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YOUTHS FROM across the diocese wait to attend a presentation by Jason Evert of "Catholic Answers," part of a diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage Day at La Salette Shrine last Sunday. (AnchodGordon photo)

Hundreds at Lenten Pilgrimage Day By

MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

AITLEBORO - More than 400 people attended Sunday's Lenten Pilgrimage Day at the La Salette Shrine enjoying talks by guest speakers Karl Keating and Jason Evert of "Catholic Answers" and attending Mass celebrated by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. Themed "Living the Faith, Knowing the

Faith," the program was an opportunity to learn about the uniqueness of the Catholic faith, study it more closely and share it with others.

In his homily, Bishop O'Malley said we all need to stand up and testify to our faith, to "proclaim our Catholic faith," to others.

"We are here to learn more about our Catholic faith and practice it. It's a great opportunity and it's my fervent hope that

having Karl Keating and Jason Evert here will inspire all of us to know more. about our· faith and help others understand the " Catholic faith."

The events began with morning prayer and song in the Shrine Church. Keating gave the keynote address while Evert addressed the youth in the old chapel. Father Michael Carvill gave a talk for Spanishspeaking in the cafeteria.

. Keating is the founder of "Catholic Answers," and he addressed the challenge that Catholics face from the rise of fundamentalist churches and their attacks on Catholic traditions and beliefs.

When Keating asked how many people knew someone who has left the Church to become a fundamentalist or evangelical worshiper, many hands went up. He adTurn to page 16 - Pilgrimage

Clergy, educators urged to spread Gospel message By

MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

ATTLEBORO - A talk, "The Importance of the Apologetical Homily," was given by Karl Keating to clergy of the diocese March 15 as part of the annual professional day.

Keating, founder of "Catholic Answers," was at Bishop Feehan High School, to speak to teachers, administrators, catechists and directors of religious education and said he has been giving talks over the past 15 years because he says "I feel like I have something to contribute."

Keating suggested to a small gathering of priests to bring out questions in their homily: "Questions that Catholics get from people of other faiths. Questions that clear

up confusion.

"We like to think Catholics know about their faith and people outside our faith know what we're about, but many times that is not the case." He said that apologetics always involves some argument to some extent, discussion of acknowledged difference. "When we pose an answer we need to make sure it's a good answer."

The talk offered attendees an opportunity for questions and answers and Father Hernando Herrera of the Youth Apostles said a chance to listen to such wonderful speakers "helps us all. It's an important mission we have to live out our Catholic faith."

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TEAMWORK - The Retreat Team from the Catholic Campus Ministry at UMass-Dartmouth gathered for a photo following a retreat at S1. Mary's Parish, New Bedford. The team provides confirmation retreats for interested parishes in the diocese. For information, call Father Craig A. Pregana at the UMass-Dartmouth Campus Ministry office, 508-999-8872.

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• SCENES FROM the Hispanic Interparroquial retreat day at Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, New. Bedford on March 9. Top photo, Father Oscar Alvarez Zea of Medellin, Colombia preaches; Middle photo, Several hundred attendees gather at a Mass celebrated by Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap.; Bottom photo, Sister Aida Sansor, MGSpS leads the choir.

Public safety personnel included in washing' of feet ceremonies NEW BEDFORD - Members of various public safety organizations will participate in the traditional "mandatum" or· washing of the feet rites on Holy Thursday in the Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish.

Msgr:-Thomas J. Harrington, pastor, said that because of the wrenching events of terrorism on September 11,2001, in which so many public servants died in Manhattan, N.Y., at the Pentagon in Washington,D.C., and at a plane crash in Pennsylvania, it was decided to honor members of the emergency services who are also members of the parish at the traditional rites.

Those whose feet will be washed by Msgr. Harrington, Father Andrew Kozanko, the parochial vicar at the parish,

and Deacon Eugene H. Sasseville, will include members of the New Bedford Fire arid Police departments; the Fall River Fire Department, Acushnet Fire Department, as well as hospital security officers and emergency medical technicians.

The ceremony is called the "mandatum" from the mandate given by Christ to his disciples at the Last Supper to follow his example ..

Following the Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7 p.m., the Blessed Sacrament will be transferred in procession to the altar of repose. At 9 p.m., member of the Calix Group of the parish will conduct a holy hour.

Calix is a support group enW;ting Catholic men and women who are gratefully celebrating recovery froin dependencies:

Daily Readings March 25 Is 42: 1-7; Ps 27:1-3,13-14; In 12:1.-11 March 26 Is 49: 1-6; Ps 71 :1-4a,56ab~ 15,17; In 13:21-33,36-38 March 27 Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10,21 bcd22,31,33-34; Mt 26:14-25 March 28 (Day) Is 61 :13a,6a,8b-9; Ps 89:21-2~,25,27;

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In Your Prayers Please pray for: the following priests during the coming week March 25 1991, Rev. John 1. Brennan, SS.Cc. March 27 1918, Rev. James W. Conlin, Pastor, St. Patrick, Somerset ·1964, Rt. Rev. Antonio P. Vieira, Pastor, Our Lady of Mt. .

Carmel, New Bedford March 28 1960, Rev. Alfred 1. Levesque, Pastor, St. Jacques, Taunton 1972, Rev. Bernard A. Lavoie, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River 1983, Rev. Dieudonne Masse, OFM, Retired, Montreal, Canada . '" 1985, Rev. Howard A. Waldron, Pastor, Emeritus, St. Thomas More, Somerset .

March 29 1923, Rt:v. James H. Carr, S.T.L, Assistant, Sl. Patrick, Fall River 1951, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Moriarty, Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall River .

March 30 1963, Rev. Aime Barre, On Sick Leave, Fall River 1985, Rev. Benoit R. Galland, Retired, United St':lles Navy March 31 1953, Rl. Rev. Msgr. George C. Maxwell, Pastor, SS. Peter & Paul, Fall RiVer ,. .

Rv 1:5-8; Lk 4:16-21 (Fvening) Ex 12:1-8,11-14; Ps 116:12-13,1516bc,17-18; 1 Cor 11 :23-26; In 13:1-15 March 29 Is 52:13-53:12; Ps 31 :2,6,1213,15-17,25; Heb 4:14-16;5:7-9; In 18:1-19:42 March30 (1)Gn 1:1-2:2or 1:1 ,26-31a; Ps 104:1-2a,5- .

6,10,1214,24,35c or Ps 33:4-7,1213,20,22 (2) Gn 22:1-180r22:12,9a,1 0-13,1518; Ps 16:5,5-11 (3) Ex 14:1515:1;(Ps)Ex 15:1-6,17-18 (4) Is 54:5-14; Ps 30:2,4-6,1112a,13b(5) Is 55:1-11;(Ps)Is 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6 (6) Bar 3:915,32-4:4; Ps 19:8-11 (7) Ez 36:16-17a,18-28; Pss 42:3,5bcd; 43:3-4 or, when baptism is celebrated, (Ps) Is 12:2-3,4bcd,560rPs51:1215,18-19 (8) Rom 6:3-11; Ps 118:1-2,16ab17,22-23 (9) Mt 28:1-10 March 31 Acts 10:34a,3743; Ps118:12,16ab-17,22-23; CoI3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8; In 20:1-9 or Mt 28:1-10 or; in an afternoon or evening Mass, Lk24:13-35 11111111I1I11111111111111111111

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Bishop accepts resignation of Father Kaszynski FALL RIVER - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., announced Tuesday that he has accepted the resignation of Father Robert S. Kaszynski as pastor of S1. Stanislaus Parish in this city.

News of the resignation offered

March 15, came Tuesday as The

Anchor was meeting the noon deadline for its press run.

The following is a letter, dated Tuesday, from Bishop O'Malley to members of S1. Stanislaus Parish, in which he asked God to "comfort

St. Mary路s Cathedral Holy Week Schedule SUNDAY 11:00 a.m.

March 24, 2002 Celebrant Concelebrant Concelebrant Deacon Deacon

PALM SUNDAY Most Rev. Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. Rev. Edward J. Healey Rev. Ramon Dominguez Rev. Mr. Jeffrey Cabral Deacon Robert G. Normandin

TUESDAY March 26, 2002 CHRISM MASS 4:00p.m.

Celebrant Most Rev. Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. Concelebrants Clergy from Diocese of Fall River Deacon Rev. Mr. Jeffrey Cabral Deacon Deacon Robert A. Faria Deacon Deacon Joseph F. Mador Bearers of the Oil of the Sick Deacon Eduardo M. Pacheco of the Sick Deacon Frank D. Fantasia of the Catechumen Deacon Robert D. Lemay of the Catechumen Deacon Thomas J. Souza of the Chrism Deacon Norman F. McEnaney of the Chrism Deacon James Marzelli Jr. WED. 7:30 p.m.

March 27, 2002 TENEBRAE Presider Most Rev. Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap.

THUR. 7:00 p.m.

March 28, 2002 Celebrant Concelebrant Deacon

MASS OFTHE LORD'S SUPPER Rev. Edward J. Healey Rev. Ramon Dominguez Deacon John J. Fitzpatrick

FRIDAY 3:00 p.m.

March 29, 2002 Celebrant Deacon Deacon

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE Most Rev. Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. Rev. Mr. Jeffrey Cabral Deacon Dana G. McCarthy

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Celebrant

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Rev. Ramon Dominguez

SATURDAY March 30, 2002 EASTER VIGIL 8:00 p.m.

Celebrant Most Rev. Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap.

SUNDAY 10:00 a.m.

Concelebrant Concelebrant Deacon Deacon

Rev. Edward J. Healey Rev. Msgr. George W. Coleman, V.G. Deacon John Moniz Deacon James J. Meloni Jr.

March 31,2002 Celebrant Concelebrant Concelebrant Deacon

EASTER SUNDAY Most Rev. Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap. Rev. Edward J. Healey Rev. Msgr. George W. Coleman, V.G. Deacon Paul J. Macedo

The Easter Mass from St. Mary's Cathedral will be televised on Easter Sunday from 11 :30 a.m. to 12:30 p.rn. on WLNE Channel 6.

Child stalking on Internet is topic for talk by detective A member of the Keene PoFALL RIVER - "Technophilia: Stalking the Internet for Children" lice Department for 21 years, will be the topic of a presentation McLaughlin has concentrated on April 4, 9 a.m., to noon at Fall sex crimes since 1984.

River Heritage State Park.

He is a nationally known exCosponsored by Saint Anne's pert in Internet crimes dealing Hospital's Youth Trauma Program with children.

The program is open to the and the Greater Fall River Child Protection Council, the program public, including parents, teachwill feature Detective James F. ers, mental health providers anq McLaughlin of the Keene, N.H., those who work with children.

Registration is required. To Police Department and members of the Fall River Police register, call SaintAnne's CliniDepartment's Information Tech- . cal Social Work Department at 508-674-5600, extension 2270, nology Unit.

each of you and grant you courage and strength for the days ahead." . The following is the letter signed

by Bishop O'Malley. It reads: . "Dear members of Saint Stanislaus Parish,' It is with a heavy heart that I announce to you the resignation of your pastor, the Reverend Robe.rt S. Kaszynski. Father Kaszynski offered his resignation on Friday last when he was presented with an accusation of the sexual abuse of a minor dating from the mid-1960s.

My primary concern is for anyone who has suffered because of the actions of this priest of the diocese. I offer my profound apology and my support. We can only imagine the pain and sense of betr~yal caused by clerical sexual abuse. My concern is also for the people of Saint Stanislaus Parish who have been served by the pastoral leadership of Father Kaszynski since 1962. Together, you have shared a vibrant Life as a church and have survived hardship and pain, including the loss of your church to fire.

This.resignation will leave you with a terrible loss and with many concerns. I offer to you my support and my willingness to listen to you as you go through this difficult' time together. Last evening, I met

THEANCHOR-DioceseofFall River-Fri., March 22, 2002 with (the) Parish Council to discuss these sad events and to begin to plan for the future.

I ask that you pray for Father . Kaszynski. This tragedy ends the career of a priest who has served your parish effectively for many years. It was with a profound sense of the dimensions of this tragedy that I accepted his resignation.

I pray for all of us as we move through this time. May God comfort each of you and grant you courage and strength for the days ahead.

I remain, Devotedly yours in Christ."

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OFFICIAL His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Mall~y, O.EM. Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has announced the following appointments: Rev. Paul C. Fedak from Parochial Vicar, Saint Julie Billiart Parish, North Dartmouth, and Chaplain, Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, to Parochial Vicar, Saint Patrick Parish, Wareham.

Rev. Hugh J. McCullough from Parochial Vicar, Saint Patrick Parish, Wareham, to Chaplain, Saint Luke's Hospital, New Bedford, with residence at Saint James Parish, New Bedford.

Effective Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Saint John the Baptist Parish Corner of Allen and County Streets New Bedford, Massachusetts

Rev. Maurice O. Gauvin, Pastor Rev. Deacon Paul Macedo Rev. Mr. Jeffrey Cabral, Transitional Deacon

Holy Week 2002 Holy Thursday March 28 - Mass ofthe Lord's Supper - 7:00 PM Adoration ofthe .Eucharist until Midnight in' the Parish Hall.

Please enter by the Wing Street door.

Good Friday March 29 - Stations of the Cross - 3:00 PM Celebration of the Lord's Passion - 7:00 PM Holy Saturday March 30 - Easter Vigil - 7:00 PM Easter Sunday March 31 - Masses 7:30 AM - Portuguese 9:30 AM - English 11:30AM - Portuguese

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themoorin~ A culturfll changing Church Mexicans today are the largest Catholic immigrant group in United States history. In New England the ~ffects of this reality are rather minor. However, for the states that border Mexico the immigration has had a transforming impact on the local Church. Today, about one-third of American Catholics are Hispanic. Most of these are Mexican. Los Angeles, the largest Catholic diocese in the country, is two-thirds Mexican. All across the southwest Mexicans have poured into the area in tremendous numbers dramatically changing local churches. Religion and culture are intertwined in the Hispanic mind-set. Former immigrant groups such as the Poles, Germans and Irish were caught up in the institution of Church. Rules and regulations were rigid and strictly obeyed in the outward expressions of faith practices. Parish boundaries became fortified barriers especially in the area of national parishes. For all practical purposes, law became Lord invoked often to keep people in their places.

The cultural temperament of Hispanics radically differs from a strictly ordered concept of life. Celebration is involved in all of living especially in the area of religious expression. Events are not confined to a church building. Religion is brought into the public area of life. Shrines and fiestas are outward signs of religious devotion. Music and singing are joyful reflections of the inner person.

Religious signs and symbols are important in the daily reflection of faith. As a result, church services are far from stoic. Worship is viewed as a true festal experience. Multiplication of religious services on a tight and rigid schedule simply would not fit into Hispanic cultural patterns.

It should be obvious that as more and more Hispanics and Mexicans especially, immigrate to this country the impact on Church will be far reaching. They will try to keep their customs alive because they are so entwined in their total reflection of life. Certainly many will be affected by American ~ationalism and the good life which is set forth as an ideal. Yet they might be able to Qvercome our secular immersion by keeping their cultural traits alive by a renewed sense of their personal importan~e.

We 'must recall that in all of human life signs and symbols occupy an important place. We perceive spiritual realities through physical signs and symbols. As social 'beings we need signs and symbols to communicate with others. The same holds true for our relationship with God. We simply cannot impose cultural traditl6ns on a diverse population. The history of the Church clearly indicates t.he disaster such attitude has on people. The attempted Romanization of the Far East was one of the great tragedies in missionary zeal, To bring the good' news of salVation to people does not 'mean that we destroy their indigenous cultural signs and symbols. At the same time we must understand that diversity must not undermine unity.

Cultural aqaptation requires that those elements .that are incompatible with faith belief should not b.e a matter of cultural compromise.

More and more people from afar are seeking to ·make America their home. Currently there is a very developing opposition to any expansion of immigration to the land. There are those so-called super Americans who would qemand that those who are allowed to reside here and become citizens must also shed what they consider foreign ways. Some of these people would impose such demands even in the area of religious expression. They would demand a stifling conformity that would destroy cultural .diversity in all its dimensions. This would be disastrous.

A welcoming Church is one that respects peoples' traditions. It is a Church that sees a loving God in each and every human being regardless of language and customs. As the Catholic Church in America reflects more Hispanic images, may the change be a welcome one.

The Executive Editor

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Sound ·suggestions for the Church at this time

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

By their nature, being anointed and being selected create an inIn an op-ed column in the New ner-circle by setting people apart.

York Times, the Church hierarchy (It must be remembered that a was berated for acting in secrecy priest does not choose to be set regarding pedophiles. To jolt it ' apart, but is called and singled out of its self-serving, inner-circle out.) operation, it was suggested that From the Bible, we learn that financial support to the Church anointed leaders tend to create be withheld. inner circles; Moses and Aaron No one denies that certain lead- had their selected leaders, as did ers in the hierarchy should have Christ with Peter, James and John, handled the problems of pedo; The principle of the innerphilia and the sexual abuse of Circle is inherent in all institutions, teens better. But if the hierarchy as is seen in the presidential cabiis to rectify this, it must "not be net and in corporate boards of because people withheld financial trustees.

When people fault the hierarsupport. Rather, it must be because it has reformed itself, fol- chy for secrecy, it is often because lowing the adm'onition: Physician its inner-circle is operating . poorly; people feel that they could heal thyself first.

To understand why, let's look help run things better. As all leadat some principles behind the in- ers have learned, it is essential for ner workings of the Church. good leadership to draw upon the A first principle of the priest- wisdom of the community. But hood is that a priest or bishop is when it comes to final decisions, called by God through the com- it is the hierarchy who must make munity. Because of his call, he them and take responsibility. takes on the awesome responsi- Without a hierarchy, the door is bility of being not just an ordi- left open for anarchy and chaos.

To suggest that the hierarchy nary leader, but an anointed leader who is responsible for the spiri- abandon inner-circle operations in order to include everyone in detual needs of the people.

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cision making is unrealistic, for it goes against the principle of being chosen by God, anointed and selected from the community.

To suggest that the hierarchy draw more fully upon the wisdom of the community is not only realistic, but necessary in this day and age.

To suggest that cutting off funds will make this happen is unrealistic. It contains the false presumption that the hierarchy is the Church. It isn't. Rather, the Church is the people of God working together with the hierarchy.

Ironically, those most hurt by a financially crippled Church would be the majority of Catholics.

To suggest that the hierarchy needs to reform its way of oper- . ating, to be less clerical and more attentive to collaborating with the people it serves is the order of the day.

To suggest that the hierarchy review its modes of operation with a desire for change, avoid the conservative-liberal divisions splitting its ranks and work together as one is to suggest a wise way of stopping future scandals.

Playing with fire It wasn't that long ago that the I can't bear to watch, but I When play finally resumed, little tyke placed chubby fingers can still hear distant rumblings MLB was frantically waving its on a hot stove singeing several originating from florida and seared fingers trying to ease the little digits. Immediately the tot Arizona. There's no confusing sting. But the fans had heard and yanked them away from the heat these rumblings for late-after- seen enough. They were tired of source: waving them the bellyaching of milmaniacally in the air in lionaires and billionan attempt to soothe the aires. They were tired pain. of footing the food bill , As time progressed, while MLB grew and the pain eased and the grew in body, but not \ fingers healed. The ; /\,'"-mind. , .. ~ <> hurt was but a bad Ever so slowly did . ~

By Dave Jolivet memory. A valuable the fans' trust return. lesson was learned. Or MLB had to walk on 'J was it? eggshells for years, and Out of the corner of that's not easy to do my eye, I see the same toddler noon thunderstorms in the re- while gaining pound after pound. waddling toward the same stove spective locals. Make no mistake It's absolutely unbelievable with reckless abandon. This time, about it - the building crescendo that in just over a week from the fingers aren't chubby. . is that portly little kid who goes now, baseball will inaugurate the They're downright fat, probably by the name of Major League 2002 season without a contract the result of habitual overindul- Baseball (MLB) on a collision between the owners and the playgence. The look on the imp's face course with a work stoppage dur- ers' association. Evidently, they shows no indication of the dan- ing the 2002 baseball season. can't recall getting burned just a gers ahead; no recollection of Obviously, MLB dO,esn't see few years ago. fried fingers from not-so-Iong the dangers ahead, but rather an- . What audacity to think" the ago. The foolish child doesn't see other heaping helping of outra- sport will survive another work the stove, but rather, the food on geous salaries and profits. stoppage. What gall to fail to nethe stove. Another heaping helpIt was merely eight years ago gotiate a contract while America ing of something that looks so when the October Classic was still reels from the horrors of Sepgood. cancelled in 1994. Because of tember II. What impudence to It's too late to derail this run- greed and selfishness, there was believe baseball fans will toleraway train. Only hitting the no World Series played that year. ate another abbreviated season. brakes can avert this potential di- And the fans did not like it one Go ahead MLB, toss another strike or lockout at your fans this saster. bit.

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'In Solidarity With Our Priests' Back in 1882, a local parish priest from Connecticut, Father Michael J. McGivney had the idea of forming and organization to assist widows and children of immigrants. Without Father McGivney, . the Knights of Columbus would not have been the reality that it is today. Over the last few years, "In Solidarity With Our Priests" has been the watchword of the Knights of Columbus as a way to publicly recognize the works of our bishops and priests who have been so dedicated to our Catholic religion. Many of our members and their families wore with pride the "In Solidarity With Our Priests" pins. Now more than ever, our families and we as Knights of Columbus members must show support for our priests.

Once again it's time for the people of the Boston Archdiocese and around the state to fully recognize these men, for their many works of mercy and for their life of faith, who, on a daily basis, offer humble, generous, faithful and devoted service to their parishioners. A great many of these dedicated men have given of their time, effort, sweat and tears to all of us over the years. Isn't it now our time to help them by showing our support?

Can we ever forget the priest who was there to comfort us in time of grief when we lost a loved one - spouse, child, moth'er or father? What about the many times priests have consoled the grieving parents when their newborn died? Will my wife and I ever forget the compassion from our parish priest who immediately was at our side upon finding out about the fire that destroyed our house? What about the dedication of those many missionary priests that we personally saw working with the people in the worse sections and terrible living conditions of Ecuador and the others in the missionary fields all over the world?

How about the priests (including our State Chaplain Father Joseph Baggetta) who counseled and

had to deal with the many 'emotions of members of families at Logan Airport and then at their homes after the tragedy of the September 11 events which affected the Boston area?

The history of the Catholic Church in the Boston Archdiocese and its priests has always been the history of her charitable activity exercised through the priesthood. The priest is a familiar presence in'hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons - wherever there is loneliness and pain. It seems that whenever anything significant is happening in a person's life, the priest is there - always at the heart of life and at the pulse of the human family. He is one who leads the fight for justice and against injustice side by side with his parishioners.

The thousands of priests over the years dedicated to their pastoral ministry are also the real victims of these reprehensible actions of some of their brethren who have been accused of sexually abusing children. No one can condone what has occurred by this handful of misguided priests and everyone feels the pain and prays for the victims of this abuse.

Now, especially in this trying time, it is our turn to support our priests who have been there when we all needed them. We, as Knights of Columbus members, and loyal Catholics must also pray, now as never before, for the priests of our archdiocese. Publicly support and praise your priests, speak out about their hard work and dedication, personally let them know that you appreciate them. Be proud of your religion and publicly let people know that you are truly proud to be Catholic and wholeheartedly "In Solidarity With Our Priests." ,.

Richard F. Guerriero State Secretary Massachusetts State Council Knights of Columbus

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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.

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., March 22, 2002

ATTLEBORO - The La Salette Holy Week schedule is as follows: Palm Sunday - Healing service with Mass, 2 p.m., with Father Pat. .Holy Thursday - Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper, 7 p.m., followed by adoration of the Blessed Sacrament until midnight. Good Friday - Way of the Cross (English) at 12: 10 p.m., Way of the Cross (Portuguese) at I :30 p.m., Solemn Celebration of Lord's PassioJ;l'and Death at 3:00 p.m., Tenebrae Service at 7 p.m.

Holy Saturday - Easter Vigil Mass at 7:00 p.m. Easter Sunday - Sunrise Service with Mass 5:30 a.m. beginning at outdoor tomb with celebration of Eucharist in the Church.

Cafeteria will be open for breakfast following the Mass. Easter Day Mass at 12:10 p.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Palm Sunday, 1-4 p.m.; MondayWednesday, 2-3 and 5-6 p.m. No confessions Holy Thursday through Easter Sunday.

Bethany Nights with John Polce, March 22, 7:30 p.m. in the church.

Shrine Coffee House featuring Father Pat, March 23, 6:30 p.m. at the cafeteria. Admission is free.

The Shrine facilities are wheelchair accessible. For information, call 508-222-5410.

BREWSTER-An eight-week mutual support seminar for bereaved persons entitled "Come Walk with Me," will begin April 5 at Our Lady of the tape Church. It will be facilitated by members of the Lazarus Ministry Group. For . more information call Happy Whitman at 508~385-3252.

Q. A recent magazine article our group discussed described a theory that Jesus did not really die on the cross.' He was rather in some sort ofcoma and revived later.

The writer seemed to imply that this was a real posto Our Lady of Perpetual Help is . sibility and that many celebrated every Tuesday and De- people believe it. We votion to Divine Mercy every didn't believe it, of Thursday at the noon Mass at Our course, but why would Lady of Perpetual Help Church. For people really accept such more information call 508-992- notions? (California)

(28: 11-15) attempts to refute one such tale that already was making the rounds only a few decades after the events of Calvary. The article you read about probably found its source, at least partly, from a book published in 1965 titled ''The Pass-

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NEW BEDFORD -A program entitled "Theology on Tap," will be held March 27 at 6: 15 p.m. at Bickford's Restaurant, 2980 Acushnet Avenue. It IS open to those in their 20s and 30s and will feature a guest speak.er addressing a topic regarding the Catholic faith.

NEW BEDFORD - Volunteers are needed for the Donovan House, a transitional home for homeless women and children. Share your time, knowledge and skills. Training and ongoing support 'will be provided. For more information call Debra Kenney of Catholic Social Services' Donovan House 508-9995893~

NEW BEDFORD -A one-day seminar, entitled "Holy Fire" will take place April 13, 8:30 a.m. at Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish Center,.121 Mt. Pleasant Street. Guest speaker will be Lucille Pimentel. For information, call Debbie Bowling at 508-9956711. NORTH FALMOUTH - A Cancer Support Group meets at St. Elizabeth Seton every third Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m.

For more information call 508-5637770.

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By Father work, "The Death of the J. Dietzen John Messiah," the late renowned Scripture scholar ....- - - - - - - - - - Father Raymond Brown notes the embarrassing tendency of over Plot." The author, Hugh human nature that, the more fan- Schonfield, imagines a massive plot tastic the scenario, the more sensa- supposedly engineered by Jesus tional is the promotion it receives himself, which included faking his and the more faddish interest it at- own death. Jesus arranged for Judas to hand him over to the Roman tracts. .

People, he said, who would authorities .and deliberately chose never bother reading a responsible to be crucified on the day before analysis of the traditions about how Passover so he would be taken down Jesus was crucified, died, was bur- from the cross quickly; after drinkied and rose from the dead "are fas-. ing the drugged wine offered by cinated by the report of some 'new the bystanders.

According to plan, Joseph of. insight' to the effect that he was not crucified or did not die, espe- Ariqlathea would revive him after cially if his subsequent career in- . claiming his body. The plan went volved running off with Mary awry when the soldier pierced Jesus with a lance and he died anyway.

Magdalene to India."

That tendency, unfortunately, is .

Schonfield's book contains not new. Bizarre notions that some- some interesting material about the one else actually was crucified in- circumstances of Jewish life surstead of Jesus or that a conspiracy rounding the crucifixion, but his of some sort concealed the fact that conjecture about the plot has not, he did not really die, and therefore and does not today, command much did not rise from the dead, have scholarly respect or attention. And floated around since early Chris- in one form or another it is, as I tian times. said, not new.

As Father Brown reminds us, The Gospel of Matthew itself

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Q. Please help! I was raised a faithful Catholic but drifted away, found myseifpregnant and six months later married my baby's father outside the Church.

Since then we've had another child. Both are baptized, and we all attend Mass regularly.

My question is: Am I still a Catholic? Can I receive Communion or do I just go away and feel guilty for the rest of my life? (Illinois) A. You are still Ciltholic. Nothing you have done would say otherwise.

Judging only from what you have told me, it should be easy for you and your husband to have your marriage validated ("blessed"), which would open your way to full' participation in the sacramental life of the Church. '.

Please talk with your parish priest, or another priest in your area in whom you have confidence, tell him your story, and he will help you live again the Catholic life you hope for.

A free brochure on ecumenism,

including questions on intercommunion and other ways ofsharing worship, is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651. . Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or E-mail: iidietzen@aoI.com.

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. My daughter Mary, who lives in Manhattan, had a parish crashed over an embankment into water; nine birthday coming up, and I suggested a Broadway play children were drowned. In agony, he left the priestas a gift. She already had one in mind, a one-man play hood and went back East. starring actor Kl?vin Ba~on, with the unusual title "An The third experience was his plunge into a new and Almost Holy Picture." I got the tickets, not knowing I devastating darkness when his only child, a daughter, was in for a real surprise. was born with a congenital malady that left her face I expected a Broadway and body covered with a show to be only entertainwhite-gold swirl ofhair. He FALL RIVER - Catholic Soprays, trying to strike a STOUGHTON -A Mass and ment, since over the last cial Services will hold an informabargain with God, saying, tion session for individuals and healing service will be held Sun- couple of decades there's in effect, do anything to been a real shortage of families interested in adopting a day at 2 p.m. at the Immaculate me, take anything from child from a foreign country or.a ~onception Church. ~t will be led good drama on Broadway. me, but let me have "a domestic newborn April 2 from路 by Father Joseph P. McDermott and This play, by Heather smooth-skinned daughter."

6:30-.8:30 p.m. at its office on 783 all those suffe(ing from physical McDonald, was not enterBy Antoinette Bosco Because Kevin Bacon is Slade Street. Handouts will be avail- . and mental ills are welcome. For tainment in the ordinary a magnificent actor, he able and refreshments will be more information call 781-762- sense.

The play was a remarkmakes us feel this man's served. For more information call 2029. able work that drew, you 508-674-4681. struggle to understand God WAREHAM - The gathering into what I believe are the rock-bottom questions of in the face of so much pain and darkness in this world.

MASHPEE - The Celiac Sup- scheduled for today with Father our time. Why is there so much pain and darkness in I especially related because I am aSked so often port Group will meet April 7 at 2 John Randall at St. Patrick's C~urch this world? Where is God, and what is the nature of particularly since September 11 - to give talks on p.m. in the parish hall of Christ the has been cancelled. It will be sched- . God? How can faith help a person who must endure "where God is when there is so much pain in the world."

King Church. Guest speaker Margo uled at a later date. enormous losses? Is it possible for parents to protect In a world racked by tragedy and injustice, people Finnell will address the topic "Eattheir children from life's tough blows? tell me that they, like the Bacon character, feel abanWEST HARWICH - Begining Well with Celiac Disease." For The story unfolded as Bacon, portraying a one-time doned by God. I can only share what I have learned, more information call 508-477- ning on April 1, Easter Monday, the "Episcopal priest who gave up ministry to become a that faith means to accept mystery, that God has given 7700. . . Divine Mercy Holy Hour will be church groundskeeper, spoke of his life, or, more accu- us all that we need but hasn't often given us the anheld at 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity . rately, his difficult, often blocked, faith journey.. swers we may be looking for.'

MISCELLANEOUS - Rosary Church. It will continue each day . He begins by telling us the three experiences that I have come to believe that God didn't create us to Makers for the cause of Our Blessed until Easter Saturday at 7 p.m. The Mother are needed. Become a mis- celebration of Mercy Sunday 'will shaped his personal idea of God. The first was an understand him but to love life and each other. This, I sionary by making rosaries for begin at 2:45 p.m. No confessions epiphany moment at age nine when he heard a voice believe, is what Kevin Bacon conveys in his final words whisper to him, "Follow me." in tht< play when he comes to recognize the glorious people around the world. For more will be available that day.

The next experience was going West to work as a gift God has given him in his loving and so-loved information call Our Lady's Rosary WEST HARWICH -'- The Cel~ priest in the desert, longing for vision and light, and daughter.

Makers in Kentucky at 502-968He sees a photo of her running down a hill, with 1434 or visit them on the web at: ebrate Life Committee of Holy Trin- again grasping a message: "I believed then that each ity Parish will hold its monthly holy of us has a 'good work' to do in this life, and our the gold-white hair that covers her blowing like a full www.ourlady~osarymakers.org. hour Sunday at I:30 p.m. at Holy purpose is to discover what that good work is." But halo, and, humbly, he knows that he is looking at "an the light went out when a bus with children from his almost holy picture."

NEW BEDFORD - Devotion Trinity Church.

CENTERVILLE - An ECHO weekend for high school juniors and seniors will be held April 5-7 at the Craigville Conference Center. For more information visit the Website: www.echoofcimecod.org.

ORLEANS -A Separated-Divorced Catholics Support Group will meet Sunday 路at 7 p.m. in the parish center of St. Joan of Arc Church. For more information call Father Richard Roy at 508-2550170.

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'Begotten, not made' should apply to all children, conference told

By MICHELLE MARTIN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Washington, prefaced his arguments by noting that all babies, no matter how they got here, have the human dignity that comes from being in "the image and likeness of God." But the only good way for babies to come into the world, he argued, is through the "mari-

ship," he said. "But their immediate end is 'to make a baby.'

CHICAGO - The phrase Thus the child has the status of "begotten, not made" should dea product." scribe the way all children come . Speakers throughout the into the world, moral theologian day long conference supported William May said in a keynote the Church's teaching that all address at a recent conference people, starting from concepon "Human Dignity and Reprotion, are imbued with human ductive Technology" in Chidignity. cago.

"The human embryo is idenThe conference, orgatical to the thing who is gonized by the Integritas Ining to walk and talk and stitute of the University of eventually paint pictures if IThe human embryo is identi- he or she is not killed," said Illinois-Chicago and sponsored by the John Paul II cal to the thing who is going to Patrick Lee, a professor of Newman Center, the walk and talk and eventually paint philosophy at Franciscan Catholic Medical Associain Steubenville, pictures if he or she is not killed," University tion and the Society of Ohio. "The science is on Catholic Social Scientists, said Patrick Lee, a professor of our side. If you want to say examined the way new philosophy at Franciscan Univer- anything else, then you need technologies have sity in Steubenville, Ohio. to bring in philosophical changed the way babies arguments." are brought into the world, If people believe an and the way society's embryo is not a fully digthoughts about children have tal act," in which the husband nified human being, and can be changed. and wife freely give themselves used for its parts, as in embrySeveral speakers argued that to one another. "They are not onic stem-cell research, or disthe plethora of new or poten- 'making love,'" May said. carded because of genetic probtial procedures runs the risk of "Love is not a product. It is a lems, it's a short stretch to say making people think of babies gift of self. In this way, babies that those "defective" embryos as products, manufactured to are 'begotten, not made.'" that make it to birth need not be specifications, instead of as For parents to pursue the cre- given the same respect or diggifts from God,' created with ation of a child through other nity as other people, said Jean dignity equal to that of their means reduces the status of the Bethke Elshtain, an ethics proparents from the moment of child, May said. "Their aim may fessor at the University of Chiconception. be to receive the baby into an cago Divinity School.

May, a professor at the John authentic parent-child relationElshtain said reducing a per-

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., March 22, 2002

son to his or her genetic code dignity, said Stephen Bozza, dicreates a kind of "biologic fun- rector of family ministries for ,the Diocese of Camden, N.J., damentalism."

The Church must preach and but when dealing with couples teach against in-vitro fertiliza- who are experiencing infertility tion and other reproductive tech- the Church must do so in a pasnologies that might deny human torally sensitive way.

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Study finds U.S. WOOlen exercising nUDlerous jurisdiction in ,Church

By JERRY FILTEAU CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

new Code of Canon Law was issued in 1983, women could not hoid those jobs. ' For the other two positions'studied,dIocesan WASHINGTON - Until the laws of the Catholic Church were revamped in 1983, only vicars or delegates for religious and directors of clerics could hold "ecclesiastical office" - jobs Catholic Charities, "it depends on the jol;> descripinvolving decisions in Church governance. Since tion whether it involves the exercise of jurisdic', , all Catholic clerics are men, no women could even tion," Sister Smith said.

Im'rilacillat~ Heart' of Ma'ry: Sister Anne apply:, . A new study 'says that now, less than 20 years Munley;: sociologist and leader of the study' later, hundreds of women in the United States team, said the study's,findings were based on rehold Church jobs in which they share in Church sponses to a~'extensive:questioilOaire by 426 of the 555 women :the, team identified as holding governance. , The results of the study, conducted by the Lead- thosep'ositlons il1 the United States. ' "Overall, the findirig~ ,show:women are exer.ership Conference of Women Religious, have been published in a 152-page report titled "Women and cising jurisdiction ,'over' policy, personnel and . " Jurisdiction: An Unfol4ing Reality." It was released' property,?,she,:said: .

She added.'that ,the women:studied were also through a telephone news teleconference March "pathmakers.... Almost three-fourths of the women 8, International Women's Day. Sister Kathleen Pruitt, a Sister of 5t. Joseph of chancellors were the first woman'in their diocese Peace and LCWR president, called it "a bench- to have that particular position, as were more than mark study, the first one really done" iil the field. two-thirds of the finance officers and judges and . "It does highlight the fact that women play an more than half the Catholic Charities heads and important role" in Church leadership, she said. pastoral directors of parishes.

More than' four-fifths of the chancellors and Its publication, she added, will "allow the diamore than three-fifths of the finance directors logue to take another step."

Sister of Charity Rosemary Smith, a Church were members of the bishop's 'Cabinet.

The stu~y identified 49 female chancellors, or . law expert and one of the study's authors, said one of the key questions raised by the findings is slightly more than one-fourth .of all chancellors "What does this mean? Are the chafl,ges evidenced in U.S. 'dioceses. It found 22'women who were· . in this study examples, of incremental change in diocesan finance 'offic'ers,a bit more than one,a basically stable system,or are they indieators tenth of the totaL Women headed 71 Catholic of a potentialtransformation of t~~ system itself?" Charities offices, or more than one-third of the The study was based .on surveys in late 2000 t'otal. ',: ': . , The,study also found that women religious acof U.S/women holding six kinds of positions in the Church. Four are defined in canon law as counted for 75 percent of the women surveyed.

The study also found high levels of job satisecclesiastical offices: diocesan chancellors, diocfaction among the respondents and a strong sense esan finance officers, judges on diocesan tribunals and pastoral directors of parishes. Before the of relating their work to their vocation.

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ST. JOHN, Ind. - When Father Sammie L. Maletta is asked to speak to an elementary school boy about his behavior - and it usually is a boy - the priest tells him a story about a little kid who was nasty, acted up all the time, spent a lot of time in the principal's office, was liked by very few people, and didn't get good grades. . As he finishes the story, he asks the cbild, "Do you know who that kid was?" :When the boy shakes his head, the priest, continues, "That was me." Then he jokingly adds, "So if you don't watch out, ypu're going to end up like me." .

The Sammie Maletta in the story is very' real to the 49-year-' old pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish in St. John, who has been a priest for 21 years.

"I was very hyperactive, very mean," said the oldest of Sammie and Therese Maletta's seven children. "It was a cry for attention."

The cause of that behavior was attention-deficit disorder, with which he was diagnosed, but not until 1997. He didn't realize that he might have ADD until one Sunday night he was working in his St. Joan of Arc Parish rectory in Merrillville. As he was working, he had "60 Minutes" on in the background.

When the news magazine did a report on ADD, he paid attention.

"As I watched, I realized they were talking about me," he recalled.

He checked with his general practitioner, who was also knowledgeable in ADD. The doctor tested him and concurred that he did have ADD. He takes the prescription drug Adderall daily to neutralize the effect ADD has on his life. , "The pills slow my brain," the priest said, adding that he's a "happier, easier-going person."

While the medication has made .him more patient, and better able to focus on tasks rather than moving from one incomplete project to another, he contrasts that to what life was like .in seventh grade - a year in which he recalled spending "a lot of time in the principal's office."

If the undiagnosed ADD made life miserable for the schoolboy Sammie Maletta, he also had to deal with dyslexia, a learning disability in which one has difficulty processing printed information, like words and. numbers.

"I had 14 F's in the fifth grade," he recalled. "I had a .80 GPA as a sophomore in college and I was on academic probation. I 'was reading at a seventhgrade level."

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compensate for the disability by pointing to words when he read, using a ruler for each line, and highlighting passages with colored cellophane. In the process he had raised his average to "a few points short of summa cum laude," by the time he was a senior. He also earned degrees in canon law and civil law.

As he continues to minister in the Gary dio.cese's eighthlargest parish of 1,429 families, and to give parish missions and do consulting, Father Maletta's thoughts are not far from children who have ADD, as well as their parents.

"My heart goes out to the kids. I see this schizophrenic dance they do. They're powerless to stop it," he said.

Because he knows 'that boys with ADD rarely are able to sit and have a conversation, he will invite them to participate in an activity like weeding the garden while they talk.

"I tell. the kids, 'God loves you. He made you good, not bad. This challenge can help you. Be grateful you know what it is,'" he said. "I tell them that there is nothing wrong with taking the medication, which is always a concern for them."

"I tell parents that God is going to use their boy for good, and that they should have confidence in the good of their children," he said.

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eNS video rev,iews, NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are home videocassette reviews from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting. Each videocassette is available on VHS format.

"A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (2001) Visually striking futuristic tale in which a boy robot (Haley Joel Osment), who has been programmed to deeply love his adopti ve mother (Frances O'Connor), struggles to survive abandonment in order to become a real boy his mother can love.

Writer-director Steven Spielberg creates a combination fairy taledark fantasy of haunting imagery but leaves underdeveloped the narrative's intriguing philosophical questions about technology clashing with humanity. Stylized violence to robots, some sexual innuendo and minimal profanity.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-II - , adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned.Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (Wamer Home Video)

"Heist" (2001)

"Life as a House" (2001)

Betrayals proliferate in this icy crime drama focusing on four, thieves (led by Gene Hackman) who are forced to partner with the nephew (Sam Rockwell) of theirboss (Danny DeVito) on a major heist. Writer-director David Mamet's intricate plotting telegraphs its many doublecrosses while the soulless greed of every character leaves the viewer unengaged by their murderous mission. Some intense violence, benign view of theft, fleeting sexual innuendo and constant rough language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is 0 - morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.. (Wamer Home Video)

Contrived drama about a dying man (Kevin Kline) who sets out to fulfill his dream of building h,is own house while erilis,ting the help of his estranged so"ri (Hayden Christensen), hoping to salvage the relationship before it's too late. As directed by Irwin Winkler, this teaJjerker's few lifeaffirming moments are sullied by several distasteful episodes, while the rudimentary story about the measure and meaning of a man's 'worth is emotionally manipulative. An attempted suicide, a few sexual encounters, sporadic drug use, implied male prostitution, brief rear nudity and some rough " language. The U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R - , restricted. (New Line)

"Joy Ride" (2001)

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unites the prisoners behind him to wrench control from the prison's barbaric warden (James Gandolfini). While marred by simplistic characterizations, director Rod Lurie's engrossing prison drama uses military strategies to achieve social justice.

Some prutal violence, frequent rough language and an instance of profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

(DreamWorks) "Less Than Zero" (1987) Failed cautionary tale about the terrible consequences of the drug scene for three bright high school students in an affluent California community. Director Marek Kanievska spends most of his energies depicting the highgloss drug scene so that none of ' the main ~hree eam viewer sym~ pathy or interest. Several excessive scenes of simulated sex and a pervasive atmosphere of the sordid depths of the drug culture.

The U.S. Conference of CatholicBishops Classification is 0 - ' morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted. (Fox)

Ugly thriller in which fwo brothers (Steve Zahn and Paul Walker) driving cross country use aCB radio to playa prank on a lonely trucker who turns out'to be a psychotic killer intent ,on getting even with the siblings. , Though the territory is familiar, John Dahl's direction produces briskly paced suspense and a few goose,bumps, but the narrative's mean-spirited tone is as disturbing as the actual terror. Some violence with a few gory images, , brief nudity and much rough language. The U.S. Conference of, Catholic Bishops classification is A-IV- adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association ofAmerica rating is R restricted. (Fox)

DIEGO THE saber-toothed tiger, Sid the sloth and Manfred the woolly mammoth are the star characters in the animated movie "Ice Age." (CNS photo from 20th Century Fox)

Moviegoers will warm up to this 'Ice Age' NEW YORK (CNS) - A wooly mammoth, a film) than 'anything produced by Disney, but the sloth and a saber-toothed tiger band together to bring similarities don't end there. An unlikely duo (Shrek an abandoned human baby back to his family be- and Donkey) teams up to accomplish a goal (freefore being permanently frozen over in the charm- , ing the princess from her tower and regaining ing animated feature "Ice Age" (20th Century Fox). Shrek's swamp home) in a dangerous adventure This latest animated film takes viewers back (fighting dragons). The addition of Diego in "Ice 20,000 years when Earth was a prehistoric world Age" is a departure from the story line in "Shrek," filled with dangers, not the least of which is the Ice and adds an extra element of risk, especially since Age. Most of the planet's creatures, with the excep- the young audience can't be sure, for which team tion of a few, are migrating south to avoid perma- Diego is really playing. frostbite. Cranky and not to be messed with, Manfred But, despite the resemblance, director Chris (voice of Ray Romano), a giant mammoth with his Wedge gives "Ice Age" its own distinctive style. own ideas, walks in the opposite direction. And Sid The proceedings are enlivened with bouncy physi(voice of John Leguizamo), a sloth who was too cal humor, punchy one-liners and skillfully drawn busy getting his z's to keep up with the herd, finds anim~tion. The film also tosses in a light lesson on himself way behind the pack. familial love: No matter who makes up the family Inevitably, wise-cracking Sid "adopts" cantanker- unit, and even if it seems like a dysfunctional one, ous Manfred (or Manny, as Sid calls him) as his part-, each person is important and worthy of love. ner in the trek. But, being that this is an adventure ,/The very young may be scared by a few of the tale, they soon come across trouble. Sid ropes Manny film's menacing moments, but are likely to forget into helping reunite an abandoned human baby named them soon enough - especially since frightening Roshan with his family. And a sinister saber-toothed scenes are balanced with more light-hearted ones, tiger named Diego (voice of Denis Leary) joins them, such as the near-impossible mission of a prehistoric offering his tracking talents which will enable them squirrel-rat named Scrat to bury an acorn, which, to find the human family quickly, before their whole alas, triggers calamitous events. world is buried deep in ice. But Diego has an ulteThe U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classirior motive for helping on this mercy mission that fication is A-I - general patronage. The Motion just might endanger the whole gang.

Picture Association of America rating is PG - paThe animation is more like "Shrek" (a superior rental guidance suggested.

"Zoolander" (2001)

, Goofy comedy satirizes the ' male modeling business as two dimwit models (Ben Stiller and Owe,n Wilson) and a reporter (Christine Taylor) try to prevent a prime minister's assassination at a fashion show. Also directed

by Stiller, the silly proceedings 'lack razor-sharp wit but are never ,mean-spirited although the film flirts with a comic view of promiscuity. Implied orgy with rec'reational drug use, fleeting, stylized violence, sporadic profan- , ity and crude references. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is ''The Last Castle" (2001) PG-13 - parents are strongly Set in a military prison"a new 'cautioned. Some material m'ay be inmate who was a three-star gen- inappropriate for children under , eral (Robert Redford) gradually 13, (Paramount)

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"Resident Evil" (Screen Gems) Savage action horror thriller focuses on a military group (led

by Milla Jovovich and Michelle

Rodriguez) fighting a powerful computer gone berserk after a deadly virus, which turns workers in an underground laboratory into flesh-eating zombies, is released. A spinoff of the eponymous video game, director Paul Anderson's frenetic scifi flick has an absurd story that uses explicit violence and tune", less, ear-piercing music to fill in cavernous narrative holes.

Graphic,violence with many vile images, fleeting sex scene with partial nudity and recurring rough language and profanity.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is 0 morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted. ,

"Showtime" (Warner Bros.)

Cookie-cutter comedy in which a grouchy veteran detec-

tive (Robert De Niro) and a hammy rookie cop (Eddie Murphy) are forced to team up ,as the stars of a new realitybased TV show designed to improve the image of the Los Angeles police. With one-dimensional characters and auto-pilot performances, director Tom Dey's ~ontrived comedy never gath,ers enough momentum to produce anything more than a few chuckles. A few scenes of explosions and deadly gunplay, brief drug content and much crass language and profanity.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is AIII - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Editorial says questions about priesthood must be addressed BOSTON (CNS) - . The scandals of clergy-sex abuse of minors have raised questions among many Catholics about the priesthood, includil}g priestly celibacy, that "will not disappear," the Boston archdiocesan newspaper, The Pilot, said in an editorial March 15.

The editorial made headlines nationwide, and some news reports interpreted it as an official Catholic newspaper's challenge to Church teachings and practices.

Cardinal Bernard F. Law of Boston, The Pilot's publisher, said in a statement March 15, "The Pilot does not question the discipline of clerical celibacy. ' The full context of the editorial in question makes that abundantly clear. It is one thing to report the questions of others, it is quite another thing to make those questions one's

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copies, four'times its regular The unsigned editorial said circulation, in order to distribqiJestions about the rule of celi- ute extra copies in parishes bacy, the number of homosexu- throughout the archdiocese. ally oriented priests and the Cardinal Law said that the Church teaching excluding editorial "unfortunately created women from priestly ordination confusion" but added,that "have taken on a deeper inten- "there is a great deal of misunsity in more Catholic minds derstanding both within, and than prior to these sexual scan- even more, outside the Church" dals." on the issues the editorial adIt appeared in a special issue dressed. of The Pilot the week after Con"While it is accurate to revocation 2002, an archdiocese- port that questions concerning wide meeting of nearly 3,000 the discipline of clerical celiparish representatives and min- bacy were raised at the convoistry leaders to talk about the cation, it is not the editorial posex abuse scandal and its im- sition of The Pilot that clerical plications for the future of the celibacy should be reviewed by Church in Boston. The edition the Church with the purpose of had a 28-page wraparound a change in discipline .... The supplement devoted .to cover- Pilot, as it has stated, will atage of the convocation and vari- tempt to assist in conveying a ous aspects of the scandal, 'better understanding of the which has rocked the archdio- Church's faith and discipline in cese for more than two months. subsequent i.ssues," lie said.

The editorial warned'CathoThe Pilot published 100,000

Senior issues Americans generally follow trends. Not many people question if a new trend is valid or necessary. For instance, is bottled water better for your health than tap water?

"Seltzer is the popular name for filtered, carbonated tap water. Unlike mineral water, it does not have any added minerals. Unlike club soda or sparkling water, it does not have added salt. Plain seltzer would therefore have the same water value as regular water," says Lahey Clinic dietitian Lois Maurer, RD, CDE. Accoraing to Maurer, bottled waters are no purer or better than regular tap water. "Just as bottled waters must conform to FDA regulations, public water supplies must meet ~ancy health department regulations." Maurer notes that spring water - like any ground water, including well watermay be contaminated, although it is unlikely.

Before buying bottled water, retirees should ask themselves, "Is it a necessary budget item?" Remember, most retirees are on fixed income.

Selling water has become big business, with sales rising more than 400 percent in the past decade. Americans spend more than $2 billion annually on drinking water. Most supermarkets now stock minert~1 water, spring water, sparkling water, club soda and seltzer water in addition to regular, bulk water sold in onegallon jugs.

A check of local hardware stores indicates many people still buy water filters and take measures to insure the safety of their tap water. This method is more economical than buying bottled water at the supermarket. It is also more convenient - you can have on hand the amount of water you will likely consume. It also eliminates the probfem of storage. Not all kitchens are equipped to store 4 or 5 gallon bottles of water.

People are often confused about the relative merits of the many varieties of water now

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available. To help clear up some of the confusion, Maurer offers the following definitions: - seltzer is filtered, carbonated tap water with no added mineral salts; - mineral water is water that contains dissolved minerals. With the exception of distilled or'purified water, all water contains dissolved minerals; - spring water 'comes from uriderground' reservoirs. Waters labeled "natural spring water" must not be processed in any way. Bottled spring water must meet FDA requirements; - sparkling water describes any carbonated water. Most sparkling waters are high in sodium; club soda, sometimes called soda water, is filtered, carbonated tap water with added mineral salts. It too, is high in sodium.

Before you ,stock up on bottled water from your supermarket, check with your town on the quality of your household drinking water. You might be buying something you do not need.

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According to the Elder Law newsletter from Margolis & Associates, a Federal study finds that 90 percent of nursing homes are understaffed. The study re'ports that a nursing home should have a nurse for every six residents during the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift, but· only 10 percent of nursing homes nationwide meet that standard.

The study estimates the cost to nursing homes to achieve proper staffing at $7.6 billion. The Bush administration plans to put pressure on nursing homes by forcing them to publicize their staff-to-patient ratios.

When families have to decide on a nursing home for a relative it is important to compare the ratio of staff to residents. This is especially important if the resident needs special care.

Nancy Boland Johnson is a parishioner of Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville.

THE ANCHOR -;Diocese of Fall River- Fri., March 22, 2002 lics not to feel relieved too soon just because convicted child molester and ex-priest John J. Geoghan is in jail and most of the lawsuits against the archdiocese by his victims are settled.

"We must realize two things: There are outstanding allegations against six other archdiocesan priests, and these scandals have raised serious questions in the minds of the laity that simply will not disappear," the editorial said.

It cited four questions in particular: - "Should celibacy continue' to be a normative condition for the diocesan priesthood in the Western (Latin) Church?

- "If celibacy were optional, would there be fewer scandals of this nature in the priesthood?

- "Does priesthood, in fact, attract a disproportionate number of men with a homosexual orientation?

- "Lastly, why are a substantial number of Catholics not convinced that an all-male priesthood was intended by Christ and is unchangeable?"

The editorial noted that those questions were out there before - "more so in the United States than elsewhere" - and have been answered before. But with the scandals, it said, they

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have taken on greater urgency and intensity.

The editorial did not attempt to answer the questions but urged more careful study of them.

"Before intelligent answers can be given," ·it said, "we must realize that there is no panacea, that a married clergy presents its own distinctive problems and liabilities and that more studies with concrete data will be necessary before an intelligent response can be made."

It provided some background on the linkage of celibacy with priesthood and suggested that in studying the issue it also would be helpful to learn trom the experiences of the Orthodox and Protestant churches, which have married clergy..

On homosexual orientation, it raised several questions about whether or how it should be evaluated and noted that a person's sexual orientation itself "is neither morally good nor evil."

The editorialist left discussion of the women's ordination question hanging, promising to address it this week.

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Vatican decision on dioceses received well

by Russian peopl.e

By BARB FRAZE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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WASHINGTON - Russian Orthodox faithful - unlike some of their leaders - reacted positively or not at all when the Vatican elevated Catholic structures to dioceses, said Russian Catholic church officials.

"For most of the population in Russia, it basically doesn't change anything for better or worse; that's why the interest of this decision in general society was quite minimal," said Dominican Father Evgeni ,Heinrichs of the Church ofSt. Catherine in St. Petersburg, Russia.

"I have a number of my friends who are Orthodox priests," Father Heinrichs said in a recent telephone interview.

"They congratulated me. I was surprised, though, because as I said, it basically doesn't chaJ;lge anything."

Father Heinrichs, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of the new Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow and Bishop Jerzy Mazur of the Diocese of St. Joseph in Irkutsk said Catholics reacted joyfully when the Vatican announced' that it was making Russia's four apostolic administrations into dioceses.

"There's a great joy for all of us ... because, finally, we have established dioceses, which are understandable for everybody,'~ Bishop Mazur told Catholic News Service during a recent trip to Washington.

The bishop said that, initially, about 20 people protested the Vatican decision in front of the Irkutsk cathedral, but in a city of 700,000, "if 20 people are against ... then (that is) not

so many." He said most people received the Vatican decision "with an open heart."

Less than a month after the announcement of the dioceses, Moscow was one of six citie's to which the Vatican broadcast Pope John Paul II's recitation of the rosary. Moscow Catholics gathered in the city's cathedral, and the event was covered widely by the Moscow press.

Although Moscow's Radio Echo conduCted a poll of more than 5,000 listeners, and 82 percent thought the broadcast was a normal type of event, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II of Moscow called the broadcast an invasion of the Orthodox's canonical territory.

The patriarch reacted negatively, too, to the Vatican announcement of the dioceses, saying it was part of a Catholic plan to expand into Russian Or.: thodox territory. .

But Bishop Mazur pointed out that his diocese, which covers four million square miles, has only 20 priests, so '''What kind of invasion or proselytisin are we doing?"

"For u's, the best examp,!e is the martyrs," he said "Many people suffered together in Siberia ... and we should build our ecumenism on the blood of the martyrs, witnesses of faith."

Father Heinrichs said that the "Catholic community in Russia is too small to somehow influence anything inside the Russian Orthodox Church."

"And I think that it would be proper to pay more attention to resolving some of their inner problems rather than' trying to find an enemy outside," he said of the Orthodox.

ARCHBISHOP TADEUSZ Kondrusiewicz of Moscow is pictured at the U.S. bishops' headquarters in Washington recently. He is head of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God in Moscow, one of four new dioceses recently announced by Pope John Paull!. (CNS photo by Bob Roller)

BISHOP WILLIAM F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., presides at a Mass of reconsecration at Our Lady of Peace Church in Lynbrook, N.Y., where a gunman shot and killed Father Lawrence Penzes and a female parishioner the day before. (CNS photo by Thomas F. Moloney, Long Island Catholic)

Long Island priest, parishioner killed by gunlllan during Mass

By CATHOLIC NEW SERVICE

LYNBROOK, N.Y. -A Long Island priest and a 73.-year-old parishioner were killed by a gunman during morning Mass March 12. . Father Lawrence M. Penzes, 50, and Eileen Tosner were shot just after the priest finished the homily during the 9 a.m. Mass at Our Lady of Peace Church in Lynbrook, according to Karen.

Montalbano, a spokeswoman for the Rockville Centre diocese.

Associated Press reported that Father Penzes was shot in the back and Tosner was shot in the face.

About seven hours later police captured a suspect after storming a nearby apartment where he had been holed up all day. The man reportedly had been fired from a custodian job at the parish.

Father Penzes was taken to who had been fired a few months Mercy Medical Center in Rockville earlier from ajob as parish custoCentre, where he was pronounced dian over the theft of money from dead shortly after arriving. Tosner the collection box. Scarapato said was pronounced dead at the Troy hid a rifle in a lon'g coat unchurch. No one else was shot, al- til he walked into the back of the . though several members, of the church. .

Police did not immediately concongregation went to area hospifirm the mayor's identification of tals.

A police spokesman told the . the suspect. He was arrested after Long Island daily newspaper, police in riot gear stormed the Newsday, that the gunman fled building and brought him out. The after firing the shots. He was suspect apparently tried to stab one chased by two members of tile of the officers with a small knife, congregation, including an off- Newsday reported.

The 400 students at the parish's duty Lynbrook police officer. The men were able to wrestle a rifle elementary school were kept in away from the suspect, who then their classrooms all day and parents were told they would not be ~an into a nearby apartment buildreleased until the suspect was in mg.

Newsday quoted Lynbrook custody.

Approximately 40 people atMayor Eugene Scarapato as saying the suspect was Peter Troy, 34, tended the morning Mass.

U.S., Mexican bishops urging Church unity on border concerns EL PASO, Texas (CNS) .,.- Three bishops along the get in the United States, but some of our own authoriU.S.-Mexican border advocated greater Church unity . ties are not good with Central Americans," said Bishop in solving problems that straddle the border region.

Ascensio, head ofthe Mexican bishops' migration com"Our three dioceses are near yet far because men mittee. wish to separate us," said Bishop RenatoAscensio Leon The bishop said his diocese is drafting a new plan of Juarez, Mexico. He said it took him two hours and for meeting .the needs of the Central Americans.

15 minutes to cross the bridge separating Juarez from The labor situation also is bad in Juarez because of its neighboring city of El Paso last week due to in- the recession in Mexico and the United States, he said. creased U.S. border security measures since the SepThe Juarez economy revolves around assembly plants tember 11 terrorist attacks. which put together manufactured goods for sale in the Bishop Ascensio traveled to EI Paso to address a United States and there have been 70,000 jobs lost in ministries conference sponsored by the EI Paso dio- the past year, he said. cese. Also speaking at the conference in favor of greater Fundamentalist denominations are taking advantage cooperation were Bishop Armando X. Ochoa ofEI Paso of the situation, evangeYizing among the poor and ofand Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, N.M., who fering money, Bishop Ascensio said. In some cases, was not present but sent a videotaped message. people have been offered jobs as pastors in the United . The three dioceses border one another and officials States with the promise of help in getting them visas, he of each have been working to develop joint plans to , added. meet cross-border problems.

About 65 percent of the fundamentalist preachers Bishop Ascensio said the masses of people coming live in the Unite9 States, he said. to Juarez from Central America and the interior of 'These preachers are not interested in true ecumenism.

Mexico looking to get across the border into the United The Catholic Church is the target of their attacks," he ' States are currently too big for his diocese to handle. said.

When the migrants anive they find many obstades Bishop Ramirez said the Church faces the challenge and either cannot get across the border or are caught of creating a "border witness" demonstrating that a reand thrown back into Mexico, he said: gion of national, cultural and linguistic differences can The Central Americans are difficult for the Church .live in peace. to find because they have to stay in hiding as they are Such a witness would be a model for the world, he often illegal in Mexico, he said. said, noting the strong Catholic presence in the border "We sometimes complain of the treatment Mexicans area.

Trivia to keep you amused during the Oscars telecast

By ANNE NAVARRO CATHOLIC NEWS,SERVICE

NEW YORK - Here are things worth keeping in mind during the Oscars telecast, which probably wil1 go on longer than "Titanic": - For the first time since 1975, the list of Oscar nominees includes three black actors. During its 74-year history, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and

Sciences has handed out only six Oscar statuettes to AfricanAmerican actors - five (or supporting roles. Sidney Poi tier won for Best Ac.tor for his performance in 1963 's "Lilies of the Field."

- The academy created a new category this year: BestAnimated Feature. The nominees are "Shrek," "Monsters, Inc." and.

"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius."

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., March 22, 2002

- Membership in the academy, an organiiation of more than 6,000 motion picture artists and craftsmen and craftswomen, IS by invitation only.

- Shirley Temple was the youngest person, at age six, ever to win a juvenile Academy Award, and Tatum O'Neal was the youngest winner of a competitive Academy Award for "Paper Moon" at the tender age of 10.

- Three films have the distinction of sweeping the Academy Awards categories of Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Writing: 1934's "It Happened One Night," 1975's "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and 1991's "The Silence of the Lambs."

Walt Disney holds the record for more Oscar nominations than any other person with a stunning 64 nominations.

- Katharine Hepburn and Meryl Streep are tied for having the greatest number of acting Academy Award nominations12. Hepburn has the most wins . with four Best Actress Oscars.

- Only two women have ever been nominated for achievement in directing: Jane Campion for 1993 's "The Piano" and Lina Wertmul1er for 1976's "Seven

Beauties."

- It takes 20 hours and 12 people to make a 13-and-a-halfinch Oscar statuette. Of the 2,365 awarded, only three have been refused. Walt Disney was honored with one ful1 size and seven

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- Chef Wolfgang Puck wil1 create a multicourse, sit-down dinner for 1,650 guests on Oscar night.

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Coyle-Cassidy' student attends program i'ncapitol TAUNTON - Coyle and gation and Supreme Court. Stu~ Cassidy Hign School Junior dents ~Iso met with senators and Ashleigh L. Bairos attended the representati ves.

"I'm excited for having been Presidential Classroom Law and Justice in a Democracy Pro- selected to this program," said gram March 9-16 in Washing- Bairos. "It's an honor and a once in a lifetime experience." ton, D.C. Participants attended workBairos was among hundreds of students from across the na- shops focusing on issues such tion to attend seminars pre- as freedom and order in a sented by leaders in the gov- democratic society. There was ernment, military, media and le- . also a tour of the White House.

Students were chosen based gal communities. The program gives students the opportunity on grade point average. The to see how the federal legal sys- Presidential Classroom organitem and government operates zation has been providing opand activities included visits to portunities like this for students the I:ederal Bureau of Investi- for 34 years.

... THE ANNUAL science fair was recently held at Our Lady of Mount Garmel School, New Bedford. Eighth-grade winners pictured from left are: Sierra Lima, Jon Bolarinho, Carlos Andre, Jessica DaCosta and Nathan Macedo. .... CAREE;R DAY - Eighth-grade teacher Tony Borges handed out camOUflage pencils to his audience during a recent career day at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School.

Borges talked about his role in the armed forces.

CYO hoop stars compete

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DONNA AND Mark -Perrault with their son Christopher stand in front of a family quilt created for St. Anne's School, Fall River. They were among many familie~ to create a square for the project unveiled recently at the school. Christopher is a member of the kindergarten class.

FALL RIVER - Young men picked following the game. They and women from throughout the were: Antwan Murphy, Tyson diocese recently took part in the an- Blandallen, Brian Rudolph, Marc nual CYO All-Star Basketball Tour- Chatterton, Nathan Freelove and naments.

Jesse Morrow. Morrow was named In the Junior Boys tournament: MVP. held at the Sullivan-McCarrick In the Junior Girls Division, held CYO Center in Fall River, the New at the Kennedy CYO Center in New Bedford area boys team prevailed. Bedford, the Fall River girls team In the first game they defeated Fall beat New Bedford 37 to 28 in the River 52 to 45 with Jesse Morrow first game with Nicole Pallard tossleading the way with 13 points. ing in II points. Sarah Fullner added Brian Rudolph added I I and Marc nine and Alex Clough led New Chatterton chipped in I I for the Fall Bedford with eight. .

River squad.

In the championship game Fall New Bedford then went on to River defeated Taunton 29- I9 with top Taunton 71-47 in the champi- Megan McDonnell leading all scoronship game with Jesse Morrow . ers with I I points. Sarah Fullrier again leading' all scorers with 17. chipped in six and Taunton teamRudolph and teammate Antwan mates Amanda Jacinto and Julie Murphy scored 10 apiece and Peters had six and five points reNathan Freelove and Zack McGuire spectively. each had 13 in the loss.

Named to the All-Tournament The All-Tournament team was Team were Amanda Jacinto, Julie

Peters, Alexandria Clough, Megan McDonnell, Nicole Pallard and Sarah Fullner. Fullner also received the MVP award.

Taunton Catholic Middle School was the site of the Prep Boys tour-, nament which saw the Taunton squad capture the championship.

In the first game New ,Bedford narrowly defeated Fall River 5855, but lost to Taunton 62-43 in the final. Ryan Walczak ofTaunton led all scorers with 15 points. Teddy Gregg added I I and Tony Caliri had IO.For New Bedford, it was Danny Fernandes with 14 points and teammates Nick Pontes and John Mills had nine and. seven points respectively.

The All-Tournament Team was made up ofNick Pontes, John Mills, Jason Silva, Teddy Gregg, Tony Murdoch llI1d Ryan Walczak, who was also voted MVP.

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., March 22, 2002

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Trying to avoid the wrath of middle-school girls

By CHRISTOPHER CARSTENS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Rayna calls up Sherell on the phone and asks, casually, "So, what do you think of Sara."

'Rising to the bait, Sherrell throws out everything nasty she ever heard about Sara, "Oh, Sara thinks she's all that.

She makes me so sick." The surprise is that Sara is right there with Rayna, listening on the s pea k e l' phone.

When the phone call is over, so is any chance that Sara and Sherell will ever be friends again.

Girls are just as aggressive, territorial and power-oriented as guys. Some girls in the top cliques use the power of their popularity to dominate the other girls in their class.

Guys do many of these things too, although the pattern seems more common in girls. Recently a number of psychologists have been studying this area of concern.

This behavior seems unlikely to change - it has been around for centuries. What advice is there for girls trying to live through those years without getting shredded - or being one of the shredders?

Remember that this is middleschool behavior. By the time you're in high school, most kids will have outgrown this pettiness.

If you get dumped by a longtime friend, don't make yourself pathetic by hanging around, trying to rebuild the relationship.

There are other people out there waiting to be friends, people who aren't selfish and cruel. Go find them.

Finally, if you're playing these games yourself, remember that your Christianity places demands on you. One of them is that you should not put yourself above others by demeaning or humiliating them. That sort of behav-, ior may' make you feel cool today, but in truth it just makes you small and mean'.

Sugar and spice and everything nice, that's what little girls are made of.

Well, unfortunately, during the years from sixth through ninth grades -"'51 .. \ '-..,"v II some girls can be really, really nasty.

When guys that age get angry at each other, there's often a brief fight, and then everything is OK again. Middleschool guys are often good friends on Saturday with a guy they fought with on Thursday.

What some girls do can be much more cruel than a fist hit, and the hurt can last much longer. Girls share secrets with their friends, so close girlfriends know every embarrassing personal detail of one another's lives. When one girl dumps the other, she can use those secrets to ruin the former friend's reputation.

An angry girl may also start a false rumor about somebody she doesn't like. The classic begins: "She is such a slut! Did you know that she...." This is usually 'followed by some made-up story.

Those rumors pass quickly down the halls and over the phone and E-mail after school.

Fighting back is difficult.

How do you prove that what "everybody knows" isn't the truth?

Middle-school girls sometiJ1les steal each other's friends. If Bianca and Torrey are best friends, and Danielle is really angry at Bianca, she'll make friends with Torrey and turn her against Bianca.

This only works if Danielle is more popular than either of the other two girls. She invites Torrey to hang around with more popular friends, with the clearly stated understanding that she will have to drop that uncool Bianca.

The really sad thing is that as soon as Bianca is dumped and thoroughly miserable, Danielle may drop Torrey, who was just a Your comments are welwannabe anyway. After all, if you walk away from your best come. Please address: Dr. friend for a shot at popularity, Christopher Carstens, clo Catholic News Service, 3211 you're pretty pathetic.

Another nasty trick is the Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017. "three-way phone call bomb."

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BUDDING INVENTOR - Fifth-grader Joey Ryan of St. Mary-Sacred Heart School, New Bedford, demonstrates his invention, "The Portable Pet Shower," to classmates. Ryan and other fifth-graders took part in the school's Invention Convention where they developed a product, marketed it and completed a patent application.

ESPIRITO SANTO School, Fall River, was recently elected to institutional membership and granted accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Princi,pal Patricia A. Benoit accepted the official certificate from Sister Patricia A. Barry, associate director. From left, are Associate Director of the Commission of Independent Schools Samuel Robinson, Benoit, Sister Barry, Commission Director William Bennett and pastor of Espirito Santo Parish, Father James Ferry. .

FOURTH-GRADER Ryan Camara of St. Anthony School, New Bedford, was all smiles during a recent biography project that saw him portray the 16th president Abraham Lincoln. He and other students from Theresa LeBlanc's class dressed as historical figures and gave presentations to classmates.

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Fri., March 22, 2002

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pate in some way with Habitat for ''Catholics in this diocese are very active in volunteer WOIk, and this Humanity."

Father Philip N. Hamel, parochial program could surely use such indiFALL RIVER - Habitat for Humanity is a worldwide, Christian- vicar at St. Michael's Parish, viduals in the Greater Rill River area, based housing organization whose Swansea, is a newly lippointed board and across the diocese."

While fund-raising is an imporpurpose is, to build simpl~, decent, member of the Fall River Chapter affordable houses in partnership and the spiritual advisor for the tant function ofthe Connolly Chapwith those in need of adequate shel- Connolly Campus Chapter. 'The ter, it's not the only one. 'The stu'ter. Each year, hundreds of volun- students have worked hard to help dents do go onsite to help with the teers throughout the Fall River dio- raise funds for this great organiza- construction of the homes:' said cese, and thousands more across the tion;' said Father Hamel. 'They do Lauzon. ''But various legalities precountry pitch in time, talent and a wonderful job for a wonderful vent individuals under a certain age from using power tools and ot:ht2' materials to build affordaple hous- cause."

Father Hamel and Lauzon agree equipment Yet, they keep busy with ing fort1)ose less fortunate. , Recently, the Fall River Habitat that the Bishop Connolly students painting and other ntXeSSary tasks SARAH BOUCHARD, Jodi DeCosta, Kayla and Kaitlin for Humanity Chapter suffered a will once again work hard to help at the sites."

Lauzon told The Anchor that, Conlon of St. Patrick's Church, Fall River, were among many serious setback when thievf<s stole raise the needed funds to replace the while the theft of the tools didn't hundreds of dollars worth of valu- , stolen tools. young people to attend the Lenten Pilgrimage Day at ''We generally have two major cause a major delay in the compleable power and manual tools from Attleboro's La Salette Shrine: It featured several guest speak- the site at the comer of Bilflington fund-raisers per year," said Lauzon. tion ofthat particular Fall River house ers and Mass with,Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap. (An- and Rodman streets here. Much of "One benefits local chapters in Fall since it was nearly complete, the tools chon'Gordon photo) the funding for those tools came River, Cape Cod and Attleboro. The should be replaced soon to ensure from fund-raising efforts of the other helps support Habitat for Hu- delays on other sites won't occur.

For those who would like to Campus Chapter, of Bishop manity across the globe. ,'This year, we'll be trying to help make a donation to assist in the , Connolly High Sch()ol. .

Continued from page one 'The Habitat for Humanity house workers in South Africa. For every replacement of the tools, checks wasn't targeted," said Bishop $50 we raise, it's another worker who made payable to the Fall River mitted that "a loi of people leave Following his talk, many young Connolly Campus Chapter faculty can help make things better there."

Chapter of Habitat for Humanity to join these Bible believing people signed a prayer book and advisor, Dean Lauion. "It was just The local fund-raiser will help re- may be mailed to Bishop Connolly churches, but the Bible believing, said the talk was something that one of several homes in the area that place the missing tools.

High School, c/o Habitat for HuChurch is the Catholic Church." ,they'll tell their friends about. " , was hit,by the thefts."

Father Hamel told The Anchor manity, 373 Elsbree Street, Fall With frequent references to "He was a very good speaker," The Connolly Chapter is the only that he was very impressed with the River, MA 02720.

Scripture, Keating focused on be:-' said Sarah Bouchard ofSt. Patrick's ,Catholic school in the diocese that Habitat for HUinanity program in For general infonnation about liefs and traditions that Catholics Church, Fall River. "He kept us 'in- "is official member of Habitat for this area. The Fall River Chapter was Habitat for Humanity, rontact the support and many outside the faith terested." , , Humanity International. "We have founded by the Union United Meth- regional office; at: AUIeboro 50S- . seek to rebuke. He explained the Father Ramon Dominguez, a four students who serve as general odist Church in Fall River. "It's a 226-8833; Fall River5fB.675-0838; truth behind what Catholics believe member of the Youth Apostles, officers and four who are commit- Christian-based organization, and Vineyard Haven 508-627-8300; and did so in a way that was easy brought more thana dozen teens. tee heads," said Lauzon. "In all" we I'm hoping to make more Catholics Wareham 508-273-0225; and West to understand.

Some of his charges commented have nearly 30 students who partici- aware of the good it does," he said.

Yannouth 508-775-3559.

It was a discussion that many felt that Evert's address had a good was important including Bud message. Father Dominguez called Miller, director of youth and young it "an important day for young adult ministry. people."

"This was an excellent proAfter a short break, Evert gave gram;' said Miller of Keating's ad- a talk to the entire gathering entitled dress. 'The point is our faith makes "What's So Great About Being sense and 'Catholic Answers' has Catholic," that keyed on the importhe resources to help show that. Not tance of prayer and spreading the only is our Church biblical, but it's Gospel in our daily lives. 'The pope also the most reasonable." visits the Eucharist 20 times a day;' Evert is a full-time apologist Evert said. "When I heard that I with Catholic Answers and speaks thought, 'Why can't I make a holy to about 15,000 young people a hour every day?'" He encouraged month about love and chastity. all to pray and appreciate the "beauWith a humor-filled approach, tiful gift we have in the Holy Fa~ Evert had the large group of teens ther." attentively listening to his message Evert encouraged attendees to and thinking about their attitudes invite in those who want to talk towards the opposite sex and rela- about religion and tell them "what tionships.

God has done for you.'~ Don't be "I got stingy with God;' Eyert afraid to "talk to others about said, reflecting that as youth ,he Jesus," he conclud~. was caught up in vandalism and Mass' followed with Bishop drinking to the point where he felt 'O'Malley as principal celebrant. lost. He learned however that "it Deacons Donald Massoud and ' doesn't matter what you feel you've Bruce Bonneau assisted. buried yourself under because the Bishop O'Malley thanked Lisa KARL KEATING, far right, founder of "Catholic Answers," speaks to diocesan priests durheavenly Father loves you."

Gulino, director of adult educa~ It was at the suggestion of a tion, for correlating the day ,and ing a'recent luncheon for clergy,at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro. He addressed youth minister to "bring Jesus on the many others who al,~o helped several groups during his two-day visit to the Fall River diocese. (Anchon'Gordon photo) dates," when Evert began to turn his make it a success. He called the life around and develop a better re- task of sharing our faith an "urlationship with God and others gent" one and added "I'm very' Continuedfrom page one He said he and his girlfriend at~ happy to see so many people tak- , tend Mass daily' and pray the ro- ing part."

Father Roger Landry of who 'heard them and teacher mented Keating, "to share our faith. sary together.

"Today has been a great day of Espirito Santo ChUrch, Fall River, Nancy McKenna of St. Francis You and I and other lay people have He invited the youth to make a prayer and studying our faith," de- enjoyed the luncheon session and Xavier Preparatory School, to pass on the faith. It's important commitment to chastity and to pray' clared Gulino. 'The diversity ofour said, "We always need to be open Hyannis said such a message is to do that for the Church." for other teens that doing the diocese was' well represented and to how to be more effective in "encouraging to us all."

Principal Chris Servant of same. "I've spoken to 50,000 young with all the positive feedback I've passing on the treasure of faith."

In speaking to teachers earlier Bishop Feehan said the talks were people this year;' said Evert. "I may received they were pleased with our Keating and his co-worker Ja- in the day, Keating said they all inspiring. "It reminds us how have spoken to your future wife or speakers." son Evert spent several days ad- must engage the hearts and minds much children are looking to us husband. And if God's calling you After lunch there was a question dressing groups from the diocese. of the young and old. for guidance and need us." to religious life, you'll have the best and answer period. Father Carvill It was a good spiritual opportunity ''We have so much opportunity The professional day was sponspouse in Jesus Christ." led the closing prayer. according to many of the people right now to. be C,atholic," com- sored by the Office of Education.

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