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Local nuns to 'celebrate as one of their own is beatified June 13 ~ Community ofnuns serving in New Bedford

But it is not only martyrdom which brings Sister Alice to the altar for beatification. Her martyrdom was the ful.-~~~~~!!"ooo.~ fillment of her entire life which was dedicated to God and his will. She worked intensely for acquiring the virtue of humility, radiated a simplicity and sincerity to

By JAMES N. DUNBAR those with whom she worked and lived, and continually sacrificed NEW BEDFORD - The six herself in little and big ways for Sisters of the Resurrection who her sisters and students. minister to the youngsters at Born on Nov. 20, 1899 in St. Savior Day Nursery here Warsaw, Mary Jadwiga will enjoy a festive day on Kotowska was 18 when PoJune 13, when a slain land was regaining its freemember of their congredom after World War I. It gation, Sister Alice was 1917, and not conKotowska, is beatified tent to be a bystander,

by Pope John Paul II she joined the Orgaduring his pastoral nized Polish Army and visit to Poland. found herself in the "We will have a battle against Gerspecial Mass and many. In order to be honor Sister closer to those who Kotowska with jubisuffered from the war lation," reported Resand in need, she beurrection Sister gan the study _ of Marcella .,\ medicine. But that Rostkowski, superior was cut short when the of the community that Polish-Bolshevik War operates the nursery at broke out in 1920.

405 County St. Kotowska ended her The Sisters of the studies and returned as Resurrection are a paa nurse to the trenches as pal, international Cona medic, serving the gregation who minister wounded.

Her compassion throughout the world in and bravery were later reAustralia, Argentina, Enwarded when she was pregland, Italy, Poland, sented the "Poland ReCanada and the United stored" military decoration as States. Because the congregaa mark of the government's tion of nuns is only 108 years gratitude for her dedication. old, it is a milestone when one of At age 22, Mary Kotowska their members is raised to the rank found she was still searching for of blessed in the Church. something more. OnApril19, 1922, she The beatification of the 39-year-old wrote to the superior general of the Confeisty Polish' nun who was brutally murgregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection dered by Nazi soldiers along with Jews and requesting to be admitted. Her motive? "I desire other enemies of the Third Reich in the dreadful to live and die for Christ, loving Him above all since massacre within the forest of Piasnicy, a few kilometers outside ofWejherowo, Poland, on Nov. 11, 1939 is an awe- He iS,the Greatest Love, Lord, God and my all," she wrote.

Known in religion as Sister Alice, she taught in the some story of a woman's love for mankind and her heroic Tum to page 13 - Beatification path to holiness.

will honor the World War /I Polish martyr who assertivelyloved her country andherGod.

CARDINAL LAW and the Massachusetts bishops testified before the State Legislature in Boston Tuesday. (CNS file photo)

Mass. Catholic bishops testify on anti-abortion bill

By JAMES N. DUNBAR BOSTON - Bishop Sean P. O'Malley and the heads of the other three dioceses in Massachusetts appeared before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary on Tuesday to jointly plead for passage of bill that would ban partial-birth abortion.

The testimony from Bishop O'Malley, Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, Bishop Thomas L. Dupre of Springfield and Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester, came as the Committee was considering several abortion-related bills.

According to Gerry D' Avolio, executive director of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference, the appearance of the four ordinaries to testify as a team was unprecedented. ' In addition to a common statement filed by the bishops, each also had an opportunity to address the issue.

The following is Bishop O'Malley's testimony before the .legislative committee: "At the beginning of the abortion debate, the proabortion cohorts stated that abortion was not murder because the fetus (Latin for child), was not a human being, only a glob of tissue. As the years pass, it is painfully obvious that the issue of when human life begins was only a ruse, and that respect for life has so eroded that a child is not safe from abortionists until its head emerges from the mother's womb.

There has been much misinformation circulated to try to justify this barbaric practice. Those promoting this procedure have consistently concealed facts about the frequency of partial-birth abortions, as well as facts . about the reasons these abortions are done. The tragic truth is that this procedure is not so infrequent, and that it is usually an elective operation.

Dr. Martin Haskell, a partial-birth abortion provider, is quoted in congressional testimony as stating that 80 percent of those abortions he performed were 'purely elective,' that is, abortion of healthy babies. The other 20 percent aborted in the act of birthing were children with genetic problems. Another 'provider,' Dr. James McMahon, submitted records to Congress showing the various reasons he performed partial-birth abortions, including the young age of the mother, depression, and cleft palate. The medical establishment has made it clear that this is not a necessary procedure to guarantee the safety of a mother. As Surgeon General Koop Tum to page three -Anti-abortion

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Corrections Employees Week a'sucCess DARTMOUTH - Bristol County Corrections Employees Week was held this past week beginning with a May 16 Mass at St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford to honor past and present employees as well as deceased members of the Bristol County Sheriff's Office.

The Mass was concelebrated

by Fathers Matthew Sullivan, chaplain for the Bristol County Sheriff's Office, and John Driscoll, pastor of St. Lawrence's Parish.

Last Tuesday a Tree Dedication Ceremony was' held oil 25TH JUBILEE Jethe lawn of the David R. Nelson B. Consuit Father Charles , Correctional Addicti'on Center in memory of Correction Of- nolly, son of Mary L. Con, ficer Jo Ann Paiva. The same nolly of South Dennis and honor was given to the memory the late John E. Connolly, of Deputy Sheriff Norman will celebrate his 25th anniMahana at the Ash Street Fa- versary of on;tination to the cility on Wednesday., priesthood at a Mass of In addition, ~ristol County Thanksgiving, Sunday, May Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson 30, at noon in St. Pius X hosted several cookouts this Church, South Yarmouth. week for employees and the No stranger to the Cape, week's activities will come to a close tomorrow with a Fam- Father Connolly has been ily Fun Day at White's Family the summer help at St. Pius' Fun Center inAcushnet. As part for almost 20 years. He was of Corrections Employees Week this year, a scholarship ordained on June 8, 1974 in fund has been established for St. Ignatius Church, ChestI:.:hildren of all employe'es of the nut' Hill,· by Cardinal 'Bristol County Sheriff's Of- Hy.mber(t~ ~ede,iros, .arch': , fice.' ..", ,",,". '~-J'.'"

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More than 600 graduates are scheduled to receive academic degrees and four will receive honorary degrees. The latter include: Holy Cross Father Hugh W. Cleary, superiorgeneral ofthe Congregation ofHoly Cross; Rafael Angel Calderon Fournier, former presidentof Costa Rica; Gloria Bejarano Almada de Calderon, creatorofthe Costa Rican Center for Science and Culture; and Irwin Chafetz, business executive and philanthropist.

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By CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE LIVONIA, Mich. - Father John Castelot, 82, an internationally known Scripture ~holar, died May 14, the 57th anniversary of pis ordination to the priesthood.

A funeral Mass was celebratedTuesday at· St. Edith Parish in the Detroit suburb of Livonia for the priest, who was a 'diabetic: and died -following a . lengthy illness.' .

DetroitCardinalAdamJ. Maida was the main celebrant of the funeral, with Saginaw Bishop Kenneth E. Untener as homilist.

Father Castelot, in addition to' his scholarly work, contributed a regular

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A graduate of Boston College and of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, he is a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the National Business Hall of Fame.

He will receive a honorary Doctor of Humanities degree in recognition of his commitment to education.

Father Cleary received a bachelor's degree in English from Stonehill in 1969. Elected as the 11th superior general of the congregation, he is responsible for. the 1,700 Catholic priests and brothers in 14 countries.

He is a religious leader, theologian, teacher and lecturer. He has authored many articles on prayer and the spirituallife. He will receive an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree. '

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column on Scripture for more than 20 years to the Faith Alive! religious education series distributed by Catholic News Service. He also wrote a weekly commentary on SundayScripture readings in The Michigan Catholic, Detroit's archdiocesan newspaper, for eight years.

He gave up the deadlines of column writing a year ago, saying he was "scared" into quitting after a series of strange falls, each of which left him unable to move. .

Father Castelot wrote numerous books and articles on Scripture, espe-

cially in' the period after the Second Vatican Council, which placed a renewed emphasis on Scripture. He was also published in the Jerome Biblical Commentary, the most-used one-volume Catholic scriptural coriunentary in the United States.

Ordained in 1942 for what was then the Di~ofHartford, Conn., Father castelot was a former member of the Society of St. Sulpice, a society of diocesan priests on permanent I~ve from their dioceses to work in seminary formation. He was incardinated into the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1973.

In. Your Prayers Please pray for the following priests during the coming week NECROLOGY May 24 1907, Rev. James F. Clark, Founder, St. James, New Bedford 1985, Rev. Patrick Heran, SS.Cc., Former Rector Sacred Hearts Seminary, Fairhaven \ \ \ \ May 25 1925, Rev. Michael Pi Kirby, St. Mary, North Attleboro 1961, Rev. James V. Mendes, Administrator, Our Lady of the Angels, Fall River . \ \

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Catholic Action League rallies in support of Cardinal Law BOSTON - Thirty members of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts rallied in front of Holy Cross Cathedral here to support Cardinal Bernard Law who was picketed by the feminist fringe organization Women-Church, dur-

ing ordination ceremonies.

The rally on May 15 came after the Women-Church group picketed in protest of Cardinal Law's extending to local Jesuits the authority under archdiocesan law, of prohibiting Women-Church from

Anti-abortion stated in the American Medical News (Aug. 19, 1996): 'In noway can I twist my mind to see that the late-term abortion as described - you know, partial birth then destruction of the unborn child before the head is born - is a medical necessity for the mother.'

Last month, the Boston Herald reported that in Dayton, Ohio, a 22-weekold baby girl was born alive during a partial-birth abortion and lived for about three hours, 'traumatizing staff members at the hospital.' For the three hours the baby girl lived, an emergency room technician rocked and sang to her. She was dubbed Baby Hope by the medical staff.

Connie Boyles, the registered nurse who held Baby Hope after her birth, said that the staff members at the hospital, which has not been identified, have had to spend hours in counseling and 'venting' to get over the emotional trauma of the incident' (Boston Herald, April 21, 1999). Those poor people in that hospital must feel that they have been accomplices in a murder. What are we doing to the medical profession in the United States? They named the girl Baby Hope. How fitting a name. She was born alive to help unmask the brutality of abortion and give us hope that reasonable people who want to live a decent life will help to stop this tragedy, this assault on innocent human life.

We have a chance to do something in Massachusetts. Don't let Baby Hope's death be in vain. Make your voices heard."

The following is the statement by the four Catholic ordinaries in Massachusens presented before the Joint Comminee on the Judiciary in Boston on Tuesday. It was signed by Bishop SeanP. O'Malley ofFall River, Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, Bishop Thomas Dupre of Springfield, and Bishop Daniel Reilly ofWorcester.

The Massachusetts legislature has before it the opportunity to stop the performance of partial-birth abortions

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The Catholic Action League characterized the picket as "a shameless attempt by an extremist group with radical agenda to exploit a joyous and sacred occasion."

C.J. Doyle, executive director of the League, said that Cardinal Law's decision "was a courageous and principled defense of the traditional teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. In his 1994 Apostolic Letter, "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis," Pope John Paul II declared that the 'Church has no authority to confer priestly ordination on women and that this

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Doyle added that, "Catholic bishops have a pastoral obligation and constitutional right to protect the religious integrity and Catholic identity of the institutions in their charge."

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Religious leaders back 'measure defining spouses in a marriage BOSTON - Alveda King, niece ofMartin Luther King, Jr.,joined with major religious leaders Tuesday atthe Ornni Parker House Hotel for an interfaith press conference declaring their support for the proposed Massachusetts Defense ofMarriage Act. The Act, before the House as Bill 472, would clearly defme marriage in Massachusetts as the union of one man and one woman. The bill follows the model of a federal law signed by President Clinton in 1996 defining marriages as the union of a man and a woman. Similar legislation has been passed in 29 other states.

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in our state. We urgently petition you, our elected representatives, to stop this procedure, which has as its sole aim the killing of a child in the process of being born. This procedure takes an innocent human life, and does so in a visibly brutal manner. It also poses serious physical and emotional risks to the mother, while answering no medical necessity.

We are concerned, as members of the legislature are, about difficulties women may face with unplanned pregnancies. Our challenge as a society, however, is to offer solutions to these difficulties which affirm human dignity and concern for the common good, and to reject anything which undermines the value and dignity of human life. Partial-birth abortion clearly fails to meet this challenge.

As doctors have testified before Congress and in numerous state legislatures, partial-birth abortion is never medically indicated to preserve the mother's life or health. While the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supports partialbirth abortion, itcould identify no circumstances where partial-birth abor-

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Sister Masson entered the novitiate ofthe Sisters ofCharity ofQuebec, Rue des Glacis, Quebec City, when she was eighteen. Following her first religious profession, SisterMasson was assigned to the United States mission where she was designated Child Care Mother.

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themoorin~ The centrality of Liturgy . Bishop Thomas L. Dupre of Springfield recently issued a pastoral letter entitled 'The Centrality of Sunday as the Day of Christian Worship." It is perhaps one of the best statements on the subject.

Broad in scope yet very readable, it begins with an historic look at Scripture and reflects that the Liturgy is the source and summit of our Christian lives. It tells us that the presence and action of Christ in the gather~ assembly, in the ministries and in the Eucharist are essential elements in the premise that the Liturgy is vital to the life of the Church. In addition, practical applications are offered on a variety of ancillary topics: The Church itself as the gathering place of the assembly, its fo~ and function, and even 路its art and seasonal decoration, are discussed with keen insights. Lectors, music and musicians, ministers of hospitality and even ushers receive unique focus in the document..A special section centering on children's liturgies offers very significant points to ponder. ..

- >In his introduction to tlje.pastorall~rter,B.ishop.Dupre mmce.s an iI).teresting observation. He writes, "As we)bok'iat the Catholic Church today, some fuayrecall atime. whep the experience of sun:" day was one' of well-attendf',dMaSses which were usually celebrated oitthe hour. Sunday itself was a day of rest. Stores were closed;路the f<楼llily gathered for .the tradition~ S,ynday dinner" ~d: there was an opportunity to visit with relatives and friends. J'he. past 35 years have witnes'sed radical.alterations to this winsome tableaux. ,The . wmds of religious and' social change .have in a sense diminished the perception of the meaning of Sunday and of the importance of gathering for worship."

There is no doubt that contemporary lifestyles have affected our worship practices. The. concept of family itself has changed. Everyone is on the run. Few families come together for a meal; everyone is too busy for one another. Above all, Sunday worship does not have a priority in many homes. Little League, ice time and other Sunday sports take precedence over worship. It becomes obvious when many children enter a religious education preparation pro. gram for,first Communion that there isJittle religion discussed at the kitchen table. Some know only a few prayers, others cannot even , bless themselves. In parishes where religious education .studies are held on Sunday, many children are simply dropped off for cfass.

For too many, there has been no family worship experience. Where there is divorce or separation in a family, children often fall through the cracks. The temper of our times has indeed affected the concept' of Sunday as the Lord's Day. We can also trace some disruption of Sunday worship to the changes that Vatican II brought. Those indeed were days of confusion, as changes were implemented in dioceses and parishes. Some of the fallout remains with us as a source of discontent.

It is obvious that we need a great deal of evangelization on this topic of worship. We can no longer entertain the "get them in and get them out" mind set. Good worship experiences demand time, effort and planning. For Catholics, the Eucharistic celebration is the heart and soul of religious faith. It deserves more than mere tokenism. We must not forget that the Mass is the most important action that can be performed for and by the people of God. This message must be proclaimed constantly from the pulpit, in classrooms and in homes. Failure to do this, for whatever reasons, will only contribute to more empty seats in our churches. The process of this evangelization to all the baptized should not be viewed merely as an option.

We owe immense gra~tude to Bishop Dupre fo,r reminding all in the Church family of the. centrality of the Liturgy. in our lives.

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As marvelous as science is, when it is misused the results can be disastrous. Take, for example, the practice of paying men to donate sperm to a sperm bank or women to donate eggs so that a person who doesn't have a spouse, for example, can arrange to have a baby "artificially," so to speak.

What sort of business is this?

There are many issues to address here, including the lack of responsibility shown here by' the donors.

One of many concerns I have touches on the problems a child born in this way will have when it comes to knowing his of her heritage, at least as that relates to one of the natural parents the donor. Doesn't this take. the whole question of a person's:oriOFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER' gins awfully lightly?

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The result of lacking roots or not knowing them often ends in frustration, depression, anger and hate for people. This is one reason why many foster parents who know the parents of their adopted children will encourage them to meet the natural parents. This is not easy to do, yet these foster parents realize the value of knowing one's roots.

In life, we always are trying . to' figure out who we are by trying to understand our roots. Understanding who our parents, grandparents and relatives are is the best,way of knowing who we are. No matter. how good or poor our background is, knowing it is valuable to our psychological and spiritual wellbeing. " The value. of knowing one's heritage was apparently well 'known~o Christ; who repeatedly reminded the Hebrews they were sons and daughters ofAbraham, Isaac.and Jacob, and from the line of King David. And at Christmas, the genealogy of Christ is read to remind us how God prepared for his Son's coming to us, and that God is responsible for one's life and heritage.

When people misuse science and play God with life, disasters follow. How might we counter a growing disrespect for life?

We need to feel deeply the sickness in society that is behind disrespect for life and the desire to play God with life. We live in times when human dignity is being cheapened and disrespect for life is being flouted.

Disrespect for life canolead to many' atrocities - genocide, abortion and euthanasia, for example.

If we cheapen our view of human life at its very beginning, what is to stop us from disposing of it when it loses its value at the end of life, when one is aged?' ..

Today the sacredness of sex is mocked in entertainment and literature; homes have become theaters where we watch people peing bombed;, movies depict people being brutally killed, and .seldom does our society ask what路 happens next after a scientific discovery is made.

This leads me to wonder if what the prophets said of the Israelites applies even more so to us today: "We no longer know how to blush." .

THEANCHOR-Diocese ofFall River-Fri., May 21, 1999

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The following are excerpts from a poem: "For my Fourth Graders: Some of MyThoughts and Feelings after Littleton:' Gunshots ring out, Bombs explode, Horrified, .screaming students Jump for cover, Helpless against bullets and shrapnel, "Who:' they shout, ''why?'' ...Murder, chaos, carnage!

Visions of unimaginable anguish, A school building damaged, Young innocent lives ended, ...Violence, violence, violence, What can we do?

What would Jesus do?

"Love your enemies....

Bless those who persecute you...

Weep with those who weep...

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Do not be conquered by evil.

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Help us, Lord, Help! . Theresa Le Blanc, Fourth GradeTeacher St. Mary School, New Bedford

Thank you for your excellent editorial (April 30) about youth. Part of the problem surely is permissive parents. They want to be, popular with the kids and when the child says that religion classes are boring, they let him drop out. So youth must cope with our jungle society, drugs everywhere, a sex craze, violence and crime, without a guide. Without Christ they cannot make their way in our nearly pagan world. As your neighbor, columnist Don Feder of the Boston Globe said, "It is easier to build a computer out of cornflakes than to teach morality without religion."

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Catholic-Anglican document proposes 'shared' papal priDlacy VATICAN CITY (CNS) - A Catholic-Anglican document proposed that both churches might accept a "shared" universal papal primacy, one that would offer prophetic leadership, uphold legitimatediversity oftraditions and welcome theological inquiry.

The document described papal primacy and other forms of authority in the Church as a divine gift and said its application should be modeled on Christ's role of service. Such authority is often exercised by the hierarchy but must be open to renewal and influence from the lay faithful, it said.

Titled 'The Gift of Authority;' the 12,OOO-word document was presented May 12 by Catholic and Anglican members of the Second Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission. Its authors said the text was an important step forward on one of the most" difficult issues in Catholic-Anglican dialogue.

The document outlined a dynamic relationship among Scripture, Tradition and the exercise of teaching authority in the Church. Far from being seen merely as a "storehouse of doctrine and ecclesial decisions;' Church authority should be open to new insights and new formulations, it said.

Five years in preparation, the main work on the text was accomplished by ARCIC II members meeting outside Rome last September. The document . expresses the agreement of the dialogue commission and will be reviewed and discussed by officials of both churches.

The document did not propose s0lutions for specific controversies like the ordination of women priests, although it said the Anglican decision to do so has raised new questions about how authority functions for both' churches.

In examining the role of the pope and universal primacy, ARCIC II proposed that Anglicans be open to recovery, under certain conditions, of the exercise of the universal primacy by the bishop of Rome, and that Catho-

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"Such a primacy could be offered and received even before our churches are in full communion;' it said.

As envisioned in the document, this universal primacy.would be carried out in collegial cooperation with bishops.

It would encourage the churches in their mission and would promote a type of church communion that "does not curtail diversity."

"Such a universal primate will exercise leadership in the world and also in both communions,addressing them in a prophetic way;' it said. He would promote the common good, gather the churches for consultation and address difficult moral issues, in a style th~t would "welcome and protect theological inquiry;' it said.

Touching upon a crucial point in the 400-year separation between Anglicans and Catholics, the document recognized that the pope has a specific ministry in discerning the truths of faith. It said th~ when the pope pronounces "wholly reliable teaching," he is, in fact; articulating the faith of all the local churches.

In that sense, definitive papal teachings may express "only the faith of the church;' in accordance with the college of bishops and not outside that college, it said.

The document outlined several issues related to authority that could be explored by both churches. It questioned whethertheAnglican Communion, which sometimes faces unilateral actions by local provinces or dioceses, is open to accepting decisions that would bind the whole church.

It also questioned whether the structures and procedures ofthe Roman Curia - the Catholic Church's central administrative and judicial departments and their officials- sufficiently respect the exercise of the bishop's ministry.

While resolving all these questions may take time, the document suggested that existing agreement between Catholics and Anglicans could be made more visible, for example in regu-

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Helping to cODlfort those who grieve Who can say when we as a nation will be able to move on from the horrors of the massacre at Columbine High in Littleton, Colo?

There will be much written and even more spoken in months to come about why some youth channel their aggressive internal wars into violent hatred toward others and why the adults involved with youth - parents, teachers, religious and community leaders - seem blind when it By comes to recognizing the symptoms that signal a young one's potential for explosive behavior.

I have a friend, Ann, a pianist, in Littleton.

I could hear her pain as I spoke by telephone to her. On the second night after the tragedy she was sitting in a darkened house because the power had failed, a~d she was shivering'

with cold because a blizzard-like snow was falling. We both felt heaven itself was crying freezing tears over this town traumatized by

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the evil of killings.

My heart broke knowing the pain that the parents of those murdered young ones now would feel, literally forever. For I have been there. I wanted to hug each one of them and

of life and death. I read, and I cried, but because of hope and joy, not sadness.

Father Nolan writes, "A Hasidic teaching says that mourning takes place on three levels: silence, tears and song. Silence we know, for there are no words that can express our love for those who grieve.

"As for tears, they are not a sign of weakness, but of love. Yes, some writers now speak of the 'tears of God,' who shares our pain.

"As for song, is there not something in music or song that expresses our grief but infuses it with hope? There is no night that does not yield finally to the dawn. And death is overcome by the one who calls us to live not in darkness but in the day. We mourn in silence. And with tears. And with song."

This is the message I would send to those whose grieving has just begun in Littleton.

assure them that their loved ones will never really be gone - because love never dies. I hope it will be their discovery, as it was mine - a gift, really, from God - that those who are gone remain "a permanent gift."

God's gift of life and love have been given to us with a "forever" attachment!

I always have believed that we are sparks of love, literallY exploding from the source of life. Everything, everyone, completes a mission and then returns to the source, which is eternal life.

The day of the Littleton killings, I had received a new book, so appropriately titled for the moment: "They Shall Be Comforted: For Those Who Grieve and Hope" (TwentyThird Publications). Beautifully written, the . author, Father Joseph Nolan, offers great wisdom to those who grapple with the mysteries

Otto, our 'TerDlinator Walker' baby I was watching my nine-month-old grandson destroy our daughter and son-in-law's kitchen, front room and dining room recently as he tore around in his "walker." Of course, such omnipotent observation leads to profound realizations and metaphysical insights -such as: Less than 17 months ago this terror was the size of a ping pong ball, only cuter (I assume, being a prejudiced grandparent).

Otto's mother (aka our daughter, Marie) has taken to wearing her old soccer shinguards low on her tibias to protect her ankles from Terminator Walker Baby's path of destruction. Cleverly, however, he waits until she turns her back, then shoots at her Achilles tendon like an attack dog that. giggles.

Note:· Otto's baptismal name is Donovan, but his grandfather (aka me) tagged him "Otto" on a temporary basis until he grows a neck and his arms and legs look less like

mutant bowling pins. This is by no means to , stereotype any person named Otto, especially if he or she knows where I live and benchpresses big-rig axles as a hobby.

In a short time, Otto already has marked nearly every wall and piece of furniture in three rooms at about four inches off the ground in such a way it looks like the place was flooded and this is the high-water mark.

This accomplished, he is currently conducting speed, mass and impact experiments.

On only his fifth attempt he documented that by starting six feet from the laundry room door he could pick up enough speed to thump it open on impact, aided by a significant grunt. Less run, no open. Longer ruri, he ran out of steam before reaching the door or became distracted by another target.

Which brings up the obvious question: Do babies learn in the womb? There is little qoubt. I sa\y a couple claim this on either Oprah or "Nova." That given, I have two hy-

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greater New Bedford area reported that a frail elderly man who is a resident of one of the nursing homes in the community gave him two crumpled dollar bills, drawn with his gnarled hands from his pocket with the re. quest that he add them to the Catholic Charities Appeal returns for this year.

The Appeal, Donly explained, is more a process than a program and sensitivity to the wonderful outreach which is accomplished by the myriad diocesan agencies, institutions, apostolates and ministries which are supported by the resources gleaned from this concerted effort is ever more being recognized by residents of the southeastern Massachusetts region. Non-Catholics and many friends of the Appeal in the businesses and industries, the professions and the civic organizations, are valued contributors, as well. }>rospective donors may communicate with any local parish or with Diocesan Headquarters afP.O. Box 1470, :Fall River, MA .

02722, or by calling (508) 676-8943.

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potheses: ward. He's knocked back into a sitting posi. - First, it's possible Marie sat too close tion. He grins. And!. am teaching him the to Arnold Schwarzeneger or Jean-Claude Van "high five" sign to celebrate, although in his Damme movies during pregnancy. case it's a "high stubbies" sign. . .--::::---,... Predictably, a new and "safer" .. version of the baby walker has come '. " out. I think it's called something like

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28,417.00 Richard Smith; $125 Donald Pelletier, M-M Paul St. Mary, South Dartmouth 28,344.00 Silvia; $100 M-M Leo Bessette, M-M Sean SI. Julie Billiart, North Dartmouth 26,343.00 Brumble, M-M John P. Callahan, AR Cassidy, St. John the Baptist, NB 23,358.00 M-M George Chalhoub, M-M Joseph DeStefano, In Memory of Brian & Patrick Duffy, Paula Flynn, TAUNTON AREA: Yvonne Gagliardi, Frances Jenkins, M-M James St. Ann, Raynham $ 29,189.00 Lattari, M-M Alfred Lortie, M-M John Metaxas, MImmaculate Conception, No. Easton 20,745.00 MPaul Morin, M-M Harold Reynolds, M-M John Holy Cross, South Easton 16,451.00 White.

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By Dan Morris things better than babies have in years. And in less than a generation - Or, Otto is echoing the behavior learned we'l.l see pitching dominate hitting in the as his mother bumped open doors, pushed majors again. shopping carts and shut refrigerator doors Like I said, omnipotent insights. with her "tummy."

Comments are welcome. Write Uncle I lean toward the tummy explanation, Dan at 6363 Christie Ave. No. 222, given Otto's clear joy in crashing into the Emeryville, Calif. 94608; or e-mail: refrigerator. He loves it. His head snaps for- cnsuncle@yahoo.com.

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Iteering pOintl opportunity for people to experience God's love and share in a Christian community. For more infonnation call Pat Medeiros at (401) 624-3070.

ATILEBORO - The musical group Living Water will peIfonn at the La Salette Shrine Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

All welcome. For more infonnation or a calendar of events call the Shrine at 222-5410.

A Healing Service in Portuguese will be held at the Shrine Sunday at 2 p.m. It will be led by Father Manuel Pereira and include Mass, music and the opportunity for people to be prayed over and anointed individually. All welcome.

EAST FREETOWN - A weekend retreat for high school students preparing for college will be held from July 30 toAugust 1at Cathedral Camp. Talk with other students about hopes, fears, expectations and how faith in God can guide you. For more infonnation call Father Dave A. Pregana at 824-5407.

EAST FREETOWN - An Emmaus Retreat for young adults in their 20s and early 30s will be held June 11-13 at Cathedral Camp. This co-educational weekend provides an

FALL RIVER - The Fall River Widowed Group will meet on May 24 at 7 p.m. at St Mary's School Hall.

Jackie Wright, consumer director for the Office of the Massachusetts Attor-

ney General will be guest speaker. All widows and widowers are welcome. For more information call Annette Dellecese at 679-3278.

FALL RIVER - The Cursillo Movement of the Fall River Diocese will hold its annual Diocesan Ultreya tonightat7:30p.m. at Notre Dame Parish, 529 Eastern Avenue. Anyone who has made a Cursillo is invited to attend. For more infonnation call Ben Brunell at 695-1914.

'FALMOum -A Pentecost Celebration, sponsored by the Cape Cod and Islands Deanery ofthe Charismatic Renewal, will be held Sunday from 23:30p.m. atSt Elizabeth SetonChurch, 481 Quaker Road. It includes prayer, music and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Refreshments will beserved.

All welcome. Formore infonnation call Kay O'Brien at 255-8546.

THEANCHOR- Diocese ofFall River- Fri., May 21, 1999 brance for all infants who died before or shortly after birth will take place on May 30 at 10 am. at Christ the King Church. It includes children lost through miscarriage, stillbirth and abortion. Parents are invited to enroll their loved ones name in the Book of Remembrance as they will be recited during Mass. All welcome. Refreshments will be served.

NEW BEDFORD - The Prayer Group of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church will meet on May 25 at 1p.m. for recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, prayer, reflection, rosary, a Marian talk and Benediction of the

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RAYNHA M - Th~ St. Anne's PrayerGroup will hold anightofpmyer, praise, song and fellowship on May 24 at 7:30 p.m. at St Anne's Parish, 660 North Main Street. All welcome. For more infonnation call Mary Leite at 822-2219.

SWANSEA - A May Crowning and Living Rosary will be held on May 26 at 7 p.m. at St Michael's Parish. It is sponsored by the Catholic Women's Club and the Vocation Prayer Team.

All welcome. For more information call Claire Morissette at 672-0104.

MASHPEE-A Mass ofRemem-

·An organization for grieving parents Dear Readers: Several weeks ago I responded in this column to a letter from parents whose young son had been murdered by another child. Sadly, this couple is by no means alone in their grief over this particularly tragic kind ofloss.

My attention has since been called to a remarkable organization for just such families. It is called Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation, and has several hundred member families across the country.

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I've read someoftheir literature and copies of their periodical, The Voice. I recommend it highly to any who have had a family member murdered, and to social workers and others who might work with such families.

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Questions and Answers

By Father John J. Dietzen chusetts Ave., Cambridge, Mass.

02140. Phone: 617-868-0007.

Q. Lately when a veteran dies in our parish, the American Legion is not pennitted to post the colorsat the funeraI~ TheOag~notdraped

over the coffin to replace the funeral pall. (I realize this is not pennitted in theOrderofCltrNian~132)

According to the American bishops' docmnent, ''FnviromnentandArt in Catholic Worship:' national_ should notcomtitute part ofthe regnIar environment in church, butitsays they may be used for partirolar ocamons or holidays (101).

Would this not mean that having the Oagin churchatfuneraJs ofveterans would be appropriate? H the Church is universal, why do these ~ vary from church to church?

(Illinois) A. You make agood point For those who may not be familiar with the. subject of your question, the American or other nationaI flag may be draped over the casket until the body enters the church. The flag is then folded and may be replaced on the casket until after Mass.

The white pall, ofcourse, along with the sprinkling of holy water, symbolizes the water and white cloth used at baptism. It expresses the baptism faith

ofthe deceased, which is shared by others present for the funeral liturgy.

Likewise, as you note, according to Catholic liturgical instructions pennanent display ofa national flag in church is not appropriate. OlderCatholics may remember thatdisplay oftheAmerican flag in churches became widespread around the time ofWorld War n.

Even then, however, thecustom held only in the United States. Apart from special events, Catholics of other nations even today do not display their national flag in church, at least in the sanctuary.

In churches of Italy, for example, one sees no Italian flag. It would be considered improper and foreign to the spirit ofthe Eucharist, which knows no national or other political boundaries.

As our bishops' Committee on the Liturgy put it, responding to a question similar to yours: "When Catholics assemble for worship, they bring with them their culturaI, ethnic and national identities. These traits should not be devalued or denied:' Still, it said, the liturgy must always reflect a Church which is truly Catholic (1982).

As a Christian and as a human being, a person who has died owed many loyalties: to God, to his or her spouse and children, to others who rightfully depended on him or her for love and care, to work and profession - and of course to a patriotic commitment to honor and preserve our country's ideals ofjustice and freedom. " A primary intention of our Catholic funeral liturgy is to acknowledge and thank God for this particular Christian's faithful adherence to "all these commitments and loyalties, rather than single out one aspect ofChristian generosity as symbolically the primary focus of the Mass and other burial liturgies.

Obviously, to display the flag or other symbols ofour nation and its ideals during major celebrations or holidays makes &ense, and is certainly appropriate and proper. Perhaps it is possible to interpret ''posting the colors" at the funeral Mass of a military veteran, somewhere outside the immediate liturgical area, as one ofthose "particular occasions" the bishops described.

Liturgical instructions ofthe Catho-

lic Church leave room for much flexibility in many instances and, as here, some possible differences of interpretation. Some priests and liturgy personnel are, I believe, simply unaware of many relevant liturgical documents and the directions they contain, and the background and reasons they offer for those directions.

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Head of right-to-die group says C~urch imposing its view on issue

By ED LANGLOIS CATliOUC NEWS SERVICE

over the most intimate practices how they die - of people who PORTLAND, Ore. - A speech have no interest or belief in that delivered earlier this year by the religion?"

In an interview with the head of the nation's largest rightto-die group accusing the Catho- Catholic Sentinel, newspaper of lic Church of forcing its moral the Portland Archdiocese, Robbeliefs about assisted suicide on ert George, an associate profesthe nation has been posted on the sor of politics at Princeton UniAmerican Atheist Society Web versity, said Girsh's remarks were site. "silly."

In it, na"Cathotional Hem"Catholics who oppose aslics who oplock Soci- sisted suicide laws are no more' pose asety presi- attempting to'impose'Catholicism sisted suident Faye than the Rev. Martin Luther King cide laws Girsh dis- and other ministers who led the are no more cusses the fight against segregation were atattempting millions of tempting to 'impose'the Baptist to 'impose' dol I ar s p So R C a tho I i Catholics faith,"Princeton rO,'Bssor obert cism than contributed George said. the Rev. to . help de11I Mar tin feat a .1998 Luther King Michigan proposal to legalize and other ministers who led the doctor-assisted suicide. She calls fight against segregation were atsupporters of the suicide law tempting to 'impose' the Baptist "grass-roots" groups but charac- faith," George said. terizes opponents of assisted sui. "Indeed, Girsh's proposal to, cide as "corporate" and mostly in effect, disenfranchise religious Catholic. . believers who resist her political Girsh gave the talk earlier this preferences would; if accepted, year at the ~theist society's con- constitute an establishment of the vention. religion of atheism," he added.

"The Hemlock Society USA, The Atheist Society Web site through our political arm PRO- is decorated with symbols of God USA, contributed $75,000 and praying hands with red money from the grass-roots sup- circles and slashes painted ~ An increasing number porters to gather signatures and through them. while the number who call themselves The poll found that the number of of American adults are ''pro-life'' is rising. then to run the actual campaign:' Polls have.~shown that those Americans who said they favor makGirsh wrote of last year's Michi- who attend church tend to oppose . Compared to 56 percent three years ing partial-birth abortions illegal rose reflecting an opinion gan campaign. legalizing assisted suicide much ago, those who said they were pro- from 55 percent to 61 percent over that abortions should "That's a lot of money for more than those who do not atchoice fell to 48 percent. Forty-nil)e the past two years. Those who wanted be limited.

Hemlock, but nothing compared tend church. In Michigan, only percent of women and 47 percent of to keep partial-birth abortions legal to the corporate contributions by 13 percent of weekly churchmen said they were pro-choice. , dropped from 40 percen~ to 34 perthe Catholic Church and its ta)(- goers supported Proposal B. Of The number who considered them- cent. , By CATliOUC NEWS SERVICE free 'charitable' organizations," those who said they "almost selves pro-life went from 36 percent In a partial-birth abortion, the un. she said. "Doesn't this raise a never" go to church, 51 percent WASIDNGTON - Nearly three- three years ago to 42 percent - 43 born child is partially delivered, feet question about the inordinate in- supported the legalization of le- quarters ofAmericans think access to percent of men and 42 percent of first, before surgical scissors are fluence of one religious group thaI prescriptions. abortion should be limited in some women. stabbed into the base of the infant's David N. 0' Steen, executive direc- head. The child's brain is then recircumstances, according to a CNNI USA Today/G~lup poll made p'ublic tor ofthe National Right to Life Com- moved by suction, allowing for easier mittee in Washington, noted in a press delivery of the collapsed head. recently.

The latest poll, based on phone release that USA Today attributed the President Clinton vetoed the bill interviews with 1,014 adultsApril 30- . pro-life gains to the campaign against in 1996 and 1998, with the Senate May 2, found that 16 percentofAmeri- partial-birth abortions. coming up short of the two-thirds He said "countless volunteers majority needed to override the veto. cans think abortions should be ille. Arecent poll of U.S. teens, ages 13-17, found that gal in all circumstances and 55 per- across the nation" had "worked tireIn another 'development, the Na82 percent have used the Internet. cenrsaid it should be allowed only in lessly to expose the truth about the tional Right to Life Committee praised How they responded to related questions... cases of rape, incest or to Save the life brutal partial-birth abortion and pro- a report by theAlan Guttmacher Institect unborn babies from this brutal tute which showed that the teen aborof the mother.

Another 27 percent said abortions procedure." tion rate had declined from 45.7 aborHow much do your parents know about the Web sites you visit?

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New deacon dir.ectory is chief focus as diocesan directors meet BRAINTREE, Mass. (CNS) - Christian service and witness in the world are at the heart of the permanent diaconate, said Msgr. Theodore W. Kraus, keynote speaker at the 1999 convention of the National Association of Diaconate Directors.

With anew national directory on the diaconate approaching final drafting stages, a record 300-plus diaconate directors and spouses from the United States, Canada and En- . gland attended the April 21-24 meeting in Braintree.

Msgr. Kraus, apriest ofthe Diocese ofOakland, Calif., is project director of the task force drafting the new "National Directory for the formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States."

The proposed new diaconate directory, a project begun three years ago, is to update and replace current national

guidelines. Among the topics it will address are national standards of academic, spiritual and pastoral formation for permanent deacons.

Msgr. Kraus said the deacon is called to ''function in the liturgy, preach the Gospel, do acts of charity. But he is primarily the manifestation, the incarnation" of.that integration of faith and life proclaimed by Vatican II. 'Thedeacon is theherald ofpeople's needs to theChurch and . the fucilitaiofofthe Church's response to these needs;'he said In the 31 yearS since the U.S. bishops sought and received permission from Rome to restore the orderofdeacon as a distinct, permanent ministry in the Church, the number of permanent deacons in the country has grown to more than 12,000, now foIming more than one-fourth of allll.S diocesan clergy.

Benedictine produces multitude of fruit tending apple orchard ByWALT OLHAVA CATliOUC NEWS SERVICE

LISLE, Ill. - Benedictine Brother Joseph Vesely's love of God grows daily in the two-and-a-halfacre apple orchard he tends at Benedictine Abbey in Lisle.

Since 1965, Brother Vesely, 78, has used the gardening talents he inherited from his farmer father.to make a once-neglected orchard thrive.

"When I took over, I had to cut back the trees quite a bit," he told the Catholic Explorer, newspaper of the Joliet Diocese.

He uses natural techniques to produce fruit, rather than relying solely on fertilizers and popular chemicals.

"Since the first cutting back of trees, we have tried to keep the orchard as neat as possible. We try to be organic," said Brother Vesely as he prepared to mulch trees already full with pink and white buds. "We don't use caustic sprays. I use very benign sprays. I try to keep it cultured and clean - organic."

The tall, lanky horticulturist explained that it was important to put compost around the base of the trees. "If you can get the plants and

trees to be vigorous enough, they never went to school to learn anycan ward off a lot of the bugs and thing about this. I read some books and picked up some magazines. I pests," he said.

Brother Vesely's plentiful or- got associated with the North chard yields apples for any variety American Fruit Explorers, a group around Chicago. I was associated of recipes.

"Little by little, we've been add- with them for quite a while. They ing things," he said. "We've been got me more acquainted with ormaking our own apple juice, our chard care." .

Caring for the trees includes own cider. This year I've made about 180 gallons of that. It's made pruning them a lqt, using a prunby hand, we have a 16-inch press, ing pole, he said.

"I stress pruning trees a lot. It we press it by hand. You just grind up the apples, wrap it in cloth, and opens up the tree to let the air and sunshine in and it dries up the moispress out the juice."

But the apples are used for other ture," he explained. "Then you goodies. "We make apple sauce, don't have so much bacteria and cobblers, pies, apple slices, any- pests. I thin out the trees quite a bit. thing that uses apples;' he said. ''We Then they can overcome a lot of have about two-and-one-half acres the fungus or other pes.ts." of orchard and about 20 varieties Brother Vesely has been a monk of apples, from early summer to fall for nearly 55 years. His decision to to winter apples. I start picking enter religious life was influenced some apples in August and finish by another kind of tI:ee - his family tree. off in the first part of October."

"I had a very special history," he Brother Vesely stores 144 bushels of apples in a steel insulator and said, explaining that an uncle from produces between 200 and 300 Czechoslovakia entered the Benedictine monastery in Lisle in bushels of apples total each year.

He first got involved with or- 1905, became a priest and was . made a rector. Later, a cousin, chard work by chance.

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"Most people don't have those ad·vantages I had to become a lay brother," he said talking about his relatives. "So that's the reason I came, and I was pleased with the life, the prayer life, and I stayed, and I am here today and I'll be here

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Youth advocate adds writing a book to his efforts for children

By PATRICIA ZAPOR

and other youths speak out about child labor and other forms WASHINGTON - Of course of exploitation and organize children can accomplish major children to both raise awareness change in the world, argues Craig of the problems and do someKielburger, founder of Free the thing to help exploited children.

Children. Even the Scriptures Kielburger has met with the pope, Mother Teresa and various demonstrate that.

Look at the story of Jesus feed- heads of state; addressed intering thousands of people with a national labor, political, union few, fish and a couple loaves Gf and church groups; and won. a bread, he said. handful of prestigious awards, in"The apostles were saying, cluding a 1999 Christopher 'We can't feed these people. Award for his book, "Free the Should we send them away?' Children: A Young Man's PerThen a child came up with a bas- sonal Crusade Against Child Laket of loaves and fishes. Jesus bor." , was able to take that, multiply it The book, published by and feed thousands. It took a HarperCollins, tells how Free child to offer him what he the Children was started and needed," Kielburger explained~ 1 details Kielburger's first visit at "Everyone - young, old~ in- age 12 to see the child laborers between - has a gift. And Jesus of South Asia. He visited the dismultiplies that gift to help the trict in Bangkok, Thailand, thousands." where children younger than he Kielburger, 16, is not yet eli- we're sold as sex slaves; he met gible for a driver's license in his nine-year-olds who had worked home province of Ontario, but in a carpet factory half their lives he's already a veteran when it and helped reunite children who had worked as prisoners with their parents.

In a phone interview from his home between one trip to路 Mexico and another to California llO'd Vancouver, K~elburger described Free the Children efforts to provide health kits for Kosovo refugees and worried about having to cancel an upcoming event to catch up on exams.

The child of two teachers, Kielburger attends a Catho------,--lic school with a self-paced structure that enables him to travel frecomes to what children can ac- quently and do his 11th-grade complish and has a new book as schoolwork on the road. evidence.

Kielburger's group has influWhen he was 12, Kielburger enced legislation about child la. became curious about a newspa- bor and expl()itation in several per item on the death of a 12- countries. "Free the Children is year-old in Pakistan who had es- not only about abuse .and excaped two years before from a ploitation, it's about child solrug-making factory. The boy, diers, child poverty, about Iqbal Masih, had labored since youths who are not believed-in, his parents sold him at age four who are not supported by sbci-. to payoff a debt. ety," he said.

Kielburger's curiosity about Free the Children operates on child labor led him to research a shoestring and lots of volunthe issue. Before long, a handful teer time from children, teens, of similarly outraged 12- and 13- college students and the year-olds gathered in the living Kielburger family, though its ofroom of his parents' house in sub- fices have moved out of the urban Toronto to discuss what Kielburger home. Most of its op- . they could do. erating funds come from donaThey formed Free the Chil- tions raised by children and from dren, a group that has grown in royalties on Kielburger's book. four years to become a worldwide But a growing list of corporanetwork of youthful advocates tions and labor unions provide for children's. rights. Kielburger supplies and services.

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. . . . __..__._---:::= JEDI QUI-GON Jinn (Liam Neeson), left, and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) take.on Sith Lord Darth Maul (Ray Park) in "Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menace:' (eNS photo from Reuters)

Humans play second fiddle in Lucas' new Star Wars film ByGERRI PARE CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

ter, nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd), whom virtually everyNEW YORK - The massively one knows going in grows up to beanticipated prequel, "Star Wars: Epi- come the trilogy's evil Darth Vader sode I- The Phantom Menace" (20th (the prequel's story is set 30 years earCentury Fox), turns out to be a visual lier). Here he is acute towheaded tyke, spectacle that is emotionally empty. but exhibits none of the charisma or Writer-directorGeorgeLucasleaps any hint of the dark side that would forward technically over the previous eventually overtake his character. trilogy, but in so emphasizing Viewers will wonder why Qui-Gon fantastical creatures and myriad spe- Jinn is convinced upon meeting him cial effects the human dimension is as a slave boy on the desert planet largely lost.

Tatooine that Anakin is the chosen And so, viewers are unlikely to be . one destined to become a Jedi and on the edge of their seats when the bring balance to the Force. climactic battle between anonymous When the boy is asked to leave his robotic droids and assorted frog-like mother (Pemilla August) forever to Gungans occurs. train as a Jedi knight, what should be Nor are ilie human characters par- a piercing emotional scene of parting ticularly well-developed. The new is handled matter-of-factly. Tune and villain, Darth Maul{Ray Park), whose again the viewers' emotional involvetwo-toned demonic head spouts min- ment is shortchanged as Lucas' flat iature horns, glowers with frightening direction shuffles ~nes from one to intensity - but otherwise has no per-the next without perceptible impact. sonality or defining dialogue.

The story, however, is jam-packed Ewan McGregor as young appren- with action and incident, which will tice Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi is especially endear it to young boys. mostly wasted in' this critical role, re- Qui-Gon Jinn and his trusty apprenduced to the submissive sidekick of tice Obi-Wan Kenobi are on a mission his Jedi teacher, Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam to rescue Queen Amidala and her Neeson). Just as handicapped in her peaceful planet, Naboo, from the wiles role is Natalie Portman as Queen'. of the greedy Trade Federation.

Arnidala, whose character pales un~ Early on, the two Jedis are aided der exo~c Kabuki make-up, incred- by goofy Gargun creawre JarJarBinks, ible coiffures and extravagantly be- an entirely computer-generated charjeweled costumes. Stiffand trance-like acter apparently inspired by the forin her delivery, her character ends up mula animated comic critters in being one-dimenSional.

Disney cartoons. A little ofJarJar goes Most petplexing is central charac- a long way, but his contrived clumsi-

Catholic Family Radio ., inaugurates Web site SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Catholic Live audio streaming, now in the Family Radio, the San Diego-based planning stage, will allow visitors to network of seven radio stations, has listen to the network live from anyinaugurated a site on the World Wide where in the world. Daily readings webatwww.catholicfami1yradio.com. and a description of the saint of the The site allows visitors to review day will also be available. . the network's mission statement, re"When CPR was created, it was ceive detailed information on its simply a radio company," said John stations and markets, read descrip- Lynch, president and CEO of Cathotions and biographies of network lic Family Radio. ''It is now a multipersonalities, revie~ the program media vehicle with a target not only schedule, chat online with others; . reaching the 70 million Catholic afand be notified of upcoming net- finity group but also those who care work events. about family values."

ness goes all the way through the story.

At times it's obvious that the actors aren't looking preCisely at him when they speak as they had to emote to a blue screen, with Jar Jar being added in later on. .

In fact, the movie uses more computer-generated shots than any previous fIlm. This allows for some fabulous backdrops, as when the queen argues her case against the Federation in the awesome Galactic Senate.

Youngsters will probably be thrilled by all the action set pieces of intergalactic space battles, Anakin's breathtaking pod race, exploding starships and crisscrossing light sabers, even if the relationships in the story are not compelling. And the scifi violence is largely stylized, so that it need not be restricted to all pre-teens.

In a triumph of visual design, each planet looks nothing like the other, from lushly green Naboo and its opalescent underwater city to the golden sands ofTatooine and the silvery skyscrapers ofCoruscan. The spectacle is there in abundance, but with so many creatures and robots crammed in there is less humanity, and one can't help but wonder if the movie is really geared to selling toy figurines - Ii cynical outlook perhaps, but a justifiable question.

Usually, Hollywood sequel~ can't compare to their originals; in this case, it is the prequel that is light years behind the trilogy that preceded it. . Due to sci-fi swordfights and battle sequences, the U.S. Catholic Conferenceclassification isA-II - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG parental guidance suggested.

Movies Online Can't remember how a recent film was classified by the USCe? Want to know whether to let the kids go see it? Now you can look film reviews up on America Online. Once you're connected to AOL, just use the keyword CNS to go to Catholic News Service's online site, then look for movie reviews.

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Vatican rebuts Greeley's allegation of 'neutrality' in NATO-Yugoslav war

By JOHNTHAYIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican, rejectjng an accusation of its "neutrality" in the war in Yugoslavia, said Pope 'John Paul II and his aides have made numerous efforts to press for peace and aid the refugees.-' .

Nor is the Vatican "anti-American" when it calls for an end to suffering and destruction 011 all sides and the start of seri,ous dialogue, said an article written by Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls for The New York TImes.

The article, published May 8, was in apparent respo~se to a commentary earlier the,saine week by Father'Andrew Greeley, an,author and sociologist, in the same newspaper. Father Greeley strongly criticized the pope for an alleged "pretense of neutrality" regarding NATO and Serb actiQns and suggested the pope was being advised

by Europeans with an "anti-American" attitude.

Father Greeley also questioned whether the pope cared less about Kosovars because they are predominantly Muslim and summed up the Vatican policy as "better not to tak~ sides." He said Church leaders should remember, however, that "silence presumes consent."

Navarro-Valls said the Vatican's actions have ranged from moral appeals to a summoning of ambassadors to explore peaceful solutions, "The Holy Seeis not neutral nor partisan nor anti-American. Instead, Pope John Paul n has done and is doing all that is possible' so that dialogue based" on the respect for law and history can begin once again and without delay," he said.

The papal spokesman cited some of the pope's numerous calls for peace, for a humanitarian corridor for refugees, and foran' end to ethnic atrocities and destructive bombings. He said that "a day does not pass" in ''YhiCh the 'pope does not express publicly his wish for a lastiJig peace.' in Yugoslavia. .

Navarro-Valls also cited several C1iplomatic initiatives undertaken by the Vatican in favor of a ceasefire and a permanent settlement of the Kosovo crisis. He said these moves have received "very little coverage" in U.S. media.

He said the Vatican's position on the war was based on the conviction that "the use of force is always a defeat for humanity." He said that sooner or later the Serbs, Kosovars and NATO countries would have to meet again at the negotiating table.

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_Jerusalem Patriarchcongrat~lates Israel's Prime Minister-elect Barak

By JUDITH SUDILOVSKY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

JERUS~ - Latin-rite Patriarch Michel Sabbah sent a congratulatory message to Israeli Prime Minister~elect Ehud Barak and othernewly elected parliament members, saying he hoped they would "answer the people's expectations for peace:' 'The hopeS are many. Their realization needs wisdom and courage," Patriarch Sabbah said in his Tuesday message, ''May the voice ofthe prophets guide the new leaders of Israel so that they may fulfill their own vocation as stewards of the temporal order. May they found their policies on justice, mutual respect, the ~quality. of all God's children iii. therr digruty LABOR PARTY leader Ehud Barak waves to supporters as well as in th~ir rights and duties in at a news conference May 18 in Beersheva, Israel, after being their respective societies. . elected Israel's new prime minister. Barak swept the race from ''We hope and pray for an end to the long conflict," said the patriarch, incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu. (eNS photo from Reuters) who was in Lebanon at a meeting of "No doubt this will help implement ''Unfortunately, in Israeli politics Middle East Church leaders. "May it both discriminatoiy attitudes (of the be replaced by a new vision which the peace process. Those who signed Jews) and the lack of a good political the peace accords are now in power." will ensure security and complete freeattitude by Arab politicians prevent dom to all."

In his message, Patriarch Sabbah full equality, and I hope Barak will expressed the hope that Jerusalem Barak won a resounding victory would again find its ''vocation as the be better than Netanyahu," said against Benjamin Netanyahu in place of reconciliation."

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Monday's national elections, with "May all ofus, Israelis and PalesHe said the campaign by Arab early polls giving him almost 58 perpolitician Azmi Bishara did nothing cent .of the votes, while Netanyahu tinians, be Peacem*ers so that all had 41 percent ' to contribute to these aims. Bishara, a people may see God in his land and Catholic, said he entered the race to praise tUm forever for his mercy;' PaBarak's alliance, One Israel, was triarch Sabbah said. . draw attention toArab needs; he withgiven between 29 and 33 seats in the drew from the contest three days bel20-seat parliament, while WadieA~asser, a spokesman for fore the election.

Netanyahu's Likud was expected to the Latin Patriarchate and a native of the Israeli city of Haifa, said most of The day irl'ter the elections, Barak receive only 18 or 19 seats. visited the Western Wall in the Old Israel'sArabs voted for Barakand were Netanyahu announced his intention hopeful that the' new government City of Jerusalem, Judaism's holiest to resign as h~ of the Likud less than half an hour after television exit ..would treat them' with' more respect site. Surrounded by supporterS,' he ,polls 'showed him losing by ,~ large than did the previous one, "not just reiterated the importance of a united margin. by appointing Arab ministers but by Jerusalem. Supporters danced and Bethlehem Mayor Hanna Nasser, treating them as equal citizens in the broke into the hymn, "He will make country. reacting to the One Israel win, said: peace unto us."

Polish pa~adox: Satanism on rise in heavily Catholic country

By JONATHAN LUXMOORE

this, we'll find a spiritually maimed generation growing up, devoid of WARSAW, Poland- When two ideals and deprived of all joy and Polish teen-agers,.were stabbed to hope." , death in the quiet town of Ruda Reports of a Satanist movement Slaska in March, a shudder of horin Poland were taken seriously ror swepUhe country. enough a decade ago for the last Police said the two were killed communist government to issue an in 'a "cruel manner" while par- ~---------------. official disclaimer. Yet it has The two 19-year-olds been in the last five years that ticipating·in a "black mass" Satanist-related incidents have apparently unaware they'd been charged with the murders told proliferated. selected asYictims. The two 19year-oldscharged with the mur- police they'd planned the act 1'0 Poland's social psychologists say Satanism can be explained ders told police they'd plaqned gain favor with ~atan.1J the act "to gain favor with Sawith reference to unstable famitan." lies and a current cult of violence, The macabre incident high- ("Executioner"), won first prize at as well as rejection of the Catholic lighted a strange paradox. ' a national rock festival. The group's Church and parental religiousness.

Though usually seen as leader appeared in a coffin and ~pat But Jesuit Father Aleksander Europe's most Catholic country, fake blood into a microphone. Some Posacki said he think~ the problem with 95 percent of citizens claim- fans responded by desecrating a stems from Satanist and occultist ing membership in the Church, Po- local cemetery. images, which he says are routinely land is also home to a growing After the March incident, Arch- used in youth advertising, films and Satanist movement. bishop Damian Zimon of Katowice magazines; and even school text"From a religious science view- ordered prayers of expiation at 10- books. point, Satanism and the spiritual cal Catholic parishes. At his own A government team, formed and moral self-destruction it brings 'Mass, he urged several hundred March 23, is considering legal meaare marginal phenomena," said youngsters who attended to renew sures against Satanist groups, as well Auxiliary Bishop Zygmunt their baptismal vows. . as how to give better protection to Pawlowicz of Gdansk, author of a "Parents often don't know what Catholic churches. Legislators from best-selling book on religioussects. their children are doing. But young Poland's governing Solidarity Elec"But the Satanist movement is people need love, and they should tion Action coalition have dewiry dangerous,·since it sanctions find it in'their families, at school manded a parliamentary subcominternal emptiness - the emptiness and at church," he said. "Without mittee on "destructive sects."

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Some analysts date the arrival of Satanism in Poland to 1985, when a "black metal" group, Kat

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Congregation's schools in Warsaw led out.of the prison ali of the citiand Wejherowo. She also served as' zens of Wejherowo who had been director of the high s'chool in . there under arrest and lined lliem Wejherowo and as superior of the up on the street: According to reports', .one could see the trucks local community of nuns.

According to the history in the parked there. There were shovels community's archives, those who attached to the v~hicles. Accordlived and worked' with her testify ing to what had been happening, to the fact that she spent hours be- those taken in the trucks would be fore the Blessed Eucharist "from killed, but not before having to dig whom she received her strength to their own graves. meet the challenges and responsiA fellow prisoner was watching bilities of her day." She is said to from a window and an account of have had an unshakable trust in the incident is recorded: God's love and goodness and en"Everyone else was very uncouraged her colleagues to culti- happy but she (Sister Alice) was peaceful ... On Nov. II, in the momvate this virtue in their own lives.

Sister Alice's biography says ing ... they led out a number of Jewthat: "Human, as we all are, she ish children and placed them in the learned about God patiently and frrst row; after them, Polish women slowly, on her knees. She tried to and then the men; the last was Sisconvey the truth of God's love and ter Alice. I watched from the small goodness to all that God would window of my cell ... however they entrust to her care." did not come (for me). I watched For Poland, the simmering kettle then and saw, that when they gave of war would become a reality when the sign to move towards the trucks, German troops entered Wejherowo Sister (Alice) from her last place ran on Sept. 9, 1939. Because of her with a quick step to the first lines affiliation with the Organized Pol- where the Jewish children stood, ish Army as a nurse and as a teacher, took the first child near the end and she was high on the Nazi's black walked bravely to the waiting list. truck. She sat there and ... they all In the middle of that month, Sis- rode off. They drove all of them to ter Alice, with the help of the Piasnicy and in the forests they shot convent's custodian, Francis, bur- them ..... ied most of the sacred vessels used No one knows for sure where the at Mass and Benediction in a chest.. deaths took place, because a few in the garden so that they would be years later, the Germans, in an efkept from desecration by Hitler's fort to hide the incident, removed Gestapo. the bodies and burned them. In one But within a few days, the Ge- of the graves, however, among the stapo inspected the convent and the ashes, a piece of a black rosary worn garden with Francis with them. He by religious sisters was found. It was showed them the place where he presupposed that this was where her buried the liturgical vessels and body was left. vestments. The items were confisThe beatification com.es 100 cated and Sister Alice was threat- years since the birth of Sister Alice ened with arrest. It seems Francis and 60 years since her martyrdom. had been placed as a spy in the conIt will be a day of great joy and vent setting and had carried infor- humble thanksgiving for the conmation to the Gestapo. gregation founded in 1891. It will On the afternoon of Oct. 24, be a day described by the martyr's 1939, while the sisters were in the sister nuns as "a day of tremendous chapel, two Gestapo policemen Resurrection hope." . came to the door and with terrifyAccording to Resurrection Sising shouts, demanded Sister Alice ter Rosemary Ann Cuneo ofAlbany to come with them. Bowing pro- N.Y.,theday prior to her arrest, Sisfoundly .before the Blessed Sacra- ter Alice was warned to flee the ment, she calmly left the chapel. convent. But she would not, feelAfter confirming her identity, s~e ing that it would put her sisters in was led away, but not until she had danger. While in prison, Sister Alice turned to her sisters and said, "I for- was able to secretly send letter to give Francis for everything," her sisters. "It spoke only of her The nun remained in prison at concern and sisterly love for them," Wejherowo until Nov. II, 1939. said Sister Cuneo. "We see then, that During this time she was tormented to the end, Sister Alice lived the by the guards who entered her cell Resurrection charism of death-tofrequently and interrupted her sleep self, wherein a person denies her by shining strong lights into her own needs, concerns and desires, eyes. to think of other's well-being and On Nov. II, the German guards happiness,"

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MAY CROWNING - Kindergartners Ashley Vieira and Jordan Gomes crown a statue of Mary in the grotto' of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Taunton. The children processed with classmates and family members from Our' Lady of Lour~es School to the site singing hymns and praying tbe rosa~y to honor the Blessed Mother.

COYLE AND CASSIDY High School, Taunton, recently inducted nine alumni into its Warrior Athletic Hall of Fame at a banquet and ceremony. They are, standing from left, Stephen Turkalo, class of '58; William Malone, '69; Todd Ducharme, '90; Raymond Chamberland, '45; Francis McCaffrey, '38; and Robert O'Connell, '70. Seated from left are路 Anna Sienko and Veronica Cahill who accepted honors for their late husbands, Joseph Sienko and William Cahill, both of the class of '41. Not pictured but also inducted was James Bradshaw, '65. .

Memorial golf tournament scheduled NEW BEDFORD - Tht; annual John C. O'Brien'Memorial Golf Tournament, sponsored by the Bishop Stang Alumni Association ofBishop Stang High School,North Dartmouth, will be held on May 24 at the New Bedford Country Club to benefit the school's' scholarship fund. . . The format is Medal Play and scoring is in the Calloway system.

A shotgun 路start will begin the day at 12:30 p.m. and reservations are required. Prizes will be awarded and include a hole in one prize of an automobile. For more information call Mary Jane Roy, alumni director, at 996-5602, ext. 433.

AWARD WINNERS - Ten-Bishop Feehan High School students received awards in the 1999 Nati911al Spanish Exam., Seated from left are: Matt Harris, Lianne Semenkow, Alejandro Miranda and Theresa Grenier; and standing, 'Julee Thomas, Laura Chenevert, D~rek Ettensohn, Patrick' Gazzolo and Christine Servant, back. Not pictu'red'is AIE;lxis Jovanovic.

May events information sought

WALKING ~OGETHER - Craig Ferreira, a seventh grader at St. Jean Baptiste School, Fall River, leads his classmates into ~he annual Middle School Mass. It was held at Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish, Fall River and all nine loca' middle schools participated. (Ancher/Gordon photo)

The Anchor is interested in finding out from parishes and Church organizations across the dioces,e about the various May events in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary that will be or have been held. If there are crownings, special liturgies or processions planned, please let us know so that we can afford timely coverage. Write The Anchor, P.O. Box 7,887 Highland Ave., Fall River, MA 02722-0007, or caB Jim Dunbar at 675-7151.

BISHOP FEEHAN High School alumnist and distinguished grad Mark Cuddy, '75, w~s the featured speaker at its recent Athletic Hall of Fame induction. He is vice-president of Richardson-Cuddy Insurance Agency in Attleboro.

With Cuddy are Joanne O'Boy, wife of Athletic Director Paul O'Boy, and CUddy's wife Mary who also graduated in '75.

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Former abortion nurse tells how she became pro-life advocate

By JosEPH CATENA CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

CONVENT STATION, N.J.-A former abortion clinic nurse described for an audience at an event for the New Jersey Legal Center for Defense of Life how she finally turned her back on the abortion industry and walked away after assisting at more than 10,000 abortions.

"I realize very astutely that you have all been involved in defense of human life and put your lives on the line while I have had hundreds and hundreds of pro-lifers arrested," said Joan Appleton, who was head nurse at an abortion clinic in Falls Church, Va., and an active member of the National Organiiation for Women, working to keep abortion legal.

After working for five years at the clinic, Appleton said, she came to the realization that what she was doing was wrong. Today she is director of the Society of Centurions ofAmerica, an outreach of Pro-Life Action Ministries.

"There are three things that happen to people who work in the pro: abortion movement," Appleton said. "You realize the horror you are involved in and you get out. ...

Or, you realize you don't have the courage to get out and you become mentally iII. Finally, you realize you don't have the courage to get out and you begin to worship the horror, and 'choice' becomes your

god. These are the people who sell Catholic, she decided to return to themselves out and sell their souls." her faith,but even that didn't work immediately, After her she said. career in the time As abortion industry, passed, she did ~' woHtb~ bt14~ tD g~ttwluJ, Appleton come back to wuclu& tJwu- UCI1- the Church and said, she experienced WWf tJwu-~ wIuJ . was able to acyears of drug cept herself, she fOYIfU tJwu- UCI1and alcohol said, and even,hti.tr~ abuse and tually deal with even contDjetlur her past. templated "I am a perwUJt, Irk OWlft son who firmly suicide.

"I wasn't ~wM believes that pro-life (at Christ died for jAIZM~Ift~ that point) I all of us and re~tIuy~tUty gardless of what was merely dis i II u t~eMJ,7()t I did in my past sioned," she - or what anyUCI1-~teN iIft one did for that said. "There ~ iJu,a.duJtr ' matter - we deare hundreds upon hun, oftDH<lJYYOur. serve life everdreds of us lasting," she wluJtl/a.,t tU'& said. who bought 1fI4Iff1,uuJ- UCI1As part of her the lies in the abortion wMft- ~Ift healing process, ,', " " ,Appleton industry. In u wtJfIMur adde,d, she order to kill those 10,000 ~iIft#u- dr~wsa picture , babies in my - '~, .bDDk~~/"Ii.!~ of achild each 1 ..,day and names five-year' it and prays with tenure, I had to dehuman- Pope John Paul II "Evangtlium Vita.," 6.1 it. , Another ize them like speaker at the Hitler did pro-life event, which marked the lewhen he killed the Jews.!'

Appleton was hard on herself in gal center's lOtt! .anniversary, was her comments. A fallen-away Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., who is co-

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Our Rock and Role Problems?' ~on't blame, name

By CHARLIE MARTIN • CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Amigone (Repeat refrain.)

Is It too late to call Every time you point your finger And tell you to be strong Three more point right back at you Are you alive I'm not saying that it's something I'm not sayin' that's something Amigone I'm not gonna play along Wrong with life Miracles gone wrong I'm not wishing for a miracle 'Cause that's a sad excuse Thatmlracle's gone wrong An age-old game of rat and mouse Is it too late to face the truth And you're too strong, , That It was wrong Chasin' us from house to house Amlgone?

I'm not sayln'that It's something (Repeat refrain.)

Wrong with y!'u Heavenly Intoxication It's wrong with me as well.

Love's been marred Written by RobbyTakac; Sung by Refrain: By medication The Goo Goo Dolls Are you alive Ain't It funny how a life Copyright (c) 1998 by Six Aspirin Amigone Can take a turn AM Music Miracles gone wrong When the end is near.

(EMI Virgin Songs BMI) THE GOO GOO DOLLS hit stardom with their disc have any role in what has happened?

"Dizzy Up the Girl." Off this CD, they rose high on the charts This question requires thorough self-honesty. It asks that

with "Iris;' and then some months later, "Slide." I often like their sound, but sometimes I am confused about what their lyrics are trying to communicate.

The album cut "Amigone" interested me, This is one of their songs where the message is somewhatenigmatic. Yet, its reference to how we place blame made me think.

The song appears to address an unnamed hurt in a relationship. The guy in the song sings, "Every time you point your finger, three more point right back at you." He does not just blame the otherindividual, but adds, "I'm not saying that it's something wrong with you; it's wrong with me as well."

To blame someone else when something goes wrong is easy. At times', we want to point our finger and blame someone else for acertain situation, Weblamebadluck,Godorjust about anything other than ourselves.

However, more growth is likely to occur by examining the "three more" that "point right back" at oneself. Sure, there are times when others' actions or attitudes hurt us. However, no matter what the situation, it is important to consider: Did I

an individual be open to how his or her actions or attitudes may have contributed to what happened, Forexample, ifyou receive alow grade on atest, it is easy to blame your teacher for poorly presenting the material. Even ifit could be true that the teacheris not askillededucator, your grade is still your responsibility. Instead ofblaming another, ask yourself: If I didn't understand the study content, did I seek help from a peer or parent? Did I set the goal to do whatever necessary to prepare for this test? If so, did Ifollow through with a plan ofstudy?

Before making excuses for an undesired outcome, and certainly before pointing your fmger at someone else, have the character to examine your own behavior and attitudes, This is not so much to focus "blame" on yourself, even if personal fault is clearly evident. Instead, stay away from "blame" and take on "name." Identify how you might do something differently the next time.

Doing so will help you discover more ofthebest that God has placed within you.

lHEANCHOR-DioceseofFall River-Fri., May 21, 1999 chairman ofthe House Pro-Life Caucus. He said that the pro-life movement needs more converts from the abortion industry, like Appleton, to join in the fight for life.

"One thing as Christians and people of faith that we are concerned about is eternal life," Smith said. "We need some converts who have flip-flopped in our direction."

Smith explained that passing prolife legislation in Congress is more difficult than ever, but pro-lifers should not give up hope because it can still be done. He blamed much of the challenge on President Clinton and his current administration.

Smith, who is Catholic, said Clinton seeks out people who support legal abortion for appointments tc.> positions and that his administration is now "going for the jugular, passing laws that allow using embryos for scientific research."

He called on pro-life politicians to boldly express their views and not succumb to pressure from the abortion industry. He noted that Clinton as well as Vice PresidentAI Gore used to be pro-life.

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Paterson, Smith said he believes the opposition to partial-birth abortions, even by those who call themselves "pro-choice," has given prolifers momentum.

"Partial-birth abortion is forcing critical thinking," he said. "Once you connect the dots, you'll see that it's all infanticide. It's equally violent (in the first trimester) and all methods are equally horrific."

Smith said he has always considered himself to be pro-life but became actively involved in the movement in college. He recalled expressing his opposition to abortion in a letter to the editor of the campus newspaper, and was shocked and scared by the reaction he received.

"I received a lot of hate letters and the anger really took me by surprise," he said. "It was scary and I said, 'God, I have no courage. Show me what to do because I can't do this on my own strength.'"

Smith said his pro-life position is a principle of human rights that comes before political party principles and that he won't be intimated by those in his party who support keeping, abortion legal.

Teens who bomb and teens who rebuild

By CHRISTOPI:lER CARSTENS CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

Sometimes watching the news is almost too hard. In the last month we've seen the best and the worst that teen life offers. , The worst? wi!"1 we ever forget those young men in trench coats, with firearms and pipe bombs in hand, in-

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flge FOR YOUTtt • "BOOT YOOT" tent on the murder of their companions and the destruction of their school? Last month I tumed 51. If I live another 50 years, I don't think I'll ever see anything more pointless, more pathetic, more horrible.

And the best? As tomadoes ripped through the heart of our country, battalions of young people pulled out the injured, picked up the wreckage and helped their shattered communities start rebuilding.

It's always this way. Whenever there's a flood, teens fill sandbags. to build the dikes. After the hurricanes blow over, they nail plywood over their neighbors' broken windows. Real needs present themselves, and teens are there.

What's the difference between teens who kill and teens who save lives? I don't have an easy answer. What I have is a glimmer of understanding, one that helps me make sense of what happened and think through what response God asks from me.

We make basic choices in life.

Those choices are subject to influences - television, friends, parents - but the moral teaching of the Church has always held that we personally are responsible for our decisions. I think the gap between the killers and the lifesavers grows out of a fundamental moral choice between two very different ways of viewing the world.

Position One is this. "My welfare and well-being, however I define it, is the single most important factor in any decision. The basic 'question is always, 'What's in itfor me?'" ".. WJ1~t if m)! well-being is .central, and your existence makes me miser,able? What if my need to express rage is more important than your need for safety?

And Position Two? "Our welfare as a community is sometimes more important than the wishes and needs of the individual. The basic question becomes, 'What's in it for us?'''

If community is central, then I'm responsible for living peaceably with you. If I'm angry, my job is to expresh that anger in ways which don't damage you or those around us.

When the tornadoes blow through, people who have made this second choice don't think, "My house is fine, so I'm OK." They go to work helping those who got battered.

That seems so simple, so obvious, that there's no point in restating the matter. Sadly, what we see on the news reminds us that the choice is not automatic.

We live in a me-first culture. We'vr:. been told that happiness is most directly reached by looking out for our own needs, by taking care of No.1.

I don't think that life works out that way. I've been doing psychotherapy for 25 years, and it strikes me that the happiest people are people who live shared lives. Happiness comes when we ask, ''What's in this for me and for you - what's in this for us?"

Popular wisdom calls me to value myself first, last and only. The Church - and Jesus - call me to look first at our shared lives, at our' life in community. No matter how angry we feel, no matter how badly we have been mistreated, Jesus calls forth builders of bridges instead of pipe bombs. The choice couldn't be more clear.

Your comments are welcome.

Please address: Dr. Christopher Carstens, do Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017.

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St. Mary $400 Dr. Eugene & Debra Hynes, M-M Robert Meehan, M-M Muriel Murphy, Mrs. Kim O'Brien, M-M DiGiovanni; $200 M·M Edmund Shaun Fitzpatrick Sr., M-M D. Scott William O'Connell, M-M Lawrence Pasalacqua, Mrs. Douglas Porter, Mrs. McCann, M-M Charles Messier, M-M Jameson.

John Oliveira Jr., M-M John J.Trudnak, SOUTH ATTLEBORO John Murphy; $175 M-M Gerard CinqSt.Theresa $1,100 A Friend; $800 M-M Antonio Volpe, M-M David Mars; $125 M-M Robert Gravel; $100 M-M Richard Carignan, Alfred & Diane M-M Normand Carrier; $600 M-M Wallace, M-M John .Ford, Mrs. Helen Tremblay, M-M Bert Sullivan, Gerard & Michael Lewis; $500 M-M Thomas Kinnally, M-M Frank Puopolo, M-M Rosemary Lavoie, M-M Peter Cardosi, Boffa; $400 M-M Alfred Colonies; $300 James Azevedo, Cecelia R. Clark, Paul & Mary Keating, M-M Michael M-M Frank Gillan, M-M Robert Linda LaRock, Doris Hannon, M~M Leonard, Joyce Tamburro, Henry & Francine Sousa, . Andrews; $250 M-M JohnSefcik; $200 Charles M-M Louis Lacivita; $175 M-M Anthony Micciantuono, David Welch, M-M PeDelisle-Morais, Angelin.a Pontus.

Moskalski; $150 Mrs. Esther ter Francioso, Patricia Anne Gentile, SOMERSET Sl John of God $800 Judge& Mrs. Desmarais, Mrs. Cecile Major, M"M M-M Charles Johnston, M-M Daniel Milton R. Silva; $175 M-M Arthur Robert Peloquin; $140 M-M Gaetan O'Reilly, M-M James Sullivan, DrJDr. .

Carvalho; $150 In Memory of Maria Brochu; $125 M-M Rudolphe John Veale.

SOUTH YARMOUTH VIVeiros; $125 Richard Torross; $100 Bergeron, M-M Charles Rozak; $100 Sl Pius X $1,000 Mrs. A.B. Crowell M-M Joseph Lawrence, M-M Leo Theresa Beauregard, Dominick Barboza, M-M Antone F. Alberto, Mary Berardi, M-M Oscar Bourgette, M-M Jr.; $500 Mrs. Vincent R. Keeffe, M-M Martha Murphy, Edgar S. Rebelo, M- Glen Bourque, Robert Bonacorsi, Joseph McTieman, Marguerite Hagan, M Manuel R. Silva, M-M Edward B. Christine Clegg, Mrs. Frank Dowgiala, Dr. & Mrs. Robert Clancy; $400 M-M Medeiros, M-M Gil Freitas, Janice Par- M-M Douglas Guimond, Joseph lwuc, James Campion, $350 M-M Edward J. Murphy Jr., Ruth Mulford; $300 M-M John R. Mullen, M-M Robert Welch, M-M Oscar Aubin Jr.; $250 M,M Norman ReillY. M-M Richard Sullivan, S'harini... Our QefjJonf~ the NeeJf ofotherf.

M-M Philip Gunther, Russell A. Murphy, M-M Frank Locke, Mrs. James Desmond, M-M Robert Cullen, M-M Lester Albee; $225 M-M Stephen Clifford, M-M John Witheford; $200 Dorothy & James Kirby Jr., Mrs. Arthur LaFrenier, William Parker, Harry Hyra, M-M Robert Leary, James Lavita, M-M Donald Reid, M-M Charles Rosenbach, M-M Robert L. Erwin, MM Peter McNamara, Mrs. George Kirvan, M. Dorothy Butters, M-M William Daniel, M-M James Williams, MM Richard Racine, M-M Paul Long.

M-M Paul Bridgeo;$175 M-M William McParUand; $150 M-M William Hogan, Mrs. Robert McGowan, M-M James Moynihan, M-M Thomas Williamson Jr., Rita McNerney, M-M Edward You make a one-time contribution..OR, as an increasing number Oberlander, M-M Thomas Eaton, Mrs. of donors are doing, you may pledge. AND you won't be billed Harold Baker, M-M Donald J. Burns, . until July' SO, PLEDGE NOW, PAYLATERI M-M James Donovan, Mrs. John OR, to make giving even easier, use your MasterCard or Visa.

McManus,Mrs. William Gleeson, Paul Pledges may also be paid quarterly or semi-annually. YOUR GIFT IS Kennedy, Lawrence Kenney, M-M JoTAX-DEDUCTISLEI seph P. Fallon; $125 Mary J. Donovan, Madeleine V. 'Paradis, Josephine M. Deloi, M-M James Bums, Mrs. Joseph .

Colgan, M-M David Akin, William The Elderly· The Infirmed • The Sick & Palmer, $120 Madelyn Clancy, M-M Disabled· The Children • The Isolated· Alfred Nolan, EdithA Black; $110 Mrs. The Homeless· The Hungry· The Thomas McGrath; $100 Donna M. Emotionally Troubled of every Gallagher, M-M J. Robert Kohr, M-M Frank Chaplik, Rita Richardson, M-M l David Curtin, M-M Malcom LaFrancis, 1)oe.f YOUr efhlJloyer have M-M Francis Sullivan, M-M Brian a ]rfatc£in~ ?roirarJl? .

Sullivan, John J. Adzlizzi, E.Willson conlrlbuted laSI year Mullen, Dr. &Mrs.Raynold Arcuri,'M-M wenl directly 10 Ihe Your gift could double or even triplel agencies .nd apostolates Edward Barry, M-M Francois Buisson, Contact your company's personnel office funded by the CatholiC M-M Thomas Madden, Daniel R. for the.proper forms. . Shanahan, Mrs. Thomas Wood, JUST CALL THE CATHOLIC CHARrTlES OFFICE AT Russell &. DeniSe Wilfong, M-M Edward Curley, M-M Robert J.carey, M508-676-3200 IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE M John Annessi,Charies V. zahigian, This Message Sponsored by the Following Elaine Fitzgerald, M-M John Varanelli, Business Concerns in the Diocese of Fall River' Mrs. John T. Lynch, Rita Griffin, Ruth GILBERT C. OLIVEIRA INSURANCE AGENCY Gould, Margaret Lynch, George & Elaine Martin, M-M John Danforth, GLOBE MANUFACTURING CoMPANY • FEITELBERG INSURANCE AGENCY Edmund J. O'Brine, M-M Raymond WALSH PHARMACY· DURO FINISHING CoRPORATION McGrane, M-MJamesJ. Greeley,EmiIy

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SWANSEA St. Louis de France $500 M-M Normand J. LeComte; $250 M-M Charles Pelissier, M-M Kevin Kelly; $200 M-M James E Coutu; $150 M-M Alfred Almeida, M-M Roger Chauvin; $100 M-M Femand C.E. Auclair, M-M George Costa, M-M Gerald Fontaine, M-M Lawrence E. Mannes, Leo Mathieu, M-M Edward L Sullivan, MM Craig Sherwin.

Our Lady of Fatima $525 Rev. George Almeida; $500 M-M Wayne Gray; $300 M-M Dorvalino Correiro; $200 Mrs. Donald MacDonal, Miss Mona Kennedy; $150 Mrs. Louise Cochrane. M-M Paul Ranigan; $125 M-M Wollaston Morin, M-M John Hunt; $115 M-M Paul Parente; $100 Rev. LouisDiogo, M-M Arthur Grimes,M-M Leonard Connors, M-M Herbert Chace, M-M Clarence VIVeiros, M-M Antone Aguiar Jr., M-M Robert McConnell, Jean & SandraMullensky, Joseph White' Sr., M-M Robert Leite, Mrs. Ann Tschirch.

St.·Dominic $350 A Friend; $150 M-M Harvey Lenon; $100 Lawrence Violette, M-M AlbertI. Estes Jr. Sl Michael $1 00 M-M William Austin, M-M Stephen Malo.

TAUNTON St. Anthony $500 Rev. Maurice O. Gauvin; $200 CynthiaAbreau,A Friend, AFriend; $125 M-M Manuel Medeiros, M-M Jose Sousa; $100 A Friend, A Friend, M-M Joseph Amaral, M-M Arthur Cabral, M-M Manuel Camara Jr., Laurentina Craven, A Friend, A Friend, A Friend, A Friend, M-M Joseph Pimental, Jacqueline Rogers.

St. Mary $300 Terrence & Janet Dorsey, $250 John Rice, $200 Evelyn A. Rice;$1ooJ. Bird, MaryBird,August & Leona Camara, Rose M. Gordon, Delp.hina Granfield, John & Anne .Moore, Clotilde Nason, L. Palazesi, James Reid,Daniel & Marie Sullivan.

Immaculate COnception $250 Gilbert Simmons, George DeMoura; $200 . Ronald Legere, Robert Nichols; $150 Gary Enos; $125 Edmund Sullivan; $100 Patrick McDermott, Alfred Florence, Thomas Hoye, Norman Belanger, Allen Hattlaway, Robert Sullivan, Margaret Higgins, Manuel Coelho, Anthony ~osta, William Gibson, Sheldon Ehrenzweig, Jeanne Campbell.

Our Lady of Lourdes $400 Our Lady of Lourdes Bingo; $100 M-M Adelino Paulo, Mrs. Cecilia Reams.

Our Lady oUhe Holy Rosary $200 Rev. David Stopyra, OFM Conv.; $150 Mrs. Francis G. Gorczyca, John Kearns \. . Jr.;$1 00 Henry Bzdula, Mrs: Stephanie Sharkus. sacred Heart $300 M-M Anthony Nunes; $270 Bruce Blunt; $200 M-M Antero Oliveira, Galen Rheaume; $150 Rita O'Donnell; $125 Agnes Kelly; $100 M-M Raymond Gagnon, M-M Thomas Stevenson, M-M James Andrews, M-M Robert Dennen, Irene Fahey, M-M Robert Martin, James Gallagher, M-M Michael Pearson, MM Joseph Kuper. . St. Paul $150 M-M Peter Lamb; $125 John Ferreira; $110 M-M Aaron Bart; $100 M-M Robert Baskinger, Deborah Guilmette, M-MNeil McGrath, Eileen Reilly, Edwige Tyson.

WELLFLEET Our Lady of Lourdes'$1 ,500 Rev. John F. Andrews; $1 ,OOO'Bemard D. J. Frew; $700 Bemard F.WiIIs; $500 Frank & Sandra Szedlak, Joseph & Dorothy Duffy; $200 M·M John R. Kuebler, M-M Robert Robida; $150 M-M Stanley J. 'Kuzia;$125 Blanid& Francis Obert, MM John Monahan; $100 Frederic G. SyMa, M-MJames I. Shute, M-M Gordon C. Dutra, Edward & Mary Perry, Dorothy C. Lundberg.

WEST HARWICH Holy Trinity $1,200 Harold W. 'Murray; $1,000 M-M Raymond Fontaine; $500 Mrs. FrankJ. Stoddard; $400 M-M George Boule; $200 Mrs. FrancesDiNitto, M-M Albert McEntee; $175 M-M Stanley Nowak; $150 M-M James R. McGrath, M-M Normand V. Methe; $100 M-M John Feeney, M-M William· C. Hickey, M-M Ralph Luedeker, Dorothy G. Quinn, Francis Recka, Eileen Ryan, Andrea Saracco, .

Elizabeth Schneiderhan, Rosemary SChreiner, Grace Waystack.

WESTPORT Sl George $500 Rev. Gerard A. Hebert, $300 St. Vincentde Paul Society; $250 M-M Francis XAynn; $200 M-M Robert Dufresne, M-M Paul Dion; $150 M-M Manuel Camara, M-M Paul Methot, M-M Natalie Lapriore; $100 Emest Vohnoutka, In Memory of John G. Couto, M-M Octave Pimentel, Anne Rllion, M-M Ernest Frazier, Beatrice laPlante, M-M Daniel laFrance.

St.John the·Baptlst $500 M-M Salvatore Costantino; $200 Mr. Leonard Rock; $150 M-M Peter 'Landry; $100 Virginia King, M-M Paul Heywood, M-M -Charles Martineau, COlleen Po!selli.

Our Lady of Grace $100 Jose Bonanca & Maria Diogenes, M-M Bruce Femandes, M-M John Sparks.

WOODS HOLE - Sl Joseph $1,000 Rev. Bemard R. Kelly; $500 Mary Buckley.