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By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

BREWSTER - Priests from around the country gathered at the Ocean Edge Resort and Golf Club April 26-28 to take part in the pilot program, "Leading from the Heart: Presiding at Eucharist."

Co-sponsored by rhe Georgetown Center for Liturgy and The National Organization for Continuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy, it offered priests an opportunity to discuss and examine their ministry as presider through group presentations and one-on-one sessions where video taped Masses were viewed and reviewed by presenters.

"We had a nice cross section of people from across the country and the program was a success," said Father Mark R. Hession, pastor of Our Lady of Victory in Centerville and president of NOCERCC. The program helps priests to improve the quality of their pre-

siding and that is a good thing according to Father Hession because "lay people are looking for more from us. We hope to have the kingdom become more alive."

Each day of the conference featured several hours for presentation and discussion, time for prayer and song and the celebration of Eucharist. Presentations on topics including "The Spirituality and Craft of Presiding," "Presiding at the Table of the Word," and "Presiding at the Table of the Eucharist," were facilitated by a . team from The Georgetown Center for Liturgy.

Father Hession hopes that the program will eventually be offered to dioceses around the country as several programs like "Renewing Sunday Preaching," already are.

The pilot program will be offered in the Diocese of St. Paul Minnesota this fall and can be implemented in other places several months after that. .Turn to page 16 - Pilot

Catholic Charities is 'off and running' FALL RIVER - Off and running - that's the status of the 63 rd annual Catholic Charities Appeal here in the Diocese of Fall River.

This past Sunday was the official beginning of the annual springtime Appeal in the parishes all across southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, and the Islands.

As in the past, all of the groundwork has been put into place by the area directors, pastors, and parish committees to begin this parish-based campaign to solicit support for the charitable endeavors of the diocese.

This support, which reached an all-time high last year with a total collected of $3,674,844, is needed to flind the nearly 30 agencies and apostolates sup-

ported by the annual Catholic Charities Appeal. Last year saw a slight increase in the number of contributors across the diocese, with 75 percent of all parishes exceeding their previous year's total.

Msgr. Thomas Harrington, director of Catholic Charities, noted the significance of the increase in donors in recent comments: "An increase in the number of parishioners "sharing" what they have with those who have so much less, really is the only way to lessen the mental, emotional, and physical suffering of those in need."

Michael Donly, director of Development for the diocese, noted that "The Appeal really is Turn to page 13 - Appeal

PILGRIMS FROM across the Diocese of Fall River gather for a group picture in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during a recent centennial year trip.

Diocesan pilgrims make centennial visit to Rome Editor's note: The following are observations from some of the people who were on the diocesan centennial year pilgrimage to Rome in April: "Everything was so beautiful.

What touched me the most was during the papal audience when we were all praying together with the Holy Father.

We came away from the pilgrimage with many graces.

God's holy people from Fall

beautiful pilgrimage.

River were all great.

For me, every Mass was speOur visit to the abbey at Montecassino was a great bless- cial, but at the papal audience it ing for me, personally because as was wonderful to hear him praya Sister of St. Joan of Arc, I have ing and speaking to all of us 30,000 been assigned to' St. Anselm's present.

It was a privilege to visit St. College in Manchester, New Hampshire, which is staffed by . John Lateran, where our founder, Father Marie-Clement Staub, was Benedictine monks."

Sister Pauline Marcoux, SJA ordained 100 years ago, on March .

St. Anselm's Abbey, N.H. 19, 1904.

May God bless all tI,le people "Thanks be to God for our who worked so hard to organize this centennial pilgrimage, especially Father Craig Pregana."

Sr. Antoinette Lord, S.l.A. Bishop's Residence, Fall River "I received so many beautiful gifts on this pilgrimage - from the ordinary of experiencing the excitement of Italian grade school students on their trips to the shrines, to the sublime gifts of experiencing liturgies at the tombs of St. Francis, St. Benedict, and St. Peter. And all of the wonderful gifts in between."

Louise Karandy Corpus Christi Parish, East Sandwich

FALL RIVER Bishop George W. Coleman meets with Pope John Paull! during the recent diocesan centennial year pilgrimage to Rome.

"I fed my soul, feasted my eyesight on art and historical sights, marveled at the number of small cars and scooters, enjoyed meeting and talking with everyone and experienced my Turn to page six - Rome

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Notes From the'

Father Raymond Graham SMM FALL RIVER- Word has been

in Nicolet, Canada. He was ordainoo to ilie priesiliood on March reccivooofilied~ilionFebrumy4 of Montfort Failier Raymond Gra- 1, 1947, in his home parish of St. ham, 83, at ilie Shrine of Our Lady Mmy, Gate of Heaven, in Ozone of ilie Island, Eastport, New York:, Park.

This briefsynopsis ofpolitiFailier Graham also served at following a long illness.

Father Graham, a native of parishes in St. Louis, Mo., and cal goings on in Boston and Ozone Park, N.Y., had served two Danville, Va. He had been ilie in- Washington is provided by the terms as pastor of St. Peter's Par- terim superior of ilie International Massachusetts Catholic Conish in Dighton, from September House of Studies at Via Romagna ference (MCC), the public 1967 to July 1971, and from June in Rome. He enjoyed playing base- . policy voice of the Catholic ball, hockey, golf, and skiing, Church in this state and gov1978 until Janumy 1993.

The former pastor is remem- where he referred to himself as ilie erned by the bishops in each of the dioceses in the Combered for returning to St. Peter's to "killer of Killington." monwealth. th His welcoming manner and accelebrate his 50 anniversmy as a Legislators Challenge The ceptance of oiliers along wiili his priest in April, 1997.

SJC, Claiming They Lacked He l;lSt visited ilie parish in ilie sense of humor and frequent jokes . Jurisdiction to· Redefine summer of 2001 when he was a endeared him to many.

Marriage He leaves two sisters, Mrs. concelebrant wiili former Fall River .ffBOSTON -':":'~:tXs the May 17 Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cailierine Phraner ofNew Smyrna, deadline nears after which a Cap., at a Mass marking ilie cen- Fla., and Mrs. Mmy Funk of Aber- trial court must carry out the tennial of the founding of St. deen, N.J. He was also ilie broilier same-sex marriage decision of Peter's. of ilie late Vrrginia Antola and Fa- the Supreme Judicial Court The son of ilie late Thomas and ilier Thomas Graham.

(SJC), the challenges to that His funeral Mass was cel. decision continue. Perhaps the Mary Graham, Father Graham joinoo his broilier, ilie late Failier . ebrated in the Chapel of Incarnate most serious challe'nge was Thomas Graham, S.M.M., at ilie Wisdom. He was interred beside filed Tuesday, April 27 ,by 13 Apostolic School at Bay Shore, his brother, Father Tom, in St. legi~lators.

N. Y. He professed vows in the Patrick's Cemetery in Bay Shore, These legislators argue that Montfort Failiers on Aug. 15, 1941, N.Y. the courts lacked the authority

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In legal terms, the judicial branch had no "subject matter ~j~ris9}ction" to redefine marnage.

In motions filed with the Supreme Judicial Court, the legislators cited a section of the state constitution that states: "All causes of marriage, di-

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On December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia (seer of Fatima) and spoke these words: ~'An,;ounce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour ofdeath with the grtu:es necessary for the salvation oftheir souls, aU 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 mystems 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 com""itted 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 satu~ay.

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vorce, and alimony, all appeals from the Judges of probate court shall be heard and determined by the Governor and Council, until the Legislature shall, by law, make other provisions" (Part 2, chapter III, article V).

No other state constitution contains such a provision. The Massachusetts language origi-' nated from early practices in England whereby Parliament, and not the secular courts, heard divorce cases. Pursuant to the provision, the state legislature has transferred authority from the governor and Governor's Council to the courts only to hear marriage cases dealing with divorce, alimony, affirmation and annulment. The case filed by the seven same-sex couples in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health did not concern any of these matters. Instead, it was a "cause of marriage" seeking to redefine marriage itself, a subject not granted to the courts by the legislature. .

Early in the Goodridge litigation, the Massachusetts Catholic Conference urged the .Attorney General's office, as the representative of one of the main parties in the case, the State, to raise the jurisdiction issue, but nothing ever came of that.

Friend-of~the-court briefs made the argument to the trial court and SJC, but the courts ignored it. Having the issue raised but ignoring it is not the same as deciding it. Other court decisions talk about the obligation of judges to resolve in the first place whether they have

jurisdiction to hear a case.

That was never done in Goodridge. The 13 legislators want to intervene because they are upset not only with the. court's overreaching, but with its failure to even explain how it had any authority to take the case without the legislature's approval.

As long as this question is ignored by the SJC, then the new same-sex marriage licensing policy will be subject to what the lawyers call "collateral attack." That is, say that a same-sex couple gets a marriage license in Massachusetts and then goes into federal court to claim a right to federal social security benefits as married spouses. The federal court can dismiss the claim on the grounds that the SJC's jurisdiction to authorize the license was never proven. In other words, a huge cloud will hang over the licenses and their enforceability, making them vulnerable to attack in other cases.

Many people do not expect the jurisdiction challenge to silcceed, given the SJC's proven desire to disregard thousands of years of tradition to redefine marriage: How can an obscu~e jurisdictional clause carry any more weight? Let's see what the SJC does. At the very least, their power grab has been. made more obvious.

Thanks should be extended to Reps. Asselin, Carron, Correia, deMacedo, Hargraves, Lantigua, Larkin, Lepper, Miceli, Poirier, Scaccia, Spiliotis, and Travis for calling the judges to task.

In Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests dUrin~he coming weeks

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1941, Rev. Williain McDonal' SS., St. atrick, Falmouili 1960, Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. Joseph Sullivan, P.R., Pastor, Sacred Heart 1981, Rev. Arthur C. dosReis, Retired Pastor, Santo Christo, ·Fall River

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Bishop Coleman to visit Portugal for Fatima, Santo Christo feasts FALL RIVER - Bishop George W. Coleman will visit mainland Portugal and the Azores from May 11 to 18 at the invitation of the bishop of the Azores.

On May 12 and 13, Bishop Coleman will be in Fatima for the annual pilgrimage which marks the anniversary of the Blessed Mother's first apparition there in 1917.

From May 15 through 17, the bishop will participate in the Santo Christo feast at Ponta Delgada, St. Michael, Azores.

While visiting Fall River last August to attend the feast of the Holy Ghost, Azorean Bishop Antonio Braga Sousa invited Bishop Coleman to Portugal to participate in these large religious observances.

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Bishop Coleman said he has never visited the Azores and hasn't been to Fatima since 1963 when he was a seminarian. He said he is "very much looking forward" to being present for the pilgrimage in Fatima and to participating in the Santo Christo feast.

Bishop Coleman will return to the United States on May 18.

Boston archbishop defends his record on WOOlen BOSTON (CNS) - Boston Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley has defended his record on women and clarified a negative comment on feminism he made during Holy Week, saying he was sorry if Catholic women were upset by the controversy that resulted.

He also defended his decision to wash only the feet of men on Holy Thursday. He said that is the rubric of the Church and he has followed it since he was ordained a priest 34 years ago.

When he goes to Rome this August for his "ad limina, " or official five-year visit, he said, "I will raise the question of the footwashing ceremony for a clarification."

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troversies in his column in the April 30 issue of The Pilot, his archdiocesan newspaper. . His remark on feminism carne in a homily to archdiocesan priests April 6 at the annual chrism Mass. Speaking of the "hostile, alien environment" in which priests must try to preach the Gospel, he said Americans of the baby-boom generation are the most educated and affluent group in U.S. history, but they are also "heirs to Woodstock, the drug culture, the sexual revolution, feminism, the breakdown of authority and divorce."

In his column, he said, "Feminism is a very elastic term, and I did not define it or try to categorize it. Other influences '1 mentioned were obviously negative,

OFFICIAL His Excellency, the Most Reverend George W. Coleman, Bishop ofFal] River, has announced the following appointments: Rev. Michael R. Nagle, Pastor Good Shepherd Parish, Martha's Vineyard, MA Rev. John C. Ozug, Parochial Vicar, Good Shepherd Parish, Martha's Vineyard, MA

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Teen auto deaths A recent editorial in the Cape Cod Times zeroed in on one of the most alarming -situations in our social order; namely; the· seemingly endless automobile deaths of teen drivers. Hardly a day goes by when we don't read that a teen has been killed in an auto-related accident. Other teens are maimed for life as a result of their involvement in car crashes. This situation is reaching a very critical stage, and few seem to be really trying to remedy the .problem.

The statistics related in the editorial are more than alarming. For example, 42 percent of 16-year-old drivers will be involved in an auto accident before their 17 th birthday. Other findings indicate that the accident rates of the 16-year-old. driver is nearly. nine times more than those ages 20 and over. In the larger picture, 36 percent of all deaths of 15 to 20-year-olds are caused by auto crashes. It is also upsetting to learn that two out of three passengers who die in car crashes are passengers in cars driven by other teens.

We know well that a license to drive is one of the chief goals of all teens. The state, for its part, has set rules and regulations to protect the driving public. Yet, from so many accident reports, many of these laws have been ignored by teens and also by those responsible for their care; namely, parents and guardians.

The current law reflects that drivers under 18, woo have been driving for less than six months, may not drive between midnight and 5 a.m., unless a parent is in the car. They may not have a passenger under age 18 ,at any time, unless it is a f~ly member or they are accompanied bya·licensed driver'who"is afleast 21,and has at least a year of driving experience: The law also demands classroom driving hours ,and hands-on training programs.' Is this sufficient, given th~ difficulty at hand? Must more be done on the state level to enforce current'laws? Should there be more parental reinforcement in the learning process?

The answer is clearly a resounding, "yes, more needs to be done."

In an age when more is expected of the school and less in the home, the enforcement of parental responsibility is more than difficult to achieve. Many children come and go from their homes at any time of day and night. Some parents ·are afraid of their own children's tantrums and demands.

There are many young teens that are merely fallouts from parental divorce and separation. The list of home woes is endless.

However, until parental accountability is achieved, teens will continue to joyride themselves into oblivion.

Another reality that must be faced on this particular issue is the use of alcohol and drugs, or the combimition of both, by some teen drivers. This difficulty, combined with speeding and inexperience, is a true formula for a very dangerous and deadly outcome.

The enforcement of current laws, including the use of seatbelts, is an imperative. Seat belts save lives. Thousands of dead teens would be alive'if they had used seat belts. Millions of dollars in' health care and insurance costs would be saved by making safe driving a priority. We simply must do more in ord(:,r that more teen-agers will live longer.

-" It is also iQl.perative that our media outlets surfa~e this geadly problem by public awareness programs. We are proud to endorse the efforts of the Cape Cod Times in this regard. May more newspapers urge their readers to be more responsive to this serious situation and urge them to act with our legislature to enforce the laws' at hand and introduce new legislation, where needed; to curb and end the alarming increase in teen auto deaths.

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By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE Most days there is an earlymorning radio commercial for telemarking - that is, for work 'centers fairly n~ar to home that are equipped with computers, the Internet, E-mail and the like, and that make. it possible. for people to stop traveling all the way to an office every day in order to work with a computer, the Internet and E-mail!

The commercial begins with a .

The Executive Editor wife telling her husband that he needs to get up and go to work.

He replies that he is now working at a telemark center a few blocks from home that is electronically set up to conduct all hi~ work. He'no longer has to go to the office.

OFFICIAl8EWSPAPER.OF THEipIOClSE~ As I listened to this, I wonPublished weekly by the Catholic Press of the Oi dered how many people really ~87 Highland Avenue . • • know the pros and cons of this Fall RiVer. MA 02720 '~ft!all' type of work environment.

Telephone 508-675-7151 When'I established an Internet ',' .. e-mail: TheAtilYbor, program known as The Institute Send address changes toRO. B for the Renewal of the Priesthood (www.jknim.com). I also created EXECUTIVE a telemark center at home. I did Rev.M$ir. this for several reasons.

EDITOR NEWS EDITOR : First, I would save at least an David B. JQ!'vet Jante$ N. Qqt)bar;l&"" hour driving to and from work. *"-

.Although I drove against traffic, I computer and getting down to was forever nervous about work became a drag. avoiding drivers who were in a As this work situation soured, ~big hurry. It wa;- a,big relief no I asked myselfsoD;le soullonger to h~ve to deal with this searching questions and found :hassle. . that a computer-cybernetic Second, working in a com- , atmosphere isn't good for puter-cyberspace environment· .everyone. For me, it is too <where no one else but my impersonal. corriputer is my companion' E-mails and phone calls don't .allowed me to triple my output. It substitute for having someone . is amazing how much time is walk into your office and talk saved when outside distractions with you face to face. Avoiding .are eliminated. traffic, as bad as it can be, was .; Third, E-mails and phone calls depriving me of the stimulation of kept me in contact with friends getting out and fending with the and clients, and gave me a feeling world. Work at the computer, of having the human contact I which tends to lock you in for needed. hours on end, was doing just that I also worked next to my and causing aches and pains I'd kitchen where a hot cup of coffee never experienced before. Most or a cold drink were at my finger of all, I found that when you tips. work alone you tend to get up and At first, this work environment move around less. was convenience par excellence.

We live in a greatly advanced However, as time progressed, the technical world that has cut work glamour began to fade. in half and made it easierfor us.

The chair and desk arrangeBut whenever something bement I so meticulously designed comes easier, there is a law we for comfort no longer seemed all need to remember: Beware, there that comfortable. My kitchen with may be a price to pay! its pot of boiling coffee seemed to Often that which is less lose it inviting atmosphere. And difficult may also be much less the excitement of turning on my beneficial in the long run.

Give them what they deserve I'm sure we've all seen it before ... and it's extremely aggravating. You know, that person in the middle of Fenway Park who knows full well the cameras are watching, So, taking advantage of the attention, that person begins waving and acting like a fool for all to see. How tiresome is that?

It's almost as annoying as those people in the stands who do pretty much the same thing with their cell phones in hand, grabbing their five seconds of fame. In fact much of the Beantown media, and fellow Bosox fans called these whirling dervishes to task this week - comparing them to, of all things, New York Yankees!

Yet, the aforementioned glory-seeker in the center of the diamond is always let off the hook without so much as a shrug. You know him as Pedro Martinez .

I want to know how long fellow Red Sox fans are going to

let Pedro make fools of us and the Red Sox by coddling him every time he takes the mound at Fenway?

Is it notan outrage that he actually blurted in front of a television camera that his main concern was being able to "earn a living"? And that the Red Sox weren't being fair to him?

My View From the Stands

By Dave Jolivet AND all of this came when the Red Sox were riding high on the heels of a six-game winning streak, having just swept the Evil Empire in their own backyard.

When Martinez pled his heartfelt case to the media, the Sox had a 4.5 game lead on the Yanks. Four games following his greed-laced diatribe, the Sox had a one-half game lead.

New Bedford parish receives grant for liturgy and music NEW BEDFORD - Our Lady of Fatima Parish has received $1,000 from the 2004 Parish Grant Program by Oregon Catholic Press (OCP) of Portland, Oregon. It is one of only four in New England to be awarded a grant.

The OCP Parish Grants is a unique program of direct financial grants authorized by the board of directors of Oregon Catholic Press to enhance the worship experience of parish communities throughout the United States. It is a yearly program, the number and amount of grants may vary from year to year.

In 2004, 60 grants were awarded, ranging from $10,000 to $1,OOO.The OCP Parish Grants program arises from OCP's mission statement: To serve the Catholic Church by providing financial support to be used for religious, educational and charitable purposes, as well as to serve our customers with unparalleled excellence, seeking always to anticipate their needs.

The program has now awarded total of $375,000 to 180 different parishes, large and small, across the country. Many communities have used their grant to build or improve multicultural ministries, including training and worship materials in support of bilingual liturgies. Other uses include purchase or repair of musical instruments and equipment; attendance at or hosting of musiclliturgy conferences or workshops; facilities maintenance and improvements; music, hymnals

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In addition to using the grant for a liturgy/music need, eligible parishes must also provide outreach to the ,community. Our Lady of Fatima Parish provides food donations to various 'agencies in the New Bedford area, services to Market Ministries, support to the Adopt a Baby program, . gifts for Birthright, tuition assistance for parishioners who attend a Catholic elementary or high school and other forms of community stewardship.

For Our Lady of Fatima, the process began with discussions in 2003 between the pastor, Father Stephen A. Fernandes, parish organist Patrick Gannon, and the Pastoral Council. The award notification was received in February 2004. Even though the parish has received this grant for 2004, the parish can still apply for additional grant funding next year.

"As a parish which is growing and developing its liturgical and music needs to appropriately serve the parish, outside funding via the OCP Grant Program helps to advance the timeline in meeting improvement goals," Gannon said.

Father Fernandes said "We are grateful to OCP for recognizing the good work that has been accomplished in the parish to date, and we much appreciate OCP's confidence and financial support that will enable us to expand the music and liturgical experience for our parishioners."

Way to go Pedro.

Yeah, yeah, the press tells us that the quick about face had nothing to do with Pedro's lament. But anyone who knows anything about the Sox, knows that it doesn't take much to bedevil this club.

From here on, this is no longer Pedro's fault, nor is it Red Sox ownership, who by the way is the party in a contract agreement that takes all the risks.

No fellow Sox fans, from here on the burden of responsibility for what happens to the Home Towne Team lies in the hands of the peog~ who fill Fenway Park to the brim day in and day out.

For years and years we have cheered and embraced non-New Eng~anders in a Boston uniform despite their constant threats to , move elsewhere at the end of a given season.

Please, name one greedmonger who stuck around Fenway because of the fans? Just one please?

Get real. Pedro is gone and we should give him the welcome he deserves each time he toes the' rubber.

It's time we all realize that the man is making a fools of us, yet we continue to treat him like an idol.

Come on. Let's let J>edro know what we really think about what he's doing to his teammates, the organization and us.

Can't you just picture Ty Law and Martinez (Moan and Groan) in the back seat of a limo chuckling about what boobs New Englanders are?

Can't you hear Moan telling Groan that he played his trump card of trying to trash the Patriots and their management, and it's time for Groan to now do the same?

Can't you imagine Groan telling Moan that New Englanders are so dense that the two of them will come out of all this looking like heroes?

Do you know what I'd like to imagine? Moan and Groan

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When the washing of feet was Teresa." when I read his last book, one he As a mother, I naturally "As a priest a major part of my restored as an optional Holy applaud the fact that in the United called "Mother 0' Mine, a Legacy ministry has been promoting the Thursday rite in 1955, the official States we set aside one day a year of Remembrance" (Resurrection rights and welfare of women," he Church rubric said the priest as a special time for remembering Press). I never could be confused added. "Despite our obvious dif- should select men for the rite. Af- our mothers. again about what celebrating ferences, I even co-chaired a gov- ter a bishop raised a question in Mother's Day should really mean.

But this Mother's Day I am in ernment committee with Gloria the 1980s about the growing prac- new territory, unable to focus on It should be a tribute to her, Steinem: with the task of study- tice of including women in the rite the ordinary attention we would remembering all that a mother ing wages of domestic workers in the United States, the bishops' give our mothers on this special gave to us. and recommending minimum Committee on Liturgy studied the day. My mother is 95, wage increases. The (ABC News) issue. sinking into a dementia It authorized a statement in that has made us strangtelevision program "20/20" dedicated a show to the underground 1987 that said the "variation" of ers. I would love to get her railroad I ran for many years for including women "is an under- flowers and candy, to play standable way of accentuating the the Italian records she battered and exploited women."

He said when he became evangelical command of the once so enjoyed, to hear bishop of St. Thomas, U.S. Vir- Lord, 'who came to serve and not her laugh again. But tha~

By Antoin~tte BOsco gin Islands, 20 years ago, he was to be served,' that all members of won't happen. one of the ftrst bishops to appoint the Church must serve one anAs I sat with her before .... a woman as chancellor and he oth~r in love."

Mother's Day, trying to Since then a few U.S. get her to respond even if only for also had a woman chancellor later Paige's mother, like my own, priests and bishops have con- a !iioment of recognition, I in Palm Beach, Fla. fell deeply into dementia when she "I have always defended the li- tinued to wash only the feet of realized that I, and adult children was 95. A year before she died, turgical roles of women and rou- men, but most have included facing the same situation, could "in the grip of terrible dementia," tinely there are women lectors, women in the rite. Among still give our mothers a Mother's he writes, she looked at him and, extraordinary ministers of holy those who inclu.ded women Day present. It would not be startling him, said lucidly, "Yes, I Communion and altar girls at my was Archbishop O'Malley's flowers or candy, but something do remember now there was such predecessor in Boston, Cardi- lasting. We could remember, and liturgies," he wrote. a person as I." "But those who know me nal Bernard F. Law. I can visl,lalize his reaction of celebrate, all the gifts of love they Archbishop O'Malley said he gave us that helped to shape our know that I take the Church's lisurprise; yet joy that there was turgical directives most seri- was concerned ''that some people lives in so many good and lasting moment of coming back. I knew ously," he added. "Consequently, seem determined to make our li- ways. that feeling, for not long ago, for the last 34 years I have washed . turgical services a political battleMy encouragement to go down when I had wheeled my mother the feet of 12 men on Holy Thurs- ground. The Eucharist and Holy this memory lane came from the into the chapel of the Resurrection day who represent the Twelve Week services are the most sacred late Harry Paige. Though our Nursing Home where she now Apostles. The liturgy is a teacher things we have. One way we safe~ . paths never crossed. we were both lives, she also had a moment of of our doctrine and should not be guard unity is by obediently fol- writers, and we could have been coming back. We were waiting for tampered with." lowing the rubrics." neighbors, having both lived in the Mass to begin, and I had the booklet on my lap. Surprising me, same' area of upstate New York. my mother looked at the book and My connection to him deepened

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read aloud and clearly, "Celebrating the Eucharist." She had come back, if only for a moment.

Another time Paige's mother surprised him, saying, ''All that was me is gone." She was wrong.

She is living in his book, through her son, and his memories of her.

"Her mission ill life was to keep the family safe and together and to stoke the fires of hope. She believed it was our God-given responsibility to share our blessings with others.

[She saw children to be] the living messages we send to a time we will not see." Certainly her son, who regretfully died last September, was one of those messages!

After his mother died, Paige wrote that he went to "a mountain overlook called the Indian Ladder." I well know that beautiful mountain, truly a spiritual place.

My father used to take me there so often·when I was young.

Paige wrote that he "consecrated with a prayer a tall, stately evergreen that ben.t to the prevailing west winds" and that he "carved her name and then highlighted [his] work with nails that reflected the setting sun."

I could never think of a Mothers' Day present that could surpass that one!

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Nina Knox St. Mary Parish, Taunton "We liked being able to be at Mass at the tombs of all the saints.

My paJ1icular blessed moment was renewing our marriage vows for our 40 th anniversary at the tomb of St. Francis. Another particularly blessed memory was being with oUJ bishop,' priests, and seminarians, and all the HlY people who represent the People of God on our particular journey as pilgrims to Rome, and life.

Starting each day with Mass set the whole tone for the day. We are truly pilgrims on the journey."

Alberta & Norman Fournier

St. Peter's Parish, Dighto'.'

"Memories include: St. Francis & St. Benedict showing us the way to live and to go home with God. Our multilingual, universal pope spoke to our heart. His blessing will remain and empower us to be missionaries of the word of Christ. Meeting and sharing with like-minded pilgrims gives me hope and conftdence in my beliefs."

Gladys Dywer Immaculate Conception .

Parish, Lowell "The People of God of the Diocese of Fall River in their journey from the basilica of St. Francis to the monastery of St. Benedict exhibited reverence,

endurance, determination, and joy."

John Duffy St. Patrick Parish, Falmouth "When I came upon·the very old statue of St. Peter sitting on his chair, with his bronze toes all worn away by the loving touch of pilgrims through the centuries."

Marie Antoinette Lombardo St. Michael Parish, Troy NY "I suppose if there is a get-together I could bring them there.·I hope you do organize a reunion, the only request I have is that it be on a Friday or Saturday night so that I can actually come. Anyway I wanted to thank you again for all ofyour help and the answering of my questions before the trip. As you could probably tell before w~ got on the fIrst flight, I was a little nervous, but you eased some of my concerns. This was probably the best trip I have ever been on. Not that I am a world traveler or anything but I will never forget this trip. The people and events will be in my memory forever. It has actually helped me religiously. This trip, you and Father Craig have made me want to become better, back to what I was' before, a better person and Catholic. For that I am eternally grateful. I hope to stay in touch with you."

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May ~2 and 19, at 11 a.m. the Best, Preparing for the Worst;' North Attleboro and Taunton, a free ·workshop presented by NORTH DARTMOUTH cable channel 15, May 11 and 18, at Deborah Osuch, will be held May Guest speaker Dottie Levesque will 7:30 p.m.; May 13 at 9 p.m.

16 from 1-3 p.m.. at St. Mary'l> address the topic "Creating a New Air dates and times for additional Church. It will cover nursing home Dream in Life," May 10, at the communities will be published as the care, preparing health care proxies, meeting of the Diocesan Divorced- information becomes available.

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Can priests perform' 'secret' marriages?

Q. A recent article in our penalties, fines and imprisondaily paper claimed there are ment could be imposed in his "many clergy" who will state, and presumably in others, perform a "secret" marriage, one recognized by the Church but not by the state. I know three Catholic couples married that way, for one thing so the ladies do not lose

By Father their Social Security.

John J. Dietzen That's why some older couples just live for assisting at such marriages. together.

Cardinal Laghi's response Two priests I know said neatly summarizes the major they never heard of it. Is it possible for priests to do this? concerns involved. First, both (Michigan) Church and civil law rightly A. Your question is a good strive to protect people from abuses that can follow from one, shared by thousands of secret, or clandestine, marelderly couples who wish to riages: polygamy, deception, avoid the financial consescandal, fraudulent deprivation quences of a civil marriage.

Catholic Church law allows of property acquired in com"secret" marriages (marriages mon and others.

If the officiating priest was not recorded civilly) in some simply negligent, fines or instances, for example when imprisonment would likely be civil law unjustly prohibits light. If, on the other hand, it some persons from marrying each other. If a state or country can be shown that the minister forbids interracial marriages or conspired to defraud the federal government, which is apparwill not allow individuals with ently what we're talking about AIDS to marry, a bishop could in the situations you describe, permit such couples to marry penalties could be more severe.

(Canons 1071-2c and 1130).

While local bishops are You're speaking of someresponsible for final decisions thing entirely different, in such matters, my sense is however. Because the issue that they generally judge the arises so often in his own common good of everyone; diocese, a bishop in one SunBelt state asked this question of what is best for society as a whole (including the Church) the Vatican's representative in the United States at the time, takes precedence over the Archbishop (now Cardinal) Pio particular good of individuals when it comes to these kinds of Laghi.

Is it permissible secretly to marriages.

After I addressed this subject marry a couple for whom a years ago, one reader suggested public civil marriage would a further interesting and jeopardize pension benefits or worthwhile consideration. "The other income needed to meet desire of certain seniors to get their expenses? The bishop more than they are legally noted in his question that civil

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entitled to is dishonest and greedy," she wrote.

"The burden of Social Security taxes on younger generations is oppressive, and experts tell us it will only become more so if the system remains unchanged. The Gospel calls us to consider the needs of others as well as our own. The attempt to defraud by taking more than they are entitled to is a sin against the Seventh Commandment."

So I wonder about the accuracy of tll y statement in your paper that "m'iiny priests" will officiate at these weddings.

Priests who do so, particularly if they are in good standing in the Church, risk a great deal and might be in trouble both ecclesiastically and civilly. At very least, those involved would be wise to consult their attorneys.

The American bishop's inquiry and Cardinal Laghi's reply are somewhat longer than my summary, but these are the main points. Both may be found in the 1989 issue of Roman Replies and Canon Law Society of America A4risory, Opinions. I am grateful to the priest in a Florida diocesan tribunal for his assistance in researching the subject.

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Vatican says final editing of minicatechism about to begin

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

sion of the 865-page catechism Catholic doctrine." last year; a to-member comIn constituting the commisVATICAN CITY A mission was charged with sion last year, the pope said there seemed to be a wideVatican committee is about to drafting the text.

The Vatican press office said spread desire for "a brief combegin the final editing of a shortened, simplified version of that after the document was ed- pendium containing all the funthe "Catechism of the Catholic ited on the basis of the consul- damental elements of Catholic Church," the Vatican an- tation and the text translated faith and morals, formulated in into the world's major lan- a simple and clear manner." nounced.

The pope said the new, A draft of the "Compendium guages publication was exof the Catechism of the Catho- pected in late 2004 or early shorter text would "faithfully mirror" the "Catechism of the lic Church" was sent in Febru- 2005.

Navarro-Valls said the draft Catholic Church" and would be ary to all of the cardinals and . the presidents of bishops' con- was "about one-seventh" the "an authoritative, sure and size of the main catechism and complete synthesis." ferences around the world.

Navarro-Valls said the draft Joaquin Navarro-Valls, the was written in a "dialogue Vatican spokesman, said all form" with questions and an- maintained the structure and language of the catechism since comments and suggestions swers.

The draft, he said, includes it was "not to be some compenwere 'due at the Vatican last an appendix with "some prin- dium of the Catholic faith, but a week.

Pope John Paul II commis- cipal, common Christian compendium of the 'Catechism sioned the shorter, simpler ver- prayers and some formulas of of the Catholic Church.'''

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Our Lady of the Cape Church deftly reflects its surroundings

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR BREWSTER - The "new" Our Lady of the Cape Church was dedicated Sunday by Bishop George W. Coleman as nearly a thousand parishioners and friends attended- the afternoon Mass and took part in the celebrations.

The two-year expansion-renovation was under the direction of Missionaries of LaSalette Father Bernard Baris, the pastor since 1997, funded by capital campaign pledges of more than $3.1 million.

The remarkable work is seen in the beautiful edifice "in harmony' with its Cape Cod surroundings and in keeping with the architectural style of the 1963 church" as Father Baris had promised.

Throughout the church on the . hill, the themes of water, spirit, creation, as seen on the Cape, are dramatically represented in wooo, sculpture, bronze, paint and magnificent stained glass. Even the blue carpeting ofthe aisles represents the sea lapping the golden sand-eolored carpeting ofthe sanctuary. The ceiling beams and wood are reminders of the ribs and planking of a great ship - the bark of Peter..

Father Baris is not only responsible for most ofthe interior designand ideas for the windows and other art pieces, but also for writing a marvelous description of what was accomplished, and this article draws from that.

It was a fulfillment too, for the parishioners who, during the past two years, offered a prayer for rebuilding as the conclusion of the

prayer for the faithful during Masses. .

The landmark white Cape church topped by an elegant spire with a gold leaf cross welcomes all to the raised plaza paved with memorial bricks embossed with names of parishioners and friends. Its white clapboard look, broken with natural cedar shingles ~d "onion lamps" - found on Nantucket whaling ships - is truly represen-tative of Cape Cod architecture.

The new building owes its heritage to the church built in 1963 with the unusual design of an altar in the center of a long nave. That allowed路 for a third of the seating area - for about 120 persons - to be sealed off and heated for use-in the winter. The other two thirds of space was used during the summer.

Founded as a parish in 1961, the community offaith had prior to that and since 1908, attended Mass in Immaculate Conception Chapel in East Brewster.

The Missionaries of Our Lady of LaSalette have been entrusted with care ofthe Catholics in the area since 1942 when they built a seminary in East Brewster. Father Baris is the eighth member of the'missionaries to lead the parish. In essence, the construction plan called for slicing the rectangular church in nalf, and adding naves or "wing" to each side. Another addition was also built, leaving little of the original church in the. design.

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BISHOP GEORGE W. Coleman is pictured with LaSalette Fathers Bernard Baris, right, pastor of Our Lady of the Cape Parish, and Parochial Vicar. Henry Brodeur, at a ceremony last Sunday dedicating the "new" church in Brewster. (Bruce McDaniel photo)

A TWO-YEAR restoration project was recently completed on Our Lady of the Cape Church in Brewster. Bishop Coleman presided at dedication ceremonies at the parish last Sunday. scaping allowing for additional - has been for 40 years. parking at the rear ofthe church and Above the altar of the Blessed installation of an elevator to assist Sacrament in the sanctuary is a the handicapped. New areas in the massive and dynamic stained glass church also allow for wheelchairs. window 'The Lord is my rock." Its Visitors will find a sense of his- theme is taken from Psalm 32. It tory, of past roots. The riarthex or features great amounts oflight blue, main vestibule is the gathering a darker blue, green, white and place. There is no cry room. But sand. there are rocking chairs in the east At the right in the window is the and west naves where parents may rock which represents the presence take children to calm them down. and strength of Christ battered by There is an 1908-era altar crucifix -wind, gale, rain and crashing seas. from Immaculate Conception In the left comer is the wild rose Chapel, and a portrait of Father Jo- (rosa rugosa) which grows wild seph Nolin, its founding pastor; a across Cape Cod, yet amazingly candle holder in the shape of an strives in sand and salt. The sky is anchor from the 1963 church; and that of early dawn and the bright a memorial book with names of light in the upper left us that of the donors and founding members and Morning Star, the last star of night, the missionaries who served the which has guided sailors to a safe parish. The altar stone is also from _port for millennia. the original church.

The brilliance comes from a The unique, double-sided, clear chunk of pure crystal imbedcarved wooden crucifix still ded into the window. hangs in the center aisle where it Father Baris pointed out that

Mary's titles include Moming Star, and Star of the Sea. "No matter how often one looks at this window, it will never be the same, for each hour of the day brings different color and meaning;' Father Baris said.

All of the original stained glass windows of 1962 were removed, restored and even enlarged, and set into new frames.

In the 14 original "Jes!1s windows," the motif of the sea and Jesus' relationship to water is ever present as New Testament accounts portray Jesus preaching by the Sea of Galilee and the River Jordan.

The beautiful window of Our Lady of the Cape on the front of the church is illuminated at night inviting all passersby.

Several new windows were commissioned. Three of them make the link between the New and Old Testaments through the symTurn to page 16 - Dedication

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Sixth-grader organizes collection of eyeglasses for people in China

By BARBARA WATKINS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ST. LOUIS- Almost 1,000 people in southern China are going to see the world a lot clearer thanks to a sixth-grader from Our Lady of the Pillar School in Creve Coeur.

When Max Sommers learned that his father's college roommate was going to volunteer at a free eye clinic in Kunming, China, and needed used eyeglasses, he didn't hesitate to pitch in.

Max spearheaded a collection drive that netted almost 1,000 pairs of used glasses for the clinic.

"It was nothing really," Max told the St. Louis Review, newspaper of the St. Louis Archdiocese. "My dad told me what his friend is doing. I wear glasses, and I know how hard it is to go ·around without seeing."

After finding out about the need for glasses, Max contacted his school to ask permission for a

collection drive. He made posters with information and messages about what he was doing hidden in an eye-chart format.

He enlisted the help of his,extended family - his grandmother and cousins. The collection went on for about two weeks at the school and in the parish.

The results smprised even Max. "I didn't expect to get that many glasses, not even close," he said of the number collected.

When his father's old roommate, Gregg Wt!helm, came to the Sommers home in early April to collect the spectacles, he was surprised too. ''We kind of pulled a little trick on him," said Max. "We brought up two little bags. And he said, 'Fine, that's enough.' Then we kept bringing up more and more bags."

Wilhelm took them all and they are being cleaned and categorized by volunteers for the clinic, said Steve Sommers,

Max's dad.

Max's family members are pretty proud of his efforts.

His principal at Our Lady of the Pillar, Franciscan Sister Therese Marie Wieczorek, is also proud but didn't seem too surprised.

"He's very mission-minded," she said. "Each year he has a coat collection for the poor. We receive about 150 to 200 coats each year. Max does it by himself.

"His father brings in the boxes for the coats, but Max organizes it. He always makes the announcements over. the PA system about it and writes an article about it. He gets the children behind him."

She added, "Max is pretty impressive."

But Max, whose other interests include playing both baseball and the piano, doesn't see his efforts as particularly heroic. "I just wanted to help," he said.

Portland school thanks religious for past service, asks for support

By ED LANGLOIS CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

PORTLAND, Ore. - Matthew Powell, president of De La Salle North Catholic High School in Portland, figures women religious once ran schools by sheer determination and prayer power, and he hopes they can again.

To thank them for past service and recruit them for future work, he invited all the women religious in the Portland area to tour the innovative three-year-old Catholic high school.

Students at the inner-city college preparatory school, founded by the Christian Brothers, spend four days a week in the classroom and the fifth day of the week in internships at local businesses.

De La Salle opened its doors with a freshman class and has phased in one class per year. Next year it will be,a four-year high school.

Powell noted that ''from before the tum of the last century to the 1960s, these women religious built up

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Some of the 192 students gave tours and discussed their school, where the student-to-teacher ratio is 17 to one and where, instead of bells, soothing music played over the intercom marks the time for classes to change.

On the walls of the hallway are painted words of encouragement: ''Accept everyone. Respect all persons. Respond to the poor and overcome injustice."

"It's not like' any other high school in Portland," said Mariana Lindsay, a junior. She said her internships at Catholic-run University of Portland and a prominent Portland public relations firm have made her more mature than she would have been had she not gotten that office experience.

Junior Mary Miller told the Sisters that the Christian Brothers who operate the school and the other teachers "love us so much and they work so hard to put us ahead." She started her internship at a local restaurant and then moved to a law firm.

On work days, students gather in the school chapel at 7:45 am., for prayers and then board shuttle buses for their work. They do not get home until about 6 p.m.

The internships cover about 70 percent of the school's operating costs which brings the tuition down to $2,200 -less than half of other area Catholic high schools. Students stay at school for extended days and have a longer academic year to make up for the time they spend working. .

Scholars from the University of Portland's School of Education helped design a curriculum that is demanding and one not all students are able to stick with.

The junior class started with 74 students three years ago and is down to 50. ''To succeed here, students need to be capable, motivated and interested," Principal John Huelskamp told a group of Sisters. .

During their visit, the Sisters saw the master plan for the campus. Within the next year, school officials hope to break ground on a $5.7 million classroom building and administrative office. Later phases call for a gymnasium, chapel, dining hall and courtyards.

MAX SOMMERS, a sixth-grade student at Our Lady of the Pillar School in suburban St. Louis, shows off some of the nearly 1,000 pairs of eyeglasses he collected for a clinic in China. (CNS photo by Mark Kempf, St. Louis Review)

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Friday, May 7, 2004 shadowy, scientist (Robert De Niro) to clone their eight-year-old son after the boy i~ killed in a tragic accident, only to find out later the chilling unforeseen consequences of their Faustian bargain. While the film, directed by Nick Hamm, raises thought-proC~i Mv~le voking questions involving bioethics and the morality of artificially creating human life, the NEW YORK (CNS) - The story's philosophical pretensions .following are capsule reviews of quickly give way to spooky atmomovies recently reviewed by the spherics and standard ghost-story .: Office for Film & Broadcasting devices which detract from the of the U.S. Conference of Catho- central moral dilemma posed. A sexual encounter, a problematic lic Bishops. theme of cloning, recurring pro"Envy" (Dreamworks) Relentlessly unfunny comedy fanity, sporadic crude language about a pragmatic working stiff and some scary sequences. The (Ben Stiller) who, after passing up USCCB Office for Film &Broadthe opportunity to invest in the casting classification is A-ill harebrained invention which nets adults. The Motion Picture Assohis best buddy (Jack Black) a for- ciation of America rating is PGtune, becomes consumed with 13 - parents are strongly cauenvy, costing him his job and per- tioned. Some material may be in.. haps his friendship, not to men- appropriate for children under 13. tion hi!! s~ty. Though one would "Laws of Attraction'" (NewLine) ':texpect more from a director of ~. "Barry LeviJ.tson's caliber and the Underwhelming romantic .~ .talented tag team of Stiller and comedy in which two rival di,.':;:'Black, there is not much to covet vorce lawyers (Pierce Brosnan ''::;: in this stalt?~.tudy of jealousy; in and Julianne Moore) wake up ':X>:fact, view~is'may find themselves married after a drunken evening :::;'i·tempted toward another of the and must continue as opposing :i(:,deadly sins:~ anger - for hav- . attorneys on a bitter court case )' ing paid lIl()ney to sit through 90 while carrying on a spousal cha;,: . minutes of uninterrupted forced rade. Director Peter Howitt's at~;;::humor. All·.mstance of rough lan- tractive cast and sumptuous pro'. :e', 'guageand:~ecurring crude sexual . duction design can only compen> . .}anguage~nd potty humor. The sate so much for the. paucity of USCCB office for Film & Broad- .witty dialogue and obvious plot casting c.a~sification is A-ill contrivances. Implied sexual en,. adults. The Motion Picture Asso- counters following inebriation, y.ciation of-America rating is PG- impersonation of a cleric, a few .··..13 - parents are strongly cau- crude expressions and an instance . tioned..Some material may be in- of profanity. The USCCB Office '. ': appropriate for children under 13. for Film & Broadcasting classifi"Godsend" (Lions Gate) cation is A-III - adults. The Cautionary psychological Motion Picture Association of 'thriller about a grief-stricken America niting is PG-13 - parcouple (Rebecca Romijn.:Stamos . ents are strongly cautioned. Some . and Greg Kinnear) who agree to material may be inappropriate for 'an offer made by a brilliant, but children under 13.

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TEN YEARS after first release of "Chant," fans of the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos will be able to enjoy a new compilation of .their songs. "Chant: The Anniversary Edition" which was released this week. The two-CD set contains much of the first recording plus material from the monks' last three albums. (CNS)

JIM CAVIEZEL stars as golfer Bobby Jones in the movie "Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius:' (CNS photo from Film Foundry)

eNS'movie review:. 'Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius' , NEW YORK (CNS) not yet won a major championThough it may sound like a con- ship. tradiction in terms, the best Overcoming his own hot temsports movies are,at their core,. per, self-imposed perfectionism rarely about sports. Whether . and a debilitating neurological manifested in the balletic bru-' disorder that forces him to play tality oftheboxing ring odn the ·t.through grueling pain, Jones edifying endurance of runners, drives himself to win an asthe visual poetry of athletic tounding 13 titles, four of them competition has long provided - the U.S. Amateur, U.S. filmmakers with the perfect Open, British Amateur and Britmetaphorical canvas upon ish Open ---'- within a period of which to celebrate the triumph four months in 1930, earning of the human spirit. him the title of Grand Slam Such is the case with "Bobby Champion, a record still un~ro­ Jones: Stroke of Genius" (film ken.

Foundry), a handsomely crafted Full of measured magnetism, biopic about the man many con- Caviezel brings a mix of dignisider the greatest golfer ever to fied grace and subdued intensity play the game. to the role. Malcolm McDowell . Following his performance as plays O.B. Keeler, an erudite Jesus in Mel Gibson's "The Pas- sportswriter who discovers sion of the Christ," Jim Caviezel Jones as a budding star and fol~ stars as the titular titan, who, lows him throughout his career during the 1920s took his place as both fan and friend. Claire alongside such sports icons as Forlani shines as Mary, Jones' Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. supportive wife, whose CatholiThe film opens after Jones' cism stands out against the preretirement from tournament dominantly Protestant Southern play, as he returns to the vener- backdrop. Jeremy Northam able golf course of St. Andrews plays Jones' rakish fairway foil, in Scotland - site of both the Walter Ha·gen. high and low points of his stoWhile his home life with ried career. He is met with a Mary fuels the' film's emotional hero's welcome by the locals core, it is Jones' friendly rivalry who claim him as their own. . with Hagen that offers the The movie then rewinds to an clearest insights into Jones as a Atlanta suburb, where viewers man of rigorous moral convicare reintroduced to Jones - this tions and personal honor. time as a runty eight-year-old Hagen's braggadocio and self(Devon Gearhart) swinging a aggrandizing haughtiness brings sawed-off golf club, already Jones' virtue into sharper focus. consumed by a passion for the Hagen plays for money; Jones game. Though a sickly child, plays for the love of the game.

What makes Jones such an . through perseverance the dogged duffer transforms him- interesting character study is self into a teen phenom (Thomas that his legendary golf career Lewis), entering his first tour- was only one aspect of a remarkably multifaceted life. The nament at age 14.

However, early hopes of film shows Jones as a devoted greatness melt into bitter disap- family man and scholar, as well pointment, when,by the ripe old' as a sports hero, earning degrees age of 21, Jones (Caviezel) has from both Georgia Tech and

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H also paints him as a man conflicted by fame and haunted by a sense of predestined greatness, which, though driving him to excel, takes a devastating toll on his health and personal life.

Cinematically, "Stroke of Genius" has a richly textured period look reminiscent of the diffused elegance of "Chariots of Fire." The windswept shots of St. Andrews are especially striking, capturing the lyrical beauty of the rugged Scottish coast.

Storywise, however, the film bogeys the hole. Slow-paced and unfocused, the poorly structured script suffers from overly repetitive tournament sequences, which, in addition to being tedious to watch, prevent the narrative from building to an emotionally satisfying crescendo.

While a closing coda informs viewers that during Worl<;l War II Jones allowed Army livestock to graze on the luxurious greens of Augusta National Golf Club (a private course he built in the 1930s), no mention is given to the fact that African-Americans were not admitted as members until 1991.

Still, as directed by Rowdy Herrington, "Stroke of Genius" is an inspirational reminder that there are things more important than winning championships and that what matters in life to borrow the immortal words of Grantland Rice - is "not that you won or lost, but how you played the game."

Due to sporadic crude language, the USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG --:- parental guidance suggested.

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Revival energizes black Catholics attending national convocation

By MARY ANN WYAND .

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS - An hour of praise and worship and a nearly-two-hour revival energized participants at the National Black Catholic Convocation at St. Rita Parish in Indianapolis.

During the revival, Father Patrick Smith, pastor of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Washington, challenged black Catholics to grow in faith and to reach out to young people who desperately need to hear about the good news of Jesus Christ.

His talk was based on . Ezekiel's vision of dry bones that are brought to life by God, as deA MEXICAN TRUCK driver from San Jose de Gracia drives a vehicle with an image of scribed in chapter 37, verses 1-

Mother Lupita Garcia Zavala on it. Also known as Mother Maria Guadalupe, the nun was the co-founder of the Congregation of the Servants of St. Margaret Mary and the Poor. She was beatified by Pope John Paull! at the Vatican April 26. Her feast day is April 27. (CNS photo from Reuters)

Pope beatifies six, including Polish prince, Portuguese laywoInan

By CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

partitioning of Poland. With the help of his spiritual director, he saw his vocation was to leave the life of the court behind and become a priest. He joined the Salesians in 1887 and died in 1893, a year after being ordained to the priesthood. His feast day is August 2.

In his homily, the pope said

laywoman, the pope focused on how she offered her suffering VATICAN CITY - Faith in for the salvation of sinners and God can transform people into on her devotion to the Euchaheroes of love and sacrifice, rist, "which became her only Pope John Paul II said as he befood for the last 13 years of her atified four religious women, a life."

Polish prince who became a The biography published by the Vatican said she suffered priest and a Portuguese layprogressive paralysis after woman.

"They are eloquent exhaving jumped out of a window at age 14 "to amples of how the Lord save her purity" when transforms the existence Beatifying Alexandrina Maria da three men broke into the of believers when they Costa, the Portuguese laywoman, house where she, her sistrust in him," the pope the pope focused on how she of- ter and a friend were said during last week's fered her suffering for the salvation alone.

Mass in St. Peter's Completely paralyzed Square. of sinners and on her devotion to The pope read the en- the Eucharist, "which became her by the age of 19, she detire prepared text of his only food far the last 13 years of voted her life to prayer and began having mystihomily without particular her life. " cal experiences; every difficulty, alternating secFriday for four years, she tions in Italian, Polish, mystically "lived the sufferings Spanish and Portuguese.

The newly beatified, he said, he hopeJ!, that Jike Blessed of the Passion," according to demonstrate that "love for Czartoryski today's young the Vatican biography. The Christ is the secret of holiness." people, ',~'Yho look for the way pope declared October 13 as her The four religious beatified to discern the will of God for feast 'day.

He also beatified: during the Mass included their liv~~," will.discover their - Mother Lupita Garcia Mother Laura Montoya, the vocation through prayer and first blessed to be born, live and with thelielp of "wise guides." Zavala, also known as Mother Reciting the "Regina Coeli" Maria Guadalupe, the Mexican die in Colombia.

Blessed Montoya, who lived after the Mass, Pope John Paul co-founder of ~he Congregation 1874-1949, founded the Mis- said it WitS a "p~rsonal joy for of the Servants of St. Margaret sionaries Sisters of Immaculate me on this occasion to be able Mary and the Poor. The feast Mary and of St. Catherine of to welcome in the Vatican day of the nun, who lived 1878Siena, to work among the in- members of the blessed's fam- 1963, is April 27; - Italian Sister of Charity digenous peoples of Colombia. ily."

The pope said he was close Giulia Nemesia Valle, who In declaring her beatified, the pope established October to the Czartoryski family when lived 1847-1916. Her feast day he was archbishop of Krakow is June 26; 21 as her feast day.

- Spanish Salesian Sister The Polish prince, Father before being elected pope in .

Eusebia Palomino Yenes, who August Czartoryski, was born 1978.

Beatifying Alexandrina lived 1899-1935. Her feast day in 1858 in Paris, where his family lived in exile following the Maria da Costa, the Portuguese is February 9.

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"What God wants to do is change the lyrics of your life. We need to take the time to listen to the word," Father Smith said.

"We need to talk about teen pregnancy and abortion, stuff we don't talk a whole lot about sometimes," he said. "But, realistically, why talk about the teen pregnancy rate or the abortion rate or the divorce rate or the illiteracy rate or the teacher turnover rate in innercity schools or the crime rate or the homicide rate or the unemployment rate? Why talk about all that if there is no solution?" . The priest added, "Unless we bring this stuff into the light, we'll never be healed of it. Things change when they get brought into the light. But I think we're just basically afraid."

God brings life to dry bones, he said, referring to Ezekiel.

"He wants you to see just what it looks like when he's not present," Father Smith said. "He wants you to see the mess as it really is. He wants you to know that you can't fix it yourself. I can't revive anybody. That's not

my job. It's God's job. The question is: Are we ready to be revived by him?"

After the revival, Father Smith said "young people are ready for the radical Gospel, of truly imitating Christ. They're waiting for the (Church) leadership to say, 'OK. Let's go.' They need to hear it."

Msgr. Ray East, director of the Office of Black Catholics for the Archdiocese of Washington, led the praise and worship.

After the revival, Msgr. East said many teen-agers and young adults are very involved in ministry and mission outreach. The challenge is to involve all youths in Church ministries. ''They're today's Church leaders," he told The Criterion, newspaper of the Indianapolis Archdiocese. "All we need to do is give them the microphone. The Lord is already using them. They're already in ministry."

During the National Catholic Youth Conference last November in Houston, Msgr. East said, he heard teens share powerful mission stories.

"Young people had already gone on mission trips," he said. ''They had already been to Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti, and they were sharing their mission stories. They were trained missioners, and they were only 14 and 16 years old. I couldn't believe it.

"What we need to do is highlight what they're doing and support them in the ministry that God has already given them," he said.

"I think they have so much to teach us. It's like God speaks to us through the young people and, with open minds and open hearts, we'll learn from them. I believe that our young people will lead us."

MUSICIAN ROSCOE Hager from the Leon C. Roberts liturgical Institute drums during the National Black Catholic Convocation revival at St. Rita Parish in Indianapolis. He is a member of St. Augustine Parish in Washington. (CNS photo

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se,eks study of major issues, not telling people how to vote

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

ROME - When Church leaders speak out about major issues like abortion during an "election campaign, they are not telling people how to vote, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington said.

Instead, they are encouraging Catholics to study the candidates' positions on a wide range of questions and weigh them all very carefully, Cardinal McCarrick said in a recent interview with Catholic News Service.

Life issues like abortion and euthanasia come first because ''without life, you cannot have any other human values;' the cardinal said.

But the Church is not a singleissue institution, he said.

"One (issue) may be primary, but there are many issues that have to be considered. There are probably people who are with us on one issue but against us on many other issues.

All these things have to be weighed very carefully - without giving anybody any direction on how they should vote;' he said. ' Cardinal McCarrick spoke four days after a Vatican official, Cardinal Francis Arinze, made headlines around the world when he said that Catholic politicians who were unambiguously pro-abortion should not be given Communion. He was presenting a new Vatican document on Eucharist-related abuses.

Cardinal Arinze's remarks were read by many as a reference to MaSsachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the probable Democratic nominee for U.S. president and a supporter of legalized abortion, who has continued to receive Communion.

Cardinal McCarrick, in Rome with several other U.S. bishops on their "ad /imina" visits required of heads of dioceses every five years, discussed the issue with Cardinal Arinze, the head of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. Catdinal Arinze seemed surprised that his reD:larks had caused'a political stir, Cardinal McCarrick said. ''He made it clear that where he

stands is what the document said.

The document goes so far, and no further," Cardinal McCarrick said.

The Vatican document said that "anyone who is conscious of grave sin should not celebrate or receive the body of the Lord without prior sacramental confession, except for grave reason." It did not speak about withholding the Eucharist as a sanction.

Cardinal McCarrick said that while Church law foresees situations in which Communion should be denied interpreting the law is a delicate question.

"I think the canons (Church law) sort ofremind us that we have to tell ,. ourpeople that ifthey are not in communion with the Church, they should not go and receive Communion. But that doesn't say to us that we should deny them Communion when they come;' he said., . ''1 would be very uncomfortable to have a confrontation at the altar, because it implies that I know precisely what's in a man's heart or in a woman's heart, and I'm not always sure;' he said.

Cardinal McCarrick said his approach to Catholic. politicians who clearly oppose important Church teachings is to make sure they !:mow what the Church teaches, keep dialogue open, and let them know that "if they are ~ng a public stand there will be some sanctions of a certain nature." ''To the best of my knowledge, no one is talking about'anyone in, particular. And certainly in the United States we're not talking about anyone in particular. We're' talking about a genus of people, a group ofpeople, who may be Catholic and who may not be accepting of the teaching of the Church;' he said.

Cardinal McCarrick met privately with Kerry in mid-April. He said the encounter.Iasted nearly an hour and was "a good meeting, a meeting where we discussed many things.'" He declined to elaborate, saying that when he meets someone "as a priesf' he does not think it appropriate to give details.

AN ITALIAN peace march ends in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Relatives and friends of three Italian hostages held in Iraq joined the march in hopes kidnappers would free the men. The kidnappers had threatened to kill the three unless Italians protest their country's military presence in Iraq.

(CNS photo from Reuters)

CHILDREN INJURED in the April 22 train explosions at North Korea's Ryongchon Station near the Chinese border, lie in hospital beds. School children were among those killed wh~n two trains exploded, destroying a school and large parts of the town. Chin~ sent first aid supplies across the border into North Korea to help the residents of the remote area.

(CNS photo.from Reuters)

Caritas, South Korea appeal for aid for North Korean train victilDs

By CATHOLIC

NEWS SERVICE

archdiocesan Committee for the had just ended when the exploHONG KONG - Caritas Reconciliation of the Korean sion happened.

Internationalis arid the Seoul People told UCA News that the According to the news agency, Archdiocese have appealed for committee planned to start col- some 30 public buildings and aid to help victims of the April lecting donations with the help of 8,IQO houses were destroyed in 22 train·disaster in North Korea. Catholic newspapers. the blast. Among the houses de"But the situation there is so stroyed, 1,850 were obliterated.

Kathi Zellweger, director of international cooperation for . urgent that we are sending Zellweger, who has been to Caritas Hong Kong, appealed for $80,000 worth of food, clothing North Korea 45 times since April US$200,000 because emergency and recqnstruction equipment that 1995, said North Koreans have stocks of medicine and medical the North Korean Church asked been struggling for survival and supplies were low, reported UCA us to provide as soon as possible;' the shortage of food remains a big News, an Asian church news the official said. He told UCA issue. agency based in Thailand.

"Most hospitals I have Zellweger said rehabilivisited in North Korea are tation concerns for those in" "But the situation there is so ur- lacking medical equipment, jured also' must be ad. gent that we are sending $80,000 supplies and medicine. To dressed. cope with such a tragedy (in Caritas Hong Kong is worth of food, Clothing and recon- Ryongchon) will be very struction equipment that the North difficult for the medical t~e liaison agency for .

Caritas Internationalis' Korean Church asked us to provide staff," she said.

North Korea program.

On top of relief aid reas soon as possible," the official Zellweger told UCA said. lated to the tragedy, Caritas News that Caritas Hong Internationalis has appealed Kong sent about 600 for $2.3 million in emerpounds of medicine t~ gency cash support for huBeijing April 26, and aid work- New~ the (North) Korean Roman manitarian aid to North Korea for ers traveled to Pyongyang, North Catholic Association faxed an April 2004 to March 2005, Korea, the next day. appeal to the committee.

Zellweger said.

In Seoul, South Korea, ArchThe disaster occurred about She said Caritas agr~ed with bishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk noon April 22, when a massive the North Korean government asked Catholics to hold a second explosion destroyed the train sta- and U.N. agencies in February Mass collection to help victims of tion in Ryongchon, about 12 that relief assistance activities miles from North Korea's border would remain similar to those the train disaster.

The archbishop said that North with China. funded previously, with food aid, Korea usually does not let people The Korean Central News health and agriculture projects, outside know what happens Agency reported that electric. and general poverty alleviation as within the country, but this time power cables touched train cars the main focuses. it officially asked the international loaded with ammonium nitrate The 1991 collapse of North community for help. fertilizer and detonated them at Korea's main supporter, the So"Sharing the people's suffering Ryongchon station.. ·viet Union, and a series of natuis the real reason of the Church's It said the massive blast tore ral disasters, including floods and existence," the Church leader through the town and that among drought, have left North Korea's said.

• those killed were about 80 school- 22 million people without enough An official with the Seoul children. The primary school day food.

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Lady of Fatima Statue

The following is a schedule of the United Nations International Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima in the Fall River diocese: May 8-9, St. Theresa, Attleboro, 3:30 p.m. Masses at 4 p.m. on Saturday and 7:30, 9 and 11 a.m. on Sunday.

May 11, St. Stanislaus, Fall River, 8 a.m. Mass and rosary at 7 p.m.

BISHOP WILLIAM Stang processes into St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River on May 8, 1904, to <;>fficially take possession of the See of Fall River.

Diocese's first bishop ordained 100 years ago

By FATHER BARRY W. WALL DIOCESAN ARCHIVIST

The Apostolic Letter of Pope St. Pius X establishing the Diocese of Fall River is dated March 12, 1904.

At the same time Father William Stang was named first bishop of the new diocese. At the time Father Stang was pastor of St. Edward's Parish in Providence and, superior of the Providence Apostolate, a small group of diocesan priests engaged in preaching parish missions to Catholics and non-Catholics.

The ordination of Bishop Stang took place a hundred years ago this week on Sunday, May 1,1904 in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in Providence. The ordaining prelate was Matthew Harkins, the Bishop of Providence. Bishop Harkins was assisted by Bishops Michael Tierney of Hartford and Auxiliary Bishop John Brady of Boston.

Other bishops attending included the Archbishop of Boston, John 1.

Williams, Bishops John S. Michaud ofBurlington, William H. O'Connell of Portland and Henry Gabriels of Ogdensburg. The preacher was Jam~s Coyle, pastor

of St. Mary's Parish in !fmmton. ~ss. l~e' afternoon the new Father Coyle with great eloquence bishop was welcomed by a 'parade proclaimed the significance of the of Catholic societies which he recreation of a new local church. He ,:iewed from a platform set up in said" Ephesus and Crete across the front of the old St. Mary's Rectory ruined centuries salute Fall River on the east side of Second Street. It as a sister diocese and the name of has been estimated that the numits first ordinary iswritten asindel- ber who marched was 10,000 and ibly as that of Titus and Timothy in that 25,000 people came to Fall the archives' of the Church of God." River by train and electric car from , On Sunday May 8,1904 Bishop Providence, Attleboro, Taunt<;m, Stang formally took possession of New Bedford and Newport. In the the See of Fall River at St. Mary's evening the Cathedral was again Church in Fall River, which he crowded for Solemn Vespers and named the Pro-Cathedral because the day concluded with a fireworks he intended to build a new Cathe- display near the rectory . dral for the diocese. This plan was . The bishop, thoroughly farnilset aside by his successor and St. iar with the priests and the parMary's whose cornerstone was laid ishes, made his first parish visitain 1852, continues to be the dioc- tion a few days later; on May 12, esan Cathedral. The cel~bration that he blessed the recently completed day began with the Solemn Pon- lower church of the Sacred Heart tificalMass at which the papal in Taunton and confirmed 130 documents establishing the diocese children. The following Sunday and appointing the bishop were he visited New Bedford"celebratread by Father Bernard F. ing an early Mass at St. Mary's McCahill, pastor of SS. Peter and Home and later presided at High Paul Parish in Fall River who also Mass at St. Lawrence Church. On preached the sermon. The bishop June 26, the bishop ordained the spoke briefly before bestowing his first priest of the Diocese of Fall blessing at the conclusion of .the River, Edward F. Coyle at his home parish, St. Mary's in Taunton; and on July 18, Espirito Santo Parish in Fall River became the first parish established aft~r the founding of the new diocese.

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May 12, St. )o:.::ph, North Dighton, 8:30 a.m. All day adoration. Mass and rosary at 7 p.m.

May 15-16, Our Lady of Fatima, New Bedford, 2:30 p.m.

Saturday Mass at 4 p.m., rosary at 5 p.m. Sunday Masses at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.

May 18, St. Thomas More, S-omerset,8 a.m. Mass at 9 a.m.

Benediction and rosary at 7 p.m.

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Donations to the Appeal can be sent to the Catholic Charities Appeal Office, 450 Highland Ave., P.O. Box 1470, Fall River, Mass. 02722, or dropped off at any parish in the diocese. Contributions may also be made

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FATHER WILLIAM Stang, left photo, seated left, at a conference for missionaries to non-Catholics held at the Paulist· Fathers House in Winchester, Tenn., in 1902. Fathers Timothy P. Sweeney and John F. McKeon, right photo, future pastors of Holy Name and St. Lawrence parishes in New Bedford, at the ordination of Bishop Stang in 1904. (Diocesan Archive photos)

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TEAMWORK - Children in Christina Raposo's secondgrade class at St. Anthony's School, New Bedford, work together to illustrate a recent school project.

THE ST. JOSEPH School "Deacons" Cheerleading Squad are all smiles after completing their inaugural season of che~r events. Thanks to several fund-raisers, support from family and the community, they purchased uniforms and gymnastic mats and were able to make an impact at the Fairhaven school.

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AWARD WINNERS from St. Mary's School, New Bedford, had much to smile about after the Regional Science Fair held at Bristol Community College. Seated from left, Sean Racine, third place; Jeffrey St. Michel, honorable mention; Sarah Spach, honorable mention; and Lea Noonan, winner.of the Mark G.. Hoyle Memorial Award. Standing from left, Kevin Magalhaes, second place; Michael Pratt, second place; Rebecca Clarke, first place and winner of the James Pelletier Discovery Challenge Award; and Melissa Mello, second place.

THE JAZZ CHOIR from Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro, performs during a recent concert at Christina's in Foxboro. The evening featured the school's big band, jazz ensemble, jazz combo, Girls' Glee Club and several soloists. Josef>h Taylor and Holly Krafka direct the school's music program.

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KATHRYN WROBEL, center, receives a bouquet from National Honor Society members Kristin Hetzler, left, and Marielle Pedro after being named as the Teacher of the Year at Bishop Stang High School, North. Dartmouth. She was nominated by students and selected for her representation of the characteristics of the NHS: scholarship, character, service and leadership.

~ SEVENTH-GRADER Jessica Luiz of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, New Bedford, gets help during a bus evacuation practice from Teachers Ann DeFrias and Bob Bouchard. Students from all grades practice the drills during the year.

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Catholic universities called to merge faith with science, pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS) Catholic universities and faculty departments opemting under a papal charter have a special obligation to bring the Gospel and Catholic teaching to bear on modem questions involving science, ethics and human rights, Pope John Paul II said.

"Ecclesiastical universities and faculties must playa role in the •great springtime' God is preparing for Christianity," Pope John Paul told officials of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

The Church's teaching mission has "a particular importance in today's reality, which is marked on one side by an impressive technical progress and, on the other, by various contradictions, divisions and tensions," the pope said.

Pope John Paul said modern men and women are especially sensitive

to safeguarding human dignity, defending the weak, respecting the environment, renouncing violence and promoting global solidarity.

"The academic institutions ofthe Church are committed to cultivating this sensitivity in line with the Gospel, tradition and the magisterium" or teaching authority of the Church, he said.

The pope said universities must do so by helping their students and the wider society reconcile faith and reason, goodness and truth, faith and culture, civil laws and mo@!Jaws" the East and West and developed and developing countries.

Catholic universities, he said, have taken importantsteps toward that goal by opening new departments for the study of bioethics, Islam, migmtion and other topics of great importance in the modem world.

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HARDY WRIGHT of St. Ursula Parish in Parkville, Md., organizes luggage that was collected for foster children in the area. (eNS photo by Owen Sweeney III, Catholic Review)

Teens' project provides foster children with needed luggage BALTIMORE (CNS) - A dis- from place to place. cussion of Catholic social teaching Working together with youths at a retreat prompted 14-year-olds from both St. Ursula and St. Charles Kelly Drake and Molly Wright to Borromeo in Pikesville, Drake and Wright carried out their plan to fix reach out to foster children.

As part of a weekend retreat what they saw as an injustice in their known as Micah 6:8 and sponsored community. by the Baltimore archdiocesan DiOne weekend in March, young vision of Youth and Young Adult people spoke at all Masses at the two Ministry, high school participants parishes, asking for donations of seriously consider issues of justice new or used luggage. They then reand peace and then plan follow-up turned the following weekend to activities in their schools and par- collect the donations. ishes.

St. Ursula collected more than Drake and Wright, members of 1,200 pieces ofluggage, which were St. Ursula Parish in the Baltimore taken to The ARC of Baltimore, an suburb of Parkville, were inspired agency that addresses the needs of to collect suitcases for foster chil- people with mental retardation. At dren after watching a television pro- -St. Charles, 800 pieces of luggage gram about youths who collected were collected and donated to a fam-' ily services agency in Woodlawn. and decorated luggage for them. ''We had to come up with an idea A number of such projects have been started around the country to for the project during the weekend, help the many foster children who and then make it happen," said have nothing in which to carry their Wright, a freshman at The Catholic belongings when they are moved High School of Baltimore. "Our

personal opinion is that it must be hard to move from place to place.

And we wanted to give kids something to call their very own." ''We were trying to do something different," said Drake, a freshman at Mercy High School in Baltimore.

"Lots oftimes people will do canned food drives, but we had just done a lot of social justice stuff with kids, so we tried to think of something where we could help them."

Betty Schmedes, youth minister for both St. Ursula and St. Charles, said she thinks it makes a statement that young people came up with the idea and carried it out on their own. ''For teens to come up with something as positive as they did for young people is awesome," she told The Catlwlic Review, newspaper of the Baltimore Archdiocese. "Micah tells us to live justly, to love tenderly and to walk humbly with your God ... and that's exactly what they're doing."

Do you really want a 'famous face'?

By KASE JOHNSTUN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE I guess I grew up in a generation where few things on television offend me. But this show, "I Want a Famous Face," on MTV, really disturbs me. I was planning to write a humorous column this week because it has been a while, but I watched this show last night and knew I couldn't let-it go. It had to come out today.

If you don't know the show's premise, average people receive plastic surgery to make their faces resemble a famous person's. Last night a man wanted to look like Jennifer Lopez. You probably are thinking that what disturbs me is that the person was a man, but

it isn't. It isn't just him. It's the fact that he had plastic surgery to look like someone else.

This show surprised me. I had just finished watching "Made," another show on MTV. This show takes high school students and helps them fulfill their dreams through hard work and practice. One episode featured a girl who wanted to join a community pageant.

More than anything it gave her confidence. One show featured an overweight teen who wanted to run a triathlon. More than anything it gave him confidence, and a healthier heart.

MTV was turning it around, I thought to myself, helping youth-achieve goals and gain

self-confidence - a good premise for a show. Then, there it was, "I Want a Famous Face," a product of the reality show

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Age generation. I watched it. I turned it off. I was horrified.

Short, hairy, skinny. If I had a say in what genes I would get, I would have chosen' to be a little bit taller and less furry, but that's how it goes. It takes time to love what God gave you, but

it happens eventually. It took me plenty of time.

We have all traveled through, or are traveling through, the swamp of gawkiness, trudging through with oversized feet, getting caught up in leach-filled ponds of low self-esteem.

I know you won't listen to your parents, but listen to me.

The swamp ends. I can't tell you that at the end of the swamp there is a perfect face and body for you, but there is a love of self that is much better than a perfect image in a mirror or a resemblance to Jennifer Lopez.

Mter watching "I Want a Famous Face," I watched a news program. The program revealed that many TV stars are

nervous about the upcoming wave of High Defmition Television because the high definition will show all of their blemishes. The makeup of the past will not work to cover up the imperfections of actors and news anchors.

A friend of mine has HDTV and says you can see the makeup lines and that they look really weird. He said the cakedon makeup looks like a mask, and all the actors' wrinkle lines looked like caverns filled with makeup rivers.

So, as we can now see with HDTV, that person on the screen is just like you, blemished but original, wrinkled but human and flawed but beautiful.

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PRESENTERS.AT the three-day "Leading from the Heart: Presiding at the Eucharist," conference talk between sessions. The event was co-sponsored by The Georgetown Center for Liturgy and The National Organization for Con. tinuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy.

THESE DIOCESAN priests attended the program "Leading from the Heart: Presiding at Eucharist;' held last month in Brewster and soon to be implemented nationwide. From left: Fathers Richard M. Roy, James H. Morse, Jon-Paul Gallant' and Richard E. Degagne. (AnchortGordon photos)

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''The program has a lot of good insights," said Father Richard E. Degagne, pastor of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, Taunton. "I'm glad I took . the opportunity to be here."

Father Joe Steams of Naples, Florida said he came because his "interest is very strongly in liturgy. This is what we're all about as a priest. This is a great opportunity for nourishment and helps to make me a better priest for my people."

Discussion groups brainstormed . ideas and talked about the shift in theology, the Mass as sacrifice and what that means from a .

Christian standpoint. Attendees had many opportunities for ques.tions and answers and Father James H.Morse, pastor of St. Stephen's Parish, Attleboro, enjoyed it.

"This has been an excellent program and we're fortunate to

have such good speakers here," said Father Morse. "Reaffirming gives substance to things we've heard before and reinforces the theology we heard years ago."

One of those speakers, Jesuit Father Larry Madden, founder and director of The Georgetown Center for Liturgy, said the conferencl? was a good opportunity for priests and they have conveyed enthusiasm for the subject matter. "Presiding is such a key role for a priest and we're working on helping them catechize better so tltey can lead the people more deeply." .

Fellow presenter Anne Y. Koester said there is a good feeling here today among participants and she was pleased. "People are very engaged in what we're discussing and there is an authentic interest in dedication to leading their people in prayer. We're glad to be here today."

THE DIOCESAN Council of Catholic Women and the Diocesan Vocation Committee hosted a holy hour for vocations in anticipation of World Day of Prayer for Vocations observed last Sunday. Bishop George W. Coleman presided at the service that included Benediction of the Blessed S~crament, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River on April 25. Participating were, from left, Rita Paskavitch, DCCW'chairman of Church Concerns; Father Craig A. Pregana, director of vocations; DCCW Recording Secretary Janice Monte, Chairman Dot Curry, Bishop Coleman, Holy Union Sister Jane Sel/mayer, Betty Mazzucchelli, DCCW President Lynette Ouel/ette,and Madeleine Lavoie.

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bolism of water found throughout how to blend the painted ceiling over Scripture. the central nave with. the new roof One depicts the creation of Cape of natural wood. It was decided to Cod formed by retreating glaciers. have artists lend their expertise to And there is a Marian window the old ceiling making it look like predominately in blue with symbols natural wood to match the new ceilof Mary. . ing. The result is amazing.

The baptismal font, a natural Of two LaSallette windows, one portrays the-first moments ofMary's shell, has been used since 1962. apparition at LaSalette on Sept. 19, However, its base is new. The bronze 1846. The other shows the final casting includes shells, horseshoe moments when Mary speaks to the crabs, seaweed and other symbols two shepherd children. of the sea.

Other interesting windows in the Holy water fonts 'at the entrance nave include historical, theological of the. church were sculptured and and geographical documentation of cast by artists in Truro. the parish as it exists on Cape Cod. The interior architectural detail They include boats, seagulls, docks, is inspired by elements of the old beaches, whales, fish, and Cape Cod church, which included ,wood panvignettes. eling. The original altar had fluted And there are windows that de- columns at the comers. The new tail illustrations of churches, seals church is finished in beautiful oak of various towns, and the coats-of- paneling, which adds warmth. The arms of Bishop George W. . altars, reredos and shrines are acColeman, and Archbishop Sean P. centuated by fluted columns, pediO'Malley, OFM Cap. ments, capitals and cornices, givOne problem in the renewal was ing a classical dimension to the

house of worship.

Even the mahogany-framed glass entrance doors offer a message. They feature well-known symbols such as a fish, scallop shell, LaSallette Cross, and the pineapple, which represents hospitality and friendship.

Five statues in carved linden wood from the original church have foupd their own niches. However, statues commissioned for the new church include Mother Teresa of Calcutta, St. Francis of Assisi, and St. Peter the fisherrrian.

The Stations ofthe Cross, carved in Italy, were also among the items wonderfully restored.

Almost all of the other church objects were produced by local artists, Father Baris reported.

The project architect was R.A.D. Jones Architects, Inc., of Rockland.

Travi Construction Corp. ofNorwell was the general contractor. Stained glass was by Martino Stained Glass Studios in Framingham.

ALTAR SERVERS from Our Lady of the Cape Parish in Brewster gather with Bishop Coleman, center, and LaSalette Fathers William Kaliyadan, far left, and Bernard Baris, fifth from right, at dedication ceremonies last weekend. (Bruce McDaniel photo)

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