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VOL. 49, NO. 27 • Friday, July 8, 2005

FALL RIVER, MASS.

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July 8, 2005 Dear Friends in Christ,

FATHER ROGER J. Landry, right, discusses his vision for The Anchorduring an interview with Deacon James N. Dunbar. Father Landry is the new executive editor of the diocesan publication. (Anchor/Jolivet photo)

Father Landry takes helm of The Anchor newspaper

By DEACON JAMES N.

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FALL RIVER - Following the same direction given St. Paul, who was told to put his preaching into print, Father Roger 1. Landry became the executive editor of The Anchor over the holiday

weekend.

In his first interview after being appointed by Bishop George W. Coleman, Father Landry expressed his penchant for enthusiastically spreading the Gospel without being intimidated. He

called The Anchor the tool in the diocese's arsenal to bring God's words to the faithful, who in turn, should help in the incentive to spread that news in the local Church.

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I am so very happy to report that our Catholic Charities Appeal has, once again, been a great success! Due to the generosity of the many donors who contributed to the Appeal, this annual diocesa",effortto-assist the needy has once agJa1p,y_i!~~~~'1al\I-'1m'\~ighin the amo~nt rai~'e~t~T9,~~~~~~~owus to contmue tol.meet-the-needs of t~~e who turn to the ChUr~f?TlJlet~rb]~alfp~ the less fortunate w~-JiiJlD~~asslst~"1?t~lsAppeal, I extend sentl~ellt~o~~,.-~~~~It. a grartltude and esteem to all t ose--wno- . tr·· ed to the Appeal and to all orked so hard to make the Appeal suc uccess. Through this united effort of the parishes throughout our diocese, we have answered the call to reach outand care for those in need. With genuine gratitude and appreciation, I am Sincerely yours in the Lord,

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Pro-Life Apostolate director well known throughout diocese

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR NORTH DARTMOUTH When people hear that Mrs. Marian Desrosiers is the "new" director ofthe Pro-Life Apostolate in the Fall River diocese, their first reaction is usually, "I thought she was."

Desrosiers is recognized as being at the forefront of the

diocese's Pro-Life movement that centers on Church teachings in regards to respect for life from the moment of natural conception to that of natural death.

During the past decade she has become well known as a popular leader, teacher, lecturer and author throughout the diocese and Turn to page 12 - Pro-Life

MEMBERS OF the American Association of the Order of Malta process into Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Osterville for its 11th annual summer Mass. Bishop Robert J. McManus of the Diocese of Worcester and Bishop George W. Coleman concelebrated.

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Order of Malta grant provides $15,000 to aid Guaimaca Mission

By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

OSTERVILLE-TheAmericM Association of the Order of Malta gathered June 24 at Our Lady ofthe Assumption Church for its 11 th Mnual summer Mass, marking the solemnity ofSt. John the Baptist.

It was a special occasion for the

Knights Md Dames of Malta Md also the people of Guaimaca, Honduras as the diocese received a $15,000 grant for the mission.

"We're very thankful," said Bishop George W. ColemM. ''The Order of Malta does much good work for the sick Md this money will provide for a medical doctor and

assist the Malta Milk Project by encouraging farmers to grow soya beans. More thM 1,000 people seek help from the clinic each month Md we're·pleased to we!comethem here to Cape Cod." . . AccordingtoFatherPaulCMuel, $8,000 of the grant will be used to Turn to page 16 - Malta

SCENES LIKE this are familiar to those in the diocese involved with Pro-Life issues. Here Marian Desrosiers, the new diocesan Pro-Life director, attends a Respect Life event in Washington, D.C. with then Msgr. George W. Coleman and her son Stephen. (Anchorfile photo)

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LAREDO, Tx. - More than 300 representatives of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy met in Laredo, Texas, June 20-30 and , elected a leadership team for the next six y~ars. They are: President Sister Mary Waskowiak, of the Burlingame Regional Community; Vice President Sister Patr-icia McDermott, of the Omaha Regional Community; Councilors: Sister Linda Werthman, of the Detroit Regional Community; Sister Anne Curtis, ofthe Rochester Regional Community; and Sister Eileen Campbell, of the Merion Regional Community.

Sister Mary Waskowiak moves into the position as president of the Institute from her current position as president of the Sisters ofMercy Regional Community of Burlingame (Calif.). She replaces Sister Marie Chin, of Jamaica, West Indies.

Looking toward this team's work over the next six years, Sister Mary said; "We hope to energetically take up the. mandates from this fourth Institute Chapter. Those mandates include a challenge.to claim anew our identity in the Church and world communities. We want internationality and non-violence to mark our perspective for doing the works of mercy in the beginning of this 21 st century.

We stand with renewed respect

for Earth, the place of this human community, and 'declare again our commitment to women and children." , . At this congregational meeting, called a chapter by religious communities, Sisters of Mercy from North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Gu~m and the Philippines are making crucial decisions as part of.a multi-year planning process involving 4,630 sisters, 2,615 lay associates, and thousands of coworkers in reconfiguring the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.

Through this process, they are developing structures to use their resources to better serve persons suffering from poverty, lack of education, and insufficient healthcare.

The Institute of the Sisters of , Mercy of the Americas is an international'community of Sis~erS vowed to seI'Ve people who are poor, sick, and uneducated, with a special concern for women and children. In innovative and tradi, tional w~ys, Sisters of Mercy ad~ dfess human needs ,through ,col, laborative effo~s In education, health care, housing, pa'storal and social serviCes; and advocacy. The Institute inCludes 25 regional communities with more than 4,600 members and 2,600 associ~ ates who serve in North, South, and Central America, the Caribbean, Guam, and the Philippines.

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Fall River Dea.nery parishes cooperate to feed the hungry ASSONET - Heritage Hills Country Club in Lakeville was the site of the .first annual "Bernie's Tourney" benefit golftournament held on Fathers' Day weekend. St. Bernard's Parish GolfCommittee decided early in the planning to tithe a portion ofthe profits to feed the hUIigry at Sacred He~Soup Kitchen in Fall River.

Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen, staffed only by volunteers, recently broke it's own record by ,serving 135 guests in one seating.

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. ST. BERNARD PARISH, Assonet Village', Golf Tournament Committee presents a $500 check to represeritatives of the Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen of Fall River. From left: Walter Winarski, score keeper and "special deals"; Chef Don Duarte, soup kitchen coordinator; Brian Correia, ·tournament photographer; Lorraine Fernande$, inter-parish liaison; Sue Nordeste, tournament co-chair; George Du.bois, business community outreach; and Jeff DeMarco, tournament chair and director. of Parish Development. (Photo by Paul Levesque)

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The menu on that particular day featured steak, with fresh strawberry shortcake for desert. St. Michael's Church, another north Fall River parish, donated the steaks. 'St. Michael's, which already has its own monthly soup kitchen, hopes to expand into a weekly schedule also.

Sacred Heart Parish, Fall River, operates the "The Little Kitchen with the Big Heart," entirely on donations of food, with no outside sources of funding. A , newly-added service proving to be very popular is a food pantry in which guests are invited to "shop" on their own for the food they actually use. Grocery bags are purposely not ,prepared by others in: advance so that the food

taken will be the food most needed.

St. Bernard's Church has also offered Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen the use of its walk-in refrigerator and freezer, which was donated to the Assonet parish by a Brockton business establishment. The Sacred Heart Kitchen hopes to use the walk-in to store perishable food.

Chef Don Duarte, Soup Kitchen coordinator, is now trying to figure out how best to pay the $200 per month electric bill in order to keep the much-needed refrigerator up and running.

For more information, contact Sister Eugenia Ready, pastoral assistant, at 508-673-0852 or E-mail: Sacred:...Heart_Church@msn.com.

In, Your Prayers ,Plea~e pray for the following 'priests during the coming weeks July 13 1979, Rev. Arthur P. Deneault, M.S., La Salette Father Iy 14

1938, Rev. Nicholas Fett, Bedford 1949, Rev. Edmund 1. Neen 199~, Rev. Vincent F. .

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1960, Rev. William 1. Smith, Pastor,' Jacques, Taunton,

. irito Santo, Fall River 1981, Rev. Edmond Rego, Assistant, 1997, Rev. Ernest N. Bessette, RetIred Pastor, St. Joseph, Attleboro

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New Catholic high school to be named after Pope John Paul II

THE U.S. Supreme Court Justices - back row from left: Souter, Clarence Thomas and Stephen Breyer. Front row Paul Stevens, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Sandra Kennedy. (CNS photo from Reuters)'

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David H. from left: AntoninScalia, John.

Day O'Connor and Anthony M. .

HYANNIS - A new Catholic Cape Cod have wanted a Catholic high school on Cape Cod will be high school and now they are going named Pope John Paul II High to get it," said Ward.

School. This is the first new school "1 extend a challenge to my felto be established and named in cel- low neighbors and friends to give ebration of the life of the late pope. generously to the new Pope John The naming of the school caps a Paul 11 High School. I encourage decade-long attempt to bring a their financial support for the esCatholic high school to Cape Cod. tablishment ofthe new school," he On June 2, a parent group won final said. approval from the Town of Pope John Paul II High School Barnstable to purchase the former will be a co-educational institution, Barnstable High School property, grades nine-I 2, with an enrollment near Hyannis harbor. The town sold of about 600 students coming primarily from Cape Cod. The school it to the group for $3 million.

Spearheading the establishment expects to begin its first academic of the school is Frank Ward of year in September 2006.

For more information, contact: Osterville, former CEO ofSylvania Corporation. Ward is the lead donor Mark Boudreau at 508-775-1085, with a commitment of$2 million. or Tom Rezendes at 508-776-1153, "I'm excited to support the cre- Pope John Paul II High School ation of Pope John Paul II High ' 120 High School Road, School. For many years, families on Hyannis 02601, JohnPauIHS.org.

O'Connor retirement ends career of 'most powerful person in America'

By PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON - The pending retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor from the Supreme Court has set in motion a battle over her replacement that will run through the summer, but it also highlights a remarkable judicial career.

O'Connor's July I announcement that she would retire as soon as her replacement can be confirmed ends an era for not only the first woman on the Supreme Court but of someone who for years was "the most powerful person in America," as she was described by Mark Chopko, general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"She sits smack in the middle" of many crucial decisions made by the court since she was named to it in 1981, Chopko explained.

Chopko said that O'Connor always took great pains to decide a case based on the facts of the individual case. That made it difficult to predict which side she would take, he said.

"For her the issues were always' fact-intensive," said Chopko. "You had to persuade her your side was correct. You

couldn't say going in 'this is where she'll be. '" When O'Connor, then an Ad- ' zona Appeals Court judge, was nominated, much of the attention focused on her status as the first woman named to the high court.

But her record as a former state legislator made the president of the U.S. bishops' conference wary.

Archbishop John R. Roach of St. Paul-Minneapolis wrote in a column in his archdiocesan newspaper, that "her record in Arizona on the p'ro-Life issue was questionable." The general secretary of the bishops' conference at the time, then-Bishop Thomas C. Kelly, said he found O'Connor',s views on tuition tax credits, the death penalty and abortion to be disturbing.

In her confirmation heaJ;ings, O'Connor said she found ,abortion repugnant and offensive, but said judges' personal views should be ignored when such issues came before the court. ProLife organizations bitterly attacked her legislative record and contacted the White House to complain about President Ronald Reagan's first' selection for the court.

MOMS sign-up drive begins at Mashpee parish MASHPEE - Christ the King MOMS group seven and group eight are now forming.

Now is the time to sign up.

MOMS, Ministry ofMothers Sharing, is designed to support and affirm all women. Each woman deepens her relationShip with God and those in her life through prayer, reflection, journaling and sharing with other women. The small group

of women and the facilitators come together for路 eight weeks to experience a personal journey..

This journey allows participants to recognize and affirm their God-given gifts and to cultivate using them for greater good of self and community.

For more information call the parish office at 508-477-7700 for a brochure or E-mail Co~it428@aol.com.

After 24 terms on the court, O'Connor's record on those issues both validated 'and contradicted that early wariness about her role.

She has upheld restrictions on abortion, but stopped short of reversing Roe v. Wade..,She has upheld death sentences 'and capital punishment laws, but recently voted to overturn the death penalty for people who are mentally retarded. O'Connor has supported tax-funded programs in religious schools but said states do not have to include religious ministry students i~ scholarship programs.

Chopko said a measure of the power he attributes to O'Connor is the frequency with which she has been on the majority side in key five-four pecisions. In many of those case~, she wrote the decisive opinion. Some of those close cases included: . - the .1.989 five-four ruling that upheld, the right of Missouri to impose restrictions on access to abortion but refused to reverse Roe v. Wa~e, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion;, ......:- the 1990 five-four majority ruling that upheld the state of Missouri's interests in preserving life' over. those of the family's wishes to withdraw nutrition and hydration from Nancy Cruzan, who was in a persistent vegeta~ tive state; - A 1997 five-four decision that reversed the court's own 1985 ruling on tax-funded remeqial education programs held in religious schools. O'Connor wrote that "our Estab.lishment Clause law has significantly changed" and that a 'New York program permitting state-funded remedial programs did not run afoul of criteria to evaluate whether government aid has the effect of advancing religio.n.

POSITION OPENING: ORGANIST/CHOIR DIRECTOR St. Joseph's Church, Provo announces a search to fill the position of Organist/Choir Director. The successful applicant will blend a personal faith cominitmeiIt and understanding of Catholic Liturgy, demonstrated organ and piano expertise and prior experience.

This position includes 4 Weekend Liturgies, a weekly choir re~earsal, Holydays, weddings, funerals, and Lenten Stations of The Cross, as well as staff meetings and Pastoral Council meetings.

The newly installed organ is a 3 manual Rogers Trillium 957 Digital Organ interfaced with the 1923 Kilgen' classic pipe organ.

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Friday, July 8, 2005

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A legacy of false liberty : Right atthe beginning ofthe extended weekend onwhich Americanswere celebrating the 229th anniversary of the Declaration of Independenc~, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement. There followed, in rapid succession, various encomia for the fIrst wOll).an on our nation's highest tribunal. In testimony of the symbolic importance of her 24 years on the court, she, in contrast to her fellow justices, has already had a federal courthouse named in her honor. Since she was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 to assume the spot vacatedby Potter Stevens, ~hehas often provided the swing vote on some ofthe most contentious issues before the court. ' Most legal scholars and media pundits ofaUpersuasions have been stating that the swing for which she will be most remembered is the blow she delivered on abortion and on the understanding and underpinning offreedom she penned in the 1992 Planned Parenthood ofSoutheast Pennsylvania v. Casey decision.

"At the heart ofliberty," she wrote in an unusual joint opinion co-signed

by Justices Kennedy and Souter, "is the right to defme one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and ofthe mystery ofhuman life." It was the exaltation ofa most radical form ofsubjectivism: the individual'has the "right," she posited, to defIne, and therefore determine, what even the universe means. The cosmos, human life, and existence are not "givens" that all ofus need to accept and to which we need to conform; they are rather fully malleable to become whatever we in our "freedom" say they mean.

There was great irony she announced her retirement when she did, because her conception offreedom is markedly different from those who wrote ,and signed the Declaration ofIndependence which we were celebrating. They affinned as a self-evident truth that all men "are endowed by their Creator" with the "unalienable" right to life, which is ofcourse the foundation to any inviolable right to liberty or the pursuit of happiness. For them, human life, was a clear given, not something the meaning ofwhich others determine. , After a long experience with Nazi and communist totalitarianism, Pope John Paul II repeatedly affrrrned that freedom is not the ability to do whatever we want, but the capacity to do what we should. For the person to be free, freedom must be bound to the truth, to reality, to the way we and the world are and are called by our nature to be. Freedom divorced from truth does not make the person free, but a slave to his or her ideas and, very often, to the ideas ofotherS. ,Justice O'Connor's notion ofliberty leads to chaos, because ifeach ofus is "free" to determine and act on our own notion offreedom, then there areno real rights, no real basis for laws, and therefore no protection. Ifa mother is free to determine for herselfthe meaning ofher life and the meaning ofher child's life, and thus to, decide that her unbom child's life will have no value in her conception ofthe universe, then there is no logical basis for any ofus to stand secure if someone bigger and more powerful.than we decides that our more humanly developed lives have no value in their conception of the universe.

President Bush now has the opportunity to make good on his 2000 and 2004 campaign promises to appoint a strict constructionist to the court, one who does not take the "liberty" to defme for herselfthe meaning ofthe Constitution, but one who accepts it as a datum and applies itjustly in accord with what those who wrote it meant by it. Any candidate who sees in the text ofthe Constitution a right to privacy allowing mothers to put llI). end to the:: life of their unborn children is not a strict constructionist: Catholics have a duty always to pray for the president, but Catholics should pray for President Bush in particular at this moment. Millions ofpresent and future Americans' lives depend on it. ' Welcome With this edition, we welcome three new members to the crew of The Anchor. Father Timothy Goldrick will be sharing his wit and wisdom in his weekly column, "The Ship's Log," chronicling the joys and hardships of a priest's daily fIshing expeditions. Father David Pignato will be taking over the new executive editor's former column and help all ofus put out into even deeper water for.a catch. Finally, Father Tad Pacholczyk begins a monthly column making sense of the bioethical realities that our society now confronts. They will all be much worth the read.

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The Church is alive!

It is with much gratitude that I else going on in the Church, even Church, through the historic inherit this weekly column, as we see unavoidable signs of pontificate of John Paul II. As the exploring in greater depth the ' serious problems. That someSecond Vatican Council noted, beautiful truths and life of our thing else is the new life in the the Church will have problems in Catholic faith. I am happy to Church that springs from the every age, and will even be kept accept this invitation as an, _ truth of our faith, when it is in great disarray until the end pf opportunity to share some of my " a~cepted by generous hearts in time, due to the sins of its observations, and'maybe even , each generation. I have seen this members. (Gaudium et Spes, 40) some insights, gained during the , new life in many of our young But, even amidst these problems, course of this adventure in faith, people, from my position as a the Church is not tired and old, hope and lov(f that is the Catholic high school chaplain. These but rather energetic and young. priesthood. I dedicate my efforts young p~ople are impressively The Church is not fading fast, as in this column as a tribute to excited and courageous about some would hope, but is rather Pope John Paul II, who always generating new taught me, albeit from afar, .... _ life. As our new Holy how to follow Christ and Father, Pope Benedict how to be confIdent in the XVI, preached at the faith.

Mass of his inauguraOne only has to listen to tion, "Yes the Church is the media these days, to alive. And the Church get the impression that the

By Father David is young. She holds Church is fading fast. within herself the , A. Pignato Critics note, often with future of the world and poorly disguised satisfactherefore shows each tion, that far fewer of us the way towards members of the Church are their faith. They joyfully trust the future. The Church is alive faithful to its teachings, while that Jesus is who he said he was and we are seeing it: we are many more either ignore entirely - the way, the truth and the life! experiencing the joy that the the practice of the faith, or We see this new life in the Risen Lord promised his followcontinue the practice on their Church in the acts of heroic ers. The Church is alive - she is own terms. They note the sharp• virtue by those who strive to alive because Christ is alive, decline in the number of men imitate Christ, amidst and in because he is truly risen." entering the priesthood, the spite of the Church's current While we must always overwhelming decline in the troubles. And we see this new commit ourselves to addressnumber of women entering life in the two new priests who , ing and solving the problems religious life, the sad reduction in will be ordained in our Cathedral in the Church, we must also the number, of Catholic schools . tomorrow. never forget that the Church is and the overall disappearance o( This new life in the Church at all times alive and growing a once vibrant Catholic culture. . has been given great stimulus around us, and hopefully, in With great sobriety and sadness, , and encouragement by the us, in our own souls, where we ackn~wl~dge these observa- , example and witness of Pope faith stays alive and bears tions. And, if we were to listen John Paul the Great, who so great fruit. only to these reports, we might anxiously urged and looked 'Father Pignato is secretary begin to agree, indeed, that the forward to a new evangelization to Bishop George J¥. Coleman, Church is fading fast. and a new springtime in the faith. and chaplain at Bishop Stang , But something else is also The seed has been planted, New High School, North happening. There is something life has been breathed into the Dartmouth.

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Stem cells without embryos This is the first column of a series where we will look at some of the hot new topics in . bioethics, attempting to simplify the jargon, and sort through some of the latest developments.

Recently, a letter was released on the Ethics and Public Policy Website (http://www.eppc.orgl publications/pubID.2374/ pub_detail.asp) that dealt with making embryonic stem cells without destroying human embryos. Many prominent Catholic scholars signed the letter.

The letter proposed a new technique called oocyte assisted reproBy gramming, or OAR for short. This technique has never been done in the laboratory, but if it were to prove feasible, it could offer a way ou,! of the central ethical dilemma raised by embryonic stem-cell research.

The central objection to embryonic stem-cell research is that it requires the destruction of embryonic humans who are about five days old, in order to procure their stem cells. OAR might provide scientists with a way to make embryonic stem cells directly, without creating or destroying human embryos.

Because no embryos would be involved, the stem cells you would get out of the OAR procedure really sh9uldn't be called embryonic at all, but rather pluripotent. They would be

were implanted into a woman's pluripotent because they would be very flexible, as flexible as the .uterus, it could become a livestem cells you get from embryos. born cloned baby. But if that tiny little embryo at the beginning So how do you use OAR to were denied the safe harbor of a make pluripotent stem cells? . woman's uterus to grow in, and OAR makes use ofa woman's egg to carry out a procedure that, the embryo was instead deon first glance, looks very similar stroyed to extract its stem cells, . scientists could get immuneto cloning. matched cells for the potential Suppose for a moment that.a benefit of treating the police police officer suffering from officer's diabetes. The reason they would be immune-matched cells, tailored to the police officer, would be that out of they came from his own identical twin brother. It turns out that identical Father Tadeusz twins can exchange Pacholczyk organs (like kidneys) between each other without rejecting those organs. diabetes were to donate a skin So the stem cells from his cell from his arm, and we took embryonic twin brother, in the nucleus of that skin cell theory, could be introduced into (which contains.his DNA) and his body without being rejected. placed it inside a woman's egg, The moral problem here, of .after we had taken out her egg's course, is that you create your own nucleus. In other words, a own twin brother (or twin sister kind of "nucleus swap." The if you are a woman) precisely in expression that scientists use is order to kill them When they are "nuclear transfer.""This is what cloning is all about. Even though very young for their desired stem cells. no sperm is involved, the eggIf OAR were successful, it with-a-new-nucleus now divides would avoid this moral problem. and grows normally as a human Instead ofcreating your own embryo, a new human being.

This embryo is special, however, identical twin brother (or sister) for the purposes of strip-mining because it would have the same their stem cells, OAR would genes, and be the identical twin propose to directly make pluripobrother of the police officer. It tent stem cells through the same would be a very young clone of series of steps as cloning. The big the officer, and if that embryo

Making Sense Bioethics

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The full gamut seems to . be covered, from ales to what ails you. But there is one sign that should run from one end of the Red Sox bullpen to the other - "This blown

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It's clear that the fans' honeysmoothly, or simply to enjoy the interaction with customers; and .. moon with the 2004 world champs is over - with good folks working second and third reason. A select few of our World jobs to give their farhilies:the best Series ring-bearers have consisthey can. tently shot us in the foot. Most As we go to press this mornnotable is Sox "closer," Keith ing, Foulke blewanother save in Foulke, who last week shot back Texas last night. Now we can at the fans alluding that he doesn't safely bet that ifJoe Burger King care what "Joe Burger King" consistently let his employer thinks. . down as does Foulke, he or she Now if! \Yorked at Burger would be looking for work King, I'd be highly insulted. Iri eisewhere. fact, I go to Burger King, and I'm ~ I guess Foulke thinks the highly insulted. average person doesn't know I consider myselfan average baseball, otherwise he would care.

Joe, and like other average Joes I Folks from Burger King to know, we go to Burger King, fried clam shacks on Cape Cod McDonalds, Wendy's and the like know that any pitcher that can't far more often than we can the strikeout a two-year-old is not a finer dining establishments in the closer. Good people from area. And having frequented the McDonalds to the great chowder fast food palaces, I know there are houses in the diocese know that

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closers should close out the victory for their team, not close the door on any chances of winning.

Keith, take it from one ofthe common folk-: I) Earn at least a little bit of the millions you make; 2) Don't bite the hands that feed you; and 3) Stop living on last October's magical mystery tour, because it's still a mystery how you did it with the stuff you throw.

With a few more performances like this past week, you'll be eating crow.

Then we'll have to ask, ''would you like fries with that?"

difference would happen at the research that makes it even very beginning ofthe process, remotely appear that we support when special genetic changes embryonic-type stem-cell . would be made in the DNA ofthe research, given that so many police officer's skin cell. These remarkable successes in treating changes involve turning on human patients are already special master genes thatdirect a happening using morally acceptcell to be pluripotent, or highly able umbilical cord and adult flexible, like a stem cell, rather stem cells. It is true, of course, than totipotent, or completely that embryonic stem cells have flexible, like an embryo. not yet cured even a single So when the "nucleus swap" human, while adult stem cells would occur, the new cell would have successfully treated now become a kind of stem cell, thousands of patients suffering rather than an embryo. In other from more than 50 types of . words, the woman's egg would ailments. It is also true that there . never be activated to form a are no clinical ttials in humans human'being. If the resulting yet using embryonic-type stem cells made by OAR were put into cells, while there are more than a uterus, nothing would happen, 200 clinical trials already no pregnancy would be possible, underway using various kinds of adult stem cells. All of this since they would be stem cells, reminds us how adult stem cells not embryos. Only embryos are capable of implanting into the. are indeed likely to provide the most effective route to the largest wall of the uterus in making a woman pregnant. Since OAR numbers of cures in the future.

All of this also reminds us how stem cells are not derived from embryos, and are not embryos such research should be vigorthemselves, it would be morally ously funded and encouraged.

Bqt it may turn out that umbilical permissible to culture and grow cord and other adult-type stem them or manipulate them in the . lab as needed, in an attempt to cells may not be able to do the job for every disease, while come up with new therapies for embryonic-type stem cells might patients.

So the advantage with the end up being able to work in a few cases. If this does happen, OAR stem cells would be the same as for cloning, namely, that and we hilVe been proactive in . the stem cells that resulted from. examining and encouraging OAR would be immune-matched morally acceptable alternatives to getting pluripotent stem cells to the police officer, and in without destroying embryos, we theory should not be rejected by will all be better off if, and when, his body if they were transthat day comes. planted into him. OAR still Father Tadeusz Pacholc(J'k, remains a conceptual proposal'at Ph.D. earned his doctorate in this time, but studies should be neuroscience from Yale, did funded to look at the procedure post-doctoral work at Harvard, in animals, to assure that it is and studied theology in Rome. technically feasible, and to assure that it can be done without He is a priest ofthe Diocese of Fall River, and serves as the making embryos and without director ofeducation at The crossing any moral lines.

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I g.et seasick ATTLEBORO - The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette will welcome youth this weekend and July 15-17 for Steubenville East. It will feature dramatic speakers and the celebration ofMass. For more information can 508-222-541 0 or visit the Website: www.lasaletteshrine.arg.

BREWSTER - The musical group The Brass Beacon will perform tonight at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Cape Church, 468 Stony Brook Road. It consists of two trumpet players, a trombone and French horn. For more information call 508-385-3252.

EAST FREETOWN "Summer, Shakespeare and Original Sin: A Reading and Study of Othello," will be held July 13; 20 and 27; and August 3 from 7-9 p.m: at Cathedral Camp. This book diseussion forum will be led

by Deacons Maurice Ouellette and David Pepin. It is sponsored by the Diocesan Adult Education Office.

FALL RIVER - On July 20 the Portuguese television program "G.ood .News for Life," sponsored by the Communications Department of the diocese, will present the next part. of its series "Christian's Ask.'l It will air on the Portuguese channel at 9:30 p.m. and is themed "Why Dedicate this Special Year to the Eucharist?" .

MASHPEE - The Third Order of Carmelites will meet July 17 for the celebration of Mass at Christ the King Parish at 11 :30 a.m. A class will follow in the conference room. Evening and Night Prayer will be held in St. Jude's Chapel.

Ship's Log: 2 July 2005 Your attention, please.

This is the captain speaking. Before the voyage . begins, allow me to introduce myself. I am Father Tim Goldrick, a priest of the Diocese of Fall James Parish. To register call Lisa River. That's me in the photo. I am the parish Gulino at 508-678-2828. priest at St. Bernard Church, Assonet Village, NORTH EASTON - The Freetown, on the shores of the Assonet River. You Northeast Catholic Family Con- can see the church and rectory in the old photo.' ference "Making Faith Visible," That picture was taken almost 100 years ago. The will be held July 16-17 at church was then known as the First Christian Stonehill College. Thousands of Church, or simply, the South Church. The rectory Catholics are expected to share in was the parsonage for the minister and his family.. prayer, learning and celebration of . The original congregation has. long since moved their faith. For more information on. The ships are no call 781-551-0628 or visit longer docked at the NECatholicFamilyConference.com. wharves below the . church. In fact, even the wharVes are no more.

NORTH DARTMOUTH But there I stand in my "Coping With Difficult People: captain's hat, on the Why Do They Do That?" will be very spot on which the presented by Christine Homen was taken. old photo July 19 and 26 from 7-9 p.m. at 4 July 2005 Indethe Family Life Center, 5aO Slocum Road. It is sponsored by pendence Day. It's a . the diocesan Office of Family time to celebrate our history as a nation and to Ministry. Topics include "Anger remember our roots. Unfortunately, I suspect I'm Management" and "What If It's a disgrace to my ancestors. On my mother's side, I Me?" Refreshments will be descend from Francisco Jose Martins, an Azorean served. For more information call sea captain. On my father's side, I descend from Godfrey King, a Yankee whaling captain out of 508-999-6420.

Westport. But.! get seasick. I figure I must come â&#x20AC;˘ NORTH DARTMOUTH- from the shallow end of the gene pool."

Wouldn't you know I'd be born by the sea - in The Diocesan Divorced-Separated Suppprt Group will meet New B~dford? I grew up on the banks ofthe July 11 from 7-9 p.m. at the Acushnet River in the north end of that city. I Family Life Center, 500 Slocum walked past the statue of the whaleboat in front on .

Road. The video presentation the New Bedford Public Library every day of high will be part two of "Wisdom of school (twice!). I visited the Whaling Museum the Ages." Refreshments will be many times. I read the old whaling logs. I studied served. For more information Moby Dick. I even attended the world premier of call Bob Menard at 508-673- the movie and shook hands with Gregory Peck.

None of it worked. I still get seasick. Go figure.

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6 July 2005 . I studied for ~nd was ordained to. the priesthood for the Diocese of Fall River. Ever NORTH FALMOUTH notice the crest of the Diocese of Fall River ---' a The St. Elizabeth Seton Cancer river runs through it. Rivers, as we all know, lead Support Group will meet July 20 to the sea.

I have been a priest of the Diocese of at 7 p.m. at the church, 481 Fall River for more than 30'years now. I have Quaker Road. For more information call 508-563-7770.

WEST HARWICH ...:.....- Our Lady of Life Perpetual Adoration Chapel at Holy Trinity Church seeks volunteers. The hours most needed are Sunday at 9 p.m.; Monday at 2 a.m., 3 a.m. and 3" NEW BEDFORD - A Bible p.m.; Tuesday at 2 a.m. and 3 study on St. Luke, sponsored by . a.m.; Thursday at 9 a.m.; Friday the Adult Education Office, will at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. and Saturbe held July 13, 20 and 27; and day at 3 p.m. For more informaAugust 3 from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. tion call 508-430-4716.

AIDS Ministry, Provincetown parish to co-sponsor day of reflection PROVINCETOWN - The Fall River diocesan AIDS Ministry Office and St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Provincetown are joining together to sponsor a Day of Reflection for persons living with HIV/AIDS and for those affected by the virus, in:' eluding families, friends, and caregivers.

This Day of Reflection is planned as an interfaith event and will take place on August 11, at St. Mary of the Harbor Episcopal Church, 517 Commercial Street, in Provincetown.

The program will be centered on a theme of "Finding peace in

the midst of pain..."

Dr. Krysten Winter-Green, di-" rector ofdiocesan AIDS Ministry, and Father Henry J. Dahl, pastor of St. Peter the Apostle Parish, will serve as facilitators for the da~ .

It will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m., with lunch provided. .

Interested persons are asked to register for the day in advance.

There is no charge to participate.

To register, or obtain additional information, please contact the AiDS Ministry Office of the Fall River diocese at 508674-5600 ext. 2295.

served in parishes in Fall River, New Bedford, Taunton, Attleboro and Cape Cod - all five deaneries of the diocese. As luck would have it, I was always lived in a rectory within a stone's throw of some body of water - even in Attleboro (it was a man-made pond).

The parish to which I am presently assigned is the oldest church building in the Diocese of Fall River, according to Father Barry Wall, diocesan archivist. Ship's carpenters built it, they say. Why does that notsurprise me? On the interior, there is an actual ship':; mast, now disguised as a support for the choir loft. In the steeple, a small window has been placed so that folks in this village could look out on the ships co.ming and going in the harbor. Do I detect a pattern developing here? There is even a. pre-Civil War cemetery in the churchyard. In it is interred a sea captain.

On All Soul's Day, I . always make it a point to pray quietly at the old captain's grave. Of course, I never knew him.

Captain Job Lawton, says the heaQstone, died in 1860. A nearby marker says his son Ben was lost at sea in 1847 - at the age of 23.

8 July 2005 The other day, I received a phone call from Father Roger Landry, new executive editor of The Anchor. Would 1 be willing to write a weekly column? Sure. What about? Well, how about the day-in, day-out life of a parish priest?

OK. I can do that. What shall we name it? Let's see, - "The Ship's Log"! I bet you could see that one coming.

We sail together, you and I, on this ship we call <;;hurch - the Barque of Peter. For better or for worse, I will share with you my experiences and reflections on this journey of ours. So, then, let's shove off. Let the voyage begin - come heaven or high water. Your attention, please. This is th~ captain speaking. Did I happen ~o mention I get seasick?

Father Goldrick is pastor ofSf. Bernard's

Parish, Assonet. Comments are welcome at StBernardAssonet~oLcom.

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U.S. Catholic directory shows decline in sacramental practice

By CATHOLIC

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NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. The number ofU.S. Catholics rose last year but the Church registered declines in sacramental practice, according to figures in the 2005.

Official Catholic Directory.

The 2,050-page directory, also known as .the Kenedy Directory after its New Jersey publisher's imprint, lists all parishes, missions, schools, hospitals and other .

Catholic institutions in the United States and its possessions. It also lists all ordained clergy and gives statisticaJ data on the Church by diocese and nationally.

At the start of2005, there were 67,820,833 Catholics, an increase of about 560,000 over the previous year, the directory said. . However, fewer infant baptisms, first Communions, confirmations and' Church-recognized marriages were recorded last year . than the year before.

In "the case of marriage, the decline represents a long-term downward trend that began in the . early 1970s but appears to have accelerated in recent years. The

1971 directory, which reported a little more than 48 million Catholics in the country, said there had been more than 426,000 Catholic marriages the previous year.

This year's directory records a Catholic population more than 40 percent higher, but the number of marriages recorded in the pastyear has dropped, nearly in half, to 223,862. More than halfofthat 34year- decli~e .has occurred in the most recen~ 12 years, starting in 19.92 when, according to the 1993 directory, there were just under 326,000 Catholic marriages.

The rate of decrease in other sacramental practices recorded in the directory was slower. Infant baptisms dropped ÂŁi'om 985,141 in 2003 to 977,578 last year. First Communions dropped from 896,970 to 872,132. Confirmations dropped very slightly, from 645,426 to 645,379.

The new directory reports 43,422 religious and diocesan priests at the start of 2005, about 800 fewer thaI). a year earlier. It reports a slight increase in permanent deacons, from 14,693 to 15,027.

The number of nuns declined by about 1,500, to 69,963, but the number of reI igious brothers rose slightly, from 5,504 to 5,517.

The number ofstudents in Catho- . lic elementary schools fell, but the numbers in Catholic high schools and colleges rose. At the elementary level enrollment dropped from 1.89 . million to about 1.85 million. High schools, however, rose from about 680;000 students to 693,000, and colleges reported an enrollment of nearly 773,000, almost 26,000 more than last year.

The number of priests, Brothers and Sisters teaching in Catholic elementary and secondary schools fell, while the number of lay teachers rose. For the first time in many decades the number of priests and religious in teaching positions dropped below 10,000.

The number of lay teachers grew slightly, from just under 170,000 to a little over that number.

The directory includes in its" data Church statistics from the dioceses in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and U.S. possessions in the Pacific.

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Baptizing children whose parents are not practicing Catholics that a priest cannot lawfully Q. Not long ago you mentioned in your column that a baptize a child unless he has a priest should delay baptism of solidly founded hope that the baby will be raised properly as a a child he knew would not be member of the Catholic faith. raised Catholic. I know of When this hope is lacking, he cases, however, when children should delay the baptism and of divorced-and-remarried Catholics are baptized.

What is the Church's policy? Aren't parents responsible for having their children baptized right after birth? (New ,< Jersey) A. By Church law ""'.',

By Father parents should have John J. Dietzen"; their children baptized "within the first three weeks after birth" explain to the parents why this (Canon 867). The law assumes, is being done (Canon 868). however, that the parents are.

More than once during the practicing Catholics, prepared by their teaching and example to baptism ceremony, Catholic parents proclaim that they raise their children as good accept and believe the faith in Catholic men and women. which the child is baptized, and The same law therefore requires that before or after birth that they plan to give the the parents approach their parish example and teaching necessary for that faith. priest to request the sacrament Under normal circumstances, and to be properly prepared for this promise cannot be made by it. The Church, in fact, insists

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supposedly Catholic parents unless they themselves are faithful to Catholic practice and are not bringing the child for baptism solely out of a sense of family tradition or a vague feeling that "it's the right thing to do."

In other words, the Church is concerned that parents not be placed in the position of making a profession of faith that they do not honestly accept. Thus, the pastor is directed to work with parents who are not yet ready sincerely to profess their faith and assume their baptismal duties, and then decide on a time to administer the sacrament.

These regulations may still surprise some who remember that children of baptized Catholic parents were almost always automatically baptized' Catholics. But, being realistic, we are in a situation different from when the Church routinely baptized these children, regardless of circumstances.

Filing away your fingerprints

Anyone aware of the history of the Church during the past few hundred years knows that by unconditional routine baptisms, first Communions and so on, whole populations of people were left at a seriously inadequate level of Catholic faith. One generation of nonpracticing Catholic parents followed another. Seldom were they expected to deal honestly with their own faith and open themseives and their children to the opportunity to grow toward anything like a full Catholic Christian life.

Several years ago a respected canon lawyer made a point at a meeting of the Canon Law Society ofAmerica. Speaking of the right to baptism and the other sacraments of initiation, he said: "Surely human beings have a right to enter that community and participate in it.

But they have no right to enter it to destroy it.

"The community itself has the right of self-preservation and

growth. It has the right to be what God intends it to be. And this right of the community conditions the right ofindividuals to enter it."

Sometimes divorced-andremarried Catholic parents cannot for some reason have their marriage validated now in the Catholic Church. They practice their faith as much as possible, however, and wish to raise their children Catholic. In such cases it is proper, and not uncommon, for the children to be baptized.

A free brochure on ecumenism, including questions on intercommunion and other ways of sharing worship, is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 5515, Peoria, IL 61612.

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

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Archdiocese of Washington o~s five fingerprint.

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I. . to ink ()ur fingers ("Don't .apply any pressure. I .. . ing systems -scanners - costing $10;000 each. I fJ/4i. tAJ..: I· The: archdiocese prints everyone, including . . I Name: apply the pressure."), it seemed pretty simple .:..:--'-_ _ vohmteers; Last.year, said the article, theyprinted . I . Address: until oUr director told me I had to have my I more than 8,200 people,sent the prints to fingerprinting redone. .

I CI!y= ~-----------"----' Maryland's Criminal Justice Information System" "Your fingerprints .are wearing off," said the I state: _ _ ZIp: Phone: - - ' - - - - - . ran them against state criminal records and dour gentleman when .he returned. '. CacI. Aa.,~ I ,.-J~",..,-J ~ coli- SMpp4 ulJMlJ./.. ... . What? Suddenly I saw the bulgy-eyed littl~ boy forwarded them to the FBI. Our archdiocese in Anchorage complies with QpanU~: _ _ bags at $10 ca... $ _ in the book finding some skin peeling off and legal requirements for printing and background imagining himself stripped to the bone.

Shipping (sec belOw): .. $ checks, according to our chancellor. This includes Can I possibly be losing such a unique part of Total =$--Catholic schoolteachers and those in the social me? services who deal extensively with children.

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Entering seminarians also undergo fingerprinting.

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TeJnl Commandments split~ Court OK§ Texas display, over:rules Kentucky'§)

By PATRICIA ZAPOR

Al h h h d' h .. t oug .e, agree III t e maJonty judgment. that the monument does not WASHINGTON -A Ten Command- violate the Constitution, Breyer drew the the grounds of the line at signing onto Chief Justice Willments monutftent Texas Capitol is permissible under fed- iam Rehnquist's opinion defining why. erallaw, but those in two Kentucky court- "These displays and recognitions of the houses violate the Establishment Clause Ten, Commandments bespeak the rich of the Constitution, the Supreme Court American traditionofreligious.acknowlruled in two narrowly decided opinions. edgments," Rehnquist wrote.

"Of course the Ten Commandments In one five-four ruling, the court said the six-foot granite monument donated are religious," he continued. "They were by the Order of Eagles amid a display of so viewed at their inception and so reother monuments and historical markers main. The monument, therefore, has reon the Texas Capitol's 22-acre grounds ligious significance." is a passive structure that does not vioBut Moses, who presented the Comlate the Establishment Clause. mandments to the Israelites, was "a law. In a second five-four ruling released giver as well as a religious leader," on the last day of the term, however, the Rehnquist said. "The Ten Commandcourt upheld injunctions barring Ten ments have an undeniable historical Commandments displays in. Kentucky's meaning. Simply having religious content McCreary and Pulaski county court- or promoting a message consistent with houses because there was a predomi- a religious doctrine does not run afoul of nantly religious purpose behind their the Establishment Clause." placement.

Joining Souter and Breyer in the maWriting for the majority in the Ken- jority in the Kentucky case, McCreary tucky case, Justice David Souter upheld County v. American Civil Liberties lower courts that found the counties' pur- . Union, were Justices John Paul Stevens, pose in authorizing the displays in 1999 Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader' was religious, and that they were de- Ginsburg.

In the Texas case, Van Orden v. Perry, signed. to be "an 'aCtive symbol. of religiori. (stating) 'the religiou'~dl!tie'sofbe-.Rehnquist and'Breyc;:r were joined by Jus. , ' '."" ··..-tices Antonin,'Scalia', Anthony Kennedy lievers. '" The majority opi~jbn~siid 'the ~()un~ . and Chirence Thomas: ties' past actions do riot taint all' future Dissentingop'i~ions in each case efforts to somehow display the Ten Com- staked out firm areas of disagreement mandments. with the majorities.

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WORKERS PREPARE to remove a Ten Commandments monument from .. the Alabama Judicial Building in Montgomery in this 2003 file photo. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a Ten Commandments monument can be displayed on a state capitol's grounds, but in a separate decision did not allow the posting of framed copies of the Commandments in county courthouses. (CNS photo from Reuters)

A STAINED-GLASS window in a Blackstone, Mass., Catholic church depicts the third luminous mystery of the rosary, the proclamation of the kingdom of God. Orie of'the children in the scene wears a Boston Red Sox jersey and carries a bat and is looking at Jesus. (CNS photo by Tanya Connor, The Catholic·Free Press)

Church"s new.stained-glass windows have to~ary, with 'R~d Sox connection

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BLACKSTONE, Mass. - What do the Boston Red Sox and the luminous mysteries of the rosary have in common?

They both appear in new stained-glass windows in St.. Theresa Church. And they both present teachable moments to parishioners, according to the pastor, Father Dennis J. Rocheford.

The priest said his idea to install stainedglass windows depicting the mysteries of the · rosary was inspired by the windows in a new chapel on Enders Island in Connecticut, where he went on retreat in May 2004. He prayed the rosary in the chapel but at thattime did not know the luminous mysteries by heart The windows at St. Theresa are thought to be the first in the Worcester diocese to illustrate the luminous mysteries.

Last summer Father Rocheford started . workittg with Micha~1 Martino Studios of Framingham to design the windows, and he · got donors involved too, he~aid.

"I'ill'not leaving God out ofthis," he told' The Catholic FreePress, Worcester's diocesan newspaper: "~ prayed every day about what was best ·tochoose." Parishioners · prayed too, he added. ..

New' windows in the parish chapel de..' pict virtues and related sacraments: faith and baptism, Eucharist and confirmation; hope, reconciliation and anointing ofthe sick; love and holy orders; and matrimony.

For the main church, Father Rocheford chose mysteries of the rosary -.Iuminous mysteries on one side of the altar, joyful mysteries on the other - because "our church needs to be a. teaching experience for adults and children.'"

The windows have been blessed by Bishop Robert J. McManus of Worcester.

The luminous mysteries, also called the mysteries oflight, come from the public ministry ofChrist: the baptism in the Jordan, the wedding feast at Cana, the proclamation of

the kingdorri 6t God, the transfiguration and' the institution of the Eucharist.

The windows honor Pope John Paul II, who added the luminous mysteries to the traditional rosary prayers in 2002.

The window of the third 'luminous mystery features Jesus and children, including a boy wearing a Red Sox shirt and holding a bat and glove. The boy, Father Rocheford said, is modeled on his great-nephew.

Asked if his great-nephew is a Red Sox fan, the priest replied, "Oh, everyone's a Red Sox fan - (it's) Red Sox nation." In 2004, .the Red Sox won the World Series for the first time in 86 years.

"You gotta believe. You gotta believe more than the Red Sox. You gotta belieye Christ. The Red Sox player (the child in the window) is looking at Christ," he said.

The girls in that window are modeled on his great-nieces, Father Rocheford said, and John the .Baptist in the window depicting the baptism ofChrist bears a likeness to Red .Sox outfielder Johnny Damon.

The baby Jesus in the nativity winqow is modele.d on Martino's granddaughter, .

Madaley Faith Mitchell. In the window depicting the preseritation of Christ at the teO:tple, the baby resembles his grandson, Jackson LaPointe.

"I even have my chalice in the window of the Last Supper, thinking people would recognize it and kind ofconnect to our Sunday Mass the Last Supper experience," Father Rocheford said.

"In previous generations, a lot of folks couldn't read," he said. "How did the Church teach? Through stained glass."

"This is a wonderful parish," Martino said, marveling at how he used to see 50 people at weekday Masses when he came to work on the windows. Assisting him on the project was NicoliyBurinskiy, an artist who left Ukraine with his family and whatever they could carry. The two have worked together for the last 12 years, Martino said.

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Vatican officiaiiy opens JoRnll1l Paul II canonization proceยงs Cardinal Ruini, the judges and the notaries involved ROME (CNS) - The process to beatify and canonize Pope John Paul II opened June 28 with an evening with the cause took oaths promising to carry out their prayer service attended by cardinals, bishops, lay people assigned tasks in investigating ''the life and virtues" of and representatives of the Ecumenical Orthodox Patri- Pope John Paul, as well as any miracles attributed to his intercession. archate ofConstantinople.

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, They also were asked to swear they would not accept papal vicar ofRome, presided "any type ofgift" meant to inover the ceremonial opening of the Rome diocese's invesfluence their work. tigation into ''the life, virtues Cardinal Ruini read a long and fame of holiness of the biography of Pope John Paul, which, he acknowledged, servant of God, Pope John "could appear superfluous Paul II." given how great and universal He began by thanking knowledge ofhim is and given Pope Benedict XVI for accepting ''the choral and ardent how deep and unanin10us is the conviction of his holiness." pleas raised by the people of The cardinal said that as God" to waive the nomlal archbishop of Krakow under five-year waiting period bethe communist regime, the fore Pope John Paul's cause pope "knew how to unite his could begin. intellectual strength and artisWhile the ceremony was tic genius with a passionate the official beginning of the love for Christ, for the Church process, it was clear much and for men and women." work already had been done.

His 1978-2005 pontificate, Cardinal Ruini had apthe cardinal said, was marked pointed a Polish priest workby a deep love and concern for ing in the Rome tribunal, "humanity wherever it was Msgr. Slawomir Oder, to be threatened," by untiring efforts the postulator of the cause. to promote peace and help the The postulator promotes poor, and by an unwavering the cause by identifying witcall to defend every human life nesses to testify about the and the traditional family. candidate's life and holiness, "At the root ofall this untircollecting the candidate's ITALIAN TENOR Andrea Bocelli performs as Pope Beneing apostolic activity, there dict XVI listens during the first "Party for the Pope" at the writings, compiling his biogclearly was the intensity and Vatican June 28. A choir from Ivory Coast also performed a raphy, gathering evidence that profundity ofthe prayerofJohn he has a widespread reputasong and dance number for the pope. (CNS photo from Paul II - which many of us tion for holiness and looking witnessed directly - that inti- Reuters) into claims by the faithful that mate union with God that acthey were healed through his PILGRIMS WALK under a poster of companied him from his childintercession.

During the opening cer- Pope John Paul II in Czestochowa, Po- hood to the end of his earthly emony at the Basilica of St. land, June 28. The same day, the Vati- existence," Cardinal Ruini John Lateran, Rome's cathe- can formally opened the process of be- said.

The cardinal prayed that dral, Msgr. Oder presented atification and canonization for the late

By CINDY WOODEN No one could fulfill the task God would help the process to Cardinal Ruini with a list of pope. (CNS photo from Reuters) CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE just on the strength of his own beatify and canonize Pope some 100 people who wil1 be VATICAN CITY - A hymn character, Pope Benedict said. called to testify about their knowledge of Pope John John Paul reach its conclusion soon.

In an published interview, Avvenire, the Italian sung by tenor Andrea Bocelli, a Faith in Jesus and prayer are Paul.

While "reserving the right to present other witnesses," Catholic daily, asked Msgr. Oder about a rumor prayer recited by an Italian actor needed, he said.

When members of the Church Msgr. Oder formally vowed not to "say or do anything that Pope John Paul could be canonized without and a song and dance number perpray for the pope, act in unity with formed by a choir from Ivory first being beatified. directly or indirectly that would offend justice or limit "At this point, Ican say only that that is a pious hope;'" Coast marked the first "Party for him and follow his teaching, the the freedom of the witnesses; I swear, fmally, to mainentire Church benefits, the pope tain the secrets to which those having a part in this cause Msgr. Oder answered. "Our technical approach is the the ~ope" at the Vatican. said.

-Benedict XVI appeared Pope 'normal' one," working first toward beatification. are held."

The gathering focused particu"But, certainly, the competency belongs to the Holy to enjoy the performances and the One of those secrets is the identity of the people on the list, although Msgr. Oder told Catholic News Ser- Father, and he could decide what he wants," the monsi- . repe.ated chants of the crowd, larly on the role of the pope as "Viva it papa" (Long live the "messenger of peace." gnorSaid. vice earlier that not all the witnesses are Catholics.

Pope Benedict said, "The pope).

He joined an estimated 7,000 Church's commitment to peace is people in the Vatican audience primarily of a spiritual nature."

When people are educated to hall in applauding Bocelli, and he know God as their creator and left his seat to greet the singer.

The celebration June 28 - the Jesus as their savior, he said, there eve of the feast of SS. Peter and is an automatic response of proPaul, the papacy's patron saints- moting peace and reconciliation.

The pope said he wanted "to was organized by the religious orders and lay movements pay homage to the many silent peacemakers who, through their founded by St. Luigi Orione.

In his talk to the group, Pope witness and sacrifices, work to Benedict said people could won- promote dialogue among people, der how St. Peter could be called to overcome every kind of con"the rock" on which Christ built flict and division, and to make our his Church when Peter denied earth a land of peace and brothereven knowing Jesus after his ar- hood for all people."

Pope Benedict asked each rest.

But "rock" does not refer to Catholic to contribute to peace in St. Peter's "personal solidity," the world by defending the digthe pope said. "It is a title not of nity ofothers, defending the value merit, but of service, defining a of human life and working to proNUNS CLAP during a ceremony opening the cause for beatification and canonization for call and a charge that have a di- mote reconciliation in their families and communities. vine origin."

Pope John Paul II in Rome. (CNS photo from Reuters)

Pope Benedict honored at party on eve of feast day

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.Opus Dei official says 'Da Vinci Code' offers chance to discuss faith By

DEBORAH GYAPONG

right now, in this office. I have to be very actively forming OTTAWA ~ Despite the bonds with the people around negative publicity about Opus me, getting into their lives,' and Dei in Dan Brown's best-seller, little by little allowing the Lord "The Da Vinci Code," the head to work through me to bring of Opus Dei in Canada said_ he them closer to him, ", Msgr.

Dolan said. sees an opportunity.

Brown's book, due as a At a Mass in Ottawa celebrating the feast of St. Josemaria movie in 2006, has sold more Escriva de Balaguer, who than 25 million copies worldfounded Opus Dei in 1928, wide and revives conspiracy Msgr. FrederIck Dolan, vicar of theories long ago proven to be Opus' Dei in Canada, said he hoaxes.

The novel says that Jesus sees the bad publicity as an opportunity to get people's atten- married Mary Magdalene, producing offspring whose descention.

"Now is the chance to edu- dents are living today and that cate them about Christianity and the Catholic Church suppressed the divinity of Christ, to go way this truth and substituted, with help ,of Emperor beyond the surface of things the TOM CRUISE stars as Ray Ferrier, a man trying to protect his family during an alien with regard to the Church and Constantine, the idea that Jesus attack in Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" based on the,novel by H.G. Wells. For a with regard to Opus Dei," Msgr. was the Son of God. brief review of this film, see CNS Movie Capsules below. (CNS photo from DreamWorks) The novel's assassin is an Dolan said.

St. ~scriva encouraged lay Opus Dei member who takes litpeople to respond to a call to ho- erally the call to mortify the (and let's hope final) chapter in gnant, transcending the someliness where they were, sancti- flesh. director George A. Romero's times physical drabness of the' "Corporal mortification .and fying their work to God, withpulp zombil;? saga set in an urban public school setting. out having to join a religious the spirit of sacrifice have been apocalyptic near-future where Overall positive themes of good order or the clergy, and Msgr. in the Church forever," Msgr. what is left of humanity is holed sportsmanship and the power of Dolan said that was a revolu- Dolan said. "Christ didn't say if up in a in a class-divided, forti- the arts to improve one's life, you will be my follower, you tionary idea in 1928. fied city lorded over by a ruth- though with some suggestive He. said St. Escrivahad a vi- will play bingo once a week. He less opportunist (Dennis Hop-' movements and mature thesion oflay spirituality that called said 'take up my cross and folper) and besieged by an .army matic elements. The USCCB everyone to lead holy lives, to low me.'" of newly',sentient' undead,. with Officefof Film,& -S1iO.adcas,ting 'Msgr. Dolan said Opus Dei offer themselves as living sacrionly a band of mercenaries classification is A-II - adults fices, and to become involved in encourages people to develop (Simon BaKer and, John and adolescents. The Motion evangelization and the "reshap- that spirit of sacrifice through NEW YORK (CNS) - The Leguizamo) standing between Picture Association of America ing of society according to small acts, such as sitting up following are capsule reviews survival and total rating is PG - parental guidstraight instead of slouching or of movies recently reviewed by zombification. While the zorn- . ance suggested.

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"We spend a lot of time help- pet:haps taking a little bit less of the Office for Film & Broad- bies have "evolved," the campy "War of the Worlds" ing people to become more and a favorite food. casting of the U.S. Conference horror franchise remains a (Paramount) He said Opus Dei also gives of Catholic Bishops. more conscious of the fact that smor-gores-bord of stomach, Impressive but distressingly where they are on a daily basis members spiritual formation and "Bewitched" (Columbia) churning mayhem, despite pre- violent updating ofH.G. Wells' in the midst oftheir work, wher- encourages spiritual' disciplines Amiable retread of the 1960s tensions of social satire. Perva- classic sci-fi story, about (in ever it is, they have to shift from such as frequent attendance at sitcom, as a washed-up movie sive bloody violence and gore, this version) a deadbeat dad a certain passivity and say 'Wait Mass, regular prayer and confes- actor (Will Ferrell) decides to including graphic dismember- (Tom Cruise) who is jolted into a minute, I have to do something sIOn. revive the series (and his ca- ment and cannibalism, some responsible parenthood when reer), casting an unknown' sexual content with brief partial he must struggle to survive and (Nicole Kidman) to play his nudity, some drug content, a keep his two children (Justin wife, not realizing she's an ac-' same-sex kiss, recurring rough Chatwin and Dakota Fanning) perso~el ~ tual witch, leading to romantic and crude language, as well as safe amid a hostile invasion by complications. Writer-director . some profanity. The USCCB space aliens bent on extermiCHESTNUT -HiLL; Mass. or in Vete~aIis Affairs hospitals. Nora Ephron's comedy is more. Office for Film & Broadcasting nating humanity. Directed by , (CNS),:~A Bostop:(::ollege JeIn a news 'release about the pleasantly amusing thanotit-: classification is 0 .~ morally , Steven Spielberg, the decidedly' · suit; Fa'ther DanieJ~::Sweeney". prayer book.,~}titled "Armed ," right hilarious, but the mercu-. offensive. The MotIon Picture dark and scary thrill ride delivha,~ .~q,fi.ipiled :a,:'p;~cket-si:z,~, W~th,th~' Fa~t~r::'A Catholic Jjal Kidman .is a total delight, : Association of America' rating ers edge~~f.:your.~seat.excite·bookjj( prayer~'.#if~:;:c.atechi~in , HandbqoJ,< for. Mili~ary Person:.Perr'eli: ·h.as ,some brightmo- ' .is.R ~ nistricte'd: . ':,,:", . ' m~nt and. knocKout actio,il se·less6~~~.specificalJYd(j,rmen,~Il,d: . nel," .'Fathet:.. ~~eeney sa,id he 'ments, andtitere are felicito.us ." .' "Ma~.HotBant90m~ . . ,quences~',which though vis~ally . · w<?rn~n; serving, iJq.~~,;:military: '.: .' hoped:th~,b()oI<:":~,iI': meet de-t~rns\,'by'.M i,c hae l' Caine;,: : ':' :,,(para'inoll-"t..<;:).as~iCs), ' ',stuiming ne:ver, drowri~ out th~ · Tljt~4-pag'e,,;Sfl!Jerp'roo( :mand llmc;mg)n.ilit.l;lrypersonnel~hirtey Mac,Laine and 'Carole . ,.'. Gene~allyappealipidocu- human' drama at it~ cO,re about ~, b09klet,"desig~e,d)§:.fi.tiij t~e .to bettertllid¢.~~~#<l··Jhe teach- .Sh~lley;··as' weU:a's a positive' .mentary a,bout' eihriidllly di-' a fathertiyiiig to reqo'nneetwith .: pockt((oJ a ba~tre!"dh:ss·~n,i- .. ings 'Ilnd:tradHions!5fthe Catho- ~e~·sagea6.-qut, honesty-and ,:V~rse.New:Yor]( qjty'elemen- , his children: Intense sci~fi vio- ' · form,.i.~ ,a,ctually ~n)'ts_:thirdedi-, _ lic fait4:in ('ltl'.ininer:that di- ft:iendshii':Some ctudeexpies-' ',·tary,school students:competing ience, incl~ding m~ss' destruc-' · tion, It'is bt(ing~r~#;ibutedf~ee, :re~tlya.ddre~$e'ftp~,reaJitiesofi;ions,sexuar humor and innu- in citywide AmeriCan Ballroorn tjon and slaughter, disintegrated., ofthatge by theJ<J,ijgpts ofCo- . m.ilitarylife/ ~'.;<. . endo, c'art6ohish ",vitchcraft'el- . Theat~r's ."Dancing 'Class- . bodies, a murder withextenulumbus in conj~n~iiqnwiththe " ", The·.book includes prayers,enients and partial ,blurred nu- rooms" program; focusing on ating Circumstances, child peril, U~S. Archdioces~ for the Mili- . devotions, sacramen,taltheology, dity 'makethis best for adults' the intense rehearsals leading as well as scattered crude lancatechetical itlformation and and perhaps older adolescents. ·up to the finals,. which bring guage and profanity. The tary Services.··..-,.

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"It's a tremendous responsibil- ground," Father Landry com~ ity being the executive editor. But mented. "But eventually it was there is great joy that whenever founded and has made great there is this kind of responsibility progress."

The great importance of that in the Church there is also God's grace to help one fulfill those ob- study time for Father Landry, "was, that I learned a ton about ligations," he said.

With a smile, he added, "so I'm taking the message of the Gospel looking to an infusion of grace, and bringing it down to meet the not only because of the assign- modern challenges here in ment here at diocesan newspaper, America. It is the same kind of a which runs itselfpretty smoothly, thing a Catholic newspaper needs, but also as the youngest pastor in to be able to translate and make the diocese at one of the largest sense of the Church's teaching and how it is in accord or discord parishes in the diocese."

At age 35, and having been with modern events."

He said that when that message ordained only since 1999, it is a bit intimidating, he said. "But with of hope is -made accessible to God's grace all things are pos- people, "we find that people's hearts start to become alive. sible."

"I've always enjoyed talking Father Landry succeeds Msgr.

John F. Moore, who has been as- and writing," he said. "I think the sociated with the newspaper since faith is the greatest gift man has re1967, for the past 28 years as an ceived. Like St. Paul says, 'woe to me ifI don't preach the Gospel. '" editor.

He feels a special camaraderie The new editor says he is beginning to realize that God's plan with Paul "who initially preached for him has placed him in times the Gospel orally, but later was and experiences - some rather asked by God to put that oral Gosstormy - conducive to not only pel into writing in all his letters." _ Father Landry said that since the pastorate, but also to being an editor and writing and managing writing his op-ed piece "Putting Into The Deep" several months a weekly newspaper.

One of those occurred after ago, he's discovered that God has ordination when he was sent to helped him to hone the message Rome to study marriage and fam- by forcing him to write it in a more ily at the John Paul II Institute, the concise way.

He added, "Not only will it - first in the world to help priests and lay people serve families make me a better editor, a better priest and better speaker, but it throughout the world better.

The program was due to be will also allow me to show the launched on May 13, 1981 - the great enthusiasm I have for God same day that Pope John Paul II and the faith and share it with a wider audience." was shot by an assailant.

And while he is new to The "You can see that the devil didn't want the work to get offthe . Anchor, he is not new to meeting

deadlines, defending opinions and weathering the frequent attacks writers and newsman experience.

His journalistic baptism offire came when he was a sophomore at Harvard in 1988.

The Catholic Church was not much respected at the crimson on the Charles, he said, so he and several friends, founded a magazine Peninsula.

"We called it that because although we felt surrounded on three sides by rough seas, we were still attached to the mainland, the core, of what was good about people. In our stories we tried to explain the Church's social teachings without ever referencing the fact that it was Catholic. It was just the common sense arguments people would use Saturday mornings at the corner near the barbershop or at the supermarket. We passed on the truths of the faith on the most controversial issues of the day."

He said it taught him how to meet people where they were at.

"I had just come from the small community of Lowell, a very Catholic city. At Harvard I met persuasive proponents ofabortion and homosexuality. I discoveredthat when people didn't under~tand as much as I thought they did, but how much against those issues many were, it was obvious 路that what they needed was the Gospel to set them free."

The collegiate writers found much opposition.

-"Once, when we did a 56- page double issue on homosexuality, I had my picture pasted around campus and people were urged to insult me. There were even some death threats on my answering machine. My identical twin

brother, a classmate ofmine, also. received derision as a result. It made me realize I had a deep faith" During a subsequent interview with the Boston Globe, the college student made it clear that he would not be intimidated from preaching the Gospel. "I guess it came from reading St. Paul and watching Pope John Paul II in and out of season preach the Gospel in front ofFidel Castro, the Sadinistas, and those in his native Poland.".

And so the seeds were sown.

"The great mission of the Catholic newspaper is not only to cover the news, bilt to show the real meaning in the context ofwho we are, why we're here, and where God wants us to go," Father Landry asserted.

One of the great gifts here in Southeastern Massachusetts is that there is a great heritage of faith, he said.

"But those seeds need constantly to be watered; there is a need for us to dig furrows so that they will grow. And The Anchor. is one of those tools that God has here in his arsenal in the local Church of Fall River, so that we might be able to create the context in which God's word is ever able to be more fruitful."

One of the things Father Landry looks to do in his tenlJre as editor is for the newspaper to become a greater symbol and agent of diocesan unity, of what

is going on.

"In the practice ofthe faith, the good things people do becomes contagious for others. I hope in covering the news to bring in some of the people already doing good work, to write occasional articles for our newspaper.

"It means that their good work, with God's help, will become a standard to which all other honest men and women in the diocese, can identify."

One of the difficult missions for the diocesan newspaper, is trying to become all things to all readers. We strive to do that, but we can't always do it well within our 16 pages."

He made it clear that The Anchor "is the newspaper of the people -of the diocese. Sure, Bishop Coleman路is the publisher.

But people should be able to participate in the newspaper's mission as much as ~ey'd like to. I want to make it as accessible as possible, so that good works being done in the diocese will shine to the glory of God the Father.': Calling attention to the digital age of computers, the Internet and Websites, Father Landry said he hopes that even as that broadens, "we too, through The Anchor, can advance Jesus' agenda, the Gospel, and that we need to mesh with making this information so readily available that everyone can proclaim the Gospel in their own local situations."

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years. They have supported us the region.

Her role as the local Church's in the Apostolate in so many vibrant spokesperson for Pro- ways ... spiritually as well as on Life has taken her into the the job."

Her first move is to "ask for trenches of the battle against abortion in the wake of the 1972 a lot of prayers to continue our Roe v. Wade decision legalizing professional presentation of our the murder of infants in the ministry to and on behalf of the diocese, and we hope to do womb. .

It has also sent her as the em- that."

Her priority or principal duty issary to schools, parishes, religious education classrooms, and as director, she said, "wiU be foon peaceful demonstrations with cusing on the effective proad].llts and young people in Bos- grams, pastoral, spiritual and ton and Washington, D.C. on be- , educational we have developed half of mothers as well as chil- over the years and striving to ensure they remain of the same dren.

So when Bishop George W. high caliber. Our commitment is Coleman appointed Desrosiers to rebuild the culture of life, in as the director of the Pro-Life all its facets, and to bring that Apostolate effective July 1, it message to all people, especially the young." came as no surprise.

It is a job and ministry and She had been named assistant to the director of the Apostolate mission she said she could not in 1993 by Bishop Sean P. have 'done "without the outO'Malley, OFM Cap. That fol- standing and continued support l<;>wed her inspirational keynote .and sacrifice of my husband, Joaddress at the Catholic Charities seph, to whom I have been married for 31 years, as well as the Appeal kickoff in 1992.

The mantle of acting director support given me by my chilcame from Bishop Coleman in dren."

The couple has three sons, 2004.

"Yes, I'm in the driver's seat, Lee, Stephen, and Joseph who so to speak, and I'm most grate- is married.' A daughter, Kara, is ful to the bishop for the vote 'of also married and it is her daughconfidence he's placed in me," ter, Ella, who has made Marian Desrosiers said in a recent inter- and Joe grandparents.

But it was the death of a son, view at The Anchor. "But I realize it's a position I can carry out Marc E. Desrosiers in 1980, and only with the continued coop- a daughter, Mary E. Desrosiers eration of the many volunteers in 1986, that found the new diI've had at my side over the rector of the Apostolate contem-

plating the gift of life in a new way, she recalled.

"I can trace my start - very personally - in the Pro-Life ministry to 1980 and the loss of our third child, Marc E., a threeday-old," Desrosiers said. "It transitioned our lives deeply. It made us stop as a family and put our heads to our hearts. We knew then that we fully understood that it is people that matter; the gift of human life. It taught my husband and I to realize that children, whether alive in or outside the womb, can change life in a very powerful way. I looked into the Pro-Life movement and felt a call to be involved."

She said that Bishop Coleman, who, at that time was their pastor at Corpus Christi Parish in Sandwich, encouraged the Desrosiers to become affiliated with Birthright, which reaches out to women in crisis pregnanCIes. "I trained with Birthright and became a public speaker for them," Desrosiers explained.

"Later I was asked by then Father Coleman to establish the first parish Pro-Life Committee and I did."

Looking ahead, Desrosier:s said the Pro-Life mission will always be "one to speak out on behalf of and in defense of the unborn. They are the weakest of all the victims, and we number their deaths from abortion at from 3,500 to 4,000 a day.. Of great importance then is educating people on the facts and on

issues."

One of those that outreaches is Project Rachel. "It sets a tone for the Pro-Life Apostolate," Desrosiers asserted. "It is a ministry which does not condemn, but offers compassion. It offers an outreach of reconciliation and healing to post abortive women or anyone, including families, involved in the tragedy of abortion At the center of the mission' is getting people to know and re- . alize about the dignity of human life, she said.

"We talk about all the life issues that begin at natural conception and end at natural death; issues such as the evils of embryonic stem-cell research; endof-life and the death penalty as' well. And in presenting all this, we show that there is a consiste'ncy in the Pro-Life approach, that happily, once one realizes what the Church's position is, one appreciates what is it is handing out."

Other fac,ets of the teaching mission include chastity and sexuality.

For Desrosiers, it means presentations and talks in diocesan schools and parishes on a regular basis. There is the prison ministry outreach. She is often called to speak on Pro-Life issues at religious education classes. At those, she said, comes the opportunity to talk to those who are not students in , Catholic schools and who might not be hearing the issues on a 'regular pasis.

"I am called to the CCD classes so often that I could be out every night of the week," Desrosiers said. "I hope to find others knowledgeable in ProLife that could help further the' number of presentations."

Her many duties include having led hundreds of adults, students and young people at the annual Diocesan March for Life with the bishop in Washington, D.C., as well as the annual Respect Life Walk for Mothers and Children in Boston; conducting annual Essay Contes'ts; chairing the Committee of Life Athletes Curriculum Development for diocesan schools and parishes; being executive director to the local board of the Order of Malta in conjunction with the Catholic Teaching on Morality and Sexuality Seminar; serving on the d;ocesan Educational Curriculum Board; and traveling throughout the region addressing teens and parents on a variety of chastity and life issues.

How in that busyness she managed to co-author "The Book of Innocents," published by the U. C. Confe'rence of Catholic Bishops in 2003, is more than amazing.

Not one to rest on programs already in place, Desrosiers will host a meeting of regional directors of the Pro-Life officers in the several New England States in September.

"This will not only offer us a new look at things we are doing, but unite us in the effort as never before," Desrosiers commented.

High court to hear death penalty, clinic protest cases WASI-llNGTON (CNS) - The Supreme Court announced it would' hear an appeal next term about DNA evidence in a death penalty case and that it would for the third time look into a racketeering case against abortion clinic protesters.

The court also let stand a handful of rulings that restricted religious displays at public schools and in a courtroom in Ohio and governed how a South Carolina town council prays at the start of its meetings.

Action on those cases apparently was p~nding until the court handed down rulings earlier in two cases involving displays of the Ten Commandments in Kentucky courthouses and on the grounds of the Texas Capitol.

The death penalty case involves an inmate on Tennessee's death row . who is trying to be exonerated or at least win a new trial at which he can present DNA results and otherevidence not available at the time ofhis conviction for a 1985 murder.

Paul Gregory House was convicted ofraping and killing Carolyn Muncey in Union City, Tenn. Since his' conviction, aDNA test has shown that semen found on her nightgown matched the DNA of her husband, , Hubert Muncey, not House.

But the IS-judge 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted eight to seven in October to keep House on

death row. Six ofthe appellatejudges voted to free him and a seventh called fot a new trial.'The majority opinion said evidence against House that was not, repudiated included evidence that he lied to investigators and that he had marks on his body that his girlfriend said she did not remember seeing before his arrest.

House's supporters say that without the now-discredited evidence the prosecution's Gl:\se against him would never have led to a conviction. , Also added to the docket for the term that begins in October ,is the court's third foray into the National Organization for Women's elass action racketeering lawsuit against Operation Rescue and the Pro-Life Action League. Since 1986 NOW and abortion providers have sought to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO, to stop anti-abortion protests at clinics,' saying they should be looked at as organized crime.

Among those who encouraged the court to take the case were attorneys general of eight states and a coalition of activists that includes actor Martin Sheen and Jesuit Father Daniel Berrigan, who l1ave been arrested for their civic protests; Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty; People for the Ethical Treatment ofAnimals; the Team-

sters; and the International Brotherhood ofElectrical Workers. .

The court also declined to hear appeals in cases involving religious displays by public entities. In a separate five-four ruling, the court said a Ten Commandments路 monument on the grounds ofthe Texas Capitol is constitutionally permissible. The majority noted that the Texas display's history and its placement among other monuments on the 22acre property are less divisively religious and more in keeping with recognizing the country's legal and religious heritage.

Without comment, the orders let these lower court rulings stand: - The 6th Circuit ordered Richland County Common Pleas Judge James DeWeese to remove a poster of the Ten Commandments from his Ohio courtroom.

- The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the town council ofGreat Falls, S.c., should be barred from using the name Jesus inprayei-s at the start ofits meetings. The court said the prayers favored one religious denomination. .

- The 6th Circuit said framed copies of the Teq Commandments posted in schools in Harlan County, Ky., and Ten Commandments stone monuments at public high schools inAdams County, Ohio, would have to be removed.

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We thankyou for having graced the church with Pope John Paul IT and for allowing the tendeiness ofyour fatherly care, the glory of the路cross of Christ, and the splendor of the Holy Spirit to shine through him.

Trusting fully in your infinite mercy and in the maternal intercession of Mary, he has given us a living image ofJesus the GoodShepherd, and has shown us that holiness the necessary measure ofordinary Christian life and is the way ofachieving e~ernal communion with you.

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Bishop says Catholic theological views differ from Rev. Graham's

By TRACY EARLY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE BROOKLYN, N.V. - Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of Brooklyn extended a warm welcome to the Rev. Billy Graham, the Southern Baptist evangelist, when he came to New York for a series of evangelistic services last week.

"As a fellow Christian, I pray that the Lord will continue to bless him in his ministry to preach the Gospel to all who are willing to listen," the bishop said in his weekly column in the diocesan newspaper, The Tablet.

However, Bishop DiMarzio noted that Rev. Graham, while praising Pope John Paul II in a recent interview, had himself pointed out that his theology differed sign.ificantly from that ofthe Catholic Church.

"These differences are important to understand, especially for those who may have chosen to attend any ofDr. Graham's talks," the bishop said.

The Greater New York Billy Graham Crusade was held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park" which is in the borough of Queens, part of the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Bishop DiMarzio said he expected that a number ofCatholics

would attend the crusade services, and pointed out that Rev. Graham encouraged those Church memb~rs making personal commitments at the services to return to their parishes for further pastoral care.

Expressing gratitude that the Graham organization had agreed to pass along information about Catholics to the diocese, Bishop DiMarzio said "plans are already 'under way by the Vicariate for Evangelization and Pastoral Life to provide follow-up pastoral care."

"Special listening sessions, local revival missions and Catholic evangelization prayer services will' be held throughout the diocese in the fall for all who wish to attend, especially those who attended the crusade,~' he said.

Cardinal Edward M. Egan of New York declined a request from the Graham organization that the Archdiocese ofNew York provide priests to counsel Catholics who participated in the crusade, the cardinal's spokesman said, Joseph Zwilling said the priests were busy with special activities related to the Year of the Eucharist, and Cardinal Egan did not want to ask them to take on additional duties.

The Graham organization, working with a New York crusade budget of$6.8 million and a paid staff of 30 based in Manhattan offices, reported enlisting the support of more than 1,400 congregations of more than 70 denominations in the area. Several thousand counselors, ushers and other workers were also enlisted and trained.

Now 86, Rev. Graham is beset by numerous ailments, and organizers of the New York crusade provided a pulpit that would allow him to sit while. preaching.

But it turned out he was able to stand for his sermons. It was expected to be the last crusade appearance in New Yo~k for the man who has traveled all over the world preaching his characteristic message since his .ordination in 1939.

Explaining differences between Protestant evangelical theology and Catholic theology, Bishop DiMarzio said Protestants generally considered human nature "essentially corrupt," and believed salvation was possible only if the individual made "a personal choice to accept Christ in your heart as savior and embrace his offer of salvation that comes principally through the Scriptures."

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the earliest Christian saints and lowed the same basic format - a NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The thinkers, he said. psalm, a Scripture reading and a study of Scripture "is the very soul "This wholesome practice of proposal for meditation "followed of theology," University of Notre praying with the Scriptures is en- by 15 minutes ofabsolute silence."

Dame theologian Lawrence S. joined on priests, but increasingly "Good Jesuit that he was, MarCunningham told a group of U.S. . in our own time the use of Scrip- tini added some suggested steps bishops at a mid-June conference ture in pray~r has become an im- beyond the simple reading, mediat Notre Dame. . portant and frequent part of the de- tation and contemplation: consolaMore than 50 bishops attended votional life of all Catholics," he tion to seek a 'taste' for God; disthe conference, which preceded said. . cernment to seek what calls us to their annual spring meeting in ChiMany people do so on their own, be or do; deliberation to choose cago. he said, "but there are also imagi- what discernment tells; and, fmally, The conference, open to bishops native ways of linking the practice action in everyday life," he said. only, marked the 40th anniversary to community practices."

He said the cardinal, a renowned "Perhaps no single person has ' Bible'scholar steeped in Jesuit spiriof "Dei Verbum" ("the word of God"), the Second Vatican Coun- developed the practice of'lectio' as tuality, "had obvious gifts to make cil document on divine revelation. a pastoral strategy with greater ef- this project the success that it was."

It was co-sponsored by the univer- fectiveness than Cardinal Carlo However, he added, "it' also sity and the bishops' Committee on Maria Martini during his years as seems obvious that any bishop ...

Doctrine and featured about 10 archbishop of Milan," he said. could adapt, at more modest levels, theologians and Scripture scholars "Martini had a multipronged strat- strategies more suited to his particuas speakers. Their prepared texts egy to develop'lectio' as an instru- lar setting." were later made available to Catho- ment ofpastoral enrichment.

He said a practice of group lic News Service.

"First, earlier in his episcopacy "lectio" with priests could enhance Cunningham, who spoke about he linked all the religious commu- their sense ofcommunity and lead the importance ofreading and pray- nities withln his diocese - with to better homilies. Small parish ing with the Bible and meditating their cooperation - in a set time groups, ecumenical Bible study on it, suggested that bishops in their for praying the Scriptures which he groups, or groups of people who own dioceses could imitate the ex- led via diocesan radio once a week. are involved in the same apostolate ample of Cardinal Carlo Maria Later he set up small communities or ministry could find deeper Martini, the now retired archbishop of lay people - especially young bonds through shared reading and ofMilan, Italy, whose weekly Scrip- people - who would meet for meditation on the Scriptures, he ture prayer sessions reached thou- weekly prayer which he would 'at- said. tend' via his ever-increasing radio The final chapter of "Dei Versands of young adult Catholics.

"Dei Verbum" reintroduced presence," Cunningham said. "This bUff/," on the place of Scripture in Catholics to the ancient tradition of 'radio link' was developed after the the life of the Church, "provides a '.'lectio sacra," or sacred reading of路 number of people who came to the , fundamental matrix which, properly Scripture, Cunningham said. "The cathedral for' lectio' increased from understood, overcomes gaps bepractice of reading (Scripture) in 500 in 1980 to 3,000 less than a tween liturgy and private prayer, order to pray and then to rest qui- decade later and, then, groups contemplation and action, private etly in the quiet prayer of the pres- which amounted to around 15,000." . and coinmunal spiritual practice," ence ofGod" goes back to some of He said the cardinal always fol- he said.

Catholics, the bishop said, believe human natUre, though damaged by sin, remains "essentially good," and ti).e grace given in baptism "allows us, through the gift of faith and our good works, to . cooperate with the gift of salvation that can come only from Christ." .

Bishop DiMarzio said Catho-

lics also believed that they were "intimately connected to the Lord precisely through membership in the Church that is Christ's enduring and living presence in the world."

God's grace enables them to make a commitment not just once but "countless times every day," he said.

In honor of Sister L,ucia dos Santos, seer of Fatima, who died February 13,2005, age 97.

Lucia pray for us. '

St. Anne's Prayer "Good St. Anne, Mother of-Mary, and Grandmother of Jesus, Intercede for me and my petitions. Amen." . PRACTICE THE DEVOTION OF THE FIRST SATURDAYS, AS REQUESTED BY OUR LADY OF FATIMA

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

In a spirit of reparation, the above conditions are each to be preceded by the words: "In reparation for the offenses 'committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

Confessions may be made during 8 days before or after the first Saturday, and Holy Communion may be received at either the morning or evening Mass on the first Saturday.

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SSe Peter and Paul School h'osts author FALL RIVER - SS. Peter and Paul School recently gave a boost to parents when they welcomed author John Reardon for a. talk entitled "Raising Children and Having Fun." Topics for the evening included teaching children to be responsible for their behavior, learning to avoid power struggles and how to have better communication between home and school.

In his book, "Diamonds Will Sparkle," Reardon says, "children are often 'diamonds in the rough. 'With the proper love and treatment, they can grow to shine with unlimited possibilities."

Reardon is also the author of

HOLY FAMILY alumnus Superior Court Judge Frances Mcintyre spoke with second-graders on Law bay, held recently at Holy Family-Holy Name School, New Bedford. She talked about many aspects of the law. and her job.as a judge. .

"All-Star Dads." In this book, he gives advice on how to make life with your children more fun.

Anecdotes and recollections from Major League baseball players are told to give the parents a new slant on parenting skills.

Reardon has 36 years of experience in education. He offered practical' advice wi th solutions for various parenting and classroom situations as well as inspirational stories.

"We all know that putting parenting first is hard to do in a world with so many competing demands," said Principal Kathy Burt. "It was an enjoyable and informative evening for parents and it ha.d a lot of good advice."

Feehan grad receives national 'French award

ATTLEBORO - Matthew Hall, a 2005 graduate of Bishop Feehan High School, has received an Outstanding High School Senior in French Award from the American Association of Teachers of French.

This award is given annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in the study of French as well as exceptional commitment to the French language and the many cultures where it is spoken.

Hall is the son of Joseph and Marie Hall of Holden Street, Attleboro.

Recipients of the award must have completed at least three years of French by their graduLATIN CLASSES from Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, recently attended Clas- ation and be non-native speaksics Day at Holy Cross College in Worcester. The annual event included academic costume . ers of French. Hall has studied contests and a chariot race. From left are Michael DeSousa, Adam Mark, Chase Ferry, French at Bishop Feehan for four years. He has competed in Jeffrey DeSousa, J.T. Buckley.

the National French Contest; was an officer of the French Honor Society; and has participated in various National French Week activities.

MATTHEW HALL

AS PART of the Food N Friends program through St. John the Evangelist Parish in Attleboro, EIGHTH路GRADERSat Our Lady of Mount Carmel School the school's seventh-grade students and families assisted in the monthly soup kitchen held at the United Centennial Methodist Church. They assisted in all aspects of the meal including hospitality. in New Bedford pose with a life size poster of the late Pope Under the direction of Sheila Kesse and Kenny Nado, a delicious ham dinner with all the fixings . John Paul II that was displayed in the foyer of the school. was served. Meg Keenan, director of religious education for the parish, overse~s the program.

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Restarting a relationship

By CHARLIE MARTIN -

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Distant faces with no ,This summer's album will be their place left to go first studio recording since "Black Without you within me I can't and Blue" in 2000. find no rest "Incomplete" is reminiscent of Where I'm going is the better ballads from their anybody's guess previous work. The song presents a Refrain: guy's reflection on a recent I've tried to go on like I never separation from his girlfriend. knew you Apparently, neither ofthem is I'm awake but my world happy with the decision. For him, is half asleep .

STUDENTS PARTICIPATE in a computer-aided Failure I pray for this heart to be unbroken Free Reading program at Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian School in Washington, D.C., recently. The activities emphasize in- ' But without you all I'm going to ,be is incomplete creasing vocabulary. The school also encourages summer reading with an open library and incentive-based program. Voices tell me I should carry on But I am swimming in an (CNS photo by Nancy Wiechec) ocean all alone Baby, my baby It's written on your face You still wonder if we made a big mistake (Repeat refrain.)

I don't mean to drag it on, but I WASHINGTON (CNS) also be more than 20,000 voluncan't seem to let you go More than 23,000 U.S. pilgrims teers. will be joining 70 U.S. bishops at I don't wanna make you face The World Youth Day program this world alone World Youth Day in Cologne, includes Masses, a welcome by "I've tried to go on like I never Germany, August 16-21.

I wanna let you go (alone) knew you. But without you all I'm the pope, vigils and a closing Pope Benedict XVI will attend Mass. There also will be morning ~ (Repeat refrain.) going to be is incomplete."

Further, when he sees his exthe event on what is expected to catechetical sessions, a pilgrimage Sung by Backstreet Boys girlfriend he says, "It's written on to the cathedral in Cologne, a Album: Never Gone be his first foreign trip as pope. your face, you still wonder ifwe In the United States, 833 groups youth festival and other activities (c) 2005 by Jive Records have signed up to participate, rep- planned by local groups.

To say the least, I was surprised. made a big mistake." resenting nearly all U.S. states and Given their mutual hurt, maybe An estimated 5,000 U.S. young I thought all the 1990s ''boy 81 percent of dioceses and people will participate in the dioc- bands" had dissolved into pop/rock it's time to reconsider. I would eparchies in the United States, ac- esan Days ofEncounter in Cologne history. Then, the radio DJ suggest that they begin a new cording to a news release from the August 11-15. During this session announced that "next up" was conversation around these U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bish- the youths will' attend Mass and Backstreet Boy's first release in questions: What were the real issues and ops. An additional300,000 young prayer services and also enjoy lo- several years. Pre-released offthe people from around the world have cal attractions. They will also take album ''Never Gone" is "Incomconflicts that led to the separation? registered for the event.

Since they have backed off from part in the Day of Social Engage- plete."

I decided to see what is going their relationship for a time, they The German bishops' confer- mentAugust 12 which gives them ence has set a goal of400,000 reg- a chance to participate in a num- on with Backstreet. I found out that . may now be able to see more clearly what the problems were. istrants and 600 bishops attend- ber of social projects that are part they not only are making a new However, each needs to avoid CD but are out on a national tour. ing World Youth Day. There will of a nationwide campaign.

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blaming the other. This isn't yet the time to try to resolve their difficulties. First, they should take time to perceive more deeply what drove them apart.

After this reflection, each should ask: "How do I need to change?" Notice that the emphasis in this question is on the pronoun "I." Each of them should aspire to new ways of acting after reflecting on past behavior.

If renewed clarity and hope surfaces from these two steps, then each person can ask what he or she might do to support the other's life? Think in terms of specific actions that convey a deepened sense ofcaring. Mutual caring is always the lifeblood ofa relationship; After a separation, redeveloping a sense ofunconditional concern takes time but is assisted by small, tangible choices.

The next.question is more personally fOcused: "How do I develop my own life so as to feel more complete?" Healthy relationships add tooUe feeling ofcompleteness or well-being. But no one else is supposed to create this sense for you. Ifyou feel "incomplete" without the other person, it is time to exaririne your owri life.

Take steps to bring new challenges and opportuiiities into your life.

These stq>$ cannot assure that such a separation can be overcome, but they do point to ways of rebuilding li'relationship. Don't be afraid to !like the first step in seeking such a Conversation. Ask God to guide the process in ways that lead each ofyou to your highest spiril4ill good.

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Her chat with friends was speckled with many ofthe same worries and hopes many teens are feeling right now - concerns about dealing with today's hypercompetitive college admissions process, money and study issues, and what college life will be like.

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Dominican Sisters ofHope (Celebrate 10th anniversary NEWBURGH, NY - Nearly 200 Dominican Sisters of Hope opened the celebration of their 10th anniversary year during their congregational assembly, held at Mount Saint Mary College, June 23-26. The sisters were joined by their associates and other companions in ministry. . "Come Explore the Soul of Hope" was the title of the key.note address given by Sister Margaret Ormond, OP,Coordinator of Dominican Sisters International in Rome, Italy. Sister Ormond is a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs of Columbus, Ohio.

In her presentation, Sister Ormond explored the soul of hope. She encouraged the use of imagination, which allows .one to envision a better future.

She also spoke strongly about the need for globalized solidarity with those who suffer. "We need to become indignant about the injustice in our worlCl," Sister Ormond said.

"The poor are the expert teachers of hope. Their need for daily necessities makes them closer to God." Sister Catherine McDonnell, Prioress of the Dominican Sisters ofHope, in her welcome address noted: "When we started our journey 10 years ago, we had no map, no pathway. We had no way of knowing what we would

find, what we would become, nor how we would be Hope in a world truly needing hope. It was our walk in faith that shaped the path."

Additional 10th anniversary celebrations will inClude a Vespers for Peace at Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center in Ossining, New York, on July 22, at 4 p.m. A newly-installed Hope bell will be rung for the first time during the service. The public is invited to attend. A 10th Amiiversary Lecture Series at Mariandale is being planned for 2006. More details will be forthcoming.

The Dominican Sisters of Hope were founded in 1995 as a result of the union of three former Dominican congregations: the Dominican Sisters of Fall River, Massachusetts, the Dominican Sisters ofNewburgh, New York and the Dominican Sisters of Ossining, New York.

The Sisters proclaim hope through the ministries of education, health care, spiritual renewal, parish and pastoral ministry. They serve in 30 dioceses in 18 states and Puerto Rico.

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Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center is their sponsored ministry.

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The international organization was founded in 1099 by Brother Gerard who opened a hospital in Jerusalem for pilgrims wounoed on their way to the Holy Land. It is the fourth oldest religious order of the . Church and their original motto remains the same Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Paupernm, "the protection of the faith, and the service of the poor." . Nobbie Reilly, a dame of Malta for eight years said "it's a nice opportunity to get together in the summertime for the Mass and luncheon.

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"There are three reasons why someone joins the Order ofMalta," said Shine. "For personal sanctification, to defend the Catholic faith and to serve the sick and poor. More than 11,000 Knights and Dames ofMalta do that throughout the world."

In his homily, Bishop McManus spoke about John the Baptist, the patron saint of the Order of Malta.

"John was a voice crying in the wilderness. His preaching was so powerful that his witness allowed others to see Christ, the light of the world.

To be a child of the light is to take the conviction ofJohn to heart."

"The Knights ,and Dames of Malta have the opportunity to bring the light and message ofChrist to so many. places. You are transforming the world to aculture oflife and love.

You have done so much for the sick and suffering. God bless you."

Neal Harte served as flag bearer while Margaret B. Flannery and Joseph P. Flannery presented the offertory gifts. Joseph Doolin and Timo-

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pay the salary ofDr. Karina FerrariBarahona who has worked at the clinic previously at a modest salary.

She helps assist the many people who visit each month.. The remaining monies will help local farmers grow soya beans instead ofjust com and red beans. The soybeans are then toasted and prepared with powdered milk to provide a nutritious drink for the elderly and children visiting the clinic.

Bishop Robert J. McManus .of Worcester was principal celebrant and homilist for the Mass and Bishop Coleman concelebrated along with several other priests. ''This is a special day for us," said John Shine, executive director for the New York City Order ofMalta.

"We try and walk in the footsteps of Christ by helping the sick and poor all over the world."

Shine mentioned several things that the Order of Malta is involved with including supporting soup kitchens, AIDS clinics, hospitals, disaster reliefafter earthquakes and the recent tsunami and a recent pil-

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FATHER PAUL Canuel, center, pastor of the parishes in the Fall River diocesan mission in Guaimaca recently accompanied the Knights of Malta on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France.

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