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Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Vol. XXXI No. 4 February 11, 1983 Price 25C Silver Jubilee Year
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BLACK HISTORY Month celebrated locally . . . Page 6
• HUMAN RIGHTS debate rages . . .Page 12
• INTERRACIAL marriage SISTERS ON PARADE A float honoring the Ursuiine nuns who arrived in New Orleans in 1727 is featured in the Mardi Gras parade. The cele- reaction . . . Family bration-ends next week on "Fat Tuesday," the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Catholic leaders decry "Sr. Mary Bible holds answers for Reagan WASHINGTON (NC) — President Reagan, encouraging Americans on Feb. 3 Ignatius" to read the Bible, said it contains answers to the challenges America faces. At the ST. LOUIS (NC) — The Interfaith Clergy Council of Greater St. Louis, an annual National Prayer Breakfast Reagan also signed a proclamation designating agency representing 21 denominations, has expressed contempt for the anti- 1983 as the Year of the Bible. "Can we resolve to read, learn and try to heed the Catholicism-of the play -Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You." As the greatest message ever written— God's word in the Holy Bible?" Reagan asked. clergy council said in a statement Jan. 28, "the attack upon the Catholic Church "Inside its pages lie all the answers to all the problems man has ever known." The in the play 'Sister Mary Ignatius . . . 'strikes every one of us who respects the proclamation, which implemented a congressional resolution passed last year, value of America's pluralistic culture, a decent regard for 'the other.' " The play called on Americans to re-examine and rediscover the Bible's "priceless and time- was staged in St. Louis despite the protests of St. Louis Archbishop John May, less message." the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith, the National Conference of Chris- Pope drops draft tribunal legislation tians and Jews, and the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II dropped the whole draft legis- Shopowners mad at the Mafia lation on regional or national administrative tribunals in the new Code of Canon NAPLES, Italy (NC) — Hundreds of thousands of shopowners and workers Law. He retained, however, the new law's support for diocesan offices of arbitra- joined in a campaign backed by Cardinal Corrado Ursi of Naples to close down tion or reconciliation and the laws of "hierarchical recourse" for persons to ap- Italy's third largest city for 48 hours Jan. 26-27 to protest the local Mafia organi- peal decisions of church authorities. Had Pope John Paul retained the admin- zation, the Camorra. Fewer than 100 of Naples' estimated 57,000 shops, bars, istrative tribunals, it would have been a significant innovation. The proposed restaurants and businesses opened for business Jan. 26 and even most street ven- courts were viewed as a legal forum for an individual to appeal against an act by a dors stayed home. The only official public gathering marking the first day of the church authority if he thought that the act violated his rights within the church. anti-Camorra protest was a morning Mass celebrated by Cardinal Ursi. The diocesan reconciliation offices are not courts. Bishops' conferences can "You must have courage, you must defeat the code of silence, you must have either mandate their establishment in all dioceses or leave it to the dioceses to set the courage to confront the Camorra members face to face," the cardinal said. them up on their own if they desire. The legislation on hierarchical recourse allows a person to appeal the action of an ecclesiastical authority to that authori- Pope supports parents rights to choose ty's hierarchical superior. In the remaining legislation on administrative proce- dures, the pope also eliminated references to "just compensation" and "repa- Catholic schools ration for damages" as a possible goal of administrative recourse. VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II backed the right of parents to choose Catholic schools for their children and said the state should contribute to Argentina lost war "sitting down" the costs of that education. The pope's comments came during a meeting in the BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (NC) — "Drawing-room officers" and "desk of- Paul VI Audience Hall with some 10,000 Catholic school teachers from the Rome ficers" were responsible for Argentina's defeat by Britain in the Falklands war, area present. The event marked the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, patron saint of according to Father Domingo de Pablis, an Army chaplain. "I didn't see war- Catholic schools. In Italy the national government does not directly subsidize riors, only drawing-room officers and desk officers. And the war was lost funda- Catholic schools but some provincial and local governments pay the tuition of mentally because these desk officers didn't fight," He-said. "The war,was not lost children from poorer families attending Catholic schools. The public school because we had inferior technology," he said. Father de Pablis was with Ar- system in Italy provides Catholic religious instruction, though attendance at such gentine troops during the fighting and was a British prisoner at the end of the classes is not mandatory, and salariesof those teaching such courses are paid by 74-day war for possession of the South Atlantic islands, which Argentina calls the the state. In Britain, France and other nations in Europe and around the globe, Malvinas and Britain calls the Falklands. He was the first Argentine chaplain to the state does contribute to the support of Catholic and other church-related criticize publicly the conduct of Argentine military men during the conflict. schools. E.T. "Gone Home" Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy (USPS 622-620) The Archdiocese of Miami YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (NC) — Voice President, The Voice Publishing Co., Inc. 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PAGE 2 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11,1983 'Rome has been marked by a 1,000-year history of Jews and Chris- tians living together. . / Cat h.-Jewish guides issued ROME (NC) — Rome's 3 million that there has been a revival of a cer- baptized Catholics recently received tain anti-Semitism," he added. their first official guidelines on im- The guidelines call for the promo- proving relations with the city's tion of publications or meetings 15,000-member Jewish community. designed to help Catholics unders- "The church of Rome was founded tand Judaism better; joint readings of by the apostles Peter and Paul, of the Old Testament "in the light of the Jewish origin," said an introduction Jewish tradition;" and common ac- to the guidelines, prepared by the tion on social problems such as diocesan ecumenical commission "human rights, religious freedom, headed by Auxiliary Bishop Clemente youths in difficulty and the plague of Riva of Rome. drugs." " "In addition, Rome has been "We have a very positive opinion marked by a 1,000-year history of about this initiative," said Chief Rab- Jews and Christians living together, a bi Elio Toaff of Rome. "It is the first history which — despite being inter- time that the church of Rome has ex- woven unfortunately with many pressed itself in such a clear and open negative events — has created, never- manner on the theme of relations theless, in Our diocese a social and with the Jews." cultural treasure, which has had and will have in the future, repercussions Rabbi Toaff said the Jewish com- in the religious context," it added. munity was especially pleased with At a press conference in Rome the document's call for special care to Bishop Riva said the.guidelines were avoid references which could be con- ELEVATING EXPERIENCE - Visitation school eighth-grader Steve LaRu* primarily designed " to encourage sidered anti-Semitic, especially during was one of the centers of attention at a science fair held at the North Miami dialogue between Catholics and Jews Holy Week. school this week with fan operational miniature elevator. The fair was created living in Rome. "For us this signifies a decisive step as a learning experience, counting for half of the student's grade, by science "We believe that conversation with toward the fall of anti-Semitic at- teacher Jacqueline Puttick. This week is National Catholic Schools Week. the Jews is particularly important in titudes coming from Christians on the (Voice photo by Prentice Browning) this historical period, when it seems theme of Easter," Rabbi Toaff said. Bethlehem U. protests Israeli 'invasion' BETHLEHEM, Israel (NC) — Bethlehem University, a Vatican-sponsored and confiscated posters, papers, written articles and photos On the bulletin institution, has issued a protest after a late night entry into the university boards. Obtaining keys to the student senate office they confiscated posters, grounds and building by Israeli soldiers who confiscated posters, papers, printed materials, books and notebooks in the room. photos, books and notebooks. The soldiers finally left the university at 3 a.m. In a statement released to the press Christian Brother Robert Daszkiewicz, academic vice president of the university, attacked "this invasion into the Brother Daszkiewicz called on "all people who seek peace and justice and all grounds of Bethlehem University." those committed to preserving academic freedom, to join our protest against The incident occurred on Jan. 13 at 11:30 p.m. this dark night-time invasion of Bethlehem University; against intrusive and "We protest this infringement by the Israeli soldiers on Bethlehem Universi- restrictive measures which harass higher education in the Occupied ty's and her students' rights to own property; to be free to hold opinions Territories." without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas Bethlehem University was founded in 1973 at the urging of Pope Paul VI, through any media and regardless of frontiers; and to be free to hold peaceful who asked the Christian Brothers to establish and staff the school. assemblies," said Brother Daszkiewicz, quoting from the United Nations' Today the university has about 1..200 students, more than 60 percent of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. - them Moslems, and a faculty of 120. He said several armed Israeli soldiers appeared at the university gates and Last June Israeli authorities closed Bethlehem University after students pro- demanded entrance. They showed university officials a document in Hebrew tested against the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It reopened in October. which they said was a search warrant, but they refused to let the officials keep In December Israeli authorities ordered five foreign lecturers at the universi- the document. ty to stop teaching because of disagreements over the signing of a pledge op- Entering the buildings, the soldiers photographed bulletin boards and rooms posing the Palestine Liberation Organization. ApROO^ ^^ ^^ FMH PA1IMTIIMH^ JL • •* • Hi • Wk M ^G^ =AND WATE R 7™"Serving <^4< Southm Florida *u«h.Over 40 Years"« PAINTING TEXTURED COATINGS RE-ROOFING Palm Beach Chamber oi Commerce ' i W, m . • RESIDENTIAL GUARANTEED FOR • COMMERCIAL - AS LONG AS YOU OWN ROOF REPAIRS Ft. 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Formula for a good math teacher: the inspiration of historic cathedrals You'll just have to write or call for add good communication plus time to and holy places, the warmth of the the free brochure. be available for students and then people — and the joy of experiencing You'll also be visiting Vienna, its multiply by dedication and outside it all with fellow Catholics from this Inner City, the famous St. Stephen's, involvement. area. . the royal summer palace, the state The sum may even be. "teacher of But don't despair. The Voice is opera, museums and ... and West the year" if you are talking about again sponsoring a group tour to , Berlin with its fascinating history and Madonna Academy in Hollywood Europe but with all new places, peo- vibrant present the Reichstag, the Na- and math teacher Sr. Dolores Marie ple and scenery, and again I'm the tional Gallery, the famous nightlife, who was recently awarded Broward lucky one providing the spiritual ele- ... and a drive thru East Germany.: County's Teacher of the Year award ment (daily Mass available to all, How about this little excerpt fromj through the recommendation Of her rosary on the bus when time permits) the brochure: "This morning we take! students. and a laugh or two ... or twenty. Slstw Dolores Ntarte instructs Angte a Rhinecruise along the river's mostj The high school's student council Long, Student Council vice Make your dream come true by scenic section, below castles, vine-: upon receipt of the application for president, who was instrumental in joining us June 14 thru July 5 when yards, past picturesque towns and of1 the award unanimously voted Sister nominating Sister. (Voice photo by we fly the top-rated Swissair to our course the legendary rock of the Marie as the school's nomination three-country tour of Germany, Lorelie. Relax with a glass of wine, while keeping it a., secret from the Prentice Browning) Austria and Switzerland. This tour listen to the band . . ." math teacher herself. offers many ideal features.. It will Plus visits to Klosterneuburg, Sr. Dolores Marie is not popular should have to learn math on her again be personally led by Ian and Grafenau, Reudeshaim, Cologne, the because she takes the class on field own. Elvira Herold of Conducta Tours, middle ages' Rothenburg, Lausanne trips, gives everyone A's, or stands on charming and knowledgeable Euro- National Honor Society students and more . . . her desk to make math interesting. hold a math lab every Wednesday to pean tour experts based locally in Why not make your dream of a But she has won the respect of her Miami who will see to our every need tutor those who need help and Sr. European vacation come true while students for her dedication to Dolores Marie is flexible with her and see that there are no problems making a spiritual journey at the teaching. along the way. time. same time? "She is not easy but she makes you The tour is chock full of things to At least send for a brochure. It's want to learn," says Angie Long, vice Sr. Dolores who teaches everything see and do led by expert guides but free and fun just to read (see below). president of the student council at from Freshman Algebra through pre- Madonna. calculus rates as her best quality her "She is never at her desk sitting "great desire that a student can Visit Europe Next Summer around. She keeps the room alert and achieve" on her own level "or even at JOIN THE SPECIAL GROUP TOUR SPONSORED she'll approach a student who is do- a level beyond which they're gifted." ing poorly." ^ BY THE VOICE Sr. Marie Danielle, principal of The teaching style she has found Madonna, equates the math teacher's most effective is one of constant spot Spiritual Director, Fr. Jim Reynolds checking of a student's knowledge June 14-July 5,1983 ... $2190 from/to New York professionalism with her several hours preparation for class every day while reviewing material in front of and her willingness to share her time the class. She rarely collects home- with students who need outside work, believing that it can often help." become just "a writing exercise." ; '' She gives of herself completely,'' Sr. Dolores is also active outside of the principal says. ~ the classroom. She is a moderator at Winning the award at the Broward "Life Groups" where students gather County Fair couldn't have been more to discuss teenage problems and is an of a surprise to Sr. Dolores who was avid fan of the school's athletic not even aware that she was teams. Among other activities she nominated. Long pretended that she also collects food and clothing as a was interviewing her for the school worker for the National Honor Socie- For free information, brochure newspaper to obtain needed contest ty for the migrant workers in Im- contact Elvira & Ian Herold information. It was the first teacher mokalee and volunteers for the of the year award receied by a private Special Olympics. school. (datJjalir Pilgrim Sr. Dolores "Marie sees her outside Sr. Dolores Marie, originally from work as "part of being a religious Division of Conducts Tours Inc. Baltimore, and celebrating her silver woman" since because of a lack of 150 SE 2 Ave., Suite 1110, Miami, Fl. jubilee as a nun and her eighth year at family obligations she has the free 33131,(305)358-1276 Madonna, believes that-no student (Continued on Page 5) AID THE POOR CLERGY by donating RESALABLE FURNITURE, clothing/merchandise to APPAREL COLLIER COUNTY 3196 Davis Blvd.- St. Vincent de Paul Stores & Supply, Inc. Naples 775-2907 7 South Andrews Avenue ALL OUR PROFIT CALL FOR EVERYTHING YOU GIVE DADE COUNTY FREE Downtown Fort Lauderdale Warehouse and Store GOES TO THE POOR IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE. 2375 Northwest 149th St. PICK UP 764-6645 Opa-Locka You get a Tax Receipt LARGE SELECTION 688-8601 BROWARD COUNTY 12003 N.W. Seventh Avenue 2323 North Dixie Hwy. OF VESTMENTS 513 West Broward Blvd. PALM BEACH COUNTY 2560 West Gate Ave! 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There is also the matter of finan- What children need today is more When Maria Saceavino prayed for nights. Hectic days. cial strain. The stipend is quite small, religion in their lives." a baby* she never thought she would These problems don't perturb the admitted Maria although she and her Faith has been the pivotal force in be sent 141 heavenly bundles of joy. veteran mom and dad team. husband are not in a position to con- this household. In gratitude for their After years of frustration Maria tribute their own income to the ex- own adopted children, the couple and her husband Francis gave up try- One more saved penses incurred by the children. named their children Judilee and ing to have their own children and Jude. Both are grown now. Recently "I think of all the babies who die decided to adopt one. So they went to Judilee sent a bouquet of flowers to by abortion, killed by their own "People think you can do this Catholic Charities Service and ar- her parents — on the date of her mothers, and I know we are making a work and make a profit on it. They ranged for the adoption of a daughter adoption. A note was enclosed with difference. Each baby that comes into are mistaken," she said. and later a son. the flowers which thanked her our home I can console myself and If there is any complaint Maria parents for adopting her. "While I was there the idea struck say here is one more that is saved," has, it does not concern money. me to become a foster parent. When I said Maria, "Saying goodby to the babies is the With their own children grown and suggested it to the social worker she Each new arrival to the household hardest thing I have to do. They are far from the nest, the couple know hugged me and cried because they is photographed by Maria so she can our own until they go out the door." they must face the inevitable day were so desperate for volunteers." send the photos to the adoptive One little boy came for a few days when they will no longer be able to That was 20 years ago. Since then, parents. She also keeps copies for her — and ended up staying for three fulfill their duties as foster parents. 141 babies have been nurtured and own photo albums which Mil several years. After his departure Maria was Both are in their 60s but suffer no loved in the modest but immaculately boxes. Each baby receives a nickname so distraught she could not speak or major health problems; Maria still neat Saceavino household in Fort that he will go by in the family. And utter a sound for many days. Her son springs out of bed to feed a hungry Lauderdale. his birthday and special needs are Jude also felt the loss. infant like any young mother would The couple's devoted parenting has quickly logged for reference. "Why did they have to come and in the middle of the night. earned them recognition from CCS Often Maria has been given babies take my little brother?" he said. Francis moves with the let's-get- ••— three plaques for their services whose needs were exceptionally Another agonizing goodby, involv- things-done pace of a man much since 1979 and a surprise luncheon in demanding. ed a five-year-old girl that had been younger. He-enjoys playing a little 1982 whereby they were honored with One had cerebral palsy. Another kidnapped in Mexico. The case was joke on the world regarding his age. a medal of St. Mary and Child. Fr. internationally famous and gained in- Often when the couple is out in public McDonald from their parish of St. child whom she is still in contact with lives in a pediatric center. He is tensive media coverage. After the with a baby they are asked cautiously, Clement in Fort Lauderdale was also child was found, she was smuggled "Is the baby yours or a grandchild?" on hand to honor them. spastic and brain-damaged to such an extent he cannot speak. into the Saceavino home and kept "Ours of course, why do you hidden until the mother and father The soft-spoken couple avoid the Frail and weak was the condition ask?" says Francis. spotlight when it comes to their .role had won her back by a court deci- "The babies keep me young, I have of another baby when it was placed in sion. However, the judge did not rule as foster parents. Maria only smiles a her arms. He had constant diarrea; no doubt about that," he says as he madonna-type smile when asked in favor of the natural parents. One carries the most recent addition to the the doctors "suspected a hereditary afternoon the child was re-united why she took on so much responsi- disease. Under Maria and Francis' family cradled in bne arm and helps bility over the years. with her real mother — a mother she Maria chase a two-year-old down the care for a few days the newborn had never seen. Then her mother "I just love children and I especial- regained his stamina. He was hall at the same time. The two-year- ly enjoy caring for the babies. promptly kidnapped her own daugh- old is one of the neighborhood delivered to his adoptive parents ter and disappeared. Maria and Fran- They're no trouble to me at all," she behaving like any normal baby. children the couple also care for part- said. cis could only be the sad witnesses to time. Many concerned young mothers But one-hundred-forty-one babies? Financial strain all the child had been through and have called to beg for a place for their they had begun to love her dearly. A That means a lot of diapers. (Enough Dealing with illness is just one of children in the home. They often photo of the striking, dark-haired complain to the Saccavinos that the child still sits on the coffee table. day care conditions are unsatisfac- Teacher of year Since they have seen the lengths tory. some people will go to just to have a It is difficult for them to say no. (Continued from Page 4) board. But Sr. Dolores Marie may child, the Saccavinos find it ironic Maria cannot turn her back on a cry- time available for such activities. have done even better in inspiring a that others will so quickly snuff out ing infant or child and Francis too Trigonometry may not be a subject love of learning in many of her stu- the life of their own flesh and blood. feels the lonliness in the house when that a student pursues after high dents. "Times must be hard for everyone they are'between'babies. school and college or takes up as a Summarizes Long in notes for a . , . more girls are turning to prostitu- They will continue as foster parents hobby in later life. Indeed, there may contest application: "the teacher that tion. We receive babies that have as long as they are physically capable. be no way to get some students in- can create a drive in a student, a will- 13-year-old mothers," said Francis. For now they know that baby number terested in'equations that seem to ingness to learn and understand is a "The young seem to think nothing 142 is out there somewhere — ready take up the entire length of the chalk- teacher worthy of recognition." of abortion. They are actually in- to be loved. Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11,1983 / PAGE 5 BLACK HEROINE'S LIFE ON TV The life of Harriet Tubman, black crusader whose "underground railroad" led many slaves to free- dom, will unfold in narrative, song and dance on Monday Feb. 21 at 8 p.m. on WLRN, Channel 17. Lona Culmer, right, stars as the cou- rageous woman who escaped slavery in 1849 and helped many of her black brothers and sisters do the same. Originally aired in 1979, the music was written by Carlos Malcolm and the lyrics by Dr. Alice Johnson, both black Catholics of the Archdiocese of Miami. Far right, Pamela Luckie and Lori Silver, two of many young, locaT performers featured in the production, whisper their plans for escape. Noted priest speaks at Black History celebrations Father Giles Conwill, of the IN 1976, Father Conwill became ly at 7 p.m. Feb. 21-24. , As part of the Heritage program, Diocese of San Diego, will be guest director of the Department of Voca- Father Sergio Carrillo, of the Shrine preacher for the Archdiocesan tions for the National Office of Black St. Francis Xavier is located at of Our Lady of Charity and the first celebration of Black History Month Catholics. During that time he spoke 1682 NW 4th Ave. in Miami. Call black priest ordained for the Arch- which will be held Sunday evening, extensively on Vocations* Black 576-2957 for more information. diocese of Miami, also will speak and Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Arch- Youth Ministry, evangelization and share his life story. diocesan Hall of St. Mary's preaching in the Black community. Father Conwill will also take part Cathedral, 7485 NW 2 Ave. in Christ the King parish's annual Other planned activities include an Since 1979, Father Conwill has Black Heritage Program the weekend ethnic dinner, talent, music and While Father Conwill was an been pursuing a doctorate in cultural of Feb. 26. He will be celebrant at the fashion show, followed by a dance. associate pastor at St. Rita's parish in studies at Emory University in Atlan- 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday and 9:15 The church is located at 16000 SW San Diego he served in many civic ta. Mass Sunday morning, as well as 112 Ave. in Perrine. For more inform and religious capacities, including speak at the rest of the Sunday mation call 238-2485. diocesan director of the Black While in Miami, Father Conwill Masses. Catholic Commission and member of will also preaeh a parish revival at St. the Board of Directors of the San Francis Xavier Church beginning Diego Branch of Operation PUSH. 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State. -Zip. 10936 N.E. 6 Avenue, Miami Shores • 757-0362 PAGE 6 / Miami, Florida ./ THE VOICE/ Friday, February 11,1983 USCC TELLS SUPREME COURT Church-state 'intent' must be considered WASHINGTON (NC) - The U.S. send their children to church- Amendment was added to the Con- Catholic Conference has asked the sponsored schools. stitution. Supreme Court for a "critical But the USCC brie*, signed by its reassessment of the historical under- general counsel, Wilfred R. Carpn, IT ARGUES that in the Everson pinnings" of the First Amendment's argues that the First Amendment's case the Supreme Court attached religion clauses. prohibition against an establishment overriding significance to Virginia's In a friend-of-the-court brief urg- of religion was not meant to rule out efforts to separate church and state ing the justices to uphold Minnesota's all forms of aid to churches or without examining the way other tuition tax deduction statute, the religious groups. states dealt with religion at the time. USCC said a reassessment of the , Instead it was aimed primarily at Some states, the USCC brief con- history of the religion clauses would prohibiting the establishment or tends, permitted tax support for yield a more accurate view of the in- preference by the government of one religion or had other laws which tent of the ffamers of the Constitu- Thomas Jefferson: 'Wall of separa- or more churches. showed they did not follow the strict tion'taken out of context. tion on church-state issue. The brief cites in particular the opin- separationist views of Virginia. The brief was filed Feb. 1 in a case ion of the court in the famous Ever- "It thus is evident that the great state often are taken out of context. (Mueller vs. Allen) which is shaping son case of 1947 in which the high number of people who ratified the Jefferson, for instance, originated up to be this term's major examina- court, according to the USCC, made First Amendment in the states did not the metaphor about the "wall of tion of the extent to which state "sweeping assertions against aid to share a church-state tradition in com- separation" between church and educational aid programs can in- religion" that were based on a faulty mon with Virginia or each other," the state, but on several occasions he directly benefit parochial schools. reading of history. USCC brief says. "Rather, the ex- clearly supported the use Of public The case, which is expected to be Those assertions, the USCC brief perience of Virginia was unique to monies to aid religion, according to decided by this summer, also is being argues, have become "enduring most early Americans." the USCC. viewed as a critical test of the tuition obstacles" to a proper understanding The brief also says the debate in tax credits President Reagan has pro- of the establishment clause. Congress in 1789, when the wording posed to Congress. THE BRIEF concludes by urging The USCC is the public policy arm of the First Amendment was arrived the high court to continue to be of the U.S. bishops. at, showed that the intent of its vigilant in protecting against the CRITICS of the Minnesota tuition For the most part the USCC brief framers was primarily to prevent the establishment of religion. But it adds tax deduction say the statute un- focuses on the history of the Bill of establishment of a national religion that society would be better served if constitutionally benefits religion since Rights and- the practices of the rather than to prohibit all forms of aid to religion were "destigmatized" most parents who take the deductions various states at the time the First religious aid. so that statutes "which in truth do no It futher contends that James worse than lend a helping hand in Madison's and Thomas Jefferson's simple justice to deserving people" views about separation of church and could be upheld. WOLFETONES In Concert February 11-12-13, * FLIGHT ft*ft * SIX DIRECT FROM IRELAND Fri., Sat., Sun. Ireland's premier folk group back by popular demand. 4-11 11-11 1-11 Only Florida appearance! SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1983 - 8:00 P.M. 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PHONE. or Miss Margaret Garcia 625-1421 621-8289 ADDRESS CITY Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11,1983 / PAGE 7 Homosexuality report 'anti-Church' SAN FRANCISCO (NC) — The ethic on homosexuality, divorce and wrong, was "practically meaningless hand." newly appointed chairman of the San remarriage, contraception and pre- and pastorally useless." Several commissioners, backing the Francisco archdiocesan Commission marital sexual relations. . In December, Archbishop John report, said they did not necessarily on Social Justice said a report issued It said the traditional distinction in Quinri of San Francisco said the agree with everything in it, but con- last September by a commission task moral theology between homosexual report contains much that is contrary sidered it to be a "working docu- force on homosexuality "is an attack orientation, held to be morally neu- to Church teaching, but represents a ment." They said the Task Force on tral, and genital homosexual be- point of view "which cannot be sim- Gay and Lesbian Issues must con- havior, condemned as morally ply ignored or dismissed out of tinue in existence in order to imple- ment those things in the report with which the commission agrees. During the meeting, one or more commissioners raised the following Women: Canon law issues: • Concern about the already wide still discriminates and continuing distribution of the 4 NEW YORK (NC) - The The code contains the general laws report in light of its designation as a Women's Ordination Conference has governing the Latin-Rite Church. "working document." welcomed efforts in the Catholic The conference "is pleased" that • Public perception of the report Church's new Code of Canon Law to the new code "envisions increased as an official statement of the eliminate discrimination against responsibilities for women to minister Church. women but said it found remain- within the Catholic Church," the • Need for clarification of the re- ing forms of discrimination "dis- statement said. lationship between the commission turbing." It also expressed support for the and the Task Force on Gay and Les- elimination in the new code of bian Issues. The conference, a group- seeking "former canons which present • Need for dialogue between the admission of women to the priest- women in an inferior, dependent and commission and the Senate of Priest's Archbishop John Quinn hood in the Catholic Church, crit- passive position." Task Force on Ministry to Homo- icued the new code for continuing to BESIDES objecting to the con- sexual Communities. on the Church." restrict ordination to men and to re- tinued exclusion of women from ordi- - • Need to identify, those recom- At a meeting of the commission, the strict the chief positions of authority nation, the conference said it found mendations in the report which could chairman, Msgr. Peter. G. Arm- in the Church to the ordained. The "especially disturbing to women . . . be readily implemented. strong, said the report "has caused conference's national headquarters the unexpected imposition of limita- • Need for continued dialogue many problems in our own local arc in New'York. tions on women based not on their lay with church members who are homo- church and nationally and even inter- status but solely on sex." sexuals. nationally." "LAY MEN have the option of It cited the exclusion of women SOME COMMISSIONERS said The impression has been given pub- choosing ordination and are not re- from the permanent lay ministries of the commission should take responsi- licly that the report is speaking for the stricted as a class from responding to lector and acolyte as one example. bility for the report. Church, which "it, of course, is in no that call from God and from the com- When Pope Paul VI established those The point was also made that com- way doing," Msgr. Armstrong said. munity," the conference said in a permanent lay ministries in 1972, he mission members need to clarify their statement following Pope John Paul excluded women from them. The new understanding of the report and of . THE REPORT said the Catholic II's issuance of the new code. code continues that exclusion. what it says that is opposed to Church Church does not have a viable sexual teaching. 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"I have one question," he con- In his weekly column in the Spring- —Bishop Joseph A. tinued. "If it's wrong to be apathetic, field diocesan newspaper, Time and McNicholas not to vote, and not to inform one's Eternity, Bishop McNicholas said the self, how come it's not wrong to close league was aligning itself "with the your ears to the cries of the dying forces favoring the killing of the un- child in the womb?" born" in its endorsement, announced for the killers by saying 'kill, if that's shortly before the 10th anniversary of your choice.' " "Your stance may not hurt your the Supreme Court's abortion deci- membership, but as for me, I simply sions. Bishop McNicholas called the say to the league, its national officers "You're not only going to sit on league "highly respected" and noted and its affiliates — 'Good night, the sidelines," the bishop wrote of its interests in good government and ladies, I'm going to leave you the league, "but you're going to root overcoming public apathy. now.'" PAPAL MEDAL - To com- memorate the fifth anniversary of the election of Pope John Paul II Disciples laud war-peace pastoral next October the Vatican has INDIANAPOLIS (NC) — The ad- tians may disagree on the conclusions Catholic bishops' work is attracting commissioned German artist ministrative committee of the Chris- of the Catholic bishops' pastoral let- the attention of Congress and Presi- Ernst Guenter Hansing to design tian Church (Disciples of Christ) has ter. dent Reagan. a new papal medal. One side applauded the U.S. Catholic bishops But the committee said it would The bishops' proposed letter is in shows a portrait of the pope while for initiating a public discussion on urge Disciples to study the letter "in its third draft and is scheduled for the reverse has Our Lady of the war and peace issue. the hope that the whole church will discussion and vote at a special Fatima with the three shepherd The church committee, at a find its way toward faithful disciple- meeting in Chicago in May. children. Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11, 1983 / PAGE 9 American, Soviet debate nukes BURLINGTON, Vt. (NC) — A Reagan administration has chosen to Soviet embassy official and a Reagan prevent such devastation. administration arms control expert Two phases of the administration's debated in Burlington Febt 2 with the deterrence policy are modernization Soviet criticizing U.S. proposals to of nuclear weapons and arms control deal with the nuclear arms race and agreements to achieve safer and more the American defending his country's stable military balance, he said. policy of deterrence. The Soviet representative, mean- Vadim I. Kuznetsov, first secretary while, expressed concern over the at the Soviet embassy, attacked the nuclear capabilities of Britain and "stubborn intent" of the United France. "Americans make surprised States for "unequal" arms treaties faces" when the question of their that would ensure NATO superiority allies' nuclear power arises, Kuznet- over the Warsaw Pact countries. sov said. Yet Jerry Stacey, a U.S. Arms The Soviet Union has rejected Control and Disarmament Agency President Reagan's "zero option" officer, said the nuclear power proposal for Europe because it says balance between the two superpowers the plan would still leave NATO with has shifted because of aging U.S. 162 British and French missiles even forces and Soviet advances. ! while the United States and the The men also disagreed on whether Soviets agree to dismantle or cancel a "dense pack" system for basing all thejr medium-range missiles on the U.S. strategic nuclear missiles would continent. violate existing arms treaties. "Our Stacey called it "inappropriate" to interpretation is that it does not," negotiate about the forces of Britain said Stacey, responding to Kuznet- and France in talks between the two sov's claim that the system is a "clear superpower^. He said the Soviet violation" of SALT I and II. Union should negotiate directly with The two spoke at a University of the American allies. Vermont forum before a standing- When both men were asked how room crowd of some 500. the two superpowers could work together to build mutual trust, the In his 15-minute prepared state- Soviet drew applause from the au- ment Stacey noted that "no one dience when he proposed a freeze on wants to fight a nuclear war" and existing levels of nuclear arsenals for that no rational person believes there at least the time being. could be a winner. PENTAGON SIT-IN — Members of several religious groups, Including Jesuit Stacey also drew applause when he He said deterrence — convincing a suggested more contact between the Father Daniel Berrigan, sit inside a Pentagon office after splashing the potential adversary that the losses doors with what they said was their own blood to protest nuclear weapons two nations. He said a bilateral that would be suffered from a nuclear nuclear weapons freeze could be a research. The three-hour demonstration ended with the arrest of 37 people. exchange would be greater than any (NC photo from UPI) "wide detour that could lead to a possible gain — is the route the dead end." British churchmen urge disarmament LONDON (NC) — Two top church tion carried the text of a letter in said he believes that "someone has to leaders in Great Britain have urged which a prominent Anglican, Canon take the initiative" of concrete disar- nuclear disarmament initiatives by Paul Oestreicher, announced to the mament steps. their country, and a third revealed government that he was withholding "I PERSONALLY believe that we that he is waging a tax protest against part of his income tax "as an act of in Britain are probably in the best England's military spending. conscientious objection to the position to make that first gesture," The actions took place as the manufacture, possession and he said. "That is not to be gullible: In general synod of the Church of threatened-use of nuclear weapons" some sense it is a calculated risk in a England (Anglican) was preparing to by the British government. nuclear age where risks abound." debate a report that recommends Canon Oestreicher is assistant. While acknowledging a nation's unilateral nuclear disarmament. general secretary of the British Coun- right to self-defense, he said that Catholic Archbishop Derek cil of Churches. Great Britain spends one tenth as Worlock of Liverpool said Jan. 30 much on development aid as it does that Great Britain should take THIS WEEK, the Church of on weapons. unilateral initiatives to stimulate England's general synod was to Archblshop Runcie: 'Horrifying Speaking of millions who die of multilateral disarmament. He called debate a controversial report, "The aspects' poverty and malnutrition in the Third British military expenditures "an af- Church and the Bomb," which World, he said, "I begin to question front to the starving peoples of the recommends that the synod endorse gle by governments to reduce pro- whether I may save my skin at their Third World." unilateral nuclear disarmament by the gressively and equally their ar- , expense. There is nothing in the British government as an initiative to maments," he warned against Gospel about my having a right to - FIVE DAYS earlier Archbishop stimulate multilateral disarmament. dismissing disarmament initiatives by turn my neighbor's cheek." Robert Runcie of Canterbury, Archbishop Runcie, speaking to various countries as propaganda Canon "Oestreicher wrote last primate of the world Anglican com- the Royal Institute of International ploys. August to the Chancellor of the Ex- munion, declared that "full-scale Affairs, declined to take a public "One of the most horrifying chequer announcing that he was with- nuclear war cannot possibly qualify position on the report's recommenda- aspects of the present situation is the holding a token sum of 30 pounds as a just war" and called for more tions before the synod meets to apparent placid acceptance of the (about $46) "as a symbol of my duty urgency in working toward disarma- discuss it, but he described it as "a dangerous status quo," he said. as a Christian citizen to refuse to be ment. well-argued, impressive document." Archbishop Worlock, preaching in party to a policy which I believe to be On Jan. 26, a new booklet on con- Quoting Pope John Paul IPs call his cathedral for English Catholic doubtful legally and certainly im- scientious objection to military taxa- for "an immediate and urgent strug- observances of World Peace Day, moral." PAGE 10 /Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11, 1983 Reagan: More $$ for defense B> A.E.P. Wall Less for social CHICAGO (NC) - Colman Mc- Carthy, author and syndicated iul- programs umnisr, came to Chit-ago looking tor WASHINGTON (NC) — The 1984 a place to sleep and spent the nighi in budget President Reagan sent to Con- jail gress Jan. 31 is much the same as his In "Who's Whifin America," Mc- previous two budgets: it increases Carthy is listed JN a husband, father defense spending while cutting several ol three, huldei of a dociorait1, col- social programs supported by church umns foi the H'mhint'tori Po\i and agencies in Washington. author uf three books. The budget for the fiscal year On C hii.dj.'o\ police blotlei, lie'* a beginning Oct. 1 also includes formal resubmission to Congress of the Met ai thi spent hi>. weekend in Reagan administration's tuition tax Chkafv on the sireet, caimg in M>up credits proposal, although the tax kiidiai-. minglmi! wiih ilu homeless credit package is smaller than the one and lobk-SN, wearing ihe rliin, shahb> originally proposed by the ad- ilollie^ of MKldl's overlooked anil ministration last year. olten Inrpmien men and women Also proposed — again for the Mcl'.uiln, whose column appears third year in a row — are cuts in the in I he (fiHiiiui (ariiolu, -aid he postal service subsidy that gives non- ejnii ID C hicmo on his wa> ba<.k lo profit groups such as churches and \\ashmgton aftei luciunua in Iowa the religious press reduced bulk mail "I wanted lo spend at Last three rates. days on the sired* uf \nirn. large Overall, the budget calls for a 1984 \meiuan cu\ wiih wlm.h I'm un- deficit of $189 billion. The ad- familiar io see how ihe hnmLlc^ are ministration says in its budget being si?\ed anJ to iee what it leels Paul Anderson, 34, on* of countless Americans who are homeless Nils documents that much of that gap be- winter, warms himself on a steam grate near the White House. Father Harley Schmitt, pastor of Our Lady of Fatima parish in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, where the Ernests have attended Mass, recalled that the young man had been a dedicated altar boy there. Friends and neighbors rallied around the family, offering support and prayers. People around the United States telephoned with offers of good wishes, advice and even money. All the members of the Col- orado Legislature signed a telegram asking the Guatemalan president to have Ernest released. "It's unbelievable what people The Ernests weft outside the Praeidentlsi Petsoe in City for word of the roKsss of their eon, I have done," Mrs. Ernest said. Miami, Fiorids / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11,1983 / PAGE 13 Israel's agonies soul of democracy Democracy, as Winston Churchill once observed in his incom- in Gorky Park with their hats off, the mildest form of protest a parable way, is the worst form of government — except for all citizen can make in the Worker's Paradise. the rest. , All this makes democracy sometimes unwieldly and confusing This description, citing the beauty and the bane of demo- to its own citizens, but this fulfillment of the human right to free cracy, is nowhere more poignantly illustrated than in Israel's expression and the existence of open government gives current agony over the Lebanon massacre and some Israeli democracy its moral tone. leaders' roles in allowing it to happen at the hands of others. You don't see Syria agonizing over PLO massacres of Olympic Closed, paranoid forms of governments such as Russia's, as athletes in Munich. You don't see the Soviets debating the well as some of the Arab factions, are probably incapable of morality of invading Afghanistan the way we debated Vietnam. understanding Israel's self-examination and its open criticism You don't see Iran examining the summary slaughter of anyone and placing of blame on leaders. Those nations will simply seize who does not part his hair according to the ayahtolla's holy the opportunity to point a lance of guilt at Israel without ever whims. Surely the fires of Our controversies, such as Israel's present EDITORIAL ~~ governmental throes, must temper the souls of free societies, remotely appreciating the moral quality and the ultimate human keeping us strong to better withstand whatever evils assail us dignity deriving from the willingness of a true democracy to self- from within or without. criticize and lay open shortcomings for the world to see. Closed societies, based as they are on false assumptions of It is the same when the United States openly debates civil the nature Of the human spirit, will eventually rot and collapse, rights or allows anti-nuclear demonstrations, while in Moscow and we can only pray that they will not take the rest of the world the state police arrest, as they did recently, citizens for walking down in flames with them. We should be allies, Notre Dame priest tells MD To The Editor: pose abortion and the academics." As I wrote: "We are not activists at lives. Somehow Dr. Heffernan con- His complaint against us is twofold. our work, though many of us take up torts this: "Father Burtchaell sug- Dr. Bart Heffernan is profoundly that role off campus" (the portion gests that a change in law will not be vexed by the apathy of his fellow First, he is unhappy that some of us italicized somehow never made it into effective." Because I doubt that the Americans towards abortion. (Letter are able to think and write "in an ob- print in the first letter to the editor). law can curb human selfishness en- to editor, The Voice, Jan. 28.) How jective way" about such things as If Dr. Heffernan has evidence that a tirely, I am portrayed as supportive does he express his indignation? He genocide, slavery, abortion and higher proportion of the 720,000 peo- of the present judicial ruling that I writes to his local diocesan paper, at- infanticide "in the midst of the ple who teach in higher education are have, in fact, spent the last five years tacking Father Theodore Hesburgh slaughter." I should have thought more derelict .of conscience regarding of my life condemning. (University of Notre Dame), who is that was exactly what the nation abortion than, say, his colleagues in Now Dr. Bart Heffernan has long one of the very few university presi- needed. the medical profession, it would give been a valiant partisan in the pro-life dents who has denounced abortion some substance to his accusation. I struggle, and I honor him for that: publicly and repeatedly; and myself, Second, he claims to know that as a think he has no evidence, and that his considerably more than he has hon- who has published two books and group we academics have been remarks are defamatory. But the sad- ored me for my contributions to that five articles on the subject; and the especially silent in denouncing the der truth is that our people as a whole effort. But his letter is all the more University of Notre Dame, which I abortion catastrophe. He persists in are apathetic, not just this or that seg- regrettable because it embodies the would say has as many admin- his misunderstanding of our work, ment. And should not those who are worst failings of the pro-life move- istrators, faculty, students and alum- which is to get at the truth of things. committed to restrain abortion and ment. He alienates allies, issues un- ni active in the pro-life struggle as any Far from being evasive, that is an es- infanticide be trying to find allies for supported accusations, and misrepre- university in the land. Amazing. sential need for any struggle for jus- their cause instead of alienating sents what others say, so persistently tice. But just because scholarship is them? as to suggest it affords some kind of He then goes on further to de- our profession, I would certainly Furthermore, he misrepresents satisfaction. It is this kind of dis- nounce our entire profession, dif- never claim that we have no further what I had to say. I wrote most clear- tempered style which has so com- ferentiating between "those who op- duties as citizens or as believers. ly that I would welcome a reversal of promised one of our nation's most the present laws which permit abor- desperate struggles for justice. tion on demand. I then went on to say that this would still leave us with the (Rev.) James task of bringing Americans to wel- Tunstead Burtchaell, C.S.C. Parish applauds Protest come children into their homes and The University of Notre Dame racism pastoral for Afghans? For the record: Fr. Hesburgh view To The Editor: We priests, Sisters, Parish Council To The Editor: To The Editor: fact that many caring human rights and members of Our Lady of the Di- Regarding the letter by Bart Hef- advocates do not extend those rights vine Providence Church would like to . I wonder why those who protest so fernan, M.D., the enclosed article to the unborn. At one point he states: congratulate our Archbishop for his loudly the killings of civilians in El which I wrote some years ago may re- "The fetus from the first moment pastoral letter on racism. Salvador and Guatemala don't pro- spond to his accusation of my timid- of life is on the way, irrevocably, bar- We have purposely waited this time test equally as loudly for the bombing ity and silence. I am also sharing his ring abortion, to full human life and to react, because we were in the pro- of villages in Afghanistan by the letter with Father Burtchaell who may human personhood. We all passed cess of taking a survey of the entire Soviet Union merely because they wish to respond. through this stage. To deny the fetus parish, in order to find our needs and suspect that some guerrillas might be (Rev.) Thoeodore M. life is to deny a human being the op- to program our Adult Education living in the village. Hesburgh, C.S.C, President, portunity that we all have had to live classes. University of Notre Dame and love, to achieve a measure of We distributed the pastoral letter to I would be very interested in know- human perfection, to have faith, to all our active members. We reflected ing whether the people in Afghanis- (Editor's Note: Attached, to the experience grace, to consciously love on it in the different groups. We are tan are of no importance compared above letter was a 1981 article in Our God and to aspire to eternal life. To very proud of it, and hope that we with those in El Salvador and Guate- Sunday Visitor by Fr. Hesburgh — deny that opportunity is to deny that and the Archdiocese will make the let- mala or whether the protestors are too lengthy to reprint here — in for which social justice yearns, and ter a reality. anti-U.S.A. and pro-Soviet Union. which he discusses a wide range of so- ' strives — full human development Our Lady of Divine cial issues leading to the abortion is- and fulfillment. It is to deny to an- Providence Church Donald A. Pruessman sue. He decries the Supreme Court other the greatest promise that life of- Miami St. Louis Parish decisions of 1973 and wonders at the fers each one of us . . . " PAGE 14 / Miami, Florida /THE VOICE /Friday, February 11,1983 Today's positive Catholics There has always been confusion about religion. all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ." That's If you go baek to the- first book of the Bible, the motive that puts some fire In one and turns Genesis, you will find the true God worshipped, religion into a challenge and a peace-producing but also cpws, bulls, lambs, wheat, wine were adventure. He told them they could be changed from time to time divinized. All through the Old BY MSGR. with this motivation from weak, self-centered, in- Testament God's revelation about the coming of secure, vindictive people into God's chosen ones the Redeemer unfolded, only to have some smarty JAMES J. WALSH who were to show forth in their lives mercy, com- boy change it in order to improve it. passion, humility and patience. In the New Testament, we find Paul especially Too often in the past, the Catholic's supreme blasting the innovators who were not satisfied goal was to save his soul. How can one complain with the teachings of Jesus, but had to make their about that? Charity indeed begins at home. But personal ideas prevail. Confusion. Christ demands more than that, It is not enough So today. Christianity's seamless robe has been decision concerning religion had to be made by to achieve salvation for oneself. That is the legal cut up into many pieces and shapes, and thus has pope, bishops and priests. They expected a pat, Christian, with an eye on the law, a fear of loss of been almost totally misunderstood by non- precise, easily memorized answer to any question grace. believers who consider it an unrealistic, negative on religion, faith or morals, as if there could not- Perhaps most of us in those days did not realize way of life. possibly be a development of doctrine. that every Mass attended was meant to transform us a little each time from what we are to what God planned us to be. And that the Eucharist was the '. . . Christianity was never meant to be a negative set of do's source of strength needed in the daily battle with temptation and trial. and don'ts. Wherever a community of people treated it as such — and there were many — Christianity appeared as a drab, THE CHURCH has clarified so beautifully the spiritless program of rigid regulations and religious practices.' vocation of a Christian. Of course, our first con- cern is our own union with Christ now and after death. But we must go much further than that. We FOR INSTANCE, Christianity was never Many very good people followed this attitude must go out of our way to bring Christ to others. meant to be a negative set of do's and don'ts. faithfully. And they never really came very close This, of course, is evangelization. Wherever a community of people treated it as such to the spirit of Christianity. It was no secret, of — and there were many — Christianity appeared course, because many thoughtful Catholics felt Perhaps here is the most obvious difference be- as a drab, spiritless program of rigid regulations dissatisfied with their own spiritual status. They tween the Catholic of today and of the fifties" and and religious practices. It is possible, for instance, disliked the same weekly "grocery list" of sins in sixties. Now our emphasis on religious values is for a Christian to spend a lifetime thinking of his confession and the impersonal, mechanical ab- positive, not negative. Our Christian life is not an religion only in terms of avoiding serious sin. solution. They felt guilty about their poor prog- unending attempt to avoid mortal sin. It is an He may perform the minimum duties only to ress in Christian living and lived with the uneasy unending quest of love of God and neighbor. Love avoid the penalties of neglect. He may attend feeling they were putting too much emphasis on becomes dominant in our lives, not merely fidelity church primarily to fulfill the law. He may pray the wrong things. to law. With that kind of genuine love, we keep all just as much as he is obliged, and no more. He the commandments. may indulge himself in many small faults and be IT WAS INDEED for many a bare, spiritual ex- afraid to get too close to Christ for fear He will istence, a kind of static survival in a world of good More than ever in this context is Christ's ask too much. and evil. There was more uneasiness than peace, description of the Last Judgment kept before us. It may surprise many to learn that this was a and none of the stimulus and challenge and sense "I was hungry, and you gave me to eat... When situation which alarmed many bishops of the of adventure which comes to those who see what did we see you hungry? . . . Whatsoever you did world when the Second Vatican council began. Jesus left us in his church as a means of transfor- to the least of my brethren, you did unto Me." Too many Catholics interpreted the Christian mation of ourselves and as a vehicle of serving and So the good Catholic or Christian in the eyes of vocation as a program of Mass on Sunday, fish on loving others. God finds Christianity not a bundle of laws to be Friday and certain private devotions which could Paul never let up on this. He kept telling his kept, but a program of living with love of God and be taken care of during Mass. They felt that every converts, "Whatever you do in word or work do neighbor. Don't be too hard on yourself A few years ago a young woman came to me temperate in judging ourselves. "We are for help. She had called for an appointment the neither angels nor devils, but half-achieved, day before, telling me her life was in shambles: unstable creatures; alternately pulled towards a string of broken romances, money problems, the higher and the lower life. Temperance, feelings of depression. At 25, her life had turn- BY FR. therefore, will not take too ferocious a view of ed sour. I prayed for the grace to guide her well. JOHN CATOIR our inevitable fluctuations." It was a good visit. She talked and cried and I explained that the interior life doesn't re- vented a whole range of emotions from anger quire sensational measures. All God asks is that over the past, to terror about the future. I asked we make a sensible effort to be good. her when she first started to notice that she was losing her self-respect. "What do you mean?" WE TALKED about prayer, and how it isn't she asked. She hadn't noticed at all. The only period of time, the motor can be ruined. so much what you do as what you stop doing. thing she knew was that she was miserable, and WE TALKED about her talents and what she Calming down and putting yourself in God's going nowhere with her life. was doing with them. We talked about her presence is the hard part, the rest is just relax- ing in His love. I asked her to begin praying for the grace of a happy marriage. Life is not a pot- 'We taiked about her talents and what she was doing with luck dinner, we reap what we sow. Good men look to marry good women, and vice-versa. them. We talked about her needs, her appearance and how she She thanked me, and left. I still hear from could perk herself up, but mostly we talked about God, His * her and I'm happy to say her life is much im- proved. She's happily married now with two love for her and His claim upon her/ beautiful children. I thank God for giving me the right words to say, and for giving her the ears to hear. (Fr. Catoir is director of the I told her plainly. She had neglected herself needs, her appearance and how she could perk Christophers.) for too long, tossing aside her spiritual life like herself up, but mostly we talked about God, For a free copy of the Christopher News a squeezed lemon. Her self-image was poor. His love for her and His claim upon her. She Notes, "In Search of Greater Joy," send a Valuable things need care and attention, I told had enough faith, and enough pain to listen. stamped, self-addressed envelope to The her. Putting oil in the engine of an automobile I read to her from the spiritual writings of Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New York, NY is a small thing, but if neglected over a long Evelyn Underhill, about how we are called to be 10017. Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11, 1983 / PAGE 15 Opinion—— -^^———^^^ The no-money Remembering a friend with love syndrome Two months ago, Jan Porcino, my close friend for 25 how loved he was. She said: "Crying has really helped us a Q. I have had a job at Wendy's for years, called to tell me that her son, Joe, the eldest of seven lot. We want all of you here tonight to feel free to cry or to the past six months and have liked it children, had cancer. On New Year's Day I received the heart- laugh or to say whatever comes to your mind." very much. The one problem I have breaking news that he had died of a brain tumor at the age of Several family members rose to play their violins together. began about three months after I got 30. Chet, Joe's father and first music teacher, played Joe's own the job. My money never seemed to It is always difficult to cope with the death of a loved one, violin in a reverent tribute to his son's mastery of the instru- last until payday. I nearly always run but when it is a young person it is particularly incomprehensi- ment. out of money about two or three days ble. How can we make sense out of it? What words can we before I am to be paid. (Ohio) speak? What attitude do we take toward our grief? ONE BY ONE, each family member said something about the pleasure Joe had given and how much he would be miss- ed. People spoke of the last two months as a time when the family shared a closeness unlike anything they'd ever known before. Only their love for each other mattered . . . Joe had BY taught them how to love. BY TOM ANTOINETTE The family's support enabled Joe to live the last two LENNON months of his life to the fullest. A week before Christmas he BOSCO played with the Syracuse Symphony as his brother Paul danced "The Nutcracker Suite" on stage with the Hartford Ballet. As a Christmas present to his family, Joe cooked a glorious A. Up the street one of my These are age-old questions for which no one has adequate lobster dinner, despite his fatigue. Two days before he died he neighbors has an attractive and in- answers. The Porcino family, however, struggling with their traveled to New York City for a jazz concert with his sister, dustrious yard worker named Vicky. pain and loss, has begun to find some answers and, in the pro- Mary, I turned to her for a possible solution. cess, has been a source of inspiration for others. Joe's brothers and sisters described the beauty of the last At 17 she does not have a regular weeks, alternating with gentle anecdotes of sibling rivalry and job as you do, and yet she manages to ON THE evening of the day Joe was buried, the family teasing that filled the room with laughter. His brother John save money from her somewhat ir- held a memorial service for him at the Unitarian Fellowship in sang the song he had written for "auburn-haired Joe, born to regular earnings. Stony Brook on Long Island. As we entered, we heard a be a man." Vicky stresses the importance of recording of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. Later Joe's learning at an early age how to save father explained that Joe, a violinist with the symphony, was I had never taken part in a memorial service like this one. It and budget money. Her father taught part of that recording. On the walls were photographs of Joe was impossible not to be moved by the love that permeated her well, and she asked me to pass on from babyhood to the last weeks. the Porcino family. Searching for a way to begin the healing an example which she wrote down for The room was overflowing with people when the minister after this most grievous wound, they found it natural to focus me: stood, smiling, to say: "This is not a funeral. It is a celebra- on the beauty and significance of Joe's life, rather than on the "You work one week and maybe tion of Joe's life." tragedy of his loss. earn $20. So you set aside $5-$ 10 of Then the celebration began. Ann, Joe's sister, spoke first. It was evident that Joe's life had strengthened all of us; that it. The next week you may earn $30 She had come from Australia to spend seven weeks with him he had been a force of love that will continue. and set aside $10-$15. In the last week after his operation, caring for him and making him aware of (NC News Service} of the month you may earn $35 and set aside $10. By the end of the month you have saved $30-$40!" VICKY STRESSES that you don't have to have a regular job to start Whatever happened to the laity? saving; Money from yard work or from , baby-sitting or from an A couple of decades ago there was a general opinion among independent of Church structure, developed to react to de- allowance can be saved too. Catholics that we were moving into a period in time when the cisions of the bishops. Such organizations failed to rise. She plans her purchases carefully. laity would have an ever increasing role in the mission of the Those of liberal bent became so negative they lost credibility. Before she finally joined a record Church. How did that turn out? Those that were conservative had no wish to offer confronta- club, she talked about the pros and If you're going to be able to answer that question you have tion to the bishops, became supportive organizations express- cons with her mother and father. to understand the laity must exercise their apostolate both in ing a conservative viewpoint. What Vicky neglected to mention the Church and in the world, in both the spiritual and tem- All in all, it can be said that the role of the laity in the was "impulse buying." This gets a lot poral orders. Church has increased, much according to expectations of of people in trouble, and it may be There's no doubt the laity have an increased role in the those who spoke of new roles for the laity. our main problem. Church. The parish councils offer a good example of this. But what of the laity in the world, in the temporal order? Keep a record of your expenditures Where pastors have learned to use and cooperate with coun- The mission of the Catholic laity is especially in the world, for during the next month and see how cils and council members have dedicated themselves to the it is in the world that the laity live their lives. much money you spend that you did service of the parish, parish councils have made a solid contri- What I believe is that anyone who can remember the action not plan ahead of time to spend. bution. of the Catholic laity in the two decades before the Second Check to seehow much impulse buy- Vatican Council would have to agree that the Catholic laity is ing you did and ask yourself how less involved in the world now than it was then. much of it was really necessary. I'LL MAKE ONE qualification to that, there are many FIGHTING THE impulse to buy Catholics very much involved in the world, in key roles in involves saying "no" to yourself. BY labor, in business, in government, in the Senate and the Vicky suggested a money jug that House, in the present Administration, but as individual Cath- you can put "leftover" silver and DALE FRANCIS olics. This must not be belittled, this is exactly what Catholics bills in. She has saved a considerable are expected to do. amount of money this way. What I meant was that there is less activity of Catholics as She also has a bank account. Her Catholics in the secular realm today. There were, in the late grandfather started this account with '40s and '50s, many groups of Catholics who were united for a deposit of $400 which she cannot THE LAITY today have new roles in liturgical services, in the purpose of bringing Christ to the world. get at without her parents' written parish ministries. There are few parishes that have not been One of the reasons this is true may well be that the bishops consent until she is 18. Through her greatly changed by a new involvement of lay persons, both and the bishops' action organization, the U.S. Catholic Con- weekly saving she has made this ac- men and women. If women have not been as fully utilized as ference, are so deeply involved in the questions that arise in count grow to $600. men, there is evidence that this is changing. the secular world. There have been few issues that have been You may not be lucky enough to The permanent diaconate is ordained and not a part of the raised in congress that have not elicited a response from the have a grandparent who will give you laity, of course, but the diaconate has offered dedicated lay- U.S. Catholic Conference. $400, But completely for free you can men an opportunity to accept a call to ordination that was not I am not saying that either is right or wrong. I am only have Vicky's idea of saving and of available 20 years ago. noting what is a fact — in 20 years no increase in Catholic lay spending carefully and my idea -of What did not develop was something that seemed likely to involvement or Catholics in the secular world occurred and in resisting impulse buying. develop a couple of decades ago. It seemed then there would its absence is a major clerical response. This may help you make it to the be an organization, more likely several organizations, of laity (Dale Francis is a nationally syndicated columnist.) next payday more easily. PAGE 16 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11,1983 Letters on interracial marriage Dear Kennys: It bothered me to read your ad- Our other children, however, were all compas- vice to the parent supporting the girl who wants to sionate. Your article will help some people under- marry the boy who is black. I am writing because I stand the importance of family support. How can hope while there is yet time, you can undo the hurt people who claim to be pillars of the church and you have added to this mother's grief. BY DR. JAMES good Catholics continue with their deep-seated I believe she is doing only what lots of mothers AND bigotry and hatred? What color is God? would do when they care about their child. Isn't MARY KENNY Really, we don't have a choice to accept blacks she supposed to guide her child on serious mat- or not, do we? A priest told me God died for all. ters? Her daughter is heading toward a dead-end — Illinois • road. . ,' ' An interracial marriage is doomed from the be- The above letters in response to our column on ginning not because of the parents but by society, interracial marriage speak for themselves. Couples which never accepts it. Her parents are not respon- in mixed-race marriages need all the support they sible for the success or failure of this type of mar- but you're all wrong when you give consent to. can get, especially from their families. The riage anymore than you or I. It is society that will something as serious as that. — Illinois bravery of these young people who value their love make them unhappy. above society's prejudice should be applauded, This girl may not listen to advice. They are very Dear Kennys: I was very pleased with your an- not condemned. headstrong when they have someone whispering swer to the question of interracial marriage. I'm The adult child is not marrying a person who is sweet nothings to them. I hope she has enough not interracially married, but two of my friends criminal or alcoholic. He or she is marrying a per- smarts to take her parents' advice. She needs a are. They have been married a year and seem to be son of a different color. While parents need not be push in the right direction now. — Missouri very much in love. Although they have come into blind to the difficulties ahead, they need to get some conflict with outsiders' viewpoints about behind their adult children and support them. Dear Kennys: I read your advice to a young girl their marriage, luckily both sets of in-laws totally Racism in any form is wrong. Yes, our society is about marrying a Negro and I totally disagree. I accept the other's partner. sick. It is a sick society that still fails to support all would never want any of my daughters to inte- I do not think it is for us to judge. — Illinois human beings as equals. grate a marriage. I would never want colored (Reader questions on family living and child grandchildren and your thinking on that is ab- Dear Kennys: Our oldest daughter married a care to be answered in print are invited. Address solutely ignorant. black man. My husband refused to ever let her questions: The Kennys; Box 872; St. Joseph's Col- We have a sick society and it is people like you come home again and never saw her again in the lege; Rensselaer, Inc. 47978.) that help make it sick. I do have Negro friends, six years before his death. fNC News Service) Ditching as a family sport "They ditched me," he sobbed, his hot little Ditching unwelcome admirers at a dance, game face bearing unmute evidence of an heroic attempt or concert is a valuable talent among young peo- at keeping up with his older brothers and sisters. ple. Ditching a group with values one suddenly His short legs just couldn't do the job and he soon realizes don't match his own is immeasurably found himself alone as his siblings chuckled their BY easier if one has practiced on younger siblings. A way to the 7-11 without him. quick turn here, a pause there, an attachment to a His little chest began,to beat more smoothly as DOLORES foreign group usually does it, followed by an he rested but his shoulders shook and he cried, "I CURRAN apologetic explanation later, "I don't know how I wanta go too. Why can't I go? Why do they al- got separated from the group." ways ditch me?" , How to answer that question. Should I tell him ADULTS DITCH, too. For me, the art reaches that ditching is a time-honored family sport, the its highest form in the supermarket a half hour prize going to the oldest, the fastest and the sleek- ous, with face-saving challenges thrown in to test before dinner when I spot an acquaintance I est? Of go into the reasons a successful ditch is so superiority in other family sports like foot-in-door haven't seen in two years. My cart turns on a dime satisfying to an older sibling — a get-even for hav- slamming, arm wrestling, and wheelie-popping. and I march to a different aisle, suspecting all the ing to "watch" the little kids; a flexing of But it's usually a pyrrhic victory because even if while she's doing the same to avoid seeing me. superiority or maybe just, a chance to break the the youngest wins he loses because his brother routine? wants to get rid of him anyway. Men ditch by not seeing. When they're in a Ditching is even more attractive when a parent As painful as the ditching process is, I believe it hurry, they stare their way through a crowd, pre- specifically instructs an older child to keep an eye prepares us for later life when knowing some tending preoccupation and profundity. It usually on a younger. Has there ever been a parent who ditching techniques helps. Adolescents use ditch- works. hasn't heard a righteous ditcher say in defense, ing skills honed to perfection in childhood to ditch All of us ditch, whether it's to avoid petition "But I did keep my eye on him. I could see him all parents later on when the worst ignominy possible signers, bill collectors or back sjappers. That's the time from inside the bush. He just couldn't see is being seen with them. We have one we call the why parents don't get too upset when children me." Silver Streak who, after Mass, snakes his way to ditch eachjother. Although it causes pain when the car to avoid having to stop and talk with one is little and bereft, ditching is part of growing EVERY FAMILY has its ditchers and ditchees. parents' friends. Apostolic community extends up and we've all played the role of ditchee at times Ditchers tend to be the oldest but not always. only so far. Pre-adolescents use the same tech- in our lives. That's why it's so satisfying when we Once in a rare while a cunning younger sibling can nique when their radar tells them there's a game find ourselves in the grownup role of ditcher. outditch an older. Then the game can become seri- room within a half-mile radius. (Alt Publishing Co.) (Contributed by Mimi and Terry Reilly) OPENING PRAYER: parents and the love they share with the HEARTS Materials: paper, scissors, pens. Concentrate on verses 4-7. Take turns Dear Jesus, you showed us how to family. Cut out two large hearts. Divide the fam- commenting to the person on your right know and love and serve your father. We ACTIVITY IDEAS: ily into two groups. Have one group how he or she lives these passages. want you to be with us as we grow in our Young Families. KING AND QUEEN decorate one heart faith words that CLOSING PRAYER: love and appreciation for our parents, for OF LOVE Materials: heavy paper; describe Mother. Have the other do the Thank you, Father, for this time to the sacrifices they make, for the example scissors, crayons, tape. Make two crowns, same for Dad. Join the- two hearts and grow in love and caring for each other. they give us in really loving each other one for Mom and one for Dad. Crown talk about how parents help the family Help us to appreciate the role of parents selflessly. Amen. them King and Queen of love. After the and share their love. Parents should also and of children in this family and to help SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT: coronation, Mom and Dad can tell the have an opportunity to tell what they find each other to do an even better job. We Last week we focused upon the children family how they met, when they decided most difficult about being parents. remember especially tonight the lonely, in the family. This week let's grow in to get married, etc. Adult Families. Read together the the orphans, and the families that are respect and appreciation for the role of Middle Years Families. JOINED Scripture passage, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. separated for whatever reasons. Amen. Miami, Florida / THE VOICE /Friday, February 11, 1983 / PAGE 17 WHO DO YOU TRUST? Readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; 1 Corinthians 15:12,16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26 By Fr. Richard Murphy, O.P. JESUS' TEACHINGS make a basis for it all, namely, that in God It is not easy to hope when one is The somber month of February mockery of things the world values alone man can be truly human. His isolated and alone, but even if many brings us a splash of color and glad- most. In the sermon on the Mount, program was: "God first." others share our hope, God remains ness with St. Valentine's Day. He was for example, He made this amazing mysterious and difficult. He seems to martyred in 269 A.D. But dark days statement: "Blessed are the poor . . . TRUST in other people is impor- be uncaring, and demanding; He is and routine affairs are not all bad; and the hungry . . . and those who tant to all human living. We trust the invisible and silent. True enough, but they give us a chance to let our minds weep." Blessedness is associated, clerks in the stores, the pilots of our hope is no magic want that replaces wander and ponder over life in gen- usually, with holiness, but the poor planes, our doctors and lawyers and human effort; it is trust in God. eral and Jesus' teachings in particu- are not necessarily holy, nor do the dentists. But surely there is more than lar. hungry and miserable appear to be this purely human kind of con- Reliance upon God is a powerful very happy. We might be closer to fidence; there is a supernatural trust weapon in the fight against the forces Why does a man have to suffer and Jesus' meaning if instead of in God which is in every way superior of evil. Hope in God is not something die in order to live? Where can we "blessed" or "happy," we were to to mere human trust. Jeremiah cer- abstract; it gave strength to St. Valen- find happiness, and hope? translate: "Hats off" to them. tainly thought so. tine and other martyrs to endure their In an oblique but unforgettable Our confidence in God is rooted in* sufferings gladly. How often it is said that we should way, then, Jesus was saying that His God's promises. Merciful and power- "get the most out of our lives." The kind of "death to the world" meant ful, God keeps His promises. He rais- Christian hope is fleshed out by ac- words are a bit vague, but for most living one's life with a keen awareness ed Jesus from the dead, and freed us tion. Those who trust in the Lord people "the most" means money in of God. He brought the heart of true from the eternal debt due to our sins; have a special love for the Eucharist, the bank, security for the future, or religion into sharp focus by centering to us has been made the bright pro- which provides them with living food "making it." It also means doing our it unwaveringly on God. Elsewhere mise of immortality. Already we have that gives them strength to endure, own thing, enjoying life, getting He would recommend foresight and tasted of the "first fruits" of God's and to preserve. Where God is, there along with other people, and not prudence, energy and courage and goodness. Have we not Paul's word is always hope, and strength, and joy rocking the boat. daring; here He was establishing the for it? of heart. (Alt Publishing Co.) What does Church say about burial at sea? Q. I am interested in ocean burial. church and wondered what to do in dividual to get so mixed up emo- Does the Catholic Church have any order to return to the practice of his tionally and so unreasonably objections to this idea? (Florida) faith. frightened by the prospect of confess- A. From the very beginning Chris- Here is an even more serious prob- ing the sins, that his personal guilt tians have taken burials very serious- BY FR. lem. Is it possible for a person to save before God is very questionable. It ly. The attitude and customs of any JOHN his soul if over many years he has may reach the point where even the people toward their dead say much received the Blessed Sacrament while individual himself is incapable of about their beliefs concerning the DIETZEN in the state of sin, due to his omission making any decent judgment about meaning of life, respect for our of embarrassing sins during confes- his guilt. bodies and life after death. sion? My main concern, however, after The Christian church was and is ho He makes a perfect act of contri- studying your letter is your own con- different. Funeral customs always tion with a promise to straighten out fusion and fear which could be reflect Christians' faith in Christ, there is no rule against burial at sea. and confess these sins, but at the next eliminated or alleviated do easily if their conviction about the dignity Of Obviously it is done thousands of confession lacks the courage to tell you would simply go and talk to a our human person including the times in emergency situations, par- them. priest. I urge you to do that. It body; and of course belief in life after ticularly in time of war. This type of Then the same problem repeats doesn't have to be your own parish death. To this day, it even sets aside burial therefore would not be itself, the same sin is committed and priest. The city you live in has a dozen reserved space to receive the bodies of automatically wrong for you. no courage. Is there a chance for or more who would be anxious to those who have died. I would suggest only that you con- repentence for this kind of person? help you get out of your dilemma. For these reasons the church sider your reasons carefully, and that (Illinois) Please go and talk with one of them strongly discourages any practices you discuss the matter with your A. There's always a chance for soon. that might, in a frivolous way, begin parish priest who would be responsi- repentance and for getting one's self (A free brochure explaining the Catholic to reflect dishonor on the dead or ble for carrying out your wishes straightened out with God. teaching about cremation and some other seem to minimize, if not ridicule, within the framework of our Catholic Confession of all serious mortal funeral practices may be obtained by sending a beliefs which are extremely precious stamped self-addressed envelope to Father liturgy for the dead. sins of which a person is aware is Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St. to us. surely required in confession. No one Bloomington, III. 61701.) It is within this context that your Q. Several weeks ago you very can excuse himself from that. (Questions for this column should be sent to question must be approached. If a helpfully answered a letter from a It is possible, however, for" an in- Father Dietzen at the same address.) good and valid reason suggests it, person who bad fallen away from the Sister Mary Aquinas O'Shaughnessy KRAEER FUNERAL HOME St. Mary Aquinas O'Shaughnessy j 1937 and spent many years teaching in Fort Lauderdale Pompano Beach S.S.J., died at Mercy hospital on Jan. 31, schools in St. Augustine, Jacksonville, 565-5591 R. Jay Kraeer 941-4111 at the age of 65. and at Gesu in Miami. Since 1954 she Margate Funeral Director Boca Raton Sample Road Sr. O'Shaughnessy, a native of County worked in various South Florida missions Deerfield Beach Cork, Ireland, was among the first group and, most recently, she served in parish 427-5544 972-7340 395-1800 946-2900 of sisters who started the Spanish and mi- ministry at Sacred Heart parish in Lake grant missions in South Florida in 1954. Worth. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in A funeral mass was held at Sacred Heart Church on Feb. 2nd, and subse- CONVENIENT LOCATIONS quent prayers and liturgy were held at the SINCE 1927 ... SIX CHAPELS Motherhouse Chapel in St. Augustine. Sr. Becker O'Shaughnessy was interred at San AHERN PRIVATE FAMILY Lorenzo Cemetery in St. Augustine. ROOMS Funeral Home SPACIOUS FORMAL Center has not moved Ron E. Becker Although most archdiocesan offices CHAPELS Funeral Director have moved to the new Pastoral Center in FUNERAL HOMES Phone (305) 428-1444 Miami Shores, the arc,hdiocesan Cate- 1444 S. Federal Highway chetical Center — because of some con- "The Plummer Family fusion — would like to announce that it is DEERFIELD BEACH still at the same address, 7506 N.W, 2 J. L. Jr., Lawrence H. Ave. PAGE 18 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11, 1983 Catholics, the joke's on you By James Breig Novello, meanwhile, has gone on to Picture your mom. produce "Second City TV," which Now let's say that you come to my has used clergy and Religious, in- house and I say, "I have something cluding Mother Teresa, in comedy funny to show you." Into the living skits. room comes a woman dressed just like your mom. And she has the same NBC HAS answered this priest's: mannerisms and wears her hair just protests by saying that Father Sarduc- like your mother does. ci "is presented in a spirit of good- Then the woman proceeds to tell a natured fun, not with any anti- crude joke, to reveal how much she Catholic or anti-religious intent. He is hates her children and to burlesque . . . not meant to comment on the your family traditions. priestnood in general." What is your reaction? If I laugh Again the argument is used: just all through it, what is your response because your mom's clothes are being to me? imitated doesn't mean we are joshing If you complain that I have made your mom. fun of your mother and entire family, What do you think? Catholics for would you accept the following ex- centuries have been telling jokes planation from me: "But I'm not about priests, nuns and religious making fun of your mom in par- practices. Are the TV shows some- ticular; I'm ~ just offering some thing different? satirical points about American Can satire be directed at Church families?" figures and foibles without being anti-Catholic? Are there aspects of LAUGH along, I might say; don't ABC DRAMA — Ann-Margaret makes her dramatic television debut as an the Church which are the legitimate take it all so seriously. Just because Iowa woman with a terminal illness who embarks on a statewide search for target of one-liners and comedy bits? the woman acts and dresses and looks homes for her 10 children in "Who Will Love My Children?" airing Feb. 14 at Or have these shows gone too far in like your mom doesn't mean I intend 9 p.m. on ABC, WPLG, Channel 10 in South Florida, (NC photo) making the Pope, for example, the to ridicule her in particular. subject of sketches? Now take that scenario and plug in When does comedy become cruel- the real-life equivalents: Catholics network for showing what he con- tells about such worldly things as ty; when does a jest cross over into a and various television comedy shows, siders an offensive picture of religion nude and wrestling and the Beatles. slur? particularly those on NBC, such as in general and his denomination in The character appears now on James Breig is a syndicated columnist. "Saturday Night Live" and "Second particular. And he has hundreds of "SNL" reruns, seen in syndication, City TV." Both of them have riled letters from Orthodox viewers sup- and on HBO in comedy shorts. Don Catholics, some priests in particular, porting his poition. Spring training day for their portrait of "hip clergymen NBC told me there is no reason for CAPSULE REVIEW and saucy nuns. upset. No specific religion was nam- schedule for But it was another NBC series, ed; the characters are cartoons; the • TIMERIDER —PG "Taxi," and its alleged slur against garb is not Orthodox; and the word A simple-minded attempt to com- special ministers Orthodox priests which brought this "orthodox" in the script can be taken bine the science fiction and Western Saturday, February 12 — St. Jude problem to my attention. to mean anything since there are Or- genres in which a motorcycle racer Parish, Tequesta, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Last October, a two-part episode thodox Jews, Orthodox Moslems and (Fred Ward) finds himself whisked Saturday, March 5 — Immaculate Con- of "Taxi" dealt with the regular so on. back to the late 19th century where he ception Parish, Hialeah (Spanish), 10 characters of Latka and Simka, In other words, just because it gets mixed up with some lowlifes of a.m.-3 p.m. looks, acts and sounds like your Saturday, April 9 — St. Bernadette played by Andy Kaufman and Carol various sorts. Belinda Bauer is im- Parish, Hollywood, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Kane. In the series, they are married mother doesn't mean we are making pressive as a Louisiana belle fallen Saturday, April 16 — Blessed Trinity foreigners from an unnamed land fun of her. upon hard times, but the movie has Parish, Miami Springs, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 who speak a gibberish language to Father Efthimiou's " protest has nothing else to recommend it. p.m. one another. In this two-parter, the spurred another priest, this one Because of considerable though rela- For further information please call the husband admits his adultery to a Roman Catholic, who thinks that tively restrained sex and violence, the Office of Worship and Spiritual Life at priest, who recommends that recon- NBC is doing a job on the clergy. He U.S.C.C. has classified it A-III — the Pastoral _ Center, 757-6241, Ext. ciliation can occur only if the wife describes himself as "a lone country adults. 351/2/3 and speak with Mrs. Blank or also commits adultery. pastor" from upstate New York and Mrs. Vandehburg. contacted me when he heard about On The Father Efthimiou. 751-4429 A TOUCH OF CAPE CODE ON BISCAYNE BAY 79th St. THE SEGMENT caused a stir Causeway among the Orthodox because of CLOSED MONDAY similarities between the - phony WHAT ANNOYS this "country priest's clothing and Orthodox attire. pastor" in particular is the Father Also, the characters refer to their Guido Sarducci character who has religion as "orthodox." appeared on "Saturday Night Live" Taking on NBC is Father Miltiades on a frequent basis. A creation of Efthimiou, director of the office of comedian Don Novello, Father Sar- Church and Society for the Greek Or- ducci presents himself as "the gossip MAINE LOBSTERS columnist from the Vatican news- CLAMS AND OYSTERS COCKTAIL thodox Archdiocese of North and NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD LOUNGE South America. He has criticized the paper." In a comic Italian accent, he DISCOVER for yourself tonight — how Caution. Italian tastes when it's RIGHT! Sumptuous Luncheon Specials, Monday thru Friday O'Sheos' con be habit 11:30 A.M.-1A5 P.M. Dinner 5:00-10:00 P.M. fbnniflG* Take onlnluy eans efidirectedr . ARMANDO'S 2 DIRECT YOURSELF [O 1081 BALD EAGLE DR. ON MARCO ISLAND, YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO S.W. FLA REAL ITALIAN RESTAURANT „ „ Major Credit 'TIL YOU VE BEEN TO.O'SHEAS'. OFFERING LUNCH. SUNDAY BRUNCH, COCKTAILS, LITE DINNER & FULL 150 Giralda, Coral Gables • 448-8294 cards Honored DINNER.. OVERLOOKING MARCO RAY 394-/531 TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF MIRACLE MILE ««««•««»««•••«•»><»»«»*>«•««•»>••«*••••*•' Miami, Florida / THE VOICE /Friday, February 11,1983 7 PAGE 19 [nterfalth day scheduled Church Women United of Greater Mi- The moderator and speaker will be Dr. ami, North and South, will host Interfaith Paul Bell, assistant superintendent of Day, Tuesday, February 15, at Kendall Dade County schools. His topic will be United Methodist Church, 7600 S.W. 104 "Multi-Ethnic and Culture Harmony in St., 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Our Schools." Interfaith Day is an annual long-stand- The Rev. Richard Neal, pastor of the ing event of Catholic, Protestant and Jew- First United Methodist Church of South ish women. The responsibility for plan- Miami, will share his thoughts on "A ning and carrying out the program rotates Dream of a Harmonious Community." on a three-year cycle. Polly Cook, of the Wesley Foundation The theme for the day is: "Harmony — will summarize the challenge of the day's In Our Homes, Schools, and program. Community." The Ken Osborne family For further information call: Trudy will give their testimony of a happy Chris- Snider — 274-0875, or Alice Roudenbush. tian home in song. Archiocesan workshop for lectors The Office of Worship and Spiritual celebrant and other liturgical ministers. Life will sponsor the following two-work- The workshop is open to anyone who Diamond Jubilarian Mary Inez was among the sisters accepting a special resur- shops for lectors in Broward arid Palm wishes to attend. Registration is $4.00 per rection cross and certificate from Archbishop Edward A- McCarthy at a Beach Counties respectively: Saturday, person, including lunch and materials. Jubilarian Mass Saturday. February 19, Nativity Parish, 5220 You may register by letter to the Office of Johnson St., Hollywood, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 Worship and Spiritual Life, Archdiocese p.m.; Saturday, March 5, Mary Im- of Miami, 9401 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, maculate Parish, 237 Porter Place, W. FL 33138 or by calling the above office at 'Grateful' archbishop Palm Beach, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. 757-6241. Ext. 351/2/3. Sr. Marie Carol Hurley, O.P., of Barry University, will lead the workshops; she honors jubilarians will be assisted by Fr. Jim Fetscher and INTER NOS CORRECTION To all Dr. Norman Carroll. Sr. Marie Carol has those who receive INTER NOS month- With "affection" and "gratefulness" "If this (Mass) was for all the people a background in drama and theology. ly, please note that the February work- Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy gave a who benefited from the sister jubilarians it Main areas of concentration will be the shop is NOT at Blessed Trinity in heartfelt "thank you" to the silver, would have to be held in the Orange following: 1) Scriptural background and Miami Springs as announced in the golden, and diamond sister jubilarians Bowl," the Archbishop said. interpretation. 2) Improvement of speak- February issue of INTER NOS, but IS who were the honored participants in a ing techniques and use of sound system. 3) at. Nativity Parish in Hollywood, as special jubilarian celebration held at Saint The Archbishop took the opportunity Relationship of lector's ministry to the printed above. Pius X Church in. Fort Lauderdale on to speak also of the importance of evan- Saturday. gelization, "not just as an intellectual The Mass to honor 13 silver jubilarians, thing," but as a way of reaching out to two golden jubilarians, and one diamond people and sharing faith and love. jubilarian, was attended by many priests "I may have faith enough to move La France holds and religious including the sister council mountains but if there is no love, I have and vicars for religious. nothing," the Archbishop said. alcoholism retreat Fr. Val LaFrance, the Dominican "This is my new ministry," he says, "to preacher who claims that "he and Johnny preach on a national level concerning RCIA workshops to begin Walker were constant companions" will alcoholism and thus help thousands of be giving a retreat for AA and Alanon Christians like me, to look for help. For RCIA workshops are slated for MARCH 26 — Palm Beach Coun- members at the Dominican Retreat House more information contact Sr, Elizabeth priests, deacons, DREs and those in- ty — St. Juliana, 4500 S. Dixie Hwy. in Kendall on Feb. 25th-27th. Fr. Ann at 238-2711. volved in the implementation of the — West Palm Beach. LaFrance, a familiar speaker in South Florida was a former dramatics teacher at Mercy needs bilingual catechumenate in the parish com- TIME: From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Barry University when he came to the munity to cover the vision of the FEE: $5.00 (includes lunch). realization that his gift of communication volunteers RCIA, the rites, the catechetical pro- No registration at the door, please. should serve a deeper purpose. If you have at least four hours once a gram and how to go about imple- Send name, address, phone, and week to spare helping others, and you're menting it in your parish. ministry to RCIA Workshops, Re- A preacher for some 25 years Fr. bilingual in Spanish and English, Mercy FEB: 26 — Broward County — Na- ligious Ed. Dept., 9401 Biscayne LaFrance has been told that he is Hospital needs your help in com- tivity, 5220 Johnson St., Hollywood. Blvd., Miami, FL 33138. Indicate genetically predisposed to the disease of municating with patients. Cail the Depart- MARCH 12 — Dade County * which workshop you want to attend alcoholism. ment of Volunteer Services, 285-2773. and include registration fee, payable As a "public person" he has decided to Mercy Hospital, 3663 South Miami (Spanish) — Sts. Peter and Paul, 900 make public his weakness. Avenue. S.W. 26 Rd., Miami. Religious Ed. Dept. Singles/separated/widowed The Holy Family Valentine Festival will The Childrens Crusade for Prayers will, Blessed Sacrament Women's Club will be held from Feb. 10-13 from 1 p.m. till hold its monthly meeting at St. Andrews have their Spring Rummage Sale in the The Dade Catholic Singles Club will 11 p.m. Prizes, rides, games, food, White Catholic Church School, 9990 N.W. 29th Parish Hall, 1701 East Oakland Park hold a Valentine's Day Party at 8 p.m. Elephant. Street, Coral Springs, on Feb. 19th, from Blvd. on Friday and Saturday, February Feb. 12 at St. Brendan's Church, 8725 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. The meeting will 18th and 19th from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. S.W. 32nd St. Music by D. J. Admission is be held in the teacher's lounge. All in- $3. Potpourri terested please attend. The South Dade Marriage Encounter The North Dade Catholic Singles will The Secular Franciscans, St. Bernard will be holding a Vatentine's Sock Hop on meet Feb. 20th at 7 p.m. in the meeting Fraternity will be visited Feb. 13th at 1 Feb. 12th from 8 until" 12 p.m. $10 a cou- room at Visitation Church. Call Paulette p.m. at St. Bernard Parish Center, 8279 The Ladies' Society of Little Flower ple. Snacks and setups provided. at 895-4734. Sunset Strip, Sunrise, Fla. by the Regional Church, Hollywood, will present Mr, R.S.V.P. Judy Shuflitowski at 235-4218 Spiritual Assistant of the Southern Rusty Robert, field representative of or Dulce Watson at 238-4798. Region, Fr. Daniel F. Ford; O.F.M., Fr. Senator Paula Hawkins, in a program on Festivals R. Baker; Sister Assumption and the "proposed changes in the Social Regional President Bob Blackburn. All Security law," on*Monday, February The St. Clement Family Festival will be Franciscans and visitors-welcome. 21st. at 7:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. The Class of 1933 of the former St. held on parish grounds Feb. 11-13. There Pierce St. and 19th Ave. The pulbic is cor- Ann's High School, WPB, will celebrate will be 14 rides including a giant slide and St. Juliana Parish, 4500 South Dixie dially invited to attend. its 50th anniversary on February 25 and ferris wheel. International foods including Highway in West Palm Beach, will be 26, closing with attendance at Mass on Irish stew and stuffed cabbage, ribs and holding its Annual Parish Mission, The Cathedral Women's Guild will Sunday, February 27 in St. Ann's chicken; Games of skill. Square dancing February 21 through 25, 1983. The mis- hold a White Elephant and Bake Sale on Catholic Church, West Palm Beach. All Friday followed by live music. Hours: Fri- sion priest will be Fr. George DePrizio, Feb. 13th from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., in the but one member of the class have been day from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday C.S.C., internationally known conference Archdiocesan Hall on N.W. 75 Street, found and contacted. If anyone has infor- from 11 a.m. to 1J .p.m. and Sunday 1 speaker, retreat director and author. Mis- across from the Cathedral. Household mation concerning Arthur F. (Curly) p.m. to 11 p.m. Parish grounds located at sion sessions will begin in the church at 10 goods, small appliances, handmade items, McDonald, please call Thomas Gleason, N. Andrews Ave. and 29th St. in Ft. a.m. and 7:30 p.m. for the evening ses- plants and many other articles will be of- 305-626-2954, or Mary Lou Brewer, Lauderdale. sion. All are welcome. fered. 305-622-2824. 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In the history of the Catholic Church, this question is answered many times by the lives of those who were both. Sometimes people wrongly suggest that mystical experience leads a per- son away from serious study and scholarship. Another equally false suggestion is that mystical experi- ence leads to the disappearance of individuality because the mystic is lost in God. The study of the lives of Catholic mystics, however, proves that au- thentic mystical life leads to a deep desire both to know the world and to serve other people with a height- ened awareness of one's individual gifts to the Christian community. A MYSTIC is a person who has been given a special gift of prayer, of union with God. A scholar is a person whose intellect has been trained for study, research, writing and teaching. Mystics have been given a special gift of prayer, of union with God, which does not preclude them from scholarly pursuits In the history of the Church, St. or showing that love in actions. PAGE 22 / Miami, Florida 7 THE VOICE / Friday, February 11, 1983 scholars this view in his writings, "The As- Finally, North America has sev- cent of Mount Carmel," "The Liv- eral examples of Catholics who ing Flame of Love" and "The Dark combined scholarship and mysti- Night of the Soul." cism. Sister Marie of the Incarna- tion, the 17th century foundress of Two contemporary scholars and the Ursuline Order in Quebec, Can- KNOW YOUR FAITH mystics lived out this goal of charity ada, wrote dictionaries and cate- in the shadow of Auschwitz. The chisms in several native tongues. From all these examples, it is easy ers, reformers, poets, theologians, Carmelite philosopher, Edith Stein, to see that authentic mystical life, or linguists and journalists. and the Franciscan journalist, St. Thomas Merton, the Cistercian true union with Christ in prayer, Even more, many Christian Maximillian Kolbe, gave their lives monk from Gethsemene, Ky., dedi- can release women and men into a mystics also have sacrificed their for their neighbors in the holocaust cated his life to make the con- wonderful variety of vocations. lives for others. In this way, mystics of the concentration camps during templative tradition accessible to the Christian mystics have been philoso- have not only been scholars, but World War II. general American public. phers, historians, scientists, teach- also saints. Search for truth, beauty guided St. Thomas Aquinas By Fr. Alfred McBride, O. Praem. NC News Service The spirit of scholars is that they love the truth because it is beautiful. The spirit of mystics is that they love the beautiful because it is true. Not all scholars are mystics, nor are all mystics scholars. Yet a mystic like St. Teresa of Avila, though not a scholar, has been named a doctor of the church. Perhaps it is in St. Thomas Aquinas, however, that we can perceive the scholar and mystic in one person most easily, even if the scholar side seems to dominate. No one would doubt that Aquinas was a scholar. He loved the truth because it was beautiful, so beau- tiful that he spent his years thinking, about it and ever in hot pursuit of it. To a great extent his reputation rests on his scholarship, his master- piece the "Summa Theologica," in particular. He is a theologian's theo- logian, a philosopher's philosopher. Aquinas did the unthinkable in his lifetime: He broke the spell of . St. Augustine on theological think- ing. He turned religious thinkers to the possible uses of Aristotle in their work. St. Thomas Aquinas (center) turned religious thinkers to the possible uses of Aristotle and Plato (right) in their work. FOR A THOUSAND years, the works of Augustine had served as Aquinas' poetry also supplies rare herbs. To Reginald, he said, "I can write the chief reference for studying hints of his mystical depth. He was "There is a notable lack of the no more. I have seen things that theology. An original and creative asked to compose the texts for the loud and obvious in the harmony. make all my writing look like thinker, Aquinas brought fresh feast day of Corpus Christi, a feast His words are difficult to translate straw." views to religious thinking and of the Eucharist. His public writings into English. How is anyone to The implication is that Aquinas became himself a reference point for to this point were sparse prose, render the sound of the 'Pange reached a point in his perception of future theological reflection. some would even say prosaic. His Lingua' when the very first syllable God, his loving union with the Yet there is a spiritual and literary style aimed for clarity and has a clang like the clash of cym- Lord, when he could no longer find mystical.side to the man. He loved courtesy. bals?" words to contain the experience. the beautiful because it was true. Of Now he begins to produce lyrics Like St. Paul, Aquinas had an course both approaches — those of for hymns like the "Tantum Ergo" LIKE ALL TRUE mystics, experience of heaven and no gram- scholar and mystic — ultimately that would be sung for centuries at Thomas was filled with a passionate mar or logic would contain the center in Christ who is both beau- the benediction of the Blessed Sacra- love for God, for creation and for meaning. tiful and true. ment, and the "Pange Lingua," his brothers and sisters in the The hints about the mystical side which likewise would be sung for human family. T«he very courtesy in Like John the Evangelist, Aquinas of Aquinas are just that — hints. ages to come in processions of the his writings was a sign of his steady became an eagle taking to flight, Still, some surviving legends capture Blessed Sacrament. and tender affection for people. passing his final days in contempla- the insight. tive union with God until he left this It is said that when he completed British author G. K. Chesterton Toward the end of his life he life for the final union. the treatise on the Holy Eucharist he described the hymns with these com- seems to have acquired a special His death meant hot only that the knelt before the cross and placed the ments: "The Corpus Christi Office' love for his companion, Reginald, great mind of a scholar was stilled, manuscript at the feet of Jesus. The is like some old musical instrument, upon whom he depended so much. but also that the great heart of a Lord said, "Very well done, quaintly and carefully inlaid with It was to Reginald he confided why mystic had been born again. Thomas. What can I give you in re- many colored stones and metals. he could no longer continue his His confessor at the last rites turn." Thomas replied, "Only your- The author has gathered remote writing of the "Summa," which he commented, "His confession was self, O Lord, only yourself." texts about pasture and fruition like never completed. like that of a child of five." Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11,1983 /PAGE 23 SUPERmr av ••••• •* •* ^mm^SITTER! mm m mmmrn mm* . ' Catholic hospital offers tips for young babysitters NEW ORLEANS (NC) — How do you burp a baby? What do you charge the parents of a Dennis the Menace clone? These and other questions facing young and sometimes un- certain beleaguered babysitters were addressed by a seminar at Hotel Dieu Hospital, a Catholic institution in New Orleans. THE FOUR-HOUR Super Sitter Seminar run by the hos- pital, instructed current and prospective babysitters in the care of infants and young chil- dren. A hospital staffer recommended that children wait until they are at least 12 years old before becoming babysit- ters. "We try to teach them re- sponsibility and also to be as- sertive," said Shelly Blanken- ship, community educational co- ordinator. She said many babysitters are reluctant to assert themselves with the children's parents, es- pecially when it comes to pay. Kathleen Lipiec Brown, direc- tor of social services, suggested that babysitters charge more for Nicole Orfanello practices changing diapers on Erin Casadaban as the baby's mother, Meryl, and other babysitters a child who is a "real terror." watch, (NC photo) She also suggested that babysit- ters charge more for special occasions, such as New Year's changing diapers of babies and Also included in the seminar ately on obscene calls. Eve. toddlers, with a doll used as a were tips on poisoning preven- Some of the 52 youngsters "Parents want to go out, too, model. Later, four mothers with tion and what to do if a child participating in the seminar were so they're willing to pay a little babies appeared and the babysit- chokes. During other lessons on as young as nine, but Blanken- bit more," she said. ters had a chance to practice the answering the telephone, baby- ship recommended that children skills on the real thing — with sitters were told to "always give wait until they are at least 12 THE SEMINAR included in- the mothers standing by the in- the impression that you are not years old before becoming baby- struction in bathing, feeding and fants. alone" and to hang up immedi- sitters. At the sound of the beep ...beep... beep By Hilda Young "I never thought so until he put in that silly machine," she went on. NC News Service "Whatever happened to the day when housekeepers or somebody answered There are people in chancery buildings across the country who think the the phone? At least they could tell you that father was at somebody's big issue in the Church right now is the revised Code of Canon Law. Well, deathbed or on vacation or mowing the lawn." I want them to know from the grass roots that it's not. We all nodded slowly. The big issue is parish telephone answering machines. "WOULDN'T YOU rather let the phone ring and figure that out for Take my friend, Suzanne, for example. If it were up to her, our pastor's yourself than have an intimate conversation with a tape recorder?" Suzanne new answering machine would be stoned in the town square without a argued. * chance to ask who was without sin or Sony. We all nodded even more slowly. She was on a roll. "Our spiritual lives are being taken over by computer "HAVE YOU EVER tried to ask advice on how to handle a 15-year-old chips and Japanese imports. We light electric votive candles, listen to re- who won't go to church in 30 seconds after the beep?" she huffed this corded sermons, watch liturgical light shows and sing synthesized hymns. morning at caffeine club. "Pretty soon I'm going to be going to confession on cassette and getting "Well, if Father O'Neill is out, isn't it better that he get a message to call absolution on a two-way screen. Who knows, maybe priests will be replaced you rather than you just listening to the phone ring?" asked Alice. someday by video recordings that do marriages, baptisms and funerals. "No," Suzanne declared. "How do I know he didn't just turn it on so "If we feel that strongly," Alice suggested, "why don't we call Father he could go sit down and watch 'That's Incredible' or something?" O'Neill and tell him so?" "You know Father O'Neill wouldn't do that," I said. We had to call back three times to get it all on the recorder. PAGE 24 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 11, 1983