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POPE JOHN Paul II puts his hand on his throat during a surprise appearance .at the window of his hospital room in Rome last Sunday. At press time, the Vatican said the pope is recovering well from a tracheotomy to relieve breathing problems. Story on page 12. (eNS photo from Reuters)

. Second phase ·of pastoral planning sessionsevokesbope for a stronger dioc'esanChurch By

DAVE JOLIVET, EDITOR

told The Anchor in a recent inter- to do following the assemblies.

MASHPEE - Last April view. "Folks who wouldn't nor- "We asked everyone to examine Bishop George W. Coleman asked mally have the opportunity to talk' the information and meet with Msgr. Ronald A. Tosti, pastor of to each other, p"arish-to-parish, are their parish council to discuss Christ the King Parish here and regularly communicating. The what they have learned," said Msgr. Tosti. "From those initial director of the diocesan Office of same goes for the pastors."

The hands-on aspect of the pro- assemblies, we asked each parish Pastoral Planning, to formulate a program whereby priests and lay gram began with an informational to select anywhere from two to people could meet and discuss assembly in each of the five dioc- four delegates, including a priest, ways to effectively steer the local esan deaneries. Invited to the who would then commit to attend Church in the right direction five deanery meetings with delegates from parishes at the dawn of this new millennium.

"People. are getting wonderful within their own deanery."

The program, a series of ideas from each other, and they are The second phase of the plan is to have five deanery pastoral planning assemblies and smaller regional asking vety good questions as well, " meetings.

The smaller gatherings gatherings, was aptly titled, said Msgr. Tosti. "What's crucial is "To Build a Stronger that evetyone is sharing ideas, but began in January with the Fall River, New Bedford Church." evetyone is listening as well." and Taunton deaneries asFor nearly a year, Msgr. . sembling, but weather Tosti and Rose Simpson, planning facilitator for Pastoral meetings were members of all the wreaked havoc with plans for the Planning, have been hard at work parish pastoral and financial Attleboro and Cape Cod deanerorganizing the program that will councils, priests, deacons, reli- ies. Snow forced cancellations of ultimately provide the bishop with gious and parish staff members. the January meeting in the Attlevaluable information and input he At the assemblies, everyone re- boro Deanery, but they quickly can use to ensure the Church in ceived a comprehensive informa-' caught up with a double session the Diocese of Fall River will re- tion package containing data rela- in February. llncharacteristically tive to their particular parish and snowy Cape Cod, only recently main vibrant and strong.

To date, the program has deanery, as well as on the diocese caught up with a double session evolved into an effective think as a whole. The information in- last week.

Msgr. Tosti, Simpson and the tank, utilizing ideas and input cluded sacramental and Mass atfrom pastors, parochial vicars, tendance totals, property reports, deans of the respective deaneries deacons, parish staffs and lay census totals and projections, and facilitate the meetings. Following a ministry area profile with de- a brief PowerPoint presentation, people. . "I'm very positive about what's tailed demographic and ethno- an opening prayer by the dean, and additional comments from been happening since the assem- graphic breakdowns.

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FALL RIVER - The day-long adoration and Masses being held each weekday in a different church in the diocese during Lent are drawing more of the faithful.

"We are very impressed with the turnout," said Msgr. Stephen J. Avila, diocesan director of the Office of Worship. "Although the churches are not packed, there are many people coming to spend time in adoration and to attend Mass, and from what rve been hearing, it is becoming popular." .He said the practice, suggested

by Father Rodney E. Thibaultand modeled after a continuing Lenten tradition that began in the Fourth Century tradition in Rome, "is a very good one as this diocese looks at pastoral planning and unification."

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idea of the Station Churches devotions was not an easy one to put into practice, "what made it possible was that many pastors said, 'we can do that' and because of their help we were able to draw up a schedule."

What also played a role in the success of the devotions is the fact that Pope John Paul II has declared a Eucharistic year that began last October and will continue until October of this year, that offers many special graces.

In a letter to priests of the diocese, Msgr. Avila noted that in establishing the Year of the Eucharist, the pope sought "to encourage in the faithful a deeper knowledge and love for the Eucharist and for them to obtain an even greater abundance of spiritual fruit. .. ."To do that the pope "expressed his desire to endow with indulgences certain specific acts of worship and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament" during the Eucharistic year: Tum to page 13 - Stations

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Mon., Mar. 7 St. Anthony, East Falmouth - 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Masses Tues., Mar. 8 St. Mary, Mansfield - 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Masses Wed., Mar. 9 St. Michael, Fall River - 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Masses Thurs., Mar. 1,0 St. Stephen, Attleboro - 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Masses Fri., Mar. 11 St. Patrick, Falmouth - 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. Masses

Friday, March 4, 2005

Va. woman beating cancer with help of adult stem cells

By ANGELA E.

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GAINESVILLE, Va. - Moira Hall, 22, has been cancer-free for a year. Two years ago; she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, but now it is gone.

While she went through the traditional treatments of chemotherapy and radiation to remove the cancerous cells, what beat her cancer was the use of stem cells - not from embryos, but from adults.

"We made sure that my doctor wasn't associated with fetal stemcell research," said Hall, adding that the source of the stem cells" was an important issue.

According to her mother, Eileen, the adult stem cells are easier to obtain and sturdier for research and use in treatment and, by comparison, embryonic stem cells are fragile and hard to work with.

"Not one disease has advanced through embryonic stem cells," Eileen Hall said. "Funds are going to "embryonic (stem-cell research) when the adult cells are producing results."

When Moira Hall first heard that she had cancer, she was shocked, but optimistic. "I knew I was going to pull through," she told the Arlington Catholic Herald, newspaper of the Diocese of Arlington.

She went to Georgetown Hos-

pital in Washington to benefit from its research doctors. Within two weeks, she started chemotherapy. Three weeks after she finished radiation, she had another lump under her arm. This would typically mean going back for more chemotherapy, but she decided on more aggressive treatment. Dr. Saul Yanovich suggested using adult stem cells.

As one of 11 children, Moira "Hall was a perfect candidate.

"They were delighted that she had so many sibli-ngs," said her "mother. While a national adult stem-cell registry exists and has. made matches, finding matches among relatives is easier. Moira had" two.

The first match was her twin sister, Megan. She receiv~d her sister's stem cells and the cancer went into remission. Yanovich wanted to be sure, though, and suggested a second transplant.

Moira Hall's 16-year-old brother, Kenny, stepped up to the challenge.

"A lot of people may still be hesitant to donate stem cells," Moira Hall said. But the procedure basically involves giving blood.

To donate stem cells, the donor has to go through five days of shots to stimulate the cells to leave the bone marrow. After the last shots, Kenny Hall's; stem cells Tum to page 13 - Stem Cells

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In a spirit of reparation, the above conditions are each to be preceded by the words: "In reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary:' Confessions may be made during 8 days before or after the first Saturday, and Holy Communion may be received at either the morning or evening Mass on the first Saturday.

Notes From the Hill This feature is provided by the Massachusetts Catholic Conference (MCC), the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in this state and governedby the bishops in each of the dioceses in the Commonwealth.

Note: The bishops representing the four Roman Catholic dioceses in Massachusetts are issuing a statement this week on the issues of human cloning and research on human embryos. The state legislature will be debating legislation that endorses destructive experiments on human embryos, and the bishops will be urging Catholics to contact their legislators to oppose this legislation. A copy of the statement along with an action alert will be available on the Website of the bishops' public policy office, the Massachusetts Catholic Conference, at www.macathconf.org.

'Apples, oranges and embryos BY

DAN AVILA

"You're talking apples and oranges." It's a phrase we hear when someone wants to make some distinction between two things. This is different from that, so it's just apples and oranges.

Well, it must be growing season at the-fruit farm, again, as state legislators in Boston take up anew the issue of embryo research.

Embryos are oranges; we are apples; the two are obviously different, so why should any apple care about any orange's fate?

During a recent hearing at the State House, no one actually used the apples and oranges analogy.

But there was a lot of other distinguishing going on. Advocates for experimenting on embryos were down right poetic in the variety of ways that they sought to argue that we are not embryos, embryos are not humans, and so who cares if embryos are sacrificed for the good of real humans?

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Joint Committee on Economic Development was Dr. Marjorie Clay, an ethicist at the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Clay argued that embryos created outside the womb and targeted for deadly research were not real people with a right to grow inside the womb because the scientists who created them opposed their implantation.

What a great ethics! Let's apply it to the homeless to see the power of its logic. There are people in the streets without a home to live in. As long as landlords refuse to give them a place to live, and the city denies them shelter, then they have no right to go home. The homelessness of the homeless forever denies them a right to an abode, even if the poor schmucks are out in the street through no fault of their own, but were put there by the ones who own both the front door and the key to open it.

Dr. Clay's very basis for distinguishing the embryo from us, its existence outside the womb, a situation caused by scientists, somehow gives scientists the au,thority to deny all entry to the womb because, well, the embryos were not in the womb in the first place and would never end up there if it were up to the scientists. Dr. Clay's argument puts all the control over rights into the hands of the ones with all of the might. In her view, it appears, one's might makes right, and on that basis alone the more powerful can take away another's rights.

Another thought-experiment that was not raised directly at the

hearing, but is heard often in the embryo research debate, has to do with a burning house. Suppose that your castle is in flames (you are not like the poor schmuck; you do have a roof over your head), and you only have enough time to make one dash in and out to just one part of the house before it collapses. In one room is your five-year-old daughter or son. In another room are your five frozen embryos. To which room would you head for rescue? Advocates for destructive embryo research hammer home that most people would probably save the fiveyear-old, and so, aha, embryos are different in value! This thought experiment is meant to shame even the most egalitarian among us into admitting that, yes, it must be true, embryos really don't stack up to real humans.

But wait a minute. What if you plug in a different set of coordinates and run the thought experiment again? Put a black person in one room and a white one in the other. Or a stranger and a family member. Or a movie star and your mother-in-law. Someone will always lose out because after all, you only have one choice. The trouble is, the loser will almost always be the one with whom you least identify with, the one you are " least familiar with, the one you are .' the least comfortable with. The profiling used to determine the course of rescue will turn on the likes and prejudices of the rescuer, and the choice will be open to influence from a full range of posTum to page 13 - Embryos

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Friendly Sons of St. Patrick name honorees for 2005 The Harringtons take great pride in their ancestry, having visited the family's birthplace heritage in Castletownbere and Eyeries Parish, County Cork, Ireland, respectively. More loNEW BEDFORD - Father cally, they grew up in the PresiBrian J. Harrington and siblings dential Heights neighborhood in Mercy Sisters Patricia, New Bedford's north end, and Kathleen and Sheila, are the attended Holy Name Grammar New Bedford Friendly Sons of. School and Holy Family High St. Patrick's persons of the year School. . for 2005. . (The Anchor featured the The four, who collectively Harringtons in a page one story have served the Church for 175 in its January 21 edition). years, will be honored at the anFather Harrington and his sisnual St. Patrick's Day Celebra- ters all left to enter the religious tion March 12 that includes a life following their 17 th birthday Mass at 9 a.m., in St. Julie respectively, and for each of Billiart Church in North Dart- them it was on a September 8, mouth where Father which is the feast of the Birth Harrington is the pastor - and of the Virgin Mary. a dinner at White's Restaurant 'Currently, Sister Patricia diin Westport at 6:30 p.m. rects the ECHO retreat program Billed as a day of Irish cul- for teen-agers in the Attleboro ture, music, food and dance, it area; Sister Kathleen is on the is the 64th annual celebration National Mercy Action Board. honoring St. Patrick, the patron Sister Sheila teaches Spanish at of Ireland.

St. Mary's Academy - Bay According to spokesman View - in Riverside, R.I. John Murphy, all are welcome Father Harrington, ordained a at the Mass, and are invited to priest in 1967, has been pastor listen to Irish music that begins at St. Julie's since 1993. at 8:30 a.m., prior to the Mass.

The priest and Sisters are Massachusetts State Trooper quick to point out that another Dan Clark, "The Singing sibling, Kevin G. Harrington, is Trooper" and his wife, singer a captain in the Fall River Fire Mary Colarusso, will be the so- Department loists.

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Cathedral to host a pair of events on Sunday Legion of Mary annual Acies Ceremony FALL RIVER - The 53rd annual Acies Ceremony of the Legion of Mary in the Fall River diocese wi~l be held March 13 at 3 p.m., in St. Mary's Cathedral.

Recitation of the rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will be held. Bishop George W. Coleman will preside and Father Barry W. Wall, diocesan director ofthe Legion ofMary, will be the speaker.

Members' of the nine presidia from parishes across the diocese will renew their consecration to Our Lady.

Bishop to present Scouting awards .

FALL RIVER - More than 50 members of the Scouting family that includes Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Brownies, Cub Scouts and adults will receive awards at the annual Religious Emblems Ceremony to be held March 13 during a 5 p.m., Mass in St. Mary's Cathedral.

Bishop George W. Coleman will be the principal celebrant and homilist, and will present the awards and medals, reported Father Stephen B. Salvador, diocesan Scouting chaplain.

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Mashpee parish reaches out to new parents Editor's note: This is the last ofa two-part feature on the PreJordan Ministry at Christ the King Parish in Mashpee. The first part ran in last week's An-

as these attendees are facing regarding raising their children as Catholics," says Tony Agostinelli.

"So when the Pre-Jordan team shares their own faith journeys chor. through the personal talks and

BY HEIDI BRATTON table discussions, it is with the As parent and godparents to the hope that the attendees will share Pre-Jordan program, Msgr. Tosti likewise."

"Certainly, my own faith is and Tony and Mary Agostinelli agree that "the most important el- fortified by the experiences and ement is the 'like-to-like' minis- the Pre-Jordan team," continues try, where the Pre-Jordan team Agostinelli. "It has been immembers who are in similar life mensely satisfying to get to know situations (such as having chil- the team, Msgr., Deacon Frank dren, marriages, in-laws, kids in Fantasia, Deacon Richard D. school, and the like) are sharing Lemay, Mary Becker, and the their faith and falJlily issues with wonderful staff at Christ the King.

1 feel, for the first time, really 'at the program attendees."

"A priest or a religious person home' at a parish. I certainly hope hasn't had the same kind of fam- that the program expands here and ily life experiences to .share with elsewhere, and I pray for all a young couple when they come couples who attend, especially to the Church to have their baby those that are away from the baptized," says Msgr. Tosti. "So, Church, that they come back."

While it is not spelled out as when putting this thing together, I decided to use the 'like-to-like' one of the goals of Msgr. Tosti's ministry model used by the program, one can't help but think Cursillo movement where people that he, with the knowing and diin similar life situations minister rect way he has gone about setting up the rest of the program, to each other."

"Many of us couples on the intended that a little like-to-like Pre-Jordan team have faced many ministry happen among the PreTum to page 16 - Pre-Jordan of the saf!1e questions and issues

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Vocations and faith Recently the Australian National Council of Priests issued a letter concerning priestly celibacy. Reprinted in Origins, published weekly by the Catholic News Documentary Service, the letter surfaced some very interesting concepts that concern Australian priests. They indeed reflect many issues to be found in the Western Church.

First and foremost, the letter states that the vast majority of Australian priests "far from introducing abuses or devaluating the mystery we celebrate, exercise our leadership of Eucharist with deep faith, prayerfulness and respect." We really do not hear this reflection as often as we should. Our secular press has so concentrated on the negative and sensational that effective mystery is overshadowed by the horrendous deeds of the few. Thousands of priests daily are truly trying to live the mystery of their ordained life. Now they have to'endure doubts and fears, which have been unjustly hurled into their lives by those who seek the sensational as their headlines. Righting wrong is the work of justice, and indeed must be positively encourag~d. However, to imply evil to all priests is an insidious breach of charity and truth.

Next, the letter focused on the fact that increasing numbers of communities are deprived of weekly Eucharist because of the lack of ordained ministers. This indeed is a growing concern in so many areas of the Western Church. In this regard, the question of married priests surfaced as a consideration. It was based on a number of realities.

Across the world, even here in our own country, there have been hundreds and even thousands of Catholic priests ordained and min#tering with the Roman Rite who are married and continue to live out their marriages. A vast majority ofthese men were previously ordained as ministers in other Christian traditions and who made decisions to become Catholics. With the full approval of our Church, and following upon courses of formation and study agreed on by the local bishop, these men have been ordained and assigned to pastoral ministry. . We also should recognize the fact that in our times; and especially in America, thousands of married men have been ordained to the Permanent Diaconate. Their services to the Church have been welcomed, and few question the validity of their role in Church life.

Yet, when all factors are considered, we acknowledge that the mandatory celibacy of the clergy of the Latin Rite is to remain our discipline because the benefits it offers the Church, both spiritually and practically, far outweigh the difficulties and drawbacks that evolve.

Mandatory celibacy stands as a unique witness to total service ofChrist and a witness to the life to come: In a climate of dubious commitments, where chastity and discipline are considered archaic concepts, the witness to celibacy is a powerful one.

In fact, one of the reasons that we have a shortage of priestly vocations rests precisely on our current quasi-pagan Western world. We cannot expect vocations to emerge out of the members of the faith who have left or are not actively involved in the Church. The real crisis is one of faith. In families where faith is not a priority and where Catholicism is a mere cultural encounter, one cannot expect the nurturing of a vocation to the priesthood. or religious life. The vocation crisis is ultimately a family crisis. In a culture that does not foster and support family values, one can easily anticipate that nurturing religious concepts will be a contradiction. The ultimate sign of this contradiction is the Cross. To restore fostering and respect for vocations to the priesthood. we must once again proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ according to the tradition of the Catholic Church. The Australian letter concluded with this powerful reflection: "When we are doing what we should be doing in fidelity and unity, the shortage of clergy will be a topic for historical discussion."

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''PURE AND UNDEFILED RELIGION IN THE SIGHT OF OUR GOD AND FATHER IS THIS: TO VISIT ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS" (JAMES 1:27).

Lenten message personified Each year of his pontificate, . suffering elderly are given a the Holy Father has written a. "more profound knowledge of Lenten message to guide and Christ dead and risen, who is the inspire Catholics throughout the ultimate reason for our existworld to better understand and ence." live the meaning of this season.

While the statement was His 2005 message also provides written to guide all of us to the prism by which Catholics recognize that "reaching old can better understand the age" is a "special divine gift," significance of the rest of his one of its beneficial side effects pontificate. would be for the Church to This year's message was recognize that John Paul II's old dedicated above all to the age and even his infirmity are vocation of the elderly - especially of suffering seniors - within society and the Church.

"If growing old, with its inevitable conditions, is accepted serenely in the

By Father Roger light of faith," the pope writes, "it can become J. Landry an invaluable opportunity for better comprehending the Mystery of the Cross, which gives full sense also special heavenly gifts to the to human existence." whole Church.

The terminally sick, who in We live in a culture that sees some respects have entered a little value in old age and none long existential Lent in longing in suffering. In many places of preparation for an eternal Easter, the world - from the Netherprovide all of us with a deeper lands to Oregon, legally, and wisdom of what's most imporwith increasing frequency tant. "Knowledge of the nearillegally in other places - those ness of the final goal," he with the pope's health difficulcontinues, "leads the elderly ties are voluntarily or involunperson to focus on that which is tarily put to death. Even when essential, giving importance to their lives are not immediately those things that the passing of threatened, many see the elderly years do not destroy." Capable as a burden requiring too many of a much deeper penetration sacrifices to care for. And to a into the mystery of death, the modem mentality ill which the

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logic of business efficiency has become a new morality, and telegenic gifts are increasingly valued, a person who struggles to get around, who drools, who has a tracheotomy and who now has difficulty even talking is someone whose leadership qualities have definitely expired.

For all of these reasons, John Paul II's highly visible witness about bearing suffering and senescence with dignity is so precious. But it has an even greater meaning within the Church.

Too many in the Church today - ill every level, including high-ranking members of the hierarchy - view the Church too much as a business or even as a government. While the Church obviously has necessary institutional aspects to it, Christ did not come from heaven to earth to found a new multinational corporation, but a family. This is one of the principle reasons why those who know John Paul II well insist that he will not resign his office.

In a family, a father may get old, a father may get ill, but he does not resign his paternity. The papacy is not just a job, or a role one plays for a time, like the Church's CEO. Rather it's a paternal identity and John Paul II is not a deadbeat spiritual dad.

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%nten C%f(ections 'With (father 6Jhomas ~ CJ<ecifc ATILEBORO-St. Stephen's Church, 683 South Main Street, will host a Lenten Taize Service March 8 from 7-8 p.m. It is an hour of music, prayer, scripture and quiet meditation.

DARTMOUTH - The musical group Session Eight will perform at the 3-N-l Coffee House at St. Mary's Parish Center Sunday from 7-10 p.m.

FAlRHAVEN - A First Friday Mass will be celebrated at 7 p.m. tonight at St. Mary's Church. Sponsoned by the Fairhaven chapter of the Men of Sacred Hearts, it will be followed

by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Refreshments will follow.

FALL RIVER - A healing Mass will be celebrated March 10 at 6:30 p.rn. atSt. Anne's Church, 818 Middle Street. The rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. and Benediction and healing prayers will be offered following the Mass.

FALL RIVER - First Saturday devotions will be held at St."Mary's Cathedral Saturday. It will begin with the celebration of Mass at 9 a.rn. and will conclude with Benediction ofthe Blessed Sacrament.

FALL RIVER - The Fall River Area Men's First Friday Club will meet tonight at Sacred Heart Church, 160 Seabury Street, for the celt:bration of a 6 p.m. Mass by Father Edward Murphy. A meal will follow in the church hall where Detective John D. O'Neil will be guest speaker. For more information call Normand Valiquette at 508-672-8174.

MASHPEE - The Knights of Columbus Council from Christ the King Parish is sponsoring a scrap metal drive to benefit Mission Honduras. Items may be deposited in the bin located between the statue of Our Blessed Mother and the storage shed

Message Old age is an opportunity, the pope says, for "better comprehending the Mystery of the Cross, which gives full sense to human existence." John Paul II has found great meaning in his entering more deeply into the Mystery of the Cross. One lesson that he has drawn is that just as Christ did not come down from his cross, neither will he come down from the cross God has given him. He trusts that the Lord who called him to be St. Peier's successor will call him home when the time is right. With regard to the end of his papacy, he has left it to God, saying "thy will, not mine, be done."

The best way for us to react to the pope's illness is to follow his example of trust in God and in his loving wisdom. Perhaps God thinks that the greatest service any pope could give the

Fourth on the list of the seven capital sins enu- Cain nourished his resentment and finally murdered . . merated in the Catechism ofthe Catholic Church (no. Abel (Gen 4:6-8).

The Epistle ofSt. James cautions: ''Everyone should 1866) is anger, or "wrath" in Old English. What most people mean by "anger" is often not a sin, but simply be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to wra~, for the an emotional response to a perceived injustice, wrong- wrath ofa man does not accomplish the righteousness MISCELLANEOUS - The doing or annoyance. Such was Our Lord's anger at of God" (Jas 1: 19). And St. Paul exhorts: "Be angry Donovan House of Catholic Social but do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger, and Services is seeking volunteers to overthe money-changers in the Temple (Mk 11: 15-19). see the maintenance of its children's Just as it is wrong to be angry without cause, so it do not leave room for the devil" (Eph 4:26). play space. ·They also need mentors Meekness is the virtue that helps us to control anis wrong rwt to be angry when there is cause. Peter and drivers to assist families with Kreeft illustrates the point in Back to Virtue: ''To be ger. "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the medical appointments, parental role angry at the lawyer who got the drug pusher free on a land" (Mt 5:5). The essence of meekness is not weakmodeling and everyday activities. • technicality is not sinful, especially when your son is ness, but the combination of strength and gentleness, Volunteers may call Barbara Tavares lying in a coffin after an overdose from that pusher." the ability to use force when necessary and the gentleat 508-999-5893 for more informaA more common example of anger that is not sinful ness to forego it. tion.

"Learn of me," Jesus tells us, "because I am meek but righteous is that of a parent at the misconduct of a child, provided the parent's response is not exces- and humble of heart" (Mt 11 :29). Imagine our divine NEW BEDFORD- Courage, a sive. The parent still loves the child but is angry at Savior, the Suffering Servant whose mercy Isaiah group for people with same-sex atprophesied: "A bruised reed he shall not break, and a the child's bad behavior. traction issues who strive to live Alas, original sin has invaded every comer of our smoldering wick he shall not quench" (lsa 42:3). Prechaste lives will meet March 13 at 7 soul; consequently, anger is often a violent, inordi- cisely because he loved sinners, he rebuked them p.m. in the rectory of Our Lady of nate desire accompanied by hatred and vengefulness. (often scathingly!), but was always ready to suffer Guadalupe Parish at St. James If anger is unreasonable and therefore too strong for harnl rather than inflict it. Then pray: From the sin of Church, 233 County Street. For more the occasion or the person at whom we are angry, it anger, deliver me, 0 Lord. information call Father Richard WilFather Kocik is chaplain at Charlton Memo·can be a mortal sin: Whereas righteous anger wills son at 508-992-9408. what is good Gustice and correction), sinful anger rial Hospital in Fall River and part-time assistant wills evil ("Damn you !"). As a capital sin, anger eas- at St Thomas More Parish, Somerset NEW BEDFORD - An EcuHe has two published books, "Apostolic Sucily gives rise to many grave sins, including murder: menical celebration entitled ''Let Our Light Shine," a World Day of Prayer "For the stirring of mille brings forth curds, and the cession" (Alba House, 1996) and ''The Refonn of for Poland, will be held tonight at 7:30 stirring ofanger brings forth blood" (Pr 30:33); "Pitch the Refonn? A Liturgical Debate" (Ignatius Press, p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help and.resin make fires flare up, and insistent quarrels 2003); and essays, homilies and letters have been Church, 235 Front Street. Refreshprovoke bloodshed" (Sir 28:11). God warned Cain published in various periodicals, including Homiments will be served. For more inforwhen Cain grew angry because God favored Abel letic & PastoralReview, The Catholic Answer magamation call 508-999-1889. and not him; but instead of heeding God's advice, zine, First Things, and Adoremus BuUetin.

behind the playground. For more information or to have items picked up call Bill Kelley at 508-477-8417.

WEST HARWICH-Our Lady of Life perpetual adoration chapel is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for those who would like to stop by and pray. Join with other adorers and watch an hour with Jesus. For more information call Jane Jannell at 508-430-0014.

YARMOUTHPORT - Father Roger Landry will lead a Morning of Recollection, themed "God, Who is Rich in Mercy," March 12 at Sacred Heart Chapel on SummerStreet. It will be~ with the celebration of Mass at 9 a.rn. and includes adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, two conferences on prayer and reconciliation.

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Church and the world today, when so many are pushing to kill the youngest human beings to harvest stem cells to try to cure people with Parkinson's disease and other maladies, is to have the most noticeable sufferer of Parkinson's in the world stiDd and say "no!" Perhaps Christ recognizes that the greatest witness to"the value of old age and the true meaning of "death with dignity" is to have the pope no~ just write about it, but show us with his body language.

Lent is the season, the pope tells us in his message, to intensify prayer and penance, "opening hearts to the docile welcoming of the divine will."

That's precisely what the pope has been doing. May God help all of us do the same!

Father Landry is a parochial vicar at St. Francis Xavier Parish, Hyannis.

Lenten meditations on the Sorrowful Mysteries The foUowing meditations are taken with permission from the book '~Minute Meditations on the Mysteries ofthe Rosary,"by the late Holy Cross Father 11wmas M. Feeley, who had written Advent and Lenten reflections/or The Anchor.

The Agony in the Garden

After Christ's temptation in the wilderness, we are told that the devil left him to return at the appointed time (Lk 4: 13). In the desert,

Christ's temptations centered on how he would initiate his public ministry - by feeding the multitude, aligning himself with secular powers or by presuming on his special relationship with his heavenly Father. The time appointed for the devil's return was the hour of his passion. In the Garden of Gethsemane, when his Father and his disciples were obscured by dark~ ness and Christ was left alone, the devil returned.

Christ triumphed over evil by trustirig his heavenly Father. We triumph over evil by putting our trust in Christ, who told us~ "Have confidence. I have overcome the world" (In 16:33).

The Scourging at the Pillar

The more proud and haughty we are the more prone we are to take offense, to think others have insulted us and to lash out at them in anger. In his scourging at the pillar and his crowning with thorns Jesus was mocked and insulted and cruelly treated 'by the Roman soldiers.

He did not take offense or get angry or resist. Because he was meek and humble ofheart (Mt 11:29), he

remained silent and self-composed.

To find rest for our souls we should imitate him.

we will fmd each cross to be a yoke that is easy, and a burden that is light(Mt 11:30). For, as St. Augus-

The Crowning with Thorns

tine wrote, "Where there is love there is no labor, and if there is labor it it is a labor of love."

The soldiers crowned Christ with thorqs in mockery ofhis claim to be a king, although he had made it clear that his kingdom was rwt of this world. The kmgs of this world wear crowns and surround themselves with symbols of their power, wealth and refinement. They have police and armies to enforce their decrees.

Christ teaches us that whoever would be first among us must serve the needs of all (Mk 10:43), wash each other 'sfeet (In 13:14)andforgive those who offend us 70 times seven times (Mt18:22).

Christ's crown of thorns was meant to mock him. But in fact, his crown ofthorns mocks our own pretensions to grandeur.

The Crucifixion

We tend to glory in whatever feeds our pride. We glory in our looks, our success, our positions of power and influence, and our fame.

Christ gloried in his passion. For as he was about to undergo his passion he said, "Now the hour has come for the Son ofMan to be glorified" (In 12:23). What in his passion could

Christ find to glory in? He had left no writings behind and his disciples had not understood his message. In fact, they had deserted him and Peter had denied him three times. He had been rejected by his people and even his heavenly Father seemed to have forsaken him. In mockery, the The CaITying of the Cross· soldiers crowned him with thorns We do not like to have to ask for and spat in his face. But God's help, especially when those we ask thoughts are not our thoughts....

Christ underwent his passion and help us begrudgingly. Yet ifthe task we have to do is necessary, we bear . suffered death on the cross to reveal the humiliation and accept their as- the absolutely selfless benevolence sistance. In these situations we of divine love and to show us the should recall that Jesus too had to way to eternal glory. St. Paul was accept help given begrudgingly. right when he wrote: "God forbid Simon ofCyrene wasforcedby the that I should glory save in the Cross Roman soldiers to carry the cross ofOur Lord Jesus Christ, whereby I behind Jesus. . am crncified to the world and the Knowing how we do not enjoy world to me" (Ga 6:14). accepting forced assistance from "Minute Meditations on the others, we should be resolved to Mysteries of the Rosary" can be pick up the crosses that God sends obtainedfrom Holy Cross Family our way and follow in the footsteps Ministries, 518 Washington Street, of Jesus not"begrudgingly but will- No. Easton 02356, 1-800-299-7729 ingly, out of love for him. If we do, oron the Website at"www.hcfm.org.

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Q. When and how did Catholics become known as Catholics? Why was that name chosen? What were we called before that? (Michigan)

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We have it on the authority of St. Luke (Acts II :26) that, also in Antioch, disciples of Jesus Christ were called "Christians" for the fust time, decades before St. Ignatius introduced the ~-- word "catholic."

At least in some areas, Christianity was known as "the Way" (e.g. Acts 9:2, 19:9), implying the Christian belief that the truths revealed by Jesus were not simply a set of propositions but a way of life. Beyond that, we don't know much about how early Christians were identifted.

A. The title "catholic" for the followers of Jesus Christ was ftrst used by St. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch in Syria, who died about the year 107.

In his letter to the Christians in Smyrna, on his way to martyrdom in

By Father Rome, Ignatius said that John J. Dietzen "where Jesus Christ is, there is the catholic Church." themselves "Catholic" as well, At the time, the designation while "Orthodox" is used of those Q. We're told that a plenary "catholic" would not have not in union with Rome. indulgence may be gained in the referred to the Catholic Church in Today the name "catholic" is Year of the Eucharist, andistinction from other Christian commonly applied to churches nounced by Pope John Paul n. groups, which for all practical who claim to possess the ancient How does one gain this indulpurposes did not yet exist. It is gence? (Florida) historical tradition of Christian derived from the Greek word A. Two plenary indulgences "kat/lOlikos," signifying general or faith and practice. In addition to may be gained during 2005, the universal, which would have been the Roman Catholic Church, this would include a number of Year of the Eucharist, by particithe meaning intended by Ignatius. pating attentively and piously in a smaller non-Roman Catholic The term has since taken on . sacred function in honor of the churches who have the word several meanings. It is used of the "catholic" in their title (e.g. the Blessed Sacrament, whether universal Church, as distinct from Mariavite Catholic Church, the exposed or in the tabernacle. local Christian communities. It American Catholic Church, the Clergy, religious and others may also applies to the faith of the Christian Catholic Church). gain the indulgence by reciting whole Church, believed everyThe Protestant designation is Evening and Night Prayer from where and by everyone. used for those who generally base the Liturgy of the Hours before In the period after the fmal the Blessed Sacrament. their theology and ethics in the division of Eastern and Western The usual conditions for Bible, as interpreted by the Christianity in 1054, the Church plenary indulgences apply: in the West tended to refer to itself principal leaders of the Reforma-

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The event .drew high school : commitment." :arid tw,o other women reliMother Marianne arnved youths from all over California and - She gave the teens a'simple rule gious. ' at the Kalaupapa lepro~y manyothers~tes.~eyoutJ:1daytra~ to f?llow.. "If you ~ not m:u:ied, The Vatican paved the settlement on Molokai in ditionally precedes the main events don t ,do It. If you are, go for,It.way last year for Mother. l888;a few months Qefore' " of the February 18-20 congr~ss, ~ut WIth the person you are>m~ed. Marianne's beatification' the death of .Ble~sed, ,- ,;.. .'" which is sponsored by the Los An- to,"'she said to loud'laugh~er.· '. with December 20 decree Damien de Veuster, a Bel,.. geles ~~diocesan Office of Reli- .' , ..Usitighertrademai:khum9r~d"recognizing a,~irade'at-' gianSacredHeartsofJesus·... "i'.~ .,,: ........ . ,. giOlisEducation." '. " toughtalk,Stenzelpresentedthehard. tributedto;herinterce's'sidn -and'Mary ·missionary. She succe~ded the priest <\~ the - .. Playing on this year's·theine'of facts. o.f te<:n,Plegnilncy;, sex,lJally ---'-:'the 'unex'plairled healing ;'" "Ask, Seek, Knock" .bas~d on Mt '~l?lltted diseases ~3·l?~g-t~~.:~"'.about it decade ago of a . settlement's guiding fo.rce.

7i7"12ilhe youth day'was filled with povertY, as some of ~e,S~n6lJS'COn- 'l'J'ew YQrk' giti'~ho had ex"' ' She' died'there on Aug'. 9;' ..,' .:' 'i;' " spirited liturgies, rousing musical sequences of premantal sexual en- ·perienced multiple org~n 1918, Of nMural causes, performances.and workshops offer- counte~... , .' , failure and was' expected to Beatification - receiv.. "If you' haye se~ ?,utside of mar-' '. die. The girl t:ecoxered af-. . ing the title '''blessed'' _ is ing the teens guidelines for making ... the last major step before smartdecisions and living a spiritual ~age, you will pa~, she asse~ed. , .- ter prayers sought Mothe( , life Withlll popular culture. '.

'No one has ever had more than one Marianne's intercession. sainthood.

• Singers Jesse Manibusan' and partner and not paid." . , In anticipation of her A MOSAIC of Mother Marianne Cope Mother Marianne had Nellie Cruz kicked off the day with StenzelpresentedstausucsstIow- .beatification Mother . reached the first majqr Christian pop songs that energized ing teens have ,a four times greater ~ Marianne's re~ains were is pictu.red near a.n entrance to St. Francis stage, being named "venerthe crowd. The duo used popular hip- risk of contracting a disease than h' dJ 24 f Catholic Church In Kalaupapa on the Ha- able," only last yeOar on . ' . ex ume anuary rom .. . d f M I' k . P J h P I hop songs and audience participa- becommg pregnant, and tha~ the av- her grave in .Kalaupapa on wallan Islan 0 0 0 al. .. qpe 0 n au. April 19 following an intion to get the attendees up out of . erage teen"ager in Califorruci is cur- 'the Hawaiian island of. II will beatify Mother Marianne of Molokal tense study of her life by their seats and dancing in the aisles. rentlyinfected wit,4 2.3 se~ually. Molokai. ' on Pentecost, May'15, at the Vatican, the the Vatican Congregation Even the chaperones were moving transmitted' diseases whether they . After farewell ceremo- Sisters of St. Francis announced Febru- for Saints' Causes. Once to the music when Manibusan. are aw~ of~e~ or not. , . nies on Molokai and Oahu, ary 21 from the' order's motherhouse in beatified, Mother Marianne launched into a popular Eminein While telling ~ls ~a~ 80,percent her bones arrived in Syra- Syracuse, N.Y. (CNS photo by Paul Finch, will ~e given a feast day on song to which he wrote lyrics more of teen moms will live ~low ~e cuse a week later and, were. Catholic Sun) . the Church calendar, and fitting for the day.. . poverty l,evel for 10 years and mne ,taken to the FranCIscan . . public prayer during Mass '. 'r."

"This is one day. that explodes out .~f 10 will n~ver, graduate wI? motherhouse, where they will be enshrined. Mother and other liturgical functions asking for her interwith energy for 'our faith," said· ·college,.s~~remmdedboysthatthelf Marianne left the motherhouse 122 years ago to cession will be permitted. Canonization requires' Carolyn Manalac, a senior at St. Jo- responsIbility does not end when the come to Hawaii to care for the victims of leprosy, one more miracle attributed to her after her beati..... .' which today is called Hansen's disease. fication . sephHighSchoolinLakewood. "We se~ ends. .

Born Barbara Koob on Jan. 23 1838 in ' Ten years ago Father Damien was beatified on come to let loose and celebrate with ''Boys,ifyougetagrrlpregnant others who are exploririg their faith. in the United S41tes, i~ willcost you Heppenheim,.Germany, the future Moth~r Mari~e Pentecost - June 4, 1995. He had originally been We get to be ourselves.~'. over the next ·18 years between was not yet two when her parents brought her and scheduled 'for beatification on May 15, 1994, but ,.

Remembering one's faith and $~,OOO-~I00,OOO. The government her three siblings to the United States and settled in the ceremony was delayed a year after Pope John. . ""4' being true to oneself was a theme of will take It out ofyour paycheck be: Utica, N.Y. She became a U.S. citizen when her fa- ,Paul broke his hip. ·z .. a popular workshop given by well- fore you even see it," she said. l' . .Inan aftemQOn session, speaker, ~onscience known teen counselor Pam Stenzel.

Her morning worlcshop, "Sex Has a Tammy Evev¥d continued this Price Tag," packed ·the Anaheim theme of urging teens to think for .. WASHINGTON .«(2NS)- everyone's choices on abortion," Protection Amendment, enacted, Convention Center aiena with teens themselves andmarntain their Chris- 'Leaders of three Catholic 'or-' said a letter:to all semitors from in December. The amendment, eager to leam how to deal with the tian principles. In the workshop ganizations appealed to mem- Msgr. William P. Fay, general named for Reps. Henry Hyde, RtrickY areas ofrellitionships and sex named "You've Been PunKd" after bers of the Senate F.ebr,uary.23 secretarY,ofthe U:S, Conference IlL, and Dave Weldon, R-Fla., while remaining true to their beliefs. 'the popular MT.V series'; Evevard' to resist efforts to strip con- ' of. Catholic Bishops; Sister . protects the rights of health pro- "1 would love to protect you all asked the teens notto base their self- science protection on abortion Carol' Keehan, a Daughter of viders - individual and institu~ ~t;..l • t.' from the pain1see every day" in teen . worth on media i~agesof sex and ' from a ,previo.usly passed ap-. Charity who chairs the board of tional -from government dis- . ....- .. 'pregn~cy counseling work "bilt 1 aggression., " ' . ' propriations bilI: even if they' . the Catholic Health Association; crimination because they decan't," she told the crowd. "My goal In a culture that tells'girls what is support 'keeping' abortion le- and Dr. Steven White, president cline to provide, pay for, cover .'~'''' is that no one in this room Will ever valuable about them is .their. body; .gal. of the Catholic Medical Associa-' ,or refer for abortions. Sen. Bar:. . again have to say, 'Well, I didn't young people nmst create their, own· '·'Ifyou see yourself as 'pro- . tion... bara Boxer, D-Calif., has said· ,*'" , , know. No one told me.''' reality that allows them to live:· choice,: thisjs an oppofturiityto .The three were asking sena- she will.introduce a ,motion ·to· Stenzel challenged the teens to healthy, happy and holy'lives, she affirm th~t your commitment t9 tors to. oppose ~oves to rescind rescind the amendment before .. resistpopularmediaimagesof.love . noted. 'choice' incltidesrespect for, the Hyde-Weldon Conscience the end of April. .

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ofimmigrants, from which they were live on, and as Christ did, will grow chosen by God, they fashioned a in age, in grace and in strength until nation of Catholics who believed in the end of time.

Jesus Christ and in all that he taught, Like many in our age bracket, we and they built churches, schools, are often inclined to reminisce. Years homes, and hospitals in which to ago we were the neighborhood worship, .teach, and to practice that newspaper delivery boys, the drug belief in word and deed. store and grocery store clerks, the Together with those who pre- local high school classmates, the ceded them, they lived and labored surnmercamp councilors - yes, we to build up and to strengthen the were even members of that "awful Body of Christ in the United States. gang" who "hung out" on the street They bore the burden ofthe day and comer- but God called us, and we the heat. They fought the good ftght answered that call.

- the ftght against ignorance, prejuSince then we have touched the dice, bigotry, oppression and dis- lives of many people - old and crimination. They endured the tur- young - including those whoknew moil of change and of innovations, .us "then" and those who have come the rebellion of the disgruntled and to know us "since then." of the disappointed, the disgrace of Hopefully our priestly ministry scandal and ofdenial. They have run has sanctifted those who are living, the good race and they have ftnished and has contributed to those who the course. They have won the vic- have died. tory.

In our retirement we give thanks In retirement they look back with to God for having called us to folFATHER JOHN J. Murphy, shown here in the parlor at Cardinal Medeiros Residence, is satisfaction - and they look ahead low him - and we encourage the the oldest resident there at age 91. (AnchortJolivet photos) . with faith and optimism. ,delivery boys of today, the store We priests who are now retired, clerks, the high school students, even and who are now enjoying the ser- the fellows who "hang out" on the vice and security of the Cardinal comer, whom God is calling now, Medeiros Residence, have lived and to give heed and to answer that call labored through hectic and historic to do the same: "Come - follow times. We have contributed our us! Become ftshers of men."

Editor's note: TlrefollowingfeaBecome the ftshers of the men As was found in large rectories The consequence was - and in humble human efforts to the buildlure was writtenfor The Anchor by in the past, the home is staffed'with some instances still is - that retire- ing ofthe Kingdom ofGod on earth. - and of the women - and of the Father John J, Murphy, a retired cooks, housekeepers, a laundress, ment homes like the Cardinal We have been the gardeners ofGod. children of your generation. diocesan priest residing at Cardi- and the like.

Father Murphy was ordainedin Medeiros Residence did not exist. In many hearts we have planted the nal Medeiros Residence in Fall The resident priests come and go Most priests did not retire, and those seed and he has provided the water. 1939andretiredin 1989. He served River. Father Murphy wanted to as they please. Each has his own who chose to and were allowed to With faith and prayer we anticipate as pastor at Our Lady ofMt. Carshare with Anchor readers whatthe study, bedroom and bath; They all d<;> so, went to live with family or a fruitful harvest. The Church that mel Parish, Seekonk; St. Joseph's, residence is like, and whatlife is liJre dine together and share two small , had provided for that eventuality oth- Jesus founded, and for which we Taunton; and Holy Name Parish, for its inhabitants. . . chapels, one,on each floor, in which erwise. have labored for 40, 50, 60, and yes New Bedford, from where he rethe Blessed'Sacrament is reserved.

Uritil mandatory retirement was .even 70 years, will never die, but will tired.

BY FATHER JOHN J. MURPHY , The C\Jlrent residents'range in age introduced, there were very few reFALL RIVER - Situated on the from 70 to 91 years old. All told, the' ,tired priests. Today, aJlpansh priests campus of Bishop Connolly High retired priests at Cardinal Medeiros must retire when 75 years ofage, and School, and structually attached to Residence represent more than 700 may retire when 70 - and fortu' it, is the Cardinal Medeiros Resi- years of priestly service. nately and providentially, our diodence - the Diocese of Fall River's Among the residents are veterans cese has available this wonderful of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and residence for them in which to live, home for retired priests.

This wonderful facility is a three- U.S. Air Force. There are former in dignity, in security, and in the comstory, "tan-colored" brick building. teachers, professors, and superiors pany of brother priests.

The two upper floors are divided into of religious communities. Some It is indeed ablessing and a provisuites orapartments - eight on each have "built" churches, schools, rec- ' dential haven for them in their old floor - to accommodate 16 retired tories, convents, and homes for the age. old and the young. Others have esFuthermore, the Cardinal Mepriests.

The lower floor has a large li- tablished communities of the faith- deiros Residence is also a blessing brary/parlor, a community room, a ful, and all have presided over the and an asset to the Church and to , spacious dining room, a sizable con- worshipping family of God for years. the parishes of the diocese. For, ference room where local and dioc- They all share one divine gift - the practically all the priests who live esan priests gather regularly for priesthood of Jesus Christ, but are in the residence, although old, are deanery and diocesan meetings, a now limited by age or inftrmity, or still active and are still able and director's suite, an office, a barber by law, in the total enjoyment ofthat willing to perform priestly ministries. Their advanced years have shop, and ofcourse a well-equipped gift.

During their long priestly minis- relieved $em ofadministrative dukitchen.

A VIEW of the beautiful library at the Cardinal Medeiros The building was originally the tries these retirees have baptized ties, but l1ave not deprived them of Residence in Fall River. residence for the Jesuit priests who thousands ofbabies, prepared many their priestly powers and mission. taught at Bishop Connolly High children for confession and first ConsequeIitIy, being a source of School. After their departure from Communion, witnessed the inarriage great talent and a rich treasury of the diocese, then Fall River Bishop of hundreds of couples prepared experience, the Residence is also a Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., con- untold members of the faithful for ready and regular source ofpriestly verted it into a residence for retired their eternal judgment, and presided service for many understaffed pardiocesan priests, each ofwhom con- at the funerals of uncounted num- ishes in the diocese.

Let us not overlook the fact that 'tributes a portion of his pension to bers of their parishioners.

When these priests were or- there are also retired priests who live there- that portion being minimal and a "bargain" for the care, ser- dained, retirement was not an option. have opted to live elsewhere, butare, vice, and sustenance he receives It was a luxury unheard of at that too, willingly assisting parishes by from the wonderful household staff. time. It was not until the Vatican performing their priestly ministries Currently there are 13 retirees liv- Council in the 19608 mandated it, with joy in regularity in this diocese ing in the facility, each of whom has that priests retire from active obliga- and others.

All retired priests of the present served the Church in this diocese for tory priestly ministry. Not anticipatmany years until retirement or ill ing, nor expecting such a change; day can be justiftably included in some priests in the past. thoughtfully Tom Brokaw's so-called "greatest health forced them to resign.

'Fortunately none of the retirees provided for their retirement by in- generation." They are the aging baby is sick or incapacitated. No ongoing vesting with others in a house in boomers who labored to make the nursing care is available, but a dioc- which to retreat and relax on "time ' Catholic Church in America one of j esan nurse visits weekly to monitor off," and hopefully, permanently the greatest religious organizations in history. From a multi-ethnic band the health of the residents. later.

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eNS book reviews There is both fascination and myth-making about pre-Vatican American Catholic culture.

"Habits of Devotion: Catholic Religious Practice in Twentieth-Century America," (edited by James M. O'Toole. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y., 2004, 289 pp.) can serve as an antidote to any tendency to romanticize the supposed seamlessness and stability ofthat period. This excellent volume, ablyedited by James O'Toole, is part of the Cushwa Center Studies of ~atholi颅 cism in Twentieth-Century America.

It examines prayer, Marian devotions, confession and eucharistic practices in thorough, well-written and engaging essays.

"Habits of Devotion" finds that Catholic devotional practices had not only religious and sacramental meaning; they also shaped Catholics' relationship to American culture. It says that the distinctive elements of Catholic practice served as "a boundary separating Catholics from their non-Catholic neighbors."

For example, Cold War Catholic devotional practices "looked in two directions: outward toward society and inward toward the family." Public prayer language expressed strident anti-communism while fervent . "family-centered domestic ideology" was symbolically narrated in devotions like the enthronement of the Sacred Heart and the family rosary. It is ironic that at the same time that the "public prayer language of the Church tried to reinforce religious, occupational and communal boundaries" the community was moving "into the suburbs, away from its ethnic and neighborhood base."

The changes in liturgy and prayer that took place between 1926 and 1960 are the subject of a chapter by Franciscan Father Joseph Chinnici.

He finds there was a "pedagogy of participation" in Catholic prayer that prepared people for tJ1e transformative change of Vatican n. Also during this period the liturgical move- . ment shifted attention away from devotionalism and toward the liturgy and scriptural literacy, and Catholic Action encouraged ''the participation by the laity in the hierarchical apostolate of the Church."

Some change -like attitudes toward confession - was dramatic and abrupt. "Almost overnight, a sacrament that had been at the center of American Catholic practice became rare." Other shifts were more gradual.

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tuality il) 20th-century Catholic America.

In contrast, Robert Orsi's "Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them," (by RobertA. Orsi. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 2004, 256 pp.) gives us a precise, intimate analysis.

He looks at the "intricate historical, social, psychological and religious reality" of the 20th century when American Catholics "struggled to redefine their relationship to the sacred."

He focuses on the Catholic traditions related to saints, practices that used to be a central part of Catholic devotional culture. He writes that the saints, "toppled from their niches in the churches that had been built with countless small donations to them," are a lens through which to view the "shift (away) from an ethos of presence and sacred intimacy."

Orsi, the author of two highly regarded books of ethnography, ''The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 18801950" and ''Thank You, Saint Jude: Women's Devotions to the Patron Saint of Hopeless Causes," writes eloquently about the complex relationships forged ''between humans and holy figures."

He uses examples from the "domestic hagiography" ofhis own Italian-American family. The painful life of his paternal grandmother, Giulia, is interwoven - as her life was - with the story of the victim soul, St. Gemma Galgani. His essay on Sal Cavallaro, an U1icle with cerebral palsy, describes a devotional culture which saw suffering "as an , individual's main opportunity for spiritual growth" and which "taught that to alleviate pain was to deny the cross."

His uncle rejects being typed as a "holy cripple." Orsi finds it ironic that his uncle is able to reject that discourse because of his devotion to the 13thcentury Blessed Margaret ofCastello, "a patron of the unwanted, blind, crippled, hunchbacked, a dwarf." In the details of her life his uncle "created a context in which he could rage against his own sense ofisolation and . abandonment."

"It is virtually路impossible," Orsi writes, ''to work on devotional culture without becoming embroiled in modem controversies in Catholic culture." This wonderful book is a gift to an American Catholic community that cannot afford to squander such intelligence, prudence and responsible scholarship.

PIERRINO MASCARINO and Joe Mantegna star in a scene from the movie "Uncle Nino."

For a brief review of this film, see CNS Movie Capsules below. (CNS photo from Lange Film) Association of America rating is R - restricted.

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NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are capsule revie\Ys of movies recently reviewed by the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"Downfall" (Newmarket) Vividly authentic recreation of the last days of Adolf Hitler (Bruno Ganz) trapped in his Berlin-based underground hideout with other officials of the Third Reich and their families, as the Russian army closes in f01: certain victory at the end of World War II in 1945, all seen through the eyes of Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara), his young personal secretary, who stayed with him through his suicide and that of his mistress, Eva Braun (Juliane Kohler), and managed to escape through enemy lines. Oliver Hirshbiegel's German-language film has impeccable production values, superb performances, and generates a good deal of suspense even though the outcome" is known. Some crude language, multiple suicides and wartime violence, some with attendant gore, brief but brutal scenes of amputation, partial nudity, a brief sexual situation, heavy smoking and alcohol use. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is AIII - adults. The Motion Picture

Fenton Bailey' and Randy Barbato, the documentary, while more sociocultural than salacious in tone, nevertheless tries so hard to position its subject as a rallying point for First Amendmept rights that it politely glosses over (though doesn't completely ignore) the sleazy film's more sordid particulars and gives short shrift to arguments against pornography on the moral grounds that it exploits women and is degrading to the dignity of sex and the human person. Recurring graphic sexual images. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classifica-. tion is 0 - morally offensive.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is NC-l7 - no one 17 or under admitted.

First-rate coming-of-age adventure set in Africa about a headstrong young boy (Alexander Michaletos) who 'embarks on a journey of self-discovery when he resolves to trek across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain in order return his pet cheetah - which he raised since it was an orphaned cub - to its rightful home in the wild. Beautifully crafted by director Carroll Ballard, the boyand-his-cheetah buddy movie combines exceptional nature photography - including some amazing shots of African wildlife - with a warm and winning story about the bonds of family and friendship, resulting in a "Uncle Nino" (Lange Film) film that is sweetly charming Big-hearted if formulaic comwithout being overly sentimen- edy about a disconnected suburtal. Some scenes of peril, and ban family (headed by Joe brief wildlife violence which Mantegna and Anne Archer) may be frightening to some brought together by an elderly, young children. The USCCB eccentric. relative visiting from Office for Film & Broadcasting Italy - Uncle Nino (Pierrino classification is A-II - adults Mascarino) - who, through his and adolescents. The Motion love of food, flowers and music Picture Association of America instills in his American kin Old rating is PG - parental guid- World values and a deeper apance suggested. preciation for life's simple plea"Inside Deep Throat" sures. Directed by Bob (Universal) Shallcross, the heartwarmer imSerious-minded but visually parts a breezy, feel-good mesexplicit documentary detailing sage about family and forgivethe history and legacy of the no- ness which makes it easy to aptorious 1972 porn film - and plaud in spite of its overly senthe cultural and legal firestorm timental tone and cliche-laden it ignited - via a slickly edited script. Some mild swearing, a mosaic of archival footage, scene of vandalism and a few hard-core ~lips from the film it- instances of teen smoking. The self, interviews with its principal USCCB Office for Film & players and talking-head com- Broadcasting classification is Aments from cultural pundits like Il - adults and adolescents. The Norman Mailer, Dick Cavett, Motion Picture Association of Gore Vidal, Hugh Hefner and Dr. America rating is PG - parenRuth Westheimer. Directed by .tal guidance suggested.

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Italian bishop named as secretarygeneral of Vatican City' State VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II has named Italian Bishop Renato Boccardo, a one-time papal trip organizer, as the secretary-general of Vatican City State.

Bishop Boccardo will oversee administrative activities of the Vatican City governor's office, coordinating the functions of some 20 agencies, including those responsible for the Vatican Museums, security and personnel.

He will operate under the executive authority of the president ofthe governor's office, U.S. Car-

dinal Edmund C. Szoka. Bishop Boccardo, 52, had been secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications since late 2003.

In that capacity, he continued to help organize papal visits to Switzerland and to Lourdes, France, in 2004.

Previously, as the Secretariat of State official charged with the planning of the pope's foreign visits, he organized trips to Greece, Syria, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Poland, Spain and several other countries.

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

MALARIA IS a constant threat in developing countries. In the Diocese of Livingstone, Zambia, the Sisters of St. Francis, a local religious community, work in one of the poorest areas in the region. Here a Sister gives a malaria shot. Said one Sister: "Because we grew up in this area, we are fully aware of how difficult it is to survive as a child. We were luckier than most in that we were able to receive a good education and health care. Most important of all, we received the gift of faith and came to know and love'our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We wish to share that gift with as many of our brothers and sisters as possible."

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Bringing hope to' a 'Good Friday' world - the mission of' the Church The Archdiocese of MadrasMylapore, India, was one of the coastal areas in Southeast Asia hit by the tsunami. A local church filled with worshipers was completely destroyed by the massive waves.

The parish priest told of how a statue of the Blessed Mother - the Lady of Madras that originally was in the church - later was discovered in the bushes near the sea, about a mile-and-a-half away from his church. He said: "Mary left to be with her people as they were swept away to their deaths. She stayed with them until the end."

The Church there, as in so many places throughout the Missions, has also been "with the people" through so much, even before the disaster struck. Father Thomas Simon, a local priest there, wrote to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith: "It is our obligation, as taught by Jesus Christ, to look after these people, the majority of whom are not even Christian."

Father Simon and other priests, Sisters, Brothers and lay catechists teach in primary and secondary schools, while also offering vocational training. They run health and family programs, and teach everything from personal hygiene to AIDS prevention. These days, those men and women are working overtime to help the victims of the tsunami, brining them help and offering them the hope that comes from Jesus Christ.

Sister Angelina, a Comboni Sister, is also experienced in offering others that hope, specifically to children in the Diocese of Kitale in Kenya. Bishop Maurice A.

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ROME (CNS) - Leaders of Rome's Jewish community went to the Gemelli Hospital February 25 to offer prayers for Pope John Paul II and try to get some firsthand information about his condition.

Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni, the chief rabbi of Rome, told reporters, "We prayed and recited a psalm to show our solidarity and to send our best wishes."

"We came here to get direct news about the pope," the rabbi said.

Rabbi Di Segni and R,oberto Cohen, vice president of Rome's Jewish community, said they did not get in to see the pope, who

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Cohen said they recited Psalm 139, which professes God's intimate knowledge of and care for those who trust in him.

Cohen told Catholic News Service that, as members of the Rome Jewish community prepared to begin their weekly Sabbath observance, "this is a moment of prayer ... and certainly a moment for reflection about the pope."

The Jewish community wanted to acknowledge how much Pope John Paul had contributed to improving Catholic-Jewish relations, he said, adding that the community was not afraid that difficulties would return if he were no longer pope.

"By· now the centuries of darkness have passed and there is no risk of going back," Cohen said.

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Pope appears at hospital window; Vatican says recovery continues

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

time in a month February 24 after a recurrence of breathing problems caused by throat VATICAN CITY - Pope spasms, initially brought on by John Paul II made a surprise apthe flu. He had the 30-minute trapearance at his hospital window cheotomy later that evening. to bless well-wishers, and the Doctors told the pope not to Vatican said the pope was conspeak for several days to favor tinuing to recover well from a trathe healing of his larynx, th'e cheotomy to relieve breathing source of the breathing problems. problems.

The tracheotomy, which the pope The pope was eating regularly, personally agreed to, aimed to inspending hours sitting up in a crease the amount of air chair and was beginning removing in the respiratory habilitation exercises for system, to favor healing the breathing and speaking, The pope waved, blessed the inflamed larynx, the VatiVatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro- Valls said in a crowd several times and then moved can said. his hand to his throat, where a banPapal spokesman statement Monday. ''The Holy Father's post- dage covered the surgical wound. Navarro- Valls said that operative phase is taking The one-minute appearance .heart- shortly after surgery the place without complica- ened a small crowd gathered on the pope took a sheet of paper and wrote, in a light vein: tions. His general condition hospital grounds that included youths "What have they done to and biological parameters continue to be good," from Spain who held a banner read- me?" and then wrote below ing, "Your Holiness, never give up!" it: "I am still 'Totus tuus' Navarro-Valls said. (totally yours)." That was a On Sunday, the pope missed his Sunday Angelus reference to his motto, blessing for the first time in his form. At his side stood Cardinal which dedicates his life and minpontificate. A Vatican official' Angelo Sodano, Vatican secre- istry to Mary. read the pope's message instead tary of state, as a Vatican phoOver the weekend, visitors from the steps of St. Peter's Ba- tographer took pictures a few feet came to the hospital and paid a call at the pope's suite of.rooms. silica, after asking prayers for the away. pope's health.

Afterward, Dr. Rodolfo Many were met by Vatican proBut as soon as the Angelus. Proietti, the pope's chief doctor tocol officials, while others saw ended, the curtains were drawn at Gemelli hospital, expressed his and spoke to the pope. in the pope's 10th-floor hospital satisfaction to reporters with the Medical experts consider a room at Rome's Agostino Ge- brief phrase: "Better than this...." tracheotomy a fairly routine opmelli Polyclinic, and the. white- The idiom in Italian implied the eration, but given the pope's age robed pontiff was wheeled into pope's progress could not be bet- and his frail condition the recovview. ter. ery period was expected to be The pope waved, blessed the "I would like this message of longer than usual.

Insertion of a tracheotomy crowd several times and then comfort and hope to reach all moved his hand to his throat, people, especially those experi- tube can be temporary or permawhere a bandage covered the sur- enoing moments of difficulty, and nent. One Vatican source said he gical wound. The one-minute ap- those suffering in body and expected the tube to be left in to .pearance heartened a small spirit," the papal message said. make it easier to deal with pocrowd gathered on the hospital The pope was taken by ambu- tential breathing problems in the grounds .that included youths lance to Gemelli for the second future.

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The images of the pope at his window were broadcast on Italian TV but were not relayed to St. Peter's Square, where several thousand people had assembled to pray for the 84-year-old pontiff.

The pope looked a little stiff but alert and in relatively good

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Simpson, the delegates break attending Mass. "This· is a probdown into subgroups established lem that is not only in the diocese, geographically. Each subgroup is but across the country," added responsible for taking minutes of Msgr..Tosti. "We asked the delthe meeting and reporting to Msgr. egates to discuss what we are doTosti and Simpson later on. ing to get people to come back to "The agenda for each meeting Mass, and then what we can do." is mailed to the members in adIn the wake of the first two vance," said Msgr. Tosti. "They deanery gatherings, Msgr. Tosti have a couple of questions to dis- told The Anchor the process has cuss when they do meet." 'been "very successful thus far."

For the initial meeting, the at- He, Simpson and the deans sepatendees were asked to look at their rately visit each of the subgroups parishes and discuss the strengths during the course of the evening, ang weaknesses of the parish, and "People are getting wonderful then discuss how to improve the ideas from each other, and they strengths and turn the weaknesses are asking very good questions as into strengths. well," said Msgr. Tosti. "What's "After the fIrst meeting, folks crucial is that everyone is sharing really, really warmed up to each ideas, but everyone is listening as other and enjoyed it," Msgr. Tosti well." The monsignor also noted said. "The response has been very that the attendance has been a positive. People have contacted very impressive 90 percent. . me to say thank you, and that they The meetings aren't positive have hope for our Church." experiences only for the lay memThe second meeting agenda bers. "The priests involved have keyed on parish demographics. A shown a great willingness to parstudy of diocesan parishes re- ticipate," he said. "And the deans vealed that many Catholics are not have been particularly enthusias-

tic with their leadership qualities."

On tap for future meetings are discussions on how parishes cooperate with one another and how they can further cooperate. Another exercise will include looking to the future when the number of priests won't match the number of parishes.

The meetings are scheduled to wrap up in May, at which time the subgroups will summarize their findings. All summaries from across the diocese will be incorporated into a final report to be given to Bishop Coleman.

When he receives the final summary, the bishop will share and study the results with the diocesan pastoral, financial and priest councils.

"Everyone involved in this process has exhibited a enthusiastic urgency with regards to the Church," said Msgr. Tosti. "We all .sense things have to be done to improve some areas. And we all have hope that we can build a stronger Church in the dioc~se."

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SuprelTIe Court rejects request to reconsider Roe v. Wade By

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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court February 22 turned down a request that it reconsider its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion.

Norma McCorvey, who was identified as "Jane Roe" in the 1973 case, and Sandra Cano, the "Mary Doe" of the companion Doe v. Bolton ruling, petitioned the court to set aside the decisions, or at least order a new trial on the merits for reversal.

Neither Cano nor McCorvey ever had the abortions at issue in their cases. Both women now oppose abortion. Their effort to see the Roe and Doe decisions overturned is backed by 33 women from 19 states who say they regret having had abortions.

Without comment, the court rejected the appeal.

Americans United for Life said the problem is the court's current makeup.

"The justices' refusal to consider this· case shows that they won't consider the growing evi-

EInbryos sible sentiments both good and bad.

This closer look at the burninghouse thought experiment demonstrates the danger of using "what most people might do" in a pinch as a measure for what should be right and just when no fire is burning and we have the power to protect both the embryos in the front room and the five-year-old in the kitchen.

The embryo debate is about scientists seeking to destroy human lives "in the name of science and for the good of basic research" even when alternative means for finding cures are avail-

SteIn Cells were harvested and given to his sister. He said there was pain in his bones afterward, but his biggest concern was when he could start playing baseball again.

To receive the cell transplants, Moira Hall's immune system had to be suppressed to destroy her old bone marrow, which was replaced with the marrow stem cells from her brother. Because her resistance was so low, she had to be careful not to get even the slightest illness. In a house with lots of children, this

Stations According to a decree dated last December from Cardinal Francis Stafford, major plenitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, two plenary indulgences are granted during this Year ofthe Eucharist for the following occasions: When the faithful participate actively and piously in a Sacred Liturgy or a devotional exercise undertaken in honor of the Blessed Sacrament, solemnly exposed or reserved in the tabernacle; When clerics, religious or oth-

dence that abortion hurts women physically, emotionally and psychologically," said Dorinda Bordlee, senior legislative counsel for Americans United for Life. "While unfortunate, the decision from this court' was expected. This proves the need for justices who will respect self-government. In a matter as weighty as this, the people should decide, not unelected judges."

The Roe decision threw out most state restrictions on abortion, while the Doe decision permitted abortions through all nine months ofpregnancy.

Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia have said Roe was wrongly decided and should be overturned.

However, it is rare for the court to reopen a case based on changed circumstances. The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in September threw out the lawsuit, saying McCorvey's claims were no longer relevant because the Texas abortion ban of that era had long ago been repealed.

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able. We have researchers using adult stem cells to help sick people, and the process for obtaining these cells threatens no donor with the loss of life, unlike embryonic stem cells which must be harvested by killing the human embryo.

Senate President Robert E. Travaglini is pushing hard to pass a bill endorsing the killing of human embryos for research gains. He derues that embryos will be harmed under his proposal, claiming that the fancy process named in his bill, "somatic cell nuclear transfer," does not create or use embryos. Others disagree, including members of President Bush's Council on Bioethics.

This longer name has ashorter name,

and it's called cloning. Dolly the sheep was created by the same process, and she was no less a sheep than any other sheep.

Please stay tuned and get involved by contacting your legislators to urge them to protect human life and to ban cloning, with or without its fancy name. Stay on top by visiting the Website ofthe Massachusetts Catholic Conference at www.macathconf.org. Senator Travaglini wants to act fast, so tinie is of the essence. .DanielAviia is associate director for Policy & Research of the Massm:huselts Catholic Conference.

Sun. Mar. 6 - Hispanic at 2:30 p.m. Archbishop George Pearce, S.M. Sun. Mar. 20 Portuguese Fr. Manuel Pereira, M.S. Thursday, Mar. 31 - 6:30 p.m. - English Fr. Pat, M.S.

HOLY HOUR Eucharistic Holy Hour and devotions to Our Lady of La Salette and Divine Mercy Wednesdays at 7: 15 p.m. in Church

.JOHN POLCE: BETHANY NIGHTS Friday, March 18 - 7:30 p.m. Music - Healing - Church Good-will donation.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Monday-Friday 2:00 - 3:00 & 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Hispanic Reconciliation Saturday, Mar. 5 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Portuguese Reconciliation March 19 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.

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would have been especially difficult, but she stayed in an apartment with one sister and her roommate.

After only a few days, the stem cells began regenerating new cells.

The Hall family wants to support cancer research but will not donate money to organizations that back embryonic stem-cell research. . "You don't save lives by destroying lives," said Eileen Hall. The Halls donated money to aleukemialymphoma walk and included a letter requesting the money not be used

March 10 7: 15 p.m. Chapel of Reconciliation for embryonic stem-cell research.

'They responded well," Eileen Hall said, adding. that more people should write letters to these organizations. "If we just withdraw" from such groups, she added, "we don't have a voice."

Moira Hall said she also felt the support of the hundreds of people who were praying for .her. "It does give you a strength when a lot of people ask God (for help), not just you," she said. ''When I got discouraged, italways helped to turn to God."

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ers pray Evening Prayer and Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the Hours before the Blessed Sacrament, even when it is reserved in the tabernacle.

According to 'The Catechism of the Catholic Church" (1471-1479), the faithful can obtain remission of temporal punishment or effects resulting from sin for themselves or on behalf of the departed. Plenary indulgences are received by the faithful under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, freedom from

all attachments to sin, reception of the Holy Communion, prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father).

Because there are many who because of sickness or other just because they cannot make it to a church to venerate the Blessed Sacrament, these people can be granted a plenary indulgence if they "make this visit to the Blessed Sacrament spiritually and with the heart's desire ... and recite the Our Father and the Creed, adding pious invocations to Jesus in the Sacrament."

RECONCILIATION SERIES Friday, Mar. 11 "La Salette Charism of Reconciliation" 7:45 p.m. in the Chapel of Reconciliation Fr. John Sullivan, M.S.

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Bishop Feehan honors alumni

EILEEN KINNANE of Fall River's St. Stanislaus Parish U10 team of the Catholic Youth Futsal League, keeps a ball in play and quickly crosses for an assist against the Fall' River Fire making their debut in the Fall River Futsal League. Eileen had an outstanding day scoring six goals against her opponents.

FOURTH-GRADER Zach Forget shows off his clown make-up and hair during a recent spirit dress-up day at S1. John the Evangelist School, Attleboro.

ATILEBORO - Seven local individuals were honored at the 19th annual Bishop Feehan Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony held last month in the school's library.

Distinguished Alumni were as follows: David Beach, Class of 1989, who currently serves as the school's assistant band director and percussion coordinator. Away from Feehan, he is quality manager at CEMS USA in Brockton.

Michael Cornetta, Class of 1975. President and owner of Michael R. Cornetta Plumbing and Heating, he has been in the plumbing, heating and gasfitting trade for 29 years. Cornetta also volunteers for the North Attleboro Little League.

Col. Kathleen Winters, Class of 1974. She is a graduate ofTrinity College in Vermont and holds a master's degree in logistics and engineering management, psychology and resourcing national security strategy. Winters is a graduate of the Air War College and currently is a professor of strategy and policy at the Naval War College in Newport, Rl. Honorary Alumni were: Linda Ausiello, a teacher of

French and Spanish at Bishop Feehan High School since 1981.

During that time, she has served as a senior class moderator, mentor teacher, member of the Academic Faculty Council, moderator of the school's French Honor Society and serves as a parish council member at St. Mark's Parish.

Milton Franklin of Walpole was discharged from the Navy in 1955 and worked for Texas Instruments for 39 years until he retired ' in 1994. He served as assistant coach to the boys' and girls' swim teams at Feehan from the mid 90s until 2004, and has begun the Jean Franklin Memorial Fund at Bishop Feehan.

Joyce Hyland of Wareham is the mother of William (Bill) Hyland-' 81 and Robert Hyland '82. A golf tournament is held eacl! year in honor of Joyce's late husband, William, from which the proceeds have been donated to Bishop Feehan.

The Humanitarian Award was presented to Kenneth Butler, Class of 1982. He is the founder and executive director of the Mansfield Music and Arts Society. Formed in 1993 to create and foster arts, it offers classes and exhibits featuring art and music.

Bishop .Stang announces honor society nominees NORTH DARTMOUTH Arruda recently represented the Bishop Stang High School an- school at the Massachusetts celnounces the nomination ofseniors ebration of National Girls and John Voci of East Falmoutb and Women in Sports Day at Faneuil Marielle Pedro of Dartmouth for Hall in Boston. the annual $1,000 National Honor The event was chartered by the Society Scholarships award.

U.S. Congress in 1986 to honor They ~ere nominated by the female athletic achievement and Sister Teresa Trayers chapter of recognize the importance ofsports the National Honor Society and and fitness participation for all were selected based on leadersI:tip girls and women. skills, participation in service orEddy is the daughter of Bruce ganizations and clubs, achieve- and Maureen Eddy of Little ments in the arts and sciences as Compton, R.l. She is captain of well as academic record. They the swim, basketball and spring will compete with students from track teams. Arruda is the daugharound the country for one of the ter of Wayne and Mary Jane 250 awards.

Arruda of Assonet. She is captain The school also announced that of the field hockey, winter and seniors Norah Eddy and Sarah spring track teams.

Connolly 'students help tsunami victims

THESE SOPHOMORES from Bishop Stang High School, North Dartm.outh, have been working hard this year as class officers. From left: Paul McAuliffe, treasurer; Jack Carroll, vice president; Mary Rivet, secretary; and Christine Lanagan, president.

FALL RIVER - Students" from Bishop Connolly High School recently conducted a "Penny Challenge" to raise money to help tsunami victims.

They collected mbre than $600 at lunch.breaks as students filled empty jugs with pennies.

Classes challenged each other to collect the most copper coins

earning a point for each penny.

Students were able to deposit silver coins and dollars into other class jars to lower a team's penny total.

During the week of the challenge, Maryknoll Father Joseph Towle visited the school and spoke to students about adolescents in third world couI1tries.

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lic Church's unity and a nice re- year and I didn't quite understand what I know now. Sometimes it minder of home.

"The support of all the students takes a little longer to understand OMAHA, Neb.- They might be an ocean apart, but that didn't and Catholics back in Omaha, the knowledge of the Bible and the stop students in Omaha from mak- . praying for us, and the wonderful wisdom that it provides."

Currently, Partch is the lay ing a spiritual cOlmection with U.S. items they sent have earned a deeper appreciation for the Catho- leader for his company, a reader at Marines stationed in Iraq.

The eighth-grade confirmation lic community as a whole," he said. Mass and an extraordinary minisBorn and raised in Omaha, ter of Communion. class at St. Stephen the Martyr Being so involved in his faith, School in Omaha recently pro- Partch and his wife, Amy, and their vided Bibles and other religious children, Katie ,and Travis, are especially as a soldier, is difficult items to several soldiers in Fallujah members of St. John Vianney Par- at times, but worth it, he said. The graces from the sacrament of conwho were preparing for their own ish in Omaha.

The 40-year-old was one of firmation have given him the confirmation.

Joanna Oltean, the school's re- seven U.S. Marines to be confirmed strength to help others come to ligion teacher, heard about the sol- January 16 - earlier than planned Christ.

"It sort of takes a lot of moral diers' need for supplies from a because of assignment changes student's mother and said her 69 at Camp Fallujah. Confirmed by Fa- courage to do this, but I feel better ther Ronald Camarda, a Navy chap- spiritually after I have done it," he students were quick to respond.

They collected rosaries, camou- lain from Florida, the soldiers be- said. "Committed Catholics aren't flaged pocket Bibles and small gan attending adult religious edu- afraid to pass the word of the Lord."

As a soldier, Partch has come New Testaments, made bookmarks cation classes in September.

Partch is the executive officer of to rely on God with each new day, and cards, and donated more than $200 of their own money to pur- a combat service support company especially when those days involve and is in the Selected Marine Corps mortar, missile and rocket attacks. chase prayer books.

"The attacks make you think All the items were sent to the Reserve. He has been mobilized twice in the last two years, first leav- about your life and what you would soldiers in January.

The students kept one of the ing Omaha in January 2003 to serve have done to change it for the betcamouflaged Bibles for their class- in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He re- ter, who has impacted your life and room as a reminder to pray for the turned in November 2003 and was whose life you have changed and how they would live without you," Marines, who like them, were pre- redeployed in June 2004.

In Omaha, Partch owns "Partch he said. paring to become soldiers for Faith in God also has helped Landshaping," an excavating and Christ as confirmed Catholics.

"I thought it was pretty inspir- surface-grading business that spe- him give generously to the people ing because they're over there cializes in grading new residential of Fallujah, he said. His company took back control of Fallujah from fighting in a war, and they are still lots.

Partch said his faith has always insurgents through a combat offenvery much in touch with their religion and want to pursue it in a been important to him. It just took sive in December and set up four deeper way," said eighth-grader some time for him to feel ready to humanitarian assistance sites in the city. They provide food, water, Briana Thompson, who will be be confrrmed.

"I had to travel thousands of money, blankets, wheelbarrows confirmed in May with her classmiles away from home to make and shovels to the people, as well mates.

For Chief Warrant Officer Jay this first step," he told The Catho- as security to help make the tranPartch, one of the soldiers in the lic Voice, newspaper of the Omaha sition comfortable for Iraqis when confirmation class, the packaged Archdiocese, in an E-mail from returning to their homes in the devitems were a symbol of the Catho- Camp Fallujah. "I was here last astated city.

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COURTNEY SMITH, a fifth-grader at Nazareth Hall Elementary School, steps up to the microphone during the opening round of the Catholic Schools Week Invitational Spelling Bee recently at St. Boniface School in Rochester, N.Y. Twenty-seven fifth- and sixth-graders from 27 Catholic schools in the Rochester area competed in front of a crowd of about 200 people. "I just like a challenge," said fifth-grader Tashae Williams from St. Monica School. (CNS photo by Mike Crupi, Catholic Courier,

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My daughter and I were late for my mother's birthday celebration. We pulled off the highway and were racing toward the restaurant when we noticed a car facing the wrong direction in the middle of an intersection. The driver's door hung open, and long, blond hair dangled down as if someone was slung backward across the seat.

I sprinted to the car where I found a teen-age girl, screaming and incoherent. The car smelled of smoke from the air bag.

I calmed the driver, flagged down a motorist to call 911, then ran across the intersection to a badly damaged second car.

Through crushed glass I saw two people still locked into their seats. The driver's door

was jammed. I ran to the other side, but when I yanked on the door the passenger nearly fell out, held in place only by her seat belt. The woman's face was ghoulish in color like the pallor of death. I checked for a pulse. She slowly opened her eyes but didn't seem to understand what was happening.

Police arrived, and ambulances screamed in the distance. Two bystanders carried the teen, now unconscious, to the back seat of their car, where they covered her with a jacket and stayed with her until paramedics arrived. Sometimes the girl cried out in pain. The other victims were eerily quiet.

My daughter and I had been first on the scene, so we stayed to provide information to police and paramedics. Then we took a final look around and drove

away - but not before I hugged my daughter tight.

Suddenly it didn't matter that we were late for dinner. In fact, a lot of things didn't matter anymore. The sight of life and

Coming of Age death hanging in the balance has a way of screwing your head on straight and reminding you of what is important.

It is a lesson I'd learned before. Why couldn't I remember?

My thoughts transported me back to a muggy July day years

earlier. I began that morning as a healthy young woman with a busy family and a baby on the way. By nightfall, I lay unconscious in the intensive care unit of a large hospital, struggling for life after a crippling illness interrupted my ordered world.

My body was attached to oxygen and IVs, leg pumps, transfusions and monitors, as doctors whispered about brain damage. I wasn't expected to survive the night.

Yet I did survive, and when I opened my eyes I was not the same. The injuries had changed my body, but, more important, the experience had changed my heart. Dangling close to death does that to you. It is not as if I could return to myoid life, pretending that nothing happened.

It made me wonder what

loose ends I would tie up if I were going to die tomorrow.

What thank-yous would I speak? What relationships would I mend? And what's keeping me from doing it anyway?

I also wondered if it's worth getting bent out of shape about stupid things. Is it necessary to holler at a sales clerk or rant about people who irritate me?

Is it really that important?

I thought about these things as my daughter and I drove away from the accident. I still think about them, and I pray God will give me the grace to remember what's really important.

I never learned what happened to those people in the accident. I hope I made a difference in their lives. I know they made a difference in mine.

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Jordan team members as well. to .attendees, however,is the "The team .camaraderie is also wealth of knowledge and experivery'appealing"as well as being a ence shared by the team about source of fortification," raising kids in tlie' Faith. .

Agostinelli says of the 21-mem-.- . Collectively the'team couple~' ber team he currently shepherds. are a' gold mine of know-how.

"It's a great team, and we social- With nearly. 30 children between ..' them spanning the ages of.under ize together as well·" ,In ,the 'beginning ~f the pro~ one to 32, the' team can speak'tei . gram,four years ~go;·Msgr. Josti almpst every possible situation,. assigned qne other couple, Brian , from growing up Catholic to be- . and Joy Wron,eau, a~d t\~o dea- ,'. irig arecent convert; from niising , cons,/Deacon FantaSia a~d Dea- a big family, a small f!imily, or a con Lemay to work With ..the blended fa·mily. On any given , Agostinellis. Soon afterJohn and .- ,evt;ning, and depending on the Sharon Fulone and Dave and . n~eds of attendees; experience Betsy Caldwell joined the. team. may be shared about handling They were followed shortly there-' abusive situations ordivbrce and after by John and Heidi ~r':ltton, annulment. Catholic education is George and Greta MacKoul, Rich favorite topic of tabiediscus c '/ndMichele ls~belle and Paul ~nd . sions, and once again attendees Carmel Catama. (The'Catamas benefit from team ·couples who joined the team after experitmc- have made . a wide variety of . ing a Pre-Jordan evening for the choices ill educating their children 'THREE-MONTH-OLD Jake Mooney is surrounded by the support of his parents Kelly _ baptism of their now 20-mont~- including public'school, Catholic and Jason Mooney, center, and his godparents, Terri, far left, and Bob Jordan, far right. The old daughter.) Keith and Cathy school, home school" and nongroup recently took part ina·Pre-Jordan evening at Christ the King Parish in Mashpee. ' Johnson with two of·their chil- Catholic private school. Many of .dren, Ryan and Amy, take care of the team members teach CCD the on-site babysitting, a program classes and can help families that haven't received all your sacra- essarily do what you say, but I gaged in conversation about the .component of critical importance are new to the,parishget in touch ments,if.you need to start the an- . guarantee they will do what you faith, it's a wonderful feeling.". ' that allows pare.nts,. godparents, with the .Christian Formation of- nulment process, would just like~ do ... guaranteed, ,And as a retired With 11 spiritual message that, and even team members to attend fice for their older kids. to clear up some issues from the banker, I don't guarantee any- is simple, strong, and well supwithout having to, pay for a "You can't give what you don't past, or have some ques'tiOlis 'thing! But I will guarantee this: ported, Pre-Jordan is a program babysitter. There is, actually, no have," says Deacon Fantasia sum- about the future, come talk to us., Your children will do what they that Msgr, Tosti believes will work cost to attende~s for any portion marizing in a sentence the spirit It's why we are here. The monsi-, see you doing. If you really live . for other Catholic churches as of the Pre-Jordan program, which behind the, Pre-Jordanprogram., gnor holds drop-in office hours at by,your faith, your kids will do well as it do~s for Chiistthe King. is now mandatory for anyone hav- !'Helping you to und~rstandyour' the. parish' office 'every Satur4ay the-same.". .

"It is my hope that we can pub. .ing it child baptized a~ Ch;ist the ;own faith'journey so ·you. can~ morning 9 t010 a'. ill: Drop by and'.

With well over 200 people hav- , lish the program," says Msgr. teach it to your kids is why we are t~k with hill]. or another,priest for ing pa~sed through the program in .Tosti. "My problem is find.ing the. .King. '. . - .Infact, .it i§ the reyerse. In (Jd". ' here (at the Rre-J~rd~n program)-., any reason. "Let u~ .help ygu aQq> the'pa~t four x~ars;.Agost\nem.is' timte t<? just sit down al)d 'do)t! '. ., 9ition ~o a'catereq meal and.fre'e Nev.er-be ~fraid to come to~me,of' .yourfamilY on.you·r sacramental' h9peful 'about the parish-wide 'But, I really think this program is , ',. ~ " : impact of Pre-Jordan~ "There is ' a winner, Ids an eVfu1gelization babysitting;attendees are given.a to Msgr.,Tosti' to'talk about your' journey.." b~aut~f.ul c.rucifix as a b~pti~mal' faith. W~'re in, the he~ling busi-~ . .:"You an~ your wifewill be the always"more we can do i,nthefo'l-" process, and it is 'sorely needed in gift..1 he most valuable gift given . ness here at Christ the~King: If you'-'- first tea"chers ofyour:rhild in the' low-up, but· as Deacon' Fantasia ·today.'s Church:" , . . . ways (lfthe Faith. May you be-the says, sometimes it just takes time Any parish interested in ",' r;:;:===a:l!::3!l'IIliIl=lJ:2!3:b:=~===z:::=======:::;;;'l'" 'best of teachers, beqring witness' . fqr th'e sacrament to take hol,d. learning more about h.ow to beA key ,to the Faith by what you say and You kind of have to plant the seed 'gin a Pre-Jordan program can' do;" .' ." . sometimes. During ap.·,evening -contact Christ the King and news It is a beauti't\I1 blessing and a session, many couples who. have Church. Please mark your in-. fresh reminder of the need to walk been away from the church have quiries to the attention:' Prethe walk as well as talk the talk of spoken to Deacon Fantasia about Jordan Program Inquiry, . being Catholic when it comes to coming back and catching up on Christ the King Church, The raising faith-filled families. Dea- their sacraments. And it's always Commons, PO Box 1800, con Fantasia, in giving his "Sac- great to see attendees at mass' and Mashpee, MA 02649. . ramental Journey" talk, has a sec- to say hello.. When you get some- .

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