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Bishop O'Malley officially ends repairs to St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall diocese's observances ofyear River, the diocese's mother church.

The liturgy began as the bishop invited of grace and forgiveness, the congregation to kneel with him and

pray as the outer door was closed to symbolize the jubilee's ending. He then reANCHOR STAFF moved a crucifix that was over the door. It NEW BEDFORD - Even as he closed was later brought to the altar with the ofthe atrium door at Our Lady of Mount fertory gifts.

In his homily, given in Portuguese and Carmel Church on Sunday to signal the end the Jubilee Year, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, English, Bishop O'Malley spoke of the OFM Cap., centered greatYearofJubilee, on the Epiphany feast "We must be a star., a light during which the cathedral and 10 other day theme to call all Catholics to a con- that leads people to Jesus' churches in the diotinuing commitment Christ, the savior of the cese, including Our Lady of Mount to Christ in the mil- world," the bishop said on lennium ahead. the day the Gospel text re- Carmel, were designated by him as sta"We must be a star, lated the story of the magi a light that leads following the star to find the' tion or pilgrim people to Jesus churches.

Christ, the savior of infant Messiah.

Visits to those the world," the bishop ~ • churches, with cersaid on the day the tain prayers, attenGospel text related the story of the magi dance at Mass and reception of holy Comfollowing the star to find the infant Mes- munion, would grant indulgences to .the siah. pilgrim petitioner or for a departed soul.

An overflow congr~gation attended tht<; ~1:h~Jv.QileeYearhas been a time for bilingual Mass with its readings, songs and gre'lii::g:iaiie;; af(d;, blessings,~' Bishop prayers in Portuguese and English: .The o'Miu}eY:~a!d;:a~. he recalled. !he year's Mass, at which Bishop O'Malley was the higbligntS:.: :'~Jt. was a year filled with reprincipal celebrant, was celebrated in the tn~~t~,: p'ug!i!n:ages and special intentions."

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Two men ordained transitional deacons FALL RIVER - Surrounded by fam- came in'to existence so that deacons could the martyrdom of the deacon Stephen that ily, friends and professors, two seminar- help, heal. tberlivisions in the Christian led Saul, known later in his conversion as ians preparing for the priesthood were or- community ... ~d they were' also to take Paul, to seek out Philip for counsel. Aldained transitional deacons at colorful cer- very spedal'care of the poor, orphans and though all of Philip's converts were not as rock solid, "he was a man led by the Spirit, emonies in St. Jean Baptiste Church at widows."', .-< Holy Trinity Parish on Jan. 6.

'Ifwas 'tti~ persecution of the Church and who led an interior life of prayer ... whose Rev. Mr. Kevin Andrew Cook of Pembroke and Rev. Mr. David Callahan Frederici of West Harwich are the first to be ordained by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., in the year 2001 for the Fall River diocese.

Both men are in their final year of theology and it is anticipated they will be ordained priests -in June.

The bishop reminded the gathering that the Saturday marked the last day of the Jubilee Year as well the feast of Blessed Andre Bessette, a humble, Congregation of Holy Cross brother ofFrench-Canadian heritage who worKed among those .in the textile mill industry until his death in 1937.

During his homily, the bishop talked about Philip, one of the first seven deacons in the early church ordained by the Apostles, and who, guided by the Holy Spirit, preached in Ethiopia and explained the Scriptures. . NEWLY,:ORDAINED - Transitionafdeacons and family members have a "The readings show that the deacons phGto:tciken with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., after ordination cerwere not just altar boys and waiters," Bishop O'Malley said. "Soon they had se- .emo,nle;s:'Jan. 6. From left, Louis and Rosemary Cook and their son, Rev. Mr. rious ministries assigned to them such as Kevin·A:.Cqok; Bishop O'Malley; Rev. Mr. David C. Frederici and his mother, preaching and baptizing. The diaconate Joan Frederici. (Photo by Stephen Medeiros)

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suffering caused him to rise to a new level of zeal and commitment," Bishop O'Malley said, advising Deacons Cook and Frederici to look to Philip as a role model.

Noting that Philip loved Scriptures and understood that the correct interpretation of the Word of God is needed to teach the faith, Bishop O'Malley urged the new deacons to be like Philip, "to have the zeal to evangelize that led him chase the chariots and talk to strangers about Jesus Christ."

Likening the deacons to those from the Tribe of Levi chosen to assist the priests among the people, Bishop .O'Malley quoted the Old Testament reading: "They have been set aside from among the Israelites and are dedicated to me."

He added that: "You have renounced freely your home and family to accept the Lord as your portion and for consecrated celibacy for the sake of the Kingdom ... giving you the freedom and availability to work on behalf of families and community involvement."

Addressing the deacons, Bishop O'Malley said: "David and Kevin, you are to be Levites, to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of your life.... Humble your self. Deacon by definition means servant. A good servant is always humble ... so take your cue from Jesus Christ himTum to page 13 - Deacons

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Sister Estelle Roy SUSC LOWELL - Holy Union Sister Estelle Roy~ 98, formerly Sister Claire Agnes, died Jan. 4 at the D'Youville Senior Care Center here. She had been a religious sister for nearly 82 years.

Born in Lawrence, Sister Estelle was the adopted daughter of the late Francois and the late Rosalie (Larochelle) Roy. After graduation from St. John Baptist' Academy in Pawtucket, R.I., she entered the Holy Union Novitiate in Fall River in 1918 and was admitted to final vows on Aug. 27, 1926.

Sister Estelle taught music at several schools including St. Mary's and St. Jacques in Taunton, Sacred Heart in North Attleboro, St. Cecilia's in Pawtucket where she was also the organist, and Sacred Heart in Lawrence. She also taught music at the Country Day School in Groton and was the organist at St. Anne's

Church in Littleton.

In 1986 she went to St. Mary's Villa in Lowell, a retirement home for Holy.

Union Sisters, where she was organist. After a short stay at Palm Manor Nursing Home, she joined the Holy Union Sisters at the D'Youville Center.

Besides her Holy Union Sisters she leaves several nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated Monday in the Convent Chapel in Lowell. Burial was Tuesday in St. Bernard's Cemetery, Concord.

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Christian unity prayer week FALL RIVER - Christian religious leaders of Massachusetts will observe the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Jan. 18 through 25, and have jointly issued an ecumenical letter to mark this 13th year of their efforts.

The letter, entitled "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life", was signed by dozens of representatives ·of various Christian churches, as well as by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., of the Fall River diocese and the bishops of the three other Catho- . lic dioceses in the Bay State.

According to Father Mark H. Bergeron, ecumenical officer for the Fall River diocese, and pastor of St. Anne's Church, the purpose of the annual letter is to stimulate awareness of and participation in the week of prayer, as well as to encourage ongoing efforts in support of the ecumenical mandate.

"We have been doing this together for 12 years," said Father Bergeron, "and over the years people have begun to anticipate the letter and to make use of it and the accompanying prayer in a wide variety of ways, both in congregations and in ecumenical gatherings."

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She said the signers of the letter "have .called for the healing of memories that foment our divisions and for the fostering of mutual understanding."

Rev. Kessler added that "this appeal to pray for unity is especially poignant in the light of global ten~ions both among Christians and among people of different religious traditions."

The.Massachusetts Council of Churches is an ecumenical partnership of 15 Protestant denominations in the state, with approximately 1,675 congregations.

The letter, also signed by Cardinal Bernard Law of the Boston Archdiocese; Bishop Thomas L. Dupre of Springfield and Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester, reads in part: "Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ: Jesus 'proclamation, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the Life', is a clarion callfor all ofus to join in praying that the reconciling Way of Christ will become ever more·

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the Serra C\!Jb of Attleboro were guests ata 'holiday dinner and musical program. .

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As we creep into the new year with a new administration, there is a tendency to zero in on the problems and difficulties that beset the nation as a whole. Yet, there are so many areas of concern that truly affect the local scene~ Solutions for these situations should not be postponed when some very basic issues must be addressed by the community here at home. These challenges are ours to deal with on a day-to-day basis. Big brother in Boston or Washington can indeed be of assistance. However, it's the people who live here in our backyard that should be the catalyst in solving these realities.

First and foremost, the massive population increase projected for Southeastern Massachusetts is astounding. In the greater Wareham, Carver and Plymouth areas it is estimated that 6,000 new homes will be built within the next 10 years. Now join these projections to the abutting Cape and Islands and we will face changes which will place a severe strain on many areas of our life. Along with this growth, we will also meet the ever-growing communities in Northern Bristol County.

In this process of growth and development, certain social concerns become immediate. For example, the difficulties of housing immediately surface. New home construction is for the affordable. There are many people with middle-class jobs who even today cannot buy a home because of explosive market values. Imagine then the concerns of the homeless, the displaced, the immigrant and the elderly. Thousands will simply be edged out into the cold. They won't even be able to fund a mortgage.

Somehow, we should concentrate on the resources at hand and what can be had to face this crunch with equity and justice.

Education is another issue that will involve more and more of our energies. Our inner-city schools are in need of extensive care. More opportunities for adult immigrants should be offered to help them advance in the workplace. Local towns and cities can no longer bear the brunt of educational expenses. State and federal resources must be made available to ensure that every child has the opportunity to fulfill. his. or her hopes and dreams...

Amid all of the development, we should always be consciou~ of the fragile,nature.,of.,our,land and.o~an rerourG6S: \There"ha!i~ to be a sincere effort on everyone's part to conserve and p're~; serve the gifts of nature that are unique to our area. A serious. concern by all should be given to the protection of 15,000 acres at the Massachusetts Military Reservation. No longer can we afford the outrageous destruction of the gift that nature has entrusted to our keeping. . : Other issues, ·sUGh- .as:~p:ubli9' transportation, the Steamship Authority's autocracy, development of rail transportation, the introduction of mainland cargo container service, and the frequent bridge traffic jams are but ~ few ,of .the major 'worries that arise in this particular area. Everyone is affected and everyone' should work for honest and fair proposals that will alleviate the ever-developing congestion that enslaves us all. .

It should be obvious that we have a great deal of homework to do here in our own place. Big government is not the solution.

It will take the involvement of each person to WOfk in a cooperative effort to stand up to our challenges. God~as given us a wonderful gift in the very nature of where we live, move and have our being. This gift must be protected and nurtured for the sake of the quality of our living. If we fail to act now, we will destroy all that has been given to us - even ourselves.

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As we: worked ·together; night. Instead of living "I-thou" live together, personal contact Grandma·told us stories ·of my relationships that are built on between them is minimal.

No doubt there are homes and grandfather and the old country. s'haring ourselves with each rectories where this is not true. These stories were a magnificent other, upon intimacy, we reduce our lives to passive "I-it" relaBut my guess is that dining to- means of learning my roots. getheris more the exception than My course of studies didn't tionships in which we hardly end here. At the table dad often know each other. the rule in our society.

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ments, has sustained him; but without the help of God he would not be able to remain fully active," Fineschi told the magazine.

The doctor said he absolutely does not believe Pope John Paul will resign from the papacy.

"I hope he will continue with the same ability, the same determination and the same diligence to do what he has been doing up

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CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE "As a doctor, I should order him to rest, but it would be useVATICAN CITY - Pope less," he said. The pope carries John Paul II's limp and slow gait out his mission "even at the cost ,are related to a neurological disorder, not problems with his artiof great suffering, with total altruism." ficial hip, said the orthopedic sur"To force the pope to stay away geon who implanted the prosthesis in 1994. from his work is impossible, so he left the hospital after just two Dr. Gianfranco Fineschi, the weeks," the doctor said. surgeon, was quoted by an ItalFineschi said that for "a ian magazine as saying the long time" he had lunch with pope suffers from the pope every Wednesday Parkinson's disease and is After one of his: meetings with and was struck by his "fastaking medication to slow its effects. Parkinson's is a Clinton - Fineschi did not say cinating personality" and his progressive neurological which meeting - he said the pope sense of humor.

The doctor said his revdisease. told him: '7he onlyone I wasn't able erence for the pope and his However, after the magato dialogue with was' Clinton. I spoke awe in his presence did not zine Oggi went on sale last and he IQoked at the wall, admiring prevent the development of week, Fineschi denied having been so specific about the frescoes a'nd the paintings. He a real friendship. the interview, In the pope's condition. . was not listening to me."

Fineschi said the pope had "I did not say and I do made comments to him not know that the pope has Parkinson's," Fineschi told the until now. He has done very well, about papal meetings with a varibut it is not enough in a world ety of world leaders, including Italian news agency ANSA. "I am an orthopedic surgeon, which, needs him so much,"he Poland's former communist president, Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski; , . and Parkinson's is not a disease said. ' " , In addition to performing the the former ChHean dictator, Gen. within my competence,~! he said.

"Certainly, some of the pope's 1994.surgery:after the pope broke Augusto Pinochet; and U.S.symptoms ',can', suggest his· femur,. Finesc!ti ;WltS Rart (If Pr~sident Bill Clinton. ,After one of his meetings with Parkinson's" but,they are present' the team of doctCirsoperating ,on: in other diseases 'as welL", ,,' :-, the,pope after,he was-shoUn 1981 Clinton ,- Fineschi did not say ,Fineschi said that exceplfor the, because.0f damage .to, ,his .eJbp~, which meeting ,- he said the pope references to Parkinson's,. the rest, aJ:lc;l.. /te tre~ted..the pope, in .1.993 told.hirp; ':Th~ only o.ne I wasn't of the quotes used by Oggi were' w,ll.en.he. f~U .~a!1c!,disIQ9at~"L his: able Jo dialogue, wi~h was Clinton. '. " .' .: ',' ',', : '..~.' shoulde.r-: ," , ' i " • • • • ' , , , , , , ' I ~p'o~~,~d h~~lpoked at,th~ waJl; accurate. ,i;Every time:the pope, leav.es on aqrp~r.i.ng . .t.h~, JrescQ~S and·, t·be "The Holy F.ather1s phy.s.iqoo: is very muscular like'a sWimmer.'s: a .tr,ip. Or. ti~s;.hil1,lself.'during 'an paintings. J:I~·w~s.no! liste'1ing t9 • " which, together with the treat- official event, I fear for him," me.'"

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Q. Please discuss in your column if or when Into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church baptism in another church is recognized by (n. 480) says repetition of the sacrament of bapthe Catholic Church. If it is recognized, has it tism "is not permitted unless there is a prudent always been? doubt about the fact or validity of the baptism We are concerned because a relative wish- already received." If after "serious investigation" ing to enter our faith is reluctant to be hap- it seems necessary to confer baptism again conPublicity Chairmen are asked Narne of the Sacred Heart of Jesus tized again. He feels he has already received ditionally, "the minister should explain beforeto submit news items for this col- . Church. Courage is a support group this sacrament. We are receiving v;uious an-. hand the reasons" for this action. umn to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, for Catholic men and women who swers from different These same regulaFall River, 02722. Name of city are confronting same sex attracpriests. (Wisconsin) tions are repeated in the or town should be included, as tion issues and who are striving to A. Since as long ago Code of Canon Law well as full dates of all activi- lead chaste lives. For more inforas 1949, the Catholic (845) and the 1993 ties. DEADLINE IS NOON ON mation call Msgr. Thomas Church has explicitly Vatican Directory on FRIDAYS. Harrington at 992-3184. assumed the validity of Ecumenism (Nos. 94Events publis~ed must be of baptism in most Prot95). interest and open to our general NEW BEDFORD - Calix, a estant denominations.

By Father Q. Do we fulfill our readership. We do not normally group which enlists Catholic men Several of these Sunday or holy day John J. Dietzen carry notices of fund-raising and women who aregratefully churches were listed by Mass obligation by atactivities, which may be adver- celebrating recovery from alcoholname, but the ruling tending Mass in the tised at our regular rates, ob- ism, drug addiction and other deapplied to any others if basically necessary ritu- home of a retired priest? We had a discustainable from our business of- pendencies will meet Sunday at als and intentions were present. (Reply from the sion about this, but I think those who say no 6:30 p.m. at the parish center of fice at (508) 675-7151.

Holy Office Dec. 28, 1949) have no law to back them up. (MassachuHoly Name of the Sacred Heart This position resulted partially from a better setts) .

ATTLEBORO - The La of Jesus Church. New members awareness. by the Catholic Church of baptism in A. Canon law (1248) states, "A person who Salette Center for Christian Liv- always welcome. these other congregations, but also, at least to assists at a Mass celebrated anywhere in a Cathoing will present a program entitled some degree, from a more developed theology lic rite either on the feast day itself or in the NORTH DARTMOUTH "Day of Recollection: Discoverand practice concerning baptism on the Protes- evening of the preceding day satisfies the obliing the Personality of Jesus," Sun- Priests and deacons are invited to tant side. gation of participating in the Mass." day at 1 p.m. For more informa- an informational session regardChurch law formerly required that Sunday and Since then, of course, the understanding of tion call the retreat secretary at ing Natural Family Planning and the meaning and significance of baptism has de- holy day obligations be fulfilled in a church or 222-8530. its new role in the Diocesan Marveloped significantly, making conditional bap- certain oratories (chapels):.. However, that need riage Preparation process on Jan. tism (or, as it is sometimes erroneously called, no longer exists.

BARNSTABLE - "Residents 16 at 1 p.m. at the St. Julie Billiart Some people also seem unaware that the Mass "rebaptism") of converts to our faith quite rare.

Encounter Christ" will be held Jan. Parish center. John Dumont will Most times today, if convert has belonged attended need not be the Sunday Mass with' its 26-28 at the Barnstable County· be guest speaker. For registration to and been baptized in a major Protestant de- proper readings and prayers. Those participating House of Correction. Prayers and call Jerry and Scottie Foley at 999nomination, conditional baptism may be minis- in a Saturday evening wedding Mass, for exPalanca notes are requested for 6420. tered only if the fact of the previous baptism is ample, are not obliged to attend another Mass residents (Dear Sister in Christ. .. ) SOMERSET _ The St. Thouncertain or if the individual has serious and the following day. and unsealed notes should be sent spec!fic doubts about the validity of the former A free brochure answering questions Cathomas More Vocations Awareness to: R.E.C. #55, P.O. Box 104, Team is sponsoring a holy hour for baptIsm. . , ' ,lies ask about the sacrament of penance is Barnstable, MA 02630. Do not vocations on Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m.

You should not be receiving varying,re~p~.mses ,a.vail~ble by sending a stamped, self-addressed include your last name. ._~ ---- Refreshments will follow. For ~bout: th,is. Presen~ C~th?li~ reguJ~.ti9ns .~xpl.iy,- ,,'. ~?y«:l~p~ ~o Father Joh,~p'iet~en!Bo~. 325,' Peomore tnJormation calI673-7831.,1t1yforbldautomatlcorroutmebaptlsmofpeople rIa,,~.J- 61651.· . .

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Students should arrive the day of the exam by 8: 15 a.m. to register. Students should also bring two #2 pencils.

NEW BEDFORD - The Courage Group will meet Saturday at 7 p.m. in the rectory of Holy

Christi-Cape Cod will be held Jan. 15 from 7 :30-9: 15 p.m, in St. Mary's Hall at St. Pius X Church.

It is themed "Faith-based Community Organizing for Justice and Peace." For more information call 771-6737.

WEST HARWICH - The Celebrate Life Committee of Holy Trinity Parish will hold its monthly holy hour Jan. 28 at 1:30 p.m. They invite all to join them in praying for the end of abortion.

Nuns sing again of Christ's love On Jan. 25, 1999, blues man and music proI received an invitation from Mother Dolores ducer Thomas J. Pomposello died of a heart at- Hart, -the actress. who left Hollywood in 1963 tack at age 50. His work, he would say, was moti- to devote her life to God in this Benedictine vated by the desire to "bridge the' gap between community, to, attend a special afternoon presecular and sacred music." . . ' ~ sentation intrbduting. the CI? to 'soine of their 0!1e of Pomposello's last productions was the friends. international best seller . Mother David Serna, . "the administnitor, ex"Women in Chant," a . compact disc featuring plained' that they chose -·the theme of "re'cordare" the choir of nuns at the Benedictine Abbey of to' join' in the c'all for Regina Laudis forgiveness and recon(Bethlehem, Conn. ciliation raised by Pope 06751), who were John Paul II.

By Antoinette Bosco coached by Theodore "Recordare" is Latin for Marier, a professor of "to remember," and the liturgical music at The ....-----------l_L....;;__J.J community believes that before one can forgive the past, one has to reCatholic University of America in WaShington.

As the nuns, my friends, prepared to remem- member it and "admit the part we have played in ber him on this second anniversary of his death, one another's sufferings." Nowhere is this truth they honored him by giving the world in his name better expressed than in the life of Jesus and his another music gem. The nuns have released a new mother Mary. compact disc called "Women in Chant' Recordare' And that brought the nuns to a very creative - Remembering the Mysteries in the Life of Jesus, path. They joined two radically different spiritual Son of Mary." expressions, classical Gregorian chant celebrating The idea behind completing this recording came the cycles of Advent, Christmas, Lent and from Pomposello's son, Travis, a vice-president E~stertide, and the devotional prayer of the roat the Discovery Channel. He approached the nuns, sary, following the progression of the 15 mysterasking if he could continue the work his' father ies. Special meditations, spoken by Mother ha,d begun at Regina Laudis.

Dolores, reflect on the events in Christ's life from "Travis' appearance on the scene reminded us, his mother's point of view. once more, that the life of resurrection is experiListening to the chant and the words was truly enced in the continuity of those who love beyond prayer, and I felt I and the others there had been the terrifying mystery of death," said Mother Lucia shown a new way to be linked to the divine.

Kuppens, one ofthe 38 nuns at the abbey. A former At the final blessing, sung by the abbey's :ale sch?lar, Mother Lucia wrote the beautifully founder, Mother Benedict Duss, now 90, I think mformatlVe booklet that accompanies the new CD. we all felt elevated and renewed.

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The profundity of this observation formed the subtext of the story of a recent - and probably the best - cup of coffee I ever had. The

worn Bible on the dash, a rolled sleeping bag at the end of his plywood "sofa."

He can make only one cup at a time, but since he decided to give up coffee in recent times he said he looked forward to making one for me, "just for the smell of it."

Current personal concerns "~ of mine occu\ pied much of our conversation as Winston worked slowly --:-~ , and methodiBy Dan Morris cally from his crouched position - worked, that is, on the cup was served by a wise man and coffee and on my self-absorbed brewed in wonderful style in his meanderings. He pulled a tiny red tidy home. funnel from somewhere and used His home doubles as his medi- it to fill his tiny single-burner hiktation and counseling center which ing "stove" with fuel from a small is also his front room and kitchen. container he had pu~ed from someIt also serves as his mode of trans-' where else. He pumped pressure portation. His address is 'license 'into the device and lit it as he alplate number. His home is a lowed me to seek self-healing Volkswagen Vanagan. through his listening.

Winston has been a friend for a From under his breadbox-size long time, the friendship being born library he produced his sole metal in the underwater diving and har- cup, a small bag of fine coffee, a vesting industry in the San Juari Is- plastic carton of water, and a filter. lands and the fjord-like inlets. of As he performed his rite of sharHomer, Alaska. ing, my heart lightened. When afYears ago Winston began ter sometime he handed me a steam"decluttering" his life. At first it was ing cup of perfect coffee, I realeconomic necessity. Today it is a ized I was being served by a conscious choice. He is the only uniquely spiritual person. Winston person I know who actually knows has no checking or savings account, in an intimate way the truth of the no I~s or401K, no house payc statement, "Less is more.'" ... '. m~nt, no c(lr payment;'no desire t~,: I sat s~'dewa)'s in the Vanal!:an's .. tiit'it oil!: iii'the stock rruirket or the ~~' ,.t'~;;~'J:'~ :1~..r~r""'t~-.Gw"l\.IT..~"'~/rP'''''''m :>"I路.".. ~ito.,R) ,'0'" pas"eog r""a as' tnstuO' per~ . ottery.' . .' " .'rl'I",I'~路'1 , . 'I";' . . formed his coffee making ritUal and ' He had stopped by to spend a we talked. I surveyed his condensed couple of days with me because "it kingdom: a tiny library ofchalleng- just seemed like I should." He ing books, an eclectic assortment helped me repair water lines and a of cassette tapes and music, a well- septic system. And my heart.

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I know this unselfconscious mobile "monk" will help breathe new life into more than our friend's empty sails.

"Thanks for the coffee," I waved at him.

"Pleasure's all mine, buddy," he smiled back. And he meant it. He has built a life purposely that enables him to be available and fully

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By JOHN NORTON and women to fresh efforts to implement the great humanitarian ideal which is at the heart of the UNHCR's mission: the protection of refugees and the defense and promotion of their dignity," he said.

The pope said that the Vatican would continue to do all it could to ensure that refugees and those displaced within their own countries "are not forgotten in the midst of the profound trans~ formations affecting international life."

"It will continue to encourage support for those countries that bear the heavy and often prolonged burden of sheltering displaced populations," he said.

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In a letter to Sadako Ogata, who until recently served as U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, the pope said care for refugees would continue to be a priority for the Catholic Church and its aid organizations.

The pope noted that he once referred to the plight of refugees in the world as "a shameful wound of our times," and that since then their numbers have increased and "their situation has become more tragic."

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the Holy Door. ~ressed in gold vestments, the 80-year-old pontiff entered the atrium of St. VATICAN CITY - Pope Peter's at the end of a long proJohn Paul II pulled shut the . '\~. \ \ . , .'.' cession.

Holy Door and formally ended \. ,~ .. '"•., Looking frail but deterthe Great Jubilee of the. Year '; \. mined, supported by the arm by "".i, ' 2000, giving thanks for a year two aides, h,e went up three of extraordinary grace and un. . steps to the threshold of veiling his vision of the the door and knelt in priChurch's path in the third ," . .vate prayer. millennium.

"While today we close the Holy Then, standing just The pope said the Door, a symbol of Christ, the heart outside the near-empty. jubilee's spiritual gifts will have a lasting impact of Jesus remains more open than basilica, he swung the two only if they revitalize ever. .He continues to say to a hu- , pa~els of. the doors shut, t"~ daily faith in action and manity in need of hope and mean- one by one, and turned the 'c handle to close it., The spur the Church's mis- . mg: ome to me,all who labor and door was later bricked up sionary outreach. ,f"" / He issued a lengthy are heavily laden, and I will give you and was not expected to be reopened until 2025, new document outlining rest,'" the pope said. when the next Holy Year POPE JOHN Paull! signs his 84-page apostolic letter outlin- how the main themes of is scheduled. the Holy Year charity, ing a vision of the Church for the new millennium. He signed the "We return to our normal acletter in St. Peter's Square after celebrating the closing Mass of penitence and personal encoun- you rest,''' he said. ter with Christ - could be deAn estimated 100,000 faith- tivities, but this is something the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. (CNS photo from Reuters) veloped in the coming years ful joined the pope for a clos- quite different from taking a and decades. ing Mass in St. Peter's Square. rest," he said.

The pope's 84-page docu"Today this extraordinary The day began with light rain, "Novo Millennio year officially closes, but the but by the end of the two-hour ment, Jneunte" ("At the Beginning of spiritual gifts poured out dur- liturgy the sun was breaking ing the year remain," the pope through and lit up the face of a the New Millennium"), put it another way: "If ours has been said Jan. 6 after swinging shut visibly pleased pontiff.

By JOHN THAVIS ture of the modem economic realthe ceremonial brop.ze doqr of , The pope ended the jubilee a genuine pilgrimage, it will CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ity, saying immense possibilities St. Peter's Basilica.· ; '" where,he began it ---"in front of 'have,' as it were,. stretched our ',,! ~ ~ •·. ~:·I.I·.I~.JI.: .1'/1',.'; ...•..• VATICAN CITY - In a final are offered to a fortunate few while legs for the iotirneY"stiil'ahead." document on the Great Jubilee of millions are l¥ft in gegradipg cO,n:Jf"'; ,,'.II\\,--1 1t'l"I?J:l~h'''' 'f.! , ..... ," "'" . ulalOgue' wn ,otner'reh-' the Year' 2000, Pope John Paul II ditions. It called fora !'new cre, 'gionsmust con'tinue, 'the pope revisited highlights of the Holy ativity in charity:" to £fud ways that said, but it cannot be "underYear and suggested how its spiri- . get close to those who suffer and stood as negotiation." Nor tual gifts can help lead others to ensure that aid is not seen as a "hushould Christians fear that their the Gospel. miliating handout." joyful proclamation of the gifl The apostolic letter, titled The pope said the Church of Christ will "be considered an "Novo Millennio Jneunte" ("At the should not apologize for trying to offense to the identity of othBeginning of the New Millen- implement its moral teachings in ers," he said. nium"), offered some last words society. The defense of human life The document outlined on several controversial jubilee from conception to natural death Church priorities in the new themes. It also sketched out the is not a case of "imposing" Cathomillennium, including a rekinpope's vision of Church priorities lie teachings on nonbelievers, but dling of personal holiness, in the third millennium, emphasiz- of protecting values rooted in hustrengthening of ecumenism, ing that the personal encounter man dignity, he said. In defending an urgent push for new priestly with Christ should ultimately in- the Christian view of marriage and vocations and creative Chrisfluence the economic and social the family, he said, the Church tian input on social issues. behavior of modem society. "cannot yield to cultural pressures, The pope wanted the jubilee The pope signed the 84-page no matter how widespread and to go out on a festive note, so document Jan. 6 on a small table even militant they may be." he approved a late addition to brought to him in St. Peter's He encouraged pastors to chalhis schedule, a songfest with Square, where he had just cel- lenge Christians and urge them not several thousand children Jan. 5. ebrated a Mass to close the jubi- to settle for ethical mediocrity and Many of the kids, including lee. . "shallow religiosity." He asked some with Down syndrome, The document calls for a new pastors to lead Catholics back to lined up for a papal kiss and ., . sense of mission'; built on the en- the sacrament of penance, exhorthug. . thusiasm of the jubilee, one that ing them"not to "give in to passing The Vatican's chief liturgist, leads people to holiness and finds crises." He said the dramatic need Bishop Piero Marini, said he new ways to proclaim the Gospel for new priestS in the coming years considered it one of the pope's in a culture marked by diversity should prompt an extensive glogreatest personal accomplishand globalization. bal plan of vocational promotion. ments that he successfully Citing the recent and controverIn discussing the need for comguided the Church into the new sial document, "Dominus Jesus," monion within the Church, he said millennium. the pope said interreligious dia- more attention should be given to After the closing Mass, the logue cannot simply replace proc- local councils of priests and parpope stood and leaned with lamation. ish members. , both hands on his silver staff, But he noted with joy that for Addressing foreign debt, the closing his eyes for several the first time in 2000, a holy door pope said he was gratified that reminutes, in prayer as a hymn of was opened together by leaders of cently some creditor nations had thanksgiving was sung. the Catholic, Anglican and Ortho- approved a substantial forgiveness Then he took a long ride in an dox churches. He also looked of bilateral debt of the poorest naopen jeep around nearly every POPE JOHN Paul II closes the Holy Door in St. Peter's ahead to planned trips to Ukraine, tions, and that more work needs section of the packed square and . Arme~a and Syria later this year to be done on relieving the mas- Basilica. The pope ended the Holy Year by closing the porthe adjacent area, giving cheertal, celebrating Mass for more than 100,000 people in St. and SaId he had great hopes for re- sive multilateral debt that poor ing pilgrims one last jubilee treat lations with Eastern churches. . countries have contracted with in- Peter's Square and releasing an 84-page letter on the Church and kissing five babies en route.

The document drew a stark pic- ternational lending organizations. in the new millennium. (CNS photo from Vatican) "While' today'we, close' the Holy Door, a ~ymbolof Christ, the heart of Jesus remains more open than ever,'He continues to say to a humanity in need of hope and' meaning: 'Come to me, all who labor and are heaviiy laden, and I wil! give

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Communion, reported the AssociThe attack carne at Communion ated Press. Her funeral was held Jan. during a 6 a.m. Mass on Dec. 31.

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Msgr. Patrick Anthony, informaThe attackers also went to the tion officer for the Archdiocese of altar where they set fire to Father Castries, said in a telephone inter-Charles Gaillard, wounded a euchaview that the attackers poured gaso- ristic minister and burned the altar. line on worshippers and set them The priest, who suffered third-deablaze with torches placed on top of gree burns and a collapsed lung, was wooden staffs they were canying. flown to the island ofMartinique for 'The police know the two per- treatment. sons because they have been in''Father Gaillard's condition revolved in other incidents. They are mains critical. He is in intensive two kind ofweird characters who've care;' said Msgr. Anthony. been going around the place wearPolice said at least 12 other FRANCISCAN FATHER James Kelly prepares a floral arrangement at St. Anthony Friary ing sackcloth and carrying (wooden) people were hospitalized following the attack. Five of them remain in in South St. Louis, Mo. He credits God for the ability to cope with Parkinson's disease. His poles;' he said.

Police said worshippers seized critical condition. activities include flower arranging, .cooking and writing children's books and homilies. (eNS one ofthe suspects, 20-year-old Kim The island's Rastafarian leaders photo by Mark Kempf, St. Louis Review) John, and held him until police denounced the attack, said police came, and the next day the other spokesman Albert Fregis. suspect, 34-year-old Francis Phillip, Rastafarianism is based on peaceful was captured in the suburb of Pave. principles and emerged in Jamaica 'They claim they had this vision and spread throughout the Caribbean in which the spirit of Saul from the in the 19308. Itholds that Selassie was Bible and the spiritof(the late Ethio- divine and a savior and has some one pian emperor) Haile Selassie and million followers worldwide.

By JEAN M. SCHILDZ flower business, the bespectacled walked; it kept hitting the left side some other spirits told them that they Msgr. Anthony said: 'The police CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE priest now arranges beautiful bou- of his body, and his left foot would commissioned them to go out and have been excellent. The governST. LOUIS - It might be the quets and other floral displays for not step correctly. destroy the Catholic Church because ment and prime minister have been wheelchair that gets noticed first, the Franciscan parish and his comAt that time, he was thinking it's the biggest church, the most meeting with the archbishop (Kelvin but the broad smile will easily out- munity. , : . , ' about running for the position of po~erful, <1?d i~'s the ce?ter o~ all Felix) and myself regularly. They shine all 9;~~! ptem,ori~s: , . . ' He also cooks, preparing a deli-' . religious superior ofhis Franciscan thiS ~,bommatlOn that s takmg have offered to cover whatever costs So; why:,i~~ ~~f\q.c+~c~~ ,f;~#t~[~' cio~~!i:~~tP.~4he ..~,s .," .~~~~at9~ncy l.l.niv~rsity ~l~,. ~~~ ~thony. ad?ed. for damages and also whatevercos~ James Kelly smiling? After all, here ,for tile2thplt,lS memoep; Oflri.s'cori- 'Quincy, m. Hewas.selected for that." ': . P<?\ice ld~niijied; the sla;m nun as .' to ~port people overseas for treat is a man with a doctorate in read- gregation and their guests on role, and served for the next nine ~lster Theresa Egan, 72, a member ment. ing, language and cognition who Thanksgiving last' year. years despite his illness. studied for years to discern the best Father Kelly also has been able At Quincy, he served as the diways to teach others - particularly to continue a ministry of writing. rector of the university's reading children and those with reading dis- He composes homilies for center and also was an assistant and abilities - the joys of reading. But laypeople to read anq for. his fel- later full professor of education. he can no longer teach. low friars to use at Mass.

"I believed I had the most desirBecause of his struggle with He also writes children's books. able teaching job in the world," Subscribe to Parkinson's disease, Father Kelly Previously, he composed a series Father Kelly said. '~I taught educahas lost his ability to speak clearly. involving the character "Sherman tion majors (young adults) in the Subscription weekend FEB. While mentally as sharp as ever, the on the Mount;' based on the esca- morning, children in the afternoon 49-year-old's tools of his trade pades of a Franciscan friar and his in my reading clinic, and adults in his schooling and skills - are now friends. our evening master's program. I trapped inside his body.

Because that character is copy- had it all." , When he can't get his thoughts righted, Father Kelly plans to write Visiting several neurologists across verbally or with gestures, the a new series for children involving during this time period, he finally priest uses an electronic device that a Franciscan brother named after was diagnosed with Parkinson's.

Vocations Week mechanically voices his keyed-in himself, he said with a grin.

Battling the illness, Father Kelly underscores need for responses.

Each day presents a new chal- underwent two brain surgeries. The Father Kelly attributes his grace- lenge to Father Kelly, who because first one was "miraculous" and the priests, religious ful ability to cope with his illness of the nature ofParkinson's disease second "disastrous," l;J.e said, "seto God, who he said gave him the doesn't know wpat parts ofhis body verely impairing my speech, pengift of hope to help him. He is even will be ~or~ng fro~ one moment manship and sense of smell." able to be thankful for his disease, to tb:e next. Somtttin).es he can walk, The day he had to resign from because it "brings out the ,best in and sometimes, he needs a wheel~ his work at Quim;y University was • the saddest time m. his life, he said. people." chair. . i ~", Father Kelly now lives at St. Parkinson's ,di'sease is a pro- Though he has.been discouraged, Anthony Friary, his Franciscan gressive netv0llsdisorder typically disheartened and 'embarrassed bePope calls on community's headquarters located known to s~.ol,der adults. But cause of his illness, he has never Christians to next to St. Anthony of Padua Par- with popul¥. actor MiChael J. lost hope; Father Kelly said. 're-evangeiize life' ish in South St. Louis; Never a Fox'sannoun~emen,t that he sufWith his 'charact~ristic optiB'Ca1MClUC..... baulOllnZiDOocI," 8IIMcI 1'tle leuof'*, p::lpO'. meaap _ ftkacd. negative person before the onset of fers from tlll(diseilSe, the public mism, Father Kelly said he hopes VATICAN an _ Ille Vatican beforo Crillcidnl Western 0lrlJtmII. Parkinson's, the priest said he didn't has become more aware of its ca- for a cure, improved medications, culture', Icaulley 10 "Widlia dIllCbrisd.la ddcl.ilMl Ood. Popci Jolin cummualty." want to change now. pacity to' stri}re earli~r in life and and surgical procedures that not PIul n aDed oa C'bris. "eKb pmoa db· thllli "hi-e'laa;cllze COwrltborbttOWllptr· "Moreover, I knew and still be- of its varied complications. Those only will halt the disease's progresInbislrUlU&lmeaqo Ipoodtl:lliwidlreaeroaforlbcWorld Da)' of II)'," lieve that God can and does trans- complications can include muscu- sion, but restore some of his lost Pn.yeI"forVOQlioas,tbD WbiloemphuizlDI cUdCOllCelDpOnr}' cveat'llhcme."Bvform pains and hurts into blessings;' lar rigidity, tremor, facial paraly- abilities. ~~'::;:u:i.~~~~a~= =~=and~~ :~~iI'::=a:'~ he wrote in materials prepared for sis, peculiarity of gait and posture "I will be 25 years a priest in :k0~~lor~o;,=~~=~~~,,:: =:,bo:u~t~ ~~::~d~:~::': to them: (CHS photo) 2003," he noted in his prepared rehis interview with the St. Louis Re- and weakness. view, archdiocesan newspaper.

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eNS home video reviews NEW YORK - The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Catholic Conference Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is available on VHS format. Theatrical movies on video have a U.S. Catholic Conference classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating. All reviews indicate the appropriate age group for the video audience.

"The Exorcist" (1974; expanded 2000 version on video) Strong screen version of the William Blatty novel about the demonic possession of a young girl (Linda Blair) and the attempts of two priests (Jason Miller and Max von Sydow) to exorcise the devil from her. Directed by William Friedkin, the movie is on shaky ground theologically and its special effects are horrific but the result is an exciting horror fantasy for those with strong stomachs. Its graphic violence, obscene references and foul language make it strictly adult fare.

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classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted. (Columbia TriStar) "Kikujiro" (2000) Flawed Japanese comedydrama about a sensitive nine-yearold boy (Yusuke Sekiguchi) who is reluctantly accompanied by a gruff, middle-aged roughneck (Beat Takeshi), on a quest to find the mother he has never met. Initially endearing, writer-director Takeshi Kitano's tiresome road movie sours despite innovative visuals by becoming emotionally manipulative and without being funny. An attempted child molestation scene, fleeting violence, brief full nudity and a few instances of coarse language. Subtitles. The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be

inappropriate for children under 13. (Columbia TriStar) "Love's Labour's Lost" (2000) Merry musical set in the 193.0s based on Shakespeare's romantic play in which the king of Navarre (Alessandro Nivola) and his cornrades (Kenneth Branagh, Matthew Lillard and Adrian Lester) swear off women for three years to devote themselves to academic life, but a visit from the princess of France (Alicia Silverstone) and her attendants (Natascha McElhone, Emily Mortimer and Carmen Ejogo) soon upsets their plan for a secluded existence. With a simplified plot and much of the original text cut back, director

JULIA STILES left stars in a scene from the movie "Save the Last Dance." (eNS photo from Paramount Pi'ctu~es)

There's no saving 'last Dance'

Branagh's film is an upbeat NEW YORK (CNS) _ A middle-class white girl difficult to feel much empathy for the two sweethearts throwback to the traditional Hol- sparks a clash of cultures when she falls for an African- or for their situation since their attraction for one anIywooi:! musicals, but some of the American teen-agerin the mediocre teen romance "Save other is not convincing. Stiles' performance is wooden, ~ctors are not up to a musjcal . the Last Dance" (Paramount). and the viewer is never quite persuaded that she truly comedy, or Shakespeare, renderOn the surface, the film seems to have all the essen- cares for Derek or, for that matter, that she has a' real ing a few of the numbers a bit tialstoappealtothedesiredMTVaudienceoftheyoung passion for ballet. amateurish. A sensuous dance rou- and hip: fresh faces, plenty of hip-hop music and dance The film also suffers from too many underdeveltine. The U.S. Catholic Confer- and the controversy of an interracial relationship set in oped-and almost stereotypical-characters that float ence classification is A-II the gritty world of urban America. Unfortunately, it in and out. Derek's boyhood friend, Malakai (Fredro a.dultspa~d adoleAscents: T~e MO - only partially delivers, as one-dimensional characters Starr), is a violent thug convinced that there is no better tlOn. Ictu~e . ~~clatlOn 0 fI and the stale fish-out-of-water scenario hold the film life for him than the one on the South Side's mean A~enca ratmg IS ---: parenta back from engrossing the viewer. streets. Nikki (Bianca Lawson), Derek's old flame, is a gUlda~,~ su:楼s.te~.(~~:~)max) For Sara (Julia Stiles), ballet was everything. But nasty little thing who resents Sara for being white and R rIp d ' h' h when a tragic car accident kills her mother, she aban- stealing her man. And Roy is given little to do other ~ aurt y co;re y ~ w IC dons her dream of going to Juilliard and moves from than to inform Sara where the frozen dinners are 10.lour C? egte fstu enNts t ye a kraUt- her small, suburban town to the South Side of Chicago cated. . cous Jaun rom ew or 0 . , 't. . f .d where her e~tranged musi~ia't:l father, Roy cr~rry Ho~ever, the !!cript sfores by including fresh, curex:as m pursu!t 0 _ a VI. eo~ape . Kinney), lives. Suddenly she finds herself i'n the mi-' rerit'lingp, as the ,bailter betweel1 ttie teens is believaCCIdentally maJied to aglrlfnend nori as one of onl a fe~'~hiie teens at a redomi- able.'T.M-best 'ceri~s '~'in 'tile dance'Club, .wl!ere ,o~ o~e ~f ~?~. ~tu.~~~.t~ t.~t. shows ~. 'nro;t~ bl~ck' !Ugh' Sc~ooi~h~~ things ate,,;~N搂llifflt~' ,:'~.~e~il.6fR.&B, hlp~"op "~hd) ~gp~iUhis'la~e. heara and hIm bel~g. u~falttifu1. Dlfector ent, both racially and cultUrally, from anything she's cast members show off their dancing abilities. But ~~ddh PhJ1~PS. fossiouth humor experienced before. by the second half of the film, even these become I m ha~ a raldn ess'p ot t at porin this new world, she is befriended by Che- tiresome.

Lost trays Ig her e ucatlOn as an ex- nille (Kerry Washington), a black unwed teen-age On the whole, the film has no depth, failing to say ~use ~or drunken ~d lewd be~av- mother who introduces her to her younger brother, the anything new about interracial relationships or even lor wI~h. an onsl~ught ~f tedIOUS handsome and gifted Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas). telling the story in a compelling manner. vulgantles and mane SIght gags Not only is Derek popular and smart, with aspirations Due to some violence, an implied sexual encounter, that only add to the nausea fac- of being a doctor, he is the king of the local hip-hop brief drug references and recurring crass words with an tor. Se.veral .se~ual e~counters, club. Soon he is guiding Sara in the culture of hip-hop, instance of rough language, the U.S. Catholic ConfersporadIC ~udlty, .m~ermlttent .d~g and dance leads to romance. ence classification is A-ill _ adults. The Motion Picuse, coml.c depIctIOn of SUICIde "Save the Last Dance" goes through all the typical ture Association ofAmerica rating is PG-13 - parents and recumn~ rough language. Th.e plot machinations with Sara's and Derek's relationship are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inapprol!'S, .Cat~ohc Conference classl- comin u a ainst criticism from all sides. But it is priate for children under 13. g p g flcatlOn IS 0 - morally offen~ve. The Motion Picture Asso~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ciation of America rating is Rof musical storytelling, to present Catholic Conference classification restricted. (DreamWorks) a universal tale of honor and fi- is A-IV - adults, with reserva"Saving Grace" (2000) delity, although some may find the tions. The Motion Picture AssociaHigh-spirited British romp in atonal chanting and drumbeats dis- tion of America rating is R - rewhich an older woman (Brenda tracting. Subtitles. Brief marital stricted.

Blethyn) left destitute after her encounters with nudity and occa''Yatel'' (Miramax) husband's death tries to earn sional violence. The U.S. CathoFlat culinary drama that revolves money by using her gardening lic Conference classification is A- around Francois Vatel (Gerard savvy to grow a bumper crop of III - adults. Not rated by the Depardieu), the devoted valet of the marijuana with the help of her IC~~ Motion Picture Association of financially troubled Prince of pothead gardener (Craig America.

Conde (Julian Glover), who stages Ferguson). As directed by Nigel ICaalJ)~ulll(e~ ''Malena'' (Mirarnax) an elaborate ihree-day feast to help Cole, the character-driven, Shallow tale set in Fascist-era his prince regain the favor of King sprightly paced film rolls out the NEWYORK (CNS) - Follow- Sicily in which the sexual yearn- Louis XIV (Julian Sands). Direclaughs, but the moral implications ing are recent capsule reviews is- ings of a l3-year-old boy (Guiseppe tor Roland Joffe's epicurean delight of resorting to illegal acts to solve sued by the U.S. Catholic Confer- Sulfaro) are awakened by the town's is just empty calories without a life's troubles is problematic. ence Office for Film and Broad- curvaceous bombshell (Monica solid screenplay or engaging perDrug theme with intermittent drug casting.

Bellucci), whose beauty makes her formances to accompany it. A suiuse, implied off-screen suicide, an "Chunhyang" (Lot 47) the target of nasty rumors and in- cide, brief violence, a few implied extramarital affair and unwed Sumptuously filmed Korean nuendoes. Director Guiseppe sexual encounters and some homopregnancy, brief frontal nudity, fable about a young prince secretly Tornatore's nostalgic coming-of- sexual references. The U.S. Cathorecurring rough language and married to a commoner and forced age film is dramatically underde- lic Conference classification is Asome profanity. The U.S. Catho- to travel the countryside while his veloped with some tasteless scenes IV - adults, with reservations. lic Conference classification is A- faithful wife rejects the governor and a cursory narrative that fails to The Motion Picture Association of IV;- adults, with reservations. who orders her caned and sentences make an impression. Subtitles. America rating is PG-13 - parThe Motion Picture Association her to death just as her beloved Brief violence, a few implied ents are strongly cautioned. Some of America rating is R - re- returns. Director 1m Kwon Taek sexual encounters, some nudity and material may be inappropriate for stricted. (New Line) employs pansori, the Korean art minimal rough language. The U.S. children under 13.

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"I shut off communication with the same situation, and thus the women's group was formed.

God. I never prayed to him about TEMPE, Ariz. - With the Tears Speak is ongoing and what I should do," she said. "I lived help of a local support group, one open to any woman who has had ,in silence during and after the woman overcame her fear, isola- an abortion, regardless of reli- abortion. I know in my heart if I tion and the shame of an abortion gious background, age or when had spoken up, it would have been which had resulted in a plea to the abortion occurred. As Patty different."

God to take her life during the has learneC:, oftentimes the efLynn, who continues to go to procedure. fects aren't revealed for seven to meetings, now shares her story The group called "Tears with teens around the Phoenix area. "God takes things Speak ... but Spirits Soar," that aren't so good and founded seven years ago at the Church of the Holy As a rbsult of the abortion 10 makes them whole," she Spirit in Tempe, seeks to years ago, Patty experienced a pri- said. heal and reconcile those vate hell that ultimately led to the Lori, 43, waited 18 years emotions often associated demise of her marriage, and almost before joining Tears Speak, with the aftermath of an her life. Herpain and anguish mani- which she said has finally abortion. brought her peace. "I could "I wanted to die on the fested itself through self-starvation. never rectify the past, but I table," said Patty, the She was slowly killing herself and know there's forgiveness.

The group provides support, founding member. "I was needed help. begging God to take me encouragement and a listenwith the baby." ing ear," she said.

One element Patty said she At 40 years old, Patty was mar- 10 years following the abortion. ried and already a mother. She said Seeking the solace of the feels is vital and beneficial to any she fell victim to pressures from group is 27-year-old Lynn, abortion support group is for the her husband, which led to a "dev- whose emotional scars from an facilitator to know and understand astating," life-altering decision. abortion nine years ago resemble the experience so the women's As a result of the abortion 10 Patty's. feelings are "validated." years ago, Patty experienced a . Carrying the burden alone for Through the healing process, private hell that ultimately led to nearly seven years before join- women in the group eventually the demise of her marriage, and ing the group, Lynn said she come to terms with the death of almost her life. Her pain and an- found herself in a "funk" of de- their child by naming their baby.

Within the grounds of Queen guish manifested itself through pression and anger. Her sentiself-starvation. She was slowly ments were so overwhelming that of Heaven Cemetery in Mesa is a killing herself and needed help. she lost her zest for friendships, memorial stone with the engraved With the guidance of a thera- work and life, and found herself names of 16 aborted children. pist, and counseling froJl.1 F~ther , daydrea~ing abourfata,l cflr ac- Patty's child i.s the, first name , John Hap'Iev 1 p~stdI' 'pfJIl;lIX ',~,id~l1t:S: ',:;:' !:~, 路)isteo:.;路' .... " ' , ' , .

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South Korean bishops subDlit petition to abolish abortion law

By CATliOLIC NEWS SERVICE SEOUL, South Korea - Catholic bishops of South Korea have sent a petition with 1.2 million signatures urging the National Assemqly to abolish a law that allows abortion.

"Abortion is murder against God's law and natural law, which are the sources of all laws," the country's 20 bishops and diocesan heads said in the petition.

Auxiliary Bishop Peter Kang Woo-il of Seoul presented the petition with 1.2 million signatures of Catholics and non-Catholics to National Assembly Chairman Lee Man-sop, a Catholic, last week.

According to the petition, 1.5 million abortions are performed annually in South Korea, which has a population of some 45 million. The number of abortions is more than double the number of births, it noted.

Of the abortions performed in 1988, only eight percent conformed to legal criteria, and the rest were "arbitrary abortions," the petition said.

It cited a survey that said among the reasons for an abortion are social pressure against premarital pregnancy, pregnancy as an obstacle to future plans, health problems and economic difficulty.

The bishops argued that, "on the basis of such immoral and unjust reasons, the attempt to legalize abortion is fundamentally wrong."

According to' the present law, an abortion can be performed within .the first 28 weeks of pregnancy, in the case of pregnancy by rape or incest,

mental or physical damage from eugenics or genetics, and when the mother's health is in danger.

The bishops said that the law stipulates the reasons for an abortion so vaguely that medical doctors may intentionally perform an illegal abortion and make it appear legal.

The dignity of life and the basic rights of a human being from the moment of conception must be protected, the bishops said.

Therefore, "an abortion should not be allowed in any case regardless of how many weeks have passed since conception, except for indirect abortion in cases when the mother's health is in serious danger," the Church leaders said.

They admitted that pregnancy by rape or incest and pregnancy with mental or physical damage from eugenic or genetic problems are a difficult reality.

However, they stressed that "an abortion is not a positive solution." It is contradictory that the life of an unborn human being is sacrificed because of an already-born person's economic and social difficulty, they said.

The Mother and Child Health Law was promulgated in 1973 by a military regime without collecting the people's opinions.

In 1992 when Article 135 of the Criminal Law, based on the Mother and Child Health Law, was presented to the National Assembly, the bishops campaigned to have it revoked by submitting a petition with one million signatures.

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By JERRY FILTEAU CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON -As many as 17 U.S. bishops could retire in 2001 because they are at or beyond the retirement age of75.

Most prominent among them are Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, who turned 77 last June, and Cardinal William W. Baum, the Vatican's major penitentiary, who turns 75 next November.

Church law says at age 75 a bishop "is requested to present his resignation" to the pope. The pope may refuse it or delay accepting it, and Pope John Paul II often keeps bishops active beyond their 75th birthday.

Cardinal Bevilacqua is currently the oldest active cardinal and second-oldest active bishop in the United States.

Cardinal Baum, who was made a cardinal at the age of 49, is one of only II cardinals in the world under the age of 80 who received their red hats before Pope John Paul became pope.

Cardinal Bevilacqua and 11 other active U.S. bishops were already 75 when the new year started. Cardinal Baum and four others will tum 75 during 2001. . _. Cardinal- Bevilacqua: who was Dorn in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 17, 1923, has been a priest since 1949. He was made auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn in 1980, bishop of Pittsburgh in 1983, archbishop of Philadelphia in 1988 and a cardinal in 1991.

Cardinal Baum, born in Dallas Nov. 21, 1926, has been a priest since 1951. He was made bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1970, archbishop of Washington in 1973 and a cardinal in 1976. He was called to Rome in 1980 as head of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education. Since 1990 he has headed the' Apostolic Penitentiary.

Even when a cardinal has retired from his archdioc~se or administrative post, he remains eligible to enter a conclave and vote for a new pope until the age of 80.

The only active 'U.S. bishop older than Cardinal Bevilacqua is Bishop Patrick J. Sheridan, 78, one of four over-75 New York auxiliaries who are still active.

A New York native, Bishop Sheridan has been a priest since 1947 and a bishop since 1990.

He turned 75 March 10, 1997.

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- Auxiliary Bishop Leonard 1. Olivier ofWashington, a priest since 1951 and bishop since 1988. He turned 75 Oct. 12, 1998.

- Auxiliary Bishop Anthony F. MestiCe of New York, a priest since 1949 and bishop since 1973. He turned 75 Dec. 6, 1998.

-Auxiliary Bishop William J. McCormack of New York, national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, a priest since 1959 and bishop since 1987. He turned.75 Jan. 24, 1999.

- Auxiliary Bishop Thad J. Jakubowski of Chicago, a priest? since 1950 and bishop since 1988. He turned 75 April 5, 1999.

- Auxiliary Bishop Francisco Garmendia of New York, a native of Spain who has been a priest since 1947 and a bishop since 1977. He turned 75 Nov. 6, 1999.

- Lithuanian-born Bishop Paulius A. Baltakis, based in Brooklyn, N.Y., as bishop of Lithuanian Catholics outside Lithuania, who has been a priest since 1952 and a bishop since 1984. He turned 75 Jan. 1,2000.

- AUXiliary BishopEdward A. Pevec of Cleveland, a priest since 1950 and bishop since 1982. He turned 75 April 16, 2000.

- Milwaukee-born Archbishop Charles A. Schleck, in Vatican service as adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and president of the Pontifical Missionary Works, who has been a priest since 1951 and archbishop since 1995. He turned 75 July 5, 2000.

- Auxiliary Bishop John R. Gorman ofChicago, a priest since 1952 and bishop since 1988. He turned 75 Dec. 11,2000.

Besides Cardinal Baum, the four active bishops who will celebrate their 75th birthday in 2001 are: - June 26: Bishop William R. Houck of Jackson, Miss., a priest since 1951, bishop since 1979 and head of the Jackson diocese since 1984.

- Aug. 6: Auxiliary Bishop John J. Glynn of the Military Services, a priest since 1951 and a bishop since 1992.

- Sept. 20: Bishop Gilbert I. Sheldon of Steubenville, Ohio, a priest since 1953, bishop since 1976 and head of the Steubenville diocese since 1992.

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Archbishop McCarrick installed at vespers service

By MARK PATTISON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick was installed as the fifth archbishop of Washington during a vespers service at St. Matthew Cathedral.

Those inside the cathedral ~ I1)9.stly ordained .cl~rgy..-;- gave Archbishop McCarrick a minutelong standing ovation once he took the crosier from Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the papal nuncio to the United States.

Earlier on Jan. 3, the assembly gave a minute-long standing ovation to Archbishop McCarrick's predecessor; Cardinal James A. Hickey, after he ended his formal greeting by walking over to Archbishop McCarrick and exchanging a fraternal kiss.

In his greeting, Cardinal Hickey said his vision of Washington, which "I have come to know and love," is "a vision of Bethlehem ... of Athens and of Nazareth. A world capital, a vital center of communications and achievement. Of dreadful poverty, poverty of body and spirit," yet also with "abundance and opportunity."

Cardinal Hickey said, "Ours is a diverse community, rich in its history and complexity.... A place where the Lord has sent us to serve in this place ... with the graces at our disposal. This is the mission to which all of us have been called."

"In our city, our counties, our region, there are abundant challenges for all who will serve the Lord," he added~ "The people to whom we minister make dedsfons that alter' the course Of hu" man history;.. '.':'. <' .• i .

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"The day of the announcement as I was starting back home to Newark, I was standing in the airport 'as a man reading a newspa-~ per· very close by: lookedd.lp.:and1 saw me./He· exclaimed out loud, 'What good news!''', the archbishop recalled.

"Somewhat flattered and delighted that he had recognized me, I said, 'Thank you.' His face instantly became somewhat quizzical and after a pause he smiled and said, 'I mean about the great pandas. They're coming to our zoo, you know!'"

Archbishop McCarrick also told a tale of when he visited, by himself, a Vietnamese refugee camp in Cambodia in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge horrors. . "Come with us," they told him, as they walked into the jungle for a half-hour before coming to a hut. Archbishop McCarrick said he had thought, "Maybe I didn't

pass that catechism test," and "Lord, you have gotten me this far, maybe this is as far as you want me to go."

"I stepped gingerly through he door," he recalled, and the refugees pulled out a box much like a cigar box.

"Inside the box was a host," Arch.bishop. McCarrick, said, ,T.he refugees told him that a priest had stopped at the camp six. months before and celebrated Mass. They had kept this host for eucharistic adoration.

"We do not tell the people who run the camp. We do not tell anyone," Archbishop McCarrick said the refugees told him. "But we . come here when we can to pray.

This is the only presence of God between Bangkok and Saigon."

Addressing the clergy inside the cathedral, the archbishop said, "I truly believe that it is only in the Eucharist, dear brothers, that you and I will find the strength to serve our people and only in the Eucharist that the faithful of this church of Washington will find the strength to live their lives in Christ."

Bishop Bootkoski to manage Archdiocese of Newark NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) - Aux- Benedict's Prep, Seton Hall Univeriliary Bishop Paul G. Bootkoski, sity and Immaculate Conception vicar general and moderator of the' Seminary, Darlington. He was orCuri;. in the Archdiocese of New- .dained a.priest in 1966. ark, has been elected to administer. ' Since his ordination as an auxilthe archdiocese until a successor to iary bishop for Newark in 1997, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick Bishop Bootkoski has served as vicar is named. .,. . . "generalapd; moderatpr of the In a special meeting held the day archdiocesan Curia. after Arc;:hbis,~op ¥s:Carris:k ,took "I am ~~ply h~p1bled byth~ sup-. over his:new .post,as archbi.shop qf; por:q felt f~m my ~rother bishops w'ashingtofl, ."- the" Newark' piiests,"'Bish6p Bootkoski said arch(li'6c~jiill'c?!I~ge of'~?~i~lto.~,' 6t.hr.~:~,l:~~tidn.".i wilrdo all I canto elected Blsh'op Bootkoski to man- contInue the good work of the archage'the'day)ib':day1o~rntiohs;of the" dib~b~: 'Mid as~ fo'r the prayers and ruthdioc~se. (',i:.-," ,N' Y,V~lLnl 11:; sil~bol1 dt'Jfrly bro.th~r.piiests, reli-' '.:! Bish'Op Bi:k:ltkoski,' i60;'l§' a'nal t gi'dJs~'ilndr the~faithfuf of 'the' archtive of Newark who attended"SC' diocese."···'-" c··.· . .

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HUNDREDS GATHERED at the closing Jubilee Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, New Bedford. (Anchor/Gordon photo)

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He mentioned the diocese's inspiring Eucharistic Congress in June, the successful Pilgrimage 2000 at Fenway Park, the amazing World Youth Day in Rome with 1.5 million young people, his several pastoral letters, and the diocese's commissioning of a mission team to serve two poor parishes in Honduras.

These were all part of "our Jubilee commitment in response to the Holy Father's invitation to 'Open Wide the Doors to Christ,''' the bishop said. And expressing hope that the spirituality and devotion to the Eucharist continues, he urged: "We mustJive our commitnlent.tof Qluist,,;fu'or~ aeepJyl'.I, Summpning'Catholics to continue bringing their faith to others, the bishop said .that just as

the magi did not go back to "business as usual" after they were drawn to Christ in Bethlehem, "neither should we now that the Jubilee Year is closing. We must not think that Christ is closing the door, but opening one."

The bishop continued, "Our task is t9 make disciples for Jesus Christ. We must also be disciples ourselves and share our faith with our brothers and sisters, preparing a new generation of Catholics for vocations."

He added that he hoped "we know Jesus more" after the jubilee and encouraged the congregation to acC!~pt thc.ct.tallenge/:'to bebetter, peopl~ili¥ .ounwords.and.aqtions!",: , . :Coricelebrants'anhe tMass in-' cluded Msgr. Antonino C. Tavares, Father Michael Camara

and Father Scott A. Ciosek, who also served as cantor.

Deacons Paul J. Macedo and Abilio Dos Anjos Pires of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, assisted at the Mass.

The choir was directed by pastor, Father Henry S. Arruda.

Father Arruda told The Anchor that the jubilee has been "very special" and he knows many people who have received blessing during its observance. He said he was not sad that it was coming to a close, because "Christ is in our midst." He also praised the work of the diocese in promoting the year of grace and stressing'itsrimportance. . .. Deacon. Pires Isaid the juoilee yeaI"has ,"been 'a' good' thing for· the diocese because it brought spirituality to people." Those sen0

timents were echoed' by many attending the closing ceremony.

"The Jubilee Year was very well planned and organized," said Resurrection Sister Marcella Rostkowski of the St. Saviour Day Nursery, New Bedford.

"Bishop O'Malley did an excellent job and it was great to provide so many opportunities for indulgences."

Lisa Gulino, director of Adult Education for the diocese and a member of the planning committee for the jubilee, commented on

the beauty of Sunday's closing ceremony.

"It was a magnificent conclusion to a year well celebrated," Gulino said. She added that her prayer is that "the renewed spiritual fervor will propel us into the third millennium."

At the close of Mass, the icon of the Holy Trinity was carried from the lectern and positioned on a wall. Bishop O'Malley then bestowed the apostolic papal blessing on the congregation.

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Deacons of the Mass were Jeremiah Reardon, Eugene Sasseville and Walter Thomas.

Readers were Peter Cook and seminarian Mark Parker. Seminarians of the diocese were the Mass servers.

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SACRED HEART Sister Muriel Ann Lebeau, principal of Saint Joseph School, Fairhaven, 'was honored recently on National Day of Appreciation for Catholic School Principals.

She was given a commemorative plaque, flowers and various gifts from her students.~She is"flanked by Fourth Degree Knights'of Cdlumbus Dennis Vello'cirid'Jam'es'Alferes who participated'i~lthe'cere\r:noh--y.

FOURTH-GRADE teacher Maxine Bonneau from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, New Bedford, stands with her students as they participate in a school-wide praying of the rosary. Students each made their own rosary bead cut from a paper plate which was strung together in'the auditorium to make one giant rosary. Below, students show off their. handiwork. .

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anymore - these people disappear like mist at sunrise.

She was 17, with jet-black hair And then there are instant adand pale-white skin. She wore dicts such as this young woman dark makeup on her eyes, and the in the ER. I believe that for these hair at the back of her head was people, there is a match between spiked straight up, forming an arc the biochemistry of the drug and around her face. some particular unhappiness that She was slenmakes the drug .. r~~r der. No, actually she was gaunt, -," I Coming dynamically potent and immediso thin that you 11111 q./I•. llI! 0 could see the ately addicting.

I remember bones in her face. Her eyes one girl, an alcoIT'S EASY - Students at Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, learn how to were wide, in- FOR TOOTH • ABOOT TOOTH holic, who said that she knew the tense, looking at make balloon animals from Father George Brownholtz, OSFS. the same time fearful and angry moment she took her first drink at being in the emergency room. that she couldn't ever get enough.

The reason for her visit? The first time she had a beer she Heroin withdrawal. Five months went on to drink until she passed ago this young woman had first out. That became her pattern. tried heroin, and the drug had If alcohol was available, she plugged into some jagged place wou Idn' t stop at two or three in her nervous system. Within beers. She would drink 15 or 20 NEW BEDFORD - Father seminar for adults and confirma- Zulu Women's Choir from K- weeks she was injecting the drug beers - until all the alcohol was George Brownholtz, the story- tion candidates from Holy Name Zulu Natal. into her veins twice or three times gone or until she was too drunk telling, balloon-making Oblate of as well as neighboring St. During the recent visit, Father a day. to take another swallow.

St. Francis de Sales, brought his Lawrence Parish, New Bedford, Brownholtz taught the confirmation She didn't want to say how She ended up in the ER when craft to students and adults at the in the Parish Center. candidates how to make "apple-of- much it cost, and she certainly she drank so much that she Joining Father Brownholtz was my-eye" balloons to bring to invalid wasn't going to disclose how she stopped breathing. The "friends" Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish recently.

Deacon John Welch of St. Anne relatives or shut-ins in nursing paid for her now increasingly ex- she was with put her on a Father Brownholtz, of Childs, Parish, Raynham, himself a gifted homes. Younger students leamed to pensive habit. Perhaps she stole stranger's front porch, rang the Md., captivated the young people Christian storyteller. make "puppy" balloons as they lis- from her family and friends. doorbell and drove off. They figin the Parish religious education Acclaimed as the creator ofthe tened to the presenters.

Maybe she was selling just enough ured she was going to die, and program and pupils of Holy Fam- "Breaking Bread in the Desert: seThe program was made pos- drugs to pay for her own or was they didn't want the blame. ily-Holy Name School with his ries of tapes and stories drawing sible via a grant from the involved in the ancient exchange Some friends!

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I've seen instant addiction to and stories inculcating doctrine South Africa, Father Brownholtz which benefits parishioners of She wouldn't say how she methamphetamine and cocaine as and ethical values. likes to develop eucharistic themes Holy Name of the Sacred Heart found the money, and it wasn't well. The drugs aren't instantly And on another evening there in his stories. of Jesus Parish, established by the time to press the issue. addictive for everybody, but it is . Some of his story-telling is ac- . former parishioner Edward M. was a paraliturgy in the church Many teens, who believe they very clear they are for some. and a full-fledged ·storytelling companied by music from the Murphy of Salisbury, N.C. won't become addicted, start exNone of those instant addicts perimenting with addictive drugs knew what they were in for when and gradually, over months and they took that first drink, first sometimes years, use becomes injection or first puff. By the time more frequent and the need more they knew, it was already too late.

Like all teen-agers they thought desperate.

I have seen far too many young they were bullet- proof, that addicLITTLE FALLS, Minn. (CNS) ~ When you think applications," Rioux said. "I thought there was a good gone down this people who have tion could happen to other people, about a hospital, you're not likely to think about youth parallel there - they were looking for innovative ways 'gradual road, moving to daily use, but not to them. But addiction is an sports. for hospitals to get involved in their communities."

But on any given weekday in Little Falls, you're While Little Falls Community Services offered a alone or with a small group of equal opportunity destroyer. It can happen to anybody. to see kids playing volleyball, flag football, soccer likely plethora of programs in the summer, there were few pathetic, so-called friends.

The first step is a gigantic risk I say so-called friends because or basketball. They are participants in the Youth Rec- after-school opportunities for younger students. reation and Self-Esteem Enhancement Initiative for ''There just wasn't a whole lot of funding available these relationships begin and end to take.

Your comments are welcome. elementary school students, made possible through a to do stuff like that," Larsen said. "St. Gabe's has with the search for drugs. As long grant given to St. Gabriel's Hospital, Little Falls. stepped in and helped do that." as you have access to drugs, the Please address: Dr. Christopher Catholic Health Initiatives, St. Gabriel's parent orLarsen programs the activities at six sites, includ- others are your friends. The mo- Carstens, cio Catholic News Serganization, awarded the grant of slightly more than ing Mary of Lourdes Elementary School and Mary of ment you don't have drugs - or vice, 3211 Fourth St. N.E., $78,000 to St. Gabriel's three years ago. That allowed Lourdes Middle School in Little Falls. Students re- decide that you won't use them Washington, D.C. 20017. the hospital, in collaboration with the Little Falls School ceive fliers at their schools about the programs ofDistrict, Little Falls Community Services and Little fered and sign up for specific activities, each lasting Falls parochial schools to start the program in the fall between five and six weeks. Although a fee is charged per student (generally between $15 to $20), scholarof 1997.

Currently, nearly 2,000 children participate in the ships are offered. program throughout the school year, with 140 parents At each practice, students learn the'basic skills'of involved as volunteers. the sport. Coaches and volunteers also speak to the "It's pretty unusual to see the hospital, I think, in- students about "Positive Practices," a curriculum that volved with youth rec sports. But I think it has gone discusses good sportsmanship, respect, responsibility, well," said Steve Larsen, recreation director for Little self-esteem and goal-setting.

"It's a subtle, five or 10 minutes of time, to discuss Falls Community Services. "They are concerned with health. That's everyone's goal, to get those kids in- how their actions on the court translate into a model of citizenship that we want to espouse," Rioux said. volved in stuff."

"It's outstanding, in so many ways," said Susy The grant came as a result of a conversation between Larry Schulz, then hospital president and CEO, Prosapio of Little Falls, who has coached in the proSTUDENTS FROM Holy Name School, Fall River, celand Patrick Rioux, manager of development and com- gram and had two children involved in it. "One, it has them doing something physically, which is good. It ebrated the Christmas season with a school-wide show and munications at St. Gabriel's.

Schulz "indicated that it would be really nice for us has them doing something with their time. They're manger scene involving kindergartners and eighth-graders. to explore a way that we could expand recreational not sitting in front of the TV. And it brings them in Students also participated in the Salvation .Army's Clothe-aopportunities and provide some self-esteem and val- contact with adults who care about kids."

Child campaign. Each class sponsored a child and raised There have been other benefits. Rioux said that ues education to kids in kindergarten through eighth money to purchase much needed clothing item~. The ChristMorrison County juvenile crime incidents have dropped grade," Rioux said. mas show and clothing drive were coordinated by fourth"Then, Catholic Health Initiatives came out with since the program began. And parent involvement has grade teacher Sue Frank. this mission and ministry grant fund, and requested "gone through the roof," Rioux said.

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Young adults must become priority in C,",urch, priest say~ ORLANDO; Fla. (CNS) to lead good lives. While all this may With the explosion of the computer be good, whatmeasures are we as age, more young adults than ever are Church takingontlie.IQCal and na~ holdlng'leadership positions within tional level to educate our young " Fortune 500 companies, yet those adults about stewardship and then . in the 20- to 30-year-old group of- accept the!ll'as gSX?<fstewarcJs?:'" They also have an earnest desire, ten find few opportunities to participate in the life and development of Father Cusick.said,·to deepen their the Catholic Church. relationship .with God, especially This, ac~ording to Father John .after their children are bom.

Cusick, director of a very.successWhile it is often children .that ful yoimg adult ministry in the Arch- steer young adults back to being'ac~ tive Catholics, the fact of the matter; diocese of Chicago, must ·change. ''At any given moment young . according 'to Father Cusick, is they adults in Florida, the Chicago area, are marrying later in life whichor any place else are making signifi- means they are away from the cant decisions in their professional Church for a longer period of time lives and in positions of manage- than in the past.

TEAM CAPTAINS - Computer, students Melissa Silvia, Kaitlyn. Sentner, Nicole. Silvia 'The average age now of young ment, but within the Cath9lic Church we are hesitant to give them adults today whom I marry is be- and Kimberly Gillette were key players in designing .and publishing a cookbook. any responsibility or authority," Fa- tween 28 and 34," Father Cusick ther Cusick told The Florida Catho- said. 'This means they are living lic, Orlando diocesan newspaper, in without the Church longer and a phone interview. longer."

'This has to change," he added.

Collectively, Father Cusick be'The Church has to make them a lieves, the Catholic Church is fapriority and we all know, if the mous for a kind of"one-size-fits-all" Catholic Church makes something approach when it comes to adults. a priority, it will happen."

The Church must come to recognize FALL RIVER - Who knows technology coordinator. Moss boIs and fractions.

The profile ofmany young adults this by bringing about necessary what new cyberspace journey the wanted to see if the SS. Peter and The result: the cookbook was today, according to Father Cusick, changes to fit the needs and sched- teachers and students at SS. Peter Paul technology powerhouse could sold at the Durfee Craft Fair held is that of a person of intelligence, ules of young adults and welcome and Paul School will be taking this set up a cookbook for the shelter. in early December. often highly educated, not shy about them in as vital members ofour faith year.

An ecstatic Moss was awed. "I , B a t e s told The Anchor, "I reliking material things, yet with a communities, he said.

As year 2001 slipped onto the member Linda's face when I said, still cannot believe that these young strong sense of the need to help the 'They are desperately looking Internet, it ended the first year of 'I'm sorry, I can't help you, but my students .accomplished this task so less fortunate. They grew up with for ways to connect their faith with the new millennium in which the students can.''' quickly," she said. "We never could the true spirit of stewardship by be- their daily life," Father Cusick said school had opened its computer lab Although Moss hesitated at put- have completed this without their ing involved in Church and commu- of young adults. 'They want Jesus initially with the intent to educate ting a project of sucQ a size in the help." nity activities throughout their child- Christ to make sense to them and the students with the newest tech- hands of students grades five Bates said that "Our students felt hood and want to continue to make be a viable spiritual tool in their nology available, but branched out thfough eight, 'the stUdents were good about doing this project and a difference when given a chance. homes, at work and in the commu- to offering the same learning ad- prepared because ofthe curriculum it allowed them to serve the com"Young adults have an innate nity. They don't need someone vantage to the local community. ofindustry standard office tools and munity. They had a chance to put sense of altruism," Father Cusick preaching on what the Gospel says SinceJanuary2000,freeevening publishing programs Bates had their knowledge into action. Desaid. 'They want to do good, they but rather how they can make it classes have been a huge success taught them. signing the cookbook gave us the want to be good stewards, they want work in their lives."

The students found the tasks opportunity to review the effectiveserving more than 250 adults.

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And by October and celebra- simple, but time consuming, Bates ness of our technology program." tions ofComputer Learning Month, reported. More than 250 recipes The instructor noted that what the adults attended some very .spe- had to be typed and formatted and makes the program unique is that cial classes. Those included photos of adopted pets from the such a curriculum is not taught cur"Internet Safety for Adults:' "On- shelter scanned and placed strate- rently in any other elementary Line'Travel," "Broadband Night" gically. Each grade was assigned a school in the area.

'The program being with our . sponsored by AT&T, and an "On- food section with captains leading Line Shopping" night whose sur- each food category. kindergarten learning Microsoft prise was no other than Santa.

Bates noted that the students sur- Word, something unheard of- unBut it was in November when prised her by frequently giving up til now," Bates added. the computer lab and its students their recess time and staying after Kathleen Burt, principal of SS. Peter and Paul, said "I'm very headed in an exciting, new direc- school to complete the project.

What was happening was the proud that our students have comtion to utilize their knowledge and power to help the Forever Paws task allowed the students to apply pleted this community service Animal Shelter. what they had learned and make the project. It just shows how our techThat came after, Linda Moss, . s,oftware systems i:>ecol?le a real nology· in schools can benefit not project organizer at-the shelter, ap- . experience. They ~§(rhad to learn .prily the s.tudent, but also the entire proached Ines Bates, the ·school's.. ne\'{ lessons such as applyingsyin- cOnimuiUi( .

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