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Bishop announces 1996 Appeal Chairman The Most Reverend Sean P. O'Malley, OFM, Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has announced that William N. Whelan III, a New Bedford businessman, has accepted his invitation to serve as Diocesan Chairman of the 1996 55th Annual Catholic Charities Appeal.

Whelan, a New Bedford native and alumnus of the Holy Family grammar and high schools in that city, continued his education at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. He presently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wentworth.

The New Bedford resident is vice chairman of the Spaulding and Slye Company, a national fullservices real estate company with primary offices in Boston and Washington, D.C. Whelan is one of the two.managing partne:rs and has been with the firm for 25 years.

Whelan, his wife, .Jean, and their three children attend St. Francis of Assisi Church in New Bedford, where he serves as a lector, treasurer of the parish conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society and chairman of the parish finance council.

Well acquainted'with community endeavors, he is a member of the regional board of directors for the Boy Scouts of America, a corporator of the Compass Bank for Savings in Greater New Bedford and volunteers his time and aircraft to fly missions for AirLifeLine.

Knowing of the mlLny families and individuals from every area of the diocese who are assisted by the agencies, institutions., and apostolates supported by the Catholic Charities Appeal, Whelan expressed the hope that the diocesan effort this year will be greeted with enthusiasm and generosity.

The theme selected for this year's Appeal, "Whatsoever you do..... echoes the parable of Jesus which identifies charity to the less fortunate as the "passport" to eternal life. The Appeal will commence with an opening Liturgy at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Fall River on April 16, at 7:00 p.m.

The following essays on pages one, two and three are the winning entries in the Pro-Life Essay Contest sponsored by the diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate. After several rounds of judging by the apostolate and the Diocesan Pro-Life Committee, Bishop Sean O'Malley chose the final winners from two categories.

Students attending Catholic schools or who are enrolled in CCO programs in seventh, eighth, and ninth grades made up Category I and older high school students comprised Category 2. Because of the few essays received from the latter category, only a first place winner was chosen.

This essay, written by Amy Catherine Roma, a twelfth grader at Barnstable High School and member of Christ the King Church in Mashpee, won first place in Category 2.

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MR. AND MRS. Kevin Boyar and their family (from the top) Josiah, 1-8 months, Damian, 10, Andreas, 8, ~viichaelina, 6, and CHanna, 4, attended the annual Pro-Life Mass held March 25 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Fall River. Mrs. Boyar was among expectant mothers blessed by the bishop at the Mass.

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"Lights of the world, stars of the human race..." Since 1973, when abortion became legalized in the Supreme Court case Roe vs. Wade, about 2S million babies have been aborted -1.S million annually, 4000 daily, and one every 20 seconds. A common argument among abortion activists is that the baby is not alive, even though this theory contradicts science. Modern biology teaches us that ancestors are united to their progeny by a continuous material link, for it is from the fertilization of the female cell (the ovum) by the male cell (the spermatozoa) that a new member of the species will emerge. Life has an extremely long history but each individual has an amazing beginning: the moment of conception.

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As many in the downtown Fall River area began their lunch hour on Monday of another work week, hundreds filled St. Mary's Cathedral to celebrate with Bishop Sean O'Malley the feast of the Annunciation and the gift of life. .

Maybe it was inconvenient for some; going to Mass in the middle of a normal day, using a lunch hour, or getting the many delegations of schoolchildren assembled to lJlake the field trip. But somehow it was a fitting reminder' of the day our Blessed Mother was asked to bear the Son of God. Mary's life was normal. She was a young woman engaged to be married and living among her fam~ ily and friends. As everyone else's lives went on as usual, hers and, because of her faith, ours, changed forever. .

The date ofthe feast was chosen because it falls exactly nine months before the birth of Christ. The feast ofthe Annunciation was also the perfect opportunity to celebrate the annual diocesan. ProLife Mass. Just as Mary gave the gift of life to Jesus even when it wasn't convenient and though she was afraid, all are urged to choose life for their children, their sick and their elderly.

"Today is the day He became human," explained Bishop O'Malley, referring to Jesus'· conception.

He told the capacity crowd that the Churc,h wants "to defend life particularly when it is most threatened."

"Every human life is precious," he said. "It doesn't matter what color your skin is or how smart you are or how much money 'you have."

He spoke of abortion particularly. "A baby is not a toy." he said, "to fulfill the emotional needs

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of his parents, He is a human being and.. deserves that respect."

Our society, he said, is worshiping death and destruction. "The American dream is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and .life is the most important of these."

"People want choice," he added.

"To choose against life is unjust and immoral."

Schoolchildren from around the diocese agreed. The diocesan PrpLife Apostolate, headed by Father Stephen A. Fernandes and assistant Marian Desrosiers, sponsored Continued from Page 13

G. Bradley, an eighth grader at Taunton Catholic Middle School, won first place in Category 1.

Once a Human, Always a Human, . As a student attending a Catholic School, I have read <l lot of infonnation about pro-life and pro-choice. These are phrases used when talking about people's beliefs in abortion.

Even'the word sounds nasty.

I believe abortion should be illegal, as it tennlnates a human life.

We all should cherish human life,' and treat it as the most important item in the world. I was always ·sure my parents felt the same way. My father ~ and mother have worked in -a professions that treat human life with :i the utmost respect.

My mother ~ worked as an E.M.T. on emergency ~ ambulances for both the town of Plymouth and the town of 'Norwell. My father has been a firefighter for twenty years. In both professions workers believe a human life is the most important thing in the world, sometimes ~ven .risking their own lives to 'save the life of a stranger. So when I asked my parents how they felt about abortion I was .not surprised to find out they were against it. However when I asked them if they' ever ,considered abortion I was taken back by the looks on their faces and their hesitation answering me. I had never heard the story they were about to tell me, and I was scared after· they finished.

Shortly before my parents were married they were told my mother had to have a rubella vaccination to be able to get. a marriage license. The doctor that vaccinated my mother nl~ver, revealed the side effects the vaccination could have on a fE~tuS. Soon .after they. were married they received the greatest news Qf their lives, my mother was pregnant with her first child, me.

The obstetrician that my mother went to asked the usual questions about her' health, and gave advice on how to en:iUre the health of the baby. During the exam she told the doctor she had the rubella vaccination two months earlier. The doctor became alarmed, and began telling my parents all about birth defects caused by the vaccination. At the end. of the visit, he recommended that my mother have an abortion, as the baby's chance of a nonnal.life was not good. continued on page 13

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a ward recipient Mary Ann Hemingway, health unit coordinator in the intensive care unit of S1. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, has been named Employee of the Quarter. She was described by her co-workers as a model of excellence in her care of patients and their families and also as being efficient, organized and an originator of innovative ways to provide compassionate and upto-date care.

She will receive a $100 savings bond and a reserved parking spot at the hospital for threl~ months, and her name will be placed on a plaque listing all former winners of the recognition. She will also be eligible for an Employee of the Year award, to be presented in May during St. Anne's ct:lebration of National Hospital Week.

A Tiverton, RI, resident, Ms. Hemingway acts in vaudeville shows with a sister and enjoys woodworkin~.

Name School, New Bedford, earned second place in Category 2 for his essay.

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Once a Human, Always.a Human God has blessed us with the power to bring life into the world. We are supposed to care for that human life. We should nourish that baby. We are to protect that innoc,ent child. With love, that baby will grow, and learn and experience all of the beauty and wonder in God's creation. God, the ultimate creator of life, is filled with joy to see every newborn. We do not have the right to take life away.

No infant is unwanted, no life is insignificant.

In the fifth commandment, God condemns the o killing of all life. People are turning .c L--_ _-I<~ away from Jesus' teachings and are ......- -.... making decisions they don't have the right to make. People are having abortions.

People are killing a beautiful defenseless baby. At the moment of fertilization, that little person has his or her own unique set of characteristics, different from those of anyone else on the face of the earth. Who are we to deny a child the right to live life with all its ups and downs. There is no good reason why a baby should be killed.

Is the life of a bald eagle more valuable, more precious than the life of a human being? A person can be fined and jailed for killing a bald eagle or its eggs. However, there is no penalty or punishment for killing a human being through an abortion. Just because the law allows something does not mean that it is right.

It is my generation that is being senselessly murdered and eliminated. For every three teenagers that are alive today, one teen is' missing. One baby was killed through abortion. I feel fortunate to have parents who respect and care for life. Some kids are not as fortunate. Some never had a chance. Everyone has- the right to life and we do not have the authority to decide who should live and who should die.

We must realize and help others to notice that abortion is wrong. It is killing a precious, important . human life. Think of all , , '

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At the Chrism Mass '4 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, concelebrants will be clergy of the diocese.

Transitional deacons in attendance will be Henry Dahl, Joseph Mauritzen and David Pregana.

Michael Murray and John Branco will bear the Oil of the Sick; Robert Faria and James Marzelli, the Oil of the Catec:humens; Richard Murphy and John Moniz the Oil of Chrism. All are permanent deacons.

The office of Tenebrae will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, with Bishop O'Malley as celebrant, Father Pio Mandato, CR, as homilist. Permanent deacons in attendance will be Robert Surpr~nant and Lawrence St. Onge.

Bishop O'Malley will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass oqhe Lord's Supper at 7 p.m. April4.

Transitional deacons Pregana and Mauritzen will be in attendance.

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The Easter Vigil will be celebrated at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 6, by Bishop O'Malley. Transitional deacons Pregana and Mauritzen will be in attend,ance. .

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'f It really is unthinkable that our House of Representatives has acted to repeal the two-year-old ban on assault weapons.

Despite children being murdered in their schools and. police. m~n slaughtered in our streets, our elected officials apparently have greater loyalty to the lobbyists of the National Rifle Association (NRA) than to the citizens who put them in office.

This situation becomes even more galling when it is realized that throughout this country there are armed militia groups contemptuously willing to defy the law by their readiness to ,,.;. " ! i i ' assault anything and anyone considered by their standards as ~ ~.~, if ' un-American. .

The infamous destruction of a federal building in Oklahoma City is a perfect example of armed power run amuck. Yet despite such catastrophes, our representatives have entered into a deadly deal with the NRA and its followers.

How can' anyone justify the selling of military weapons such as an Uzi or an AK47 to civilians? The answer is to be seen in the $5.6 million the NRA pumped into the 1993-1994 elections.

J'. ~J{~ , ~ .•,. ,." "'I ~_.l, Now it is payback time and he who pays calls the tune. This is exactly what happened in Congress this past week as our representatives voted as they had been influenced to rather than in the best interests of the nation.

And this trend continues. The pro-gun rights groups are active in this election year. It is thought that the Speaker of the House and his followers have received over half a million dollars from gun activists for use in their campaigns. This is a blatant affront to the memory of those slaughtered by mad militants. For the House to repeal citizens' safeguards and undermine the very spirit of the law is arrogance at its worst.

However, we perhaps should not be surprised that government officials who sanction the slaughter of unborn innocents and many of whom also favor legalization of mercy killing should also support universal access to assault weapons. How swiftly we forget the vile lessons of Germany! Did thousands of Americans die to end that abomination only to free this generation to commit legalized murder? One wonders.

It should .be obvious that there is no serious opposition to these uncaring acts of government. Sad to say, we have become slaves to capitalistic consumerism. In our rush to possess all the world's goods we are losing all our values. Morals and ethics count for little in the backrooms of politicians and lobbyists as they wheel and deal their way to profits and power.

But meanwhile, the people of the nation fear the use of assault weapons in their own cities, schools and neighborhoods.

It's not the possessnon of handguns that is the issue in this; rather it is the fact that military hardware is available for sale to and use by psychotics and extremists. Wpy Congress continues to expose the nation and itself to the possibility of bloodbaths in its halls and in our schools and streets is impossible to understand and a contradiction of everything that is truly American.

It will be argued that the possession of guns is a constitutional right. But when the Constitution was written, automatic weapons capable of vast destruction did not exist. The position' of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was based on selfdefense, not mass slaughter. Participants did not envision A LONG LINE OF PEOPLE WAITS TO EXCHANGE EXISTING GREEN CARDS FOR American citizens as walking arsenals, armed with every wea- NEW ONES OUTSIDE THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION CENTER IN NEW YORK MAR. 20. CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS ARE URGING pon under the sun to wage wars of personal and individual MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO KEEP IN MIND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES choice. Citing a constitutional right as erabling one to acquire automatic weapons capable of mass murder is a deviant view WHEN CONSIDERING NEW IMMIGRATION LAWS. that should have no (:redibility in a truly free society. ~.

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The Office of Tenebrae (meaning "darkness" or "shadow"), a Holy Week devotion dating back to the seventh or eighth century A.D., will be celebrated by Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap.; at 7:30 p.m.

Wednesclay of Holy Week, April 3, at St. Mary's Cathedral.

Tenebrae is characterized by the solemn chanting of psalms, the LallJentations of

Jeremiah the prophet and respoD!lories.

Successive extinguishing of candles in the sanctuary takes place as the servicle progresses.

Father Pio Mandato, C.R., supel'ior of the Capuchin Recollect Friars, will be homilist for the occasion.

All are in,:ited to participate hi this solemn Holy Week service.

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Passion (Palm) Sunday Readings: Entrance into Jerusalem: Matthew 2l:1-11 Isaiah 50:4-~' Philippians 2:6-11 Matthew 26:14-27:66 Although the liturgy for Passion Sunday seems to move abruptly from Jesus' joyful entrance into Jerusalem to his passion and death, there is a close connection between the two events. By entering Jerusalem as the peaceful Messiah prophesied by Zechariah, Jesus precipitates the final conflict with the leaders which will lead to his death and resurrection.

With a deliberate sc:nse of his Messianic mission, Jesus instructs two disciples to prepare for his entrance in fulfillment of Zechariah's prophecy: "Tell the daughter of Zion,/ Your king comes to you without display/astride an ass, astride a colt,/the foal of a beast of burden." Rather than entering upon a horse, the mount of the triumphant warrior Messiah expected by many, Jesu:, comes to Jerusalem "without display" as a meek and peaceful king.

And already there is a foreboding of division over him. Matthew notes, "As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was stilrred to its depths, demanding 'Who is this?'"

At this point "the crowd" is supportive and answers, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee." But in the course of the passion, they will be convinced by the chief priests and elders to ask for the release of Barabbas and "have Jesus put to death."

The Isaiah reading continues the theme of commitment to God's mission. In an autobiographical report, the prophet Second Isaiah speaks of his tireless commitment to speaking a rousing word to the "weary" exiles who think that their Lord is powerless to save them from their Babylonian captors.

Because of his confidence that the Lord is his help, the prophet, like Jesus in Gethsemani, has the courage not to turn bal;k from his wearisome task, even though it involves suffering and rejection.

In the Philippians hymn, Paul exhorts them to follow the selfemptying love of Christ, who did not grasp at being Godlike, but, like the suffering servant in Second Isaiah (53), took the form of a slave and emptied himself by¡ becoming fully human, even.to the point of obediently accepting the degradation of death on a cross.

God responded to this act of selfemptying love by exalting Jesus and bestowing on him lordship over the cosmos, so that at his name all beings in the universe might acknowledge him as Lord and Messiah.

Matthew's passion story em- . phasizes Jesus' voluntary acceptance of his death as a meek and peaceful Messiah in fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy and in faith in his eventual resurrection. I will concentrate on the opening Garden scene where Jt:sus embraces his mission. Even as they walk to the Mount of Olives, Jesus is preparing his disciples for what must happen.

"Tonight your faith in me will be shaken, for Scripture has it: 'I will strike the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be dispersed.' But after I am raised up, I will go to Galilee ahead of you."

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In Gethsemani, Jesus, nearly overwhelmed with "sorrow and distress," tells Peter and Zebedee's two sons, "My hea~t is nearly broken with sorrow. Remain here and stay awake with me." While his disciples fail him by falling asleep, with great difficulty Jesus gradually conforms himself to his Father's will. His first prayer asks, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me by. Still,' let it be as you would have it, not as I." By his second prayer, Jesus has come to accept his Father's. will: "My Father, if this cannot 'pass me by

without my drinking it, your will be done!" When he finishes praying the third time, Jesus is fully prepared to embrace his mission.

He tells the sleeping disciples, "The hour is on us when the Son of Man is to be handed over to the power of evil men. Get up! Let us be on our way! See, my betrayer is here."

In the arrest scene, Jesus is clearly in control and deliberately embraces the plan his Father has for him as the pl:aceful and suffering Messiah. When "one of those who accompanied" him attempts to prevent his arrest by slashing at

the high priest's servant, Jesus tells Finally, Jesus' words to the him to put back his sword where it crowd ,stress that he is following belongs and warns him that those . the path of the peaceful Messiah who use the sword will die by it. set out for him in the Scriptures.

"Am I a brigand, that you have He concludes by saying, "Do come armed with swords and you not suppose I can call on my clubs to arrest me? From day to Father to provide at a moment's day I sat teaching in the temple notice more than twelve legions of precincts, yet you never arrested angels? But then how would the me. Nonetheless, all this has hapScriptures be fulfilled which say it. pened in fulfillment of the writings of the prophets." must happen this way?"

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"Dear children, I invi te you ~o decide again to love God above all else. In this time when, due to the spirit of consumerism, one forgets what it means to love and to cherish true values. I invite you again, little children, to put God in the first place in your life. Do not let Satan attract you through material things, but, little children, decide for God, who is freedom and love. Choose life and not death of the soul. Little children, in this time when you meditate upon $e suffering and death 6f Jesus, I invite'you to decide for life which blossome<l through the resurrection, ~d that your life may be renewed today through conversion, that shalUead you to eternal life.

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Just when I was beginning to think I was on the fast track to senility, two pieces of good news about growing older hit the newspapers. One wasjust what I needed to hear: that I'm not the only one who thinks I'm losing it when it comes to remembering things. '. It really does a job on your ego when 'you get a phone call, and an hour later can't remember who called. Does that sound familiar? How about when you put something away in a "good place" so that you won't forget where it is? The next day you go to get it, but can't remember where that good place is.

This never used to happen to ~e. I had a great memory for names. Now I ask people to repeat their names to make sure I've heard them. Does that help?

No, I still forget a name within a few minutes. .

Well, scientists now have started to learn more about how the brain remembers, and, the news isn't all bad. Research is helping older people who worry a lot about their memories.

As we age, we worry more that we'll lose things, have trouble remembering familiar names, forget events that just occurred, make simple errors that cause accidents and get lost in' familiar places.

Scientists are telling us that our problem with memory really may be that we're using our shortterm "working memory," not our long-term "reference" memory.' The difference is that the working memory is sort of a scratch pad for keeping information just temporarily, before filing it away in the long-term secti.on of our God-given brain. But that scratch pad can hold only about seven items. So if you put Item 8 in, that knocks out one of the seven, and, bingo, it's forgotten.

I can't express how relieved I am to find out that the problem is not my advancing years after all, but merely a scratch pad filled with items of only so-so importance. It's nice to know that as we go on brain overload, the Lord has arranged it so that we're

probably not in danger of forgetting ~he really important things.

On the heels of this good news, anothl~r report revealing that we are witnessing a new era o)f robust . elderly. It seems that all the dire predictions about the terrors of living into one's 80s or 90s witb illnesses

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By Antoinette Bosco and diseases, making this a time of living hell, have been soundly exaggerated. A federal study focused on long-term care for the elderly is' finding an increasingly smaller percentage of old pea,ple who can't take care of themselves. ' The study also offers some reasons for th.is better health picture among the elderly that shouldn't surprise us. These are people who are better educated, so they know more about how to take care of themselves when it comes to d'iet, not smoking and preventive measures to ensure good health.

These elderly people also have better financial resources. Having enough money for your needs removes a lot of stress. But most importan.t, as the study brought out, these contented and healthy elderly people say they still have an upbeat attitude about life and have control over negative emotions.

Well, it seems that science always comes up with proof that everything we've been taught as Christians about how to live - n'ot to worry, abuse our bodies, pollute our minds or harbor hatreds and angers - is absolutely on target.

.When teens don't do what they're tc)ld Dear Dr. Kenny: What should happen if you ask your teen to do something and he or she says no? Are teens too old to spank? (Ohio) Yes. teens are too old to spank. It is both demeaning and dangerous. The danger is that the d,efiant teen provokes the parent and the problem degenerates to the physical level. Even more important, it won't work.

The goal of parenting is to motivate children to do good things and avoid bad ones., Spanking is a poor way to motivate at any age. It may.be effectivefor the short term because parents are bigger, but it rarely works to change behavior significantly in the long run. .

If you shouldn't spank, what can you do when your teen says no?'ln your brief question you used the word "ask." Do you mean that literally? If so, I would do nothing. You have "asked"for a favor, and your teen said no. Let it be.

There is a big difference. between asking and telling. If you tell your teen to do something and he· refuses. that is defiance. You must respond in some way. Parents, not children, should run the house.

First step: Watch your temper. Many teens use verbal defiance or other outrageous behavior to provoke their parent. The parent overreacts or gets very angry and the teen "wins." "After all, who could expect me to behave when I have such a mean or stupid parent?" ' Second step: Don't argue. You have told your teen to do something. The matter is not up for debate.

You don't have to defend yourself qr explain why.

Arguing plays into your teen's hands. It assumes that we have a democracy, that all the house rules are constantly up for discussion, and that no one should have to comply when he or she doesn't feel like it.

Wrong!

Third step: Repeat the rule or request, and· set a time limit. For example: "You must be home by II p.m." "The trash inust be emptied before dinner."

"Y ou need to get started on your homework in five minutes."

Fourth step: Have a pre-arranged consequence.

This is yery· important:because it is the best way to prevent you.frorn imposing an overly harsh punishment or one you cannot enforce.

'The pre-arranged consequence might include, things that are usually considered privileges:· use of the telephone, use of the family car, watching television.

Don't make the mistake of thinking that the harsher the consequence, the more effective it will be.

Not true. In fact, the longer the consequence lasts, the more likely it will'proyide attention and work in reverse.

Here are some examples of possibly effective consequences for defiant teen behavior: -No use of phone for incoming or outge,ing calls for one day.

-No use of car for one day. ~No television tonight.

'" James & , With Dr. Mary Kenny Teen-age defiance can be aggravating and even frightening. Don't let it get you, but don't argue. Set a deadline for compliance. Then enforcf: a brief consequence.

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Thle role of Baptism spons(ors Q. A recent newsJllaper article, which I am enclosing, states that Prilllcess Diana was godmother to a friend's child at a Roman Catholic baptism.

How, as a practicing Anglican, can she make promises on behalf ora Roman Catholic child? (New Jersey) A. It will help to keep in mind a few facts about baptism sponsors.

First, you notice that Diana was one of six godpatents for this child's baptism. According to Catholic baptism regulations, only one godparent is actually required. That one fllay be either a woman or a man.

Or each child may have two godparents, a man and a woman, who have rece.ived all the sacraments of initiation (baptism, confirmation and Eucharist), and are living a lifE: in harmony with the Catholic faith a,nd with the duties of a godparent.

As long as one of the sponsors is a practicing Ca~bo,lic, the other !may be a baptized non-Catholic Christian, who in this case is referred to as a Christian witness to the baptism. o;rh~s, while any number of supplemental or hOI;lOrary godparents might be invited to participate in the ceremony, normally only' two are actually offtcially recorded for the baptism.

One reason for tliis is that the church takes very se'riously these days, perhaps more seriously than ever before since the early Christian centuries, the role of baptism sponsors. . . Parents, of course, have the primary obligation for the reiigious education and upbringing of their children. Godparents, however, have their own serious responsibilities, even while the parents are still alive and competent.

The baptism ceremony, in fact, directly asks godparents if they are willing to help the parents in their duties as mother and father. !his help can be given by moral support to the parents through pn~sence and encouragement, by

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So even though there may be a number of honor'. 'ary baptism sponsors, two an~ official and need to ,take these obligations seriously. . This background sheds light on what might have 'occurred in the baptism of Diana's friend. She may .have been among the honorary sponsors or perhaps she stood as a Christian witness, along with a practicing Catholic godparent.

These policies of the Catholic Church may be 'found primarily in the Rite for the Baptism of Children and in canon law (872-874). , A free brochure answering questions Catholics ask about cremation and other funeral regulations and customs is available by sending a stamped selfaddressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy ,Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701.

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Is this true or not: Even though most women religious no longer wear traditional nun-stuff when they travel, you oan pick them out at the airport?

Sure, you make a mistake now and then, and say something a little e'fribarrassing to a table of women who are CEOs of major corporations: "Hah, hah!

What are you girls - Sinsinawa Dominicans or maybe Atonement Franciscans?"

And they call out, "Security! Security! Please clothe this perv in a traditional wacko jacket, and then haul him away on a freight dolly like they did with Anthony Hopkins in 'Silence of the Lambs,''' But this is an easy mistake. Female CEOs of major corporations who are returning to the big city from a weekend power conference to plan a hostile takeover of an international banking conglomerate just coincidentally coif and dress similarly to women religious traveling incognito in airports.

And they give off the same casual power karma.

Actually, women are more acutely attuned to this "force" than men. For example, my wife will say, "I'll bet those three women over there are Sisters,': "No way," I argue. "One is clearly Irish, the other looks Latin or Hispanic, and the other is maybe IS years older than the other two."

"Nuns, Sisters, women religious," spouse sighs.

"Can't you just tell? They have that inward-looking, nun atmosphere all around them."

"You mean they are all wearing sensible shoes, no make-up, haven't dyed their hair the latest shaQe of beta-carotene and they haven't asked for separatl: checks?" .

"No," my wife insists. "It's more than that. They have that mysterious something around them."

"That's a waitress."

"You know what I mean," she insists.

Actually, I do. Even though women religious are more adroit at fitting into the crowd than male religious (see side note), they do project a nearly ineffable aura. Waitresses swallow their gum. Teen-agers whisper. Two-year-olds stop reaching into water glasses and throwing ice.

You just know. At least Catholics do.

(Side note: It is a firm American custom that priests traveling incognito wear black pants, loafers and a loud short-sleeved shirt made from the same material as Chiquita Banana's skirt. which they do not tuck in.

(They travel in twos and threes, and they check their watches all the time. In this way, the American traveling Catholic public knows they are there, but doesn't bother them except in an emergency. Kind of like a cab with its off-duty light on.)

I hear rumors that a lot of the women's religious orders could be enl:ouraging more - if not total -use of more traditional, distinctive dress. This will

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - An subjects, incorporating several pic- have been told "nothing more can artist whose work is shown in tures, personal mementos and text be done," she said. But by focusing "Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry" . from the interviews she conducted on the quality of time and not the said the new exhibition is "as much with caregivers, patients and fami- quantity, an individual's hope's and lies in Texas. about life as about death." goals can shift, "bringing transOne thing that "became appar- formation." Caregivers often witKathy Vargas, photographer, curator and director of visual arts ent was that families were always ness forgiveness, kindness and reconciliation, she said. at the Guadalupe Culture Center there," said Ms. Vargas. She found Another of the photographers, in San Antpnio, said she wanted to the hospice atmosphere "calm, Jack Radcliffe of Baltimore, found show that "the essence of the life of warm, and loving." the project "a transforming expeShe said her two years on the the beloved always dwells in the rience." When he began four years memories of those who continue project "brought me back into ago, his mother had just died and life." to love and remember:" Photographer Nan Goldin told his father was in decline. "M aking "It was important to me to communicate with the survivors CNS, "I don't make a big division a personal connection help(:d me through the loss of my parents," he and to make apparent their heal- between death and life anymore." ing and the memories that they Several of the New York City said. rook away with them," she said at "It took me one year to b,~ able artist's friends had died of AIDS a March preview at the Corcoran while being cared for by Cabrini to go comfortably into the hosGallery of Art in Washington.

Hospice in lower Manhattan. That pice," Radcliffe told CNS.' He The goal of hospice care, which worked with an AIDS hospice in led her back to Cabrini for this started in the United States in the exhibition. The hospice is a pro- York, Pa. "It was not so much frightenmid-1970s, is for terminally ill gram of Cabrini Medical Center, . patients to spend their final days at run by the Missionary Sisters of ing," he recalled, "but unbearable home, alert and free of pain, among the Sacred Heart. to be there at such an intimate moment." , . the people and things they love.

"I don't find death hard," Ms. Today, there are 2,500 hospice Goldin said, pointing,out that many He was moved by the caregivers - mostly women, he said - "how of the people in her photographic programs nationwide. . incredibly caring they are" anp In collaboration with the Na- narratives are laughing. tional Hospice Foundation, the Mary Cook, director of Cabrini "heroic as part of the daily roetine."

Hospice, told CNS that Ms. GolThe work of photographen: Sally Corcoran commissioned five internationally acclaimed photogra- din felt it was important "to get to Mann of Lexington, Va., and Jim phers and three a ward-winning know the patients over time, to Goldberg of San Francisco is also filmmakers to explore the hospice develop a relationship with them," exhibited. Goldberg recordc:d his experience, through artists' eyes. so the photos would be more canfather's death in a hospice program in Florida. Ms. Mann's work Their photo essays and docu- did. She still visi~s one of the peoshows patients' desires and memomentary film - powerful images ple she photographed.

"One of the big misconceptions ries: a last look at the ocean, their of dying patients, their families view from a window. and caregivers, what they saw and people have about hospice is that cared about - will be shown at the it's a place where people die," Ms. The exhibition film, "Lc:tting Corcoran through May· 5, then Cook said, while it's really "home Go: A Hospice Journey," follows 'will travel to Ii other U.S. cities care' that focuses on quality of three patients: an 8-year-old 'Monlife." through 2000. tana boy, a 46-year-old mother of Ms. Goldin's photos were shot two from Queens, N.Y., and a 62Ms. Vargas, a parishioner at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in mostly in patients' homes, said year-old San Francisco fireman .

Ms. Cook, noting that 90 percent San Antonio, told Catholic News Produced and directed by Susan Service that she was introduced to of all patient care for Cabrini's Froemke and' Deborah Di<:kson hospice care.!?y her aunt, a retired 7,000 patien,ts and families since with Albert Maysles, the film nun now in her 90s who volun- 1980 has beln carried out at home. debuted nationally on HBO March Even though "it sounds contrateered at one of San Antonio's first 18, with additional showings March hospices. dictory," she continued, "we give 30 and April 4.

Her portraits are shrines to her hope." Often terminally ill patients Major funding for the e;(hibition was provided by Warner-Lambert and The Project on Death in America of the Open Society Institute. .

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March 30 1963, Rev. Aime Barre, On Sick Leave, Fall River 1985, Rev. Benoit R. Galland, Retired, U.S. Navy March 31 1953, Rt. Rev. Msgr. George C. Maxwell, Pastor, SS. Peter and Paul, Fall River April 1 1958, Rev. George A. Lewin, Pastor, St.-Mary, Hebronville .

1974, Rev. Edwin J. Loew, Pastor, St. Joseph, Woods Hol~ April 2 1961, Rev. Adolph Bailach, OFM Conv., Pastor, Our Lady of .Perpetual Help, New Bedford 1976, Rev. Donald Belanger, Pastor, St. Stephen, Attlebo:ro 1993, Rev. James B. Coyle" Pastor Emeritus, St. Dorothea, Eatontown, NJ April 4 1985, Rev. James F. McCa,rthy, Retired Pastor;Sacred Heart, Fall River 1991, Rev. Gaspar L. Parente, Retired Pastor, St. Theresa, :Patagonia, AZ

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Rene Descartes: still loved and PARIS (CNS) - French philosopher Rene Descartes, born 400 years ago this spring, wanted to prove scientifically that God exists, but he fell into disfavor with the theologians at the Sorbonne university and is still a contested figure for 20th-century Catholic thinkers.

Yet Descartes, whose birthday is March 31, has become a model for French intellectuals, and the French still like to consider themselves as coolly rational "Cartesians."

His birthday anniversary is being marked with events around the country, a solemn session at the Sorbonne, a new postage stamp and a philosophy contest among 48 schools in Descarte:;' native region in central France.

In his lifetime, Descartes declined to publish one of his early works, "The World," because he argued that Earth moves around the sun.

He had seen what had happened to Galileo, condemned by the church in Italy for holding the same idea.

"To live well, you live unseen," he said.

Descartes spent nearly his entire. adult life outside France. First he was a soldier-of-fortune: at the start ofthe Thirty Years war. Then - following a dream in which he claims to ha've discove:red the rational underpinnings of science - he turned to serious study in Holland, coming to Paris only for relatively short visits.

Given his problems with the Sorbonne, which was the arbiter of Catholic orthodoxy in his age, Descartes might be surprised to discover that he has become a hero in France. But this is one of the few European countries where serious philosophy still is taught in high schools.

The subject remains popular as many people seek a meaning to life in a largely secular society. Philosophy discussion groups have sprung up in cafes. Jostein Gaarder's book, "Sophie's World," a philosophical mystery, has been a runaway best seller. Spotting a trend, some philosophy graduates have set themselves up as consultants to truth-seeking individuals and ethics-seeking companies.

Descartes was a formidable mathematician, w.hose analytical genius made him the father of modern theoretical physics. He paved the way for Newton and Einstein and laid the groundwork for much of modern science. Descartes marked a break with medieval scholastic philosophy, derived from Aristotelianism and hallowed

by St. Thomas Aquinas, and se~ the stage for modern philosophy.

Descartes asked if there could be sci~ntific answers to questions such as: What is matter? What is the relationship between mind and body? And, above all, can anything be known for certain? . His philosophical method consisted of rejecting every received idea or notion about which there could be the slightest doubt, and questioning any information derived from the senses.

Was anything certain? Yes,he answered.

Descartes argued, as did St. Augustine, that the act of thinking made one aware of one's own existence. "Cogito ergo s.um" - I think, therefore I am -- was his most famous formulation.

But, Descartes argues, it is possible that we are continually being led astray by a malicious demon, determined to prevent us from get-

ting at t'he truth. Some commentators argue that the demon concept continues to make sense today, when people'sjudgrnent is clouded by totalitarian systems, religious fundamentalism, misleading media and so-called "virtual reality."

Descartes' defense against the demon hypothesis was the proposition that a perfect God would not want men to be permanently deceived. Truth could be discovered through the power of reason as expressed through the language of mathematics. Descartes argued that the universe is governed by immutable mathematical and geometric rules, as true for martians as for earthlings.

The proposition was challenged

by English philosopher John Locke, who said that if men had telescopes or microscopes instead of eyes, their view of reality would not be the same.

Descartes was concerned primarily with demolishing the views of skeptics who thought that certainty in knowledge was beyond the reach of man and that science was therefore impossible.

But Descartes' reasoning was also an indirect argument against the church, which said that since man could know nothing for certain, he should rely on faith and hope.

The 20th-century Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain accused Descartes of trying to rival the angels. He said that Cartesianism is merely the art of taking things apart and putting them together again.

"The mechanical explanation becomes the only conceivable type of scientific explanation," Mari-

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tain said. He added that the doubt shown by Descartes "has a heavy weight of responsibility for the immense futility of the modern world."

Descartes remains a figure of distrust for thos(: who like their beliefs cut and dried.

A member of Opus Dei said he considered Descartes to be a kind of devil.

However, the Jesuits, who educated Descartes, have never disowned him. The church of Saint German-des-Pres in the heart of the intellectual quarter of Pa~is asked for Descartes to be buried there. . His remains - minus the head, which ended up in the Museum of Man in Paris - were buried there in 1819. The body had first been buried in a Stockholm cemetery, with unintended irony, among children who had "died before the. age of reason," and then had been moved from place to place in Paris.

The philosopher probably could not have cared less, because for him th((,mind was the real Descartes.

Queen Christine of Sweden, whose resting place is St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, credited Descartes with instigating the ideas that led her to convert to Ca~ tholicism.

Descartes had accepted the offer of the then-23-year-old monarch to go to Stockholm to teach her philosophy. But it was a cruel winter and Descartes, used to lying in bed in the mornings to think, found it grueling to get up to give lessons to the queen at 5 a.m.

He apparently contracted pneumonia and died in the Swedish capital at the age of 54.

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795 Middle Street Fall River, MA 02721 (508) 674-5741

Breast Cancer Support Group· Therapeutic support group for women with non-metastatic breast cancer disease.

• Tuesdays, April 9 & 23 ·5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

• Clemence Hall Pre-registration is required.

For more information contact Ann Mitchell, l:ICSW at (508) 674-5600, Ext. 2270.

Prostate Cancer Support Group· For men with prostate cancer.

• Monday, April 1, 8 & 22 • 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

• Clemence Hall, Room 1128 Topics to be addressed include a urological perspective on prostate cancer, and overview of prostate cancer treatment options and addressing the effects of prostate cancer. For more information contact Fred Barbosa, lICSW. at (508) 674-5600, Ext. 2270 or Rosemarie Baylies, RN, BSN, MHP, OCN at (508) 675-5688.

Oncology Education Series· A general cancer education series.

• Wednesdays, April 10 & 24 ·4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

• Nannery Conference Room Topics to be discussed include understanding cancer and managing its effects and nutrition and cancer. For more information contact Fred Barbosa, (508) 674-5600, Ext. 2279.

Diabetes Education and Support Group· Open to individuals with diabetes, their family and friends.

• Tuesday, April 9 ·6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

• Nannery Conference Room "Beyond Blood Sugar Control: Know Your Hemoglobin AIC," presented by Terri Ferreira, R.N. For more information contact Geny Dauphin at (508) 674-5600, Ext. 433.

Seventh Annual Ethics Symposium A Call to Partnership: "The Role of the Catholic Healthcare Ministry Meeting the Ethical Challenge of Medicine & Business in Caring for People."

• Friday, April 26 ·7:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

• The Martin Institute of Law and Society at Stonehill College, North Easton There is a $35 registration fee for the symposium. For more information on the ethics symposium contact the Education Department at (508) 674-5~OO, Ext. 2480.

•All support groups are free and open to the public.

10,°'1""1; ANci-lOR-Diocese Of Fall River-f'n., 'Mar. 29, 1996

Friendship helpe~ priest recover- from mental illness PHILADELPHIA' (eNS) ship," said Ms. Dulin. "That's what When' Lomiine.DuHn flrst'met J:'ahe needed." '~ther C, Norbert Dick in -1984, she When "Lorraine" was the first word he spoke at Homes'tead, Ms.had tio idea he' was a priest: He was a new' patient at the Dulin cried.

She worked hard at getting him Homestead Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Willow Grove. to respond - persuading him to exercise and play bingo, scolding "He would just sit there with his him 'out of silence, wearing 'funny mouth hanging open, staring into hats. "He was reborn," she said. "I space," she recalled. Ms. Dulin worked there as the private duty brought him a cake with olie candle a·nd said, 'This is your first companion to two Homestead clients, but nobody had hired her birthday.''' to look after Father Dick.

Father Gallagher also befriende,d "I felt sorry for him,:' she said in the priest.'Grad~ally,FatherDick an interview with The Catholic joined in the rosa'ry atH omestead Standard and Times," newspaper and began to participate in Masses of the Philadelphia Archdiocese. at St. David, first concelebrating, "I didn't even know if he could . then celebrating. ' His proude'st moment came the hear. 1 would just sit and hold his hand and say, 'I wane to be your year Father G~liagher asked him friend.''' to be principal celebrant at the Though not a Catholic, she Mass of the Lord's Supper on remembered kind priests from her Holy Thursday. "I was 'never a childhood. "I was never able to do p'rincipal celebrant before," he told anything for them, and helping Father Gallagher. _ Father Norbert was a way for me As his health improved, it was to, make up for that," she said. suggested that Father Dick move Ms. Dulin aided the priest's to a church-related facility, but he return to life from a mental illness declined, saying he had never been that had gripped him for many happier. -Father Richard T. Bolger, curyears before his death in February.

Father DiCK grew up in one of rent pastor at St. David, saidFaPhiladelphia's old German par- ther Dick "had his own little aposishes, St. Ludwig's. At St. Charles tolate" at Homestead. "He used to Seminary, he was remembered as go from room to ro~m visiting, praying with people, delivering a good violinist and ball player. newspapers."

One of 46 priests ordained in "His is a beautiful story of what Philadelphia in 1942, he served in two upstate parishes before suffer- can happen when other people ing a mental breakdown in 1943.' take an interest in 'someone," Father Bolger added.

Over the next 40 years, he was a Parishioners at St. David invited patient at several institutions.

Father Dick to join Knights of During periods of recovery, he Columbus, Legion of Mary.and made short visits to his brother other groups. and sister-in-law in Philadelphia.

"He was a good' man, a holy In 1961 the new 'Diocese of man," said parishioner Ed Bergan.

Allentown, formed from the northern part of the Philadelphia Arch- "Y ou won't meet many people like him in life who a'ren't at all worldly." diocese, assumed responsibility fQr Cancer finally took Father Dick's Father Dick's care because he was last assigned there. Homestead life, but "even in pain he was in . tune with God's will," said Bergan. became his home in 1984.

Allentown Bishop Thomas J. Father Daniel J. Gallagher, then pastor of St. David parish in Wil- Welsh celebrated Father Dick's low Grove, learned about Father funera,l Mass. He was buried in the Dick from Ms. Dulin during a same cemetery as his parents, but in a special plot with his brother Communion call.

"I went to see him and he was priests.

"I miss him," said Ms. Dulin. practically catatonic," Father Gallagher said. "He wouldn't accept "He ~ould tell me God put me on Communion, and I just couldn't earth to be an angel for people, especially him. Maybe I don't have get him to. , "Once I saw his breviary on the much education, but if I helped table. I said 'Father, I have to say him, I'm happy. It wasn't just rr.~, my office, I'll say it for both of us.' it was the priests and the people at I started to read aloud, but he his church, too." started to shake, and I had to stop," said Father Gallagher.

"I think it was" Lorraine Dulin "I ainthe v1ne,yOu are who made the difference," Father Gallagher continued. "She is a the branches. He who person with innate 'Yisdom, and Dves in me and lin him, Homestead uses her for special wlll prgduce abun.dantly, care. She would go to him every for apart from me you day, talk to him, humor him, baby him." can do nothing."

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°parishnurses, offer health minIstry to their ~ongregations and the nurses reminded their congregation to voluntel~ras minBy Pat McGowan isters of health to the ,:ongregahearers that if they themselves Anchor Staff ' tion. As an Anchor Helilthwise Par.ents,grand parents, babysit- were choking ~hey could use a column that appeared la:;t Nov. 17 .tel's, CCD teachers' and others chair or the corner of a counter to described their services, "they may involved in child care-spent a apply the needed pressure. (The Heimlich Maneuver is difficult to include'at-home visits for patients rewarding recent evening at St. recently discharged from local Patrick's Church, Somerset. There, explain in words; therefore it is hospitals and homebound elderly, at a program arranged by pari- suggested that those unfamiliar transportation to a:ld from shioners and licensed practical with it contact the Red Cross or a office visits to physician:;, facilitanurse Betty Navacek, pediatric medical professional for a demontion of support groups, organizaregistered nurses Catherine Bonner stration and instruction in its use.) tion of health clinics and training and Judy Garcia demonstrated , If one is caring for a child who and supervision of oth;~r voluntechniques for first aid to children suffers diabetic shock, said the ." and discussed child health in . llhrses,'{ ~"om~thing 's'weet' such "as '., reers in acongregatloh."

The volunteers will be offered general, backing up their presenta- orange juice should be squeezed their own support through ongotion with distribution of an infor- into his or her mouth.

If you're not sure what to do in a ing lectures and worksh,)ps at St. mative booklet and several leaflets sitmition, they concluded, and it's Anne's. Sister Carole V. M. Mello, on the subject. not an emergency needing imme- OP, of the pastoral care departThe nurses, both from St. Anne's ment at the hospital, said that the Hospital, Fall Rive'r, warned that diate help (for which you should parish nurse concept began in 1983 many cases of child poisoning occur call 911), Sf. Anne's Hospital pediatric department offers an in Illinois and by 1985 had spread because "kids have got into gr.andAsk-A-Nurse Service a,t 1-800-544-' to the New England area. Father rna's purse. Don't carry medicaRobert Rochon, director of pastions. Always keep them in a safe 2424. For questions concerning . adults, call the hospital's emer-' toral care at Sf. Anne's, had organpl~ce." gency department at (508) 674ized the program at a hospital Other helpful hints included 5600, ext. 450. where he ministered before comadvice on treating stings: don't try ing to Fall River, she said; and he to squeeze out a stinger because Parish Nurses and Sister Joanna Fernandes, OP, that spreads the poisonous secreThe informative evening at St. provincial superior of the Domintion that's been injected under the Patrick's was provided by the intericans of the Presentat ion who . skin; instead-, scrape it off. A credit faith parish nurse program of St. founded St. Anne's, decided to card is' excellent for that purpose, Anne's. Thirteen parishes of the introduce it to Southeastern Massathey noted.

Fall River diocese are already parSuppose a child falls and knocks chusetts. out a tooth: put it into milk, which ticipants in this program, in addiLucky the parish that has it! tion to five ',Greater Fall River contains protein that will act as a churches of other denominations For further information on preservative until you can get child and one synagogue, and two Cathoand tooth to the dentist (which beginning a parish nurse program, lic parishes outside the diocese. ' call Father Rochon or Si!:ter Mello should be as quickly as possible).

The program seeks nurses and at St. Anne's Hospital, tel. (508) Then there's the child with 674-5741. allergies: if his or her medications other health care workers in a have been left at home, try sips of ice water to reduce a swollen throat.

But don't mess with eyes! The most you should do yourself is to apply a loose compress and then get immediate medical assistance.

Vomiting or diarrhea, said the nurses, while pleasant for no one, are especially tough on children, whose small bodies dehydrate faster than those of adults. In such cases, they advise the BRATT diet: bananas, rice, apples, dry toast, and black tea. If juice is taken, they added, it should be watered.

And a practical tip if a child or anyone has serious bleeding: a sanitary napkin makes an excellent compress.

Also discussed was the HeimFATHER GEORGE BELLENOIT, pastorofSt. Patrick's lich Maneuver for a choking child and parishioner Doris Pytel discuss the health foru~. or adult. Illustrated instruction sheets demonstrated how it is used (McGowan photo)

Hospital offers series on once.logy educatiQn The Hudner Oncology Cen~ ter of Saint Anne's Hospital is sponsoring an on,cology edu~ cational series to provide a medical overview of cancer, treatment options and advice on managing its l~ffects. The series will take pla,ee from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on VC'ednesdays throughJune 19 in the Nannery Conference Room in the hos~ .

pital's Clemence HalL Parking is available in the Orange Lot on Forest Street.

Our ultimate goal is to pro~ l vide patients and their fami~ lies with educational, emotional and psychological support tools to cope wit~ a diagnosis of cancer," said Fred Barbosa, MSW, LICSW, coordinator of the series. Keynote speak~

St. Al1lne'S participati.ng in Welll Women Pr.oject.

St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River, . integrate these addi~ional testing is one of 12 community-based sites services into it," said Susan O'Brien, chosen to participate in the Mass- St. Anne's director of oncology. achusetts Well Woml:n Project, a "It's timely, she added, because statewide effort to promote chronic many women in the BCCI prodisease prevention, sc:reening and gram have requested 'assistance in intervention. accessing other preventive serviFunded by the Centers for Dis- ces. Our efforts will continue to ease Control and Prevention in focus on Portuguese Women in our Atlanta, the project is focused on community who would not norpromoting and managing well ness mally access preverttive health for uninsured or underinsured care."

Under the terms ofthe two-year women over age 50, a population known to be at risk for chronic project, St. Anne's will treat a mindisease. imum of ,ISO women a year, beginning in April. Comprehensive' "Our selection as a participant health screenings will provide early in the Well Women Project underdetection and preventive testing scores our emerging role as the for women, including mammograprincipal health advocate for the phy, clinical breast examinations, women of our community, a role Pap tests, blood chole'sterol, blood which we believe wiII continue to pressure and cardiovascular disgrow in the future," said Joseph ease risk factor screening utilizing W. Wilczek, hospital president. computerized risk assessment.

Between 1991 and 1993, heart Special intervention'activities will disease, cancer and strokes claimed include ongoing support and eduthe lives of almost 18,000 Massacation for women to practice prevchusetts women over the age 50.

Nationally, those conditions are ention and early detec:tion, one-toone counseling to provide individuaalso the leading caUSI:S of death lized plans for diet, stress reduction among women. At the same time, and exercise, womert-to-women health professionals are more cergroups to provide o'pportunities tain than ever that early detection for women to learn new skills and and intervention are ke:ys to treating many chronic dise;ases. Thus, develop relationship~ for social "St. Anne's Hospital is proud to be support and provisio:n of general part of this landmark effort dehealth tips.

There will also be home visits to signed to help a part of our nation's population which has all too often provide followup counseling and support and rescreening at six and been overlooked by health care policy-makers and providers alike," 12 month intervals. said Wilczek.

The grant for the Well Women Project will provi~e the St. Anne's "Early intervention--the princiBCCI program with a;n important pal thrust of this effort-could and long-sought-afteropportunity save many of these women's lives. to provide comprehensive health Therefore our pattic;ipation is programs for undersetved women. entirely consistent with the mission of St. Anne's to identify and For more information on the reach out to the underserved seg- Well Women Project, call Dina ments of our community," he Mello or Fernanda Da Souza at continued.

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Project goals are to develop a replicable' model for providing screening, intervention and followup for at-risk women and to assess the effectiveness of one-on-one CHICAGO (CNS), - Maybe intervention as compared to usual politicians in Washington should care. At St. Anne's the project will take a lesson from the Archdiocese be integrated into the existing of Chi~ago. While Congress and Breast and Cervical Cancer Initia- the president continue to bicker tive (BCCI) for unisured or under- over the federal budget, archdiinsu~ed women, in which the hos- ocesan officials announced that pital is already particip~lting. Many not only have they balanced their women served by the BCCI have budget after years of deficits, they multiple health complications, in- actually posted a $13.6 million cluding cardiovascular problems. surplus in fiscal year 1995. Just five years ago, in fiscal year 1990, "Becau'se we are already screening women through the BCCI the archdiocese had, reported a program, it mllkes sense for us to deficit of $13.9 million.

Fiscal turna,round

ers ,will-disc:"iiss"topks rnclud~ ing current tre~tments and therapy, nutrition, financial concerns, medical coverage and spiritual responses to cancer.

Dates and topics follow.

March 20: "A Medi~ cal Overview ofCancer," Richard Hellwig, M.D., Chief Oncologist, St. Anne's Hospital.

March 27: "Understand~ ing Cancer Treatment and Managing its Effects, Part One ~ Chemoth~raphy," Susan O'Brien, RN, MS, AOCN. April 10: "Part Two ~RadiatiotlTherapy," Stu~ art Berman, M.D., Radi~ ation Medicine and Susan Gagne, RN. April 24: "Nutrition

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of Cancer on the Indi~ vidual and Family and its effect on Intimacy and Communi'cations," Fred Barbosa, MSW, LICSW and Ann Mitchell, MSW, LICSW.

.and Cancer," Carol Hazen and Brenda Helger, Reg~ istered Dietitians.

May 8: "A Spiritual Response," Sister Lorna Riordan, O.P. and Dea~ con Michael Murray, Chaplains.

May 22: "Financial A venues and Medical Coverage," Don Vinette, Social Security Admin~ istration, and "Advance Directives," Curt Wil~ kins, Director of Com~ munity and Social Work Services of St. 'Anne's Hospital.

JuneS: "The Emotiorial and Psychological Impact

June 19: "Reentering the Mainstream," Sandy Pacheco, American Can~ cer Society and "Cancer Survivorship," Barry Brown, MSW, LICSW.

For more information on the Oncology Education Series, please contact Fred Barbosa;MSW, LICSW, or Ann Mitchell, MSW, LICSW at -(508) 674-5600, ext. 2270.

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, 'CATHEDRAL, FR A Passion Play portraying the events of the first Holy Week will be presented. in the main church on Palm Sunday at 3 p.m., by the confirmation class with, the help of students in grades 6 and 7. All invited.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) - PQpe John Paul II's bout with digestive ST. ANNE SHRINE, FR problems marked a new phase in Adorers are needed 24 hours a the subtle struggle between an day, seven days a week, for. the activist pope and his nervous ST. ANTHONY OF THE DESERT, OUR LADY OF VICTORY, Apostolate of Perpetual AdoratIOn. doctors..

CENTERVILLE FR Those willing to commit themselves Exposition of the Blessed SacraA concert based on the late C1ar- for one hour a week, every week, are Two months shy of76 and in the ment will take place April4 at 8 p.m. 'ence Enzler's work "Everyone's Way asked to call for information. Night 18th year of an extraordinary until 8 a~m. Good Friday morning. of the Cross" will be presented at hours are most in need of adorers.. papacy, the pope's work ethic is Exposition also every Monday, TuesOur Lady of Victory Church by Information: tel. 67~-5651. still: "Let's go!" day and Weanesday, from 9 a.m.

Denise Gannon on March 31 at 3 ST. THERESA'S CHAPEL, In recent years, though, his docuntil midnight. There will be no p.m. The work involves a dialogue SAGAMORE tors have been telling him: "Go Sunday adoration during April. between Christ and others.

An afternoon of recollection for slow."

CATHOLIC ALUMNI CLUB OF SACRED HEART CHURCH, women will be held April 8 at St. In mid-March, the doctors BOSTON, SE MASS. REGION' NO. ATTLEBORO Theresa's Chapel, Rt. 6A, Sagamore. seemed to be winning. Sidelined There will be a singles dance at the All are invited to a Good Friday Confessions will be heard from 2:30 by an unspecified digestive probservice in the main cQurch at 7 p.m. Columbia Cultural Center Myles to 3:00 p.m. and also at 5 p.m. by a lem, the pope virtually disappeared Intercessory prayer will be included Standish Park, 775 John Quincy priest of Opus Dei. All area women as part of the service. Adoration of Adams Rd., Taunton, on March 30 for more than a week. He was !old welcome. the Blessed Sacrament wilf not De from 8 p.m. to midnight. Informato·rest.

OUR LADY OF THE CAPE, held since there is no Blessed Sacra- tion: Tony Medeiros, tel. 824-8378.

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BREWSTER ment in the church until the Easter CAMPUS MINISTRY, tors to 'Iet him preside for a halfA healing service with Mass will UMASS DARTMOUTH Vigil. All are invited to spend time iq hour at a beatification ceremony On April 3, Father Andre Pate- take place April 3 at 7:30 p.m. at Our adoration on Holy ThursdaY evenLady of the Cape Church, 468 Stony March 17. His early, planned ing from the end ofthe'Lord's Supper naude of LaSalette Shrine will be holding a free concert at U Mass. Brook Rd., Brewster. Celebrant will departure from that Mass, howuntil midnight.

Dartmouth, No. Dartmouth from 7 be Father Dick Lavoie, M.S., a: ever, seemed poignant and a little BISHOP STANG H.S; p.m. to 9 p.m. The concert will take member of the Association of Chris- strange to those in attendance.

NO. DARTMOUTH tian Therapists. Information: Sue, In coming months and years, Members of the Stang Honor place in the Campus Ce!lter main tel. 432-4934. ' Society and student volunteers of cafeteria. Information: tel. 999-8872. the world may have to get used to Campus Ministry are sponsoring an seeing the pope leave center stage.

Easter Egg Hunt on school grounds , In fact, the Vatican has been on March 31 from I p.m. to 4 p.m. quietly cutting back on the pope's All area children up to age 12 are direct participation in lengthy invited. Admission is free and other BIR ZEIT, West Bank (CNS) leave their villages. Some people events for some time.' In most outdoor activities will be held.

- A Catholic priest has appealed have no money coming in and cases, cardinals have taken his ST. VINCENT de PAUL for emergency financi!11 assistance have lost their jobs in Israel. place. .

TAUNTON DISTRICT COUNCIL to help Christian families on the Israel has relaxed the closure at On Ash Wednesday, for examThere will be a Mass April I at West Bank. .

• specific times, allowing residents ple, the pope sat in attendance as 7:30 p.m. at HolyRosary Church, 80 Father Emil Salayta, the Latin- to buy provisions.

Bay St.,. Taunton, for the beatificasomeone else celebrated the tradirite Patriarchate's director of eduPrime Minister Shimon Peres' tion of Frederic Ozanam and detional Mass and distributed ashes cations for Gaza and the West government has said the closure ceased members of the St. Vincent in a Rome' church; the pope did de Paul Society. Meeting will be Bank, said the Israeli closure of will be relaxed further in late only the blessing and the sermon. held at the parish center following the two areas, while initially under- March, but, said Father Salayta, He is no longer the celebrant for the Mass. standable in view of a week of ter- that seems far away. an·annual Mass for Rome's poritifLaSALETTE SHRINE, rorist attacks, has hit the local "The feeling here is bad; there' ical university..community in the ATTLEBORO population very h;ud. was a.lot of compassion because fall, or at the Mass for religious in The Coffee House at LaSalette Father Salayta said about 50 the people thought (the attacks) January:For the second year in a Shrine will feature "From the Heart" Christian families in ,the village were wrong, but you just can't row, he skipped the January liturgy on March 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the have turned to him for. financial punish 95 percent of the people in St. Paul Outside the Walls for cafeteria. assistance and jobs since they are because 5 percent have done some- Christian unity week, sending the Father Andre Patenaude, M.S. will lead a Palm Sunday healing sernot able to reach their regular thing wrong," he said. "The mil-' Vatican's top ecumenical official vice with Mass at the chapel at 2 employment. In addition, he said, itary should give us a little freeinstead. p.m. The service will include music, about 150 more Christian families dom, at least for urgent cases."

He no longer carries. the cross teaching, celebration of the EuchaOther local residents have come during the Good Friday "Via Cruin three neighboring villages are in rist and the opportunity for persons dire need of help. to him asking for assista~ce in set- cis." And in recent weeks, he has to be anointed and prayed over ting up small businesses because even stopped singing the "Our individually.

The phone lines in Bir Zeit had they have lost their jobs and there Father" at the end of his weekly "Christsong," a musical portrayal been down·for a week March II, are no other jobs available for audience with pilgrims and visofthe life of Christ, will be presented so Father Salayta sent out an them, he said. In addition to setin the cafeteria on Palm Sunday at 7 itors. Qver the last year, he has not appeal through the media to try to ting 'up an el}1ergency fund, he p.m. always been in top voice. reach outside Catholic communi- would like to set up a fund for Holy Week Services Schedule: Vatican spokes'man Joaquin April 3 - Service of Tenebrae at . ties for emergency financial assist- e!itablishing small businesses.

Navarro-Valls is sensitive to any ance to provide the families with "It is a real catastrophe. The big 7:30 p.m. in the chapel: This is a talk of a "cameo" pope. He desbasic food provisions. loss is the loss of confidence," he Holy Week devotion characterized cribes the changes as minor ones , by the successive extingui~hing of "As a church, people come here said of the attacks and their designed in part to give more viscandles as the service progresses. It looking for help. I have the work, aftermath. ibility to cardinals and others. will be led by Father Fern Cassista, but I have no money to pay them," "Palestinians are living in little But the drastic schedule cutback M.S. and narrated by Father Manuel he said. "There,is Caritas in Jerus- prisons now, and tltis will increase in March indicated that the pope Pereira, M.S. alem, but getting into Jerusalem is their frustration," Father Salayta and those closest to l1im were takApril4 - The Solemn Mass of the a problem now." said. "I am afraid for the future, ing the doctors'.advice to heart.

Lord's Supper wilrbe celebrated at 7 p.m. with Father Richl;Ud Delisle, .. After five terrorist attacks that about what will happen next. I One doctor who has treated the left 60 people dead ~nd more than can't see a solution."

M.S. as celebrant. Veneration ofthe pope in - the past' told Catholic 100 people wounded, the Israeli For information onJtow to help, News Service that as the pontiff Blessed Sacrament will follow until government clamped a complete Father Salayta,can be reached at ages, he needs'to better accept the midnight.

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"For many people, not just the Cross at 12: 10 p.m., and Portuguese pope, ·this is not an easy thing to Way of the Cross at 1:30 p.m. At 3 do," he said. p.m., Father Andre Patenaude will The trouble is, Pope John Paul preside at the Solemn Celebration of the Lord's Passion and Death. At has made a lasting image in the 6:30 p.m. there will be a Passion world as a man willing to tackle Play presented by youth from Salem, any issue, fly to any continent and N.H. ' lead any religious procession. Up April 6 - Easter Vigil at 7 p.m. to now, he has stuck to what some celebrated by Father Ernest Corrimight call a workaholic schedule: veau, M.S. up at dawn for prayers and Mass, The sacrament of reconciliation meetings and audiences all mornwill be offered March 31 from I to 5 p.m., April 1 through April 5 from 2 ing, a working lunch, review of to 3 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Holy Satchurch business in the afternoon urday from I to 4 p. m. and into the evening.

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To their eyes, the pope once described' as a "hurricane" has lost some of the wind from his sails.

After thigh surgery following a serious fall in 1994, he made a slow recovery. Today he walks without a cane, but with hesitation. People notice; many pilgrims see,ing the pontiff for the first time wonder when the pope turned into an old man.

Almost unnoticed in the flurry of speculation about' the: pope's health in March was the fact that all of his regular meetings and audiences were canceled, t,)o. That raised some questions: How important are these meetings? Are they mere handshakes and photo-ops?

How much could be delegated?

Many foreign leaders visiting the Vatican have a brief chat with the pontiff and much more substantial talks with. his top aides.

The pope's longer audiences with ambassadors or groups are more formal, with the pope re:ading a written speech before l~reeting people individually.

That speech-giving could be done' by others, Vatican officia::s say.

As for papal documents, even' now draft versions are usually prepared by teams of experts, with the pope setting up majo:r themes and putting on finishing touches.

The pope's presence is considered more important during the "ad limina" visits made every five years by groups of bishops. They meet with him individually and as a group, and both sides say it can be an important moment of dialogue between the universal and the local church. Thes,: would probably be some of the Illst meetings the pope would delegate to others.

Yet while Pope John Pa.ul could remove himself from much of the day-to-day business at the Vatican, he must also consider the emotional and spiritual impact his presence can have on visi;:ors.

"There's nothing that can compare with meeting him. It's not so much what is said. But his moral stature, his warmth, his personality make a deep impression," saidLisa Palmieri-Billig, a representative of the Anti-Defamatio n League of B'nai B'rith in Italy, who has accompanied several Jewis h groups to papal audiences over recent years.

On that level, no stand-in can take his place.

Leaders lobby WASHINGTON(CNS)- Welfare reform, a land-mine ban and the global arms trade were among issues Catholic social action leaders from across the nation took to Capitol Hill.as they met with their representatives in the House and Senate Feb. 27. At the end oftheir afternoon of lobbying, Sens.

Daniel P. Moynihan, D-NY., and Daniel R. Coats, R-Ind., presented them with two quite diffl:rent but in some ways equally compelling philosophies of welfare reform.

And Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., thanked them for their intense, effective lobbying last summer and fall that resulted in enactment of his bill to impose the first moratorium on U.S. military use of antipersonnel land mines. Land mines are "the only weapon where the victim pulls the trigger," <lnd more often than not the victirr., is a civilian, Leahy told the group.'

Annual Pro-Life Mass· Amy Catherine Roma, Category 2 first place essay winner continued from page 1

The material link is the molecular thread of DNA. As soon as the 23 paternally derived chromosomes are united through fertilization to the 23 maternal ones, the full 'genetic information necessary and sufficiE!nt to express all the inborn qualities of the new individual is gathered. Therefore, each individual human life begins at fertilizatiol1l and is a continuum from that time until death.

Once a human, ~llways a human. Because of our unity with our unborn brothers and sisters, it is our responsibility to humanity to defend those who cannot defend themselves.

Likewise it is the responsibility of the United States government to protect the right.!; of all humans in this nation, regardless of perfection, age, sex or degree of dependency.

With the legality of abortion, this protection is automatically terminated due to the possibility of prenatal testing. This testing has given pregnant women the ability to discover whether a child will be born with a g~netic defect or physical handicap. Many women abort simpl)' because they discover the child to be an undesired sex or be less than perfect.

In New York, an obstetrician killed a child with Down's Syndrome in utero by injecting a needle into his heart and withdrawing half the blood. He left his twin brother a,lone and 3 months later he was born alive but the dead Down's Syndrome child was delivered with the placenta. This was and innocent human baby. whose only fault was that he wasn't as perfect as someone wanted him to be.

Being both a twin and the sister of a child with Down's Syndrome, this story truly wrenches my heart. "A civilization will ultimately be judged by how it treats the smallest, the most dependent, the most innocent among its members., Did that nation cherish, protect, love and nourish them -- or kill them?"

(Dr. Willke).

G. Bradley, Category 1 first place essay winher continued from page 2

My parents were devastated to say the least, a medical expert was' telling them to give up on the baby and have an abortion, something they did not believe in. My parents refused to believe this was their only choice. They went to the Brigham and Women's Hospital to get advice from top doctors in the field. Brigham and Women's arranged for one of their obstetricians to care for my mother, and the doctors from Children's Hospital cared for me. After the testing they advised my parents to continue with the pregnancy.

February 6, t 982, I was born at Brigham and Women's hospital. Doctors from Children's Hospital prenounced me healthy. To think that abortion was that easy to suggest and just another procedure the doctor advised my parents to have scares me. I might. not have ever been born. I know I am not a perfect student, but I, and all other children, have the ability to become whatever we choose, and possibly make the world a better place. All children, born and the unborn, have that same right, and abortion can take that right away. That is why.

I think abortion is wrong, it is taking a life away from someone before they are even born into this world. To me that is murder.

Christopher Guilbert, Category 1 second place essay winner continued from page 3

the great people, past and present. What if Abraham Lincoln or Martin Luther King, Jr. were aborted because their parents thought it would bE~ inconvenient to have a baby. Today, people who may someday perform miraculous· deeds are being killed before they even gE~t out of the womb.

The issue of abortion is an ominous and frightening issue staring into the eyes of people today. It is crucial that we end these senseless killings and loye, nourish and protect the children of today and the leaders of tomorrow.

Continued from Page Two an essay contest in which Catholic school and CCD students from grades seven through 12 submitted their own thoughts on life. The essays were of limited length and based on thetitle"Oncea Human,' Always a Human."

They were divided into two categories: grades seven through nine made up the junior division and grades I0 through 12 the senior.

Winners were chosen by the ProLife Apostolate, the Pro-Life Committee, and Bishop O'Malley. This year's first place winners read their entries at the March 25th Mass.

Amy Catherine Roma, first place winner in the senior category, is the daughter of Permanent Deacon Paul and Mrs. Jean Roma from Christ the King parish in Mashpee. Her father is a deacon at St. Elizabeth Seton Church, North Falmouth.

The first placc~ winner in the junior category is Taunton Catholic Middle School eighth grader G. Bradley. He is the son of Jennifer and G. Edward Bradley III. .

Christopher Guilbert is second place winner for the junior division. An eighth grader at Holy Family-Holy Name School, he and and his parents, Albert and Frances Guilbert, attend Holy Name Church in New Bedford.

In the context of the Mass, Bishop O'Malley gave special blessings to religious women who minister to the sick and dying and to expectant mothers.

Norris H. Tripp

One of the mothers, Mrs. Mickey Boyar of Christ the King parish in Mashpee, gave particular testimony to the acceptance of the gift of life by bringing her husband and family. When complimented on the young couple's outstandingly well behaved five (soon to be six) children, she replied like many parents striving to raise a happy

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A Novena to The Divine Mercy APRIL 5 to 13, 1996 Mass and Novena Prayers Each Day at 12:00 Noon The conclusion of the Novena will take place on Sunday, April 14, 1996 at the 11:00 A.M. Mass.

We invite and encourage parishioners, friends and all who have devotion to the Divine Mercy to join us for this Novena.

Conducted by the Conventual Franciscan Friars.

Feast of Divine Mercy Sunday, April 14,1996 Special Liturgy & Devotions at 11 A.M. MOST REVEREND SEAN P. O'MALLEY, OFM Cap., PHD. BISHOP OF FAIL RIVER MAIN CELEBRANT AND HOMILIST

St. Mary's School, New Bedford S1. Mary's School, New Bedford, recently received a donation of five personal computers from NYN EX, thanks to the efforts of

school parent Jeannine Kirkman.

Accepting the PCs on behalf of the student body were George Desrosiers (technology coordina-

ST. MARY'S School, New Bedford, recently received five new personal computers from NYNEX (top photo). Here technology coordinator George Desrosiers checks out the new equipment with first graders (from left) Collin Correia, John Dugan and. Christopher Kirkman. (Bottom photo)' Peter Dugan, religious ~ducation coordinator at St. Mary's, leads a group of fifth grade students through an aero~ic workout:

tor') and members of the kindergarten class. .

During a study of the geography of the North China Plain, the students in Mrs. LeBlanc's fourth' grade classes enjoyed a visit from Principal Angela Stankiewicz, who shared Chinese folk tales with them and taught the children how to eat rice with chopsticks. 'Calligraphy banners and scenes of China adorned the room.

At the S MS Kids Club, primary students have the opportunity to spend time after school with their classmates and teachers sharing crafts and other learning adventures. Recent activities have in. c1uded creating a heart-shaped wreath of different beans and shamrock visors for S1. Patrick's Day. Urider the direction of the primary teachers, the monthly program also provides the older children wi~h a service project, serving as able assistants to the teachers and par$:nt volunteers.

The youngest members of St. Mary's were recently treated to lunch from Subway by the Pratt family. The students watched and some assisted as Mr. Pratt created a six-foot sandwich for them. They were amazed at how much time and food went into the creation of their lunch.

Religious education coordinator, Peter Dugan, shared his talents with several classes during gym, leading them in an aerobics workout. M r. Dugan is the parent of five St. Mary's School students.

Registration .for the 1996-97 school year is underway. Applications are being accepted for students entering nursery (4 years old), kindergarten, and grades 2, 3 and 5. Information'can be obtained : by calling' the school office at . 995-3696.

Catholic Challenge winners honored What is the word used to desSister Roger Mills and Sister Dencribe the Church's mission of isita Sullivan devised 'the game, spreading the Good News? Who which blends the popular TV games was the pope who called the Second . Jeopardy and Wheel o.f Fortune, Vatican Council? What did Mary' to quiz fifth through eighth grade tell the servants' at the wedding students on their knowledge of the feast at Cana?

Catholic faith in six categories: These are just a few of the sevworship and prayer, Mary, saints, eral hundred questions which comScripture, morality, the.Commandprised . the "Catholic Challenge" ments, and Church and sacraments. .quiz competition created by reliStudents wishing t'o' tryout for gious education coordinators of parish teams were given booklets parishes. in Somerset,. Swanse~, which contained possible questions Westport and Fall River. and answers from different路 catePatricia Pasternak, Agnes gories. After the formation pf parRocha, Jeanne Nadeau, Jean Prior, ish teams, semifinal competitions

WINNERS IN the science fair held at Our Lady Df Mt. Carmel School, New Bedford, were (front, from left): Ca.tarina Avelar, Rachael Escobar and Joyce Mariano; (back" from left): Joshua Travassos, Ryan Pavao and Matthew Medeiros.

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The students and faculty of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, New Bedford, have been very busy with various activities over the last several weeks. Some of the academic exp~riences at the school have been the annual science fair and the spelling bee. In the science fair, the 'topics were varied and well done. The seventh grade winners were: 1st - Matthew Medeiros, "Who would have the quicker reflex?"; 2nd - Joshua Travassos, "Will a plant grow. faster under artificial light using tap or spring water?; 3rd - Joyce Mariano, "Would the amount of rubs on a balloon have an effect on the length of time it sticks to a walli' In grade eight the winners were: 1st -Ryan Pavao, "Will the temperature change inside a wooden box, cement box or eco box?; 2nd -Catarina Avelar, "How.long will

it take a child with asthma to blow up a balloon comp!ired with on'e without asthma?; 3rd - Ilachael Escobar, "Will a plant grow better with its roots in water or soil?"

A number of speakers have recently been guests of the school, among whom were Captain Sylvia from the New Bedford police force, Mr. Daniel Vasconcellos, ~ln illustrator; and a representativl: of the Tobacco Control and Prevention department. In addition, the students also' heard from the fire department, a'speaker froni AIDS Awareness, and New Bedford Mayor Rosemary Tierney.

Students, parents, staff and new members of the OLMC family gathered for an Open Home Celebration, and Grandparents' Day was a time cherished by students and grandparents alike.

were held in each of the towns and cities of the participating parishes.

An audience of about 100 peo-. pIe gathered for the final competition at St. Thomas More parish, Somerset, to cheer on the teams from St. Jean-Baptiste, Fall River, St. Thomas More, Somerset and St. George. Westport. The "Final Challenge" of the game was to list five of the seven Corporal Works of Mercy. Each team answered correctly, but St. Jean-Bapiiste', having earned the highest number of points, emerged victorious.

Bishop Sean' O'Malley. at a separate ceremony, presented each member the winning team with certificates and individ ual trophies. .The ".Diocesan Catholic Challenge Trophy" was given to the team coach, Paul Dupere, and to Father Rene Gauthier. pastor of S1. JeanBaptiste parish. All team member finalists were presented with mall gift certificates and extended an invitation from the bishop to attend next year's contest. Members of路 the winning team were: 'Sarah Paquette, Jackie Soares, David Andrade, Christopher Mayes and Richard Dupere.

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CATHOLIC CHALLENGE winners from St. JeanBaptiste parish, Fall River, received trophies from Bishop Sean O'Malley. The champions are: (back row) Christopher Mayes', Richard Dupere, the bishop, Either Rene Gauthier and Jackie Soares; (front row) David Andrade and Sarah Paquette.

Other parishes w.ho participated in the competition were St. Anne.

Fall River, St. Louis de France, Swansea, and St. Mary,. South Dartmouth.

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t COURTNEY TAVARES (center), a student at Espirito Santo School, Fall River, is congratulated by Mrs. Beatrice Morris of Espi.rito Sarto Credit Union (left) and teacher, Mrs. Helene Hendrickson, for her honorable mention placement in the Massachusetts Credit Union Association Essay Contest. Courtney was awarded a certificate and savings bond for her essay on "Friendship."

The Campus Ministry Office at been collected for the Christian Bishop Feehan High School, Attle- Appalachian Program in Kentucky. boro, directed by Father Greg The art department recently held Mathias, has organized a number its second· coffee house gathering. of activities for Lent. Students Musicians, singers, poets, magirecently participated in an all-day cians and other multi-talented prayer vigil. The event began at students performed.

7:30 a.m. and ended at 2: 15 p.m., The majorette squad has started and included adoration of the Eucharist, reading from the Bible, its 1996 competition in the New and special prayer petitions. Stu- England Majorette Association. dents and faculty dropped in dur- Feehan earned a 2nd place finish ing their unscheduled time during in the class B division at Durfee High School in Fall River. the class day.

A reconciliation service has been The Feehan band will particitaking place each Monday in the pate in a combined band festival auditorium and a Stations of the with Attleboro and North AttleCross prayer service is held each boro High Schools on· April 25.

Wednesday during thir<i period.

Principal George Milot has The Campus Ministry Office announced that April 26 will be has recently concluded its first of . Mark Coogan day at Feehan. several Lenten "dress-dOwn days."

Coogan, a 1984 graduate of FeeStudents who choose to dress cashan, has qualified for the U.S. ually, but neatly, pay $1 for the marathon team in the 1996 Atlanta privilege. So far over $600 has Summer Olympic games.

Bishop Connolly High School Bishop Sean O'Malley made his the 1996 Massachusetts Mock Trial annual visit to Bishop Connolly Tournament, a program sponsored High School, Fall River, during by the Mass. Bar Assocation, in Lenten season this year. He found which students assume the roles of the student body in sym: with the lawyers and witnesses, trying fictiLenten spirit of giving. The stu- tious cases in actual courtrooms. dents presented the bishop with a Connolly is coached by Ted Petcheck for $300 for the Catholic tine and assisted by Attorney Charities Appeal. The money was Clement Brown. The goal of the contributed by the students during tournament is to help students their lunch periods over the weeks gain an understanding and appreleading up to his visit. Bishop ciation ofthe role the legal process O'Malley also received a. couple of plays in our society through an personal gifts, artwork for his office exciting and interactive program. and a Connolly T-shirt and sweat- The mock trial helps students shirt. sharpen listening, public speaking The students are also involved and reading skills whiie building in two other Lenten activities. .self-confidence. The Connolly team Students and faculty recently par- is comprised of captains Amanda ticipated in the Boston CelticsCoakley and Kristiane Levesque, Easter Seal Shoot-out to raise along with Jen Durette, Lauren money for services for people with Maurceri, Matt Stiles, Mariann " disabilities. Student council memHartley, Nancy Miranda, Moira bers, under the direction·of seniors Albernaz, Casey Silva, Shaina Matt Stiles and Aaron Brum, and Robitaille, David Splinter, Dan junior Katie O'Connell organized Murphy, Matt 1I0yle, Sara Declass members for the event. Hono- Sousa, Merritt Walsh, Juliane Levesque, Todd Ardito, Stacy rary chairpersons were Celtics' stars Dee Brown and Rick Fox. Con- Tabicas, l<ara Hartling, Andrew nolly students are also participat- Gaboury, David Martins, Rebecca Medina and Alison Laboissonniere. ing in a program called Pasta for Senior Jason Gleghorn won.

Pennies to help the Leukemia every award offered in EngineerSociety. ing and Physics in the 1.996 Region Members of the Connolly Law III Science Fair. for his project on team are currently competing plasma fusion. Among the kudos against peers from other schools in

were a first place ranking; highest scoring project in electrochemistry and related fields for the Electrochemical Society; highest scoring project in enginl~ering and technology from the U.S. Army; and an invitation to compete in the Mass. State Science Fair.

The Connolly Drama Society will perform the Robert Harling play "Steel Magnolias" in·the auditorium on March 29 and 30 at 8' p.m. and on March 31 at 2 p.m.

For more information, call the· school at 676-1071.

School on wheels CHICAGO (eNS) - A bus has been crisscrossing Chicago area highways for th(: past three years, bringing literacy training directly to neighborhoods where ad ult immigrants struggle to improve the quality of life for themselves and their families. School on Wheels is a conv(:rted library bookmobile operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of La Grange under the direction of a spunky former thirdgrade teacher -- Sister Marybeth McDermo.tt. She's traded 40 years of traditional classroom teaching for a movable feast of learning that reaches out to. overlooked immigrants lacking language skills needed to improve their employmeni status.

ST. JEAN Baptiste School, Fall Riyer, received a citation from the mayor for their anti-smoking campaign, "Don't Be a Swamp Thing." From left are: Maureen Glisson, from Citizens For Citizens, Melissa Texeira, Shaina Luz, Joseph Borges, from the Board of Health, John Picard, mayor's assistant, Kathleen Barboza, St. Jean's principal, Jonathan Medeiros and Justin Dionne.

St. Jean Baptiste School, FR St. Jean Baptiste School and SS. Peter & Paul School, both in Fall River, were the grand prize winners in the FRESH Air Kids No Smoking Project. A citation from the mayor ...\yas presented to the principal and students from St. Jean's in recognition of their creative project, "Don't Be a Swamp Thing."

The project associated the many things found in a swamp with the effects cigarettes have on our bodies. For example: your cough sounds like a croaking frog, your lungs are as dark as the murky waters, and your skin begins to feel like that of an alligator.

For Love

ELISE RAYMOND, a senior at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, presents Bishop Sean O'Malley with artwork, a gift from the Connolly community.

. Father in heaven, form in us the likeness of your Son and d~~epen his life within us. Send us as witnesses of gospel joy into a world of fragile peace and broken promises. Touch the hearts of all men with your love that th~~y in turn may love one another. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

THREE MEMBERS of the Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, Class of 2000 were awarded academic scholarships for their placement tests. With Director of Admissions Thomas J. Whalen are (from left): Jeremy Funke, Elizabeth Chase and Kellie McNamara.

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THOREAU, NM - As Catholics Indian children in the Mission's around the world fast, pray and give CCD classes didn't have even the alms for Lent, the director, priest, sis- most basic reading and writing ters, lay missionaries and staff of a skills. Today over 300 children, New Mexico Mission school are con- most of them Native American, cerned about urgently-needed help. join in prayer to keep their school ' They work daily to make quality from ~losing.

The Indian boys and girls atCatholic education areality for Ameritending St. Bonaventure Indian can Indian children in their care.

These children "do without" as Mission and'School.live with the a way of life ... will you help them? following realities: Trusting in Ood, everyone at • 55% of the Navajo population cannot read or write; the Mission prays for .urgentlyneeded help. Last month the engine • McKinley County (where the Mission is located) has the on one of our school buses blew up highestpoverty rate (43%) in and the pre-school roof is leaking, the state;' can't be effectively repaired, and must be replaced. We struggle to • The suicide rate among Navajo teenagers is ten times pay our bills month to month and· higher than for. their age these added crises hav!; us praying group in the U.S. population and pleading for mo're people who at large. care about these boys and girls.

St. Bonaventure Mission started • McKinley County has the highestalcoholism rate in the a school more than a decade ago United States. when the founder realized the

A nearly 40-member strong corps of dedicated lay missionaries teach and carry out the other work of the Mission. This "other work" includes maintaining the buses and vans which travel the ·remote mesas to bring the children to school; preparing two nourishing meals daily for the children; and bringing both food and water to aging Navajos living in poverty in remote areas of the barren Reservation.

New lay missionaries often ask, "Can this be,America?"

For many of our students, the school at St. Bonaventure Mission is their"last ~ope."They've experienced failure in other schools or inability to get to school from great distances.

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