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In Lenten message Bishop Coleman urges faithful to reconcile with God FALL RIVER - In his message to parishioners in the Fall River diocese, Bishop George W. Coleman also asked them use the liturgical season of Lent to "better inspire others to discover and follow Christ." His statement follows:

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, "Now is the acceptable time! Now is the day ofsalvation!" (2 Cor 6: 2) Each year, we begin the holy season of Lent with these words from St.--Pa l, read at Mass on Ash Wednesday. As St. Paul urges, we begin Lent with a senserg~~, to use well the days and time of this liturgical season, to be reconciled with God d ~o f~l~WChrist more closely. rty da to prepare ourselve. s., individually Each year, we in the Church set aside thes and communally, to celebrate the Paschal Myst ,the s~~ing, death and Res&~~ of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. This is the central myst.. of ou \ ,atholic. fai ... ~:::dnee. he time of Lent each year to prepare ourselves to cele t'1:' ' • . ~ ~_ During the days of Lent, we will be focusing as a rch on ryrentance, conv: .' and aster, if we spiritual purification, knowing that we will have a ea.ter~sh.ar. n..the j~y.s have achieved a greater purity of heart during Le J' ~ We will also focus on the three tradition 1 s ofIstnre/Dfaati~ prayer, fasting and . d that the'ut lm~t7g rpose and goal of these almsgiving. As we do so, we must ke practices is to bring us closer t- ~an i~\~rrcease. our ability rl~~ As our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, h .nded us' his ~ ent and first . cycl~ I letter, love is "the criterion for the d . e decision abo a huma~i.f~or4\ ~r lack th reof" (Deus Caritas Est, 15). T . r penirenrial p~~. ofLenr sh datS~_t~ on a~\utw.ard, social dim. en~' corporal workserc:;}r,;r those in ?t:« d. As Chr~~told ui), e show our love 1 'od by how well e our nf, hbors (Mt 2 . 1-46). \~

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Through our Lenten e s a.t deeper <:.9 rsion ~n rowth in charity within ourselves, rist. may we better inspi ers to discovet-a:nd follow If, at the end of J es~, each of us h made some progress in more closely 'e\~e riiocese~..Fallit,1VCf will have contrihuted greatly ro rhe imitating Christ, we building up of the king God. And ..•. J!g~efforts, individually and communally, to purify ourselves, we can elp to make t e-ehurch a more effective instrument of salvation.

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CARDINAL-DESIGNATE Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., reacts to an interview question at The Anchor office upon his arrival in Fall River-in 1992. (Anchorfile photo)

Naming of Cardinal-designate O'Malley draws cheers; but many are not surprised

By DEACON JAMES N.

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FALL RIVER - It wasn't long after the 48-year-old bishop of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands arrived in 1992 to assume leadership of the Fall River diocese that people realized they had an exceptional shepherd in the man who wore the brown robe and sandals of a Franciscan Capuchin friar.

Now, at age 61, and the youngest of 15 named by Pope Benedict XVI as members of the College of Cardinals in the Catholic Church, Card'inal-delegate, Sean P. O'Malley is where many imagined his universal outlook and pastoral talents would take him.

"I think many of us who were close to then-Bishop O'Malley felt that he would move on in the Church," said Msgr. John J. Oliveira, who was his secretary for

the first three years of his decade in Fall River.

"Although he was chosen to resolve abuse cases in this diocese and then in Florida and then in the Boston Archdiocese, and did them well, I think it was his great outlook and talents and skills as a pastor that is behind his choice as a cardinal," he added.

"Everyone could see that he was notjust a good man and a holy priest and bishop, but an outstanding pastor. I think he was made a cardinal for more than just handling abuse issues; rather it was how he showed compassion to people and brought peace to situations he was called to resolve even as he zigzagged through two dioceses and an archdiocese," the pastor of St. Mary's in New Bedford said.

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St. Michael School prepares for 75th anniversary celebration

By MIKE GORDON,

ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - The community of St. Michael School will mark its 75th anniversary on March 12 with the celebration of a 10 a.m. Mass at St. Michael's Church.

Bishop George W. Coleman will be principal celebrant and a ~anquet will follow at the Venus de Milo Restaurant in Swansea.

Pastor Father Luis A. Cardoso said he is looking forward to the celebration and was

thankful for the dedication of all those who have worked to put it together.

"This is a great place for students to receive an education and to learn about their faith," said Father Cardoso. "We've had our school since the 1930s and we're very proud of it and where we are today. It gets better every year and we look forward to welcoming new students."

The school opened in 1931 under the leadership of Msgr.

John F. Ferraz, who was pastor from 1917 to 1944. According to Father Scott A. Ciosek, parochial vicar, it was a dream of Msgr. Ferraz to open a parochial school in what was then known as the Bowenville neighborhood of Fall River. It currently has an enrollment of 157 students and 15 teachers.

"Msgr. Ferraz employed the assistance of the Holy Union Sisters, who continu'e to serve the school today," said Father Turn to page 16 - School

STUDENTS FROM St. Michael School, Fall River, display a banner during Catholic Schools Week. They are celebrating 75 years of Catholic education this year. (AnchorfGordon photo)

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AUce Menard, JHH; was 2t religious for 85 years NORTH ATTLEBORO mostly in high school education both Holy Union Sister Alice Menard, as teacher and principal. She served 101, also known as Sister locally at St. Mary's in Taunton and Genevieve Alice, died February the Academy of the Sacred Hearts 20 at Madonna Manor. A former in Fall River. teacher and principal, She also taught in she had served her reCambridge and ligious community Lawrence; as well as in and the Church for 85 Pawtucket and years.

Centerdale in Rhode IsBorn in Taunton, land. the daughter of the late She retired in 1985 Jules and the late from St. Mary's in Adelaide (Ducharme) North Attleboro, and Menard, she entered has been a resident of the Holy Union NoviMadonna Manor tiate in Fall River in since 1999.

1920, pronounced her She leaves nieces first vows in 1922 and and nephews and her perpetual vows in grandnieces and 1928..

HOLY UNION SISTER grandnephews; and She earned a ALICE MENARD her Holy Union colbachelor's and a leagues.

Her funeral Mass was celmaster's degree from Boston College and studied at Providence Col- ebrated February 23 in Sacred lege and the Catholic University of Heart Church, North Attleboro.

America in Washington, D.C. Burial was in St. Mary's CemSister Menard's ministry was etery, North Attleboro.

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Masses a sign of shifting New Orleans population

By PETER FINNEY JR. CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

NEW ORLEANS - In a postKatrina world marked by massive population shifts in the New Orleans area, the term "television Mass" has a new meaning.

Unlike the TV ministry provided to shut-ins who cannot attend Mass, St. Luke the Evangelist Parish in Slidell offers a closed-circuit video feed to bring Mass to about 100 people in a community adjacent to the main church who cannot fit inside its 550-seat worship space.

The community room is set up with folding chairs and has glass doors that people can use to enter to receive Communion. A sound system and television set provide the liturgy live "so that the people are participating in the Mass and hearing and seeing everything that goes on," said· Father Rodney Bourg, St. Luke pastor.

Slidell is north of New Orleans and near the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. And like most other north shore parishes, St. Luke has experienced a 22 percent increase in Mass attendance in the last several months as displaced residents from various parts of New Orleans have migrated north to find temporary or permanent homes.

St. Luke currently offers five weekend Masses, and Father Bourg said three of the four Sunday Masses are standing room only.

"In the beginning we were worried that we might have to add a

second Mass at the same time," Father Bourg told the Clarion Herald, archdiocesan newspaper. "We haven't done that yet, but that's the next option."

At Mary Queen of Peace in Mandeville, Father Ronald Calkins said while the parish officially had registered 150 new families in the four months after Katrina he knows there are many new churchgoers who have not yet registered.

"We are definitely seeing a lot more people in church," he said.

A common experience among north shore pastors, Father Calkins said, is that each week the congregation seems to be dotted with different people.

"I think that's maybe a sign of uncertainty in people's lives," he said. ''They're moving around a lot and haven't really decided where they are going to settle in. One of our biggest challenges is to minister to the evacuees, and I have to say our parishioners have really stepped up to the plate."

Mary Queen of Peace launched a Faith in Action Committee that handles a special outreach to evacuee families. The parish asked evacuees what their needs were, and they held job fairs and helped them find housing. The annual Christmas giving tree collected gifts for evacuee families. A "Mary's Market" in the back of church provides evacuees with free common household items that are not covered by food stamps.

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Mary Queen of Peace School, with a relatively small enrollment of235 students before Katrina, took in 80 new students. Father Calkins said parishioners have opened their homes not only to relatives but also to strangers.

Msgr. Frank Giroir, pastor at St. Anselm in Madisonville for less than two months, said his small, 300-seat church is packed for all five weekend Masses. Even the benches that have been placed along the side aisles fill up. The parish is planning for the construction of,fl new 850-seat church.

St. Peter in Covington officially has received 80 new evacuee families since Katrina, but coordinator of ministries Ruth Prats suspects many more have yet to register. The parish put together a task force of parishioners who keep in regular contact with the new families.

"Every two weeks we send them a letter or make a telephone call to let them know of some special events in the parish and to see how they're doing," said Prats, whose own home was destroyed in the storm. "We've put chairs up and down the side aisles and in the back, and still people are standing."

The north shore may get some relief from its crowded conditions with the planned establishment of a new church parish in the Mandeville area in June. Father Bourg will become pastor of the new Holy Trinity Parish, which will take territory from St. Peter in Covington and three other area parishes.

"Holy Trinity is probably going to become a megaparish," Father Bourg said. "If it's not divided (in the future), it should easily be home to about 4,000 to 5,000 families."

As for the current elbow-to-elbow conditions, Father Bourg urges his parishioners to take it in stride.

"We understand why it's crowded," he said. "They know if they want to sit down, they've got to come early."

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Friday, March 3, 2006

Pope names 15 new cardinals, including two from U.S.

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY- In his first set of major appointments, Pope Benedict XVI named 15 new cardinals, including U.S. Archbish· ops William J. Levada, head of the Vatican's doctrinal congregation, and Sean P. O'Malley of Boston.

The pope announced the names at the end of his general audience February 22 and said he would formally install the cardinals at a special consistory March 24.

The pope also convened the entire College of Cardinals for a day of reflection and prayer March 23 and said he would celebrate Mass with the cardinals March 25, the feast of the Annunciation of the Lord.

Smiling as he made his announcement, the pope said the new cardinals reflect the universality of the Church.

The new cardinals represent II countries from five continents.

Three are Vatican officials, nine are heads of dioceses or archdioceses around the world, and three are prelates over age 80 being honored for their service to the Church.

Of those named, 12 were under the age of 80 and thus eligible to vote in a papal conclave. After the installation ceremony, the college is expected to number 193, with the number of voting members once again at its maximum of 120.

The appointment of Archbishop O'Malley, 61, gives the Archdiocese of Boston a resident cardinal after more than three years. Cardi- , nal Bernard F. Law resigned in late 2002 in the wake of controversy over how he handled clerical sex abuse allegations in Boston, and he is now archpriest of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. Archbishop O'Malley, a Capuchin Franciscan, has headed the archdiocese since 2003.

Cardinal-designate Levada, 69, was appointed last Mayas the pope's successor to head the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. He had previously served as archbishop of San Francisco and Portland, Ore. Among the more prominent cardinals-designate were Chinese Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong, 74,'and Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, 66, the longtime personal secretary of Pope John Paul n.

Cardinal-designate Dziwisz was a constant presence at the side of Pope John Paul, especially in later years when the ailing pope needed assistance moving, presiding over liturgies and reading texts. Last June, two months after the pope's death, he was named to head his native Archdiocese of Krakow. ' Cardinal-designate Zen, a Salesian, has headed the Diocese of Hong Kong since 2002; he had been coadjutor bishop since 1996,

and has been considered outspoken in criticizing the Hong Kong and Chinese governments on human rights and religious freedom issues.

In naming new cardinals, the pope selected several people he ~ad worked with closely over the years, including Archbishop Levada at the doctrinal congregation; two of the congregation's members, Archbishop Antonio Canizares L10vera of Toledo, Spain, and Archbishop JeanPierre Ricard of Bordeaux,

France; and French Jesuit Father Albert Vanhoye, who was a consultor to the doctrinal congregation and secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

Father Vanhoye, 82, was one of three elderly prelates honored by the pope; they would not vote in a conclave because they are over the age of 80. The others were Italian Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, 80, archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, who had served as the first papal nun-

cio to Israel in the 1!1990s; and retired Ghanaian Archbishop Peter Poreku Dery of Tamale, 87.

The pope said He was naming them cardinals "in consideration of the service the~ gave to the Church with exer9plary fidelity

and admirable devotion."

The pope made his announcement on the feast of the Chair of Peter, Apostle, and said it was an appropriate moment to reflect on the ties between the world's cardinals and the pope's ministry.

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T HE LANDING Exalting the humble There was palpable joy and hometown pride throughout our diocese last week when Pope Benedict named Archbishop Sean O'Malley a cardinal. For a decade, we were blessed by his presence as our shepherd in the faith. He arrived at a time of great turmoil and confusion, caused by the actions of a cleric who had abused rather than loved the most innocent members of the flock he had been ordained to serve.

The image of the priesthood and the confidence of the faithful in the holiness of the Church were both severely wounded.

Into that setting entered a man not just from Lakewood, Ohio, or St. Thomas of the Virgin Islands, but Assisi - and some might even say Galilee.

From his first press conference, he without delay or affectation revealed the true face of the Church and of the priesthood. He showed us all that the only worthy and Christian way to respond to sin and the horrible events that had preceded his tenure was with holiness and Christ-like love. He immediately reached out to all those who had been hurt, and he kept his arms outstretched.

From the pulpit of our diocesan cathedral, he was accustomed to preach often on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Repeatedly quoting the Cure D' Ars, he would tell newly-ordained priests that the "priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus." That is the priesthood he has lived and tried to inspire others to live. He seems to have taken his marching orders from Christ's words, featured in the Gospel for the solemnity of the Sacred Heart: "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart" (Mt II :29). Many times now the Lord has placed his yoke, his cross, upon his Capuchin disciple's sturdy shoulders, and the disciple has learned from his master the secret of humility and meekness.

The Lord has now added another yoke. For a humble man, one of the biggest crosses is exaltation; for a simple man, pomp; for a "friar minor," to be called with lofty titles like "eminence." That's why, in a statement soon after his nomination, he said that the appointment made him "uncomfortable." While some other prelates might secretly covet a red hat, Archbishop O'Malley has long dreaded it.

That might be one of the most important and intriguing aspects of his selection. Few today, in the secular worl.d and even within the Church, would readily think "cardinal" is a synonym for "man of God." Instead, the popular image has been that the cardinal is a "prince of the Church," a type of clerical royalty that mixes more with the rich and famous than Christ's favored poor in spirit, an ecclesiastical Brahman defmed more by large entourages and staffs to serve him rather than by his serving others. This caricature has been fostered not just by the conduct of Renaissance cardinals but by the behavior of certain modem ones.

Now the whole Church will be introduced to a cardinal in a simple brown habit and sandals; who has sold a cardinal's residence modeled on a renaissance palace to live among his priests in the heart of the inner city; who has said repeatedly that the true Christian ambition must be to "fight not for the choicest seats at table but for the towel to wash others' feet." ,.... Like his master, he has long been a sign of contradiction. Because of his fidelity to Christ's command to love others as Christ has loved us - seen in his ministry to prisoners, to immigrants, to the sick and those with AIDS, to the poor, to victims - many have viewed him as a liberal. Because of his fidelity to Christ's teaching, especially in areas of sexual morality, others have labeled him conservative. But he defies simplistic classification: he has sought simply to be faithful to what the Lord has asked. Perhaps the greatest paradox will be a cardinal with a knotted white rope rather than a crimson silk fascia around his waist.

The classification of cardinals is about to expand.

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Living the paschal mystery -

Part One

gossip or prideful comments, or tion, of purifying our lives of This week. with the beginwhatever is unholy, so that we selfishness or greed. For others, ning of Lent. we have begun, can tum more and more toward it's the goal of eliminating once again, to prepare ourselves resentment, or jealousy, or selfto celebrate the paschal mystery, God. It is a process that never . pity. For others, it's the long ends in this life. . the suffering, death and resurThe process of conversion is . task of rooting out of the soul rection of Christ, which will prejudice, or impurity, or also a way to live the Paschal take place during Holy Week cowardice or hypocrisy. There is Mystery because it necessarily and Easter. Together with the probably no limit to the number involves death-to-self and rising incarnation. the paschal mystery of sinful habits that. our is one of the two turning fallen human nature is points in the drama of capable of, and the creation, because it . remedy for all of them is marked the accomplishthe process of converment of God's plan of sion. of continually salvation, the reconciliasking the Lord to help ation of man with God,

By Father David us purify our souls. and the climax of God~s A. Pignato By investing ourselves love for man. in the process of converThe paschal mystery sion. we live the paschal is also the pattern for mystery, because conversion to new life. What makes the our own lives. and something requires death-to-self. which paschal mystery "paschal" is that we are invited by God to imitates in some way what that it was a Passover. or a enter into and live and make passing through suffering, to the . Christ did on the cross. Each present in time. As Pope John time we leave the confessional new life of the Resurrection.

Paul the Great taught. "Anyone with our sins washed away and This is also what happens in our who contemplates Christ our souls reconciled with God, through the various stages of his own process of conversion, as we experience the painfulness of it's as if we rise from the tomb life cannot fail to perceive in to the new life of the Resurrecadmitting our sins, before we him the truth about man." tion. It is the paschal process of experience the joy of being rid (Rosarium Virginis Mariae, 25) taking off the old self with its During the holy season of Lent, of them. practices, and putting on the Ongoing conversion requires we are invited by the Church to new self, renewed in the image honesty, humility and courage, focus on living the paschal of our creator (Col 3:9-10). to identify our vices and to mystery. and one way to do this So. during these days of Lent. replace them with virtues. For is through the process of many, this process of conversion as we gear-up to celebrate the ongoing conversion. paschal mystery, one way we il}c1udes the challenge of Conversion is not limited to can prepare ourselves is by overcoming and removing the the decisive act by which a living the paschal mystery here sinful habits of criticizing. or person turns back to God after and now, by putting out into the complaining or pointing out the living away from him for some deep in the life-long process of faults of others. For some. it's time. It also includes that conversion. the challenge of leaving behind ongoing process of sanctifica-

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Friday, March 3, 2006

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Working 'outside the boxes' for the Marriage Amendment路

By DAN AVILA More than 20 boxes line a wall in the conference room of VoteOnMarriage.org. They are filled with petitions, containing the signatures of more than 170,000 registered voters in Massachusetts, a history-making total.

The campaign to put marriage on the 2008 ballot enjoyed an unprecedented launch. No other issue, such as rolling back state taxes, guaranteeing affordable healthcare, or calling for clean elections, was shot w.ith such force from any previous ballot cannon.

Petitions came from every corner of the state. City and town clerks were inundated. Staff for the Secretary of the Commonwealth stopped counting at 123,000, adding another recordbreaker for the amount of signatures certified.

In 2005, volunteers gathering signatures worked through numerous cold and rainy days oian unusually inclement fall to make history happen. Now th~ products of their comniitment, the paper-filled boxes, sit like bulky insulation in an office, waiting to be moved to someone's bam or someone else's garage.

To all who. stood at the back of church or outside the local mall to collect signatures, and all who signed a petition, with God's help you gained the bronze medal. This enabled the marriage campaign to clear the first hurdle by filling all those boxes.

Now get ready again. It's time to gain the silver, God willing. We have to clear an even more difficult hurdle, and do it twice - the state legislature. Once this year,

and once more in 2007 or early 2008, at least 51 legislators out of the total of 200 have to vote to allow the marriage amendment to go on the ballot.

Yes, the race is not over for the gold - enacting on Election Day 2008 a new amendment defining marriage as the union between one man and one woman.

So it's time to work outside the boxes.

Every name in those boxes at VoteOnMarriage.org must grow arms and legs, acquire a voice, and become a reality in the life of his or her state senator and state representative. That is, each individual signing the petition must become more thanjust a name on paper.

We need to organize at the dis- . trict level to transform the greatest signature campaign ever into the greatest lobbying campaign ever. The task is daunting but the signature drive, run on a thin nickel, proved the power of volunteer efforts. We'll need all the free, dedicated help we can find to reach our legislators.

Opponents of the marriage amendment plan to spend millions of dollars to kill the amendment at this stage. They are telling legislators, wrongly, that the signature campaign was all smoke and mirrors, using fraud to get names added. They are also trying to convince enough legislators who oppose the amendment to boycott the constitutional convention, known for short as the Con-Con. This "walk-out" strategy seeks to deny aquorum at the Con-Con, scheduled to open on May 10.

Without a quorum, that is, with-路 ou't 101 legislators present, the

Con-Con could not continue, and thus no vote could be taken. The amendment would die.

Yes, our legislators have heard that 170,000 signatures were gathered. But that won't mean anything to them unless by May I, the signers themsel ves and other constituents contact them by phone, E-mail and in person. This second stage cannot be a campaign on paper, but must become a living, breathing enterprise of concerned constituents appealing to their elected officials at the State House to let the people 路vote.

Let the people vote. That's the core message. We know that getting 51 legislators will be'difficult enough, and that persuading at least 50 more to show up for a quorum will pose a monumental challenge. But if the people are alert and active, and by God's grace, we can win.

We must appeal to every legislator, no matter what he or she thinks about same-sex marriage.

For all the reasons discussed in these pages in the past, marriage should not have been redefined by four justices on a di'Zided state supreme court. The institution is God's creation, and for the sake of children and for society, it must be understood as the union between a man and a woman.

Yet, even though a legislator might disagree with these convictions, if enough of his or her constituents appeal for the right to be heard at the ballot, then that legislator can be persuaded to heed that call.

Recognizing same-sex marriage is now, we are being told, a constitutional duty for both public and private entities. As a re-

The kick is up and it's ... the World Series against the Big Whew, tough call this week.

Red Machine.

I'd like to address the Adam My wife and I were standing Vinatieri situation with the in a cold steady snow at Patriots, but unlike most of Foxboro St:;tdium in January Adam's field goal attempts, this could go wide left, wide right, or 2002 when Adam Vinatieri split the uprights.

If the Patriots have in fact re-signed Vinatieri, please advance to section B of this column. If not, stay right where you are.

A - I was a wideeyed 13-year-old at

By Dave Jolivet home on a sunny Sunday afternoon in May watching a black clunked a 45-yard field goal & white television when Bobby through a swirling wind to tie Orr soared through the Boston Garden air following his famous the score in a playoff game against the Oakland Raiders late Stanley Cup-winning goal in overtime in 1970. in the fourth quarter.

Besides being the shots heard On a cold October night in 'round the Boston sports world 1975, I was gathered with my for years, what do these three college cronies in front of a momentous events have in projection screen TV at a common? restaurant in Swansea when Nothing I hope.

Carlton Fisk coaxed a fly ball to To many others, and me, left field to remain just inside Bobby Orr was the greatest the foul pole for a gamehockey player ever. The picture winning home run in Game 6 of

My View From the Stands

of him flying through the air hangs in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but Bobby Orr finished his career as a Chicago Black Hawk.

Fisk's home run prompted hom honking at I a.m. on streets all across New England that early morning, but Fisk ended his career with the Chicago White Sox. Nothing can top Vinatieri's Snow Bowl exploits. Does that m.ean he'll end his career as a Chicago Bear?

It may already be too late, but I implore. the New England Patriots not to shoot themselves in the foot - and keep Adam's. .

B - It's gooood. Well done New England Patriots. Signing Adam Vinatieri is one of the smartest moves you've made in a long line of smart moves.

There was never a doubt that we would keep the best kicker in the game - was there?

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suit, our public schools must teach children that same-sex marriage is a civil right, even though civil rights come from ~he people, not the courts. 路In addition, religious institutions are being forced to participate in same sex adoptions and must treat san}e-sex partners as spouses under their insurance plans.

Yet, the people"were not consulted. Regardless of whether our elected officials favor or oppose this court-made dictate, our message is this - don't prevent the voters from weighing in. .

In other words, don't become a Democrat against democracy or a Republican agaihst the repubI' lic.

Now that the signatures are collected, some people might think that the job is done. As I've just explained, thel,job is just beginning.

The Roman Catholic Bishops back the Ilpl ans of VoteOnMarriage.org for the second round. The Massachusetts I,

Catholic Conference soon will send important information to pastors, and will work again with Catholic Citizenship to help at the grassroots.

VoteOnMarriage.org and Catholic Citizenship are organizing meetings with legislators and putting together a statewide campaign of postcards, E-mails, and phone calls. Please join this "out of the box" initiative by contacting VoteOnMarriage.org online or by phone at (617) 795-2667.

Daniel Avila is the Associate Director for Policy & Research of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference.

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Who's driving?

"The Spirit drove Jesus into the desert.. .."

As Lent begins I am struck by the stark nature of these words. There is no question about what is going on. Jesus enters the desert, not of his own mere human desire; he is there because he has been lead by the Spirit to be there.

We can learn so much from Jesus in his own willingness to follow the Spirit's lead. If Jesus himself felt the need to follow the lead of the Spirit, shouldn't we do as much?

And so Lent begins. We find ourselves in the desert for these 40 days. We are not alone; not abandoned in a desert wasteland. We too are driven by the Spirit to be here. As a Church and as individuals we come to the desert of Lent to be reminded that we are not the authors of

is the One who calls us our life. We come to the beyond the boundaries we set desert of Lent to remember for ourselves. Prayer places that we are not the drivers, us as the recipients of all that but passengers on the road to God has to offer and so we eternal life.

Traditionally we hold a threefold program of Lent; Homily of the Week prayer, fasting and almsgiving. This First Sunday "trifecta" of Lent of Lent allows us to be reminded that we are

By Father not in control of our own lives or our own John M. Murray destinies. We place ourselves in the are not the ones who are hands of the Lord, to be lead ultimately in control of who by the Spirit; not just into the we are or what we have. desert, but everyday of our Fasting. When we fast we lives. are mindful that it is not our Prayer. Prayer places us in passions that rule us. Rather, proper relationship with God. by our feeling of emptiness, Calling to mind that it is God we are reminded that it is we worship; it is God who God 'who satisfies every created and sustains us. God

longing of the human heart.

As we wander aimlessly and frenetically to find satisfaction for our hungers we only find ourselves feeling emptier than before; and so we fast.

Almsgiving. We will never run out of those who are in need.

If we have a home in which to live, food to eat and clothes to wear we are already better off than the majority of the rest of the world. We have so much. Almsgiving, or charity, helps us remember that we have a responsibility to give of what we have; at times to give of what we need. We are not the masters of our possessions, our money, our time or talents. No; rather it is God who has given us all

these things. We have a responsibility to give back what we have been given.

This program of Lent reminds us that we are not the drivers, but passengers.

God is the driver; the one who leads us to him. Yes, at times we get lost and need directions. At times we don't want to stop and ask. But we are given this Lenten journey to do just that. It has been said that if God is your copilot, change seats. Lent is a time for us to change seats and allow the Spirit to drive us into the desert, just as Jesus did. And to ask ourselves the real question Who's driving?

Father Murray is chaplain at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis and resides at Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville.

Insights on same-sex attractions The public debate over with the insights gained sexual intimacy, but as a same-sex marriage is through healing ministries. desire to be held or comoften conducted in a mist of Its conclusions have been forted - in other words confusion. Those promoting a need for the parent/child confirmed by subsequent the redefinition of marriage research and clinical experi- . relationship that they missed. have engaged in a decadesence.

Trying to suppress the long campaign to convince According to Moberly, sexual desire without meeting the public that same-sex God's plan is for men and the legitimate need for sameattraction is biologically women to go through determined and people are a developmental "born that way" and can't process that ends with change. the establishment of Many people do not a firm heterosexual realize that these two claims identity. A key stage in this process is have been thoroughly discredited. In spite of much identification with

By Dale O'Leary research, no "gay gene" one's same sex parent has been found and the and peers. If the child's need for love scientific search has largely been 'abandoned. and acceptance from the sex love rarely succeeds. The Dr. Robert Spitzer, a answer is to meet that legitisame-sex parent is not respected therapist, interproperly met in childhood, mate need, either with a viewed men and women who positive non-sexual same-sex the child can develop said they were "ex-gay" and a "defensive detachment" relationship with a parent from the same-sex parent. concluded that they were substitute or good friend, or This is not to blame telling the truth and by establishing a relationship the parent, who may be real change is possible. with Jesus or God the Father, Several studies have shown unaware of the child's or in the case of women with that the majority of those feelings. The child is caught Mary as mother. who experienced strong between two powerful According to Moberly, same-sex attraction in adoles- emotions:, one that pushes "Legitimate needs are to be cence spontaneously became him away from the same-sex met in legitimate ways, that attracted to the other sex in parent because he is afraid of is to say non-sexually. The their 20s. being hurt and the other that Bible 'does not veto sameThe next logical questions cries out 'for love and accepsex friendships', and deep are: If people aren't born that tance from the same-sex friendships must be as right , way, then what is the cause parent. for homosexuals as they are of same-sex attraction? And As the child matures, the for heterosexuals." Such if people can change, then need for love from the samefriendships are central, and why do so many fail when sex parent remains unmet. In essential, to the solution of they try? adolescence this unmet need the problem of homosexualNumerous therapists have ity." can manifest itself as sameoffered various theories, Moberly's insights have a sex attraction. Because unmet based on experience with direct bearing on the needs produce powerful clients. Probably the clearest marriage debate. When drives, the adolescent interbook on the subject is "Hopersons with same-sex prets the feelings as sexual mosexuality: A New Chrisdesire. Reading through the attraction talk about the tian Ethic," by Elizabeth , autobiographical accounts of depth of their need for sameMoberly. First published in persons with same-sex sex love, they are speaking 1983, it is short, only 52 attraction, one often hears the truth. They are wrong, them describe their initial pages in length. It combines however, when they think the findings of therapists that calling a same-sex, sexual impulses not as a desire for

Truth and Compassion

relationship a marriage will meet that need.

For Moberly "the true point of comparison for homosexuality is not sexual pair-bonding, but the parentchild relationship."

Moberly points out the reasons why a samesex sexual relationship does not serve the best interests of the parties: "Firstly, both partners in a homosexual relationship have similar psychological needs, varying only in degree, and thus each partner's own needs and deficits render him or her less able to meet the other person's needs.

Secondly, the deep dependency needs which are sometimes involved may not be met when the person concerned is chronologically an adult. Thirdly, and most significantly, the defensive detachment that was originally responsible for checking the normal process of growth may re-emerge and disrupt the renewed attachment. The instability of many homosexual relationships may well stem from this factor."

As Christians we can compassionatelyacknowledge the need of persons for with same-sex attraction for same-sex love, while pointing out that what they need is not a sexual relationship, but deep non-sexual same-sex friendships and mentoring relationships. Of course each person experiencing samesex attraction has a unique history and no single explanation covers every case.

Understanding the origins of same-sex attraction does not mean that healing is easy or automatic. Early wounds leave deep scars.

Our duty is to pray for friends and relatives experiencing same-sex attraction, encourage them to find the father love they need in God the Father's arms, the mother love in Mary's care, and to offer our own friendship.

Dale O'Leary is an internationally recognized lecturer and author of "The Gender Agenda: Redefining Equality." She regularly lectures in Massachusetts in support of the Church's teachings on the gift of human sexuality.

Daily Readings March 4 Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-6; Lk 5:2732 March 5 Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15 March 6 Lv 19:1-2,11-18; Ps 19:8-10,15; Mt25:31-46 March 7 Is55:10-11; Ps 34:4-7,16-1'9; Mt 6:7-15 March 8 Jon 3:1-10; Ps 51:3-4,1213,18-19; Lk 11:29-32 March 9 EstC:12,1416,23-25; Ps 138:1-3,7c-8; Mt 7:7-12 March 10 Ez 18:21-28; Ps 130:1-8; Mt 5:20-26

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Lenctentide Lenctentide 28 February 2006 - Fat Tuesday Homeport I see daffodils poking up by the back stoop. I plant "daff' bulbs wherever I live - somewhat like Johnny Apple Seed. I hope they never call me Father Daffy. Daffodils are my personal signs of spring.

In Latin the word for 40 days is Quadragesima and in Greek, Tessarakosti but we get the word "Lent" from the Anglo-Saxon Lenctentide, meaning "season of lengthening days."

Once I visited an ancient monastery in continental Portugal. The kitchen was enormous. I noticed an unusual detail in medieval kitchen design. A river ran through it.

Literally. Seems the monks had diverted a nearby stream (and its fish) to have a handy Lenten food supply. This early attempt at fast-food service never caught on.

Meatless meals in Lent were then figured differently than they are today. Ducks, for

example, were once considered "fish," since they swam in the water. Duck L'orange was' acceptable as a Lenten meal.

Since eggs, milk and cheese are animal products, these were forbidden. The menu would challenge even Martha

Stewart. Come Easter, though, you could eat all the eggs you wanted - thus the Easter egg, originally dyed blood red to symbolize both birth and death.

As a young child, I knew Lent was coming when my teacher distributed to the class cardboard folders with 40 slots cut in them. The idea was to fill the slots with change. Teacher said we were supposed to give up candy and, with the money saved, feed the countless hungry children of the world. It didn"'t

work in my case. I rarely had loose change in my pocket. My folder was always turned in with only a couple of quarters. I prayed those hungry children made out all right on my 50 cents.

Of course, everybody ate fish every Friday, but during Lent it was our one and only meal. Sometimes we had creamed salmon over mashed potatoes, or tuna casserole or ': macaroni and cheese.

When I was old enough, I would walk down to the fish and chips store and pick up supper. It came wrapped in yesterday's newspaper. An Englishwoman told me that if you eat fish and chips in Britain, you don't tell the neighbors. It's considered the food of the destitute. Fish and chips aren't much of a Lenten penance for me. I like it.

I couldn't give up movies either. I only remember going to two or three movies before the age of 14. So, as a young boy, every year I found myself in a quandary. What to give up for Lent? One year I came up with

Our high-speed connection to heaven We live in the communication great fire. It was not until "there age. I'm sure this is nothing new came a gentle whisper," however that Elijah knew he was in to all of you who ,have progresthe presence of the Almighty. sively added.cable TV, cell The voice of the Lord came phone, and high-speed Internet to Elijah in a whisper, not in a charges to your monthly bills. shout. Perhaps a good Lenten Instant communication. Knowlsacrifice this year, one in edge at your fingertips. It has keeping with our day and age, become the accepted way of things.

With instant communication so readily available, however, I . wonder if we might have put our connection to heaven on hold or even hung up on God comBy Heidi Bratton pletely? Perhaps, without even intending to, we've filled with idle chatter might be to turn down the the little bits of time we previously took to personally connect technological clamor a little bit in order to listen for the gentle with God through prayer. whisper of the Lord. In other Driving in the car. Walking the dog. The last few minutes before words, when we feel the urge to be connected, we could turn to fading off to sleep. prayer instead of to our cells Here's a test: The last time phones or computers. you had 15 minutes to spare did When praying to God from you I) call a friend, 2) hop the heart, the letters in the word online, 3) flip on the tube, 4) 'ACTS,' can serve as a helpful plug in your IPOD, or 5) find a guide. Following the pattern of quiet place to pray? Of course, the Lord's Prayer, the prayer I'm setting you up here, but goes like this: really - can you remember the 'A' stands for Adore God. last time you stole away to pray?

Begin by telling God how Stole away to be with the Lord wonderful he is. Adoring God because you just had to tell him puts our hearts in right something, or because you just relationship with him and needed to be in his presence? naturally leads us to the next In the Old Testament (I letter.

Kings] 9:9-13), the prophet 'C' stands for Contrition.

Elijah is searching for the Contrition is acknowledging our presence of the Lord God sins and telling God that we are almighty. When Elijah goes he sorry for them. Sin is the big and experiences a lot of loud, the little ways we've turned our forceful things; a wind so backs on God and fallen short of powerful that it tore the mountains apart, an earthquake, and a the wonderful ways Jesus taught

Home Grown Faith

us to live and to love.

'T' is for Thanksgiving.

After we've repented of our sins and know forgiveness, we will want to thank God for all the graces and blessings he has showered upon us.

'S' stands for Supplication or help. We end our time of personal prayer by asking for help, healing, and direction from God for ourselves and for others, especially those who have asked us to pray for them.

When I was teaching my kids how to pray from their hearts after receiving holy Communion, I came up with a shortened version. It's easier to remember because the first words are all verbs or the 'acts' we perform while praying.

A =Applaud God's Greatness C =Call on God's Mercy T = Tell God Thanks S Say, "Help" A parting thought on acting on the call to spend more time with God in prayer this Lent is to mention Eucharistic adoration. Even a few minutes sitting in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament is a beautiful experience of listening for God. Leave the cell phone in the car; you won't need it to hear God whispering how glad he is to see you.

Heidi is an author, photographer, and full-time mother.

She and her husband raise their five children and grow their faith in Falmouth.

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I like to build seasonal traditions into parish life. These often involve families and food.

On the last Sunday before Lent, ''Team One" will be in the kitchen preparing gigantic freshfrom-the-pan malassadas. There will be the annual St. Patrick Day supper, corned beef and cabbage with Chef Jeff's delicious horseradish sauce. (In Ireland, it's corned beef that is considered the food of the destitute.) Every Friday of Lent, we serve clam cakes and chowder. People are amazed that there are actually clams in the clam cakes.

During Lent, the parish schedule changes to reflect the penitential season. There are the traditional acts of charity: The national collections and the food and clothes for the local poor.

Usually our daily Eucharist is in the mornings, but during Lent we will alternate with an evening Mass for the convenience of the Faithful. There are Stations of the Cross on Fridays and a Lenten Bible Study (The seven last words of Christ).

Music at Mass is kept to a minimum, used only to support the human voice. I sometimes omit the entrance procession

during Lent. I sit quietly in a pew before Mass and, when the church bell rings, approach the altar in silenct<. We all chant the Kyrie together. No festive flowers in the sanctuary; nothing "extra" anywhere to be seen.

Last February, the artist Christo installed "The Gates" in New York's Central Park. The 7,500 ]6-feet billowing saffroncolored panels cost $21 million and ran for 16 days. This February in the Village we are planning a "Branco Installation." It will run for 90 days and cost $49.95. Denise Branco comes to the rectory door with the prototype. She plans to flank the church sidewalk with six panels of diaphanous purple fabric. One axis will be a sevenfoot rugged cross. The panels will be transformed with yellow and white for the 50 days of Easter. Move over, Christo.

To prepare for the coming of the holy spring, I drive to the moors on the outer Cape. As the sun sets over the salt marsh, I listen to Vivalidi's "The Four Seasons: Spring." OK, I'm ready for Lent. Bring it on.

Father Goldrick is pastor of St. Bernard Parish, Assonet.

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Card,inal Electors

Re~tricted mobility hasn't hampered Pocasset w~man's parish routines

By DEACON JAMES N.

What does a cardinal do?

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church have two key jobs, advising the current pope and electing a new pope.

The cardinals as a body offer their advice to the pope in two ways: - through their membership in Vatican congregations or other departments of the Roman Curia, the Church's central administrative offices; - through their membership in the College of Cardinals, which the pope can convoke to discuss substantivequestions facing the Church.

Cardinals who are resident in Rome meet more frequently to discuss the major decisions the pope is facing.

The College of Cardinals has three ranks: - Cardinal bishops, a group that includes only six Latin-rite cardinals, one of whom is elected dean of the College of Cardinals. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the current Pope Benedict XVI, was the dean at the time of his election. He was succeeded by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican secretary of state; - Cardinal priests, most of

whom are diocesan bishops, although some senior curial officials also hold the rank; - Cardinal deacons, most of whom are curial officials.

Pope Paul VI decreed that the College of Cardinals would have a maximum of 120 active members.

Since 1970, those over 80 have not been counted as active.

Although the retired cardinals are not eligible to vote to elect a new pope, they still are considered advisers to the pope, and are invited to participate in the meetings in preparation for a conclave.

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Western Europe has the largest bloc of the 120 cardinals eligible to vote for a new pope.

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Parish Center, Debbie takes the responsibility to POCASSET - Color her energetic, resource- open them for functions, even very early in the ful, creative; an early riser and daily Mass-goer morning, Father Donovan reported. who literally holds the keys to her beloved St. A native of Hyannis, she graduated from John the Evangelist Church, where she is a faith- Bourne High School in 1974. For three)ears runfilled lector and leads the rosary on Saturdays. ning she was the president of the Veterans of Describe her as a whirlwind with tools; a Foreign Wars Auxiliary. would be author of poetry, this 50-year-old single "I live alone and really am self-sufficient once woman and health my former viceaides get me president of up and movthe Women's ing," she said Guild, who laughing. "I loves living on used to manthe Cape, and age the miniis starting to mart at Otis look for a good Air Force "pooch" toBase. Right share her busy now I just do life. odds-and-ends things to "While I'm having a keep myself busy. I do blast I'm not quite as bead work and make mobile as I was," said rosaries for those who Debbie, confined to a ask for them." motorized wheelchair Asked if she likes because of multiple scleCape Cod, she made it rosis she was diagnosed clear "I wouldn't want with in 1986. to live anyplace else. I "I'm having some love the beach and the problems now with diawater, although I can't betes too, and on the get into it very easily. mornings when I wait to But I get my feet wet on receive assistance from the boat ramp." health care workers, I'm She has prepared her not out and going as I poetry in a book called usually am," she admit"Reflections" and ted. hopes somewhere Despite those "midown the road to get it nor" handicaps, Debbie published. "It's about has decorated and led many things ... things the parish's Christmas that have been so much Fair for three years in a a part of my life," she DEBBIE S. LAMOTHE IS A PARISHIONER OF row. Using a workshop said by way of a preST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST PARISH, POCASSET she has set up in a garage view. near the Parish Center, "One of the jobs I'm she has built items used at the recent fairs and at called to do is enter the names of the deceased Women's Guild functions. from our parish in the memorial book, and it is "One year I made all the props and set up all always nice to have a part in parish life. I love the lights and decorations at the Christmas Fair, this parish so much and Father Bob (Donovan) and it was so much fun," she said. "I made the is so awesome, and we all love him. He is a good whole hall look like a country store." friend, and more like a brother to me than my This year, the talk of the parish was the four- pastor." foot-tall lighthouse Debbie constructed and set Debbie's new adventure? "I am looking to get outside her house. a doggie," she said. "I've always wanted one and Father Robert C. Donovan, pastor of St. John's it seems now is the right time." in Pocasset, called Debbie "a breath of life, who The Anchor encourages readers to nominate has done a lot of good things in our parish. She others for the Person of the Week - who and is a wonderful parishioner and someone we can why? Submit nominations at our E-mail adcount on." dress: theanchor@anchornews.org, or write to Because she has a key to the church and the The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA 02722.

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Cardinal trends: Pope's picks boost Asian, U.S., European presence

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI's first group of cardinal appointments sent signals about the direction and priorities of his papacy.

They also spotlighted Church leaders who, in diverse ways and on different continents, are involved in cultural and social battles that are clearly on the pope's radar.

The pope will formally install the 15 new cardinals March 24.

He also convened a March 23 meeting of the entire College of Cardinals for "prayer and reflection," a move that suggested he intends to consult with the world's cardinals and then decide how they can best be used during his papacy.

The pope hinted at a strong advisory role for the cardinals when he said, before announcing the new names, that the college was like a senate designed to support and assist the papal ministry.

Some Vatican officials believe Pope Benedict will convene the cardinals more often than his predecessor, perhaps annually, to get their input on important Church affairs. Likewise, they expect the pope to create new cardinals more frequently.

That line of thinking was strengthened when, this time around, he named only 12 cardinals under the age of 80, respecting the limit of 120 voting-age cardinals. The 120 ceiling was something Pope John Paul II routinely waived.

Pope John Paul also tended to wait longer to name new cardinals, presiding over megaconsistories where he handed out 30 or 40 red hats.

Instead, Pope Benedict may take a "topping up" approach, which means that new groups ofcardinals could be named every year. By mid2007, for example, at least 13 more places will be available among voting-age cardinals.

Geographically, the pope's appointments boosted the U.S. and European presence in the College of Cardinals. The naming of Archbishops William J. Levada, head of the Vatican doctrinal congregation, and Sean P. O'Malley ofBoston raised the number of U.S. vot-

ing-age cardinals to 13, a historically high number.

Eight of the IS new cardinals -and six ofthe 12 voting-age cardinals - are European. That would leave Europe with exactly 50 percent of the voters in a hypothetical conclave, a slight rebound from recent years.

Perhaps the most striking feature of the pope's nominations was that three voting-age cardinals came from Asia and none from Africa. Vatican sources have long said that they view Asia as the new frontier for evangelization. By naming cardinals in South Korea, the Philippines and Hong Kong, the pope raised the Church's profile there and gave Asia a significantly stronger voice in a potential conclave.

Some Church observers were surprised that only one Latin American figured on the list, and none were from Brazil, which has the biggest Catholic population in the world and only three votingage cardinals.

Also somewhat surprising was that the pope named only three Vatican officials, those whose jobs require them to be made cardinals.

The lack of a red hat for several heads of pontifical councils - the second tier of the Roman Curiawas yet another signal that a reform of those agencies is imminent, with some councils expected to be combined or eliminated.

Of the resident archbishops on the cardinal list, two were Pope Benedict appointees: Polish Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, the longtime secretary to Pope John Paul, and Venezuelan Archbishop Jorge Urosa Savino of Caracas.

Over his 26-year papacy, Pope John Paul gradually shaped the College of Cardinals, naming all but two cardinal-electors in the conclave that followed his death.

Over the same period, however, the average age of the electors rose to over 70 and is now more than 72.

That's one reason why it may not take long for Pope Benedict to put his own stamp on the college.

Five years from now, he will have had the opportunity to name at least 51 of the 120 cardinal voters, or 42 percent of the total.

Reunion of St. Louis Jesuits group 'was amazing experience, ' member says

By MARK PATrlSON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - Dan Schutte, Tim Manion and Jesuit Fathers Bob Dufford, John Foley and Roc O'Connor were St. Louis Jesuits before they were "the" St. Louis Jesuits who created a new kind of Scripture-based contemporary music for use at Mass.

Manion left the Jesuits before ordination, and ultimately quit composing music.

Schutte left the Society of Jesus, and the ordained priesthood, in 1986 - the year after their sixth, and presumably last, music collection, ''The Steadfast Love," had been released.

But a series of E-mail conversations among the men starting in 2003 resulted in a reunion in a recording studio in Portland, Ore., last year. Even Manion came for a few days to add guitar and vocals to a new collection, "Morning Light."

"It was an amazing experience. It was like magic," Schutte said as he and his Jesuitpriest colleagues were jointly interviewed in Washington by Catholic News Service.

"It's like we were whole again." Their February 18 concert in Washington was one of five reunion appearances the group planned for 2006. Manion was scheduled to join them for a late-February concert in St. Louis.

Before they were "the"St. Louis Jesuits, the first collection, a four-LP set titled "Neither Silver Nor Gold," was billed as "liturgical music by St. Louis Jesuits," created partly in response to requests they received for copies of their music. Schutte recalled spending his free time that year writing the musical notation by hand for each ofthe set's 57 songs for a companion songbook.

Based on musical activity in St. Louis during the early 1970s, "there could have been eight or 10 of us," Father Dufford said.

"I couldn't tell you how it would all shake out," added Father O'Connor. Among those early Jesuits were Father John Kavanaugh, now a philosophy professor and writer on ethics and spirituality, and Father J-Glenn

THE ST. LOUIS Jesuits perform a musical reflection during the East Coast Conference for Religious Education in Washington recently. The group, from left, Fathers Roc O'Connor, Bob Dufford, John B. Foley, all of whom are Jesuits, and Dan Schutte, were recently reunited and performed music from their new album, "Morning Light," their first album in 20 years. (CNS photo/Dan Hunt) Murray, a recognized expert on AfricanAmerican spirituality.

Subsequent albums - "Earthen Vessels," "A Dwelling Place," the Christmasthemed "Gentle Night," "Lord of Light" and "The Steadfast Love"- reinforced the group's standing, and hymnals featured more and more of their music and parish congregations sang more of it.

Some have compared the St. Louis Jesuits to the Beatles. Father O'Connor said the comparison may be valid in terms of each bringing a fresh perspective on their chosen musical genre, but otherwise the analogy "limps majorly."

But just like the "Paul is dead" hoax that surprised Beatles fans in 1969, "John is dead" rumors spread about Father Foley.

"I was dead, or I had gone blind due to diabetes, or I had slammed a metal door on my finger and I couldn't ever play guitar again, or I had cancer," Father Foley recalled. He remembered helping one fellow

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While they wrote separately, "we carrie together in the summers" to record, Father Foley said. When they recorded the Christmas album "Gentle Night" in Phoenix, "it was 118 degrees outside," he added. "We .went inside the air-con~itioneg studio and lit candles."

Ray Bruno, head of North American Liturgy Resources and producer of their first albums, wanted to do "crossover" music songs that would be well-received by not only liturgical musicians but fans of inspirational and pop music, according to Father Foley.

After the success of "Neither Silver Nor Gold" - an unlikely feat for a four-LP set by hitherto unknown musicians retailing for $19.95 in 1974 dollars - Bruno wanted the

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During those summers, they also would critique each other's music.

"That was a bloody process," Father Dufford said. "Here you've got five guys who are used to doing things individually, and here you've got guys who are saying things about my blood and sinew (the songs) that's out there. It hurts! It took a while for me to learn, to trust that the others were on my side."

Ignatian spirituality is in part of their songs. ''That's where our music grew from," Schutte said.

Father Dufford said Ignatian spirituality is "built around getting to know the person of Jesus, doing that through contemplation of the Scriptures. Our prayer was so Scripture-based right from the very beginning, when we began to think of how to write songs that ~ght help other people to pray, the first place we looked to was the Scripture."

Father Foley said their songs should be "shipworthy." "They ought to be able to go into other musical minds and prayerful minds and still float," he said, adding he has heard "wonderful" reggae arrangement of "One Bread, One Body" and an "electrifying" version of ''The Cry of the Poor" that was "light years away from the way we did it." .

They said many musicians are afraid to play their songs at Mass if one of them is the celebrant, but they themselves love to consult the works of other composers.

Father Foley sai.d today there are "175 active composers" - at least five times the number when they started - whose work is being published. Among their favorites are Marty Haugen, David Haas, Father Michael Joncas, Christopher Walker, Bernadette Farrell, Jaime Cortez and the Taize ecumenical community in France.

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DVD/video review NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are capsule reviews of a recent DVD and video release from the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Theatrical movies on video have a USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating. The classifications refer only to the theatrical version of the film below, and does not take into account DVD release extra content.

"The Passion of Bernadette" (1989) Completing the story begun in "Bernadette," this handsome sequel, directed once again by French filmmaker Jean Delannoy and again starring Sydney Penny, chronicles the adult life of St. Bernadette Soubirous - the French peasant girl known as the "little saint of Lourdes" - from entering the convent at Nevers in 1866 at age 22 (eight years after she saw her first Marian apparition) to her early death at age 35. Earnest and reverent in its depiction, the film focuses on Bernadette's lesser- known struggles to pursue a contemplative life of cloistered holiness away from the spotlight and a French populace intent on turning her into a celebrity, all the while enduring chronic ill-

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Dubbed in English. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-II - adults and adolescents.

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"Date Movie" (20th Century Fox) Crudely sophomoric sendup of recent popular romantic comedies barely held together by a perfunctory plot involving the upcoming wedding of a formerly obese waitress (Alyson Hannigan) to the man of her dreams (Adam Campbell), a wedding that the latter's seductive ex-flame (Sophie Monk) threatens to sabotage. Following in the genre-skewering footprints of "Scary Movie," directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer spoof such films as "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Hitch" and "My Best Friend's Wedding," among others, in a nonstop barrage of vulgar and unfunny juvenile sight gags that test the limits of its PG13 rating. Pervasive raunchy and gross-out humor, some comic violence, recurring crude language and a few instances of profanity. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is 0 - morally offensive.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

"Running Scared" (New Line) Excessively brutal crime drama about a low-level member of New Jersey Mafia crew (Paul Walker) whose ill-fated decision not to dispose of an incriminating gun has disastrous consequences when his

son's best friend (Cameron Bright) (Alexander Held), to her mock trail steals it, touching off a frantic and execution. Unvarnished by search for the weapon and setting oversentimentality, director Marc in motion a cycle of escalating vio- Rothemund's film is a quietly powlence involving Italian mobsters, erful testament to bravery in the Russian gangsters, a corrupt cop face of evil and peaceful resistance (Chazz Palminteri) and pedophile to tyranny that extols freedom of predators. Beyond its visual slick- conscience while imparting a ness, writer-director Wayne strong anti-war message. Subtitles.

Kramer's after-hours tour of Mature thematic elements, includJersey's sleazy underbelly is an ing suggested death by guillotine. obscenity-soaked, one-note sym- The USCCB Office for Film & phony of bloody mayhem that as- Broadcasting classification is A-II saults viewers unrelentingly from - adults and adolescents. Not its gratuitously grisly opening gun- rated by the Motion Picture Assofight to its equally over-the-top cli- ciation of America.

Tsotsi" (Miramax) max. Pervasive strong and graphic Powerful, beautifully acted film violence, including gory shootings and beatings, scenes of child and about vicious South African hoodspousal abuse, suggested pedo- lum (Presley Chweneyagae) who philia, a vulgar simulation of oral . shoots a woman and steals her car, sex involving shadowy, partial, not realizing her baby is in the back frontal female nudity and brief rear seat, and how his life is transmale nudity, full-frontal female formed by the experience. Though strip-club nudity, drug content and the squalid underworld milieu, and nonstop rough and crude language, the periodic acts of violence will as well as profanity. The USCCB not be to every taste, writer-direcOffice for Film' & Broadcasting tor Gavin Hood's adaptation of an classification is 0 - morally of- Athol Fugard novel ultimately befensive. The Motion Picture Asso- comes into an incredibly moving experience with a truly redemptive ciation of America rating is R restricted. Under 17 requires ac- ending sure to bring a lump to the companying parent or adult guard- throat of the patient viewer. Subtitles. Pervasive rough and occaian. sional crude language, some pro"Sophie Scholl: The Final fanity, two violent killings, a shootDays" (Zeitgeist) Gripping true-life drama ing, brief breastfeeding images, chronicling the final six days in the gambling. The USCCB Office for life of Sophie Scholl (Julia Film & Broadcasting classification Jentsch), a 21-year-old German is L - limited adult audience, college student executed by the films whose proble~atic content Nazis in 1943 after being arrested many adults would find troubling. for distributing anti-war leaflets at The Motion Picture Association of her university, detai ling her ordeal America rating is R - restricted. from her three-day cross examina- Under 17 requires accompanying tion by a Gestapo interrogator parent or adult guardian.

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Court to consider constitutionality of federal partial-birth abortion ban

By JERRY FILTEAU CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court said that it will consider the constitutionality of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. The court agreed to hear a Bush administration appeal of a U.S. appeals court ruling that the 2003 law is unconstitutional because it does not include an exception for the health of a pregnant woman.

The appeal is the first abortion case the high court has agreed to hear since Justice Samuel Alito Jr. replaced Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who retired. O'Connor was often a swing vote on abortion cases and many observers regard Alito as more likely than her to favor legal restrictions on abortion.

Three federal appeals courts have found the 2003 law unconstitutional. The first such ruling came last July from the St. Louisbased 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which said that "a health

exception is constitutionally reqliired" in any law restricting abortion.

In separate rulings in January, two other appellate courts, the 9th Circuit in San Francisco and the 2nd Circuit in New York, also found the law's lack of a health exception unconstitutional.

The 9th Circuit added that the law imposes "an undue burden" on women's access to abortion and called the language of the law too vague for consistent enforcement.

In 2006 the Supreme Court ruled five to four that a state law in Nebraska banning partial-birth abortion was unconstitutional because it did not include a health exception.

O'Connor was part of the court majority in that ruling, which not only nullified the Nebraska statute but also made similar laws in a number of other states unenforceable.

The Supreme Court is to hear arguments on the federal law during its next term, which begins in

POPE BENEDICT XVI receives a letter from children during a special audience at the Vatican recently. (eNS photo/ L'OsseNatore Romano)

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Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee, said, "Unless the Supreme Court now reverses the extreme position that five justices took in 2000, partly born premature infants will continue to die by having theirs skulls punctured by seven-inch scissors."

In the abortion procedure banned by the federal law, after the body of the live human fetus is delivered through the mother's birth canal, the doctor pierces its skull and suctions out the brain, causing death and collapsing the head so that it may be drawn through the birth canal more easily.

When President George W. Bush signed the Partial-Birth Ban Act in November 2003, he called the procedure "a terrible form of violence ... directed against children who are inches from birth."

Abortion opponents have opposed a health exception in partial-birth abortion laws because the Supreme Court's 1973 companion abortion decision Doe v.

Bolton, issued in conjunction with Roe v. Wade, defined the health rationale for an abortion to include any factor that related to a woman's well-being - a definition so broad as to cover virtually any perceived benefit to the woman.

When the appellate court in St. Louis ruled the absence of a health cause in the federal law unconstitutional last July, Gail Quinn, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for ProLife Activities, urged that the Supreme Court overturn that decision.

"It makes no sense to say one must kill a child who is more than half born to advance the mother's health instead of simply completing a live delivery," she said.

"There is no place in a civilized society for this cruel and dangerous practice," she said.

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It Was a pleasure to serve him and I congratulate him."

He added, "Along with the late Cardinal Humberto S. Medeiros, we have two cardinals all of us in the diocese can be proud of."

The story here began in 1992, when the usually quiet southeastern Massachusetts diocese that extends out to Cape Cod and the fslands was reeling from the child abuse scandal of pedophile former priest James Porter, who was convicted of molesting dozens of children.

Moving quickly, pragmatically, and compassionately, the newly arrived Bishop O'Malley from the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands met with victims and their families, visited their parish churches, raised the money needed to assist the victims and resolved the legal issues in a straightforward fashion.

At the same time he formed a Diocesan Review Board, established screening policies for all diocesan employees, and authored a much-copied pilot program aimed. at preventing child abuse and dealing with clergy and laity accused and found guilty of such offenses.

In a 1992 interview with The Anchor, Bishop O'Malley recalled the ravishing effects of 1989's Hurricane Hugo on the Virgin Islands and its people. But it was a different kind of storm he faced in Fall River.

"It was very difficult having to face the sexual abuse case of former priest James Porter and all that it brought with it," he recalled. ."I was coming to learn and administer a diocese more than 10 times larger than the one in the Virgin Islands. Then having to deal with something I was unprepared for ... but there were many people to help me for which I was and still am grateful."

Dr. Krysten Winter-Green, diocesan director of AIDS Ministry, said everyone recognized Bishop O'Malley's apostleship during his Virgin Islands tenure where she was his assistant chancellor and director of shelters for the homeless.

"So it was not really a surprise to see him elevated to cardinal," she said. "I think many people witnessed that apostleship - including our current Holy Father and his predecessor. Bishop O'Malley has been fated on many occasions. He is a man who is gifted with fine intellect and possesses a humility that is most profound. He has managed to deal significantly with complex, and disturbing and saddening situations in the Church in three dioceses in the USA. He has managed to bring calm and peace.

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joined them and became their catechist at World Youth Day 2000 in Rome, and in 2002 in Canada.

A well known disciple of the Pro-Life movement at home and abroad, Bishop O'Malley for 10 years marched with his Fall River youth and celebrated Mass for them at the annual March For Life in Washington, D.C., speaking out against the continuing horrors of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.

He spoke at ecumenical services at evangelical churches serving the black community. He was also the host and presided at Kristallnacht observances of the "Night of Broken Glass" recalling when Nazis first stormed into Po-

Francis, the itinerant founder of the Franciscans, the calls by the Continued from page one Church for his ministry and talents have taken Friar O'Malley far from significant number also believe his what he imagined. gentle and non-controlling way is the correct way."

Following ordination as coadThen she added, "And despite jutor bishop in the Virgin Islands all the hardships, I think he has in 1984 and becoming its bishop a managed to retain his sense ofhuyear later, he has subsequently mor." been called to heal not one, but two Lisa Gulino, diocesan director troubled dioceses - and an archof Adult Education and Evangelidiocese - and his newest sumzation, applauded the pope's selecmons has propelled him onto the. tion of her former bishop. Bishop international arena that is the life O'Malley hired her in 1996 followof a cardinal of the Church. ing graduation from Franciscan In the fall of 2002, following his University in Steubenville Ohio.

Fall River assignment, Bishop "He is a shepherd in the true O'Malley was appointed bishop of sense of the word," said Gulino, Palm Beach, Fla. He amusingly who has remained in contact with claimed, "the Holy Father has him during his called me to go to Boston assign- r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , Palm Beach bement and sent Bishop Coleman's issues statement on cause he knows I him a congratula11 A do vacation tory note. "One an zoo - eszgoote lYla ey appozntment only spots like the Vir-

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The announcement of his appointment brings happiness and a sense diocese troubled He is generous of pride to all of us in the Fall River diocese. twice, hit by with his time and sexual abuse For 10 years, from 1992 to 2002, Cardinal-designate O'Malley led has a joyful ourlocal Church, and overthattime we experienced firsthand his quali- charges on the spirit."

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She also said A few months Now as a cardinal and advisor to the pope, Cardinal-designate she was not sur- O'Malley will share these same gifts with the universal Church. earlier, Catholics rised to see him in the Palm P made a cardinal.

In the Church's calendar today is the feast of the Chair of St. Peter Beach diocese and in the prayers of the Mass, the celebrant says, 'Lord, accept the "It is well de- prayers and gifts of your Church. With St. Peter as our shepherd, keep us sadly witnessed served. I feel true to the faith he taught. .. .' the resignation of Cardinal-desigWe can take great joy in knowing that Pope Benedict, the successor Bishop Anthony nate O'Malley .S J. Connell after has been faithful of t. Peter, has called upon Cardinal-designate O'Malley to serve as he admitted havone of his closest collaborators to help guide our Church and to keep all to the yes he of us true to her faith. ing sexual relamade so early in tions with a semiTogether with all the clergy, religious, and laity of the Fall River diohis life to follow cese, I extend congratulations to Cardinal-designate O'Malley and offer narian 25 years a vocation as a to him our prayers in his service to the Church in the days and years to earlier. It struck religious. He has come." hard because, in been faithful to ""-....1 1998, Bishop that, especially in Keith Symons, recent years when he. has borne the land in 1938 for the beginning of who preceded Bishop Connell, reyoke of Christ and has witnessed what would become the wwn signed after admitting to sexual reto Christ's faithfulness to his Shoah or annihilation of more than lations with minors many years people, especially in times of suf- six million Jews. previously. fering."

Bishop O'Malley's linguistic Asked by the news media how In his decade leading the Fall abilities - especially in Portu- he felt in facing that assignment, River diocese, Bishop O'Malley guese and Spanish in a diocese Bishop O'Malley said, "I don't would not only reflect the univer- where Portuguese and Spanish have all the answers right now. I'll sal outlook for the good of the en- communities of faith abound listen to them, hear their suggestire Church which many say they endeared him to many. He would tions, put good policies in place early recognized in their bishop, regularly deliver his homilies in and try to be a good bishop to them but he took the responsibilities of more than one language. ... to build up the Body of Christ bishop as teacher seriously. .

As a young seminarian at the there."

He wrote seven pastorals on路 Franciscan Province in Pittsburgh, And heal them he did. Apparsuch issues as The Gospel of Life, where much German was spoken, ently so quickly and so well that stem-cell research, the death pen- all the prayers were in Latin. "But eight months later, in December alty, vocations, abortion, adoption, we learned German and French 2002, when Boston Cardinal Berand against racism. Besides being too, and later I spoke Spanish and nard Law resigned his post amid printed in full in The Anchor, cop- then Portuguese," Bishop heavy criticism stemming from the .ies were printed and sent to every O'Malley, who hails from Lake- handling of abuse cases in the archparish and Catholic high school in wood, Ohio, recalled. He was or- diocese, Bishop O'Malley again the diocese. Secular newspapers in dained a priest on Aug. 29, 1970. received a call to exercise his healcommunities throughout the dioLater, for 20 years he taught at ing talents and be a peacemaker.

Cardinal Law left his post after cese ran excerpts and editorials the Catholic University of America about them. in Washington, where he was vicar hundreds of alleged sex abuse vicHe was also quick to pen inspir- forthe Spanish-speaking commu- tims filed lawsu its agai nst the ing messages for Lent and Advent, nity and executive director of so- Church, sparking widespread revas well as Easter and Christmas, cial ministry with the Archdiocese elations and allegations by the and he was assertive in letters be- of Washington. He holds a doctor- news media that archdiocesan ofginning in 1995 asking Catholics ate in Spanish and Portuguese lit- ficials had transferred abusive to hail Jubilee Year 2000 as the erature. priests from parish to parish and "I had hoped after ordination to conspired to conceal their crimes. year of turning back to the Lord and personal commitment. be sent to New Guinea, to Easter Archbishop O'Malley reached Always ready to be with his Island as a missionary," he once a whopping $85 million settlement young people, Bishop O'Malley told The Anchor. But like St. by the archdiocese with 544 clergy

abuse victims in 2003.

Then, faced with rising costs, dwindling number of parishioners and fewer priests, he heroically took on the unenviable task of merging and closing approximately 80 parishes while encountering strong opposition.

Father Richard D. Wilson, who was secretary to Bishop O'Malley in his final years in Fall River, said the appointment as cardinal "might well be in thanks and gratitude for the bishop's many sufferings and hard work resolving the difficult problems in three dioceses in a row."

Although being a cardinal "is not an easy job, Bishop Sean will face being called to greater service in the Church as he has every challenge: with a lot of prayer and a lot of humility. Everything he does is for love of God and love for neighbor. And I don't think he's always given the credit he should for that," the pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. James in New Bedford said.

"He was always easy to live and work with, and itwas ajoy. Bishop Sean could react easily to everybody everywhere he went."

Father Wilson said that although the pope explained his choices as trying to balance out the College of Cardinals internationally, it was noted by the news media that he . chose Archbishop O'Malley as a cardinal before the archbishops of Paris and Dublin.

"So in naming another American cardinal when he didn't have to, one could take that to show the great value the Holy Father places on Bishop Sean," Father Wilson noted.

When the appointment as cardinal came on February 22, Cardinal-designate O'Malley confirmed his priority of rebuilding the Church in his archdiocese.

"I am deeply humbled and honored to be named a cardinal by the Holy Father, for even greater service in the Church," he said.

"While there are certain added responsibilities that come with the privilege of serving as a cardinal, I wish to affirm a commitment I made during my installation homily to the priests, deacons, religious and laity, who together from this great Archdiocese of Boston. That is, I am your shepherd, your brother and I am here to serve all tile people of the archdiocese."

He went on to say, "Since being named Archbishop of Boston over two years ago, I have relied on the daily prayers and support of the clergy, religious, and faithful of the archdiocese. Together, we have faced many challenges and I look forward to continuing our work together toward strengthening the Church. I continue to pray that all people of the archdiocese will renew their commitment to our shared mission of faith and rebuilding the Church."

Concluding his statement, he said, "In the immediacy ofreceiving this honor from the Holy Father, in a spirit of charity, I ask for the prayerful support of the people of Boston as I assume this important role in the life of the Church."

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couples retreat originally scheduled for February 12 at The Brain Center was rescheduled for March 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call Peggy Patenaude at 508-548-9149. upgrade. They would like to re-establish their group, which included many Cursillo contacts. To be included in the prayer line E-mail them at rolpenny37@verizon.net.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

ATTLEBORO- Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration is held at St. Joseph's Church, 208 South Main Street. Adorers are needed to cover open hours. For more information call 508-226-1115.

WESTBORO - The New England Conference for Separated, Divorced, Remarried and Widowed Support Group leaders will be held March 25 at St. Luke Parish, 70 West Main Street. For more information call Scottie Foley of the Fall River Office of Family Ministry at 508-999-6420.

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by Eucharistic Adoration at 4:15 p.m. and the celebration of Mass at 5:15 p.m.

RETREATS MISCELLANEOUS

FALL RIVER - A Lenten series on meditative prayer will be held on the six Mondays of Lent at 6 p.m. at Holy Trinity Parish. It will begin on March 6 and be led by Char1es Demers. Each will include a brief instruction followed by meditation in the form of Lectio Divina.

ATTLEBORO - Dorothy Levesque will present a Lenten seminar at 7 p.m. on five consecutive Tuesday evenings beginning March 7 at the La Salette Center for Christian Living. Each session will focus on what Jesus experienced each day of his joumey from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.

For information call 508-236-9083.

TAUNTON - For six weeks of Lent, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish, 80 Bay Street, will host a prayer service with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Wednesday evenings from 7-8 p.m. beginning March 8. The rosary, Litany of Lent, and other prayers will be offered for an increase in vocations to the priesthood and religious life, and for those who have wandered from the faith that they may find their way back to the Church. There will be _ quiet time for personal reflections and intentions.

FALL RIVER - The seminar, "Healing Wisdom: Discover spirituality via the Arts, Music, Poetry, and Ministry," will be held March 25 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Saint Anne's Hospital, sponsored by the Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses. F<>r information call Betty Novacek at 508-678-2~73.

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This year's mission speaker will be Sister of St. Joseph of Cluny Eugenia Brady.

Sister Brady is currently the moderator of the Council of Catholic Women for the Diocese of Fall River and has served as an educator and choir director in several dioceses. She was instrumen-

tal in bringing RAINBOWS, a grief program, to southeastern Massachusetts.

Most recently, she serves as a retreat and spiritual director at several retreat centers and communities along the East Coast.

The theme of this year's mission is, "SpeaIc, Lord, your servant is listening."

The program includes exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction. The sacrament of_ penance will be available on March 15, followed by refreshments. All are invited.

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FALL RIVER - The Fall River Area Men's First Friday Club will meet tonight at 6 p.m. at Good Shepherd Parish, 1598 South Main Street, for the celebration of Mass. Guest speaker William

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Pocasset youth group路 . is awarded grant POCASSET - St. John the Evangelist Youth Ministry in Pocasset has been awarded a "Get the Word Out" mini-grant from The Medical Foundation to educate and empower young people aged 12 to 18 to reduce youth tobacco use in Massachusetts.

The grant, part of the statewide Youth Action Initiative, is one of several awarded to youth groups associated with schools, faith communities, teen centers, community groups and other nonprofit agencies across the Commonwealth.

"Nine out of 10 adult smokers started smoking in their teens," said Marilyn Lariviere, Director of Youth Ministry at St. John the Evangelist Parish. ''That's why it's so important for teens to understand the ways tobacco companies target young people and make them think that smoking is glamorous or cool. There's nothing cool about the suffering that tobacco causes. Smoking is still the number one preventable cause of death and illness in Massachusetts."

According to surveys conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, more than 900,000 Massachusetts residents smoke; 9,000 of them die

each year from tobacco-related causes. Though they are not smokers themselves, nearly 1,000 Massachusetts residents die from the effects of secondhand smoke.

Tobacco related illnesses cost the Massachusetts health care system more than $2.7 billion each year, and smokers' lost productivity accounts for an additional $1.5 billion lost each year to the Massachusetts economy.

The Youth Action Initiative is designed to engage young people throughout Massachusetts in counteracting tobacco marketing, changing social norms around tobacco use, and preventing young people from smoking.

Kelsey Collet, teen chairman for the St. John's Initiative, said, "If we can prevent our young people from staring to smoke, we can protect another generation from becoming addicted to nicotine and suffering tremendous health and economic consequences throughout their lives.

Our group is excited to have received this grant."

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BISHOP STANG High School Senior Hiu Fai (Jimmy) Cheung was nominated to compete in the national Principal's Leadership Award Scholarship program and may receive a $1,000 scholarship to college this spring. He was nominated by academic principal Mary Ann Miske!. Cheung is student council president and has volunteered more than 200 hours at Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River.

MEMBERS OF the youth group at Holy Name Parish, Fall River, helped raise more than $700 for local soup kitchens and food pantries with its annual Souper Bowl event. From left, Leigh Redmond, Riley SUllivan, Sam McVean, and Katie Tighe.

PARENT MICHELE Brunelle visited Saint John the Evangelist School in Attleboro recently to speak to third-graders about her visit to the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York with her family. Teacher Michelle Gauthier used the Olympic games as part of her social studies curriculum.

FIFTH-GRADER Madison Greiner of Holy Trinity Regional School, West Harwich, displays her science project on volcanoes. Vinegar and baking soda combined to cause her model to erupt.

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Pope says Bible helps youths through dark times, false ideas VATICAN CITY (CNS)- or destroyed," the pope said.

The Bible should be the conHe urged young people to stant companion of young "love the word of God and love people so that it can help them the Church, and this will give navigate through life's dark you access to a treasure of very moments and past the deceit great value and will teach you and erroneous ideas present in how to appreciate its richness."

The Church's mission is to today's world, Pope Benedict XVI said in his message for show people the way to true World Youth Day. happiness in a world "where Reading, studying and people are often held captive meditating on the word of by the current ways of thinkGod would help young people ing," he said. get to know W h i Ie Jesus and some people "I urge you to become fa- may think help them live "a life of miliar with the Bible and to they are free consistent fi- have it at hand so that it by being rid delity to can be your compass of God and Christ and his laws, his teach- pointing out the road to fol- "they are beings," the low," the pope said in his ing led astray message. pope said. and become "I urge you lost amid the to become familiar with the errors or illusions of aberrant Bible and to have it at hand so ideologies," he said.

"The darkness in which huthat it can be your compass pointing out the road to fol- mankind is groping needs to be low," the pope said in his mes- illuminated," he said, and "the sage released February 27. lamp that dispels the darkness The theme of the XXI of fear and lights up the path World Youth Day message is even when times are most dif"Your Word Is a Lamp to My ficult" is God's "loving presFeet and a Light to My Path," ence through his word. a passage chosen by Pope The world urgently needs a Benedict from the psalms. new generation of apostles Celebratio~s this year will be who have built their lives on held April 9, Palm Sunday, on Christ and who accept the the diocesan level. word with joy and put its teachThe pope urged young ings into practice, he said. people to love and be faithful The pope also encouraged to the word of God and the young people to not be afraid Church. to respond to Jesus' call with Just as a jewelry box keeps generosity, "especially when a precious gem safe for succes- he asks you to follow him in sive generations, the Church the consecrated life or in the has been the depository safe- priesthood." guarding Jesus' word of salva"Do not be afraid; trust in tion, he said. him, and you will not be dis"Without the Church, this appointed," he said in his pearl runs the risk of being lost text.

How to shake a romance trance

By CHARLIE MARTIN HUNG UP Time goes by so slowly (six times) Refrain: Every little thing that you say ordo I'm hung up, I'm hung up on you Waiting for your call, baby, night and day I'mfed up, I'm tired of waiting on you Time goes by so slowly for those who wait No time to hesitate Those who run seem to have all the fun I'm caught up / don't know what to do Time goes by so slowly (three times) / don't know what to do (Repeat refrain twice) Ring ring ring goes the telephone The lights are on but there s no one home Tick tick tick it's a quarter to two And I'm done, I'm hanging up on you / can't keep on waiting for you / know that you're still hesitating Don't cry for me 'cause I'll find my way You'll wake up one day, but it'll be too late (Repeat refrain three times) Time goes by so slowly (four times) So slowly (/4 times) / don't know what to do (Repeat refrain twice.)

Every little thing, every little thing I'm hung up, I'm hung up on you Waiting for your call, waiting for your call I'mfed up, I'm tired of waiting on you Written by Madonna, Stuart price, B. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus Sung by Madonna Copyright (c) 2005 by Warner Bros./Wea Madonna says that her latest disc "Confessions on a Dance Floor" is "all about having a good

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time straight through, nonstop." If you favor her early, disco-oriented work, then this CD is for you.

There is none of what I consider her best music, that is, reflective ballads on life situations. Rather it's dance, dance, dance!

"Hung Up," the first single released off this album, gives a clear idea of how not to do a relationship. The character in the song says: "Every little thing that you say or do, I'm hung up, I'm hung up on you. Waitipg for your

call, baby, night and day.... Time goes by so slowly. I don't know what to do."

Well, for starters, she might move out of this romance-induced trance and rediscover more of life's opportunities. Putting the rest of your life on hold isn't what dating is about. It's more than just "hung up." Emotional dependency and mental obsession have stolen away your life.

She does say that she's "fed up" with all her waiting; so maybe she's regaining commol} sense.

One hopes she will use ~er current frustration to regain perspective and change how she conducts dating relationships. To avoid making her mistake, consider these suggestions: Fit a new boyfriend or girlfriend into your life and hot visa versa. Sure, meeting socleone you really like brings new en~husiasm and adventure. Yet, you had some kind of life before meetiIlg this

person, including the time you spent with your friends. Keep frequent contact with those who were important to you before Mr.!

Miss Right showed up.

If you find you often are waiting for his or her next phone call, or that you are always thinking about this person, then you are not ready for a relationship. You have not found "love," you have become dependently路 attached. Remove yourself from the relationship and take a serious look at your life. What are the voids that you are trying to cover over with this obsession? What do you need to change in order to establish healthy connections with others?

Life is not just about you and the one you're dating. Many people around you need your help and support. If you are not already doing so, volunteer your time and talents to assist others. If you are not sure how to do this, ask an adult at your school or a member of your parish's pastoral staff.

If Mr./Miss Right doesn't support this plan to help others, run and run fast out of this relationship! He or she is only interested in controlling you. This is not a relationship based on caring.

Ask God to guide you to those who can bring out more of the best in you. This includes not only the people you date but also friends.

All of us need God's help in establishing healthy relationships.

As we do so, we discover more clearly who we are and discover that God gave us the ability to make a positive difference for the good of others.

Your comments are always wekome. Please write to me at: chmartin@swindiana.netorat 7125W 200S, Rockport, IN 47635.

Life comes at you fast!

"Life comes at you fast!" It's more than just a slogan ... there's a lot of truth to it. One second can change everything, and more often than not, we are taken by surprise. Maybe that's why this season of Lent is one of my favorites; it helps me to slow things down and re-focus.

The Church offers us this invitation every year, an opportunity to go on an inner retreat and align our actions and decisions with those Gospel values we want to live by. I don't know anyone who doesn't value honesty, but still, people lie. I don't know anyone who doesn't value the fact that we can be forgiven, but how often do we still hold grudges, refuse to forgive someone who

we can "fast" from, like watching has offended us, or neglect the reconciliation and just gave it all TV, going on-line, or music (that sacrament of reconciliation? to Jesus? Why do we put off such The fact is, we don't always one would be really hard.) Could an incredible gift like forgiveness live lives of integrity and if we we use that time for prayer or for and a fresh start? What negative don't keep on top of it, habit needs to be'broken? it's only going to get Let's pick one area for worse. Sin has a way of this Lenten season and get sucking us in, little by to work. little, until it doesn't seem Forty days from now, to be such a big deal to Easter will have come. do whatever we want, Forty days from now, even if it isn't what God we'll be 40 days older, wants for us. We need but will anything else be

By Jean Revil the time of Lent to focus different? It's up to each of us to decide how we'll on putting things' right, especially our priorities. use this season of'Lent, doing some good deed? Does our what penance we will carry out to Nothing should come before our prayer life need some attention? relationship with God (see help to repair some of the sin How about our Bible study?

Commandment No. I). we've committed, what sacrifice When was the last time you really . we'll offer, how we'll nurture a So, how will we use the gift of these 40 days? Are there things stronger prayer life, how we'll celebrated the sacrament of

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Remember, life does come at you fast, and for many, 40 days will come and go and another opportunity will have been missed, another invitation will be left unopened. We can't let that happen. We need to live this season of Lent, not just watch it go by. It is my most sincere prayer that Easter Sunday will find us more faithful, more prayerful, and more holy.

Blessed Lent!

Jean Revil is director of Campus Ministry at Bishop Stang High Schoo~ where she has taughtfor 27 years. Comments wekome at: jrevil@bishopstang.com.

Parishes to host city-wide mission FALL RIVER - The Catholic minister and chaplain at Rhode Isparishes of Fall River will once land College. again host a city-wide Lenten The mission will be held acMission from March 20-23. The cording to the following schedule: theme of the mission will be "ReMarch 20, St. Michael Parish, ceive the Embrace of Christ."

Essex Street; This year's mission is sponMarch 21, SS. Peter & Paul sored and supported by the par- Parish at Holy Cross Church, ishes of Good Shepherd, Holy Pulaski Street; Trinity, Notre Dame de Lourdes, March 22, St. Anne Parish, , Our Lady of the Immaculate South Main Street; Conception, Our Lady of the March 23, Holy Rosary Parish, Holy Rosary, St. Anne, St. An- Beattie Street. thony of the Desert, St. Joseph, Mass will be celebrated each St. Michael, SS. Peter and Paul evening at 7 with a mission homat Holy Cross Church and St. , ilyat each Mass. Pastry and cofStanislaus. fee will follow. All are most welThe guest homilist for this come. On March 23, the sacrayear's mission will be Father ment of reconciliation will be Michael Najim, assistant voca- available from 6-6:45 p.m. tions director for the Diocese of For more information, contact Providence, R.I., and campus one of the participating parishes.

St. Anne's Prayer "Good St. Anne, Mother of Mary, and Grandmother of Jesus, Intercede for me and my petitions. Amen."

In honor of Sister Lucia dos Santos, seer of Fatima, who died February 13,2005, age 97.

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Our Lady's Monthly Message From Medjugorje February 25, 2006 Med.jugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina "Dear children! In this Lenten time of grace, I call you to open your hearts to the gifts that God desires to give you. Do not be closed, but with prayer and renunciation say 'yes' to God and He will give to you in abundance. As in springtime the earth opens to the seed and yields a hundredfold, so also your heavenly Father will give to you in abundance. I am with you and love you, little children, with a tender love.

"Thank you for having responded to my call."

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Our Lady of La Salette Shrine slates mission to launch Pax Christ~ ATTLEBORO - The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette will initiate a new chapter of Pax Christi, U.S.A., the 14,000-member national Catholic peace movement, at a Lenten mission March I I through 15.

Bishop Walter E. Sullivan, bishop emeritus and former president of Pax Christ, U.S.A., and the retired bishop of Richmond, Va., will be principal presenter.

The mission will key on the message of Pax Christi seen in the light of the apparition of Our Lady of La Salette.

"People in these confusing times are looking for clear signs of hope and ways to express their faith in Our Lord who comes that we may have

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The presentations on the Saturday and the Sunday will be part of the Saturday vigil and Sunday Mass.

Presentations on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will begin at 7: 15 p.m., in the Chapel of Reconciliation.

Other presenters include Father Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, a Melkite priest and the father. of 12 children; peace activists Brayton and Suzanne Shanley, La Salette Father Donald Paradis, and Father Sullivan.

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Ciosek. "The first principal was Sister Gertrude Teresa Silva who served from 193 I to 1947." Other Holy Union Sisters who served as principal are Marilyn Spellman, Bernadette Sullivan and current principal Sister Marie Baldi.

Father Cardoso has been at the parish for nearly I 0 years and said h'e's enjoyed being a part of the history of St. Michael School. "It gives students a good foundation for their faith and that's important."

He also praised the efforts of the Holy Union Sisters throughout the school's 75 years. "They have done a great job," said Father Cardoso. "We have a wonderful principal and Father Ciosek has been doing a great job with the school. This celebration will be a nice moment."

Sister Baldi is in her third year as principal and also taught at the school for nine years.

"It's a school of generations," she said, citing that many of the students now enrolled are children of parents who attended St. Michael.

"We have a wonderful school and I love being a part of it," she said. "I'm proud to be part of such a rich history."

Early on, the parish acquired two buildings from the city and. they were used for the school.

The parish hall on Wellington Street was also used for the kindergarten until 1957. The current school building, opened during the pastorate of Father Arthur Cordeiro dos Reis, was dedicated in September of that year by Bish'op James L. Connolly.

According to the parish history, "With a new school building, a new enthusiasm was born and our parish school began a new chapter. In 1960, Father dos Reis was appointed pastor of Santo Christo Parish in Fall River and was replaced by Monsignor Humberto Sousa Medeiros."

Teacher Amy Rogers is in her eighth year of service to the school and works with second-

graders. She said that the school has "grown a lot," since she has been there and "it's an exciting time for the school."

Rogers said enrollment continues to rise each year and new technologies including computers with Internet access have been added in each classroom.

"It grows on a daily basis and I only see it getting better," she declared. "It's a hidden jewel."

Students have been involved in the anniversary celebration right from the beginning of the school year according to Rogers. Each class was decorated and celebrated the theme "Faith Filled Journey." Students also took part in a birthday party for the school and painted windows to mark the anniversary year.

Students will be performing songs at the banquet. "They are excited about it," said Rogers.

"We're expecting a lot of alumni and parents because the celebration spans many generations." Students and teachers have also been contributing pictures for a history book and a Power Point presentation will be shown at the Venus de Milo.

When asked about the value of a Catholic education Rogers said it's important for children to "learn about caring for others and their faith. They take that with them," she declared.

The school continues to grow providing the PortugueseAmerican community and generations of Catholic families with a strong faith-filled education. According to its mission, the faculty and staff of the school are dedicated to providing a learning atmosphere in which all students feel secure and where they can reach their potential spiritually, academically, socially and physically.

Teachers strive to give students a deeper appreciation and commitment to their faith, a healthy respect for themselves and others, a dedication to learning and a willingness to become involved in community service.

"We are a community school

and are very much a part of the parish," said Sister Baldi. "Parishioners have really taken ownership of the school and they assist in many ways."

Like other Catholic schools, religion plays a central part of student life and they assemble frequently for prayer and the celebration of Mass. Students attend education field trips each year and participate in community service projects like the parish soup kitchen.

They also have a before and after school daycare program. It begins at 6:40 a.m. and students enjoy coloring, drawing, games and reading. The after school program includes time for students to complete homework.

A new lawn and sprinkler system was installed this year and many flowers were planted.

Extracurricular activities include basketball, student council, a newspaper, yearbook, knitting club, Portuguese club, cheerleading, Futsol, drama, scrap book club, and flag twirling.

"It's a unique program and the children are very involved," said Sister Baldi. "There is a great sense of community in our school."

Although it has been a lot of work in preparing for the anniversary, Sister Baldi said all those involved would say, "it's all worth it."

Father Ciosek reflected, "It's a good time for the parish and it's a great privilege to reach out to the young people through the school. We have a great celebration planned."

He added, the story of St. Michael School is a "story of determination," and today that still rings true as they seek to bring the chi Idren and their parents to the Eucharist. . "Msgr. Ferraz is the hero of our school. In the midst of the depression he had a vision. He put all that energy into it and made the dream of this school a reality. Our students are benefiting today because of him and the dedication of the Holy Union Sisters."