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THESE BUTTERFLIES from Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford, express their joy at Jesus' resurrection on Easter Sunday. Story on page 14.

Plans in full swing for centennial celebration By

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ATTLEBORO - March of 2004 may seem along time away, but for some folks scattered throughout the Diocese of Fall River, it'sjust around the comer. The Centennial Celebration Committee, responsible for ushering in the festivities for the 1(X)1b anniversary of the diocese, has already been planning a wide variety of activities and special features for the event The committee, es: tablished by then ~ Bishop of Fall River Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., in 2000, is comprised of 17 priests, religious and lay persons, representing a cross-section of the diocese which covers from the Attleboros in the north. to Seekonk in the west, to Fall River and New Bedford ~ in the south, to Cape Cod, Martha's Vmeyard and Nantucket to the east, and all points in between.

Chairing the committee is Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye, pastor ofSt John the Evangelist Parish in Attleboro. '''The committee has been planning various events for nearly a year now:' said Msgr. Hoye. "Things are moving well.

'This celebration will allow all of us to take a look at our past, celebrate our present and anticipate our future."

The celebration began unofficially last November when the committee introduced the new centenniallogo designed by Dominican Sister Gertrude Gaudette. A colorized version of the creation appeared in November 22 edition of The Anchor, and

has found a home in the publication's masthead ever since. The Anchor has also been running a chronological series of diocesan parish histories scheduled to wrap up next March 12, the actual birthday of the ' diocese.

For the past few months Father Barry W. Wall, i; pastor of Holy Rosary Parish in Fall River and dioc- • esan archivist, has been sifting through mounds of' photographs, histories and publications preparing a , Centennial History of the Dio- : cese of Fall River. Published

by Signe Publishing of : France, the collector's item will be available during the winter of 2004, with marketing taking place this' coming fall. t, Another collector's item ~ in the works is a video history that will offer a visual n~w ~ look at the rich past and present day vibrancy of the diocese and the hopeful ex•" pectations for its second - . . century of ministry to the faithful of Southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands. Copies of the video will be distributed to parishes and schools for their use, and to public access TV channels for airing throughout the diocese.

In the following months, through the end of2004, many diocesan agencies, apostolates and offices will offer special centennial observances and programs appropriate to their particular mission. Many ofthese events will incorporate the centennial theme of'The : Spirit Gives life." Also envisioned are study programs focusing on the centennial for use in diocesan schools and religious education programs.

FAIL RIVER - On the eve of its centennial anniversary, the Diocese of Fall River will receive the seventh bishop in its history. Pope John Paul IT has appointed Msgr.

George W. Coleman as bishop of the Fall River diocese.

The appointment was announced Wednesday in Washington, D.C. by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United

ing community of faith of approximately 350,000 persons who worship in 101 parishes throughout southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and the Islands.

In announcing his appoinbnent to priests of the diocese, BishopElect Coleman expressed his gratitude for the Holy Father's confidence in him. He thanked his brother priests for their prayers and support over the past several States. months during his Bishop-Elect tenure as dioc(::nIeman, a priest esan administrator and asked that of the Fall River their prayerful diocese, has been support continue. the administrator "During the of the diocese sede vacante (vasince last October and prior to cant chair of the local bishop), I that served for requested that eight years as the BISHOp-ELECT priests celebrate top assistant to GEORGE W. CoLEMAN the Mass for the the former bishop in the posts of diocesan vicar gen- Election of a Bishop;' he wrote. '10 the opening prayer, we beg God that eral and moderator of the curia His ordination as bishop and in- in His mercy He might grant His stallation will take place at the Ca- Church a shepherd who will walk thedral of St Mary of the Assump- in His ways and whose watchful care tion in Fall River at a date to be de- will bring us His blessing. Please termined. Church law requires that continue to pray for me that, despite it take place within three months of my weaknesses and deficiencies, God may make of me such a shepthe announcement Once ordained and installed, the herd" new bishop will shepherd a growTurn to page 13 - Bishop-Elect

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KICKING OFF the 2003 edition of the Catholic Charities Appeal campaign at White's of Westport were, from left: Msgr.

Thomas J. Harrington, Appeal director; guest speaker Arlene A. McNamee, director of diocesan Catholic Social Services; Bishop-Elect George W. Coleman; and Michael J. Donly, diocesan director of Development. Story on page three. (John E. Kearns Jr. photo)

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INDIANA Sisters of Providence Sister Francis Michael Driscoll, 84, who had been the provincial in St. Raphael Provincial House in Fall River, Mass., and had taught at Bishop Connolly High School also in that city, died April 14 in Karcher Hall at St. Mary-of-theWoods.

Born Rita Lorraine Driscoll in Everett, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Charles W., and the late Elizabeth Ann (Slater) Driscoll.

She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Providence on Aug. 4, 1936; professed first vows on March II, 1939; and made her final vows on Jan. 23, 1945.

Sister Driscoll earned a

bachelor's degree in English from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College; a master's degree in education from Indiana State University; and a master's degree in religious studies from Providence College.

She taught in school staffed by her Congregation in Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. She had also been Ecclesiastical Advocate for the Diocesan Tribunal for the Diocese of Joliet, Ill., for 10 years.

Sister Driscoll had been the provincial in Fall River for eight years until 1984 and had served at Bishop Connolly from 1969 to 1972.

She leaves a sister, Eleanor Peters of Everett; and nieces and nephews. She was the sister of the late Charles and Joseph M. Driscoll, and Mary Dorothy Fields and Marion Driscoll.

Her Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 22 in Immaculate Conception Church, Everett. Burial was in the Cemetery of the Sisters of Providence.

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NEW BEDFORD On the occasion of its 85th anniversary, the New Bedford Catholic Women's Club gathered at the Wamsutta Club here for a celebration with invited guests, among which were Mgsr. George W. Coleman, diocesan administrator, Father John P. Driscoll, immediate past moderator of the club, and

NEW YORK - U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., has come under heavy criticism by gay activitist groups after defending the institution of marriage.

"If the Supreme Court says you have the right to consensual (gay) sex within your home, then you have the right to bigamy, you have the right to polygamy, you have the right to incest, you have the right to adultery ... you have the right to anything," Santorum said.

Defending Santorum is Catholic League President William Donohue.

"Rich Santorum expressed the Christian understanding of marriage and for this gay activists want the Republican leadership to cor:demn his remarks," said Donohue.

"Indeed they have compared Santorum's comments to the statements made by Sen. Trent Lott regarding the segregationist

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On December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia (seer of Fatima) and spoke these words: "Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour ofdeath with the graces necessary for the salvation oftheir souls, all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months shall: 1. Go to confession; 2. Receive Holy Communion; 3. Recite the Rosary (5 decades); and 4. Keep me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the 15 mysteries ofthe Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me."

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

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Following the Invocation by Father Sullivan, President Nancy Martin offered a toast in honor of the occasion.

Following an anniversary dinner, Dorothy A. Curry, a pastclub president, gave a brief history the organization.

legacy of Sen. Strom Thurmond.

But the comparison fails on the face of it," said Donohue.

"A segregationist is anti-black.

To defend the institution of marriage is pro-civil society," Donohue added. He said that just as it is impossible to endorse privileges for senior citizens while simultaneously awarding the same privileges to non-seniors, it is impossible to privilege monogamous relationships between a man and a woman in the institution of marriage while awarding an identical status to those engaged in homosexuality, bigamy, polygamy, incest and adultery.

Lillian B. Ross was honored for her being the oldest living member, and Lillian T. Cole was recognized as the member with the longest number of years in the club.

At evening's conclusion Marie Fitzgerald took home a wonderful handmade quilt as winner of the main raffle.

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"If the institution of marriage is special, then attempts to relativize it must be resisted," said Donohue.

"To be anti-black is to be opposed to someone on the basis of his ancestry," said Donohue. "To be opposed to homosexuality is to be opposed to what a person does. There is a fundamental difference between race and behavior and attempts to obscure these differences are disingenuous."

Donohue asserted that "Senator Santorum's defense of marriage is in keeping with his Roman Catholic convictions. We earnestly defend his right to do so."

SISTER EILEEN Fitzpatrick was recently hired as the new director of Pastoral Care at Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven.

Originally from Ireland, Sister Fitzpatrick, will also chair the Ethics Committee at the home.

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In Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming week MayS 1973, Rev. Leo M. Curry, Chaplain, Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River 1985, Rev. Albert Rowley, SS.Cc., in residence, St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet May 6 1905, Rev. Thomas P. Elliott, Founder, St. Mary, Mansfield 1980, Rev. Asdrubal'Castelo Branco, Retired Pastor, Immaculate Conception, New Bedford 1994, Rev. Ernest E. Blais, Pastor, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Fall River May 7 1958, Rev. Raymond P. Levell, S.1., Professor, Spring Hill .College, Mobile, Ala. May 9 1940, Rev. lE. Theodule Giguere, Pastor, St. Anne, New Bedford 1941, Rev. John P. Clarke, Pastor, St. Mary, Hebronville

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Spirited area kickoffs open Catholic Charities Appeal DENNIS - Calling attention to the unity of mind and heart that characterized the Church at the time of the apostles, Msgr.

George W. Coleman, administra- • tor of the Fall River diocese, called for similar generosity during the annual 2003 campaign of the Catholic Charities Appeal beginning in the diocese.

Monsignor Coleman took the occasions presented by three kick-off meetings to promote the 62 nd annual Appeal in the Fall River diocese to remind separate gatherings of hundreds of parishioners of the oneness in mind and heart exemplified in the early Church as described in the Acts of the Apostles.

There were no needy persons among those first disciples of the risen Savior because of the commitment of the Church community to charity and care, Msgr.

Coleman said. Urging fidelity to this heritage, he challenged those participating in the gatherings and all others in the diocese as well, to respond with exceptional generosity to the annual springtime campaign which is about to commence.

Michael J. Donly, diocesan director of Development, reported that a record number of clergy,

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Nearly 200 residents of the Cape and Islands Deanery were on hand for the first rally held at Christine's Restaurant in Dennis.

Father Edward J. Healey, rector of St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River and diocesan secretary for Community Service, was the keynote speaker.

He recalled his years of ministry at Cape Cod Hospital and at area parishes and renewed acquaintances with many of his friends on the Cape.

Father Healey's powerful message focused upon the ministry of clergy, religious and laymen and laywomen who serve in the extensive Diocesan Ministry to the Sick, serving hospitals in all geographic areas of the diocese.

The commitment of personnel to hospital ministry is unique in the diocese and the Pastoral Ministry Office and all chaplains are funded entirely by the Catholic Charities Appeal.

Area priest directors of the Appeal, Msgr. John J. Smith, pastor of St. Pius X Parish in South Yarmouth, and Father Thomas L. Rita, pastor of Holy Trinity Parish in West Harwich,

were introduced.

The meeting for those in the northern tier of the diocese, including parishes in the Attleboro and Taunton deaneries, was held at the Stoneforge Restaurant in Raynham. Seats were hard to find and Msgr. Thomas 1.

Harrington, director of the Appeal, likened the attendance to Fenway Park on a holiday afternoon.

"It looks like we're S.R.O.!" he said enthusiastically.

Arlene A. McNamee, director of Catholic Social Services of the Fall River diocese, was the main speaker. She gained the attention of the assembly with a gripping, poignant recital of families and individuals served by the agencies and facilities maintained by the diocese.

Without identifying those assisted, McNamee illustrated the great need and demand for service with stories of successful reintegration of troubled clients into recovery and independence.

Donly recognized the contribution to the Appeal made by John E. Kearns Jr., assistant director of the Office of Communications. Kearns and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Kearns Sr., who attended the meeting, are members of Holy

Rosary Parish, Taunton. Priest directors called upon for recognition were Father Timothy P. Reis, pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Taunton, and, for the Attleboro Deanery, F.ather George C. Bellenoit, pastor of St. Mary's Parish in Mansfield.

The final rally was held at White's of Westport and was the most heavily attended, with more

than 300 parishioners from the Fall River and New Bedford areas taking part.

McNamee was again the main speaker and discussed the important outreach accomplished through diocesan agencies funded by the Catholic Charities Appeal.

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HEALING SERVICES Sunday, May 4 - 2:30 - Hispanic Sunday, May 18 - 2:00 - Portuguese Thursday, May 22 - 6:30 p.m. - English THE BUZZARDS Bay Council of the Knights of Columbus recently awarded a $5000 grant to Grand Knight Dan Flanagan of the Nantucket Knights, to be used towards the purchase of a Braille and speech note taker for Martha's Vineyard resident Jason Polaski. At left, Tim Traut-Savino from Northeast Vision Consultants advises Polaski how to use the equipment.

Flanagan, Tom Keogh, field agent for the Knights of Columbus, and District Deputy Charles Comeau of Manomet, hope their presence on Martha's Vineyard would help eventually establish a council on the Island. (Photo courtesy of JJ Gonson, The Martha's Vineyard Times)

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The restoration of unity among all Christians was one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council. Today, much is being done to restore unity among all followers of Christ, not in the evangelical sense of the word, but in a steady, open and full intent of purpose. What has been the heartbreak of centuries demands, in addition to fervent prayer, time and understanding if the healing proce'ss is to become a reality. The Conciliar Decree on Ecumenism was issued in November, 1964. Since that date the Church has involved herself in an ongoing dialogue with many churches, especially those that are sacramental in nature. Much progress has been made. However, much remains to be accomplished. The hurts of history h~al slowly. Culture and national pride often deter people from zeroing in on theological issues. Despite such obstacles, the love of Christ is persistent in the hope that unity will indeed be an achievable goal. .

Recently, two importa~t meetings have been held to continue the process of full ecclesial communion. The first one was held in Washington between Anglican and Roman Catholic leaders. The dialogue group surfaced the concept that Roman Catholic bishops be invited to attend the meetings of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church as "Roman Catholic bishop delegates with voice and participation, but no vote." It proposed similarly that Episcopal bishops be invited to attend the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops as "Episcopal bishop delegates with voice and participation in all conference activities, but no vote." Proposals were also introduced that would allow the laity of both churches to share in plenary councils and diocesan synods of their respective denominations.

On the surface, some might reflect that these proposals are at best superficial. Yet, if one really wants to encourage ecumenical dialogue, one should realize it cannot be done in a vacuum. People should be given forums allowing. them to become instruments of unity. To allow this on the national level is a concept that should be nurtured and brought to fruition.

The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity sponsors a joint international Methodist-Catholic dialogue commission. The purpose of this commission is to foster closer relations between the Catholic Church and the World Methodist Council. While significant differences between the two bodies remain, the dialogue has produced a growing respect and fnendship evidenced by candid discussions centering on various divisive topics. T~ere is no history of formal separation between Catholics and Methodists. The work at hand is to zero in on the interpretations which each side gives to the English Reformation. An entin~ new insight is being given to this period of history by some outstanding reflections from Cambridge University. While the international theological dialogue is the major focus of this joint effort, there are several other areas in which the two. churches come' together for reflection and prayer. The World Day of Prayer for Peace in Assisi was such an example.

These are but two examples of an on-going outreach by the Church to heal the great scandal of Christian unity. Sharing in prayer and worship, common Bible study programs, joint pastoral care, collaboration in education projects, shared use of communications media, cooperation in the health field and relief of human needs are sample areas which enable Christians of various confessions to work with people of other faiths for common goals of social justice. As mutual trust and understanding develop, it is then possible to discuss doctrinal points.

Much remains to be achieved in the area of ecumenism. The rushing tides of time often leave In their wake shifting priorities.. Despite difficulties and disagreements, we should not allow the ecumenical efforts of the Church to be put on the proverbial back burner. No matter how small the effort, the outreach to bring' unity to the Christian family should be a far-reaching imperative. May we pray that indeed "We all may be one."

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CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN FATHER DANIEL REARDON AND KYLE FAUNTLEROY, A . PROTESTANT CHAPLAIN, SET UP A CROSS ON THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE USS NIMITZ BEFORE THE CELEBRATION OF EASTER SUNRISE SERVICES. THE NAVY CHAPLAINS WERE MINISTERING TO SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN ABOARD THE CARRIER IN THE PERSIAN GULF TO SUPPORT OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. (eNS

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"ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH WILL REMEMBER AND TURN TO THE LORD, AND ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE NATIONS WILL WORSHIP BEFORE yOU" (PSALM

22:27).

Forty years as a priest By

FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE '

trials and spiritual yearnings.

When I celebrated my 25th anniversary my .mother and .

When I was young, I would hear my elders tell how fast father were still alive. Their time flies. Now, realizing that spirit still drives my priesthood. the 40th anniversary of my I still talk to them and follow the wisdom they were to me. It priesthood has arrived, I find is the same with my brother and myself saying the same thing. two sisters. Thanks to their But those fleeting years truly were filled with overflowing peautiful example, I am able to goodness. share with others - in homilies "Join the Navy and see the and in counseling - what I world," the slogan said. I saw believe best makes family life come together. . 'the world too, only I joined the priesthood. Early on in my Of all the joys I have experipriesthood I bicycled throughenced, nothing tops being with a out the United States and commun,ity of believers. In Europe. I stayed mostly in sharing our most intimate rectories and monasteries, and thoughts in times of joy, sorrow experienced firsthand the and stress, I've learned the priesthood throughout the beauty of friendship at its world. deepest level. Many of those No matter where I stayed, my people are gone, bu.t there isn't hosts and I understood 'each a day that I don't remember one other the moment we metor the other and thank God for priest to priest. This taught me allowing our paths to cross.

The Stations of the Cross tl? cherish the unique culture of , the priesthood and its universal remind us of the people who solidarity. assisted Christ on his agonizing I've 'come to realize this even way to Calvary. I pray that as each more over the years in giving of my friends stood by me, so, too, retreats for priests. No matter does God stand by them today. where the retreat took place, I lived through an era when we'd hit it off immediately the Church was very much respected and an era in which it because of similar aspirations,

has been humbled. I must admit that the days the Church was more highly respected were a wonderful experience and that today's troubled Church is disheartening. I do believe, however, that the Church's present cross will lead to a resurrection and a more glorious Church.

I thank God for the wisdom of my parents and grandparents, which helps me get through these ups and downs. They would often echo the Book of Ecclesiastes and SuY, "Genie, • nothing on earth lasts forever."

They also taught me that something good always comes out of a bad situation.

Given the chance, the one thing I would do differently if I could do it over is to put more trust in God's plan for me and do far less planning of my life.

Perhaps it goes with youth to want to control life, but oh the death grip I had on the direction I wanted my'life to take!

The one thing I most want on my 40th is to thank God for all the second chances he gave me and to repay him by being the priest I dreamt of being when I was ordained.

A new Bird hatches When Paul Pierce was growing up in Inglewood, Calif. in the late '70s and early '80s, he couldn't have lived much further away from the old Boston Garden and still reside in the lower 48 states.

In fact, the hallowed parquet floor of the Beantown B-Ball Cathedral was enemy tenitory to the lad who was weaned on Los Angeles Lakers' basketball, led by one of his hoop heroes Magic Johnson.

Surely Larry Bird was a villain to the future NBAer. As a puppy, there was nothing Celtic about Paul Pierce. From the time Pierce was bom in 1977 and before he was even 10 years old, Bird & Co., were polishing off the last three of the franchise's 16 world titles.

There was no reason for a young Paul Pierce to appreciate the Big Three: Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale. The young Californian probably couldn't have cared less about the rickety

old bam - the house that Bird rocked. He shed no tears when a . wrecking ball replaced a basketball at the site of so many magnificent basketball moments.

In 1995 Pierce unwittingly moved 1500 miles closer to his future home when he enrolled at

My View from the Stands

By Dave Jolivet the University of Kansas. Still, there was nothing Celtic about him. Only when the Celtics drafted the Jayhawk in 1998 did Pierce receive a transfusion of the Kelly Green blood of the Celtics.

Pierce's transfusion was an infusion for suffering Celtics fans.

The young man from Inglewood has been rock steady for the Green since his 1999 rookie season, but

Charities Appeal video airs on cable FALL RIVER - A 30-minute informational program on the 2003 Catholic Charities Appeal has been produced to highlight many of the charitable programs and services that are made possible through contributions to the annual springtime campaign.

Hosted by Appeal Director Msgr.

Thomas 1. Hanington and Catholic Social Services Director Arlene A. McNamee, the program airs on local access cable channels as follows: - Acushnet and Fairhaven, channel 95, May 5 and 12 at 6:30 p.m.; and May 6 and 13 at 10:30 a.m.

- Bamstable, Chatham, Dennis, Harwich, and Yarmouth, channel

17, May 6, 13,20 and 27 at 2 p.m.; and May 8, 15,22 and 29 at 1:30 p.m.

- Dartmouth, Fall River, and New Bedford, channel 9, May 2 and 16 at 7:30 p.m.; and May 7 and 14 at 6 p.m.

- Fall River, channel 95, May 6 and 13 at 6 p.m.; and May 7 and 14 at I p.m.

- Martha's Vineyard, channel 8, May 4, 11, 18 and 25 at 9 a.m.

- New Bedford, channel 95, May 6 and 13 at 10 p.m.; and May 8 and 15 at 4:30 p.m.

- Westport, channel 17, May 4, 11,18 and 25 at 2 p.m.

The Anchor will publish dates and times as they are announced.

Celtics won't win the NBA title have hatched such a plan? this year. Pierce needs a little more Dave Jolivet, editor of The help for that. But the foundation Anchor, is a former sports has been poured and is settling in editor/writer, and regularly it's been during this season's .nicely. Paul Pierce's No. 34 will gives one fan's perspective on opening playoff round with the someday hang from the the unique world of sports.

Indiana Pacers that Pierce has FleetCenter ceiling next to Bird's Comments are welcome at sprouted the wings of a Larry 33.

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ATTLEBORO - The La Salette Shrine will present a video series. It will feature "Sister Wendy's Tour of Renaissance Art," tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the theater.

"Keeping the Faith," will be shown May 9 ..

A weekly book series on Joyce Rupp's "Your Sorrow is My Sorrow," will be held Tuesdays ev~nings at 7: 15 p.m. now through May 20 at the Shrine. For more information call 508-222-5410.

BREWSTER - A Mass and healing service will be held May 7 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Cape Church, 468 Stony Brook Road. La Salette Father William Kaliyadan will lead it. It is held every first Wednesday of the month. For more information call 508-385-3252.

FALL RIVER - A Novena to Saint Anne is held every Tuesday from 2-2:30 p.m. at the Shrine, 818 Middle Street. It includes hymns, prayer, a spiritual talk, veneration of the relic and the opportunity for reconcilia-tion.

FALL RIVER ~ Father Marc H. Bergeron, pastor of St. Anne's Parish, will address the Fall River Area Men's First Friday Club tonight following a 6 p.m. Mass at Sacred Heart Church. He will speak on ecumenical and interfaith issues. For more information call 508-672-8174.

FALL RIVER- A healing service will be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Anne's Shrine. It will include rosary and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

FALL RIVER - A Mass, preceded by the rosary, will be celebrated May 27 at 7 p.m. at Holy Name' Church.

It will be followed by a healing service. For more information call 508-674-9877.

MISCELLANEOUS The diocesan Office of Adult Education is presenting Rosary Holy. Hours for World Peace throughout May. The sessi.ons scheduled for this week are: St. John's Church, Attleboro;' Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford; and St. Anthony of the Desert (multi-lingual), Fall River.

All run from 7-8 p.m. For more information call 508678-2828.

NEW BEDFORD - Volunteers are needed for the Donovan House, a transitional home for women and children. Share your time, knowledge and skills. Training and ongoing support will be provided. For more information call Debra Kenney of Catholic Social Services at 508-999-5893.

NEW BEDFORD - The New Bedford Catholic Women's.Club will meet May 14 at 7 p.m. at the Wamsutta Club. Guest speaker will be John E. Kearns Jr., assistant director of Communications for the Diocese of Fall River. For more information call 508995-9319.

NORTH DARTMOUTH - A Divorced-Separated Support Group will meet May 12 from 7-9 p.m. at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. Guest speaker Father Jay T. Maddock, a judge with the diocesan tribunal, will address the topic "The Annulment Process Within the Catholic Church." For more information call Joanne Dupre at 508-993-0589.

TAUNTON - Members of the Taunton District Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society will offer a Mass May 5 at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph's Church for the intention of the canonization of Blessed Frederic Ozanam and in memory of deceased members. Its regular monthly meeting will follow in the parish hall.

Polls say that half the women in "War is not of God's making.

America did not oppose the war in War is a crime committed by men Iraq. A March 30 New York Times and, therefore, when enough Magazine article stated, "We cling people say it shall not be, it cannot be. War proves nothing. To kill a to the image of women as peaceman does not prove that he was in makers - even if it no longer really fits."

Fortunately, some reporting in the piece spoke about women's anti-war mobilization efforts, but readers were left to conclude that this was not the interest for the

By Antoinette Bosco majority of America's women.

If this is true, itis a decided change from women's voices raised in times the wrong. War twists our whole moral fabric. War hardens us to past when they argued for peace, like British social worker human grief and misery."

Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Because World War I was so writing in 1914: 'The bedrock of brutal, people who believed in life humanity is motherhood. Women, responded in shock. The war was all the world over, speaking made totally devastating because broadly, have one passion and one of the emerging technology that vocation, and that is the creation had produced new weaponry, and preservation of human life.". machines in the air that could pour She worked for international death down from above and peace, believing, "Women can kill chemicals that killed. So many the war tradition if they will." people in all the involved countries questioned the war, begging for Nellie McClung, a Canadian teacher, protested how all the nations to end it, with loudest countries in World War I were voices being those of women and preaching a false doctrine - that true religious leaders, like Pope God was on their side - and she Benedict Xv. berated women for their passivity: Alexandra Kollontai, a Russian "War is the antithesis of all our woman, believed no one really teaching. It breaks all the comknew what this war was about. mandments, it makes strong men She wrote, in words sounding so weak. It makes well men sick, and familiar during the U.S. attack of by it living men are changed to Iraq: 'The German people were dead men." told, 'We will g~ and liberate

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Russia from the toils of bureau: cracy, from the arbitrariness and lawlessness of the czar's officials.

We are going to die for the liberty of the Russian people. Noble France decided to liberate the German people and put an end to the Kaiser. The English government decided to liberate a foreign country from the evil of militarism, and to . impose the very same evil upon its own people.'"

Then she courageously expressed her disdain for war, saying, "War is being waged in the name of the 'right' of the great powers to oppress as many 'alien' peoples and rob as many colonies as possible. The war is being waged by predators in order to divide the spoils."

Women in World War I from all the figflting countries formed the Women's International Congress for Permanent Peace.

Led in the United States by social reformer Jane Addams, the women were widely ridiculed as Peacettes who were traitors and cowards. Justice sometimes wins, and in 1931 she received the Nobel Peace Prize for her longstanding commitment to and efforts for peace.

Women know, as German pacifist Lida Heymann said, that the legacy of war is "the earth reeking of human blood," causing their hearts to "blaze up in anguish."

My Catholic tabloid One of the tjmniest things .dozen editors and reporters, it per, I would give myself dibs on about going through supermarket became very clear they are writing the headlines. How's this? forever constrained by things like checkouts - besides seeing how "Anglicans forced to wear truth, fairness and objectivity. high you can stack soup cans on wingtips during swimming the conveyer belt before they fall This really puts a damper on lessons." down - is reading the covers of things - with the occasional Or, "Baptists have proof tabloid newspapers. exception, of course, of a national Grand Canyon created for I suddenly felt a bit baptism by submersion."

"K-Mart manikins sorry for my colleagues in _ - - - - - - - - - -. .--:::::::-....... the Catholic press. Rarely shed tears as corporate is one of them going to be giant goes bankrupt." able to write a headline "Pinto bean rosary like "New drug craze, planted; thousands saved sniffing money." from starvation."

And what are their "Microsoft rents By"Dan Morris .chances of being able to Vatican for office party." write a story about a "Statue of St. Francis "mutant" called "Bat thwarts terrorist plot."

Boy" who has been "Ludefisk controversy charged by Tony Blair and sex abuse scandal. hamstrings Lutheran-Catholic George Bush with hunting down Yes, I admit it. Visions of dialogue."

Saddam Hussein? (Hey, this must launching the first wild-and-crazy "Bing Crosby apparitions be true because there was a frontCatholic supermarket tabloid haunt set of Bel1s of St. Mary page photo of the bat boy biting danced through my head. It remake."

Saddam on the shoulder would actually be easy to write, "Notre Dame coach excomcomplete with the sound, as you could just make up municated after losing season."

"Chomp." And Saddam was so everything. This cuts way down "Knights of Columbus tender surprised that his eyes looked on phone bills, news service costs offer for Yankees." exactly like ping-pong balls with and even things like sending "Cardinal admits being secret dots painted right in the middle.) photographers out to take Jay Leno writer."

I even felt a twinge for "picture~, since you can create I admit that it might be an Catholic papers' advertising staffs your own on the computer or uphill battle to find a bishop to who must tum away four-color, steal them from cornie books and provide an imprimatur even with full-page display advertisements Sears catalogues. the offer of a free subscription. that feature things like "Better Naming it well would be a Then again, we could just Than Botox?" challenge, but Catholic Compost make one up!

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Cardinal restoring nation's first Catholic cathedral BALTIMORE (CNS) - By the time the Basilica ofthe Assumption, lhe nation's oldest Calholic cathedral, turns 200 in 2006, Cardinal William H. Keeler of Baltimore wants it restored to its original magnificence - and more.

Not only is it the mother church of U.S. Catholicism and a masterpiece of neoclassical architecture, but it has world importance as a symbol of religious liberty, he said.

'The first place in the Englishspeaking world that had religious freedom by law was Maryland," Cardinal Keeler said, referring to the Maryland Charter under which the English colony was started in 1634 and the Toleration Act of 1639 adopted by the colony's assembly.

When Pope John Paul II endorsed the basilica restoration effort during an audience in Rome in 200I, he described the historic shrine as "a worldwide symbol of religious freedom."

A centerpiece of the $25 million restoration project will be the restoration of the 24 skylights in the

church's outer dome, which flooded the interior with suffused natural light before they were painted over under wartime blackout rules in 1943 and removed three years later.

Stained-glass windows introduced in the 1950s, which further darkened the interior, are being replaced with the clear windows oflhe original design by famed architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

"Restore the Light," the theme of the restoration campaign, highlights the plans to recreate the naturally well-lighted interior intended by Latrobe.

The most notable feature is what Latrobe referred to as the "lumiere mysterieuse," or mysterious light, created by 24 massive skylights encircling the outer dome. The inner dome, 65 feet in diameter, has a 22foot opening, called an oculus - an eye - at the top. Through the oculus the light from the skylights, reflected off the white plaster interior of the outer dome, floods the body ofthe church with natural light, even though the skylights themselves are

invisible from the church floor 110 feet below.

Latrobe, chief architect of the original U.S. Capitol in Washington, is considered one of the greatest architects of the 19th century. The Capitol and the Baltimore cathedral, begun in 1806 and dedicated in 1821, are considered his masterpieces.

When ground was broken for the cathedral in 1806, Bishop John Carroll of Baltimore was the only Catholic bishop for the entire country, an area covering what is now 30 states. Pope Pius XI designated the church a basilica in 1937. When a new Baltimore cathedral was completed in 1959, the basilica was designated a co-cathedral. In 1993 it was declared a national shrine.

An initial stage of the restoration was finished on a test basis last year with a grant from the Getty Foundation. Four of the skylights were installed, giving a hint of what the restored outer dome will look like.

The reintroduction of natural light . is only one aspect of the restoration.

71 The current dark wooden pews will be replaced by the new ones painted white, with mahogany trim, another light-enhancing feature recreating the Latrobe design.

And for the first time in history Latrobe's original plan to install white marble flooring will be carried out. The current flooring is a beautiful but dark green marble.

The walls will also be painted lighter and the inner dome will be restored to the pink with light green trim of Latrobe's original, a color combination that complements the monochromatic scheme of the rest of the interior.

Another major renovation will be the opening up of the undercroft and building of a 50-seat chapel there, along with a basilica museum to display some of the church's treasures.

The undercroft, with its impressive rows of brick arches - and four massive inverted arches that form lhe base of the eight pillars bearing the weight of the entire dome - will be open to the general public for the first time. For nearly two centuries it has been little more than an unsightly storage area, obstructed by tons ofsand and dirt lhat were never removed from the original construction.

If sufficient funding is available, the restoration will also include removal of the copper-clad shed roof that was later added over the main body of the church, restoring the lower original roof and thus returning the dome and twin Byzantine towers to the full prominence and proportion they originally enjoyed.

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Issues in a mixed marriage Q. I am Catholic, my wife is not and cannot, at this time at least, Free Will Baptist. We have been understand. Has she been attending her church regularly? If you married six years and have two are practicing your failh, including children, ages five and nearly weekly Mass and regular prayer, three. Our oldest daughter was do she and your children share to enter kindergarten this fall at these activities with you? my parish.

Whatever the answer to these My wife is now voicing and similar questions, you need to objections to our children attending Catholic school. Specifically, she cites as one of her principal objections the Gospel of Matthew that we are to caD no one on earth our father. I have

By Father asked for but have not received a definitive John J. Dietzen answer. Could you provide insight on why sit down in some relaxed situation we caD priests father? (Maryand ask yourselves what you really land) want in the line of religious and A. Yes I can. First, however,

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and more important, I think you must face the fact that, judging only from what you've told me, the issue between you and your wife at this point is most likely larger than simply whether we should call priests father.

There is more to it than that.

The gap between your religious backgrounds involves differing beliefs and feelings about the Bible, sacraments, the Church, prayer, Jesus, the Eucharist, even about the very meaning of salvation. These are lhe subjects that you will need to address.

I don't know, of course, what religious discussions you may have had over lhe past seven or more years, but obviously her discomfort with your religious failh is surfacing with this specific problem, as a start.

She's concerned as a mother about involving her children in a religious faith she obviously does

Christian life for your children.

What does your own failh and/or hers offer to help your family become the kind of God-loving and Christ-centered people you wish it to be?

The Catholic Church urges lhat in the intere~t of greater understanding and unity, both mixed marriage spouses "should leam more about their partner's religious convictions and the teaching and religious practices of the church or ecclesial community to which he or she belongs." To live out the Christian inheritance they share, prayer and Scripture study together are essential for the harmony of their home. (Catholic Ecumenical Directory of March 1993, No. 150) Too often, wives and husbands who come into married life from different faith environments avoid lhe effort required for such conversations, both before and

during their marriage, hoping that somehow things will work out.

Lacking inteDigent and committed discussion, lhings normally do not work out well, and a lot of unnecessary hurt and misunderstanding, possibly even serious disruption of the marriage, result. It's not too late for you and your wife to do what is needed to avoid this harm to yourselves and your children.

Whatever happens, your own responsibilities for your children's faith, which you promised before your wedding, continue. Take an active part in the Christian atmosphere of your home; do all you can by word and example to enable your family to appreciate the specific values of Calholic tradition; and be sure you are sufficiently informed about your own faith so you can explain and discuss it with your family.

We will send a copy of the question and answer from my book explaining why priests are called father. It may help you and your wife, but don't expect it to be the solution to your concerns over the religious education of your children.

A free brochure on ecumenism, including questions on intercommunion and other ways of sharing worship, is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.

Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or E-mail: iidietzen@aol.com.

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Fall River diocese marks its centennial The foHowing are the next in a series ofhistorical sketches ofthe parishes comprising the Diocese ofFall RiYer, founded in 1904. The series will run in chronological order from oldest to newest parish, according to diocesan archiYes, concluding in March, 2004, the centennial anniYersary ofthe diocese. Please note that ALL parish histories will run in the order they were founded -eyen parishes which haye been suppressed ormerged. Histories ofmerged parishes will run according to the timeline.

St. Louis Parish,: Fall River FALL RIVER - The 115- evening to give people an opyear history of S1. Louis Parish portunity to attend." began in 1885 when Bishop While the church .was being Thomas F. Hendricken of built, Masses were celebrated Providence established the new at the Thread Mill Chapel at the parish in what was the western corner of Division and Mulsection of S1. Mary's Cathedral berry streets, an area known as Parish. "below the hilL" : It was an era when a great Bishop Mathew Harkins of路 wave of immigrants from Ire- Providence dedicated the new land arrived in neighborhoods church on May II, 1890. with which they could idenFather James J. Fogarty betify. came the next pastor in 1896 Father Louis J. Deady was and he founded a parish the first pastor, serving from school, completed in 1905.

1885 to 1896. Under his pas- Four Sisters of Mercy were the torate the cornerstone for the first staff. church on Bradford Avenue, At the parish's 75th annivernorth of the former South Park, sary in 1960, one of the origiwas laid on Oct. 18, 1885. nal sisters, Sister Mary While it might seem incon- Gertrude, took part in the celgruous to have an Irish parish ebrations. Economic reality dedicated to a French saint, forced closing of the school in there was a good reason: the 1971. pastor's name was Louis.

Other pastors include Father A newspaper account de- Timothy P. Sweeney, Father scribes that ceremony as at- Thomas Trainor, Father Felix S. tracting nearly 10,000, "the Childs and Father Thomas "F. largest crowd which ever gath- Walsh, Father Daniel F. ered. at a similar occasion in Shalloo, Father William R. Jorthis city ... all the churches dan, Father James F. Kenney, having postponed their usual and Father John R. FoIster. afternoon services until The Franciscan Order of Fri-

ars Minor was given administration of St. Louis' in September of 1974. It had become a vigorous, multi-ethnic parish, and a strong faith community of those of Portuguese heritage celebrated the presence of God in individual, family and community experiences.

The Franciscans withdrew in September 1995 saying that numerous commitments of their communities and the diminishing number of priests available influenced their decision.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., subsequently announced that the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo had agreed to take over the parish.

They remained until the parish was closed in July 2000.

S1. Louis' had indeed become a victim of changing population distribution, had suffered a loss of vital resource income, and the church building itself was deemed in critical need of expensive repairs.

The territory of the Bradford Street parish was joined to the Cathedral of S1. Mary, located about a half-mile away.

St. Stephen's Parish, Attleboro ATTLEBORO - In May 1872, the Hebronville Manufacturing Company donated a large piece of land in Dodgeville to the Catholic mill workers with the stipulation it should be used only for church and burial purposes.

Construction of a church soon began, but with little funding, progress was slow. However, in the unfinished basement, surrounded by bare walls and without flooring, Mass was celebrated for the first time on Christmas Day, 1875. During the summer, the little church was completed.

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Mary's in North Attleboro, Father Philip Gillick was in charge. In 1880, the mission was assigned to S1. Joseph's Parish in Pawtucket, R.I. Its pastor, Father H.J. Kinnerny, extended his role to lead St. Stephen's where Mass was said every Sunday from that time on.

St. Stephen's had no resident pastor until Feb. 6, 1885, when Providence Bishop Thomas F. Hendricken, whose diocese then ip.cluded the Attleboro region, appointed Father Patrick S. McGee. This Irish priest, who was of French-Canadian ancestry and spoke fluent French, served as pastor for 21 years.

Under Father McGee's pastor-

ate, the parish expanded, a cemetery was established and the current rectory built. The 1875-era church, never really completed, was thoroughly renovated, strengthened and remodeled in 1897. Two stained glass windows were installed.

The parish continued its growth under Father A. Savoie in 1906, and Father L.A. Dequoy who served from 1908 to Int. Father Alfred Levesque, who succeeded him, undertook more renovations.

Subsequent pastors included Father Francis E. Gagne, Father William Smith, Father Ubalde Denault, Father Aurelian L. Moreau and Father J. Orner Lussier.

Father Donald Belanger was pastor from 1966 to 1976 when the parish embraced the spirit of the Second Vatican Council.

Ministries flourished under the guidance of pastor Father Roland Bousquet from 1976 to 1983. The parish had its first deacon, Robert Pelland, who served from 1982 to 1999.

Father Raymond Robillard succeeded Father Bousquet, and he addressed the problems of aging buildings and also had the stained glass windows releaded. " Father Richard Gendreau arrived in 1986 and his gift was to

have the church air-conditioned.

The Women's Support Group was initiated by Father Richard Roy who was pastor from 1993 until 1996. He also had the wood in the church's interior refinished.

The work continued under pastor Father William Boffa who arrived in 1996, and new painting was

done and new carpeting installed.

Father James H. Morse became pastor in the spring of 200 I and the installation of an elevator enabled older parishioners to attend Mass again.

Father Morse is the current pastor. Sister of St. Dorothy Mary Fraga is minister of Pastoral Care.

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The rectory is at 683 South Main Street, Attleboro, MA 02703-6397. It can be reached by telephone at 508-222-0641; and

by FAX at 508-222-1855.

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SISTER VERONICA de Stockalper spent three years designing her community's new Website: www.heartsawake.org. (eNS photo from The Criterion)

Cloistered nuns reach out to the world via the Web·

By MARY ANN WYAND CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Taking what they call "a leap into the deep;' the Discalced Carmelite nuns at the Monastery of St. Joseph in Terre Haute have created a World Wide Website devoted to helping people grow closer to God. Their Website, located at www.heartsawake.org, features prayers and spiritual reflections that invite people to tum to God in faith and hope amid the challenges of daily life.

The cloistered nuns, who wear traditional habits and maintain a secluded life of prayer in their monastery on a hill south of Terre Haute, officially launched their site in late January.

"It's been a three-year project and represents quite a new and exciting step in our life," Sister Veronica de Stockalper told The Criterion, newspaper of the Indianapolis Archdiocese.

She is her order's self-taught webmaster, who relied on prayerand more than 20 software program textbooks to create the complex computer codes and design a beautifully illustrated Website.

The Terre Haute nuns decided to begin their Intemet prayer ministry after talking with the Cannelite sisters of the Monastery of the Resurrection in Indianapolis, whose successful site, www.praythenews.com. has gained national and international attention since its creation three years ago.

"It was an exciting moment and a new leap into the deep for ourcommunity," Sister Veronica said after their site went "live" on the Internet.

"I think of these words of the Holy Father," she said, "which really were a source of inspiration for me: 'For the Church the new world of cyberspace is a summons to the great adventure of using its potential to proclaim the Gospel message.

This challenge is at the heart of what

it means at the beginning of the millennium to foIlow the Lord's command to put out into the deep.'"

Pope John Paul II's remarks and his reference to Luke 5:4, to "put out into deep water;' were part of his address titled "Internet: A New Forum for Proclaiming the Gospel," released in January 2002 for the 36th annual World Communications Day observance last May. The Website's h01l!e page opens with the words, "The Carmelites of Terre Haute welcome you with joy."

Under a photograph of the monastery, illuminated at night, are the words, "Day and night, on Carmel's height, someone prays for you."

Icons of hearts direct readers to various sections, including "Light for Living" pages titled "Healing," "Comfort," "Spirit and Joy" and "Youthful Hearts:' Sister Veronica said "Light for Living" topics range from inspirational features, which "speak of the marvelous ways in which faith can truly transfonn the experience ofliving;' to a page created to help young people strengthen their faith.

The site also includes pictures of the sisters, a tour of the monastery and an opportunity to shop online at the monastery art shop.

"We've also registered the domain name as www.heartsawake.com and www.heartsawake.net to protect the site;' Sister Veronica said.

Other goals of the Website are to introduce the Terre Haute Carmel to a wider audience, share Carmelite spirituality and promote vocations, said Mother Anne Brackmann, the prioress.

The new ministry, which complements the monastery's prayer and printing ministries, "has tremendous potential for the good of individuals who are looking for resources for their spiritual life," she said. She also hopes it will help the monastery become better known and attract potential candidates for religious life.

"Hopefully, it will reflect the fact

that we are a community that is alive and vibrant," she said.

Mother Anne said the Website will reach out to people who are grieving the loss of loved ones or worrying about the war.

"I think people are searching for meaning in life," she said. 'They're searching for answers to the current world situations. While diplomatic negotiations are very important and significant, ultimately it is going to be prayer that changes people's hearts, their attitudes, their ability to forgive and be reconciled, and also their ability to act according to the Gospel principles of love and nonviolence."

The site will allow the nuns to share Carmelite spirituality with the world, receive prayer requests and help support their community through the sale of their note cards, photo cards, books and icons without compromising their cloistered lifestyle, Mother Anne said.

"Our ministry is exclusively a life of prayer," she explained. "We are limited in ourexterior apostolate, but we will respond to prayer requests as best as we can and offer a listening heart to people. We don't have all the answers to people's problems, but we are here to receive their needs and bring them into the presence of the Lord, to lift their intentions to God." The sisters are ''trying to be true to Teresa of Avila's spirit as contemplatives and yet build on what God inspired her to do within the Church to bring Christ to others," Mother Anne added.

Prayer makes their other ministries fruitful, Sister Veronica said. "I think it's a fruit of the prayer that inspired me to create the Website in this way."

Plans for the site call for including a Web link called "Daily Inspiration," where people will be able to download inspirational quotations and infonnation about saints.

WASHINGTON (CNS) Grantstotaling$ll.l million will be awarded to 87 U.S. dioceses and 27 U.S. organizations or religious 01'ders from the Catholic Home Missions Appeal.

This year's grant total for 200304, announced April 15, represents the highest awarded in the appeal's history.

The home missions appeal is taken up in parishes around the country; this year's collection was scheduled for the weekend of April 26-27.

Grants for 2003-04 were approvedata meeting ofthe U.S. bishops' Committee for the Home Missions, chaired by Bishop Paul A. Zipfel of Bismarck, N.D. The committee administers the appeal.

Recipients of the grants do not have the monetary means to provide basic pastoral ministry without such assistance. The funds will be disbursed beginning July 1.

About 40 percent of the money will go to various Hispanic ministries, while about 15 percent will go to Eastern-rite eparchies, or dioceses. About seven percent of the funds will go to programs for African-American Catholics, four percent to Asian-American ministries and six percent to Native American programs.

Among this year's recipients are: , -The Diocese ofBlnningham, Ala., which will fl<Ceive $1~ I ,000. for programs in mission parishes,',,Hispanic ministry, Vmcentian rural ministries, rural pastoral services and for a diocesan Hispanic ministry strategic plan.

- The Diocese of Fairbanks, Alaska, which will get $175,000 for native lay ministry training, pastoral ministry, religious education and rural diaconate training.

- The Diocese ofTucson, Ariz., which will receive $175,000 for ministries for the deaf, in parishes, for youth and in prisons, as well as Hispanic evangelization.

- The Ruthenian Eparchy of Van Nuys, Calif., which will receive $100,000 for administration, seminarians, mission parishes, clergy formation, communications and religious education.

- The U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services will receive $175,000 for general evangelization, youth ministry and a deacon cosponsorship program.

Other grants will go to the dioceses of Arecibo, Caguas and Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; the Archdiocese of Agana, Guam; the Diocese ofthe Caroline Islands; the Diocese of Chalan Kanoa; the Prefecture Apostolic of the Marshall Islands; and the Diocese of SamoaPago Pago.

Organizations receiving funds include the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership, National Association for Lay Ministry, Xavier University of Louisiana, Mexican American Cultural Center and Glenmary Home Missioners.

Until 1999 when it was given its ' own collection. home mission fundingcari1e from aportion of the Mission Sunday collection, usually taken up in October. AU money from that collection now goes to overseas missions.

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Actor warns against Hollywood's myths badly influencing children CLIFTON, N.J. (CNS) Emmy Award-winning actor Frank Runyeon said Hollywood is "poisoning the minds ofAmerican youth by promoting three false 'myths' that it claims will produce self fulfillment: buying things, looking and feeling sexy, and being No. I at evelYthing you do."

Runyeon, during a Lenten program at St. Philip the Apostle Church in Clifton, said that "the media culture keeps tugging our children in the other direction toward an alien culture" that doesn't share Christian values.

"Children spend more time in front of the TV than with their fathers. They see 500,000 commercials by the end of high school," said Runyeon in his talk on "Hollywood vs. Faith: The Struggle to Live as a Christian in the Age of Media Values." ''There's no time to hear anything else. The media teaches kids their way of life."

An actor for 25 years, Runyeon knows something about Hollywood.

He has starred opposite Meg Ryan in "As the World Turns." won two Emmys playing a priest on "Santa Barbara" and has had guest appearances on such daytime and primetime dramas as "Falcon Crest," ."L.A. Law." "Melrose Place" and "Another World."

Runyeon knows the rewards of high academic achievement and a strong faith in God. He earned a bachelor's degree in religion from Princeton University and master's degree in theology from the General Theological Seminary.

Because the media has stripped Christmas of most of its spiritual meaning. he said. children today usually rattle off a list of toys and games they hope to find under the Yuletide tree when they are asked, .

"What do you want for Christmas?"

In today's society, a "bad" Christmas season is determined by a poor showing in retail sales, not by a

people's diminished spirituality, he said.

But, according to Hollywood, having "stuff' isn't enough, he said.

One needs to be sexy - as promoted by the "rock body" looks of Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez, according to Runyeon. Pointing to a dramatic change in attitude over the years, he said, one recent study concluded that young girls would rather hear "You lost weight" as a compliment, than hear "I love you."

"Now, half-dressed women are our icons," Runyeon said. "Women look to the media to find out who they are - not to this," he continued, pointing to the crucifix hanging above the sanctuary in St. Philip Church. ''Today, young girls are eating salad and drinking water at 13 years old. About half the girls in the U.S. have disorders," he said, including his own daughter.

"The media obsesses over 'the best,''' from the Top 40 song charts and best-at-the-box-office movie lists, Runyeon said. Making the situation worse, according to the actor, is children - especially boys being pressured by their parents to get straightA's in school, win on the sports field and get into good colleges.

"It's an endless horse race. The media says that life is about getting ahead. But Jesus said, 'Blessed are the meel\,''' said Runyeon, emphasizing that' not all high achievers achieve happiness. "They'll work until 11 at night and (be a) parent by cell phone. They don't understand people."

Runyeon closed his talk by recalling a comment by a female friend who declared that she doesn't want any children because the world is so dark.

"But God sent his son into the world of the darkness more than 2,000 years ago," he said. "We need' to have the courage to be people of light for the world."

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"Blue Car" (Miramax) Emotionally complex drama about a gifted high school student (Agnes Bruckner) who becomes involved in an increasingly problematic relationship with her poetry teacher (David Strathairn). Directed by Karen Moncrieff, the textured narrative, echoing Nabokov's "Lolita" and buttres'sed by strong performances, explores people's hunger for authentic love and its unavoidable obstruction by the frailties of human nature. A sexual encounter and recurring rough language and vulgarities. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

"Confidence" (Lions Gate)

'TOM DERMODY recorded the CD single "I'll PrayYou Home;' a dedication and prayer for children away from home that he wrote two years ago. A new third verse remembers U.S. troops serving overseas. Dermody, editor in chief of The Catholic Post in Peoria, III., has been writing songs for 25 years. (CNS)

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Slick, shallow caper in which a tight-knit group of con men (led by Ed Burns) rips off a crime lord (Dustin Hoffman) so must agree to pull off a very dicey scam as repayment, despite a federal agent (Andy Garcia) closing in on them. Director James Foley's smug

movie, with its crime-definitelypays perspective, admires its brutal characters and seems most impressed with its own cleverness and cynical worldview.

Some violence, brief nudity, seamy sexual situations, recurring profanities and constant rough language. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is 0 - morally offensive. The Motion Picture' Association of America rating is R - restricted.

"Identity" (Columbia) Absurd horror flick in which a raging storm traps random individuals (including John Cusack, Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet) in a seedy motel where one by one they are being murdered. Director James Mangold's hoary, derivative tale features assorted gruesome deaths before inventing a pathetically ridiculous solution to the gory whodunit. Frequent violence, brief sexual innuendo, recurring profanity and much rough language. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

"It Runs in the Family" (MGM) Pleasantly affecting seriocomedy about three dysfunctional generations of fathers and sons exploring the foibles and follies of life, love and' parenting. Directed by Fred Schepisi, the on-screen chemistry of Tinseltown father-son combo Kirk and Michael Douglas facilitates the theme of reconciliation and family unity to emerge with emotional honesty despite the at times schmaltzy sentimentality of the narrative.

Recurring drug abuse and sexual situations, as well as

minimal vulgarities and an instance of rough language. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is AIII - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

"Manic" (IFC) Provocative exploration of the troubled lives of adolescents in a juvenile mental institution.

Though chock full of offensive language and violence, director Jordan Melamed's disturbingly raw film addresses important questions about abuse and alienation among today's youth. Recurring graphic violence and incessant rough and sexually explicit language as well as vulgarities. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

"People I Know" (Mira max) Disappointing thriller about a washed-up New York celebrity publicist (AI Pacino), unwittingly entangled in a deadly web of murder and deceit among Gotham's movers and shakers.

Director Dan Algrant's noirish foray into the shadowy world of glamour and politics borrows generously from earlier conspiracy yarns, but flounders as a result of a disjointed, hackneyed narrative and an at times hammy lead performance. Minimal violence, recurring drug abuse, rough language and vulgarities as well as brief sexual images and fleeting nudity. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is AIII - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

'Saintly,' 'kind' Archbishop Sheen to be relDelDbered at Mass

By WILLY THORN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

over anybodY,'s head." of living - signs that the archIn a recent interview about his bishop had not reached perfecWASHINGTON - A former book, "America's Bishop: The tion." student recalled the late Arch- Life and Times of Fulton 1.

"But perfection, since it is unbishop Fulton J. Sheen as a "kind, Sheen," the first full biography of attainable, has never been a crivery saintly man" who was him, author Thomas Reeves said terion for sainthood," he said. "known to everybody" and who he came to regard the churchman , "Archbishop Sheen's failings used the power of television to as "the single most important seem extraordinarily minimal." evangelize and "became famous." Catholic in 20th-century In addition to the television Seton Hall University law pro- America." show, which in its first year fessor Frank McQuade did his As a professor at his alma earned him an Emmy Award for doctoral dissertation under the mater, The Catholic University of most outstanding television perarchbishop, who rose to radio and America in Washington, Arch- sonality, Archbishop Sheen television fame in the wrote 66 books and 62 1930s, '40s and '50s. The booklets, pamphlets and churchman also taught, lecprinted radio talks. His syn"His reputation as a preacher dicated column ran in the tured and wrote extensively; was bishop ofRoch- was unbelievable," he said. secular press for 30 years. ester, N.Y.; and national di"There was nobody like him, no- He graced the covers of rector of the Society for the Time, TV Guide, Colliers Propagation of the Faith. body like him since. It's hard to and Look magazines, and He 'died in New York in say anything more than just ex- received between 10,000 1979. pressing admiration. I've never and 25,000 letters. a day.

"For someone growing McQuade talked about heard anything negative about Archbishop Sheen in a teleup in the 1950s," Reeves phone interview in advance the man at all." said, "it was virtually impossible not to know about of a Mass to be celebrated in memory of the prelate Bishop Fulton J. Sheen."

May 8 at the Basilica of the Na- bishop Sheen taught religion and Archbishop Sheen was active tional Shrine of the Immaculate philosophy (1926-50), toured and in the civil rights movement, Conception in Washington. The lectured. By 1940, he was filling funded hospitals and earned the liturgy is being sponsored by the ISO speaking dates a year. Mean- Church in the United States milArchbishop Fulton J. Sheen while, his weekly "Catholic lions of dollars. He raised milFoundation, based in the Diocese Hour" radio show, which ran lions in his role as director of of Peoria, Ill., for the success of 1930-52, drew millions of listen- the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and donated $10 his canonization cause. ers.

Yet when the archbishop million of his earnings from In the fall of 2002, the Vatican's Congregation for made the leap to television, re- broadcasts and writings. He also Saints' Causes approved a peti- called McQuade, "nobody found time to teach, and often tion from the Peoria diocese to thought he would become very preached at St. Agnes Church ARCHBISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN open the cause. He was born in popular because (comedian) and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. the diocese in 1895 and ordained Milton Berle was the big man" He once wrote, "What the a priest of the diocese in 1919. ' and had a show opposite his. But Sisters ofSaint Josepfi. of fJ3oston The Sheen foundation is gath- Archbishop Sheen "surpassed world needs is a voice that is right Your donations are used for ering testimonials on his life and him," he added. An estimated 30 not when the world is right but a our ministries and the care million people watched him on voice that is right when the world work for the diocesan investigaof our retired Sisters. is wrong." , tion, which is the first phase of TV every week.

Those who have testimony Through his show, "Life is the cause process.

Please send your donations to: The May 8 Mass is to be Worth Living," which ran 1951- about Archbishop Sheen's life The Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston concelebrated by Auxiliary 57 during prime-time on ABC, or want to support his cause Office of Development Bishop Joseph N. Perry of Chi- "he was known to everybody: may write to: Archbishop 637 Cambridge Street cago, vice postulator of the cause; Catholics, Protestants, people Fulton J. Sheen Center, P.O. Brighton MA 021 35-2801 Father Andrew Apostoli of Yon- with no faith," McQuade said, Box 728, Peoria, IL 89109; or www.csjboston.org 617.746.2114 kers, N.Y., a member of the. because "Fulton Sheen was very call: (309) 671-1550.

Franciscan Friars of the Renewal positive. He never attacked anywho was ordained by Archbishop body; never said what was Sheen in 1967 and postulator, or wrong with somebody, their chief promoter, of the cause; church, their religion or philosoMsgr. Richard Soseman, Peoria phy."

CAPE COD FALL RIVER He credited Archbishop Sheen diocesan judicial vicar and vice TAUNTON NEW BEDFORD ATTLEBORO 261 soum ST. 1600 BAY ST. postulator; and Augustinian Fa- with "ending the animosity be78 BROADWAY 238 BONNEY ST. 10 MAPLE ST. HYANNIS P.O. BOX M - SO. STA. ther Wi1liam Cleary, a Washing- tween Catholics and Protestants 508-824-3264 508-997-7337 508-226-4780 508·771·6771 508-674-4681 ton priest and Sheen foundation in this country."

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• ABUSE 'PREVENTION • COMMUNITY ORGANIZING McQuade called Archbishop you'd have to go to a Catholic • ADOPTIONS: • COUNSELING Sheen an "excellent candidate" church," McQuade said. But you • HOUSING COUNSELING INFANT • for canonization. "He was so could listen to him and Billy Gra• IMMIGRATION, LEGAL EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL dedicated to the Church, so dedi- ham, who were both so far above AND ADVOCACY PROJECT SPECIAL NEEDS (their peers) they ended" the anicated to Christ."

• INFORMATIONIREFERRAL • ADVOCACY FOR: He also was entertaining and mosity between the two faiths.

• INFANT FOSTER CARE SPANISH SPEAKING "His reputation as a preacher serious, humorous and profound, • PARENT/SCHOOL CRISIS INTERVENTION FISHERMEN spiritual and uplifting, according was unbelievable," he said.

PERSONS WITH AIDSIHIV • REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT "There was nobody like him, no• HOUSING FOR WOMEN: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES to McQuade.

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Service. "He had a beautiful voice SPECIAL APOSTOLATES: SOUP KITCHEN Reeves notes the archbishop's for radio. He could put things in APOSTOLATE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES COMMUNITY ACTION FOR terms of understanding for the "very human side - his ambiAPOSTOLATE FOR SPANISH SPEAKING BETTER HOUSING average person. He never talked tion, his vanity, his high standard

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Pope's Spain trip to show rapport with youths, penchant for saints By

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reminders that God. continues to call Christians to live holy lives, serving God and the poor.

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VATICAN CITY - Two weeks before his 83rd birthday, Pope John Paul II will highlight three of the most notable characteristics of his pontificate: foreign travel, his rapport with young people and his penchant for pro- . claiming saints.

The pope is scheduled to make the 99th foreign trip of his papacy May 3-4, visiting Spain's capital, Madrid.

His May 18 birthday and the 25th anniversary of his election as pope, October 16, will be feted by the Spanish crowds.

In return, the pope will meet with Spanish youths May 3 and will canonize five Spanish religious May 4.

In an April pastoral letter about the visit, Bishop Ricardo Blazquez APHOTO of Father Giacomo Alberione is set against an illus- Perez of Bilbao said the May 4 cantration of a transmitter tower and the word "Evangelium." The onization ceremony "reminds us of Italian founder of the Pauline Fathers and the Daughters of St. another almost four centuries ago."

Paul and a forefather of modern Church communicators was The bishop was referring to the beatified by.Pope John Paull! April 27. (CNS photo from CPP) March 12, 1622, ceremony in which four Spaniards were canonized: Francis Xavier, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa ofAvila and Isidore Labrador, patron of farmers.

The fifth person canonized that WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS)- If we checked their conformity with . day by Pope Gregory XV was A former chairman of trustees at the every point in Catholic teaching, we Philip Neri, the Italian founder of POPE JOHN' Paul II College ofthe Holy Cross has asked would have no honorees, including the Oratorians. makes a two-day visit to The five new Spanish saints will the Worcester college to dissocia~ Millard."

Madrid, Spain, this week. itself from what he called the "proFather McFarland said he has bring the number of people deThis 16go was designed by by Pope John Paul to clared saints choice" position on abortion of this received "a handful" ofletters about year's commencement speaker, Matthews from alumni who have 470, more than all his predecessors the Spanish bishops' conferChris Matthews. accused Holy Cross in the past of since 1588 combined. (From the ence to promote the pastoral first post-reform canonization in trip. (CNS) Matthews, who grapuated from being too secular.

Holy Cross in 1967, is an author and Millard said that Matthews has 1594 through the end of the ponhosts the nightly political analysis said "five or six times" on tificate of Pope Paul VI, 299 saints demonstration that Jesus is alive in the Church for the service of huand debate show, "Hardball With "Hardball" that he is "pro-choice." were named.)

While the new saints do not have manity," he said.

Chris Matthews," on MSNBC tele- For example, Millard said that in The bishop said the response to vision. He is "to speak at the 157th June 1999, Matthews described the worldwide name recognition Holy Cross commencement May 23 himself as "pro-choice" during a dis- that the class of 1622 has, Bishop hatred and violence offered by and receive an honorary degJ;ee. cussion on the program. When asked Blazquez said they are important Blessed Pedro Poveda, martyr and Charles E.F. Millard told The what he meant, Millard added that ~aps Catholic Free Press, \yorcester di- Matthews said, "People know what ocesan newspaper, that he has no we're talking about. I'm for aborWASHINGTON (CNS) - In a case closely after his birth in 1986. objection to the school honoring tion rights." watched

by Church officials, the Supreme Judicial Damages being sought in most, if not all, of the Matthews as long as the college disHe said Matthews also said that Court of Massachusetts threw out a $4.1 million malsexual abuse cases against Church entities in Massasociates itself from his abortion he was for abortion rights in a dispractice verdict against a Boston hospital, invoking chusetts are far above the charity cap. The possibilstand. Millard is a 1954 graduate of cussion with former Vice President a state law that no charitable institution can be sued ity that the law would be applied to those cases if Holy Cross and was chairman of its Al Gore on a program in December for more than $20,000. they go to trial could have a significant impact on board oftrustees from 1977 to 1982. 2002.

The Boston Archdiocese has been trying to reach settlement negotiations.

Katharine B. McNamara, direcBoth McNamara and Millard an out-of-court settlement of more than 400 clergy The state of New York also saw a potentially sigtor of public affairs at Holy Cross, cited Matthews' book, "Now, Let took issue with Millard's character- Me TellYou What I Really Think," sexual abuse lawsuits. Other Catholic dioceses and nificant legal development when a New York judge several religious orders in the state - all qualifying dismissed a suit against the Brooklyn diocese filed ization of Matthews' positiori on to back their statements. as charitable institutions - also face sex abuse law- by 42 a\leged victims. abortion because she said his view HolyCross's 1991 "Statement of suits that could be affected by the high court ruling.

Judge Janice A. Taylor of State Supreme Court in is "not inconsistent with the position Position on Abortion" says the colThe court ruled that unless Brigham and Women's Queens ruled that the statute of limitations for filing of the Church or the college." lege "has no desire to suppress inShe said Jesuit Father Michael C. telligent discussion and debate on Hospital agreed to waive. the $20,000 cap it could such a suit - in New York law, three years after the' not be forced to pay more than that for the severe victim turns 18 - had already expired for all the McFarland, Holy Cross president, issues such as abortion." has had several conversations with "Nevertheless," it adds, "Holy brain damage suffered there by Dylan Keene shortly plaintiffs.

Matthews on the subject of abortion. Cross wishes publicly to affirm and The college president s~d Matthews bear witness to Catholic "views abortion as morally wrong." Christianity's longstanding insight WASHINGTON - Pope John Bishop-designate Luong, 62, cur- tended the diocesan seminary in Father McFarland said Matthews that all of human life is sacred in the Paul II has named a Vietnamese- rently is pastor of Mary, Queen of Buffalo, N.Y., and St. Bernard Semidiffers with some Catholics on how mystery of its origins ard that abor- born priest from New Orleans aux- Vietnam Church in New Orleans nary in Rochester, N.Y., before his intrusive government should be in tion thus cannot be condoned. The iliary bishop of Orange, Calif. and serves as director ofthe National ordination in Buffalo on May 21, controlling abortion. That is a mat- co.llege, therefore, will not grant ofThe. appointment of Msgr. Center for the Vietnamese 1966, for the Diocese of Da Nang ter of practical judgment and is al- ficiaL recognition to any OI-ganiza- Dominic Dinh Mai Luong was an- Apostolate. in what was then South Vietnam. lowable in Catholic thought, the tion that seeks to or is perceived to nounced by Archbishop Gabriel He was born in Vietnam on Dec. After circumstances prevented priest said. advance a right to abortion, nor will Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the 20, 1940, and attended elementary his return to Vietnam, he eventually The priest said there is no "over- it allow college funds to be used to United States. He is the nation's sec- and high school in Vietnam before was incardinated into the New Orsimplified purity test for honorees. such a purpose." ond Asian-American bishop. moving to the United States"He at- leans Archdiocese.

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founder of the Teresian Association for lay people, is as relevant today as it was when he and other Catholic priests were facing danger and threats in Spain in the 1930s.

Father Poveda was arrested after celebrating Mass in 1936; his body was found the next day abandoned in a cemetery.

Bishop Blazquez described Blessed Jose Maria Rubio, a Jesuit, as an "apostle to the barrios of Madrid," who emphasized thatjust as a light shines in church sanctuaries to indicate the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist so must the conduct of Christians shine to indicate the presence of God in the . world.

Blessed Genoveva Torres Morales and her friends began helping poor, single mothers in Valencia.

By 1911 they opened their first home for single mothers. Eventually, Sister Genoveva founded the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Holy Angels, known as the Angelicas.

Blessed Maria Guerrero Gonzalez, also know as Sister Angela de la Cruz, and her friends dedicated themselves to visiting and caring for the sick in their homes, begging for charity to fund their work.

She founded the Sisters of the Cross.

Blessed Maria Pidal Chico de Guzman, a Discalced Carmelite also known as Sister Maravillas de Jesus, founded several cloistered monasteries in Spain and one in India. She is described by the Spanish bishops as "one of the great mystics of our time."

The bishops of Spain have chosen "You will be my witnesses" as the theme for the papal visit; it also is expected to be the challenge launched by Pope John Paul to young people gathered May 3 in Madrid.

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Centennial Minnesota women get 'right to know' on abortion risks, alternatives

By CAlliOUC

NEWS SERVICE

ST. PAUL, Minn. - After nine years of legislative battles, the Woman's Right to Know Act becart:\e law in Minnesota.

Once it takes effect this summer, it will require that women in Minnesota be given information and wait 24 hours before having an abortion. The legislation also mandates that a woman be informed about the risks and alternatives to abortion, as well as the probable gestational age of the unborn child and the medical and financial assistance that may be available to the mother.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed the bill last week just hours after the Minnesota Senate passed the legislation by a 41-24 margin after a nine-hour debate. The House previously approved the measure.

The wait will go into effect July I, but it could take another 90 days for the Minnesota Depart-

ment of Health to prepare the mandatory informa~on.

Pro-Life groups such as Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life view the. bill's passage as a major victory. ''This is a good, solid bill with better provisions to empower women than any other informed consent law in the nation," said Marice Rosenberg, vice president of the Minnesota Pro-Life group.

"Women have been denied information about abortion and fetal pain and about the beautiful world of a developing unborn child for far too long," she add¢. ''This bill will now give every woman in Minnesota the opportunity to see the various stages of fetal development and learn about abortion's complications and alternatives."

The Minnesota Department of Health will provide both printed and Website facts about abortion

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Bishop-Elect The bishop-elect was born in Fall River on Feb. I, 1939, the son of the late George W. and Beatrice K. (Shea) Coleman, and has one sister, Eileen, who resides in another part of the state. He was raised in Somerset, where he and his family were members of St. Patrick's Parish.

He will be the second native son of the diocese to become its leader in its 100-year history. Former Bishop James L. Connolly, who served from 1945 to 1970, was the only other one.

Bishop-ElectColeman graduated from the former Msgr. James Coyle High School in Taunton in 1957 and then attended Holy Cross College in Worcester. He prepared for the priesthood at St. John's Seminary in Brighton and at the North American College in Rome, where he also earned a graduate degree in sacred theology from the Gregorian University.

He· was ordained a priest in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome on Dec. 16, 1964.

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than 100 Minnesota women experienced serious medical complications, such as cervicallacera-: tion, hemorrhage, uterine perforation, incomplete abortion and infection requiring hospitalization during 2001, according to the Center for Health Statistics, Minnesota Department of Health.

The legislation also would enable women to sue abortionists who fail to provide this information.

"Although 77 percent of Minnesota's women voters support the Woman's Right to Know Act, the abortion industry continues to vehemently oppose it," said Rosenberg. "The abortion industry has even indicated that it will 'challenge this law in court, even though it has been upheld as constitutional in other states and by the U.S. Supreme Court."

At least 16 other states have enacted similar informed consent legislation. \

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His first assignment was as associate pastor at St. Kilian's Parish, New Bedford, where he served from 1965 to 1967. He was then assigned to minister in the same capacity at the former St. Louis Parish, Fall River, until 1972, and from there to Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville, until 1977.

He was then appointed to direct the diocesan Department of Education, a post he held for eight years, overseeing Catholic schools, parish religious education and campus ministry progf<Ulls in the diocese.

In 1982 he also became pastor of St. Patrick's Parish in Fall River.

He left both posts in 1985 to become pastor of Corpus Christi Parish in East Sandwich, where he served until 1994. From 1990 to 1994 he was dean of the Cape and Islands Deanery.

In August of 1994 former Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., reorganized the administration of the Fall River diocese and appointed then Father Coleman to the position of vicar general

and first moderator of the curia.

Later that same year he was named by Pope John Paul II to the rank of Prelate of Honor with the title of Reverend Monsignor.

On Oct. 22, 2002, he was elected to serve as administrator of the diocese by his peers on the College of Consultors following the transfer of Bishop O'Malley to the Diocese of Palm Beach, Fla. In recent years, Bishop-Elect Coleman has resided at St. Joseph's Church rectory in Fall River, where he has regularly assisted with parish Masses.

Since established in 1904, the Fall River diocese has had six men serve as shepherd to the community of faith: Bishop William Stang, from 1904 to 1907; Bishop Daniel F. Feehan, 1907-1934; Bishop James E. Cassidy, 1934-1951; Bishop James L. Connolly, 1951-1970; Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, 1970-1991; and Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., 1992-2002. From 1959 to 1976 the diocese was also served by auxiliary Bishop James 1. Gerrard.

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in offering a variety of services for immigrant peoples, the diocese has a sterling record of achievement, she said.

At all three meetings, Msgr.

Harrington introduced· an informative, moving video portraying in most impressive imagery the work of the Appeal.

Produced by David Fortin of Media Image Productions, Inc., of New Bedford, the video program has proved to be one of the single most effective testimonials to the scope and breadth of the outreach made possible by funds generated by the annual spring-time campaign.

This year's edition of the CCA video was acclaimed as perhaps the best yet produced. Many parishes make use of the video in parochial settings, such as Sunday morning coffee hours or gatherings of parish organizations, guilds and societies.

A few parishes have made arrangements for the video to be shown in churches before, during or after liturgies. Donly said copies of the program are available for parish representatives.

Recognition 'was given to the area priest directors, including Msgr. Stephen J. Avila, pastor of St. John Neumann Parish in East Freetown and Father Richard L.

According to a timeline of events released by the Centennial Committee, the official kickoff will begin November 30, the first Sunday of Advent. On that weekend each parish will enthrone in a prominent place an icon representing the theme. The icon will be expected to remain in place for the entire centennial year. The images will also be distributed to diocesan institutions and schools. On the prior Sunday, November 23, the icons will be blessed at St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River, at the conclusion of the annual Marian Medals ceremony.

At all opening weekend Masses parishioners will receive centennial celebration prayer cards and a specially designed 13-month calendar highlighting historic dates and the current ministries and services of the diocese.

In December, 100 Days of Prayer, developed by diocesan seminarians, will initiate leading to the March 12 birth date.

The principal celebration of the 1OOth anniversary of the Diocese of Fall River will occur at a Mass at the Cathedral on March 14. It is the hope of the committee that the apostolic nuncio and bishops from around the region will join with diocesan clergy in concelebrating the Mass. By special invitation, representatives from all diocesan parishes and institutions will take part.

A centennial banquet will follow at White's of Westport.

Also in March, The Anchor will publish a special centennial edition.

Plans are also in the works for an eight-day Diocesan Pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi in April, 2004.

The diocesan centennial celebration will conclude in October, 2004, with a Rosary Rally at La Salette Shrine in Attleboro. A massive tent on the Shrine grounds will be home for the afternoon event,

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which will include an entrance procession of banners representing scores of parishes, and groups that make up the diocesan family of faithful. Music by a variety of parish choirs is planned, as are reflections, and a multi-lingual recitation of the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary in celebration and thanksgiving for 100 years.

Parishes will mark the closing of the centennial celebration on Nov. 21, 2004, the feast of Christ the King.

The Anchor will keep readers informed as more events and special features are finalized.

With Msgr. Hoye and BishopElect George W. Coleman, members of the Centennial Committee are: Msgr. Stephen J. Avila, pastor of St. John Neumann Parish, East Freetown; Armand Frechette in a leadership role with the diocesan St. Vincent de Paul Society; Theresa E. Dougal, principal of Bishop Stang High School~ North Dartmouth; Msgr. Edmund J. Fitzgerald, pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, Westport; Father George E. Harrison, pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Seekonk; Father Edward 1. Healey, rector of St. Mary's Cathedral; Mercy Sister Elaine Heffernan, diocesan representative for religious; John E. Kearns Jr., assistant director of Communications; Father Michael K. McManus, pastor of St. Ann Parish, Raynham; Father John 1. Oliveira, pastor, Our Lady ofMt. Carmel Parish, New Bedford; Lynette Ouellette the incoming president of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women;'Father Craig A. Pregana, diocesan directorofvocations; Guadalupan Missionaries of the Holy Spirit Sister Aida Sansor, assistant director of the Spanish Apostolate; Natalie Taber, director of religious education at St. Anthony's Parish, Mattapoisett; and Father Barry W. Wall.

THE OFFICE OF ADULT EDUCATION IS HOSTING

ROSARY HOLY HOURS FOR WORLD PEACE Join with others from across the diocese to pray for peace in our fragile world • May 5: St. John, Attleboro 7-8pm

Chretien, pastor of Notre Dame Parish in Fall River, who serve the New Bedford and FaIl River deaneries respectively.

Donly heralded the extraordinary success of last year's Appeal, which generated nearly $3.6 million. He issued a plea for parishes to generate just a modest five percent increase in the number of donors to the Appeal and encouraged all who currently contribute to consider a five percent increase in their gift.

"What a wonderful success this year's effort will be if we can attain those modest goals!" Donly asserted.

• May 6, Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford 7-8pm • May 8,St. Anthony of the Desert, Fall River, mUlti-lingual 7-8 pm • May 12, St. Mary, New Bedford 7-8pm • May 13, Holy Name, Fall River 7-8 pm • May 14, Immaculate Conception, Easton 7-8pm • May 15, Christ the King, Mashpee 7-8pm • May 17, St. Kilian, New Bedford, bi-Iingual 3:3~:30 pm • May 19, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Seekonk 7-8 pm • May 21, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish @ Visitation Church, North Eastham 7-8pm • May 27, St. Joseph, Attleboro, multi-lingual 7-9pm

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New Bedford students celebrate Holy Week NEW BEDFORD - Students at Holy Family-Holy Name School held several events during Holy Week as they and teachers prepared for Easter. It bega~ with a Palm Sunday celebration led by Father John M. Sullivan, pastor of St. Lawrence Parish. The students, waving palm branches, welcomed a procession and . sang. Msgr. Thomas 1.

Harrington explained the celebration of Passover and the Eucharist to the children as they shared bread and juice.

Children processed into the Good Friday room where Father Michael Racine placed a large red heart, representing Jesus' love for mankind, on a cross. Students handed over red

paper hearts representing sins to be burned as a sign of repentance.

The Easter Vigil was celebrated by Father Sullivan. After the Easter candle was lit, he led the children in a renewal of their baptismal promises. All students crossed over a bridge into the Easter room containing symbols of new life. The theme of new life was conveyed as fourth-graders, dressed in green cloaks to represent caterpillars, wound their way around the room and then opened their cloaks to reveal colorful butterfly路wings.

The events were coordinated

by Sacred Hearts ~ister Muriel Ann Lebeau. Teresa Kaeterle made the butterfly costumes.

FOURTH-GRADERS from Holy Family-Holy Name School, top photo, dressed as butterflies as a sign of new life during a recent Holy Week celebration at their New Bedford school.

Below, Father Michael Racine lights "an Easter fire as Father John M. Sullivan looks Qn.

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THIRD-GRADERS from St. Mary's School.. New Bedford, explain the events of the Last Supper through an echo pantomime during a Holy Thursday prayer service. At left, seventh-grader and Easter Bunny stand-in Katelyn O'Brien helps first-grader Macy Roderick collect eggs during a recent Easter egg hunt. It was sponsored by the school's Junior Honor Society of which O'Brien is a member. .

~ COYLE AND Cassidy High School, Taunton, recently announced scholarship recipients for members of the 20'07 graduating class.

From left with Mary Pat Tranter, academic principal: Danielle Gilmore, St. Paul Collard-SJ Memorial Scholarship; Meaghan Cleary, Sisters of the Holy Cross Scholarship; Timothy Vaughan, Tom Whalen Scholarship and Victor Brisan, Alumni Scholarship. Not pictured is Mackensie Hall, Brothers of Holy Cross Scholarship.

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~ ADAM DEFRIAS and Taylor B'olarinho of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, New Bedford, display a poster they created depicting the 15th Station of the Cross.

They and other sixth-graders displayed their creations for the whole school to see.

Friday, May 2, 2003

LessOns from my high school history teacher

By EFAE CALDAROLA CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

One of the people who influenced my life most was the high school history teacher who taught me that the Bill of Rights is a living thing.

History class? Wait. Don't stop reading. I know history puts some people to sleep. But before you doze off, let me tell you a story about a small group of women who were doused with cold water recently on a frigid day in a small town in Alaska - and how it relates to the Bill of Rights.

The recent war in Iraq brought forth strong opinions in the United States. Polls showed that most Americans supported the Bush administration's policy. Nevertheless, the country was divided, and a vocal minority opposed an attack on Iraq. A healthy debate raged.

Then the war started.

Miles away from combat, in Soldotna, Alaska, population 4,140, a group of women protested the war by holding peace signs at the busiest intersection in town.

One man who disagreed with them took action by drenching them with buckets of cold water from the back of a passing pickup truck.

Spring temperatures were near freezing, but the protesters decided not to press charges the first time it happened. The Anchorage Daily News reported the women understood the man was under stress because he had a son fighting in Iraq.

But it happened again, and this time the man videotaped the assault. Appallingly, some Alaskans applauded his actions as he pleaded not guilty to harass-

Catholic educators urged to find cure for 'senioritis' ST. LOUIS (CNS) - Catholic high school teachers and principals at the National Catholic Educational Association convention probably didn't learn anything new when a workshop presenter told them that most high school seniors were bored and simply biding their time.

But they did sit up and take notice, and notes, when the presenter suggested that the last year of high school didn't have to continue its reputation of being the year of carefree coasting.

Sister Carol Cimino, a Sister of St. Joseph and executive director of the Catholic School AdministratorsAssociation of New York state, told a few hundred workshop participants recently that they should go back to their schools and ask faculty members to consider if the school's senior year is, in fact, "a wasted year."

The nun, who has been a high school teacher and principal, knows firsthand about senior year and she isn't thrilled with it. She has heard the complaints of boredom and the boasts of "we're going to rock this place" from many a student, but she doesn't think it has to be this way.

Ideally, she said, teachers should use senior year to help their students connect with the real world and to prepare them for work or college.

In light of its potential, Sister Cimino urged teachers and principals to rethink their approach to senior year, keeping in mind before making changes that the "seven last words of a dying organization are: 'But we've always done it this way.'''

Instead of giving handouts with simple ways to revamp se-

nior year, Sister Cimino asked the NCEA delegates to think about what's wrong with the way high schools operate and to closely examine what their seniors are like.

She told the group of Catholic educators to treat their older students differently so as not to "foster a culture of dependence."

She suggested that faculty members look at their cuniculum for senior year and determine if it is relevant for what these students will need. "Make the work meaningful and practical," she advised.

Teachers talk to sophomores and juniors about their plans and short-term goals and tell them what's expected of seniors.

Sister Cimino also urged school administrators to "think outside the four walls" of their schools and to come up with ways that students might be able to do service work or career training within the community or how people within the community, such as retirees, might be able to work with students.

"Do we need four years of high school? Are we preparing them for life situations? Do we do too good a job of making them feel safe and secure?" thus heightening their anxiety about graduating, she asked.

Sister Cimino urged educators to think about these questions and to also realize that they've "missed an opportunity" if they haven't "maximized the faith life" of their seniors.

"If you're not capitalizing on it," she said, "you've lost the last link of the Church for many students who might not take a religion or theology course again, even at a Catholic college."

ment, and a prominent attorney took his case.

The attorney was quoted in the Daily News as saying, "If nobody gets hurt, it's basically a water

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flge balloon fight." It would have been different if he had beaten them with a stick, he said.

Stay tuned for what the court decides, but don't bet on the guy with the bucket. This was clearly physical intimidation meant to suppress free speech.

Meanwhile, those of you who stayed awake in history class

remember the Constitution.

Brilliant document, but the founders quickly realized something was missing: How were we to protect individuals from a strong government or a willful majority?

The founding fathers added 10 amendments known as the Bill of Rights, which protects free speech, a free press and many basic freedoms we sometimes take for granted.

The French Jesuit Father Pierre Teilhard de Chardin once said: Faith has need of the whole truth.

Being faithful people means we keep our ears and hearts open to the viewpoints of others in a free society. The whole truth only wins out when we all can share our opinions without intimidation.

Not all intimidation is physical or illegal, of course. There's subtle

intimidation, like labeling someone "unpatriotic" for expressing an opinion contrary to the majority viewpoint.

Have you ever sat in a public school classroom and felt intimidated to express your Pro-Life views as a Catholic?

Have you ever wondered if you wouid have spoken out for civil rights if you lived in a small town in the Deep South in the 1950s?

There's an old line many Americans - and the guy in Soldotna - need to remember: "I may disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

No, the Bill of Rights is not dried ink on old parchment. The Bill of Rights should be real and meaningful in our lives, as compelling as cold water on a chilly day.

What is your speed of life?

By CHARLIE STEVE MCQUEEN Well I went to bed in Memphis And' woke up in Hollywood I got a quarter in my pocket And I'd call you if I could But I don't know why I gotta fly I wanna rock and roll this party I still wanna have some fun I wanna leave you feeling breathless Show you how the West was won But I gotta fly I gotta fly Refrain: Like Steve McQueen All I need's a fast machine And I'm gonna make it all right Like Steve McQueen Underneath your radar screen You'll never catch me tonight I ain't takin' stuff off no one Baby, that was yesterday I'm an all-American rebel Makin' my big getaway Yeah, you know it's time I gotta fly (Repeat refrain.)

We got rock stars in the White House And all our pop stars look like porn All my heroes hit the highway 'Cause they don't hang out here no more You can call me on my cell phone You can page me all night long But you won't catch this free bird "II already be long gone (Repeat refrain.)

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Interscope Records The winner of this year's Grammy for best female rock vocal performance was Sheryl Crow for her song "Steve McQueen."

I've been a Sheryl Crow fan ever since her debut "Tuesday Night Music Club" disc 10 years ago. Her most recent and fourth album, "Cmon, Cmon," produced this year's Grammy. The new disc is a blend of several musical styles, but

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I, like the Grammy voters, still prefer her straight-ahead rock tunes such as "Steve McQueen."

The song's title refers to the Hollywood star known for fast action and even faster cars. Steve McQueen portrayed the cool, remote, antihero popular in '60s and '70s films. In this song, he stands as a metaphor for living life in an ongoing hurry.

In the words of the song: "You can call me on my cell phone. You can page me all night long. But you won't catch this free bird. I'll already be long gone." She sees herself living "like Steve McQueen, underneath your radar screen.

You'll never catch me tonight."

There are phases of life when

people enjoy moving fast through lotsofexperiencesandmakingfew ties to others. However, eventually we discover that iife's best sources of meaning come from slowing down and taking time to connect with others.

As I interact with the teens in our parish youth group, I know that many prefer a quick-moving style.

I often encourage them to avoid rushing through every moment.

Gifts await those who slow down.

For example, if you are fortunate enough to have grandparents, do you pause long enough to find out how they are doing or listen to their insightful perspectives on what really counts in life?

Do you take the time to listen more attentively to what your peers are saying or, perhaps even more significant, what they are not saying? Doing so would mean responding to others with genuine care-full-ness. Then, your friendships would be built on something far more important than mutual activities.

Finally, have you slowed down enough to notice that it's spring!

Wonder and beauty await those who take time to notice. This is a sure way to stop and spend time with our Creator.

Move through life like a Steve McQueen action flick? Sorry Sheryl Crow. I'll keep enjoying your music, and congratulations on your Grammy, but I have a different approach. I've found too much satisfaction in trading in my "fast machine" for some moments of peace, loving human connection and meeting the presence of God. Your comments are always welcome. Please write to me at: chmartin@swindiana.net or at 7125W2005, Rockport, IN 47635.

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Belgian priest says South Africa's rural poor inspired. his work

By ROBIN GALLAHER BRANCH CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa A Belgian priest who has worked in South Africa since 1966 said the country's rural poor have inspired his work.

"I am very much attracted to rural life," said Oblate Father Wilfried Joye, 63, an expressionist painter whose large oils depict religious themes and daily life in South Africa's townships and countryside.

"I love to paint the farm people of South

Africa. By nature they are' very religious and very good people," he said. "I've learned a lot from them, how they love and help each other. These people are always joyful and share what they have. They are community-oriented."

The priest's scenes of rural life express these feelings. He paints what he sees marriages, funerals, men drinking, men working in the fields, women \\lorking in a home, a mother nursing her baby, a young domestic worker resting. His characters

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bear his trademarks: big hands, big faces and big feet. Characters in his paintings wear clothes in solid, bright colors, while contemporary black Africans favor prints and patterns.

"The large hands and feet represent my Remish, expressionistic heritage," he said.

Many of Father Joye's religious themes are portrayed in icons.

"Mother and child scenes are very attractive to me because if you live in Africa that's a lot of what you see," he said.

"You have to go to icons if you want to express a spiritual reality," he said.

"Each time I paint, I hang myself on the wall," he said. "To me, an icon is painted theology. As you grow as a person, painting becomes an expression of your soul."

Father Joye said that in painting icons "faces and hands are very important."

"Christian icons share these similarities with icons of other religions," he said, ges~ turing with his own large hands. Father Joye's icons have oval heads, small mouths, and open, rounded eyes.

"Small mouths show an attitude of being overwhelmed by the reality of truth," he said.

"Big, open eyes are an expression of a seeing person, somebody who lives in the truth and understands the truth," he said. '\Eyes are very important to me because they show an atmosphere of silence, wonder and mystery. That's how I feel reality is."

Strong colors - vivid blues, true greens, and warm browns - bind both aspects of his work, the icons and the rural scenes.

Father Joye sells his paintings to supplement his $300 monthly priest's salary. His paintings have helped him purchase a car and support parish programs.

Sales of his paintings helped construct St. Luke's Church in Goedgavonde and an extension to SS. Peter and Paul Church in Promasa, which ministers to South Africans of mixed races.

Father Joye's paintings are on display in institutions throughout the country, including Potchefstroom University for

A SOUTH African mother and child are depicted in this painting by Belgian Oblate FatherWilfried Joye.

(CNS) Christian Higher Education, a state university, and Good Shepherd Center in Pretoria, a Catholic-run ecumenical retreat center.

His paintings interpreting the 15 traditional mysteries of the rosary hang in the basilica in Dadizele, Belgium, and paintings showing the song of the three men in the fiery furnace, a story from the book of Daniel, hang in Kapellen, Belgium.

Born in Flanders, Belgium, Father Joye grew up among working-class people. His father worked in a paper factory. Father Joye's memories of World War n include hiding in bunkers during air raids.

Throughout his childhood, many priests came to talk at the schools he attended. Their adventures and love for other people made a strong impression on him and helped him decide to become a priest.

After ordination, he came to South Africa as a missionary.

Catholic Army captain helps sustain soldiers' morale with Eucharist BALTIMORE (CNS) - Dennis Morton Jr. is a eucharistic minister with an extraordinary mission: He has assisted with Communion services celebrated in tents, on the hood of a Humvee and on a waisthigh freezer next to a trailer.

That's because the 25-year-old Catholic is Capt. Morton, a memberofthe U.S. Army 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, which was deployed to the Middle East February 1.

He could not reveal his exact location, but in an E-mail interview with The Catholic Review, newspaper of the Baltimore Archdiocese, he described his brigade's missile defense duties and his experiences bringing the faith to other Catholics deployed as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

"It was a privilege to be able to provide that opportunity to other

soldiers," Morton said of taking the Eucharist to them. "I know that it gives me time to step away from my surroundings and spend quiet time in prayer."

On one recent trip, Morton and his brigade chaplain, Lt. Col. Earl Payton, a Baptist, visited four sites in the area where they were stationed. Morton held Communion services for Catholics from a variety of backgrounds, including a soldier who was rediscovering his faith and another who only knew the Mass in Spanish.

"Providing this ministry to soldiers was rewarding because I saw that the soldiers made the most of their time in prayer and reflection," he said. "Each one of them took the time to pray and participate as fully as they would in a church setting, despite the unusual surroundings."

The experience was a reminder "that there are many ways of sustaining morale among soldiers," Morton continued. "Hot meals and living conditions can do a lot to increase spirits, but celebrating a Mass or Catholic service, whether in a church or on a Humvee, can do just as much and more."

Morton described the morale among troops as "tremendous." He and his fellow soldiers were living in tents on the open and barren terrain. During "care package parties," he said, they swapped food' and candy sent from home.

Although he gave up eating the pound cake in his MREs (meals ready to eat) during Lent, he discovered a love for frozen Thin Mints Girl Scout cookies and his tent mates were devouring his mother's raspberry bars right down to the last crumb.

Chaplain Notes ~ Army Chaplain Corps was founded in 1775 by the

Continental Congress. ~ 200 have been killed in battle while serving Army

men and women. ~ Five hove received the military's highest distinc-

tion, the Medal of Honor. ~ They are noncombatants and do not carry arms. ~ Under the Geneva Convention, chaplains may not

be taken as prisoners of war. ~ Military (hoploins (orne from Christian, Muslim and

Jewish faiths.