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if Study Says Catholic
f Students Care More
A new study by the National
Catholic Educational Aaaociation
says that Catholic students in
parochial schools have stronger “pro
family” views, express less support
>for the military and are more willing
ho contribute money to the poor than
.Catholic students in public schools,
u The study compared the attitudes
I* of 16,000 Catholic high school seniors
in parochial schools as contrasted to
Catholic students in public schools.
Catholic educators hailed the results
as showing that the parochial school
{system gives stronger “positive” in
’ fluences to its students in many areas
including closer affiliation with the
church in terms of social values and
moral goals.
The study also shows that Catholic
school students attend church more
regularly, give more money to the
church and consider religion and
religious values in general as more
important to their lives than do the
public school seniors.
While the Catholic school students
are more likely to want to attend col
lege, they also have a lesa positive
view toward education than public
school students. Catholic officials
says this is due to the “more
rigorous” academic demands in
Catholic schools.
The study, released during the Na
tional Catholic Educational Associa
tion’s annual convention in Toronto,
is titled “The Heart of the Matter: Ef
fects of Catholic High Schools on Stu
dent Values, Beliefs and Behaviors.”
It uses data gathered as part of an
ongoing, annua’ government
sponsored survey of 18,000 high
school seniors called “Monitoring the
Future."
“The results are very
encouraging,” said Michael Guerra,
executive director of the Secondary
Schools Department at NCSA. “The
evidence clearly demonstrates that
Catholic schools succeed in touching
the hearts of their students. Unlike its
public school counterpart, the
Catholic high school is part of a
larger setting in which strength is
drawn from a common moral
language, a common history and a
shared vision of the human journey.”
The study also showed that, in
general, recent Catholic high school
graduates shared the beliefs, values
and behavior of their predecessors
who attended Catholic schools 10
years ago. Catholic educators found
this news encouraging—especially at
a time when many in the United
States have great concerns of the
moral values and vision of the coun
try’s young people.
The 87th annual NCEA convention
attracted more than 23,000 educators
from the United States and Canada
under the leadership of its president,
Catherine T. McNamee. NCEA is the
largest private, professional educa
tion association in the world.
Founded in 1904, the association’s
membership represents more than
200,000 educators serving 7.6 million
students in Catholic education at all
levels, including preschool, elemen
tary and secondary schools, colleges
and universities, seminaries and
religious education programs.
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BY RUTH HEINER
“Neither is the man without the
woman, neither the woman without
the man, in the Lord” (I Corinthians
11:11).
“Husbands render unto the wife
due benevolence” (ICorintbians7:3).
“Wives, submit yourselves unto your
own husbands” (Ephesians 5:23).
“Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loves the church, not hav
ing spot, or wrinkle, or any such
thing; but that it should be holy and
without blemish. So ought men to love
their wives as their own bodies. He
that loveth his wife loveth himself’
(Ephesians 5:25-39).
Neither man nor woman without
each other IN THE LORD means
marriage. Sex without marriage is
not the Lord’s way. the Lord ordained
marriage beginning with Adam and
Eve. “And they heard the voice of the
Lord God, as they were walking in the
garden, in the cool of the day: and
Adam and his wife went to hide
themselves from die presence of the
Lord amongst the trees of the
garden” (from the Book of Moses
4:14).
In the era of the 1960s there was a
movement of “do your own thing”
that changed society, and has af
fected it since. In the name of free
choice, sex became permissible...
even flaunted. Without responsibility,
commitment or marriage.
There was no revelation from God
that changed His laws. The Ten Com
mandments were not rescinded, so
who then would those who chose that
irresponsible path, could they be
following? The great deceiver Satan
had his way with many who decided
that way and to live for die moment.
Forget about die future!
Marriage was'no longer important,
and commitment was Inconvenient.
“How do we know we are compati
ble?” was the experimenters’ com
ment. No des, and no responsibility
became the “in thing,” and seems to
have stayed for many.
The Apostle Paul told the Hebrews
(13:14), “Marriage is honorable in
the all, and the bed undsfiled, but
whoremongers and adulterers God
will judge.”
Teenagers face a Mg decision when
they decide bow they will handle the
changes that came into their bodies to
bring on adulthood and sex. Certainly
he or she gets little guidance from
what is shown on TV or in the movies.
Current books, literature and art
leave little to the imagination, with no
regard for morality.
Often torn by what they see, the
youth are not able to bear the counsel
of parents and the clergy. The idols of
the day that get the :
from the preeence of the Lord; they
could no longer be with Him. Thus
they took on mortality, and as mor
tals they began to multiply and
replenish the earth as the Lord had
instructed them.
Disobedience separatee men from
God in any era of time. Without the
Lord's help, Satan can have a great
deal of influence on anyone, not just
teenagers.
There is
is a part of us that makes us
want to feel loved, and needed... at
any age. Love and passion are not
necessarily the same thing. Too often
they are not Paasion and security are
not the same thing. When two people
.love unselfishly and are committed to
each other, for better or worse, in
sickness and in health, they can have
die uniting of body and soul that is
meant for married couples.
Shallow, selfish desire foster un
bridled passions that are only self
willed passing fulfillment, which
often leaves those who indulge with
no self-respect.
Total love and total commitment is
the road to a lasting relationship of
security.
Children born out of wedlock are
becoming an economic problem in
our society, to say nothing about the
emotional stability of the children, or
the unwed mothers. If it is a problem
in our country, what kind of grief is it
to the Heavenly Father who has set
the guidelines for His children?
For centuries the problem of sex
ually transmitted diseases has
plagued the promibcuous, and whole
societies were destroyed in ancient
times for that reason. The Lord even
tually destroyed the cities of Sodom
and Gomorrah who were lovers of
themselves »nH homosexuals.
FOr the past few years the growth
of AIDS has been a real threat for
people who need a blood transfusion,
or medical aid of any kind.
“Unclean, unclean,” was heard
from ancient peoples when others
came near them, tor they did not wish
to contaminate them. People shunned
them also. Today AIDS has became
almost epidemic in proportion, and
not just in America. Could God decide
to
The scriptures have warned ua that
in the last days before the coming of
the great and dreadful day of the
Lard that the world will be wicked.
to that great day?
a pure
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Praaldant of dark Atlanta Untvarafty; Dr. Jatwnatta Gala,
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Kattti. Praoldant at Mnratianoa CaNago.
UNC Chapel Hill Provides Center
For Black Cultural/ Art Studies
CHAPEL HILL-For many in the
•lack community, deciding to attend
allege brings into question giving up
i piece of their culture, said Margo
Crawford, co-chair of the National
Association for Black Cultural
’enters.
At the University of North Carolina
it Chapel Hill, however, minority
itudents don’t have to leave their
:ulture behind, said Crawford, also
lirector of UNC’s Black Cultural
’enter.
“The university says it recognizes
rour culture and encourages you to
mild on it by providing the Black
Cultural Coiter,” she said.
UNC, the state’s flagship public
uiiversity and the first public univer
lity to open its doors in the country,
masts an enrollment of about 23,000
indergraduate and graduate
itudents. More than 1,900 minority
itudents attend the university.
Established in 1908 and located in
JNC’s Frank Porter Graham Student
Jnion, the Black Cultural Center
vorks to not only educate black
itudents about their culture, but to
mcourage them to share that infor
nation with others.
“They need to know it’s a respon
tibility of theirs to communicate their
:ulture to others and become
knowledgeable and responsive to
ither cultures,” Crawford said. “The
Hack Cultural Center encourages
itudents to read and be knowledge
ible beyond themselves.”
The need for such a center was first
expressed about seven years ago
when members of the university’s
Black Student Movement petitioned
administrators, she said.
“They indicated that although
there had been a black presence on
the campus since ’51, they
nonetheless felt marginal, on the fr
inge of things,” Crawford said. “They
felt a cultural center would help an
chor them as a constituency and help
race relations.”
To date, the center has done just
that, she added.
The center has three primary pro
grams: a lecture series, cross
cultural communications workshops
and a black music program.
The lecture series brings in
scholars and speakers to focus on the
black experience and to provide the
campus with a bank of knowledge on
blackvulture, Crawford said.
The communications workshops br
ing black and white students together
for open discussions on cultural
issues.
“The workshops let them come into
the gap,” she said. “They come from
separate ground to middle ground to
work out new relationships.”
Workshop members participate in
exercises to help overcome com
munication barriers between the
races, she said. Black and white
students, for example, may be asked
to list barriers to effective com
munication across the racial lines. A
printout of the lists is used as a spr
ingboard for workshop discussions.
Sisters Of Providence
Meld To Anniversaries
Several Sisters of Providence who
Mrmerly served in North Carolina
Bcently commemorated their an
iversaries of entrance into religious
fe at a June 30 celebration in
tolyoke, Mass., where the order is
•sed.
>t. Raphael Hosts
leadership Meet
)n October 13
St. Raphael Catholic Church will
oat the Diocesan Leadership Con
srence Oct. 13 from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
This year’s theme is “The Face of
w Church in the ’90s: Called to
[olinesa, Ministry, Community.’’
ieynote speakers are Dr. Leonard
loohan, professor at Spokane
Diversity, and Dr. Susan McBride
em Duquesne University.
Tlte conference is open to anyone
'ho is interested in ministry for the
burch of the ’90s. Mass will follow
le conference at 3 p.m. For more in
armatian, call Father John RandalH
tm-WU or Sister Donna Daniels at
Celebrating their 80th anniver
saries were Slater Mary of Victory
O’Connor, who served as a nursing in
structor at Sandhills Community Col
leeg in Southern Pines; Sister Mary
William Clark who worked at Pro
vidence Hospital In Murphy from
1981-70; and Sister Mary Josita
McTigue who served seven years at
Providence Hospital.
Celebrating her 50th jubilee was
Sister Anne Marie of Jesus Raney
who spent 1073-83 at Moore General
Hospital in Pinehurst. While there,
she also taught sixth grade religious
education classes at St. Anthony of
Padula Church in Southern Pinas and
taught calligraphy at Sandhills Com
munity College.
U. 9. Catholics
Membership Top
At 57 Million
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The number
of U.S. Catholics has topped 87
milHoi iNwHint to fifurw in the
1980 OfhdalCathoUc Directory.
The total of 87.01 million Catholics,
a Jump of more than two million from
1980’s figure of 84.9 million, is due
largely to the inclusion of Eastemite
Catholics, according to Jeanne
HanUne, managing editor of the
directory, published by P J. Kenedy
and Sons of Wilmette, 111. The direc
tory was released June SI.
The number of Catholics showed a
slight rise to 96.08 million when
Puerto Rico.Guam ai^8t.Thornas,
account.
crawtora saia me nnai component
of the center’s programs, the black
music programs, helps bring
students together in a soda! setting to
learn from one another.
Several university organisations
“intersect” at the center, Crawford
said, including many involved with
race relations on campus. The center
also provides support for faculty
members and departments
academically involved with teaching
about racial issues and offers train
ing programs for residence
assistants.
“In general, we like the public to
know we’re here, that problems with
understanding cultures is our
business," she said.
Church Opens
Anti-Drugs
Tunt Ministry
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The center
piece of the United MethodUt
bishopa’ initiative against drugs and
violence began hare June 17 whan
five churches opened their
tent ministries sad ushered in hun
dreds of neighborhood children and
peronta.
Theae sprawling SOX 80-foot tenta,
the color of army fatiguaa, are being
dubbed “United Methodist Saving
Stations,“ a term adopted for thepro
gram by the pester of A.P. Shaw
United Methodist Church In
Washington.
service, members at Shaw, locked in
the church to keep out lnhrudars,
heard the familiar sound of gunfire
being exchanged between drug lards
in the streets, recalled the Rev.
' Everetts Stevenson on opening day
here. They later hoard cries f '
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doors that night he found the bonee es
two young man shot to death. “They
had come boro trying to ascegk” he
“The tents are a i
for drug addicts and others i
help, but God is a permanent I
We have to truly be the
ordor to bring that healing.1
The “saving stations" will o wrato
M hours a day to serve the no ids of
parents, children, drug addicts drug
dealers, the botneleas and htngry.
Red, white and blue “United
Methodist Saving Station" tigns,
nearly seven feet tall, have beer plac
ed in front of each church.
According to Bishop Felton E. May,
who is on a year's special assigt mant
to lead the anti-drug and violence in
itiative, the ministry is designed to
“garner the whole family” and bring
the word of God to children in the
community.
The “saving station" tents are
locaed adjacent to five of the 14 chur
ches that form the core at the anti
drug work in Washington and
neighboring Maryland. The pro
grams vary from site to site, but moot
will offer drug ami family rnmSflHnfl.
African culture and history, Bible
school for youth and adults, slteltor
and food to “folks where they are,”
the bishop said.
Local Talent To Star
In Drama Jnly 19*21
Christian Unlimited Provisions is a
resource team comprised of multi
talented Christian workers with a vi
sion for creative services. CUP’s
most recent creative endeavor in the
Triangle ia a musical play called “No
Compromise.”
Written, produced and directed by
Stanley and Deborah Smith, “No
Compromise” is a candidly spiritual
and musically provocative portrayal
of everyday life for many Americans.
Set in modern timoa, the fbama ad
dresses the choices we msfcs whan
confronted with the pressures
created by today’s fast-paced society.
It is the sobering account of two man
who dedicate their lives to Jesus
Christ. In their pursuit of a better
relationship with Him, they en
counter many events that stun them
into realizing the importance of re
maining committed to the cause of
Christ, especially for the lives thev
affect.
CUP found local talented people in
the Triangle area who have commit
tod their time and effort to make! t
play a ticca—. The cut
an Ndaoa Massey, Harvey
Dorothy Hinton,
rytrttah* Loftin,
Deborah Given, Neiay StngM^ury,
Delean Judd, Gloria Carter,
Richardson, CoUn Pinkney, Mrhdo
Smith, and Warren Terrell.
Three popular choira are alao hart
of tlda endeavor, the Upper
COGIC Choir, Siler Brown Choir I
oI Deliverance Choir.
“No Oomprani—“ will be iu dw
Triangle area on July 1M1 at
Broughton High School. The abow will
atart each night at • p.m.
Tickets will be 17 lOr the
public and an on aale at aH I
the Pish book atoneini* the Go pal
King book aton. For man f
tion contact CUP at M74S74.
PraymrHmlpmt
Power To
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BY PUD AND JOANNS
WILLIAMS