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A < > H- CL V A (/» i“ X X u u rO •> ~Q O -* J Z o 1^ 3 J 3 È Friday. December 5, 1986 142nd Year, CXLU a 3 :ntS j  H- T "3 u -n r> 3 3 - 1 ) H 3 O J J 1 5,700 households Key Curia leaders: ¿tided since ’83 Cardinal Tomko (Last of 6-part series on the and by Energy Fund five of its key leaders.) By PATRICIA BARTOS By JOHN THAVIS Since it was begun In 1983; the Dollar Energy Fund has Issued grants to more than 5,700 area VATICAN CITY (NC) — It would be hard to find low-lncome houaeholds to cover utility bills totall­ another in the Roman Curia who shares with ing aome $1.7 million. Pope John Paul II as many personal traits and Barry Maciak, director of the diocese's office of Ideas about the church as Cardinal Jozef Tomko. programs for the unemployed, a founder of the Both men are Slavs whose Dollar Energy Fund and current vice-president of homelands came under com­ the Independent non-profit organization, en­ munist rule within their couraged customers of Duquesne Light, Peoples lifetimes. Both believe strong­ Gas, West Penh Power, Columbia Gas and ly in the Importance of Chris­ Equitable Gas to continue support for the “ dollar- tianity In Eastern Europe as a add-on” project for the needy as the cold weather unifying force for the whole season approaches. continent and an Inspiration These five utility companies match, dollar for to the West dollar, the money the fund obtains from “ It's a natural task for Car­ customers who add on donations for the poor to dinal Tomko and fits In with their regular monthly payments. Such donations the pope's aim of rediscover­ amount to some $40,000 each month, "and it's Cardinal ing die cultural and faith uni­ growing,” according to Maciak. Tomko ty of Eùrope," said an It was three years ago that a coalition of some 40 associate of the cardinal. community and religious groups formed to help As of the Congregation for the the poor meet their heating bills during winter Evangelization of Peoples, the 62-year-old car­ weather and prevent utility shut-offs. dinal, a native of , heads the From the beginning, according to Maciak, the largest organization in the Vatican hierarchy. fund was designed as a “ resource of last resort" to The department directs missionary activities fill the gaps left by governmental funding sources in more than 900 dioceses, selecting bishops and for the poor. other administrators. It is responsible for nearly The coalition formed a negotiating team — 200,000 missionary priests and sisters, 180,000 made up of a representative of the Catholic catechlsts and, with the Congregation for Diocese, the United Jewish Federation, the Catholic Education, several hundred schools and Episcopal Diocese, the Methodist Union and the seminaries. It distributes more than $110 million volunteer work at St. Margaret Hospital In Aspln- League of Women Voters — to approach the utility annually in mission aid around the globe. Medallion recipients wall and at Harmarvllle Rehabilitation Center. companies and propose a matchlng-grant system A robust and athletically built man who still The Medallion Ball, sponsored by the St. Lucy to aid the poor. takes time to do early-morning calisthenics. Car­ Pittsburgh Bishop Anthony J. Bevilacqua con­ Auxiliary for the benefit of the Greater Pittsburgh Duquesne Light was the first to agree, matching dinal Tomko enjoys the 66-year-old pope's gratulates GabrteUa Moschtlello (left), one of the Guild for the Blind, recognizes young women for the fund's totals from Its stockholder funds. longtime friendship and trust, aides say. recipients of gold medallions for volunteer ser­ volunteer service at local hospitals and institu­ The fund covers poor households throughout Vatican sources said the pope's 1985 en­ vice. at this year’s Medallion Ball. Looking on Is tions. The event uias held Nov. 29 at the Pitt­ southwestern Pennsylvania, from Clarion and cyclical on the medieval missionary saints Cyril Lisa La Cava, also a medallion recipient A sburgh Hilton. Armstrong counties to State College and and Methodius, which highlighted Eastern Wilkins Township resident Miss Moschtlello uxis — Photo by John C. Keenan Greenaburg. Households get no cash. The grants Europe's place In the church, was In large part a volunteer at Shadyslde Hospital and Miss La show up as credit on their utility bills. Cardinal Tomko's work. Cava, a resident of Indiana Township, did In 1983-84, the fund's first year, grants went out He and the pope also share views on the need to 1.217 households, the next year the fund aided to "re-evangelize" Western Europe and to re- 1,265 households and last year the total had lnstlll Christian practices like prayer and fasting grown to 2,990 households. The total In grants In dally life. The cardinal has said the risk of Pre-marriage program sessions set reached $1,611,488, with $93,000 already award­ Christians "forgetting the cross" today is greater ed In grants for the 1986-87 year, according to than that of persecution. parochial vicar at St. Athanasius and couples will be held on Satur­ Maciak. Cardinal Tomko Is said to be an Immensely im­ The diocesan office for All money donated went directly into grants, Parish, who will discuss the Even­ day, Jan. 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 portant figure to Catholics in , the Religious Education of Adults has with administrative costs covered by operating ings for the Engaged program; p.m. at the Station Square predominantly Catholic eastern half of scheduled three programs to grants from the utility companies and small Dolores Jarrell, a member of St. Sheraton. The presenters will be Czechoslovakia. assist priests and interested grants from community development funds of the Benedict Parish In Peters the pre-marriage team from Our When a Polish friend visited Slovakia In 1979, couples In designing pre-marriage city and county governments, Maciak explained. a few days after the cardinal's ordination as ar­ programs for their own parishes Township, who developed a lead Lady of Grace Parish, who will couples' program series; and Fr. present segments of their talks "We operate lean,” he added. chbishop, he found a group of Catholics In a or regions. The Pittsburgh Diocese has contributed office basement listening to a tape recording of the or­ William Graham. OFM Cap.. and explain the workings and ra­ pastor of Our Lady of Peace Parish tionale of developing a marriage space for the fund since it was established, dination Mass. According to Sister Jacqueline through the cooperation of diocesan property and Cardinal Tomko is held In equally high regard Ketter, CSJ. adult religious in Conway, who will discuss the preparation program. Registra­ Couple-to-Couple program. For tion is limited to 24 couples on a planning director Gene Odato. In September of by fellow countrymen who have made their education director for the diocese, this year the fund's offices were moved from homes elsewhere, especially In the eastern it is the Intention of the office to more Information or to register, first-come, flrst-serve basis. contact the adult religious educa­ Registration is presently being Synod Hall to a low-lncome building In Squirrel United States, where he is a Arquent visitor. offer a number of programs Hill, Maciak said. From the beginning, the lives of Cardinal throughout the year In a variety of tion office at 456-3108. conducted. Pastors have received Tomko and the Pollsh-bom pope have followed locations so that all persona and registration forms for the pro­ parallel paths. As youths, they hiked the Tatra parishes interested In providing A session for priests and gram. Interested couples should O ffic ia l Mountains, although about 100 miles apart on pre-marriage Instruction In a local couples who have participated In contact their pastors or the adult Bishop Bevilacqua announces the following the range which straddles the border between and personalized setting may a Marriage Encounter will be held religious education office at clergy appointments effective as noted: Poland and Czechoslovakia. have an opportunity to learn on Tuesday, Dec. 16, from 7:30 to 456-3108. Pastor Both eventually studied In Rome, but did not about some of the established and 9:30 p.m. at Assumption Parish The Reverend John B. Corbett from Saint Ann In addition, the adult religious meet until 1968 at a meeting sponsored by the successful programs in the Pitt­ in Bellevue. Presenters will be Parish, Waynesburg, to Saint John the Baptist education office is in the process Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. sburgh Diocese. Frank and Joan Hynda, members Parish, Unity, effective on the date of his canonical The young Jozef Tomko came to Rome to of Our Lady of Grace Parish In of producing a video presentation installation. study theology, canon law and sociology in 1945, Scott Township, who will discuss concerning marriage preparation. Retirements-Pas tor Emeritus shortly before communists came to power In A session for priests will be held establishing a parish/regional pro­ When complete, the five-part The Reverend Francis M. Rodgers from Pastor. Czechoslovakia and began a harsh campaign of on Tuesday, Dec. 9. from 1 to 3 gram based on the Marriage En­ series will be available as a starter Saint Alexis Parish, Wexford, to Pastor Emeritus, repression against the church. Similar events p.m. at St. Margaret Pariah, Green counter Program. The deadline program for parishes interested In effective January 19, 1987. Fr. Rodgers will be in were happening across the border in Poland. Tree. Presenters will be: Fr. Peter for registration la Dec. 9. For more having their own pre-marriage In­ residence at Saint John Vlanney Manor, Unlike the pope, though, Cardinal Tomko was Murphy, pastor of St. Eugene Information, contact the religious struction teams. The series will Pittsburgh. not allowed to return to his homeland until 1968, Parish in Liberty Borough, who education office, at 456-3108. Include tapes, discussion guides, The Reverend Raymond A. Vollmer from under the more open policies of the Alexander will discuss one-day regional pro- prayer services and materials for Pastor. Saint Clare Parish, Clairton. to Pastor Dubcek regime. It was a painful period of exile, grams; Fr. Paul Schratz, An all-day session for priests distribution to participants. Emeritus, effective January 19, 1987. his friends say. Since then, he has visited Czechoslovakia twice, most recently in 1980 for his father's A n a ly s is funeral. His mother and sisters are allowed to visit him In Rome. He worked his way through Vatican ranks, becoming undersecretary of the Congregation for Pope develops own Bishops in 1974. He stepped Into the public eye In 1979 when of ‘re-evangelizing’ on trip Pope John Paul, a few months after his election, named him secretary general of the Synod of By JOHN THAVIS stride, combining praise for the people's Bishops and ordained him an archbishop in the NC News Service generous spirit on the one hand and. on Slstine Chapel. the other, reminding group after group of The job meant frequent contact with the pope, Pope John Paul II, who frequently their spiritual responsibilities. who expanded the role of the synod. It also In­ speaks of a drift away from Christian Although many Australians say with troduced the new archbishop to the wide range of values and practices, developed his own pride that they are a "secularized" socie­ local viewpoints on church issues. style of "rc-evangelizlng” In a major trip ty, it would be difficult to Imagine a He organized synods on penance, the family through Asia, Oceania and the Indian warmer welcome than the one the pope ;and the Dutch church, working closely with the Ocean. got there. He was never directly challeng­ pope on final synod documents. He traveled ex­ He did it by prodding instead of pushing ed, rarely criticized and given hours of live pensively, visiting bishops' conferences around and by personally reaching out to virtual­ TV coverage. ¡the world. His accessibility to the press was con­ ly every group in society. On the pope's side, the visit showed his sidered unusual among Vatican officials. The pope's Nov. 19-Dec. 1 trip began pastoral concern without giving the Im­ When Archbishop died In 1985 with short stops In Bangladesh. Singapore pression that he had come to call after less than a year as head of the missionary and FIJI, where he praised the religious Catholics — or other Australians — on the \congregation, the pope turned again to his fellow values of the non-Christian majorities and carpet. When he pleaded with lapsed Slav. He gave Cardinal Tomko his red hat a few offered the collaboration of Catholics in Catholics to "come back” during a Mass ‘weeks later. social development. In Sydney, It was an Invitation — not an Cardinal Tomko's colleagues describe him as a In New Zealand Nov. 22-24, where order. methodical and precise administrator, intent on religious practice among all major faiths The pope's style combined mild exhor­ Christmas mission appeal becoming well-informed about all missionary has seriously declined, the pope's tation with personal contact. Speaking to Issues. It's a style which might give the Impres­ message was stronger. He said a sense of parliamentarians, hospital workers and A missionary Sister helps a young child In a scene repeated dal­ sion of being hesitant about the Job, they say "holiness" must be regained in everyday the sick, he emphasized the sacredness of ly throughout the world In mission lands. The work of this [ "He’s taking things slowly and surely," one life and said living by a “ set of vague prin­ life and even mentioned Catholic voting church official said a year after Cardinal Tomko Sister and many thousands of missionaries will be aided from ciples” was not enough. power on pro-life Issues. He made clear to proceeds of the annual Christmas appeal of the Society for the took the post. But It was during his Nov. 24-Dec. 1 Propagation of the Faith. See story on Page 2. (Continued on page 2) stay In Australia that the pope hit his (Continued on page 6)

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