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Diocesan women initiate 'Hail Marys for Peace' program

By DAVE JOLIVET, EDITOR SWANSEA -In John's Gospel, our Blessed Mother comes to the aid of the bride and groom at the wedding at Cana. Realizing the embarrassment the couple faces when the wine runs out, she asks Christ to lend a hand. "What does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come," the Lord responded. Undaunted, Mary advises the servants 'Whatever he says to you, do it."

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Mary's intercession with her Son, several members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women are initiating a prayer drive for peace called "Hail Marys for Peace."

DCCW president, Claudette Armstrong was inspired this past April to take action for peace in the world today. "It was divine inspiration," Armstrong told The Anchor in a recent interview. 'We can all pray, any time, any where. We can certainly say a Hail Mary while walking or jogging, or even doing the dishes."

Armstrong, a parishioner of

St. Louis de France Parish in Swansea, came up with the idea of soiiciting a commitment of at least one Hail Mary for peace per day from faithful across the diocese.

Once the seed was planted, she employed the assistance of DCCW members Virginia Wade and Gina Desmarais to fine tune the program.

Wade, from Annunciation of the Lord Parish in Taunton, is president of the Taunton District of the DCCW. Desmarais is a parishioner of St. John of God Parish in Somerset and president of its Women's Guild.

Both are DCCW Church Community Committee chairmen.

The program will run for 10 months, from August 15, the feast of the Assumption, to May -1;-2008.

Wade and Desmarais devised a grid that was hand-delivered to every parish in the diocese this week. A letter to pastors accompanying the grid explained the program. "Included is a grid sheet for people to place an X if they are willing to participate," it read in part.

'We are hopeful that with your support this poster can remain displayed on the bulletin board in the church from August 15 to September 15, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows."

"For a long time, people have been upset about the war in Iraq and other places around the world," said Desmarais.

"People should come together and pray."

"Many people across the diocese have a special devotion to Our Lady," noted Wade.

"Our hope is that our local councils will work diligently with the pastors to ensure many will make this commitment."

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Pro-Lifers pray the rosary outside an abortion clini~ in Hyannis on weekday mornings hoping to g~t more people to live, grasp and spread the respect life message in their communities. The peaceful demonstrators hail from Cape Cod parishes such as Holy Trinity, St. Pius X, St. Francis Xavier, and Our Lady of the Assumption. (Photo by Tim Burns)

Area churches Idok to jobless as Quaker Fabric Corp. closes By

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FALL RIVER Pastors and leaders of 18 churches and congregations affiliated with United interfaith Action are hoping to assist more than 900 former employees of Quaker Fabric Corp. in this city, after the former textile giant shut down operations earlier this month citing financial failure.

"A clergy statement of intent is due out this week, outlining what resources they might provide to the jobless, many of whom constitute their parishioners in Fall River and in New Bedford," reported Josh Smith, a VIA community organizer.

VIA is a community improvement organization

founded approximately 10 years ago by clergy representing churches and congregations of various religious denominations in Fall River and New Bedford.

11te statement follows a caucus of church leaders on July 17 at St. Anne's Church in Fall River, hosted by its pastor, Father Marc Bergeron.

In essence, the various churches and parishes not only want to stand in solidarity with all those affected by the closiDg, "but to stand with the employees of the companyand help in any way possible, whether it is by connecting workers to entitled benefits, further education and job training, Or any other needed resources," according

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Father Francis L. Mahoney's ministry spanned the diocese FALLRIVER- FatherFrancisL. Mahoney, 72, pastor of Holy Name Parish from 1987 until he retired from active ministry on June 29, 2005, died July 22 in Charlton Memorial Hospi-

Bishop James L. Connolly.

Following ordination he was parochial vicar at St. Margaret's Parish in Buzzards Bay and later served at Immaculate Conception

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Bom in New Bedford, the son of the late Francis C. Mahoney and the late Lucy B. (Leonard) Mahoney, he grew up in St. Lawrence Parish there and graduated from Holy Family grammar school, and its high school in 1952, where he was an outstanding basketball player. He attended Providence College for three years before entering St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore,Md. He was ordained a priest on April 2, 1960 in St. Mary's Cathedral by

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Parish in Fall River until 1969, when he was named administrator of St. Mary's in Seekonk. He was named pastor there in 1978. In 1987 he was appointed pastor at Holy Name in Fall River.

In 1963 he received a master's degree in education from Bridgewater State College.

Father Mahoney served in many other diocesan assignments. They include being chaplain at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and its Newman Gub; the Cape Cod Boy Scouts, service as co-director of the Fall RiverArea CYO, membership on the Diocesan Personnel Board, coordinator for the Campaign for Human

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Vatican summer tradition brings flurry of decisions, documents VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Before Pope Benedict XVI took off for his summer vacation in the Italian Alps, he engaged in a time-honored Vatican tradition: clearing his desk.

That resulted in a flurry of decisions and documents, some longawaited and some complete surprises.

Their common denominator, apparently, was that no one wanted to deal with them again when they returned to their offices in September.

Topping the list was the pope's July 7 apostolic letter on wider use of the Tridentine Mass. The document had been floating around so long that the Latin tenn "motu proprio," which refers to the form of the text, actually was making it into mainstream news reports.

The pope began consulting on the Tridentine question in late 2005, and in early 2006 he discussed a draft text with members of the Roman Curia and the world's cardinals.

The document then went into hibernation, and some people are still wondering why. After all, very few changes were made in the course of its preparation, according to Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos, a strong supporter of the pope's decree.

In the end, the pope acknowledged some apprehensions about his decision but made it abundantly clear that he wanted wider latitude shown to traditionalist groups who desire Mass in the old rite.

The outcome was not surprising to reporters covering the Vatican. What seemed a little odd was that such a sensitive document was not unveiled at a Vatican press conference.

Before his election, Pope Benedict participated in many such press con- ferences as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. At best, these medil!- events can head off confusion and resolve doubts about a document; at worst, they add unnecessary verbiage and risk veering off into irrelevant controversies.

Perhaps the pope weighed the option and decided that his voice in the Tridentine Mass letter and an accompanying explanatory letter was enough. The lack of a press conference was also noticed on three other recent occasions: the release of the pope's letter to Chinese Catholics, a change in papal conclave rules and a doctrinal document insisting that the Catholic Church was the true

Church of Christ.

The letter to Chinese Catholics was so finely tuned that a press conference was probably never even considered. Again, the Vatican decided not to bury what the pope was saying in a lot of extraneous comment.

The China letter also had been expected for months and went through an ample review process involving Vatican departments and others.

In contrast, the pope's one-page letter changing the conclave rules dropped out ofnowhere. Clearly, this was something the pope did not feel needed broad or lengthy consultation.

For journalists in the Vatican's press room, the conclave change was a reminder to always be prepared for anything. It simply appeared in the noon press bulletin, in Latin an~ with no translation.

Fortunately, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, had been briefed and could answer questions. The pope's move effectively restored the two-thirds majority for all circumstances ofpapal election, eliminating a simple majority option.

The latest document to drop out of the Vatican pipeline was a statement reaffinning that the Catholic Church is the one true church, even though "elements" of truth can be found in other Christian complUnities. It was personally approvf:d by the pope.

Although it agitated the ecumenical waters, the document said nothing new, raising the question of why it was released at this particular moment.

Those who see a grand design in Vatican actions, however, suspected it may have been another olive branch to the breakaway traditionalist followers ofthe lateArchbishop Marcel Lefebvre - just three days after the Tridentine Mass decree. In this reading, the Vatican has delivered a double demonstration, liturgical and doctrinal, that answers some of the Lefebvrites' strongest objections about the modem Church.

As for the pope, he's not expected to return to his desk at the Vatican until the end of September. After nearly three weeks of "real" vacation in the mountains, he'll spend most of the summer at his villa in Castel Gandolfo outside Rome, where he keeps up a limited schedule of meetings.

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE - Pope Benedict XVI admires the scenery in Lorenzago di Cadore, Italy, July 23. The pope was on vacation in the Alps until July 27. (CNS photo/L'OsselVatore Romano via Reuters)

Vatican congregation reaffirms truth, oneness of Catholic Church

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - In a brief document, the Vatican's doctrinal congregation reaffirmed that the Catholic Church is the one, true Church, even if elements of truth can be found in separated churches and communities.

Touching an ecumenical sore point, the document said some of the separated Christian communities, such as Protestant communities, should not properly be called "churches" according to Catholic doctrine because of major differences over the ordained priesthood and the Eucharist.

The Vatican released the text July 10. Titled "Responses to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine on the Church," it was signed by U.S. Cardinal William 1. Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and approved by Pope Benedict XVI before publication.

In a cover letter, Cardinal Levada asked the world's bishops to do all they can to promote and present the document to the wider public.

The text was the latest chapter in a long-simmering discussion on what the Second Vatican Council intended when it stated that the OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE Church founded by Christ "subsists DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER in the Catholic Church," but that elVol. 51, No, 29 Member: Catholic Press Association, Catholic News Service ements of "sanctification and truth" Published weekly except for two weeks in the summer and the week after are found outside the Catholic Church's visible confines.

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answers, the new document stated that Vatican II did not change Catholic doctrine on the Church. It said use of the phrase "subsists in" was intended to show that all the elements instituted by Christ endure in the Catholic Church.

The sanctifying elements that exist outside the structure of the Catholic Church can be used as instruments of salvation, but their value derives from the "fullness of grace and truth which has been entrusted to the Catholic Church," it said, quoting from Vatican IT's "Decree on Ecumenism."

The text said the Second Vatican Council used the term "church" in reference to Orthodox churches because, although separated from the Catholic Church, they have preserved apostolic succession, the ordained priesthood and the Eucharist. Nevertheless, they "lack something in their condition as particular churches" because they are not in union with the pope, it said.

The Christian communities born out of the Reformation, on the other hand, do not enjoy apostolic succession - the unbroken succession of bishops going back to St. Peter - and therefore "cannot, according to Catholic doctrine, be called 'churches' in the proper sense," it said.

In his cover letter, Cardinal Levada said the document came in response to critical reactions to the teaching of "Dominus Jesus," another doctrinal congregation document of 2000, which said the Catholic Church was necessary for salvation, and to ongoing confusion over interpretations of the phrase "subsists in."

An authoritative commentary subsequently published in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, said the congregation had

acted to protect the unity and uniqueness of the Church. The document, the commentary said, took aim at the notion that the "Church of Christ" was "the sum total of the churches or the ecclesial communities" or that it exists only as a future goal.

What Vatican IT intended was to recognize ecclesial elements in non-Catholic communities, it said.

"Despite the fact that this teaching has created no little distress in the communities concerned and even among some Catholics, it is nevertheless difficult to see how the title of 'church' could possibly be attributed to them, given that they do not accept the theological notion of the church in the Catholic sense and that they lack elements consi4ered essential to the Catholic Church."

The Catholic Church's teaching, it said, is that the fullness of the Church "already exists, but still has to grow in the brethren who are not yet in full communion with it and also in its own members who are sinners."

U.S. Dominican Father J. Augustine Di Noia, undersecretary of the doctrinal congregation, said the document does not call into question Pope Benedict's pledge to work for ecumenical progress. "The Church is not backtracking on its ecumenical commitment. But ... it is fundamental to any kind of dialogue that the participants are clear about their own identity," he told Vatican Radio.

Father Di Noia said the document touches on a very important experiential point: that when people go into a Catholic church and participate in Mass, the sacraments and everything else that goes on there, they will find "everything that Christ intended the Church to be."

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Pope meets privately with priests, discusses wide range of topics

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE AURONZO, Italy - Faith and reason, mercy and the defense ofthe truth, dialogue and evangelization were just some of the topics Pope Benedict XVI touched on when he responded to questions posed by the priests of two northern Italian dioceses.

After meeting privately with about 400 priests July 24, Pope Benedict told the crowd waiting outside, "We spoke about God, about the Church, about humanity today and, mostly, about the fact that we Me the Church and in this journey we must all collaborate."

NeMing the end of his vacation in the Diocese ofBelluno and Feltre, at a villa owned by the Diocese of Treviso, Pope Benedict thanked his hosts by spending two hours praying with and answering questions posed by the dioceses' priests.

The following day, the Vatican released a text ofthe pope's answers to questions posed by the priests during the meeting in the Church of St. Justina in Auronzo.

Jesuit Father Federico LombMdi, Vatican spokesman, told reporters the topics included educating young people in the faith and moral values, the problems of priestly life, evangelization, interreligious dialogue, "the always-delicate situation" of divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, and "the theme of faithfulness to the (Second Vatican) Council and its spirit."

The Jesuit said that at the end "it was not just the priests who thanked the pope, but the pope who thanked the priests for their welcome and for the climate" created by the gathering.

A priest who described himself as one of many priests who thought they could "change the world" after the Second Vatican Council asked the pope if the council still had value today.

Pope Benedict said he, too, had great expectations for the Church after the council, "but things turned out to be more difficult."

However, he said, putting a council's teaching into practice often requires "suffering, and only in suffering can growth be realized."

Those who pushed an "incorrect progressivism" and those who adopted a stance of "anticonciliarism" were both wrong, the pope said.

"We can see with eyes wide open how much positive growth there has been since the council: in the renewal of the liturgy," the development of the synods of bishops, diocesan and parish pastoral councils, "the new responsibility of the laity;' a greater aWMeness ofthe universality of the Church and in the birth of new religious communities and lay movements, he said.

In his responses to several ques-

tions, including those about morality and about the difficulties people have in believing in God in a world focused on science, Pope Benedict spoke about the reasonableness of faith in God's existence. ''The greatness ofthe human person lies precisely in the fact that he is not closed in on himself, he is not reduced to concern about the material and quantifiable, but has an interior opening to the things that are

essential, has the possibility of listening;' the pope said.

"Evolution exists; but it is not enough to answer the great questions;' such as how human beings came to exist and why human beings have an inherent dignity, he said.

Father LombMdi said the pope had told the priests that when they encounter young people who think science has all the answers and they do not need God, priests should help

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Cardinal well known for service on interfaith, Pro-Life, schools issues

Sisters of Mercy gather at Buffalo assembly to unite as new community

WASHINGTON (CNS)-Cardi- tee for Pro-Life Activities, most re- tor, and secretary ofthe diocesan marnal William H. Keeler's retirement as cently in 2003-06. riage tribunal from 1956-58. After reIn that role, he spoke out on beh3If turning from studies in Rome he bearchbishop of Baltimore will be felt not only within the Catholic Church of the bishops against embryonic came pastor in 1964. but in Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox and stem-eell research, partial-birth abor-: As secretary to Bishop George L. other Christian communities nation- tion, human cloning and assisted sui- Leech of Harrisburg, he attended seswide. cide. With other bishops whose dio- sions of the Second Vatican Council The cardinal, 76, has served 12 ceses include parts of Maryland, he as a theological adviser. In 1965 he three-year terms on the U.S. bishops' urged an end to the death penalty and was appointed vice chancellor of the Committee on Ecumenical and Inter- - opposed moves toward same-sex mar- Harrisburg Diocese, becoming chanreligious Affairs, including a stint as riage in the state. cellor in 1969 and later vicar general.

He has served as president of the He was named an auxiliary bishop of chairman in the early 19808; Served as episcopal liaison for Catholic-Jew- Catholic Near East Welfare Associa- Harrisburg by Pope John Paul II in ish relations for decades; and has been tion, chainnan of the' board of the 1979 and was ordained a bishop on a member of the International Catho- Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, September 21 of that year. lic Orthodox Commission for Theo- co-chainnan ofthe ReligiousAlliance Following the death of Harrisburg Against Pornography; member of the BishopJoseph T. Daley, he was elected logical Dialogue since 1986.

Pope B~edict XVI accepted his National Interreligious Leadership administrator of the diocese in 1983 resignation July 12 and named Arch- Initiative for Peace in the Middle East; and Pope John Paul namedhimbishop bishop Edwin F. O'Brien ofthe Arch- - and memberofthe bishops'TaskForce of Harrisburg that November. diocese for the Military Services to on Catholic Bishops'andCatholic PoliIn 1989 he was appointed archsucceed him. The cardinal will serve ticians, bishopofBaltimoreby Pope JohnPaul During his 18 years as head of the , onAprill1 and was formally installed as administrator of the archdiocese until Archbishop O'Brien is installed Baltimore Archdiocese, Cardinal as the 14th archbishop of the nation's October 1 and will remain a voting Keeler put special emphasis on Catho- oldest see on May 23. member of the College of Cardinals lic schools.

Named to the College ofCardinals Oneof the lowest points ofhis time in 1994, he currently serves on the until he turns 80.

The CatholicAssociation ofDioc- in Baltimore was the clergy sexual Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Congregation esan Ecumenical and Interreligious abuse crisis, Cardinal Keeler said.

Officers honored Cardinal Keelerwith Born in San Antonio, William for Eastern Churches. its highest award earlier this year, say- Henry Keeler was raised in Lebanon, Cardinal Keeler had a total knee ing no living bishop had done more Pa. He earnedabachelor's degree from replacement in 2005 and a broken for the ecumenical movement.

St. Charles Seminary near Philadel- ankle resulting from a car accident in Butthe cardinal also found time for phia in 1952 and a licentiate in theol- Italy in 2006 that killed one ofhis trava wide range of other concerns. He ogy in 1956 and a doctorate in canon eling companions, Father Bernard served as vice president and president law in 1961, both from the Pontifical Quinn of the Harrisburg Diocese. of what is now the U.S. Conference Gregorian University in Rome.

In June he underwent successful Ordained a priest of the Diocese surgery to ease pressure on his brain, of Catholic Bishops in the late 19808 and early 1990s and served two terms of Harrisburg, Pa, on July 17, 1955, believed to he related to head trauma as chainnan of the bishops' Commit- in Rome, he served as an assistant pas- from the accident.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (CNS)- Fes- breathe in this "mingling of our tive singing, cheering, the raising spirits laced with the good Spirit ofjoined hands, the ringing ofbells of God." She continued, "TIus holy and sisters swaying to music conspiracy, this act of breathing togreeted the emotional proclama- gether, is what we are about today." tion July 20 of the newest commuShe told the assembly that they nity of the Sisters of Mercy of the stood in a room teeming with gifts Americas. such as gentle kindness, simple Mercy Sisters and associates trust and wise counsel. She invited based in Buffalo; Erie and Pitts- participants to look at each other burgh, Pa; Rochester, N.Y.; and the and recognize the gifts around Philippines - a community them. founded by the Sisters of Mercy in In a talk July 20, Mercy Sister Buffalo- have united to fonn The Anne Curtis, a member of the leadNew York, Pennsylvania, Pacific ership team of the Institute of SisWest Community. The new com- ters of Mercy of the Americas in munity will become official Jan. 1. Silver Spring, Md., reminded sisSome 300 Sisters of Mercy, in- ters and associates that Mother cluding 22 from the Philippines, Catherine was among them as they met at an assembly in Buffalo July fonned a new community.

17-22 to fonn the new community, "Our foremothers have shown adopt a plan for governance, elect us the way through the past; now leadership and set new goals. it is our time," she said. "Banish Forty-two lay associates also at- the word struggle from your attitended the assembly. tude and your vocabulary. All that "We have new energy, a new we do now must be done in a salife, and we benefit from the shar- cred manner and in celebration." ing of gifts we have among us," She called on sisters to tap into said Mercy Sister Nancy Hoff, the "deep spring ofwater that flows newly elected president. "Wonder- in us and among us and draws us ful things are going to happen and onward." She said the new comwe can do more together than we munity had no map and could not could have ever done separately." cling to familiar shores, but it did Sister Nancy has been president have the assurance that the Holy of the Buffalo Mercy Sisters since Spirit was with them.

2000. Before that, she served the At the assembly, sisters voted Buffalo community as a councilor to: on its leadership.team and she was - Have one president for the an educator. community and a councilor from Joining the community leader- each geographic site to form the ship team as councilors are Mercy community leadership team.

Sisters JoAnne Coumeen of Erie, - Allow this team to appoint a Geraldine Rosinski of Pittsburgh, local leader for each geographic Patricia Prinzing of Rochester and . area from a list ofsisters nominated Guadalupe Larnantas of the Phil- from that area Local leaders would ippines. have administrative and pastoral On July 18, Mercy Sister Doris responsibilities.

Gottemoeller addressed the assem- Adopt initiatives to begin a bly in a talk titled "Responding in program to support grandparents Faith to God's Mercy." She used who are raising their grandchildren; illustrations from the writings of create a nonviolence task force to Mother Catherine McAuley, Sis- reflect on the principles of Jesus, ters of Mercy foundress, calling MahatmaGandhi and the Rev. Marsisters to hope in God. tin Luther King Jr.; and set up a ''No one else attempts anything sustainability task force to promote on the scale that we have and we protection of the environment. are doing now:' said Sister Doris, Under the new arrangement, the a past president of the Sisters of Mercy Center in Buffalo will be the Mercy of the Americas and now main office with the other locations senior vice president for mission considered "sites." Erie will conand values integration for Catho- tinue to host the community's large lic Healthcare Partners in St. Louis. gatherings at Mercyhurst College.

She also is a past president of the Ministries at each geographic area Leadership Conference ofWomen will continue as before with adminReligious. istrative functions pooled together ''We do it because we have a as mutually decided. deep down belief in the gift of beWith fewer sisters than in years ing a Sister of Mercy and we have past, the Institute of Sisters of built bonds of trust, of union and Mercy. ofthe Americas in 2001 ancharity, across our congregational nounced plans to gather 25 reand regional boundaries over the gional communities and missions last 30 years. We do it because we into six communities to strengthen have hope for the future," she said. their ministries and mission. The In a reflection at a Mass July New York, Pennsylvania, Pacific 19, Mercy Sister Sheila Carney of West Community is the third comPittsburgh invited the assembly to munity to be formed.

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LOS ANGELES ---,. The Los Angeles Archdiocese announced the largest church settlement of sexual abuse lawsuits to date, agreeuig to pay more than 500 alleged victims a total of$660 million, Before noon the next day, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Haley Fromholz had approved the settlement, calling it 'We right result."

He said settling the was ''the right thing to do."

Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. II Mahony again offered his personal apology to every victim of sexual abuse by a priest, religious, deacon or layperson in the archdibcese.

'1t is the shared hope of everyone in our local Church that these victims, many of whom suffe~ in silence for decades, may find a measure of healing and some sense of closure with today's announcement," he said.

"Although financial compensation in itself is inadequate to make up for the harm done to the vic;tims and their families, still this compensation does provide a meaningful outreach to assist the victims to rebuild their lives and to move forward," !he said.

The settlement - reached by attorneys for the archdiocese and 508 people suing the archdiPcese - came the weekend before the first of 15 civil trials in Los Angeles County courts w~ to begin July 16. ~th the agreement in hand, Cardinal Mahony and attorneys for both sides instead appeared in court to present the formal settlement to FromhoIt for approval.

Following Fromholz's action, Car, dinal Mahony repeatep his apology and his offer to meet privately with any I victim of abuse who asks. "This particular day is a day for the victims to ,;

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ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL - Mildred Morrell of Dayton, Ohio, joins the rest of the 10th National Black Catholic Congress choir in saying the Lord's Prayer during the closing Mass for the congress, which was held recently in Buffalo, N.Y. The theme of the four-day event was "Celebrating the Gifts of the Sacraments." (CNS photo/Mike Crupi, Catholic Couriet')

Conference reaches out to black youths with workshops, musical acts

By AMY KOTLARZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE BUFFALO, N.Y. - The 10th National Black Catholic Congress helped further its goal of getting youths involved in the Church by offering a variety of workshops and other events geared toward young people.

Ansel Augustine, who coordinates black youth and young adult ministry in the Archdiocese of New Orleans and works with campus ministry at Xavier University of Louisiana, presented the workshop "Keeping Your Hustle Holy" to teach teens how to live their daily lives according to God's plan.

To illustrate his point, he used a game involving more than 100 crumpled balls of paper. The game's goal, he said, was to get rid of the balls of paper by tossing them across an aisle to the other side of the room. The difficulty was that the teens on the other side of the room had the same goal.

As the flurry of paper filled the air, a teen would clear one area of the floor just as four more paper balls landed in the bare spot. At the end of five minutes, time was called. Augustine told the teens that the pieces of paper represented problems. As a teen handled one problem, several more showed up to take its place.

That's when he told the teens to unroll the papers. On each were listed the priorities of faith, finances, family, friends, feelings and fitness.

Augustine told the teens that instead of focusing on problems, they should concentrate on these priorities. He drew on his own experience as a survivor of Hurricane Katrina to illustrate the point.

"I lost everything," said Augustine, who operates the Website www.holyhotboy.com. "I lost 17

close friends.I was angry and asking why. 1kept praying to God, 'Just let me trust you.'"

Faith in God's plan is the key to weathering adversity, whether it's a hurricane or just getting through the daily grind, he said.

"If someone praysJor patience, does God give them patience, or does he give them opportunities to be patient?" Augustine asked. "If someone prays for courage, does God give (them) courage, or does he give them opportunities to be' courageous?"

Augustine was not the only person posing questions during the congress's youth offerings. Young people who gathered July 13 for one of several "youth megasessions" were introduced to Bishop J. Terry Steib of Memphis, Tenn., who spoke in a question-andanswer format with the teens.

Bishop Steib, who gained renown for his plan to reopen diocesan schools, said he first heard his call to the priesthood when he had to leave elementary school in rural Louisiana to bring lunch to the men working in the sugar-cane fields there.

He said that experience helped him decide he wanted to be a town leader. His options were a police officer, a doctor or a priest. He said he chose the one where his life wasn't on the line all the time and didn't involve the sight of blood.

Asked what his hope would be for the Church of the future, Bishop Steib said, "That the Church would continue to rediscover what it means to be Catholic. That it would rediscover it as a way of life."

Also during the megasession, teens had a chance to rediscover their dance moves, as they learned choreography to go along with the song "Stomp" by gospel and hiphop crossover artist Kirk Franklin.

The song's lyrics include the lines: "Jesus, your love is so amazing it gets me high, up to the sky. When 1 think about your goodness, it makes me want to stomp."

It was one of several songs presented that had both a beat and a me,ssage. Other artists performed liturgical dance, rap, hip-hop and rhythm-and-blues songs. Among them were an all-male liturgical dance troupe; all-American football player Marlon Favorite, who IS a defensive tackle at Louisiana State University in addition to being a hip-hop and rhythm-andblues recording artist; and 19-yearold Christian rapper Amanda Vernon. '

speak," he said, adding that he would spend the rest of the day in pmyer.

During the hearing, Ray Boucher, lead attorney for the victims, thanked his clients for their resolve and courage, asking them to st3!1d. '1 think they deserve a tremendous debt of gratitude:' Boucher said, fighting back tears.

Michael Hennigan, attomey for the archdiocese, said in the courtroom that his views of clergy sex abuse had changed over the years he spent on the cases, largely through his private meetings with 70 plaintiffs.

"I'd like to say that the Church would have been reformed without these cases, but 1 don't know that's true," he said. ''These cases have forever reformed the Archdiocese ofLos Angeles. It will never be the same."

The archdiocese in December had announced the settlement of 45 lawsuits for $60 million.

Under the latest agreement, the archdiocese will pay $250 million and the balance will come from a combination of payments from insurance carriers and religious orders whose members have been accused in the abuse cases.

According to a tally prepared by the Los Angeles Tunes, the previous largest settlement ofabuse cases in the United States since 2002 was the $157 million the BostonArchdiocese agreed to pay to 983 claimants in several different settlement agreements. The Archdiocese ofPortland, Ore., agreed to pay $129 million to 315 claimants; the Diocese of Orange, Calif., agreed to pay $100 million to 90 claimants, and the Diocese of Covington, Ky., settled with 350claimants for $85 million.

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Clarifying what the Church is On July 10, the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is-

sued a short "Response to Some Questions Regarding Certain Aspects of the Doctrine of the Church." As the news story on page two of this edition describes, the document reiterated elements of the Church's self-understanding that irritate some of the Church's ecumenical partners, many of whom wondered aloud about the timing and purpose of the document.

The timing of the document, however, is essential to understanding its purpose. It came just three days after Pope Benedict released his nwtu proprio concerning the celebration of Mass according to the 1962 Missal. Word that the doctrin3l note was coming was given on the same day the nwtu proprio was published. And when one looks at the five questions to which the doctrinal note responds, their principal audience is clear. These are the questions often raised by the followers of late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in the Society of St. Pius X, which went into schism not just as a result of the liturgical changes after Vatican II but because they thought the Council compromised the Church's ecclesiological doctrine. The publication of the "Response to Some Questions" was meant to address these doctrinal concerns at the same time that the nwtu propno was addressing liturgical concerns. Both flow from Benedict's ardent desire to end the Lefebvrite schism.

The Church's reaching out to one group that has split itself off from the Church, however, was falsely interpreted - not just by those in ecumenical dialogue with the Church, but also by some of the Catholics involved in that dialogue - as a reaching away from other groups that have split off in earlier centuries. The restatement of the Church's self-understanding, however, provides one of the essential building blocks for authentic ecumenical dialogue - the clear and sincere mention of one's Church's beliefs - without which a joint search for the truth God wants us all to live would be impossible.

All those interested in Church unity mus~ first come to grips with what the Church that Christ came from heaven to found really is and is not. In the five questions-and-answers of the "Response," the Catholic Church presents her understanding, which is obviously important for all Catholics and all those in dialogue with Catholics to know.

The first question is of relevance mainly to Lefebvrites: Did the Second Vatican Council change the Catholic doctrine on the Church? They ask this question because the fathers of Vatican II, in referring to the Church Christ founded, said that it "subsists in the Catholic Church" rather than "is" the Catholic Church, which was the traditional formulation. The doctrinal note replies that the Church didn't change her doctrine at all, just her articulation of it. The change from "is'~ to "subsists in" was meant to harmonize two doctrinal affirmations: first, to reiterate that the "one" Church of Christ that we profess in the Creed is found in the Catholic Church, in which alone are found all the elements that Christ himself instituted in the Church; secondly, to bring out the fact that there are "numerous elements of sanctification and truth" found outside her structure that the word "is" might be interpreted to exclude.

In the first three questions, the Catholic Church is saying, humbly, that it alone has all that Christ himselfendowed his Church - the fullness of teaching, sacraments and structure - but that non-Catholics also have numerous elements of that truth (most notably the Word of God and teaching based on it) and sanctification (especially, for most Protestant denominations, the sacraments ofbaptism and marriage and for the Orthodox Churches all of them).

In the last two questions, the document clarifies why the Second Vatican Council uses the word "Church" to refer to the oriental churches separated from full communion with the Catholic Church and not to refer to those Christian communities born out of the Reformation of the 16th century. The answers to these questions help us to understand better the Church's understanding of what a Church really is.

The Orthodox are referred to as a "Church" because, although separated, they have ''true sacraments and above a11- because of apostolic succession - the priesthood and the Eucharist." From the earliest days of Christianity, Christians have proclaimed that the "Eucharist makes the Church," because it is through receiving Christ's body and blood in the Eucharist that the Holy Spirit makes us "one body, one spirit in Christ." Since the Oriental Churches have maintained apostolic succession, their priestly ordinations are valid and therefore the sacraments they celebrate are also valid. 'The "Response" notes that Orthodox Churches lack one important element of what Christ endowed his Church: unity with the successor of St. Peter on whom Christ built his Church.

The Christian communities born of the Protestant Reformation, however, have not retained apostolic succession and therefore do not have valid holy orders. For that reason, they have not retained those sacraments that require a validly ordained priest, most notably the Eucharist and consequently are "deprived of a constitutive element of the Church." The Catholic Church refers to them as "ecclesial communions," because they do have "elements of sanctification and truth" but are missing something essential for what it means to be a Church.

To affirm this is not to demean Lutherans, Calvinists, Baptists, Methodists or Episcopalians. It is simply to recall that, from the Catholic Church's perspective, we cannot really speak of a Church without the Apostles and the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, that ordination through by successors to the Apostles makes possible. To refer to these ecclesial communions as Churches would be to say that apostolic succession and the sacraments are non-essential elements of the Church Christ intended to found - and that is something that the Church, out of fidelity to Christ who chose the Ap<?stles and instituted those sacraments for the good of his Church, could never do.

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"THEREFORE LET US NOT JUDGE ONE ANOTHER ANYMORE, BUT RATHER DETERMINE THIS - NOT TO'PUT AN OBSTACLE OR A STUMBLING BLOCK IN A BROTHER'S WAY" (RoMANS 14:13).

Thinking outside the box and working inside To put out into the deep is history of the Church who have simply to go for it. That's what been the greatest fishers of men.

Jesus was telling Peter when he These are the earthen vessels who told him to throw his nets out for have illustrated what God is a catch. That's what Pope John capable of doing wJ;1en he Paul II was urging all Catholics to receives the free pe~ission and do when he adopted it as the consent of his beloved sons and motto for the third Christian daughters. These are the men and women who have gone for it, and millennium. He was encouraging all of us to go for it, to live our who serve as an inspiration Christian discipleship and spurring us on to imitation.

We begin with the saint the apostolate with audacity.

The greatest examples of those who put .out into the deep, who go for it, are the saints. All of th~ O~ep them, in their own way, . .) live the faith with what " '-:31 Catholic tradition calls "heroic virtue." They -cRoger J. LandrY demonstrate the habit of heroism on a day-to-day Church celebrates tomorrow, St. basis, sacrificing themselves for God and others in the supposedly Jean-Marie Vianney, popularly little things of eacn day, and, known as the Cure of Ars (17861859). When he was a young boy when circumstances have required it, in the sacrifice of their during the French Revolution, the courage of clandestine priests lives in martyrdom. housed in his home awakened in While routinely heroic, the him a sense of priestly vocation, saints are also very human. They but due to his lack of education are not born on the planet and poor Latin abilities, he Krypton, but are flesh-and-blood, flunked out of seminary. Nothing, just like you and me. What however, is impossible with God. distinguishes them from others is With the help of his parish priest their level of receptivity and who became a tutor and a vicar correspondence to God's grace. general who prized piety more Since God calls everyone to than perspicacity, he was eventubecome a saint, those who actually end up becoming saints ally ordained.

In 1818 he became parish are those who use their freedom fully and courageously to respond priest of Ars, a tiny village of 200 families north of Lyons not to that call. known for its faith. Patiently over As I take into my hands the the course of the next eight years, nets which for the last two years he worked for the conversion of Father Pignato has skillfully his parishioners, through all night tossed into deep water, I wish to vigils in his parish church, bodily focus on those figures in the

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sacrifices in reparation for their sins, powerful preaching against the profanation of Sunday, and, most especially, sitting in the confessional and reconciling his parishioners to God. It was in the confessional in Ars that he would put out into the deep for the rest of his life. His reputation for holiness soon began to draw penitents from all over France. Despite his hearing confessions for 16-18 hours a day - even vigorous priests are exhausted after a few hours! - penitents would still have to wait seven or eight days to enter the confessional. His box became France's great "lost and found" department, where those who were dead in sin experienced the resurrection of God's forgiveness.

Pope Pius XI in 1929 declared him the patron saint of parish priests, not for his intellect or for his great preaching or theological work, but because he loved his people enough to spend his life in the confessional to make them holy.

His feast day is an opportunity for all parish priests to ask God for the grace to love their people as much as and in the same way as the Cure D' Ars loved his. It is also a great occasion for the faithful to rediscover close to home the healing power and beauty of the sacrament for which people would travel great distances and wait in line for eight days.

Father Landry is pastor of St. Anthony's Parish in New Bedford and executive editor of The Anchor.

$ The Anchor $ Hinduism and Christianity compared AUGUST

3, 2007

Having gone through the major features of the Hindu religion, let us use the light of Diyine Revelation to seek out the seeds of the . Word present in Hinduism that point toward, and are fulfilled by, the Gospel of Christ. Such is our task this time and the next.

Hindus sees the world as the result of a divine "play" that exists either merely as an appearance for the unenlightened mind or as the external body of Brahman. .

Biblical religion, by contrast, presupposes that we belong to a real world, distinct from our minds and from the Creator. Proverbs 8:30-31 suggests a certain playfulness of God's creative wisdom. But the universe also. reveals a love so great that, in George Weigel's fine phrase, "it burst the boundaries of God's inner life and poured itself forth in creation." As for the world being

God's body, a god who is of the . same order ofbeing as all else that exists is not the God of Genesis who spoke the universe into existence and now rules it by his providential care. Nonetheless,

the divinity within each of us. If a person clings to the illusive self, the ego, during life, his soul is condemned to reenter another body after death (reincarnation).

The yogic exercises were designed to free us from the captivity of bodily illusion and lead us to blissful awareness of our oneness with Brahman, the eternal and absolute Reality.

Strange as these beliefs are to our ways of thinking, even here we can find seeds of truth.

Genesis 1:26-27 tells us that God created men and women in his own image. Of course, having God's image is not the same as having God's nature or internal life. There is an infinite qualitative difference between Creator and creature. Wondrously made though we are (ps 139:14), divine we are not. If we were to leave it at that, however, we would miss much of what Revelation teaches about our union with God.

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A day well spent The atmospheric conditions in Foxboro last Sunday were a far cry from the Snow Bowl of Jan. 19,2002.

A moist tropical wave stood in place where the cold arctic air mass held court. Faces were flushed from the heat. A steady stream of sweat oozed from every pore. The temperature was pushing 90. The dew point was quickly approaching the don't point - as in don't do anything other than breathe. Water was the order of the day.

And that was just we fans watching the New England Patriots prepare for the 2007 season. I was spent.

I don't know how they do it.

Granted, these guys earn millions of green backs for this. Still I can't fathom how they can wear socks, pants and jerseys, along with assorted pads and headgear in the scorching dog days of summer and then actually physically exert themselves to boot.

There I was, adorned in a cool Hawaiian shirt, shorts, and sandals, belting down bottled water after bottled water ---' and I thought I was going to die.

The first thing I wanted to do when I got home was to take a shower - again. When I peeled off my cool Hawaiian shirt, my daughter told me it looked like I was wearing a big, red necktie.

She was right. And when my puka shell necklace with the medal of Blessed Katen Tekakwitha attached, moved to one side, there was the image of a puka shell

necklace and a Kateri Tekakwitha medal, imbedded on my big red . necktie.

A reddish-brown glow radiated from my cheeks, and when I removed my Mickey Mouse

MOSS GETS BOGGED DOWN - Randy Moss, white jersey, one of the newest New England Patriots, draws the attention of teammates, Eugene Wilson, No. 26, and Ellis Hobbs, No. 27, during training camp in Foxboro last Sunday. (Photo by Dave JoIivet)

watch, Diy left wrist seemed to glow in the dark.

Following a refreshing shower, .

I plopped down on the couch, in the direct path of a floor fan, tQ , watch the other boys of summer - The Red Sox. I was spent.

And I was only watching from the stands.

On Jan. 19,2002, there I was in the stands, covered from head to toe with snow flakes driven by frosty gusts from north of the border.

We stood for most of the game because the seats were metal.

Once they became warmed by a human body, the snowflakes quickly melted, creating small puddles - not the most comfortable thing on which to sit.

I truly believe it took days for my backside to thaw out. The first thing I wanted following the historic game was a nice hot shower. I was spent.

The extremes were like night and day. Discomfort levels on either side of the spectrum.

Would I do either again? In a heartbeat. And I'm not alone. In both instances, the stands were filled to capacity. In both instances, all we crazies were happy to be where we were.

It's odd though. I find it very difficult to sit through a baseball game in extreme conditions. But with football it's a no-brainer. In more ways than one.

The explanation is simple we football fans are a pretty tough bunch. I have to go now. Time to put some aloe vera on my red necktie.

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For, far from denying God's essence can dwell in human beings, Christianity views salvation as nothing less than being "divinized" in Christ oy the gift of the Holy Spirit (Gal3h4).

'I Through God's adoption of us by grace (Rom 8:14-16) at baptism (In 3:5; Acts 2:38; Tit3:5-7), we are made indeed "par$kers of the divine nature" (2 Pet 1:4), sharers ·thinfi· dorll of God's ill e rute spIen life, though we remairl personally distinct from God. In the great formula of St. AthanaSius and other early Church Fathers, "God became man so that rruin may I become God:' We therefore need not shy away from the idea of man as divine, provided we remember that divinization is the ""ork of God's Spirit, not ours. We are joined to.the Father by the So~ and we are joined to the Son by th~ Spirit - in the sacraments and corporate life of the Church and in his sanctifying work within the soul. " Divinization, moreover, involves the body as ~ell as the soul. On this point, th¢ Hindu who practices yoga seems much like the Christian who kneels or fasts: both enlist the body iri the service of the spirit. But wher~as the

Hindu desires to transcend bodily existence, the Christian does not.

In Christian (and Jewish) tradition, the body is not a husk for the spiritual self but an integral part of a body-soul unity destined for eternal life with God in the company of the saints. The whole person, body and soul, will one day rise, when "what is sown a physical body is raised a spiritual body" (l Cor 15:44), conformed to Christ's glorified body (phil 3:21).

Mary's assumption into heavena doctrine affirmed by Roman Catholics and, less dogmatically, Eastern Orthodox Christians anticipates the resurrection of all those whom Christ will save.

This brings us to the interrelated doctrines of reincarnation and karma, which we will evaluate in the next and final article on Hinduism.

Father Kocik is a parochial vicar at Santo Christo Parish in Fall River.

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God speaks to us about lasting treasure Sometimes in desperation as we deal with some problem we think, "Where is God? I need him. Why doesn't he speak to me?" Actually, God speaks to us all the time. If we want to hear God speaking to us, all we have to do is go to Mass and listen to the Scriptures being proclaimed. All the Scripture readings at Mass have been chosen by the Church with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. When the Scriptures are proclaimed, God is speaking to us. That is why it is so important to pay attention to the readings. It is also very important that the proclaimers of the Scriptures prepare well, because God is using them as the conveyors of his message.

In all of the Scripture readings this weekend, from Ecclesiastes, Colossians and St. Luke's Gospel, God speaks to us powerfully about detachment from earthly goods and attachment to what

lasts for ever.

The book of Ecclesiastes speaks to us about the passing nature of things in the world.

"All things are vanity," the author tells us. We cannot take anything with us as we go, but must leave it to others. "What profit comes to a man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored?"

God incarnate makes the same point in the Gospel about the ultimate futility of earthly belongings. He presents a parable of a man's building larger barns to store his grain and all his goods. The man places his security and hope in these earthly possessions and thinks to himself, "You have so many good things stored up for years many years, so rest, eat, drink and be merry!" But God in the parable responds, "You fool! This night your life will be demanded of you; and the

things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?"

That realization drives Ecclesiastes to ask, "What profit comes to a man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored?"

The Jewish people echoed that

question for centuries waiting for an answer. Christ gave the response in this Sunday's Gospel. He contrasted the foolishness of trying to store up earthly treasures for oneself with the wisdom of "those who seek to become rich in what matters to God." There is a labor that is not

vain. There is a wealth that rust cannot corrode, moths cannot destroy and thieves cannot steal. This is work done not for oneself, but for God. Work done for God - with the love for God and others that St. Joseph and Jesus showed in their Nazarene carpenter shop - brings with it an eternal pension plan.

St. Paul expands on what it means to "seek to become rich in what matters to God" in his letter to the Colossians. "Seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." Those who are rich with real treasure place their hearts in God, in heaven, in eternity.

They seek what leads them to God and put to death everything opposed to God, like

immorality, impurity, greed, lying and various other earthly desires that lead only to counterfeit and passing pleasures.

When God speaks to us we don't always like what he has to say. It's like children in a supermarket with their mother.

"Can we get this?" "Can I have this?" Mother says, "No, put it back." Even though the child doesn't understand, mother knows best.

In this case, God knows best. We are heirs of an eternal inheritance if only we place our hearts in this lasting treasure and order our actions toward it.

May the Lord give us the grace to listen carefully to his words and to "seek what is above," so that we may find eternal treasure where, as St. Paul says, "Christ will be all in all."

Father Davignon is pastor of Our Lady of the Assumplion Parish in Osterville.

Upcoming Daily Readings: Sat,Aug 4, Lv 25:1,8-17; Ps 67:2-3,5,7-8; Mt 14:1-12. Sun,Aug 5,Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Eccll:2;2:21-23; Ps 95:1-2,6-9; CoI3:15,9-11; Lk 12:13-21. Mon,Aug 6, The Transfiguration ofthe Lord, Do 7:9-10,13-14; Ps 97:1-2,5-6,9; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Lk 9:28b-36. Tues,Aug 7, Nm 12:1-13; Ps 51:3-7,12-13; Mt 14:22-36 or 15:1-2,10-14. Wed, Aug 8, Nm 13:1-2,25-14:1,26-29a,34-35; Ps 106:6-7a,13-14,21-23; Mt 15:21-28. Thurs,Aug 9, Nm 20:1-13; Ps 95:1-2,6-9; Mt 16:13-2 Fri, Aug 10, Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr, 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2,5-9; In 12:24-26.

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A while back, I noted with a It is, perhaps, an unhappy touch of asperity that the indicator of this column's "Prayer of the Faithful" too influence that things on the frequently deteriorates into petition front have arguably serial sermonettes, an gotten worse. Moreover, AmChurch innovation without numerous readers have asked foundation in the Church's . me to revisit the issue, liturgical tradition. I was so here we go again. particularly scornful of petitions Try these two gems, to that politicize the liturgy by which I was recently promoting, as self-evidently subjected; they were desirable objects of the Lord's taken from a canned attention, various planks in the set of petitions for Democratic platform. The same weekday Mass: objection would, of course, "For a transformaapply to petitions drawn from of world vision tion the Republican playbook; but which will put the needs of given the ambience from which human beings before capital most mass-produced liturgical gain and create policies which "aids" emerge these days, that's manifest Jesus's love for the not likely to be a big problem

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"For the leaders ofthe United Nations, may they effectively design programs to provide aid to the people who experience the greatest suffering, let us pray

to the Lord...".

I trust the Lord wasn'r . listening. .The first petition cited is soft socialism masquerading as I intercessory prayer. It ignores the fact that incorporation into global markets is the key to I economic development and the empowerment of the poor, as post-World War II western I Europe and Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, post-Cold War east I central Europe, and now India demonstrate. In his 1991 encyclical, Centesimus Annus, John Paul II stressed that the moral obligation of the wealthy is to bring the global路 poor into those "capital-gain" driven networks of productivity and exchange that our petition-writer

deplores. So why set "capital gain" over~against "Jesus's love for the poor," as if the two were mutually exclusive?

As for those "leaders of the United Nations" who are the objects of the second petition's concern, anyone familiar with the actual functioning of the U.N. might suggest that U.N.related petitions to the Almighty would be better directed at ending the rape of children by U.N. "peacekeepers" in Sudan. Or perhaps our (private) prayers might seek the conversion of the hearts and minds of the "leaders of the United Nations," so that, having read the scientific evidence, they're moved to abandon their salvation-throughlatex approach to the AIDS pandemic. As for "people who experience the greatest suffering," they're far beyond the reach of "U.N. leaders," for the greatest suffering in this world is moral and spiritual, and alleviating that is not, the last time I looked, a mandate of the U.N. Charter. In any case, none of this belongs in the people's common prayer at Mass.

These petitions are not, in fact, prayers. They may be expressions of conventional

liberal pieties. They may be guilt-trips aimed at suburban congregations. They may even be subtle advertisements for the Carter Center. But they're not prayers of the sort envisioned by the Second Vatican Council when it mandated that, in the reformed liturgy, "intercession will be made for holy Church, for the civil authorities, for those oppressed by various needs, for all mankind, and for the salvation of the entire world." (Which raises another question: When was the last time you heard a petition that used the phrase "holy Church," or that invoked the divine mercy "for the salvation of the entire world"? Not recently, I bet.)

What to do? The answer, as I suggested before, is austerity: the integrity of the liturgy requires us to use simple, even formulaic, petitions - for the universal Church; for the local Church; for civil authorities; for special local needs; for peace; for Christian unity; for the salvation of the world; for the dead - and leave it at that.

Like the refugees at the beginning of Casablanca who look longingly, and heavenward, at that overflying DC-3, we wait. And wait. And wait.

George Weigel is a senior fellow ofthe Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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Dog day afternoon Friday 3 August 2007 - PortO-Call: Three Mile River, North Dighton During The Anchor staff vacation, dear readers, I was sent up the river to the Big House. No, not the Big House as in a Johnny Cash song. It's really, really big (as Ed Sullivan would say). I now live in St. Joseph ReCtory, North Dighton.

This residence is 135 years old. I don't yet know wh<;> built it. The exterior of the house is ornamented with shamrock cut-outs.

They were wealthy Irish.

This place has 14 rooms and two-and-one-half baths. There' are bedrooms for the master of the house, the mistress of the house, the boys, the girls, and the domestic servant. Upstairs are also the morning room and the

nursery. I won't be needing the nursery. The "Morning Room" serves as my work office.

The rooms downstairs include the visitor's parlor, the family parlor, the library, the den (with

chocolate marble fireplace), the formal dining room, and the kitchen. I moved into this residence during the "Dog Days of Summer." It was hot work. It was definitely not a period of stagnation or inactivity.

The anCient Romans gave the named "Dog Days" (caniculares dies). They did so because of the

rising and setting of a star they named "Sirius" or the "Big Dog" (Canis Major) in conjunction with the star we call the sun.

They figured the heat of Sirius contributed somehow to summer's sweltering temperatures. It caused the sea to boil, the wine to sour, dogs to go mad, and people to go into feverish frenzies. Bad dog.

Every day, in a sense, is a Dog' Day for me. My three retired,racing ',greyhounds Cleopatra ("Queen of Denial"), The Emperor Napoleon, and Sic Transit , Gloria Mundi keep me on my toes year-round. Greyhounds are a gentle breed. They love children. They enthusiastically greet all visitors. They're not watchdogs. They're not hyperactive. They sleep 80 percent of

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GOd's'party line my imagination. I thought, truly One day I was reading a story with my daughter about a young , God has the greatest party line girl named Emily. Emily lived in of all. But in some ways God's a very small town in a rural area; party line is a little different.

With God there is also only one one in which "party line" line, shared by many, but the telephone use was the only kind difference is that everyone can of service available.

The' story brought me back to talk to him at the same time. He can listen and be present to a time many years ago when my thousands, millions, simultafamily lived in a small town in a neously, and we can have rural area, where we in fact had complete confidence that no one a party line for a short period of time. I remember that picking up the phone and hearing another neighbor's conversation was commonplace. We would immediately .hang up and try our call again later. It was not uncommon,howeve~

for a neighbor to simply join in on the conversation, hence the name "party line." It was truly a "Mayberry" type of experience, complete with residents like Andy, Opie and Aunt Bee. My how far we've come!

Imagine sharing a phone line with several other neighbors, having to wait to make a call, and trusting that they would be kind enough not to "listen in."

People had to be far more patient in this type of situation.

Schedules were not as impacted as they are now, with numerous activities, deadlines and obligations. Presently, technology has brought us many advances in telephones and in computers, with many kinds of services and conveniences. We have many choices in types of communication and how we use them.

While reflecting upon this topic, God made his way into

else will listen in.

There is no need for him to say, "Try your prayer again later," or "Sorry, but I'm having another conversation right now."

No, all communication can come through.

Instant messages have always been one of God's greatest gifts to us. And in many ways we do not have to even initiate the communication. He knows what we are thinking. He knows what is in our hearts. He knows what it is we need to receive, even when we do not ask for any help or communication.

Sometimes when we least expect it, there will be that instant message. It may be a subtle impression, a gentle guidance, an inner feeling to move in one direction over another. It may be an overwhelming feeling of joy or of peace, a hope fulfilled, an

understanding received.

I was recently reading about St. Alphonsus Marie Liguori whose feast day was this week on August 1. He was born in the village of Marianella, near Naples, Italy on Sept. 27, 1696.

His mother was very pious and devout and his father, a naval officer. Alphonsus was the oldest of seven children. At the young age of 16 he received his doctorate in law. In 1723, while practicing law, Alphonsus lost a case, but God used his disappointment to move his heart away from the world. That same year, Alphonsus had a vision and was told to consecrate his life solely to God. He dedicated himself to the religious life although this did not please his family. He was ordained a priest in 1732 and later founded the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.

St. Alphonsus is an example of someone who listened deeply to God's communication.

Yes, God communicates with us in many ways and although he may initiate communication, he is also always waiting for our call. He is always waiting to hear from us. And if you're someone who calls him "all the time," that's OK. There is no limit to the calls one can make. And best of all, it's free.

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9 their lives. They're couch potatoes. When they',re awake they're very awake. Look out.

Even retired greyhounds can reach speeds of 40 mph. If they spot an open gate, that to them means the race is on., One night somebody casually opened my door. Napoleon seized the moment. We're off! I grabbed a flashlight and followed in hot pursuit through the backyards of Assonet Village.

The way to catch a greyhound is not to give chase. They naturally think that's a game so they laugh and run faster. Instead, the idea is to somehow get ahead of them.

Have you ever tried to out-run a greyhound? You'd need a helicopter.

There I was dashing through the darkened streets of the Village, grasping my flashlight and dressed head-to-toe in black.

It's my uniform. It n~ver occurred to me that I looked very suspicious. I hadn't gone a hundred feet when ah alert police officer pulled up behind me in his cruiser, blue light flashing.

"Just what's going on here, sir?

Wait a minute. You're the Town Father!" In a way, he was correct. At least he didn't have to phone the bishop to verify my identity. "Sorry to wake you, Your Excellency. This is the Freetown Police. Dd you have a priest who moonlights as a cat (sic) burglar?" I explained my • • II. SItuatIOn and the officer kmdly called for reinforcements. Now I was being followed by a string of cruisers. I continued" my mad dash. But not for long.

One of my neighbors was in his living room watching "America's Most Wanted." He happened to glance his window just as I ran past. He saw the line of police cars flashing behind me. Out of the house he flew. "Stop! Stop! Burglar!" he yelled, adding colorful curses.

The guy finally caught up with me. He realized his mistake.

"You're my priest! Sorry, Father." "Indeed," said I. "By the way, I haven't seen you in church

lately. No more 'America's Most Wanted' for you." Napoleon got only as far as the Assonet River and, being a sensible dog, decided not to get wet. He stopped short, smiled, blinked his eyelashes, and pretended nothing at all was wrong.

One day I stopped my car to give my dogs a break. As soon as they got out of the vehicle; they instinctively began scanning the horizon for moving game. They didn't notice a skunk waddling out of the bushes just a few inches from their legs. My mind filled with thoughts of rushing off to buy gallons of tomato juice. I didn't have to. The dogs failed to look down. What foolish little varmint would dare walk right in front of a regal greyhound?

So, Dave Jolivet, Anchor sports columnist, there are professional animal athletes and I'll prove it. I propose a race between your pet dog Igor and my champion animal-athlete Cleopatra. Winner gets Red Sox tickets, box seats, plus all the dogs (as in frankfurters) he can eat.

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ing off to UMass-Amherst this fall where he NORTH ATTLEBORO - Nineteen-year-old hopes to study business management.

Thomas V. Ducharme doesn't consider himself a An active member in the youth group, role model, but he is indeed just that, volunteer- Ducharme said attending the Christian Leadering his time at Sacred Heart Parish in North Attle- ship Institute for a week a few summers ago boro and inspiring other young people to do the helped him learn to be a better leader and be orsame. ganized. . "I just go and do my best and try to lead by "I learned a lot of good things there and made example," said Ducharme. "I never really thought some good friends. I'm currently a youth adviof myself as a role model, but with my younger sor, so I help plan events. I've also helped to come brothers and sisters getting involved at the par- up with ideas to spread the word about the youth ish, I guess I am." group and increase membership."

Ducharme has been an altar server at the parHis efforts were successful as there are 25-30 ish since he was in second grade and has enjoyed people attending the youth group meetings and the experience. he added, "It feels good to see young people get "My parents encouraged my brothers and sis- involved and know it will continue on after we ters and me to get ingo off to college." volved at the parish Recent projects that from a young age. They Ducharme helped orgainstilled strong Catholic nize were a white water beliefs in us." rafting trip to Maine and His service at the al- ~iiiiiiiiiiiiii~~~~~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;::'=-;::::::::::::::;'" a ski trip last winter to tar has led him to get New Hampshire. more involved. For the "Both of those were past six years, he has a lot of fun," he debeen an usher, and for elared. He has been acthe past two an extraortive in the youth group for four years. dinary minister of holy Communion.

Other projects he's "Father David Costa been involved with inour pastor asked me to elude assisting the youth be a extraordinary mingroup at the local soup ister and I felt honored kitchen and the Relay that he did," said for Life held each year Ducharme. "By assistat North Attleboro High ing at Mass, I feel I'm School. At the Relay that much more involved participants collect in the celebration bepledges and then as a cause I'm helping to team, take turns walking present Christ to around the track over a people." period of 24 hours to Father .Costa was raise awareness and thankful for the efforts money for cancer reof Ducharme. "Whensearch. ever you ask Tom to do "That has special something for the parish ANCHOR PERSON OF THE ~EEK - Tho- meaning to me because he will do it and do it mas V. Ducharme (Photo by Mike Gordon) I've known several well. He's not afraid of people who have had hard work and is a good role model for other cancer," said Ducharme. young people. He's a good kid and it's great to He has also assisted with retreat days for sechave him involved at the parish." ond-graders to help them prepare for their first As an usher, he hands out missalettes and helps Communion over the past two years. people get seated for special liturgical celebra"I'm motivated to give back," said Ducharme. tions". "We also do the collection, bring up the I feel blessed to have leadership skills and it gift~ if needed and hand out bulletins as people would be a waste to not do something. Faith plays leave church." a major part in my life and the parish provides Asked about volunteering his time to the me a place to help others."

Church he responded, "If someone asks me I alHe also said that working with Father Costa has ways say yes. It's easy to say yes to God." been motivating factor for becoming involved at _ His siblings are following in his footsteps. His the parish. "He is fun to work with and he brings younger brother Nick, 15, is also an usher and faith alive. It makes you want to come back." altar server. His twin sisters Emily, and Rachel, When he's not volunteering at the parish, he 13, are altar servers and members of the youth enjoys reading, skiing and swimming and playchoir. ing video games. You might also find him in "It makes me proud to see them involved," he Providence where he has worked at Unele Tony's 'said.

Pizza for nearly three years.

Ducharme also has a brother Ben who is 21.

Ducharme offered this advice for other young . He is the son of Rosemary and Normand people. "Get involved at your parish. It's made a big Ducharme. His mother smiled about her son's in- difference in my life. You'll meet some great people - volvement at the parish. and the experience helped me prepare for college." . "We're extremely proud of him," she said. "He The Anchor encourages readers to nominate othworks very hard and does a lot of good things ersforthePerson ofthe Week-who and why? Subfor the parish. He's always the first to volunteer." mit nominations to: thearu:ho,-(@aru:homews.org, or The Providence native recently graduated from write to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA North Attleboro High School and will be head- 02722.

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WELL-EARNED RECOGNITION - White's Restaurant in Westport was the site of the recent Diocesan Health Facilities' annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet. Msgr. Edmund J. Fitzgerald, center in both photos, was on hand to congratulate the recipients.

Health Facilities hosts annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet WESTPORT Diocesan Health Facilities recently held its annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet at White's Restaurant.

Each year the system offive skilled nursing and rehabilitative care facilities and two community programs holds the banquet to recognize staff members for their dedication to the residents and their peers by awarding the Reflection of Mission Awards, and to encourage deserving staff members to continue their education by awarding $2,000 scholarships.

This year the Reflection of Mission Awards were given to the following recipients: - Catholic Memorial Home: M. Connie Viveiros, Therapeutic Activities Assistant (15 years); Madonna Manor: Jen Bousquet, Eden Coordinator & HousekeepinglLaundry Supervisor (5 Yz years); - Marian Manor: Maureen Camara, Food Service Director (31 years); ' - Our Lady's Haven: Brenda Mills, C.N.A. (25 years); - Sacred Heart Home: Susan Russo, Documentation Nurse (28 years).

There were seven $2,000 scholarships given to staff and management employees who are currently studying in a range of programs in

the health and management fields.

The recipients are: Catholic Memorial Home Elisha Dumont, Dietary Supervisor, Course of Study: Dietetic Systems Management, Penn State University since 2003; Madonna Manor - Ndeye R. Diene - C.N.A., Course of Study: Nursing at Community College of Rhode Island since 2003; Marian Manor - Sharon J. Schuttauf - LPN, Course of Study: R.N. Program at Massasoit Community College since January 2007; Our Lady's Haven - Laura Dodge - C.N.A., Course of Study: R.N. Program at Brockton Hospital School of Nursing since October 2004; Sacred Heart Home Stephanie Marques - C.N.A., Course of Study: R.N. Program at Bristol Community college since September 2006; Management Scholarship: Melanie Joseph, Business Office Manager at Our Lady's Haven, Course of Study: Business Administration at Fisher College since October 2004; DHFO Management Scholarship: Marianne Sullivan, Clinical Project Facilitator, Course of Study: Nurse Practitioner Program at UMass Dartmouth since September 2006.

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St. Mary's Fund summer fund-raiser hailed as a success MASHPEE - More than 250 guests were greeted by Bishop George W. Coleman at the 10th annual St. Mary's Fund Summer Event that raised funds for scholarships to Catholic schools in the Fall River Diocese.

"It was wonderful and we feel that in this, our 10th annual affair we met our goal, to raise more money for need-based scholarships so that our children can attend Catholic schools,"

said Jane Robin, executive fundraiser for the event.

All of the money raised goes to assist students in need of financial aid to attend a Catholic school.

A lobster dinner and silent auction along with a musical performance by the students of St. Margaret's Regional School in Buzzards Bay highlighted the evening.

Dick Flavin, one of America's

leading and most versatile humorists entertained the audience and served as master of ceremonies for the anniversary event.

Cochairmen Pat Carney and Tom Flatley joined Bishop Coleman in greeting the guests.

Receiving special recognition for their longstanding support of the Summer Event were Suzanne Downing, Sheila Feitelberg and Phyllis MacNeil.

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Holy Cross musician releases his debut album, 'Humbled' WORCESTER - Paul Melley, a Christ," Melley said. member of the chaplaincy and direcEarly next year, the music will be tor of liturgical music at the College put in print for use in worship. Melley of the Holy Cross, had his debut al- is a singer, saxophonist, and combum, ''Humbled,'' released on July 19 poser. He has performed throughout

by GIA Music. the United States, Canada and EuBased in Chicago, GIA is an in- rope; collaborated with the top innoternational publisher of Catholic and vators in the field ofliturgical music; Christian resources for prayer and and is featured on a number of reworship. cordings. He sang his own composiOn "Humbled," tion at the Vigil Litsinger/songwriter urgy attended by Melley takes a conPope John Paul IT in temporary approach Toronto for World and sound and Youth Day 2002. blends it within the At Holy Cross, Catholic tradition Melley'serves as digrounded in solid rector of the Chapel theology. The reChoir as well as the cording contains relContemporary Enevant texts, many semble, and oversees straight from the music used in liturgy Lectionary for Mass. and worship. He is It is 'a collection also the chaplain coPAUL MELLEY of songs that have ordinator for the Rite been used in worship, including many ofChristian Initiation ofAdults group that Melley has used during liturgies on campus. Melley has.. been a part at Holy Cross since arriving in 2003. time faculty member at Boston The CD is named "Humbled" based College's Graduate Institute for Reon St. Paul's letter to the Phillipians. ligious Education and Pastoral MinThe letter contains the earliest known istry for the last four years. form ofChristian hymn, generally reMelley received a bachelor of arts ferred to as the Hymn to the degree in voice and music education Philippians. from UMass- Amherst, and is comThe letter to the Philippians calls pleting a masters of theology with a for Christian unity and presents one concentration in liturgy at Boston' ofthe most explicit and profound tes- College. timonies in the New Testament of The College of the Holy Cross Christ's humanity and divinity. "I be- (www.holycross.edu) is the oldest lieve that the hymn contains theology , Catholic college in New England. that is imperative that we embrace, Founded in 1843 by the Society of which is to give of ourselves and let Jesus Holy Cross is a highly selecgo of those things that may hinder us tive, four-year, undergraduate liberal and empty ourselves in service to arts institution and ranks among the those in n~ in the pattern of Jesus nation's leading liberal arts colleges.

eNS video/DVD reviews NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are ~psule reviews of recent DVD and video releases from the Office for FIlm & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops. ''Factory Girl" (2007) The sad, sordid rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick (Sienna Miller), who shone briefly in the'spotlight as part of Andy Warhol's (Guy Pearce) artistic center, the Factory, in the 1960s, appearing in his underground movies until the pop artist tired ofher, shows how the over-the-top lifestyle led to her eventual burnout despite a nurturing interlude with a legendary singer (Hayden Christensen). Director George Hickenlooper's film takes an episodic approach in telling the story as Sedgwick, near the end ofher short life (which ended at '28 from a drug overdose), relates her experiences to a psychiatrist. The milieu is downbeat and often seamy, but presented with relative restraint, and Miller is immensely appealing in her sensitive portrait ofthe trusting, vulnerable waif.

Nongraphic premarital sexual encounters, partial nudity, briefsexual banter and innuendo, drug use, some rough and crude language, gay references, ,~,

references to child abuse and suicide.

The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L - limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. (Weinstein Company) ''Premonition'' (2007) Effective time-warp thriller about a wife (Sandra Bullock) who learns her husband (Julian McMahon) has died in a car accident, only to wake up and discover he's still alive and the dreadful event will happen a few days later. Serious suspension of disbelief is required on the viewer's part, but Mennan Yapo directs with skill, Bullock is riveting as she gradually pieces together the mystifying events around her, and there's even that rare occurrence - a fairly positive priest character - all in all making this unobjectionable for older teens and up, despite the flagged elements below. A few instances of profanity and expletives, a horrific car collision and a couple of minor accidents involving blood, mild innuendo and a suggestion of adultery. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-Ill - adults. (Sony Home Entertainment)

FAMILY PORTRAIT - A polar bear named Nanu and her family are seen in the epic adventure "Arctic Tale." For a brief review of this film, se~ CNS Movie Capsules below. (CNS photo/Paramount Classics)

lC~' ~'I()vii(e lCaIIV~UIII(e~ NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"Arctic Tale" (Paramount Classics) Queen Latifah delightfully narrates an absorbing story charting the parallel journeys of a polar bear cub and a walrus pup in the Arctic Circle from birth to maturity, and show~ ing how they manage to survive a changing environment with everdecreasing ice seriously impeding both their natural habitat and their ability to obtain food. Co-directors and cinematographers Adam Ravetch and Sarah Robertson have fashioned an impressively photographed "fable" out of the challenges facing these creatures in light of global warming, rendering the film a vivid animal counterpart to Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."

Though restrained in its presentation, the film includes some images of animal violence and death, perhaps precluding viewing by the very young. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-I - general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G - general audiences. All ages admitted.

"Hairspray" (New Line) Highly enjoyable adaptation of the hit Broadway musical based on a 1988 film of the same title about an overweight 1960s Baltimore girl (Nikki Blonsky) whose parents (Christopher Walken and John Travolta, the latter in a cross-dress-

ing role) support her dreams of competing on a racially segregated local dance program which the girl helps integrate. Director Adam Shankman keeps the pace moving imd strikes a sensible balance between heightened realism and more fanciful elements. There are entertaining performances from a wellchosen cast, including Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Zac Efron and James Marsden, and strong messages about racial tolerance and self-respect. Some crass expressions, innuendo, mild sexual banter and irreverence, and brief teen smoking make this best for older adolescents. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-IT - adults and adolescents.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -::- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. ''No Reservations" (Warner Bros.)

Sweet story, adapted from the 2001 German film "Mostly Martha," now set in New York, about a work-obsessed master chef (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who takes in her orphaned nine-year-old niece (Abigail Breslin) and her subsequent rivalry with and then growing admiration for the restaurant's happy-go-lucky sous-chef (Aaron Eckhart) who helps open her up to life. Despite formulaic and overly sentimental moments, director Scott Hicks' excellent adaptation maintains a sensible tone, and allows the engaging story to unfold

at an unhurried pace, while the performances are immensely appealing. Apart from a handful of expletives and crass expressions, including an instance of profanity and some remarks that imply the acceptability of premarital living arrangements, and one such implied encounter, the film may be acceptable for older adolescents. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-ill - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children.

"Sunshine" (Fox Searchlight) Powerful contemporary science fiction tale set a half-century in our future when the sun in dying and an international expedition (Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis and Troy Garrity among them) hopes to regenerate the once powerful star. Director Danny Boyle pays homage to past cinematic space stories like "2001: A Space Odyssey" as the film delineates the consciences, fears and heroism of the crew, while generating admiration for the wonders of creation. Violence and strong language. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is L - limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

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assaults both individual freedom and the rights of parents to consent to medical interventions.

BOSTON - Sixth-grade girls The Gardasil vaccine was auwould have to be vaccinated thorized for sale by the Food and against some sexually transmitted viruses under a controversial bill Drug Administration last year on pending in the state Legislature. the basis of a five-year clinical The bill would mandate that study. The federal Centers for girls be vaccinated against HPV, Disease Control and Prevention the human papillomavirus, which subsequently recommended its use, but stopped short of backing is one of at least 25 sexually transmitted diseases. a mandate.

No vaccine targets all 30 HPV Diggs pointed out that its prostrains, but one - Gardasil by longed effects on other body sysMerck Pharmaceutical - targets tems, including future fertility, are four strains. Two of the four as yet unknown. strains account for 70 percent of "This creates a false sense of cervical cancer cases, as security that one is proHPV is the only known tected from cervical cancer," he said, noting girls cause of cervical cancer.

"For a state to make it obliga- would still be at risk from Gardasil is approved for females aged nine-26 before tory is to usurp the role of par- 26 other HPV strains.

And if the only vaccine they become sexually ac- ents," Edward Furton of the tive. There is no corre- Catholic Bioethics Center said in currently for sale is mansponding vaccine yet for a phone interview. dated, this would be a windmales. fall for Merck and would Numerous medical slam future competition, groups and the National Catholic not.

Diggs said. In addition, the manuBioethics Center support the volIo an email response to ques- facturer would be off the hook untary use of an HPV vaccine, but tions, Moore declined to speculate from liability if future adverse efred flags have been raised nation- what this might cost the state, but fects occur. wide over its being mandated for said that most health insurance Sen. Moore disputed that, sayschool enrollment. companies and MassHealth cur- ing, "The state would not be liWorking with Women in Gov- rently pay for the vaccine. He's able since it would be exercising ernment, an advocacy group for trying to get an additional $12.8 its public health authority." He female state legislators, Merck's million added to the state vaccine added that a provision "to allow aggressive lobbying campaign account. parents to seek an exemption last year resulted in dozens of Representatives from within based on moral beliefs" could be similar bills cropping up nation- the Fall River Diocese who also included. wide, according to the Waltham- sit on the committee - Robert Another unknown is how long based parents' rights group Mass Koczera of New Bedford and Su- the vaccine's potency will last.

Resistance. san Gifford of Wareham - de- Moore acknowledged that booster However, Merck publicly clined requests to comment on the shots could be needed. dropped this campaign in Febru- bill.

He called a May report linking ary following conflict-of-interest Other concerns involve paren- three deaths to the vaccine false. revelations in Texas and negative tal rights, medical liability and On May 23, the public interest publicity over its motivations. group Judicial Watch reported that long-term medical effects.

The Association of American "For a state to make it obliga- documents obtained from the Physicians and Surgeons had ob- tory is to usurp the role of parjected that a mandate would ents," Edward Furton of the CAPE COD "force taxpayers or insurance sub- Catholic Bioethics Center said in scribers to pay for what is basi- a phone interview.

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Concert to benefit roof repairs at 81. Anthony's NEW BEDFORD - Sgt. Daniel M. Clark, popularly known as the "Singing State Trooper" and his wife Mary Colarusso, will perform a variety of music from their extensive repertoire of sacred music at a concert September 9 at 3 p.m., at St. Anthony's Church.

Proceeds from the musical concert will support renovations to the roof of the late 1800s-era church, the largest in Southeastern Massachusetts with a 256-foot spire.

It will be the second appearance for Clark at St. Anthony's. In April he was the featured vocalist for the Spring Organ and Choir's "Music at St. Anthony's." More than 800 people were moved by Clark's patriotic selections in support of our troops fighting overseas.

The Massachusetts State Trooper has performed since his entrance into the State Police Academy in 1985. He has sung at more than 2,500 events for federal, state, local and military functions. Those include singing 23 foreign national anthems in native dialect for visiting dignitaries and sporting events. For five years he was heard on "'Radio Disney" as ''Trooper Dan" promoting safety for children.

However, Clark does not perform alone. Mary Colarusso, his wife, has appeared in concert with her husband to nationwide audiences. They performed for former President George H. Bush and First lady Barbara Bush as part of their efforts during the Bush-Clinton Katrina Relief.

Colarusso, a graduate of the Boston Conservatory of Music, has been the lead soprano for the Lowell Opera and Boston Bel Canto Opera companies where she has sung title roles of Violetta in "La Traviata" and Gilda in "Rigoletto." She is also a volunteer advocate for the Molly Bish Missing Children Foundation and has performed at the Statehouse in Boston and sung the National Anthem for many civic and sports events.

Dan Clark was so impressed with the majesty of S1. Anthony's Church that when he heard about the roof project, he and Mary offered to assist with the fund-raising concert in order to avert irreparable damage.

The interior of St. Anthony's is a glorious work of art depicting biblical events; a history of St. Anthony in paintings, sculpture and stained glass. The visual beauty and splendid acoustics are enhanced by the breathtaking experience of the illumination of more than 5,500 electric lights throughout the ornate decor of the interior.

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u.s. bishops say pope affirming importance of Mass in both forms WASHINGTON (CNS) - U.S. Church leaders cautioned against what one called "early and false conclusions" about Pope Benedict XVI's document expanding the use of the Tridentine Mass and said it should be seen primarily as affirmation ofthe importance ofreverential participation in the Mass, whether in its ordinary or extraordinary form.

CardinalAdam J. Maida ofDetroit said the apostolic letter "Sumnwrnm Pontificwn" in July showed the pope's "pastoral care for those members of the faithful who desire to worship God" with the Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite.

But he said Pope Benedict's decision to allow priests to celebrate the earlier form of the Mass without their bishop's prior permission should not be seen "as calling into question the abiding significance of the teachings ofthe Second Vatican Council" but as a continuation of Pope John Paul IT's efforts to reach out ''to those who felt . alienated from the Church because of the exclusive use of the postconciliar ritual" Bishop David A. Zubik of Green Bay, Wis., said in separate letters to priests and the faithful in the diocese that they must "be careful not to arrive at early and false conclusions" about the apostolic letter. . ''Most importantly, I wish to state emphatically thatthe Mass is notchanging;' he wrote in both letters. 'The normal way that we have been celebrating

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What you and I are asked to do is to open our hearts and be more aware of and attentive to those who have a spiritual need for the extraordinary form of celebrating the Mass."

Bishop Zubik told priests that the papal letter appearedto be ''in response to serious concerns that have been expressed in countries other than our own."

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley ofBoston said in his Web log, or blog, that he also believed the document ''will not result in a great deal of change for the Catholics in the U.S." 'The issue ofthe Latin Mass is not urgent for our country," he said in a late June entry, more than a week before the document was issued but after he had participated in a meeting at the Vatican about the apostolic letter. ''I think they (Vatican officials) ~anted us to be part ofthe conversation so that we would be able to understand what the situation is in countries where the numbers are very significant."

The cardinal, told The Boston Globe newspaper that the change must be kept in perspective.

"There are some conservative Catholics who feel that everything ended with the (Second Vatican) Council, and some liberal~ who think that everything began with the council, and this Holy Father is trying to say that this is continuous growth, that it's the same Church, and that we must try to avojd allowing the liturgy to become abattleground rather than a pomt

of unification and communion for believers," he said in the telephone interview with the Globe.

Bishop Donald W. Trautman of Erie, Pa., chairman of the bishops' Committee on the Liturgy, said he would be issuing "diocesan norms to help apply and order the specifics of the pope's letter" and would ask priests who want to celebrate the Tridentine Mass to take "a rubrical and Latin exam" before doing so.

"Further, there will be need to ascertain that the common good of the parish prevails and to ascertain what constitutes a stable community of those requesting the 1962 missal," he added in a statement.

Archbishop Jose H. Gomez ofSan Antonio said he hoped the pope's move will help Catholics ''be able to clearly see the growth and progress we have realized since Vatican IT, while at the same time preserving the rich heritage and legacy of the Church."

Bishop Salvatore R. Matano of Burlington, Vt., said he would celebrate the Tridentine Mass August 15 ~ St. Joseph Co-Cathedral to mark the feast of the Assumption and to ask ''that all we do to celebrate her son's presence among us will bring glory to his name and harmony and peace among his people."

Because it has been 30 years since the Tridentine Mass was celebrated in the diocese, he said, local priests "must reacquaint themselves with its rubrics" and "altar servers, choirs and cantors must be trained.

Church leaders seek ways to 'effectively implement' directive WASHINGTON (CNS)-Inthe days immediately following the July 7 issuance of the apostolic letter "Sumnwrnm Pontificum," which allows for greater use of the Tridentine Mass, many questions have been asked about how to apply it when the norms outlined in the letter take effect September 14.

'The apostolic letter is only four days old," said Msgr. James P. Moroney, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for the Liturgy, in aJuly telephone interview with Catholic News Service.

Still, ''bishops and liturgical directors who are seeking ways to effectively implement the apostolic letter" have called and "askedfor clarifications and raised questions," the priest added. ''Fortunately, we hope to be abl~ to address them in the near future:' The U.S. bishops' Committee on the Liturgy had already scheduled a meetingAugust 13 on other issues, but will add matters surrounding "Summorum Pontificum" to the agenda, Msgr. Moroney said.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops does not maintain a list of which dioceses, or which parishes in dioceses, currently use the Tridentine rite with the permission of the diocesan bishop, according to Msgr.

Moroney. However, a Website maintained by a Dallas group called the Mater Dei Latin Mass Community lists more than 280 churches in the United States and Canada where the Tridentine Mass is said, with addresses and times.

"I'm not certain that there will be a significant increase in the number of requests for celebration of the 1962 missal;' Msgr. Moroney added, referring to the 1962 Roman Missal, which includes the Tridentine rite.

The Mass from the Roman Missal in use since 1970 would remain the ordinary form of the Mass, while celebration ofthe Tridentine Mass would be the extraordinary form.

Differences from the ordinary form - some subtle, some less subtle would be in evidence at a Tridentine- . rite Mass, beyond that of the priest having his back to the people.

The 1962 Roman Missal itself would be different from missals and missal aids prevalent in U.S. parishes today. Msgr. Moroney said its availability should not pose much ofa problem, as several publishers have already been producing copies of the 1962 missal.

However, an instruction in "Summorum Pontificum" that the 1962 missal be updated with, among

other things, the feast days of new saints will pose its own set of challenges. "I'm sure the (Vatican's) 'Ecclesia Dei' commission will begin to examine the integration of the new saints into the 1962 rite," Msgr.

Moroney said. "However, their timelines are something I have no knowledge of."

Training priests to use the 1962 missal will also be a challenge to dioceses where large numbers of Catholics want to have Tridentine Masses in their parish. If a parish wanted to conduct Tridentine Masses exclusively, it could not do so. " "A parish community would not have the power to declare itself a parish of the extraordinary use;' Msgr.

Moroney said. ''This would be a matter for the bishop to decide. Any bishop, according to the apostolic letter, can establish later a parish to use the extraordinary form."

And even though altar girls have served in virtually all U.s. dioceses for many years, they could not at a Tridentine Mass.

'The celebration of the extraordinary form (the Tridentine rite) is governed by the liturgical law in force at the time," Msgr. Moroney told CNS. 'The 1962 missal does not envision the use of women altar servers."

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A draft-dodging martyr? their upright consciences, and out of a In June, Pope Benedict XVI approved a decree of martyrdom for Franz Jagerstatter, sense of duty to his family. Here's what he wrote from his prison cell: "Again and an Austrian farmer who was beheaded on again, people stress the obligations of Aug. 9, 1943 for refusing to serve in conscience as they concern my wife and Hitler's army. That means that the Church children. But I cannot believe that, just recognizes that he died for the faith, and because one has a wife and children, a man his beatification is now set for Oct. 26, is free to offend God by lying, not to 2007 in Linz. The Church does not require mention all the other things he would be a miracle for the beatification of martyrs, as it does for those who have lived a life of called upon to do. Did not Christ himself say 'He who loves father, mother, or heroic virtue-people like Cardinal Newman, for example, whose cause is children more than Me is not deserving of my love' or 'Fear not those who can kill the pending. body but not the soul: rather fear much Franz, who was married with three young daughters, had been drafted to serve more those who seek to destroy body and soul in hell?'" in the Wehrmacht, the St. Thomas German army More faced a during the Nazi similar choice whether to era. He considered it follow his conscience or wrong and his government, against his which was Catholic faith to

By Dwight Duncan ' demanding serve the Nazi something that cause in any way, and particularly in its war of aggresviolated his conscience and his faith - in sion that goes by the name of World War n. his case, swearing that Henry vm was the Interestingly, Catholic priests and his bishop supreme head of the Church in England, had all urged him to serve, the bishop even thus denying the primacy of the pope. He too died as a martyr, as a witness to the going so far as to say it was his duty. faith at the cost of his life, leaving behind a He wrote: "Just as the man who thinks only of this world does everything possible widow and children. to make life easier and better, so must we, Hopefully, of course, following our too, who believe in the eternal kingdom, risk conscience and being true to the faith 'will everything in order to receive a great reward not require of us the supreme sacrifice of our lives. But the example of our Lord, and there. Just as those who believe in National St. Stephen, and St. Thomas More, and Socialism tell themselves that their struggle is for survival, so must we, too, convince soon-to-be-Blessed Franz Jagerstatter are ourselves that our struggle is for the eternal there to remind us that we must be true to God and conscience, no matter what the kingdom. But with this difference: We need no rifles or pistols for our battle, but instead, price. "If anyone would come after me," spiritual weapons - and the foremost Jesus said, "he must deny himself and take among these is prayer.... Through prayer, up his cross and follow me. For whoever we continually implore new grace from wants to save his life will lose it, but God, since without God's help and grace it whoever loses his life for me and for the would be impossible for us to preserve the Gospel will save it."

Faith and be true to His commandments·....

Father Jochmann was the prison chaplain Let us love our enemies, bless those who in Berlin who saw Jagerstatter the day of his curse us, pray for those who persecute us. execution. Father Jochmann observed the For love will conquer and will endure for ,all prisoner to be calm and uncomplaining. "I eternity. And happy are those who live and can say with certainty," he later testified, die in God's love." "that this simple man is the only saint I have Basically, people urged this conscienever met in my lifetime." tious objector to serve in the military Dwight Duncan is a professor at because it was required by governmental Southern New England School ofLaw in North Dartmouth. He holds degrees in authority. But governments cannot legitimately demand that people violate civil and canon law.

BOSTON - The Archdiocese of ton and Ascension Health, a national I Catholic health care system, have endfd discussions about a change in sponsorship of Caritas Christi Health Care without ~n agreement.

"As in any negotiations of this scale, we approached this process with a clear understanding of the need for parities ,to reach agreement on numerous terms in order to move forward," the archdiocese and Ascension Health said in a joint statement in late June.

"While we hoped to reach a definitive agreement, regrettably, after months of good-faith efforts, we collectively determined that is not possible, and we have agreed not to pursue affiliation," they said.

Discussions between the two organizations began in February. The archdiocese, the current sponsor of Caritas Christi, was seeking a new sponsor for the heath care system. Ascension Health, based in St. Louis, is both the largest Catholic and largest nonprofit health care system in the United States.

Caritas Christi Health Care was established in 1985 and is the second largest health care system in New England. The organization's network consists of six

hospitals in Brighton, Brockton, Dorchester, Fall River, Methuen and Norwood.

Despite poor financial performance in recent years, Caritas Christi turned a $26 million profit in fiscal year 2005. The recovery provided expanded options to the archdiocese and Caritas Christi.

The archdiocese and Caritas Christi said in a statement that they are committed to a successful future for the organization and will remain open to exploring a different affiliation.

"We remain committed to continuing the delivery of high-quality Catholic health care long into the future," they said.

"The system has enjoyed two consecutive profitable years and anticipates profitability again this year."

Caritas Christi also announced that it will resume a search for a permanent CEO. John B. Chessare was appointed interim president and secretary in May 2006 after the previous president, Dr. Robert Haddad, resigned in the face of accusations of sexual harassment.

In a letter to the Caritas Christi community, Chessare wrote, "We remain extremely optimistic about the future of Caritas. We continue the work of transformation in clinical care and service to our patients."

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IN THE HOME STRETCH - The Royal Randwick Racecourse in Randwick, Australia, a suburb of Sydney, is scheduled to be used for the vigil and papal Mass during World Youth Day in July 2008. All the railings will be removed at the racecourse to facilitate 200,000 pilgrims camping overnight. (CNS photo/courtesy of Australian Jockey Club)

In WYD message, pope asks youths to evangelize and be missionaries

By CINDY WOODEN, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VATICAN CITY - When adults have so much difficulty bringing young people to faith, it probably is a sign that God is calling youths to evangelize their peers, Pope Benedict XVI said in his message for World Youth Day 2008.

The struggle adults have in making the faith convincing "could be a sign with which the Spirit is urging you young people to take this task upon yourselves;' the pope wrote in his message, released in English July 24.

Pope Benedict also said he hoped a huge crowd ofyoung people would join him in Sydney, Australia, for the July 15-20 international gathering, which will include a renewal of the promises made at baptism and confirmation. ''Together we shall invoke the Holy Spirit, confidently asking God for the gift of a new Pentecost for the Church and for humanity in the third millennium;' the pope said.

The theme ofWorldYouth Day 2008 is: "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses."

The Holy Spirit is the spirit of love, the source of Christians' strength and the power that helps them be coherent and attractive witnesses of Christ, the pope said.

Pope Benedict said he knows many young people have worries and questions about their lives and their futures. They are concerned about their place in a world marked by '.'so many grave injustices and so much suffering" and about how they can make a difference when there is so much selfishness and violence around them, he added.

Young Christians, he said, ask themselves how they can bring into the world the fruits of the Holy Spirit -love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.

"Once again I repeat that only Christ can fulfill the most intimate aspirations that are in the heart of each person," the pope said. "Only Christ can humanize humanity and lead it to its divinization."

Pope Benedict told young people he knows some people suspect Christians of intolerance when they try to share the good news of Christ with those who do not believe, but sharing the Gospel is not the same as trying to impose a faith on others.

The world needs yoimg people who have allowed the love of Christ into their lives "and are ready to respond to God's call to share that love with others, he s~d.

The pope asked the young people to commit their lives to sharing ''the truth of Christ, to respond with love to hatred and disregard for life; to proclaim the hope of the risen Christ in every corner of the earth."

The pope urged youths to be holy and to be missionaries, since holiness cannot be separated from mission.

Pope Benedict told the young people that the most carefully planned and efficiently executed programs will not. bring people to Christ; a missionary outreach requires prayer, active participation in a Christian community and personally sharing God's love with others. ''For the mission to be effective, communities must be united, that is, they must be of one heart and soul, and they must be ready to witness to the love andjoy that the Holy Spirit instills in the hearts ofthe faithful;' he said.

In the final year ofpreparation for WorldYouth Day 2008, Pope Benedict asked young people to learn about the Holy Spirit and to trust that God has sent the Spirit into their hearts to fill them with love, joy and strength.

COUGAR KUDOS - Seniors Lauren Charbonneau and Shane Viveiros were celebrated as Bishop Connolly High School's Male and Female Athletes of the Year. The pair also received numerous other awards in many different sports, including All-Star recognition. At right, Senior Brendan Slean and his dad, William Slean, '77 enjoy a moment before the recent Bishop Connolly Legacy Ceremony. The Legacy Ceremony is a long standing tradition at the Fall River school that celebrates graduates and their alumni parents., This year, 11 graduates were children of alumni.

Stars illuminate the hardwood at eya hoop tournaments Emily Perreira and Gina Mainella each tossed in four FALL RIVER - Standout hoopsters from across the " diocese recently gathered on the hardwood in Fall River, points for Taunton.

New Bedford continued its winning ways in Game 2 New Bedford and Taunton to play with and against one another in the annual Diocesan CYO All-Star Basket- topping Fall River 48-24. This time Mannie paced the winners, contributing 10 points. Chelsea Campellone, ball Tournaments.

The Prep Division games were held at the Nakita Soares and Carly Tripp each scored four points McCarrick-Sullivan CYO Center in Fall River. In Game for Fall River.

Tournament MVP honors went 1, New Bedford nipped Taunton to Mannie. The All Tournament 66-64. New Bedford's Matt DfOC'S' eN 'ALL IIV'.

Team was comprised of Perreira Bennett iced the victory with two SOCIAL from Taunton; Soares and pressure foul shots with .08 secCampellone from Fall River; and onds left on the clock.

Charette and Kelsey Johnson from Aaron Raymond of New BedNew Bedford. ford led all scorers, pouring in 24 The Junior Boys All-Stars were points. Teammates Albe Cook and showcased at the Taunton Catholic Bennett each chipped in with II. Middle School gym. New Bedford Nathan Wren and Devi emerged the victor in the opener, Decourcy scored 15 and 11 points besting host Taunton 74-32. Steve respectively for Taunton.

Morais scored a game-high 17 Fall River outlasted New Bedpoints for the winners. Teammate ford 77-71 in Game 2. Bryan Jarod Houle added 14. Taunton was Carbajal's 33 points paced Fall paced by John McCartney's nine and River to the championship. TeamDJ. Gomes' eight points. mate Adam Soares added 14 for the New Bedford swept the tournament winners. Cook tossed in 20 for New Bedbeating Fall River 56-30 in Game 2. Morais ford an~ teammate Aaron Raymond added again led the way, this time netting 14 points, while 18. teammate Andew Pires added 10. Scoring for the Fall Carbajal was named the tournament MVP. Named to the All Tournament Team were: Wren from Taunton; River team was evenly spread, with Ian Dore, Marcio Thomas Nicol, Cook and Raymond from New Bedford; Santos and Keith Omosfunni chipping in with six points each. and Soares from Fall River.

Not surprisingly, Morias was named tournament The Kennedy CYO Center in New Bedford was the site of the Junior Girls tournament. The host team de- MVP. Named to the All-Tournament squad were: Gomes feated Taunton 40-12 in Game 1 led by Kara Charette's from Taunton; Dore and Santos from Fall River; and Tyler Oliveira and Pires from New Bedford.

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. Strengthening a faltering relationship

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Henry A. Brecther II, who is entering Fifth Grade at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Taunton in August, won second place in the school art fair with this entry, accompanied by the following essay:

Jesus was cru'cified. His face was bloody and full of sorrow.

His .eyes were looking upwards, as if to Heaven. His hair, tangled and messy, hung down his face like dead, broken sticks. It must have hurt to be Jesus.

He wore a crown of thorns. 路It dug into his head, and blood trickled down his face. His bushy eyebrows slumped down on his forehead, showing extreme sadness. His beard was frizzed and tattered, like his mangled hair. He was going through a hard time.

That is what his face showed. We should be sorry, very sorry, but also thankful that he went through so much to save us. We cannot imagine what it was like.'He suffered so much, just for us. We thank you, God.

"Other Side of the World" Over the sea and far away She's waiting Iik~ an iceberg Waiting to change But she's cold inside She wants to be like the water All the muscles tighten in her face Buries her soul in one embrace They're one and the same Just like water The fire fades away Most of everyday Is full of tired excuses But it's so hard to say I wish it were simple ...But we give up easily You're close enough to see that You're the other side of the world to me On comes the panic light Holding on with fingers and feelings alike But the time has come To move along The fire fades away Can you help me Can you let me go And can you still love me When you can't see me anymore The fire fades away Sung by KT Tunstall Copyright 2006 by Virgin Records KT Tunstall went from an unknown singer/songwriter in Scotland to a globally recognized recording star. All it took was one fortunate event. One of the contestants from the American Idol series sang her tune "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree," and the rest

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is history. Currently climbing the rived that they must "move along"? charts is her latest release "Other Notnec:essarily. All relationships Side of the Wor1d." II encounter serious problems. But . The song appears ~o describe people in healthy relationships a relationship that initially showed identify the problems and create a promise but now can~ot be sus- blueprint for change. Then the retained as hoped.

I! lationship can move beyond The song's character remem- present hurts to a place of renewal bers feeling Iik~ "an iceberg wait- and deeper connection. ing to change.'~ She w~ted a relaSuch an outcome requires tionship that would Ilwarm her commitment. This is not the stuff enough inside so she pould erne- of initial attraction. Rather, this type tionally melt and be '1ike the wa- of love springs from a deep well of ter." Then, a person came into her caring within the soul. When both life and she was able to ''burY her people decide they truly want to soul in one embrace." I; resolve the pain, a new beginning However, their romance has can be crafted. changed, ''most of everyday is full The key word in the last senof tired excuses." The Current diffi- tence is ''both.'' Can both people culties are activating "the panic love at this level? Is each person light." She wishes that "it was willing to work toward the change simple" like the magical beginning that leads both to become better oftheir relationship. Still; she knows .people? Ifnot, no matter how close that her romantic partrier is "close they have been in the past, one or enough to see that you're on the both will feel that he/she resides other side of the wor1d." "on the other side of the wor1d" from . Both the song's character and the other. her boyfriend recognize what is If both are willing to work and occurring, but they are confuse<;t grow, most likely they will aJso need about how to change the pain be-' "'路a guide for the process. In addition tween them. As such, tIj1e bOyfriend to seeking guidance, a couple in a might as well be far, fat away. The troubled relationship should seek ''fire'' that originally melted her in- God's help. Enduring love always ner '~ceberg" has "faded away." flows from God and is the foundaSuch situations are hot unusual tion of a lasting relationship. as individuals attempt to navigate No one can be sure if the "icethe complexity of a romantic rela- berg" of emotional distance can be tionship. Initial attraction can be melted, but these steps are likely very strong. Eventually it might be to stoke the fire of re-connection discovered that the ~artner has and healing. habits, attitudes or personal conYour comments are always cems that make continuing the re- welcome. Please write to me at: lationship difficult, perhaps impos- chmartln@swlndlana.net or at sible.

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Anger management Is an expression of anger a sin?

Well, that depends. Being angry with your parents because they give you a curfew that seems unreasonable - and accepting it without malice, keeping your emotions in control- is not sinful. However, if your behavior towards your parents is riddled with bitterness, and frustration gets the better part of you, then your anger has overcome any meaning of righteousness.

Although you feel an injustice has been done to you, you yourself . have become irrational, without self-control; this anger is sinful.

So what is anger? If you were to ask 10 people that question, you'd probably get 10 different answers.

Anger can be brought about by fear; fear of not doing well in school, not making the team, not measuring up to your parents' expectations. But, ultimately, I believe anger is the emotion a Person feels when an expectation is not met. When Jesus went to Jerusalem and found that the temple had been turned into a

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market place for selling oxen and sheep and pigeons and the moneychangers at their business, he got angry. His anger was, of course, without sin. His expectation of the temple was a place of prayer; "... my Father's house ..." (John 2:16).

Therefore, Jesus fought to make right the wrong done to the temple. We ourselves, in myriad ways, can also show our ~inless anger by fighting the injustices i n , . our world: speaking out against abortion, hunger, poverty, homelessness, and child abuse, just to name a few. But we must be careful; we do not hate the sinner, we hate the sin. ''Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you" (Eph 4:31).

"Be angry, but sin not" (psalm 4:4).

Each of us deals with anger differently. FlfSt and foremost,

defused if you don't take yourself become aware of it and that it really angry person if you can't calm too seriously. If I can get an angry them down first. Sounds so simple, exists. Learn how anger affects you person to laugh, even if just for a and what triggers it in you. Then Ii . but it works. moment, I know that the anger is deal with it. As a youth minister I Communication is l垄y! How beginning to defuse. However, be see many young people express often have you jumped to conclucareful not to use sarcastic and their anger, sometimes not in good sions just because you're angry? I ways. "How do I deal with that?" I harsh humor, it can lead to more know - I've been. there.

Slow .I! ask myself. First, I ask the Holy down and think about 'Yhat you say, expression of anger. Instead, use _ _..... and the problem can be humor to approach the problem more constructively. avoided. Also, make sure Finally, change your environyou understand, what other ment. Oftentimes our environment people are sayjpg before contributes to our anger by causing responding to them. The irritation. Take a break. When stress most important part about communication that people becomes too intense, simply get away for a few minutes to regroup tend to forget ~ the and refresh. "listening." llikn to the So, my young friends, be angry reasons of anger, and then and speak out against the injustice deal with them accordingly.

Spirit for strength, understanding of wars, hatred and violence. And, and patience. Then I use a four-step Listening is just as nnp9rtant as II for the anger within you that is speaking. method to manage the anger and filled with rage and bitterness, let get it under control- something This is my favorite part - deal the Holy Spirit be your strength.

I've learned in my many years in with anger by using hUJiIlor. I love '''The fruit of the Spirit is ... selfministry. good humor. I love a gOod laugh!

Relaxation must be the first step The Reader's Digest pJiodical says control" (Gal 5:22-23).

God bless! taken. Stop, back up, and take a it best and devotes an entire sectioJ,l Ozzie Pacheco is Faith FoT7lUlbreath.Boft-spoken phrases like to it, "Laughter Is The Best .lion director at Santo Christo "relax" and "take it easy" do Medicine." (Your doctor will tell Parisli, Fall River. wonders. You can't talk sense to an you that, too!) Anger din be

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to a bulletin from the UIA. The caucus came on the heels of the revelation on July 2 that the 62~ year-old upholstery fabric maker owed a reported $34.2 million to at least four lenders, including approximately $14.7 million to Bank of AQlerica; was unable to repay; and that its future operations were uncertain.

Subsequent demands for repayment by the lenders made further loan requests out of the question, according to the filing with the U.S. Securi-

ties and Exchange Commission.

Quaker's stock on July 11 fell to 10 cents a share following trading highs as much as $1.70 a year ago.

Three top executives were fired in the wake of the filing.

Fora decade, the manufacturer has been paring employers as it battled what its owners alleged was "fierce competition from imported Chinese fabrics," before it buckled under the flood of imports.

The announcement of the closing of Quaker's several locations in Fall

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Attending the meeting of clergy were Father James Ferry, pastor of Espirito Santo Parish in Fall River; Father John J. Oliveira, pastor of Our Lady ofMount Carmel Parish in New Bedford; Father Hugh J. McCullough, pastor of St. Joseph . Parish in Fall River; and Father Edward Correia, pastor of St. Michael Parish also in Fall River.

Also attending were the Rev. James Blair of Union United Methodist Church in Fall River, and the Rev. David M. Hammett, pastor of Pilgrim United Church of Christ in New Bedford.

"It was a think tank kind of meeting, looking into what resources we have - and there's not a ton of them - but discerning what we can realistically and concretely do to help all these people, many of whom made good salaries, but now having nothing at all," said Father Bergeron. ''First of 'all, we must be a presence for them:' he asserted.

Smith, who also attended the gathering said, "It was a good meeting and a good discussion of the role of the community of faith to those out of work. The upcoming statement will address that. Beyond that, we hope to update what services are currently available at smaller meetings in the parishes and church groups by way of ongoing support and offer financial advice."

In the meanwhile, an estimated 700 workers have already attended a . meeting in which they were advised to file for unemployment insurance benefits.

Others have visited the state-sup-

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A special job fair was held July 20 at Bristol Community College for Quaker workers, many of whom reportedly speak only Portuguese.

The Career Center .has also petitioned the U.S. Department of Labor to allow TradeAdjustmentAssistance

Hail Marys parish Religious Education programs. 'We hope to encourage teachers to take a moment and pray the Hail Mary with their stu. dents," added Wade: Armstrong added they will attempt to contact. the diocesan Catholic schools to generate interest there as well.

'This is so simple, yet so powerful," Armstrong said of the Hail Mary program. On the parish grid it reads: 'We are excited to present to all parishes in the diocese this plan which will give everyone the opportunity to participate.

"It's simple: "Pray the Hail Mary; "Encourage men, women and children in your parish to pray; "All together we can make our Hail Marys count; "Commit to at least one Hail Marya day; "Each square represents one person praying."

The women will monitor the program through post card tallies from each parish. The count of committed faithful will be presented to Bishop George W. Coleman at the annual DCCW. convention next May. "There could be millions of Hail Marys prayed with this program," said Desmarais.

'We've laid out the plan, we'll leave the rest in Our Lady's and God's hands," added Armstrong.

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to those who lost their jobs. It is a federal program designed to help U.S. workers who lost jobs because of international import trade.

On July 25, U.S. Senators John F. Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy, as well as U.S. Reps. James P. McGovern and Barney Frank called on the U.S. Department of Labor to award a $2.2 million National Emergency grant to assist the workers who lost their jobs.

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God Church in Somerset on October 16. Everyone is invited to participate. ''The traveling statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be at the church all day on October 16," said Desmarais. "At 6:30 that evening we will hold a candlelight procession around the neighborhood, followed by Mass in the church."

"We will recite the rosary during the procession," said Armstrong. ''There will be different petitions between each Hail Mary, and each decade will have an intention - for the Church, the family, and so on."

Armstrong added that she has been involved with the DCCW for many years and, "I can't recall a program like this before. It's such an exciting venture for us. Bishop Coleman has been very receptive as have our moderator, Sister of St. Joseph of Cluny Eugenia Brady, and other board members."

The women advised The Anchor that diocesan faithful

who cannot attend Mass can also Join the program and be counted by calling one of the following numbers: Claudette Armstrong, 508-672-1658; Virginia Wade, 508-676-6515; Gina Desmarais, 508-6733795• Those who would like a grid oftheirown for use In a nursing home or place of employment, can call the same numbers.

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ATILEBORO - Perpetual eucharistic adoration is held at St. Joseph's Church, 208 South Main Street. For more information call 508-226-1115.

FALL RIVER - Exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held Fridays following the 8 a.m. celebration of Mass at Notre Dame de Lourdes Parish, 529 Eastern Avenue. For more information call 508-679-1991.

NEW BEDFORD - Perpetual eucharistic adoration is held at Our Lady's Chapel, 600 Pleasant Street. For more information call 508-888-7751.

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ATILEBORO - Singer musician John Polce will bring his Bethany Nights program to the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette August 31 at 7:30 p.m. For more information call 508-222-5410 or visit the Website: www.johnpolce.com.

ATILEBORO - Grief education programs take place at the La Salette Retreat Center. Upcoming topics include: "Depression and Grief," August 6 from 10:30 a.m. to noon; and "Grief and Faith Questions," September 6 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Advance registration is required. For information call 508-824-6581.

FALL RIVER - An historic and architectural tour of St. Anne's Church will take place tomorrow following the 4 p.m. Mass. Led by former parishioner and Los Angeles-based author Dr. Marc Mancini, the program lasts 90 minutes and is free and open to all faiths.

FALL RIVER - "Human Mobility and Dignity," will appear on the local Portuguese Channel August 15 at 9:30 p.m. The program is part of the "Good News For Life" series.

~cellaneons FALL RIVER - A soup kitchen is open on Mondays from 5-6 p.m. at Sacred Heart Church Hall, 160 Seabury Street. Volunteers are welcome to .as$isJ beginning Ji.L4.p.lTI..

FALL RIVER - Volunteers are needed to provide companionship and friendship to Hospice patients at Beacon Hospice, 45 North Main Street. Free training is provided. Volunteers are also needed to knit blankets for patients and make memory quilts for families of patients. For more information call Christine Miller at 508-324-1900.

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. - The Sacred Heart centennial celebration will take place August 23-26 at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool, N.Y. For .further information contact Donald St. Gelais at 508-995-5609.

NEW BEDFORD - The Donovan House, a transitional home for women and children, seeks volunteers to share their time, knowledge and skills.

Training and ongoing su·pport will be provided. For more information call 508-999-5893.

WANTED - A Catholic University doctoral researcher is looking to interview those who wer~ 13-17 years old on Sept. 11, 2001 and who lost parents on that day. Contact dawnnhm@aol.com or call 843-200-7388.

WESTPORT - A St. Vincent de Paul Camp Counselor alumni gathering will take place at St. George's Church August 20 at 6 p.m. Call 508-636-' 4965 if you are able to attend or for more information.

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HYANNIS - The Cape Cod Pro-Life Group welcomes volunteers to pray the rosary on Wednesday mornings at 10 o'clock in front of the abortion clinic located at 68 Camp Street.

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NORTH DARTMOUTH - The Diocesan Divorced-Separated Support Group will meet August 8 from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum Road. The topic will be part four of the Divorce Recovery Series - "Forgiveness." For more information call Bob Menard at 508-673-2997.

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Father Joseph M. Quinn CSC; directed Family Rosary Crusade SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Congregation ofHoly Cross Father Joseph M. Quinn, 74, passed away peacefully at Holy Cross House at the University of Notre Dame on July 18..

Born in Pittsfield, Mass., the son of the late Michael Quinn and Anna (poppor) Quinn, he entered the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1942 and made his first profession of vows in 1944. Following studies at Our Lady of Holy Cross Seminary in Easton, Mass., and the University of Notre Dame, he was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 1950.

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Development, and coordinator for the annual Overseas Appeal of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

He also served as dean of the Fall River Deanery, was spiritual advisor to the Fall River District Council of the Society ofSt. Vmcent de Paul, was chaplain at Adams House, moderator for District One ofthe Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, and served as vicar for clergy.

He is survived by two sisters, Marie Fitzgerald of Dartmouth and Louise Whelton of Wayland; and nieces and nephews. He was also the brother of the late Anne Francis. . His funeral Mass was celebrated Jt.rty 27 within a packed Holy Name Church in Fall River. Msgr. John A. Perry, vicar general ofthe diocese, was the principal celebrant of the Mass, assisted by more than 50 diocesan priests. FatherThomas Frechette, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Hyannis and former curate under Father Mahoney at Holy Name, preached the funeral homily.

Father Frechette focused his words on his former pastor's humility and faith. While Father Mahoney always sought to act in an assuming way, Father Frechette said, he was a man of deep faith and p~toral wisdom. He made the Eucharist the center of his life and tried to model his priesthood on imitating the self-giVing love of Jesus in the Eucharist. In that, Father FreChette said, he became a model for all priests.

Burial was at St. Mary Cemetery in New Bedford.

Servant of God, Father Patrick Peyton, to 2000, as pastor ofSt. Patrick Parish C.S.c., as associate director of the, in Wallingford, Vt. Family Rosary Crusade in Albany, In 2000, he was granted "senior N.Y. In 1955 status" and moved to the Holy Cross he was named Residence in North Dartmouth, the vocation Mass., where he continued to be acdirector for the tive in ministry, assisting in neighborEastern Proving parishes. In August of 2006, due ince of the to declining health, he moved to Holy Cross House, the congregational inCongregation.

In 1957, he refirmary on the campus ofNotre Dame. turned to the Father Quinn performed countless baptisms, first Communions, and wedFamily Rosary FATHER JOSEPH dings of his family members, and his Crusadewhere M. QUINN, C.S.C. he remained ministry spanned their generations. He until 1968. was also noted for being an avid BosDuring his time witlJ Family Ro- ton Red Sox, and Notre Dame Footsary, he traveled extensiv~ly around the ball fan. world preparing for the Family Rosary FatherQuinn leaves a brother, ThoCrusades inAustralia, Latin America, mas Quinn of Maine; and nieces and Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United nephews. He was also the brother of States. the late Elaine Tagliente, Mary In 1969, he began a long period of Gaffney and William Quinn. pastoral service in parish ministry: His Mass of Christian Burial was from 1969-1972, as assistantatSt. Jo- celebrated July 24 in the Chapel of seph Parish in the Bronx, N.Y.; from Mary at Stonehill College. Burial was 1972-1989, as pastor of Sacred Heart in Holy Cross Community Cemetery Parish in Bennington, Vt.; from 1990 there.

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A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS -Arlene A. McNamee, diocesan director of Catholic Social Services and Bishop George W. Coleman speak at the dedication of the new St. Anne's Apartments on the site of the old St. Anne's Church and convent in New Bedford.

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NEW BEDFORD - A former convent converted into 17 units of housing that will provide a needed residence for the homeless, disabled, or those with a low income, was blessed by Bishop George W. Coleman at dedication ceremonies on July 11.

According to Ed Allard, the project director, the facility will welcome residents this month.

"It's a great privilege to be here for the dedication and blessing of these apartments," Bishop Coleman said. "I express a deep gratitude for the many people who have been dedicated to this project." Quoting St. Augustine, he added, "If you see charity you see God. "It's also a great opportunity in the neighborhood and a symbol of hope, and I thank all who have been involved;' said Nancy Sampson, the approving loan officer from the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, that issued the $980,000 mortgage to rehab the three-story building with planning by the Community Action for Better Housing.

Richard Jones was the architect for the renewal.

The housing units were made possible after the Diocese of Fall River bought back the former St. Anne's Convent situated behind the former St. Anne's Church and aptly named them St. Anne's Apartments.

The Massachusetts Department ofMental Health furnished some of the apartments, as did the Office of Catholic Social Services for the Fall River Diocese.

There are shared bathrooms on each floor. A common kitchen and dining area are in the basement as well as a finished living room with television. There is another area with laundry appliances.

The building will have a resident night manager.

Arlene A. McNamee, director of CSS, who was cited by Bishop Coleman for her efforts, thanked all who helped make the housing dream a reality.

"Some of the people the building will house would otherwise be homeless," McNamee added. "It will offer affordable housing for people and we're extremely happy to be able to do so. For many years this building was run down, but it's a beautiful place again."

She noted it took two years for the diocese to buy the building and another nine months to renovate it.

"Prior to the rehab there was drug dealing going on here and it was basically a flop house. The neighbors were always complaining. Now it will be a good thing for the community;' she commented.

City Council President Leo Pimental, from Ward Six, and who grew up nearby, said, "It will be a positive in our neighborhood and I know it will bolster the community."

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SAFE AND WARM - This is one of the 17 units at the St. Anne's Apartments in New Bedford that will provide a needed residence for the homeless, disabled, or those with a low income. (Photos by Mike Gordon)