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Vol. XXXII No. 30 Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Price 25i): Friday, February 21,1986 Casinos a bad bet? Church, civic leaders say yes

By Betsy Kennedy Voice Staff Writer Local hotel owners and some business leaders are betting that casino gambling is just the ticket for improv- ing South Florida's economy. But facing them squarely across the table in opposition are members of religious groups such as the Greater Miami Religious Leaders Coalition, as well as Gov. Bob Graham, Sen. Paula Hawkins and State Attorney General Jim Smith. In the proposed constitutional amendment which will appear on the November ballot, each county in Flor- ida would be allowed to decide for it- . self whether or not to permit casinos in hotels with 500 rooms or more. Cur- rently only 14 hotels in Dade and five in Broward have this capacity. Voicing his support of the Florida Bishops who issued a statement op- posing casino gambling when it first appeared on the ballot in 1978, Arch- bishop Edward A. McCarthy says, The bieSSinQS Father Thomas Wenski showers holy water from a palm frond on a jubilant congregation of Hai- "Religious leaders are generally op- • lii^-x-' tians at the Pierre Toussaint Haitian Catholic Center on 62nd Street, Miami after the downfall of posed to casino gambling... it in- Of IIDerie dictator 'Baby Doc' Duvalier which was hastened by Church criticism in that country. See creases street crime, brings in more Devotedly Yours, Pg. 8, Story and photos on Back Page. (Voice photo by Prent Browning) organized crime figures, encourages compulsive gamblers and in turn destroys family life." $700,000 to promote casinos, such as Citizens for County Choice on more tourists a year to Dade County. Groups which have spent more than Citizens for Jobs and Tourism and Casinos, claim that figures on crime "Last year tourists brought in $4.2 rates are misleading, and that the in- billion, spending an average of $752 crease in jobs, tourism dollars and the during their stay. With an increase of So far, so good on ABCD drive revival of Miami Beach's oceanfront 7.5 million more visitors, based on the With the early returns in, this has been, received from parishes or hotels and shabby neighborhoods out- average of $752 per stay, the state year's Archbishop's Charities and individuals as of Monday, or about weighs any negative impact brought should expect to gain another $5.6 Development drive is looking good a third of the $4.5 million goal for on by the influx of high rollers to this billion... an incredible shot in the arm so far. this year's drive. Final reports will area. to our economy." According to Charles Starrs, be made by pastors and chairmen to Andrew Rubin, a North Dade at- Archdiocesan Director of Develop- the Archbishop at a March 13 ap- torney and chairman of Citizens for Not everyone agrees with his projec- ment, $1,503,874 in pledges or cash preciation dinner. Jobs and Tourism, projects, "Casino tion nor sees Dade County's tourism gambling will bring in 7.5 million (Continued on page 14) New way of funding schools Case in point: The Archdiocese of parishes can't afford. • Lessons in winning. Pg 10 Miami: Such deficits can't last forever, • Teachers' day Pg 11 • During the past five years alone, 'We are Heiens says. "If [they] do, we're going tuition has doubled in many of South to lose schools." • St. Mary's champs.. Pg 18 Florida's Catholic schools. The determined That's one thing this former • St. Brendan's winners average amount being charged by to keep Catholic schoolteacher doesn't want Pg12 elementary schools for the '85-'86 our to see happen. And as director of the school year is $900 to $1,000. The high Archdiocese Education Endowment school rate is $1,600. inner-city Fund (AEF for short), it's his job to By Ana Rodriguez-Soto • But keeping up with inflation and schools see that it doesn't. Voice News Editor increased costs has caused drops in en- "We don't want to close any The problem is money, Richard rollment, especially in 15 inner-city open.' schools," Heiens says. "We are deter- Heiens says. Catholic schools don't schools, located in areas where the —Richard Heiens mined in this Archdiocese to keep our have enough. average family income is between inner-city schools open." And while inner-city schools are the $10,000 and $15,000 a year. A Phil Donahue-lookalike with a most critically affected right now, the • Tuition still covers only 70 per- salesman's personality, Heiens doesn't problem eventually will undermine the cent of the cost of running a school. a year to keep their schools open. In let grim statistics get him down. On health of even the most affluent parish Parishes in the Archdiocese are kick- the case of inner-city schools, the the contrary, he is extremely en- schools. ing in an average of $30,000 to $50,000 Archdiocese makes up what the (Continued on page 10)

:• Priest: Give migrants clean water, toilets WASHINGTON (NC) — Provision of clean water farm laborers in the field and would apply to Secretary of Labor William Brock, choosing a and toilets for migrant farmworkers in the fields is a employers of five or more workers. It is sponsored middle road between doing nothing and pushing for basic human right, Msgr. George G. Higgins advised by Rep. Joseph M. Gaydos, D-Pa. a strict federal standard, issued a guideline allowing a congressional panel. Msgr. Higgins, testifying for the USCC, public each state to decide its own standards, with a fur- Msgr. Higgins, who has long been active in labor policy arm of the U.S. bishops, said he wanted to ther review within 18 months. and farmworker issues and is former secretary for make "two basic points:" research for the U.S. Catholic Conference, urged the —*The first is that this issue of ensuring adequate Msgr. Higgins, who with other religious leaders House Subcommittee on Health and Safety in water and sanitation facilities is a matter of basic had met with Brock to discuss the issue last summer, remarks prepared for delivery Feb. 5 to back legisla- social and human justice." - expressed "deep disappointment that so fundamen- tion setting farmworker sanitation standards. —"Secondly, I wish to suggest that an approach tal an issue as the provision of drinking water and The bill, H.R. 4029, demands that toilets, hand- which relies primarily upon the states to resolve this adequate sanitation facilities for farmworkers has washing facilities and drinking water be available for issue is clearly inadequate." hot been resolved for some 14 years." Two U.S. members of Vatican Pro-abortion professor protest idea of universal catechism protests canceled talks WASHINGTON (NC) — Two U.S. members of MILWAUKEE (NC) — Daniel Maguire, a the International Catechetical Council, an advisory theology professor at Marquette University in council to the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, Milwaukee, has filed a complaint with the American have expressed opposition to the idea of a universal Association of University Professors after four col- catechism or compendium of church teachings. The leges canceled speaking engagements because of members also said their council in 1983 unanimously Maguire's abortion stand. Boston College, Villanova rejected a draft universal catechism presented to University, St. Scholastica College in Duluth, Minn., them by Cardinal Silvio Oddi, then prefect of the and St. Martin's College in Lacey, Wash., all cancel- clergy congregation. The final report of last fall's ed visits by Maguire. Maguire was a leading figure extraordinary Synod of Bishops endorsed the con- behind the 1984 statement, later published as a full- cept of a universal catechism. The Vatican has not page advertisement in The New York Times, that yet announced who will prepare the catechism. "My there is more than one legitimate church position on first reaction is (a universal catechism) is not abortion. necessary," said Msgr. Wilfrid H. Paradis, historian for the Diocese of Manchester, N.H., and a member of the catechetical council. Clergy plan to turn off TVs if networks don't stem filth WASHINGTON (NQ — Nearly 1,600 Christian Abp. Mahony warns priests leaders, including more than 100 Catholic bishops, have called on major television networks and adver- about dangers of 'burnout' tisers to "stem the tide of filth" on TV or face a LOS ANGELES (NC) — In a pastoral letter, possible boycott. The leaders also urged "an im- Archbishop Roger Mahony of Los Angeles warned mediate end to the anti-Christian stereotyping his 1,200 priests about dangers of burnout in trying presented in network programming." Their com- to witness Christ in "a neopagan, narcissistic ments came in a statement issued Feb. 4 at a news environment." A sense of identity built on daily conference by Christian Leaders for Responsible prayer and frequent use of the sacrament of Television. The statement and the CLRT organiza- reconciliation can help priests "maintain a clear vi- tion are extensions of a 1985 statement organized by sion" and avoid " 'burnout' in ministry," he said. the Rev. Donald Wildmon, head of the National He urged his priests to participate in "priest support Dispelling fears Federation for Decency. That statement was signed groups" as well, saying that "Jesus never sent his Cardinal John O'Connor of New by 600 religious leaders. disciples out alone, nor does he intend us to be his York donates a pint of blood at a disciples today alone or in isolation." New York blood center. Many U.S. cities are experiencing a blood Archbishop Mahony promises shortage this winter because some a hospice for AIDS victims Young U.S. Hispanics have less people are mistakenly afraid they LOS ANGELES (NC) — Archbishop Roger church commitment, study finds can get AIDS from donating. The Mahony of Los Angeles has promised to work to cardinal wanted to dispel their establish a hospice for victims of AIDS and to in- NEW YORK (NC) — A national survey of fears. (NC photo by Chris Sheridan) itiate a pastoral ministry plan for Catholic homosex- Hispanic Catholics has found that the traditional uals to help them lead chaste lives. He said pastoral religious commitment of the Hispanic community re- ministry for homosexuals also would help them find mains strong but less so among those born in the AIDS is not punishment acceptance in the total church community. The arch- " United States, and among those who are younger, from God, says archbishop bishop's comments came in a statement he read dur- better-educated and more affluent. Based on SEATTLE (NC) — AIDS is not a punishment ing a Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church in Holly- telephone interviews of 1,010 randomly selected in- from God but a disease that needs healing and wood. The Mass ended a 40-hours devotion for suf- dividuals in the 40 U.S. metropolitan areas with pastoral care, Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen ferers from AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syn- more than 50,000 Hispanics, the survey also in- " of Seattle wrote in his archdiocesan newspaper. In a drome. dicated that Hispanic Catholics have a very low level letter in the Jan. 30 issue of the newspaper, The of involvement in parish activities and surprisingly Panel argues: Should RCIA be little knowledge of modern church developments. Progress, Archbishop Hunthausen wrote that "given that our God is a God of love, we as Christians can used for all Catholic converts? More than half said they had never heard of the in no way claim that AIDS is a punishment from Second Vatican Council. God. This kind of explanation would be unworthy NEW YORK (NQ — The use of the church's of our God." The archbishop said AIDS, acquired Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults sparked a live- Instead of bingo, Detroit schools immune deficiency syndrome, is no more a punish- ly debate Feb. 11 during a national videoconference ment from God than lung cancer is a punishment sponsored by the National Pastoral Life Center in turn to wrestling to raise funds for smoking or a heart attack a punishment for New York. Panelists in the two-hour program " DETROIT (NC) — With bingo not bringing in as obesity. argued whether the rite was appropriate for all much money anymore, some schools in the Arch- adults converting to Catholicism. Paulist Father diocese of Detroit have turned to hosting profes- NCCB report shows rise in Kenneth Boyack, associate director of the Paulist sional wrestling matches as a fund-raiser. National Catholic Evangelization Association, But the financial rewards of the matches have candidates for diaconate in 1985 argued that while the RCIA was the "normative scored only a split decision, according to sponsors WASHINGTON (NC) — The number of perma- way" for converts to enter the church, it should not of the events. nent deacons in the United States rose by 323 and be the only way. Pastoral experience indicates that; The junior class at Brother Rice High School in the number of candidates for the diaconate by 149 "some people are just not RCIA types," he said. He Birmingham made a couple of hundred dollars on a in 1985, according to a report by the National Con- cited particularly shyness and fear of "public ex- wrestling match this winter, according to Sue An- ference of Catholic Bishops. The Annual Statistical posure" as factors. But another videoconference drews, mother of a junior class member. "It wasn't Report on the Permanent Diaconate, issued by the panelist, Daughters of Wisdom Sister Barbara really the fund-raiser we thought it would be." NCCB permanent diaconate secretariat in Washing- O'Dea, liturgy director for the Diocese of Pueblo, About 500 people attended. She said if 1,000 ton, showed that the number of deacons increased Colo., said the problem was more often not with the tickets had been sold, the class could have raised from 7,102 in 1984 to 7,425, while diaconate can- convert but with a parish minister whtf;'uneasy with $3,000. didates increased from 2,114 to 2,263. the RCIA, "communicates fear."

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PAGE 2 / Miami, Florida /THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 1 ,f; r~ \ Church in Cuba: No God in state classrooms Second of three parts "The churches may teach whatever By Steve Taylor they wish." HAVANA (NC) — Catholics in Recalling a time when clergy who Cuba say one of their biggest problems preached against Communism were with the Communist government is arrested as counterrevolutionaries, that state schools teach children that Msgr. de Cespedes said, "We have the God does not exist. hope of getting probably not Catholic They say the confusion this causes schools but at least a neutral education among Catholic youth is hard to coun- at the official schools, in order not to teract because the churches have no create problems of conscience for the children and for, their parents." access to government-controlled ul ^ media. Thoi ems would be less } "At home and in the parish Sunday severe, Catnpuc leaders said, if the schools, our young ones receive' a church had ready access to Cuba's Catholic education," said Msgr. mass media. Under the Castro regime Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, secretary the government controls all broad- of the Cuban bishops' conference. casting and most publishing. But all Cuban children must attend "Before the revolution we had a state schools where, Msgr. de really good magazine," said Msgr. de Cespedes said, "it is not a neutral edu- Cespedes. "Now we have no pub- cation, it is a very atheistic one." lication at all, only a Sunday A Cuban government official, how- (bulletin), very simple. And it is very ever, said state education is neutral on difficult to publish things in the offi- the subject of religion. cial newspaper of the government." Religious education is one of the is- The priest said that Cuba's sues in meetings between the govern- Catholics would like to publish their ment of President Fidel Castro and the own magazine again, or at least be Catholic bishops. able to place pastoral letters and The government has attached more religious news in the national news- importance to such meetings in the last papers. few years, Msgr. de Cespedes said. Carneado says the churches also "The situation of the church in would like access to television. "We Cuba is better than it was 10 or 15 have about 50 Catholic and Protestant years ago," he added. However, he Msgr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes in the courtyard of the bishops' house in religions in Cuba," he said, "and we Havana: Public schools, which all children must attend, teach that God does can't put them all on TV." identified education as one of the big- not exist, (NC photo) gest remaining problems. He noted that the national Relations between the Castro gov- mistrust which lasted more than 20 God?' " This, Carneado said, is just newspapers publish some religious ernment and the church were hostile years. More recently, however, both the kind of question a non-religious material, mostly schedules of services, following the 1959 revolution when the sides have shown a new willingness to state wishes to avoid. and he said that agreements on wider church was seen as aiding anti-Castro work together. Msgr. de Cespedes said that older access could come out of future forces. The Cuban Communist Party, Jose Felipe Carneado, director of . students who are Catholics can dif- meetings between the bishops and the echoing Marxist attitudes in other the recently established Office of ferentiate between what they learn in government. countries, called religion an "unreal, Religious Affairs of the Cuban Com- school and whW their faith teaches. "The possibility is not excluded,'' he distorted and false reflection of reali- munist Central Committee, said that "But for a child of 5, 6, 7 years old, said. "There may be the opportunity ty," according to a report in Latin- there was a difference of opinion on that's very difficult." in the future for some (TV) programs america Press, a publication based in education. He insisted that govern- Both Msgr. de Cespedes and and some newspaper information." Lima, Peru. ment education is not anti-religion, Carneado said they think the dispute Taylor, a Washington-based free- Many Catholics and other Chris- but simply neutral. can be resolved in the continuing lance journalist, visited Cuba on a tians responded to that attitude by op- "Children are not taught that God church-state meetings. posing the new government. The does not exist," he said. "If they were "The government is non-religious, TV assignment in late 1985. result was an atmosphere of mutual they would only ask, 'What is but not anti-religiort," said Carneado. Next: Help for the elderly. Castro's 'image ploy' may backfire By Ana Rodriguez-Soto The Church also has been permitted ment to allow the Church access to the Voice News Editor — in an officially atheistic society — 'In all likelihood, media* and to end atheist indoctrina- The accusations have been coming to hold a national synod, a massive, tion in the schools. fast and furious from within some sec- public re-examination of the role of Castro's newly-found "To be able to say that after 25 tors of Miami's Cuban community, Catholicism in Cuba's "new society." respect for religion is years is tremendous," Bishop Roman most notably its radio talk show hosts: said. the Cuban bishops have sold out to the For its part, Cuba's Communist only a ploy to boost Whether the government grants Communists. Party has issued a document that his image in Latin their requests or not, the statements Not only have they lowered them- seems to give its blessing to religion, represent "a tremendous, prophetic asking Cubans to honor "the moral America... Seen in shout" from Christians in Cuba to integrity of believers" and avoid prac- historical perspective, their counterparts in Latin America, Analysis tices that could "wound religious sen- "who only hear what's good" in timents." in fact, it might even Cuba, never what is bad. But Castro's newly-found respect be called an admis- As for the Pope's visit, which the selves to dialoguing with Fidel Castro, for religion was not bought by the re- sion of failure.' Vatican has denied so far, that can on- the horrified airwave wisdom cent conciliatory attitude of the Cuban ly be good for Catholicism in the notes.the bishops have openly de- Church. island, because it will stir up the deep- clared their "acceptance of the reality In all likelihood, his conversion is ly-held religious sentiment of the of the socialist revolution." only a ploy to boost his image, Both men made their remarks in a Cuban people, something Castro has At last October's Synod in Rome, especially in Latin America, where Spanish television program, "Ante La been able to silence, but not quash. the bishops also expressed agreement Christians, backed by the theology of Prensa," (Meet the Press), which was Remember, the Pope's trip to with the Cuban government's "basic liberation, have been playing an im- broadcast recently on WSCV, Chan- Nicaragua in 1984 revealed a disturb- social goals: education, public health, portant political role in recent years. nel 51. ing flaw in the Christianity of the San- jobs for all and the meeting of basic Seen in historical perspective, in Rather than criticize the Cuban dinistas, and his visit to Poland in 1983 social needs." fact, Castro's recent openness toward bishops or insist that Castro is pulling gave enough impetus to the Solidarity There's even talk that Pope John the Catholic Church might be called their strings, they said, Cubans here movement to imperil the Communist Paul II will visit the island in July. an admission .of failure. should put current events in perspec- government. Has Castro finally succeeded, the "After 27 years of trying to tive, and see them with the "eyes of "When the Pope visits, he awakens commentators wonder, after 27 years eradicate ajl the religious sentiment of faith." ; [and] Cuban Catholicism needs to be of repression and persecution, in co- the Cuban people, Of trying to destroy "My faith is not in the government awakened. The presence of the Pope opting the Cuban Church into becom- the Church," Castro has been forced being behind the Church, but in the in Cuba would be a tremendous ing his willing comrade? to admit that "religion in Cuba has Holy Spirit being behind the Church," awakening," Bishop Roman said. not been destroyed," says Fr. Francis- said Bishop Roman. Fr. Santana agreed. Not quite, say more level-headed co Santanat)f St, JJrendan Church in He pointed out that in the working ^ "Surejjhe Church runs the risk of observers. In facts Castro's current west Dade, himse|Fthe host'pf a Span- document for their national synod — £fihg ni^pulate^But the greater openness toward religion may be a ish-language radjp program. which took place trj^.j^e,e.k, — the {iskis b||p taken by the Cuban Com- public relations ploy that will baffcfire "The Cuban Church is like a little Cuban bishops note tfi^ churcli goers munist state. in the long-run. '' *" tree," says Auxiliary Bishop Agustin on the island still are victims of dis- "I'm convinced that [Castro] is en- True, the Cuban bishops have "ac- Roman of Miami. "In 1961, it suf- crimination, often denied promotions tering an area that for him is extremely cepted the reality" of Castro in Cuba. fered a massive blow. [But] it still in the workplace and admission to dangerous. We have 2,000 years of ex- It seems only logical after 27 years of a lives, and now it has sprouted a universities. perience. We'll see who manipulates regime that won't go away. branch." The bishops also urge the govern- whom."

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 / PAGE 3 Aquino's murdered campaign British bishops: leader mourned by thousands MANILA, Philippines (NC) — About 3,000 peo- nurses should aid ple packed a suburban Manila Catholic church for the funeral of a slain senior campaign organizer for opposition presidential candidate Coraz*on Aquino. retarded newborns Father Joseph Blanco called organizer Evelio Javier LONDON (NC) — Nurses have a duty to notify a martyr and drew cheers and applause from the police if they find that handicapped newborn babies congregation when he welcomed Mrs. Aquino as are being sedated or starved, said a British Catholic "our new president." At least 17 opposition workers bishops' committee. were killed during the Feb. 7 presidential election A committee studying bioethical issues for the and the following week. One opposition strategist bishop's conferences of Ireland, Scotland, and Eng- said President Ferdinand Marcos has launched an land and Wales said nurses should urge hospitals to "extermination" campaign against Mrs. Aquino's change their procedures if babies are being treated workers. unjustly. "Babies born with spina bifida who have not been selected for special surgical treatment have been Priest, laity in India sentenced placed, in some units, on a regimen of heavy seda- tion and underfeeding so that starvation has been a for criticizing religious ban significant factor in causing their early and intended BUJUMBURA, Burundi (NC) — A Catholic . death," the group said. priest and eight lay people received sentences of one "If the hospital authorities will not take rapid week to five years in early February for writing and steps to rectify this state of affairs, then a conscien- distributing a document criticizing Burundi's ban on tious nurse who knows for certain that serious religious activities during weekdays, All Africa Press wrongdoing is taking place has no alternative but to reported. Father Barakana Gabriel, convicted of report the matter to the police," the committee said. inspiring the document, was given a five-year In 1983, the bishops established a six-member sentence. Joseph Gacukuzi, a lay man, was also committee of pediatricians, nurses and theologians sentenced to five years for writing and distributing to study bioethical issues, especially in light of two the publication. Another priest, Father Thomas 1981 court cases. Benderembako, was acquitted in the case. The In one case, the parents of a baby girl with Green line government of the Central African nation has ac- Down's syndrome, a genetic disorder which can Two anti-government fighters stand cused the church of interfering with economic cause mild to severe mental retardation, refused to outside the destroyed St. Michael's development by holding weekday services which con- allow an operation needed to save her life. Church near Beirut's Green Line flicted with people's working hours. An appeals court ordered the operation. which divides the city's Christian eastern sector from the Moslem Also in 1981, a British doctor was charged with western sector. Two years ago, the attempted murder of a Down's syndrome baby, both factions were fighting over Inter-faith coalition wants but was acquitted. control of the church. (NC photo , In its report, the committee said some babies are fromUPI) to send $27 million to Nicaragua born so malformed that they die rapidly, and doc- WASHINGTON (NC) — A coalition of Catholic, tors should not be expected to prolong those babies' Black nuns leading march are Protestant and Jewish groups is working to raise $27 lives. million by June 1986 for what they termed "true" However, it said, "it is clear that some doctors arrested by S. African police humanitarian aid for the people of Nicaragua. The act with the gravely wrong purpose of killing handi- JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (NC) — Two campaign was announced at a press conference in capped newborn babies." black nuns from Kagiso Township, about 12 miles Washington. Organizers of the project, called Quest from Johannesburg, were arrested and detained by for Peace, said it is "a direct challenge" to the South African police. Members of their order, the congressionally approved $27 million U.S. aid Pope calls for worldwide unity Companions of St. Angela, said Sisters Bernard package for the "contras," rebels fighting the Ncube and Christine Obotseng were walking with Marxist-influenced Sandinista government of Nicara- in an effort to end hunger mourners after a funeral for a victim of political gua. The relief effort was described as a "definite VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II has unrest in the nearby township of Munsieville. Police attempt to reverse the policy of our government." called on national and international groups to coor- said the nuns were leading an illegal march. Sister dinate their efforts to erase famine. There are Ncube, 54, is president of a women's organization "numerous and generous initiatives of solidarity" connected to the anti-apartheid United Democratic with the hungry, the pope said during a Vatican au- Front. A member of the order said there was con- dience with participants in an international food and cern about the health of the two nuns. Prosecutor asks for life sentence disarmament conference. But, he added, these for Turk involved in shooting Pope "diverse initiatives need to be coordinated and made Priest: Chinese will protect ROME (NC) — An Italian prosecutor has asked more efficacious in order to avoid either duplication for a life sentence for Oral Celic, a fugitive Turk ac- or dissipation of efforts." religious rights in Hong Kong cused of helping plan and carry out the 1981 shot- HONG KONG (NC) — Religious freedom will Be ting of pope John Paul II. Prosecutor Antonio Pope impressed by spirituality, backed by law when British-ruled Hong Kong comes Marini told a court Feb. 17 that while it was dif- under Chinese jurisdiction in 1997, said Father ficult to prove that Celik was in St. Peter's Square 'shocking poverty'of Indians Louis Ha, a representative of the Diocese of Hong when the pope was shot, Celik was at least guilty of ROME (NC) — Pope John Paul II said what im- Kong. Father Ha said he was told the freedoms will a "moral complicity" in helping plan the attack. pressed him most about India during his 10-day stay include Catholic links with the pope. Since the Com- Convicted papal assailant Mehmet Ali Agca has said to the Asian nation was its living spirituality and its munist takeover of mainland China in 1949, the Celik, a lifelong friend, participated in planning the "shocking" poverty. Speaking to reporters, the government of the People's Republic of China has shooting and was in the square, ready to fire on the 65-year-old pope said he confirmed two impressions refused to accept any ties between Chinese Catholics pope if necessary. Celik, who is at large, is being while in India. First, he said, was that Indians have and the Holy See. Father Ha is a member of the tried in absentia. "a great culture, a great spirituality, and this Basic Law Consultative Committee, which met in spirituality is still alive." The pope added: "There is January with Lu Ping, a Chinese official working on naturally a problem that is shocking to us. That is relations with Hong Kong and Macao. the problem of external poverty. But I hope that Vatican drops charges against (Indians), with their democratic principles, can slow- Vatican papers says Haiti needs two nuns who signed abortion ad ly overcome this," he said. profound reform after Duvalier (Undated) (NC) — Dominican Sister Ellen VATICAN CITY (NC) — Haiti needs "effective Shanahan and Blessed Virgin Mary Sister Anne Carr Pope names Archbishop Hickey as and profound" socio-economic reforms after 29 have been cleared by the Vatican of threats of years of Duvalier family rule which used poverty, ig- dismissal from their communities because they sign member of Vatican Congregation norance and superstition to control the population, ed a controversial advertisement on Catholic abor- VATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II has L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican newspaper, said tion views in 1984. The cases of at least nine of the named Archbishop James Hickey of Washington as in a front-page editorial. "To delude the aspirations 24 nuns who faced the dismissal threat now have a member of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic and hopes of these people who have suffered so been settled. Sister Cecilia Carey, Sister Shanahan's Education, the Vatican announced Feb. 12. The much would, above all, be a real crime, said the Dominican superior in Sinsinawa, Wi$., confirmed congregation, which oversees seminaries and other Feb. 9 editorial. The editorial commented on the that Sister Shanahan's case was settled within the church educational institutions, is headed by Car- departure from Haiti of President-for-life Jean- past six months. She declined to be more specific. dinal William Wakefield Baum, highest-ranking Claude Duvalier, who turned the government over Sister Helen Maher Garvey, superior of the Sisters American at the Vatican and Archbishop Hickey's to a military-civilian junta after a week of violent of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, said in a predecessor as head of the Washington Archdiocese. anti-government demonstrations. brief statement that Sister Carr's case is also closed.

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PAGE4/Miami, Florida /THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 Priest: 'popular church' not theology ROME (NC) — Nicaragua's of the social sciences to examine socio- believe that a theology should be born • The 1985 extraordinary Synod of "popular church" — organized economic problems. He defined from pastoral problems," he said. Bishops was positive because of its Catholic support for the Sandinista liberation theology as a pastoral Father Gutierrez also said: reaffirmation of the church's preferen- government — is not necessarily a reflection on "the suffering of inno- • He disagrees with some of the tial option for the poor. good expression of liberation cent people" because of widespread many branches of liberation theology, Father Gutierrez added that he has theology, said Peruvian Father poverty. but he did not specify which branches. not received any official communcia- Gustavo Gutierrez, one of Latin "In my parish, every Sunday, I have • Pope John Paul II has a "very im- tion from the Vatican criticizing or America's leading liberation to proclaim the love of God to people portant weight" in Latin America questioning his work, nor has he been theologians. who live as best they can. This for us is because of his sensitivity to the prob- formally asked to discuss his views "I do not doubt that the theology of an enormous pastoral challenge. I lems of workers and the poor. with Vatican officials. liberation could have contributed to making Christians in Nicaragua feel more clearly the need to commit themselves to the fight for the libera- Pope's Miami, U.S. visit outlined tion of their people," he said in an had learned the week before that Pope and approved by the Holy See or the Italian magazine interview. (Undated) (NC) — Pope John Paul II will stop in Miami, San Antonio, John Paul is definitely visiting Los Administrative Committee of the "But I do not think it can be main- Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Fran- Angeles and that the trip will include (bishops') conference." tained that that which came after in cisco during his fall 1987 visit to the stops in the four other cities. Archbishop Mahony told the press ' aragua is the result of the theology United States, Archbishop Roger M. Father Robert Lynch, National gathering that the pope will arrive in oriiberation," Father Gutierrez said. Mahony of Los Angeles said Feb. 9. Conference of Catholic Bishops asso- Los Angeles on the fifth day of his The interview appeared in the Archbishop Mahony told a Com- ciate general secretary and overall U.S. trip. The theme of the two-day February issue of 30 Giorni (30 Days), munion breakfast of the Catholic coordinator for the visit, said Feb. 10 Los Angeles visit will center on immi- an Italian monthly magazine specializ- Press Council in Los Angeles that he that "no definite itinerary has been set gration and communication, he said. ing in religious issues; Father Gutierrez was asked if the "popular church" was a good expres- sion of liberation theology. "My answer is no," he said, because, in general, no application of Catholic Tours and an idea can ever be adequately carried out. The "popular church" has been< criticized by Pope John Paul II for not Pilgrimages for 1986 accepting the authority of the bishops. The Nicaraguan bishops have said it is an effort to form a pro-government church. Supporters and critics of the "All Tours Escorted "Save Hundreds of Dollars" "popular church" have said it is an ef- by a Parish Priest" Call today and ask about our fort to apply liberation theology in "Guaranteed Price" policy and Nicaragua. Travel with one of our 400 priests Father Gutierrez defended SAVE OVER $200 by letting us theologians who use aspects of Marx- on any of the tours listed below. find you a roommate. ist social thought to identify the struc- tural causes of poverty in Latin America. "But it cannot be said that using two, three or four Marxist notions is the equivalent of using the Marxist analysis as such," he said. In 1984, the Vatican issued a major document warning theologians against uncritical use of Marxist concepts* MffJi because they are rooted in an atheistic world outlook. Father Gutierrez said that he and other liberation theologians use Marx- ist concepts as part of their overall use SOUTHERN EUROPE CATHOLIC EUROPE Sixteen Days Visiting Sixteen Days Visiting South African bishops Lisbon, Fatima, Madrid, Lourdes, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, launch newspaper Avignon, Nice, Florence.Rome Austria, Germany JOHANNESBURG, South Africa Weekly departures April - October Weekly departures April - September (NC) — The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference has POLAND and ITALY ENGLAND/IRELAND launched a new newspaper to com- Fifteen Days Visiting Fifteen Days Visiting pensate for what some Catholics con- Warsaw, Krakow, Czestochowa, ' England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland sider inadequate media coverage in Rome, Assisi, Padua, Florence Monthly departures April - September South Africa. The paper, published Monthly departures May - October every two weeks in Johannesburg, is called New Nation. The New Nation's editor is Zwelakhe Sisulu, IRELAND/ROME SCANDINAVIA son of jailed African National Con- Fifteen Days Visiting Fifteen Days Visiting gress Leader Walter Sisulu. The new Dublin, Knock, Galway, Killarney, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Fjords editor said the paper would concen- Lourdes, Rome Monthly departures May - August te on covering labor and education Weekly departures June - August iwo areas he said are neglected by the commercial press. He said New Nation would be a "secular" paper CHINA/HONGKONG LOVE BOAT CRUISES with a religion page. 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Miami, Florida /THE VOICE/ Friday, February 21,1986/PAGE 5 National Study: Celibacy affects vocations From 33 demographically rep- interested. In the random sample of College survey also finds big interest resentative Catholic and non-Catholic college Catholics in general, 11 percent colleges around the«country, his expressed serious interest. in paid lay ministry church careers researchers conducted random-sample Asked how they would feel if it were WASHINGTON (NC) — Many Hoge's study, ftmded by the Lilly telephone interviews with a total of possible to leave active ministry U.S. Catholics in college are interested Endowment, was aimed chiefly at un- more than 600 Catholics studying at honorably after 10 or 15 years, 11 per- in working for the church, but far covering information that might be those institutions. cent of the men in campus ministry more would be if the church allowed used to recruit vocations and identify More than 600 other Catholic roles and 16 percent of the general ran- married priests or women priests, and encourage lay ministry leadership students, identified in advance as dom sample said they would then be according to a study on future church more effectively. leaders in Catholic campus ministry seriously interested. leadership by Dean Hoge, a Catholic Hoge reported that, aside from activities, were surveyed separately Women were asked if they would be University of America sociologist. celibacy, a "lack of encouragement" with a mail questionnaire. These were interested in the priesthood if it were In addition to those thinking of the opened to them. Fifteen percent of traditional religious vocations — those in campus ministry roles and 4 priesthood or consecrated religious life 'If married men could be ordained, the number of percent of the random sample said — college students who showed (college) men desiring ordination would increase — as they would then be seriously in- serious interest in paid lay ministry an estimate, fourfold or more.' terested. careers formed a "very large" group, —Prof Dean Hoge On questions about full-time "about 50 times as large as the pool in- part-time careers in lay ministry, Ht-to^ terested in religious life," Hoge said. reported that, even with the warning Nearly half of all the Catholic was the other biggest factor "deterring targeted for special study on the that such careers would pay less than students surveyed also indicated men's vocations." Among collegians theory that, as a group, they were comparable secular careers, "large serious interest "in a one-year ex- who indicated that they were seriously more likely than the average college numbers of students are interested in perience of volunteer service," he said. considering vocations, "the most student to take on future church careers as lay ministers. Among the "The strongest objection to a voca- influential encouragement came from leadership roles. campus ministry leaders about 70 per- tion is the celibacy requirement," vocation directors, religious sisters or Among campus ministry leaders, cent are, and in the random sample a Hoge wrote. "If married men could be brothers, and priests," he said. Hoge said that 13 percent of the men surprising 65 percent are. ordained, the number of men He found that the dominance of and 4 percent of the women indicated "This," he continued, "means that (Catholic men in college) desiring or- church structures by men was cited by they were "seriously interested" in in the total Catholic population the dination would increase — as an college women far more often than by pursuing vocations. In the separate pool of people currently interested in estimate, fourfold or more. If women college men as a "very important" sample of Catholic students in general, full-time lay ministries is about 50 could be ordained, the number of reason for not choosing a religious less than 1 percent gave evidence of times as large as the pool of people in- women desiring some form of voca- vocation. serious interest in a religious vocation. terested in vocations." tion would increase twofold or more." Hoge singled out Catholic college When men who had not expressed Even if not all the people who say He commented that "a change in students for analysis on grounds that serious interest in a vocation were ask- they are seriously interested turn out policy to optional celibacy would pro- nearly all of the church's future ed how they would feel about ordina- to be, "still there is a large pool," he duce a large number of men interested priests, members of religious orders tion if celibacy were not required, said. in the priesthood — enough to solve and career lay ministers will be college among campus ministry leaders 35 Hoge said questions about how the priest shortage for a long time." graduates. percent said they would be seriously various church situations or policies affected students' attitudes toward the idea of working for the church reveal- ed that: • Many more students felt en- couraged to work for the church rather than discouraged by the high training standards the church demands for many ministries. 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SCHOTT MEMORIAL CENTER Deaf, handicapped center opens Gathering place in S.W. Broward By Ana Rodriguez-Soto Voice News Editor The ushers were deaf, the lector cerebral palsy and the pews were wide enough for wheelchairs. That's how the deaf and handicap- ped of the Archdiocese of Miami cel- ebrated the "miracle" of their new, permanent home recently, with joy and faith that no physical barriers could diminish. "It's a chance, really, [for the han- dicapped] to take their place in the Church, not just be recipients of charity," said Fr. Jim Vitucci, direc- tor of the Archdiocesan Ministry to the Deaf and Handicapped and one of many whose long-held dream came true when the Schott Memorial Center for the Deaf and Handicapped was dedicated Feb. 8. More than. 500 people — the deaf, the blind, the wheelchair-bound, their able-bodied relatives and friends — gathered at the plantation-style building for the concelebrated liturgy, which was interpreted for the deaf. Seminarian Mike Souckar interprets the Mass in sign language for overflow congregation at the Schott Center dedica- Located in Fort Lauderdale's tion. (Voice photo/Ana Rodriguez-Soto) "ranch country," just off the inter- section of Flamingo and Sterling "For them, this is home," said the deaf at the center, and perhaps a little better for those who will follow Roads, the former Protestant church priest, who has devoted the past 11 gymnasium for the handicapped. us... I pray that all people can be given is now the permanent home of a years to . the deaf-and-handicapped The man whose generosity made all the same opportunities that I have ex- ministry that has been moving from ministry. these things possible is Joseph Schott, perienced in life." borrowed room to borrowed building A Mass, signed for the deaf, is a Catholic businessman who paid for Archbishop Edward McCarthy, since its inception in 1959. celebrated at the center every Sunday the building and its renovation. Schott who concelebrated the dedication at 1:30 p.m. and on weekdays at 8 Center is named after his parents. liturgy with Auxiliary Bishop Agustin The center includes offices, Roman and almost a dozen priests, meeting rooms, a social hall and a a.m. A social get-together takes place "I just wanted to be of some help," once a month and plans are being he said after the dedication called Schott God's answer to the per- church especially-equipped for the sistent prayer of Fr. Vittuci, Sr. Con- handicapped: extra-bright lighting, a made for a Saturday-evening coffee- ceremony, noting that no one in his house for the blind. own family is handicapped. In a letter leth and their associate, Fr. Bill lift to enable the wheelchair-bound to Grass, who ministers to the blind. reach the altar, three-dimensional In addition, said Sr. Conleth Bran- to those who will use the center, he Stations of the Cross, and room nan, associate director of the deaf- made his reasons clearer. "The Church must be attracted to enough for wheelchairs and crutches and-handicapped ministry, both "I have witnessed bright•, strong, this ministry to the handicapped," the between the pews. young and old will be able to par- healthy, deaf persons pushed aside Archbishop said, because Jesus ticipate in spiritual retreats at the because of their disability and depriv- Himself ministered to them 2,000 Handicapped of all denominations, years ago. not just Catholics, will be welcomed center, and parents will be able to ed of the... chances to prove there, said Fr. Vitucci, who added send their children to summer day- themselves [that] I had — and I am As a result of the Schott Center, that the Schott Center is one of only a camp. bothered," Schott wrote. "that caring, loving Jesus is becom- handful of such places in the United Way off in the future — for finan- "Growing older... I am coming to ing alive among us here in Broward States, and perhaps the most unique cial reasons especially — is the realize that the only thing of value in because of its facilities. possibility of opening a school for the this life is trying to make this world a (Continued on page 9 ) Religious called 'keynotes, tone- setters' By Ana Rodriguez-Soto Voice News Editor It was a celebration of service characterized by simplicity and humili- — the same salient traits of those o were honored. Last Saturday, during a concele- brated Mass in the chapel of St. John Vianney College Seminary, 20 men and women religious received crucifixes and certificates of apprecia- tion from the Archdiocese of Miami, a small token of thanks for their com- bined 885 years of service to the Church, both here and abroad. Archbishop Edward McCarthy, in his homily, called each of the diamond (60), golden and silver jubilarians "keynotes" of the Archdiocese be- cause "by their light...they are the tone-setters of the community," the first note of a beautiful melody of •faith. He recalled. images of sisters and brothers that have stayed with him throughout his life: women "helping little hands make the sign of the cross and wiping away tears," men to talk and look up to. "Primarily the religious is not so Men and women religious celebrating their diamond (front row), golden and silver jubilees were honored at concelebrated (Continued on page 9) MaSS. (Voice photo/Ana Rodriguez-Solo) Devotedly Yours — —— A many-splendored weekend My dearly beloved: door Mass at our Haitian Center In return, according to the Today I am not flying high in a on 62nd Street in Miami at which tradition, I gave them gifts that 747. I am still on the ground. The I was the principal celebrant. were, thank God, prepared for me runway is 1-95 and I have had a I hope the Haitians forgave the by our Vietnamese priest, Father happy experience of the Church violence I did to their Creole VangTran. alive that I want to share with language. They seemed to be One of the attractive us as His followers in South you, in a spirit of giving thanks to delighted that I made the attempt. Vietnamese traditions is that when Florida. Almighty God for the many bless- Father Wenski and his staff a young lady receives a gift from On Monday morning, I had the ings that are coming to our Arch- have become very good at the Bishop she is expected to give joy of celebrating the Eucharist diocese through the commitment improvising. The people who were him a kiss. for some 600 of our school teach- of its devoted members. to loan him a raised platform for In the evening we celebrated the ers who were gathered for a On Saturday, February 8, I the altar did not show up, so we 25th anniversary of Nativity Par- professional day. It is wonderful dedicated our new Schott used the back of a half-ton truck. ish in Hollywood. Under the to be with them and to experience Memorial Center for the Deaf and I really don't think I looked very leadership of Father James Quinn, their great commitment to the Handicapped. It is on Flamingo graceful as I climbed over the side the parish has been very active in formation of our young people. Road in south Broward County. It of the truck to approach the altar diocesan programs and in reaching they help their students grow in is the gift of one man, Mr. Joseph in all my episcopal robes! out to meet the diversity of needs mind, heart and soul while they Schott, honoring the memory of It was an ecstatically joyful of its members, who represent a are still in the womb of our paro- his parents. Its patron is St. Jude. event out there under the trees as broad variety of ethnic groups. chial schools, creating for the The dedication of the beautiful the Haitians, dressed as if it were The procession entering the future not only a Peace Corps, chapel and large facility was a Easter Sunday, gathered joyfully church included a long line of but a Faith Corps, a Prayer Corps happy event. As I said in my to praise the Lord and to sing colorful banners representing the and a Love Corps. remarks, Father Jim Vitucci, their songs of liberty. various activities and For those who tend to be Sister Conleth Brannan and That afternoon I stopped at organizations of the parish, as discouraged by all the bad news Father Bill Grass and all asso- Our Lady of Perpetual Help in well as flags and colorfully-garbed they read in the secular press, it is ciated with them had hearts bub- Opa Locka, where our Vietnamese people representing many ethnic good to experience the Church bling with joy like champagne. Catholics were gathered groups. alive in South Florida, and I am The deaf and handicapped were celebrating their new year. It is the The words of welcome, the pleased to pay tribute to all the ecstatically happy. Mr. Schott and Year of the Tiger and it is the year verses of the Responsorial Psalm good people who, by their his family were beaming. We felt 4684. and the Prayer of the Faithful personal dedication as well as by that in the Archdiocese we had I enjoyed the dragon dance, included Italian, French, German, their support through ABCD, help added another dimension to the even though the inside fireworks Polish, Yugoslavian, Spanish, make the Kingdom of Christ Kingdom of Christ among us, the set off the fire alarm system. We Indian, Philippine, Irish and flourish in our area. Kingdom of Him in which the also enjoyed Vietnamese food. Korean, to mention but a few God bless you! blind see, the deaf hear, the lame According to custom, the languages. Devotedly yours in Christ, walk and the poor have the Vietnamese, who were dressed in Again, it was glorious that we Gospel preached to them. their colorful native garb, who are followers of Him, who On Sunday morning I shared presented to me, as their father, pray that all might be one, were the joy of the Haitian community gifts of delicacies and a beautiful together with one voice praising at the freedom of Haiti. Father flower arrangement made from the Lord and giving thanks for the Edward A. McCarthy Tom Wenski had prepared an out- silk. many blessings that have come to Archbishop of Miami

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Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 / PAGE 9 Lessons in sports All-Catholic league teaches kids about teamwork, success

By Prent Browning Voice Staff Writer They teach kids that with determination and teamwork they can beat all the odds and become winners. An important lesson. Yet sometimes the work of Catholic elementary and junior high school coaches is taken for granted, while high school, college and professional sports capture the lime- light. This year, the Dade County All Catholic Conference (ACC) is stepp- ing up to the plate for its 26th consecu- tive season of basketball, baseball, Catholic Schools Week

cross country, volleyball, softball, and track. Broward County is just now discus- sing the creation of a county-wide Catholic league. Currently, Catholic schools there are split into three separate leagues, all active in several sports. The Catholic Grade School League, as Dade County's ACC was known in the beginning, got off to a start in the early 60's coached largely by firemen on their days off. It proved to be a beneficial arrange- ment: coaches didn't need to depend on the low school salaries and couid use their days off each, week for coaching. At one time during the mid-60's more than a dozen firemen coached in the league, and most of them knew Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the Catholic league. St. Mary's, here playing against St. Lawrence, had a perfect season a few years ago, even though its players were novices to the game. See story, Page 18. (Voice photo/Prent each other or were friends. The game Browning) ' schedules were often worked out after the firemen received their work schedule for the year. been with the league for 21 years. tournaments at the end of the season. the entire league. But there was "Sometimes they would arrange or As part of the league, Dade Until a few years ago, the winning general agreement to eliminate the rearrange their game schedule at Catholic schools compete with teams teams from the different divisions or championship games because the work," recalls St. Mary Cathedral in their own area or division, then play conferences competed in play-off seasons were so long they were School's coach Jim Rehm, who has teams from other divisions in day-long games to determine the champions for (Continued on page 12) AEF: investment in the future of schools

(Continued from page 1) continue to seek funds from corpora- thusiastic about AEF and what it can tions and wealthy donors. That money mean to the future of Catholic schools 'Couldn't do without it' will be used to help out the 15 inner- in South Florida. city schools that are literally fighting In one school, the money means tion can't cover. for their lives. "Only through the endowment pro- improvements. In another, it means Without the fund, there are few Heiens estimated that without AEF, cess are we going to be able to save our survival 10 years from now. alternatives, Msgr. Fogarty says: "I the Archdiocese would be forced to schools," he says bluntly. Both St. Thomas Aquinas High could sell St. Rose of Lima at a close three schools immediately, and The concept of an endowment fund School in Fort Lauderdale and St. higher tuition, certainly. five more within the next year. is not exactly new. Private colleges and Rose of Lima Elementary in Miami "[But] I would hesitate u> coniinuv; "I have not met any pastors who universities have had them for at least say they couldn't do without their running a school where the children have not been supportive" of the AEF 20 years, Heiens said. endowment funds. The schools are of those who built it couldn't afford idea, he said. Of the 30 schools con- The idea is to collect a large amount two of a handful in the Archdiocese to benefit from its education." tacted so far, three have fully func- of money, then invest it and use the in- of Miami that have active endow- Keeping tuition low and the quali- tioning foundations (see accompany- terest to cover current and future ex- ment programs. ty of academic programs high was ing story); 14 are in different stages of penses. The principal can never be "We can function now, but I can't the primary motivation for establish- developing them; and the rest are just withdrawn, so the income is assured guarantee the parish that I'll be able ing the St. Thomas Aquinas High getting started. for years to come. to do that 10 years from now," says School Foundation in 1979. The Heiens can't emphasize enough hr Not only are cash contributions ac- Msgr. Noel Fogarty, pastor of St. school was the first in the Arch- important the foundations are. L cepted, but also gifts of jewelry, real Rose. diocese to establish an endowment, "People have to have a choice as to estate, personal property, life in- flic parish kicked in between and .served as the model for the where they want to send their surance, stocks and bonds. S80,000 and $100,000 last year lo Archdiocese's own education children," he said. Catholic schools The Archdiocese is one of only five make up the shortfall in the school's foundation (AfcF). "We don't want must not become extinct, and neither dioceses in the United States which budget, he explained. It won't be lo become a private school that only must they be forced to survive by rais- have endowment funds for their able to do that come 1996. serves the wealthy," says John Bush, ing tuition beyond what average peo- schools, said Heiens, whose teaching executive director. ple can pay. "We don't want to days ended almost 20 years ago, when So the St. Rose of Lima Develop- Already, $800,000 raised by the St. become elitist." ment Board was created in 1983 to he couldn't make enough money to Thomas foundation has paid for a But how realistic is a $1 million goal plan for that day. Its goal is to raise support his family. He directed the new, 28-classroom wing and a com- for each school, Heiens was asked. between $1 million to $2 million for Miami chapter of the Red Cross until puter and science facility. A $300,000 The answer came swiftly. his appointment to AEF last August. the school, the interest from which will be used to make up whatever tui- (Continued on page 11) "Notre Dame [University in In- The Archdiocesan fund is unique diana] comes down here and takes out among all the others, he explained, of this Archdiocese $2 million a year. because it's the only endowment with held, and invested, by AEF. count on receiving $100,000 a year, a Now, if they can come down and take a dual purpose: to raise money for veritable bonanza which it could use to $2 million a year, don't you think we educational programs in general, and That would raise the fund's assets, supplement any educational program. can raise money for our local to help individual schools set up their currently $1.1 million, to more than schools?" own "satellite" foundations. $60 million, enough for a better-than- "It's not just one big pot where you For information on the Arch- The goal, in fact, is for each of the average annual yield. And the schools may have money this year, you may diocesan Education Fund, write Archdiocese's 60 elementary and would keep all the interest their money not have it next year," Heiens said. Richard Heiens at the Pastoral secondary schools to establish endow- earned. "Once you put it in the foundation, Center, 9401 Biscay ne Boulevard, ments of $1 million within the next At a rate of 10 percent, for example, it's there to stay." Miami, FL, 33138, or call 757-6241, five years, money which would be a school with $1 million invested could For its part, the Archdiocese would Ext. 120. PAGE 10 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 Teachers told: future is in your hands

By Prent Browning fluence" of TV, Fr. O'Reilly told the the church." pie realize the influence of the church Voice Staff Writer audience at Nativity parish "that they Fr. Kelly pointed out the influence in the county." They are teaching the leaders of must fight as hard for their (students') that teachers can have on the future of Many of these students will go on to tomorrow and it is important that they minds as the opposition does." Broward County. positions of leadership in the future, transmit to these future leaders a sense "We cannot overemphasize Chris- In a total Broward population of he said, illustrating the point by citing of Christian values, Miami Arch- 1.2 million there are 44 parishes and a governor's cabinet member and a diocesan Catholic teachers were told tianity and Catholicism in schools," he State Supreme Court judge who both said. over 200,000 Catholics and 10,000 last Monday at two teacher profes- students in Catholic schools. told him that their values were formed sional days, following Catholic School "There is nothing so important as by their Catholic school education. Week celebrations throughout the the formation process," Fr. Kelly said. "If the county was an independent Archdiocese. "I firmly believe that teaching is the diocese it would be one of the largest Fr. Dalton spoke on a more per- in the country. I don't think that peo- Masses were celebrated for teachers most viable and practical ministry of sonal level, challenging the teacher to in both Dade and Broward County. deepen their religious faith. In Broward County at Nativity "Pope John Paul II said that you parish Catholic teachers listened to cannot give what you do not have," talks by Fr. Vincent Kelly, superinten- Fund$ aid schools the pastor said. "My dear friends if we dent of Schools, Fr. Gabriel O'Reilly, (Continued from page 10) to improve," Bush says. don't have Jesus how can you show pastor of St. David parish in Davie, endowment subsidizes teachers' "We have a very marketable pro- him?" ^and Fr. Brendan Dalton, pastor of salaries, and about $30,000 is in a duct that we're not selling to the peo- "I have a question to ask you: Who Visitation parish in Davie. fund to help needy students. ple — the schooling of their grand- owns the hearts of the children and if Priests mentioned the challenges The school's goal is to raise $2 children," argues Msgr. Fogarty. God doesn't, who does? TV? Com- Catholic teachers face in a secular million, with $1.5 million going into "What we're giving [a value-based, puters? Rock music?" culture to instill in their students the faculty endowment and about quality education] is worth three or "If Jesus was here before you what Christian values. $500,000 into the student fund. "We four times the cost." would he say? Would he say you're Mentioning the "insidious in- want to make sure that we continue —ARS doing fine or you need to change?"

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Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 / PAGE 11 Sports league teaches teamwork (Continued from page 10) bought everyone on the team new uniforms. Catholic overlapping with those of other sports, Schools Week and many coaches coach more than "If we need the parents' support we one. have it," says Jerry Streit, who coaches championship baseball and At the core of the team, in fact, More popular sports basketball teams at St. Brendan were a group of Haitian kids who had The number of school teams that School in Miami. hardly picked up a basketball before compete in the ACC depends upon the Without the parents' involvement, but showed an eagerness to learn and popularity of the sport. Boys' basket- he adds, transportation to games some natural talent. ball and baseball and girls' volleyball would be very difficult or impossible. There are times, however, when this There were language problems at lead in the number of schools first, but the skills they learned stuck participating while only a half dozen involvement goes a little too far, and one team's booster becomes another and the result was a perfect basketball compete in cross country and track. season for the school. Catholic schools in Broward Coun- team's abuser during hotly-contested ty routinely take part in outside games. Now this group of four makes up Streit remembers some particularly the backbone of Archbishop Curley- leagues in order to offer a full selec- 1 tion of sports. Even in popular sports unpleasant incidents during the long, Notre Dame's basketball and footba ' like basketball and volleyball, very competitive seasons when the teams. (See story, page 18). All hav. Broward teams often play half their ACC had playoffs for the whole been recognized as being among Dade games against non-Catholic schools. league. County's outstanding athletes in both St. Theresa of the Little Flower in "I actually pulled the kids off the sports and are now considering at- Coral Gables is the only school in baseball field. The parents from the tending college on scholarship. other team were abusing kids, they Dade County that participates regular- Success stories like these, coaches ly in outside leagues in order to com- were inciting the kids." pete in additional sports such as soccer Parents sometimes have had to be say, make the hours that go into and boys' and girls' tennis. restrained from arguing with referees. coaching elementary and junior high school sports worthwhile. Although with a total of four But while they, in many cases, have become more verbal at games, the St. Brendan School, whose winning coaches and assistants St. Theresa is basketball and baseball teams have better staffed than most schools, boys' priorities of their children may have changed over the years. The days of dominated division and Archdiocesan coach Frank Ramos encourages others championships for more than a to offer as much variety as they can. eating, sleeping, and drinking basket- ball and baseball are gone for the most decade (see accompanying story), "I feel it's important to make the also has much to look back at with kids aware of what sports are available part, say veteran coaches. Cheerleading is almost a spectator "There are still a few kids that are pride. so they can choose more when they get sport in and of itself, with the Cesar Odio, son of Miami's City into high sehool," says Ramos, a league's annual cheerleading com- really dedicated to the game, but for the most part they are not so intense," Manager, became the county's lead- former president of the ACC and an petitions often being better attend- ing scorer in high school basketball 18-year veteran of the league. ed than basketball games. Above, says Charlie Fraser, a 19-year veteran of the league who now coaches at St. after he graduated from St. Brendan. More schools, for example, could St. Mary's cheerleaders go through He is now an assistant coach at the take part in the one-and-a-half mile their paces. (Voice photo/Prent Brown- Michael School in Miami. ing) Fewer kids show up for practice, he University of Miami. cross country event, he says. All that's Girls' sports and cheerleading at needed for practice is a stop watch and says, although that is partly due to the increased activity of Boys Club and the ACC also demand attention phys-ed clothes. because of the time and energy that Some schools have minimal highlighted by games between ACC Cuban community teams. kids and members of the Miami Veteran coach Streit remembers the girls devote to them. participation in the ACC for economic When it comes to volleyball, at reasons. Dolphins football team. when his athletes "used to go to bed at This year, hopes are pinned on a night thinking about the game for 24 least, female athletes take a back seat At Holy Redeemer in Liberty City, kids' fashion show scheduled for April hours ahead of time." to no one. for instance, transporting kids to At St. Timothy School, under the games is a problem, since both parents 26 at the Marriot-on-the-Bay. (For He acknowledges, however, that tickets call Joan Dembowski at when he played basketball on his coaching of Joan Dembowski and as- often work and the school cannot af- sistant Steve Adams, the girls' volley- ford a van. 271-9339). school team the pressure was a little But some schools over the years too intense. "I remember getting ball team has won six out of the last For St. Francis Xavier School in ten tournaments, dominating its divi- Overtown "the biggest problem is have come up with their own schemes physically sick before games." for raising money. Corpus Christi in There are still plenty of players, sion, and recently completing an there's no coach," says Fr. William amazing 28-0 season. Mason, pastor. "The kids are willing Miami used to advertise a bakery on though, who are very committed to its uniforms and collected money from their teams. There is no secret to their success, to play." a "Slushy" machine. the kids say. They just practice harder Fr. Mason coaches sixth-grade Novices than anyone else, beginning in the basketball himself, the only ACC summer before school starts. sport the Overtown school can afford Parental support Six years ago, St. Mary Cathedral's to participate in. Others, like St. Timothy School in Coach Rehm suddenly discovered that The major source of funds for the Miami, depend on help from parents. he had the makings of a championship league teams' equipment comes from An enthusiastic booster of girls' basketball team, even though it was Veteran coaches annual fundraisers that used to be volleyball, Cooki Robles, recently made up almost entirely of novices. Much of the credit for these winning teams, of course, has to go to the coaching staff, both its dedication and longevity. In a league that is beset with turn- Winning tradition over, where coaches often stay for on- ly a couple of years, "the teams that win," says Dembowski, "have the St. Brendan's dominates coaches that stay." A coach with good credentials often in basketball, baseball moves on quickly to high school or ning eight conference and division college coaching. But the coaching By Prent Browning veterans are able to help their teams Voice Staff Writer championships since 1973. not only with their experience but with St. Brendan coach Jerry Streit has a St. Brendan's basketball team has their consistency, grooming youngf problem. triumphed in seven conference and students for the varsity team as they You can only pile your trophies so division championships and, before advance through the grades. they were discontinued, four Arch- high, after all, before they run into the It's impossible to ignore the effort field house ceiling — and the ceiling is diocesan championships. While plac- ing runner-up in virtually every divi- of the kids themselves, however, and closing in fast. When are they going to that elusive quality known as team have that display case ready in the sion championship since 1972 that they lost, the team has won 11 out of spirit that winning teams seem to share school lobby anyway? may be the ultimate benefit of leagues He's not complaining, though. the last 12 annual tournaments held at Pace High School. like the ACC. The friendly, enthusiastic coach of While only a small number of St. Brendan's elementary and junior ACC coaches who know Streit are athletes ever seriously pursue sports on high championship baseball and impressed with his knowledge of a college or pro level, all who par- basketball teams is anything but cocky basketball and baseball and credit his ticipate in the league learn how to about his teams' success, putting good teams' success partly to his ability to work with other people as well as con- sportsmanship even above winning if drill what he knows about the sport in- front the lessons of winning and los- necessary. to his athletes. ing. - Fortunately for St. Brendan, "He definitely knows his basketball Coach Jerry Streit in his element. really well," says St. Theresa of Little "The girls get along great," says located in a heavily Hispanic area of Joan Dembowski, ACC director. Robles, of the St. Timothy team. southwest Miami, he has proved you Flower coach Frank Ramos. "Besides Streit believes that emphasizing the "They know each other's weaknesses can have both, racking up a total of 22 knowing his basketball in and out I and if one misses an important shot championships in varsity basketball think he's been blessed with having basic skills of a sport and giving his athletes a solid foundation of the others will try to cheer her up. You alone since he came to the school in good athletes too. He's molded some learn how to lose. You learn how to 1972. so-so players into good players." knowledge about the game, including accept it. The coach won't take any In baseball they have consistently "He tough and he's understanding referee calls, gives them an edge over crying." and he's an excellent coach," sums up (Continued on page 18) dominated in their conference, win- If the ACC can teach only that, it can call itself a winner.

PAGE 12 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE I Friday, February 21,1986 Nativity parish under the big top in 1960...... And today's church on same spot in Hollywood Church of 'the living stones' Nativity celebrates 25 years By Betsy Kennedy Said Bernice Knothe, "My heart is Voice Staff Writer here, my life is here. The same enthu- It resembled a circus tent, but siasm, sense of purpose and deep faith underneath the billowing canvas, sur- that my parents shared before the rounded by weeds and pine trees, a church was built still exists today." group of Catholics gathered with The heritage of those founding solemn intentions. members has been a rich one — Ignoring the heat and rain and an Nativity is heralded for its abundance invasion by woolly caterpillars, they of volunteers, varied activities and celebrated Mass there every Sunday. stewardship. They prayed that they would be able Members spend many hours visiting to build a strong church, one that the sick, the elderly and shut-ins, would be a source of spiritual renewal evangelizing and performing Chris- to future generations of Catholics. tian service work in the community. Even when one day the tent finally col- Because there are so many na- lapsed in a rain storm, they refused to tionalities worshiping together, special Masses such as the Jubilee celebration are traditionally opened by a colorful 'My heart is here, my life is procession of laity carrying the flags of their countries. Folk festival dance by Nativity children illustrating the ethnic variety of here. The same enthusiasm... For this year's Mass, the greeting the parish was held after the 25th anniversary Mass. (Voice photo by Betsy that my parents shared was in Gaelic, the readings in Spanish Kennedy) before the church was built and Italian and the hymns sung in a still exists today.' universal chorus of languages. established by 80 women who signed a about a masterpiece," said Fr. Jim Archbishop Edward A McCarthy charter membership and set the pat- Reynolds of St. Henry's in Pompano, concelebrated the Mass with Father tern of dedicated involvement for the who served at Nativity for 3 years. James Quinn, pastor, and the other parish. Fr. Quinn is the fourth pastor to deny their visions and found other priests who serve the parish. Nativity also pays special attention serve at Nativity, one of the clergy places to worship. The Archbishop praised Nativity for to its senior members, who have form- who have formed the living stones. As St. Peter instructed, they exemplifying the meaning of the word ed the Leisure Club. The NOAHs are < The first among them was Father obeyed: "Be yourselves the living Catholic — 'universal.' a group of volunteers who phone the Hugh J. Flynn, founding pastor, who stones... built herein into a spiritual "You represent many nationalities, shut-ins and frail elderly who are in died on Jan. 17, 1975. He was known house." many gifts, united in the Body of need of assistance. for his concern for the poor, the out- Thus Nativity Church was born 25 Christ." Nativity also has a highly successful casts, and the elderly. He often reach- years ago in Hollywood. At a colorful Father Quinn, who has served at blood drive, donations going to Holly- ed into his own pockets and emptied Silver Jubilee Mass on Feb. 9, Nativity for 17 years, believes that it is wood Memorial Hospital. them, so that others could have their culminating three months of celebra- the spirit of harmony and willingness Father Peter Bush, T.O.R., is the hunger filled and their spirits buoyed. tions, parishioners praised the vision to pitch in, fostered in the church's hospital chaplain at Memorial, and In an obituary he was described as of the parish, born as the Savior was, early beginnings, which has contrib- Sister Angela Beauvais assists him in "a fearless shepherd of the poor and in humble surroundings. uted to its growth. ministering. disadvantaged... he joined protest The living stones have multiplied; "It's a very, very active and involv- There are 8 sisters of the Im- marches... committed substantial par- the spiritual house prospers. The ed group of people," he says. maculate Heart of Mary who serve at ish funds for the poor and the parish membership has grown from Nativity now has more than 40 Nativity School, which boasts of an elderly... at the time of his death he the original 1,200 to 3,000 families organizations which meet at the parish enrollment of 700 in grades K-8. was planning a soup kitchen for the registered this year. or are part of its core. The first to be "Fr. Quinn leads this church family elderly..." Many members of the multi- formed was the St. Vincent de Paul like a musical conductor leading a After Fr. Flynn left for an assign- national congregation are the sons and Society in Dec., 1960 followed by the symphony. He balances holiness with ment in Vero Beach, Fr. Raymond J. daughters of those pioneer families. Nativity Women's Guild in 1961, cheerfulness and sincerity to bring (Continued on page 17)

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Miami, Florida /THE VOICE/ Friday, February 21,1986 / PAGE 13 Local Are casinos a bad bet Hoteliers, others promise dollars, but religious and civic leaders see crime and social problems * <*>& (Continued from page 1) billion in 1985, and $2 billion dustry as being in a state of critical estimated to come in for 1986. decline, however. A few rich Tourism impact Dr. Dick Schwarz, however, a den- tist and spokesman for FACT, Flori- Bill Anderson, research coordinator dians against Casino Takeover, argues for the Greater Miami Convention that casinos will "benefit the interests and Visitors Bureau reports that of only a few rich... and it will infest tourism actually increased in Dade our area like a cancer. Once it starts to County by 3 percenbin 1985 with an grow, we won't be able to get rid of increase of 6 percent projected for it." 1986 without casinos. Commissioner Resnick feels that Rubin concedes... "We did come casino gambling is not a topic for back slightly in 198S, but international moral debate, but boils down to one tourism declined from 1981 to 1984... of dollars and cents. and we don't expect the American "Let's clear the air of what is really tourist market to be good this year happening. The pari-mutuels, with because Disney is opening in France their own interests at heart, want to and they'll draw them away from us... stop casinos from coming in. We Casinos will 'benefit the interests of only a rich few... we really need another major attrac- already have 22 pari-mutuel facilities Once it starts to grow it will destroy everything and we tion here." in the state. So how can we prohibit casinos?" won't be able to get rid of it.' Anderson counters that gambling —Dick Schwarz, Floridians won't make a major impact locally Who loses Against Casino Takeover because the Dade tourist market is so Archbishop's McCarthy's rebuttal: different than in cities like Las Vegas "Just because we already have the or Atlantic City. pari-mutuel industry doesn't mean we 'We don't expect the Americ "We don't have the drawing card of should approve another form of good this year because Disn the major metropolitan cities sur- gambling. Two wrongs don't make a we really need another majoi rounding us like Atlantic City does... right... and with casino gambling, nor do we have the population density. people tend to spend larger sums of Their visitors arrive by car, bus and money, in shorter periods of time." Cit train for one or two-day junkets, while Dr. Henry Liseur, sociology profes- ours come in by plane, and stay sor at St. John's University in New longer. I just don't think casino York and author of, "The Chase," a cold winters. The population of Miami to casino management. Churches too, gambling would increase our tourism study of compulsive gamblers, con- Beach was reported as 93,702 as com- are boarding up their doors. substantially." firms that gambling's financial side ef- pared to 37,857 for Atlantic City, ac- fects become far worse in the casino In the lower class neighborhoods, cording to a report from the U.S. Cen- playgrounds and parks "are just about environment. sus Bureau for July 1982. He found in a study of 1.1 million disappearing," he adds. pathological gamblers that they may A city's gamble "I'm in favor of casino gambling, be responsible for more than $30 bil- Atlantic City was originally built in and I think its done a lot of good for lion in insurance fund losses spread the 1920s to accommodate the influx our community, but housing is over their 'lifetime. of tourists from Pennsylvania who definitely a problem. The homeless "Casino gambling creates an aura came to be close to the ocean. But by come in large numbers thinking they of excitement in a city... but you have the 1970s the city had collapsed into a will find jobs in the casinos. But those little old ladies plunking down their water front ghost town. jobs are already filled and they're left' life savings in quarters for slot "Casinos came in as a social experi- stranded here. We have an influx of machines. You have people who ment to rejuvenate Atlantic City... as about 800 homeless people at any devastate their families when they sink to whether or not it worked, the results given time here," says Sister Grace • into abysmal debts... you have more aren't competely tallied yet. It's too Nolan, administrator for Catholic divorces and more kids with shattered soon... to tell... says Tom Flynn, Social Services for Atlantic County. . families... I disapprove of gambling public information officer for the for Miami or any other city," says Dr. Casino Control Commission, a five- Soaring rents Liseur. member regulatory board appointed "There's no ceiling on rents... Answering criticism from casino by the governor. there's mass land speculation and a backers that the church allows gambl- Undoubtedly, it saved the city from small efficiency can cost someone $400 ing with its bingo games for fund rais- its downspin, says Father Ron a month," adds Sr. Nolan. ing purposes, the archbishop says, 'Just because we already Falotico, pastor of Holy Spirit "Making a comparison between bingo Catholic Church in Atlantic City. "It have parimutuel industry and casino gambling is like comparing used to be nothing but decay. Now doesn't mean we should aspirin with cocaine. Both are drugs, there is some revitalization. But we've approve another form of yet one is reasonable, the other irra- paid a dear price in terms of family gambling.' tional." displacement..." Groups on both sides of the high- The inlet area, which had become —Abp. McCarthy stakes issue say that Atlantic City has the subject of national attention when been the proving ground for the suc- the Democratic Convention stayed in cess or failure of casino gambling. The Atlantic City and left denouncing the issue appeared as a referendum in that poor accommodations and decline of city in 1976—and was approved by Abe Resnick, City of Miami Beach the neighborhoods, has changed little voters who viewed it as the only hope since casino gambling came in, accord- county commissioner, adamantly sup- for the city's economic woes. ports casinos for Florida, and believes ing to some residents. Proponents of casinos, especially "The inlet area is just about it is just the solution for his city. We're those who are concerned about Miami empty... but people have not been in "a state of emergency in Miami Beach's future, believe that gambling forced away. There are a lot of vacant Beach. We're have a $5 million deficit will bring jobs, and healthy property lots and burn-out buildings," says this year in our budget." But Ander- values back to their city, while at the Chief of Police for Atlantic city son believes, "Miami Beach isn't suf- same time, enriching state cofers for Joseph Pasquale, who still favors fering... they've had an increase in the good of the community. casino gambling. resort tax revenue." But demographic contrasts between Fr. Falotico says he has watched his Resnick says he is tired of watching the two cities tend to muddle the com- parishioners move out of Atlantic Ci- Florida lose tourism money to the parison. Miami Beach has a tropical ty, pressured by high rents as land- Bahamas casinos, which earned $1.5 climate; Atlantic City suffers from lords hold out to sell their properties

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exclusively for the elderly and disabl- ed, a plan for housing improvement was to be taken directly from the casino owners profits. After a five- year moratorium the Casino Reinvest- ment plan went into effect in 1984. Flynn explains: "Casino owners are required to re-invest 1.25 percent of their earnings in bonds, at below market rates for 25 years. Proceeds from the bonds will be distributed by the Casino Reinvestment Authority to be used for the first three years solely in Atlantic City... to develop lower, middle and upper class housing. After that period, the profits will gradually be utilized to benefit surrounding counties." Defending what he feels is the social gain reaped from the casino profits, Bob Cabnet, executive assistant to the director of the N.J. Division of Aging, says, "A lot of social programs wouldn't be in existence today if it 'You have little old ladies plunking down their life weren't for the casinos..." savings in quarters for slot machines... people who His department is slated to get $700,000 for their congregate housing devastate their families.' program, which provides meals, —Dr. Henry Liseur, housekeeping services, and personal St. John University, N.Y. care to seniors in several housing pro- jects. "But the bulk of funds from casino municipalities... the prosperity is years of casino gambling "have gambling hasn't come to us yet..." spreading out as people move into become disillusioned by the type of newer urban neighborhoods, but still work and are back in unemployment Red and black come back to work here... we've lost a lines." "All the casino revenue has been lot of our middle class, but we'll get put to proper use/' adds Cabnet, them back..." describing other state programs, such Labor force Don North, who is spearheading People down on their luck in Atlan- ;an tourist market to be as low-cost transportation and a phar- Florida Atty. Gen. Jim^ Smith's anti- maceutical assistance plan. tic City's labor force were rescued by ley is opening in France... casino campaign, says casinos "would the game rooms, according to Gard- »r attraction here.' Tom Gardner, a spokesman for the bring economic gain, we can't deny ner. He cites figures released by the —Andrew Rubin, Chairman, Casino Association in New Jersey, this... but most of the jobs created New Jersey Department of Labor: The tizens for Jobs and Tourism complains that casino hotel owners were just inside the casinos, and unemployment rate from 1975 to 1977 aren't getting their fair share of the unemployment is not much better than was 12.2 percent. By 1984 the rate had winnings. Of the $2 billion in annual before..." dropped to 7.3 percent. (This does not profits, only 2.2 percent goes to casino According to the New Jersey take into consideration people in the "The truth is, anything built today cofers. The state takes 8 percent, Department of Labor, the hotel in- work force who are considered is so expensive that low income people the game participants take another dustry generated more than $16 "unemployable.") can't afford to live here," says Flynn. large piece of the pie, and the rest goes million in labor wages paid in 1977 in An employee who works the tables into regulation and operating costs. New Jersey. By 1984, that figure had at a casino earns an average annual And will this happen to Miami Two of the 11 casinos in Atlantic City Beach? risen to $678 million. salary of $20,000 per year, according are in financial trouble he says, with to Gardner, "which is not bad when Replies Rubin, "Let's face it. Some one of them filing Chapter 11 for you consider that many of them don't areas of Miami Beach are a hotbed of bankruptcy, says Gardner. But two have college degrees or prior ex- crime, and rents are dirt cheap... it's 'Atlantic City used to be more casino hotels are being built... perience." the low rent that is the first sign of ur- "Why? That's a good question," he nothing but decay. Now bay decay. If the rents go up, the value says. there is some revitalization. of our city goes up." Flynn disagrees emphatically. But we've paid a dear price High stakes As for what will happen to the poor, "Casinos are doing Well. If he tells you in terms of family displace- and for the most part, elderly Jewish But higher paying jobs don't begin a place like Harrah's is not, that's not ment.' to compensate for the toll that type of and Hispanic residents of . some accurate." neighborhoods, Rubin suggests leav- —Father Ron Falotico, work has on family and religious life, Gardner also defends charges by No says Father James Hally, former ing it up to legislative solutions. Casinos Inc., the committee chaired Atlantic City Pastor *~- "We can use the revenue from pastor of Holy Spirit Catholic Church by Gov. Bob Graham, that "Atlantic in Atlantic City. gambling taxes to create new City's population has fallen 16 percent housing." For the past 7 years, Fr. Hally has as blacks, Hispanics and the elderly . "In Atlantic City, the employment fought against casinos from the pulpit Although the constitutional amend- are driven from their homes and situation was far more critical than it and now says he doesn't want to be ment which enacted gambling in 1976 apartments by soaring housing costs is in Miami, and you can't compare directly involved in the controversy. in Atlantic City did provide for a and escalating tax assessments." the increase in jobs there with what "I speak out independently on the number of social programs earmarked "There is a spillover into the will happen in our area because they issue. It's definitely bad for the com- had no major hotels in existence munity and I don't like the idea of be- before casinos came in... Here we ing bought and sold by anyone:., the already have hotels with large staffs. casino owners are interested in profits, 'With casino gambling, So we won't have as many jobs to fill, not people," he says. people tend to spend larger explains North. Both Fr. Hally and Fr. Falotico sums of money in shorter Rubin disagrees, Four hotels — the concur that families are seriously periods of time.' Resorts International, The Sands, disrupted when one or both parents Claridge and Caesars, were already work in the casino hotels. Daily —Abp. McCarthy built before gambling was legalized in schedules are chaotic and family Atlantic City he says, and the industry togetherness is almost non-existent. created more than 30,000 jobs for area Attendance at Mass and church 'residents. related activities are almost impossible to fulfill. He estimates that if gambling hits In series on the impact of gambling big in Dade County* there will be on religious life which began in the 14,000 more hotel rooms — 4,000 of St. Petersburg Times on Jan. 26,1986, those renovations of existing rooms. it was reported, "On any Sunday And the 20,000 jobs he believes the morning, the cities' casinos are filled casinos will create here won't be with gamblers religiously searching for limited to inside the hotels but will ex- Lady Luck." tend into variety of other services that "It's true, and many people... work tourists need, such as laundries, on Sundays and Holy Days... we try restaurants. our best to understand and accom- North argues that many of the peo- modate the lifestyle, but it's difficult," ple who were hired in the 'gold rush' (Continued on page 25)

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 / PAGE 15 Men, women religious celebrate Diamond- The following religious men and women were honored for their years of service to the Church during a Mass last weekend at St. John Vianney Col- lege Seminary. For story, see page 7.

Diamond Jubilarians A native of Brooklyn, New York, Brother Gabriel Vincent Barrett Brother Gabriel Sister Roseanne Brother Stephen Sister Aileen Sister Joan Sister Mary Muiiins entered St. Aim's Novitiate in Pough- Vincent Barrett Berna Martin Calvillo Genroe Marie Meidinger keepsie, New York, and was received into the Congregation of Marist Brothers in 1926. He pursued his serve St. Coleman's community in studies at Villanova and Fordham, of Detroit as principal, teacher, and was professor of theology, philosophy Pompano Beach, where she ministers librarian. Since 1976, Sister has given and classical languages for 12 years i earning bachelor's degrees in the Arts to the sick and aged in the parish. and in Library Science. Brother served volunteer service to St. Michael the Siena Heights College in Adrian and as teacher, prefect, and librarian in Archangel School in Miami and St. Director of Novices for 13 years for New York, West Virginia, and Brother Stephen Martin Calvillo is a Matthew School in Hallandale. She is the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Georgia. His experience included native of Uruapan, Mexico. He was presently serving at Nativity School in After pastoral studies at St. Paul secondary and college level. He was received as a Marist Brother in Spain Hollywood. University in Ottawa, Sister came to also vocation director of the Marist in 1926. Brother has taught in high Florida in 1970 at the invitation of the Brothers. He came to Miami in 1970 to schools and colleges, spending 30 late Archbishop Coleman Carroll and organize a Marist Brothers House of years in Texas, where he received his From Ontario, Canada, Sister Joan was Vicar for Religious for 15 years. Retirement. B.A., B.S. and M.A. from St. Mary's Marie Meidinger became a member of Sister also taught theology at Barry University in San Antonio and from the Adrian Dominican Congregation University and assisted in the summer Texas University. Brother's experience in 1925. She received her Ph. B. From program of graduate religious studies Sister M. Roseanne Berna, a native includes teaching in Mexico City and Siena Heights College in Adrian, at St. John Vianney Seminary. In of Udina, Illinois, entered the Sisters Havana, Cuba. From 1960 to 1971, Michigan, and an M.A. from the 1978, when Archbishop Edward of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate in Brother taught at St. Francis Xavier University of Detroit. She did post- McCarthy initiated the Lay Ministry 1923, and made first profession of College in Hong Kong. His next five graduate work at Barry University. program, Sister assisted in the spiritual vows in 1926. Sister is a graduate of years were occupied as teacher at She has always been involved in the formation of candidates throughout the College of St. Francis, and has Msgr. Pace High School in Opa-locka. education and training of youth, and the Archdiocese. She is presently serv- taken courses in special education at Brother now resides in Miami. was principal in Detroit and Oak ing as pastoral minister at Covenant Cardinal Stritch College. She began Park, Illinois. Prior to her assignment House in Fort Lauderdale. her ministry of education at St. Fran- to South Florida, Sister taught at St. cis de Sales School in Chicago. Besides Sister Aileen Genroe entered the Ann's and Rosarian Academy in West teaching grade school for more than Community of Sisters, Servants of the Palm Beach. She was teacher at St. 30 years, Sister has done social work Immaculate Heart of Mary in Anthony's in Fort Lauderdale and Golden Jubilarians for the Diocese of Toledo, and has Monroe, Michigan in 1926. Before principal at Little Flower School in worked as activity director for the coming to Florida, Sister had spent 50 Hollywood. At present, Sister is com- Born in New York City, Sister Ruth retired at Our Lady of the Angels in years in the field of education, serving pleting her 18th year as principal at St. Anne Baker entered the Sisters of St. Joliet, Illinois. In 1975, Sister came to in different schools of the Archdiocese James School in North Miami. Joseph of St. Augustine in 1936 and made her final profession in 1941. She taught in the Dioceses of St. Augustine A native of Canada, Sister Mary and Miami. In 1945, she went in train- TUT Muiiins entered the Dominican ing and inservice for x-ray technology Novitiate in 1926. Her first assign- for Mercy Hospital. Radiology was ment in Florida was in 1933, at St. opened in 1950 under her supervision. Ann High School in West Palm She was technologist in St. Cloud CORNERSTONE Beach. 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Mercy Hospital in Miami, where she Golden Glade for several years. She is present- works in Medical Records. ly director of Religious Education at St. Raymond in Miami. A native of Ireland, Sister M. Marcella Cloran entered the Con- Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, gregation of the Sisters, Servants of Sister Patricia Erickson entered the Immaculate Heart of Mary in religious life in 1960. She taught first 1934. She was professed in 1936 and grade for 10 years in the Chicago area. taught elementary school in In 1976, Sister graduated as a Philadelphia for 15 years. Sister was registered nurse; her work took her to then sent to Peru, where she taught for Nassau in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, six years in villa Maria. Other dioceses Sister Ruth Sister Marcella Sister Serafina Brother Victor and Nicaragua. She is presently study- she taught in are Allentown and Anne Baker Cloran Flores Menard ing for her B.S. in Nursing at Barry Harrisburg. She also taught in Georgia University. On completion of her and Virginia. In 1981, Sister came to studies, Sister hopes to return over- Miami and taught at St. Rose of Lima seas. School. Sister is presently teaching at Epiphany School in Miami. Sister Heiene Kloss, from Detroit, Michigan, entered the Adrian Sister Serafina Floras, born in Dominican Congregation in 1959. She Havana, Cuba, entered the Company attended Wayne State University, of Mary in Douglas, Arizona, in 1933, Siena Heights College, and Barry and made her first profession in 1935.. University. She received her M.A. in Sister taught in the primary grades in Music Education from Florida State Lestonnac School in Havana for 10 Sister Mary T. Power Sister Judith Shield Sister Dorothy Spitzig University. A teacher of music, years and was director of the Leston- mathematics, and religion, Sister has nac Home for 15 years. She then went taught in Ohio, New York, Puerto to Mexico in 1960 and stayed there un- Rico and St. Rose of Lima in Miami til arriving in Florida in 1976, taking Silver Shores. She worked as director of care of children in the Catholic Home Music at Visitation Parish, Miami for for Children until 1983. Through the four years, and is presently director of Lestonnac Alumni Association, which Music at St. Patrick Church in Miami she founded, Sister keeps in touch Beach. with former students from the Leston- nac School in Cuba who reside in the United States. Sister Agnes Therese Sullivan, born in Boston, entered the Congregation Born in Lincoln, Rhode Island, of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Brother Victor Menard entered the Augustine in 1961. She received her Marist Brothers in Poughkeepsie, New B.A. from Barry with majors in York, in 1936. After completing his Sister Maria Brother Michael Sister Magdalena Sister Patrica English and Latin, and her M.A. in studies, he became a tailor in Teresa Aguinaga Brady Carrillo Erickson Psychology from Marywood College Poughkeepsie and Esopus, New York, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She taught for the next 25 years. In 1954, Brother on the elementary and junior high made his second novitiate in France. levels in the dioceses of St. Augustine, He then served as prefect at Mount Orlando, and Miami. Sister has served Saint Michael Academy, New York 18 years in the Archdiocese of Miami City, and as tailor he was stationed in and is currently elementary school ad- Marist communities on Long Island. ministrator at St. Stephen Protomar- In 1965, Brother was assigned to tyr School in Miramar. Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, where he has worked in maintenance ever since. Brother is also . *** Born in Philadelphia, Sister M. director of the book store and a Evangeline Sullivan entered the Con- member of the landscaping staff. For Sister Helene Sister Agnes Sister Evangeline gregation of the Sisters of the Holy 30 years he has dedicated his summers Kloss Therese Sullivan Sullivan Family of Nazareth in 1961. After first to teaching arts and crafts at Camp profession, Sister taught at Queen of Marist in New Hampshire; for several Peace School in Ardsley, Penn- years he has been director of arts and America. She taught in Illinois, born in San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mex- sylvania. She then served for 13 years crafts at Camp Marist, and in 1984 re- Michigan, and Florida. She was ico and made her first profession in as a full-time child care worker in St. ceived the annual Staff Award. Religious Education Coordinator for the Congregation of Missionary Mary's Villa for Children. Presently, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. She has Guadalupanas of the Holy Spirit in Sister teaches at St. Gregory School in taught at St. Thomas Aquinas High 1961. In 1969, she was transferred to Plantation. She also acts as Broward Sister Mary T. Power, born in Florida. Since then, Sister has been in- Canada, entered the Congregation of School in Fort Lauderdale, and was County representative on the Arch- assistant principal at Cardinal volved in migrant ministry and diocesan Sisters Council. the Sisters of Mercy in St. John's, catechesis in Immokalee, Belle Glade, Newfoundland, Canada. She received Newman High School. Sister was in- volved in the early stages of and Fort Myers, She is presently serv- her B.A., B.S. in Education, and M.S. ing at St. Ann Mission in Naranja. in Administration, all at the University Chrismatic Renewal in the diocese and of Ottawa. After 38 years of teaching served on the Pastoral Council. Since Nativity's at all levels, she entered the field of 1970,. she has served as instructor and Born in Covington, Kentucky, Religious Education and served as a in many other capacities at Barry Brother J. Michael Brady entered the supervisor of Religious Education in University, including beginning the Marist Brothers Novitiate in New silver jubilee Canada. During this time Sister was Department of Business. She is cur- York in 1960. He obtained his B.A. in also involved in the Liturgical Com- rently associate dean of the Andreas Social Studies at Marist College, (Continued from page 13) mission in Canada, and as a commit- School of Business at Barry. Sister is Poughkeepsie, New York, and an tee member gave workshops in also president of the Pilot Club Inter- M.A. in Religious Education at Prov- Scully became pastor in 1964 and effi- liturgical renewal. She received her national, an executive and profes- idence College in Rhode Island. He ciently led the 2,200-family parish in M.A. in Theology and in Biblical sional women's organization serving also has done graduate work at Seton the city's rapidly growing Hollywood Studies from Providence College, community needs. Hall University in South Orange, New Hills community. Fr. Scully worked Rhode Island. From St. Thomas Jersey. He taught religion and social tirelessly to care for a flock that was University in Houston, Texas, she re- studies in high schools in New Jersey also outgrowing its quarters for wor- ceived her M.A. in Religious Educa- A native of St. Clair, Michigan, for 10 years, and was assistant prin- ship. tion. Recently, she earned ah M.A. in Sister Dorothy Spitzig entered the cipal for student affairs at Marist High In 1967, the pastor was a humble Pastoral Studies from Loyola Univer- Congregation of the Sisters, Servants School in Bayonne, New Jersey. Since young priest who liked to sketch draw- sity in Chicago. Since 1977, Sister has of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1977, Brother has taught at ings of churches^dio liked to dream been serving in Florida as director of Monroe, Michigan in 1935, and made Christopher Columbus High School in of creating a holR of worship that Religious Education in the parishes of her first profession of vows in 1938. Miami, where he also has been Cam- would inspire divine communication. St. Coleman, Our Lady Queen of She received her B.A. from pus Minister. He was Father Rene Gracida, now Martyrs, and St. Bartholomew, where Marygrove College and an M.A. from Bishop Gracida of Corpus Christi, she is presently involved as Pastoral Wayne State University, both in A native of Mexico, Sister Texas. He designed the modern cir- Minister in the field of Adult Religious Detroit. Sister taught in elementary Magdalena Carrifto entered the Con- cular sanctuary that is Nativity today. Education. and high schools in Detroit and gregation of the Missionary Guadalu- He was assisted by architect Murray Chicago. She also worked with the panas of the Holy Spirit in 1959, and Blair Wright and hundreds of parish- educable retarded. Since 1980, Sister made her first profession in 1961. She ioners who cheerfully raised $70,000 Sister Judith Shield entered the con- has been teaching in the Reading has pursued higher studies in religion more than they had pledged. vent at Adrian, Michigan in 1936. She Center at St. Michael the Archangel at the Institute of Santa Maria de On Oct. 26, 1968, Archbishop Cole- has spent all of her religious life in School in Miami. Guadalupe. Sister has been serving in man F. Carroll joined with the parish education, teaching and administra- the Archdiocese of Miami since 1972, family and clergy to dedicate the new tion, at all levels. She received her most of the time with migrant workers parish hall and church. degree in Economics and Business Silver Jubilarians at St. Ann Mission in Naranja and in It stands on the same spot, where 25 from the Catholic University of Sister Maria Teresa Aguinaga was Homestead. She also was in Belle years ago, a tent once stood. Miami, Florida /THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 / PAGE 17 St. Mary's turned

novices into champs Ugh! Dade County in football. Kindergartner By Prent Browning Johnathan Voice Staff Writer "They are really motivated in the Gamondeda ex- St. Mary coach James Rehm had sense that they see sports as a way presses a dis- almost thought true athletic out," says Curley coach Wayne Lef- taste for calis- determination was a thing of the past. fler, referring to the poverty of the thenics which Then he found that Fabrice Milord, neighborhoods surrounding St. his mother, May- Freel Jean, James Battle, and Pascal Mary's Cathedral. ra, does not Yal were all set to prove him wrong. He credits Rehm with doing a good share, during a It was about 5 years ago that this job of teaching the basics and the special P.E. sisters of St. Mary School with class at St. Mai- teaching them courtesy. achy School in Catholic The four have known each other Tamarac, one of since 2nd grade and have remained several parent- Schools Week good friends through the years. student activi- Partly because they complement ties held in hon- group, all Haitians except Battle, each other's games so well Archbishop or of Catholic I Schools Week, started to become almost a team Curley is currently running through a : 22-1 season in basketball on their way Feb. 2-8. Many within a team, trouncing their .other schools competition in game after game. to the state playoffs. The team is rank- I also celebrated Despite the fact that they were ed No. 1 in the state. by holding open about a year older and half a foot Each of them are now seniors houses, family taller than most junior high athletes it considering attending college on days and events was not all smooth going at first. athletic scholarships. to bring parents, The Haitians only a couple of years They are hopeful, in fact, that they teachers and before could hardly speak a word of will all be accepted to Tallahassee!s students closer English and soccer was the only sport Florida A&M University together. together. (Voice that they were really familiar with. If that happens this inseparable pho lo./Prent Rehm occasionally found himself quartet will certainly be a force to Browning) communicating in sign language to the reckon with in college sports. Haitians on his team but they were eager to learn and practiced late after school. The result was a perfect season St. Brendan's has winning tradition (24-0) with St. Mary's averaging be- tween 55 and 60 points a game. (Continued from page 12) spiritual leader encouraging those who competitor. They wouldn't be cham- Now the four are the core of the many other teams. may have family problems and giving pions if the other team wasn't there." Archbishop Curley - Notre Dame "You have to teach them a complete them a chance to confide in him. On Now that he's "retired" Streit is High School's basketball and football knowledge of the basics even though the court he puts a premium on good ^busier than ever teaching history and teams and they have all been recogniz- some try to get a little ahead of their attitude and sportsmanship. serving as an assistant coach at ed as outstanding athletes in Dade abilities," he says. "I coach in a different way," he Christopher Columbus High School in County. This can sometimes mean a daunt- says. "I'm not too much on cheering. addition to coaching St. Brendan. Milord, a 6-5 center, averages 18 ing series of drills for the kids, but I don't like them jumping up and He still clearly enjoys the game and points a game in basketball where he they seem to be willing to put in the ex- down with their finger in the air going he's still learning new coaching has been named All Dade County two tra effort it takes to build a winning 'we're number one.' strategies. years in a row. He has been named All team. "I think the first order of business is "You never get too old to learn," he Dade County in football too and is Streit, 48, has had plenty of op- going over and shaking hands with the says. nearly a straight A student. portunity to sharpen his skills, having Jean and Battle have been named coached in the ACC since its very All Dade County in football and beginnings. A retired fireman now, he basketball also. 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PAGE 18/ Miami, Florida /THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 THE VOICE Miami, Florida February 21,1986 PAGE 19 No-— longer children Black Catholics are ready to take their rightful place in the Church

Archbishop Edward McCarthy greets black Catholics outside St. Francis Xavier Church in Overtown. The following is excerpted from Bishop One of four mostly black parishes in the Archdiocese, St. Francis is also one of the oldest Catholic Emerson Moore's homily at St. Mary Cathedral churches in the area. (Voice file photo) on Feb. 2, as part of the Archdiocese of Miami's celebration of Black History Month. even further. drug abuse. Someone should be trained in drug Complicating this is a society which, by its prevention and this person given access to the By Auxiliary Bishop Emerson J. Moore refusalto help the working poor, makes it at school on a regular basis. This way from the Archdiocese of New York times financially beneficial for the man to leave. earliest age our children can be taught to turn on We Black Catholics in America were taught Second, we are at a time when the traditional to life, not drugs. the faith by our sisters and brothers of other value placed on human life has been weakened. We must also bring people together to prevent cultures. After passing this faith on to us they Abortion is too often presented as the answer to crime. Churches should urge their members to nurtured us as a mother with a newborn babe. every problem in the Black community. In reality, form block associations to serve notice to We are grateful for all who helped spread the it is an attempt to limit the Black population, it criminals that they will not be tolerated any Good News to us and for all who continue that is a form of genocide. longer. Only when they know of our firm resolve work today. Third, while drug use is down from the 70s, will they go elsewhere. But we are pleased to announce that the babe our children are still turning to drugs and alcohol It is important to note that this work of being has grown up. If you have not seen and read a socially active is not just for the clergy and copy of the announcement of our coming of age religious. In fact, most of this burden must fall it is called "What We Have Seen and Heard." It is on the laity, as the clergy and religious have the pastoral letter written by the 10 Black 'Black Americans are a mixture of other roles. Bishops in the United States. The pastoral many different cul- celebrates our contributions, recognizes our These social programs... however, are not potential and rejoices in who we are. tures and herit- enough. They will get [black people] to the What do we have to offer? [church] door but will they stay? The most obvious is our gift of color. ages. In many Only if, as often as they reach the church, they Scientists have told us that black is the culmina-: ways, we are truly find a liturgy that will move their spirit and fill tion of all colors, and we Black Americans are a their souls... mixture of many different cultures and heritages. a universal people, Our liturgies, while never forgetting those In many ways, we are truly a universal people, truly a catholic things that are truly Catholic, must rejoice in the truly a catholic people. gifts our Blackness brings. There is room in the Next, we can offer our sufferings. We offer the people.' liturgy to embrace all cultures and we must feel pain felt by each African family when a loved one that our culture is not merely tolerated, but fully disappeared never to return; we offer the — Bishop Emerson J. Moore accepted and cherished. indignation suffered as men and women who were There is an old American legend that tells hunted in the wilderness like wild animals. about an Indian brave who found an eagle's egg We offer the racism that persists today and all and put it into the nest of a prairie chicken. who have died trying to right all these injustices to hide from some of life's harsh realities. Eventually, the eagle's egg was hatched with the in the past. Just as Christ offered his suffering Fourth, Black on Black crime makes it unsafe brood of prairie chickens and grew up with them. and death for the sins of all, including those who to live in some of our neighborhoods. persecuted him and put him to death, we offer Certainly, however, not all of where we are AM his life, the challenging eagle — thinking all the pain that we as a people have suffered now is bad. There is much for which we are he was a prairie chicken — did what prairie and continue to suffer to help atone for the sins grateful. chickens do. He scratched the dirt for seeds, he of our oppressors. Black self image has improved drastically over clucked and cackled. And when he flew, he flew Next, we bring to our church a gift of joy. This the decades. One need only look at the evolution up in a thrashing of wings and feathers just a joy notonly survived cruel times, but grew in the of our name... We have gone from Negro to few feet from off the ground. Why? Because that face of despair... We hope to teach our sisters Colored to Black. Finally, we have realized that is how prairie chickens are supposed to fly. and brothers in Christ to rejoice not only when our color is good, is beautiful. Years passed and the challenging eagle grew times are good but also to rejoice in hard times. Second, we are learning that the political very old. One day, he saw a magnificent bird far Another gift we possess is the sense of the process can work. More Black people are above him in the cloudless sky. Hanging with omnipresence of God. Since we know that Jesus registered to vote today than ever before. graceful majesty on the powerful wind currents, is with us everywhere, we have a sense that all Third, we have become painfully aware of the it soared with scarcely a beat of its strong, of creation is sacred. For us God is not confined need for higher education. This is producing golden wings. to a church building, he dwells in our midst. leaders in every facet of society. We have Black What a beautiful bird said the eagle to his Those are some of our gifts. But as we talk lawyers, doctors, politicians and 10 Black neighbor. What is it? That's an eagle, the about sharing gifts we must also look at our- Bishops. v neighbor clucked. But don't bother to give it a selves. Looking at where we are, it is easy to see second thought. You could never be like him. Where are we now? We are at a critical time that the future can be bright or dismal. It is up to And so the challenging eagle never gave it a for Blacks in our church and society. The very all of us to see that it is bright. second thought. And so it died, still thinking it core of Black life is being shaken. The family is To do this we must let it be known that our was a prairie chicken. in trouble. Church will do all that it can to strengthen the If we look into our history, we find that African Black family. We must struggle to ensure that In many ways, this has been the history of society had a very strong family system. In fact the heads of families will have jobs that will Black people in the Catholic Church. As men and even today, in several African lanauaa.es. there enable them to support a family. women, stamped with and in the image and like- are no words for orphans, they don't exist. The Working must become more beneficial than ness of God, we are truly eagles in the Church tribe [and parents] always took care of the chil- welfare. Once the family is strengthened there and in the world. dren. will be less temptation to violate the sacredness Yet our history has more closely resembled One of slavery's greatest sins was the contin- of life. Our children will be wanted and that of prairie chickens. However, there is one ual division of families. [Although] the majority welcomed, not despised and murdered. important difference in our story from that of of Blacks have been able to cling to the family At the same time we must teach our children this legend. We have not died thinking we were structure... too many families have never the need to wait until after they have married prairie chickens. Rather, we continue to live, and, recovered from the sins of slavery. So that now and established a stable life before having as the pastoral letter of the 10 Black bishops of when the family is suffering throughout society, children. the United States tells, now can assume our the already ailing Black family is ripped apart Every parish must do something to combat proper roles as eagles in the Church. Catholic Church's demise exaggerated You may recall reports not too long ago that the Church was irrelevant, that in a few years it would simply shrivel up and disappear in the wake of modem advancement. Not quite yet. Just look around at recent events. The Church is playing a powerful role on the world stage on behalf of justice that is helping assure human rights and bring needed change in a number of places. When the Pope visited Haiti three years ago he said in one of his bluntest statements that there had better be change there. Heartened by that, the Church leadership in Haiti became openly more critical of the dictatorship, speaking out in print and on the Church radio station, thus increasing the people's sense of justice and encouraging, indirectly, open resistance to the government. Now, Baby Doc is gone and the Church there says it is already keeping an eye on the new regime. On the other side of the world in the Philippines, Cardinal Jaime Sin and other bishops have been constant thorrts in the side of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, berating him about human rights violations time and again — doing so at some risk in a country where several priests have been murdered and Voice editorial an opposition leader assassinated in front of the world's eyes. The Church is one of the few forces that dares speak out there. The bishops there have scored Marcos for stealing the presidential elec- tion from the people and are now helping to keep the protests peaceful as long as possible. Whatever finally happens there, the Church will have played a major role in keeping the fire of freedom and justice burning. In Nicaragua, the Church is constantly pressuring the government to restore human rights. In El Salvador the Church has criticized the deaths squads of the right and urged the left to join the democratic process to make it work. In Poland, of course, the Church has always made it hard on the Com- munists who run the government but have never been able to control the people's hearts, largely because of their Catholic identity. And even now, on our backdoor step, the first page in the book of change may be turning in Cuba. Certainly we must be wary of Castro's sudden in- terest in warming up to the bishops after 25 years of oppressing them. Is this a new phase of image building? An attempt to look magnanimous? A realization that the Church is so influential a force for rights in the rest of Latin America which Castro does not control, that he must cuddle up to her? Is it even conceivable that at age 60, Castro who has quit smoking his famous cigars is becoming conscious of mortality and wants to hedge his bets on the side of the angels? (We'll reserve judgment on that theory until we catch him at Mass.) Regardless of which theory is correct, it is a testament to the vitality of the Church in the world today that a dictator must cozy up to it in order to accomplish his current goal. . The Church, more than ever before, in this age of rapid change and worldwide communications, is playing the role of critic against injustice, gadfly for social problems, and moderator against violence. With little world- in a ritual sacrament, but are playing a part in a living institution that is ly power she is an incalculable moral force. helping to mold the history of mankind until the last days, whenever that The next time you are at Mass, realize that you are not only participating may be.

You can stop Letters abortion The horror of slavery plagued our nation for more than a century before it was legally abolished. Those who object to slavery were labeled "reli- -In honor of gious fanatics" and told: "If you think slavery is wrong, don't buy any slaves, but don't try to impose your morality Challenger's (or religion) on me! If we don't have slavery the economy will crumble! Be- sides, slavery is really merciful. It would be cruel to set slaves free when crew they are so ignorant and unable to take care of themselves!" In time, We mourn the seven crew members of the even the Supreme Court ruled that shuttle "Challenger." The sacrifice they made slaves were not persons, and there- will not be forgotten. It is but another sacrifice fore had no legal rights. which future generations will look upon as con- •mi Sound familiar? We have just quering man's last frontier. mourned the 13th anniversary of an- other Supreme Court decision which, "There is a quest that calls me ruled that, like the slaves, unborn chil-.L, in nights when I am alone, dren are not persons and therefore The need to ride where the ways divide have no legal rights. Once again, The Known from the Unknown. those who object are labeled "reli- I mount what thought is near me gious fanatics." And soon I reach the place, How many times have you been The Tenuous rim where the Seen grows dim, told: "If you think abortion is wrong Arid the sightless hides its face. don't have one, but don't try to im- pose your morality (or religion) on me! I have ridden the wind, If we don't have legal abortion the I have ridden the sea, economy will crumble! Think of the I have ridden the moon and stars, budget deficit! Besides, abortion is I have set my feet in the stirrup seat really merciful. It would be cruel to let Of a comet coursing Mars. a child be born unwanted or un- healthy!" And Everywhere How long will it take before abor- thru the earth and air tion, infanticide and mercy killing are My thought speeds lightning-shod, legally abolished? That is up to you! It comes to a place where checking pace When is the last time you wrote to it cries, "BEYOND LIES GOD"!!! Senator Lawton Chiles to ask why he We give them back to you 0 Lord, who first votes both pro-life and pro-abortion? Call your nearest Respect Life office gave them to us! May their souls rest in peace! to find out what your representatives are doing in Washington and in Herb Hinkel Florida. If you don't, who will? Tamarac Sharon Conklin Cooper City

PAGE 20 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 The ten commandments Creativity's gift By Antoinette Bosco Q. I would like to know what the NC News Service original words of the Ten Command- The U.S. penchant for packaging now reaches even in- ments are, without all the additions to the realm of creativity. What was once throught of as BY by the church and other preachers. a God-given gift has lately become a commercial item ANTOINETTE (Louisiana) for consumers. A. The Ten Commandments ap- Self-help articles are popping up all over that make BOSCO pear twice in the Bible, in Exodus acquiring creativity sound as easy as having a pizza (20:1-17) and Deuteronomy (5:6-21). delivered to your doorstep. A much looser and less com- The cover article of this month's Writer's Digest is prehensive set of "Ten Command- called "Seven Steps to Harnassing Your Creativity." It ments" is found later in Deuteronomy offers point-by-point instructions for inspired moments, Talking about creativity in such limiting terms (34:10-28). as if creativity were a thing to be grabbed and captured diminishes what real creativity is all about. I'm not£ure what you mean by "all for self-serving, practical use. True creativity, the kind that leads to enduring art or a the additions," We know, in fact, that The latest fad in the world of business is to send profound new understanding of truth, and the genius of the form of these commandments emptoyees to school to learn how to become creative a Mozart, Michelangelo or Einstein, requires vision or now in Scripture is considerable because there aren't enough creative ideas coming up inspiration from another source beyond the everyday longer than the early (original?) from the ranks to develop exciting new products. world. Jebrew versions. Consulting firms are selling quick, expensive courses It can only happen when there is a connection to the in creativity training. They say that anyone can learn to eternal and what is created embodies an ever-present be creative; it isn't a gift reserved for the privileged few. sense of mystery. I think they are partly right but mostly very wrong. A masterpiece offers a glimpse of the eternal patterns One of these firms reports that most people have in humanity and nature but, at the same time, reminds BY FR. reservoirs of untapped talent that rarely surface due to us that we cannot grasp or understand everything. JOHN fears of looking foolish. So it offers courses, geared We have to be careful when a word like "creativity," DIETZEN toward professionals in their 30s and 40s, where the which represents a profound concept, becomes the students play with crayons, tell stories or play word latest buzzword. If we think that creativity is an ac- games. quirable skill, we are boxing it up and making it super- Students are encouraged to free up the imagination ficial. and combine intuition and logic to see new connections The belief that we can unlock the secrets of the crea- in the world around them. tive mind and put them into textbooks and training materials is tantamount to denying the mystery of the To the Jews the Ten Command- Some students say that the training helped them to think more freely and imaginatively. world. It is a way of saying that humans can control ments were known as the Ten Words. everything through analysis and technique. The very word, "decalogue," which we That's great. I'm sure everyone could expand their creative abilities. But the kind of creativity needed to . But even in the real of science, the greatest scientists frequently use for them, would be have-always acknowledged the unfathomable mystery loosely translated as the Ten Words. conceive the theory of relativity or paint the Sistine Chapel is beyond a "how-to" course. of the universe. In the more primitive form, each True creativity is not a teachable skill. There's not a commandment was two words. In What really bothers me is when it is claimed that creativity is a skill and not a talent. Skills can be taught, how-to course in the country that could teach anyone English they would be something like how to paint the Mona Lisa's smile. "No stealing," "No adultery," "No kill- practiced, measured and tested. Skills are something ing." So even when the biblical books we can own and control and use to make money. (NC News Service) took their present form a lot of expan- sion had already taken place. Perhaps you mean we have, in Christian times at least, added on to the things prohibited by the Ten The last laugh Commandments. That seems quite It was 1951.1 remember because I was a sophomore true. in college. I was .talking to a friend named, Peggy The last seven commandments (as ©"Shaughnessy, and tasked her what she was going to Lutherans'' ahcTitoman Catholics do with her life after college. Without batting an eye, she BY FR. generally number them) were under- said, 'Tm going to law school and I'm going to become a stood by the Jews to deal particularly congresswoman." I burst out laughing. JOHN CATOIR with essential civil law matters, which The years passed and I followed her career from afar. is not to deny, of course, that they She indeed became a lawyer, a Massachusetts were still commandments of God. congresswoman for 16 years, and a member of Presi- Thus, the commandment "Thou dent Reagan's Cabinet. The day after Margaret "Peggy" shalt not bear false witness against Heckler stepped down as Secretary of Health and thy neighbor" was intended to protect Human Services, she called me and invited me to come the integrity of the judicial system. to Washington to give the invocation at her installation cumstances of her appointment could be pen to a varie- One must speak the truth as a as Ambassador to Ireland. ty of interpretations. I happen to believe she was eased witness in any trial or procedure in- I offered that prayer on the eighth floor of the State out as Secretary of Health and Human Services because volving one's neighbor. Department Office Building in Washington, D.C., flank- she was too compassionate. She fought too hard to pro- The explicit connection of this ed by Supreme Court Justice Sandra O'Connor, tect the vulnerable and severely handicapped from fur- commandment with malicious Secretary of State George Shultz, and Vice-President ther budget cuts. gossip, for example, or personal in- George Bush. I wasn't laughing anymore. Peggy had ac- However, Margaret Heckler is the kind of person who sult, came later. Obviously this larger complished all her goals, and more. looks ahead and not back. In her acceptance speech she meaning fits well our understanding It was a beautiful ceremony. Justice O'Connor, in quoted the Christopher motto: "It's better to light one of Our Lord's supreme command- judicial robes, administered the oath, and Peggy, stand- candle than curse the darkness." I know she'll be an out- ment, total love of God and of our ing tall in her white suit and green scarf, looked radiant standing Ambassador. Please pray for her, and pray for neighbor. as she solemnly swore to fulfill her new duties. She peace in Ireland. Similar things might be said of would be representing the American people in Ireland, And by the way, before I left, I promised Peggy that some other commandments. the country where both her parents were born. They left the next time she tells me about her future plans, I will the Emerald Isle to come to America more than 65 years listen with a decent respect. Q. I have two questions about ago, and now their own little Peggy was returning as For a free copy of the Christopher News Notes "You Communion. The priest who comes to U.S. Ambassador. How proud they would have been had Can Change the World," send a stamped, self-addressed see me told me to ask you. they lived to see the day. envelope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New Is there a rule any more about what If one reads the newspapers, it's obvious that the cir- York, NY 10017. to have ready when he comes to my home for Communion? Also, can I go Communion on Holy Thursday and jood Friday? (Ohio) By Frank Morgan A. The official ritual of the church Time capsules for Communion outside of Mass says that when Communion is given any- where outside of a church "a suitable table is to be prepared and covered with a cloth; candles are also to pro- 'A new and more elegant edition' vided" (No. 19). This would, of course, include at home. The following epitaph was written by Benjamin book describes his 17 year project in which he broke The same ritual says that people Franklin to be placed on his tombstone, but his heirs down common substances into 33 basic elements. One who are sick may receive Communion didn't think it was dignified enough: of the elements that he discovered and named was hydrogen. He theorized that water was composed of ox- any time on Holy Thursday and Good Here lies the body of Friday. On Holy Saturday it may be ygen and hydrogen and proved his theory by combining BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, the two in proper proportion and forming water. received only as viaticum, that is, if Printer. the person is dying (No. 16). Like the cover of an old book, For this and other works in chemistry, Lavoisier This is indicated also in the Sacra- received the highest science award of France. The Its contents torn out following day he was guillotined. mentary for the liturgy of those days. And stript of its lettering and gilding. (A free brochure "Infant Baptism: But the work itself shall not be lost, Catholic Practice Today" is available For it will appear once more in a new by sending a stamped, self-addressed and more elegant edition, When General Eisenhower returned to the United envelope to Father Dietzen, Holy Revised and corrected by States as a victorious Supreme Allied Commander, he Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloom- The Author . *. * joined a family reunion at his mother's house. As ington, III. 61701.) Eisenhower sat on the porch with his mother and (Questions may be sent to Father In the late 18th century, Antoine Lavoisier, the . brothers, a reporter asked Mrs. Eisenhower if she was Dietzen at the same address) founder of modern chemistry and the person who nam- proud of her famous son. Without hesitating, she (NC News Service) ed oxygen, wrote "The Elements of Chemistry." The replied, "Which one?" Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 / PAGE 21 How to handle teen lying

Dear Mary: My husband and I are feeling be- Ignoring is an effective way to stop behavior. trayed and hopeless because our 16-year-old BY Suppose each morning on your way to work you daughter lies to us. She seems sincere, but on DR. JAMES meet your neighbor. Each morning you say: "Good several occasions we found out later that morning!" Your neighbor, however, never returns everything she said was untrue. I fear we cannot AND MARY your greeting. Rather quickly, you will probably be close as a family if we cannot trust each other. KENNY stop your greeting. Is this likely to pass? Is there anything we can do? Ignoring can have the same effect on lying. (Pennsylvania) There is no point in continuing to do something You describe well a parent's feelings of dismay. when you get no response. How can a child return love and caring by lying? staying overnight with her girlfriend? Call the Will lying stop eventually? Some adolescents Can we ever restore a good family relationship? girlfriend's parent. who lie grow into adults who are very open and Most often a child lies to keep from getting in Has Larry skipped school and lied when you honest with their parents. trouble. questioned him? Contact attendance. Call the While no one can predict the future, human be- Another reason may be to get their way. As a counselor personally whenever your child is going havior suggests that lying will stop most quickly teen-ager might put it: "If I told the truth, you to be absent. when it proves useless and is ignored. Some par- wouldn't let me do what I wanted." Does Tim come home after curfew with the ex- ents try to "nail" a lying child by setting him up. These reasons do not excuse lying, but help to cuse: "We had a flat tire?" Establish that curfew is They get evidence from outside sources, let the recognize why it may occur. curfew. If he is late because of a misfortune, sym- child lie, then confront him with the facts. Lying frustrates parents like no other misbe- pathize but impose the penalty anyway. While such a practice may give the parent a grim havior because lying is totally within the child's You will have taken away the reason to make up satisfaction, it destroys every shred of the child's control. The usual suggestions about rewarding an excuse. self-respect. It is the cruelest of put-downs and good behavior and disciplining misbehavior firmly Next, when some activity cannot be verified leaves the child no way out. For these reasons it is and promptly do not work with lying. Often parents from another source ignore it. not a good way to handle lying. do not evert know when the misbehavior is occur- "Where were you?" Verify you child's activities from outside ring. "We went to a movie." sources. Disregard what cannot be verified^ When The parent's only recourse is to take away the In most cases the parent cannot verify this. Of there is no reason to lie, lies are likely to stop. payoff for lying. If lying works for the Child it is course, you could grill trie-child: "What time did (Reader questions on family and child care to likely to continue. the movie start? Tell me the plot?" be answered in print are invited. Address questions: To take away the payoff for deception a parent Such questioning focuses time and attention on The Kennys, Box 872, St. Joseph's College, must verify everything from other sources. Is Lisa lying. Ideally, you want to ignore lying. Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.) Lent I: Money and the family Gather the family, light a candle, say a prayer, pected repairs and broken bones so they don't fall and let's talk about money. apart when something or someone in the family When I conducted my stress research asking does. parents to choose the top 10 everyday stresses in BY On a one-to-ten scale, how well does your family family life, one man wrote in bold script across the DOLORES budget? Is one person made responsible to make page: "MONEY! MONEY! MONEY! It may not be ends meet or are all involved? What most often the root of all evil but it's sure the root of all CURRAN jeopardizes your family budget? stress." 3. They don't link money with self-esteem. The A lot of families agreed with him because mon- \ person who earns more isn't worth more in the ey was named overwhelmingly as the top stress in family. The stay-at-home mother and the father family life today. how much they have and how each wants to spend who takes a cut in pay aren't treated less valuably Because money was chosen as the top stress it. because they don't make as much money. What among all income levels, having more money does Their children know what their parents' take- evidence is there that your family does or does not not do away with the stress. fiome pay is, what the rent or house payment is, do this? What, then, are the money stresses in families? and how much is left over for discretionary spend- 4. They teach their children about money. Not Disagreement over how it is to be spent, between ing. They hear their parents discuss expenditures. just how to earn it but how to use it. These a spender and a saver, over the power it represents In many families, children are brought into spend- children are not permitted to use their allowance in the marriage, on how to deal with children and ing discussions. I invite families to rate them- or paychecks for instant gratification but are money, on who pays for what in the two paycheck selves on a scale of one to ten on how able they taught responsible saving, charitable giving, and marriage, and a myriad of issues like credit cards, are to talk about money openly, freely, and dispas- contributing to the family when necessary. I found loans, and balancing the checkbook. sionately. we do a much better job as a culture in teaching My objective was to study families who deal What hampers your family from discussing children how to earn rather than how to manage well with money stresses and share with readers money? Can you make a shared effort to talk about money. how they do it. Here is what I found in these fami- it before it erupts into anger? If so, how and when? How well do your children manage their money? lies: Can you schedule a family money evaluation at the Do their spending habits cause stress in the fami- end of each month or when the checkbook is ly? What rules do you have? What rules would you 1. They talk about money rather than fight about balanced? like to develop? it. More than one couple stressed by money told 2. Families who deal well with money develop Finally, if there is one area you could change to me that the only time they talk about money is money management techniques. In short, they make money less stressful in you/ family, what when they fight about it. Not so in stress-reduced budget. They don't always stay within their would it be? families. They talk about money frequently, about budget, but they try. They build in monies for unex- (Alt Publishing Co.) Family matters^ Help! What my family needs is By Carol A. Farrell marriage? Are you a barely-blending family that with will have to come across in reading materi- Director of the Family Enrichment Center needs to see how other blending families tackle als? The family really does matter, doesn't it? Except some of the same issues? Are you feeling the for the core value of our faith, there is nothing that weight of caring for aging parents? Please help us to serve you better by complet- can compete with its importance in our life and for Do you want to meet with other people who ing the following form and sending it to us: Name our happiness. Once we become responsible for a share a similar need or experience? Or is your time your issue or your need and give us a chance to family, our family, everything we plan and do is and energy so limited that whatever you want help help you with it. measured by its impact on that family. In a different way, we are responsible for your The Church can help me and my family family, too. We are here to offer support and en- richment to the families in the Archdiocese, either directly or through your parish. We've been work- ing at it for about eight years now and we think it's time to step back and reassess how well we are meeting the needs of families here. Times change, families change, work and play and service pat- terns change. And if we are to serve you well, we must make changes, too. In order to do that, we are asking for your help. My age: Years Married: Single or Divorced: We need to know what you need from us. Is it en- richment for your marriage? Are you newly- married? Or long-married and into the emptying- nest syndrome? Do you need conflict resolution skills? Or prayer techniques? Could you use help Ages of children: Parish: in understanding the development of your child? Or some insights on how to deal with drug or alco- hol abuse in your family? Are you hurting from a death, a divorce or some other loss? 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PAGE 22 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 Shuttle tragedy: How did TV do?

The puffy white contrail leading to sion. In fact, a few days after the ex- the horned ball of smoke reminded plosion, several cable movie services me of a snail. But the lazy snail took ran "The Empire Strikes Back," which on a malevolent image when the con- contains several, scenes of the tents of the head were recalled: a destruction of spacecraft. The dif- shattered shuttle housing seven men ference between those fake destrucr and women. tions and the Challenger was obvious. Seeing the fiery chariot once was Sister Anne noted that parents who enough for me, but TV news shows in- ignore the event or switch off the tele- sisted on endlessly re-running the vison when the scenes are shown are clip at normal speed, in slow motion not helpful. "If we do that," she ex- plained, "we're saying we don't want to talk about it or we don't have feel- ings. To remove a child from the na- BY tional mourning is not good. We're JAMES suffering, praying and crying together. To exclude the child is not BREIG just."

'Television deaths are so and in stop-action. During one half- common that the reality hour broadcast, the final moments of the Challenger were shown four of the event takes time to times. I finally began turning my head sink in ... children had to or closing my eyes. What did you think of the TV realize that it was not a coverage of the shuttle tragedy a one-time movie...' month ago? I would give the net- — Sr. Anne works, including CNN, pretty high marks for their on-the-spot rsponse to the event. In the first hours after the So the problem which TV caused by explosion, a number of angles were ROMANTIC COMEDY — James Garner stars as Murphy, a widower who being there can be somewhat covered, including the one which alleviated by TV's presence through became unique to this event: how it runs a small drugstore and Sally Field plays Emma, a divorced mother who settles in tow with her young son in "Murphy's Romance." The USCC gives the grief process. would affect children, many of whom One more point should be made: had watched the disintegration live the film an A-MI rating based on its view of marital fidelity and use of pro- fanity. (NC photo) for the most part, we wanted TV to on TVs in their classrooms. show us the images of what happen- But did we need the constant ed, how people responded, what was reruns of the scene? Did we need any TV's initial coverage of the shuttle and publicity attached to that being done to correct it, who felt cameras on Christa McAuliffe's launch, of course, was innocent and launch," she explained. "It was which emotions and why it happened. parents as they realized what had the effect on children of the live ex- almost like pride for the children to There was a pride in the space pro- happened? Did we need live coverage plosion is no one's fault. But to what have a teacher in space. So it became gram and we wanted to know how this of news conferences at which extent did the repetitions serve to even more real for them. failure was being dealt with. We don't nothing of importance was said? Did Heighten the grief and sorrow of Ironically, the disaster, initially any- have the same unity about other we need to hear White House jour- youngsters? To find out some way, subtracted reality, she believes. events. Therefore, we don't have the nalists questioning Larry Speakes answers, I spoke recently with Sister "Television deaths are so common same reaction to how TV covers them. about what the President said when Anne Bryan Smollin, a Mercy Sister that the reality of the event takes time When TV shows us mutilations in he. heard the news?••-••••••• •<-•••• who is a psychologist. The director of to sink in," Sister Anne said. Nicaragua or earthquake victims in All of those questions. I believe, fall Counseling for the Laity in the "Children had to realize that it was Mexico or the remains of aborted into the area of over-kill, of which tele- Albany, NY, diocese, she often works . not a one-time TV movie." babies, we have the tendency to vision is so often guilty. The sterling with children who are experiencing What helped to do that were the blame TV for what's happening. If the jofe they do with immediate informa- emotional problems. follow-up memorials, she said. She camera were not there, 4here would tion is often tarnished by their desire She pointed out that the publicity also thinks that the response of the be nothing to photograph, we tp say it over and over and over. Think involving a teacher in space world helped children. sometimes think. back on the assassination attempt on reinforced children's natural affection "Everything was put on hold," she In the wake of the shuttle coverage, President Reagan. How many times for the space program, which fas- recalled. "The world stopped and TV let's re-think that. have you seen that particular tape? cinates them for its adventure and kept it in front of us." That demon- How many more times will we see the newness. strated how the reality of death dif- shuttle crew evaporate in the sky? "There was so much enthusiasm fers from the fantasy deaths of televi- TV highlights Sunday, March 2,9-11 p.m. Chan- nel 10: "Acceptable Risks." Cicely Tyson and Brian Dennehy star in a drama about the devastation faced A cogent study of 'Irish humanism' by a U.S. city when a chemical plant teaks. The Irish Catholic Experience: A from the misty origins of the Celtic that no longer works. Monday, March 3, 9-11 p.m., Historical Survey, by Msgr. Patrick J. Church to the grand solemnities of The apex of the Irish experience Channel 10: "The Children of Corish, Michael Glazier, Inc. (Wilm- the Western Latin Church itself... But was reached in the middle of the 19th Times Square." A teen-age ington, Del., 1985). 283 pp., $25. always the primary concern is to seek century, as Msgr. Corish makes clear, runaway, seeking excitement and a Reviewed by Thomas P. McDonnell, out those roots which have distin- whereas in the 20th we can no longer sense of belonging, becomes part NC News Service guished Ireland from almost every accept cultural isolation as in- of a highly organized band of The title of Msgr. Patrick Corish's other Western culture. evitable, or even desirable, in a kind of young drug dealers. 'book bears a resemblance to another In this regard, one of the chief new world consciousness that is Friday, Mar. 7,9-10:30 p.m. Chan- historical study published in 1985: values of "The Irish Catholic Ex- steadily on the rise. nel 2: "Great Performances: Irving "The American Catholic Experience" perience" is that it should so clearly McDonnell, a Boston-born Irishman Berlin's America." Paying tribute to by Jay P. Dolan of Notre Dame. The reaffirm the essential nature of what and former staff writer of The Pilot, one of America's greatest song- similarity ends there, however, for the Msgr. Corish calls "Irish humanism," has recently edited "Through the writers is this special, hosted by first is solid scholarship and the latter that pervasive streak in .the Irish Year by Thomas Merton." Sandy Duncan. i mixture of research materials and character which has largely religious polemics. origins and is perpetuated through The qualifying sense of Msgr. Cor- largely ecclesial traditions. ish's subtitle, a historical survey, is Though many signs are evident that CORAL GABLES PRINTING SER VICE well-taken and ought to be kept in Irish humanism is beginning to lose Personal Service by Brian & Peggy Brodeur mind. This is a compact and highly its religious character, this may not Complete Art, Typesetting & Bindery cogent survey of vast periods of be as disastrous as it sounds. 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Miami, Florida /THE VOICE / Friday, February 21, 1986 / PAGE 23 St. John's hospital starts arthritis program LAUDERHILL — St. John's gone joint replacement or reconstructive Rehabilitation Hospital & Health Care surgery. Center, founded by the Archdiocese of St. John's is a not-for-profit com- Miami five years ago, now has an inpa- prehensive rehabilitation and nursing tient Arthritis Rehabilitation Program. center under the auspices of the Arch- This new program, the only one of its diocese of Miami. Patients of all faiths kind in the area, will provide intensive have utilized the many rehabilitation pro- rehabilitation for the patient's current grams offered at the facility. The follow- problems as well as patient and family ing rehabilitation programs are available education to assist in management of on both an inpatient and outpatient basis future difficulties. at St. John's: Stroke and Neurological The goal of the program is to help pa- Rehabilitation; Amputee Rehabilitation; tients achieve their maximum in- Orthopedic Rehabilitation; and General dependence. medical rehabilitation. People with the following arthritic con- To obtain more information about the ditions are eligible: Arthritis Rehabilitation Program, contact Adult and Juvenile Rheumatoid Ar- your physician or St. John's directly at thritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Osteoar- 305-739-6233. St. John's is located off thritis, Degenerataive Disc Disease, and Oakland Park Boulevard in Lauderdale Mardi Gras those persons who have recently under- Lakes. About 200 people took in the sights and enjoyed the music, dancing and food during a Mardi Gras sponsored Feb. 9 by the Arch- Spring eucharistic minister diocesan Young Adult Council and Young Adult Ministry. More than 20 parishes, Archdiocesan organizations and businesses took part by sponsoring booths for the event, which was held at St. Thomas and lector workshops University in North Dade. Organizers hope the Mardi Gras will • (All workshops are on Saturdays from (English and Spanish) become an annual activity that will build community among young 10:00 AM til 3:00 PM and offered in both February 15, St. Catherine of adults and create public awareness of the ministry. Pictured: Jeff English and Spanish) Siena/Southwest Dade McCormick, vice-chairman of the Young Adult Council, and Lora ...FOR NEW EUCHARISTIC March 8.7; St. Charles Bor- Hoggard, intern at the Young Adult Ministry office. (Photo courtesy: MINISTERS: romeo/Hallandale. Paulette D'Angelo). March 8... Little Flower/Hollywood Fee: $5.00 per person payable in advance April 12... St. Timothy/Southwest to the Office of Worship and Spiritual Dade life (includes lunch, materials, speaker). Requirements for commissioning: Reservations required: Celibate conference at Rosarian 1) Candidates must be recommended in Procedure: Please call the Office of Wor- letters signed by their pastors (or, in the ship and Spiritual Life, 757-6241, Dade or 522-5776, Broward, Ext. 351 to make Rosarian Academy will host a con- case of schools, by their spiritual direc- reflection, and small group dialogue. tors). reservations and specify how many will at- ference for celibate men and women on Presenters are Donna Markham, a licens- tend the English Session and how many March 22 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the 2) Candidates must attend one full day ed psychologist who is currently director of training (5 hours). the Spanish, also which workshop they Academy in West Palm Beach. This con- of the Dominican Consultation Center, an will be attending. ference will offer participants an oppor- Fee: $5.00 per person payable in advance. outpatient mental health facility in Reservation required. tunity to examine issues concerning the Detroit, and Fr. Greg Cornelia, C.PP.S, Deadline for reservations is the quality of celibate friendship: the develop- Procedure: Letter of recommendation Wednesday prior to the workshop lectors staff member of the Cenacle Retreat should include the following: ment of self-acceptance and a healthy self- House and Spiritual Center in Lantana. will attend. image; concerns about infatuation, love, 1) Names of all those candidates being FINAL EVENINGS OF REFLEC- affection, and sexual expression; celibate Registration by Feb. 21 is requested. recommended from a given parish oi in- TION FOR LITURGICAL MINISTERS intimacy. The conference is sponsored by Send $7 to March Conference, Florida stitution. TILL SEPTEMBER (All evenings begin the Adrian Dominican Sisters. Mission Chapter, 810 N. Olive Ave. in 2) Check to cover their expenses at 7:30, end at 10:00 PM; offered in (lunch, materials, speaker); make payable English and Spanish) There will be presentations, directed West Palm Beach, Fl. 33401. to the Office of Worship and Spiritual Tuesday, March 18... St. Michael the Life Archangel/Miami Catechetical Center co-sponsors film festival a) Specification of a) which workshop Tuesday, April 22... Epiphany/South your candidate(s) will attend, Miami The Catechetical Center and Rev. education. The new center materials will b) How many will attend English ses- Presentation is for all liturgical Elmer Carroll of Franciscan Communica- be shown from 1-3 p.m. and new Fran- sions and how many the Spanish. ministers: Eucharistic Ministers, Lectors, tions (Teleketics) are sponsoring a film ciscan materials will be shown from Deadline for reservations is the Wednes- Ushers, Altar Servers, Musicians, festival March 19 for D.R.E.'s and any- 3-4:30. Please call the center at 757-6241 day prior to the workshop candidate(s) Sacristans, Environmental Artists, one interested in the use of media in to give the number attending. will attend. Deacons, Clergy, etc. ...FOR LECTORS: (New or already func- No fee, but reservations requested. tioning) (Also Saturdays from 10-3, and in IfsaDats

Bazaars Lenten retreat March 7-9. Begins 7:30 p.m. Fri- Happenings Singles is having an "Outstand- St. Pius X Women's Club will hold a spring St. Martha's Women's Club will hold their day with registration.closes on Sunday morning ing Singles Party" on Feb. 21 at 9 p.m. at the luncheon and fashion show at 11:30 a.m. on annual flea market on March 7-8 at 114S0 Bis- at 11:30 a.m. $55 per person including a non- Diplomat Country Club, 501 Diplomat Park- Feb. 27 in the Crystal Lake Country Club on cayne Blvd. from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. refundable deposit of $10. Contact Sr. Ruth, way, Hallandale. Dancing, Live band, con- Crystal Lake Drive in Pompano. Donation ^ St. dare's will hold a spring boutique in the Dominican Retreat House, 7275 S.W. 124 St., tinuous hors d'oeuvres. Admission $6. For $15. Reservations call Mrs. Frank Zink at parish hall, 821 Prosperity Farms Rd., North Miami, Fla. 238-2711. more info call Sharon Silver at 385-1255. 561-2370. Palm Beach on March 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Women of light (Dade County) Bible brunch on March 8 from (9:30 a.m. to 11:30 The Family Enrichment Center in Miami will Handcrafts, plants, country store. Call host at the center a Beginning Experience 622-7477 for info. a.m.) Scripture teaching, personal witness of Potpourri faith and song. Sheraton River House, 3900 Weekend on Feb. 28-March 2 for separated, St. Boniface Womens' Club will sponsor a divorced or widowed men and women who St. George Catholic Church will sponsor rummage sale on March 8-9 in Fulda Hall at N.W. 21 St. Miami $8. Reservations call 266-3585 or 264-3591. have already worked through the initial feel- another Black History Month Celebration Feb. 8330 Johnson St. in Pembroke Pines, West of ings of anger and despair. For more info call 23 from 3 to 5 p.m. The theme: Black Orators. University Drive. Hours: 8 a.m, to 4 p.m. and The Florida Keys Prayer Groups will spon- Sr. Virginia at 651-0280. Refreshments. / Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. sor the 2nd Annual Healing Conference at St. Mary Magdalen parish is holding a White Marathon High School in Marathon on March Belen School is holding its annual " Elephant sale on March 1 and 2. Saturday from 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration $5. Pre- bola" (festival) which features rides, games, 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. registration send name, address and fee to Fashion shows bazaars, dance, Latin American and Italian to noon. Margaret Hale, Rt. 2, Box 478, Summerland St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary will host its foods. Hours: Saturday, March 1 from 4 p.m. and Sunday, March 2, from 1 p.m. until mid- The Columbiettes of K. of C, Fr. Monahan Key, Fla. 33042. "Flowers in Springtime Luncheon" on March 4 at the Doral-on-the-Ocean Hotel on March 4. night. At the school grounds, 500 SW 127th No.4851 Council will have a garage sale March Avenue, Miami. Admission is free. Informa- 7 from 7-9 p.m. and March 8 from 8 a.m. until The Cenacle Retreat Center in Lantana will Features evening gowns, sportswear, and noon. business outfits. For more information call tion: Fr. Dorta-Duque, S.J. 642-0433. Pro- hold a silent retreat geared to personal prayer ceeds go to the scholarship fund. Feb. 28-March 2. Rev. Greg Cornelia, C.PP.s. 868-2783. Concerts conductor. Call/Write the Cenacle, 1400 S. ' St. Henry's Women's Guild is sponsoring a St. Mary Magdalen Women's Guild is Dixie Hwy, Lantana, Fla. 33462 582-2534. Spring Luncheon and fashion show on March 1 sponsoring an Art Auction on Feb. 21. Preview St. Brendan's Catholic Church in Miami will at 11:45 a.m. at the parish hall on 1500 S. An- at 7:00 p.m. Auction at 8 p.m. Master present a conceit featuring the Norwegian Boys drews Ave. in Pompano Beach. Donations $15. Card/Visa. Wine & Cheese, Admission: $5. Choir on Feb. 28 at 8p.m. The renown boys Single/divorced/widowed Reservations call 785-2450 Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. Parish Hall 17775 N. Bay Road, Sunny Isles. choir promotes knowledge and understanding to 3 p.m. 931-0600."

of church choir music. The North Dade Catholic Widow and •• .. • '.••*.. •. Soiree, the Spanish, Catholic musical group, Widowers Club will hold a meeting and social St. George will sponsor another Lun- : St. Joseph Fraternity of the Secular Fran- will be performing a series of concerts during with speaker from Respect Life at 7:30 p.m. on cheon/Fashion Show March 1 from 11:30 to ciscan Order invites anyone interested to join at Lent. Some of those already scheduled are: Feb. 28 at Visitation church social hall, 100 2:00 P.M. Tickets are $8 a piece. Fashions by •nextraieeting on March 2 at 1 p.m., and every March 8, St. Louis Church, Kendall, and N.B. 191st St., Miami. All faiths welcome. Call Loeman's. first Sunday of the month at St. Anthony's March 22, St. Vincent de Paul Church, Miami. 651-5539 or 652-3052. Bring baby gift, for . Church hall 901 N.E. 2nd St. Ft. Lauderdale. Both begin at 8 p.m. Admission free, but dona- Respect Life. St. John the Baptist Catholic Women's tions accepted. Guild of Ft. Lauderdale will host a luncheon- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church St. Timothy seperated and divorced ministry fashion show called "American the Beautiful" "Parish Players" will perform the "Smallest will meet every Monday night at 7:30 p.m. in - at Pier 66 on Feb. 22 at 11:30 a.m. Donation is of All," a play about the life of St. Bernadette, Spiritual renewal McDermott Hall, 5400 S.W. 102nd Ave. in $20. For reservations or information call on Feb. 22 at 8 p.m. at the West Boca Raton The Dominican Retreat house will hold a Miami." 564-5354'or 491-6838. ! parish^ 22094 S.W. 57th Ave.

PAGE 24 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 Augustinian program seeks Casinos a bad bet? volunteers, sponsors (Continued from page IS) tions, "We turn away as many as says Fr. Falotico. 40,000 underage people in a six month WINTER PARK, FL — The State of Rev. Mark Garrett, OSA, and Rev. Right across the street from his period from the casino hotels," admits Florida is currently served by a lay vol- George Morgan, OSA. Rev. Dennis parish, a new casino hotel has begun Flynn. unteer group known as the Augustinian Harten, OSA, pastor of St. Augustine's construction. So far, there have been In his study, Dr. Liseur addressed Volunteers (AVs). This program was Parish in Casselberry, Florida, directs the no protests from local residents. the seriousness of the problem of the founded at Easter of 1983 by Rev. Patrick lay volunteer application review board. In her experience working with underage gambler. In a survey con- O'Neill, OSA, President of St. Thomas The Volunteers are serving a minimum families employed at the casinos, Sr. ducted in four schools with a total of University in Miami. The founding Direc- one-year full-time commitment at such Nolan observes, "there's increased 892 high school students, (80 percent tor, Mr. John R. Geiger, works out of the locations as shelters for unwed mothers, alcoholism, adultery and financial of the students from public and San Pedro Spiritual Development Center food banks, farmworker health clinics, ruin." near Orlando, Florida which serves as the parochial schools surveyed were teenage runaway shelters and diocesan of- And despite the fact that the Casino center for recruitment, screening, appli- fices. For additional information on how Catholic), it was found that 5 percent cant review and volunteer placement. Per- you can sponsor the volunteer program or Contrql Commission with 235 state in- of them fell into the category of com- sonal and spiritual growth of laity in mis- how to become a volunteer (21 years old vestigators on duty to scrutinize the pulsive gamblers. sion is coordinated by three St. Thomas and over), please write to Augustinian casino employees and enforce regula- (Next Week: The crime factor) University faculty members, Mr. Francis Volunteers, P.O. Box 702, Goldenrod, FL McGarry (Pastoral Counseling Center), 32733-702 or call (305) 677-8005. st. Thomas open house PraVer Petitions St. Thomas honors Mary R. Newland "Call to me and I will answer you" Jer. All parishioners interested in an 33:3. The employees of the Archdiocese Mary Reed Newland, author of twelve addition to her publications she has pro- Academic Certificate or degree in Pastoral of Miami Pastoral Center gather each \s on religious education and family duced her own television series on story- Ministries from St. Thomas University are Monday morning to pray for the inten- 1*.-, will be awarded an honorary degree telling/teaching of the Bible to children. invited to an open house between 5 - 7:30 tions of you, our brothers and sisters of at St. Thomas University, Friday, Currently she is finishing a high school p.m. on Feb. 25 in the Presidential the Archdiocese. We invite anyone with a February 28th, at 11:30 a.m. text on Hebrew Scriptures. Lounge/Library Building at St. Thomas prayer request to write (no phone calls, Mrs. Newland is a consultant for PACE The ceremony will be held on the Main University. Please call 625-6000, extension please), to us that this address: Prayer Pe- and St. Mary's Press and is associate Campus at St. Thomas University in the 141 for more information. titions, Archdiocese of Miami, 9401 Bis- editor for Today's Catholic Teacher; In Library Convocation Hall. cayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33138.

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But have you ever paid attention to the shape of By Father Basil Pennington, OCSO the marks that we use? NC News Service 7/7 the Scriptures, if we but A period suggests a stop, as though a have ears to hear, we hear small stone were placed at the end of a Did you ever notice what happens when the sentence, one that would cause one to Gospel is read at Mass? the voice of a Friend.' trip by proceeding any further. The deacon or priest greets the people, Sometimes the period is repeated, like saying "The Lord be with you." stepping stones lined up in a row, but The people respond, "And also with you." monks have used a simple method to help leading nowhere... Then the celebrant says, "A reading from them approach the Lord this way. Let me An exclamation point brings one to a the Gospel according to..." share it. ^th( surprising and sudden halt! And the people respond, "Glory to you, Step 1. Preparation (one or two ac As for the question mark, doesn't that Lord." Come into the presence of the Lord and call resemble an ear? And, as Luke uses When the celebrant first greets the people, upon the Spirit. Twelfth-century usages tell the them, do they not indicate that there is they respond to him personally. But in the monk to take the Bible reverently, kneel, call something yet to be heard? exchange that follows it is as if he disappears; upon the Holy Spirit to be with him and listen Background now Jesus speaks. to the first words. After kissing the text, the As this "Year of Luke" proceeds, the This same direct communication can happen monk sits down. first Sundays have presented the opening whenever the Scriptures are opened. God is This acknowledges at the start that God is of Christ's ministry. When Lent began, we there to speak to us personally. present in his Word. We call on the Holy . were still in that portion of the Third At our Trappist abbey church in Spencer, Spirit because the Spirit inspired the sacred Gospel. But with this Sunday, we are Mass., there are two lamps burning: one writer and now lives, in us. It is the Spirit who thrown abruptly into the close of the before the tabernacle proclaims the real makes the Word come alive in us as it was in Galilean ministry. presence of the Lord in the Eucharist, the Bible writer. Many had "heard of all that was hap- A second lamp burns above the Bible, Step 2. (Five to 10 minutes or more). pening," and "some were saying" that proclaiming the real presence of the Lord in Listen to the Lord. I say "listen," not read, Jesus is John "raised from the dead." his Word. for the Lord is here to speak personally. This Others thought he was "Elijah," and still The Bible should have a special place in is why the same words can have such,different others "one of the prophets of old" who homes or offices too. It proclaims that the and rich meanings for us from day to day. had "risen." Lord is present there. They are ever new. Only Peter stated the correct reply; Daily scripture reading can be an encounter Set a minimum time for listening to the Jesus is the Messiah! (9:18-22). with a real presence of the Lord. For centuries Lord, a time to be faithful to each day. And But is Peter's reply entirely correct? Is the question about Christ's true identity now closed? Is there more to the answer? Commentary The tune-out - As Jesus is transfigured, Moses and Elijah appear "in glory," while the A prominent position is given to the Bible without Scripture," he noted. For example, disciples sleep. Upon waking, they only at Mass. In many parishes, the Bible is held in the anointing of the sick, the gospel see "his glory," even though they see the high in the entrance procession as the Mass reading might be about the centurion who prophets "standing with him." begins. The obvious message: Reading asked Jesus to "come cure my child." Moses, upon Sinai, beheld God's Scripture is not just incidental to what is Read before the anointing, the story is a "glory," and Elijah journeyed there to about to happen. reminder that "Christ is still active today in behold it. But, as they speak with Jesus, But does that always make it easy to his sacramental, mystical body, as he was in the "glory" is his alone, a glory that the listen well to what is read? his physical body," Father Bausch said. apostles can behold. Scripture is the "principal proclamation People hearing that reading in the special The two prophets speak about the of the church and the first written expres- circumstances of sickness may discover it "passage" that would be fulfilled in sion of the Christian tradition," says Rather speaks to them in a way it never has Jerusalem. Literally, that word is William Bausch, author of books on church previously. ' 'exodus,'' when God delivered Israel life. He explained that Vatican Council II In other circumstances, however, some of from Egypt with power and glory. It is and the liturgical renewal that followed it us might tune out, possibly thinking, "I've an important discussion, central to emphasized the "place of honor" Scripture heard that story a million times." Luke's purpose in telling the story. should have in the liturgy. What fosters the tune-out syndrome? When Peter had confessed that Jesus Today, "ho sacrament can be celebrated • Sometimes a person arrives at Mass was Messiah, Jesus himself had supplied ~ a further identification for himself. He would "first endure many sufferings... and then be raised up on the third day" (9:22). Christ's "passage," or "exodus," would be a passage through suffering to glory. The glory that the disciples now see confirms the truth of Christ's own words. In itself, it provides an answer to those who thought he was "Elijah... or one of the prophets of old returned from the dead" (9:19). For a moment, such prophets have returned, but they appear with the one who shall truly rise from the dead! Soon, as the figures "enter" the cloud, and the voice is heard, both the cloud and the figures shall disappear. Elijah and Moses will depart so silently, that their departure isn't even recorded! As for the voice that is "heard," it is not simply an indicative sentence. It is an imperative! Elijah and Moses are not the figures to be turned to, nor are they the ones to whom we should listen. Their age has passed, and the "glory" they either saw or sought, is now Christ's "glory."

This column is excerpted from Share the Word, a bi-monthly reflection on the Sunday Mass readings, which is f6r fe)th home and parish use Paufist Evangelization Asso- •V. 303l'"fourth Street, N.E., Washington, DC, 20017.

Jealousy, hatred and anger — the stuff of classical drama — are part of the Bible story of Jacob, who favored hit youngest boy enough to enrage his older sons, who even considered killing their brother.

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remember: There is no need to cover a certain amount of text during this time. Take the leisure simply to listen. This is a time of being with the Lord, being with a friend, to let him speak as he will. Step 3. Thank the Lord. For, if we want to speak with important people in this world, we usually have to make an appointment well in advance. Think how different it is with the Lord of heaven and earth, who is willing to come to us any time. Be thankful for such friendship. Step 4. Take a word, a phrase or a sentence away from the encounter, something that speaks to you. Some days the Lord speaks a word powerfully as we listen. It can remain with us, perhaps for years or the rest of our lives. On such occasions, the word is given to us. But other times we need to select a word and carry it with us. Sometimes, it will suddenly come alive for us during the day. It may prove to be just what someone else needs to hear. One of the wonderful words the Lord has spoken was heard first the night before he died: "I no longer call you servants but friends." In the Scriptures, if we but have ears to hear, we hear the voice of a friend. syndrome loaded down with private anxieties. • At times, too, the meaning of what is read is not immediately clear. Images that made sense to people in a rural, biblical setting sound a little foreign and a person may wonder silently, "What's in this for me?" • Or physical circumstances interfere. People may tune out if they can't hear well or if the readings are not well read. • Again, one may be so busy listening for "the lesson" or "the point" of the story that the -story as a whole is not heard; the possibility for hearing it in a fresh way is tuned out. This might be called the "1 already know what this is about" syndrome. "Listen" to the Bible, counsels Fr. Basil Pennington. With the right preparation and a prayerful at- titude, the words on the page can become living messages from the God who called us friends. (NC photo) Is the Bible dull? What about Salome, and Samson and Delilah?

By Father John Castelot classification has existed. NC News Service Humanity itself is fascinating. And the Bible provides a front-seat for Giuseppe Verdi composed a stirring opera titled "Nabucco." That was a viewing how humanity has struggled toward self-realization — toward the ~ort of nickname for the ancient Babylonian ruler," Nebuchadnezzar, who realization of God's plan for the universe unfolding in human history. ^nquered and enslaved the Jews in 587 B.C. The Bible is also a mirror in which we can view ourselves in all our The powerful opera "Salome," by Richard Strauss, was based on the personal relationships with each other and with God. For the Bible is not the gospel account of John the Baptizer's execution. story of humanity told in abstractions; it is the story of each one of us. Samson and Delilah had their sordid love affair set to gloriously sensuous And it is far from dull. music by Saint-Saens. • __ It is at first surprising that anyone should consider the Bible dull. But upon It is true that Verdi spiced up his reflection one can begin to understand why. story with an imaginary liaison be- 'The whole Bible is an For one thing, the only contact many people have with the Bible is in the tween his Nabucco and a captive engrossing library be- weekly liturgy of the Word during the Mass. They hear bits and snatches of Jewess. And Strauss made his books with which they are almost totally unfamiliar. Anything taken out of Salome fall madly and somewhat tween two covers. Not context is, without further explanation, simply puzzling. That problem could pathologically in love with for nothing has the Bible be solved if people familiarized themselves with the Bible — but that leads to Johanan, as the Baptizer is called in another problem. the opera. been a "best seller" for Television has anesthetized a large segment of the U.S. population. For But those gimmicks only added a as long as that classi- many, it has effectively replaced reading as a form of entertainment and bit more human interest and pathos fication has existed.' personal growth. to biblical stories already tingling Still, the Word of God is proclaimed Sunday after Sunday. It is a living with excitement. imma^^^^^^^^^^^mmmmm^^^^r word, one imbued with dynamic power when well proclaimed. The fact that the composers chose these narratives as vehicles for musical "Indeed. God's Word is living and effective, sharper than any two-edged expression shows that the stories' tremendous potential for dramatic develop- sword. It penetrates and divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges ment was recognized. the reflections and thoughts of the heart" (Hebrews 4:12-13). But it is not just these specific, drama-packed stories that are exciting. One simply cannot be indifferent to God's Word. It forces us to make Scores of others come readily to mind. The whole Bible is an engrossing decisions one way or another. library between two covers. Of course, one can simply shut one's ears. But to do so already is to have Not for nothing has the Bible been a "best seller" for as long as that made a decision.

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986 / PAGE 27 Haitians rejoice at Mass Archbishop, priests lead celebration By Prent Browning Voice Staff Writer This time it was for real. After a week of confusion, hope and disappointment, the long awaited news had been confirmed — Jean Claude Duvalier had fled, a new Relief and joy government was in control in Haiti. are evident in At an outdoor Mass Feb. 9 to the faces of two celebrate the event behind the Pierre Haitian women Toussaint Haitian Catholic Center in at Mass. (Voice Little Haiti the fense of relief and joy photo/Prent was almost palpable. Browning) Anticipation and frustration were written on the faces of those who gathered for a Mass at the Notre weaved energetically through the Haiti's only independent radio^station, "A nation where thousands have Dame D'Haiti Chapel on the same crowd enthusiastically sprinkling them played a role in informing Haitians of been starving can hardly be prepared property a week before when it was from Palm fronds dipped in Holy demonstrations and other news not of- to welcome over a million of its exiles clear that news of Duvalier's exile had Water. ficially sanctioned by the government. home overnight." • . been premature. After a tense week, the day he had The identification of the church The Archbishop spoke eloquently But now the blue and red flag that hoped for and prayed for had finally with the Haitian people was under- pf the Church's sympathy for the was Haiti's before "Papa Doc" arrived. Despite revenge taken against" lined by Archbishop McCarthy, who plight of the Haitian people and its Duvalier changed the colors to black members of Duvalier's infamous said during the Sunday Mass that the hopes for the future. and red was proudly displayed behind security force, the Ton Ton Macoutc, Church shares in their celebration. He drew cheers when he told the Archbishop Edward McCarthy as he the ousting of Duvalier had been ac- "We are united in Christ, and that crowd of his belief that Haitians will processed through a crowd of over complished without the widespread union is even stronger than blood." now build a new Haiti, a Haiti that is 3,000 Haitians to a makeshift altar. bloodbath he and other, involved Coming on the heels of two days of free, that respects human rights and The blue and red flag was more ubi- clergy feared. ' round-the-clock rejoicing by the practices its faith. quitous than the American flag on the Fr. Wenski later said that the exile Miami Haitian community, the Mass "Meanwhile I hope you Haitians Fourth of July. The flags waved from of the Haitian dictator served only to was an occasion for reflection about realize," he said, "that you have two car antennas and covered hoods and increase the church's credibility in the meaning of recent events and some homes. You have a home here — a roofs. They were waved by hundreds Haiti. But the church has been a cautionary notes were spoken. family here — your church family." in the crowd and emblazoned on creditable presence there for some One of two exiled Haitian priests "There are no national boundaries T-shirts. Pieces of the blue and red time, speaking out on behalf of the celebrating the Mass, Fr. Max within the Church, no separating seas flag were worn as ties and bandanas. people, particularly after the visit of Dominique, now residing in the or Krome camps. We love you. We've Like the American flag they symboliz- Pope John Paul II to Haiti in 1983 Bahamas, told the crowd to beware come to know you and admire you." ed one thing — independence. The during which the Pope criticized the "of the Macoute in all of us," referring While the situation in Haiti stabiliz- connection was emphasized by corruption and human rights viola- to the evil that all are capable of as ed there was still time for many in the T-Shirts sold at the edge of the event tions occurring under the Duvalier shown by the violent revenge taken .crowd to consider whether to return. giving the United States credit for its regime. against members of "Baby Doc's" role in "Baby Doc" Duvalier's depar- The increasing outspokenness of militia. The celebratory spirit was un- ture. They said: y.S., Haiti, Free. Haitian clergy was evidenced by a re- On the seatbed of a pickup truck diminished by the morning-long Mass. cent wave of expulsions and arrests. that served as an altar, the Archbish- When it was over dozens of Haitians Dozens of palm fronds waved by gathered under a giant red and blue laity and altar boys, symbolizing Only days before the dictator's exile a op told them "you must not be priest in Port-au-Prince had been shot discouraged or depressed by false flag, sang Creole songs and chanted peace, rivaled the flags in spirit if not "liberte." in number. at and wounded by a soldier during expectations." Before the Mass a smiling Fr. Mass. "A nation that has been deathly Still expressing their joy a chorus of Thomas Wenski, director of the Pierre Struggling to remain on the air, the sick cannot recover completely over- thousands of car horns could be heard Toussaint Haitian Catholic Center, Catholic Radio station, Radio Soleil, night," he said. from miles away as they departed.

Shouts of "Liberte', liberte!" (Liberty! Liberty!) punctuated the outdoor Mass in thanksgiving for the departure of Haitian Even the children celebrated. (Voice "President-for-Life" Jean Claude Duvalier (Voice photo/Prent Browning) photo/Prent Browning) PAGE 28 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, February 21,1986