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Inside Five-year report Joining the Lord’s fa m ily bears good news about the diocese By GREG BROWN severed favorable occurrences: Editor • Increased interest in cat- echesis on the parish level, Bishop Donald Wuerl is matched by intensified dioce­ carrying to Rome a largely san efforts. positive report about recent • Increased response to activity in the diocese. needs in parish social mlnis- Every five t r y , home years, each health care, bishop visits the B ishop W uerl’s spiritual direc­ Holy Father to thoughts on the tion, adult render an Q uinquennial appear education, accounting of elder care, out­ o n p a g e 4 . his ministry in reach to the what is called A sum m ary of the poor and hos- the “ad limina p i t a 1 report is included as Photo by Douglas Kaup apostolorum" chaplaincy. A young catechumen signs the Book of the Elect as Father Raymond Gualitierl, parochial (“to the thresh­ a supplem ent to this • Success in vicar at Our Lady of Grace, Scott Township, looks on. Inspiration old of the apos­ w e e k ’s p a p e r . meeting the t o o t h e r s tles") visit. needs of the ill American and economi­ She may be visually bishops’ ad limina visits cally challenged, and a partic­ More than 1,100 take part Impaired, but Braddock began last month, and will ular focus on countering resident Louise Chuha is run through October. Bishop racism. making a difference in the Wuerl will be in Rome March • Continued balanced dioc­ in Rite of Election services lives of many locally. 9 through 14. esan budgets, with a modest See page 7. At the center of his visit is surplus in each year covered By JOHN FRANKO baptized) and 806 candidates The gathering featured the Quinquennial (five-year) by the report. Staff Writer (those baptized but who two main celebrations: report, a comprehensive look The report also outlines haven't made their first Com­ The election of the cate­ at all aspects of diocesan life challenges likely to be faced in Bishop Donald Wuerl munion and/or confirmation) chumens; and the call to that is submitted to the Holy the years ahead. told the catechumens and represented the largest num­ continuing conversion on See. For instance, Catholic candidates gathered before ber ever. the part of the candidates. “In providing a general health care systems "face him that they have the “It's important for them to Both affirmed their assessment of the situation of enormous challenges to their support of the entire see the whole community desire to complete their the diocese, I am confident in survival by changes brought church as they prepare to coming together from all instruction in the faith. asserting the positive condi­ about by managed care," the enter the faith. around the diocese," said T h e catechumens tion of the Church of Pitts­ report states. "We're not alone," he Linda Donovan, who works expressed their desire to burgh," the bishop writes in And the “religious literacy" said, as he asked them to with the Rite of Christian Ini­ enter the church and they his general assessment. level of some Catholics 2 0 look around at the ;vast tiation for Adults program at enrolled their names in “In visiting throughout this remains a concern. audience which sur­ St. Francis of Assisi, Fin- the Book of the Elect. diocese. I find vibrant, faith- With an eye to the future, rounded them. “As we leyville. “It's an experience that Bishop Wuerl added his M i l l e n n i u m filled parish communities, the report highlights ongoing make our Journey, keep allows the Holy Spirit to really and showed the book to s t r a t e g y extensive pastoral, educa­ spiritual renewal and the new this image in mind." begin to move in them." the entire assembly. tional and social service facili­ evangelization outreach More than 1,100 people “They see they're not the The candidates then A cardinal suggests that we ties and programs touching “which characterizes every took another step on their only ones making the journey," came forward to pledge approach the coming mil­ hundreds of thousands of aspect of our current educa­ journey to full acceptance added Mary Lou McNamee, a their desire to listen to the lennium with courage and lives on a daily basis ..." tional and pastoral planning." into the church by partici­ member of the Rite of Chris­ Lord's call to conversion, hope instead of anxiety and The current Quinquennial The diocese will also con­ pating in dual Rite of Elec­ tian Initiation for Children and their willingness to be fear. report covers the years 1993 tinue its involvement in the tion ceremonies March 1 team at Guardian Angels, West faithful to their baptismal See page 9. through 1997. It notes that political, social and cultural at St. Paul Cathedral. End. “This really aids in their covenant. Catholic population in the communities “where we seek The total of 29 5 cate­ awakening to God's presence diocese has fallen to 753,090 to be a voice for the moral chumens (those not around them." See HUNDREDS on page 2 What would Jesus Do? The from 810 ,8 26 in 1992. order and the exigencies of the diocesan athletic director Yet, the report notes Gospel." ¡j) reminds parents and coaches as basketball play­ offs begin to keep a Chris­ tian perspective on the Caritas: Wealth gap a key challenge to nations games. UNITED NATIONS (CNS) — Growing “There's no serious Marxism left,” in a review of follow-up to the 1995 Churches, the Commission of the See page 5. poverty alongside growing wealth pre­ he added in an interview at United World Summit for Social Development Churches on International Affairs, put sents a key challenge to governments Nations headquarters in New York, in Copenhagen, Denmark. together an ecumenical delegation of Stop the violence: This as they deal with social development where he was attending a meeting of Trouillard, a Frenchman based at about 20 members to attend sessions week's editorial discusses in a post-ideological world, according the U.N. Commission for Social Devel­ Caritas headquarters in Rome, came of the U.N. commission and lobby gov­ the ongoing violence occur­ to the head of an international Catho­ opment. as part of an ecumenical delegation, ernmental representatives. ring in western Pennsylva­ lic relief agency. “But the new concern that tran­ whose aim was to remind govern­ Gail Lemer, director of the World nia and a resource distrib­ Everyone now recognizes that the scends the old ideologies." he contin­ ments of their Copenhagen commit­ Council of Churches' U.N. office, said uted throughout the free market excels in creating wealth, ued, “is why is the dividing line ment to take measures ensuring that this was the first time it had been able diocese to counter it. said Luc Trouillard, the general secre­ between haves and have- nots growing economic development did not over­ to arrange a combined delegation of See page 4. tary of the Catholic relief and develop­ in spite of the fact that our societies look weaker sectors of their popula­ Catholics and representatives of its ment federation. Caritas Intemationa- are becoming richer and richer?” tions but allowed participation by all. Protestant and Orthodox member A clear purpose: Father lls. The U.N. commission was engaged An agency of the World Council of churches. 9) Charles Bober says in his weekly column that prayer groups must have some purpose or direction if they Airport chapel opens are to have lasting mean­ ing. By JOHN FRANKO “It’s wonderful.” said Donna See page 7. Staff Writer Temcio, a USAir employee from Phoenix. “Some people Simplicity of truth: A local An airport is a city in itself, will do a night shift and then a complete with shops, medical hospital chaplain explains day shift back-to-back, so they facilities, and fire and police that each hour of prayer don't have time to go to a departments. It's only natural spent during Lent brings church." that it should include a house us ultimately closer to our “Flight crews love it because of worship. Master. they can come in anytime," Bishop Donald Wuerl See page 5. added Pat Pukanich, a USAir marked the opening of an employee who attends St. interfaith chapel at Pittsburgh Labor and love: Msgr. Rice Margaret Mary, Moon International Airport on Ash Township. looks at the past and Wednesday by celebrating present of the United Steel The chapel is located on the Mass there. upper level of the airside ter­ Workers of America, and The chapel had seats for minal, near the USAir Club. why unions deserve their about 60 but more than 200 “It's a place where people rightful place in society people crowded into the room, can take a moment to recollect today. spilling out into the adjoining and re-orient themselves," See page 5. hallway. “If you just look around, said Father John Fitzgerald, you see there is a need for a airport chaplain. I n d e x chapel here," the bishop said Approximately 15,000 employees work at the airport. Diocesan news...... 2,3,12-14 as he noted the large Last year, an average of about Editorial/official ...... 4 gathering. 57,000 passengers used it Opinion/comment ...... 5 In attendance were employ­ Entertainment ...... 6 ees from just about every area every day. Life ...... 7 of airport life: flight atten­ The interfaith effort involved Classified ...... 10 Photo by Douglas Kaup dants, maintenance crews, Protestant, Catholic, Episco­ National ...... 8,11 baggage handlers and counter palian, Islamic, Lutheran. World ...... 9 Fr. Fitzgerald listens as Bishop Wuerl speaks at the new chapel at Pittsburgh International Airport. attendants. Baptist and Jewish groups.ffl

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Continued from page 1 “I feel more Involved now," said Christine Testa, a candi­ date from Ascension. Ingram. “It made me wish I would've done it a long time ago.' “I felt the support of every­ one here," said Jennifer Workinger, also of Ascension. “It really hit my heart.” Bishop Wuerl told the con­ gregation that Christ founded the church to carry on His presence in the world. It is a living continuity of what He taught the apostles 2,000 years ago. As full members, he MSS added, the faithful become members of His body. “Just as Christ did won­ drous deeds in His body, so too will the church do wondrous deeds." he said. He noted that the faithful recognize the church by observing its characteristics of being one, holy, catholic and apostolic. They identify with Christ, he added, through the sacra­ Photos by Douglas Kaup- ments of initiation — baptism. Candidates fill the sanctuary area during the first ceremony. Holy Eucharist and confirmation. desire to draw closer to the agreed, adding. “The most the Office for Evangelization “In a world that is so com­ Lord. beautiful thing about this is and Christian Initiation, plex, in which there are so “Today, you will publicly being welcomed into God’s pointed out the first large celeJ many options ... we need all announce you have found family." bratlon that Bishop Wuerl pre­ the help we can get to stay where the Lord lives and you Added fellow student Tony sided over as Bishop of Pitts­ close to Christ," he said. want to be part of that house," Skrypek. a candidate: “It goes to burgh was the Rite of Election Bishop Wuerl said that by he said. “You want to be part of show how much love there is in ceremony in February, 1988. participating in the ceremony, His family." the church." The audience recognized the Catechumens surround Bishop Wuerl while signing the Book of the catechumens and candi­ Keith Weekley, a catechumen During the ceremony. Father occasion and his 10th anniver­ the Elect. dates were declaring their from Slippery Rock University Eric Diskin, diocesan director of sary with a round of applause. Ad-buying group in schism with church By GREG BROWN the ad is in schism with the be in schism after they opposed Tridentine liturgies. Join the Lay Franciscans of Editor Catholic Church. liturgical reforms and various The only authorized Triden­ Adoration* at That means the Mass con­ other teachings of the Second tine Mass in the diocese is con­ "Catholics!" the ad shouts in ducted there is not authorized Vatican Council. ducted at the St. Boniface wor­ q JT i c b u rn in g tßush large, bold type. “Wake up! It's by the Diocese of Pittsburgh Fr. DiNardo defined “schism" ship site of Holy Wisdom Parish time to return to the traditional and does not fulfill a Catholic's as a formal and willful separa­ on Pittsburgh’s North Side. blouse of grayer Latin Mass!” Sunday obligation. tion of a group or person from In 1989, Bishop Donald Wuerl southside Pittsburgh - phone (412) 3 8 1 -3819 The ad, which appeared Fr. DiNardo said the church the unity of the Catholic authorized celebration of the Tri­ dentine Mass “solely to respond for perpetual Eucharistie Adoration recently in the Tribune-Review, in Collier Township operates Church. goes on to disparage the Cath­ under the auspices of The He said informed and con­ to the legitimate spiritual needs - anytime day or night tinual participation at a church of those who are faithful mem­ - 24 hour adoration olic Mass as it has been cele­ Society of St. Pius X, which is brated1 since the Second Vati­ affiliated with the “traditional­ in schism implies separation bers of the church, yet find the "Could you not spend one can Council of the 1960s. ist movement" begun by the from the Catholic Church and Tridentine Mass to be a source of real spiritual growth." hour with M e?" The Mass, it says, is "experi­ late Archbishop Marcel carries with it an automatic Jesus mental," “half-Protestant" and Lefebvre. excommunication under Canon At that time, he noted that 'Canonically approved Lay Association of the Faithful was “contrived after Vatican II Lefebvre was excommuni­ 1364. permitting the liturgy "should Diocese of Pittsburgh for approval of six Protestant cated from the Catholic Church Questions were raised in not be construed in any way as fostering separate parish com­ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ministers." a decade ago after he ordained 1993 when it was felt by some But Father Lawrence DiNar- four bishops in defiance of Vat­ that the Masses conducted by munities or the encouragement do. diocesan vicar for canonical ican instruction. Both he and the Pius X group were misrep­ of a separate rite within the Would you like. . . services, says the group placing his movement were declared to resented as legitimate church." H

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A vital Catholic family the cathedral holds just under 2,000, we world is required to travel to Rome and At the very Most Rev. This past week has been filled with had to celebrate the Rite of Election twice render an accounting of his stewardship. center of thé onald W. images that speak of the vitality of the in back-to-back ceremonies. Beginning at He does this as a member of the college of life of this IdWuerl Catholic family in Southwestern Penn­ 1:30 p.m. and finishing at 6 p.m. some bishops who are successors to the apos­ church are the sylvania. These images are more elo­ 4,000 people — including the 1,100 soon tles, meeting with the successor of St. 218 parishes quent than the data and statistics found to be Catholics, their sponsors and repre­ Peter who has, among other tasks, the where the sac­ in a report. sentatives of the parish teams that pre­ responsibility to "strengthen your broth­ raments are On Ash Wednesday, for example, 1 had pared them — were part of what can only ers" (Lk. 22:32). celebrated, the the privilege of dedicating the new inter­ be described as a wondrous sight. T h e nam e “ad limina" refers to the faith is passed faith chapel at the Pittsburgh Interna­ More than 140 parishes were repre­ threshold over which one passes in enter­ on and streng­ Bishop of Pittsburgh tional Airport. Many people for a number sented. This translates into hundreds ing a home. The threshold in Rome is thened, the of years have asked for a place of wor­ and hundreds of faithful women and that of the apostles, hence the name “ad needs of the ship at the airport that would meet the men, dedicated religious joined with their limtna apostolorum." The two great apos­ people are met and that unity, harmony needs of travelers, employees, visitors — priests and especially their pastor in the tles, St. Peter and St. Paul, are the spe­ and charity which ire signs of the king­ in general, everyone. The overflow crowd preparation of people young and old for cial patrons of the Church of Rome where dom of God are nurtured and fortified. of more than twice the seating capacity the reception of the sacraments of initia­ both died a martyr's death and are bur­ One of the greatest contributions the of the chapel was an indication of how tion into the Catholic Church at the Eas­ ied. In fact, part of our visit brings us to church makes to the whole wider com­ heartfelt is the need for the chapel. It ter Vigil in only five weeks. the patriarchal basilicas of St. Peter in munity is the moral fiber that is woven also stands in the midst of a symbol of Another image of the vitality of our the Vatican and St. Paul outside the walls through the community through the modem life with its hectic pace and diocesan church is the sacrament of con­ to celebrate Eucharist. efforts of the Catholic faithful to live out demanding schedule. The chapel is a firmation. In the past three weeks, I have In preparation for the visit, a report their commitment té Christ. reminder to all of us that no matter how had the opportunity to administer this called the “quinquennial" or five-year Supporting these parish efforts are the frenetic the pace of life is, we still need to sacrament to nearly 1,000 of our young report is submitted in advance of the visit offices of the centra 1 administration that find time for God. men and women in all six counties of this so that the appropriate offices of the Holy are housed for the i lost part in the Dioc- Later that morning, I celebrated the diocese. By the time this confirmation See can review the material and brief the esan Pastoral Center. As you look Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Mary of season is completed, more than 6,100 Holy Father who meets with each bishop through the report, you will find refer­ Mercy Church in Downtown Pittsburgh. people will have received the sacrament a number of times, including a private ences to the pastoral and administrative Again there was standing room only. We of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. audience which is a one-on-one working organizations of the diocese, the mission distributed ashes during the Mass, but I These are always joyful moments of great session. and ministry of the bishop, the liturgical am told that beginning at the 6:30 a.m. blessing. This issue of the Pittsburgh Catholic and sacramental life of the church, Mass on through the 5 p.m. Mass ashes To walk into a church filled with the carries a section of the executive sum­ Catholic education catechesis, the life were distributed continuously at the next generation of Catholic adults, their mary of the quinquennial report which in and ministry of the clergy, the institutes church and for a period of time in the sponsors, families, teachers, friends and itself fills several volumes and is accom­ of consecrated life and societies of apos­ auditorium of the Diocesan Pastoral pastors is to experience the vigor of this panied by support material and exhibits tolic life as well as the involvement of our Center. church and the faithful and inspired to demonstrate some of the points made lay women and lay men in the mission of More than 25,000 people received the work of so many catechists, teachers, in the report. the church. visible sign of our beginning of the parents and priests to nurture the faith, There are also sections that touch on Lenten penitential pilgrimage that brings pass on Christ’s Gospel and strengthen Hard work, loyalty evident specific areas of activity such as our us to Holy Week and Christ’s passion, the life of the Spirit. Needless to say, I am proud of the con­ missionary work, our ecumenical and death and Resurrection. My hope is that during the week I am tent of the report which speaks of the inter-faith efforts, the pastoral care of in Rome, I will be able to communicate to hard work, devotion, loyalty, commitment families, social communications, social A wondrous sight at cathedral our Holy Father and to the appropriate and love of the faithful of the Church of justice and the social teaching of the On the first Sunday of Lent, St. Paul curial cardinals what you and I see every Pittsburgh. In section after section which church as well as health care and the Cathedral witnessed an extraordinary day in the life of this church — the hard is prepared to respond to the questions pastoral care of migrants to mention event. The Rite of Election which is a work and the love that permeates the the Holy See provides as the frame of only some of the highlighted areas. I part of the Rite of Christian Initiation of parishes and faith communities through­ reference for the report, you can see hope that you will find some time to read Adults, brought to the mother church of out the six counties that make up the many signs of the vitality, energy and the whole report since it represents the the diocese over 1,100 catechumens, Church of Pittsburgh. I shall also pray for health of our diocesan faith community work of so many people and the love of people who will be received into full com­ you and thank God for your commitment and the love of Christ that is at its very all of us. munion in the Catholic Church. Since to Christ and your love for His church. EE E d i t o r i a l f f l c l a l Bishop W uerl announces the Blessed be the peacemakers o following clergy appointm ent: “Man recovering after being shot at least The packet also includes specific sug­ four times." "Ethnic intimidation gestions for liturgical celebrations cen­ PAROCHIAL VICAR charged." "Spouse’s trial begins in tered on the theme alf peacemaking. >■ The Rev. Bernard P. Shullk from leave of absence for reason of health to parochial vicar, husband's death." “Two men found shot; One section outlines recent develop­ St. Basil Parish, Carrick, effective Tuesday, March 3. one survives." ments in Catholic spjcial teaching on the Recent headlines chronicle the ongoing death penalty, a teacichlng of the church saga of violence in western Pennsylvania, that has been widely misunderstood — or S c r i p t u r e s one small portion of an increasingly vio­ perhaps ignored — Dy a large number of lent American society. Catholics. Here, in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, a Another section provides some hard Apparitions link Gospel, readings wonderful resource is available to be used statistics about racism and abortion. (Did Second Sunday of Lent — and the living His face to go Jerusalem." to counter the violence in our communi­ you know, for insta nee, that blacks are March 8 God. Unlike the Gospel of John, Luke ties and yes, even in our homes. more than twice as likely as whites to be ortgages? Or that an On 15:5-12. 17-18; Phil 3:17- In Luke, records one, all-important “Stand Against Violence" is a packet of rejected for home m abortion is performed in the United States 4:1; Lk 9: 28b-36 we have the Journey of Jesu s to Jerusalem, parish resource materials developed by every 25 seconds, according to most famous epi­ where He will accomplish all the nation’s bishops. It has been provided recent available data?) It cannot be said that sode of the that God had sent Him to do. to all parishes in the diocese through the apparitions are the ordinary The package has an extensive listing of Transfigura­ Thus it can be seen that the efforts of the Diocesan Justice and Peace way in which God communi­ tion as Jesus' anti-violence resources, including publi­ Transfiguration, odd and in Commission, the Office for Black Catholic cates to His people. He com­ face is cations, videos and organizations. some ways disorienting as it Ministries and the Office for Family Life municates instead through “changed in In their pastoral message “Confronting a was (note: Luke candidly says and Family Concerns. creation, through His Incar­ appearance that Peter had no idea of what Culture of Violence: A Catholic Framework nate Son, through the Holy and H is The main idea is this: While we certainly for Action," the U.S. bishops wrote that he was saying when he sug­ can help reduce violence by living our lives Spirit dwelling within us and clothes gested building three tents to violence "is the most clear sign of our leading the church, through became daz- consistent with the Gospel, people of like commemorate the amazing failures" as a society . the Scriptures which He had zlingly white” minds coming together can make a event), is a real turning point in “The Catholic comitnunity is in a position written for us, and through and He is seen by Peter, Jam es the Gospel narrative. It func­ meaningful impact on the community at to respond to violernee and the threat of the Sacraments. and John. Jesu s appears in the tions as an extraordinary prep­ large. violence in our society with new commit­ Whenever apparitions are company of Moses and Elijah aration of the disciples for the The packet includes such suggestions ment and creativity]’’ the pastoral states. alleged to have occurred, his­ who obviously represent the appalling events of the end of for parishes as recognizing community “Our faith and facilities can be beacons of tory and common sense warn Law and the Prophets, that is Jesus' public ministry which "peacemakers" during Mass: holding spe­ hope and safety for those seeking refuge us to wait for the official the old covenant. are about to occur. cial collections for community peace from violent streets and abusive homes. judgment of the church Jesus and His mission are This, of course, is why the projects: staging parish programs around People can become peacemakers in their regarding their authenticity. entirely in accord with the cov­ Gospel is read here the Second anti-violence themes like domestic vio­ homes and communities." In fact, the probability is that enants that God had continu­ Sunday of Lent. The pivotal lence or gang violence; and conducting Here's hoping that the “Stand Against an alleged apparition is inau­ ously made with His people, thentic until proven with Adam, Noah, Abraham, events of the Paschal Mystery seminars that teach nonviolent behavior Violence” packet of parish resource mate­ will go unnoticed or uncompre­ and conflict resolution. rials finds its way Into the hands of the otherwise. Moses and David. All of these This is not to say that are about to be summed up and hending unless we begin now to Suggestions for schools include identi­ appropriate parish leaders so that many of important and real appari­ brought to fulfillment in the discern their meaning. fying violence in entertainment media; its tenets can find tneir way into the hearts tions do not occur, and this is Passion, Death and Resurrec­ What happens to Jesus is of the faithful, ® identifying the causes of such violent the motif which unites the tion of the Lord — God's Chosen part of a far more comprehen­ behavior as bullying, spousal abuse and first reading and the Gospel One. sive divine plan than can be Further Information is available by con­ aggressive driving; practicing the best today. The Transfiguration appari­ seen with the unaided human ways of reacting to violence; and reflecting tacting the Diocesan Justice and Peace In Genesis, God appears to tion must be read in its original eye. As we watch the remaining on forgiveness and courage. Commission at 412/456-3162. Abraham and enters into a context. It is narrated in chap­ events of Lent unfold, it is to all covenant with him. The fact ter 9, verse 28 to 36. In verse of of us that God's words are Pittsburgh Catholic Publishing Associates that this takes place within a 44, Jesu s predicts His Passion: addressed, “This is my Son, my Published every Friday lengthy and extraordinary "... The Son of Man is to be Chosen One. Listen to Him.” EE Editorial Deadline - noon every Friday for the next issue Advertising Deadline — noon every Wednesday for the next issue President: Most. Rev. Donald W. Wuerl. S.T.D. apparition lends a proper delivered into the hands of General Manager: John F. McMahon Msgr. Herron, a former semi­ E d ito r: Greg Brown supernatural aura to the men." 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I did To the editor: ebration of the United Steel when 1? was International president (who not return to the good graces of I would like to clarify something that was referred to in two Workers of America as they being orga­ was re-elected without opposi­ the local powers until the great articles on page 10 of the Feb. G issue of the Pittsburgh installed a new set of national nized and tion), handles the platform well and much beloved Bishop (later Catholic, "Armey: Cloning ban must be thorough" and officers. I would have stayed was part of and has old-time eloquence on Cardinal) John Wright became “Catholic groups like Clinton agenda." Both articles state that longer and enjoyed it more if a some tough tap when it is needed. So did his our spiritual chieftain in 1959. President Clinton "supports banning human cloning." bug of some sort had not battles. two predecessors, Lynn Wil­ My column was out of this Not atypically, President Clinton's position on cloning is invaded my innards. You must I was a young liams and the late Lloyd paper for some years until he not being expressed as forthrightly as It might be. President understand, it was not my age; priest. Pic­ McBride. Local leaders like Bill brought it back. Clinton and his National Bioethics Advisory Panel have both I will not be 90 for several tures of the George, a steelworker who Jack Deedy, the editor here said they oppose allowing cloning to be used to create a child. months. time show heads the state AFL-CIO, have M sgr. under Bishop Wright and late That is, they are opposed to allowing a baby to be bom who Unions mean a lot to me that I had the gift. harles O . of “Commonweal," has written a was created by cloning, "somatic cell nuclear transfer." That because of what they mean to lots of hair C In 19 37 there was a nasty big Rice score of books. A new one is does not mean that they are necessarily opposed to the society; they are so essential for a n d n o strike going on. It was national titled, “A Book of Catholic creation of human embryos for research purposes, as long as the social welfare of many wrinkles. in scope and involved virtually Anecdotes," published by Tho­ (hose embryos are destroyed before being implanted into a members of capitalist societies It should be mentioned that all the big steel companies mas More. A few of mine are “mother. ” such as ours. They are the only the time was 61 years ago, that except US Steel, which had included. Thus, to imply, as the Catholic News Service stories do, mechanism I can think which is when I began to march in settled. To return to the USW and that President Clinton supports the Catholic position on this can do the job. Without them picket lines and address rallies. Vin Sweeny, an assistant to issue is misleading. In fact, the White House has come out the tyranny and greed of this I was accused of being a rabble the late, great Phil Murray, similar unions, they seem pre­ against Senate Bill 1601 (Lott/Frist), a bill supported by the system would be intolerable. rouser with some truth. I arranged for me to address the pared to use their skills and National Conference of Catholic Bishops, which would ban Greed and money grubbing learned it from labor; many of strikers at Stop Five of Young­ resources to serve and protect the actual creation of a human embryo by means of cloning. are not demonic, they are sim­ their leaders, women as well as stown Sheet & Tube. An assis­ the American workforce Another bill. Senate Bill 1602 (Kennedy/Feinstein) would ply human nature operating men, became orators. tant at a nearby parish was regardless of change or natural allow the creation of embryos by cloning, and mandate that unchecked. Unions are not In the field of labor, you have shocked that a priest would do enemies. They are badly needed they be destroyed after being experimented upon. Thus, its perfect — they also are prone to meetings and rallies a plenty. It this, especially since a man had today as in the past, m sponsors can claim that they are not allowing cloning to be human nature. is the way to operate. Some of been killed there the day before. used to create a “child." The steel union is special to the speakers can be boring but This young assistant pastor, Msgr. Rice Is a weekly colum­ They define "child" in a different way, obviously, than we me because I was of some many are very good. John F. Dearden, became our nist for the Pittsburgh Catholic. would define human life. While this bill would seem to be more in line with the president's position, he has not yet endorsed it. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops is strongly opposed to it. School sports and the ‘Christian’ view As athletic director for the T h en , I person in his or her care. The children to be good winners and MICHAEL ANDREOLA Diocese of Pittsburgh, I receive received the coach should be someone who losers. For if we display poor Diocesan Director phone calls and letters con­ unbelievable models Gospel values when sportsmanship, cheat, resort to of Social Awareness cerning our Catholic school phone call interacting with players, other violence, or treat young athletes sports programs every day. that one coaches, officials, parents and badly, then we are truly losers in One mother writes about her Catholic fans. In every difficult situation God's eyes no matter what the Supports public w itness 9-year-old who is on a fourth- school bas­ that arises, a Catholic school score. To the editor: grade basketball team. ketball coach coach should ask, “What would Following are 10 suggestions After reading Father Charles Bober’s column (Feb. 13 “My son sits at the very end had actually Jesu s do?” or reminders for sports parents issue) about “pro-life people," I felt that I must write a few of the bench. He might play for punched Parents should remind taken from Catholic Parent. words in support of those good people who protest abortion a minute or so, or if the game is another themselves that winning or los­ Magazine: by praying peacefully at abortion clinics and at pro-life rallies. close, he doesn’t get in at all. coach in the Dr. ing is not the most important Don't act like a jerk in front of I would like to assure them that not all of their fellow On the way home he tearfully eye causing R onald thing, that community, friend­ your children and neighbors. Catholics look negatively upon their way of witnessing for life. says, 'Mom, I don’t want to play severe dam­ Bowes ship, exercise, good health, Don't take sports so seriously. Some years ago, before age and physical limitations slowed anymore. I try, but I'm not very a g e . T h e teamwork, good sportsman­ It's only a game. me down. I prayed the rosary at an abortion clinic, joined in good and my coach is not going enraged attacker apparently felt ship, cooperation and other Remember that 99 percent of the Life chain, and marched for life in Washington. So I can to give me a chance.'" that the other coach was “run­ positive values are far more children will never be college or imagine the dismay of active pro-lifers in being told by Fr. Can you imagine at this ten­ ning up” the score. important than the outcome of professional players. Bober's questioner that he or she regards them as religious der young age how damaging After investigating this alle­ a single game. Remember your child's perfor­ fanatics, “loonies," and an embarrassment to the church. this treatment can be? This gation, it was discovered that With the basketball playoffs mance is no reflection on your And Fr. Bober himself wonders if praying the rosary pub­ experience is his first exposure there was no truth to it. Could coming up soon it would be self-esteem. licly isn't defeating to the pro-life cause, because "religious" to basketbaU and he is already there be any reason to justify appropriate to reflect on the real Remember the other team is purpose of sports and to place a people are looked upon as "fringe elements." counting himself out. such violence? The damage that not the “enemy" but merely priority on the Christian During the past 2 5 years of nationwide legal abortion, I It reminds me of the classic was done to the children, the someone else's children. dimension of this activity. think it's fair to say that most citizens have co-existed quite story about basketball star parents, the fans, and the Leave the coaches and officials If there is a bad call, or if comfortably with the abortion holocaust going on in our Michael Jordan who did not church will long outlast the alone. If you don’t like what they someone else next to you acts midst. So I thank God for the extraordinary people whose make his high school team. memories of the game or its are doing, then you volunteer. Wasn’t that coach a judge of inappropriately, take a deep sense of justice and mercy is so strong that they are willing to score. You do have every right to talent? breath and ask, “What would sacrifice their time and energy to be personally present at an It should be emphasized that complain if the children are not abortion facility or rally to pray and protest this ongoing Another father writes about Jesu s do?" the vast majority of our coaches treated well. how horrible his daughter is Jesu s would be loving, for­ tragedy. and parents are wonderful. Sports activities should be fun treated by the coach because They are outstanding models of giving, understanding and for all. MARGARET G. LINK the coach has had harsh words compassionate in all instances, good Christian adults and their Don't go over the game with Etna with the father. “Kathy is words and actions are witness and it is that response which we your child unless you say some­ always the last to get in the to their strong faith. should strive to achieve. thing positive. game and has been ostracized However, there are a few It is important to remember Never define a child's worth by by the rest of the girls on the participants in our Catholic that your words and actions at The tragedy of seeing their performance on the playing team, with the help of the school sports programs whose a sporting event reflect on your field. Every child is a unique gift coach’s daughter." overly competitive nature and school, parish and church. You from God. ($] our labor as a struggle She is never invited to lack of perspective is antitheti­ can bring public scandal by “sleep-overs" and is excluded cal to the purpose of this lay acting in a way that is contrary Bowes is assistant superinten­ By FR. GILBERT PUZNAKOSKI sense of discipline. And, from group activities outside of ministry. to church teachings. You can dent for public policy and devel­ school. Last week there was a A Catholic school coach also set a poor example for your though prayer and fasting may opment in the diocesan schools “Remember that you are have the effect of reducing our birthday party and she was the should be a person who cares children and others. Let's us help teach our office. dust, and unto dust you shall oodily weight, the strength of only team member not invited. deeply about each young return." Lent is not that it imposes on With these words, Christians us a much needed religious H eart to heart around the world begin the “diet.” The power of Lent and season of prayer and meditation its strength is in the simplicity known as Lent. The first time of truth. those words were spoken, it was I am not a god. I do not My journey to understanding the Eucharist the Creator of all who was deserve release from labor or It took me a long time to is my blood." at the end of time. pleasure and pain. speaking. The first man and suffering. We are all dust, and begin learning about the I asked One day at church, I sud­ Then one day for the first woman had chosen death for unto dust we shall all return. Eucharist. myself: In denly saw that Communion is time in my life I had the urge themselves and for their Each fork of food raised to a I grew up in a Protestant that and in a “coming attraction" of life in to go to Mass on a weekday. descendants and God was Christian mouth during Lent church that had Holy Com­ everything, God. If bread and wine can spelling out for them the con­ reminds those in the vanguard For the first time in my life, I munion every week. Yet I never do 1 believe become Christ, then so can we sequences of that free choice. of industrially advanced soci­ felt glad to be going to receive understood it. Him or not? I and all our world. The Eucha­ In a way, we sympathize with eties of the “sweat of the brow" Communion. As I knelt there, I I wondered why it commem­ began to see rist tells us that heaven will Adam and Eve. Cut loose from a by which our human brothers felt that we were not just tak­ orated the Last Supper, the church's not be something alien and garden of plenty, they struggle and sisters of the Third World ing part in a ritual, but were' instead of say, the Crucifixion. teaching on dull, all angels and harps, but valiantly against all odds to produce much of our food. And working with God in the world. I did think that even if the ser­ the E u ch a­ a place as welcoming and alive establish a place for themselves the simple truth of the I also felt gratitude at how mon was dull or the choir off- rist as a as the world around us. in a hostile world. We even immense imbalance between the Mass feeds us. We get key, Communion gave me benchmark Indeed, some part of heaven admire their dogged courage our “god-like” lifestyle and wine, for light-heartedness and something. But what? for faithful- already is all around us. and enjoy the benefits of their their poverty and hunger A couple of years ago when n e s s t o Thus turning wine and camaraderie. We get bread, the moderate success. impels us to seek ways to ren­ a Catholic nun asked me what Jesus. The church is saying, “If bread into Christ is simply a food of peasants who have But there is a deep tragedy in der more just the life we share. my church believed about Jesu s said it was His Body and step along the process of God’s hard work to do. 1 saw at last the human story. The tragedy is Each hour of prayer spent Communion, I answered, “I Blood, well then it is His Body work in the work in the world. that we celebrate the Last Sup­ not that we must struggle to during Lent unites the faithful don’t know." and Blood." What the sages have always per, out of all the things in survive; there is nobility in that. heart to its Master, so that with The Catholic insistence that I began to realize that the tried to tell us is repeated at Christ’s life, because we The tragedy is that we see the Him it may embrace the reality the bread and wine really world is not bound by my eveiy Mass. God is always human beings need its nour­ labor as struggle. of each human person in love become the Body and Blood of understanding. I don't really present in everything. Why ishment to imitate that life. Someone I love is being con­ and forgiveness. Christ was difficult for me. understand how my computer shouldn’t He be present in I do not pretend to under­ sumed by disease. I rail that it 1 can remember looking Reading the Gospel of Matthew works, but I use it anyway. I bread and wine as well? isn't fair. High and low I search across the cliff towards the stand even one percent of the one day, however, I was struck may not fully understand how After one of the first Masses for any medical service that mountain of slag that Century mystery of the Eucharist. But 1 by how clear and simple the the bread and wine become I took part in as a Catholic, I promises to restore things to 111 Mall now stands on. All finally am on the road to words of Jesu s were. Christ, but I can use them knelt down in the pew, arid 1 the way they “should" be. night you could watch sparks understanding it, and much He told His closest friends anyway. looked up at the stained glass May I dare ask, “Why fly up into the sky from the else, and at least I will have that “This is my body. ... this Then I began to see that the image of Christ behind the shouldn’t things be just this burning ash. Whole layers of a food and drink on the way. y] is my blood.” Eucharist • teaches us about altar. The spring sunlight lit it way?" I do not want things to be growing mountainside would I looked up different transla­ God. I was awed by the teach­ up, and I was filled with the this way and I will fight to glow red and steam. Now a Tynen is a member of tions and even in the Greek, ing in the "Catechism of the conviction that Christ was change them. But where would monument to commercialism the words remained undeni­ Catholic Church" that the cos­ indeed present for every Madonna del Castello, I come up with the idea that it stands on the spot. able. “This is my body.” “This mos will be caught up into God human joy and sorrow, every Swissvale. isn't “fair?" Draw from this dust your Where? From my first par­ sustenance if you are divine. ents who conceived the myth But if you are human, remem­ ber our origins in dust, and be that they were gods. And in our Letters w elcom e secret heart of hearts we believe faithful to the Creator who it right along with them. calls us to be human. E£ Letters to the editor are encouraged and welcome. All letters or subject material. Letters must be signed by the writer and a The power of the season of should be limited to 300 words. The editor reserves the right to telephone number should be included so the letters can be verified, Lent is not that it bestows upon Fr. Puznakoskl is a chaplain reject, edit or delete material from letters due to space limitations Letters that cannot be verified will not be published. those who observe it an efficient at UPMC-Shadyside. 6 ENTERTAINMENT FRIDAY. MARCH 6. 1998 • PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC

M ovie review ‘Krippendorfs Tribe’ should stay lost By FR. PETER HORTON present his findings to the grant backyard. anthropologist wanting fame foundation. "Krippendorfs Tribe,” in and academic glory, Jenna Elf­ Jam es and Jennifer Krip- Since the study was never going for cheap comedy, loses man makes Veronica irritating pendorf received a grant to completed and there is no tribe, the depth of exploring the tribal and annoying. Ruthless ambi­ study an undiscovered tribe in Krippendorf decides to fake his customs of families in grief. The tion is her driving force and she Papua. New Guinea, but that research. He bluffs his way grief of a widower and his chil­ succeeds in driving the audi­ B ishop Donald was almost two years ago. With through a lecture about the dren is abandoned early by the ence away with her overbearing Wuerl’s March 15 Jennifer's death. Jam es and his Shelmikedmu tribe, a fictional circumstance of the professor’s character and overwhelming program is titled three children grew apart from invention based on the names of failure. Backed into a comer, performance. As the head of the “Traditional Lenten each other in their grief and the his children. Shelley. Mickey he has to weave his way out. department and a venerable Practices.” study is long forgotten. The and Edmund. The committee, Suddenly, through the fateful scientist, Lily Tomlin, plays the The bishop’s guest is money for the grant is gone, however, wants pictures. So. deceit, the family rediscovers arrogant opposition to the htlt, Sister Liguori Rossner, spent on family necessities. the children become the undis­ their need and strength with but manages to add passion executive director of the Now Jam es is called upon to covered tribe in their own each other. The message may and flair to her character. 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Q u e s t i o n s f o r P p . B o b e p Édé Prayer groups D e d i c a t e d should have clear direction t o QUESTION: I suggested that we start a prayer group in our parish and my pastor said that we had better set up some ground rules long before we even talk about aetvice starting one. I am at a loss as to where to go with this. Do you have any suggestions?

ANSWER: Photos by Douglas Kaup After the Second Vatican Council and Louise and Willie arrive at work at Pittsburgh Vision Services. especially in the midst of the Charismatic Movement, prayer groups began to appear almost everywhere in the Catholic Church. From that experience, I believe Tireless volunteer an inspiration to others we did learn a number of things. I will cite some of them from my personal point of By GLORIA KREPS use computers. view, but this list Is certainly not Correspondent At Good Shepherd Church, she exhaustive. cantors, sings in the choir and is a I believe that each prayer group has to Most weekday mornings, Lousie member of a small choral group, the have some purpose or direction. It has to Chuha and Willie hop on a bus — Schola Cantorum. begin with some end In mind. That end sometimes two — and start for Chuha says that in her role as a has to be clearly understood by the par­ work. volunteer, she usually does things ticipants, or else false expectations are One day, their destination is she views as important but that raised and discontent will likely arise. Bridgeville. On another day, it may other other people don't have time to If the group hopes to welcome others, be Pittsburgh's South Side or do. It should seek to be as inclusive as pos­ Oakland. “She has given so much of her sible. For example, if the group is limited Chuha, a member of Good Shep­ spirit here to folks she has helped," to a particular devotion, kind of prayer or herd parish, Braddock, is blind. said Mickey King, who nominated apparition, it may be limiting its Willie is her guide dog. Chuha for the award. King is coor­ numbers. Although Chuha has three jobs, dinator of public education, Pitts­ In my opinion, the format of prayer she is paid for none. She thrives on burgh Vision Services, a consolida­ group meetings should be simple. Most her dedication to public service, tion of Greater Pittsburgh Guild for successful prayer groups begin with an which won her the Jefferson Award. the Blind and Pittsburgh Blind opening song and prayer, continue with a Sixty-one cities around the country Association. reading from Scripture and a sung bestow this honor each year on local “She provides an inspiration to response. Then a period of quiet personal residents who demonstrate out­ persons who may be in varying prayer follows. There may be a brief standing community service. In degrees of losing their sight," said teaching or reflection given, followed by a Pittsburgh, the award is sponsored King, who has known Chuha for period of intercessions, concluding with by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, more than 10 years. “She not only a prayer and closing song. When the KDKA-TV and Eat’N Park has these skills, but she has this format becomes too complicated or Indi­ restaurants. positive attitude as well. That, to me, vidual meetings become too lengthy, Some people, she says, find her is her greatest gift. there is a risk of losing focus and losing independence and dedication to “I feel that she provides hope for members. service remarkable. “People seem to people who may feel they have lost Should there be fellowship? Yes, part think more about the fact that I hope as a result of their loss of of prayer is growing In community. But it can’t see than I do," said Chuha. "To vision. I think what she helps to is important that the prayer time doesn’t me, this volunteer work Is not impart is that life does not stop begin to diminish as the fellowship amazing. When I know of something because you can't see." increases. It is also important that the that needs to be done, l just do it." “She looks for no open thanks. fellowship coincides with prayer and not Her visual impairment has never She looks for no adulation. She just decry it (for example, through gossip stood in her way. She worked for is there, faithful as can be," said about those who weren't present that many years as a rehabilitation King. week.) teacher, helping other visually “It’s a good feeling to know there What about leadership? Because it is a impaired people learn independent is something you can do that will social group, every prayer group will living skills. help someone else," Chuha said. undoubtedly have a leader. Whether that Now, she teaches knitting and “And, having been a teacher, I tend leader is competent and respected is crocheting classes to the visually to still be a teacher. I make people do another matter. The issue of leadership impaired. She hosts a weekly radio things that I think they can do. I is extremely important and should be program geared for the blind on encourage them to try something addressed early in the life of the prayer Radio Information Service, a private new when they are hesitant, which group. radio station for the blind and works at times, we all are." There should be some clear means by with a technology center that “I'm rarely crabby," she says. Louise uses a special braille device that helps people with vision impair­ which the prayer group relates to the enables visually impaired people to "That’s just how I am." [fj ments work with computers. parish, diocese and church universal. This may occur through contact and communication with the parish priests or members of the parish staff. If It does not occur, the prayer group risks spin­ Rage stems from lack of respect for life ning oft into a world of its own and new members may be reluctant to join. CONNIE ANN VALENTI themselves? That’s insanity. children as necessary. Whatever it The use of Scripture is a basic com­ Father, are we living in an age of I truly believe that many prob­ takes. We are losing all sense of ponent of prayer group life but it must be scrambled brains? Have you heard lems In the world began when fami­ morality. done in the proper context and with about the computer games where lies stopped eating together. There In a joint statement, the U.S. car­ appropriate direction. Private interpre­ the objective is to mow down as was always an argument in our dinals criticized Saddam Hussein, tation of Scripture apart from the main­ may pedestrians as you can? You house about who should set the but they also expressed belief that stream of the believing church is receive points when you can send table — my brother or I. there is no justification for going to dangerous. a body flying through the air. My dad simply had to look at us war in Iraq, and that renewed diplo­ Equally dangerous are those elements They are bloody, gory games for to stop it and maybe his anger was matic efforts are the proper course of within a prayer group who continually an adult market, but you know released. Mom yelled and her voice action. They recommend that we interject “special" revelations and teach­ that children are playing them. meant she didn't want any non­ exhaust all peaceful efforts before we ings (e.g. “Our Blessed Mother said ..."). Whatever happened to Monopoly, sense from us. We didn't need vio­ unleash the fury of hell upon inno­ Equally problematic are those within the Chinese checkers and chess? lent games for some sort of emo­ 1 cent victims. group who give evidence of special gifts A supposedly Intelligent, world- tional release. We had each other. Can we justify brutality in order Every Sunday, our pastor spoke Road rage is one of its latest (healing, tongues, special knowledge). renowned psychiatrist. Dr. Simon to teach someone a lesson? Am I a Drapock, recommended that you either about the need for more manifestations. I feel good by plac­ These gifts must be tested and must better person because I have been hit your hubby in order to release money or about sin that made you ing you under my control and pun­ build up — not tear down — the Body of able to demonstrate my domination pent up emotions. Now doesn’t squirm in your seat. I may not be a ishing you so that I can experience Christ and the purpose of the group. over you? that send a sweet message to a psychiatrist, but I believe I’ve a rush of satisfaction. While every prayer group should be led Speaking of games, some adults young bride? solved the world’s problems: We When we began killing children by the Holy Spirit, there are human steps are still trying to become king of the He claims that slapping some­ need to go back to the good old in the womb, did we really believe that can be taken to assist the working of mountain. They need to feel powerful one provides an emotional release days when families prayed and ate that there would not be dire conse­ the group. in order to find meaning in their which in turn promotes a happier, meals together. quences? The fact that they did not Finally, each prayer group should lives. They do not understand that sponsor a periodic review of Its effective­ healthier, more rewarding life occur immediately does not mean we are God’s children doing God's ness. This should be done in the context together. I’m sure he's not a mar­ FR. RON LENGWIN that they are not going to happen. work on earth by letting God's provi­ of prayer and not respective of the lead­ ried man. For many years, our culture has We have already lost respect for life dence, love and grace flow through ership. From this review, new direction Why is there so much attraction urged us to "feel good" as though it In individuals. us. The power that we should seek may be taken and the proper focus can to violence? Why do so many peo­ were the true purpose of life. We Now, some people are justifying comes from the Holy Spirit. ® be restored. [|j ple want to go to war against Iraq? should not be surprised that one of mass destructions as evidenced in Ju st crossing a busy street can get the consequences of this worldly the Oklahoma bombing and in the Father Charles Bober is pastor of St. my adrenaline flowing. Why do wisdom opposed to the wisdom of cries to get Saddam Hussein. We Valenti is a member of St. Scholas- John Vlanney, South Pittsburgh. people need to be cruel toward God is the violence which we have are willing to accept the deaths of tica, Aspinwall. Fr. Lengwin is dioce­ others in order to feel good about been experiencing. as many innocent men, women and san secretary for pastoral life. 8 NATIONAL NEW S FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 • PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC News In b rie f ------Cookies are tools G l e m p visits Chicago CHICAGO (CNS) — Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw, for evangelization Poland, wrapped up a trip to Chicago Feb. 2 3 with a visit to Loyola University, where he celebrated Mass, met with stu­ MINNEAPOLIS (CNS) — When mouth." dent members of the Polish Alliance and received an honorary Bill Heiland prayed for a unique Heiland, a Catholic with a doctorate. way to evangelize, he never theology minor from LaSalle He devoted most of his six-day visit to meetings with dreamed he would carry out his University in Philadelphia, oper­ Chicago's Polish community — the world’s second-largest, mission by opening up a cookie ates the business from his home exceeded only by Warsaw. business. with his wife, Marie. A highlight of Cardinal Glemp’s visit was his participation in But the inspiration came to He has gleaned verses from the 100th anniversary celebrations of Holy Trinity Mission him after a period of thoughtful some 400 scriptural passages Church just a few miles from Chicago's Loop. prayer a few years ago. His idea and has them printed on sheets Once threatened with closure because of poor attendance. was to insert a printed passage of paper. Retired nuns cut the Holy Trinity was revitalized a decade ago when the Archdio­ from Scripture into each cookie, verses apart, mix and stack them cese of Chicago determined that the parish should direct its not unlike Chinese fortune before they are sent off to be ministry to the Polish community. cookies. mechanically inserted in the Knowing nothing about the cookies. food industry, he gathered people The cookies have been used T w i s t e r s j o l t Florida parish who knew the bakery business, for weddings, church suppers, ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) — The twisters that tore through then launched Evangelistic graduations, retreats and even Central Florida in late February, claiming at least 3 7 lives, Foods in Minneapolis. Halloween. I]J destroyed the pastoral center at St. Catherine of Siena Mis­ The company has sold some 5 sion, Kissimmee, in addition to hundreds of homes, million Scripture Cookies. "Ours For more Information, contact Servite Father Vidal Martinez, pastor at St. Catherine, and is a specialty product in a tight Evangelistic Foods at P.O. Bax a-small team of parishioners spent Feb. 2 3 and 24 seeking out niche market," he said. "Our 16410 Minneapolis, MN 55416, C N S photo parishioners. customers are Christians seek­ call (800) 743-0142 or find the A Minnesota company puts Scripture passages, not fortunes, “We walked through the neighborhoods surrounding the ing unique ways to evangelize. company on the Internet at inside of its cookies. center," Father Martinez told The Florida Catholic, Orlando's We've grown mostly by word of www.scrtptcookie.com. diocesan newspaper. “Wires were down everywhere. We walked through subdivisions, knocking on doors trying to make sure all our parishioners were all right. Professor helps clarifiy evolution issue “You could see the great relief on people's faces when they saw us, knowing that we'd made an effort to get to them NOTRE DAME, Ind. (CNS) — diversity of life on earth is the that often straightforward, is about naturalism versus despite a lot of obstacles," he added. In the often-overheated debate outcome of evolution: an unsu­ rational discussion doesn't theism, naturalism versus on creation and evolution, an pervised, impersonal, unpre­ work well," he added. American religious belief, natu­ Sale of hospital approved argument by professors from dictable, and natural process." A member of the Christian Notre Dame and Berkeley Recently, after Plantinga and Reformed Church in South ralism versus Christianity." ST. LOUIS (CNS) — St. Louis University finalized the $300 unexpectedly shed new light on Smith objected that Bend. Plantinga came to Notre Some think science has million sale of its hospital to Tenet Healthcare Corp. Feb. 24 one contentious issue. "unsupervised" and Dame 15 years ago from Calvin shown that human beings are after obtaining Vatican approval of the deal. A letter from Alvin Plantinga, "impersonal” go beyond scien­ College in Grand Rapids, Mich. not really created by God, he To avoid a future conflict over church law like the one that a philosophy professor at the tific evidence, the association He and Smith are among a said. “That's not true at all. came up in controversy over the hospital sale, the Vatican University of Notre Dame, and dropped those words. growing number of Christian instructed the Missouri Jesuits “to put in place a mechanism" Huston Smith, a religion pro­ “I was a little surprised, scholars. Including scientists, That's not science. That's the­ assuring Jesuit canonical control, when necessary, over fessor at the University of Cali­ actually, but I was very who challenge what they con­ ology. It’s bad theology because actions of the university's board of trustees. fornia at Berkeley, moved the pleased," Plantinga told Catho­ sider the unscientific presup­ it’s theology confused with Archbishop Justin Rigali of St. Louis, who had publicly National Association of Biology lic News Service. "It's a small positions of modem culture science." opposed selling the Catholic-owned hospital to a for-profit Teachers to remove language but significant little thing in the concerning evolution. That's the point he and Smith health chain, announced that he accepted the decision under considered anti-religious from whole debate. The main thing to under­ the conditions set out by the Vatican. its statement on evolution. 'There is so much heat in stand about evolution, said argued successfully regarding For years, the association's this area — people's faith, Plantinga, is that it is not the official position of the biol­ official position read: 'The people's ideology is involved — merely a scientific doctrine. "It ogy teachers. SJ

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Ganda will disappear.“ church and state" based on Sec­ “Catholic teaching calls us to serve those in need and to change said the situation in Freetown had been "unbelievable." ond Vatican Council teachings the structures that deny people their dignity and rights as chil­ The military junta overthrew the democratically elected and canon law. dren of God. Service and action, charity and justice are comple­ government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabba last May, but Available at your favorite bookstore Polish state television's main mentary components of parish social ministry. Neither alone is was ousted Feb. 12 by a Nigerian-led force enforcing its N e w W o r l d L ibrary evening news bulletins showed sufficient; both are essential signs of the gospel at work” regional mandate to reinstate Kabba. (8(X)) 972-6657 Ext. 902 Pope John Paul signing the con­ (U.S. Catholic Bishops. Communities o f Salt and Light). Archbishop Ganda told Davatz that the rebels also Im p:// www.nwlikcom cordat at a short Rome ceremony, destroyed his office equipment and looted his residence. attended by Poland's Vatican ambassador, Stefan Frankiewicz, Romero canonization pushed and the Vatican secretary of SAN SALVADOR (CNS) — The speed with which the can­ state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano. S ponsor a C h ild at a C atholic onization of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador Speaking after signing the document in Warsaw, reaches a successful conclusion depends on ordinary Cath­ Affordable! olics in El Salvador, said Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle. Kwasniewski said he believed the M ission. It's "The process (of canonization) must be done well, and with agreement would bring "much- all speed possible and technical precision. 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By PATRICIA ZAPOR "that many Christians know a lot As the apostles of the Gospels challenges it faces, he said. The con­ Catholic News Service about Jesus Christ, but they have not learned, “to follow Him is to live with cerns of families, youths, immigrants truly encountered him.” Him, to receive His message, to take on and problems of external debt were all WASHINGTON —The church's fail­ One of the main proposals from the His criteria, embrace His fate, share raised in the message as subjects that ure In teaching about justice may synod to Pope John Paul II was that what He proposes,” he said, “which is will require solidarity to handle. stem from its failure to incorporate a the post-synodal document "be the design of the Father: to invite “Ultimately, the personal encounter personal encounter with Jesus, said shaped by the category of the 'personal everyone to the communion of the with Jesus Christ leads to solidarity, Aux. Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez of encounter' as described in the Trinity and to communion with our which is a requirement of charity, as it must be practiced in human relation­ San Salvador. Gospels,” Bishop Rosa Chavez said. brothers and sisters in a society of ships today," he quoted the document "Only from a real encounter with “There it is clear that the encounter Justice and solidarity." as saying. “Solidarity in its complete­ Jesu s Christ is it possible to transform with the Lord, understood as a lived In the messages of the pope to the ness is the sharing of what we are, people’s lives," said Bishop Rosa experience, transforms the lives of synod, in the addresses to the partici­ what we believe and what we have. Chavez Feb. 24 in a report on last fall's people," he said, citing the scriptural pants and in the reports of the bishops Jesus is the perfect example of this as Synod of Bishops for America. The examples of Mary Magdalene, the at its end, the need for solidarity He ‘emptied himself, taking the form of Salvadoran bishop made the com­ Samaritan, Zaccheus and the more among the people of the Americas was a servant’ (Phil 2:6)." ments at the annual gathering in contemporary martyrdom of San Sal­ a strong theme, Bishop Rosa Chavez In response to a question following Washington of diocesan social minis­ vador Archbishop Oscar Romero. explained. his address. Bishop Rosa Chavez try workers. "Their encounter with Christ The synod message to the people of addressed the notion that "cultural “Perhaps our frequent failure in our unlocked in them an authentic pro­ God touches on the joys and concerns imperialism" affects how North Amer­ C N S photo teaching about solidarity as the path cess of conversion, communion and of the church in the hemisphere and icans approach their neighbors to the Aux. Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chavez to justice lies precisely here," he said, solidarity," Bishop Rosa Chavez said. closes with a list of the principal south. 9} addresses social ministry workers.

SECONDARY PRINCIPAL OPENING A ctivist urges r e s s u r e Speaker says sim ple 1998 - 99 SCHOOL YEAR for ban on Ia n m i n e s The superintendent of the Columbus, Ohio Diocesan steps are overlooked Schools will begin a search for a principal for William W . Fisher WASHINGTON (CNS) — slowly bleeding to death." Catholic High School located in Lancaster, Ohio. Fisher Land-mine activist Bobby Muller received two standing WASHINGTON (CNS) — “How steps to carry it out in their own ovations from the group for his Catholic, a co-ed high school of 306 students, is located amid Muller urged some 350 Catholic many of you know the Com­ economic practices. pioneering work in humanitar­ the scenic Fairfield County on the edge of historic Lancaster, social ministry leaders Feb. 24 munity Reinvestment Act rating He said the church lags far ian aid to land-mine victims the gateway to the Hocking Hills of south-eastern Ohio. to pressure Congress and the of your bank?" Joseph M. Con­ around the world and, since behind the federal government Clinton administration to agree rad Jr. asked U.S. Catholic Interested applicants must be active, practicing Catholics and the early 1990s, in making a in minority hiring and in pur­ to a global ban on anti­ social ministry leaders at a must possess or be eligible for Ohio Administrative certification. ban on land mines a global chasing from minority-owned personnel land mines. workshop Feb. 24. For application information, contact: Muller, a disabled combat political concern. businesses. His foundation was one of Like a teacher who had just “Eight percent of what the The Diocesan Department of Education Personnel Office veteran and president of the sprung a pop quiz and caught Vietnam Veterans of America the founding organizations and federal government buys, it 197 E. Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215 chief supporters of the Inter­ the whole class unprepared, the Foundation, spoke to the Cath­ buys from minority 614/221-5829 national Campaign to Ban executive director of the olic leaders on the third day of businesses," he said. Deadline for receipt of application materials is March 27,1998 Land Mines, which last year National Catholic Conference their four-day national meeting But one study of purchasing won the Nobel Peace Prize for for Interracial Justice smiled at in Washington. practices by Catholic institu­ its work. their surprised silence and The land-mine ban, he said, tions, he said, found that "they DON’T BE Muller in turn praised the pursued his point. "is an act of solidarity with Catholic leaders for their role in “Do you know you can go in buy only .001 percent from those innocent victims who get getting the United States to and ask your bank, ‘What is minority- and women-owned blown up one by one in the lead the world in the early your CRA rating?’ — and by law businesses." fields, in the meadows ... who stages of the land-mine ban they have to tell you?" he asked. “As a lifelong Catholic, it is have a leg dramatically ampu­ movement, before it gained “How many of you know if your sad for me that the federal gov­ tated by the explosion, without high visibility and global pastor knows the CRA rating of ernment is doing more for anesthetic, and who lie in pain. support. 93 the bank where your parish OF NON-SUPPORT minorities than the Catholic puts its money?" Church.” said Conrad, an You are the key to a successful advertising program in the Pitts­ The CRA rating is a measure African-American and perma­ burgh Catholic. 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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1998 • PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC Baldwin parish focuses energy on outreach to elderly, others in need By PATRICIA BARTOS Fr. Speicher, a former hospi­ and Living" program for teens. bank. “I think service should be Senior Staff Writer tal chaplain who served at the They receive catechetical a regular part of being Catholic. Western Center in Canonsburg, instruction, combined with 1 really explore the idea of ser­ Father Charles Speicher talks also works as a judge in the social activities and a monthly vice as part of everyday behav­ of the pride and sense of identity diocesan tribunal. outreach project. ior,“ Stanislaw said. “You shared by parishioners at St. At St. Albert he works with Bishop Donald Wuerl express love through service.“ Albert the Great in Baldwin. parochial vicar Father Edward recently visited the parish to The teens also Join in activi­ “As pastor, I see my role as Kryston. Msgr. Daniel Gearing administer the sacrament of ties on deanery and diocesan trying to focus that energy," he is in residence. confirmation to several young levels and each summer attend said. A new element of parish life people in the parish. a work camp with 400 other The suburban parish of more is the presence of Bishop “My goal is for young people teens. than 4,000 offers a well- McDowell Regional School, with to be excited about their faith, to This experience is valuable, developed social ministry pro­ 2 2 5 children enrolled in kin­ have a life-long relationship according to Stanislaw. "They're gram. Efforts focus on outreach dergarten through grade eight. with God. their peers and the surrounded by peers in large to the elderly, bereavement, The school, a merger of St. church,“ Stanislaw said. numbers. They feel free to family life and social concerns. Albert and St. Wendelin, also She hosts two catechesis and express their faith. It's a great "I'm happy and proud of our includes a preschool. spirituality programs each reinforcer." ministries,” Fr. Speicher said. St. Albert also enrolls almost month. These sessions draw the She added that, “I believe in The parish also stresses 400 students in CCD classes. teens out on relevant issues, practical spirituality, and the liturgical and musical excel­ Youth minister Donna Stanis­ relating them to Catholic faith need for them to come away law also offers a “Jesus Alive and morality. with a strong sense of who they lence, he added. Photo by Douglas Kaup For the social ministry out­ are as young Catholics, able to ings, the teens might visit a connect with God and have Him Bishop Wuerl greets youngsters on a recent visit to St. Albert 'the nursing home or help at a food present in their lives.’ rn Great. TEN REASONS. Active Crafton parish has a long history Why you should choose By PHIL TAYLOR deanery meeting with St. “If a teacher doesn't show ... which attracts even those who St. Paul’s Manor Personal Care Home. Assistant Editor Philip's pastor Father Jam es I'm teacher also," she says. have since moved from the area. Schmitt and other priests. The child care program the "It's got a great reputation. T he People - O ur Staff are The Spirituality - We on a first name basis with welcome worship by people When Bishop Donald Wuerl According to Patricia Han- school started this year to assist It's filled. There always a waiting your family. They Care of all faiths and offer daily visited St. Philip Parish last tusch, who teaches fifth-grade working parents is “like a home list." she said. About you and your loved month to confirm its 49 candi­ in the parish school and is the away from home,” said Charity She said one of the monthly one. dates, it was a stop with a lot of parish religious coordinator, Sister Geri Marr, who is in her highlights of the school is the 7. The Security - We are in a history. the large number of candidates second year as principal. Grace project which the stu­ The Care - St. Paul’s residential neighborhood but Established in 18 39 , the confirmed was not unusual. The school also boasts of a dents have shown a certain emphasizes “personal” care. we know security is Crafton parish existed even The average confirmation is nursery for 3-year-olds, a pre­ degree of innovation. She said in We are on duty 24 hours a important. We monitor our before the Diocese of Pittsburgh usually around that number, school for 4-year-olds and March, coinciding with Wom'erPs day. hallways with video. itself was formed in 184 3. something which the parish grades from kindergarten History Month, students will be The Food - We cater to every 8. The Gardens - Our beautiful The bishop was on hand for a and school community is proud through eight-grade. There is doing prayers as holy women taste and dietary requirement gardens offer a place for quiet of. also an after-school program found in the Bible. She said that in our spacious dining room. reflection, or family picnics. Bernard Lee Weinstein Hantusch, who has been in which offers students activities during these programs the stii: Photographer the parish almost three until 6 p.m. The nearby Car- dents pray with the use of a The Fellowship - Peolple 9. The Surroundings - We are • Christenings • Birthday Parties decades, has seen enrollment lynton Public Elementary prayer list, calling names aloud.- come together at St. Paul’s. on a tranquil hilltop, out of • Weddings * Banquets peak at St. Philip School in the School also buses children in. “But probably one of the most We schedule daily activities to the way yet close to the city. Call after 6 pm early '70s, dwindle for a time “They're secure here," she said. remarkable things about the socialize and stimulate. school is the teachers." the 10.T he View - We offer a 681-2279 and now rebound again in the The Sisters of Charity have a principal said. “They don’t count The Rooms - Choose a stunning view of Pittsburgh '90s. The school currently has a long affiliation with the school. furnished room or bring your and its rivers. IGIMKAKTEEII ¿sweat student population of 403. In 1885, two sisters were sent to the cost or time.” own furniture. We provide With 2 10 children in the CCD teach children of the parish. She said part of the school's the housekeeping. llixc emit program, Hantusch relies on They were accompanied by success is its former principal, l*rices an the generosity of 16 teachers Mother Aloysia Lowe, the order's the late Charity Sister Jane P i'aiarmx founder. Since there was no Catherine Farrall, who served *ai Please feel free to call us at (412) 381-4744. who volunteer as catechists. convent, the nuns stayed in St. Philip for 26 years. Ask for a FREE copy of our brochure OFFICE FURNITURE describing the best in personal care homes. H O N 9 Pittsburgh and traveled by cable “They (students) loved beo. rrm niM irs #i h»k kalbr The Shepherd's door is always open. " car and train every day. She kept the Charity charism St. Paul’s Manor: A Catholic SisterGerri said the school is alive in the school," said -her M I LEBAN O N successor. 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For information call the school at in preschool through grade 8. For information call 4 12-6 61-0 288. Holy Ghost Father Joseph F. 412-563-1353. He worked as an investment Rengers died March 3 following counselor with Burgwin & Com­ Registration in Etn a an auto accident while making a pany from 1974 until his retire­ D CCW sets card party sick call from St. Anthony in All Saints School in Etna is accepting registration for kinder­ ment in 1994. He was a charter Millvale. He was 84. Bom in The Diocesan Council of Catholic Women will host its annual garten through grade eight. An expanded-day program is also member of the University Catho­ Sharpsburg, he entered the Holy luncheon and card party Saturday. March 14. at 11 a.m. at the available. For information call 4 12-782-0939. lic Club, Knights of Columbus Allegheny Club at Three Rivers Stadium. An auction and baked Ghost order in Bensalem, Pa., South Hills council and former goods sale are also set. For reservations at $ 1 7 call 412-456-30 80 . Lithuanian fest on South Side and was ordained in 1941. assistant treasurer of the Serra He served at parishes in many Prince of Peace on the South Side will host “Kuziuko Muge," a Club of Pittsburgh. Surviving are states and also was stationed at Lithuanian mlni-fest honoring St. Casimir Sunday, March 8. one sister, Ruth Merkel Winterh­ Passion play in W est M ifflin Duquesne University. Fr. Rengers Concelebrated Mass at 11 a.m. in St. Matthew Chapel on 19th alter Van Horn, and nieces and The Sewickley Choir Institute's Teen Chorale will present the also served as pastor of St. Street will be followed by foods and crafts in the parish center, 8 1 nephews. Funeral Mass was Passion play, “Why Must He Die?” Wednesday, March 11, at 7:30 Anthony from 1977 to 1982 and S. 13th St. Admission is free but registration is requested, by offered Feb. 28 in St. Paul p.m. in St. Agnes Church. 622 St. Agnes Lane, West Mifflin. at Sacred Heart in Emsworth and calling 4 12-4 8 1-8 38 0 . C athedral. All are welcome to the performance. A free-will offering will be St. Mary in Sharpsburg. He lived taken. North Side registration in retirement at St. Anthony. Surviving is one sister, Mary Sr. Ann Louise Sacco Registrations for the new regional North Side Catholic School Nursing open house M artin. Sister Ann Louise Sacco, a will be accepted through Friday, March 13, for children in kin­ member of the Seton Hill Sisters St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in New Castle will host Funeral Mass was to be offered dergarten through grade eight. Parents may apply 9 to 10:30 a.m. of Charity for 65 years, died an open house 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 15, and 6 to 8 p.m. March 7 in St. Mary Church, and 1 to 2:30 p.m. at St. Peter School or at Most Holy Name. March 1 at age 88. Bom in Pitts­ Thursday, April 23, at the school, 1100 S. Mercer St. Refresh­ Sharpsburg. Kindergartners must be 5 by Oct. 1. For information call Sister burgh, she taught in schools and ments and child care will be available. To register call Rita at St. Peter, 412-231-8248, or Sister Colletta at Most Holy was a longtime tutor at St. 724-656-6000. Name, 322-6 226. Helen Kuczynski Therese in Munhall. Surviving are Helen Kuczynski of the North three brothers, Frank, Joseph Side died Monday, Feb. 23 at age and Paul Sacco; one sister, Helen 87. Bom in Warsaw, Poland, she Zimmerman; and nieces and is survived by one son, Ronald, of nephews. Funeral Mass was Shaler; one sister, Adella Cook of offered March 4 at Seton Hill in Pittsburgh: and two brothers, Greensburg. Is your Church or Organization Daniel and Edward Lubanski; one brother-in-law, Father Fran­ cis Kuczynski of Beaver Falls: two N e c r o l o g y grandchildren and two great­ March 11 grandchildren. Funeral Mass was Fr. Stephen Varga (1962) looking for offered in Our Lady Queen of Msgr. Clement Hrtanek (1971) Peace Church, North Side. Fr. Jam es Campbell (1974) Fr. Edward Szelong (1983) Raymond Merkel March 15 Raymond F. Merkel of Msgr. Albert Gladis (1974) A Great Fundraising Program? C a l e n d a r FRIDAY, MARCH 6 reservations call 412-381-7676. Mass and prayer for healing, SATURDAY, MARCH 14 6:30 p.m., St. Lawrence O'Toole, Easter craft show, 10 a.m. to 4 Something New? 5323 Penn Ave., Garfield. Father p.m., Holy Trinity cafeteria and audi­ Ja m es Graham , celebrant. All-night torium, Holy Trinity, 5718 Steuben­ exposition of Blessed Sacrament, 8 ville Pike, Robinson Township. Fea­ p.m. to Saturday, 11 a.m. turing more than 100 tables. Also SATURDAY, MARCH 7 lunch and baked goods available. Something Educational? Spring craft boutique, 10 a.m. For information call 787-2656. to 4 p.m., St. Margaret Mary, 807 Luncheon and card party, 12:30 Beaver Grade Road, Moon Town­ p.m., St. Raphael, multi-purpose ship. Also bake sale, Easter candy. room, Momingside. For reservations Lunches available. at $6.50 call Rose, 412-781-3832. SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Irish derby races, 7 p.m., St. Spaghetti dinner, noon to 6 Martin de Porres/St. Peter social p.m., St. John of God/Mother of Sor­ hall, Eighth Avenue and Market rows social hall. Cost, $6. For infor­ Street. Featuring corned beef sand­ mation call the parish office, wiches and refreshments. Doors 412-771-5646. open 5:30 p.m. For reservations at TUESDAY, MARCH 10 $5 call Mary, 412-672-4960, or Lou­ Earn $$$$ by selling Luncheon, noon, church audito­ ise, 751-1307. Tickets also at the rium, Sacred Heart, Emsworth. door. Cost, $4.50. Also cards and bingo. Benefit auction, 6 p.m., Serra WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 Catholic High School, at Radisson Talk on “Developing a Child’s Hotel, Monroeville. Includes bids on subscriptions to the Potential” by Paulette Zanotti, 7:30 scholarships, Pittsburgh team sport p.m., All Saints, Activities Building, paraphernalia, other items. Also hors 19 Dewey St., Etna. All welcome. To d'oeuvres and dessert, music by Lil­ register call the school lian Martinez and Robert Doran. For 412-782-0939. reservations at $25 ($30 at the door) Talk by Rita Klaus on healing call 412-751-7629. PITTSBURGH from multiple sclerosis, 7:30 p.m., SUNDAY, MARCH 15 St. Edward, church hall, 450 Walnut Mass for shut-ins, 6 a.m., WPXI- St., Blawnox. All welcome. 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A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC FOR FRIDAY, M ARCH 6, 1998 The following information is a summary prepared for the Pittsburgh Catholic of the material in the Quin­ GENERAL ASSESSMENT AND quennial Report presented to our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, by Bishop Wuerl during his ad limina vis­ OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE it, March 9-14, 1998. This Executive Summary follows the divisions in the Quinquennial Report and touches all o f the major areas o f the life and ministry of the Church of Pittsburgh. The first section that we print is the Bishop's own overview for the future. In providing a general assessment of the situation of the diocese, I am confi­ vocal, group of people challenged the reorganization of parishes, and the estab­ dent in asserting the positive condition of the Church of Pittsburgh. The pastoral lishment of the religious education policy. This small group of people, through a challenges we face now, and into the immediate future, are those that, for the letter writing and telephone campaign to officials of the Holy Sec, has attempted most part, are endemic to many so-called first world countries. The social mores to be disruptive. The unworkable solutions and, in some cases, the irrational have so changed in the past thirty years as to produce a climate that is extremely nature of the positions they have espoused, have discredited them in the local secular and very much focused on the material world. Church and in the wider community of Southwestern Pennsylvania. thy kingdom come Where once there was a community structure that supported religious faith Another factor that demonstrates the well being o f our diocesan Church is the and encouraged family lile, we now find a lack of both the support and the financial stability both of the diocese and its institutions and the over-riding encouragement. In fact the heavy emphasis on the individual and his or her rights majority of the parishes with the many programs they sustain and support. The has greatly eroded the concept of the common good and its ability to call people generosity of the faithful, especially among the more senior citizens, continues to to something beyond themselves. be a significant blessing. The social climate is such that allegiance to the Church is weakened for many Our pastoral plan for the future includes a continuation o f the spiritual renewal and the claim of the teaching office to oblige conscience is challenged by a grow­ we have emphasized since the beginning of the diocesan reorganization/ revital­ ing number of the faithful. All of this translates into a pastoral challenge for min­ ization plan. Our effort is also to focus on religious education at every level. The istry because our people increasingly are led to believe, and this is particularly report shows the efforts in our parishes, schools and faith communities to super­ true of young people, that their consent is necessary to make anything true and vise and coordinate quality Catholic education at every level. We w ill continue to certainly obligatory. stress the need for catechesis at every level and to provide abundant resource By far, the most pervasive challenge that priestly ministry faces today, and materials for catechetical instruction on the parish and diocesan levels. into the next century, is the powerful voice of secularism and its arrogant claim to As we move into the next millennium the diocese also w ill direct a substantial the sole position of the public forum. Where once it was an accepted part of our amount of its resources to the care of the needy, with particular attention to the life to recognize, invoke and praise God in the public life of our civic communi­ elderly who form a significant portion of our population. Catholic Charities, as ty, we now face situations where the sacred, the spiritual dimension of human life the “good works” arm of the diocese, and other efforts at systematic care of those and the concept of God are consistently bleached out of our public schools, com­ in need, form a part of our overall pastoral plan. munity gatherings and public life in general. Much of the impact of the secular At the heart of our diocesan effort has been spiritual renewal both personal hegemony, and the substitution of political correctness for moral obligation, finds its focus in the collapse of the family and the subsequent violence that riddles our and institutional. This has been most intensive at the parish level where, over the society. past years, the themes of reconciliation, the sacrament of penance, the gifts of the There is today, as there has always been to some extent, a temptation by some Spirit, and the sacraments of baptism and confirmation, have been stressed in a of the faithful to treat the Church as if it were incidental to salvation. The “Cate­ programmatic way that invites the participation of priests, religious and faithful. chism of the Catholic Church” has, perhaps, devoted such a large section to the An additional part of the operative pastoral plan is the outreach, or new evan­ function of bishops and priests precisely because the acceptance of the authority gelization, for those who have drifted away from the practice of the faith. There of Christ exercised by bishops and priests, in union with them throughout the is a discernable number of young people who, for reasons inexplicable even to world, is a “hard saying” today. themselves, have drifted away from the practice of the faith. In a concerted effort On the brighter side is a sense among some of our young people that the secu­ involving our campus ministry and younger priests in the diocese engaged in spe­ lar, material world does not provide them sufficient answers for their lives. There cial ministries, we have attempted to reach this group to invite them, individually is a hunger for God and the things of the Spirit, but it needs to be encouraged, and collectively, back to the practice of the faith. The high number of those par­ informed and directed. ticipating in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults speaks, in some way, to the Religious ignorance or “illiteracy,” as some refer to it, is a significant part of success of the effort at outreach or renewed evangelization. the culture with which we deal paslorally. Even with the large Catholic school In addressing the general assessment of our diocesan Church, it is also impor­ system this diocese supports, we still have the greater number of our children tant to note that we face, as is true in local Churches across the country, the issue receiving their religious education through parish programs other than the of disunity. From both the right and the left, we have, within the Church in the schools. While we have worked hard to ensure the quality of these programs with United States, voices critical of the hierarchy, the clergy and particularly the significant efforts to integrate the “Catechism of the Catholic Church” into all of efforts either to carry out the directions of the Second Vatican Council or the our religious education programs, and to develop the use of electronic media, Church s social justice teachings. On the one hand are those who feel they have including a regularly broadcast television catechetical program, the religious lit­ no one but themselves to be accountable to and on the other are those who claim eracy level of our faithful, nonetheless, is still a concern. a direct and personal relationship with the Holy Father whose teachings they Even in the face of these social currents, the diocese enjoys a sense of cohe­ essentially interpret to support whatever they espouse. Both poles have their own sion. The presbyterale for the most part is hard working, faithful and loyal to both vision, goals, instruments of social communications, cheerleaders and judgments the Church and their bishop. While we have had a number of failings among our about everyone else. Both disrupt the unity of the Church and cause tensions in priests, the percentage is minuscule in relation to the total number of faithful the ongoing efforts to sustain harmony among all the faithful. priests. The pastoral goals which are of greatest importance in the future in the Dio­ The involvement of religious in the life of the diocese, while affected by the cese of Pittsburgh include, primarily, our ongoing spiritual renewal and the new reduced number of both men and women religious, continues to bring an impor­ evangelization outreach which characterizes every aspect of our current educa­ tant pastoral dimension to this local Church. A program of regular meetings tional and pastoral planning. We shall continue to place emphasis on our ecu­ between the Bishop and religious leadership fosters collaboration and a sense of menical and interfaith efforts which to date have been successful in finding solidarity. common ground for witness to Gospel values in the wider community. At the The reorganization of our parishes, in order to lake into account the enormous same time, we shall continue our involvement in the efforts of the wider political, cultural, social and demographic changes that have afflicted Southwestern Penn­ social and cultural communities where we seek to be a voice for the moral order sylvania, has provided us a foundation on which to provide pastoral ministry for and the exigencies of the Gospel. Finally, a major pastoral program before us is all of our people without having to fall back on “priestless” parishes. the preparation for a synod of the Diocese of Pittsburgh which we anticipate will We have also restructured our system of schools and, with the generous help be held on Pentecost 2000. of both the Catholic and the wider community, established funding to ensure the While we continue to struggle to manifest the kingdom of God in this portion continuation of as many of our Catholic schools as possible. The goal is to pro­ of the Church, there is still much we would like to accomplish in the field of spir­ vide affordable and accessible education to all of the children who wish to attend itual renewal, religious education and evangelical outreach. At the same lime 1 Catholic schools. am confident that, given the vitality of this Church, the loyalty of its priests, the It is important to note that this effort on the part of the priests, religious and co erence of the vast majority ol the iailhlul and the basic unity of our diocesan vast majority of the laity has not proceeded without some dissent. A small, but Church, we can accomplish what we set out to do. The Most Reverend Donald W. Wuerl

Bishop of Pittsburgh (Extract from the conclusion of the Quinquennial Report) 2 Quinquennial Report A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 ^ PASTORAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE DIOCESE The Diocese of Pittsburgh was canonically established in 1843. This Catholics, with smaller numbers of Hispanics, Koreans and Vietnamese Quinquennial Report covers the five-year period from 1993 through undertaking regularly scheduled liturgies. 1997. The latter year brought the announcement that a diocesan synod The diocesan bishop has detailed the expectations for the Church of w ill be held in the millennium year. Pittsburgh in four major pastorals since the beginning of 1993 with ‘The The diocese consists of six counties in southwestern Pennsylvania Great Jubilee (1995) and “Future Directions” (1993) most prominent in with Pittsburgh as the see city. Total population of the diocese has setting the diocesan agenda. declined to 2,009,092 at the end of 1995, the latest estimate. Catholics Two auxiliary hishops support the diocesan ordinary. There is one numbered 753,090 at the end of 1996, compared with 810,826 at the retired auxiliary bishop in residence. The central administration includes close of the last quinquennium. two vicars general, three episcopal vicars, a chancellor, a judicial vicar, Ethnic origins are mixed, with Catholics of the Ruthenian, Ukrainian, an adjutant judicial vicar, and a diocesan curia, which includes a general Maronite and Romanian Rites also present in the diocese. Ethnic variety secretariat and four secretariats—clergy, pastoral life, education and is a treasured part of the local church, a fact recognized by the creation social concerns. of the diocesan Cultural Diversity Commission in 1993 — a means of Advisory bodies include a college of consultors, a college of deans, affirming the important role cultural diversity has played in the local priest council, a finance council, a pastoral council and a number of Church and ensuring its continuing recognition. There are 2,500 Black commissions.

^ IDENTIFICATION AND GENERAL RELIGIOUS SITUATION OF THE DIOCESE

The three rivers which dominate the geography of the region encom­ be law-abiding, hard working and honest. Law enforcement is honored, passed by the Diocese made it possible to cheaply transport the raw but effectiveness is stretched thin where fighting illegal drugs. Divorce, materials needed for manufacturing iron, steel, glass and other durable with almost no social barriers, is commonplace. materials. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, immigrant workers came Within the society as a whole there is little movement to address the to reside and the Church came to minister in towns formed on the rivers many pressing issues, including the needs of unemployed and poor peo­ where industrial plants were built. ple, racism, tolerance for abortion as a legal right, the public distribution In the 1980's, transformations in the United States economy caused a of artificial birth control to adolescents, and general ignorance about the loss in the diocese of almost 180,000 unionized, family wage jobs as common good. mills and factories closed. Today, the economy of southwestern Penn­ The Church’s voice to address moral and social questions is strong sylvania is marked by slow job growth, focused in such areas as health and clear, through the diocesan bishop, the pastors, the institutions of care, computer software, education, small retail, and service. The popu­ social concern, and the religious education of youth and adults. But those lation is aging, with the Pittsburgh metropolitan region ranking among who seek individual gratification and promotion often drown it out. the highest in the nation in the percentage of persons over 65 years of The fact that the local Church has been invited often to participate in age. addressing issues pertaining to public morality indicates that civil leader­ It was in response to these major socio-economic changes that the ship, many of them Catholic, recognize and appreciate the value of the diocesan bishop initiated the diocesan Reorganization and Revitalization Church in public life. project in 1989. Diocesan relations with civil authorities have been generally excel­ The cultural and social situationof the diocese is a mixture of good lent, with an occasional strain stemming from attempts by landmark and not-so-good. On the one hand, there are the traditional signs of cul­ review bodies who question the authority of the Church in preservation ture in a major metropolitan area. On the other hand, job growth is mod­ of historic churches. est and often not with living wage-paying positions. Unemployment Relations with the public school systems in the diocese have brought among blacks is more than twice that of whites. Racial divisions little disagreement, with the exception of these systems challenging the between black and while are evident. A persistent underclass remains. efforts to secure financial assistance from the state for families with stu­ Like most of our country, the gap between rich and poor is slowly, but dents in private schools, including Catholic institutions. One area of gen­ surely, widening. eral harmony has been the publicly financed bus transportation of stu­ With regard to the morality of the secular society, individuals tend to dents to Catholic schools.

A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC FOR FRIDAY. MARCH 6, 1998 Quinquennial Report 3 THE MINISTRY OF THE DIOCESAN BISHOP The bishop of Pittsburgh is widely recognized within the diocese and ccse for such purposes as confirmations, dedication of new or remodeled nationally for his commitment to his teaching mission. facilities, significant parish anniversaries, and the installation of new From the personal perspective, the diocesan bishop has continued pastors. with “The Teaching of Christ,” a weekly half-hour television program The relationship between the bishop and the clergy is very strong. In highlighted by his teaching segment, which is shown locally and nation­ addition to the normal everyday contacts, the opportunity for building ally. this relationship occurs during monthly meetings of the Priest Council During this quinquennium, the and College of Consultors; annual visits to each of 16 deaneries, at diocesan bishop has produced a which all priests in those geographical areas come together with him; an new fourth edition of the adult cat­ annual Clergy Day; spring and fall clergy convocations; Advent prayer echism, “The Teaching of Christ,” service and dinner; and biennial, four-day retreat-like gatherings. and has been featured in four vid­ The diocesan bishop, in addition to many informal and smaller group eotape series available in national contacts, meets two times a year with the superiors of men and women distribution, including those on religious orders to discuss matters of mutual interest. catechisms, confirmation and the He also makes many appearances annually at various gatherings of sacraments. The diocesan bishop lay organizations, including such local groups as the Knights of Colum­ also has written four major pasto­ bus, Catholic Daughters of America, Diocesan Council of Catholic rals since 1993. Women. St. Thomas More Society, Catholic Physicians Guild, and the Fulfillment of the oversight Serra Club. responsibility is reflected most The bishop has regular and close contact with the archbishop of the completely in four groups falling Byzantine Ruthenian Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pittsburgh. Catholics under the jurisdiction of the Secre­ of other rites present within the Latin Rite Diocese of Pittsburgh arc all tariat for Education and detailed in under the care of their own ordinaries. Sections V, VI and XV of this The diocesan bishop enjoys excellent relationships with civil authori­ report on the quinquennium. They ties throughout the diocese, who are both cognizant and appreciative of include the Office for Catholic the Church’s role in addressing societal needs. Schools, Office for Religious As perhaps the most prominent of local religious leaders, the diocesan Education/CCD, Department for bishop is an acknowledged leader in associations of heads of Christian Persons with Disabilities, and the judicatories. He also enjoys close ties with the Jewish community. Learning Media Center. The diocesan bishop has been able to address matters of mutual con­ The diocesan bishop maintains cern with other bishops of the province through active participation in an active schedule of pastoral vis­ the Pennsylvania Catholic Conference and is much involved with the its to parishes throughout the dio- affairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops.

^ LITURGICAL AND SACRAMENTAL LIFE, THE CULT OF THE SAINTS The liturgical life of the Diocese of Pittsburgh is generally strong and ways. Having recently completed our sesquiccntennial celebration and, stable. It is marked by a high degree of receptivity to the liturgical even more tangibly, a major effort of structural reorganization of par­ renewal of the Second Vatican Council without radical discontinuity ishes in the diocese, we have been called by the diocesan bishop to focus with the past. We are not without challenges in our life of worship. The on spiritual renewal and parish revitalization. Central in this effort is the challenges we face have less to do with ritual abuses than with lethargy liturgical life ol parishes and the diocese as a whole. On many levels, or an absence of spiritual dynamism — the lack of an intuitive compre­ through evaluation instruments, catcchesis, and a host of training or spir­ hension and appreciation of our liturgical forms. itual enrichment programs, clergy and lay leaders — and the whole com­ While some might conclude that the period of liturgical renewal is munity of the faithful — are being asked to expand their horizons, over, in a sense we are at the beginning of a new phase in that process, enhance their practical understanding, deepen their spiritual involve­ one in which our ritual life needs to take deeper root in the minds and ment, and devote themselves to solid liturgical planning. All of this is to hearts of our people. Some refer to a need or desire for greater depth in make the sacramental celebrations themselves richer experiences of liturgical celebrations. Sometimes, even members of the clergy or lay God s presence, more heartfelt occasions of worship, and more effective leaders in parishes do not seem to know the rites thoroughly or do not means of the new evangelization of our world. appreciate their formative value. We then experience more superficial or This historic moment in the pilgrimage of the Diocese of Pittsburgh is mechanical celebrations. This pastoral challenge is all the greater in the all the more auspicious, as it coincides with preparations for the Jubilee face of the opinion that depth can only be achieved by abandoning the Year 2000 — a fact and process that contributes additional insight, reform altogether. urgency, and energy to the diocesan revitalization effort. The Diocese of Pittsburgh is taking up this challenge in a number of

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CATHOLIC EDUCATION

The overall mission of Catholic education is served through the Sec­ opened. Fourteen elementary schools have closed during this same peri­ retariat for Education. The Secretariat consists of four major depart­ od. ments: The Department for Catholic Schools (Section V), the Depart­ A ll of the Catholic schools in the diocese are accredited by the M id­ ment for Religious Education/CCD (Section VI), the Department for dle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Each school is staffed Persons With Disabilities (Section V) and the Department for Educa­ with a principal and, in the high schools, with principals and assistant tional Media (Section XV). In addition, several offices assist the work of principals. Two of the high schools have recently adopted the the Secretariat: Office for Budget and Planning, and the Office for Spe­ president/principal model. Approximately 40 percent of the elementary cial Events. The Secretary for Education serves as the diocesan liaison to school teachers, and all of the high school teachers in the seven diocesan the St. Anthony School Programs, the DePaul Institute and the diocesan and one parish high school, are represented by the Federation of Pitts­ Theological Commission. The Secretariat for Education exists in order burgh Diocesan Teachers. Agreements on compensation and working to assist the Catholic Church of Pittsburgh to participate more fully in conditions are in effect for all teachers, with agreements or guidelines the teaching mission of Christ and to aid the diocesan bishop in his task for elementary schools not represented by the federation expiring as shepherd and teacher of the local Church. between the years 1999 through 2002. As a minimum, teachers The Secretariat for Education exists to proclaim the Gospel, to com­ employed by the schools are required to have bachelor’s degrees and municate the teaching of the Church, to fashion a people in whom the Instructional I certificates. They are also required to satisfactorily com­ Word of God has taken root, and to coordinate and administer programs plete their diocesan certification requirements within two years of and services to foster a living, conscious, informed, and active faith. employment. Total Catholic Education serves as the model for the educational The Catholic schools in the diocese engage in a number of meaning­ efforts of the diocese. Several significant accomplishments stand as a ful activities to promote their successes and to encourage ongoing reten­ sign of this collaborative effort: tion and recruitment. Many of their activities result from suggestions • In November 1995, the diocese hosted its first Total Catholic Edu­ made by the Marketing and Communications Committee of the Secretar­ cation Conference with the theme “Come to the Water.” The two day iat for Education. The committee promotes such projects as the annual conference with keynote speakers Cardinal Pio Laghi, prefect of the celebration of Catholic Schools Week, a weekly half-hour radio program Vatican Congregation for Christian Education, and Mr. Charles Colson, entitled “Education Plus,” a television commercial entitled “For Kids’ Prison Fellowship Ministries, was attended by over 12,000 participants. Sake,” and regularly scheduled marketing and communications work­ This conference, with more than 60 speakers, was the combined cate­ shops. Students and their families are encouraged to watch the weekly chetical congress for CCD and Catholic school programs, replacing the television show “The Teaching of Christ,” featuring the bishop of Pitts­ former CCD Catechetical Congress and Tri-Diocesan Conference. A burgh. This program has been integrated into the religion curriculum for similar conference w ill be held in November, 1998. these students. • An annual Community of Faith gathering is held every year with The long term viability of the local parish elementary schools and all pastors, principals of Catholic schools, and catechetical administra­ their supporting parishes seem to be more of a reality as a result of tors. This event highlights the significant unity in the work of Catholic recently implemented policies. The recommendations of a diocesan- education within the diocese and involves almost every parish in the dio­ wide task force are being phased-in between 1996-97 through 1998-99, cese. and w ill result in about 60 percent of the school costs coming from • In August, 1997, the Secretariat for Education published home- tuition yield, 25 percent from parish subsidies, and 15 percent from schooling guidelines entitled “Faith Education in the Home: Catholic fundraising/development and other sources. High school costs are now Homeschooling.” These guidelines established a positive vision for funded primarily by tuition (80 per cent of cost), in addition to develop­ Catholic homeschooling, recommendations for building partnerships ment (13 percent) and diocesan subsidies (7 percent). The Diocese of between parishes and homeschooling families and guidelines for sacra­ Pittsburgh, however, continues to support both the schools and students mental reception issues. The document, the first of its kind in the United through grants and tuition assistance programs. During the most recent States, gained national attention, from both secular and Church- related school year, the elementary schools received more than $3 million in groups. grants, and the high schools received about $1 million. The Bishop’s . • A quarterly letter entitled “The Total Catholic Education Report,” Education Fund, established by the diocesan bishop in 1994, has pro­ published by the Secretary for Education with contributions from each vided nearly 6,000 students with grants totaling $850,000 during the past department director, regularly highlights the overall mission of total three years. Legislatively, the diocese continues to seek further funding Catholic education and its connection to the larger Church. Issues and support from both state and federal levels through its efforts with the addressed have included preparations for the Millennium, racism, long- REACH Project (Road to Educational Achievement Through Choice). range planning and human sexuality education. The Department for Persons with Disabilities of the Diocese of Pitts­ The Catholic schools in the Diocese of Pittsburgh have a long­ burgh coordinates the educational, catechetical and pastoral services for standing tradition of academic excellence and the teaching of Gospel persons with disabilities. The mission of the department is “to call forth values and authentic Catholic doctrine. Student enrollments, which the gifts and to meet the religious needs of persons with disabilities.” declined in the 1970's and 1980's, have begun to stabilize in the 1990's. Offices and educational programs under the department include the Preschool through grade 12 enrollments have generally ranged between Office for Persons with Mental Retardation and Special Religious Edu­ 34,000 to 37,000 in recent years. cation, the Office for Deaf Persons, the Office for Persons with Physical During the last five years, no high schools have closed or reorga­ Disabilities, the Office for Persons with Vision Impairments, and Saint nized, but one private, and three regional elementary schools, have Anthony School Programs.

A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 QuinqUentlial RepOft 5 CATECHESIS

The catechetical office is formally titled the Department for Religious echetical programs, comprehensive curriculum guidelines for elementary Education/CCD. It operates as a department under the diocesan Secretar­ parish catechetical programs and for parochial high school religion iat for Education. It is comprised of five offices and seven professional courses, the complete implementation of the Catechism of the Catholic staff members. The five offices are: Catechesis, Catechetical Ministries, Church and of the “Catholic Vision of Love” sexual morality catechesis Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Adult and Family Catechesis, and the program, and support for young adult catechesis. While numbers repre­ Gilmary Diocesan Center. sent only one determinant of success, it is noted that measured growth in The stated mission of the department, as authorized by the diocesan individual participation has occurred in parish programs for adolescent bishop, is to give direction to the catechetical ministry of the local youth, young adults, adults and converts throughout the diocese since the Church. It does this by developing policies and programs, and by pro­ last quinquennium. viding assistance and support to pastors and parish catechetical leaders, Newly emerging challenges are being addressed currently by such ini­ calling them to accountability for their responsibility for local catecheti­ tiatives as: the further development of junior high catechesis, the colla­ cal ministry. tion of a parish catechetical policy manual, the revision of catechetical The scope of the catechetical concerns of the department is compre­ certification programs and of guidelines for pre-marriage preparation, hensive, from parish sacramental preparation and elementary and ado­ and the evaluation of catechetical texts and materials. lescent catechesis through young adult and adult life. As we approach the Third Millennium, present trends and future pro­ Since the last quinquennium, increased interest and involvement in jections call for the direct attention to the support, direction and growth catechesis on the parish level has been matched by intensified effort on of: parish catechetical programs in the face of parish and family para­ the part of the department. Several policies and programs, developed digm shifts, the maintenance and increase of the number of qualified and within the department and approved by the secretariat, have been pro­ certified catechists, the assurance of professionally skilled and faith- mulgated by the diocesan bishop. filled parish catechetical leaders at every level, outreach to the uncate­ Among these policies and programs are: sacramental policies and cat­ chized, and evangelization of persons at every phase of human life.

❖ THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF THE CLERGY

There are 511 diocesan priests in the diocese of Pittsburgh. Of these, 368 are in active ministry within the diocese; 27 are actively serving out­ side the diocese; one is working in a foreign mis­ sion and 115 are retired, ill or absent. There are also 134 religious priests in the diocese bringing the total number of priests to 645 in the diocese. In addition, there are also 47 extern priests. Contacts between the diocesan bishop and the clergy are ongoing, formal and informal. Included are meetings with the Priest Council and the Board of Consultors. The diocesan bishop also annually visits each of the 16 deaneries in the diocese for meetings and discussions with priests. There are a number of informal gatherings which bring together the diocesan bishop and the clergy, such as a “Clergy Day,” as well as spring and fall convocations which promote growth and learning. Every three years, the diocesan bishop and his priests assemble for a four-day retreat­ like gathering at a convention center in a neigh­ boring diocese to stimulate prayer, learning, relaxation and priestly fraternity. Four spiritual retreats are scheduled for priests each year by the diocese and Days of Recollec­ tion are sponsored by some deaneries and groups of priests such as the Passionists.

6 Quinquennial Report A special supplement to the PITTSBURGH catholic fo r Friday, m arch 6,1998 The Secretariat for Clergy and Religious administers and guides the • Office for Chaplaincies, which currently oversees 77 priests and dea­ various departments of the secretariat to assist priests with special cons involved in service to 110 hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilita­ needs. The secretariat consists of departments with responsibility for tion centers, prisons and detention centers in the diocese. the following departments and offices: • Office for Campus Ministry, responsible for the 21 priests providing • St. Paul Seminary, where seminarians receive personal, spiritual, apos­ pastoral care in all colleges, universities and many professional tolic and priestly formation. Academic formation is obtained at schools. Duquesne Universty. • Office for the Diaconate, which oversees the activities of 22 deacons • The Department for Pre-Ordination Formation, which is responsible serving in parishes and ministries in the diocese. for all aspects of priestly formation prior to presbyteral ordination. • Office for Clergy Personnel, which is the administrative agent in Included in this department is the Office for Vocations which works assigning clergy to meet the needs of the faithful. A vicar for retired for foster vocations awareness. priests is also assigned to the secretariat. • The Department of Clergy and Ministerial Formation, which coordi­ nates programs on the continuing formation of the clergy.

INSTITUTES OF CONSECRATED LIFE AND SOCIETIES OF APOSTOLIC LIFE

The vitality of the charisma of religious life in the church of Pitts­ address unmet needs in an underprivileged area of the city by providing burgh is a strong indicator that consecrated life is a gifted reality affect­ permanent housing, counseling, parenting groups and job training for ing the welfare of the local church. single parents with children. The numbers of consecrated persons in religious life are smaller A wide variety of programs are being used by the diocese and reli­ today then they have been in the past, however the religious continue to gious congregations to stimulate vocation awareness in the diocese. manifest their charisma through committed presence in the ministries of Among the methods are: the Pittsburgh Religious Vocation Council, education and health care. Others are responding to new needs, such as which is made up of vocation directors from communities of religious; parish social ministry, home health care, spiritual direction, adult educa­ the diocesan vocation director; and the delegate for religious. The coun­ tion, elder care, outreach to the poor and hospital chaplaincy. cil collaborates in promoting numerous programs designed to attract The women religious in this diocese have pooled their resources to vocations.

COOPERATION WITH THE MISSIONS The diocese has a long history of extensive involvement in, and Other evidences of mission support in the diocese include: awareness of, the missions. • the contribution of over $1 million each year for various mission Perhaps the most visible evidence of the diocesan commitment to the activities by the people of the diocese; missions exists in work being carried out in Peru, where the diocese has • the widespread local observance of World Mission Sunday as had a presence for more than 35 years. A diocesan priest serving in instructed by the Holy See; Chimbote, Peru, directs the Social Works Center there, a health and edu­ • annual visits to each parish from a representative of a mission diocese cational health care facility that each month treats some 17,000 poor or missionary society to explain their work and to solicit funds to sup­ patients and delivers an estimated 300 babies. A special organization, port that activity; the Chimbote Foundation, has been established to provide continuing • provision of support for some of the priests and religious women from support for this vital work. the missions who reside in the diocese while pursuing higher educa­ tion courses, and • the generous response of the diocese to requests for financial assis­ tance or relief supplies to ease suffering caused by natural famine or disaster throughout the world.

A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 Quinquennial Report 7 <> THE LAITY

In response to their baptismal call, the laity take an active and respon­ or implementation of parish plans of action. sible role in enhancing the quality of parish life and pastoral activity in Many benefits, predicted by the Dogmatic Constitution on the the diocese. They serve on parish pastoral councils, parish finance coun­ Church, 37, have been the result of dialogue between the laity and their cils, parish commissions and committees, as well as parish staffs. In col­ pastors: “in the laity, a strengthened sense of personal responsibility, a laboration with their pastors, they help to identify pastoral needs in the renewed enthusiasm, a more ready application of their talents to the parish, and help to plan pastoral responses to these needs in the areas of projects of their pastors. The latter (i.e., pastors) for their part, aided by community, worship and prayer, service, education and leadership. the experience of the laity, can more clearly and more suitably come to The Office for Parish Services in the Secretariat for Pastoral Life decisions regarding spiritual and temporal matters. In this way, the assists parishes by identifying their needs and developing plans of whole church, strengthened by each one of its members, can more effec­ action, and by providing necessary materials and training. They also tively fulfill its mission for the life of the world.” help to connect parishes with the resources of the diocese in the design

ECUMENISM The Church of Pittsburgh leads the ecumenical movement in the social communications. A covenant has been established with the Luthe­ community. The diocesan bishop has initiated many significant projects, ran Synod and Episcopal Diocese to further these aims. and it is to him that other religious leaders come for counsel and advice. Spiritual ecumenism is an essential element in our ecumenical efforts. He, more than any other person, speaks on behalf of the religious com­ Significant witness is given to the power of prayer on many occasions, munity on significant issues affecting the church and community in our but especially at Christmas and Easter, when more attention can be region. focused on the need to pray together. The diocese participates in many ecumenical programs, at both Our diocese has an active Ecumenical and Interfaith Commission, regional and local levels, to bring the true meaning of the gospel to peo­ which meets to study and apply the Directory for the Application of ple and to minister to those in need. We believe some programs and ser­ Principles and Norms on Ecumenism. Significant attention is being vices can be provided more effectively and efficiently when done in a given to the directory in preparation for a diocesan synod. We are com­ spirit of cooperation. mitted to the ecumenical goals established by our Holy Father, Pope Included are such programs as: ministry to those persons with John Paul II. HIV/AIDS, efforts to overcome racism, chaplaincies, and the use of

OTHER RELIGIONS

The Church of Pittsburgh enjoys a very good relationship with the their participation, an inter-faith committee to oversee a chaplaincy pro­ Jewish community. We are presently engaged in an active dialogue gram at the Pittsburgh International Airport. between priests and rabbis, and share an effort to assure that all educa­ There continues to be a decrease of interest in various sects and cults, tional texts properly reflect and show respect for the beliefs of each faith and there is no evidence of any organized group of non-believers in our community. We also participate in other dialogues between Christians diocese. What is encouraging, however, is that there seems to be a grow­ and Jews. ing interest in the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church, especially While the Islamic and Hindu communities are very small in the dio­ around the Eucharist, by Christians who enjoy positions of respect in the cese, we have participated in a dialogue with them in an effort to seek community. greater understanding and cooperation. We have also established, with

8 Quinquennial Report A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 PASTORAL CARE OF THE FAMILY

The challenges to family life and family values in the United States diocese began Project Rachel, a confidential and compassionate program today are considerable. These include: the lack of respect for marriage as of post-abortion reconciliation and healing, to reach out to women who a permanent, faithful, and loving commitment between a man and wom­ have procured abortions and to anyone who has been affected by abor­ an; divorce; cohabitation; and promotion of abortion and euthanasia. The tion. Diocese of Pittsburgh responds by using the Office for Family Life and The diocese actively promotes natural family planning through its Family Concerns to promote a healthy and holy family perspective teaching programs at Mercy Hospital and in parishes. All pre-marriage within parishes and all diocesan programs. Through the Department for preparation courses promote natural family planning as a morally accept­ Social Awareness, the Church promotes respect for life— from concep­ able method of regulating pregnancy. Through its many educational tion to natural death. Catholics in western Pennsylvania are widely forums, the Church has also opposed attempts to promote legal euthana­ known in secular society, and in political circles, for their defense of sia and physician-assisted suicide, though much more remains to be done unborn children and promotion of life. Individual Catholics support to tell the full story of the Church’s concern for family and for life. many pro-life organizations outside Church sponsorship. In 1995, the

EVANGELIZATION OF CULTURE

Issues about, and concern for, evangelization have gained new promi­ tion with highly secularized civic life. At the same time, the people of nence in the Diocese of Pittsburgh through many high-profile events: the the area possess a positive religious sense nurtured by cultural and ethnic 150th anniversary of the diocese, extensive parish reorganization and values and attitudes, within and outside the Catholic Church. revitalization, cooperation with the call of the Holy Father (and the bish­ These factors have led the diocesan community to reflect upon its ops of the United States) for a new evangelization, and preparation for place in today’s society with the affirming, saving effect we are called the Jubilee Year 2000. upon to have within our world. Such considerations have led to numer­ The diocesan community faces such culturally widespread phenom­ ous initiatives to bring the Gospel message anew and concretely into our ena as materialism, attitudinal formation through mass media, religious culture. disillusionment and a “spiritual migration” that accompanies it, and fric-

A SPECIAL SUPPLEM ENT TO THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 4 Quinquennial ‘ I # * • . * < I f . 'Report . 4 *1» . f y 9 SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS

Relevant factors influencing the discussion of the communications parishes of the diocese, as well as the wider community. The efforts are practices of the Church include attitudes found both in the secular press focused in two areas: the communications efforts directed by the dioce­ and in some segments of the national Catholic press. san administration; and The Pittsburgh Catholic, the official diocesan In the national media, attitudes toward the Church and religion range newspaper. from hostility to a dismissal of the Church as irrelevant in the modern Over the course of the last five years, there also have been many age. Locally, there is a history of hostility and bias in the secular print changes in the structure of media use and evangelization in the Secretar­ media which has abated in recent years. The secular broadcast media, iat for Education. Five years ago, the Learning Media Center was an particularly television, also present problems centered in sensationalism office under the Department for Religious Education/CCD. The Office and inaccuracy. for Electronic Media was in a different secretariat altogether. In the national Catholic press, there are some extremes, at both ends At the request of the diocesan bishop and under the direction of the of the religious spectrum, which ostensibly support religion, but which secretary for education, the Learning Media Center and the Office for have a narrow definition of what constitutes Catholic faith and practice. Electronic Media have been placed under a newly established Depart­ The negative attitudes of these organizations toward the hierarchy tends ment for Educational Media within the Secretariat for Education. This to undermine episcopal authority. department exists to help the Church engage effectively in evangeliza­ Efforts are underway to counter these relevant factors, and to help tion and catechesis through the use of the media. ensure that the Church’s messages are heard in communications with the

SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE CHURCH

There are many deeply rooted and vexing problems of social justice counter racism. These Gospel-centered sessions have given new public in our region: unemployment, lack of health care coverage for the work­ attention to the Church’s teaching on the dignity and worth of all ing poor, changes in the welfare system — which are punitive and humans. The diocesan bishop has led this effort by issuing a pastoral let­ sharply restrict access — and racism. Each of these receives response ter in 1996, “Confronting Racism Today.” The Church has worked with from this local Church. There are many Catholic institutions which, in a civic, religious and community leaders to address these social justice professional and caring manner, serve the needs of children and families, issues. Special community efforts, which have begun during this quin­ the developmentally and physically handicapped, the unemployed, those quennium with the support of this local Church, arc the Community looking for work, and the homeless. A particular focus of the Diocese of Loan Fund of Southwestern Pennsylvania and the Youth Crime Preven­ Pittsburgh over the last two years has been workshops to address and tion Council.

CHRISTIAN CHARITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

The diocesan bishop, with his pastors and his pastoral staff, continu­ Catholic Charities. This multi-service, professional organization serves ally bring before the faithful of the diocese the need for charity to imitate the needy in all six counties of the diocese. The Bishop Boyle Center, a the love that Christ pours out upon us. Every vehicle of evangelization is diocesan program, assists unemployed persons seeking work. The Offic used — preaching, catechesis, workshops, pastoral continuing education, for Economic Development offers technical assistance and support to the diocesan newspaper, and example. The Secretariat for Social Con­ not-for-profit organizations and community groups. Among the many cerns has made parish social ministry a particular focus of its efforts. charitable efforts outside the diocese, which are supported by the faith­ This is the parish community’s organized response to human needs ful, the Center for Social Works in Chimbote, Peru, has received special through works of charity, justice, health promotion, advocacy and social support from the diocesan bishop and the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The action. generosity of the people of this diocese to a host of charitable organiza­ The primary social service agency of the Diocese of Pittsburgh is tions and programs, in and outside the Church, cannot be overestimated

10 Quinquennial Report A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO,THE PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 HEALTH CARE

There are two Catholic health care systems in the Diocese of Pitts­ ers, local parish priests handle sacramental and pastoral care. Because of burgh. Both are well known for their quality of care and compassionate the changes in health care in this country, it is likely that in the future outreach to the poor. But both face enormous challenges to their survival pastoral care will be given more often through the parish. The diocesan by changes brought about by managed care. There are also 17 nursing bishop has encouraged parishes to become agents of health and healing, homes operating under Catholic auspices. To encourage collaboration, through such programs as volunteer parish nurses and other health pro­ and to bring about a closer relationship with the diocese, the diocesan fessionals. Euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and other medical eth­ bishop appointed a personal liaison to health care ministries in the dio­ ical issues, continue to challenge the Church’s insistent call to respect cese. life. The integral witness of the Church, with its powerful and prophetic Pastoral care of the sick is carried out faithfully in every hospital in words, and its considerable institutions of care, needs to be given greater the diocese. In some cases, there are full-time priest chaplains; in oth- visibility in the society at large.

0 PASTORAL CARE OF MIGRANTS Because of its historic reliance on industry and the more recent eco­ ishes also have been active in refugee/immigrant family sponsorship. nomic stress due to de-industrialization and resulting lack of employ­ The diocese and other Catholic entities also have been active in assist­ ment opportunity, the area has not attracted meaningful numbers of the ing foreign priest and religious women students with educational grants, Asian or Latin persons who are currently dominating immigration to the living expenses, and housing. Foreign and other students at local col­ United States. leges and universities who are not priests or religious women receive Despite the small numbers of recent immigrants, active Catholic min­ pastoral care through an active chaplaincy program. istries have been established for the local Spanish, Korean and Vietnam­ The Diocese of Pittsburgh initiated an airport chaplaincy program in ese communities. 1994 to provide services to travelers at Greater Pittsburgh International Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh has been active in Airport. Mass and other services are held regularly. An interfaith airport resettlement of migrants who do come to the area, helping refugees and chapel was recently dedicated. immigrants in such areas as resettlement, employment services, English Pastoral care for business travelers and tourists is available at parishes language training, translation, and cultural mentoring. A number of par­ which are located near hotels and motels throughout the diocese.

A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THÉ PITTSBURGH CATHOLIC FOR FklDAV, MARCH 6,1998 Quinquennial Report I I, ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL PATRIMONY OF THE CHURCH

Intensive effort has been directed to archival activity since the last or worship within their individual churches. As a matter of policy, no quinquennium. Professional personnel have been added and a building items are disposed of by public sale. Closed churches are visited by a is now committed completely to archival records, generally accessible to diocesan team, which determines which objects must be removed before the public. Policies have been developed for archival record retention at any building can be put up for sale. both the diocesan and parish level. The Building Commission monitors the restoration and new construc­ The archival center has developed several displays during the quin­ tion in the diocese, a process participated in by the diocesan Office for quennium, which included such subjects as: the history of the diocese, Worship. Together they ensure maintenance of pastorally-suitable stan­ Catholic schools, and Cardinal John Wright. An exhibit on pro-life dards regarding furnishings and vessels used in sacred worship. activity was recently assembled and put on display. The diocese also has an Office for Sacred Music, which encourages The diocese has initiated an effort to establish a Catholic cultural her­ parish musicians in their role as leaders and guardians of the tradition of itage center to preserve traditions and customs of the local Church, a sacred music. This office also prepares for musical celebrations of dioce­ reflection of the desire by both church and civil leadership to preserve san liturgical events, where it specifically endeavors to maintain Catholic the art and historical patrimony of the church. musical traditions. Parishes are responsible for conserving any patrimony related to art

FINANCIAL STATE OF THE DIOCESE

The income the diocese receives — from the Parish Share Program to adjust the revenue stream. (PSP), program/office revenues, investment income, Catholic Institute Overall economic growth in the areas encompassed by the diocese is endowment, donations and the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh Founda­ improving as the transition from a heavy industry-based economy to one tion — is judged adequate to meet its needs. more technologically oriented unfolds. While parishes of the diocese in The diocese has determined that it w ill balance its budget annually the aggregate are doing slightly better economically, there are problem and expenditures are structured to ensure that aim. Throughout the quin­ pockets where parishes continue in a financial bind. quennial period, the diocese achieved a modest surplus each year. The diocesan bishop, in consultation with the priest council and the There was an expectation of lower revenue for the diocese, because priest personnel board, determines salary policy for the clergy. There is of a revision in the financing methods for elementary schools; and a comprehensive program of health benefits for clergy, including medi­ because of a concurrent realignment of the Parish Share program, the cal, dental, vision and psychiatric care provisions. major source of diocesan support. To date, however, the anticipated There is a priests’ benefit plan which provides pensions for diocesan decline in revenue has been less than originally anticipated. priests. This program also covers medical insurance premiums for It is the diocesan bishop’s wish that money should be left at the par­ retired priests. Diocesan priests are also eligible for the federal Social ish level where at all possible. Whatever necessary adjustments to cen­ Security program, and while they are encouraged to enroll in this pro­ tral administration operations, short of deficit operations, will be made gram, their participation is optional.

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