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VOL. LXVIl NO. 3 JANUARY 16. 1991 ^Gtcrado's Largest Weekly 20 PAGES 25 CENTS Father Alimena called to active duty By Charlene Scott Father Alimena grew up one of four children of a Register Staff Pennsylvania fatnily. He has a strong sense of duty, but As the U.S. Congress debated and finally gave its con admitted to “ feeling somewhat unsettled at this time.” sent Jan. I 2 to war in the Persian Clulf, a Denver priest “ 1 am not happy to go because of the circumstances packed his bags in preparation for that war. and the very grim possibilities for the future,” he said. One of the top officials of the Archdiocese of Denver, Iti residence at Holy Ghost Parish in Denver, Fat her Father l.eonard S. Alimena, Secretary for Administra Alimena has served at the C'athedral of the Immaculate tion and Planning, has been called to active duty. Conception and at St. Vincent de Paul, Nortre Dame, The state chaplain for the Army National Ciiiard since St. Marlin de Porres and St. Mary’s in 1 ittleton par 1986, leather Alimena holds the rank of colonel atitl co ishes. ordinates the work of seven other ;irmy chaplaitis withiti Very traumatic Colorado. “ 1 have had a lot of e.xperience in ivtuishes tlealing Unnerved with people’s problems,” he said. “ Hut the prirblems will "I.ike everybody else, I am ittinerved by the whole be very traumatic if the Gulf crisis escalates.” thing,” F-'ather Alimena said catididly as he spoke ol the As the new chaplain at Hunter Air Field, he will looming crisis in the Persian Cuilf. replace a priest chaplain who has been sent to Saudi F'ather Alimena has been called to a temporary tour Arabia. of active duty for 90 days. FJe will serve as the chaplain “ Priests are in short supply in the army, w'hich is at Hunter Army Air F^ield in Savannah, Ga., reporting desperate for priests,” Father Alimena said. “ .Some in for duty Jan. 21. stallations like Ft. Carson used to have five priest chap ‘‘1 will be doing counseling with families, and if and lains, but now' have only one or two. There are not when hostilities break out, 1 will be involved in notifying enough priests to go around.” James Baca OCR Photo families of deaths and in conducting military funerals.” Continued on page 6 Father Leonard S. Alimena Boulder man joins Gulf Peace Team
By Meg Sandoval grew too quickly and sparked little opposition. A Boulder resident. Winters is a part-time bus driver Register Staff “ People weren’t talking much about war, they weren’t for the Regional Fransportatioti District (R I'D) and a While America watched football, Dan Winters doing much,” said Winters, the father of three. “ It computer science teacher at the Colorado F ree Univer watched the specter of war take shape and gain sub seemed like we were so preoccupied with football that sity. He also has taught at Regis College in Denver. stance in the Persian Gulf — a development that for him nothing else was going on.” Winters left for Iraq Ian. 9 to join the Cnilf Peace Team, a I.ondon-based group that is camped between the opposing armies. The group is an international, non- aligned group willing to risk their lives to prevent war by forming a human buffer zone. He plans to spend 10 days at the peace camp and hopes to return by Jan. 20. He will be joined by as many 50 other Americans and up to 250 others from I-urope by Jan. 15, the cutoff date set by the IJ.S. for the with drawal of Iraqi troops fu)in occupied Kuwait. The peace camp is located in Iracj about a mile from the Saudi Arabian border and 2(K) kilometers southwest of Baghdad. I'he Iraqis, the U..S. military forces and the Saudis all are aware of the peace team’s presence, ac cording to Winters. “ It (the peace team) is a spontaneous thing that stiirt ed before Christmas. I hey said ‘Look, Bush is goitig to start a war, we’ve got to do something.’ Fhis is about stopping the United States frt)m initiating a war,” Winters said. F he peace protestors w ill stay in tents set up on con Crete platform s. Running water also is available. W inters said he does not e.xpect contact with II.S . troops and would be arrested by the Saudis if he were to cross their b o r d e r . He said he will take a map of the areii with him “ just in case.” I he camp is on the site of an old .Moslem way station that leads to the holy city of Mecca, a historical fact that Winters said he found interesting and comforting. ‘Give peace a chance.’ “ I was going tt) go to Baghdad on my own and see what 1 could do myself from there, then through friends at the F-ellowship of Reconciliation (a Kansas City, Mo. based group), I made contact with the peace team.” Dan Winter of Boulder is on his way to join the Gulf Peace Team that will serve in a buffer camp on the border of
Saudi Arabia between the opposing forces of Iraq and the United States and its allies. James Baca d c r Photo Continued on page 6
Death in El Salvador l a i i i a a j r Promise of marriaae
P A G E 3 P A G E 4 P A G E 5 Page 2 — January 16, 1991 — D< Catholic Register The last decade of a violent century (Editor's note: the fulluwint' is the homily on the oc Before writing the statement, we prayed, studied the Secondly, war in itself will not bring about a resolu casion of the National Day of Prayer for Peace in the history of the Arab world and reflected on the diversity tion of the multiple issues in the Middle East. It will not Middle Hast, Jan. 13, in the Cathedral of the Immacu of religions which originated in that holy land; and we resolve the problems but exacerbate them. Though a war late Conception.) listened to the cries of members of families who over may reestablish the boundaries for the Kuwaiti people, A recent headline in one of our Denver daily papers many decades had endured excruciating deprivations. it will never be a home that is safe or peaceful. War will captured aptly the state of our nation — “ teetering on The central insight we gained was that the problems simply aggravate the problems that currently exist in the the brink.’’ Most persons would agree that we are teeter of the Middle Fast are numerous and complex. They are Middle East and create countless additional problems for ing on the edge of war. In contrast, the gospel for this w'oven into the history, traditions and religious beliefs the future. The destructive capacity of modern military Sunday places us on the banks of the Jordan River with of people who occupy the lands of ancient .Mesopota hardware in that region is unimaginable. Jesus, the prince of peace — reminding us that the only mia, the ancestral home of Abraham, our father in faith, Thirdly, I do not believe that we have yet verified all Son of the eternal l ather, in whom the Father is well of Syria, of the Jordan Valley and of the Judean high the criteria of the ancient tradition of the Church for en pleased, has chosen in humility, in compassion and in lands. It is impossible to discover one issue in the Mid tering into a just war against Iraq. love to make His home among us. dle l-ast which can be completely isolated from all the The damage that would occur using only convention Right now that Jordan River Valley,the people who live others which exist there. As we said in our 1989 state al weapons would be devastating enough, but the im there and throughout the Middle Fast and the very land ment ; mediate and long-term consequences of a war in which that sustains, them are threatened with the immediate “ To address the Middle East is to confront a region chemical and/or nuclear weapons may be used would C‘ possibility of a massive war, and a future which will with a sacred character and a conlJicted history. To un create irreparable and unforeseen damage for human bring us further generations of derstand ‘the .Middle East question’ it is necessary to life, history and the earth. haired, racism, and conflict. probe political, religious, cultural and moral i.ssues which It is clear that the best remaining remedy is interces n The consequences of a war in are woven together in a complex tapestry. Reducing the sory prayer. We recall the words of Pope Paul VI at the the .Middle blast at this time reality of the Middle Fast to one dimension — whether United Nations, “ No more war, war never again.’’ will usher in a new millennium it be political, military, religious, ethnic or economic — I restate what we said in our 1989 letter: marked by a fresh infusion of inevitably distorts the nature of the problems people and “ The search for peace in the region requires the best violence into the fabric of nations face there. I'his quest for simplification in turn resources of reason, but it also should rely upon the wDtld society. In this last dec leads to proposals which frustrate the task of shaping faith, prayer and convictions of the religious traditions ade of the old millennium, a a just and stable peace in the .Middle East.’’ (from: which call the Middle East their home. war will serve only to imprint I'oward Peace in the .Middle liast: Perspectives, Princi “ Above all else, the achievement of a just and last more firmly upon the genera ples and Hopes, Nov. 9, 1989.) ing peace is a grace and gift of God. Although human tions of the twentieth century C.'onsequently, I am deeply troubled by the probabili peacemakers have their essential roles — ultimately peace the image of the beast, the ty that the United .States will go to war in this region comes as a work of God in history.’’ (from: Toward most violent in human history. which gave birth to the three great monothestic religions: Peace in the Middle East: Perspectives, Principles and And so today — we pray for Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. In my September 19, Hopes, Nov. 9, 1989.) a miracle! We pray and beg Ciod to touch the hearts of 1990, letter to President George Bush, I wrote “ that W'e pray today that our national and world leaders all world leaders and to show us the way to peace as we military action is a measure of last resort to be used af will recognize the way of peace — and will use the reli prepare to enter the twenty-first century. ter all peaceful alternatives have been exhausted.” To gious and intellectual resources in order to achieve the Over a year and a half ago, the United .States Catho day, my heart, mind and conscience are troubled pre supreme goal of peace in the Middle East so desired by lic Conference, the policy arm of the National Confer cisely because I am convinced that military action can all peoples. ence of Catlu)lic Dishops, issued a statement on the \lid- be employed only as a last resort. May I be more explicit Today’s Gospel says that Jesus came to the Jordan dle Fast. In that statement we made an urgent plea to concerning what troubles my conscience. River, one of the neuralgic points in the present conflict. the leaders of the United States, to the United Nations First, I am troubled because of the loss of human life Fhrough His baptism He brought about a new creation and of the Jewish and Arab stales to make serious and in a war. Hundreds of thousands of human beings — by the Spirit and water. As Jesus rose from the waters deliberate efforts toward building a just and lasting our brothers and sisters — will be killed, seriously in of the Jordan river, our world rises with him. Today we peace among all nations in the Middle Fast. The bishops jured or psychologically maimed as a result of war. It can give due honor to Christ’s baptism by being cleansed who had visited the Middle Fast and participated in the will not be a war that ends when we pul away the weap entirely of hatred and celebrate this feast in holiness and consultation with regional leaders before drafting the ons and everyone goes home — its disastrous conse peace. 1989 statement made their own an.xieties of the peoples quences will infect generations to come. In his Christ of the Middle Fast and their struggles to live in peace mas Day address. Pope John Paul II described such a J. Francis Stafford with justice and dignity. war as “ an adventure with no return.’’ Archbishop of Denver Relief letter CCS to launch advocacy program Archbishop J. Francis .Stafford received the follow Catholic Community Services announced this week ing letter dated Dec. 28 from Fawrence A. Pe//ullo, Ex Welfare families in Colorado “ for the most part live that it will launch a slate-wide advocacy and education ecutive Director, Catholic Relief .Services: below the federal poverty level. They don’t receive al program on Colorado’s poor, especially those on wel enough assistance to even attain a ‘poor’ standard of liv Dear Archbishop Stafford, fare. On behalf of Catholic Relief Services and Operation ing,’’ he reported. According to James Mauck, executive director, CCS Rice Bowl, 1 would like to thank you and the Archdio will work with the Catholic Community Services offices cese of Denver for your generous donation of $20,1 10.05 in the Diocese of Colorado Springs and Pueblo as well to Operation Rice Bowl. Archbishop’s as with the Colorado Catholic Conference and other or As you know, this money will all go to long term de ganizations to provide parishes with information on the velopment projects in countries all around the world. Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) pro Activities Operation Rice Bowl’s theme of the Global l-'amily at gram and to train parish-based “ experts” to develop ad January 6 lo January 12, 1991 tempts to remind people that as Ciod’s children we all vocacy networks for the poor around the state. January 10 bear a responsibility to care for and assist one another. AFDC, the government’s welfare assistance program 8:30 a.m., meeting with the employees of the I he 25 percent of the ORB money that remains in for primarily poor single mothers and children, “ keeps Catholic Pastoral Center and related agencies, Good yt)ur diocese hopefully will enable people to realize that food on the table and a roof over the heads of poor fam Shepherd Grade School, Denver. the Church is called upon to address and serve a wide ilies, but not much more,’’ Mauck said. 10:30 a.m., meeting of the Presbyteral Council, variety of human needs. ... , ^ .Sincerely “ Nevertheless, AFDC is a lifeline for 36,(XX) of Col Catholic Pastoral Center. I.aw pence A. Pezzullo orado’s poorest families. Without it, they face a future 2:30 p.m., meeting with the deans of the Archdi Executive Director of homelessness and hunger.’’ ocese of Denver, Catholic Pastoral Center. Archbishop J. Francis Stafford recently called for a January 11 15 percent state increase in the basic AFDC grant. 9:30 a.m., Committee of Vicars and Secretaries, The Denver Catholic Register Catholic Community Services strongly supports that Catholic Pastoral Center. increase, Mauck said. 3 p.m., Convocation of Theologians, Saint Tho “ While a bill to more adequately provide for the poor mas Theological Seminary, Denver. Th« Most Rovorond J. Francis Stofford. D.D., publisher January 12 Msgr. C.B. Woodrich, associate publisher may not be enacted this year by the State Legislature, R o ^ rt H. Foanay, executive editor our elected leaders and the private sector must explore 12:15 p.m., keynote address, Legislative Issues ’91 CHorlona Scott, managing editor ways to develop the funding for an AFDC increase in Forum, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, North Mog Sandovol. reporter glenn. Dovid Myars. reporter the next year. 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Denver Catholic Register — January 16, 1991 — Page 3 Roses bloom where priests’ blood shed By George McHendry Editors note: this is the second in a series on El Salvador. If there is any one theme that comes through time af ter time when one spends any time in El Salvador today, it’s the paradox of the beauty of the country and the people set against the reality of what has been happen ing in El Salvador for the past 11 years. r When our group arrived at San Salvador Oct. 22, that tone was set immediately when we pulled over to the side of the road not more than a couple of miles from the San Salvador airport to reflect on why our group had made the decision to travel to a country that would rank pretty low in most American’s travel plans. As it turned out, the place where we pulled over was near the location where four American nuns were bru tally raped and murdered 10 years ago. At that site, we offered a prayer for the sisters that were slain in that lush, tropical setting, and pressed on to the city of San Salvador, where we were to see first hand that this was only one location of many that has marked extreme violence where the Church was in volved. A visit to the cathedral On our first full day in the city, we went into the cen tral plaza to see the main cathedral. As one looked Eight red rose bushes bloom on the site of the killings of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador. The priests and two women across the square of the plaza and to the top of the bank were murdered one year ago at the Universidad de Central America. Photos by Gsofgo McHonory building across from the Cathedral, memories of the funeral procession for the fallen leader of the church. Archbishop Oscar Romero, came back to our group. When the funeral procession made its way to the Cathe dral, El Salvadoran troops ordered the mourning crowd to disperse. When they did not disperse, soldiers from the roof of the bank across the street opened fire on the massed civilians in the square and on the steps of the ca thedral, killing hundreds and wounding many more. The cathedral itself currently is begin completely reno vated, which is interesting since Archbishop Romero had refused before his death to allow the renovation. His feeling was that the money could be used in better ways to help the 90 percent of the population who are so desperately poor. Now, with his body lying is state in the cathedral undergoing renovation, the work goes on. The cathedral is not open to visitors or worshipers these days. We were fortunate to find a man who seemed to have enough authority to let us enter the cathedral, and while there, we were able to see the tomb of Arch bishop Romero and the work in the giant house of God that left a residue of dust over the coffin. As the arch f e e y V rv) T / ' i f ^ ^ bishop watches the work from his heavenly .seat, is he approving of the work being done? Probably not. Spirit of Romero alive Archbishop Romero believed, and in fact stated be fore his death, that if he were killed, his spirit would rise up in the people and the work of the Church would con tinue. What comes home is the fact that he was indeed speaking the truth, as the spirit of the fallen leader is ev erywhere in El Salvador. rv Pictures of the archbishop are everywhere, with the \. V possible exception of the U.S. Embassy and the office of the spokesman of the El Salvadoran military. Given Archbishop Romero kept an apartment not far from the chapel where he was murdered. His room is as it was at the the United States position on what is happening there, time of his death. and the involvement of the Salvadoran military in the death of the archbishop, that didn’t surprise any of our group. The images of Archbishop Romero were in offices that we visited, in school rooms that I went to in San Salvador, and were quite visible at the Universidad de Centro America (known by most in El Salvador as UCA), the site just a year ago of the slaying of six Jesuit priests and two of their employees. Time to reflect We met with Father Dean Brakley, Jesuit professor of ethics, and after an hour of walking the campus and reflecting on what happened there a year ago, we relived that morning of November 16, 1989 with Father Brak ley, as he took us, step-by-step, through the events of that tragic morning. We went to the quarters of two of the priests, pictured how they were forced out of their room in the early morning hours and then made to march down a long courtyard to a grassy knoll, where they were forced to lie in the grass facing downward. The six priests, plus the two housekeepers, were bru tally murdered at that spot. Today that area has been sectioned off, and there are eight red rosebushes at the site of the slavines. We were given time to reflect, and to wonder how that could, in an atmosphere of such beauty at the universi ty, have happened. And more remarkably, we could only wonder why, a year later, not one person stood trial for Continued on page 18 This is the hospital chapel where Archbishop Romero was slain while delivering Communion during Mass. J •
Page 4 — January 16, 1991 — Denver Catholic Register Poverty unfair to kids and mamas By Mary Gibson and had a baby. At age 18, ex-husband. The father of Being poor is the pits. she was divorced and on her other three children But, climbing out of welfare. was injured in an industri po\erty and making it of f Bacheco and her daugh al accident and is now dis welfare is no easy task ei ter, Veronica, now 17, abled and unable to pro ther. lived with a grandmother. vide any support. Maria I’acheco, 35 and Bacheco finally found a The family, while still her four children know job in a plant doing assem on welfare, has come a this all too well. bly work. There she met long way in three years. “ What I want most is a another man and fell in Maria earned her GED. job, a job that pays well love. He is the father of Veronica will graduate enough so we can live de her other three children; from West High School in cently,” Maria says. Maria Carmen, H); .lesse, June, the first member of On Aid to I-'amilies with 8, and Anna, 5. Maria’s extended family to Dependent Children Rocky relationship reach this goal. (Ai-'DC), she is working The father, a construc The high school senior is hard to realize that goal. tion worker, took Maria on the honor roll, a mem She’s finished her first and the children to Cali ber of the school’s leader semester at Community fornia with him seven ship team, and a peer College of Denver through years a g ci where he counselor. Veronica also ti $l,()()5 federal govern thciught he could find works part-time to earn ment Bell grant, maintain work. But the relationship money for school activities ing a 3.4 grade point aver turned rocky, and Maria and clothes. age. If she can complete and the children moved in Veronica’s part-time in three more semesters, and (sut several times. come, however, caused the she’ll have an associate de Eiach time she moved out, family’s focid stamp allot gree in human services. Mttria liad no way to sup ment to be cut by $50 a .'\ n d a good jo b , she port the children and went month. hopes, one that will pay back on welfare. Very unfair hei at least $7 per hour “ We lived in some real “ It’s very unfair,” Mar plus medical and dental ly ugly, dirty places. It was ia maintains. “ Because James Baca/DCR Photo benefits. hard on all of us, but espe V eronica’s working for Maria Pacheco, second from left, who receives Aid to Families with Dependent Children Anything less and she cially the kids.’’ she school expenses and cloth (AFDC), is proud of her children: Carmen, 10, left, Anita, 5, Veronica, 17, and Jesse, 8. could be back in the wel remembered. ing, we have less money fare cycle again. Three years ago, she and for food. AFDC just Bacheco has been on the children moved back doesn’t give teens a and off welfare for years. to Denver on their own. chance. Boor kids know ROBERT M. FITZGERALD Born and reared in Den Destitute, they ended up at they can get pregnant and PRAY Attorney At Law ser, she grew up in an Samaritan House until go on AFDC themselves. Full Practice — Medical A I-DC family. She they c(5uld get housing and And they do. We’re penal dropped out (if high back on welfare. She gets ized because Veronica is LIVING WILLS school at 16, got married no child support from her Continued on page 7 FOR “Wbat you and your family require for difficult medical decisions.” 180 Cook St., Suite 404 Denver, CO 80206 PEACE CALL: (303) 333-5023 INITIAL CONSULTAnON: NO CHARGE
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The parish can bring forth a good Jan. 21-24 will be “ Marriage: Celebrating the Promise.” ministry for newlyweds.” The program will include an impressive tally of speak Thomas will emphasize that marriages “ should be ers, who will discuss various topics having to do with kind of a celebration for the whole parish. 1 want to marriage and the Church. challenge the idea as to whether we might develop a sys Dick Bowles, director of the Rite of Christian Initia tem where marriages might be celebrated in the context tion of Adults for Liturgy and Marriage preparation at of Sunday Mass.” Risen Christ Church Parish, will be discussing the chal He admitted that this is a radical idea, but that it lenges of interfaith marriages. would offer an opportunity for broader celebration of "The session will address the pastoral and ritual im these events. plications of the marriage covenant when it is experi “ Unless the parish itself work on those foundation enced by Catholics and persons from other Christian and communities, then its own efforts at developing commu non-Christian traditions,” he said. nity life are impeded.” Support for interfaith couples Lhomas went on to say that marriage and family con They also will place much emphasis on the pastoral tribute to the life of the parish as a community. support for couples who come from different faith tra ditions as they prepare for parish life. Message of Christianity According to Bowles, “ 46 percent of all marriages in “ If the message of Christianity is the message of in the Church today include people who come from anoth spirational love,” he said, “ then 1 think that some of er tradition.” the meaning of that language needs to be translated into He said that 30 or 40 years ago interfaith marriages the ordinary life of the parish.” were frowned upon, and that the number was relatively His seminar will include effects of the difficulty of be small. ing good parents of teenagers or handicapped children, Moving from that “ reality, which was really oppres and how stress can be helped if different parents can be sive,” Bowles said the Church ultimately obtained a new- linked together. official position. A few of the numerous major presenters will be Vicki “ Paul VI gave new' status to couples of dif ferent faiths Klima, director of worship from St. Laiil/Minnetipolis, and opened more doors.” ffe went on to say that the who will present a seminar entitled “ Curious Customs: Pope has visited people in interfaith marriages. Why Can’t My Dog Be the Ring-Bearer At .My VV'ed- “ It would be best if couples shared the same faith and ding?” riiis program will include, theology behind the traditions, because statistics tell us that marriages of peo marriage rite versus secular wedding traditions. ple from the same background have a better chance of l ather John Baldovin, from the Jesuit .School ol The surviving.” ology at Berkeley, will present a seminar entitled, “ Mar Dave Thomas, director of Master of Arts in the Adult riage As A Living Sacrament.” The presentatit>n will ex Christian Community Development F’rogram at Regis plore how Christian marriage today witnesses C od’s love College, also will be speaking. for the world. Lor additional information about the 1991 Liturgical Ministry for newlyweds Jam es Baca OCR Photo “ Is there anything the parish can do to support mar- Conference, call (719) 544-9861. Dick Bowles U.S. bishops may write pastoral on the environment
By Ines Pinto Alicea Reilly, a Catholic, said ues that underlie religicJii W ASHINGTON (CNS) conservation and steward with nature conservation — William K. Reilly, head ship of nature are two im and management and the of the Environmental Pro portant aspects of Catholic relationship between peo tection Agency, has asked tradition. For example, St. ple and the environment.” the U.S. bishops to write a Benedict created a reli pastoral letter tJii nature gious order that works to Reilly said he has ex conservation and environ nurture and improve the tended his call for moral messages to other religious mental protection. earth and St. Francis of “ L.ittle effort has been Assisi was well known for leaders as well because he said such statements are made in this American his reverence of nature, powerful in influencing church to address the en Reilly said. vironm ent,” Reilly told Many modern-day policy makers, business and community leaders Catholic News Service. Catholics have also ex and individuals. Often, “ You very rarely hear in pressed their concern grass-roots projects are church about the environ about the environment, more helpful in improving ment.” Reilly said. Pope John the environment than laws Reilly has asked the Paul II spoke about the bishops on several occa spiritual dimensions of en alone are, he said. sions to write a pastoral vironmental problems in “ When consumers buy letter on the environment his 1990 World Day of ‘green’ products, when since his appointment in Peace message. The West drivers use clean fuels, February 1989, but the German and Philippine when people opt to recycle bishops have decided to bishops have written pas or improve energy efficien take a different approach, toral letters on the en cy, these are decisions said John Carr, secretary vironment. that, made on a large for the U.S. bishops’ De But the U.S. bishops scale, can matter more partment of Social Devel need to address environ than laws,” Reilly said in opment and World Peace. mental issues that affect a speech to ecumenical Carr said the bishops’ U..S. Catholics such as tox leaders May 18 in Wash International and Domes ic air pollution, ground- ington . tic Policy Committees have water contamination, acid “ We aspire to be more held three hearings in the rain and waste disposal, than 1 civilization of con- past year in an effort to Reilly said. U.S. citizens sum yj t i o n and c o n develop a series of reflec produce 1 1 billion tons cf sumerism, a throwaway tions on Catholic social waste per year, about 4 society that uses, d'seard*. teaching and the environ pounds per per'^on per and then moves on, leav ment. A pastoral letter on day, he added. Of that, ing its mess behind,” he the subject would have only 13 percent can be added. been too massive of a recycled. project at this time, he Reilly said the pastoral At the parish level, the added. The published letter would heighten church could strive to con reflections could be com awareness of “ humanity’s serve energy, recycle, plant The 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, an encyclical on Catholic social teaching, pleted by the end of 1991, ethical obligation to na trees and car pool, Reilly was celebrated at the pastoral center Jan. 9. Father Dennis Kennedy and Sister Peggy Carr said. ture” and relate “ the val said. Maloney served birthday cake to mark the occasion. James Baca/tDCR Photo Page 6 — January 16, 1991 — Denver Catholic Register Boulder man joins Gulf Peace Team Continued from page 1 Moral, social and environmental activism is not new Blood for oil Even though he and other members of the Gulf Peace provoking a non-violent solution to the Persian Gulf for Winters. He and his wife Shelia are active members Team will be on Iraqi soil. Winters said that fact does crises. Winters said he is worried about becoming “ an of St. Thomas Aquinas parish, where he is a member not disturb him. involuntary guest.” and former chairman of the f’eace and Justice Social “ You can’t worry about being killed because you’re Concerns Committee. “ The Saudis and the Kuwaitis want war now, the Ira qis want to wait and they’ll welcome anything that buys going to be there in the middle of things,” he said. “ But Winters has also been an active participant at Rocky 1 worry about being gassed.” them more time,” he said. F-'lats demonstrations in Broomfield. He said he discussed his decision to take a stand in Careful in stating his pt)silion on the impending war. “ War will not happen because the troops are there. the desert with 50 other members of the peace team and i... Winters said he does not condone the actions of either It will happen because of the oil and our standard of liv ing that is so dependent on it,” he said. “ It shouldn’t with his wife and children aged 18, 25 and 27. He made the United States or Iraq at this point. sure they understood his reasons for going. be blood for oil.” “ What would you think of a country that builds up “ My daughter’s eyes got a little wider, but 1 think she its military forces to the teeth and then crosses a bor understands,” he said. der?” he asked. “ This is an extreme view, but it looks ‘It will happen because of the ‘Faith is a good word.’ familiar — like Pearl Harbor. If the United States He said his decision to go to the buffer camp and his doesn’t declare war and we start a war, then that is my oil and our standard of living feelings as he made preparations to leave have strength position.” ened his faith in God. “ We’re just saying that now is not the time for war,” that is so dependent on it.’ said Winters. “ Like Jesse Jackson, we are saying, ‘Give — Dan Winters “ Faith is a good word,” Winters said. “ It will all Peace a chance.’ l et the embargo and the trade sanc work out — you just have to try, and that is what I am tions work.” Although he appears very calm and comfortable with doing. A more comfortable, peaceful feeling has come his decision to place himself at risk in the hope of over me since I made this decision.” Father Alimena Arvada called to duty Western art rM;- Continued from page 1 i Father Alimena ha.s been a priest most of his life. He The Arvada Center IF SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS entered the seminary at the age of 14, “just out of grade Museum and Gallery is YO U R G O A L, school,” and was ordained in 1957 at the Pontifical Col showing Two Centuries of lege Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. He has served in Western Art: Selections OUR CLASSES CAN HELP the National Guard for 24 years. from the American Heri “ We are on the brink — and it is all so useless,” he tage Center Art Collection. Spring quarter registration for THE VINCENTIAN INSTITUTE said. The Lower Gallery will Frightening feature A Western Eye: OF PASTORAL STUDIES at Saint Thomas Theological Semi “ War settles nothing in the long run. It’s frightening, Contemporary Western nary begins January 23. Classes start February 25, 1991. We have such awesome ways of waging war today, such Landscape, while the ex fierce air power and weaponry. No one should ever get hibit Trails Through Time, involved in war.” in the Westlines Gallery, THE VINCENTIAN INSTITUTE OF PASTORAL STUDIES offers Yet he will be involved: in the healing of the pain and will trace the settlement of workshops, seminars, certificate and degree programs designed sorrow resulting from war if it ensues. the West. “ It will be a terrible, terrible war, ” he predicted The Arvada Center for with your spiritual well-being and lay ministry needs in mind. For solemnly. the Arts and Humanities is more information attend an information meeting, January 17 at “ I will need your prayers, and so will the poor people located at 6901 W ads worth Blvd. 7:00 p.m. in Saudi Arabia and their families and loved ones.”
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Denver Catholic Register — January 16, 1991 — Page 7 Poverty unfair to kids and mannas Continued from page 4 plex, owned by the Denver If Maria can finish her AFDC clients typically ment can’t do it all. Our families off welfare and to Housing Authority, is only have contact only with a only hope is to involve the self-sufficiency is very, working hard to graduate schooling and get a good $31 a month. She got $86 job, she can still expect technician, who determines private sector. Getting very dilficult.” and earning a few dollars in LEAP assistance last continued eligibility. to help out.” some help from AFDC if year to help with winter she needs it. At DFO, however, Maria makes sure the heating bills, but nothing According to Curt skilled case managers work younger children are not this year. Pesicka of the Denver De with families to help them TO without activities to keep The family receives $240 partment of Social Serv go off welfare through ed them occupied. Maria Car a month in food stamps ices, AFDC clients who se- ucation, training and goal jESUS men belongs to the Girl’s and a $512 monthly cure jobs and go off setting. DFO helped Club. Jesse is a member of AFDC grant. welfare can retain Medi Pacheco get her Pell grant the Boy’s Club and was THROUGH One pair of shoes caid for up to one year ‘‘to and provides a monthly honored as ‘‘Boy of the bus pass for her to get to ‘‘I buy each of the chil tide them over until they Month” in October. He school and back. MARY dren one good pair of ath can get private insurance also plays Little League Pacheco and her family letic shoes each year. They benefits.” baseball. All the children are one of 700 AFDC fam cost $50 each, but if I get are on the honor roll at Child care subsidies, ilies enrolled in DFO, the them big enough, they last Westwood Elementary some food stamps and maximum DFO can han all year and the kids can School. subsidized housing, if dle. Another 700 families wear them through win Maria herself serves on available, can also help are on a waiting list. The ter.” Maria said. the Bilingual Advisory stabilize the family until total AFDC caseload in Committee and the Stu Winter coats come from the mother is making Denver, however, is 9,(KM) dent Improvement Adviso the annual coat drive for enough to support the families. DFO is only able ry Committee at West- the poor and are free. family without assistance. to help eight percent of wood, and is a member of Most of the family’s other Once Maria gets her as them. the Denver Social Services’ clothing comes from sociate degree, ‘‘she will be Partially funded by the Family Opportunity Client church drives, although in a much better position federal government, D1(J Advisory Board. Maria occasionally shops to find a good paying woiks closely with private Still, the move to get off at thrift stores. job,” he said. businesses and non-profit welfare is hard. Pacheco ‘‘Most of our money Self sufficiency organizations for assist even has some assistance goes for food. It’s hard to Pacheco has been aided ance with employment, many other AFDC fami stretch what we get to feed in her schooling and move training and grants for lies do not have. a family of five,” Maria toward self-sufficency by AFDC clients. The family has subsi reported. ‘‘The beginning Denver Family Opportuni ‘‘DFO creates commu dized housing, something of the month, the children ty (DFO), a division of the nity partnerships,” said less than one third of get cereal. By the end of Denver Department of So Roseann Stiblo, of the AFDC clients have. Rent the month, we’re usually cial Services, but with a Denver Department of So for the four-bedroom du eating beans.” different approach. cial Services. ‘‘Ciovern-
The poor get poorer in Colorado MIDWEST PEACE CONFERENCE ON MEDJUGORJE There are approximately monthly payment to a sin One AFDC household ty level was $14,840. This 36,000 families on Aid to gle mother with two chil in five does not receive any poverty standard is based FEB. 15. I6&. 17, 1991 Families with Dependent dren is $356. The family food stamp benefits. on the Department of Ag (FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON) Children (AFDC) in Colo also receives an average of About 20 percent of riculture’s estimate of a CENTURY II, CONCERT HALL/WICHITA, KANSAS rado. $213 a month in food AFDC recipients receive subsistence food budget The maximum AFDC stamps. housing subsidies. times three. "A \T,SI()NAK^ W II.I. I’AK IK Il'ATT, IN ITIi; < O M T KKNt K" In 1990, only 38 percent Medicaid, the “ health of AF-DC households re insurance” for the poor, ceived assistance with win averages $201 per month Why Hold A Conference? NATURAL MARBLE ter heating bills through for the AF'DC family of During the past nine years, over 13 million people have jour the l.ow Income Energy three. Although not spend DENVER MARBLE neyed to a small village in Yugoslavia to become a part of a Assistance Program able dollars, adding the wonderful phenomenon that is alleged to have been taking MARBLE CO. (LEAP). Medicaid value to the CONTRACTORS place there since 1981 . Six young children, ages 10 through lb The 1990 Federal ‘‘pov AFDC grant and food SINCE 1891 TOPS, VANITY TOPS at that time, say they began receiving visitations from the erty level” for a family of stamps still maintains an Blessed Virgin Mary on a daily basis. Four of the children COMMERCtAL • RESIDENTIAL MARBLE FOR ALL PURPOSES three was $10,560, the AFDC family of three to indicate continued daily apparitions. DOMESTIC & IMPORTED MARBLE & SLATE amount of money it takes live at about 13 percent be Our Lady allegedly has conveyed many important messages REPAIRING & REPOLISHING yearly for the family to low the federal poverty for the world which you should know and understand This 3180 S. Platt* Rivar Dr. -TO O -t Q t Z d reach a ‘‘poor” or “ pover level. Without the Medi conference will provide information on the events that have Englawood, Colo. B0110 • 0 .7 “ 10 3 D ty” standard of living. For caid value figured as in been and are occurring, will explore the messages of our Lady a family of five, the pover- come, the average AFDC during this nine-year period, and lastly, will provide numerous family of three lives on opportunities for prayer and praise of our Lord $6,828 per year, nearly 35 percent below the federal Nine renowned speakers to help M ary’s Call poverty level. understand the messages o f our Lady in When you have tried everything else ■ Now try the rosary. One fourth of the Medjugorje, Speakers Include: state’s AFDC recipients Watch it turn your life around. Bishop Eugene |. Gerber Scott FTahn live in Denver. NEW Rosary Cassette — Short Version — 5 decades only. With Father Ken Roberts Wayne Weible Two-thirds of all Memorare and Litany of Blessed Virgin Mary 3.00 Father Peter Rookey Reverend Svetoiar Kraijevic OFM AFDC recipients are chil |erry Morin NEW Religious Hymns & Songs — Popular — Be Not Afraid, Reverend Robert Faricy S.| dren. Rita K lau s Hail Mary — Gentle Woman, Praise be The Lord, plus nine Forty percent of AFDC others — St. Joseph Guitar Group & Mary’s Call Trio 4.00 single mother clients living Registration Form NEW St. Bridget Prayer Cassette — 15 prayers plus Litany of in Denver began receiving Sacred Heart and Footprints in Sand F>oem plus Song 3.00 welfare between the ages of 15 and 19. NEW Prayer Cards — Litanies, f^ems. Prayers — Best of M oney for AF-'DC 1.00 popular & traditional favorites comes from the federal Rosary Cassette — all 15 decades plus 5 Copyrighted Songs & government (53.49 per SfTTXlAl WF»*^lCK^ti IrrtfMtrrtl Litany of Blessed Virgin Mary — over 2 3 ,0 0 0 sold in U.S. & cent), the state (26.51 per to
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Denver Catholic Ragistor — January 16, 1991 — Page 9 Catholic Schools Week set for Jan. 27-F e b . 2 “ Catholic Schools: A Kaleidoscope of People” is the Americans and Hispanic Americans represent the larg produced by NCE.A and USCC, Catholic schools ob theme of Catholic Schools Week which will be observed est segments of that 23 percent, followed by .Asian serve the week of Jan. 27 in many ways, ranging from Jan. 27 to Feb. 2. .Americans,” he added. gathering proclamations and ceremonies honoring teach The annual event was established 16 years ago by the Another trend is the increase in non-Catholic enroll ers and students. It is also a time of prayer and special National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) and ment, from 10.6 percent in 1983 to 12.1 percent in 1990. liturgies. the United States Catholic Conference (USCC) as a time “ Non-Catholic parents who choose Catholic schools for celebrating the contributions of Catholic elementa for their children cite the importance of a values-added ry and secondary schools to the church and the nation. education and a tradition of academic e.xcellence as the “ The Greek roots of the word kaleidoscope suggest basis for their selection,” said Father O ’Brien. two major goals of the week: appreciation and promo During the 1980s both elementary and secondary tion,” said Reverend J. 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After all, cally by one of the world’s most admired women. so that her quality of life will not suffer. ours was the generation that learned as children that Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Since her dramatic appearance in Denver, almost someday we would all have private helicopters, Standing frail before a slender microphone in 3 million more abortions have occurred nationally. heliports and youth pills. May, 1989, this loving and holy defender of the weakest among us hurled a moral thunderbolt at Futurists, we concluded, came somewhere between 18,(X)0 people gathered to celebrate life in .McNichols science fiction writers and hawkers of unrealized Arena. Perhaps only .Mother feresa — who soon EDITORIAL promises. But the future has caught up with us in would send her caring .Missionaries of Charity to this bewildering field of bioethics. stall Denver’s first home for people with AIDS — could offer such tratiscendenlal logic. As we struggle with the legality of abortion, the Il was the logic of love, the logic that all human Approximately 92 percent of them are for reasons French abortion pill RU-486 looms closer. We have life is sacred. other than rape, incest or protection of the mother’s had a celebrated divorce ca.se over who owns the fer As our prayers for peace now rise from altars, pul health. tilized eggs for in vitro pregnancy. Sperm banks are pits, pews and family dinner tables in Colorado, her This tiation at prayer for peace in the Persian Cjulf so common that the medical profession is beginning unstated question remains: can a nation which has lives its grinding days in the light of one of the most to warn of possible brother/sister fertilization. allowed the destruction of 25 million unborn human permissive abortion policies in the world. This na At the other end of life, the escalating question is, lives through abortion since 1973 truly seek peace to tion’s law has held for 18 years that the helpless child “ Do we have the right to end life — pull the plug protect life? in the womb, dependent on its mother for growth — when life has ended? Many of us know people rite futidamental and ideal option of Mother I'ere- and development, is without protection from society. who have been faced with this agonizing dilemma. sa’s life has been love for the poorest of poor. In ad The paradox should be clear to all. The essential We ask, what right do we have to play God? dressing the destruction of human lives through questions remain: abortion on demand, this saintly heroine sternly Does anyone see what Mother Teresa sees? What resources do we utilize or what suffering do retninded us of a civic decay and spiritual malaise Does anyone care as Mother Teresa cares? we prolong to keep the loved ones alive, especially which had tnade our society sick and disoriented. Peace in our time is more than the bloody ques those ready for death and begging for release? The paradcjx of a nation opposed to war, but tion of Iraq and Kuwait. The Curzon case where the Supreme Court decid ed that because the young patient never expressed a TALKS WITH — Denominational differences ------PARENTS By Father John Dietzen It is foolish and irrational, however, to conclude wish that life supports should be lifted if she became Q. During a recent discussion with two other that it doesn’t make any difference whether one be vegetative, has spurred thousands of families to Catholics I spoke of other churches, meaning lieves it or not, whether it is true or not. reconsider living wills. But most of us are unfamiliar Methodists. Lutherans, and so on. If Jesus is not pre.sent in the Eucharist as we be with them. Another of our group corrected me, claiming that lieve, we, even though in good faith, believe that for Catholics there are no other churches. He said what is only bread is really God. The point of all this is not only whether RU-486 that to call these groups churches would mean that On the other hand, if Jesus is truly present in the or pulling plugs is ethical or immoral. The more per we believe “one religion is as good as another. ” Eucharist, there to be offered and received as the tinent question is, why are we not addressing the many faces of bioethics in parishes around the coun Someone then referred to a column of yours a great sign and instrument of the unity of his people long time ago which dealt with the churches in the on earth, then those who reject that belief (again, try? book of Revelation. even though in good faith) are missing one of the Why do we wait until a story of national propor most beautiful and significant elements of our Chris Are they the same? As Catholics, do we speak of tions, like the appalling one of the physician who tian life. other churches? If so, does it really mean that there helped the woman commit suicide in his van in a is no difference, as long as you believe something? park, hits the headlines? Or Cardinal O ’Connor (and (North Carolina) why is it always Cardinal O ’Connor?) makes a state ment which we, as Catholics, are expected to defend, even if we don’t understand it? A. You’re really asking several questions. F-irst, in Vatican Council II and many times after, our church I, for one, refuse to refute or defend without more refers to other Christian denominations as churches. information. But that teaching is largely absent on the parish level. We behave as if the bioethical prob By this is meant that they are, as is obvious, mem There is only one God and one Lord. We need bers of the family of believers in Jesus Christ and lems are not ours, but belong to those who speak for nevertheless to take care that tolerance and accept us. What a foolish notion. true Christian communities. ance of others, particularly Christians, regardless of The Vatican Council II “ Decree on Ecumenism’’ our difference of beliefs, does not turn into the po It is not they who will make the decisions to turn states our belief on this matter explicitly. Each non- sition that “ it doesn’t make any difference what you off life supports of those we love. It is not they who Roman Catholic Christian “church’’ or “ communi believe as long as you believe something.” will struggle with infertility. When the many issues ty,” in keeping with its unique conditions, celebrates If God and religion have any intelligent meaning surrounding bioethics comes home to roost, it’s in “ many sacred actions that unquestionably have the at all, that kind of statement is sheer nonsense. ordinary families like yours and mine. power to cause grace and that we must acknowledge The book of Revelation was written many centu The Catholic Health Association, 4455 Woodson as effective in opening the way to the community of ries before any Protestant denominations began as Road, St. Louis, MO 63134, offers a simple living salvation” (No. 3). we know them. The communities referred to in that will called “ Christian Affirmation of Life: Directions As I discussed recently more at length in another book would be local Christian churches, somewhat for My Treatment which explains, “ Christians be context, all Christian churches agree on many ma akin to our present-day dioceses or possibly parishes. lieve that in death life is transformed by the power jor areas of belief about Jesus, God and his church In fact, by the time Revelation was written, most of Christ’s death and resurrection into eternal life. on earth. of these local churches were apparently under the re Because of this belief it is not always necessary to use Individual Christians must follow their con.sciences sponsibility of an “ episkopos,” (overseer) as our di every possible means to resist death.” as they understand what God asks of them in their oceses depend on the pastoral leadership of the lo It’s a fine little document which is provided as a relationship to him, as that relates to their personal cal bishop. denominational memberships. means of indicating one’s desires regarding treatment However, it is overly simplistic to jump to the con at the time of terminal illness. It explains that it is clusion that “ one denomination or religion is as good (A free brochure giving the basic prayers, beliefs not intended as a legal document but one of moral as another,” since many denominations differ sig and practices of Catholics is available by sending a persuasion and encourages use of an attorney for le gality. nificantly in major points of doctrine. stamped self- addressed envelope to Father John Catholics, for example, along with at least Angli Dietzen. Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., If a parish were to offer an evening or two on cans and most Lutherans, believe in the real presence Bloomington, III. 61701. moral issues behind the living will and also invite an of Jesus in the Eucharist. Other Christians may not attorney to speak on the legal issues, it would be a believe this, and we presume they are following the (Questions for this column should be sent to Fa fine service to a confused people. light of their own conscience in rejecting that belief. ther Dietzen at the same address.) Denver Catholic VIEWPOINTS A down-to-earth imitation of Mary
By Msgr. George G. Higgins Blessed Virgin presented in a certain type of devo moves the powerlul people of this world from their On Jan. 1, the Church celebrated the feast of tional literature cannot be easily reconciled with to privileged positions.” Mary the Mother of God. Herewith are some ran day’s lifestyle, especially with the way women live to Pope Paul might well have taken his lead from dom reflections on the social justice implications of day.” something that .St. Therese ol' l.isieux said about true this important liturgical feast. Noting with approval the gains that women have and false devotion to the Blessed .Mother. Even in the not too distant past, devotion to Mary made in achieving equali'y and co-responsibility not St. 1 herese was born and raised during a period was thought of almost exclusively by the average only in the family but in social, economic, cultural in french ecclesiastical history ch;iracteri/ed by a Catholic in terms of individual piety, with little or and political life as well, the pope calls upon bishops, sugary and rather sentimental kind of Marian devo no reference to its social implications. pastors and the faithful to examine this discrepancy tion. It is all the more surprising, then, to see how We were simply not accustomed to relating our with due care. original and Iresh her own conceittion of M;uy was. Marian devotions in a conscious and meaningful way The Holy father said that the aforementioned “ All the sermons I h;ive heard on .Mats ha\e left to the social mission of the church. gains which women have made have not lessened me unmoved,” she said at the end of her life. “ How Even when we invoked the assistance of Mary, Mary’s exemplary role in the life of the church. I wish 1 had been ;i priest, to be ttble to [sreach the Queen of Apostles, in the recitation of her litany, we Blessed Virgin!... were thinking mainly about the apostolate of priests “ for a sermon on the Blessed Virgin to bear fruit, and religious in the “ field afar” and only indirect THE it would have to show her real life .. in Na/;ircth ly, if at all, about the everyday social mission of the and later, (which) must base been \ ei\ orditiars ... laity. “ We know well enough that the Blessed .Mother Starting in the middle 1950s, Marian devotion be YARDSTICK is queen ol heaven ;md earth. But she is more mothei gan to take a turn for the better. Popes Pius XI1 and than queen, and no one should try to (tersuade iteo- Paul VI, in their respective encyclicals, “ Mary the He points out that Mary is an example because she ple, as I have often heard, that because of her vir Mother of G od” and “ Mary the Mother of the “ fully and responsibly accepted the will of God ... tues she outshines, and as it were, extinguishes the Church,” explicitly addressed the social aspects of and acted on it and because charity and a spirit of glory ol all the saints its the rising sun makes the Marian devotion. service were the driving force of her actions.” stars disappear. Pope Paul’s apostolic exhortation titled “ Marian In developing this theme. Pope Paul stressed the “ Good God, how strange that would be ...” Devotion” was particularly noteworthy. The entire fact that Mary was not “ a timid submissive woman l ike St. rherese. Pope Paul wanted us not to gasp 7,000-word document spoke meaningfully to the peo or one whose piety was repellent to others,” but was with amazement at the virtues of Mary, but to imi ple of today in today’s language. “ a woman who did not hesitate to proclaim that tate her lile ol laith, hope and charity in terms of A key passage states that “ the picture of the Ciod vindicates the humble and the oppressed and re today’s (iroblems, challenges and aspirtitions.
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Editor: 3. Sledding, tobogganing, skating, able to speak or even mumble at that Thanks for Teen issue Where is our Church, the Denver etc... moment Editor: Church in regards to it’s stand on peace 4. Following animal tracks in fresh fhe businessman went to the .Securi I want to thank you for including a and justice, it’s teaching on issues of snow under a crisp winter sky. ty Guard of the Colorado State Bank special issue for the 199 1 year rrn human dignity? Its even more sad to know that mil and had him call for an ambulance. A “ Feens” (July 24) I’ve advocated that Where is our voice for the poor and lions of couples in the land of the free waitress from a second Boor restaurant, move for several years and aiiiireciate those on the outer fringes of our socie and the home of the brave are waiting came to the seizure victims rescue with your interest in our Catholic teens. ty? When will we begin to face and ad for years to adopt babies into loving a large sweater to cover up. Fall had I’d be happy to help in whatever way dress the ills of our Church and socie homes. officially begun but a few days prior, possible. ty? I would really like to know. Our real job this new year is to do all and it was cold for someone so bare. Pray for Peace Archbishop Stafford raises an impor we can to restore and protect the God Something was better than near noth Bill J aster tant point when he states “ They are endowed constitutional right to life to ing. questions that ought to be at the fore all unborn and/or preborn Americans! A squad car arrived to check out the front of our public life today,” (front Yours situation, and an ambulance from Den Letters policy page DCR Jan. 2). Mary Rita Crowe ver General recognized the situation The Register welcomes letters to the It is okay to have questions about Rochester, N.Y. and the person. editor. Letters should be relatively brief, our society, government and our way of All the persons aiding this seizure vic to the point and include the writer’s life. 1 would like to see the DCR give tim in his cold, not conscious state de a weekly space to the issues of our time. serve to be recognized and thanked for name, address and phone number (no You seem to have space for a column their very compassionate, caring con pseudonyms) The Register reserves on dining out and weekend entertain cern. the right to edit all letters and to not ment. Yes, Denver does have Good Samar print letters at its own discretion. The If we are to honor the l(X)th anniver itans, concerned persons! name can be omitted from publication sary of the encyclical “ Rerum Nova- As we enter 1991, I can’t thank you for a very good reason. Letters %hould rum” I feel that it’s necessary to teach, all enough. be sent to: Editor, The Denver Catholic promote and evangelize the Church. Good Samaritan Sincerely Register, 200 Josephine St., Denver, Our social teaching should be a part Editor: KIden J. Cain CO 8 0 2 0 6 . of our religious education, but it’s not I’m happy to report that there are Denver happening. “ Good Samaritan” persons in Denver, We have a very able Justice and at least two that I can commend. Peace Office in this diocese. Let us use September 24, 1990 a man was walk them as a resource. ing down the north side of 16th Ave. Bill Anthony clad in his briefs and Red Scapular. He Denver Unsolicited manuscripts was just beginning to regain conscious The Register does not accept unsolicited manuscripts or articles. The size ness from a seizure. His tongue was of the staff does not permit extensive reading and editing of such manuscripts. sore from biting and he was just begin ning to feel the cool, crirp morning. He Time and staff size does not permit the return of such manuscripts. The Reg Playing in snowbanks held onto a steel pole near the corner of ister always welcomes, of course, news stories from Catholic parishes, Editor: Broadway. schools and organizations. Those should be mailed to: Editor, Denver Catholic It makes me so sad to know that A very well dressed businessman Register, 20 0 Josephine St., Denver, CO 802 06. News items cannot be taken since it is legal for abortionists to kill recognized the symptoms and very over the phone because of the possibility of errors or misunderstandings. babies in abortion chambers in our probably had experience of some type Stories intended to appear more than once must be resubmitted each week. country they will be forever denied the with persons who were having or who Regular deadlines are the Wednesdays before the Register’s Wednesday pub joys of: had had seizures. He began to question lication date. 1. Playing in snowbanks. this man, who was just beginning to 2. Building snowmen and snowforts. cross the line to consciousness and un le 12 — January 1g, 1991 — P«nv 0r Catholic R »alstT DCR HAPPENINGS Hospice Education Program Pro-Life Rally will consist of pancakes, sausage, syrup, butter, coffee or milk with seconds on pancakes and coffee. Cost is Catholic Community Services, Hospice of Peace, is Colorado Right to Life Committee will sponsor its 22nd annual Pro-Life Rally and March for Life Satur $1.50 for adults and $1 for children under 16 years of offering an educational program to individuals who age. would like to work as volunteers or who wish to learn day, Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. on the west steps of the State Capitol in Denver. The rally’s theme is “ ...and Justice more about the hospice program of care. Rosary Novena I.ectures, group discussions, films and experiential ex for All.’’ Speakers include the Honorable Sam Zakhem The third annual rosary Novena for Life, a prayer ercises will be used. The program is four sessions offered and Denver attorney Paul Lewis. For more information, event for unborn babies, pregnant mothers, and the over two weekends: Jan. 25, 6:30-9 p.m., and Jan. 26, contact Faith Nelson, Publicity Chairman (303) 922-4044 softening of the hearts of abortionists and their support 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m., f-'eb. 1, 6:30 to 9 p.m., and Feb. Colorado Right to Life State Office (303) 753-9394. ers, will take place for nine consecutive Saturdays, be 2, 8:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m. Rosary Hour For Life ginning April 6, 1991, and concluding June 1. A certificate will be awarded to those who complete Rosary will be prayed in all six Catholic Churches in Persons interested in receiving a Rosary Novena for the entire program. Boulder, Louisville and Lafayette: St. Martin de Porres, Life planning manual should send their name and mail I he program has been approved for 20 hours of con Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sacred Heart of Mary, St. Tho ing address to : Rosary Novena for Life, P.O. Box tinuing Education for nurses. A donation is requested mas Aquinas, St. Louis (Louisville), Immaculate Con 40213, Memphis, Tenn. 38174, or telephone Patrick to cover costs of materials: $35 for individuals interest ception (Lafayette), and the Abbey of St. Walburga, Benedict at (901) 725-5937. A donation of $5 for each ed in volunteering and $60 lor individuals seeking infor from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, for respect for life planning manual is suggested. mation about the hospice program of care, but not plan and for the end of abortion. Contact Susan Read, 499- Community organizing ning to be involved actively in the Hospice of Peace 6170, and Chris and Bill Walker, 444-6676. Saint Thomas Theological Seminary, through its con Program. Blood Donor Month tinuing education program, is offering a series of lectures Call 388-4435, Ext. 108 or 184 for more information. January is National Volunteer Blood Donor Month, on Community Organizing and the Promotion of Peo Married Couples and The Children’s Hospital in Denver urges potential ple. Topics include learning how community organizing Get your good marriage off to a great start in 1991 donors to consider giving to ensure adequate supplies for helps people recognize/feel their personal empowerment; by attending an exciting Marriage Encounter weekend the coming year. Annually, Children’s requires more surfacing/identifying issues and leaders; taking action on Feb. 1 to 3, 1991 at the Compri Hotel in Lakewood. If than 6,000 blood components to use for sick and injured issues that impact people’s lives, neighborhoods and your New Year’s resolution is to rekindle your romance, infants, children and teenagers — many requiring churches; learning about options, choices, and decisions, this weekend is for you. You may not need a Marriage lifesaving procedures. and leadership skills. Encounter Weekend, but you sure do deserve one week Fo qualify as a blood donor, a person must be at least The lectures will be given by Dolores Florez and end just for the two of you. For more information call 17-years-old, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds, be in Metropolitan Organization for People leaders/staff and Colleen and Rodger Goffredi at 694-4864. good health and have eaten a balanced meal four hours board members, on Thursdays, beginning Jan. 17 Euthanasia and living will prior to donating. through Feb. 14, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Bonfils Hall, Saint The Children’s Hospital Blood Bank was initiated in Thomas Seminary. Registration fee for the series is $25. Guidelines from church teaching on euthanasia, liv For more information, call Nubia, 722-4687, Ext. 280. ing will, nutrition and hydration and durable power of 1944 and is a charter member of The American Associ attorney will be discussed at St. Vincent de Paul Church, ation of Blood Banks. For more information on donat Rosary for Life 2375 E. Arizona Ave., Denver, Thursday, Jan 24, from ing blood, call The Children’s Hospital Blood Donor St. Frances Cabrini Parish, 6673 W. Chatfield Ave 2:15 to 3:30 in the cafeteria. .Speakers will be Michael Center at (303) 861-6373. nue, Littleton, will pray the rosary for guidance to pro Gaimara, V.P. Legal .Services, .St. Anthony Healthcare St. Anne’s Mens Club mote the dignity and value of all human life, each eve Corporation and Mimi Eckstein, Director, Archdioce- St. Anne’s Mens Club will sponsor a breakfast Sun ning 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 to 25 and at 7 p.m. Jan. 26. All san Respect Life Office. For more information, please day, Jan. 20 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in St. Anne’s are invited. call Sister Mary John, 744-6119. School Cafeteria, 5757 Upham St., Arvada. Breakfast Continued on page 13
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The staff from the Catholic Biblical School from University hospital on the third Boor of the library, Trust.” will teach this series running through April. The study l or additional information and reservations, please call will include the Book of Acts and the Gospel of Mark. 270-3131. St. John’s Men’s Chorus Each class will include time for fellowship, prayer, If transportation is required, the RTD Senior Ride is On Thursday, Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. St. Dominies Church teacher presentation, and sharing. Bring a friend and available for five persons or more from any location. at 29th and F-ederal will present the St. John’s Univer come any Wednesday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Call the The cost is 70 cents roundtrip. Call 778-3503. sity Men’s Chorus. They will perform a concert of sa parish office at 973-3969 for more information. cred and secular music from tlie Retiaissance to the 20th Pro-Life Mass Century. Charismatic Leadership The annual Pro-Life Mass of the Archdiocese of Den ver will be Saturday, Jan. 19 at 12:10 p.m. at the Basil Prayer for Christian unity The Charismatic Leadership of the Archdiocese of On Tuesday, Jan. 22 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. St. Joan Denver (CLAD) will meet Jan. 19 at 9 a.m. at Queen ica of the Immaculate Conception, East Colfa.x at Lo gan. of Arc’s parishioners will welcome C'hristians of sever of Peace Oratory, 5360 Columbine Rd. All prayer group al denominations who have accepted invitations to pray T he Very Reverend Raymond Jones, Vicar General, leaders are invited. Deacon Richard Baker, the recently- together for the cause of unity among all members of appointed archdiocesan director for the Charismatic- will be the celebrant. All clergy and laypeople of the archdiocese are invited to participate in this special Mass, Christ Body. Renewal, will be the speaker. I'he Jubilaeus Chorale of St. Joan’s coordinated by The meeting will begin with a Communion Service. observing the 18th anniversary of the U..S. .Supreme Court rulings legalizing abortion on demand in America. Betty Ogelsby will provide music. Refreshments and fel Persons wanting to obtain a list of Catholic Charismat lowship will follow the service in Orleans Hall. ic prayer groups in the Archdiocese should call 480-1159 or write to CLAD, 2733 S. Otis, Denver, CO 80227. Dominican Aid Society Beginning Experience The Dominican Aid .Society will hold our first meet A Beginning lixperience support group will be held Information meeting ing of the year Tuesday, Jan. 22 at the convent. Benedic Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. beginning .Ian. 6 The Vincentian Institute of Pastoral Studies at St. tion will be at 1:15 p.m. the meeting will follow. Final through Feb. 10. I homas Theological Seminary will host an Information plans are being made for our annual card party to be File Beginning Experience is an opportunity lor the Meeting, Jan. 17 at 7 p.m., for all who are interested held at Christ the King Hall .Saturday, Feb. 23. divorced, widowed and separated to ptuise and examine in enrolling in classes, workshops or seminars leading ic> their lives, their strong points, their weaknesses and their a certificate, graduate degree, or in continuing education frustrations. Through a structured process of presenta Professional Trainer’s Series tions, reflections and small group sharing, participants programs. Regis College’s Adult I,earner Services and the Amer Registration for Spring Quarter begins Jan. 23, at 3 experience fellowship and support, which is so impor ican Society for Training and Development will hold a tant at tliis lime of one’s life. p.rn. For information, call Father Dennis Martin, Direc workshop for trainers as a part of the Professional tor of Admissions, 722-4687. J'he support group is facilitated by a team of lay per frainer’s Series Feb. 21 and 22. sons who have suffered a similar loss. ‘The Aging Ear’ This certificate module is titled “ Mastering the Needs For more information and pre-registration contact: University Flospital and the Flealth Program for Sen Assessment Process.” The program will take place on Carol DiTirro, 457-4447; Debbie Reese, 452-6216; Vir iors will present “ The Aging Ear” Jan. 16 in Denison the Regis College Southeast Campus at Harlequin Pla ginia Huey, 979-9082; or Sharron Schwarz 460-8990. .'\uditorium on the University of Colorado Health Sci za at 1-25 and Orchard Rd. l or more information, call ences Center campus, 4200 E. Ninth Ave. Jody Taylor, 458-4328. Continued on page 17 GLOBALIZATION Trial Law \^ers The Law Firm Of THE PASSAGE TOWARDS A PEOPLE’S CHURCH: THINKING GLOBALLY...ACTING LOCALLY Gerash, Robinson & Miranda, P.C. Bishop Evans Lecture Series
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THOMAS THEOLOCICAE SEMINARY Pago 14 — January 16, 1991 — Denver Catholic Register Madonna: the vulgar celebrated By James Breig na where the line should be drawn on what’s allowed on ents not have a problem with that (but) they do have a There are some videos even MTV won’t show. Of TV. She replied: “ I draw the line with violence and hu problem with two consenting adults displaying affection course, I have reference to the latest offering from miliation and degradation. That’s what I don’t want to for each other regardless of their sex? We have videos Madonna. The video version of her quite forgettable see.” which display violence and degradation toward women sort-of-song, “ Justify My Love,” was rejected by MTV. That’s an interesting line from someone whose previ 24 hours a day.” Even that cable network, accustomed to swallowing ous videos have shown her in a dog collar crawling on Did you glimpse the penny in there? It was Madon scantily-clad women being manhandled by grotesque the floor and as a slut stripping for a boy. But Madon na’s endorsement of labeling and her recognition that guitarists, gagged on M adonna’s collection of scenes na makes a distinction: “ Degradation is when someone some things are not proper for children to see. Then it’s showing bise.xuality, homosexuality, sado-masochism, else makes you do it...I may dress like the typical bim back to the gravel: She thinks parents aren’t worried voyeurism, group sex and masturbation, all intercut with bo, but I’m in charge of my fantasies.” about violent videos. Her paranoia leads her to believe shots of crucifixes. Such a notion fails to recognize that humans can de that parents object only to her videos. That collection, according to the singer, represented grade themselves as well as others. Doing harm to your News flash to Madonna: Parents are concerned about “ my artistic expression.” self is not more honorable than harming someone else. all the junk which rock musicians are trying to sell to •MTV’s move was considered so cataclysmic a decision “ Do no harm at all’’ is the rule we should be follow their kids. that “ Nightline” invited Madonna to explain her side of ing. Or, to quote a Madonna song, “ respect yourself.” The vulgar (to use the lightest term I can think of) has the story. This required her to think and she actually Next, Madonna began to instruct parents on their re become the celebrated in our society. A man photo gave birth to an idea amid her self-justifications. Stum sponsibilities: “ If my video provokes an open discussion graphs a friend with a bullwhip in his anus and is ap bling across an idea from Madonna is like finding a pen (between children and parents) about sex, it’s a good plauded as an artist. A book about women being decapi ny in the gravel. It’s not worth much, but it’s slightly thing. Let kids get confused and go ask their parents tated and sexually tortured is rejected at the last moment better than its surroundings. about it.” by one publisher, only to be snapped up by another. On “ Nightline,” host Forrest .Sawyer asked Madon Under that interesting teaching method, we should let Comedians make their careers on racial and ethnic slurs. children drink poison in order to teach them about the And singers become zillionaires by claiming that their antidotes. M adonna would say, “ Let kids get sick and “artistic expression” requires them to show fourth go ask their parents for relief.’’ graders scenes of two women engaging in foreplay. THE CATHOLIC HOUR” Finally, amid the gravel, a penny glimmered. Madonna ended her “ Nightline” appearance by say WEEK OF JANUARY 20TH “ 1 believe in labeling,” Madonna said, “ some kind ing, “ I can’t predict what I’ll feel artistically.” Let me of warning label...Why is it okay for 10-year-olds to see translate: “ If 1 make a few mil’ by selling this video. I’ll someone’s body being ripped to shreds?...Why do par do another one which is even more disgusting.” ADL upset by Madonna’s lyrics Lyrics from M adonna’s remixed version of “ Justify “ It may be more than a coincidence,” Foxman wrote, Hosted by John Conners My Love” and anti-Semitic slurs spray-painted on three “ that within days of the release of “ Justify My Love,” Produced by: Dept, of Communications California synagogues in December “ bear a painful three synagogues and a high school in Ventura County, resemblance,’’ the Anti-Defamation League has asserted. California were vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman wrote referring to Revelations 2:9.” ★ Archbishop J. Francis Stafford Lenny Waronker, president of Warner Brothers Records The ADL leader said today that while “ there is no evi “ Weekly Reflection” (Madonna’s label), asking for a meeting. dence to conclude that the perpetrators were influenced by M adonna’s song, it has to be considered a possibil ★ The Way Home ity.” “ Prayer of Praise” Telecast on minorities M adonna’s remix of “ Justify My Love,” called “ The “ Creating an Inclusive panel: Hermelinda B. Beast Within,” says: “ I know your tribulations and your Church” is the theme of a Pompa, NCCIJ Program poverty, and the slander of those who say they are Jews. ★ The Good News special television presenta Director/M oderator; They are not. They are a synagogue of Satan.” “The Gospel of Mark, Part VII” tion on steps recommend Joseph C. Schneider, Jr., Included among the slurs spray-painted on the eve of ed for Church leadership Vice President, United last Chanukah was a remark that referred to “ blasphe ★ “Lumen 2000” to take for including mi Parcel Service; and Evelyn my of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but norities in all aspects of S. Freeman, President, are the synagogue of Satan.” SUNDAYS Church life. Walker & Walker, Consul In his letter to Waronker, Foxman wrote: “ Obvious Channel 12 4:00 - 5:00 O.m The telecast, focusing tants. ly Warner Brothers, Madonna, and her lyricists have the Channel 1 1 In Boulder, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on a special program of The telecast will be of right to compose, sing, publish and disseminate any lyr Channel 42 United Cable, 4:00 - 5:00 pm the National Catholic special interest to Bishops, ics they choose and they are so protected under the First Channel 25 Mile Hi Cable. 5:30 • 6:30 p.m Conference for Interracial personnel directors, minor Amendment. Nevertheless, you may be aware that this MONDAYS Justice (NCCIJ), is sched ity officers, diocesan man particular passage has been singled out by theologians Channel 10 American Cablevision of Littleton, 12:30 p.m uled for Jan. 23, 1991, at agers at all levels, pastors, for its anti-Semitic animus. It, in effect, suggests that Thornton and Wheat Ridge, 8:00 p.m. 3:30 p.m. on the Catholic as well as parishioners. It Jews are charlatans, interlopers who compromise the TUESDAYS Telecommunication Net may be viewed on ‘synagogue of Satan.’” Channel 10 American Cable of Thornton, 6:00 p.m. work of America (CTNA). 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IN TWO LANGUAGES! Denver Catholic Register — January 16, 1991 — Page 15 Three Sons offers elegance, extraordinary food By Charlene Scott One of our hosts, Tony .Sano, came by the table for Register Staff a chat, explaining that his parents began Three Sons 25 If you’re in the mood for a Roman holiday, you’ll EATING I years ago in Denver. want to visit the Three Sons Italian Restaurant and Wine “ My dad came over from Naples in the late torlies, Bar at 2915 W. 44th Ave. in Denver. “ ■ O U T and met my mother in New Ycirk,” Sano said. “ My Our recent visit was on a Sunday evening just as the mother’s parents were from Naples. My parents moved sun was setting, casting shadows on the restaurant’s to Denver in 1950, and eventually opened 13 or 14 res Roman arches and columns, adding to the elegance. My dinner choice was Scampi Con Buriera E Aglio taurants. They were making pizza here when people (market price), jumbo shrimp prepared in butter and •‘Three Sons is one of the best Italian restaurants in didn’t know what pizza was.” garlic with a sprinkle of breadcrumbs. Delicioso! The He and his brother bought Three Sons from their Denver,” an Italian friend recently informed us. He was shrimp were huge, swimming in a buttery mushroom parents in 1978. Their mother, Caroline, died last June, right. The elegance is matched by impeccable service and sauce with a side dish of pasta and red sauce. extraordinary food. and their father has been ill, but the two brothers carry My husband picked Capellini Madonna ‘‘Three on the family tradition of excellent Italian food. At the crack of dawn Sons.” The capellini is one of the thinnest pastas made, Three Sons offers a variety of pasta, veal, chicken and Our meal began with a choice of pasta bean or mine and was served with chicken tossed in pan juices steak dinners. Week night dinner specials include: Can strone soup. We chose the latter and were not disap ($12.95). The breast of chicken was piled high onto the nelloni Florentien ($6.95), Ravioli Alla Crema ($6.95), pointed. The minestrone was rich and thick with vege delicate pasta. My German husband loved it. Chicken F’armigiana ($7.50), Cinocchi ($6.95) and tables and interesting spices. Owners Anthony and John A quiet atm osphere Cavatelli ($6.95). Sano arrive at the restaurant at the crack of dawn each With our meal, we drank Asti Spumante, a sparkling ■An Italian dinner isn’t complete without a sweet end (Jay to make the soup fresh from scratch, our congenial wine that tastes like champagne. And in between ing: cheesecake with strawberries, mud pie, spumoni ice waitress informed us. courses, we admired the restaurant’s brocade covered cream, a wine sundae (vanilla ice cream with wine For our salads, we chose the house dressing of garlic booths and green and dusty rose decor. Three Sons sauce), carrot cake, or a chocoholic’s dream, raspberry and red wine vinegar, prepared with an olive oil base, offers a quiet atmosphere, with piano music gentle in the chocolate cake (my choice, of course). “good for people watching their cholesterol,” our wait background and busts of Roman senators staring silently Three Sons is open seven days a week from 1 1 a.m. ress advised. from the stucco walls. until 10:30 p.m. Call 455-4366 for reservations. Taylor Museum to open exhibits of religious art
The Taylor Museum for Southwestern Studies at the July 4. Holy Week enactments ol the crucilixion and other re Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center announces a series The southwestern Hispanic santos are admired for ligious ceremonies during the year. .Statues of Christ of exhibitions in celebration of the 1992 Columbus Quin their simple style and colorful rendition of saints and suffering, Christ crucified. Our Lady of Solitude and centenary. holy persons. Most of the images of the exhibition are Our Lady of Sorrows were particularly important, as The first is CSFACs world-renowned collection of carvings and sculptures that represent crucial events dur well as gaunt figures of Death in wooden carts. santos, religious folk art items, from northern New' Mex ing Christ’s passion and crucifixion, originally made for C'reated in New Mexico and southern Colorado in the ico and southern Colorado. This exhibition, constitut and used by the important penitential brotherhood of the 19th century by Hispanic artists, the santos filled a need ing the largest and best documented collection of late- Hermanadad de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno. in Roman Catholic churches and homes for devotional period santos, premieres March 9, and will run through Some of the large sculptures were used in the annual images. Due to the geographic and cultural isolation of the Spanish colony of New Mexico, medieval religious practices survived in the mountain villages through the Exhibit on volcanoes Salute to Superstars 19th century. Thus, the santos closely resetnble early Christian icons; flat and linear paintings and frontal, mobile sculp hands-on information Salute to the Superstars, a Las Vcgas-style review of Upcoming temporary tures that focused on the spiritual qualities of holy per exhibits at Denver’s Muse about volcanic activity. celebrity impersonations with music, dancing, comedy sons. The Southwestern folk-art santos emerged in stark A highlight of the ex and illusions opens Jan. 18 and plays through March 24. um of Natural History contrast to the academic baroque style, which was pop hibit will be a real-time The show which comes directly from Chicago includes through Apr. 14 include ular to the south in Mexico. computer display that impersonations of Sinatra, Streisand, Elvis, Michael an exhibit on volcanoes. With a grant from the National Endowment for the presents seismic activity as Jackson, Sammy Davis Jr., Madonna, Liberace and Organized by the Smith Humanities, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center will it happens on the island of more, with dancing by the Mark Dow Dancers. sonian Institution Travel produce a fully illustrated scholarly catalogue to accom Hawaii, one of the most Performances are held Wednesday, Thursday and ing E x h ib it Service pany the exhibition and will hold a series of lectures. seismically active places on Saturday evenings beginning at 8 p.m., and Friday eve (SITES) and the National Images of Penance, Images of Mercy: Santos and Cer nings only at 8:30 p.m. Matinees are Wednesday, Satur •Vluseum of Natural Histo earth. emonies of the Hispanic Southwest (1860-1910) will trav ry, this exhibit examines Also included in the ex day and Sunday at 2 p.m. Dinner seating begins two hours prior to curtain for all shows. el to five institutions in the United States from late 1991 the scientific break hibit will be a fiber-optic- through 1992. map that displays at a Ticket prices for dinner and show are $24 to $30 with throughs that have enabled A second exhibition. Folk Treasures of Mexico: Fligh- scientists to understand touch the locations of discounts for groups and seniors. Call 971-0100 for tick ets. lights from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, is how volcanos work. 1,000 of the world’s most planned for April 4 - May 24, 1991. From the Old World The Ascot Dinner Theatre is located at 9136 W. Touchable geological spec active volcanos, along with to the New: Mexican Colonial Paintings is the third ex Bowles Ave., between Wadsworth and Kipling. imens and numerous inter instruments used by scien hibition of the series and will run May 30 - July 12, 1992, active computer displays tists to monitor volcanic also at the Colorado .Springs Fine Arts Center. will provide visitors with activity.
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Discount available in lodge additional nights are half-price! ~|l~ French ToastJ rooms only from Dec. 1, 1 990, Discount available in both cabins 15% OFF I C H O IC E I through May 14, 1991. and lodge rooms from April 1-May Combo I NEW YORK STEAK Call 586-3341 or 623-9215 14, 1991. Total Bill 2 slices of ' Includes: ' Call 887-2152 or 443-4743 French toast, I Soup o r I Breakfast 2 bacon or I Salad Bar 2 sausage I Choice of Lunch links and 2 95 I I Potato 95 5 YMCA OF THE ROCKIES Dinner eggs any or Rice style 2 II P ilaf 6 Not Valid With Any Other Offer Not Valid With Any Other Offer I I Not Valid With Any Other Offer I (_C _ _ ^ p i r e ^ ia /9 1 _____^ [C _____ ^ p i ^ 2 _ H 0 ^ ____ |_C ______Expi^ 2/10/91 Page 16 — January 16, 1991 — Denver Catholic Register day, this involves not only the joy of experiencing God’s saving love and forgiveness, but the necessity of “ deny SUNDA Y ’S — ing self, taking up the cross and following me’’ to death. God “ dwells” in glory but that glory can come only GOSPEL as the crown that follows the cross. Simon’s change of name to Peter indicates a special 2nd Sunday of the Year — mission beyond discipleship for Peter. His name means rock and be will be rock to others as he leads the flock John 1:35-42 to follow Jesus. By Father John Krenzke The opening chapters of John’s Ciospel are set up in All he wanted was... a framework of seven days. The events of those days are the beginning of a new creation in and through Jesus. Just as God completed the work of the creation of the By Victoria A. Lucero world and rested on the seventh day in fulfillment of that Why did they kill Dr. Martin Tuther King? work so now the new creation is done by Jesus. What All he ever did was have a dream. the thrust of that creation is, will be the burden of to Was it so wrong, that after so long, of living life in dis day’s passage. crimination. The disciples of John have the Messiah — “ lamb of That he wanted us to live in a peaceful and loving na Ciod” — pointed out to them and they followed him. tion? I ater lUie of them, Andrew, tells his brother .Simon and All he wanted was to be able to drink from the same leads him to Jesus who changes his naitie. fountain; fhe Ciospel then is centered on vocation — the initia To not have to sit in the back of the bus. tive taken by C hrist and the free but necessary response What does that mean to all of us? of the disciple in following. LJsually when the Ciospels Does it mean all that it should? speak of someone “ following” Jesus they are speaking Dr. King tried as hard as he could. of discipleship and commitment to Jesus and not mere But some didn’t get the message as he hoped they would. ly walking after him without personal relationship. He spoke for eciuality with every breath, John uses key words over and over in his Ciospel in fiven until his uncalled for death. order to convey the mystery of Christ. Here the disci Now his job is left to us; ples of Jt)hn now “ follow” Jesus — it is the beginning to make and keep this whole world peaceful. of a commitment but not its completion or its testing. To make sure that every man is treated equal. It is necessary for them to “ seek” more. Therefore Je Not just the whites and blacks, but everybody sus’ question (v. .18) “ What do your seek?” is intended who is anybody. to draw them to himself and challenge them, as it were, 1 guess what I’m trying to say, is that we have to sort out their goals and motives. to make a change, and we have to start today! The response to his question of what, is a who. It is Editor’s note: Victoria America l.ucero is a freshman clear they “ seek” someone ;md not something. This is at Holy Family High School. Her poetry was published quite important because discipleship involves fidelity to recently by World of Poetry located in Sacramento, someone and not an organization or system. (,’alif. in a book entitled “ Our W orld’s Most Treasured The invitation to discover Him further in the “ Come I’oem s.” An article about Miss l.ucero and her work will and see” is clearly a reflection of the call of w'isdom in appear in the Jan. 23 issue of the Register. the Old I'estament to discover the riches and fullness of life and truth. (Wisdom 6:12 and 16) The quest after wisdom has its reward. Verse .19 sums RECVCLE up that reward: they came, they saw, they dwell. It is not enough for the disciple to accept the invita T O R E N E W tion to come to Jesus. To see Him one must dwell (live) T H E E ^ R T H with Him. To live with Him is to share His life day by A statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. seems to watch the work of Denver City Parks and Recreation employee GOOD Rich Gallagher as he cleans A sign o f the city park for a rally NEWS honoring the black leader.
Confirmation in Indonesia On an Indone.sian island, the Daya people have discovered Christ. Currently, there are 26,000 Daya catechumens and 30,000 more awaiting instruction for Baptism and the Sacra ments; they need but the catechists to prepare them. About $15 supports a catechist in the Missions for one month. W on't you offer such help to catechists in Indonesia and throughout the Missions through the Propagation of the Faith? Thank you. I The Society for i THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH | .. .all of us committed to the worldwide mission of Jesus | Kpvrrend Ldvsard M Hoffman . I 200 Josephine Street Dept ( j Denver Colorado 80200
Enclosed is my offering for spreading the Good News, with the help o f catechists, in the Missions: □ $15 □$30 □ST') E]$75 □ $100 [ZlOtherS ___ □ I want to be a monthly donor to the Missions! Name__ Address City______State______Zip______-Your gift is tax deductible!------— | Denver Catholic Register — January 16, 1991 — Page 17 DCR" Father Kane dies Dominican Father John V. Kane, former director of HAPPENINGS the Saint Jude Shrine, .San Francisco and the Western Continued from page 17 Dominican Preaching Band, died Jan. 1 in Jamaica Plain, Mass, while visiting family. Father Kane, was a E n n e a g ra m widely known preacher and St. Jude director for more The Enneagram is based on understanding that each than 20 years. ol us is one of nine basic personality types, each of He also was director of the Radio Rosary in north which places obstacles in the path of spiritual growth, ern California, and had preached in the Denver area relationships with others, and self-knowledge. many times. This workshop will enable you to take a gentle jour f-'ather Kane’s family includes three priests (Domini ney inward while suggesting paths of growth for personal cans) and two Sisters of Charity. reflection and prayer...a suitable Lenten activity. The funeral services were in San Francisco Jan 6 at Presented by Denis and Judy Hoelting from 7:30 to St. Dominic Church. Intermeitt was at .Saint Dominic 9:30 p.m. Feb. 26, March 5, 12 and 19 at the shrine of Cemetery, Benicia, Calif. St. Anne, 7555 Grant PI. Arvada. Tor more information and registration, call 238-0521, Tamily Life Ministries, Catholic Community Services. Retrouvaille Take The Register Retrouvaille is a ministry for troubled and hurting marriages, including separated and divorced couples who Father Kane For Good News are willing to try again. It is designed to help heal and renew troubled marriages by rediscovering one another C o r r e c tio n In the original article through frank and open dialogue. “ Fort Morgan man is run The process consists of a weekend experience and six ning for Sacred Heart follow-up sessions over a three month period. A week House (Nov. 14 Register), 1991 Official end is scheduled for Feb. 22-24. Anyone desiring more there were several errors. information, call Bill and Arlene Newlin at 973-5440. Marshal Ulrich was Open House anu
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