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VOL. 48, NO. 29 • Friday, August 6,2004

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Priest leaves college ministry for missionary service in Guaimaca • Father Craig A. Pregana will minister in one of world's poorest areas.

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OUR LADY of Mount Carmel Parish, Seekonk, recently celebrated its feast day with a special Mass followed by ,a procession to :its Marian Grotto, which was constructed during the Year of the Rosary, 2003, for a crowning ceremony. Pastor Father George E. Harrison leads prayers at the grotto. Mary Grace Day had the honor of crowning the statue of Our Lady. (Photo by Pat Wordell)

Pope calls on Muslims, Christians to unite after 'Iraqi churc'h attacks

By CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VATICAN CITY - Deploring a string ofdeadly car bomb attacks on five Catholic churches in Iraq, Pope John Paul II called on Muslims and Christians to unite against "all forms of violence" and to work together to bring peace and stability to the country.

In a telegram released Monday by the Vatican, the pope said he was saddened and "deeply struck" upon hearing the news of Sunday's attacks that left at least 11 people dead and 50 others wounded.

A wave of explosions ripped through churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul early Sunday just when parishioners were attending or leaving their places of worship.

"At this time of trial, I am spiritually dose to the Church and the Iraqi people," read the pope's message, which was sent to the head of the Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq, ChaldeanPatriarch Emmanuel-Karim Delly.

The pope renewed his ''heartfelt solidarity with priests and the faithful," assuring them of his prayers and "constant commitment to a climate of peace and reconciliation being established in this beloved country, as a soon as possible."

He called on Muslims and Christians, "all believers in the one compassionate and merciful God, to unite and deplore every form of violence and ,to cooperate for the return ofharmony ,on Iraq's tormented soil."

The five Catholic 'church complexes were the target of a string of bombings. The explosions occurred between 6 and 1 p.m., when most parishioners were attending evening Sunday Mass or just leaving their churches.

Iraq accused a terrorist group linked to al~Qaida with the attacks.

The first blast struck outside an Armenian Catholic church in Baghdad; it was followed by another

explosion a quarter-mile away at a Syrian Catholic church.

Two Chaldean Catholic churches were hit elsewhere in the capital by car-bomb blasts, with the largest number of casualties coming from the SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral and its adjoining seminary. At least five people and maybe as many as 13 were killed there, according to reports by the Rome-based missionary news service, MISNA, and Caritas Internationalis.

In the northern city ofMosul, a car bomb went off outside a Chaldean church, leaving at least two people dead. At least one other unexploded car bomb was found outside another Chaldean church in Baghdad.

The targeted explosions marked the first time Christian churches were attacked since the start of the 16-month conflict in Iraq.

A similar tactic was employed against Shiite Muslim holy sites in Baghdad and Karbala March 2 when several near-simultaneous explosions hit during an important Shiite feast day, killing more than 85 people -and wounding 230 more.

Vatican and Iraqi church leaders condemned the latest attacks.

Iraqi-born Father Philip Najim, the Chaldean patriarch's representative in Rome, told Catholic News Service he believes the attacks were orchestrated by foreign fighters infiltrating the country.

"These are Iraqi churches. Whoever is doing it isn't Iraqi, isn't Muslim and isn't religious, because no religion teaches this," he said.

'They -have come because they have their own interests, but they don't have the courage to say to us what exactly they want. They arejust killing to create confusion and kill innocents who already suffered enough," he said. ''The United Nations ... has a responsibility to care for the Iraqi people who have been suffering so long.

We cannot be left like this," Father Najim told CNS.

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FALL RIVER The drift, ing leaves of September will signal a major change in the lifestyle of one Fall River diocesan priest.

To move away from duties as a modern-day campus minister at one of the area's largest colleges - UMass-Dartmouth - to become a missionary in one of the most backward and poorest of regions in Honduras, is quite a challenge.

But for 42-year-old Father Craig A. Pregana, a Fall River native, it is a rarely offered opportunity to share.

"It is a shift, especially going from diocesan priesthood in America to that of a missionary, especially to a community in a foreign land that is so very, very poor," he admitted.

"And yet, in those people, in their poverty, because they don't have the baggage people in America have, we see the real

FATHER CRAIG A. Pregana, shown here playing with Guaimacan children during a recent visit to the Honduran region, will return there to serve as a parochial vicar in two parishes.

FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION Sunday, August 15 is the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven. It is one of the few holy days that take precedence over the liturgy proper to the Sunday. Catholics fulfill their obligation by attending Mass only once on the weekend, either at the Saturday vigil or on the Sunday.

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values of humanity and family life and Church life," he said.

"It is an opportunity that not everyone gets and I am really looking forwarded to serving as a missionary. I'm still young enough to handle change ... a new life ... a new diet ... and I realize it is going to be a real adjustment."

He agreed it is a risk. "But none of us know where we're heading.

I think this is God's invitation to me at this point of my life. So all of us, notjust priests and religious, can take a chance, take that step in faith and trust in God; knowing that God is there already. And I have prayed about this."

Father Pregana said the experience "will also mean that when I come back I can offer more to our Spanish ministry. It will be like having two priests because I will be able to offer more - to the English and Spanish communities."

And even as the argument is made that the diocese needs more priests at home, Father Pregana offered another side to the issue.

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By DANIEL AVILA

Mrs. Beatrice B. Vezina-LeDuc

One Saturday this summer, my NEW BEDFORD - Mrs. ter, Claudette Weaver of New family stopped by Quincy Market Beatrice B. (McGee) Vezina- Bedford; three other stepsons, in Boston for a bite to eat and some LeDuc, 96, husband of the late Leo E. LeDuc and Rene G. window-shopping. While there, we Lionel B. LeDuc and the late LeDuc of New Bedford and enjoyed the antics of a street perRoland A. Vezina, and step- Normand A. LeDuc of former who entertained the crowd mother of Father Roger D. Brockton; a stepdaughter, with hisjuggling.

LeDuc, a retired priest of the Jeannette L. Poyant of For the young man's final act, Fall River diocese, died July 25 Centerville; a daughter-in-law, he brought out a table that stood at The Oaks, after a brief illness. Carol Vezina-Ouellette and her about waist high. On the table he Born in Fall River, one of 14 husband, Paul Ouellette of placed, on its side, a metal pipe children of the late Arthur and Dartmouth; 12 grandchildren, .' about afoot in diameter and maybe the late Eliza (Lafleur) McGee, 20 great-grandchildren, many two-and-a-half feet long. Over the she lived most of her life in New step-grandchildren and step- rolling pipe he set a board wide Bedford. Before retiring she was great-grandchildren; and nieces .enough· to stand on. Which he did, employed as a salesperson at and nephews. . aftercliinbingupandcarefullybalCherry & Webb Company.

She was also the mother of the ancing himself atop the table, pipe, She was a member of St. Jo- late Roland Vezina and grand- and board. He asked children in the seph-St. Therese Parish and its mother of the late Jenny Picteau. audience to throw to him his jugSt. Anne's Sodality; St. Joseph's Her funeral Mass was cel- gling pins, which he caught and Seniors, Bayberry Seniors, the ebrated Thursday in St. Joseph- flipped over his head, behind his Golden Club of Fairhaven and St. Therese Church. Interment back, and even between his legs.

L'Union St. Jean Baptiste. She was in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Gerry D' Avolio, the executive enjoyed bowling with the MornThe Rock Funeral Home, director of the Massachusetts ing Stars team. . 1285 Ashley Boulevard, New Catholic Conference (MCC), my Besides her priest stepson in' Bedford, was in charge of ar- boss, and a good friend, is retiring California, she leaves a daugh- rangements. this fall after almost 30 years. When I think of the job he has managed, I think of that juggler's final act at Quincy Market. The position he serves requires even more skill in the arts of balancing and juggling.

There is challenge enough in NEW BEDFORD - Chroni- 20th century history. As a corbeing a faithful member of the Ro-. cler of history Ruth Gruber, 92, respondent she covered inside man Catholic Church in a society whose "Inside of Time: My Jour- the Soviet Artic and took part in where all the leading political agenney from Alaska to Israel" - the the rescue of Ethiopian Jews, das are too short to reach the ankle second part of her autobiography and was aboard the prison ship on one leg and too long to avoid which brought a nomination for a "Runymede Park" with Holotripping ovt?r with the other leg. The Pulitzer Prize - will discuss the caust survivors trying to run the difficulty ofGerry's job at the MCC book August 11, at 7:30 p.m., at 1947 British Blockade. She deis magnified by other factors. The Tifereth Israel Synagogue, 145 veloped relationships with such MCC must represent the bishops Brownell Avenue, New Bedford. world leaders as Eleanor Gruber, who graduated ma- Roosevelt, David Ben-Gurion gna cum laude from the Univer- and Golda Meir. sity of Cologne in 1932, was Daily Readings For more information on the present for some of the most sig- lecture, call the Jewish Feoeranificant moments in the mid- tion at 508-997-7471.

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who are charged with governing a welcome of Mr. D' Avolio with a flock tom by scandal. Their mem- round of applause. Bishop bers in the pews are tempted con- Harrington also commended the tinuously by forces within and Search Committee for their efforts. without the Church to pitch their Mr. D' Avolio responded it was an tents in either of the warring camps honor and a pleasure to be apof the theological "left" or the pointed. His excitement about the "right." Combine this with the acid position was also emphasized as he rain that falls in the state house each hopes to achieve and fulfill the obday from the political clouds of sus- jectives of the Conference."

The Holy Spirit has truly accompicion that disfavor anything religious and, well, doing what thejug- . panied Gerry through the years. gler does at Quincy Market is a Gerry can look back and be proud, not just about his work, but about whole lot easier.

Yet Gerry has carried out his God's work through him.

He has played an active part in duty to represent the bishops and the Catholic Church with distinc- monumental public policy battles. tion. He has learned to stand tall in The fights included the issues of his role as lobbyist, witness, and abortion, fetal and stem-cell remissionary. He has remained stead- search, the death penalty, welfare fast in his convictions, yet has al- reform and the "family cap," asways continued to be respectful sisted suicide, and same-sex marwith those who disagree. He has riage. Defeats, bitter ones, have conducted himself in faith even as outnumbered the' victories. So it is the once-favorable political winds that only the presence the Holy have shifted with a hurricane's Spirit can explain all those times when, on the morning after a heated force.

The engine that sustains Gerry legislative session had run late into is his devotion to the Church as the night, often to a disappointing Christ's presence in the world. He conclusion, Gerry would bounce often is heard to say that "there are into the office ready for a new day, no egos here" - referring to the prepared for whatever new chalattitude that a representative of lenges the calendar promised. The something much bigger than one's mission does not end. own self must carry. This gift ofhu.It is this persevering example by mility permeates everything Gerry one individual that gives new life does. Prooflies in the long lines of to the ancient promise from God people who are grateful for having that "I will always be with you." worked with Gerry over the years Through the quiet, unsung efforts and who harbor no complaints of of people such as Gerry, the world mistreatment but only respect and continues to be confronted with the appreciation. proof of divine providence. AlOne can read in the following though Gerry has told people that entry of the Feb. 22, 1975 MCC "no one is irreplaceable," it is just board meeting minutes the clue as right to say that no one could behind this record of· achieve- have done the job as Gerry has done ment: it, because he was called by God "Bishop Harrington felt privi- and responded. Whoever follows in leged to introduce Gerald D' Avolio his shoes, though daunted by as associate director of the Massa- Gerry's record, can only be inspired chusetts Catholic Conference. He to do the same, to hear God's voice invoked the prayers that Bishop . and to follow in faith,juggling pins Flanagan offered and the prayers at the ready. of the Holy Spirit that the Church Daniel Avila is the associate will thrive and prosper in this state director for Policy & Research of because of his appointment. All the Massachusetts Catholic ConBoard members then signified their ference.

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Friday. August 6, 2004 participants said they think their party has drifted .away from its traditional support for the weak and marginalized, particularly when it comes to policies on life issues.

"The Democratic Party at one time stood for the weak, the defensdess, the marginalized. Our party has drifted," said Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas M.

Finneran at precconventlon dinner sponsored by Democrats for Life in the great hall of the Massachusetts' Statehouse in Boston.

Society's moral standards also drifted as Americans became indifferent to human life, he said, likening Pro~Life Democrats to "political missionaries" who must work "one soul, one vote, one idea, one at a time."

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Paulist Father John Ardis BOSTON - In his nomina- ligious faith is not the territory of asked God to instill in Kerry and tion acceptance speech, Demo- just one political party.

"The pundits like to slice and his running mate, Sen. John cratic nominee Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts said religion dice our country into red states Edwards of North Carolina, "the shouldn't be used as a divisive and blue states; red states for Re- fortitude to uphold the Constitupublicans, blue states for Demo- tion, which promotes the dignity wedge among Americans. of every person and frees all "I don't· want to claim people to serve you as you that God is on our side," have called them." said Kerry in his 45-minute Father Ardis prayed "by 'The Democratic ~arty at one time speech at the end of the Democratic National Con- stood for the weak, the defenseless, the power of your grace, revention July 29. the marginalized. Our party has mind us that your love knows no national bound"As Abraham Lincoln drifted," said Massachusetts House aries. Give counsel to world told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's Speaker Thomas M. Finneran at pre- leaders so they. may never convention dinner sponsored' by again declare an unjUst war; side." .

Kerry, a Catholic, has Democrats for Life in the great hall help all peoples of the world been criticized both for not of the Massachusetts' Statehouse in overcome prejudice and poverty; inspire everyone to being more public in disBoston. work for justice so we may cussing the role of religious Society's moral standards also know true peace." faith in his life and for takdrifted as Americans became indifferBoth political parties ing some political positions ent to human life, he said, likeningPro- typically have at least one that contradict Church teachings on life issues in- Life Derrocrats tq "political mission- prayer at their conventions cluding abortion and em- aries" who must work "one soul, one offered by a local Catholic priest or bishop.. bryonic stem-cell research. vote, one idea, one at a time.~' Boston Archbishop Sean "I don't wear my reliP. O'Malley was not invited gion on my sleeve, but faith to participate in this year's has given me values and hope to live by, from Vietnam to crats," Obama said. "But I've got Democratic convention, according this day, from Sunday to Sunday," . news for theQl, too. We ~orship to the Kerry campaign. But accordan awesome God in the blue ing to the archdiocese, the archKerry said.

Whatever one's religious faith, states, and we don't like federal bishop was out of town all week he continued, "one belief should agents poking around our librar- anyway. in 2000, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles opened bind us all: The measure of our ies in the red states."

Kerry's speech on the the Democrats' convention in his character is our wi1lingness to give of ourselves for others and convention's last night was fol- city with a prayer and celebrated a lowed by a closing benediction Mass for delegates. for our country."

Also during this year's conEarlier in the week prior, key- given by the director of the Paulist note speaker Barak Obama, an Center in downtown Boston, vention, Pro-Life Democrats lllinois legislator .and candidate where Kerry regularly attends host~d two events during which

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Free from fear There can be little doubt that the anxiety and fear level is in-' creasing across the land. Just this week the government iss~ed an'other high-risk alert. This time it was in conjunction with al Qaida threats in some of bur finance centers. The Code Orange declaration by the Department of Homeland Security sent a wave of apprehension through our financial, political and law enforcement worlds. All of this is, of course, the subject of our national media outlets. Their coverage, often alarni~ng in itself, permeates every 'corner of the nation. This indeed has its predicted effect on people everywhere. Now add in the-world situ~tion, and it should be obvious to all that we are in this state of suspicion and dismay for some time to come. For example, the weekendattac!<s on the CHristian community of Iraq by Isl~mic extremists opens I,Ip a new level of terrorism once thought t6 be out of the question. If such acts of . murder and assassination continue, there will be little !ioubt that a "crusade" mind-set will be evolving. This could be tragic for the world family. . .. ~.

What does one do in this state of trepidation and restlessness?

Naturally we should go about our daily life and its living in the most normal way possible. In fad, we should realize that we are entering a new vision of lifestyle, and adaptation is an imperative.

Yet, many people do not have the ability to readily adjust to new situations. We are creatures of pattern and plan. When accommodation to new circumstances is called for, many find such a challenge a very heavy psychological and even ·physical burden. Yet we know to live our lives in such a world, we simply cannot retreat into.self-isolation, the proverbial ostrich with its head in'the sand. . In addition, the'very crass materiaiistic manner that Americans have adapted as a norm of living becomes in it.self a tremendous burden. For too long have too many lived for the now, grasping for all the things the good life offers for self-ple~sure and greed. This has resulted in the creatiofi of a: way of thinking that is unable to deal with real fears and intimidations. Having lost all sense of pur. pose in life, theyare left stranded in their own terrors.

In order to adapt to our current difficulties, we should once again examine how the power of faith and belief affect our emotional well-being and our response to the events of our· tiIT).es. Fear is one of the most powerful and difficult emotions we have as individu-' also Fear itself can control our thinking that·sets us into patterns that absolutely have no benefits except to create· more fear.: As Franklin D. Roosevelt once said in such similar circumstanees, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." i What we must realize is that fear can cause more damage than any terrorist and their threats. We must remember that our belief~ about our worth and our determination to nieet the changes we think are demanded of us are most crucial to our way of living. If. we feel that we cannot meet the challenges and changes that are demanded of us, then such a stress represents a threat to oUl: worth, our values and our way of life.

We talk of peace; yet, it really comes from within each of us.

Successfully attaining such, a peace rests only in our willingness to have the..gift of choice. The question is wiij we_r~~y see oU!se~!ve~ as victims ready to justify our angst? Or will we choose to (*e' responsibility for our thinking and beliefs, and choose to get bey~md our fears by-realizing the importance. of belief and faith as the fdun-. dation of true and lasting peace in our lives. The choice is ours. We must learn that each of us has the power to set ourselves free.

LAUREN SULLIVAN OF ST: LUKE'S·CHURCH·IN

MIDDLI~:BURG, FLA., PRAYS AFTI;R RECEIVING COMMUNION AT MASS DURING THE STEUBENVILLE ATLANTA YOUTH. CONFEREN<::E HELD IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ATLANTA.lN ~ID-JULY. YOUNG CATHOLICS GATHER FOR RETREATS, CAMPS AND CONFERENCES 'THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, MAKING' SPIRITUApTY A FOCUS OF THEIR VACATION TIME. (CNS . PHOTO BY MICHAEL ALEXANDER, GEORGIA • BULLETIN)

"THAT MY SOUL MAY SING PRAISE TO YOU ANI) NOT BE SILENT. 0 LORD MY GOD, I WILL GIVE THANKS TO YOU FOREVER" (PSALM 30:12).

Priests must take kind"ess .seriously

By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK

Then there are the priests who leisure time for dialogue among priests. When a priest is running feel, that other priests of'a ''Theological differences, Vatican-Council-II bent have between two or more parishes different loyalties, homosexualand is living alone, there is no ruined the. Church. And there are ity, heterosexuality, youth, age, dinner table, nor are there Vatican-II priests who find born in the United States, born significant fault in those among priestly companions with whom outside the United States....This our new priests who have a to dialogue. diversity has given rise to great It is no exaggeration to say distaste for much that the council divisions among priests. This is· did. that the priesthood has entered a not true of all presbyterates. But new era of isolation in which Add to this the open.realizait is true of many. It certainly is spending time with brother tion that the pri~sthood contains true of the national presbyterate." priests has become increasingly. both heterosexual and homoThis disturbing observation . difficult sexual men who often don't want

by Father Robert Silva, president Isolation comes in many anything to' do with each other, . of the National Federation of forms. The. isolation I fear most and you have an atmosphere that Priests Councils, and my own in the priesthood is caused by lends itself to unkindness. experiences make me wonder unkindness.

Priests may object to the what has happened to our Kindness is tl}e ability to' be image of an unkind priesthood. priesthood's family spirit? . .well disposed toward life and BULolder and younger priests At h?me when I was growing " toward others. ~ohann Wolfgang don't seem to. be mingling the up and m the early days of my von Goethe described it as the way they once did and negative priesthood, the dinner table was "gold~n chain by which society innuendos bespeak divisions a place where we freely disis bound." betwe~n priests, bishops and cussed our feelings and differKindness allows life to begin Rome. This is cause for concern. ences. There were times these anew; it is a reminder of God's . Are too many priests going discussions became heated, but love. their own way? Just how they never stopped - nor did Many recent circumstances damaging are these divisions? the open atmosphere in which and events surrounding the Early on, the sociologist they took place. More important, priesthood have left a sour taste Father Andrew Greeley discov- .

Qur friendships deepened, and in priests' mouths. The scandals, . ered through his research that we became closer. and now a case of diocesan the laity desire a kind priest I fear that the priesthood bankruptcy due t6 them, have over a good administrator, could be losing this closeness. cast a pall for many priests. homilist, teacher, etc. The time There are a number of reasons When this happens there is the has come for. the priesthood to why. . natural tendency to blame think about the,importance of For one thing, die priesthood someone. All of which, in tum, kindness and to remember the sh.ortage has priests working has left many priests less well . old saying, "Kindness' begins at double time. There is little disposed toward bishops. home."

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An exclusive from the Arizona tundra [' m here in Scottsdale, Arizona per, but our readers would really at the site where the immortal Ted like your views.

Oh, okay, let me ask. Excuse me Williams lies in frozen state.

I've been given exclusive rights freezer people, can you tum Mr. to interview the Splendid Splinter, Williams right-side-up? Thanks.

There T-t-t-ted. Now how's the having told the nice people here that I'm the editor of a Catholic paper. view. Okay, let 'me clear up the .

Never once did I mention that I'm frost. a former sports writer and _ - - - - - - - - - currently pen a weekly quasi-sports columl'l. Had I done that, I know Ted would have denied the one-on-one.

I first met my hero when I was but a lad, and

By Dave Jolivet that was nearly 40 years ago. SO'I'm a bit anxious .....- - - - - - - - - _ right now - nervously What do you think about the sweating in my parka, despite the Nomar situation? Ooooh, I can't sub-freezing temperatures.

Since Ted Williams is, in my print that T-t-t-ted. Nope, not that humble opinion, the ultimate Red either.

Who do you believe, Nomar or Sox, I want to get Tetlsicle's view the owners? of the current State of the Sox. N-n-n-nomar? Why? Because Oh good, they're wheeling him . he's a player and you disdain ownin now.

Good day Mr. Williams or ers?

Maybe the owners are telling the should I call you Ted? Okay then, truth, T-t-t-ted. No, that's not a T-t-t-ted it is.

So T-t-t-ted, how do you see the printable response either.

Let's move on. No, I didn't say State of the Sox right now?

I know I'm from a Catholic pa- Mo Vaughn, but it's funny that

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Prayers requested for young man in Guaimaca' Editor's note: The Anchor received the following E-mail from Father Paul Canuelfrom Guaimaca, Honduras. ,

pital where they were going to do a second day's testing to see what the problem was.

Tonight after Mass, I spoke Most of you know we have with Gracibel, Emanuel's been trying for almost three mother, and things are not good. years to help a young man, Yesterday they discovered 50 Emanuel Velazquez, now,19, to more cancerous cells in him and overcome the leukemia that is they have'decided to double the attacking him. Chemo treat- dose of Chemo twice a week, for ments, bone-marrow donor two months. If this more aggressearches, doctors and hospitals, sive procedure does not w.ork, donations, etc. It has been like a they will end all treatment and roller-coaster. Improvements; he will go home to die. He needs set backs, high hopes, disap-' all the prayers you can beg for him from everyone you know. pointments, etc.

Sunday I brought him Com- He is quite depressed and exmunion at home because he was hausted. Please pray for him, his having a bad reaction to the family and for those of us who , chemo treatment he had last accompany him.' week. Tuesday morning I took Father Paul him and his mom in to the hos-

Wait, don't speak so fast. Okay, heart, consistency, a team effort, should come up. You do realize T- defense, pitching and timely hitting. t-t-ted, that if Nomar stayed, we Got it. would have lost him just like we Now up to this point, what have did Mo and Roger Clemens the Sox lacked? Heart, consistency, without any. compensation. a team effort, defense, pitching and Yes T-t-t-ted, I agree had you timely hitting. Got it. been alive Nomar would have been . , Well thanks for taking the time a Sox for life. But with you on ice; to chat with me T-t-t-ted. the reality is that Nomar And how are things going with was a gonner. you?

How about the job the Yeah, I guess this place is the manager'is doing? . anti-Florida..

Not only can I not print Well, T-t-t-ted, you're starting to that, but I don't even know thaw a bit. I'll let you go. I'm gowhat it means. ing back home now and prepare for . Yes, I dp see a different a Red Sox world championship. lineup every time the Sox When where freezes over T-t-ttake the field, but they have ted? been decimated by injuries Dave Jolivet, editor of The you know. Yes T-t-t-ted, I agree, Anchor, is a former sports they don't make players like' they editor/writer, andregulflrly gives used to.

But don't you think Mr. Montie Plumbing Francona has done a decent job . despite all the unusual circum& Heating Co. stances this year?

Over 35 Years Gee, .T-t-t-ted, I couldn't even of Satisfied Services put that in a secular publication.

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MASHPEE - Christ the King Parish will hold its annual art show August 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m, and August 15 from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. in the 'parish hall. For more information call Jackie Spinney at 508- . . SOMERSET ~ Hospice Out539-2468. reach is sponsoring "From Mouming to Meaning,'.' a siX-week support MASHPEE - The Knights of and eduction group for ad,ults ,Columbus Council No. 13388 of mourning the loss of a loved one Christ the King Church and the beginning August 10. It Will be held American. Red Cross will hold a from 6:30-8 p.m. on Tuesday~ at the blood drive August 10 from 12:30- Somerset Library, 1464 County 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall. For more StreetuntiISeptemberI4:Re~ster information about becoming a do- by today by calling Amy CuiTy at nor call 1-800-448-3543. .

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I would wager that if I asked '<1 congregation of called the Dames Hospitalier, Henriette, at about 24 years of age, had what Father Davis calls "a religious Catholics whether they ever had heard of Henriette Delille, most - unless they were in the New Orleans, experience of some intensity." She then chose her La., area - would say no, But we should know about vocation: "tolive'and die for God." She set a near-impossible goal and achieved it in 'this remarkable woman, a 19th-century ,child of mixed blood "who openly broke from the tradition of the brief 50 years she lived. She wanted to establish a servitude and lifestyle expected from b,lack women to religious community for women of color, devoted to educating young black girls. She faced formidable ,become a servant to the'slaves and a minister to the poor." , obstacles, my sister told me, not only "political obstacles" but also those posed by some relatives who Those are the words of Benedictine Father considered her work "a Cyprian Davis, a teacher blight on the family in the Institute for Black honor."

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But none of this caused her to retreat. She founded Orleans. He has written a the Sisters of the Holy new book titled Family and then found "Henriette Delille, advocates who established .

SerVant of Slaves, the Association for the Witness to the Poor." It

By Antoi':lette Bosco Holy Family. With their . was published by the help she '~was able Archdiocese of New Orleans in, cooperation eventually to build a home for the sick, aged and poor, establlsh a convent to with the Sisters of the Holy Family, the religious order this great woman founded. hOl~se the growing number of nuns, build an annex to the Charity Hospital to expand their ability to nurse Sister Mary deChantal of that order sent me a notice about the book. We've been friends since we the sick and open a place where orrh.ans of color ' met in 1992 in Israel where we both were attending a could be housed and educated," my sister explained.

Christian-Jewish conference. But I'd "met" Henriette .Father Davis comes down hard in his book on the some five years ago, introduced to her by Jeannette tolerance for slavery that religious leaders, including Oppedisano, my sister. , American Catholic bishops, had for slavery. "With She was compiling a "Historical Encyclopedia of the exception of three American bishops ... they never American',Women Entrepreneurs" and had come publicly called into question the morality of the across Mother Henriette in her research. Jeannette sl.avery system in the modem age," he writes. was inspired by ''this indomitable woman." She told Yet, Henriette Delille lived to know that freedom me that as a child of mixed blood when America was for slaves was at hand with the announcement of the still a slave country, Henriette, born in 1813, even "Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation" Sept. 22, though free, would have been raised with the expecta- 1862. She died'two months later. . tion that'she would become "the mistress of some . Today, the Sisters of the Holy Family continue the wealthy white man and bear his children." work their foundress chose. In 1988, they began the Instead, after attending the first school for free girls process of seeking her canonization, recognizing her of color and coming under the guiding influence of holiness and grea~ achievement in the difficult and dangerous' times she was born into.

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SWANSEA - The International Statue of Fatirria will be on .display at,the Our Lady of Fatima Chapel at St. Michael's Churc,h August 13 at 6 p.m. for private devoIt is time again for a "C Is the Austria, Australia, England, tions. Recitation of the rosary will France, Canada, etc. follow during a holy hour. Benedic- Right Answer" quiz from the' See? tion of the Blessed Sacrament will Roadkill Theological Roundtable this one based on a major 65So, RTR felt that a broader conclude the evening at 7 p.m. The statue will return to Washington, page instruction on liturgy abuses understanding of the teaching document was in oroer. Thus, . D.C. the first week of September. . released in April by the Vatican.

One knows .this was a major . here is a sampling of the mUltipleMISCELLANEOUS - A· document because 1) the breakchoice questions created for your .

Rachel's Vineyard Retreat will be TAl.!,NTON· -.A liturgical·. off point between minor and . catechetical enjoyment. The heid September 24-26. It's an op- Mass, " R~membenng OUf De- major documents is usually entire list will be available at the portunity for any man, woman or ceased, will be celebrated August around 25 pages, 2) it had its own RTR Internet Website if one ever couple who struggle with the pain 15 at 9:30 a.m..at St. Jacques ' title and 3) the major . of abortion to· ~xperience the Ch~rch, 249 Whlttenton Street. media mentioned it gentleness, mercy and compas- Cards will be provided to' all ~ at- hoping it had sometlung sion of Jesus and begin ajourney tendance to wnte names of therr de- major to do with denying toward healing. The Diocese of ceased 10yed ones. which will be Communion in a major Providence is the sponsor. For' brought. up to the altar at the offer- V!ay to major Catholic more information call Donna tory. It is part of the parish's,cen- politicians.

Warner at 401-785-9625 or via E- tennial celebration. For more inforAlthough it really did mail at: rachelsvineyard mation call Father Thomas not have much to do with

By Dan Morris @dioceseofurovidence.org.

Morrissey at '508-824-7794. that at all, the document did receive a lot of attention, .although its content was pretty much ignored. is created. ' Some RTR members thought "Redemptionis Sacramentum:" . A) A Latin phrase that the Vatican was being wily issuing a hot-potato teaching to translates roughly, "We cannot .distract attention from the clergy redeem your coupon; it expired sex abuse scandal. Some of them last September." even wondered if some Church B) Name of the sequel planned people were polishing brass while for "Troy." . the ship was sinking.

C) Title (''The Sacrament of However, that doesn't make Redemption") of April's teaching sense. First, the Church is a 90cument issued by the Vatican barque, not a ship. Also, when the Congregation for Qivine Worship Vatican issues a'major document, and the Sacraments addressing 28 it (the Vatican) usually intends it "grave matters" which put "at risk (the document) for the entire the validity and dignity of the Catholic world, not just us here in ,most holy Eucharist." the major United States. ' ..

Psalmody: l".,' And the sex abuse scandal is , A) A suburb of Palm Springs. " largely a U.S. story, especially if B) A salty chip dip featuring POPE JOHN Paull! greets baby during a recent Sunday, you don't count the little ones in almond slices.

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B) A card game simi,lar!o c;masta, only played with a pinochle deck.

C) The 2003 document on the Eucharist in which Pope John Paul IT instructs the worship and sacrament congregation . to draft "Redemptiotiis Sacramentum."

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B) Food served at wakes.

C) Very serious offenses against the Eucharist treated as crimes in Church law with ecclesiastical penalties attached.

Flagons: A) Road workers who direct traffic with flags and/or lances tipped with stop-and-slow signs.

B) Dragons that fly.

C) Common bottles or other objects for holding fluids that are prohibited from ,use as a container for wine at Mass along with "bowls or other vessels."

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Comments are wekome. Email Uncle Dan at cnsuncleOI@yahoo.com.

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7 It is important to distinguish these, however, from a host of other writings which both Catholics and Protestants view as nonbiblical, apocryphal literature.

A number of them originated in the centuries before our Lord, but many were written by early Christians. Some are Gospels (the Gospels of Thomas, Peter, Nicodemus, James, for example), some are Acts (Acts of John, Paul, Andrew, Peter, purporting to portray certain aspects of Christian life and teaching); others are letters or apocalyptic writings.

Nearly all of these apocryphal writings betray the influence of gnosticism or other heretical

The Apocrypha Q. In our interfaith Biblebecause of the growing presence perhaps 150 or 200 years before study group, we frequently run of Greek people and culture in Christ, it was not considered into problems with the ApocJewish territories. proper to include them in the rypha, books that are in the Probably around 130 B.C., Jewish Scripture.

Catholic Bible but not in the the most influential translation of The history of these apocryProtestant Bible. If phal books in Christianity is one of us refers to ~-",- long and complex. Eventuthe book of ally, however, in the 16th Maccabees, for century, the Protestant example, someone reformers desired to return else will say that's as much as possible to not really part of the biblical purity. Accepting Bible. only the Hebrew canon of

By Father What exactly are the Old Testament, without John J. Dietzen these books? Why the books in the Greek do some Bibles have version, seemed one way to them and others do that. Thus began this don't? (Florida) the Old Testament into Greek, difference between "Protestant"

Questions and Answers

A. Catholic Bibles contain all or part of several books in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) that are not recognized in Protestant biblical tradition.

These books include Tobias, Judith, Baruch, First and Second Maccabees, Ben Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Wisdom, and parts of Daniel and Esther.

Typically, Protestants refer to them as apocryphal ("hidden") books. Catholic biblical literature generally calls them deuterocanonical, or second canon, books.

Most of the Old Testament was, of course, written in some idiom of Hebrew. Eventually a Greek translation was needed

called the Septuagint, was completed in Alexandria, North Africa, and it included the socalled apocryphal books. This was the version widely accepted by the early Christian church.

Most quotations from the Old Testament in the Gospels, for example, whether spoken by Jesus or someone else, are based on the Septuagint.

The aprocryphal books were not accepted, however, by the Pharisees, who, about the year 100 A.D., established the list of canonical books for dispersed Jewish communities. Because they were written in Greek and because they originated rather late in the Old Testament period,

The membership of the twoand-a-half-year-old Democrats for Life reflects the same intersecting ideological agreement and political pragmatism, according to Carol Crossed, president.

The group formed to foster respect for life by opposing abortion, capital punishment and euthanasia.

Its goals include electing Pro-Life Democrats and promoting a ProLife plank in the party platform.

But that raises the problem ProLife candidates have with even getting the money together to run for office.

Since 1990, organizations and individuals describing themselves as "pro-choice" have contributed more than $13.7 million to candidates for federal office, according to Federal Election Commission data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics.

Stupak said it's bad enough that so much money is available to candidates who support abortion. But he said he and other Pro-Life Democrats often can't even get financial support from groups that agree with them.

"Right-to-life groups won't fund us because we're Democrats," he said. Pro-Life Democrats are also shunned by groups - including some labor unions - that aren't specifically focused on abortion but have strong connections to organizations that are.

Stupak and Crossed also said they sense a shift in attitudes

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Crossed said the "anybody but Bush" effort in the presidential race is helping cut down on some of the intra-party feuding that used to take place over abortion. And Stupak is optimistic about how Pro-Life Democrats would be treated if Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts should be elected president.

Though Stupak's under no illusion that Kerry's views have changed, he thinks "he will be respectful and will listen to us." Compared to the treatment Pro-Life members of the party have had in the past, he said, 'That's probably the best we can hope for."

There's still one group with whom both Stupak - and Bill Gluba, who's running from Iowa First Congressional District seat - have had problems that befuddle them - people who assume every Democratic politician is also a supporter of abortion.

Stupak told of attending a Catholic celebration in Michigan and being introduced to a visiting cardinal as the local Democratic member of Congress.

"He turned his back on me," Stupak said of the cardinal, whom he declined to identify. The priest making the introduction hastened to add for the cardinal's benefit: "He's Pro-Life, he's one of the good ones."

"The cardinal said, 'There are no good Democrats,'" and refused to shake his hand, Stupak said.

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A free brochure describing basic Catholic prayers, beliefs and moral precepts is available by sending a stamped, selfaddressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, IL 61651.

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and "Catholic" Bibles.

Interestingly, the aprocrypha often found their way into Bibles published under Protestant auspices. Martin Luther himself included them as an appendix to his translation, noting that they "are useful and good to be read."

Early English Bibles, including the King James version, regularly contained the apocrypha at least in a separate section between the Old and New Testaments. Only in 1644, under Puritan influence, were these books excluded.

All the books discussed above are considered apocryphal by Protestants and recognized as authentic Scripture by Catholics.

Pro-Life Democrats describe their lonely. role, but see improvements WASHINGTON (CNS) - Beginning in 1996, the Democratic Party's platform specifically said people who disagree with its support for legal abortion were welcome.

But in the experience of Rep. Bart Stupak, being a Pro-Life Democrat is a guarantee of ongoing struggles for respect from your own party and even from Pro-Life allies. And don't bother to expect financial support from those who traditionally fund either Democrats or Pro-Life candidates.

Through 12 years in Congress representing Michigan's First District, Stupak has been one of a few dozen members who keep alive the belief that the words "ProLife" and "Democrat" aren't mutually exclusive terms.

Since he arrived in 1992, Stupak has struggled to avoid isolation by his own party, by others in the Pro-Life political community and even by the Catholic Church, he told Catholic News Service in a phone interview from the Democratic National Convention in Boston.

It took two years in Congress and his re-election before the Democratic leadership appointed Stupak to the committee he wanted.

Things have changed a bit for the better, he believes, as evidenced by a decrease in fellow Democrats' efforts to convince him to change how he votes on abortion.

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Soldier ends shoe drive for Iraqi children after huge response pair of shoes for the first time is something he'll never forget.

"The joy on their faces is a lifetime of memories," he said.

Shoe shipments came from 11 states in all: Nebraska, Kansas, Alabama, Florida, lllinois, New York, New Jersey, California, Utah, Maryland and Texas. There were a few monetary donations as well.

Cyr and 28 fellow soldiers distributed the shoes, initially delivering the first 500 pairs in one sitting. ''Then more boxes trickled in, so we would go out on patrol, see a group of kids, or see a group of mothers, and just give them away," Cyr wrote. Now, he said, the children have something on their feet and Cyr couldn't be happier.

It's a bright spot in a peacekeeping effort that has its ups and downs.

Four of Cyr's soldiers have been wounded in combat since the platoon began duty in Baghdad. All have been awarded Purple Hearts by the Army.

But Cyr said handing out footwear has shown his platoon that most Iraqis are appreciative of U.S. efforts to bring peace.

"It has definitely shown my platoon that the majority of Iraqis are not the ones shooting at us," he said.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (CNS) - Army 1st Lt. Brian Cyr would have been content to collect a few hundred pairs of shoes.

Instead, the soldier and his platoon have received more than 3,000 matches of flip-flops, sandals and various other shoes for Iraqi children roaming the countryside with nothing on their feet.

And the boxes keep coming.

Cyr, who initiated the shoe drive in late May, has had such: success that he now needs to bring the drive to a close.

"We are mission complete and boy, oh boy, what a success!" Cyr wrote in a mid-July E-mail to the West Nebraska Register, newspaper of the Diocese of Grand Island.

Cyr is the nephew of Sister Ann Ference, parish nurse at St. Mary's Cathedral in Grand Island. He is currently serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in southern Baghdad.

He initially began the shoe drive when he saw that many Iraqi children - especially those in rural areas - had nothing on their feet.

Publicity from the story widened when Catholic News,Service picked up an initial story on the drive from the Register.

Cyr, an Omaha native, wrote that seeing children put on a new

THESE PAPER cutout creches were iust part of the Christmas in July manger display and sale sponsored by the Cape Cod Creche Society. The event, recently held at the Christ the King Parish Center in Mashpee, included displays of international Christmas cribs, children's Nativities, works by Cape Cod artists and crafters, and the opportunity to buy many Christmas and craft collectibles.

Franciscan nun gets 'ride of a lifetime'. at Indianapolis speedway

By MARY ANN WYAND CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

INDIANAPOLIS - It was ''the ride of a lifetime" for the self-described "nun on the run."

While racing around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 175 mph, Franciscan Sister Rita Vukovic of Indianapolis only had time to offer a quick prayer.

The longtime Cardinal Ritter High School English and religion teacher said she "always prays," but at that speed it only takes about two minutes to complete four laps around the'world-famous racetrack so her prayer had to be short and to the point.

During more than 35 years at the Indianapolis Catholic .high school, Sister Rita has earned the reputation of being a tough but fair teacher who mixes important life lessons with instructions on sentence structure and theology.

Sister Rita received the high-speed ride in an Indy Racing League two-seater race car as a gift from school supporters during Cardinal Ritter's annual fund-raiser at the end of the last school year.

The winning bid of more than $2,000 clinched ''the ride of a lifetime" for the popular teacher who is considered an icon at Cardinal Ritter.

Paul Lockard, school president, and St. Christopher parishioner Art WJ1mes of Indianapolis, a member of the school's board of directors, asked Sister Rita if she would consider taking a ride in a race car to help raise money for the school. The ride was donated by Sinden Racing.

Proceeds from the fund-raiser will benefit student scholarships and fInancial aid at the interparochial high school.

Driver John Andretti, a former Cardinal Ritter student, wasn't available that day so Sister Rita selected Indy Racing League veteran Sarah Fisher to drive her aroun~ the track in the 790-horsepoweropen-wheel race car.

Buckled into the passenger seat behind Fisher, Sister Rita said she just sat back and enjoyed the highspeed ride that gave her a brief taste of life in the fast lane.

There wasn't enough time to be afraid, the longtime Indianapolis 500 fan said, and she was thrilled to experience Indy Racing League racing up close and perFRANCISCAN SISTER Rita Vukovic presonal. ''What a ride," the 74-year-old nun told The Crite- pares to take a ride in an Indy car at the Inrion, newspaper of the Indianapolis Archdiocese. "It dianapolis Motor Speedway. (CNS photo by was the ride ofa lifetime. Ii took me longer to get suited Jeff Roach/DeFabis Photography)

YOUNG ADULTS from Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Pompeii Parish in Kenosha, Wis., gather in front of a statue of Our Lady of the New Millennium for an evening candlelight prayer service recently. The 33-foot statue was in· Kenosha through August 1. It has traveled throughout the United States since its unveiling during Pope John Paul II's 1999 visit to St. Louis. (CNS photo by Sam Lucero, Catholic Herald)

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During four fast laps around the track, Sister Rita said she prayed and kept her eyes open.

"About 55 to 60 people were waving at me as I went past them," she said. '1 saw them for a split second each time.

"I know Sarah Fisher is a good race-ear driver because she finished the Indianapolis 500 this y<iar," Sister Rita said, "so I had no qualms about riding with her.

She is a very charming young lady, very personable.

You could tell she loves racing by her conduct in the car."

Students and adults from the Cardinal Ritter family were on hand to cheer for Sister Rita and wave a "Godspeed" sign.

When school starts again in August, Sister Rita also can tell her students about what she did on her summer vacation.

'1t was quite an experience," she said. '1 wasn't fearful at any moment, but I pray all the time regardless of what I'm doing. The prayers are always there. God is my co-pilot in every situation, even in a race car."

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Campaign -'04: Catholic view on family includes more than same-sex marriage

By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

REFUGEES WALK through blowing sand during a storm near the Oure Cassoni camp in Chad, on the Chad-Sudan border. Rain, sand and wind are hampering relief efforts for more than a million Sudanese refugees who have been driven from their homes. In a recent statement, British Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue of Lancaster, England, said the political situation in Sudan needed to be addressed and called for a massive humanitarian aid effort for the Darfur region of Sudan. (CNS photo from Reuters)

Pope urges end to indifference to conflicts in Uganda, Sudan

By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Pope John Paul II urgently appealed for an end to worldwide indifference to ongoing conflicts in Uganda and Sudan.

He called upon the international community to help resolve the bloody conflicts on the "beloved African continent" and offer "a real prospect for peace" in the region.

Before praying his Sunday Angelus, the pope made his appeal to more than 1,000 pilgrims who gathered in the courtyard of his papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome.

"During these days of rest and relaxation, my thoughts often center on the dramatic conditions different regions of the world are living through," he told his audience.

"For over 18 years, northern Uganda has been in the throes of an inhumane conflict involving millions of people, especially children," he said.

Many of these children, by being "caught in the grips of fear and deprived of any future, feel compelled to become soldiers," he added.

Humanitarian groups estimate that over the past five years some 20,000 children have been abducted by rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army. The children are then forced to become child soldiers or sex slaves.

The rebels, led by Joseph Kony, have been waging a brutal campaign of mutilation and death against civilians in their fight to overthrow the government.

Thousands of civilians have been killed and more than a million others displaced by the fighting in northern Uganda alone.

The pope appealed both to Ugandan political leaders and the international community to "put a stop to this tragic conflict and offer a real prospect for peace to the whole Ugandan nation."

The pope also highlighted the dire humanitarian situation in western Sudan's Darfur region.

"The war there, which has intensified (in) the past few months, brings with it ever more poverty,

desperation and death," he said.

"Twenty years of violent clashes in Sudan have resulted in a vast number of dead, displaced and refugees. How can one remain indifferent?" he asked.

In the past year of fighting, rebels and government-backed Arab militias have been pitted against one another in Darfur, forcing some 200,000 people to flee to neighboring Chad and displacing more than a million others to makeshift camps in Sudan.

Human rights groups have accused the militias of committing grave atrocities, such as mass rapes, execution-style killings and ethnic cleansing, against mostly black African civilians.

More than 30,000 people have been killed and another 350,000 lives are at risk due to fighting, starvation or other causes unless they receive immediate assistance, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The pope sent his papal envoy, Archbishop Paul Cordes, head of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum," the Vatican's charity arm, to Sudan and Darfur this week as a sign of "spiritual and material solidarity."

Archbishop Cordes visited the slums outside the capital, Khartoum, which for the past 10 years have sheltered displaced people from fighting in the south of Sudan, the statement said.

He also traveled to camps in Darfur saying the conditions of some 10,000 people living there "camped out in the desert under straw tents and plastic sheeting" were "indescribable."

The archbishop met with representatives of Catholic aid agencies who, along with other Christian organizations, are preparing to use a $17 million aid package for those hardest hit by the Darfur conflict.

The archbishop also met with Vice President Moses Machar of Sudan and the deputy governor of southern Darfur. He urged them to help Catholic aid groups get unimpeded access to refugee camps.

Marriage Amendment and the Defense of Marriage Act. WASHINGTON - As ConAccording to a recent gress headed toward its summer LeMoyne CollegelZogby Internarecess, most of the marriage-re- tional poll, most American Catholated talk focused on efforts to lics line up on the side of bishops revive the stalled Federal Mar- on the same-sex marriage issue riage Amendment, which would 58 percent favor the proposed amend the U.S. Constitution to amendment. define marriage as the union of a But what about the many other man and a woman. issues affecting marriage and the But as the U.S. bishops made American family? Both candiclear in their 2003 statement on dates have said their economic "Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic plans would help families, but Call to Political Responsibility," they take decidedly different apmarriage- and family-related is- proaches on what government sues of concern to the Catholic actions would most benefit, Church go far beyond the same- middle-class Americans. sex marriage question.

One cornerstone of Bush's "Policies related to the defini- plan to strengthen American famition of marriage, taxes, the work- lies is a proposal that would give place, divorce and welfare must $240 million to state programs be designed to help families stay that support healthy marriages together and to reward responsi- and provide another $50 million bility and sacrifice for children:' in fiscal year 2005 to promote reit said. "Because financial and sponsible fatherhood. economic factors have such an But Kerry argues that the ecoimpact on the well-being and sta- nomic health of American famibility of families, it is important lies has gotten progressively that just wages be paid to those worse under the Bush administrawho work to support their fami- tion - a $1,462 drop in family lies and that generous efforts be income between 2000 and 2002. made to aid poor families."

Kerry's plan includes support "Washington is in some ways for a $6 billion increase in childdivided, and the political parties care funding over five years, exare divided" about which mar- pansion of the Family and Mediriage and family issues are most cal Leave Act, an increase in the important, said Nancy Wisdo, di- minimum wage indexed to inflarector of the Office of Domestic tion, new tax credits on health Social Development of the U.S. care and college tuition, and proConference of Catholic Bishops. tection of "increases in the child Brian Kane, chairman of the tax credit, the reduced marriage philosophy and theology depart- penalty and the new tax bracket ment at DeSales University in that helps people save $350 on Allentown, Pa., doesn't see much their first level of income" But Wisdo worries that lost in difference on family issues between President Bush, the likely the campaign rhetoric are the conRepublican nominee for presi- cerns of the truly poor.

"My biggest concern is that dent, and Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, who is expected these issues will not be part of to be his Democratic opponent. the campaign at all," she said.

On the same-sex marriage "Neither party seems positioned question, Bush favors the Federal to tackle" issues such as welfare Marriage Amendment; Kerry and reform, homelessness and other his chosen running mate, Sen. concerns of the poorest and most John Edwards of North Carolina, vulnerable in America, she were the only senators not in added.

And unless Catholic voters and Washington when the amendment had its first vote July 14. The others concerned about poverty measure failed on a 48-50 proce- raise those issues, whoever is elected president in 2004 may not dural vote.

The Catholic bishops have feel any urgency to address the strongly backed both the Federal long-standing problem.

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eNS book reviews not as helpful as they could have been. Instead of breaking open the poems for the reader, Rosenthal explained how she reacted to each poem. Her literary background could have been put to fuller use by giving the reader the tools to unlock some of the mysteries of contemporary poetry.

Her choice of poems is also disappointing. Rather than selecting REVIEWED BY JEFF JOHNSON poetry for quality, she opted to let CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE content and subject take preceContemporary poetry is a form dence. For example, Maren of prayer in these two recent books Tirabassi's "St. Francis" is a from St. Anthony Messenger treacly, overwrought piece that Press. cannot stand up to Galway Poetry offers "a way to hope in KillJlell's classic "St. Francis and violent times," writes Peggy the Sow." Rosenthal in "Praying Through Meanwhile, Franciscan Father Poetry: Hope for Violent Times."

Murray Bodo's collection, "The Rosenthal, a Catholic convert who Earth Moves at Midnight and holds a doctorate in English literaOther Poems," provides a generture and now leads poetry retreats, ous sampling of accomplished. offers a method of poetry-based BEN KINGSLEY stars in a poetry in the tradition of some of prayer developed in response to America's best confessional poets. Universal) the violent terrorist attacks of Sept.

The poems, written over the past 11,2001. Her four-step method is 20 years, are dedicated to Denise modeled on "Lectio divina," an Levertov and show her influence ancient method for reading and in both style and subject. meditating on Scripture.

The poems are chiefly about

By DAVID DICERTO Rosenthal's prayer method loss - specifically Father Bodo's CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE consists of four movements. Upon loss of his mother and father first reading the poem she asks, NEW YORK - Heroism and the experiences of faith, "How does the poem lead me to proves to be a family affair in the change and growth. Father Bodo hope?" Next,. she enters into a . action adventure turkey primarily uses free verse as he dimore reflective mode by suggestrectly engages nature and his "Thunderbirds" (Universal). ing "And so I might pray -."

Set in 2065 and based on the cult childhood home of New Mexico.

Third, she moves to the invitation: 1960s' British TV series, "And, finally, I might ponder -." The strongest poems in the collec-. . ''Thunderbirds'' takes its name from tion are those speaking of loss The fourth step brings Rosenthal " the fleet of fantastic rescue craft deeply interior, lyrical elegies. back to the original poem as she Combined with Rosenthal's making up International Rescue, a looks for images or phrases that prayer method, Father Bodo's po- team of global do-gooders headed grab her attention and offer themby billionaire ex-astronaut Jeff selves up for contemplative reflec- ems would serve well those who Tracy (Bill Paxton). grieve loss and are looking for a tion.

Secretly headquartered on their way to develop their prayer. FaBy way of 10 example poems, ther Bodo's treatment of his deeply own tropical island, the widowed Rosenthal demonstrates her prayer personal experiences of faith and Tracy and his four older sons race method. Rosenthal provides the loss, aIthough at times a bit wordy, into action - whether by land, sea full text of poems by Daniel or air ~ whenever and wherever are never sugarcoated.

Berrigan, Scott Cairns, Denise disaster strikes.

There are plenty of good poems Levertov, Jane Hirshfield, Yehuda Left out of all the fun is Tracy's Amichai and others. She gives an out there, although not written in youngest son, Alan (Brady Corbet), account of her own interior, spiri- the code ofsentimental piety, which a talented pilot in his own right who tual reactions to each poem, fol- would work well with Rosenthal's is chomping at the bit to prove his lowed by explanations of where method. Poems and poets that ably mettle and earn his wings. these poems "took" her spiritually offer transformative visions stand .

And wouldn't you know it, he ready to clear or, better yet, till the and literarily. gets a chance to do just that when Rosenthal's method for medi- interior ground, leaving it open for a criminal mastermind known as tation on poetry could be very use- prayer. Begin with Seamus the Hood (Ben Kingsley) - a ful for individuals or groups who Heaney's "Glanmore Sonnets," bald baddie with telekinetic powseek new and interesting ways of whose opening line best explains ers and an ax to grind with the praying. While I know that re- how poetry can lead to prayer: elder Tracy - infiltrates the issponse to poetry is highly subjec- "Vowels ploughed into other: land stronghold. Ripping a page tive, I felt that her examples were opened ground." out of the "Evil Genius Handbook of Cliche Revenge Schemes," the Hood plans to commandeer the Thunderbirds and use them for his PRAYING THROUGH POETRY: HOPE FOR VIOLENT TIMES, by Peggy Rosenthal. St. Anthony Messenger Press (Cincinnati, 2003). 83 pp. THE EARTH MOVES AT MIDNIGHT AND OTHER POEMS,

by Franciscan Father Murray Bodo. St. Anthony Messenger Press (Cincinnati, 2003). 95 pp.

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The movie does, however, mainTracy and his bad-haircut brood out of coinmission - trapped on the tain some of the TV series' 1960sThunderbirds' orbiting space satel- era flavor, including the retro style lite - it is up to young Alan to save opening credit sequence and the Thunderbirds themselves. In addithe day.

Aiding him is Tin-Tin (Vanessa tion to not tampering with the rockAnne Hudgens), the daughter of ets, fans of the show will sleep Tracy's butler (Bhasker Patel), and . easier iqlowing the movie has also Fermat (Soren Fulten), the brainy kept such signature Thunder-lingo son of International Rescue's stut- as the team's "Thunderbirds are tering techno-genius (Anthony go!" catchphrase, as well as their Edwards). Sophia Myles is pretty groovy affirmative "F-A-B," as in in pink as Lady Penelope "fabulous" - though, sadly, the Creighton-Ward, a sassy British film is anything but.

It seems like the one disaster the secret agent who gets driven around in a souped-up pink Rolls Royce Thunderbirds could not avert was by her loyal cockney chauffeur the script itself; obviously, they (Ron Cook). never received the mayday from the The original British series featured screenwriter. The characters are a form ofpuppet animation which the sketchy. The story is limp. And the show's creator, Gerry Anderson, special effects are, to be kind, hitdubbed "supermarionation." In go- and-miss. ing live-action, director Jonathan And while the turbo-toys on disFrakes has jettisoned not only the play may appeal to young males, puppets, but most of the show's most viewers may find it a thuncampy charm, leaving only clum- dering disappointment. Perhaps a sily strung-together action se- better title would have been 9p.~nges whic.h "~~~wcase the "Blunderbirds." ep<?nymous vehicles ~ the net reDue to recurring action violence sUlt'being little more than an 87- and some crude language, the muhite commercial for the line of USCCB Office for Film & BroadaIi-~errain toys the movie will un- casting classification is A-II doubtedly spawn. adults and adolescents. The Motion Acting-wise, Frakes would have Picture Association ofAmerica rat~ done better sticking with the pup- ing is PG - parental guidance sugpets, as most of the Thunderbirds gested. of the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops.

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IC'~~ ~'f()vjife ICa.IV~Ulllfe~ NEW YORK (CNS) - The following is a capsule review of a movie recently reviewed by the Office for Film & Broadcasting

mentary concerning race and identity, but the only race it seems to care about is a race to the botWhite Castle" (New Line) tom, shamelessly finding humor Min~less buddy comedy about. in a story built around getting high two roommates (John Cho and while behind the wheel of a car.

Kal Penn), who as the self-sum- Recurring drug use, two instances . marizing title suggests embark on offrontal nudity, much rough and a marijuana-induced quest for crude language, as well as strong fast-food nirvana through the sexual and bathroom humor. wilds of New Jersey, experiencThe USCCB Office for Film ing many mishaps along the way. & Broadcasting classification is Chuck full of gross-out gags and o - morally offensive. The vulgar frat-house humor, director Motion Picture Association of Danny Leiner's road picture America rating is R - remakes pretensions of social com- stricted.

Catholic publishers left behind in new Christian book boom

By MARK PATTISON CATliOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CBS BROADCASTER Charles Osgood's book, "Defending Balti"more Against Enemy Attack," focuses on one year of his life in 1'942, when he was known as Charles Osgood Wood III. Osgood was an altar server and played the organ at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Baltimore.Jhe book has references to the Sisters of Charity, Our Lady of Lourdes and his dreams of doing play-by-play announcing for a Catholic Mass or International League Baltimore Orioles. (CNS photo from CBS)

Broadcaster Charles Osgood fondly recalls Catholic Baltimor~' . By

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how the Allies were doing overseas and collected BALTIMORE - Young Charles Osgood was scrap metal for the war effort. ' in a terrible quandary.

Opening the book at random, reader is likely After a whole week of practicing a Bach organ to stumble across some fond reference to the Sisfugue for Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes in ters of Charity, Our Lady of Lourdes or dreams of the' West Baltimore 'neighborhood of Liberty doing play-by-play announcing for a Catholic Mass Heights, the nine-year-old would-be virtuoso still or the International League Baltimore Orioles. couldn't get his fingering right.

In a telephone interview with The Catholic ReKnowing that he was sure to disappoint Sister view, Baltimore archdiocesan newspaper, Osgqod Serena, one of the Sisters of Charity at his parish said his childhood world revolved around his school school, Charlie had to come . and parish, which was , ; , . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ - merged with All Saints in up with a way out.

His solution? Sneak into In a telephone interview with 1995 to form New All Parish. the empty church on Friday The Catholic Review, Baltimore Saints afternoon and unplug the The exacting education organ so that it looked like archdiocesan newspaper, Osgood demanded by the nuns had said his childhood world revolved everything to do with his it was broken.

"In shutting down the or- around, his school and parish. . success as a popular radio gan, I also was shutting broadcaster, writer and teledown my guaranteed huvision host, Osgood said..

"I do thirik these were extremely dedicated teachmiliation," said Osgood, a veteran CBS broadcaster and host of "Sunday Morning," in his new book, ers," he sa'id. ~'You can't expect them to do that un"Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack." less they are motivated by something other than a "I was certain my sabotage wouldn't be detected: paycheck. They had a level of dedication you can't " Because the plug was so far from the organ, people ~xpect in the civilian world."

Osgood told The Catholic Review that the would be mystified by its malfunction," he wrote.

"A perfect crime, the way a critic might have de- America of 1942 was a far different place from today. There was astronger sense of unity as the counscribed my playing of that piece."

Unf'Ortunately for Charlie, the nuns were try struggled and sacrifiyed to defeat the Axis powshrewder than he thought. After discovering that the ers, he said.

"The whole country has changed in that regard," organ had been unplugged, Sister Serena asked the young man who might have done it. His response, he said. "Part of it is that the war pulled everyone "I think it was me," was quickly corrected by the , together. Now the war tends to pull everyone apart.

Everyone knew then that it was a war we absolutely nun - "I think it was I." "Only Sister Serena could have judged your must win. Everyone totally believed that."

Osgood recalled how the Our Lady of Lourdes morals and grammar at the same time," Osgood recalled. Young Charlie wound up spending an hour principal interrupted a school play to announce that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor and how after school every day for a week for his crime.

Osgood's organ recollections are just one" of another Sister taught children a~out St. Barbara, the many nostalgic nods to his Catholic Baltimore up- patron saint of artillery. bringing recounted in his book, published by . It seemed that the Church was totally on board Hyperion Press.' , with the war effort, he said.

The broadcaster never heard a complaint about The book focuses on one year of his life, 1942, when he was known as Charles Osgood Wood III shortages or blackouts. People simply pulled, toand when Baltimore children proudly kept up their gether in support of their country. "I remember it as victory gardens, read everything they could about a good time in our life," he said.

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WASHINGTON If an American Association of Publishers' study on'book sales is correct, then Catholic publishers are missing out on a,reported 36.8 percent growth in the sale of "Christian" books.

But, ifaJuly 12 story in the trade journal Publishers Weekly is also correct, then much of that bulge' cannot be attributed to the sale of Bibles or books on theology, spirituality, prayer or liturgy, but instead is related to the "Left Behind" series of post-Apocalypse novels and the best-selling novel "The Da Vinci Code."

Jack Barger, marketing director at Sophia Institute Press in Manchester, N.H., said its sales are up four percent from last year, nothing like the 36.8 percent revenue growth cited in路 the American Association of Publishers' report on worldwide sales figures for 2003 released in June.

'The Da Vinci Code" has sold seven million copies, Barger said, while the 11 th "Left Behind" novel is now on store shelves and total sales for the series has exceeded 30 million.

Barger wondered why the "Left Behind" and "Da Vinci" books were classified as Christian books when they are clearly works of fiction. "I just don't get it," he told Catholic News Service in a recent telephone interview.

Donald Hannon, director of business operations for Liguori Publications in Liguori, Mo., also suspected sales of "Left Behind" books as the reason behind the inflated numbers on Christian books. "'Left Behind' has an extraordinary reach in religious sales," Hannon said. '''It's stepped beyond the traditional Christian reader."

The popularity of the "Left Behind" series ,and "The Da Vinci Code" has spawned a cottage industry of books trying to explain or debunk the premises of, each book.

Last year, the Illinois bishops denounced the "Left Behind" se-

ries as "a tool for active promotion of a fundamentalist tIieology of the end times in conflict with Catholic teaching" and "a vehicle for antiCatholic teaching." They asked Catholic institutions to remove the books from their shelves.

The bishops said the novels which tie apocalyptic Scripture, such as the New Testament Book of Revelation, to specific events in history - "reinforce an unhealthy and immature belief in a harshly judgmental God." 'These materials about fictionalized end times popularize a common fundanlentalist belief in a time of tribulation after the 'rapture' (when the 'good people' are secretly taken . up overnight to heaven) and before the second coming of Christ," the llIinois bishops said. 'This belief is not supported in Scripture."

Linus Mundy, publisher at Abbey Press in St. Meinrad, Ind., said business is "going wel1,~' noting that Abbey's books aJtd other publications are often sold at places other than bookstores.

Joe Riley, sales director at The Liturgical Press in Collegeville, Minn., said that when people want a particular book they don't have to go to a bookstore to find it. The number of Liturgical Press' books sold by its vendor through the amazon.com Website is "getting bigger every year," he said.

Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Orbis Books in Maryknoll, N.Y., said business is up five percent from year-ago levels.

While Sophia Institute Press reported growth close to that figure, Barger noted that after Sept. .11, 2001, the clergy sex abuse scandals ' and a downturn in the economy, "we took a hit."

Sales are "up now, but not like it was before," he added.

If past is prelude, Barger said, then when book sales for 2004 are repQrted, the figures will be similarly inflated.

"It's going to be the same next year," when all of the books related to the movie 'The Passion of the Christ" are factored into year-end totals, Barger said.

Longtime editor o~ Glenmary Challenge, dies at 85 CINCINNATI (CNS) - Father Patrick O'Donnell, 85, a member of the Cincinnati-based Glenmary Home Missioners for 54 years, died July 22 at Mercy Franciscan Terrace, a Cincinnati retirement center.

"No one has done more to supply American Catholics with memorable images of the U.S. home missions than Father Pat O'Donnell," said Father Dominic Duggins, vice president of Glenmary, who also served in the Southwest with Father O'Donnell for five years.

Glenmary Home Missioners

isa Catholic society of priests a':1d brothers who, along with co-workers, staff more than 60 missions and ministries in rural areas in 13 dioceses throughout Appal'achia, the South and Southwest.

Father O'Donnell's awardwinning black-and-white photos filled the covers and pages of Glenmary Challenge, the quarterly magazine of Glenmary Home Missioners, for more than 30 years.

His photos and the magazine were .recognized by the Catholic Press Association with numerous awards.

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CRISIS IN SUDAN Fighting between Khartoum and rebels erupted in Darfur over a year ago. . Since then, the government-funded uJanjaweed" militias have forced.

200,000 Darfurians into Chad. An estimated million or more ore d.isplaced within 'the Darfur region. . .- ~~ 11 million people hove been forced from their· . ~ homes. Many reside in camps in Chad, many Qfh~rs are living along the Sudan-Chad border.

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are currently in final stages of settlement at a cost of several millIon dollars.

In 1993 Bennett was seeking to learn if DNA tests not available in the' 1970"s could link Lavigne to blood found along th.e Chicopee River bank where Croteau's body was found. In a hearing seekjng a warrant for a sample of Lavigne's blood, Bennett said that "without evi~ . dence from the blood, there is in·sufficiel)t. evidence to proceed with) charging anyone in this investigation."

After the tests he told The . Catholic Observer, Springfiel<;l diocesan newspaper, "The blood did not match." Some documentation of the case was released when Bennett closed the investigation in 1996, but much Of it was kept under court seal.

Bennett reopened the case last year to make new, more sophisticated, DNA tests. Becau~e the case was reactivated, he argued that the 1996 seal should remain in force.

But The Republican, Springfield daily newspaper, and an alleged sexual abuse victim of Lavigne's filed a motion to unseal the documents, arguing that the murder case is essentially dead and cannot be compromised by the opening of files.

The Springfield diocese was not a party to the case on either side.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ordered the release of ~ most of the sealed court records pertaining to the unsolved 1972 ~ .. J: murder of Catholic teen-ager Daniel Croteau.

The only suspect ever publicly identified in the case is a recently laicized Catholic priest who knew Croteau and who in 1992 was convicted of molesting a minor.

The sealed records were documents from the 1972 police investigation that were submitted to the courts in 1993 when Hampden, County District Attorney William .Bennett sought a search warrant to take a sample of blood from ,then-Father Richard R. Lavigne, a suspect in the murder.

Lavigne - who is registered. with police· as a Level Three (highest-risk) sex offender - was defrocked last year by a decree . from Pope John Paul II. He had been suspended from MJonjoweed" is thelocnlterm for'the miljlios that have been ollocking villages throughout Darfur. all ministry since his arrest in An estimated 30;000 people have died in militia oIIocks or from s1orvolion or other causes.

1991 on charges of rape and sexual abuse of children. He wa.s Cl2004 0fS Gl1Iphics ,convicted in 1992 and received a suspended sentence' conditioned on treatment and 10 years' pro~ bation.

Lavigne, who is now 63, has been accused of sexual abuse in 41 claims against the Springfield SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CNS) tion of abuse, and the effect the ' diocese that have been settled or - The Springfield diocese has' abuse had on the· victim's .life in reached a tentative agreement determining the amount each . with 46 individuals who say that claimant receives.

Bishop McDonnell· made they were sexually abused QY five diocesan priests. . settlement. of all sexual abuse According to a memorandum claims a top priority after his April of understanding, the diocese has 1 installation as head of the dioBy NOEL BRUYNS offered a global amount of $7 cese. He initially offered $5 milCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE million, plus the proceeds from lion for a global settlement, and BANGKOK, Thailand - China;s 87 million the eventual sale of two dioces!Ul then gradually raised the Internet users are being denied access to a range of properties, to a pool that would diocese's offer to $7 million.

Under the memorandum of religious sites based abroad, including Catholic sites, settle claims by the clients of Attorney John Stobierski. . und~rstanding, the ·Church will a religious rights group said.. .

The agreement also guarantees transfer the two properties, esti"While Chinese Internet users do have access to lifetime, outside counseling to mated to have a combined worth a .range of Websites based outside the country that those bringing accusations, and between about $600,000 and' cover religious themes in Chinese or other lanaccess to other outreach services $800,000, to a. trust headed by guages, certain religious sites appear to be consisStobierski ~d his law partner by tently blocked because the Chines~I-~overnment provided through the diocese. . does not like their content," the or{anization FoSpringfield Bishop Timothy A. August 31.

McDonnell said he was "deeply The trust will in tum market rum 18 said in a: statement released'iil'iate July. ,grateful for the good will and in- and sell the properties and divide Forum 18,. whIch takes its name from the Unitense effort of all parties involved the proceeds among participating versal Declaration of Human Rights' Article 18 on in the process." . religious freedom, released its report after'conduct~ claimants. . Those covered by the agreeThe diocese did not say imme- ing a two-month survey of various religious ment, which was modeled after a diately how it will fund the $7 Websites. settlement reached last year In the million in the settlement pool. If The survey revealed'that W~bsites that dealt with Archdiocese of Boston, have two it were to liquidate that amount the persecution of Catholics and Protestants, the weeks to opt in or out of a bind- from its investment portfolio, it, Dalai Lama, the Falun Gong spiritual movement ing arbitration process: would permanently forfeit and Uighur Muslims were not accessible for China's • For every accuser opting out $350,000 in annual income for its Web users~ of the process, the size of the operating budget, 'assunYng a five The results of the survey were released the same settlement pool would be reduced percent annual yield. day an,official with China'sMinority and Religious proportionately.

The tentative agreement does ' Affairs Administration said China was updating About half the claimants had hot include 'about 20 claims rilles on religious worship, rep.ortedly focusing on filed lawsuits against the diocese. .brought against the diocese by ·controlling Intemet use by the faithful.

The rest had made claiinsof abuse other attorneys.

"They will both delete outdated items and add new but had not formally filed suit.

About half of the claims pre-.' items to suit the changing social environment," the Each participant will receive a sented by Stobierski involved Ri- Taipei Times quoted a government official as saying. minimum of $80,000. and the av- chard Lavigne, a serial child .mo- . In its report, Forum l~, based in Oslo, Norway, erage. is likely to be around lester who was laicized by Pope said that major Websites, such as those belonging $165,000. Arbitrators will con- John Paul IT because of the seri- to the Vatican and to the World Council of Churches sider the'type of abuse, the dura- ousiless of his crimes. 'were not blocked. Also accessible were certai~

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Court orders release ·of sealed . . records in Catholic teen's Dlurder The high court ruling said that Bennett 'and Lavigne bore the burden to prove that the. mes should still remain secret and did, not do so. The court noted that "to date, 32 years after the homicide and almost 11 years after the .search warrant was issued, no charges have been filed against 'Lavigne or anyone else."

"The long and very public history of the investigation dimin- . ished the risk that further disclo. sure could appreciably alter the outcome of it," the c'ourt said.

Most of tqe unsealed documents had to be' redacted to remove names and addresses of witnesses before they would be released, but Bennett immeeJiately released results of an autopsy that was performed on Croteau's body shortly after his death.

It revealed that Croteau's blood alcohol level ~as .18 percent, over twice the legal limit for intoxication required to convict an impaired driver in Massachusetts. .It found no evidence that the boy had been sexually abused.

Bennett also released a 1958 termination notice' written' when Lavigne, then a college student, lost a summer job at the Chicopee Parks and Recreation Depart~ menL The memo stated that Lavigne 'was "undesirable to be among children" but did not specify why.

Numerous Catholic Websites among those blocked by C.hinese government Websites covering religious freedom issues, even those covering repression within China.

"Catholic sites in the region were generally accessible, including the official Church site in Taiwan and that of the Jesuit-run Holy Spirit Study Center in Hong Kong," Forum 18 said.

But both Catholic and Protestant Websites that threatened the maintenance of "internal ,stability and, by extension, the continuation of Communist rule," were not, said Felix Corley, editor of Forum 18's Website.

"One source told Forum 18 that the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese's Website was blocked after the deterioration of relations in 2003 between Hong Kong Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun and the mainland authorities," Corley said.

Among other Catholic sites inaccessible in'China 'are the Divine Word Missionaries in Taiwan, www.svdchina.org; the U.S.-based Free the Fathers, www.ftf.org', which highlights the plight of Catholic priests who remain loyal to the Vatican; AsiaNews.www.asianews.it. a Rome-based n'ews agency run by the Pontifical. Institute for Foreign Missions; and another U.S.-based site, www.freechurchforchina.ofl~·

"The Roman Catholic Church .:. has retained .diplomatic ties with Taiwan and has insisted that the Vatican has the right to train and appoint Chinese Catholic clerics. The Chinese Communist state vehemently opposes this view, insisting that all religious communities in China be 'self-supporting' and not subject to foreign influence," the Forum 18 report said; , China considers Taiwan to be a breakaway province.

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Paul.E. Canuel, and two Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, Continued/rom page one Sister Maria Ceballos, nurse pracpeople do is to give from their the needs here in· Fall River are titioner, and Sister Lucia Lopez. need. The diocese does that as great. Yet they are exponentially Their duties are to care for the well. Then it is authentic Chris- greater in Honduras. Here we spiritual life of the people iil the tian giving, because to give from have the convenience of choos- two municipalities and its apour surplus is easy, but to give ing what Mass and which day we proximately 113. ':aldeas" and from our need is the real chal- will go. There, the people are "caserios." There is also a medilenge. Not only monetarily, but lucky, if in some villages, they cal clinic is Guaimaca. from our personnel. We have to have Mass once a month."

But for the next few weeks, remember that God will not be • • The mission, initially founded Father Pregana will spend more outdone in his generosity. God for a five-year period - from time with his family. will bless us for that."

2000 to 2005 - is .renewable. It His parents, Arthur 'and FloFather Pregana understands came, he said, as a response to the rence Pregana "are both doing what to expect because he has call of Pope John Paul II to the well, as is my sister Gail and three times visited the Honduran Church in America to share its brother Dave (Father David A. Mission in Guaimaca, within the resources and personnel in fulfill- Pregana)," h~ reported. "They are Department of Franciso Morazan, ment of its mission of evangeli- hesitant and not as enthused as I in the Archdiocese of zation. am about my new assignment. It Tegucigalpa.

The archbishop of won't be easy leaving them. We' He went there first with Bishop Tegucigalpa, Cardinal Oscar are a very connected family." .

Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap, Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, a ,Growing up in St. Louis Parshortly after the mission of the member of the Society of the Di- ish near Kennedy Park, family Diocese of Fall River was estab- vine Vocation, welcomed the m~s-. and parish life was good, Father lished in September of the Jubi~ sion endeavor. ' '. Pregana recalled. He remembers lee Year 2000 in agreement with "The mission consists of the ' Church officials in Honduras. two most northeastern parishes of "It was Bishop Sean's idea to the archdiocese, those of Santa have seminarians down there," he Rosa de Lima in Guaimaca and the Parish of San Francisco de said. .

Father Pregana's next visits Asis in Orica," Father Pregana came in 2003 and 2004. explained.

"I planned them 'at the The two parishes, 40 kilomecolleg~'s spring break, bringing . ters apart, cover an area of apcollege students with me, and we proximately 4,000 square kilomewent twice. [ronically, I ·went ters and have a population of apthere with the intent that their proximately 30,000 people.

The area is principally agricullives would be changed by the experience. Arid I know that's the tural, producing livestock, lumcase. However, I never expected ber, com, beans, tomatoes, sugar to be so affected by it, to want to cane and cabbage. Its mining acgo and be there. Perhaps not for- tivity is principally in marble. It ever, but for a portion of time." contains two of the biological reHe added, "I asked Bishop serves of Honduras, the "Misoco" Coleman if he would consider it. and "EI Chile" mountain ranges.

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been my life for the past several years," he recalled. "After serving as chaplain at Bishop Stang High School I was asked to become campus minister at U-Mass Dartmouth."

To prepare' for life in Guaimaca, where the people speak Spanish; Father Pregana recently spent five weeks at the Mexican American Cultural Center in Texas "to brush up on my Spanish. I had studied Spanish and other languages when I was in the seminary.

"Having taken the course I suddenly realize how much I don't know," he said with an infectious smile.

He pledged to see us soon.

"Come on down and visit," he said.

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French priest calls for solidarity with Jews in wake of anti-Semitism Sharon urged Jews to immigrate to OXFORD, England (CNS) A French Church official has called Israel because of the rise in antion Christians to show ~'fraternity Semitic incidents in France.

He said France was witnessing and solidarity" with Jews after the Israeli prime minister urged Jews a "new form of anti-Semitism" to leave France because of a·rise in based on "anti-Israeli moods and anti-Israeli propaganda" among the anti-Semitic attacks.

"At this difficult time, Catholics country's tferth African Mu~ILm should make sure they show frater- minority. :// '1-i-~1 If::: nity and solidarity with Jews. They France h~ the world's ':"~~-~­ should also ask, above all, for the est Jewish community, which,~ law of the land to be respected," up one percent of the French papusaid Father Patrick Debois, head of lation. Jews-in France are outnumthe French Church's Commission bered almost 10-to-one by Muslims, who comprise 10 percent of for Dialogue with Judaism.

"It's true anti-Semitism is gro~­ France's population of 59 million.

French media rec~ntly reing" making life uncomfortable for ported that France's Interior MinJews here," he said.

In a telephone interview, Father istry had co'nfirmed 135 antiDebois told Catholic News Service Semitic acts in the first half of that Church leaders were concerned 2004, compared to 127 in all of by a recent rise in anti-Semitic vio- ,2003. Earlier this year, France's lence. He said anti-Jewish feeling chief rabbi warned Jews not to had been stoked by France's Ara- wear skullcaps in ·public.

A 2003 survey by the United bic media, although most aggressive acts were committed by people Jewish Social Fund and United Jewish Appeal showed the Jewish under the age of 16.

"It's important to remember that population in France had fallen by when one part of the French popu- 33,000 since 1980, with more lation reacts against the Jews there's young Jews expressing a wish 'to , a growth of pro-Jewish sympathy leave for Israel.

Jewish community sources said in the other," he said.

In a July 18 speech in Jerusa- there has been a rise in recent years lem, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel of Jews leaving France.

TWICE; ·FATHER Craig A. Pregana has brought a group of college students such as these to the diocese's Honduran. mission, in Guaimaca. Father Pregana will return to the region in September to'become a parochial vicar there.

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.Swansea parish to hold Youth Group reunion SWANSEA - St. Louis de . a.m. Mass, followed by a picFrance Parish is holding a re- nic on the parish grounds.

For more information, call union of aU Youth Group members, from 1978 to present. the rectory at 508-674-1103, or The event will take place on "O"on Levesque at 508-678August 22, beginning with. 1I 2082.

GENEVIEVE BURT, at center, was recently recognized for her 24 years of service to Catholic education. She has volunteered at SS. Peter ar:ld Paul School, Fall River, since 1979 and is the mother of its principal Kathleen A. Burt who said, "She is remembered by eve~y studen~ who went to o~r school and exemplifies its message 'Generations of Faith, Family and Education.'"

THE EIGHTH-GRADE graduatin!;l class from Holy Trinity Regional School, West Harwich, receive congratulations from teacher Bruce Baxter and Principal Carol Clifford at ceremonies marking the end of the school year. The graduation Mass was celebrated by p.astor Father Thomas L. Rita.

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The young people helped prepare and cook the food for parishioners of the New Bedford church. (Photo by Julie Carlesi)

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College students' beliefs vary by gender, politics LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A pared to 79 percent of the least renew study shows that college stu- ligious students. Regarding the ledents who are strongly religious galization of marijuana, 17 percent tend to identify themselves as po- of religious students were for it, litically conservative and hold tra- compared to 64 percent of the less ditional views about sex, abortion, religious students.

Thirty-eight percent of the more homosexuality and drugs.

However, the same college stu- religious students also said they dents lean in a liberal direction would support "laws prohibiting when it comes to issues such as homosexual relationships," comgun control and the death penalty, pared to 17 percent of the less reaccording to results released from ligious students.

A different pattern emerged "Spirituality in Higher Education: A National Study of College Stu- with regard to gun control and the dents' Search for Meaning and death penalty.

Seventy-five percent of the Purpose."

The results also shows that most religious students and 70 perwomen report significantly higher cent of least religious students felt levels of spirituality and religious- that the federal government should ness than men and are more apt to do more to control the sale ofhandguns. Thirty-eight percent of the be involved in charity work.

The national study, conducted most religious students said they last year by the Higher Education supported abolition of the death Research Institute at the University penalty, compared to just 23 perof California at Los Angeles, sur- cent of the least religious students.

Students who identified themveyed 3,680 third-year college students at 46 colleges and universities. selves as politically conservative About one-fifth of the students were more likely to show high levdescribed themselves as "highly els of religious commitment, 50 religious." About the same num- percent, and religious engagement, ber indicated they had low levels 37 percent. Of those who deof religious engagement, which scribed themselves as liberal, only was defined as attending religious 18 percent showed high levels of services, reading sacred texts, at- religious commitment and 10 pertending religious/spiritual work- cent, religious engagement.

Twenty-one percent of the shops or retreats, and joining a rewomen showed high levels of ligious organization on campus.

The students who said they charitable involvement, compared were highly engaged religiously to only eight percent of the men. differed from their less religious By contrast, 33 percent of the men classmates in attitudes about a and only 12 percent of the women number of social issues. The larg- showed little or no charitable inest gap in attitude was about ca- volvement.

However, it said, students who sual sex, with seven percent of highly religious students finding it are highly engaged politically, acceptable, compared to 80 per- compared to those students who cent of the least religious students. are politically disengaged, showed The most and least religious much higher levels of charitable students also differed significantly involvement, social activism, in their views on legalized abor- growth in global/national undertion. 1\venty-four percent of the standing and self-esteem, and were more religious students agreed that much more likely to be engaged abortion should remain legal com- in a spiritual quest.

Reconnecting with God

By CHARLIE MARTIN· Whenever I Say Your Name Whenever I say your name, whenever I call to mind your face Whatever bread's in my mouth, whatever the sweetest wine I taste Whenever your memory feeds my soul, whatever got broken becomes whole Whenever I'm filled with doubts that we will be together Wherever I lay me down, wherever I put my head to sleep Whenever I hurt and cry, whenever I go lie awake and weep Whenever I kneel to pray, whenever I need to find a way I'm calling out your name Whenever those dark clouds hide the moon Whenever this world has gotten so strange I know that something's gonna change Something's gonna change Refrain: Whenever I say your name, whenever I say your name I'm already praying, I'm already praying I'm already filled with a joy that I can't explain Wherever I lay me down, wherever I rest my weary head to sleep Whenever I hurt and cry, whenever I got to lie awake and weep Whenever I'm on the floor, whatever it was that I believed before Whenever I say your name, whenever I say it loud, I'm already praying Whenever this world has got me down, whenever I shed a tear Whenever the TV makes me mad, whenever I'm paralyzed with fear Whenever those dark clouds fill the sky, whenever I lose the reason why Whenever I'm filled with doubts that we will be together Whenever the sun refuses to shine, whenever the skies are pouring rain Whatever I lost I thought were

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mine, whenever I close my eyes in pain Whenever I kneel to pray, whenever I need to find a way I'm calling out your name Whenever the dark begins to fall Whenever I'm vulnerable and small Whenever I feel like I could die Whenever I'm holding back the tear that I cry (Repeat refrain.)

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Whenever I say your name No matter how long it takes One day we'll be together Whenever I say your name Let there be no mistake That day will last forever Sung by Sting with Mary J. Blige (c) 2003 tty Steerpike (<Mlrseas) Ud. A reader from St. Aloysius Parish in Baton Rouge, La., asked me to review Sting's new release "Whenever I SayYour Name." I appreciate receiving her request and invite you to send me your own suggestions for columns. . Sting has had quite a musical career. He started out as the front man for the British group 'The Police."

Then he moved into asolo format. Last fall Sting put out the CD titled "Sacred Love."

Off this CD is "Whenever I Say Your Name," which also features R&B star Mary 1. Blige. In commenting on their duet, the Baton Rouge reader said, 'The two of them do a beautiful job relaying a message about prayer."

I agree. Sting's lyrics describe the multiple opportunities that our lives hold for prayer. The person in the song

says, "WheneverI say your name, l'm already praying." Whether this might be, whether it is when the "world has gotten so strange," or when he feels "vulnerable and small," or even when he is "filled with doubts that we will be together," suddenly, as he begins to pray, he is "filled with a joy that I can't explain."

The singer says that remembering God has a healing effect: "Whenever your memory feeds my soul, whatever got broken becomes whole."

The song "Here With Me" by Mercy Me is about those times when it is difficult to experience God's presence. "Whenever I Call Your Name" suggests one way to reconnect with God, that is, by the simple act of remembering. If we focus on occasions when we felt deeply connected to God, we are not just living in the past.

Rather, that moment is being re-created in the present.

For example, you might remember a time ofsolitude when God's love seemed to surround you. Or maybe you recall a time of walking in nature when the creator's very presence was so available to you. By bringing back this memory, that which is "broken" within you begins to heal, "becomes whole."

Such conscious use ofthe memory is actually another form of prayer. It draws upon the spiritual principle of attention, which says that whatever you give your attention to in life will grow, expand. Consequently, when you focus on a past experience of closeness with God, your connection to God's presence returns.

One gift ofprayer is the awareness that you are not alone, no matter what occurs in life. You can follow the advice given in this song and find many situations that lead you to pray.

If you are having trouble connecting to God, call your memory into action. Call to mind a moment ofwonder, a time when you sensed God's presence. Allow this memory to once more help you to "become whole."

Your comments are always welcome. Please write to me at: chmartin@swindiana.net or at 7125W 200S, Rockpon, IN 47635.

A lesson from a flat tire

By KAREN DIET1.EIN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

Once in a while, fate teaches a valuable lesson. Often it is disguised as a bad, annoying or otherwise inconvenient event.

I rediscovered recently what it was like to be left behind.

I was tooling along a country road 40 miles from my hometown on a perfect summer afternoon. I sang along with my cranked-up stereo, tapped a sun-warmed steering wheel and opened the windows so I could feel the wind on • my face.

Everything was fine until a man in a lime-green Acura pulled up next to me in the gravel-riddled shoulder, gesticulating madly to get my

attention. He spoke.

Five minutes later, I hopped out of the car at a gas station only to spy a silver nail pushed through the. tread of a rear tire, gleaming in the afternoon sun like a nickel or a bullet. The tire was soft, like rotten cheese with a thick rind. I watched as the tire deflated right before my eyes.

Things got worse. I didn't have a jack, so I couldn't change my tire. . The owner of the rusted truck in the next parking spot recommende9 that I pick up a bottle of "emergency tire inflator." I did - and my car was ready in no time.

That's where my' real adventure began.

The frustration began as soon as I

hit the road. I drove gingerly, avoiding potholes and violent bumps. I forsook the fast-moving toll highways. If I hadn't, I would

Coming of flge have been flattened like a flesh-andsteel pancake by an unobservant SOY. I .flipped on my blinkers and headed north on a more "normal" road. Even there, I faced the

eventuality that I might become road pudding. Others were traveling much faster, honking, screaming into their dashboards. A man in a new BMW passed me, serenading me with a rather vile gesture out his passenger-side window.

"I can't help it," I muttered, watching yet another sports car pass me with an obnoxious, accusatory honk. Very few drivers thought that my blinkers and slow speed meant that I was experiencing a situation out of my control.

It was frustrating. I wanted to go faster, but the flat tire held me back.

After only 15 minutes of this . treatment, I felt awful. I wonder if that's how people with disabilities feel sometimes when people sigh -

finding themselves behind a woman with a walker in a checkout line or groan about having to take a class with a boy who doesn't grasp concepts as quickly as everyone else.

The question I ask is, How do we treat people who, because of circumstances beyond their control, are moving down the road of life at speeds that aren't as fast as what we consider "normal"?

Next time I see someone clattering down the real (or metaphorical) road of life with flashing blinkers, I'll ask myself, "Am I going to offer this person a patient, supportive and helping hand or am I going to the be the guy in the sports car: all flash and fancy wheels, but no heart?"

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Georgia Dlonastery helps visitors find peace they seek, says nun

By GRETCHEN KEISER CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

A STATUE of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego is pictured on the grounds surrounding the Monastery of the Visitation in Snellville, Ga. Mother Francis de Sales Cassidy, a Visitation nun from a Macon, Ga., Catholic family brought nine nuns from a Toledo, Ohio, monastery and the spirituality of the contemplative order to the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 1954.

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SNELLVILLE, Ga. - The spirituality that emanates from the prayers of the Sisters of the Visitation at their monastery in Snellville seems to offer a sense of peace to visitors, said Sister Mary Immaculata Collin, a member of the cloistered order.

"There is a qesire in every human heart to find God and to find peace. They seem to sense there is something here that seems to assist them in their quest. It is the antithesis of superficiality," she said.

Sister Mary Immaculata is the only sistc;:r still living from the group thai founded. the monastery in Georgia 50 years ago.

Its establishment was the heartfelt desire of Mother Francis de Sales Cassidy, a Visitation nun路 from a Macon Catholic. family who wanted to found a monastery for her order in her home state.

She brought nine nuns from a Toledo, Ohio, monastery and the spirituality of their contemplative order to the Archdiocese of Atlanta in 1954.

With the help of one of her brothers, James Cassidy, and other benefactors, the order acquired a mansion in Atlanta and within its walls created a monastery. The Monastery of the VisitationMaryfield was relocated to Snellville in the 1970s.

Today 14 nuns live there.

After serving for eight years as superior of Maryfield, Mother Francis de Sales died in 1965 at age 73. She is buried in the cemetery on the monastery grounds.

Entering the doorway of the monastery chapel, one leaves behind the everyday world. Nuns in habits warmly smile at visitors, while silence engulfs the last sounds that might creep in from the neighborhood outside.

Daily altar tasks are done with careful reverence. The sconces gleam, and the altar cloth made by the nuns is perfectly pressed. Delicate voices chanting the Liturgy of the Hours are hardly more

than a ripple of sound across an otherwise still pond. .

For a June Mass marking. the monastery's golden jubilee, every seat on the side of the chapel open to the public was taken. Special guests were seated on the cloister side, al.ong with the Sisters of the Visitation. The chapel was filled to capacity with about 60 people.

The congregation included Missionaries of Charity and Dominicans of Hawthorne, N.Y., as well as members of the Cassidy family and other relatives of Mother Francis de Sales.

Atlanta Archbishop John F. Donoghue recalled the words of St. Francis de Sales, who founded the Visitation order in 1610 with St. Jane Frances de Chantal "to give the Church daughters of prayer."

At the Snellville monastery, the nuns make their own habits and all the liturgical cloths they use.

Their primary industry is baking thousands of Communion hosts used at parishes of the archdiocese.

"People probably think our life is very boring.

It is not. We pray. We make our work prayer," Mother Jozefa Kowalewski, the superior, told The Georgia Bulletin, newspaper of the Atlanta Archdiocese.

The number of hosts the nuns prepare is constantly increasing, according to Mother Jozefa.

Prayer is the contemplative dimension of the nuns' lives, while growing in virtue is the active component, noted Sister Mary Immaculata. "The active life is the practice of virtue, doing God's will, practicing patience."

Alan Cassidy has carried on the tradition of his father, James, of helping the monastery and advising the superior. The altar in the chapel was donated by the family and is dedicated in their honor.

Alan Cassidy now assists Mother Jozefa in any way needed but finds her "very capable." 路"She is a very outgoing person, very pleasant person," he said, and "she knows how to get things done."

Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur gather to mark 200th anniversary

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CNS) - If St. Julie Billiart could look out today at the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, a congregation she helped start, she would be amazed that her vision "would expand and extend so far," said Sister Camilla Bums, a路 member of the congregation who serves on its Rome-based leadership team.

Today the sisters are in 16 countries on five continents.

In Springfield, 500 sisters from those five continents gathered recently a symposium to celebrate the congregation's 200th anniversary.

The theme of the gathering was "Rapture ofAction: Passion for the Vowed Life."

"We're so far spread that it's possible to live and die and not meet all your sisters," Sister Bums said in an interview with Catholic Communications, the media ministry of the Springfield diocese.

But the congregation's multicultural nature is "a very wholesome thing for us; it keeps us always having to have a very expansive vision," she added.

The congregation was founded in Amiens, France, in 1804 by Julie Billiart, the daughter ofa fanner, and her friend, Francoise Blin de

Bourdon, a noblewoman who had provided refuge to Julie when she became a target of religious persecution during the French Revolution.

The congregation moved to Namur in Belgium in 1809. StJulie Billiart was canonized in 1969 by Pope Paul VI. : . The four-day symposium in Springfield included formal presentations, panel discussions and breakout sessions addressing issues related to the contemporary challenges of living a vowed life in a multicultural community and world. The sisters also attended eucharistic celebrations and prayer services.

In her keynote address, titled "Rapture of Action: An Invitation to Wider Fields," Sister Bums told her audience, "We are the women who dare to dream Notre Dame into the 21st century."

A Scripture scholar, professor and former director of the Institute for Pastoral Studies at Loyola University, Chicago, Sister Bums recalled the goals of St. Julie Billiart: the Christian education of young women and ministry to the poor and hopeless.

In the interview Sister Bums said St. Julie Billiart's motto was:

"Oh, qu'il est bon, Ie bon Dieu" ("How good God is").

"Our charism is to live our lives in such a way that whatever we do expresses the fact that God is good," she said.

Like other speakers at the symposium, Sister Burns noted that the greatest numbers of new vocations in the congregation are coming from Africa and South America. And, although the vocations are fewer compared to those of one or two generations ago, she believes the more active role of the laity is a'major reason for the lower numbers.

"I think that thefe will always be a role for' consecrated life and religious life, and it probably is, will be, and should be a smaller group," Sister Bums noted.

Sister Mary Johnson, a Springfield native, sociologist and vocations minister for the congregation, shared Sister Burns' optimism about vocations in the modem world ''There's a calling still. God is deeply at work in the life of the world and the Church, and, I think, providing great healing to both a fractured Church and a fractured world;' Sister Johnson emphasized.

"I think we will always h拢lve women to respond to that call."