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/ol. XXXII No. 17 Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Price 25* Friday, August 23,1985 Pope's visiii t Boosted the faith, reached Islamics By Bill Pritchard NC News Service Pope John Paul IPs journey to Africa Aug. 8-19 was two trips in a sense: one to bolster the growing Cath- olic Church in sub-Saharan Africa, the other to build bridges to Islam. For the first 11 days, the pope focused on telling African Catholics to make the church their own, but in con- cert with church teaching. Hispanic green He also told local Catholics that the Catholics of Hispanic background from around the United States met, 1200 strong, in Washington to church in Africa has begun a "new discuss their needs and their place in the Church and voted by color-coded cards (green was 'si*) evangelization" which would deepen above. See stories on page 5, Archbishop McCarthy's comments on page 11. (Voice photo by Araceii the faith on the continent. Cantero) The pope's major encounter with Islam lasted only a few hours on the last day, but it involved a first-ever ad- world that is always more secularized founder of Islam, and is a major See shared the view of Moslems "that dress by the Pope to thousands of and sometimes even atheist." leader in the majority Sunni branch of Jerusalem should have a special status Moslem youths on their own ground. the faith. as a central point, the capital of three Speaking Aug. 19 in a stadium at 1st By Moslems The king is also head of the Moslem monotheistic religions, and that (it) Casablanca, Morocco, Pope John The Pope was the first in history to League's committee on Jerusalem. He should not only (be) the capital of Paul said Christian-Moslem Dialogue be invited to a Moslem country by its and the pope talked about the status Israel but should be the religious capi- "is today more necessary than ever. It religious leader. of Jerusalem during the visit, accord- tal of three monotheistic religions." follows from our fidelity to God and Morocco's King Hassan II, who in- ing to Vatican officials, but no details But, he added, "how that should be supposes that we know how to know vited the pope, is civil and religious of their discussion were released. realized is another question." God through faith and to witness to leader of the country. He claims to be Aboard the papal airplane bound Pope John Paul's message for him through word and action in a the 36th descendant of Mohammed, for Morocco, the pope said the Holy (Continued on page 9) Rights bill opposed as aiding abortion WASHINGTON (NC) — Msgr. block" to the bill's success and have Daniel F. Hoye, General Secretary of been under pressure from the Con- the U. S. Catholic Conference, reiter- gressional Black Caucus, whose ated to the nation's bishops Aug. 14 members seek to expedite passage of that the USCC will not back a contro- the measure. versial civil rights bill unless it contains The bill would override a Supreme anti-abortion provisions. Court ruling which held that if a "Only the right to life is a legitimate university or other higher educational civil right," he said. institution is found guilty of discrim- In a memo to the bishops, Msgr. ination in a given program, only Hoye reasserted the church's commit- federal funds to that program — not ment to civil rights. the entire university — can be cut off. Through testimony and other The ruling involved Grove City College. statements, the USCC previously has The Restoration Act would extend said it backs the principles of the pro- the civil rights provisions to the entire posed bill — the Civil Rights Restora- university. tion Act, H.R. 700 (informally, the "Grove City bill") but believes that The 1972 anti-discrimination law the legislation must contain safeguards known as Title IX has been interpreted so it is not used to promote abortion. as requiring abortion-related services The Hoye memo noted that the bis- for women at federally funded univer- Pope embraces young girl at Mass in Cameroon. China for its reputed abortion prac- "It's going to be up to President Reagan to take toward "pro-family" policies. tices. necessary steps to implement pro-life policy in this But bowing to the wishes of the House the con- area," said Douglas Johnson, National Right to ference committee also refused to re-instate funds Life Committee Legislative Director. Episcopal diocese's study for the United Nations Fund for Population Ac- opposes Star Wars defense tivities, which many pro-lifers claim has been abet- WASHINGTON (RNS) — A study of the ting forced abortions of women in China. Likewise, nuclear arms race by the Episcopal diocese here the conference committee eliminated a Senate pro- opposes the MX missile and the Reagan adminis- posal to permit funding of international family tration's Star Wars plans. The 120-page draft planning organizations which use their own, non- report, "The Nuclear Dilemma: A Search for government funds for abortion-related activities. Christian Understanding," analyzes the moral, The Reagan administration has banned funding ethical, political and security implications of the of such groups. arms race between the United States and the The congressional actions thus maintained the Soviet Union. The report of the 15-person study current Reagan administration ban on funding of team, organized under the Washington Episcopal groups linked to abortion and allow President Diocese Peace Commission, is based on testimony Reagan to decide whether to fund the U.N. agency from more than 45 military and political experts and policy makers. Church is 'too white' says Bishop Lyke of Cleveland Rabbi to head interfaith center at Catholic college (Undated) (NC) — The Catholic Church "is ST. PAUL, Minn. (RNS) — One of still oppressively too white," Auxiliary Bishop Minnesota's best known Jewish leaders has been James P. Lyke of Cleveland said at the National appointed director of an interfaith center at a Office of Black Catholics' workshop in Atlanta. Roman Catholic college. He is Rabbi Max A. The July workshop was one of two recent Shapiro, who recently retired as spiritual leader national meetings of Black Catholics. Three of Temple Israel in Minneapolis, the largest national organizations of black religious leaders Jewish congregation in the state, after 30 years in meeting in Baltimore also discussed how to the post. The Reform rabbi has now been express to the church and society their black appointed director of the new Center for Jewish- religious identity, vision and mission in the Christian Learning at St. Thomas College, United States. At the Atlanta meeting Bishop Minnesota's larges private educational institution. Lyke said that all too often, "the church has been slow to be in the forefront, slow to make necessary changes, and relate to the needs of today and of each unique culture." Scholar researches meaning of 'two-door3 churches Angel flies home RICHMOND, Ky. (RNS) — Students of Catholics form 'supergroup' Raymond Gallagher of Chicago, an American architecture may want to supplement their studies flyer who was aboard the bomber which drop- of Tudor houses with examinations of two-door to improve health care ped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August churches after Susan Willis completes a project CHICAGO (NC) — Nineteen Catholic health- 9,1945m returned the head of an angel statue she is pursuing in central Kentucky. Willis, a care groups, which together manage one-fourth which once adorned the Nagasaki Cathedral professor of home economics at Eastern of the Catholic hospital beds in the United States, in Chicago. Gallagher presented the head to Kentucky University here, has been given a have formed a kind of "supergroup" to make Jesuit Father John O'Malley who returned it to the cathedral. (NC photo from World Wide.) $3,500 grant from the Kentucky Heritage Council Catholic health care stronger. The move is a to conduct a survey of such churches in 15 response to major changes in U.S. health care, counties. Although she has been unable to find including the often aggressive competition of the Syracuse diocese names any documentation of the origin of the 19th- growing for-profit hospital chains. The new first lay missionary century style, Willis said, "It is widely agreed that Consolidated Catholic Health Care, or CCHC, the doors were intended to separate lady and was incorporated in June. At a meeting in SYRACUSE, N.Y, (NC) — The Diocese of gentleman worshipers from each other as they Chicago, representatives of the member groups Syracuse has named its first-ever lay missionary, entered and seated themselves, men on the right elected the first board of directors, with Sister inaugurating a pilot program that diocesan and women on the left." Kathleen Popko, head of the Sisters of officials hope will eventually send local people Providence Health and Human Service System in throughout the world. Syracuse teacher Martha Springfield, Mass., as chairwoman. Swan, 26, was appointed the first lay missionary Soviets watching religious by Bishop Frank J. Harrison of Syracuse. She groups in Lithuania was to go to Leon, Nicaragua, that country's sec- Ohio bishop writes pastoral ond largest city, where she will perform BROOKLYN, N.Y. (NC) — A New York- educational and social ministry. based non-profit agency has obtained Soviet urging end to steel strike documents detailing surveillance procedures used STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (NC) — Bishop Atty. General Meese warns to monitor religious associations in Lithuania. Albert H. Ottenweller of Steubenville has urged Ginte Damusis, associate director of Lithuanian the United Steelworkers union and the Wheeling- Knights of growing secularism Catholic Religious Aid, said the 18 pages of Pittsburgh Steel Corp. to return to the bargaining WASHINGTON (NC) — Secularism is pushing documents "reaffirm what we already know" but table and warned of the consequences if the steel out traditional religious beliefs, Attorney Genral that for the first time "we have the information company shuts down. "We are fearing for our Edwin Meese III warned Knights of Columbus from the prosecutors." The documents fall into economic lives in this valley," the bishop said in a delegates at their annual national convention in three categories. Some provide specific pastoral letter. Approximately 8,200 steelworkefs Washington. U.S. Education Secretary William J. information about the various religious groups in here picketing nine Wheeling-Pittsburgh plants in Bennett, speaking to the Knights the same day, Lithuania. Some summarize 40 sermons delivered Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to protest charged the Supreme Court with failing to by Lithuanian priests, while others provide details the company's decision to exercise court-approved recognize America's religious heritage. Traditional on the procedures used by the Council for power to void its labor agreement and cut wages beliefs are being "pushed out of the public Religious Affairs, which monitors church activity and benefits as a step out of bankruptcy. square" by a "secular religion of self'.' in Lithuania.

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PAGE 2 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23, 1985 N.Y. Di se AIDS center NEW YORK (NC) — The Arch- establish an AIDS clinic and offer diocese of New York announced home care for follow-up work with Aug. 20 that it would embark on a AIDS patients, the archdiocese said. "comprehensive plan for the study and Already, it said, archdiocesan hospitals care of AIDS patients," with assistance treat 10-20 percent of all AIDS patients to be provided by sisters of Mother in New York City. Teresa's order, the Missionaries of The archdiocese also said it was in- Charity. vestigating the situation of children A vacant convent will be used, the with AIDS and would establish a nnouncement said, for housing some special program for them if it found AIDS patients who do not require one was needed. hospital care. "Mother Teresa and the News that the archdiocese was plan- Missionary Sisters have volunteered to ning an AIDS program first came from care for the patients of the shelter, with Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New medical backup provided by the New York Aug. 17. York Medical College and St. Clare's His comments were widely reported Hospital," the archdiocese said. and aroused considerable interest. The For study of AIDS (Acquired Im- cardinal and other archdiocesan staff, mune Deficiency Syndrome), a disease together with Medical College and St. most often found among male homo- Clare's officials, then held meetings sexuals, the archdiocese is joining with Aug. 19 and 20 to develop details of the New York Medical College to establish announcement. a center, the announcement said. The Cardinal O'Connor's announcement college and its 35 affiliate hospitals, the of plans for the care of AIDS patients announcement said, treat at least a held special interest for New Yorkers third of the acute AIDS patients on a because he has been at odds with much given day. of the homosexual community, par-; Seeger of songs St. Clare's is an archdiocesan ticularly over the issue of employing hospital in Manhattan. As part of the practicing homosexuals in archdiocesan Famed folk singer/composer Pete Seeger entertains the plan, the archdiocese will establish a institutions and more generally over his audience at the 15th anniversary meeting of the Cam- special unit at the hospital to treat paign for Human Development at St. John's University insistence that homosexual behavior is in Collegeville, Minn. priest Canon Law Society of America and a If a penitent confesses acts of child Texas Catholic Conference general who violates the seal of confession is leading U.S. specialist in church law, abuse to a priest in Texas, a 1975 state counsel John P. DArrouzet said in a automatically excommunicated, and said he had heard that a number of re- law would require that the priest telephone interview that he considers only the Holy See can reinstate him in cent state child abuse reporting decide between breaking the seal of the opinion "very shallow" and thinks the church. Many other churches have statutes have been written in language confession or breaking the law, Texas it would not stand up to a court test. explicit laws forbidding clergy to so strict as to put the priest-penitent Attorney General Jim Mattox said in He nevertheless issued a brief to the violate pastoral confidentiality. relationship "seriously in jeopardy." an opinion Aug. 12. Texas bishops suggesting they warn Civil laws usually respect that con- In the United States, he said, it is Mattox said he personally believed their priests to be careful in dealing fidentiality, often termed the 'priest- state rather than federal law which in protecting the confidentiality of a with any information or allegations of penitent privilege," although the ex- generally sets the civil standards of person's relationship with a confessor child abuse which they learn outside tent of protection may vary. priest-penitent confidentiality, and the or spiritual adviser, but "the law is set confession, such as in a counseling In Washington, Father James Pro- law varies from state to state. by the legislature." "No one can defend child abuse," said Holy Cross Brother Richard Da- ly, executive director of the Texas Miami and 2 other dioceses' Catholic Conference. But a law that deters an abuser from talking to a priest or makes a priest a criminal for pro-life pledges working NC News Service Father Daniel Kubala, Respect Life The Miami offices provide discount During the past year, the arch- director for the Miami Archdiocese, medical services to pregnant women Sacramental dioceses of Boston, New York and said calls to the archdiocese's seven who do not have adequate medical in- Miami publicly pledged to do every- regional Respect Life offices have in- surance or cannot qualify for thing within their power to aid women creased "about 25 percent" since Medicaid. Those who can't pay the fees banned through crisis pregnancies. Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy's discounted fee are assisted by other ERIE, Pa. (NC) — Bishop Pro-life directors in each of the offer of help received widespread groups, said Father Kubala. Michael J. Murphy has decreed archdioceses said that since these publicity in March. Their respective archdioces pick up that no fees may be set anywhere in public pronouncements their pregnan- All told, he said, Miami's Respect the tab if any amount remains un- the Erie Diocese for the celebration cy hotline numbers — all of which are Life offices talk to about 100 women a covered, said Father Kubala and Mrs. ' of funerals, baptisms or weddings, advertised in the Yellow Pages under week. Collins. but the bishop did not rule out free- "Clinics: Abortion," "Clinics: According to Marie Zaccario, New York's Catholic Home Bureau will offerings. Pregnancy Help" or "Pregnancy Human Life coordinator for the New offers free medical care at no charge to Counseling" — have been ringing York Archdiocese, "there has been a the pregnant mother, according to more often. Bishop Murphy said that he was real upsurge in phone calls" since last Dominican Sister Una McCormack, taking the action "with a confident But each director was quick to add October, when Cardinal John J. executive director. spirit that priestly service will con- that the widely publicized announce- O'Connor's pledge to aid pregnant "We have a cardinal who wants to form more fully to Christ in his ments were not signaling a break from women was publicized. make having a baby as easy as having disposition of humble, self-giving past practices. Rather, they said, they All three archdioceses have 24-hour an abortion. And having a baby is cer- and self-sacrificing ministry'." were reiterations of longstanding arch- hotlines which offer the woman free tainly more expensive than having an diocesan policies. pregnancy tests and referrals to abortion," she said. The bishop also limited pastor's Calls to the Boston Archdiocese's organizations which can meet her All of the dioceses contacted place appointments to six years. He said pregnancy hotline number have almost specific needs. pregnant women who need housing in that "any extension of tenure will doubled since Cardinal Bernard F. The Boston Archdiocese had pro- private or group maternity homes. be contingent upon the discretion Law in January publicly offered finan- life committees in 160 parishes, many Some even pay rent for women who of the diocesan bishop." cial assistance to any woman who of which have expanded their services are living on their own but need as- needed help to carry her pregnancy to to provide for practical concerns, such sistance. term, according to Leslie Collins, who In the Archdiocese of Miami, as as baby clothes and furniture, said Father Kubala in Miami said the directs the archdiocese's Pregnancy in many other dioceses across the Mrs. Collins. archdiocese continues to help women Help office. country, fees for sacramental rites A counselor figures out with the who need assitance after the baby is are set by individual parishes, and "We received 1,450 calls during the pregnant woman if she's covered by born. pastors' tenure is not limited. 12-month period of 1984. In the six- insurance or is eligible for any govern- "But we don't pay the rental on the month period between Jan. 1 and June ment aid. Various organizations pro- graduation gown for the kid," he said, 30, 1985, we got 1,206 calls," she said. vide for her remaining needs. laughing. Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 / PAGE 3 D'Escofo's fast Priest paves way for pilgrims to visit shrine KNOCK, Ireland (NC) — Convinced that 'unchristian,' say pilgrims would flock to the Shrine of Our Lady of Knock in northwestern Ireland if an airport were available, a local priest successfully launched Mexican Bishops a private fund-raising campaign to help pay for it, despite some opposition. The government has already contributed $11.2 million to the project, MEXICO CITY (NC) — The Mexican helping to build an 8,300-foot runway in the Bishops' Conference has said Maryknoll Father remote Connacht region of rural Ireland. But it Miguel D'Escoto's "fast for peace" in Nicaragua declined to provide additional funding after a "was not a Christian fast but a hunger strike." study indicated the proposed airport would lose The statement was issued with no reference to money. Msgr. James Horan, a local priest who the fact that in July, five Mexican bishops had conceived the idea for the international airport joined in a solidarity fast and encouraged after Pope John Paul's 1979 visit to the shrine, members of their dioceses to show support for disagreed with the report. Father D'Escoto. Speaking on behalf of the Mexican bishops, Father Ricardo Cuellar-Romo, general secretary of the conference, told reporters that "what Walesa pays tribute to (Father) D'Escoto did was to call for political at- slain shipyard workers tention by utilizing fasting, which is a misuse of a GDANSK, Poland (NC) — Nobel Peace Prize Christian practice." winner Lech Walesa placed a wreath at a On July 7, the 52-year-old priest, Nicaragua's monument dedicated to slain shipyard workers to foreign minister, began a fast which lasted 29 mark the fifth anniversary of strikes which led to days to "ignite an evangelical uprising" against the founding of the independent trade union, U.S. government funding of anti-Sandinista Solidarity. Walesa, who founded and headed the "contra" rebels in Nicaragua. Captives Freed now-outlawed union, later joined 4,000 people at "In the words of (Father) D'Escoto," said After being held for more than a day by a Mass in Gdansk, where his parish priest, Father Father Cuellar-Romo, "how can we identify and Nicaraguan rebels, from left, Bob Heifetz of Henryk Jankowski, called on workers not to where have we seen this 'evangelical insurrection' San Francisco, Tom Caufield of Berkeley, abandon the values which led to Solidarity's which he claims to have ignited?" Calif., and Shubert Frye of Port Jarvis, N.Y., founding. "Do not lose these values which then The secretary said the evangelical roots of discuss their ordeal in San Carlos, enlightened you and should command you Father D'Escoto's fast were unclear and the ac- Nicaragua. Thery were among 29 Americans always," he said. tion cannot be considered a Christian practice. from Witness for Peace, who were captured He dismissed the solidarity shown by the basic and then released, (NC photo from uPi-Reuter.) Economic pastoral letter Christian communities and Religious in Mexico as called 'revolutionary' by bishop not indicative of the majority of Catholics in Mexico. Polish priest named bishop^ HONG KONG (NC) — The draft of the U.S. "There is much more obedience (of the bishops' pastoral letter on the economy is a hierarchy) than disobedience," he said, "and in city that birthed Solidarity "revolutionary" document, especially important more communion than separation." to Asia and the Third World, said Archbishop On Aug. 9 members of the basic Christian VATICAN CITY (NC) — A Polish priest who Anthony Soter Fernandez of Kuala Lumpur, communities of the greater Mexico City area has edited the Catholic newspaper in the Malaysia. The archbishop, chairman of the Office expressed opposition to the Mexican bishops' industrial port city of Gdansk has been named for Human Development of the Federation of stance on the fast. An estimated 1,000 members auxiliary bishop of the Gdansk Archdiocese, the Asian Catholic Bishops, says the document demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy Vatican said. Msgr. Zygmunt Pawlowicz was provides a model for Christian political-economic against what they termed President Reagan's named by Pope John Paul II to the position in analysis. "(It) imposes on us in the Third World "terrorist policy toward Nicaragua." the Baltic shipping center, where the now-out- the urgency of analyzing, from the Christian lawed trade union Solidarity was born. Gdansk perspective, our own concrete economic The demonstrators prayed and recited the has been the site of worker unrest, before and situations, in the context of the web of regional rosary for several hours. In a country like after the Solidarity era. and economic, political and military (situations)," Nicaragua, said one demonstrator, "where he said. Christians played a major role in the revolution, Reagan is not only against Nicaragua, but also God." Mass held in hut as Statue of Mary 'moved' After embassy guards complained that the congress opens in Nairobi say people in Irish town demonstrators were too near the entrance to the BALLINSPITTLE, Ireland (NC) — Crowds building, Mexico City police moved the NAIROBI, Kenya (NC) — More than 20 of up to 10,000 are traveling daily to the tiny demonstrators back several yards, where they cardinals, 200 bishops and 700 priests Irish town of Ballinspittle, in 4he wake of reports continued chanting, "With fasting and prayer, we concelebrated Mass in English and Swahili on a that the statue of Mary at a local shrine had been will overcome aggression." dais built to resemble a thatched-roof hut as the observed moving. On the night of July 22, 43rd International Eucharistic Congress opened in Catherine O'Mahony and her 17-year-old Nairobi. Tens of thousands of Kenyans and daughter, Clare, stopped at the shrine "to say a Italian priest thinks church foreigners attended the Mass in Nairobi's Uhuru few prayers." Suddenly, Miss O'Mahony said, the (Freedom) Park. Cardinal Maurice Otunga of shouldn't condemn polygamy statue of Mary appeared to open its hands and Nairobi, the official host of the congress, moved forward. "She was rocking toward us, NAIROBI, Kenya (NC) — An Italian Comboni welcomed the crowds. Cardinal Joseph Cordeiro going back and forth as if someone was pushing Fathers missionary in Kenya said he thinks the of Karachi, Pakistan, Pope John Paul II's her," she said. Bishop Michael Murphy of Cork church is taking too narrow a view in its condem- personal emissary, greeted the pilgrims on behalf and Ross said that all natural explanations would nation of polygamy in Africa. The practice of of the Vatican. be examined before declaring the movements taking more than one wife is looked on from the supernatural. outside "as a man enjoying two wives," said Comboni Father Franco Moretti. "We (the Euro- Ireland must unite pean church) have that kind of sexy look at it." says Cardinal O'Fiaich Polygamy, in part, is tied to the needs of African Egyptian farmers need machines, farm families for working hands and to the value DROGHEDA, Ireland (NC) — The only according to CRS official placed on having children. Father Moretti, who "long-term" solution to the violence in Northern CAIRO, Egypt (NC) — A shortage of works in Kenya's Central Province, said poly- Ireland is a united Ireland, according to Cardinal workers has made machines indispensable to gamy is accepted as a value in African life. He Tomas O'Fiaich, primate of the Catholic Church Egyptian farmers, according to an official at said the church should deal with polygamy by in Ireland. "Any other solution really is going to Catholic Relief Services in Cairo. With the oil looking at it "from an African point of view, lead Protestants and Catholics apart. You're still boom of the 1970s, millions of Egyptians left which is not looking at polygamy as an evil." going to have essentially a Catholic South and a their country for the more propserous Gulf states. Pope John Paul II said in Nairobi that polygamy North that will try to maintain itself as a Machines, formerly considered an unnecessary "directly negates the plan of God which was re- Protestant state," said Cardinal O'Fiaich, arch- expense, became necessary, said John Kerr, an vealed from the beginning." He said the practice bishop of Armagh, Northern Ireland. "A administrator in the CRS Cairo office. The flight is "contrary to the equal personal dignity of men political solution in contemporary Northern of workers hurt farmers the worst, said Ahmed and women who, in matrimony, give themselves Ireland is just impossible," Cardinal O'Fiaich said E. Baghat, an engineering consultant for CRS. As with a love that is total and, therefore, unique in an interview with the Providence Visitor, the a result of the flight, CRs began adjusting its and exclusive." newspaper of the Diocese of Providence. programs to help the farmers.

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PAGE 4 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 Take charge, His panics told 1,200 Delegates at Third National Encuentro told to 'accept ownership' of Church By Laurie Hansen The Encuentro process "has given WASHINGTON (NC) — Hispanic all the participants a personal ex- Catholics must accept "ownership of perience of being church. We become the church," declared Hispanic owners of the church. We want to take migrant workers and professionals, care of our church, 'Nuestra iglesia.' bishops and high school students, We want to be responsible for our homemakers and a labor leader who church," said Archbishop Patricio participated in Third National Flores of San Antonio, Texas, who Hispanic Pastoral Encuentro. gave the homily at the closing liturgy More than 1,200 delegates attended in the National Shrine of the Im- the national meeting at The Catholic maculate Conception. University of America Aug. 15-18. Cesar Chavez, nationally known They represented the 25,000 Hispanics farm labor organizer, called the en- from 133 dioceses throughout the cuentro "a marvelous first step" say- country who for two years took part in ing that "when the people feel it's small-group discussions nationwide to theirs... the church, unions, prepare for the meeting. whatever... that's when the dynamic takes place." Chavez was one of the many We become owners delegates who met in small and large groups, modeling and revising recom- of the Church. We mendations before voting upon them. want to take care of Hispanics move in procession for the opening Mass of the Third National 'We are Church' Hispanic Pastoral Encuentro at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Concep- our Church, "nuestra tion in Washington, D.C. (NC photo) Spirits were high at the national Iglesia."' meeting as participants sang, danced, played the guitar and formed friend- ships with delegates from other parts Papal video praises values The long list of "commitment" of the country. Many dressed in color- guidelines dealing with the issues of ful clothing typical of the Latin WASHINGTON (NC) — In a videotaped message in Spanish, Pope John evangelization, integral education, American nations from which they or Paul II told delegates to the Third National Hispanic Pastoral Encuentro social justice, youth and leadership their ancestors came. that the recommendations they propose to the U.S. bishops should increase that resulted from the conference "Hispanic People: Prophetic evangelization efforts in their "social, cultural and family surroundings, defines "church ownership." Voice" was the theme of the third en- which are so rich in human and religious values and yet at the same time, are Each guideline begins with the cuentro. Previous encuentros were in such need of God." words, "We the Hispanic people," and held in 1972 and 1977. "Let your families be small domestic churches that give testimony of an is a task to be completed by the people, Since the Second Vatican Council, authentic and profound Christian faith," the pontiff told the delegates. rather than a demand directed toward "We no longer belong to the church; "Let them be homes where your children are formed according to the the clergy or church hierarchy. we are the church," stated Archbishop commandments of our Lord, where they are initiated in the faith, where Roberto Sanchez of Santa Fe, N.M. they are taught purity, where they are prepared for life.'' Until recently, he said, Hispanic He suggested they propose high goals for Hispanic young people. Catholics "were passive and just "Educate them to the moral and spiritual values of the Holy Spirit over and listened. Now we are to be agents, mis- above egoistic and materialistic tendencies. Infuse them with confidence." sionaries and constructors of the Youth called church." Encuentro delegates voted to sup- for leadership training, become in- Political? top priority port a series of nine "prophetic volved in parent-teacher associations Asked during a press conference if pastoral lines" as well as their list of and on school boards, support the the delegates needed to deal with so WASHINGTON (NC) — Reach- "commitments." The "prophetic rights of every worker with or without many "political" issues, Archbishop ing Hispanic young people must be pastoral lines" say that Hispanics legal residency papers to receive a just Roger Mahony of Los Angeles a No. 1 priority for Hispanic choose the family as the core of salary, and help the efforts of the U.S. responded that the third encuentro Catholics, delegates at the Third pastoral ministry, make a "preferen- bishops on behalf of immigrants and participants "obviously have to relate National Hispanic Pastoral tial option" for the poor and the the undocumented. their faith lives and the life of Christ to Encuentro emphasized. young, want a pastoral plan that In addition, the delegates commit- reality." The conference was the firsten - responds to the daily concerns of the ted themselves to request that the The issues, he added, are "not cuentro at which each participating Hispanic people, wish to act as an media denounce violence to the fami- necessarily political. We are touching diocesan delegation included at evangelizing church, promote leader- ly, youth, women, undocumented on real issues that affect real people's least one young person. ship, support integral education that is workers, migrants, refugees, farm- lives. The Gospel has to do that." While the number of Hispanic sensitive to cultural identity, promote workers, factory employees and those In their final assembly on Sunday, young people continues to rise,th e and exemplify justice and value in jail; advocate the "renewal of the Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston told majority are estranged from the women in the family, church and traditional parish in order that it be the delegates that the greatest gift church, according to the third en- society. open and effectively multicultural"; Hispanics can offer to the North cuentro's "working document," The delegates' "commitments" in- create a national office for Hispanic American church is their "testimony written using information gathered clude a pledge to continue to promote youth ministry; and participate in of how the Catholic faith can pene- in small-group meetings throughout "Christian base communities," sup- planning and decision-making at all trate a culture — opening it to the the country. port the creation of pastoral centers levels of church life. (Continued on page 8) Over one-half of the Hispanic population is younger than 25, the document said. At the encuentro national meeting, delegates pledged to Delegates: Bishops listening now minister to youth by: • Creating a national office for WASHINGTON (NC) — Delegates "Not all of the bishops live with the official language of the encuentro was Hispanic Youth Pastoral ministry. left the Third National Hispanic people. They don't understand the Spanish also helped legitimize the • Implementing a pastoral plan Pastoral Encuentro with a stronger reality of the Hispanic community," church's expressed concern for the for youth ministry for use at the sense of commitment on the part of she said. "The main thing now is that community. parish, diocesan, regional and na- the church to address the concerns of the bishops are asking the delegates to "If the liturgy is not related to the tional levels. Hispanic Catholics. tell them what our reality is." reality of the people, they will not res- • Striving to change the educa- "They're being more responsive to She said the enthusiasm of the dele- pond," she aded. tional systems so that Hispanic us when we speak. It's about time they gates reflected their hope that some- Sister Rita Brereton of St. Paul youth receive education that takes begin to listen to us," said Florence thing constructive would result from Parish in Boston said learning the into account their culture in order Marquez, 54, of San Jose, Calif. "The the weekend but also hid some of the language is not enough. to be integrated into U.S. society. church needs to recognize our cultural apprehension they felt. "Priests and religious need to be • Creating leadership training values and accept us as we are. We "People are wondering, 'Will the trained in the Hispanic reality. They programs tor youth. ilctvc a im IO onci. AJ.wVrVt l,v* Uiit/W llAUk A II nt^ -il illy ir JiW^U *-*Jf • Seeking funds for scholarships Marquez was one of 1,200 delegates said. to their priest; they need to understand and youth programs. who attended the encuentro at The the signnificance of a home visit, the • Encouraging young people to Catholic University of America Aug. Any apprehension some delegates significance of an offer of coffee. All fight injustices by setting an exam- 15-18. might have had, said Lydia Hernandez these little things add up to so much," ple of "practical Christianity." Sylvia Sanchez, from the Institute of San Jose, was eased by a said Sister Brereton, a member of the The youth deleg?tes also commit- on Hispanic Liturgy in St. Petersburg, videotaped message from Pope John School Sisters of Notre Dame. ted themselvs to act as missionaries Fla., said the significance of the Paul II. to other young people and to value encuentro was that the bishops were "The fact that he took the time to "This (the encuentro) gives the importance of bilingual and bi- looking for recommendations from make that tape legitimized the encuen- Hispanics an opportunity to convey cultural guidance from adults. the people and not setting policy tro," she said. that message to the bishops, and the themselves. Sanchez said that the fact that the bishops want to hear that,'' she said.

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23, 1985 / PAGE 5 Farmworkers' plight is still terrible, church unit finds WILSON, N.C. (RNS) — Three Fayetteville, N.C. Each of the three religious leaders who toured farm- hopes the work will strengthen the worker camps on the East Coast in Ju- burgeoning network of church-affi- ly found migrants living in the same liated farmworker advocacy groups in appalling conditions depicted 25 years places as diverse as Gettysburg, Pa. ago in Edward R. Murrow's famous and Belle Glade, Fla. account of their lives, "The Harvest of Woodall, who directs Impact, an in- Shame." terreligious legislative network in "Up through North Carolina, there Florida, said work in one eastern state have been some serious problems. I should affect laws in others. think the churches ought to be actively "It'll have an impact up and down involved in this," said Tyrone Pitts of the (migrant) stream," she said. "As New York City. we can hit some key states and change The lot of farmworkers on the East- the legislation, it'll ultimately impact ern Seaboard is so awful that it at- the whole East Coast." tracted a three-member team from the During the trip, the National Coun- National Council of Churches' Racial cil team took pictures and taped con- Justice Working Group. The team, versations with church workers, mi- which included Pitts, spent two weeks grants, seasonal laborers and some touring labor camps and outreach growers to document problems and projects for migrants from the or- determine how the council and its 32 chards of New York to the orange member denominations can help. A LARGO 'DIE-IN' — Wearing makeup to simulate effects of nuclear war, John groves of Florida. report on the trip should be complete Lineham takes part in a "die-in" demonstration in Largo, Fl., with about 60 othes commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima. Lineham, a former priest, Joining Pitts throughout the nation- by late September. The team discussed is a member of Immanuel House, a Christian peace group in St. Petersburg, al tour were Karen Woodall of Talla- its work during a visit to Wilson, a hassee, Fla., and Frank Williams of small town in eastern North Carolina. Fl. (NC photo) Chavez, UFW seek grape boycott support OAKLAND, CALIF. (RNS) — claim the UFW has failed to represent According to Chavez, the boycott weight on the UFW scale, as has the Amid charges they are attempting a its members well, "delivering boycotts effort was announced a year ago to state's Gov. Michael S. Dukakis. "last ditch effort to gain control of the and strikes rather than contracts," in allow major groups the time necessary At least two Roman Catholic farm workers," United Farm Workers the words of Dan Haley, vice president to garner membership approval of bishops have endorsed the boycott — of America president Cesar Chavez of governmental affairs of the boycott resolutions. Only in recent Bishop Kenneth J. Povich of Lansing, and his union have shoved into gear Western Growers Assn. days has the UFW assigned staff to the Mich., and Bishop John J. Fitzpatrick public opinion machinery they hope In an interview -to be published in project and begun in earnest to secure of Brownsville, Texas. will generate support of a boycott of the Aug. 19 Catholic Voice, news- endorsements and widespread sup- table grapes. The effort is reminiscent weekly of the Catholic Diocese of port, he said. In addition, Archbishop-designate of the bitter confrontation of nearly 20 Oakland, Calif., ,,Chavez said the The tactic has apparently worked, Roger Mahony of Los Angeles recent- years ago that eventually led to grower boycott seeks three things: and the 1.7 million-member United ly issued a highly negative evaluation concessions and laws to protect farm • Industry-wide signing of a legally Church of Christ has endorsed the of California's Agricultural Labor laborers. binding "pre-contract" guaranteeing boycott as have the AFL-CIO, New Relations Act (ALRA) on the 10th an- According to the UFW, however, free and fair elections. York's Central Conference of Rabbis, niversary of the law's adoption. Arch- those laws have failed and the plight of • Binding assurance that companies Boston's city council, Massachusetts' bishop Mahony was the first chairman the farm worker remains nearly as bad will bargain in good faith if a union state legislature (both houses), the city of the California Agricultural Labor as it was two decades ago in the hey- wins farm worker approval in those council of Berkeley, Calif., and a Relations Board created by the day of the UFW grape boycott that elections. number of other municipal govern- ALRA. saw field strikes and, in some cases, • Banning of five major toxic ments. Chavez was a key in writing of that violence. chemicals used in growth of table Massachusetts Senator Edward law, but today charges that the Grower representatives, however, grapes. Kennedy recently placed his political administration of California Gov. George Deukmejian has emasculated it. Ed Boyle... 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Relief Services dramatically in- ministration, fund-raising and Figures released at the press con- creased its relief and development publicity costs. ference showed that of the $30 million aid abroad last year, according to Some $219 million, or 54 per- allocated for Ethiopia, $8.1 million 'CRS has acted re- figures in its 1984 annual report. cent, went to development had been spent by July 31, and reim- sponsibly both in its Funding of the U.S. bishops' assistance; $103 million, or 25 per- bursement was expected for some of handling of funds and overseas aid agency leaped by an cent, went to disaster and emergen- that. unprecedented $95 million over the cy relief; $59 million, or 14 per- Asked whether donors who gave in fulfillment of its 1983 total, to more than $437 cent, went to general assistance for last winter with the understanding that mandate to assist the million. Its 1984 expenditures also aged, ill, orphans or indigent; and emergency food aid was necessary to reached a new record at more than $17 million, or 4 percent, was save lives might feel misled to find that needy.' $407 million, some $62 million devoted to refugee relief and reset- most of their gift was still in the bank — Bishop James Malone, higher than the previous year. tlement. unused, Pezzullo said. "I imagine Despite its growth, CRS actually A large portion of the $30 some people thought we were going to NCCB president decreased its internal expenditures million excess of revenue over ex- go out and buy food with the money. for staff salaries and a number of penses in 1984 was attributable to But we have told people we are en- other institutional costs that do not the massive surge in cash dona- gaged in a series of activities. I think The Times reported assertions by translate directly into assistance to tions to CRS in the last two our contributors understand. former CRS staff members that the aid recipients, the report said. months of the year, when He said that in the initial period of agency misled donors and that instead It reported that only about $9 Americans suddenly became aware the Ethiopian fund raising, CRS told of using the money to get as much million, or under 3 percent of the of famine crisis in Ethiopia. donors that their gifts would be used food as possible to the starving, it has for transporting food to the hungry. kept much of it for long-range for what in Ethiopia." went ahead and paid for the transpor- Money received from these donors development projects. 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Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 / PAGE 7 Bishops' anti-poverty program praised COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (NC) — Malone noted that during the last 15 ing to seek justice." ly," the bishop added. The Campaign for Human Develop- years, CHD has raised more than $120 "To be daring is to be full of hope. Beatrice Cortez, a self-described ment provides "eloquent testimony" million in contributions from U.S. Hope is the energy that drives people one-time poor Hispanic housewife to the fact that American Catholics Catholics. to want to change the way things are," from San Antonio, Texas, who now heeded the Second Vatican Council's Through that assistance and the said the bishop, chairman of the com- chairs CHD's national committee, was call for social justice, but challenges work of thousands of groups, mittee that oversees CHD. living proof that the hope is not in remain, speakers told CHD's 15th an- discriminatory laws have been chang- But "people with hope and daring" vain. niversary celebration. ed, tenants have obtained decent hous- never turn to hatred or violence, he When CHD began, she said, she Bishop James W. Malone of ing; workers have united and formed said. "They dare to seek new ways for was merely "a statistic... a poor per- Youngstown, Ohio, president of the their own businesses, the disadvantag- the system to function so it will be son with no options." National Conference of Catholic ed have received health care, and vot- more just and more sensitive to the That changed when she fought an Bishops and U.S. Catholic Con- ing rights for blacks, Hispanics and needs of people, especially those who unsuccessful battle to save a ference, reminded participants that other minorities have been enhanced. are most vulnerable." neighborhood school. That fight led to CHD was founded by the U.S. Bishop Malone termed such work "Our hope comes from what we her involvement in other efforts to ob- bishops in 1970 to meet the challenge "eloquent testimony" to a concern for have done, what we have accomplish- tain city services, promote voter of Vatican II and to address the social social justice, but added that CHD ed," he said. education, and other projects. unrest, racism and poverty of the and other Catholic agencies must ex- Nonetheless, "we face the reality She added that when she first got in- United States in the 1960s. pand efforts to foster acceptance of that there are more poor people today volved in community issues, a priest Its goals are to support programs the church's social teachings by than 15 years ago; our cities are told her, "'Beatrice, do it, stand up that help eradicate poverty, educate Catholics, because "the needs today in deteriorating; more people are out of and fight for your family and your the non-poor about the reality of many ways are more severe than they work; small businesses are going community.' I couldn't believe it: The poverty and change attitudes. were 15 years ago." bankrupt; farms are being foreclosed, church was giving permission, In his speech to the more than 1,400 According to Bishop William B. and people are being disenfranchised. encouraging me to act," she said. persons from 47 states who attended Friend of Alexandria-Shreveport, La., "Some may see this as a reason for "This kind of church works for the Aug. 11-14 conference, Bishop CHD's history is that of "people dar- hopelessness. But we know different- justice. This kind of church I like." Take charge of Church, Hispanics at Encuentro told

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PAGE 8 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 Pope urges Moslem Christian links A woman in Yaounde, Cameroon Continued from page 1) (above) wears a program tied to her head while awaiting the arrival of Morocco's tiny, all-foreign Catholic Pope John Paul II. Below and right: community was to work with and un- After arriving in Togo, the pope derstand their Moslem neighbors. drinks from a calabash in a tradition- The church in Morocco ministers to al welcoming rite and pauses to foreign Catholics working or traveling greet a young girl, (NC/UPI Reuters there, but little else. It does not seek photos) converts, because proselytizing by non-Moslems is a punishable offense. The pope made no attempt to evangelize in his speech to Moroccans at the stadium. He said that "the church affirms that all men, especially men of living faith, ought to respect each other, get over all discrimination, live together and serve universal broth- erhood." He tried, however, to explain Chris- tian belief in a description of the Christian view of Christ. "You know that for Christians, Jesus provides an intimate knowledge of the mystery of God and provides The end-of-century number would traditional religions, the bishops of filial communion of his gifts, if they give Africa the largest Catholic popu- Cameroon said that the traditional acknowledge him and proclaim him lation in the developing world, after beliefs "control the subconscious" of Lord and Savior," the pope said. South America. most Africans. Those statistics are very much on One of those traditions is polygamy Great teacher Pope John Paul's mind, said Joaquin — taking more than one spouse. The conditions. Navarro-Valls, head of the Vatican pope sharply attacked this widespread Moslems regard Jesus as a prophet press office. practice during a homily in Kenya. of God and a great teacher, but give At the same time, he told the Afri- Also very much on the pope's mind He said the polygamy "directly him no divine character. They regard can bishops that it is their job to carry are potential dangers to the faith in negates the plan of God which was Mohammad, a seventh-century native out a "new evangelization" of African Africa from insufficient formation. revealed from the beginning." He said of what is now Saudi Arabia, as the Catholicism, deepening and spreading If the new evangelization is not car- the practice is "contrary to the equal last and greatest prophet of God. it. ried out vigorously, "formation in the personal dignity of men and women The pope's approach to Moslems Staying within the Roman fold faith... often remains at an elementary who in matrimony give themselves was not limited to Morocco. while not becoming a copy of the stage, and sects can easily take ad- with a love that is total and therefore Earlier on his trip he met regularly American or European churches is a vantage of that ignorance," he told the unique and exclusive." with Moslem leaders at stops in sub- tough issue which the pope noted in bishops of Africa. Pope John Paul also showed con- Saharan Africa, stressing common comments to Catholic intellectuals in Africans are a religious people, and cern for Africa's Catholic youth. He points of faith between Islam and Yaounde, Cameroon. the pope has recognized that. He urged them to develop their faith Christianity, such as the belief in one He called Africanization of the spoke of their "spontaneous reli- through Catholic education and other God. He also stressed the notion of church "a difficult question" and giosity" in a Mass homily in Togo. routes. cooperation for the common food. urged the intellectuals to seek a "fully But the pope and the bishops are al- Young people are a major part of Christian and fully African faith" and so worried that this religious impulse the African population. In Cameroon, But topping his agenda in the six to make the search "in union with could bring problems for the church for instance, 43.4 per cent of the black African nations he visited was your bishops." without their strong direction. population is 15 or under. the future of the Catholic Church. The remarks showed the pope's African "religiosity" has not only The pope warned the continent's "Make church with Peter," he told concern for maintaining the church's produced strong mainline Christian leaders against disappointing youths. African Catholics soon after arriving lines of authority, another concern he churches, but also many home-grown At a Mass in Bangui, Central African on the continent. He repeated that call repeated several times during the trip. spinoffs of Christianity. Zaire and Republic, he said that increasing for maintaining strong links between Nigeria, among other nations, have educational opportunites are good for Rome and Africa in several ways dur- Many Catholics large and powerful native Christian the young. But he also warned that ing the trip. Africa will have 100 million Catho- sects which incorporate elements of they may rebel if, after receiving an The pope also iinked his trip to the lics by the end of the century, say traditional African faiths. education, "they do not see the fruits 18th-century missionaries, saying he church officials. It already has about of which they dream" because there is was following in their footsteps, 70 million Catholics in a continental 'Subconscious' no employment. Frustration could although under easier and friendlier population of about 513 million. In a document on Christianity and lead to "anger, to revolt," Clergy, Botha far apart on S. Africa ' PRETORIA, South Africa (NC) — tions of South Africa's reality were so The Rev. Jerry Falwell, however, a ripped across South Africa for nearly Talks between Christian leaders and different that we hardly began to com- Baptist minister from the United a year. The state of emergency was im- South African President Pieter Botha municate at all." Statees who heads the Moral Majority, posed on major areas of the country in failed to resolve differences because The Catholic archbishop said Botha did meet with Botha privately and July. "we hardly began to communicate at "did not really answer any of the praised the South African govern- The church leaders — four blacks, all," according to Archbishop Denis issues we raised. We haven't anything ment's "progress." Falwell blamed four whites and one mixed-race clergy- Hurley of Durban, South Africa. substantial to take with us as a result the news media for misleading the man — said in the statement presented The archbishop, a member of a of this meeting." world about the country and urged the to Botha that "we are utterly convinc- delegation of Catholic, Anglican, The church leaders' meeting with purchase of krugerrands, the nation's ed that unless people see a significant Methodist, Presbyterian and Congre- Botha also was marked by the absence currency. substantial move from apartheid to gational churchmen, made the com- of Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu of The inter-church delegation had sharing, there will be no end to the mend after a meeting with Botha to Johannesburg, Nobel peace prize win- presented Botha with a statement unrest." discuss ways of ending South Africa's ner, who had sought a private meeting calling for four immediate actions: an Botha said after the meeting that the racial conflicts. with the president for several weeks. announcement of government intent government would investigate "a few The meeting followed Botha's Aug. Bishop Tutu declined to attend the to abolish apartheid; a call for a na- allegations" of police misconduct dur- 15 hard-line nationl address, in which session with the other church officials tional constitutional convention; the ing the unrest. the president reiterated earlier pro- because he thought it would be initiation of talks with recognized posals for limited changes in the coun- ineffective. As a condition for the black leaders; and the end to the Black and other non-white mobs try's policy of apartheid, strict racial meeting Botha had demanded that the government state of emergency which have been blamed for some recent separation. bishop renounce civil disobedience. gives authorities wide powers to detain violent killings and assaults, but the Archbishop Hurley, at a news Bishop Tutu, an advocate of non- people and take such other actions as •police and army are reportedly respon- conference following the session with violent methods of achieving change, censoring the news media. sible for most of the 600 deaths during Botha, said "the two separate percep- refused to do so. Escalating rioting and violence has unrest since September 1984.

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 / PAGE 9 African Church has grown up Speakers declare at Eucharistic Congress NAIROBI, Kenya (NC) — "The "We need not carry the burden of power of Christ's Gospel has been names such as the 'dark continent' ... revealed in Africa," Pope John Paul Light can emanate from here," he II declared at a Mass Aug. 18 closing said. "Africa is not just a recipient the 43rd International Eucharistic passively taking what is offered, but is Congress, the first ever in black vibrant with creativity and can give Africa. and enrich" others. Mother Teresa of Calcutta prays with other Missionaries of Charity during the The pope's comments at the final 43rd Eucharistic Congress in Nairobi, Kenya. Pope John Paul II presided over event of the congress echoed reflec- Auxiliary Bishop James Lyke of several events at the congress as part of his visit to Africa. (Nc/wide world photo) tions by other speakers throughout the Cleveland, Ohio, one of the U.S. eight-day gathering who saw in the bishops at the congress, offered a Africa, and African Catholics are a great sums of money spent each year similar analysis when he said in an in- minority among the world's Catholics, on the worldwide arms race... Tragic- terview that African Catholics have he said, but the strength of their ally, at present more resources are be- been engaged longer in the process of witness is greater than their size would ing committed to the destruction of 'We need not carry the indigenization, or interweaving the suggest. human life than to saving it." burden of names such faith with their culture, than black Some 20 cardinals, 200 bishops and The theme of the congress was "The Catholics in the United States have. 700 priests concelebrated that opening Eucharist and the Christian Family," as the "dark Within the last decade, he said, the Mass in English and Swahili before a and a number of speakers, including continent"... Light music and liturgical rhythms of crowd of thousands, and a similar the pope, took the occasion to urge can emanate from Africa, as well as some deeper crowd at the same site marked the strong family values, including oppo- elements in the African church, have closing Mass a week later. sition to abortion, sterilization and ar- here! begun to make their way into the Among speakers at the congress was tificial birth control. Cdl. Maurice Otunga, United States. American Cardinal Joseph L. Bernar- Pope John Paul urged couples to Nairobi Cardinal Joseph Cordero of Karachi, din of Chicago, the only North reflect God's love in their own "fruit- Pakistan, who as papal delegate American to address the full congress, ful love," saying that each new child is represented the pope for most of the who in his Aug. 14 address linked "a renewed invitation to love with still congress, also praised the growth of hunger for the Eucharist with hunger greater generosity." Catholicism in Africa during the open- meeting a symbol of the fledgling for peace and justice. During the closing Mass the pope ing Mass of the congress in Nairobi's He said that the "deepest hunger" also presided over the renewal of mar- African church now come of age, with Uhuru (Freedom) Park. some 70 million Catholics across the of all people is peace. But the children riage vows by hundreds of Catholic continent. Catholics are still a minority in of the world "are held hostage by couples. Cardinal Maurice Otunga of Nairobi, who hosted the congress, declared in an opening address Aug. 11 that Africa's church has a message Salvador bishops: to give the world and is no longer just a passive receiver of missionary activi- ty. Peace through dialogue still possible SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Primary among those difficulties, forces for their campaign of economic (NC) — El Salvador's bishops said they said, is the question of the "true sabotage and said although the guer- ESTABLECIDA EN MIAMI DESDE 1962 they have not given up hope for a intentions" of the government and the rillas say they have wide popular sup- peace process based on dialogue, guerrillas and whether their calls for port, "there is no clear way in which IMPRENTA despite a virtual breakdown in talks dialogue are based on good faith or this can be ascertained." aimed at ending their country's civil tactical considerations. The bishops also warned against a war. The two sides met twice in 1984, and "manipulation of Christian faith" PRESTIGIO • EXPERIENCE • SERIEDAD In a pastoral letter titled bishops moderated the meetings. and said that the greatest danger of 70 N. W. 22 Ave. - Miami, Fla. "Reconciliation and Peace," the Although there have been rumors of a such manipulation "comes from ex- Salvadoran bishops said they, too, third round of talks, there is little hope treme left-wing groups, or those linked A MEDIA OUADRA DF FLAGLER STREET were feeling the weight of their coun- they will occur in the near future. to these groups." Gran Surtido de Tarjetas para try's five-year conflict. "The dialogue process has fallen in- "We need a conversion, a change of Bodas. Bautizos, Comuniones. "Observing the somber panorama to a dangerous stalemate which could heart," said the bishops. Dialogue will of our land, we, like many of you, end in total failure," the bishops said. be possible "if we all assume an at- Cumpleanos. Recordatorios y have felt the temptations to give up on They said if the talks fail, "the coun- titude of reconciliation, of re- Misas. Impresiones al Relieve. dialogue as a means for achieving the try would be plunged into an uncon- encounter among Salvadorans who TODA CLASE DE TRABAJOS peace which is so longed for. trollable spiral of violence which are currently separated politically, COMERCIALES Y SOCIALES "Nevertheless, overcoming the first would have incalculable economically, ideologically and social- reaction, we have dedicated ourselves consequences." ly," they said. AHORRE TIEMPO Y DINERO to examining the difficulties which Even now, they said, El Salvador is "Yes, dialogue is extremely dif- CONFIANDONOS SUS IMPRESOS have impeded the peace process," the facing "a military escalation which is ficult, but it is the only human and ABRIMOS DIARIAMENTE DE 8 A.M. A 6 P.M. bishops said in the 18-page letter about to be unleashed." Christian alternative for achieving TELEFONO 642-7266 released this month in San Salvador. The bishops criticized guerrilla peace," they said.

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7 have a special pride in my heart for our Hispan- ic people who have a sense of responsibility for the Church, who have a great tradition ot deep faith-filled and en- lightened commitment to the Church.'

Miami's Fr. Mario Vizcaino (right) joins southeastern U.S. participants in meet. (Voice photo by Aracell Cantero)

Devotedly Yours Hispanics tell Church of needs

By Archbishop McCarthy socio-economic political and multi- magic of the motion picture. There of all the ceremonies and some of cultural education, use of the media, was much patience, good cheer, fun. his music was used. I spotted a few Dearly beloved: support of schools, human rights of There was affirmative applause and familiar Miami faces in the choir. I am at 31,000 feet again aboard the worker, of women, of even singing to celebrate significant And a "gringo" — Father Robert a Pan American 727, returning to immigrants, youth programs and achievements. Women held Lynch, former Rector of St. John Miami from Washington, D.C. I leadership development. prominent roles. Vianney Seminary and now really had not intended to write this Committees worked through the I liked the way the consensus Associate General Secretary of the letter, but there are a number of night to collate the conclusions of evolved and modified areas of National Conference of Catholic people of the Archdiocese aboard, the individual discussion groups and disagreement. A statement that Bishops — was a liaison of the and Father Jose L. Hernando, to develop statements that would women should participate in the Bishops' Conference with the Patricia Stockton and Father Robert represent a consensus of the ministry of the Church "at all Encuentro. Lynch all inquired as they spotted thinking of all the participants. On levels" was discreetly changed lest Even more significant for me, he me whether I will write one of my the dicussion group level, as well as the conference seem to be disloyal was my gracious host during the usual "Devotedly Yours" letters. So on the general assembly level, to the Church on the subject of conference at the Staff House, here goes! participants voted by raising either a women priests. where the highly gifted and We are returning from a green card (approve), a red card A statement about illegal refugees dedicated priests who serve the fascinating experience of Church — (disapprove) or a yellow card was reworded so as to win a United States Bishops Conference the Third Encuentro (meeting) of (reservations). consensus. Some general statements reside. Hispanic American Catholics in our At the end of the process in the that seemed not to recognize any Yes, as I and a number of the nation's capital. The some 1,200 closing general session, all statements efforts to aid Hispanics were Miamians who participated in the participants were predominantly lay. and proposals received virtually a modified. The tendency to see the Encuentro watch the sun setting in Two Cardinals, some 60 bishops, unanimous showing of green cards. solution to problems largely in the the western sky as we fly toward 100 priests and quite a few religious The proposals will now be presented behavior of others shifted to home sweet home, I have a special women joined their lay brothers and to the bishops for implementation reflection as well on the role the pride in my heart for our Hispanic sisters in this four-day period of and approval. people who have a sense of pondering together a pastoral plan Hispanics themselves need to play. Practically all the proposals seem I realize that I am hopelessly responsibility for the Church, who on how to be true to the Gospel in have a great tradition of deep, faith- responding to the critical spiritual, well thought through and in keeping biased in favor of our Archdiocese, with the best ideals of the Church. but I could not help but note the filled and enlightened commitment cultural, social and economic needs to the Church. of Hispanics in the United States. They resulted from much study of contribution Miami made to the and deep loyalty to Church teach- success of the conference. Bishop Come to think of it, I am proud The meeting was the conclusion ing. Roman was the principal celebrant that the Church in these days, when of many months of preparation It occurred to me that this and homilist of one of the some prophets of gloom are yielding through sessions and consultations method of a collegial approach to convention Masses and an active to pessimism, is revealing the and surveys on the diocesan and pastoral problems might well contributor of his wisdom and youthful vigor and resiliency that regional levels. Actually, in Miami become a model of the Vatican II spirituality in the discussions. should be expected from the prom- some 15,000 Hispanic homes had Church for more widespread use. Father Mario Vizcaino, Maria ise of Jesus that He would be with been visited. Some features of the process and Luisa Gaston and other members of us until the end of the world. The principal areas of discussion many conclusions could be the staff of the Southeast Regional centered on evangelization, incorporated in the process of the Office for Hispanic Affairs, located Devotedly yours in Christ, education, social justice, youth and Synod we are planning for the Arch- in Miami, evidently had contributed leadership. Through an intriguing diocese of Miami. their special gifts toward planning process, the conference worked in The meeting reflected many the smooth running conference, and smaller discussion groups to clarify attractive Hispanic characteristics. It were frequently visible in leadership basic principles and determine was prayerful and faith-filled, with roles. objectives and guidelines for beautiful, spirited and inspiring implementation. Father Juan Sosa, Executive liturgies and prayer services. It Director of our Ministry of Worship Subjects included church welcomed with great joy an address and Spiritual Life and new Pastor Edward A. McCarthy development, family life, spiritual, by the Holy Father through the of St. James Parish, was in charge Archbishop of Miami Catholic League goes statewide Catholics all over Florida will have Ferro said three Florida bishops — national headquarters is in community against a series of virulent- easy access to a defender of their rights from Orlando, St. Petersburg and Milwaukee, Wise. ly anti-Catholic posters which were be- when the Catholic League for Palm Beach — already have given ap- The group's mission is to defend ing plastered on storefronts and aban- Religious and Civil Rights begins proval for a League presence in their and protect the civil rights of religious doned buildings. opening chapters across the state. dioceses, and contacts have been people, especially Catholics, in an in- As a sign of the League's growing The move will come soon, accord- established with the remaining three. creasingly secular society. Most prominence in South Florida, Ferro ing to Henry Ferro, a Miami attorney He expects membership in the recently, the South Florida chapter recently was asked to become a who heads the League's South Florida Florida League to increase to 1800 protested the showing of the anti- member of the Advisory Board on chapter, the only one in the state until from the current 900 famines in Dade Catholic play "Sr. Mary Ignatius Ex- Inter-group Relations of the Dade now. and Broward counties. The League's plains It All For You," and rallied the County School Board. Oasis Planned Youth Center to inspire prayer in Vizcaya-like atmosphere

By Prent Browning Voice Staff Writer The Casba. Greek and Moorish columns. Terraced pools. These words may conjure up exotic visions of the Arabian Nights or Far Eastern palaces, but they actually describe plans for a very unique Youth Center to be built behind La Salle High School, near Biscayne Bay. The Archdiocese of Miami's planned spiritual retreat center for youth will feature a hall, an out- door amphitheatre, a chapel and reflecting pool and a 20-room residence which is currently used as a convent — all dressed in a gilded style of South Florida's own "palace," Vizcaya. And appropriately so. ,t The land on which the Youth Spiritual Center will sit once formed part of the estate of James Deering, the man whose vision and fortune built Vizcaya. The Archdio- cese purchased the property in the 1940s. The interior of St. John Almost 40 years later, it is the the Baptist Chapel (top small, domed chapel, itself of right), is a mosaic of minor historical interest, that set African tiles. Left, a the tone for the project. model of the plans for the Youth Center shows Originally called "The Casba," the addition of a hall and the chapel was built by Deering in outdoor amphitheatre. 1917, and is a replica of Islamic On the grounds of the tombs for holy men found in center is the old Gesu Northern Africa. school bell (top left), one The structure stood neglected and of the oldest school vandalized in the underbrush for bells in South Florida. many years until Youth Ministry Below, Fr. Menendez sits Director Fr. Jose Menendez enlisted by the terraced pool that the help of young volunteers to once opened into a sys- clear away the vegetation. tem of canals and now With the aid of Miami architect contains a statue of Jose Gelabert-Navia and assistants Mary. (Voice photos/Prent working for cost, the structure was Browning). restored and renamed St. John the Baptist Chapel last year by the Archdiocese. It contains the original tile from North Africa, Italian marble and several separate youth activities ancient Roman door columns, in could be going on at the same time. addition to an icon painted by a Despite the physical beauty of the local artist and a large bronze proposed center, in the shadow of candelabra. the fantastic wealth of Vizcaya, Fr. A terraced pool leads to what Menendez is very direct about its was once a system of canals, spiritual purpose. bridges and lagoons connected to "We want to make this a retreat Vizcaya. Now, a concrete wall and house, not a ping pong center," he a statue of Mary mark the end of says. "If they find Jesus Christ they the site. find everything. If they don't, it The hall, according to plans by doesn't matter how many millions Gelabert-Navia, will have large they have, they have nothing." glass windows in the architectural "Our advertising campaign," he style of Vizcaya, and will be used adds, "is, 'Help us to offer our for meetings and lectures. children an alternative to drugs, Outside the hall there will be crime and corruption.' " Greek columns and wooden trellises Fr. Menendez is currently trying framing an ampitheatre that could to raise $300,000, a surprisingly low be used for concerts or outdoor sum, for the construction of the Masses. project. The property is separated from He is counting on volunteer help the Deering estate only by a narrow from the people who would use the mangrove-covered waterway. retreat center. Part of the property "We wanted to build a retreat has already been sodded by Sts. house but not break the Peter and Paul Boy Scout Troop. environment or flavor of Vizcaya," In the meantime, Youth Ministry says Fr. Menendez, who is super- is raising money through fund- vising the design. raising meals, raffles, and a three- For the past year and a half, day, $175 cruise to Nassau, sched- young people from all over the uled for the weeked of Oct. 25. raccoons, and other animal life that greets people at the entrance Archdiocese have made use of two However long it take to collect abound in what Fr. Menendez gate, saying it is symbolic of her small wooden buildings, located enough money and resources for regards as an oasis of nature only a intercession in bringing people adjacent to La Salle High School, the project, it's apparent that once few minutes from downtown Miami- closer to Jesus. for retreats and meetings. completed the youth center could Taking a few moments to reflect But the peace of the land itself is The new facilities, says Fr. become a popular retreat spot. on the project in the shade of the an intercession. Menendez, would be able to accom- With a beautiful view of Biscayne many trees on the property, the "You feel better the presence of modate retreats of 200 to 300 teen- Bay, the area is bordered by thick Youth Ministry director speaks the Lord away from the nosies of agers. There is so much room that palm trees and mangroves. Foxes, about a statue of the Virgin Mary civilization," he says. 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THE VOICE Miami, Florida Friday, August 23,1985 PAGE 13 South Africa's Church Catholic bishops have long fought racism

By A. K. Donnelly CAPE TOWN, South Africa (NC) — The Catholic Church in South Africa has been in conflict with racism for decades — even the racism it admits has existed within the church. The first European callers to the territory were India-bound Catholic Portuguese who built a small church on the southern African coast in 1501. However, the first permanent colonizers, in the 1650s, were Dutch Calvinists who banned public existence of the Catholic Church until 1804. In the 19th century, South Africa was a mission country. Most missionaries, like the rest of society, conformed with "European" and "native" divisions in church institutions, although individual bishops spoke out against the system. However, when the white supremacist National Party came to power in 1948, the social segregation which had been assumed was written into law. The Immorality Act made sex between people of different race punishable by imprisonment and outlawed marriages of whites to people of any other ethnic group. The Groups Areas Act enforced residential apartheid and gave rise to wholesale social engineering, such as enforced relocation of several million people — mostly black. In 1951 a church hierarchy was set up, with dioceses established. In 1952, the bishops issued their first pastoral letter, calling for Chris- tian values in race relations. "Non-Europeans" were urged to prepare While Episcopalian Bishop Desmond Tutu themselves for the duties connected with the won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his rights they hoped to enjoy. Discrimination on the work against apartheid, the country's 'It is a sin to humiliate one's grounds of color was said to be an offense Catholic bishops have been denouncing fellow man. A change must against human dignity. the practice of racial segregation since Five years later, noting that since their earlier the early 1950s. Above, troops in an ar- come, otherwise our coun- statement nothing had changed, the bishops mored personnel carrier watch as mourn- try faces a disastrous fu- issued another pastoral letter. White supremacy, ers return home from a funeral mass dur- they said, had become an absolute. ing the recently-imposed state of emer- ture.' "It overrides justice, it transcends the teach- gency. (NC photos) 1957 Pastoral letter, ing of Chri.st," they said. "It is a purpose dwarf- South Africa's Catholic bishops ing every other purpose, an end justifying any means." The bishops said that "profound differences" between sections of the population made immediate integration impossible, and change • 1980: Blacks boycotted schools and would have to be gradual, but added: universities to protest unequal education "It is a sin to humiliate one's fellow man. A facilities, and the bishops spoke in favor of a change must come, otherwise our country faces unified educational system. a disastrous future." • 1981: St. Peter Seminary, formerly the black Church segregation twin of Pretoria's St. John Vianney Seminary for In that letter, the bishops admitted that there whites, has reopened after a period of campus was segregation in church groups, schools, disturbances. Students of all races are now at" seminaries, convents, hospitals and social life. both seminaries. "We are hypocrites if we condemn apartheid in . As winter began, Auxiliary Bishop Stephen South African society and condone it in our own Naidoo of Cape Town pleaded with the institutions," the bishops said. White South government concerning the plight of thousands Africans were urged to consider apartheid's "evil of homeless squatters around the city. Soon and un-Christian character, the injustice that afterward, Archbishop Denis Hurley of Durban, flows from it, the resentment and bitterness it president of the Southern African Catholic arouses, the harvest of disaster that it must Bishops' Conference, led several thousand produce." people in rain and cold in an ecumenical service In 1960 — the year when nearly 70 blacks were to protest the forced relocation of blacks from killed by police near Sharpeville — the bishops their homes near Durban. of South Africa and neighboring countries cited shows that we have failed to cope with racism a need for just wages and higher education and reduce discrimination. But a bold and • 1982: At a meeting of bishops in Pretoria, opportunities for blacks. They noted the evils of sustained effort is not yet beyond us, even at Archbishop Hurley said that the evolution of the migratory labor, under which millions of blacks this stage. While the evil exists, no one may church was "a fact of our time." were allowed to travel to the cities to work but rest." "The evolution... from declarations, were not allowed to have their families with resolutions, findings and recommendations to them. • 1975: Catholic schools accepted black implementation and action is painful and They also condemned legislation limiting the students, and schools of other denominations precarious," he said. "Social attitudes are among free association of persons of equal educational followed. After a period of confrontation with the the toughest fibers in the world." standing on grounds of color. government, the situation was accepted. State schools remained segregated. • 1983: Led by Cardinal Owen McCann of Two years later, the bishops said they "dare Cape Town, the bishops wrote Defense Minister not remain silent and passive" in the face of the Magnus Malan to defend the rights of racial injustices in the country. After the Second • 1976-77: Black youths boycotted schools. conscientious objectors to the draft. A month Vatican Council, the bishops claimed council The bishops said the disturbances that followed later they denounced a new constitution which support for their opposition to apartheid. reflected a wider frustration of black youths gave limited parliamentary representation to unwilling to grow up in a separate society. Continued protests Colored and Indian South Africans but excluded They condemned alleged police torture and blacks, the majority. In the early 1970s, the bishops ended the killings and said, "It is clear that the black • 1984: The bishops said they would like to legally enforceable apartheid at the country's people of the republic have passed the point of see racially separated Catholic women's groups main major seminary in Pretoria by admitting no return, and no temporary suppression by united. black students for the priesthood. There were no violence can give hope of any safety for the In midyear, five black priests protested Pope repercussions. Since then, the bishops have children and prevent the horrors of civil war in John Paull It's gift of a medal to Prime Minister continued to speak and act against racial the future." Pieter Botha. They said they would deny the discrimination. The bishops also committed themselves to pope a cup of water if he visited their parishes. Here are some of the highlights of the hier- eradicating racial discrimination against persons Archbishop Hurley reminded one of the priests archy's actions: in church institutions and in private homes and that even Jesus had dinner with sinners, and a • 1972: The bishops issued their "Call to to suppress church seating arranged in racially month later the pope repeated his condemnation Conscience" in which they said: "The record reserved blocks. of South Africa's racial policies. Giving religion bad name again Once again we have well-known religious leaders giving religion a bad name, though in different ways. First, you have that weird Indian guru in Oregon, Bhagwan Rejneesh, the one who has taken over a couple of towns and has a fleet of 90—that's ninety—Rolls-Royces. He has maintained much mystical silence until recently. Now he has opened his mouth and out came reality. There is no God, he informs us. "God is the greatest lie invented by man." He also does not believe in helping the poor. Let other religions do that, he says. "I am the rich man's guru." That is what he does not believe in. What he does believe in is sex. "It is fun. There is nothing serious about it." And if his followers have orgies, "it is. up to the people." This bearded Mosaic-looking mystic is beneath it all nothing but a dirty old man. The only mystery is that any woman would go near him. EDITORIAL

Then in a more important vein, there is the Rev. Jerry Falwell who, after skipping about in South Africa for five days, has become the chief apostle of that country's white racist government. After being wined, dined and transported by President Botha, he concluded that the country has made "progress" and that we should continue supporting them all the way. He says nothing about the indignity of that country's 25 million black people being told they can not participate in governing their own country, being told when and where to come and go. Blacks there are being ruled in every aspect of their lives, yet they have absolutely no participation in the government that is ruling them. Yes, there can be differences of opinion on what strategy is best to bring about change in that country. But Falwell is not debating strategy. He is taking the position of the ruling group which is denying basic freedoms to the black people of South Africa, thereby siding with injustice. He stood side by side with Botha during the speech in which he stated adamantly that he would never allow equality to exist. Oh, Botha will allow a little freedom here and a little there as a tactic to ease the pressure but he will never allow the historically native South African to help run his own country. It is obvious from the princely treatment he received there that Falwell's mind was already made up before he went to South Africa. APARTHEID It is obvious that he does not relate to the oppressed, the victims of injustice but to the selfish and self-serving establishment in a racist country. The Rajneesh's own words inadvertently say it best about some Other Christian leaders who live there full-time have cried out for religious leaders. Though he was referring to his own change, reasonable gradual change. The Pope, while in Africa, cried enlightenment, one might interpret it differently when he said: "I am out for change. Jerry cried out for the privileged. full of it."

Bishops err on Masons What's wrong with 'friends of the fetus'? To the Editor: hypocrisy and political opportunism To the Editor: always be a devout Catholic. A recent spate of editorial com- leveled at the Reagan Administration, I have written to your newspaper I hope you will give thought to what ment and essays by syndicated col- and columnist Ellen Goodman recent- before and I felt I had to write again I have just said because I am sure that umnists have been critical of the ly accused the President and his mi- because I read another article (July 26 there are many people who feel the Justice Department's Amicus brief in nions of being friends of the fetus. issue) concerning Masonry and same way about this as I do. two abortion-related cases that are Now in some circles, such as the Catholicism, and again I had to prove now under review by the Supreme ACLU, Planned Parenthood or the how wrong you were. I advise you and your staff to abs- Court. American College of Obstetrics and tain from writing reports and articles As usual, the criticism is broad- Gynecology, such friendship is a very You see, Freemasonry does not of which you obviously know nothing based and we learn little that is bad thing and they feel it could lead promote any sort of religion. It seems about. specifically wrong with the docu- to all manner of evil doings. to me that the bishops and all those ment, leading one to believe that the Goodman is very upset that the who oppose Freemasonry are always Noel Alonso editors have not read the brief or that fetus should have friends. She seems looking for the right opportunity to Hialeah its contents are unusually compell- to desire that the fetus only meet get in their cheap shots. Secty. Lodge "Atanasio ing. abortionists who are not friendly in Gonzalez Orozco" A.J.E.F. There have been accusations of any sense. If you will, I would like to present to As a matter of fact, the abortionists you a bit of history. During the In- Coverage of school rulings praised have killed about 1.5 million unborn quisition of the Roman Catholic babies yearly since 1973 — oops, I Church, just how many innocent peo- should say fetuses. Dear Editor: declared the rulings bordered on ple were burned at the stake because Congratulations to The Voice and We must not transgress the boun- they had a different point of view than "paranoia" and exhibited nothing dary of approved nomenclature, for to to staff writer Prent Browning for the less than "hostility toward religion." that of the church? Maybe hundreds. I article "Schools here hurt by ruling" do so would tend to humanize the debate and we can't do that lest we don't see your newspaper condemn- (July 2 issue). Sadly, Catholics will continue to ing that. find ourselves looking at the fetus as The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown receive such treatment at the hands a friend. Goodman and the editors tell of the Court until they unite and stand And now.you go on about how you yet another punch at Catholic schools' us that would be very, very, very bad. with its twin rulings against federal up for their rights as other minorities It could lead to motherhood, infan- expect non-Masons to accept have. Masonry with open arms, even after education programs being conducted cy, childhood and worst of all, father- in Catholic schools. you said all those things about Such unity cannot be achieved hood, which could ruin someone's Masonry. Once again, the Court has moved to without the leadership of the Catholic lifestyle and that would be very, very deny Catholic parents their fair share press, and Catholics in Miami are for- bad — right, Ellen? of the benefits of the tax dollars they But are we not diminishing our own That is the most hypocritical thing I tunate to have a strong paper like The pay. Voice to carry the day. value by making an enemy of the be- have ever heard. I certainly didn't ex- ing we once were? Can our society pect that of fellow Catholics. Significantly, the twin rulings were Richard McMunn kill 1.5 million of its own yearly with- For the first time in my life, I am made not on the basis of the rule of out harming its own soul? disgusted at the people who run the law, but on the predilection of five Director of Publications Roman Catholic Church, although not justices for anti-Catholicism. Catholic League for Religious & Bart T. Heffernan, M.D. the Church itself, because I will Even Chief Justice Warren Burger Civil Rights, Milwaukee Fort Lauderdale

PAGE 14 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 Philadelphia's block collection

Knowledgeable observer of the Catholic Some parishes leave a gift or remembrance at Church in the United States would probably be each home — a post card photo of the Pieta, a startled by a statement that the clergy in medal, a house blessing card. In one particular Philadelphia know their people as well as any parish, the priests will often find families have priests in the United States. BY FR. JOSEPH kept all mementoes received over the past seven M. CHAMPLIN years. They would be surprised to learn that the Father James Shields, who serves as spiritual spiritual shepherds in Philadelphia parishes have director at St. Charles Borromeo seminary and on file detailed information about every family or assists at weekends in a Philadelphia parish, person and have visited each residence within the helps with annual visitation at the church. His past year. schedule makes it possible to take part only two the usual data we secure on a census card. days a week, but he judges this a valuable ex- A week or so before a specific home or block perience and profitable pastoral work. will be visited, the pastor mails out a post card reminder to every unit indicating that the clergy The priest not only gets to know parishioners will be stopping by on such and such day either in better through the visitation, but quite naturally 'It takes a month or six weeks the afternoon or evening. will unearth numerous situations in need of spiritual help. Most clergy, like Father Shields, to complete the block collection The parish bulletin also lists each week what maintain a separate notebook of such cases (new and means most of the clergy's streets will be visited by whom and on which day. parishioners, lapsed Catholics, marriages requir- It takes a month or six weeks to complete the ing validation, family problems) for future follow work week is given over to four block collection and means most of the clergy's up. or five hours daily of knocking work week is given over to four or five hours daily of knocking on doors. "The "block collection" does produce signifi- on doors.' cant income (about $35,000 for one church). I was On a typical day, for example, the priests leave surDrised when one pastor with a school told me the rectory around 3:00 p.m. supplied with 40-50 of he had a balanced budget even though the weekly last year's census cards (the information from the offerings were below regular standards. The previous envelopes having been transferred to revenue from this parish visitation appeared to more permanent cards). In a large, busy parish he make the difference. This, however, is the case. Moreover, that situa- may bring along an 8th grade student who rings tion has existed for decades. doorbells a few houses before him to announce Seminarians at St. Charles recall well their Annually in the falls pastors and associate his impending arrival. childhood and teenage days when the family was pastors of the large archdiocese get out the files, concerned about "getting the envelope ready for put on their walking shoes and gear up for the The residents usually have the envelope ready Father" and anxiously anticipating his visit. "block collection." and the priest checks their new data against last year's card. He visits briefly with them, even ask- Some of the clergy today grumble about the Several weeks prior to the actual visitation the ing to meet each member of the household includ- enormous time and energy expended during pastor mails out information to every parishioner ing the children. The priest then blesses the house September and October on this project and others in a packet which includes the annual report, a and residents before moving on. Ordinarily, his regret the money element connected with the schedule of the proposed calls and the block col- visit may take 5-10 minutes. parish visitation. Overall, however, there appears lection envelope. ~ to be strong agreement that the block collection's The clergy either keep at the task until 8:00 p.m. positive effects far outweigh its negative apsects. The last item is for a donation to help support and then return for supper or stop at 5:00 p.m. for the parish, usually for some specific purpose. But dinner and return to the work of visitation from In any event, it surely enables the clergy to know it also has printed on the outside of a form seeking 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. their parishioners. Truth and consequences

The people who gave us that controversial ad- what he considered was his right. But he can't vertisement that appeared last October in the New claim exemption from consequences. A Catholic York Times, insisting that Catholics really donH college that planned to have him as a speaker be- have to agree that abortion is an unmitigated evil, BY fore his public declaration has every right to adjust are back. They are circulating a new advertisement to thinking about him on the basis of his freely among some potential signers that expresses DALE FRANCIS made decision. That's not reprisal, that's accept- solidarity with the original signers and opposition ing the facts. You can't have it both ways. You to those who reacted against the original adver- can't with any honesty claim you have a right to tisement. proclaim your version of the truth in opposition to The letter that accompanies the new advertise- to the teaching of the Church, and then weep that ment explains, "We are writing to ask you to join Catholics for Free Choice, sponsoring organiza- you're suffering reprisals when you are taken seri- us in protesting the reprisals that have been taken tion for this and the original advertisement, gave ously. You can't claim the right to proclaim your against the signers of the Catholic Statement on as an example of reprisals what she said had hap- own version of truth unless you're willing to ac- Pluralism and Abortion. pened to Marjorie Maguire's husband, Dr. Daniel cept the logical consequences of your position. "The initial threat to members of religious com- Maguire, a theology professor at Marquette Uni- Religious who signed the original statement munities has extended to many other signers and versity. She said that, since January, speaking en- were asked to reconsider or to leave their religious affected many Catholic institutions. It is clearly gagements had been cancelled at four Catholic communities. First of all, the Catholic position on part of a larger attempt to silence all voices that colleges because he had signed the original adver- abortion is firmly established, it's not something differ from the voice of the hierarchy." tisement. imposed by the hierarchy. Those who teach within In the new adverstisement, there is a statement What is needed in a little plain talk and honesty. the Church are expected to teach what the Church that sums up the position: "We believe that Catho- It is not reprisals that these dissenters are talking teaches. If they come to the conscientious deci- lics who, in good conscience, take positions on about, it is consequences. As Catholics, claiming sion they can't do that then they should accept the the difficult question of legal abortion and other to act in good conscience, and as citizens in a free logical consequence that they shouldn't be a part controversial issues that differ from the official country, they have a right to say what they want to of the teaching community. hierarchial position act within their rights and re- say. What they don't have a right to claim is that The problem isn't that people are denied the sponsibilities as Catholics and citizens." there should be no consequences as a result of right to express views contrary to the teaching of One of the members of the committee who their decision. the Church, the problem is they aren't willing to drafted the new statement, Dr. Marjorie Maguire, To use the example the leader of Catholics for accept the fact that every exercise of what you be- said the statement was concerned with the right to Free Choice used, Dr. Maguire established himself lieve to be truth carriers with it consequences. You peak opinions within the Church without fear of in contradiction to what is generally agreed to be can't have one without the other. reprisal. Frances Kissling, executive director of the teaching of the Catholic Church. He exercised (Dale Francis is a nationally syndicated columist)

Time capsules By Frank Morgan Exactly '572 sins'

A TV evangelist recently announced that there to injury by calling its offspring a joey. are 572 different sins. He received thousands of re- Then there's the story of the very wicked man quests for the list from people who thought they who was hated by all. After a sudden illness, he were missing something. During the Civil War, a melody was written by a died. At his funeral no one would eulogize him. * * * Northern boy who fought for the South. It was In desperation, the funeral director asked, In the 1770's Captain James Cook claimed found on his body by the composer's father, a "Won't someone come forth and say a good word Austrialia for England. While there, he asked a na- Northern officer who found his mortally wounded about the deceased?" tive for the name of a large animal that was nearby. son on the battlefield. General Daniel Sickles was The native answered, "Kangaroo", which in the so moved by the tragedy that he ordered the com- Finally, a little old man in the rear of the chapel language of the native meant, "I do not understand position played at the boy's funeral. The haunting rose from his seat and came forward. you." strains of the melody caught on and soon "Taps" "Wonderful," said the undertaker, "Now tell us The world, not content to misname this noble was adopted by all the units of the American the good word." creature for more than two centuries, added insult armed forces. "His brother was worse," was the reply. Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 / PAGE 15 What's the A teacher in space same about Sharon Christa McAuliffe, 36, a New Hampshire Even though he was not a finalist, Olivea said the social studies teacher and mother of two, has been time, effort and work in applying for the space trip was selected to be the first U.S. teacher and first private worth it, for it forced him to look inward and think about citizen to soar above the Earth as a space-shuttle pas- why he chose to be a teacher. marriage ? senger in January 1986. On television newscasts, Mrs. McAuliffe spoke of the bond between herself and the other teachers who were finalists. She said there would be "one body up there"

but she'd be carrying the spirit of all the others with her. BY > »*<• BY I think this was just the boost teachers needed this TOM ANTOINETTE year. They've come under attack, often unfairly, for not doing much more than a minimal job considering the LENNON BOSCO overall lackluster performance of U.S. children when their learning is judged by test scores. When more than 10,000 teachers, the number that ap- plied for the space trip, do the self-examination and work that the application required, it indicates to me President Reagan deserves congratulations for that there must be a spark of excitement communicated Q. Would you write more about' choosing a teacher for this honor, thereby giving from teacher to student in our classrooms. marriage please? (Texas) recognition to the crucial position of teachers. They President Reagan said he gave the nod to a teacher as A. Probably the most noteworthy have the awesome, everyday opportunity to com- the first private U.S. citizen in space to signify the im- thing to say about marriage in Ameri- municate the love and mystery of learning to youths. portance of the profession. His vote of confidence just ca today is that it's not what it used to The administration didn't make it easy for teachers to might inspire others to recognize that teachers, the be. apply, as I discovered in talking to a friend, Charles guardians of our children's learning, have a very special Once upon a time (not too long ago) Olivea of Connecticut. position. the husband was usually the bread- A history teacher, he told me that once he saw how (NC News Service) winner and the wife was usually the much work the application entailed, he had to recon- homemaker. sider whether he wanted to go through with it. The ex- This arrangement has, in many tensive application required that he go through "a great cases, been replaced by dual career deal of demanding thinking," as Olivea put it. partnerships. The wife may turn out to What the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- be an executive with a job not terribly tration required was virtually a life history, including different from her husband's. And detailed answers on motivation, qualifications and ex- both may be good cooks at home. pectations. Each teacher applying was asked to propose Once upon a time husband and a project to carry out during the flight. wife came from similar backgrounds. "I spent three weeks thinking and one week writing," Now, for example, interfaith mar- Olivea said. He added that many fellow teachers gave up riages are becoming more and more after taking a look at the application. common. I was particularly interested in motivation. Why would Not a few couples are living to- a teacher with a comfortable life want to risk this flight? gether before they marry, an arrange- Olivea answered, "For two reasons. The first, for the ment that was for the most part honor, privilege and glory of being the first private frowned upon by U.S. society in citizen in space. That's not egotism but romanticism." earlier years. For Olivea, however, the main reason "by far, was to But an outstanding mark of today's see the planet Earth as one of the great works of God, to marriages is the frequency with which see God as physicist, but also to see all the color and vi- they come to an end. For almost every sion that shows God to be an artist." marriage that is successful, another Olivea explained that ever since the Soviets launched is likely to end in divorce. their Sputnik Satellite in 1957, when he was quite young, Even among Catholics the per- the whole notion of being able to see the planet from on manency of marriage seems to be high was "extraordinary" to him. It meant, he said, see- turning into a thing of the past for ing the Earth truly as our mother, because in entering some. The divorce rate among Catho- space one "leaves the womb." lics is keeping pace with that of the population at large in many in- stances. All this raises the question of whether anything is still the same Letter to an AIDS victim about marriage. And the answer is yes, some things A worried mother from the Midwest wrote to me about by others. Although His compassion did not ignore the will always be true about the sacred her son who was sick in a New York hospital. She asked fact of sin, He nevertheless loved everyone, saint and union between a wife and husband. A me to visit him, and I went to see him that very day. Be- sinner alike, with a tender mercy beyond all human com- few examples: fore entering his room, the nurse made me put on a sur- prehension. If you enter this state of life focus- gical mask, gloves and a gown. He and I talked for a long I am glad you told your mother. She has a right to ing solely on what you're going to time before he got the courage to tell me he had AIDS. I know, and she will stand by you. Be assured that you are gain from it, you wiH soon be in trou- wrote him a note a few days later: loved by all who abide in the heart of Christ. He is the ble. Dear _ : Vine, we are the branches. Be grateful always for your But if you give careful considera- Your humble resignation and peaceful spirit in the faith. If you use it well, the Lord will be your strength tion to the freedoms you must re- face of death was obviously the fruit of deep prayer and and your joy. God bless you. nounce in marriage, chances are you genuine sorrow. For a free copy of the Christopher News Notes, "Hu- will come to an understanding of the man Sexuality," send a stamped, self-addressed en- fact that love involves sacrifices velope to The Christophers, 12 East 48th St., New York, sometimes. NY 10017. You also may come to see that the partners in every marriage are to BYFR. -«*>#» some extent imcompatible. He may JOHN CATOIR be a Democrat, she a Republican. He may like the Talking Heads, she may hate them. And so on. In the interests of a successful and permanent Christian marriage for you, could you put on your thinking In spite of everything, you have managed to maintain cap in the next few weeks and ponder a real sense of hope. You not only believe in God's love these questions: and forgiveness, but you count on it in a quiet, grateful When you think of marriage, do you v way. And rightly so, because the Lord's love is closer to think only of what you hope to gain you than your own heartbeat. Maybe they'll find a cure in from it? time, maybe by some miracle you will get well. I hope so, What are some things you might and I'll pray for your intention. contribute to your marriage? You must know that I do not judge you. My heart goes What are some freedoms people out to you at this time of sickness and humiliation. I must renounce when they marry? Do know you've been rejected by many. That must be a spe- you think they gain any freedoms? cial kind of pain. I will be keeping you and all those who What might some of these be? suffer from AIDS in Mass and prayer. The church is Are you incompatible now with any Christ and I dare to speak for the church and for Him members of your family? How do you when I tell of God's love for you. deal with this incompatibility? Don't take this amiss, but in His day, Jesus reached What will you do if you are neat as a out to the lepers, and He comforted them in spite of the pin and your marriage partner is as fact that the laws of the day demanded that they be cast messy as a tornado? off. No one could go near them without being ritually de- What will you do if you discover af- filed. Jesus ignored that prohibition; He told them all ter you're married that your partner about the wonders of God's love. I know He is doing the likes to go to bed late and sleep late, same thing for you right now, because your heart is so while you like to go to bed early and open to Him. get up early? There are those who scorn homosexuals in the name Who must give in to whom — and of religion. No concession is made to human weakness, when — and why — and how often? no mercy is shown, no encouragement given. But they 'YOU'RE ALL REALLY SWELL NOT TO MENTION HOW (Send questions to Tom Lennon, forget how much Jesus loved people who were rejected T RUINEP THE STEAKS AT THE LAST COOKOUT" 1312 Mass. Av. N.W., 20005.) PAGE 16 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 More on child abuse Dear Dr. Kenny: How lightly we still tread when it The parents, may begin to doubt themselves even comes to protecting children from abuse by BY more. While arousing these problems may be parents and family members. Your column answer- necessary, it must not be done frivolously. ing the concerned neighbor made many good DR. JAMES points. However, I think you are still afraid to label AND MARY While it may seem safer to put the matter im- physical punishment as abuse and to separate the mediately into the hands of trained investigators, word "discipline" from physical punishment. KENNY we must be very clear that our suspicions are war- ranted. The argument between verbal discipline The neighbor used the term "beaten." You used and the woodshed approach has been going on a the term "spanking." As Ann Landers has written, long time. when one takes up a switch, strap, paddle, we can assume the line between legitimate punishment abuse, two children ran away and the third attemp- Be sure you can distinguish child abuse and a and abuse has been crossed. If one must physical- ted suicide. In each case, the reporter assumed spanking. It is easy to use words like "whipped" ly punish, the point is reached with the bare hand, she was making matters better. In fact, she placed and "beaten" to prejudice the case. Generally, when the spanking does hurt the parent as much the child in a shattering dilemma. reportable physical abuse must be severe enough as the child. So one is not likely to overdo. Two children felt overwhelming guilt for inadver- to leave bruises or cuts still visible 12 to 24 hours Can we hope to end war, terrorism, to come to tently initiating serious charges against their later. ps with violence, while we cling to the belief parents. The third child was removed from a home Verbal child abuse, with sarcasm and put- inat it is actually a "good" thing to hit children in that had many other strengths and she desperate- downs, is often harder for the child to handle than the home? (Illinois) ly missed her family. physical abuse. Should we report that? A spanking The letter our reader refers to asked what to do The bottom line when we think we see child that is brief and immediate has the advantage of about a neighbor "who whips her 3-year-old with a abuse is to stop it without making matters worse. being over, and while it may warm the body, it is belt when he misbehaves, as often as twice a By discussing the. matter with her husband first, less apt to tarnish the soul. week." I recommended first that she discuss it she has the chance to examine her own feelings Our reader suggsts that spanking be done only with her husband; second, that she talk with her and find alternatives for possible intervention. with the bare hand. I would add that it should only neighbor; and, if that failed to improve the situa- Talking with the neighbor before reporting to the be done in the presence of another and when a tion, report it to the welfare department. welfare department means trying the approach parent is free from anger. While these are sound I work with abusive parents and no one abhors with the least serious consequences first. rules,breaking them does not necessarily indicate child abuse more than I. Yet the focus must be on Unfortunately, an anonymous call to the welfare reportable child abuse. the outcome: to successfully reduce the possibili- department is easier than following carefully grad- Child abuse is a serious problem and the laws to ty of abuse. How this is best accomplished is open ed steps. report it are good. However they can be used to to discussion. The welfare department must take each com- hassle rather than help. Not every hard spanking Our reader suggests that my step-by-step ap- plaint of child abuse seriously. No matter how needs to be investigated by the state. proach is a cop-out. Confronting the neighbor careful they may be in their investigation, a (Reader questions on family living and child and/or reporting it to the welfare department may premature or unfounded complaint can cause a care to be answered in print are invited. Address sound appropriate, but it is much wiser to know family great pain and erode parental authority. The questions: The Kennys; Box 872; St. Joseph's Col- the situation before you take action. children can learn to provoke their parents, then lege; Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.) In three recent incidents of reported physical turn them in. Or the children may feel great guilt. (NC News Service) When I was in school-2004 A.D. A few years ago on vacation I suggested we stop got a schedule that worked." by my old rural school which has long since been "I wish we could have just pressed buttons to converted into a farm home. On the way I de- take tests. We had to write answers and wait forev- scribed it as a picturesque one room rural school er for the teacher to correct tests. You get a grade of the past nestled in a little park surrounded by BY two minutes after you're done." woods. DOLORES My family listened pleasantly and as we ap- proached, I Said, "It's here on the left, right past CURRAN All these things might be said by my son. But this little grove of trees." My husband slowed one day, my fantasy grandchild, clever as she is down and there it was — a dilapidated lopsided sure to be, will stop him in his tracks. structure bereft of paint, half-sunken into a dusty and cluttered farmyard. I was non-plussed and "Yeah, Dad, maybe things were rougher then. quiet. fore they could start school. As for "modern con- But we have one thing worse. Your parents There was a long moment of silence and then veniences," they envied us ball point pens and couldn't plug into a computer at any time and find out of the back seat in senatorial tones my sixteen spoke of ink bottles, leaky fountain pens, and ink out how you're doing or what homework is miss- year-old son said, "We are now looking at the blotches on papers which had to be completely re- ing. How would you have liked that?" place where Mom walked through snowdrifts to copied. get an education. It is a great moment in history." It makes me fantasize on what my present 16 And my son will shut up. He got brussel sprouts for dinner. year-old will tell his children when he's 35 in the (c. 1985 Alt Publishing Co.) We've had much laughter about it since. I don't year 2004. "You think this is tough. All you have to believe I ever told about trudging through snow- do is sit in front of a VCR in an air-conditioned drifts but I have talked about walking a mile to classroom. We had to listen to boring teachers in school on bitterly cold days when they demured 95 degree heat." against walking two blocks on similar days. "Quit complaining about the word processor. I I've also fallen into familiar parental prattle had to type and retype all my papers." about how many spelling words I had to study "So you don't like carrying a calculator. We had when they complained about theirs and how I had to learn math tables and calculate in our minds." to write term papers by hand as they cussed the "The metric system is easier than the one we typewriter. had to learn. We measured everything in inches, I suppose this habit of proclaiming we had it feet and yards. All you have to do is add zeroes. So tougher is as old as family life. I can hear Noah's .nough griping about geometry." children saying to theirs, "You think this is bad. "I don't want to hear any more how your floppy How would you like to have been cooped up in a disks won't fit into your jeans pocket. I carried boat for forty days with nothing but animals and ' eavy books back and forth in a book bag we wore rain?" >n our backs." And I recall numerous adults in my childhood "So you didn't get the hour you wanted for telling us how easy we had it. They had to carry in video-Spanish. We had to stand in line for four ">od, light a furnace and thaw water to drink be- hours, pulling cards and changing courses till we Family Nights

them.) For families whose grandpar- formation about them. Try to make it a contest. Opening prayer ents are not in the same town or are surprise if possible. If they're out of Our Father in Heaven, how grateful deceased: materials: photos of grand- town mail them a "thank you letter" we are for being able to share this parents, writing paper, pens, crayons, from the family for being terrific Sharing evening as a family. Tonight we pray telephone. Share different pictures of grandparents. 1. Share a time someone felt super- especially for our grandparents and grandparents, if available. Share Adult Family happy during the last week. ask you to bless them in a very spe- some fun stories together about the Materials: Bible, Read aloud 2. Share a moment when someone cial way. Thank you, Father, for mak- grandparents. Each person write a let- Deuteronomy 4:9 and 2 Timothy 1:5. was really sad. ing grandparents for us to learn from ter or draw a picture saying how very Recall some old stories about grand- 3. Share a time someone felt and for us to love. Amen. dear and very much they are loved. parents, What is so different about God's presence in a comforting way. Plan to mail them tomorrow. Tele- life today? If you could change one Lesson phone grandparents later in the eve- thing today, what would it be? Young Family ning and let each family member have Closing prayer (If grandparents are in town, have a chance to visit. Snack Dearest Lord Jesus, praise you, them over for dinner and an evening Middle Years Family Watermelon or a grandparent's fa- wondrous Jesus! Bless us as we of "Honor Grandparents." Share little (If grandparents are in town). Have vorite dessert. strive to serve you daily. Help us to gifts, their favorite treat, balloons, big them over and prepare an "Honor continue to grow in your love. Thank red hearts to wear with "Hurrah for Grandparents Night." Plan a "this is Entertainment you for tonight and for our grandpar- Grandma and Grandpa " on your life" and share all sorts of fun in- Hold a watermelon-seed spitting ents. Amen.

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 / PAGE 17 Sunday, August 25, 1985 READINGS: Joshua 24:12,15-17,18; Ephesians 5:21-32; John 6:60-69. Be as faithful as Joshua the Liturgy of the Word. fidelity to him as the one, direct St. John's Gospel continues in path to fulfillment in human life the readings this Sunday. In and in heaven. 'The church cautions previous weeks, the Gospel spoke Those pictures painted by us that life's value-sys- of Jesus as the bread of life. Earli- Joshua and the Apostle Paul can er, the Sunday readings revealed be most appealing. But, we must tems often clash with, Jesus' compassion for the crowds. remember to discard our rose- or question, what we This Sunday's readings speak of tinted glasses and walk away from the Lord's followers' reaction to our wishing wells. We are in the believe.' his words about the "bread of life," middle of life. and In turn, Christ's response to In the Gospel, the Church them. Altogether, they join to give situates us amid lie and cautions BACKGROUND: us John's lesson of what faith- us that life's value-systems and cir- The book of Joshua seldom pro- filled life in the age of the messiah cumstances very often clash with, vides readings for the Liturgy of will be. or question, what we believe. Some the Word. But its central figure, the observers of the times would call ancient Jewish leader, Joshua, the Twentieth Century the most was supremely important in the evil of all. After all, violence, war, history of Israel. The book itself is death, and brutality are every- important since it is the connec- BYFR. .1 where. But, they have always been tion between the more ancient part of human life. stories of God's people, all OWEN The Church has lived through its gathered in the Pentateuch, and CAMPION twenty centuries. It has seen many their record as a society. abandon its community because Joshua himself, whose very see "Christianity" in any other di- accepting that community's faith name means "salvation" in mension. and morals was too hard. The Hebrew, as does the name of the Christianity is never harsh or bit- Church does not negotiate — Lord, called his people to be faith- ter. It is at times, however, starkly neither did Jesus. Rather, it holds ful to God. Being true to God was REFLECTI&N: honest. firm. So must we. their ultimate destiny; God himself In every vocabulary, certainly, This Sunday's readings interest- The Church's message in this was, in the last analysis, their ge- the values of humaneness, com- ingly develop that point. In the first Liturgy of the Word is not threat- nuine guardian and guide. passion, and mercy are synony- reading, Joshua counsels the an- ening, however, In Christ, it tells In the second reading this Sun- mous with "Christianity." No Chris- cient Jews that God brought them us, it the strength and understand- day, the epistle to the Ephesians tian, treasuring in her or his heart from slavery to freedom, from ing we need — for anything. And impresses upon us the principles the thought of the peace-loving, hopelessness to life. St. Paul, writ- that strength and understanding and instincts that denote char- healing Good Shepherd, and bless- ing to the Christians of Ephesus, become a part of us in the acteristically Christian behavior. ing the memory of that healing in a and read in the second reading, of- presence of Jesus, in his Sacra- The epistle frequently appears in personal experience, ever would fers Jesus as the great model — ment and in his word. Weighing all of our crosses

Q. Jesus says we are to take up our The third type of crosses, which I Q. My question is about the legend. cross and follow him. Where does believe are for most people the assumption of the Blessed Virgin We're not even sure about where this cross come from? Is it God's will heaviest, are those which result fom Mary. Our family has three different Mary spent the last days or years of for you? Is it man's doing? Or just cir- our own sinfulness and infidelities, in ideas: her life. Some have said in Ephesus, cumstances? (Massachusetts) other words from our own (vague She ascended into the clouds with perhaps living there with the apostle perhaps but nonetheless real) con- the apostles looking on much as we John. The more likely place, accor- sciousness of having contributed to picture the ascension of Jesus; she ding to tradition, seems to be near the lack of harmony and peace in our was taken into heaven as she slept; Jerusalem. BYFR. own and others' hearts and lives. It is the prevalence and weight of JOHN these last crosses which make it DIETZEN necessary for God to insist as often 7/7 some mysterious way we find (our crosses) do and strongly as he does on the limitless power of his forgiving and fit us uniquely, as do the graces we receive to healing love. When people deny or carry them.' doubt that they can ever be forgiven of some particularly hurtful sin, I am A. The crosses which burden each convinced that most of the time they of our lives come usually from three really are wondering whether even directions. The first and most com- God can make things right again. and before the dogma of the assump- Since the place of her burial, if mon are those which result from the tion was pronounced (1950), all there was a burial, has been apparent- normal processes of daily living. It is, I believe, one of the great acts possibilities were probed including ly unknown since the earliest days of These may be physical realities, such of faith and one of the great steps examination of her grave, which they the church, no examination of the as illnesses, material disasters of toward holiness, to trust that he can found to contain no body. (Penn- tomb could have occurred in modern various kinds and so on. and will bring about this healing and sylvania) times. wholeness. Or they may be the burdens of the A. The church has no teaching emotional, intellectual and spiritual To answer your question, any and whatsoever about such details. Its (A new brochure, "Infant Baptism: frailties which cause pain to all of these may be the crosses Jesus belief in the assumption is simply Catholic Practice Today," is available ourselves and, in sometimes asks us to take up daily and follow that, when the time or her earthly life free of charge by sending a stampe« mysterious ways, infect our relation- him. They may not be the ones we was finished, God took her body self-addressed envelope to Father ships with each other. would choose or the ones we think and soul into heaven. Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. The second source of our crosses "fit" us. There is a pious legend according Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701) is hurt done to us — deliberately or But they happen to be ours. And in to which some of the apostles opened undeliberately — by the sinfulness of some mysterious way we find they do her tomb after her burial and found it (Questions for this column should others, especially by those closest to fit us uniquely, as do the graces we empty. But, according to any be sent to Father Dietzen at the same us. receive to carry them. evidence available to us, it is only a address.)

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PAGE 18 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 NBC offers potpourri of fall shows A street-wise priest, three series because new stories will femme fatales who share a home not be filmed; instead, old ones in Miami, and believe it or not, will be updated. Suspense, horror Dean Martin's son and an 88-inch and irony are the bywords for this sidekick are some of the featured anthology. characters who will appear in • "Misfits of Science" has be- NBC's new fall line-up of shows. come, long before its debut, a joke because of its silly title and even sillier premise. In this hour- BY long drama, Dean Martin's son and his 88-inch sidekick create a JAMES race of superheroes by experi- BREIG menting on nature's mistakes. I bet you think I'm kidding. I'm not. Unfortunately, neither is NBC. Those are the new series on that network, but there is other If you watch "Entertainment To- news to share. Some of the night," you know that NBC is NBC's planned made-for-TV flicks starting to regain some of its suc- include Raymond Burr returning cess of previous years after a as Perry Mason, Andy Griffith and lengthy sojourn in the basement Don Knotts reuniting in Mayberry, of Ratingsland. It has done so Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly with a combination of goodies teaming up in a detective story, like "Cheers" and "St. Barbara Eden coming back as a Elsewhere" and junk like genie, and a biogrpahy of John "Hunter." The same sort of mix Lennon. (With all those nostalgia describes their six Autumn offer- trips, I can forecast that, in 1998, ings. NBC will air "Return of the So, with no further ado, here Misfits of Science" ... Then again, are NBC's newboms (but, remem- maybe not.) ber that all quoted material Other special films will look at comes from the network and in the Mafia, alcoholism, rape and no way indicates how I feel about vampires. You know, the usual. the programs; I'll let you know Scheduled mini-series include that in upcoming columns): two about dictators: "Peter the • "Hell Town" has already been Great," starring Maximilian Schell, discussed in this space on sever- and "Mussolini: The Untold al occasions. A two-hour pilot last Story," starring George C. Scott. Spring established,the look and Of lesser interest are "The Long feel of this series about an urban Hot Summer" and "Sidney priest trying to save the people of REDGRAVE TRIUMPH — Vanessa Redgrave plays dedicated Yorkshire Sheldon's Rage of Angels: The a depressed area from the evils of schoolteacher whose personal life is changed by an encounter with a drifter Story Continues" (now there's a drugs, poverty, crime and de- in "Wetherby," The USCC says Redgrave and the supporting cast is ex- catchy title). gradation. Robert Blake stars as cellent. Because it has some violence and bedroom scenes it received an A-lll rating, adults.

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Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Fridsv ?ust 23,1985 / PAGE 19 Office of Worship schedules workshops Madonna

The following is the Fall/ 2) Check to cover their expenses (in- Evenings of Reflection for (all) Academy Winter/Spring schedule of Archdio- cludes lunch), payable to the Office of Liturgical Ministers cesan Workshops and Evenings of Re- Worship and Spiritual Life; Mon. Sept. 16 — Our Lady Queen of celebrates flection: 3) Specification of which workshop Martyrs, Ft. Lauderdale. Archdiocesan Workshops your candidates will be attending; Mon. Oct. 28 — St. Benedict, Hialeah. for New Eucharistic Ministers please also specify how many will at- Tues. Nov. 12 — St. Agatha, W. 25th tend English sessions and how many Sept. 21 — Visitation, North Miami. Miami. Madonna Academy in Hollywood an- Oct. 12 — St. Andrew, Coral Springs. the Spanish. Sat. Dec. 14 — St. Peter, Big Pine Key. Deadline for reservations is the nounces the celebration of its Silver An- Nov. 23 — St. Joachim, South Dade. Mon. Jan. 20, 1986 — St. David, niversary of service and educational Dec. 14 — Nativity, Hollywood. Wednesday prior to the workshop be- Davie. ing attended. achievement in the Archdiocese of Miami. Jan. 11, 1986 — St. Bernard, Sunrise. Mon. Feb. 10 — St. Bartholomew, Jubilee activities will commence with a Feb. 8 — Immaculate Conception, Archdiocesan Workshops for Lectors Miramar. Pontifical Mass offered by Archbishop Hialeah. Sept. 21 — St. George, Ft. Lauderdale. Tues. Mar. 18 — St. Michael the Arch- McCarthy on September 15 at 10:00 AM March 8 — Little Flower, Hollywood. Nov. 9 — St. Bernadette, Hollywood. angel, Miami. in the school auditorium. Guests of honor April 12 — St. Timothy, S.W. Dade. December 7 — St. Augustine, Coral Tues. Apr. 22 — Epiphany, So. will include Sister Eugene Marie, SSND, All workshops are on Saturdays Gables. Miami. founding principal of the school. An . from 10 a.m. 'til 3 p.m. Jan. 25, 1986 — San Isidro, Pompano friends of Madonna are welcome to Requirements for commissioning: Beach. No Fee, but Reservations Required! tend the Mass. 1) Candidates must be recommend- Feb. 15 — St. Catherine of Siena, Deadline for reservations is the ed in writing by their pastors (or if in- S.W. Dade. weekend prior to the date of the Madonna Academy is an Archdiocesan stitutions, by their chaplains or March 8 — St. Charles Borromeo, workshop specified. high school for college bound young spiritual directors); Hallandale. Presentation is for all Liturgical women. 2) Candidates must attend one full All workshops are on Saturdays Ministers: Eucharistic Ministers, Lec- The enrollment is approximately 500 day of training... five-hour presenta- from 10 a.m. 'til 3 p.m. tors, Ushers, Altar Servers, Musicians, students. The faculty numbers 32 strong, tion. Fee: $5.00 per person (includes Sacristians, Environment Artists, 28 per cent of whom are religious sisters. Fee: $5.00 per person, payable in ad- lunch), payable in advance to Office of Deacons, Clergy, etc. The school is under the educational vance. Reservations required! , Worship and Spiritual Life. Reserva- Pertinent Information: leadership of the School Sisters of Notre Procedure: Letter of recommenda- tions required! Office of Worship and Spiritual Dame, Baltimore Providence. tion should include the following: Please specify which workshop your Life, Archdiocese of Miami, 9401 1) Names of all those candidates be- lectors will be attending. Deadline for Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33138. Madonna's Silver Jubilee celebration ing recommended from a given parish reservations is the Wednesday prior to Phone: Dade — 757-6241; will continue throughout the 1985-86 or institution; the workshop being attended. Broward — 522-5776, Ext. 351. school year. Other activities include a fif- ties dance sponsored by the Parents and Friends Association of Madonna Academy on October 5; the Annual Head trauma unit opens at Bon Secours hospital Chamadonna Fashion Show on November 9; an alumnae reunion day on NORTH MIAMI — South Florida's cesses, behavioral changes and physical allows family members to participate in November 30; an in-school Silver An- first specialized head trauma rehabilita- problems. the rehabilitation program. The hospital niversary Week in January; and a formal tion unit will open Thursday, Sept. 19, at will also offer counseling for families on dinner dance at the Surf Club in Miami on Bon Secours Hospital, 1050 N.E. 125th Each year, more than one million peo- the nature and treatment of head injuries. April 5. St., North Miami. ple in the U.S. suffer head injuries. Pres- The 10-bed unit is designed to provide ently, many head-injured patients from intensive rehabilitation for victims of seri- Florida are sent out of state for rehabilita- Fr. Connolly scholarship set tion. The opening of the head trauma unit ous head injuries. Head injured patients The Greater Miami Chapter of Women All contributions are tax deductible and frequently suffer from complex disabili- at Bon Secours Hospital allows patients to In Communications has established a me- receive rehabilitation close to home and may be forwarded to Marjorie L. Dono- ties such as disturbances in thought pro- morial scholarship in the name of Father hue, a past chapter president, and profes- Donald Connolly, who died on Aug. 1. sional associate of Father Connolly, at Barry offers new masters program The director of Communications for 440 NE 110 Terr., Miami, Fl. 33161. the Archdiocese of Miami was the first Flexibility is the name of the game in final project and report complete the man in the nation to be accepted as a Archbishop's prayer the new graduate program offered at work, rather than a comprehensive exam. member of WICI with an honorary status Barry University this fall, the first univer- Seven years are permitted from the date of in 1971. pastoral available sity in South Florida to do so. The M.A. initial enrollment to complete degree re- Father Connolly was a benefactor of The Daughters of St. Paul have printed in University Studies is targeted at career quirements. the Miami Chapter which provides scho- in Spanish the Archbishop's pastoral let- persons who desire professional advance- More than 300 colleges and universities larships to collegians interested in careers ter on prayer. Sample copies are available ment and personal enrichment. across the country offer the new master's in communications, and gave the invoca- in the Archbishop's Office and additional Students can chart their choice of program in general or liberal studies ac- tion at the organization's annual benefit, copies may be purchased from the Daugh- courses in the 36-credit program. A cording to Dr. Andre Cote, dean of the "Date With the Press." ters of St. Paul. School of Arts and Sciences at Barry Uni- versity. Haitian-Cuban . The program is a natural ad- vancement for persons who have com- entrants eligible pleted a bachelor's degree in professional St. Timoth) church will host a meeting of Franciscan Order will hold its regular monthly studies. divorced, seperated and singles at 7:30 p.m. on meeting on Sept. 1, at St. Richard Parish For further information, call the Ad- Sept. 2nd. All faith welcome. The parish hall Center, 7500 S.W. 152 Street, Miami, at 1:00 for food stamps missions Office at Barry University, will be the location. 102nd Miami Ave. p.m. Any men or women who arc professed 758-3392. The Catholic Alumni Club of South Florida and all those aspiring to membership are in- The Florida Department of Health and will host a concert of the singing Capitanelli vited. Inquirers and visitors are welcome. Rehabilitative Services, after consulting Supplement II l-'amily, a nationally known Christian music The St. Joseph Fraternity of the Secular with the Immigration and Naturalization group on Aug. 23rd at 8 p.m. in the Convoca- Franciscan Order invites anyone interested to Service, has determined that Cuban-Hai- ready in October tion Hall at St. Thomas U. Admission free. next meeting on Sept. 1st and every first Sun- tian entrants with an 1-94 (type 1-213) card The North Dade Respect Life Office hosts day of the month at St. Anthony's Church hall with a valid stamp are eligible to partici- The Catechetical Center is in the pro- their second annual luncheon at the Miami 901 N.F.. 2nd St. Ft. Lauderdale at 1 p.m. pate in the Food Stamp Program. cess of preparing supplement II for the Shores Country Club on Sept. 7, at 11:30 a.m. The Catholic Widow-ers Club of Hollywood audio-visual catalog. Due to unforeseen archbishop McCarthy will be special guest. All will hold its monthly meeting on Sept. 6, at • Anyone who may be eligible should go delays the supplement will not be ready proceeds from this luncheon will benefit Nativity Parish Hall, 700 Chaminade Drive, to a local Food Stamp office and request before late October. women and their families. Tickets $15. For Hollywood, at ":30 p.m. Refreshments - live an application. If the request is turned Please visit the Center to preview the 54 more information, call the North Dade Respect music. Non-Members $3.00 - For information new programs or call for information — Life Office, 653-2921. call Sam 989-2558, Pat 566-4466 or Mar> down, contact Legal Services of Greater The Queen of Peace Fraternity of the Secular 921-0685. Miami, 649-5150 or 693-6810. 757-6241, ext. 399. Sisters 'tell their story' in new book Reviewed by Don Zirkel tutional church, others dance joyfully Loretto Sister Maureen McCorm- "Persons blocked by authoritarian When Archbishop Thomas Kelly of within it. They are not clones. That is ack tells what the activist nuns are do- structures from participation in Louisville, Ky., told a group at St. the charm of the book. ing now: fasting to highlight injustice, decision-making on their own behalf James Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., It has all the elements of an an- praying in their rooms instead of the or for the common good of groups to that it's hard to explain U.S. nuns to thology of short stories: compression chapel, giving workshos and retreats, which they belong, become malform- Rome, a woman in the audience ex- and intensity of effect, character challenging the U.S. government and ed, closed in personality, stunted in pressed concern that the sisters weren't development and conflict resolution, the institutional church, socializing maturation, alienated and estranged allowed to explain themselves. That's revealing incidents which help explain with men, marching in the streets, from the persons or groups sup- the purpose of "-Vlidwives of the eacii Otiicf. i uc ei-ctptcrS cue S-iOFt Ciccitiug trie., own liturgies, wearing pressing tiiCU iIiiii«itiVG oli-i dCmUlEU- Future," subtitled "American Sisters histories, or perhaps "herstories." jeans, promoting women's rights, ing their lives." Tell Their Story." Most of these authors began as designing their onw jobs. Are they With Rome at odds with 24 nuns Beginning from a common starting school teachers in a society where "midwives of the future" or have they who signed an abortion-related ad, point, the pre-Vatican irreligious life everyone dressed the same, looked the gone too far? and with even the docile Carmelites ex- "strictly governed by men," 19 sisters same, functioned the same. There was The authors base their new lifestyles pressing "disgust" at the "very hard tell of the subsequent groaning and no reason to believe that individual on pretty good authorities. One is tone and polemical content" of a growing, the implosions and explo- gifts lurked anywhere beneath the sur- Vatican IPs declaration the "Only in Vatican letter, we have more than a lit- sions, toward creative expressions of face. An occasional moment of fame freedom can one direct oneself toward tle squabble among nuns. If you are womanhood. was being photographed on a softball holiness." willing to hear their side of the story, Some are clearly feminists, others field or roller coaster, in full habit. Another is the warning from Karol "Midwives of the Future" is a good are not; some feel crippled by the insti- More than the habits have changed. Wojtyla, the future John Paul II, place to start.

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Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 / PAGE 21 Variations on a By David Gibson future; a common desire for NC News Service happiness. Justice: the word is heard so This attitude regarding the con- frequently in today's church that it nections among people is seen in appears to rank among the someone like Mother Teresa of priorities of Christian living. Calcutta, who not only thinks the But what is justice? Who does poor should be served, but believes the work of justice — and why? others should learn from the poor. To study about justice is not at When there is a belief that all all like learning to type or taking people are somehow connected, the swimming lessons, in which cases, if following questions may arise in a you pay close attention, things will group: Are there ways not just to fall into place rather quickly and respond to each other's needs, but neatly. Instead, the field of justice is intricate — interrelating some of the most important and 'The concern for social complicated concerns of the human justice seems less re- family: It is concerned with protecting human rights; fostering mote and much more human dignity; promoting access by urgent when the all people to the resources and life "facts" include the of society. So, where do discussions of stories of real people justice begin? What are some — unemployed parents building blocks for group discussions of justice? ... abused children.' • First, many discussions of social justice examine the belief that there are connections — vital links to take responsibility for one — among all people: a common another? Should this be done? To concern to be respected and listened what extent can people really to; a common hope for the world's express a responsibility for one — A hungry child.

Thinking it over Resolving questions of justice How can a group of people begin to discuss questions about justice? • To encourage early retirement by those who qualified for it. "I'd begin by asking what occupations and professions" the group's Workplace policies such as these are matters of justice, Marciniak said, members are in, said Edward Marciniak, president of the Institute of Urban "because they deal with relationships between men and women."- Life in Chicago. He is well-known for his lectures and writings on the place Discrimination against minority-group members was another workplace issue of Christianity in the workplace. cited by Marciniak. "I approach it this way because the basic vehicles of Justice are in the He recognizes it is hot easy for a solitary employee to take a justice stand. places we work or are called to," Marciniak said. It is important "to think "Change is never easy. You're dealing with habits and unchanged patterns," through the justice issue in terms of" the workplace. he said. "Find others who understand the situation and"work together." "I'm a businessman with a large company," Marciniak continued. The Finding others of like mind provides "support and motivation" as individuals institute "works with established institutions or grass-roots groups to work for justice. revitalize inner-city neighborhoods." Marciniak recalled a time in the early 1950s when he was involved in Because of financial losses two years running, the institute decided to cut negotiations to integrate Washington, D.C., hotels. Marciniak was inter- back on personnel. The justice issue in that difficult decision was deciding national vice president of the Newspaper Guild then, which included black what principles to follow, Marciniak noted. The institute developed three members. guidelines: A new hotel at the time badly wanted business, Marciniak explained. He • To cut back on personnel across the board, from top to bottom, regard- said the guild told the hotel management: "We'll bring our business but these less of rank and salary. are our conditions." • To explain to employees in a face-to-face discussion why they were being The hotel agreed and the guild's annual convention marked the first time let go. blacks were allowed to register in a previously all-white Washington,D.C., hotel.

against him before he even began. The concern shown by Amos for the He was a southerner sent to preach in rights of disadvantage and exploited the north, a rustic sent to admonish city people is paramount in the sermons of slickers, an uncomplicated person given all God's spokesmen. Thus we read that Southern a mission to people for whom he had when the Israelite people had decided on absolutely no sympathy. In fact, their a fast to obtain God's favor, and noth- way of life revolted him. ing happened, they complained: "Why intruder Still, he answered God's call, and he do we fast, and you do not see it? Af- carried out his task with courage and flict ourselves and you take no note of surprising ingenuity, given his it?" By Father John Castelot background. The collection of sermons God's answer came through the proph- NC News Service which bears Amos' name opens with et: "This) is the fasting that I wish: re- Amos was a shepherd who also tended him preaching in the north's central leasing those bound unjustly untying the sycamore trees, incising the young fruit shrine: Bethel. Here he was sure of a thongs of the yoke; sharing your bread to speed its maturation. His lifestyle dif- large audience. with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed fered almost totally from that of the He began by denouncing Israel's and the homeless; clothing the naked people living in the sophisticated cities enemies: Philistia, Tyre, Edom, Am- with you see them, and not turning your of the northern kingdom of Israel, mon, Moab, Judah. Then, without back on your own" (Isaiah 58:3, 3-5). which had split from the south after pausing for breath, he lashed but at 58:3, 3-5). King Solomon's death. Israel. The effect was stunning. If anything, Jesus intensified the call But the story of Amos reflects the Amos had elicited the people's good for social justice. His every action was a truth of what St. Paul was to write will by itemizing the crimes of their lesson in love for the poor, the ex- much later: "God chose those whom the enemies, then, without warning, he put ploited, the outcast. He linked together world considers absurd to shame the them in the same category with their the two great commands to love God wise; he singled out the weak of this enemies: and love neighbor, and he removed all world to shame the strong" (I Corin- "They sell the just man for silver and limits from the concept of "neighbor." thians 1:27). the poor man for a pair of sandals. The writers of the New Testament re- It was Amos, a man from-Judea's They trample the heads of the weak into peated Jesus' teaching insistently. For hills, that God sent to prophesy to the the dust of the earth, and force the low- them, a professed love of God had to be northerness. But Amos had three strikes" ly out of the way" (Amos 2:6-7). accompanied by the pursuit of justice.

PAGE 22 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 theme of justice another? to an examination of what the life • In discussions of social of Jesus implies for life today. justice, it helps to be aware of some • Again, among Christians, to facts — perhaps some statistics on speak of the rights and the dignity poverty, homelessness, abortion, of human beings is to speak of the unemployment. But these image of God in all people. It discussions tend to thrive only when becomes an exploration of the human faces behind the something sacred. statistics are seen. • And, among Christians, The concern for social justice discussions about building a just seems less remote — and much society become more than more urgent — when "the facts" explorations of kindness or fairness include the stories of real people — or human compassion. Christians .uployed parents whose family begin to ask how one becomes a has disintegrated; abused chil- participant in God's plan of action dren. for the world. In light of the points above, it This brief list of building blocks seems you don't have to be a Chris- for discussions of social justice is tian to be concerned about justice. hardly exhaustive. Many points and The face of a hungry child speaks a questions could be added to it, like universal language. this one: But if you are a Christian, the Can social justice really be discussion of social justice will achieved in this imperfect world? likely take on a special character. But I can just see the discussion • For Christians, reflections on of that question as it develops justice are often sparked by the among a group of Christians. Beatitudes or the parable of the They'd begin to talk about whether Good Samaritan. How Jesus or not worldly success is the treated victims of prejudice and criterion for evaluating our society's outcasts is likely to participation in God's work... become the model for justice. about the value in all efforts to Thus, among Christians, a infuse the world with hope... the discussion of justice can easily lead sacredness of every life...... speaks a universal language The least one can Charity, justice begin at home—then what? By Joe Michael Feist NC News Service On a cloudy, cool and rather dreary Washington, D.C., day last December, Father Rollins Lambert rode down Massachusetts Ave., past fluttering flags outside the stately embassies that line the thoroughfare. That day he had a special destination and intent: He was headed for the South African Embassy, to demonstrate against apartheid and provoke his own arrest. Why did this priest feel it necessary to be arrested? Apartheid, South Africa's system of racial segregation, is evil, Father Lambert said later. "To be silent in the face of such evil may look like acceptance of it; to make a statement or gesture in protest is the least one can do," he added. Father Lambert would be the first to say that working for justice does not require one to march in protests Auxiliary Bishop Emerson Moore of New York leads a group of seven black bishops as they picket the South African Em- or be arrested. But what does it bassy in Washington to protest that government's policy of racial segregation. "To be silent in the face of such evil may ,uire? look like acceptance of it," said Fr. Rollins Lambert, African affairs advisor for the U.S. bishops. "To make a statement or in a recent interview, Father gesture in protest is the least one can do." (Nc photo) Lambert, African affairs adviser for in some recreational pursuit, that's obligation to become informed and It might have to do with delivery of the U.S. Catholic Conference Office unjust," he said. act for justice. services, police action or inaction, or of International Justice and Peace, The next step, for church and Again using South Africa as an enforcement of city housing laws. talked about this. society, continued Father Lambert, example, Father Lambert said that Sometimes a parish group can tackle "In a positive sense, justice and "is to extend the search for justice once informed, every U.S. citizen these things and get some action," charity do begin at home," Father beyond the family" — to the neigh- "has three people in the Congress to said Father Lambert. Lambert said. "We have to think borhood, nation and world. turn to." At the least, he added, the about what others in the family have Father Lambert thinks there must individual can communicate general To Father Lambert, a Chicago a right to or a right to expect." be awareness of "structural feelings and let his representatives archdiocesan priest, it is very This includes, but is not limited to, injustice," such as exists in South know apartheid is considered a important for Christians to be material goods such as food, clothes Africa. There, he said, the whole serious problem. concerned about public affairs. Here and shelter. But there are also system is designed to subjugate the "That's very important these days he quotes from the New Testament emotional and psychological rights, black majority population. with cities and states contemplating letter of James: Father Lambert indicated. To begin working for justice, it is divestment" or withdrawal of their "If a brother or sister has nothing "It really is unjust for a husband of course necessary to know and investments in South Africa, he said. to wear and no food for the day, or wife to deprive each other of the understand a given situation, he said. It is vital, the priest believes, for and you say to them, 'Goodbye and time and attention and love that they "Ignorance is an excuse for not people to organize to fight injustices. good luck! Keep warm and well fed,' are entitled to, or to deprive their doing anything," said Father "Suppose you have racial or ethnic but do not meet their bodily needs, children of these things. For Lambert. But when that ignorance is tension in a community. People can what good is that? So it is with the example, if one member of the other penetrated by whatever means, the organize to combat the injustices that faith that does nothing in practice. It spends all his or her time working or person is under somewhat of an are usually the cause of the tensions. is thoroughly lifeless (2:15-17).

Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985 /PAGE 23 Fr. Peyton: His priesthood was the answer to a prayer

TUCSON, Ariz. (NC) — Holy Father Petyon is the sixth of Cross Father Patrick Peyton was nine children born in Carracastle, a young man of 30 when he lay Ireland. He attributes his faith to on his deathbed and beseeched accept life's challenges to his dai- the Holy Mother to heal him. ly praying of the rosary he ex- When she answered his prayers, perienced as a child. he pledged to her that he would "It built me in faith. It built spend his life promoting devotion me in love. It built me an exam- to her, particularly through the ple that stood me well when at family rosary. the age of 19 I immigrated to At age 76 today, Fr. Peyton is America," he said. known the world over for his im- Upon arriving in Scranton, pact on family prayer life. His Pa., Father Peyton had "no no- slogan, "The family that prays tion of becoming a priest." It together stays together," which wasn't until about a month after sprang from the Albany, N.Y. taking a job as a sexton of St. Family Rosary Crusade he Peter's Cathedral in Scranton founded, has become recognized that he decided that "I would by people of all faiths. love to be a priest." A month af- ter he entered the seminary, his older brother, Thomas F. Peyton, with whom he immigrated, left 'He attributes his faith the coal mines and joined him. They are both Holy Cross priests to accept life's chal- today. lenges to his daily pray- As he was completing his theo- ing of the rosary as a logical studies in Washington, D.C., he was stricken with tuber- child' culosis and nearly died. When he was finally strong enough, he was moved to the headquarters of the Holy Cross priests in South Bend, Also the creator of "Family Ind. At age 30, he was placed in Theater," 40 years ago, Fr. the infirmary among "the old Peyton told the Arizona Catholic priests waiting their turn to die." Lifetime, the newspaper of the di- When his condition began to ocese of Tucson, he felt called to deteriorate, physicians said "the "go to the ends of the earth and two words that changed my life." cry out to families the world over The ailing seminarian was told, of the need for family prayer." "Try prayer. Our remedies are Father Peyton spoke with the worthless." Catholic newspaper while on the For Father Peyton, "This was set of "The Ascension," one of a the whole challenge of a new series of films "Family lifetime." He said he asked the Theater" is producing on the Blessed Mother to restore his mysteries of the rosary. health and she did. Fr. Patrick Peyton, 76, has traveled the world over to promote the power of "The Ascension" was being His mother also prayed for the prayer and to help families learn to pray the rosary together, (NC photo) filmed in Old Tucson and stars health of her son and offered her Michael Wilding, who plays the life for her son's. ting me back in the seminary." spread the good word so that the same role of Jesus he played in "She got sick with a stroke two As a means of saying thank world would appreciate the seven the NBC-TV mini-series "A.D." months after me and died in De- you, Father Peyton said God told words you cry out, 'The family last spring. Wilding is the son of cember," he said. "When they him "to harness the media which that prays together stays actress Elizabeth Taylor. buried my mother they were let- makes the world a village and together.' " Steeplejacks raise (church) roofs SAVANNAH, Ga. (NC) — High ago and became a steeplejack, learn- altitudes don't bother the O'Neil ing the trade from his father. family. As a matter of fact, family He and his wife, Beverly, went in- members spend most of their waking to business for themselves and were hours tiptoeing on rooftops and later joined by their two sons, bumping heads with clouds. Timothy and Darrell, and their fami- The O'Neils are steeplejacks. They lies. specialize in all kinds of roof repair, The group travels togther in three including the intricate work of restor- trailers, making local campgrounds ing church steeples and crosses and their home while they're on a job. weathervanes on top of towers. Back in Michigan another family The family recently came to Sa- member serves as their answering vannah to repair the roof and steeple service. of the Cathedral of St. John the On any given day, the O'Neils Baptist. The sinking of the founda- might be doing metal work, installing tion below the bell towers caused light rods, cleaning, tuck-pointing, gaps to appear between the tower painting, waterproofing or gold-leaf- and the roof shingles. ing. The O'Neils' scrapbook is filled with pictures of churches and other They don't use scaffolding and buildings on which they've worked, they've never had an accident, they ranging from the First Baptist said. Church in West Palm Beach, Fla., to The sight of the O'Neils dangling St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in from steeples always generates public Steeplejacks Tim and Linda O'Neil repair the steeple of St. John the Baptist Bay City, Mich., their hometown. interests, and their pictures have Cathedral in Savanna, Ga. The couple is part of a family that travels the "I've got friends all over the coun- graced the sheets of countless news- country to repair the roofs of churches and other buildings, (NC photo by Darren try," said Jerry O'Neil, who retired papers and magazines as well as tele- O'Neil). from the Dow Chemical Co. 14 years vision programs. PAGE 24 / Miami, Florida / THE VOICE / Friday, August 23,1985