live in a state of suspense — each per- and more people are concerned about is beyond the range of their ex- dreds of visitors to the Archdiocese son and every drop counts." pastoral center before ending Jan. 21. losing all the progress the earth has perience. The U.S. is within the range Gautama's proposed organization made and the possibility of a nuclear of their experience..." But the purpose of the event — to will be based in Ontario where she promote brotherhood and peace for holocaust which would render it to Religious leaders should do then- hopes to encourage other artists like ashes." part in the peace movement by all mankind — will be carried on in herself to form a network of peace. simiiiar events throughout the coun- She is committed to her goal of teaching people to be at peace with She also hopes to someday open a world peace because of her religious themselves and their families first, try by artists who are concerned floating art exhibition for peace about the survival of the earth. conviction, "I believe in one God and - then the aura of brotherhood will which would travel the world and br- he dwells within all of us." spread to communities and nations, Nym Gautama, a Canadian artist ing the message of peace to every na- In response to accusations by according to the artist. who was born in Kenya, Africa, has tion. Rafael Rodriguez and others in the "People can't get along even as been so inspired by the efforts of the "I'd like to get Russian artists to accounting department of the Ar- artists group, she plans to start her neighbors, how can we expect nations participate. The Ambassador to chdiocese that the art exhibition lack- to?' own "Artists Speak for Peace" Russia in Kenya is very supportive of ed religious symbolism and criticized organization in Canada. Also as a result of the "Artists my efforts for peace. Who knows the U.S. but not Russia, Gautama Speak for Peace" exhibtion, sister "I can spread the message of what we can do?" said, "How do we know what is iii organizations will be formed in Key peace. I want to tell people of their She felt the response to the Miami the spirit of the Russian people? Ar- West, London and Oakland, Ca.

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, Januarys,1984 / PAGE 11 Local At 15, she's been

By Betsy Kennedy tercede. When I couldn't throw up anymore there because she didn't defend me Vqjce Staff Writer Vicki was filled with anger at her I was really hurting and sick so they against my father. But she was Vicki lives at Village South father and she sought comfort in the took me to an emergency room. I always there... believing in me and : Comprehensive Rehabilitation numbing warmth of alcohol. She was in there for days with tubes supporting me... She wouldn't give I Center in Miami, a long term treat- also started snorting THC (mari- stuck all over me. They told me they up when everyone else did." ment center for drug addicts. After juana's mind altering ingredient) couldn't believe the amount of Psychiatrists told Vicki's mother three years of drug addiction, she' and popped quaaludes. As the drug chemicals that were in my body." that her daughter's problems were feels she is finally making a use escalated, so did the anger. She caused by deep emotional conflicts. recovery. She has agreed to tell The began skipping school and causing Vicki said it was because, "I was Voice her story because she hopes trouble. She was belligerent to her 7 told God I don't care getting highaUjhe time and I had a that it will help other teenagers not teachers and other adults. how long I have to be lot of anger about my dad." embark on the same nightmarish "I was real violent. I gqt in Although her mother always road of destruction she has traveled. fights. I carved up my arms with locked up, I just don't wanted her to stay at home, Vicki Ask 15-year-old Vicki what hell razor blades. I guess I'll always have want to hurt inside like would not agree. She began living is. The friendly teen will tell you. the scars." with her boyfriend who was more She has been living in hell since she The bewildered family moved to this anymore. The pain than ten years older than her. was 12 years old. Florida with hope that the change was awful. I got high Her past addresses read like a. Vicki lived in a small town in would do Vicki good. counsdor'-s directory of detention '•• Ohio where she went to public but it didnt stop the centers and hospitals. Variety school and earned good grades. "I was sent to a lot of pain.' Children's Hospital, Coral Ridge Adults were drawn to her kind ways psychiatrists and psychologists. I Hospital Psychiatric Unit, a and she had an abundance of learned how to play, 'the good girl' Runaway home in Nashville, Ten- friends among her peers. to get what I wanted. But I would The other time Vicki overdosed nessee... all have treated and releas- She took her first drink in the always return to-my old crowd who was the night before her birthday at ed her to the streets. fifth grade. used drugs and started all over the Starting Place. Although she She attended Cardinal Gibbons "I thought I could handle it. It again." was on medication for her anger she High School beginning January 3rd started going around with older peo- She was sent to The Starting punched two windows out. She had of last year. She was "kicked out" ple who were on drugs and they Place rehabilitation clinic in been 'dealing' the medication to her a month later. After that, the slide warned me. But I said. 'I won't be Hollywood, but the stay was a brief friends. down hill was rapid. like you... you're fried.' one. "All the families were there with "I was living on a beach in Ft. "I never dreamed that I would "I overdosed the night before I their kids. I went to the bathroom Lauderdale with my boyfriend. I end up getting high every morning went there and again the night they and started throwing up. My friends was doing a lot of coke (Vicki has before I could even talk to people." kicked me out." who knew me well realized what was had an operation on her nose for To anyone walking past the plea- "The first time I overdosed I had happening and I was rushed to the damage done by cocaine) I turn- sant middle-class home on the tree- taken a lot of speed and had been Hollywood Memorial Medical ed tricks (prostitution). I was steal- lined street where Vicki lived, it ap- drinking alcohol and eating iudes Center. I was released around mid- ing. peared a normal household. Inside, (Quaaludes). I started to feel dizzy night and my mom picked me up." "I'm not proud of that. I have emotional fires raged. Vicki's so I got up, took a few steps for- Vicki's mother has t>een by her very low self-esteem. But I'm work- alcoholic father beat her and her ward and then collapsed. I came to side through everything, she said. ing on making it right again at mother was too frightened to in- but threw up over and over again. "I used to feel like she was not Village South." Drug program to ru

(Continued from page 1) volunteers; who will be available to Faraglia explained that parents tially dangerous substances," serve wherever they are needed. For who have kids in trouble will be explained Faraglia. ACTION, a federal agency, (office instance, if the principal of a school of planning and policy in Wash., directed to various agencies and "You wouldn't say to your kids, go spots a drug problem brewing among rehabilitation centers. Referrals will ahead and have a few spoonfuls of D.C.) has selected the Archdiocese of the students, or if he discovers one Miami to launch pilot project of be carefully screened to "separate the penicillin, would you?' student is headed for addiction, he wheat from the chaf." Statistics also support the theory D.A.R.E. and dependent upon the can call upon a trained volunteer for "Many facilities treat clients all the that experimentation almost always plan's success, it will be expanded city initial counseling and recom- same. There is an old saying, 'we take leads to further abuse. There are 50 wide to include, "people of all mendations. Pastors will be asked to them from womb to tomb.' They million Americans who have tried denominations within the public select qualified volunteers from don't try and treat each person as an marijuana. As many as 20 million are schools," said Fr. O'Sullivan. parish leadership groups to par- individual, but rather as an addictive D.A.R.E. was born when the late ticipate in D.A.R.E. Cardinal Terrence Cooke of New personality type. But you can't take a York authorized a youth, a alcohol "Through these workshops, 13-year-old and mix him in with a lot and drug commission report in 1981. parents will have the opportunity to of 45-year-old abusers." In response to the urgent needs become aware of the dimensions of She also believes that it is deleterious outlined in the report, Father Terry drug abuse and how it affects their for kids to be separated from their Teens am Attridge of New York created the own families." parents for long periods in the D.A.R.E. program. Drug rehabilita- rehabilitation centers. —93a'o of high school seniors have excrim tion experts have lauded the still,ac- 7 talked to parents in —60% of high school seniors have exjerim tive organization, calling it extremely Experimentation —32°*o ot high school seniors have ewcrim effective. the elementary schools " One of the reasons why such young —ll^o of high school seniors have e»erim who swore their abusers are turning up in the treat- —le^n of high school seniors have ejperim Mobilization ment facilities for serious users she LSI), Mescalmc. eli*". "We're running a replication study children had not ex- believes, is, "lack of parental supervi- —The axcragc age lor beginning inanuana of the successful New York program perimented with any- sion. Latch key children come home —There are 3,300,000 problem tocnajrtlni headed by Fr. Attridge," said Fr. and there is no one there to look after —7 went\ million Americans are dailyiacr^ O'Sullivan. thing. Then I would talk them. In the old days, kids used to —Average beginning age of alcohol us is I The D.A.R.E. strategy stresses the to the kids and they hang around at the corner drug store —6% of high school seniors are dailyilrink mobilization of committed pastors, and have a soda with friends. Now —More than half of teenage deal hi as alec rabbis, teachers and parents as would admit to using there isn't anywhere like that for —3O**o of high school seniors get drun: at volunteers to use the available all kinds of them to go." —8,000 teems and young adults are kfed i resources of the community to pre- substances.' It is a difficult situation, concedes 40,000 are injured. vent and defeat drug abuse. Faraglia, because parents often have —Every five seconds a teen has a dru^ako In Miami the participants will be to work such long hours for economic —16% of all high school seniors haveixpei trained in a series of five workshops "The program will be broken down reasons. —lO^b have experimented with opiatcr$ierj at various locations throughout the into five geographical units: Hialeah, "There are no pat answers. But if —Marijuana sold on the street is 10 tnes n Archdiocese. The first workshop will Miami, North Miami, South Miam\ parents don't do something, who sold in 1975. j be conducted at St. Kevin Church in and Miami Beach. Five regional will?' —Death rates have dropped in all catgoriei west Dade on Feb. 2. volunteers will be selected and trained Even experimentation with drugs to 24 year olds where it rose. The U.S Sur^ The workshop program is designed to commit themselves as advisors in should be discouraged by parents related to accidents and suicides relat&to c to accommodate 30-50 potential schools, parishes and synagogues. because "you are dealing with poten- PAGE 12 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27,1984 Local i hell

Long before she turned to pro- stitution, she had been raped. Twice. "When it happened in Ohio I .' '- i fought really hard to stop it. But I couldn't tell my dad. He would have said I provoked the attack, or that I made the whole thing up." Finally, Vicki was arrested in Ft. Lauderdale for theft. When she was certain she was go- ing to have to go away again, "I prayed even though I had never prayed before. But I felt so lonely, I told God, I don't care how long I have to be locked up, I just don't want to hurt inside like this anymore. The pain was awful. I got high but it didn't stop the pain." The judge ruled that Vicki could choose between a juvenille detention center for three months or the live- in drug program at Village South. At first she chose the detention center, but, "while I was sitting in that cell I decided I just couldn't go on this way anymore. If I went Vicki, a 15-vear-oJd who is recovering from drug addiction at a program at Village South in Miami, said it is home I would end up in the same "getting easier" to live a normal iife, but she still has to take one day at a time. (Voice photo by Betsy Kennedy) terrible life again." "It is coming easier now," said Vicki. rehabilitation is complete. She at- it." letters. "My mom is Jewish and my dad tends Curley-Notre Dame High Each day she reads the 24-hour-a- "I know I should write. He still is Catholic, so I was always pulled School and reports back to the pro- day book provided by Narcotics drinks and I realize he is sick. It is first to one side and then the other. gram promptly after school each Anonymous to help in her recovery. just hard for me to deal with it. I don't believe in God in a religious day. The evenings are spent in long way, but I know now there is a group therapy sessions. "Every night before I go to bed I higher power." "At first I was so nervous being say, please God, let tomorrow be a . Vicki must remain at Village in Catholic school. But I come here Her dad has written to her three good day. This is the only way I can South for two years before her . (Village South) and I can talk about times but she hasn't answered his take it, one day at a time." ielp at parish level

regular users, according to the New evidence about marijuana alcohol from their system. The But she claims the real responsibili- American Journal of Medicine. now in the hands of counselors and hospitals are thus seeing more and ty still rests with parents who must set physicians indicates that the drug is more cases of teenagers with alcohol up guidelines for their children. Toxic results much more toxic than was first poisoning. "If a few parents get together on While certain drugs, such as PCP reported in the '50s and '60s studies. "People have always abused the rules, then when a teenager comes and bootleg Dilaudid mixed into Experts now agree that smoking substances like Cannabis up to his parents and says, 'It is O.K. quaaludes are popular among marijuana is like walking through a (marijuana), which goes back to the because my friends are doing it,' the teenagers today, marijuana and dark alley in the worst part of town Asian culture when they weren't per- parent will be able to say, 'no they alcohol still rank among the most — the dangers aren't visible but they mitted to drink alcohol. - aren't becaue they have to live by the widely mis-used. are still there. "But we're trying to put this pro- same rules as you.' " "Studies have proven that mari- blem in proper perspective. That is Parents have a right to their own juana does damage to the female why we're starting with history and views and must make it clear that reproductive system. And when ad- trends for our first workshop." drug abuse should not be permitted in ministered to males, deformed sperm Other workshops in the program or put of the home. If a child cells have developed. Administered in are, "The Disease of Addiction" disobeys the punishment should be nd drugs large doses to pregnant female which is conducted by a psychiatrist, ample, such as grounding him for a Rehesus monkeys, there were a lot of "Family Dynamics," which focuses month. "Many of the kids who are miscarriages." on the role of the family and studies abusers come to me and say, 'no one ;xjerimentcd with alcohol, Faraglia said that marijuana is also adolescent abusers, and "The Powers told me what to do.' " jxjerimentod with marijuana, more harmful than regular cigarettes of Peer Pressure," which helps in- Although she believes drug abuse is .'x&erimenred with stimulants, because there is no filter and people form and train young people to deal not as prevalent in the Catholic .'joerimcnrcd with cocaine. receive a high level of cancer-causing with negative influences. schools, "children go to Catholic :jperimeiited with hallucinogens: PCP, tar. A final one, "Strategies for Ac- elementary schools and then on to "Smoking one joint is equivalent tion," concentrates on community ac- public high schools and run into real lriuana u.>>c is 11 .A years, to smoking between 10 and 20 tabac- tion and includes a visit by a represen- problems... We need to work in the ag-drinkers in the United Stales, co cigarettes." tative from Narcotics Anonymous or Catholic school system. Once we have ilyuscrs ot marijuana. Young children are especially Alcoholics Anonymous. begun to work in the parishes and us is 12.5. damaged by the smoke and show up The youthful component of establish ourselves we will branch out ly drinkers. at hospitals with chronic bronchitis D.A.R.E. is a vital one, Faraglia ex- to encompass all of Dade; County." ac alcohol-'dins: related. and even emphyzema. plained. Through group interviews, Although we are working on all Hilt ar least once a week. the organization will examine the at- grade levels," she continued, it is im- k@ed in drinking/driving accident-,; Pot and booze titudes of youth toward alcohol, and perative to reach the young children Another chronic problem Faraglia other drug use, non-use and abuse by before it is too late. "ugfalcohol related accident, sees is a result of combining mari- their peers, and there will also be a "Perhaps the most shocking thing vecxpeiimentcd with tianquilizers. juana with alcohol. plan to develop ^awareness among of all is that among many young peo- itejgierion. opium, percodan, etc.) "One of the real dangers of com- teenagers of "D.A.fiLE. to be dif- ple it is considered normal to be a ' tidies more potent then the substance bining the two is because marijuana ferent," with teens encouraged to substance abuser." turns off the vomit impulse in the wear T-shirts, lapel pins and sweat atgorieb in recent years except in the 15 brain. So if a person over-indulges in- shirts bearing the D.A.R.E. logo. To contact D.A.R.E. for further in- •.& Surgeon General believes this rise is alcohol after smoking a couple of "Staying straight is a lot easier formation, call 573-1259 or write M drug and alcohol abuse. joints, the trouble begins. When when your friends are doing it with c/o St. Luke's Center, 2693 Bis- they're drunk, they can't elminate the you." cayne Blvd. Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27,1984 / PAGE 13 Pope and Ayatollah —today's symbols

By their actions shall you know them, so says the wisdom of the Scriptures. Holding up that truth as a mirror, it is interesting to compare the reflections of two religious leaders today: Pope John Paul II and the Ayatollah Khomeini. The Ayatollah wages a "holy war" against fellow Moslems in Iraq, while the Pope pleads for peace in the name of holiness. TERRORISTS The Ayatollah orders even Moslems who differ from Khomeini's Shi'ite brand of Islaam, to be shot dead. Thousands have been ex- IRAHIAHS ecuted by firing squad under the orders of the Ayatollah who has harnessed the area's atavistic hatreds to stir up medieval fanaticism SYRIANS among his people. Hejs the fiery-eyed avenger with sword raised .high. .... ' ;. • '"'•";"•" -'-;—— —. --•• -~~ —--• IRMIS Meanwhile, the Pope, reaches out across barriers to heal wounds of the past. He embraces the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Arch- ISRAELIS bishop's cathedral and speaks of the things they have in common. MAUANS EDITORIAL

He addresses a Lutheran congregation in a Lutheran church and praises Martin Luther for his "profound religiousness." He mediates a solution to a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile that AHKEES would almost certainly have led to bloodshed or even war by now. He offers the same for the Mideast and for the super-power nuclear stand-off, decrying the danger of the ever-nearer "Apocalypse." Then, in the most Christ-like gesture of all, he puts his arm around and embraces the man who tried to murder him. He speaks to his assassin, counsels him, and forgives him face to face. The Pope does not hide behind a facade of pius words, but lives the words he preaches. The Ayatollah spreads blood-lust and drags his people backward in time to an era of fanatical intolerance, while the Pope attempts to draw the world forward to an era of peace and understanding. Their actions represent the basic two forces pulling at the world's people today. We would do well to look into our personal and public lives and see where our actions fit into the framework of these forces. Letters to the jor catholic university, I have been last eleven years since Roe vs Wade, We neglect them at our peril. 'Career' letter repeatedly made aware of the dilem- millions of women have been co- Bart Heffernan, M.D. unworthy of nun ma of young men and women who opted into the violent spiral of abor- Ft. Lauderdale are, against remarkable odds, secure tion of demand. The current number To the Editor: and happy in their sexual identities as is given at 1.5 million each year and Sister Patricia Lincoln's letter with gay or lesbian, but who are also assuming approximately one-third Hit bigots in its uninspired comments does serious and committed Catholics and are now repeats, we must face the fact nothing to improve the vocation are trying to find a way of integrating that at least ten million women in the pocketbooks crises in the religious communities both realities. childbearing age group bear the and, in my opinion, is unworthy of Your articles which attend to the burden of knowing that they To the Editor: a nun. theological issues but also and as im- cooperated in taking a human life. Mr. John McNamara in a letter has Selfless, dedicated, compassionate portantly to the human realities The information that this experi- asked if anything could be done to stop women who become nuns are not display the kind of pastoral perspec- the trash, slur and abuses aimed at all running away from life. Instead they tive which seems so much needed, ment will result in serious problems to the woman's health and in future religions and religious, especially the choose to become nuns believing that and sadly is so often lacking. Catholic Church, that are continually in serving God they may have life and childbearing , was well known, but With best wishes for continued suc- withheld from them lest they not ex- aired on WNWS by a few of the talk have it more abundantly. Their faith cess in your own educational mission show hosts, the most detracting—Neil in God and their love for all mankind ercise their choice. The compulsion in the Church. for abortion once let loose seems in- Rogers! makes them a blessing and an inspira- John McDargh, Ph.D. Yes, something can be done if only tion to the lives they touch. satiable, and so we now see that 34% Boston College of the 1.5 million are done on all good God fearing people got No one is forcing Sister to "work teenagers, many of whom are emo- together and hit these mis-informed, for an institution that is basically sex- tionally and physically children. anti-God speculators, where it hurts ist." Why doesn't Sister find her Abortion effects the most, in their pocketbooks. We "equal career rights" outside the are hidden The Department of Health and really have to get together because our church, on her own time and at her Human Services reports that infant decent way of life is being threatened expense? Giving vent to her frustra- To the Editor: deaths are down, but we know that in by these Godless creatures. tion publicly is not the solution to her foreign countries, prematurity, a Star a letter writing campaign to the identity problem nor to the vocation January 22, 1984 marked the leading cause of motor and mental producer of WNWS telling him that if crises. eleventh year since the Roe vs. Wade retardation, goes up dramatically this irreligious, malignant cancer is not Supreme Court abortion ruling. with increases in abortion. removed from his station, we will, collectively, write to all their Theoreticians of the abortion move- Our national soul cannot live with Theologian praises ment used to say that abortion was advertisers and tell them we will not the lies that the abortionists have patronize them. insights on gays simply a medical decision that involv- foisted on this country. Each day ed Only a woman and her doctor, but medical science exposes their decep- All mature Christians should join in I recently had the opportunity to times have changed and now they tions and ignorance. The debasing ef- so we can protect the weak, the read the Voice edition which ad- avoid reference to abortion and insist fect on an individual that kills for immature in the faith, and all our dressed at some length the situation that they are only for freedom of personal gain will also accrue to na- brothers and sisters who have fallen on of gay Catholics in the contemporary choice. This simplistic rhetoric has tions who kill for so-called social the Way-side, waiting for someone to Church. had the effect of masking the deep gains. rescue them. Above all we must pray I was moved by the sympathy and scars that this phenomenon - abotion for all these misguided people that God insight of your writers and impressed on demand - has caused in our social Our women in the childbearing age will show them the Light. by the courage and compassion which fabric. group are our most valuable human this coverage demonstrated. Cursory examination of the and natural resource. We must end Carmela Sabia As a professor of theology at a ma- statistics would indicate ythat in the their exploitation and degradation. Tamarac PAGE 14 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE /Friday, January 27,1984 Opinion The pope and a teenager

Pope John Paul IPs televised Christmas Mass popular, standing room only Christmas Eve Mass Catholic Worship." and a teenager's remark to her parents after that at a grandmother's parish. The liturgy was well They urged the community or horizontal aspect feast day's liturgy prompted some reflection on for liturgical celebrations in these words: "As my part. , common prayer and ecclesial experience, liturgy Those musings merely confirmed a conclusion I florishes in a climate of hospitality: a situation in have held for a period of time: There will always which people are comfortable with one another, be a certain tension about the proper emphasis at either knowing or being introduced to one liturgical celebrations. .That struggle could be BY FR. JOSEPH another; a space in which people are seated reduced to a question: Is this a moment primarily M.CHAMPLIN together, with mobility, in view of-one another as . for praying to God or is it an occasion primarily well as the focal points of the rite, involved as par- for praying with others? ticipants and not as spectators." The two Christmas events dramatized the issue. In the very next paragraph, however, they stress As I watched the final minutes of that televised the' vertical or mystery aspect of worship and Eucharist, from St. Peter's in Rome, its weighty done and afterwards the pastor warmly greeted all recognize a health tension there with the horizon- solemnity and careful reverence stood out. Folded at the door. But on the way home, the young lady tal or community element: "The expierence of hands, serious faces, precise gestures, beautiful said to her mother: "There is nothing like going to mystery which liturgy offers is found in its God- vestments, spacious basilica, massive altar, Mass in your own church." consciousness and God-centeredness. this in- rehearsed actions, boys' choir, formally dressed The liturgies in both parishes-at her own and volves a certain beneficial tension with the de- participants behind barriers and slow, deliberate her grandmother's church-were not all that dif- mand of hospitality, requiring a manner and an procession to the crib scene-all these and more ferent. Still, praying with others who have environment which invite contemplation (seeing- contributed to a sense of mystery, awesomeness familiar faces and interacting comfortably with beyond the face of the person or the thing, a sense and worship of our great God above, friends as well as neighbors made a difference for of the holy, the numinous, mystery). A simple and Yet it was not without an atmosphere of the teenager. attractive beauty in everything that is used or done closeness and hospitality. The community did sing Here, too, the element of prayer of God was in liturgy is the most effective invitation to this kind of experience. One should be able to sense something special (and nothing trival) in 'There will constantly be differences over the proper degree of everything that is seen and heard, touched and vertical or horizontal thrust in given liturgies, but tre worship smelled, arid tasted in liturgy." will always contain both.' There are many who prefer that St. Peter's basilica type of worship and do not appreciate at- present, but he stress~oremphasis would have been tempts to promote a community atmosphere Latin responses; the Holy Father stopped and on the horizontal dimension, a gathering of people through such efforts as introductions at the begin- greeted many front row participants; he waved, together as a community to worship. ning of Mass. There are many others who look smiled and blessed the vast crowd while exiting; We are not talking about an either/or situation, forward to weekly workshop with frequent ex- those present broke out into applause at the but a both/and mix. There will constantly be dif- changes between fellow believers before, during Mass's conclusion. ferences over the proper .degree of vertical or and after Mass. They would find papal-like Nevertheless, the stress or emphasis would have horizontal thrust in given liturgies, but true wor- liturgies heavy and oppressive as.a steady diet. been on a vertical dimension, the upward thrust of ship will always contain both. Fortunately, our Church offers both styles, with praying to God. The American bishops maintain this point in each one ideal containing vertical and horizontal The teenager went with her family to the their document on "Environment and Art in elements despite varying emphases. The wonderland of anticlericalism In a long, rambling discussion of a couple of associated with Protestantism. It seeks by means been strongest in Europe, especially in France books by Michael Novak in The New York Review. of the civil law to suppress church schools and since the revolution of 1830, and in certain Latin of Books, critic. J.M. Cameron wrote "what he abolish religious teaching in all schools; entirely to American countries, as in Mexico in the late writes may tell us something of what lies behind secularize works of charity, such as hospitals; to 1920s. It has been fostered since the Second World the recent explosion of anticlericalism among suppress religious orders; to forbid public War by Communist parties in various countries those Catholics the French call 'les bien pensants' demonstrations of Christianity; to penalize the through-out Europe and Latin America as a tool — the right-thinking, respectable people who were practice of religion by'servants of the state." against any Church-directed programs for the bet- formerly supporters of the influence of the clergy terment of people." in public life but have in recent years become in- With Catholic dictionaries defining an- creasingly anti-clerical." ticlericalism so variously and so obviously without What do you suppose he meant by that? I know application to any present situation, what could what explosion means. But what does the word J.M. Cameron mean with his "explosion of an- "anticlericalism" mean to him? BY ticlericalism?" He said it was among what the "When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in DALE FRANCIS French called "les bien pensants"—but that just a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I recalls further advice from Alice in Wonderland,' choose it to mean—neither more or less." "Speak in French when you can't think of the It has been my observation that anticlericalism English for a thing—turn out your toes when you is a Humpty Dumpty word. You can look it up. walk and remember who you are." Not in the Oxford Universal Dictionary or the Anti-clericalism means so many things. "The Webster's Collegiate, They don't mention the It was Nelson that published one of the most re- question is," said Alice, "whether you can-make word. Webster's Unabridged says it is opposition cent volumes of : definitions—Robert C. words mean so many" different things." to clerical intervention in secular affairs. Broderick's "The Catholic Encyclopedia," which There's nothing to get excited about. By all But anticlericalism is a word especially Catholic goes into greater detail. "Anticlericalism: The definitions, anticlericalism does not exist, let alone in its usage and its is here that you'll find it term applied to a movement or a personal reaction J.M. Cameron's "explosion of anticlericalism.'' variously defined. The Maryknoll Catholic Dic- of hostility to the members of the clergy because, What does exist is a willingness of some of the tionary gives it short shrift: "Anticlericalism: Un- of their alleged or real attempts to dominate the Catholic laity, which Vatican II said has the justified opposition or prejudicial sources but can political, educational, or moral lives of those primary responsibility for the secular realm, to exist among Catholics." under their authority. This also extends to he differ with the bishops in those areas in the British Donald Attwater in his "A Catholic Dic- Church as a whole and its social activities in many pastoral on peace and war in which the bishops tionary" goes into more detail. "Anticlericalism: modern instances, but as a movement an- themselves said there could be legitmate dif- Opposition to Catholicism directed particularly ticlericalism has been most prevalent in those ferences. That's not anti-clericalism, that's an ex- against the lawful activities of the clergy. An- countries where Catholicism was the religion of ercise of mature responsibility, which all, in- ticlericalism is usually secularist but is sometimes the state or was favored by the ruling group. It has cluding the bishops, should welcome.

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When Toscatmim, the great musical director, made his two tickets to one of his concerts. debut in New York City, he made an unusual request. He "Would you like to go to the concert next Friday even- asked the the program be printed upon silk so that the ing?' he asked. beauty of his music would not be lost in the rustle of "Why, is that the only night you have off?' she asked. could bufld bridges and palaces, design shqs as well as ar- papas. mored vehicles and that he was a master of hydraulics. ••• • • • .. . Another time he thought that it would be nice to offer Leonardo da Vinci wrote to the Duke of Milan in 1482 As an afterthought he added that he was able to ex- the old chambermaid in the hotel that he was staying at ffering his various services, da Vinci claimed that he ecute sculpture "and also painting."

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27,1984 / PAGE 15 Opinion, A church leader's example What about

The church stands out prominently as I reflect on events with this man as with a brother, giving all people a vibrant the future? of 1983 that I think will have an important effect in 1984. example of what mercy and forgiveness implies. Q. I really have a problem with the future. I really scares me, because I I regard 1983 as a period in which the church emerged as A New York Times editorial commented: "To watch don't think it will work out right. I a powerful witness for truth on many fronts. I feel strongly him as he spoke to Mehmet Ali Agca, who tried to kill him enjoy living in the past because I have that the presence of Jesus Christ in the world is being two years ago, was to believe again in the possibility of lots of nice memories. When I revitalized because of the example of Pope John Paul II, repentance and redemption." By this action, the pope daydream about the past I am com- the American bishops and the clergy of Central America. "moved the world and shamed the vengeful." fortable, but others tell me this is bad Catholics should feel enormously proud of the church's to do. I am supposed to live in the leadership in troubled times. present and future. (Maryland) The pope's profound respect for life is reaffirmed when he encourages peace initiatives. He is unquestionably a pope who speaks openly and directly to government heads about the evil of fighting and killing and the urgency of making peace. BY BY TOM ANTOINETTE Pope John Paul II did another remarkable thing when LENNON BOSCO he participated in a service in December at the Evangelical Lutheran Christian Church in Rome, breaking historical barriers. "Despite the separation that still exists in teaching and in life, we feel profoundly united... in the solidarity of all Christians," he said during his visit. A. Congratulations! If you have Consider the actions of Pope John Paul II on behalf of had good times in the past and some prisoners. He has even asked government to grant clemen- PRESIDENT REAGAN IS said to recognize that Pope fine, happy memories you are for- cy to those condemned to death, especially political John Paul II has become a significant international figure, tunate person. prisoners. forceful in speaking put for human rights and freedom, Hang on to those memories. The and against terrorism. Recently the United States establish- loving God who gave you those hap- ed diplomatic relations with the Vatican. py times in the pass will be with you He amazed the world when he asked a state governer all your life. The odds are high that in the United States to stay an execution of a condemned he will give you more good times. man. His request was not granted by the governor of Pope John Paul II has put his own stamp on the papacy Florida. Nonetheless the world was shown, that the church — and it is a visible one, making a powerful ijnpact. He is In a way those happy memories are values mercy and life. forcing the world to see the message of Christ in action — a constant reminder that the God of lived out through his deed of forgiveness, compassion, goodness undoubtedly has happy sur- DEC. 27 THE pope went to the prison where the freedom, peace and love. prises in store for you all through life. man convicted for an attempt on his life, Mehmet AH It can be a very healthy thing to Agca, is serving a life sentence. Pope John Paul II met NC News Service remember the past. But that's different from living there constantly. The present moment is all you have. The past has slipped away and no longer exists;' the future is not yet here and you have no way of knowing Calling us to adoration for sure what it will be. So why fret about the unknown? "The church unites only in order to sanctify, and she God's love. We are "transformed and perfected in the Fire True, there could be a nuclear sanctifies only the better to adore." (A.G. Herbert) of Love so that we are not'only united with this Fire, but disaster, or an economic disaster of we become one living flame within it." (St. John of the unparalleled proportions. You Where does the adoration of God fit in your life? Cross) yourself could be doomed to starva- Adoration is the word that best describes the highest tion and die a horrible death in a dirty goal of human life. We are urged by Jesus to love God with All prayer, at all stages, has one common denominatior, gutter. . bur whole heart, mind and soul. So it follows that a person "the humble acknowledgment of God's Objective Reality But another future is also possible who is spiritually inclined should be interested in attaining as the controlling fact of life." (The Cloud of Unknowing, — and I'm betting on this one: God that act of pure adoration which is the consummation of Ch. VII) will pour out the Holy Spirit on worship. humankind in a way that we have "The power of prayer is directly related to the degree of never know before. People all over one's self-offering, which includes in part an entire will- the world eventually will learn to love ingness and suffer in he dark, asking for no assurance of one another and to make sacrifices results. All that is done and endured is in service to His for one another. •a* creative love and is part of one's life of adoration." We will be led away from the brink BY FR. (Evelyn Underhill) of disaster to an era of love. JOHN CATOIR Humankind, as Jesuit Father Pierre (Fo.r a free copy of the Christopher News Notes, Teilhard de Chardin once suggested, "Prayer," send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to The will ona: again discover fire. It will be Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New York, NY 10017.) the fire Of divine and human love.

Sounds terribly churchy, doesn't it? Well, it isn't. Most Still, we can never be certain what will happen on the world scene arid in people are conscious of some upward and outward move- our personal lives. ment of the spirit which is usually in response to some aspect of God, however dimly understood. The stars, the Perhaps the most reliable predic- endless rhythm of the ocean, the playfulness of a kitten, tion is that you will have a mixture of good anjd bad in your life, of sorrow the holiness of a saint, all of God's creation can awaken in and jpyj of tears and laughter. jis a spirit of worhsip. And, through the years, God will be at your side. Worship is the acknowledgment of Transcendence - something outside of us. It is humanity's universal instinct For now, all you have is the present to adore and try to understand God. moment. You should live that mo- ment, however insignificant it may "Set apart," said Bossuet, to one of his penitents, "a seem, to the fullest and to the best of certain amount of time morning and evening, whether the your ability. mind be filled with God or not... adore Him with all the capacity you have, yet without anxiety as to the degree of As for that uneasy, uncertain your success or your love, as to whether you are concen- future, why not live the words of the trated on God or on yourself, whether your time is pro- biblical writer who said, "Wait for fitable or wasted... accept failure with patience and humili- the Lord, act courageously; let your - Sy. Strive to adore arid let that,suffice." heart be strong; trust in the Lord forever." The living quality of the liturgical life of a community depends in the end on the sacrificial lives of its members. POR A , MISS wees?" (Send comments and questions to Understood at its deepest level, personal worship is a Stou

NCNews Service happy with their lot in life, and they tell her so. friends we might enjoy sports and physical activi- Dear Mary: I am the daughter of a patient in a She told me her response to these situations is to ty, a shared meal, stimulating conversation. We nursing home here in my city. I just recently plac- tell them, "I'm not much, honey, but I'm all do not always obtain these satisfactions from ed my mother there because she. cannot care for you've got." visiting the elderly. As visitors we must respond to herself. I must work because I am unmarried. My the elderly person's needs rather than our own. brother refuses to help and her brothers and sisters Her attitude is not indifferent. Rather it is a realistic view of an imperfect world. Often parents Perhaps you can bring your mother a special are the same way. food treat and share it. Take a walk around the I made several efforts to get someone in need of feel they have failed their children in some way. Grown children such as you feel they are failing nursing home grounds, Watch a TV show a home to come and live in but to no avail. She together. Or simply sit and hold your mother's doesn't yrant anyone to stay with her. their aged parents. All of us, like my foster parent friend, need to realize that we are called to do the hand. ' It breaks my heart to have to do what I have You also might become a volunteer at the nurs- done. I have at least 10 more years before I can best we can, not to create a perfect world for ourselves and all our loved ones. We need enough ing home where your mother lives. Perhaps you retire. Her only income is a Social Security check. can spare a couple of hours weekly on your, day I wish I could do different by her. (Kentucky) humility to admit that our best efforts are not perfect. Only then can we genuinely acknowledge off. You will become beter acquainted with your our own weakness which St. Paul tells us is the mother's home, the environment in which she beginning of strength. lives. You will expand your concern because you BY DR. JAMES Watching a parent grown old is not easy. We focus will extend beyond your mother to other AND tend to compare her to the person she was. We residents. ; ARY KENNY dwell on the loss of physical and mental capacity. Your perspective will broaden as you get to Each passing year leaves us more discouraged. know other elder people. And finally, the time and Instead of being discouraged, you might view effort you put in will make the nursing home a yourself as your mother's support and helper in better place, not only for your mother but for all her last days. Rather than regretting her lost the residents whose lives you touch. A. Why do you feel so bad? Under the cir- capabilities, focus on how you can help make her cumstances you seem to be doing the best you can. last years as rewarding as possible. How can you (Reader questions on family living and child Bless you. assist her 6n her journey home to heaven? care to be answered in print are invited. Address I am reminded of a friend of mine who is a Visiting the elderly is often unappealing because questions: The Kennys. Box 872, St. Joseph's Col- foster mother. Sometimes her foster kids are not they do not respond in ways that reward us. With lege, Rensselaer, IN. 47978) NC News Service When cheerleading is cheerless

If every little boy dreams of being a football girls an option today, thousands of girls still com- star, every little girl dreams about being a pete for a few coveted cheering spots. So there are cheerleader. In spite of the many new roles emerg- BY thousands of built-in losers. ing for women and our attempt to battle the pufer- ly sexist image of girls by giving them an overdue DOLORES Several years ago I wrote a column about a prin- opportunity to play sports, we still find legions of CURRAN cipal who refused to be part of a system that girls who would die to make the cheerleading guaranteed low self-esteem for the majority. squad. Every girl who tried out made cheerleader in his school. He dimply divided them into squads and When they don't, they consider themselves school. divided thenumber of sports events by thenumber losers in the self-image struggle, sometimes for We went through the cheerleading experience of squads. Instead of having twelve girls cheer all life. In his book, Is There Life After High when our daughter was little. She arid her friends the events, he had 40 girls cheer four of five School?, Ralph Keyes detaijs the number of spent hours practicing in the back yard. But it games. And it worked beautifully. passed-by cheerleaders who spent their adult life didn't stop there. She went through her routines as Many readers over the years have referred to trying to prove to themselves and others that they she set the table or told us about social studies are attractive and worthwhile. that column, three telling me they initiated it in class. She was a model -of perpetual motion at their school, others asking me to repeat it. I don't Many parents have lived through the pain of home and eventually we reacted by cheering repeat columns but I will repeat the idea because watching a talented and gifted girl fail to make he responses back to her: "U-Rah-Rah Clean Your it's a good one. Parents can get this system squad and a resultant plummet of self-esteem. Room. Yea." It didn't always work. operating in their school if they get together and "My daughter never got over it," said one mother. She did make the eighth grade cheerleading approach the principal and support him if there's "She hated both herself and school after that.'' squad, but she found cheerleading squabbling and opposition. (There will be from the mothers of Cheerleading is so important to girls like this mother interference. When Sara cheered for the present cheerleaders.) that today we're finding cheerleading classes and girls' basketball games, she found herself wishing It's a move the PTA or parents' group could in- clinics on the fourth grade level, the thinking be- she were playing instead of cheering so the follow- itiate. School should not be a place that instills ing that, like little boys who start their football ing year she went out for basketball and enjoyed it failure and low self-image. Cheerleading does that career in the early grades, if girls lean how to cheer her subsequent high school years. She never effectively for too many girls. It's time to try an early, they may enter into that prized group of wanted to return to cheerleading. alternative system. cheerleaders who become the prom queens in high Although increased sports for women do give (Alt Publishing Co.) Family Night

Opening prayer let's discover ways we are helpful and Bible and??? Read aloud 1 John 3:18. King of Glory, we praise you! We dream up even more. Love is proven Share thoughts. Together plan a Entertainment honor you! We worship you! How through actions. , Family Help Function. Examples: wondrous you are O Lord! Help us to welcome a new neighbor with a small Play one of the games the family taste your love in our family and to gift; bring a cutting from a favorite, got for Christmas and has forgotten treasure one another as you treasure Activity time plant to a convalescing friend. It about. each of us. Amen. Young Family could be a project around the house. "I help... I am helped." Materials: Each share two thoughts about being plain, white sheets of paper, crayons, helpful. Something to think pens. Each family member, should Sharing about make a chart entitled "Ways I help at Adult Family 1. Each share what he likes best home." Go over the day from early Scripture Time. Materials: Bible, about belonging to the family. February, the month of love, bids morning to bedtime. Share ideas on paper, pens. Read aloud Philippians 2. Share an embarrassing moment us welcome. Loving in one's family is ways each is helpful to others. Each 2:1, 3-4. Recall from last week three from yesterda. being willing to consider others and list at least ten ways he is helpful. instances when* someone loved 3. Share a time when someone felt their needs as much as we consider Turn the chart over and on the back enough to offer to help. Write an in- especially grateful. our own. Jesus reminds us of this side write "Ways I am helped at formal thank you note to someone when he speaks in John 13:34. "I give home." Go through the day again and who helped the family in some way you a new commandment: LOVE make a new list to go on the back. Do recently. Closing prayer ONE ANOTHER. SUCH AS MY we really need one another? How? LOVE HAS BEEN FOR YOU, SO Keep the charts taped to the kitchen —Suggested Prayer: Dear Jesus, MUST YOUR LOVE BE FOR wall this week. Snack remind us this week to be especially EACH OTHER." Being helpful is helpful to one another in our families one way to say "I love you." Tonight Middle Years Family Make a cherry treat, cobbler or pie. and to others at school and at work. Thank you, Jesus, for love. Amen. . Family Help Function. Materials: Miami. Florida/THE VOICE/ Friday, January 27,1984/ PAGE 17 God is our daily strength Readings: Zephaniah 2:% 3:12-13, 1Corinthians 1:26-31, Matthew 5:1-12

BACKGROUND: Some members of the Corinthian sonal health, every study indicates that The theme for the Fourth Sunday community believed that they were they do. Everybody wants'to be in Ordinary Time is that, through our more important than they really were. strong; no one is his right mind would weakness, the Lord can show his BE STRONG! In his first letter to Corinth, Paul actively seek weakness. strength. FEAR NOT! reminded such people that God has But interestingly enough, many chosen the weak rather than the types of weakness are already present strong to do his work. in our life. There are some truly im- The gospel passage from Matthew portantthings that we just cannot ac- presents the opening lines of the complish by ourselves, including our "Sermon on the Mount," These lines own salvation. BYFR. are generally referred to as the It's when we recognize such situa- beatitudes. A quick reading of the tions of weakness that the Lord can JAMES beatitudes will remind us once again enter them and share his strength with BLACK that the Lord's ways are not our us. When we recognize that ways. everything we do is of a passing REFLECTION: nature at best, we can then appreciate An article in this morning's paper the Lord's eternal presence, power tells what is necessary for one to live a and strength. Zephaniah lived and preached in long and healthy life (as though such As a high school teacher, I know the 600's B.C., although virtually situations are really within our con- many strong and athletic types. But nothing else is know about him. Most trol). The author details specific diets the strongest people I know aren't the of his prophecy echoes that of the for each decade of one's life. He also ones who pump iron* or run eight greater prophets who lived before his mentions the appropriate exercise miles a day. They're the ones who time. their need to be humble. It was only regimen to follow. believe deeply in the Lord and make In the reading for Sunday, when this occurred that, his people I would never claim that diet and him an important part of their daily Zephaniah reminded his listeners of could take refuge in the Lord. exercise don't contribute to one's per- life. Clarifying canon law

Q. I am indignant at your recent follow my vows and live the rest of diviudal the benefit of any doubt, the it was not at all necessary for a priest answer to a woman who was divorced my lite alone if this is the case? (Ohio) church makes absolutely no in- to attend for the marriage to.be valid 30 years ago and whose husband A. You have been badly and pain- dividual the benefit of any doubt, the in the eyes of the church. It makes no remarried in the Baptist Church, died fully hurt by your husband. But church makes absolutely no pretense difference whether a priest was there before and above everything else. of judgment about that individual's or not, as far as the validity was con- Please don't let bitterness begin to soul. It simply acknowledges that the cerned. rule your life. You will hurt yourself deceased man or woman is one of its As a pastor I usually attend attend far more than you will hurt your hus- children, and commends it with every such weddings involving members of BY FR. band. > possible prayer at its command to the our parish. I've even participated in JOHN The person who asked the recent merciful judgment of God. them most of the time by offering a DIETZEN question had no intimate knowledge prayer or blessing, or reading a scrip- of the final days of her deceased ac- Be faithful then to your faith, ture passage. But that pressence was quaintance. As I indicated, unless an without falling into the dangerous not essential to the validity of the in a coma and was given the last rites individual was with the person almost illusion of separating Christ from marriage according to the law of the and buried in the Catholic Church. continually through those final His Church or the Church from its Catholic Church. - . •' You remarked that circumstances hours, and unless he or she were privy " MagiSterium." — Pope John Paul II could allow this, but do not say what to all the thoughts and words of the they are. dying person, circumstances could 'When such a dispensa- My husband or 21 years insisted on most; certainly open the way for Q. Recently we attended a wedding tion is given, it means a divorce last year. I finally agreed. Cathojic burial. of a Catholic man to a Baptist girl in He remarried immediately in a Pro- the individual may have given a Baptist Church., We assumed a that a Catholic may be testant church. 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By Michael Gallagher cept of course for "Gandhi," in, NEW YORK (NC) — Now that the which the politics was at a safe December film rush is over, and it's remove.) possible for the harried critic to draw But then this year came "Testa- a breath, it's time for modestly pro- ment" and "Under Fire." found reflections on 1983. Let me of- Neither is political in the same way fer one: I think that the most that "Missing" is, nor is either, strict- noteworthy development in American popular entertainment in the past year was a willingness to get into 'In the first case, au- politically sensitive areas. I DON'T MEAN documentary diences who have em- films or public television or even net- pathized with a mother work specials, all of which from time watching her children to time do dip into controversy. I mean, rather, mainline Hollywood die one by one from the theatrical films and made-for- effects of radiation television movies clearly meant to sickness... are likely to make the grade as popular entertain- ment. be that much more receptive to the idea of a Costa-Gavra's "Missing" of the previous year may have-been the har- bilateral freeze on binger. This story of an American nuclear weapons.' father's vain search for his son secret- ly executed in the bloody coup against the democratically elected Chilean president, Salvador Allende, was ex- ly speaking, controversial. tremely harsh in its criticism of what Yet "Testament's" stark, harrow- ing account of a heroic mother's at- tempts to cope with the terrible after- math of nuclear war and "Under Fire's" wholehearted embrace of the Sandinista revolution against Somoza fl Catholic Television MoQpzlne Program in Nicaragua have inescapable The parish revitalization pro- political implications.. gram "Renew" and the colorful ordination of Archbishop Am- IN THE FIRST CASE, audiences who have empathized with a mother brose DePaoli, of Miami, will be watching her children die one by one featured on this week's edition of from the effects of radiation sickness "Real to Reel," Sunday morning — a mother, not incidentally, EXPO ART - "El Salvador" by El Greco Is one of the priceless art treasures at 7:30 on WSVN-Channel 7. on display at the Cathedral of Toledo in Spain. The painting was recently ex- magnificently portrayed by Jane hibited in the Vatican Paviiiion at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. (NC Alexander — are like to be that much photo) more receptive to the idea of, say; a it alleged to be American involvement bilateral freeze on nuclear weapons in Chilean affairs. So harsh in fact, and that much more dubious about that the State Department was moved wondering how the good guys of 1979 "Choices of the Heart," the story the wisdom of deploying Pershing II could have so swiftly turned into the of Jean Donovan, who with her three to issue what was probably the first and cruise missiles in Europe. No, movie review ever compose by the bad guys of 1983. brave companions gave her life for "Testament" may not be political, Nor was itva matter of theatrical the poor of El Salvador, makes it ap- venerable institution. (A pan, in case may not be controversial in itself, but you missed it.) films alone. Made-for-television peal rather to the conscience of as the saying goes, if one says "A," movies, normally the most toothless Americans. And if "Testament" and one must say "B." form of the popular arts, suddenly Still, "Missing" could be written off "The Day After" depict what could As for "Under Fire," its depiction developed a pronounced bite in 1983. as an exception, an isolated case of happen, "Choices" depicts what in of two American correspondents so The example of "The Day After" is fact did happen. an American major studio inadver- moved by the heroism of the rebels so evident that there is not need" to go tently giving a politically inclined Like "Testament," "Choices" is that they aid the Sandinistas by into it. It had such apparent impact not political, but, also like "Testa- European director his head in a photographing a recently slain guer- that many of those in support of ment," this very quality makes it ex- dangerous area, especially since there rilla leader as though he were still Reagan administration policy have tremely political. For if these was little sign of political awareness alive and sending back a false report been quite vociferous in their denun- murderers, whom a U.S.-supported in the other film releases of 1982. (Ex-' to the media they work for may seem ciations. government is unwilling or unable to to present a problem more in the area "The Day After," ABC's protests bring to justice, killed someone like of journalistic ethics than political to the contrary notwithstanding, is a Jean Donovan, who would they not controversy political film which appeals primarily kill? And, again, if one says, "A," Its implications, however, obvious- to the fear and self-interest of one must say "B." ly go beyond that. For the basic Americans. No so "Choices of the Gallagher is on the staff of the U.S. thrust of "Under Fire" might easily Heart," which NBC broadcast on the Catholic Conference Department of lead the average moviegoer to start evening of Dec. 5. Communication. Books for Catholic readers "Prayer for All Times," by Father James Fr. Salmon, S.J., PauliSt ty of Nortre Dame Press, $16.95,201 Pierre Charles, Christian Classics, Press, $6.95, 172 pp., contains the pp., explains how freedom, com- $5.95,157 pp., is a somewhat abridg- papers and summaries of the discus- munity, imagination arid hope ed edition of a book that has been sions heard at the centennial sym- mutually give moral shape to our HARRIS highly popular since it appeared in posium at Georgetown University human world. 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Miami, Florida /THE VOICE /Friday, January 27,19847 PAGE 19 Celebrate black history Catholics from all over South Region. The Mass will be celebrated Florida are expected to participate in at St. Francis of Assissi Church, 100 the Archdiocese of Miami's annual West 20 Street, Riviera Beach, on Black History Month celebration, Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Those which will take place Sunday, Feb. 5 interested in attending the Palm at 7 p.m. at St. Mary Cathedral, 7525 Beach celebration should call Eleanor NW 2 Avenue. Fowler at 842-2482. Archbishop Edward McCarthy will As part of Black History Month, preside at the celebration and Father Father Boucree will also preach the Thaddeus Boucree, from St. annual parish revival at St. Francis Augustine Church in New Orleans, Xavier Catholic Churchy 1682 NW 4 LA, will be guest preacher. Avenue in Miami, beginning with Father Boucree will also be the Sunday Masses (8 and 10 a.m.) on principal celebrant of the fourth an- Feb. 5 and continuing Monday nual "Mass for Soulful People" through Thursday evenings, at 7:30 sponsored by the Black Catholic Ad- p.m. visory Council of the Palm Beach Father Boucree's fulltime ministry is preaching parish missions MISSALS LAUNCHED — Over 5,000 missaletes have been mailed to the throughout the United States. A homebound for the Masses which will be televised in English on Ch. 10 and Charity banquet in Spanish on Ch. 23 on Sundays from February through May. Julia Rodri- native of New Orleans, he was or- quez and Agueda Roger from St. Francis de Sale parish are shown with Sr. for Jamaica homes dained in 1952 and has taught in high Bertha Penabad, executive assistant Of the Archdiocese Radio and Televi- schools and seminaries in addition to sion center, labeling the free missaletes. ' St. Vincent DePaul Society, Pom- being extensively involved in com- pano Beach Council, will hold a munity organizations and social Charity Banquet at St. Vincent justice ministry. Catholic Community Center, 6350 Six charities honor Morris N.W. 18 Street, Margate, on Jan. 28, beginning at 7 p.m. Seeking prayer Six local charities and hundreds of charities has helped to enhance the Archbishop Samuel E. Carter of friends of the late Blanche Swift Mor- educational, health-care and social- Jamaica will be guest speaker and the petitions ris, noted philanthropist and patron service systems of South Florida. She musical "The Witness" will be per- of the arts, will gather to pay tribute "Call to me and I will answer you, also has brought joy arid beauty to . formed by the Joyful Noise Ensemble Jer.33:3. - , to their friend and benefactor at a many through her sponsorship of from Coral Springs. reception and fine art viewing on local fine arts programs. _ The employees of the Archdiocese The tax-deductible tickets are $35 of Miami Pastoral Center gather each Wednesday, Feb. 1, at the Doral Blanche Swift Morris died on Sept. and sales are limited. Proceeds will Hotel On-The-Ocean, Miami Beach. Monday morning to pray for the in- 9, 1983; but her legacy lives Man. Pro- aid the Ozanarn and Claire Homes tentions of you, our brothers and Mrs. Morris—the French-born wife ceeds from the reception will benefit for the Aged in Kingston, Jamaica, sisters of the Archdiocese. Petitions of Col. Nelson Swift Morris, a six of the local charities'named in maintained by Vincentians in Chicago banker and businessman Mrs. Morris' will: Barry University, will be included in our individual dai- Kingston with the support olf:the St. ly prayers each week as well as during* who died in 1955—always gave Disabled American Veterans, Vincent de Paul Society at therCoun- generously of herself and her Fellowship House, St. Francis this special time of community cil level. For more information, call prayer. We invite anyone with a resources to improve the quality of Hospital, St. Patrick's Roman 972-TM34 or 971-7243. life of those around her. Mrs. Morris' Catholic Church and the University prayer request to write (rip phone support of local institutions and of Miami. calls, please) to us at this address; Charismatic groups Prayer Petitions, Archdiocese . of Miami, 9401 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, Adult religion course at St. Vincent hold day of growth FL 33138. The Catholic Charismatic prayer A ten-week Adult Religion Course well as converts preparing for Bap- groups of Palm Beach County will be LifeLine dedicates Began at St. Vincent Parish Com- tism and adults preparing for Confir- hosting a day for growth in the spirit new office munity Center on Monday, Jan. 23 at mation. on Jan. 28th. Speakers will be Fr 7:30 p.m. and continues for ten con- Harold Cohen, S.J., a well known LifeLine of Martin County secutive Mondays. speaker in the Catholic Charismatic dedicated its new offices on January Any Catholic interested in deepen- Anyone who would like to attend renewal and_ founder of an inspira- 7th, 1984. The new counseling center ing their knowledge of the Faith these classes, can call the Parish tional radio program, Torn Edwards, a was blessed in an ecumenical service by could benefit from these classes, as C.C.D. office, 974-5550. full time lay evangelist, Fr. Ed Pawlak, Father Pius O'Dea, Regional Director experienced in evangelistic material in of Respect Life. Father Bernard South America and the U.S., and Joe Powell, Pastor of Holy Redeemer- Preaching class at seminary Richter, a member of the All Florida Palm City, Reverend Robert Gar- ment, Pastor of Dutton Memorial Father Dan Harris, a Vincentiari Classes are being offered to third Catholic Charismatic Commission ?• priest from DeAndreis Seminary in THe location will be St. F^aal of the Presbyterian Church, and Deacon and fourth year theology students Jack Raisch, St. Martin DePorres. Lemont, Illinois, is presenting a and interested clergy of the area: Cross Catholic Church on_ 10970 Slate special program on preaching at St. Each of the student homilies will be Rd. 703, North Palm Beach on Singer The Ecumenical ceremony was well Viiicent de Paul Regional Seminary in video-taped for later individual Island. Phone number is 626-1873. attended by members Of many dif- Boynton Beach from mid-January to review and critique with Father Har- Seating is limited. Registration fee $5. ferent Christian churches. April 1. ris. '-. Dinner fee $3. Checks should be made Father O'Dea opened the prayer payable to Community of Healing service and was joined by various Entrance exams For more information on this and Love, c/o Chris Wright, 516 Bay Rd. clergy in asking God's blessings on this other programs at the seminary, The day begins at 9 a.m. and concludes noble and worthy cause. The event The entrance examination for please call 305-732-4424, with liturgy and dinner. concluded wrth an open house and tour eighth grade students will be adminis- of the new LifeLine Center. This pro- tered in the Catholic High Schools of Boystown seeks team sponsor life agency covers all of Martin County the Archdiocese on Saturday, Febru- and Port St. Lucie. LifeLine is one of ary 4, 1984. Details regarding regis- A sports jamboree was held this ticipating. Each team donates $10. seven Respect Life offices in the Arch-" tration, testing fee and time of the December at Boystown in Miami, a Currently Boystown is seeking spon- diocese which provides a positive alter- test may be obtained by calling the lo- residence for children from broken sors for equipment and uniforms for native to abortion. The new 24 hour cal high school of your choice. homes and all S. Dade parishes par- their own athletic teams. hotline number is 286-4670.

St. Paul of the Cross Parish, 10970 State Rd. tion eleventh annual dinner dance, a gala fund 681-5407 or Fran Arena 947-6461. Almeda's Cotton Shop, 212 S. Federal Hwy, 703, N. Palm Beach, will host a night of raising event for parents and friends of the Court Holy Spirit No. 1912 Catholic Boca Raton. For reservations call Ginger Spiritual Growth and Discernment on Jan. school, will take place at the Hyatt Regency Daughters of Americas will Sponsor a Dessert- Girardin - 278-9527. / 30th and Feb. 6. Both sessions start at 7:30 Miami on Saturday, February 11, 1984 com- Pokeno Card Party, on Saturday, Jan. 28th, p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Good-will offerings ac- mencing at 7:30 p.m. with a "cocktails and 1984, at St. Elizabeth's Gardens, 12:00 Noon, Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church will cepted. Any further questions call 471-5596 gallery hour'.' featuring internationally famous Donation $1.50. .Refreshments served. Pro- hold a blood drive on Wednesday, February 1, before noon. muralist Teok Carrasco, followed by dinner ceeds for Charity Fund. For Information con- from 4 - 8 p.m. The South Florida Blood- Cardinal Newman High School will hold a and dancing at 8:30 p.m. $40.00 per ticket. tact 941-5546. mobile will be present on the church grounds at Valentine parish social on Feb. 12th from 2 Proceeds from this activity will benefit the The Greater Hollywood Catholic Widows- 15801 N.W. 67th Avenue, Miami Lakes, to col- p.m. to 5 p.m. Entertainment. Refreshments. more than 900 students in grades K. through 8. ers Club will hold its monthly meeting social on lect the badly needed blood. Please call Children under 12, no charge. For tickets and information please call Feb. 3, 1984, at 7:30 p.m. at Nativity Parish 558-2202 and volunteer to make your dona- The St. Clement Women's Guild of Ft. 442-1106, 447-9437 or 448-0018." Hall, 500 Chaminade Drive, Hollywood. There tion. Lauderdale will be holding a "Forget-me-not" The Daughters of Isabella, Circle No. 884, will be a Crazy Hat Contest, games, live music Youth Committed to Christ, a group com- Fashion show and luncheon at the Ft. Lauder- will hold their Annual Communion Breakfast for dancing, and refreshments. On February 19 posed of young adults, will present a "Variety dale Beach Hilton on Feb. 11 beginning with on Sunday, January 29th at St. Timothy they will go to the Naples Dinner Theatre to see Show" on • Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the 11:30 cocktails. $11.50"per person. For reserva- Church, 5300 S.W. 102 Avenue, Mass will be "Forty Carats." Please phone 981-2508 or auditorium of Florida International Universi- tions call 563-1183 before 5 p.m. or 971-2867 at 9:00 a.m. and will be followed by breakfast 431-8275 after 8 p.m. for details; ty, located at SW 107 Avenue and 4 Street. after 5 p.m. before Feb. 7th.. in the Queen of Peace Hall. The donation for Lay Carmelites meet on Sat. Feb. 4 at Villa Donation is $5, or $7 at the door and the The Barry University Department of Fine the breakfast is $3.00. For reservations or addi- Maria Nursing Home 1050 N.E. 125th St. money will benefit Catholic missions in Haiti. Arts will present Dr. Dan. Sandlin, pianist, in a tional information please call 595-0535 or North Miami at 2 p.m. Visitors welcome or For reservations and information, call Laura faculty recital on Sunday, January 29 at 8:00 559-4421. phone 621-0967. Garcia, 442-2495. p.m. in the University's Cor Jesu Chapel. The The Marianettes of the Knights of Columbus St. Lucy's Women's Guild of Highland Father Solanus Guild Meeting will be held works of buxtehude, beethooven, liszt, and are holding'a card party in the Council Hall, Beach will hold a luncheon and Fashion Show, Sunday, February 12 at Blessed Sacrament balakirev will be performed. No admission 13300 Memorial Highway, N. Miami, on on Monday, February 6, at 11:30 a.m. at Parish Hall, 1701 East Oakland Park charge. JANUARY 31st 7:30 p.m. tickets $2.00 - Delray Beach Club, 2001 S. Ocean Blvd., Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale from 2:00 to 5:00 The St. Theresa's home and school Associa- Refreshments - For tickets Call Josie Galasso Delray Beach. Fashion Show will be given by p.m. PAGE 20 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE/ Friday, January 27,1984 Chaminade to hold 'Fun Run9 Chaminade's "Founders Day Fun event is open to all 8th grade boys arid Registration may be by mail or by formation call Brother Neil Murphy Run" will be held on Sat., Jan. 28th girls, 13 years of age. No entry fee is 8:30 the day of the race. Race starting at 989-5150 (Broward) or 624-1(581 on the school track, 500 Chaminade required and T-shirts will be given the time will be 9 a.m. (Dade), or visit the Main Office on Drive, Hollywood. The one-mile top 120 entries. For registration form or further in- campus between 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. 'South Florida Circulation for Leisure Reading* VOICE Call June CLASSIFIED ADS 758-0543

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Miami, Florida / THE VOICE /Friday, January 27,1984 /PAGE 21 Problems with prayer . No time, little interest, frustration: We may be missing more than we know

By David Gibson NC News Service The young man was "in great anguish." He was having experiences that he needed to talk about, but he couldn't put them into words. Nothing in his training or background provided the words and phrases he needed to discuss the profound spiritual experiences that had entered his life. In a small book he wrote titled "The Heart of the World" (Crossroad), trappist Father Thomas Keating tells the story of this young man. He was like a man who was tongue-tied, says Father Keating. What's more, the young man's feelings are not uncommon. Many people "experience the unexpected invasion of God's presence every now and then, but do not what to make of it," writes Father Keating. "It can be scary. They are even more scared to tell their friends for fear they might be told, 'You must be nuts. Better go see a psychiatrist.' " I THINK that with those few thoughts, Father Keating puts his finger on two of the problems of prayer today: • One problem is the sense, or fear, that prayer is an unpopular topic in some quarters. A person might be reluctant to discuss his experiences with friends, even if he were perfectly able to put the experiences into words. • Another problem is the difficulty of putting one's own experiences into words, or even of recognizing that the experiences might be prayerful. After all, prayer outside the liturgy can take many forms, suited to dif- ferent personalities. Preconceived ideas of what prayer should be might not fit the experiences of prayer that actually occur in the lives of some people. THE STORY of another young man illustrates that point. He was a stu-

'The young man said later it never occur ed to Concentrating on the way prayer -snouW" be might only distract us from the him that listening to the monks sing might be way it could be. Maybe we already are praying. Some people find walking a his prayer. He thought praying meant "doing" good time to pray. (NC photo) something. The definitions of prayer that he had at his fingertips did not fit the experience he was having.' Father Keating writes in his book: "A certain experience of God is quite common in the population." And: "Our capacity for the transcendent is precisely what distinguishes us most for the rest of visible creation. It is what makes us human." dent in a college conducted by the monks of a large behedictine abbey. This young man greatly loved music. So it wasn't at all strange that he often . The problem of prayer? Some might say the problem is simply lack of went to the abbey church for a few minutes in the evening to listen to the time, the need to make time for it. Others might say the problem of prayer Gregorian Chant as the monks sang the Liturgy of the Hours. The Monks- is the amount of noise and the number of distractions that are part of choir was excellent and included fine solo voices. modern life and that are part of modern life and that make solitude or silence difficult to come by. The young man said that he thought he ought to take advantage of these few minutes in the church to say some prayers while listening to the choir. THOSE can be very real problems. But preconceived ideas about what But he had no desire to read any prayers — or anything else — during prayer ought to be — the forms it "should" take — can be a problem for those moments. Futhermore, no words carne to his mind, no matter how some people too. hard he tried. All he could hear was the music. Father Keating suggests that human beings possess some natural aptitude The young man said later it never occurred to him that listening to the for prayer. In other areas of human life, we've grown accustomed to pour- monks sing might be his prayer. He though praying meant "doing" ing great energy into identifying the aptitudes of individuals — the ap- something. The definitions of prayer that he had at his fingertips did not fit titudes of children in school, for example. the experience he was having. Perhaps it will take time, and some energy as well, to identify what our BUT ISN'T it at least worth thinking about? Could his experience be own aptitude for Christian prayer is — and what forms our own capacity prayer? ; for the transcendent can take.

KNOWYOUR By Father John J. Castelot NC News Service FAITH If there ever was a man of prayer, it was St. Paul. His letters give over- whelming testimony to the fact that Keeping prayer was woven into the very fabric of his intensely active life. Yet Paul could admit frankly that the lines we do not know how to pray as we should. In doing so, he gave voice to the common human experience: open Prayer is not easy. in the Very few really worthwhile, even necessary, things in life are easy; still they are possible. The wonder- ful thing is that God understands the inadequacy, the weakness, and

P.AGE 22 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27,1984 Know Your Faith QOV in the Human Situation FROM BENEDICTINE MONK Down-to-earth advice

By Sister Christine Allen, RSM NC News Service "The rule is simple: Pray as you can and do not try to pray as you can't. Take yourself as you find yourself and start from that." Father John Chapman wrote those words in one of his many let- ters to lay men and women. Though not extremely well-known in the United States, some people think that Father Chapman, a Benedictine monk in England, was among the greatest experts on prayer in the modern world. He died in 1933. During World War I, Father Chapman was an army chaplain. Later he became known for his work as a biblical translator. Finally he was to become the abbot of Downside Abbey near London, England. For all his expertise, Father Chap- man's advice about prayer was quite down to earth, even when it con- cerned his own role. In one letter he talked about what his role should be as a spiritual director for others: A common problem In prayer Is when people become discouraged with trying to pray; they feel unfulfllled, dried up. "As to direction, I think most peo- Father John Chapman, an English monk who died in 1933, had various ways of describing the painful state of feeling .God ple at the present day want very lit- is absent even when one tries to pray. "If you are carried in the Lord's arms you will seldom see his face," he wrote. (NC tle of it. The good director is like a Photo) nurse who teaches children how to HE UNDERSTOOD that for nounced trying to do the impossible, the sculptor; you cannot know what walk alone." some-people vocal-prayers come and to take to the ordy kind of he is hitting you for, and you never DESPITE that view- easily, whilejother might find it "prayer which is possible " will in this life. All you want is pa- point, Father Chapman gave a great more natural to remain in complete But what about those who try to tience, trust, confidence, and he deal of advice. Once he wrote very silence. While others might find it develop the attitudes that Father does it all. It is very simple — simply: "The way to pray well is to more natural to remain in complete Chapman recommends and still find simplicity itself." pray much. If one has no time for When one feels as though God is this, then one must at least pray absent, as though God is hidden, regularly. But the less one prays, the 'One should wish for no prayer except precisely Father Chapman suggests: "Then worse it goes." the prayer that God gives us — probably very you take that as his will, and do the The secret to praying regularly is distracted and unsatisfactory in every way... As best you can in darkness and humili- to find an easily accessible place ty" where one can be quiet, Father to method, do what you can do and what suits "If God does not wish us to have Chapman thought. Some people you! peace, we must be satisfied with find this in a church, others out- confusion, and that is peace, of an doors in "mature, Others in a room at elusive kind," the Benedictine priest home. silence. that they are unsatisfied, dried up? wrote. In all such cases people have But Father Chapman understood Even more important, a person He recognized this common feeling: to try to accept what is happening well the distractions that make ought not to worry too much about "The trial of our contemporaries . and realize that to want to pray is to regular prayer difficult. He conclud- levels of prayer, Father Chapman seems to be the feeling of not hav- Pray- ed that it is important not to force wrote. "We are not meant to ask ing any faith... a mere feeling that Finally, Father Chapman believed prayer, but to accept our situation. ourselves whether we are beginners religion is not true... It is very that prayer, even the most dissatis- "One should wish for no prayer or advanced, or to find out." he unpleasant," he wrote in a one of fying kind, is worthwhile. He sug- except precisely the prayer that God held to his view "that we ought to his letters. gested that even when a person does gives us — probably very distracted try to do what we can and not what FATHER Chapman had various not "feel'' the good effects or and unsatisfactory in every way," he we can't." ways to describe the painful state of prayer, others may feel it. In one of wrote. This advice of his was meant to feeling that God is absent even when his letters he wrote: "I am sure Father Chapman had some con- combat the problems that develop one tries to pray: "If you are car- good prayer must increase crete advice about how to pray: "As when people become discouraged ried in our Lord's arms you will V tenderness and appreciation... and I to method, do what you can do and about prayer. "The advice I give," seldom see his face," he wrote. am sure there is an irradiation from what suits you." Father Chapman wrote, "is the re- Or, "You are the block, God is prayer."

comes to aid us with his Spirit, who "All who are led by the Spirit of as brothers and sisters of Jesus, we We bring realy short-sighted ex- makes up for our deficiences, The God are sons (and daughters) of can cry out to God with the same pectations to our prayers, not Spirit bridges the chasm between us God. You did not receive a spirit of intimacy and confidence that Jesus always realizing that if they were and the infinite. : slavery leading you back into fear, brought to his prayer. really answered, or answered on the One may react to Paul's assurance but a spirit of adoption through Our hope of being heard is not in spot, the long-term results might that "the Spirit intercedes for the which we cry out 'Abba!' (that is, vain, for "this hope will not leave well be disastrous. But God's view saints" with a cry of impatience 'Father'). The Spirit himself gives us disappointed, because the love of of reality is unobstructed, unlimited. bordering on despair. "But I am not witness with our spirit that we are God (that is, God's love for us) has The Gospels record many parables asaintf children of God." been poured out in qjjr hearts of Jesus urging perseverance in The point is that, through bap- through the Holy Spirit who has prayer. This can mean only that, as THE FACT is that, in the sense been given to us" (Romans 5:5). often as not, we shall be unable to Paul uses that term, we are all tism into Christ, we receive the same Spirit which animated Jesus and in appreciate the fact that God is really saints. We have been called by God, One of our biggest problems is listening. set apart for his honor and glory virtue of which he could address that we do not trust our father God intimely as "Abba," the So we must be persistent, confi- and our own happiness, and that is enough to believe that, precisely as dent that as long as we keep the Aramaic term and child use in ad- our Father, he will always hear our what he means by a saint: one set dressing its father. lines of communication open, we apart. prayer in a way calculated to serve will eventually be able to realize that In Chapter 8 of Romans we read: DRAWN into the family of God our best interests. he has indeed heard us.

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE/ Friday, January 27,1984 /PAGE 23 THE BACK PAGE kids letters give him a boost Pope gets tons of mail

VATICAN CITY (NC) — Hun- --»•»..„ dreds of letters a day arrive for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. Some people, chiefly heads of state, send them via diplomatic pouch. Others hand deliver them to

'It takes nine priests working full time to read, summarize and often respond to the English- language letters alone:

the Swiss Guards standing at the bronze door, the main entrance to the Apostolic Palace where the pope lives. MOST OF THE writers, however, simply put their letters in the mail and depend on the postal system to carry their messages to Pope John Paul II, Vatican City State 00121. The letters range from fund-raising ' appeals to praise or criticism of his actions. The pope receives more letters than any of his immediate predessors, say officials at the Vatican Secretaria of State, where the letters first go. At the secretariat the letters are sorted with the majority divided into eight language categories: Italian, English, DEAR POPE - Amy Allen and Todd Cunningham, fourth graders at St. Roeh's School in Indianapolis write tetters to French Spanish, Portuguese .German Pope John Paul II. The pope gets a lot of supportive mail from children, and his affection for them is always obvious Polish and Latin. Letters not in any when he appears In public. of these languages are given to translators. ding to topic and summarizes the months afterwards, when the pope Secretariat officials said the exact The pope enjoys the letters from ideas on a sheet on paper attached to addressed a pilgrim group from children because "they give him a number of letters the pope receives the envelope. They highlight some let- Alaska, he referred to the child and daily is not know, but they stressed boost," said one American at the ters and cards" to given the pope the compared her to the Alaskan state Secretariat of State. that it is in the hundreds. flavor of the correspondence. flower, the forget-me-not. Some people ask the pope to sup- It takes nine priests working THE POPE SOMETIMES recalls People write to the pope for many fulltime to read, summarize and often port fund-raising activities by sending the letters in speeches. reasons. Some complain that a one of his personal effects to be auc- respond to the English-language let- He once received a letter from a favorite priest has been transferred. ters alone. Only the Italian-language tioned off. As a matter of policy, the woman in Anchorage, Alaska, who Other criticize his actions. Several pope does not honor such requests. group has a larger staff because of the told him that her granddaughter, who persons, for example, criticized the ONLY A SMALL percentage of greater number of letters. has been terminally ill when she granting of a papal audience to Secretariat staff members say he presented flowers to the pope on his the letters are kept from the pope, Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestine said a secretariat official. He describ- almost all letters which are addressed visit to Anchorage in 1981, had died. Liberation Organization, in 1982. to the pope" go to him. Prior to The grandmother told the pope how ed these as letters from people who Others ask for prayers. Many per- claim to know the date of the end of delivering the pope's mail, the staff upset the child had been when some- sons, especially children, express love sorts the letters into envelopes accor- one had. shot "her pope." A few the world or who write about a and admiration for he pope. private visit from God. Church Jargoneese

\ NGELA MERICI WAS BORN AT • - I went to a religious education Social justice: A friendly judge jflLDESENZANO NEAR VENICE. workshop in my parish last week (mine). WHILE VERY YOUNG> HER PARENTS ST. ANGELA and had a good time. I was Group process: Putting our family DIED AND SHE TRIEP TO RETIRE TO fascinated by all the jargon and A PESERT TO LIVE A LIFE OF PRAYER M6RICI into our Volkswagon (oldest son). AND-P6NANCE, BUT WAS PREVENTED BY made it a New Year's resolution to Collegaility: A very nice college HER UNCLE. BARRED FROM THIS WISH, study it. For fun I underline some student, as in "Miss Collegiality" SHE FREQUENTLY WORE A HAIRSHIRT, of the words used frequently and (daughter). FASTEP FROM MEAT AND SLEPT ON THE tried them out on the family. Global vision: A computer game FLOOR. SHE ENJOYED GIVING RELIGIOUS Here is the Young Family Pocket INSTRUCTION TO NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN. that plays all the new cartridges Dictionary of some church (youngest son)sonl. HAVING REFUSED THE FORTUNE LEFT jargonese: youngest son). HER BY HER FATHER, SHE ACCEPTEPTHE Eccesiology: An expression after HABIT AND RULE OF THE THIRD ORDER Networking: A condition which which you say "Gesundheit" OF ST. FRANCIS. AT LENGTH, ATTHEAGE , must exist to play badminton or ten- (spouse). OF 57, SHE ORGANIZED A GROUP OF 12 GIRLSi nis (oldest daughter). Charisma: A movement in the Community building: A structure TO HELP HER IN CATECHETICAL WORK. where everyone meets (mine). FOUR YEARS LATER, THE GROUP GREW TO 28, church to get people to care more SHE FORMED THEM INTO "THE COMPANY OF (husband). Pastoral approach: The parish ST. URSULAS FOR RE-CHRISTIANIZING priest is coming (group consensus). •> Charisma: A well-known convert Religious symbols: A percussion FAMILY LIFE THROUGH GOOP from India (son). CHRISTIAN EDUCATION OF FUTURE instrument elange together by a WIVES AND MOTHERS. Dialogue: To changtthe color of priest or nun (anonymous). a log (5-year-old); ability to tell THE MEMBERS HAD NO SPECIAL someone how schmucky their ideas We had so much fun that we were HABIT AND TOOK NO FORMAL VOWS. THE sure our dialogue and networking are and smile at the same time IDEA OF A TEACHING ORDER OF WOMEN (daughter, again). * had processed our felt need for a WAS NEW AND TOOK TIME TO DEVELOP. pastoral and collegial approach to SHE DIEP IN 1540 AND WAS Felt need: How oldest son felt community building while using the CANONIZED IN J807. after his last soccer game; and new religious symbols of family. THE FEAST OF ST. ANGELA style of kneeler, covered with green MERICI IS JAN. 27. cloth; how you say "felt neat" with (Copyright (c) 1984 by NC News a cold (group contribution). Service) PAGE 24 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, January 27, 1984