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Sudanese women in camps tell Anterican bishop: 'We need food' WASHINGTON (CNS) While meeting with a group of Sudanese mothers in a refugee camp in western Sudan, Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee was told, "We need food."

Bishop Ricard, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on International Policy, met with the women at a camp in the Darfur region of Sudan, where Arab militias have driven some 1.2 million people from their homes in a campaign of ethnic cleansing against black Africans.

Bishop Ricard told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview from Khartoum, Sudan's capital, that he first met with male residents of the camp out of respect for African culture, but the women of the camp demanded a chance to speak with him, too.

"They said they were running out of food. It was very difficult for me to hear this, but these women, these mothers were saying 'We don't have food,'" the bishop said.

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THIS ONE-81ORY office structure on the grounds of Our Lady Victory Parish in Centerville will soon make way for a four-tiered, 13-classroom structure that will be used for religious education classes, adult faith formation courses and parish group meetings. (AnchonJolivet photo)

Cape parish envisions bright future for faith-based education Our Lady of Victory Parish announces an exciting partnership with Providence College Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part feature on the exciting changes taking COLLEEN SIMPSON leads a group of Lava Lava Island place at Our Lady of Victory inhabitants in song at Vacation Bible School at Good Shep- Parish in Centerville. Part One will discuss the plans for a new herd Parish in Fall River last week. (AnchotiJolivet photo) Family Life and Ministry Cen-

Students explore tropical island in mid-town Fall River

By DAVE JOLIVET, EDI10R FALL RIVER - Colleen Simpson led a group of 20 students, ages six to 11, to a small tropical paradise complete with an active volcano, palm trees, thatch huts and island music. The troupe from Good Shepherd and Holy Trinity parishes in Fall River didn't have to travel far, though.

The place called Lava Lava Island was located in the lower level of St. Patrick's Church on South Main Street here.

Simpson, Good Shepherd parish's first-year director of Vacation Bible School, introduced the students to a place "where Jesus' love flows."

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ter on the parish campus, and Part Two, which will run in the August 20 Anchor, will describe the unique partnership the parish has with Providence College regarding a new spiritual formation and continuing

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a series of crafts, games, songs, '~ .... , lessons and tasty treats, all helping the youngsters learn more about the things they read in the Scriptures. ''The concept comes from Harcourt Religion Publishing," Simpson told The Anchor.

"I spoke with pastor, Father Fred Babiczuk, and he was all for it. I ordered the supplies and off we went."

Simpson publicized her Lava .

Lava Island excursion through letters to parents of students in the LOOKING AT the plans for the new parish Faith Center at parishes' religious education proOur Lady of Victory Parish are, from left: Bea LeBarre, a grams and in church bulletins bestudent in the adult education program; Tom Sullivan, marginning last May. "Both Father Fred and I were keting director for the capital campaign; Ed Marshall, capital surprised at the number of chil- campaign chairman; and Pat Friel, parish director of Faith Formation. (AnchotiJolivet photo) Tum to page 16 - Island

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By DAVE JOLIVET, EDI10R CENTERVILLE - An old adage tells us that every cloud has a silver lining. More often than not it takes an effort to find the good amidst the bad. But sometimes the silver lining appears by itself, seemingly from nowhere.

Several years ago, the cloud cover at Our Lady of Victory Parish appeared ominous. First of all, the parish had to deal with a boiler and a heating system in dire need of repair and upgrade. Add to that a church building without air conditioning and that brought some pretty steamy conditions during the Cape Cod summers and a conversely chilly church climate during the harsh winter months.

Pastor, Father Mark R. Hession, had two major problems on his hands, neither of which with an inexpensive resolution. It was then that he called together, from the parish family, a financial council to prepare a five-year plan for the property on South Main Street.

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Several Holy Union Sisters observe jubilees of service the Church are Sister Mary taught at Sacred Hearts AcadCatherine Duerr (Paule An- emy and St. Michael's School in thony), and Sister Gertrude Pare Fall River, and at Taunton (Gertrude Marie).

Catholic Middle School. She Sister Loretta Boudreau, a currently is the spiritual direcnative of Cambridge, entered tor for the Legion of Mary at St. the novitiate in 1934, following Bernard's Parish in Assonet.

Sister Kathleen Gibney is a ' her sister,. Sister Charles Therese. Professed in 1936, she Fal1 River, native. Locally she taught the fourth-grade at. Sa- taught at Sacred Hearts AcadAMONG THOSE Holy Union Sisters recently marking ancred Heart School in North emy in Fall River and the Holy niversaries are, seated, Sister Alice Desrosiers and Sister Union Preparatory School in Attleboro from 1954 to 1967.

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MILTON - The Providence Mission Team of the Holy Union Sisters hosted a Jubilee Luncheon recently to honor colleagues marking 70, 65, 60, and 50 years of service.

Among those honored for 70 years of ministry were Sister Loretta Boudreau (Claire Elizabeth), and Sister Theodora Martel (Gabrielle Lucie), and Sister Beatrice Robin.

Observing their 65 th anniversaries were Sister Alice Desrosiers (Doris Marie), Sister Adrienne de Champlain (Adrienne Elise), and Kathleen Gibney (John Alicia).

Celebrating a half-century of service to their community and

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Campaign '04: Comm.unications issues rank low on candidates' agendas Editor's note: The U.S. bishops' Administrative Committee adopted "Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility" as a blueprint on how Catholic social teaching should affect political participation by Catholics. Here is one story in an ongoing Catholic News Service series about how the stands ofthe Democratic and Republican presidential candidates stack up with "Faithful Citizenship!'

shown bipartisan support in cracking down on broadcast indecency after last February's Super Bowl halftime show "wardrobe malfunction" in which singer Justin Timberlake exposed singer JanetJackson's breast before tens of millions of viewers.

Partisan voting patterns in Congress, though, were clearly visible when the Senate Commerce Committee voted this summer - almost completely along party lines - to lift restrictions on the use of low-power PM raBy MARK PATTlSON dio. The U.S. bishops supported CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE lifting the restrictions. Of the exWASHINGTON -,.. Trying to isting low-power FM stations, find communications policy is- there are about 50 that have a sues in the George W. Bush and Catholic focus. They cost about John Kerry campaigns is like try- $20,000 to start, and about aning to find public service pro- other $20,000 a year to maintain.

Still, while all Democrats on gramming on a commercial TV the committee voted for the bill, or radio station. It's barely there.

Just as network affiliate clear- it needed one Republican to OK ances for Catholic Communication the bill. It found that. vote in Sen. Campaign-produced religious spe- Sam Brownback, R-Kan., a But Katherine cials shrink from year to year, the Catholic. presidential campaigns' stances on Grincewich, on the staff of the communications and culture has U.S. bishops' Office of General dwindled over the past dozen years. Counsel, lamented the work necThis year, with the exception essary just to get a seemingly miof the occasional rallying cry nor bill out of one committee in about hooking up rural America one chamber of Congress.

"Communications play a to the latest technological advances in communication - one growing role in society and famplank in the Democratic Party's ily life," the bishops said. "The 2004 platform - the candidates values of our culture are shaped and their parties have been silent and shared in the print media as well as on radio, television and about communications issues. the Internet. In recent years, rePart of that could be because there is not much over which the duced government regulation has two parties can disagree. Last year, lowered standards, opened the after an avalanche of letters and E- door to increasingly offensive mails, there was broad bipartisan material, and squeezed out nonsupport for repealing new Federal commercial, religious programCommunications Commission ming," they said.

FCC commissioner Michael rules that would have allowed greater consolidation of media Copps, a Catholic and one of two ownership; those rules were later Democrats on the five-member FCC, told Catholic News Service repealed by a federal court.

This year, Congress has again he would like to see broadcasters

Pope meets with women who decided against abortion, kept children CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) - Pope John Paul II met with five women who decided against an abortion and chose to deliver and keep their babies.

Before thousands of pilgrims gathered in the courtyard of his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo, the pope gave an "affectionate greeting" to "some mothers who refused an abortion and to their children."

After the pope's August 8 Angelus prayer, the five women and their toddlers were part of the procession of well-wishers who lined up to greet the pope. .The women - two from Albania and one each from Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Italy - were part of the "Opera Mater Dei" community in Castel Gandolfo.

With the encouragement of the pope, the community was asked by its bishop four years ago to help pregnant, disadvan-

taged women.

While the number of Italian women requesting an abortion has steadily declined over the years, the number of foreign women in Italy requesting the procedure is on the rise.

The Italian news agency ANSA reported the number of women undergoing an abortion in Italy has dropped more than 44 percent since 1982. For the past decade, the average number of women terminating their pregnancies has hovered around nine out of 1,000 women each year.

Meanwhile, Italian Health Minister Girolamo Sirchia was considering a proposal to require women to pay for abortions after their first.

In 1978, Italy legalized abortion in the first three months of pregnancy. The procedure is free when performed within the statesponsored health care system.

return to a voluntary code of conduct that barred foul language from the public airwaves and honored the "fairness doctrine."

"Faithful Citizenship" also addressed growing computer usage.

"The Internet has created both great benefits and some problems.

This technology should be available to all students regardless of income," the bishops said. "Because it poses serious dangers by giving easy access to pornographic and violent material, we support vigorous enforcement of existing obscenity and child pornography laws, as well as efforts by the .industry to develop technology that assists parents, schools and libraries in blocking out unwanted materials."

Federal courts have struck down congressional efforts thus far on keeping computer porn out of minors' sight.

LaVita Strickland, associate director of the U.S. bishops' Office of Government Liaison, expressed dismay at television coverage of the Democratic National Convention in July.

"This is going to be the most important election in my lifetime," Strickland said, but "the type of coverage - the horse race, rather than the issues people care about - does not help elevate the level of political discourse."

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New challenges; new vision Last month the Central Office for Statistics of the Church published its annual report for 2002. This statistical yearbook prints the statistics that concern the Catholic Church in the various countries and individual continents. It is a fantastic insight into the reality of the Church in our world. The facts and figures bring to light the gr<,>wth or decline of the Church worldwide. For those concerned, the published results cannot be ignored.

For example, the data concerning the baptized shows a gradual increase in the number of baptized Catholics across the world from 757 million in 1978 to 1.07 billion in 2002. The growth factor moved considerably from continent to continent. Africa showed an increase of 151 percent of Catholic faithful in a place of suffering, genocide and disease. On the other hand, in an area of comfort, luxury and economic prosperity, Europe presented a static situation. Substantial increases were found in Asia, Oceana and the Americas. Of special interest are ~e data showing the distribution of baptized Catholics in the various geographical areas of the planet; the continent of America (both North and South) is home to 50 percent of the Catholics in the entire world, while Europe has 26 percent.

In the area of clergy and religious, there is no shortage ofbishops.

From 1978 to 2002 the number of bishops rose about 27 percent.

Ordained priests, on the other hand, for the same period of time, had declined by almost four percent. Except in Asia, the number of religious clergy has dwindled everywhere.

It should be also noted that permanent deacons constitute the group that has changed the most. Over all, their numbers for the given time period has increased more than 441 percent. The distribution of deacons is more tQan noteworthy. North America has 65 percent of all the world's deacons. In Europe, the percentage is 32. So this group has few numbers in Africa, Asia and Oceana. This surfaces many questions as to the why of that reality in relationship to the Church as a whole.

In Europe, the number of candidates for the priesthood has fallen: The trends over time show a strong growth in Africa and Oceana. In the Americas the numbers have shown little growth.

These facts and figures truly indicate the condition of the universal Church. In general, the Church is in good shape in a global context. However, in local areas there are some real problems. Europe would be the place that has the greatest decline in so many areas.

For example, in the 1970s many national bishops' conferences simply ignored instituting the Permanent Diaconate. Today, Europe needs to promote this order to meet the demands of the times. In America, it is time to look at the Permanent Diaconate with renewed vision. It is currently the largest body of married clergy in the world. What has been learned in· this regard will indeed and should impact the Church of the future. We also must take a serious look at the tradition of married deacons and priests in the Eastern Churches. If we reflect on the statistics of the universal Church we must do so with a universal mind. For far too long, the Latin Church has virtually paid little attention to our brothers and sisters in the many and varied rites of the Eas·t. Much of the Western rites and rituals have their origin in the East. There is much more to be gleaned.

Studying facts and figures is indeed important. These are signposts for the Church of tomorrow. What they tell u~ should not fall on eyes blinded by the past. They uncover for us new challenges and hopefully new visions. As the world ever evolves, so too should the Church be ready to meet the challenges that time will indeed present.

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By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE We live in a new age, but the interaction of home, school and Church that gave parents great strength in the past is still a winner. All that is needed is to find ways to assure that their interaction is up to the challenges of the new millennium.

I am awestruck at the enormous strength this takes to be a good parent today. It is a wonder that parents don't have more heart attacks! They're chauffeuring their children here and there, working, making a home and always trying to find the time they want and need to guide and love their children.

No doubt families that work, play and pray together receive a good deal of strength through this unity. If relatives live nearby and can help out, this can add immeasurably to the equation. The old proverb still holds true, "In unity there is strength." But is this enough?

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psychologist was asked what parents ought to do to be even better parents. He replied that focusing on the responsibilities of parents in an isolated way is not enough. What he meant is that raising a child, as has been said many times, requires a community. And the scope of what is involved with children means that this is a responsibility to be shared by parents, the Church and civil institutions.

All must be involved together.

It is true, he said, that when a school alerts parents to the difficulties a child is having, parents are expected to show up and be concerned. But isn't it equally true that schools need to be much more alert today to the problems of children? This is no easy task because the world of children has become much more complex.

The task of monitoring children grows even more difficult for parents and schools when you think how the minds of the young are affected by what they view on television, in

the movies and on the Internet.

And how can parishes aid and support parents? The values children receive in religious education classes are very helpful, but they can also fall short of what is needed if those who do the teaching need to be better schooled in these values themselves.

Parents, schools and churche~, each acting separately, on their own, are inadequate when it comes to guiding and influencing children. New influences that our grandparents never foresaw have created complex needs. So where does this leave us?

It sends us back to the psychologist's advice. Parents, schools and the Church need to think of themselves as ljnked in an integral way.- Our notion of family ought to be enlarged so that each of these three views itself as a support .- not a substitute - for the other in raising up a new generation. They need to work together.

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For better or for worse became a fanatic.

Denise and I have been married No longer did she approach for almost 26 years now. For better and for worse. And we have known game day with a casual indifference. She shared my passion for each other for nearly 28 years.

For the most part, Denise has been happy for all but three of those years. And I'm fully to blame for her misery during the past three years.

You see, when I met and then married Denise,

By Dave Jolivet she was a <;asual sports fan at best. For nearly a the Pats. quarter of a century, my wife, and No longer could she remain children for that matter, sat back seated for three-and-a-half,hours and watched the show - that on a Sunday afternoon. Nope, being a fanatical husband and she'd be there screaming, comfather on the roller coaster of life plaining and revelling right by my known as Boston sports. side. This woman, who simply She watched as I threw a adores the summer, actually cookie at the TV set during the survived bliwird conditions at the 1986 American League Champiold Foxboro Stadium during the onship Series. She gazed in historic Snow Bowl game against amazement as I watched the New the Raiders - and loved it!

England Patriots for the frrst time Denise has witnessed two in our new home, then jump up Super Bowl victories in the three when they scored a touchdown years since her rebirth. That's the and smack my knuckles on the better. ceiling (the ceiling in the new digs Now for the for worse. was much lower than the former).

About the same time as her Then there was the night I was Patriots epiphany, Denise got watching the Bruins when the hooked on the Boston Red Sox. I hated Canadiens pulled their shudder even as I write those goalie and a Boston shot rolled words. slowly toward the Montreal net.

She now feels compelled to Denise had to be a little concerned watch every game. And as every when I jumped from the couch, die-hard Sox fan knows, that's not ran to the television and began to a good thing. blow on the screen to help the She directs questions to the puck into the net. umpires, the manager, and the And she watched in awe as I players through a TV screen. leapt from my seat when the Like every other Sox fan, she Celtics won their last title, sending changes the channel when things our pet parakeet (aptly named get hairy. Then a few moments Larry Bird) into a frenzy (rest his later I hear, ''I just want to check soul).

Yep, for all those years that was on the Sox and see how they're doing."

Denise's view from the stands.

Stick a fork in her, she's done.

But all that changed a few years Even my older kids, a 24-yearago - during the 2001 Patriots old son living on his own has season to be exact. becomeaSoxfansincemoving .

Something happened to my wife that season. I'm not sure how out (prayer), and a 22-year-old daughter watches the Sox so often, it happened (prayer), but Denise

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she's developed her own nicknames for some - most notably Gabe Kapler - "bonbon les yeux" (eye candy).

And our nine-year-old?

She had fish in a tank in her bedroom named Brady, Bruschi, Belichick, 1Y and Antwoine. She just took down the Nomar poster from her wall, but is saving it in case he comes back.

(She still has a lot to leam.)

A once normal family, except for me, has now fallen prey to the Boston

Editor: I have been following with great interest your articles on Father Tad Pacholczyk. As a former professor of bioethics, I want to say that the article on the 10 myths of stem-cell research was one of the most cogent, understandable, and enlightening pieces on this issue that I have seen. Congratulations on doing all Catholics in the diocese the service of publishing articles like this.

I hope you can continue to address critical issues in this same way, as education, not rhetoric, is the best means for enlightening Catholics.

I enjoy The Anchor, and read it cover to cover on its arrival.

Keep up the good work!

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Steering Points ATILEBORO - The 24th annual Polish Pilgrimage Day will take place on August 22 at 1:30 p.m. in the Garden of Worship. The afternoon includes praying the rosary, processions, the sacrament ofreconciliation, and celebration ofthe Eucharist- all in·Polish. Msgr. Stanley Milewski will be the principal celebrant. This year's celebration will commemorate the 150th anniversary of Polish Ministry in the United States. All are welcome.

The grounds are handicapped accessible. For more information call 508222-5410.

CHATHAM - The Holy Trinity and the Holy Redeemer Pro-Life Apostolates will hold their monthly Holy Hour for Life August 22 at 1:30 p.m. at Holy Redeemer Parish. It will include Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. For more information call Deacon Vrncent Walsh at 508-4308262.

EAST TAUNTON -The Vocation PrayerTearn of Holy Family Parish will host a holy hour of Eucharistic Adoration for Vocations Sunday at 6 p.m. in the church, 370 Middleboro Avenue, led by Bishop George W. Coleman. For more information call 508-824-5707.

MASHPEE-The choir ofChrist the King Parish will presentan evening of music with an international flavor featuring The Boston Tenors on August 18 at 7 p.m. at the church. For more information call 508-477-7700.

Road. Dorothy 1. Levesque will give presentations on "People Stress;' "Life Changing Stress" and "Spiritual Stress." For more information call 508-999-6420.

NORTH EASTON - The public is invited to participate in the praying of the 20 mysteries of the rosary on Sundays at 5 p.m. in the chapel of the FatherPeyton Center at Holy Cross Family Ministries, 58 Washington Street. Daily rosary is recited at 9 a.m. and Mass is celebrated at noon every weekday. .SWANSEA - The Irtternational Statue of Fatima will be on display at the Our Lady of Fatima Chapel at St. Michael's Church tonight at 6 p.m. for private devotions. Recitation of the rosary will follow during a holy hour.

Benediction ofthe Blessed Sacrament will conclude the evening at 7 p.m.

The statue will return to Washington, D.C. the first week of Septem~r.

SWANSEA - St. Louis de France Parish is holding a Youth Group reunion for all members from 1978 to present on August 22 beginning with an 11 a.m. Mass followed by a picnic on the church grounds. For more information call the rectory at 508-674-1103 or Don Levesque at 508-678-2082.

TAUNTON - A liturgical Mass, "Remembering Our Deceased;' will be celebrated Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at St. Jacques Church, 249 Whittenton Street as part ofits centennial celebraMISCELLANEOUS A. tion. Name cards will be provided to Rachel's Vrneyard Retreat, sponsored all in attendance to write names oftheir by the Diocese of Providence, will be deceased loved ones, which will be held September 24-26. It's an oppor- brought up to the altar at the offertory. tunity for any man, woman or couple For more information call FatherThowho struggle with the pain of abor- mas Morrissey at 508-824-7794. tion to experience the gentleness, YARMOUTHPORT - Father mercy and compassion of Jesus and begin a journey toward healing. For Roger Landry will lead a morning of more information call Donna Warner recollection tomorrow beginning at 401-785-9625 or via E-mail: with the celebration ofMass at 9 a.m. rachelsvineyard@ at the Sacred Hearts Chapel, 32 Summer Street. Themed ''Lessons from dioceseofproVidence.org. the Heroic Life of St. Maximilian NORTH DARTMOUTH - A Mary Kolbe;' it will include talks and two-part workshop focusing on three Benediction of the Blessed Sacrakinds of stress will be held August 18 ment. For more information call 508at the Family Life Center, 500 Slocum 775-0818.

Ray Flynn issues invitation to diocesan Catholics August 18 The Catholic Church's remarkable record and commitment in helping the poor, assisting immigrants, educating millions of children and serving the elderly, could likely be ignored by party leaders because it appears to be no longer politically fashionable with the elite and media. Catholics must always maintain a strong belief and support to the most vulnerable in society, including the unborn. The philosophy is deeply rooted in the Catholic faith: commitment to social and economic justice.

Practicing Catholics should be determined that they will no longer allow others to speak or represent ,hem in the political field if they do .lot support the Catholic Church and the support for social and economic justice. It is time for Catholics to get active once again.

Catholics are invited to.join Raymond L. Flynn for a discussion about issues important to all, especially issues important to Catholics concerned about the future of neighborhoods, the state and country, on August 18 at Bishop Stang High School in North Dartmouth at 7:00p.m.

Raymond L. Flynn is National President of Catholic Citizenship, former Mayor of Boston and·U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican. Flynn, through the support and approval of the Catholic Bishops throughout Massachusetts (and the Massachusetts Catholic Conference), is seeking to mobilize and educate Catholics throughout the state to become more active in government, to be registered to vote and to be aware of candidates' positions on issues before one's vote is cast.

Can a non-readi~g public endure? living room right now. My 22Not long ago. a friend's watched. He became defensive. yearcold daughter defies the daughter was experiencing He said television helped him ''unwind'' at the end of a busy day.

NEA's statistics by consuming problems with her first pregnancy.

Reading, like prayer, takes time books as if they are chocolates .in a The doctor ordered her to stay on and planning. In our fatigued, sampler box. bed rest. frazzled American culture, it's so "I don't know why I kept "She's going to go stir crazy," . much easier to flop onto the couch reading it to the end; it never got my friend said. with the remote than to read or "Who wouldn't?" I commiserany better;' she complained of a ated. ''We'll have to pool our best pray.

Fannie Aagg novel, as if the Still, those who love to books for her."

That won't be much read are a little like those who love to pray: They help, my friend confided. find it becomes a necesHer daughter had never sary part of each day, read an entire book in her necessary to growth and life. renewal.

I was stunned. Here Interestingly, the NEA was a bright girl from a

By Effi~ Caldarola study revealed that those bright family - a high school graduate, no who are more likely to read are also those who, as learning disabilities as far particular piece of candy she'd Newsweek reported, "are more as I was aware. Yet she'd never chosen had disappointed but she'd likely to do volunteer work or read a book? To me, an avid devoured it anyway. reader who will read the cereal attend plays or ballgames."

Meanwhile, she's rereading box at breakfast if there's nothing Readers were more likely to be Jane Austen this summer. . else, it seemed pemaps that I engaged in their communities, Then there's the teen-age bOy finally had met someone from engaged in life. They are the another planet. at my house who now confines his people we want our children to be.

But no, not according to a book reading mainly to the classics To encourage our son's recent report by the National he's required to read for literature reading, we've made television Endowment for the Arts. This class. And he complains at the turn and computers off limits on school report studied the reading habits of . of nearly every page. It is, nights (except for school-related Americans and found that less unfortunately, a common teen-age work, of course). We make books than half the adult American boy trend. What's a mother to do? availabl.e, but we don't force them. population reads for pleasure.

What makes some of us love to We subscribe to sports and news Not only that, but it's gotten read? More to the point, why magazines he may - and does worse over the past 20-some years. doesn't everybody? pick up. We encourage by The number of Americans who Since 1982, computers and the example. have opened a book of fiction in a Internet have joined rnindA lot is at stake in whether he, year has 'declined by 10 percent numbing television to claim our and the rest of us, keep reading. since 1982, and in the young-adult leisure.

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Catholic and Protestant crOsses Q. Why do Catholics have crucifixes, with the image of Jesus on the cross, and Protestants have plain crosses? Some friends told me this is because Protestants emphasize the resurrection of Jesus, and Catholics emphasize the suffering and death of Jesus. Is that true?

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fact, during the first 500 years or so after Jesus' death and resurrection, the body of Christ in any form was almost never portrayed on crosses.

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By Father involves a bit of history John J. Dietzen about how veneration of the cross was viewed by - - - - - - - - - - - Christians through the Crucifixion was a shameful centuries.

We Catholics are so accustomed death, and remained so 'for centuto having crucifIXes that we assume ries in the cultures in which Chrisit was always that way. This is not tians found themselves. In spite of true. For most of the Christian era, Saint Paul's claim that we are proud until about 800 years ago, Chris- of, we boast in, the cross of our tian art and devotion rarely showed Lord Jesus Christ (Galatians 6: 14), the suffering Jesus on the cross. In willingness to embrace that truth,

especially to publicly depict Christ crucified in art and worship, didn't come easily or quickly.

The conviction that our Lord's passion and death were part of the whole paschal, or Easter, event was so deeply imbedded in the Church that heaviest emphasis was placed on the resurrection.

When crosses finally came to be more widely used, in the late fifth and sixth centuries, they were adorned with color or jewels (the "crux gemmata," jeweled cross) for the same reason. Jesus is risen, our faith climaxes in the glory of the resurrection.

When the body of Christ itself did begin to appear more frequently on crosses, it was usually some portrayal of the risen Lord, rather than the dying or dead Christ that

Successful adult steDl-cell procedure drives man to speak out on issue

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between his heart, soul and, literally, his blood to the stem-cell issue and other life issues being deSAGINAW, Mich. - Rob Hirschman, 41, has a bated in Congress, on street comers and in the lot on his mind that he wants to share with others Church.

Hirschman does not buy the argument that fetal and he's not sure how long he might have to do stem cells must be used because scientists believe that.

Hirschman, a Catholic, believes that an experi- the cells have the potential to cure disease.

'Tm not opposed to stem':cell research involvmental medical procedure using adult stem cells that he received two years ago for a life-threatening ing adult cells," he said. "That's fine, but no one blood disorder was successful because God wanted can question the inevitable road we would be going down if we get involved further in embryonic stemhim around to stir up dialogue on "life issues."

"When you have been to the edge, you know " cell research.

"We have to ask ourselves 'at what price' are we about life issues, he said.

Because his current remission is directly linked willing to do this," he continued. "There could be a to the use of adult stem cells, he argues that it mer- lot of medical research success if we deemed that human life wasn't necesits being heard. sary. But it's not worth tak"All the breakthroughs ing human lives." so far have been with adult "I'm not opposed to stem-cell reHirschman, who is in stem cells," he told The search involving adult cells,"he said. business with his father, Catholic Weekly, newspa{'That's fine, butno one can question was born and raised a per of the Saginaw diocese.

Four years ago the inevitable road we would be go- Catholic. He practiced the Hirschman's doctors dis- ing down if we get involvedfurther in Lutheran faith for 11 years but "came home" to the covered he had Evan's synembryonic stem-cell research.

Catholic Church seven drome, a relatively rare dis{We have to askourselves tat what years ago. order in which his blood price' are we willing to do this," he . He credits the Church for platelets were being decontinued. {'There could be a lot of his belief that life begins at stroyed by antibodies produced by his immune sys- medical research success if we conception and argues retem. deemed that human life wasn't nec- lentlessly that Pro-Life advocates must be consistent He went through a long essarx But it's not worth taking hu- across the spectrum of life, period of testing, bone marfrom abortion to capital row biopsies and the routine man lives." punishment to war. gauntlet of drug treatment.

Hirschman was ready to He even had his spleen removed, which is not uncommon for people with die had that been God's will, but he's convinced blood disorders, but he relapsed after just a couple now that "God intervened in my life. He healed me for a reason. Maybe it was to write letters to the of months.

He was looking at a short-term solution involv- editor," he said.

He spends more time at home these days, enjoying chemotherapy treatment - an $8,000 dose every four to six weeks. But then he learned about ing the company of his wife, Mary Lou, and his research being conducted at the National Heart, teen-age children, Rob, 18, Alicia, 16, and Amber, Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, Md., outside 13. He plays less golf but reads more.

In a recent note Hirschman wrote: "You asked Washington. .

That was in 2002. Within a year, he underwent me why I think I lived through this, and I can honestly say I think God has given me the extra the adult stem-cell procedure.

Doctors removed stem cells from his bone mar- time to write and speak out on the life issues. I row, purified them, froze them and then reintroduced know I appreciate life now more than I ever did them to his system after he had been treated with a before and have more respect for the sacredness potent chemotherapy drug to kill the antibodies that of life.

"I am a walking, talking example of how mediwere killing him.

Today, he sees the stem cells as a cohesive link cal research can work and still be ethical," he added.

became common later.

Around the 1200s, the suffering of Christ came dramatically more to the front in European theology and spirituality. The wars, crusades, plagues and other sufferings of that period brought Christianity to a greater awareness of their share in the suffering and death of Jesus, an awareness that showed itself in all forms of Christian art and devotion, including the way they saw the cross.

From then on, crosses displaying the suffering Christ with stark realism, often in grisly detail, were widely popular, and remained so until our own time.

With today's renewed emphasis on the resurrection and its focal place in the history of salvation, something like jeweled crosses and crucifIXes with the body of the risen Lord are again seen more in Catholic Churches.

I'm not sure anyone has a final answer to your question. Perhaps the reason you give is part of it, in light of the long tradition of the cross without the body, which I just described. The emphasis on the in-

tensity and horror of the suffering of Christ was certainly at least as strong, however, in the theologies of the Reformation as in the Catholic Church of those days.

Probably the feelings of many early Protestants against the presence of any statues or other images in church buildings had something to do with it, along with a perhaps inevitable tendency of leading Protestant figures at that time to define themselves in opposition to the traditional faith, contrasting their beliefs and practices to those of the Catholic Church.

Crucifixes are not completely unknown in Protestant churches even today. Some Lutherans and parts of other Protestant communities habitually still use the crucifix.

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Protesters show up for Bush appearance at convention DALLAS (CNS) - As President Bush addressed more than 2,500 Knights of Columbus and their families at the fraternal organization's 122nd annual convention in Dallas, a few dozen protesters outside the meeting hall made sure the president's return to his home state wasn't going to be a welcome one.

Bush spoke for nearly 35 minutes to the delegates from Knights' councils worldwide. He used the opportunity to tout his accomplishments, including putting a ban on partial-birth abortion, supporting a federal amendment to stop samesex marriage and imposing a ban on federally funded embryonic stem-cell research.

But while the crowd inside the Reunion Hyatt Regency Hotel welcomed Bush with standing ovations and chants of "Four more years," protesters outside voiced their support for the likely Republican presidential nominee's competition in the upcoming election - Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, who is a Catholic.

Many held signs saying "Catholics for Kerry," "One-term president" and "A vote for Kerry is not a sin," while others chanted, "No more Bush."

Many had "Kerry for President" T-shirts and signs. One protester who was wearing a Bush Halloween mask held a sign reading "Bush: Thou shall not lie."

Most of the protesters objected to Bush's decision to address the meeting of the Knights of Columbus, a move John Tackaberry of Dallas felt was a "cheap way of mixing politics and religion."

A Knights spokesman told The Associated Press that Kerry was not invited, although the president is routinely asked to attend.

The last time a president accepted the invitation also was an election year. In 1992,' President George H.W. Bush spoke to the convention. President Ronald Reagan addressed the Knights by video in 1986 and in person in 1982. Both the elder Bush and Reagan emphasized their opposi-

tion to legal abortion.

"I find it outrageous that Kerry wasn't invited by the Knights of Columbus," Tackaberry, a member of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Dallas, told the Texas Catholic, newspaper of the Dallas diocese.

"I'm also outraged that the Knights of Columbus can selectively forget all about all other life issues," he said, "and forget about the fact that the pope is against war just as much as abortion and that the pope is just as much against the death penalty as he is against abortion."

"Also, I don't see any of the Knights of Columbus prote~ting Bush's stand on the death penalty, especially his outrageous record on the death penalty when he was governor of Texas, the last office he was truly elected to, I might add," said Tackaberry, making a reference to the 2000 election standoffbetween Bush and Democratic nominee AI Gore that was ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Dorothy Haight, a member of Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Rockwall, said that Republicans have been two-faced on the life isstie.

"I don't see how all this emphasis can be put on abortion when there is so much killing in Iraq;' she said. "There are so many things that Republicans selectively push, like abortion."

"Church and politics need to be separated, and Bush's appearance here with the Knights of Columbus is a very cheap move to get votes," Haight added.

Paula Little, a member of St. Jo-" seph Parish in Richardson, echoed those sentiments, saying that Bush, who is running a campaign based on "Pro-Life stances, is not ProLife at all."

"This is a president that has brought us into a war where innocent people have died," Little said.

"It makes me angry as a Catholic because it seems like the only ones he wants to protect are the unborn ones, but what about the rest of us who are alive?"

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. Bush addresses the 122nd, annual convention of the Knights. of Columbus in Dallas. The president told the Knights that he, appreciates their aid to the poor and their efforts to protect unborn life. (CNS photo by Robert Bunch, Texas CatholiC}

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Anderson said,the retreat center's goal istodeepen one's , Pro-Life convictions. ' DALLAS - Catholics must take the Church's o~ . The Kniglits are also called to defend the sacredness position to abortion and support for traditional marriage~ ofmarriage as defined as the union ofa man andwoman into the voting booth and Catholic politicians must stand as husband and wife, Anderson said. up for Church teachings, Supreme Knight Carl AnderHe said there is what he called an eerie correlation' son told more than 2,500 Knights of Columbus. 'betWeen the events that led up to the Supreme Court's His comments were part of his annual report del1v- Roe v. Wade decision to legalize most forms of aborered during the fraternal organization's 122nd annual tion and today's state-by-state battle to redefine mar.riage to include same-sex unions. . convention held in Dallas August 3-5. .

He focused on the Knights' commitment to issues ''In the late 19608, individual states began' to legalize such as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban and the Federal . abortion and the laws varied widely from one state to MarriageAmendmentAct, which would amend the U.S.' 'the next. Then in 1973, the Supreme Court stepped in Constitution to define marriage as being between one . and in Roe v. Wilde created an abortion license that has man and one woman. . since cost the lives of millions of innocentchildren," he "We Knights have no higher calling. We must fight said. ''Mark my words, it will happen again with mar-路 for laws that unconditionally protect the right to life;' riage unless' a constitutional amendment is adopted." he said. ''And we must carry these convictions with us "We Knights will not rest until the legal assault on at election time." traditional marriage' has been defeated," Anderson Anderson called for Catholic politicians to be con~ added. ''And we will not rest until the culture of death sistent in their public and private lives when it comes to has, been replaced by a culture of life." living their beliefs. He said they ''have been remarkAndersonalsoexpressedtheKnights'supporttokeep ably silent about the basis of their view. It is time they God.in the Pledge of Allegiance. tell us."

Other items addressed in the report included an up''Many of these Catholic public officials, when chal~ date on the canoniZation effort for the order's founder, lenged, say they do not oppose Church teaching but Father Michael McGivney, and a financial breakdown' prefer not to impose their religious beliefs on others," ofthe oIder's insurance and charitable works. he said.

Anderson said Dominican FatherGabriel O'Donnell, ''But the Catholic Church does not put forward itS postulator of Father McGivney's cause, deliveredto the teaching on abortion as a matter of belief;' he contin- Vatican in January the results of a second investigation ued. "It teaches that protection of the innocent from in- into a reported miracle. The material is. being studied tentional killing is a matter ofjustice, that it is arrived at, by medical experts, Anderson said. A Website promotby reason, and that it is necessary for the common good." ing the priest's cause is expected to be launched soon.

Anderson said that Catholic politicians who defend The Knights have surpassed the $50 billion mark of keeping abortion leg31 will find themselves on the fringe insurance in force, according to Anderson, and the numof the Catholic community. ber should grow to a record $53 billion by the end of "The discussion now is whether they have become the year. The Knights received the highest ratings from so marginalized as to be no longer in communion with both the A.M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor's. their fellow Catholics - and, whether they should adThe fraternal order's investment program has also mit this themselves or be told so by their bishop;' he been successful, with its bond portfolio surpassing the said. $9 billion mark at the end of 2003. Anderson said the He said it is not up to the laity to decide whether Knights'revenue was more than $1.4 billion.

Members. donated a record $130 million to charity fellow Catholics should or should notreceive Communion. last year and volunteered more than 61 million hours of ''As Catholics and as Knights, our responsibility is service. to restore justice to the unborn and to build a culture The Knights also awarded a record $1.5 million in of life," he said. "But we cannot criticize public offi- college scholarships; They also provided nearly $2.5 dals who refuse to vote Pro-Life if we fail to do so million in liid to 3,794 seminarians last year as part of ourselves." thefrefforts to promote vocations to the priesthood and Anderson said the Knights have teamed with the religious life.

According to Anderson, 83,415 men joined the Sisters ofLife to open a retreat center in Stamford, Conn., that will offer "spiritual formation for families and mar- Knights of Columbus last year, bringing its memberried couples, for women facing problem pregnancies, ship to 1.7 million worldwide. Nearly 200 new counfor Pro-Life leaders and for Knights and their families." cils were formed, bringing the total to 12,480.

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On this particular Saturday, fathers discussed the best colors to wear to camouflage baby drool, how to hold a baby, how to transfer the baby to someone else, baby wipes, and the potential health risks associated with baby powder.

"I think we're all scared," said Marc Reid about the challenges of fatherhood.

Reid, a returning boot-camp graduate, also brought in his son, three-month-old Jack, whom class participants practiced holding and changing.

"I watched my mom, my motherin-law and my wife, and it seems so natural for women," he said. ''Men seem to feel like they have two left hands trying to grab a baby."

That's why instructor Morton said it's important for dads like Andrews and Reid to return with their children.

"You can change diapers on a doll but babies wriggle around, they pee on you," Morton said. "It sounds crude, but some of the dads' concerns were (about) changing a soiled diaper."

To help Reed TIpton conquer this fear, Reid had him change Jack's soiled diaper. As his son lay on the floor, Reid went into veteran "daddy mode," explaining the step-by-step process as the men gathered round.

"You have to clean everything," he said. "You want to pick him up by the feet."

A smiling Reid also recommended placing a cloth, which the men dubbed "the shield," over a son's genitals while changing him to preventgetting sprayed ifthe baby urinates.

A nervous Tipton followed instructions while Reid fielded questions: Should they invest in a Diaper Genie, a disposal system for soiled diapers? How tight should the diaper be?

As TIpton snapped Jack's outfit together, the men broke into applause.

"It's just easier when I am with other guys that understand exactly how I feel about that type of thing," TIpton said. 'They helped me feel a little more comfortable in taking that first step."

PHOENIX - Expectant dads in the Phoenix diocese are toughening up in preparation for the bloodcurdling cries, dirty diapers, sleepless nights and infinite life changes their sons or daughters will bring.

These men also are mentally preparing for the moments of irritability couples sometimes experience before, during and after their little bundle of joy arrives.

"I think it really just sets you up to start planning for the kinds of things that you're going to need to think about," said Deagan Andrews, a graduate of a boot camp for new dads at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix.

"It makes you think about how THIS IS an architect's rendering of the future St. Padre Pio Catholic Church and Shrine in to deal with dividing things up with San Antonio. The new shrine will be modeled after Padre Pio's church, Our Lady of Grace in your wife and what you can do to help her, especially when she's the San Giovanni Rotondo in Italy. (CNS photo courtesy of Fisher-Heck Architects) sole provider of food for the little one," he added in an interview with The Catholic Sun, newspaper of the Phoenix diocese.

Offered by hospitals throughout the country, the class equips dads with parenting skills and hands-on

By CAROL SOWA their church while the saint was stili American soldiers stationed in Italy experience in feeding, burping and CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE Blessed Padre Pio; a dozen parish- who flocked to his Masses. dealing with a fussy baby.

SAN ANTONIO - The new- ioners and Father Ragsdale atPadre Pio drew countless thouAfter hearing rave reviews from est church in the San Antonio Arch- tended the saint's canonization in sands to the little town of San his brother-in-law, who took the diocese has taken the name of one Rome.

Giovanni Rotondo during his Iife- coursein Colorado, Andrews looked of the newest saints as well - St. While there, Father Ragsdale tUne, and pilgrims continue to flock into classes in Phoenix and went to Padre Pio of Pietralcina, who was was the main celebrant at a Mass to his church there, now expanded St. Joseph's class. at Padre Pio's church, Our Lady of to a much larger facility to accomcanonized June 16, 2002.

The Glendal~ high school teacher recently returned to the hospital's ''We're here to get a fire started," Grace in San Giovanni Rotondo, modate the crowds.

Parishioners of the St. Padre Pio boot camp, cradling his six-weeksaid Father Pat Ragsdale at a meet- and received a relic for the San ing of the fund-raising committee Antonio church - a bandage used Church in San Antonio, which has old son, Trae, to be a mentor to 18 no physical facility as yet, believe new dads faced with a tough assignfor the new St. Padre Pio Catholic to wrap one of Padre Pio's hands.

Church and Shrine in San Antonio.

Padre Pio, who died in 1968 at they are the first U.S. church to take ment - fatherhood.

Instructor Sean Morton, a nursArchbishop Patrick F. Flores of the age of 81, bore the stigmata- this name. They look forward to promoting devotion to Padre Pio on ing educator for the hospital's emerSan Antonio has designated it an the bleeding wounds of Christ archdiocesan shrine and parishio- for half a century. He was also well- both a local and national scale and gency room, said between 50 and anticipate an outpouring ofpilgrims 200 dads go through the program ners hope to expand that to a na- known as a dedicated confessor. annually. tional designation as well.

Examined by numerous doctors once the shrine is built.

That's a far cry from 20 years ago A shrine prayer walk, which will More than $500,000 has already over the years, his "blessed afflicbeen raised toward a goal of $12 tion" was verified as authentic and include the Stations of the Cross when men didn't have any involvemillion for the first phase of the his extraordinary sanctity was felt and a rosary prayer garden, and an ment with the birth "other than pacbuilding project. by all who came in contact with open-air worship area are planned ing the waiting room," he said. inMembers of the newly formed him. During World War II he as the initial projects for the creasingly, men like Andrews are parish had selected the name for gained a devout following among church's 30 acres in far-north San taking paternity leave to spend invaluable time with their newborn Antonio.

Next will come the church itself, child.

To ensure dads feel free to disprojected for 2006, along with a family center, business offices and cuss their parenting fears, women meeting rooms. Phase two of the are not allowed to attend.

Father Silva said about 10 per- project will include a plaza and bell CHICAGO (CNS) - Priesthood Sunday, a celebration of the cent of U.S. parishes took part in tower, school building, gymnaAmerican priesthood set for Oc- the event last year, and he pre- sium, athletic fields and child detober 31 this year, will be marked dicted that as many as 25 percent velopment center.

Padre Pio was particularly dein Catholic parishes throughout would be involved this year.

Lay people at each parish and voted to Mary and the San Antothe United States with prayer, diaschool and those involved in nio church will be under her patronlogue and social events.

The day is sponsored by a wide other Catholic ministries are age as well, as parishioners plan to variety of Catholic organizations, asked to develop their own way replicate San Giovanni Rotondo's including the Christian Founda- of marking the day and honor- mosaic mural of Our Lady of ing both the priesthood and their Grace. tion for Children and Aging.

The parish, consisting of nearly Father Robert J. Silva, presi- own priests.

A Website, located at 300 families, has raised $120,000 dent of the Chicago-based National Federation of Priests' www.priestsunday.org. offers in its "Seven Thousand for One Councils, said t1Je purpose of the ideas for liturgies, social celebra- Thousand" campaign." Its goal is day "is to engage every level of tions, dialogues on the priesthood to find 7,000 individuals or families willing to pledge $1,000 each the Church in the United States and other events.

There are about 44,000 priests toward a target of $7 million. in a national conversation about "This is an extraordinary in the United States, and only the priesthood."

BOOT-CAMP GRADUATE Marc Reid, holding his threePriesthood Sunday was first 4,000 of the 19,000 U.S. parishes amount of money for a rather small month-old son, Jack, instructs a first-time father on the proper observed in October 2003 as a currently have more than one group of people," said Father Ragsdale.

"I think we've got a lot way to cradle a newborn at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix. reaction to the shadows cast over priest, according to a release on of positive energy."

(CNS photo by Claudia I. Provencio, Catholic Surf) the observance. all priests by the sex abuse crisis.

Priesthood Sunday observance slated for October 31 this year

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San Antonio parish hopes to become the national shrine to St. Padre Pio

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Younce believes St. Therese in Vancouver, Wash., when she first made the acquaintance of St. was always on the set with ,her.

"Having her writings with me all Therese of Lisieux.

As a 16-year-old on the road the time kept me in perspective," to conversion, she did not know she explained. During the filming that one day she would portray the of the movie, she added, she was saint, known as the Little Flower, able to wear a first-class relic of JAMIE FOXX and Jada Pinkett Smith star in a scene of the thriller film "Collateral." For a in a major motion picture, the saint. brief review of this film, see CNS Movie Capsules below. (CNS photo from DreamWorks) The actress described being "Therese." The film is scheduled raised a Quaker in a Protestant for release October 1. line glamorizes the investigator's The USCCB Office for Film & That morning the young ac- evangelical family that was very adulterous affair, and proves only Broadcasting classification is L Christ-centress didn't fitfully interesting. An explicit ex- limited adult audience, films whose tered. But at know what to - tramarital sexual encounter with problematic. content many adults 16, when she make of all the full frontal nudity and perverse un- would find troubling. The Motion was questionex cit e m e,n t dertones: The USCCB Office for Picture Association ofAmerica rating Quaker about the Film & Broadcasting classification ing is R - restricted. doctrine as she saint's relics is L -limited adult audience, films ''Little Black Book" studied it, a arriving at the whose problematic content many (Columbia) friend introchurch for venadults would find troubling. The Leaden romantic comedy about IC~~ ~'I(),vii(e duced her to eration.

Motion Picture Association of an aspiring TV journalist (Brittany the Catholic "That was America rating is R - restricted.

Murphy) who decides to snoop into 'lCallV~Ulllle Church. my first en,"Collateral" (DreamWorks) her live-in !Joyfriend's (Ron "I longed to counter with Sleek and stylish crime thriller Livingston) past love life, only.to ex per i e n c e NEWYORK (CNS) - ThefolTherese,"路 the God and lowing are capsule reviews of mov- set in Los Angeles about a cab discover that the embers of some 22-year-old wanted to ies recently reviewed by the Office driver (Jamie Foxx) forced to drive of his former flames are still burnYounce said in communicate for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. a contract killer (Tom.Cruise)on ing. As directed by Nick Hurran, a recent interwith him;" she Conference.of Catholic Bishops. ~ his appointed rounds to assassinate . the lackluster film, waffles between view at Christ five federal witnesses in the span being a relationship farce and a said. "But it .' "Code46"JUnitedArtists) the King was, the last' Bleak futuristic story about a of one night. Returning to familiar show-biz satire, both of which fall Church in the church ,I . married insurance investigator (Tim . genre terrain, ,director Michael flat. Some sexual humor and scat- .

-' Diocese of wanted to be a ' Robbins) solving' a case of forged Mann crafts a tautly paced;multi- tered rough and crude language.

Bridgeport. part of because passports and falling in love with layered film oozing with L.A. noir The USCCB Office for Film & 路She was there of my miscon- " the perpetrator (Samantha Morton), moodiness and hardboiled menace, Broadcasting classification isA-ill for a conferceptions." told with elements of film noir and by turns violent and reflective in - adults. The Motion Picture Asence celebratShe took up sci-fi while grappling pretentiously tone, featuring knockout perfor- sociation of America rating is PGing the Holy her friend's with heavyweight issues such as mances by Cruise and Foxx. Re- 13 - parents are strongly cauFamily. challenge to human cloning and even Oedipal curring intense violence, autopsy tioned. Some material may be in"I honored read the Cat- attraction. A morally muddled story gore and much rough language. appropriate for children under 13. her relics alechism and though I didn't Church hisknow what it ACTRESS LINDSAY tory, and every meant," she NEW YORK (CN,S) - The race across the Arabian desert, dur- mance and that of Davis as his路 said. "But I felt Younce portrays St. Therese of week listened different, like Lisieux in the soon-to-be re- to "Catholic following are home video capsule ing which he and his little-horse- gullible foil. Fleeting violence, some kind of leased movie ''Therese.'' (Photo Answers" on reviews' from the Office for Film that-could, Hidalgo, must endure brief recreational drug use and inradio. & Broadcasting of the U.S. Con- sandstorms, brain-baking heat and termittent profanity. The USCCB veil came over courtesy Luke Films) By her se- ference of Catholic Bishops. These desert raiders. Part old-fashioned Office for Film & Broadcasting me. Then I fornior year she had decided to be- classifications do not take into ac- boys' adventure yarn, part redemp- classification is AcIII - adults. got about her."

But the Little Flower kept her come a Catholic, but her parents count DVD releases, whose extra tion parable, director Joe (Universal) Johnston's film weds sweeping "13 Going on 30" (2004) asked her to wait until she was out content has not been reviewed. eye on Younce. ''Darby O'Gill and the Little visuals and a strong narrative to Breezy romantic comedy-fanStill a high school student, of the house. They didn't want her People" (1959) Younce began performing a one- going to Mass either. Yet she went craft a winning tale of friendship, tasy about a gawky 13-year-old Though none believe his blarney fate, forgiveness and the indomi- who, after wishing she was an woman show called "Women in daily. the Life of Jesus." An audience . Then on May 31, 2001, after about capturing the king of the lep- table spirit of man. Recurring ad- adult, wakes up in the body of a member urged her to audition for filming ended, Younce was bap- rechauns, wily old Darby (Albert venture violence and some mild sexy and successful woman (Jena movie being made on St.' tized and confirmed in Portland, Sharpe) has indeed bagged the magi- , sexual innuendo. The USCCB nifer Garner), only to discover Therese's life by the independent Ore., by retired Bishop John Ba- cal trickster and won't let him go Office for Film & Broadcasting popularity and success isn't all it Luke Films. It took several sil Meeking of Christchurch, New until granting a wish for his dilUgh- classification is A-ll- adults and is cracked up to be, an,d may in fact prompts befOl:e the naturally shy Zealand, who now lives in Chi- ter (Janet Munro) and her young adolescents. (Buena Vista) ruin her one chance at true love.

"I'm Not Rappaport" (1996) and reserved teen called to audi- cago and played the pope in the man (Sean Connery). Directed by With enough laughs and heartfelt tion for Celine, Therese's sister.

Offbeat comedy in which a sweetness to compensate for its Robert Stevenson, the Disney promovie.

Her role in the film enhanced du~tion spins a pleasing yarn ofIrish crusty retiree (Walter Matthau), in- warmed-over plot, the film, diBut Luke Films had her read for Therese. "They felt Therese her faith. "While theology wooed fantasy that is both warm-hearted stead of moving in with his daugh- rected by Gary Winick, gives the was calling me to do this film," me into the Catholic Church, it and fun, though it has a few scary ter (Amy Irving), involves another old be-careful-what-you-wish-for Younce said. was Therese who taught me spiri- scenes to keep youngsters on the old-timer (Ossie Davis) in assorted chestnut a fresh spin and wraps it When Younce got the role, she tuality, and that rounded out my edge of their seats. The USCCB neighborhood causes to fend off in the infectious smile of Garner, spent her senior trip reading Catholic education," she said.

Office for Film & Broadcasting clas- resigning themselves to rocking crafting an effervescent urban fairy Therese's autobiography, "Story "I hope the people learn ulti- sification is A-I - general patron- chairs. Adapted from his own tale about regrets and second of a Soul." mately the only way to true spiri- age. (Buena Vista) stage play by writer-director Herb chances. Some mild sexual humor, Once filming began, tuality is through love, and they "Hidalgo" (2004) Gardner, the leisurely paced movie a few crass expressions and brief "Leonardo and I prayed every day realize it's attainable in spite of Fact-based crowd-pleaser set in is a talky but acidly funny rejec- drug references. The USCCB Ofon the set," she said, referring to our imperfections," Younce said. the late 19th century about a guilt- tion of stereotypes about the eld- fice for Film & Broadcasting clasLeonardo Defilippis, the director "We can be imperfect and still be ridden cowboy (Viggo Mortensen) erly, with the result depending sification is A-ll- adults and ado, and founder of Luke Films. "He close to God." who enters a grueling 3,000-mile largely on Matthau's feisty perfor- lescents. (ColumbiaffriStar)

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Conference looks at sexuality using pope's 'theology of the body'

By PRISCILLA GREEAR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ATLANTA - A seasoned bishop and a youthful theologian proclaimed the good news about the Catholic path. to authentic sexual liberation at a recent conference in Atlanta on "Sexuality, Marriage and the Family in the Third Millennium."

Bishop Victor B. Galeone of St. Augustine, Fla., and theologian Christopher West, author and lecturer at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, challenged Catholics to lead a sexual counterrevolution by embracing Pope John Paul II's "theology of the body."

Both speakers said many Catholics are no longer distinguishable from the rest of society when it comes to sexual ethics.

"The problem of our culture is not that it overvalues sex," West said. "The problem of our culture it that it has no clue how valuable sex is. The foundation of human

life, the deepest foundation of ethics and culture, stands or falls on how it lives sexually.

"There will be no renewal of the family without a return to God's plan for the union of the sexes," he added. "That won't happen unless we can go into the world proclaiming (the Gospel) boldly. If we are to build a culture of life in the 21 st century, the most difficult task is to reclaim the full truth of the Christian sexual ethic."

The pope's theology of the body, which was outlined in 129 general audience talks early in his pontificate, integrates the human body with the soul and spirit of the person.

Bishop Galeone declared that 20th-century activists accomplished their mission to rid the world of the Christian sexual ethic, but the task now is to reclaim that sexual ethic in its fullness, leaving behind an attitude of repression or denial of God's

gift of sexuality.

"But now I feel we are living in a post-Christian era. For starters, I'd like to ask, 'How do we differ from our non-Christian neighbors?' They watch pornography, and so do we. They cohabit before marriage and so do we.

They get sterilized and so do we," he said.

Bishop Galeone linked openness to children and the Church's ban on artificial contraception to the national debate on legalizing same-sex marriages. Noting the marital act was established by God, the bishop said that American culture has broken the link between the act's two dimensions - making love and making babies.

Until that link has been re-established, "the nation will continue to have (a) pandemic (of) abortions, divorces and brazen homosexuality," he said. "After all, if sex is meant only for pleasure, why limit it just to marriage?

Priest says social action never more needed in Church, society

By MICHELLE MARTlN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

CHICAGO - The Catholic Church is in chaos and American society is awash in greed, and the time has never been better for those involved in social action, Father Andrew Greeley told Catholic social justice workers.

"Our Church is a mess, society's a mess, everything's a mess," Father Greeley said in the closing presentation to the recent six-day Social Justice Summer Institute in Chicago.

"What a wonderful opportunity," he continued. "In a chaotic Church, in a greedy country, social action remains challenging and often frustrating. But, gentle souls, it never has been and never will be dull."

The Church's work for social justice has both been encouraged and become more difficult in the 40 years since the Second Vatican Council, the priest-sociologist and popular author told his audience.

The institute drew about 200 people for a week of workshops and presentations on the lakeshore campus of Loyola University. Participants attended two main tracks, one on the biblical concepts of justice and one on effective social action in a changing Church.

Sponsors included the Roundtable, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Department of Social Justice and World Peace, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic Relief Services and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development.

Father Greeley said that the

council fathers opened up the Church, urging, for example, more dialogue among Catholics, other Christians and people of other faiths.

But he said the council also led to a crisis of authority, resulting in many people identifying them-

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selves as Catholics on their own terms, without regard for some of the Church's teachings, particularly those about human sexuality. . The problem, Father Greeley said, stemmed from the emphasis on rules and punishments in the 19th and early 20th centuries, as the Church fought a rear-guard battle against the forces of the Enlightenment, modemism and scientific discovery.

In that environment, abortion was a mortal sin, but so was eating meat on Friday or having a sip of water after midnight and taking Communion in the morning. When some of the rules changed, he said,

Catholics began to believe that others could change - and that some of them should.

That has created a gap between lay Catholics and many priests and what Father Greeley called "the higher ord.ers" of the clergy. ''The higher orders don't understand that on some matters they have lost all authority," Father Greeley said. "I don't say this is good or bad.

I simply assert that it is so. You changed the language of the Mass, you turned the altar around and said we could eat meat on Friday, and it was 'Katie bar the door.'"

That loss of authority, complicated in recent years by the clerical sexual abuse scandal, makes it difficult for the Church hierarchy to lead on issues of social justice, he said.

At the same time, Father Greeley said, any efforts to go back to preconciliar structures of authority are doomed.

"It always surprises me that people can attack the council as the enemy," Father Greeley said. "It was convened by a pope, attended by nearly all the bishops, and the documents were approved by large majorities.

"It seems to me that people who blame the council for all our problems are close to being heretics.

Such an attitude suggests that the Holy Spirit left the Church in the 1960s," he added.

It also doesn't recognize that people stay Catholic because they like it, Father Greeley said. They like the spirituality and the sacramentalism 'of the Church, he added.

And why just to heterosexuals?"

Interviewed between sessions, Father Pedro Barrajon, a member of the Legionaries of Christ and a professor of. Christian anthropology in Rome, said he found out about the event online and carne to learn. He plans to organize a similar conference next year in Europe.

In a class he taught last year on the topic, he recalled, a Slovakian student told him, "If I knew this theology of the body before, my relationship with my boyfriend would be different. It's a new perspective on relationships."

Catholic Family Honor executive director Brenda Cerkez be-

lieves the theology of the body is not well known and there is a long road to travel to educate Catholics.

"We're created in God's image and called to love in a way that respects the dignity of the human person," she told The Georgia Bulletin, Atlanta's archdiocesan newspaper.

She believes that society has come to devalue motherhood and women who choose to be homemakers rather than have careers.

"We need to reclaim the value of motherhood," she said. "Raising up images of God, being co-creators with God of new life, it's an incredible gift."

Native American Catholics called to active role in Church leadership EL PASO, Texas (CNS) Bishop Donald E. Pelotte of Gallup, N.M., called on Native American Catholics to take a more active part in the leadership of the Church.

He made the comments in his keynote address to the 65th annual Tekakwitha Conference, held last week in El Paso.

Approximately 1,000 Native American delegates from more than 20 states took part in the conference, which was hosted by El Paso's Tigua Indian tribe and the Diocese of El Paso.

Speaking on the theme "Remembering in PrayerlPreparing for Action," the bishop recalled Pope John Paul II's address to the 1987 Tekakwitha Conference in Phoenix in which he thanked Native Americans for sharing their rich and ancient culture with the Church.

The Native American worship of the Creator and his gifts, respect for nature's blessings and the value of prayer, silence, fasting, patience and courage benefit the entire human family and are expressed most fully in the Christian way of life, he said.

The Native American encounter with the Gospel, Bishop Pelotte said, enriched not only the Native Americans but also the entire Church.

In today's world, he said, it is

important to encourage Native American vocations to the priesthood and diaconate to serve both Native American Catholics and the whole Church.

Quoting U.S. census figures and the results of a study by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Pe10tte said the Native American population is more than four million, and Native American Catholics number more than

500,000.

But, he said, while numbers for those living on reservations and government lands are generally accurate, Native Americans who have moved to large urban areas are often overlooked.

"Forty percent of the dioceses in the United States are unaware of Native American Catholics within their borders," he said.

Meanwhile the clergy and religious specifically engaged in ministry to Native Americans are aging.

The call to find new and creative ways to minister to Native American communities and for Native Americans "to share your unique gifts with others," Bishop Pelotte said, "was the challenge that Pope John Paul II presented in Phoenix."

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The bishop traveled to Sudan rains. Rains come through the August 1-5 with Ken Hackett, tents and makeshift shelters; president of Catholic Relief Ser- mothers, children and babies vices, and Franciscan Father and old people essentially have Michael Perry, policy adviser to to sleep in the mud," Bishop the U.S. bishops on African af- Ricard said.

He said he met with a mother fairs.

Bishop Ricard said Darfur is and her five children who were facing a humanitarian crisis as living in a 10-foot-by-10-foot "massive as any I've ever seen." hut. Two of the women's chil"The consequences in terms dr~n had severe dysentery. of loss of life and disruption of "I am quite certain those chillivelihood are as serious as any dren will die within the next few I have ever seen before," he days," the bishop said, noting said. "It's a very hard situation that the nearest medical facilito experience, very tragic." , ties were miles a~ay from the CHILDREN LOOK at the illuminated A~bomb dome at nighf camp.

He said aid agencies have in Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, the 59th anniversary of the The U.S. group visited two ,atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The dome was one of a few started to mobilize and bring aid to the region, but the recamps in Mershing; one had reinforced concrete structures to remain standing after the sponse has been hampered by 4,000 refugees, the other 6,000. devastating blast. In a statement released on the annivera number of factors. Darfur, a A visit to a camp of 50,000 in sary, Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, president of the U.S. Conremote region already, has been Kalma was canceled after the ference of Catholic Bishops, reiterated the Church's commit- further cut off from aid by United Nations closed the camp ment to disarmament and the conduct of limited war only as heavy rains. due to security reasons" Father a last resort. (CNS photo from Reuters) "We're dealing with a coun- Perry told CNS. try that has very few functionThe group was accompanied ing roads; paths used for roads to the refugee camps by Auxilhave become nonexistent once iary Bishop Daniel Adwok of the rains come," the bishop said. Khartoum, Father Perry said.

The heavy rains have also Bishop Ricard said relief efadded to the misery of life in the forts also have been hampered LAKEWOOD, N.J. (CNS) fund expenses, but also allowed refugee camps, which he deby a slow response from the inJanet Zimmerly was pleased when the Office ofWorship to offer $100 she was invited to be a catechist scholarships to any person in the scribed as a "series of sheds set ternational community. The up on treeless plains under a bishop said that promises of aid on her parish team for the Rite of diocese who registered. from the donor community have Christian Initiation of Adults, yet The North American Forum on blazing sun." she realized she needed to know the Catechumenate was started as "There's nothing that re- not materialized, in part because more about the process. a grass-roots organization in 1978 sembles hell ÂŁ)lore strikingly ~'of how quickly the situation "I'm a beginner," when it in Estes Park, Colo., by Father than refugee camps when it unfolded and the massive scale comes to the RCIA, she said, but James Dunning and Christiane the knowledge she gained at a na- Brusselman for persons interested' tional conference hosted by the in learning about the initiation proNorth American Forum on the cess, said presenter Nelson Bonet.

Catechumenate in Lakewood last Through group discussions, Fighting between Khllrtoum Ilnd rebels erupted in Dllrfur over Il yeer Ilgo. month gave a boost to her confi- presentations, liturgies and prayer Since then, the government-funded uJllnjaweedi , militias have forced dence. expedences, the foruins provide She told The Monitor, parish and diocesan personnel 200,000 Darfurians into Chad. An estimated million or more ere displaced Trenton's diocesan newspaper, with a deeper understanding of the within the Darfur region. that she came away with a "better vision of the RCIA, Bonet said. understanding of what the RCIA "It's a coming together of 1.2 million people hove been forced from their process is and what will be ex- Church" to see people from all homes..Man(reSidein m!"ps in Chad, many pected of me in the parish." over the country, even as far'away others are living along the Sudan-Chad border.

Zimmerly was one of more than as San Diego, gathered in the Tren120 men and women representing ton diocese, said Bonet, who is 14 U.S. dioceses who participated from the Archdiocese of Miami in the North American Forum's and is a member of the mission- ' Beginning Plus program, which ary group Amor en Accion, Span~ offered four days of intense study, ish for Love in Action. discussion, personal reflection and For both the team members and prayer experiences centered on the the participants, a poignant time RCIA process. came when they gathered in the The event in the Trenton dio- chapel and took part in prayer excese was sponsored by the dioc- periences during which the variesan Office of Worship. Father ous rites were simulated.

Sam Sirianni, director, and Mercy "All of us are already baptized," Sister Eleanor McCann, associate Bonet said. "We have that grace director, said the workshop was "a already. We are fully initiated. We dream" that became a reality. want to experience what the catThe RCIA is for any unbaptized echumens and candidates go person at least seven years old who through in the RCIA process." seeks to receive the sacraments of Participant Glen Mendonca said initiation - baptism, confirmation part of his ministry as a pastoral and the Eucharist - at the Easter associate in St. Mary Parish in New Vigil, said Father Sirianni. Begin- Monmouth, N.J., has included ning Plus is a workshop to help working with the RCIA'team. participants understand the RCIA The workshop "was truly a process by having them study and hands-on, enlightening and eyejoin in the various stages and ritu- , opening presentation of the entire a1s.

RCIA process," he said. The discusFather Sirianni and Sister sions and witnessing the prayer exMcCann thanked Bishop John M. periences with the adaptation of the UJonjoweed" is theloaJl term for the militios thot hove been ottocking villoges throughout Dorfur. , Smith of Trenton for designating rites "helped me to prepare, underAn estimoted 30,000 people hove died in militia ottocks or from starvotion or other muses. money from the Bishop's Annual stand and reflect on the depth of the Appeal that-not only helped to rites and the richness of our faith."

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of it."

"We're talking about over a million-imd-a-half people," he said. "This is a very remote area of the world, inaccessible by and large."

Hackett told CNS that hundreds of thousands of Sudanese co,uld die within the next coupJe of months without an outpouring of aid from the international community.

"I just hope and pray that we can forestall a major situation of famine," he said.

The 1.2 million people displaced by the violence in Darfur "are at the mercy of the international community and all of us," Hackett said.

"These people are in a devastated condition; they're traumatized and feel that they don't have a future," he said.

Hackett said CRS recently completed an assessment and will be beginning operations in Darfur soon. The agency has assembled a staff of 13 and opened offices in Khartoum and the Darfur region. He said the agency is nearing the end of a $1 million commitment of private funding and will issue an appeal for more aid.

"I hope we can get the prayers of the American people.

This one is' in need of a lot of prayers," he said.

In Khartoum, the delegation met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail as well as the country's ministers for humanitarian affairs and religious affairs and the governor of South Darfur.

Bishop Ricard saId they were very well received by the government officials and that they discussed ways the Church could help respond to the humanitarian needs in Darfur.

On August 5, Sudan and the United Nations agreed to detailed steps to disarm the Arab militias and to improve security and address the humanitarian situation in Darfur. On June 30, the United, Nations threatened sanctions against Sudan if it did not end the violence in Darfur within 30 days.

Since the outbreak of militia attacks more than a year ago, about 200,000 Darfurians have fled Sudan to refugee camps in neighboring Chad, and an estimated million or more are displaced within Darfur.

At least 30,000 people have been killed as a result ofthe violence in Darfur. According to a recent estimate by the U.S. Agency for International Development, another 350,000 are likely to die unless they receive immediate assistance.

The United Nations has described Darfur as currently the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

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parish needs, not the least of residence was purchased on the which was the cramped and often perimeter of the grounds. uncomfortable conditions experiWith those problems corrected, enced by the religious education the second phase of the capital staff and students that numbered campaign kicked in. The council more than 1,000 enrollees. Be- made plans to deal with overcause of a keen lack of space, sev- crowded classrooms and meeting eral grades had to simultaneously spaces. share crammed classrooms, meetKnowing that there was great ing rooms and storage areas sim- need for more class and conferply to conduct their studies. ence rooms, "We studied the en"The religious education pro- tire campus for the right place to gram was busting at the seams," build a new faith center," said Father Hession told The Anchor. Marshall. The study took them "Our children are an investment right back to nerve center of the in the future of the Church, and parish. "We discovered that the we saw the need to care for our ideal spot was right in the current kids." office space in between the parThe parish also has nearly 30 ish center and the former priests' groups that regularly meet dur- residence," said Marshall. ing the year - youth groups, bePlans have since been drawn reavement ministries, Bible stud- up by architect Tom Palanza, that ies, and the like. Oftentimes the call for the current office area to gatherings would spill into the be razed, and be replaced by a priests' residence leaving the four-tiered building that would clergy with virtually no privacy. provide more than 9,000 squareInstead of seeing only clouds feet of meeting space. This transgathering overhead, Father lates into 13 class rooms, several Hession and his newly-formed meeting rooms and a prayer council saw only brighter days space. ahead. With that attitude, the parThe building will include a ish initiated a capital campaign basement level and be attached to under the leadership of parishio- the existing buildings flanking the ner Ed Marshall. current office space. "Everything "We had many problems to will be up to code and will be address," Marshall told The An- handicapped accessible with an chor in a recent interview. "But, elevator providing access to all we didn't want to put the parish four levels," said Marshall. in debt. Our plan was to raise the The council hopes to break funds first, then take action." ground sometime this fall. "But, The campaign, with a goal of we don't want a mortgage, so we $2.5-$2.8 million, has raised $2 hope to collect all the funds first," million since it originated two said Sullivan. "We've had some years ago. Attorney Paul very generous parishioners who Gargano and his wife, Sheila, are have seen how important this Faith responsible for a substantial Center is to the parish," he conamount of the monies raised so tinued. "And we hope others can far. "And I had an elderly woman help out." come into the rectory and give a The building will be totally $5 donation because she wanted functional and used year-round, to be part of this wonderful with more than 1,000 religious project," Father Hession said. education students and nearly 30 "The parishioners have been active parish organizations taking wonderful." advantage of the new surround''This has allowed us to replace ings. the boiler and overhaul the heat''The parishioners of Our Lady ing system, install air condition- of Victory have the opportunity ing in the church, and take care to become part of something very of basic parish repairs," said pa- special," said Sullivan. ''This faith rishioner Tom Sullivan, director center will be a vital part of our of marketing for the capital cam- community. I feel that if we build paign. Additionally, a new priests' it, they will come."

With nearly 10,000 year-round parishioners, only 30 percent of the school-aged parishioners attend a Catholic school. "So, 70 percent of our young people will . receive their formal faith formation from the parish religious education program," said Marshall.

"That is one of the major reasons for this project."

Pat Friel, the newly-appointed parish director of Faith Formation, is excited about the vision of Our Lady of Victory Parish. She said . with this new center, the religious education students and faculty will have a wonderful faith-based environment in which to grow.

"But, it's not only for the young people," she added. "The perception is that religious education is only for young people.

But that's not true. We have a wonderful opportunity to educate the adult members of our community as well.

"If our adults are well informed, then our children will be well informed."

Father Hession recently allied the parish with Providence College, a renown C~tholic institution of higher leaming in Rhode Island. "The addition of a new faith center will enhance this relationship with Providence College," Father Hession said.

Bea LeBarre, a parishioner who recently attended one of the inaugural courses, told The Anchor, "It's amazing how people can come into a course like this with questions and doubts about the Church, and have them answered. I grew up in a pre-Vatican II environment and had many questions. The course on 'Understanding the Christian Creed and Catechesis' was awesome."

The goal is to use the center to house faith-based courses that will be available to' parishioners and non-parishioners, Catholics and non-Catholics. .

"The Faith Center can be an easily-accessible location for many residents of Cape Cod to come and enhance their faith formation," said Father Hession.

"The vision of the Our Lady of Victory parishioners is to keep everyone, adults and young people informed and educated about our faith."

The future is bright for Catholics in Our Lady of Victory Parish and for folks on Cape Cod and all this coming from some approaching dark clouds a few years back.

To help Our Lady of Victory parish fulfill its faith vision, contact KeUey Spodris, Capital CartIpaign, 230 South Main Street, Centerville, MA 02632, or call 508-775-5744 extension 111, or E-mail: kjs@olvparish.org.

PARISHIONERS OF Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville, are actively 'building their faith' by contributing to a new Faith Formation Center at the Cape Cod parish. (AnchotlJolivet photo)

Next week, The Anchor will discuss with Friel and LeBarre, the unique partnership with Providence College, and what it means to Our Lady of Victory parishioners and residents ofCape Cod in general.

THE REV. Martin Luther King Jr. and Msgr. Charles Owen Rice march to the United Nations in New York in this April 1967 photo. (CNS photo from Pittsburgh CatholiC}

Msgr. Rice, Pittsburgh labor priest, honored as working-class hero CASTLE SHANNON, Pa.Msgr. Charles Owen Rice heard the Lord's call to priestly ministry more than 70 years ago. Since then, he has dedicated his life to serving God's people, especially the working class.

Pittsburgh's laborpriest and longtime columnist for the Pittsburgh Catholic diocesan newspaper was honored for his 70 years as a priest during a recent Mass at St. Anne in Castle Shannon, where he resides.

Bishop Donald W. Wuerl and retired Auxiliary Bishop John B. McDowell of Pittsburgh, three dozen priests, and religious and labor leaders were among those who came together for the celebration.

Bishop Wuerl spoke of a man whose work with' organized labor often earned him the title of "controversial." He noted Msgr. Rice's profound conviction to fight for the least of his neighbors.

"Msgr. Rice has always brought to every issue he dealt with a deep faith rooted in his conviction to the Lord Jesus," he said.

The bishop said Msgr. Rice, who is 95, has always expressed his love for the ChurCh and his deep dedication to justice, and he has articulated the Church's teaching well throughout his ministry.

He said Msgr. Rice took a bad situation, applied the best ofChurch teaching and made it better.

Bishop Wuerl noted that Msgr.

Rice, and people like him have

brought legitimacy to the claim that all workers have rights.

He said Msgr. Rice served his people without ever taking the easy route. "ill fact," he told the priest, "I think you took the one least traveled to see that everyone was included."

Bishop Wuerl presented Msgr.

Rice with a golden medallion commemorating the 250th anniversary of the first Mass in Pittsburgh. He said the priest's ministry is in complete continuity with that celebration.

Born in New York in 1908 to Irish immigrant parents, Charles Owen Rice graduated from Duquesne University in 1930. He went on to what was then St. Vmcent Seminary in Pittsburgh and was ordained in 1934.

Then-Father Rice was one of the founders of the Catholic Radical Alliance and St. Joseph's House of Hospitality in 1937. That same year he joined his first picket line at the Heinz plant.

The late Msgr. George Higgins, who until his death in 2002 was known as America's labor priest, called Msgr. Rice "the premier labor priest in the United States and one of the best labor columnists."

He made the comment in 1996, when the University of Pittsburgh Press released a collection of Msgr.

Rice's writings, titled "Fighter With a Heart." Msgr. Higgins called the book "an invaluable contribution to American labor history."

PRACTICE THE DEVOTION OF THE FIRST SATURDAYS, AS REQUESTED BY OUR

LADY OF FATIMA

On December 10, 1925, Our Lady appearecfto Sister Lucia (seer of Fatima) and spoke these words: "Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour ofdeath with the graces necessary for the salvation oftheir souls, all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months shall: 1. Go to confession; 2. Receive Holy Communion; 3. Recite the Rosary (5 dec,ades); and 4. Keep me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the 15 mysteries of the Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me."

In a spirit of reparation, the above conditions are each to be preceded by the words: "In reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary:' Confessions may be made during 8 days before or after the first Saturday, and.Holy Communion may be received at either the morning or evening Mass on the first Saturday.

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By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - The annual Fall River Area CYO Golf Tournament was held recently at the Fall River Country Club and golfers in several divisions competed for First and Second place trophies and spots in the annual Diocesan Tournament held later this month.

More than 32 players came out for the 2004 gathering and tournament director Roger Dougal was pleased with the number of participants_ "It was a good tournament and it gives young people a chance to play golf on a good course for a nominal fee," said Dougal.

Involved with the CYO Golf Tournament for more than 10 years, Dougal said he enjoys organizing the event. "I enjoy working with the kids," said Dougal.

"We had a nice day for it and the young people keep me coming back each year."

Participant Jimmy Powers of Fall River said he participates in the tournament because "it's a fun

time every year." His golf buddy Brendan Carey, also of Fall River, said he enjoys the day adding, "it's good to come out -for the CYO." First Place in the Intermediate Division was won with a score of 78 by Paul Mattos. Matt Pettine captured Second Place with round of 81.

The Junior Division winner was Jonathan-Sirois. The 16~year足 old Fall River native shot a round of 85 beating Second-Place winner Mike Crowley by one stroke.

Fourteen-year-old Kevin Levesque took First Place in the Cadet Division with a winning score of 82. He edged out Fall River native Corey Batista who took Second Place.

Father Maddock was thankful to the owners and members of the Fall River Country Club for again welcoming the CYO group of golfers to its course.

"It went well this year," said Father Maddock. "The participants had a good time and it was a good tournament."

COMPETITORS finish off a hole during arecent Cya Golf Tournament held at the Fall River Country Club. (Anchotl Gordon photos)

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FIRST- AND SECONDPLACE finishers (above) at the annual Fall River Cya Golf Tournament display trophies they earned for their Winning round of golf. From left: Jonathan Sirois, First Place Junior Division; Mike Crowley, Second Place Junior Division; tournament director Roger Dougal; Kevin Levesque, First Place Cadet Division; and Corey Batista, Second Place Cadet Division.

At right, golfers get ready to tee off on the back nine at the Fall River Country Club.

Below, Nick Facchiano, Kevin Ainsworth and Jeremy Wood line up their putts on the 18th. They were among 32 golfers to participate in the Fall River Cya tournament.

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Catholic teen-ager spends summer in lab researching HIV cure

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small animals, or he shadows Vanderbilt graduate student Jason Hammonds. He also sometimes flies solo, generating new envelope proteins for the pseudovirions.

Spearman had never worked with a high school student in his lab before, but he said he took a risk on Vaughn because the teen has several outstanding qualities.

"He impressed me with his

was an exceptional student with a keen interest in science," said NASHVILLE, Tenn. Spearman.

Vaughn does have a life beWhile some of his peers have yond the textbook and the test spent their summer on more leitube. He also enjoys running, surely pursuits, Catholic high wrestling, skateboarding, playschool student Norbert Vaughn ing guitar and other activities. He has spent his summer as an inand his family are members of tern in a lab researching a cure Holy Rosary Church in for HIY. Donelson.

Vaughn, who starts his junBut the opportunity to ior year at Pope John Paul II broaden his scientific horiHigh School this August, zons this summer was hard has been spending 40 to pass up. hours a week in a labora"I've learned the methtory at Vanderbilt Univer"Science to many students at sity Medical Center in the high school level is not seen ods by which scientific facts are established," exNashville as an intern with researcher Dr. Paul as an exciting careerchoice,"said plained Vaughn. "I've also Spearman. "Perhaps we need to learned DNA technology Spearman.

The teen has been work- do more to impress on students and cell culture techniques ing with Spearman and his howimportanta careerin science that I would not have been able to learn at school staff on a project to develop alone." a type of HIV vaccine can be."

Spearman is impressed called a "pseudovirion" with Vaughn's -ability to vaccine, or a noninfectious virus-like particle. The goal is to knowledge and ability to think pick up concepts rapidly. generate a vaccine that looks like through scientific questions," "Clearly if he had more time with the human immunodeficiency vi- Spearman told the Tennessee us," he said, the teen "could funcrus, or HIV, to the human im- Register, newspaper of the Nash- tion at a very high level and help us move our vaccine concepts mune system, but is synthetic ville diocese.

He first met Vaughn when the forward." and entirely safe.

Vaughn's level of enthusiasm With this approach, "proteins teen visited the laboratory with on the outside of the virus, the a group of students involved in is outstanding, he added.

Spearman believes it is vital Ad vanced Research envelope proteins, are presented the in a way that can generate neu- Explorer's program. Part of that the university and other entralizing antibodies," explained Vanderbilt's Center for Science tities continue to develop science Spearman. "Neutralizing anti- Outreach, the program is aimed interest and expertise in young bodies are antibodies that can at involving high school students people.

"Science to many students at NORBERT VAUGHN, a student at Pope John Paul II bind to the virus and lead to its with superior grades in a clinithe high school level is not seen cal experience. clearance from the body."

High School in Nashville, Tenn., works in a laboratory at "He asked questions that as an exciting career choice," Vaughn's nine-week internVanderbilt University Medical Center this summer under ship pays $7.50 an hour, and re- went way beyond the basic said Spearman. "Perhaps we the tutelage of Dr. Paul Spearman. The doctor is leading a quires him to be on-site full time. questions regarding the projects need to do more to impress on team working on a cure for HIV. (CNS photo by Andy Telli, The teen works in a group set- we were presenting. It was clear students how important a career Tennessee Registet) ting, helping a team immunize from this initial meeting that he in science can be."

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

The 26th mile'

By KASE JOHNSTUN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Lance Armstrong crossed the line again as the best cyclist in the world for the sixth time in a row July 25 in France. Le Tour de France champion, Armstrong has not only become a legend in his own time, forcing radio announcers to debate his ranking among the all-time athletes to ever exist, but also captured the headlines of tabloids by storm.

Wearing the yellow winner's jersey for six years in a row is a feat never accomplished before; it is a feat that may never be accomplished again.

Lance receives accusations of doping every day of his life, and responds by saying in many different ways, "Test

me." There is no doubt in my mind he is clean, but that is another subject altogether.

The world knows his story.

He is a cancer survivor. He divorced his wife. He is dating Sheryl Crow. Until this weekend, that is basically all I knew about the personal life of Armstrong because that is all I cared to know. I was interested in him as the premier cyclist in the world, and I couldn't care less about all the soap opera stuff around him.

Then, on an exhaustive flight home, I picked up a Runner's World magazine and read a story written by his exwife, Kristin. She had just completed her first marathon during the last week of the divorce, struggling with the

pain of losing her marriage, mothering her children, and tackling the long miles training for a marathon entails. She said she carried sadness over the

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Age long hills and even thought about how Lance might even be proud of her. She isn't an athlete. She is a mother. She is not a world-class cyclist; she is a woman struggling to reach that 26th mile. I felt for her.

I have never been married,

and if you are under 25 I am pretty positive you haven't been either. So, I can't judge Lance. I cannot judge her. I cannot say one word about marriage, as we have not come to that stage in our lives yet.

What I can tell you is that it probably took as much or more heart for Kristin to make it across that finish line than it did for Lance to cross his.

She struggled for months, waking every morning before the kids woke to get out on the road, to succeed. She ran through whatever emotional stress that plagued her. She succeeded. She finished her first marathon and felt great about it.

As I said before, we cannot judge. We do not know what

goes on behind closed doors.

We do not know why families break up, but we do know what it takes to do something that you never felt you could do before.

Now, when I think of Lance and Kristin, I respect them both for different reasons. Lance is the greatest athlete alive, and Kristin tackled something she never thought she could.

Obstacles pop up allover the place in life. They come when least expected. They come on the eve of good news. Obstacles cannot be overlooked, and they cannot be avoided. You may not be the best all-time cyclist in the world, but you could reach that 26th mile at the end of a struggle you are facing.

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-New Vatican office aims to promote路culture of sport VATICAN CITY (CNS) - On your mark. Get set. Go: With little fanfare, the head of the Vatican's new office dedicated to "Church and Sport" is off and running.

The Vatican announced the creation of this new section within the Pontifical Council for the Laity August 3, shortly before the start ofthe August 13-29 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. ''The upcoming Olympics and the millions of people from every part of the world who will be following it are once again a clear sign of how important sport is in our society," said a press release.

But the world of sport also has "gotten further away from its original ideals," thus revealing "an urgent need to recall those fundamental values," it said.

Leading the way in this mission路 by heading the new Church and Sport desk is U.S. Father Kevin Lixey, a member of the Legionaries of Christ. ''The timing is right," he told Catholic News Service.

With a steady stream ofwell-publicized doping scandals among professional athletes and it being an Olympic year, "People, even govemments, are looking for that moral voice" and a reminder that the dignity of the human person comes above and beyond all else, he said.

Mega-million-dollar salaries for players, illegal drug-use, and unsportsmanlike behavior on and off the field have helped tarnish the golden image of the ideal athlete: healthy of body, mind and spirit.

Father Lixey said some ofthe ills plaguing sports mirror many of the things gone awry in society.

"It's the way a person treats their body - to treat it as a means to an end whether it be sports - we see it in Hollywood, too, or even a person who pursues a career in businessjust to make money and not for anything else," he said.

The new section at the' Council for the Laity will act as "a point of reference" for international and national sports organizations and for sports groups at the diocesan or national bishops' conference level.

It will try to foster "a culture of sport" that promotes athletics "as a means for bringing about wellrounded growth of the person and as an instrument ofpeace and broth-

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erhood among peoples," said the council's written statement.

Notsurprisingly, the most athletic pope in memory, Pope John Paul n, instituted the new sports office. A once-avid skier, swimmer and hiker, age, hip problems and other ailments forced the pope to hang up his hiking boots.

But his love of sport and how it can be a "school of virtue" remain evident.

"Sport must be accompanied by moderation and training in self-discipline. It very often also requires a good team spirit, a respectful attitude, appreciation of the qualities of others, honest sportsmanship and humility in recognizing one's own limitations," said the pope May 30 in his 2004 World Day of Tourism message.

In a June 26 address to members of an Italian sports center, the pope said practicing sport, "if lived according to the Christian vision, becomes a prime generator of deep human relations and favors the building of a more peaceful and cordial world."

For more than 30 years, Vatican employees have used sport to foster friendships through intramural soccer tournaments. . Eighteen all-male teams with names like "The Saints," "The Gladiators," and "Vntus" play once a week in friendly five-on~five matches. All are vying for the coveted, year-end ''Vatican Cup." Swiss Guards battle it out against members ofthe Sistine Chapel choir.

Vatican Radio staffers face off against teams made up of the Vatican's gendarmes, museum, postal or library workers.

Curial officials and cardinals, too, are in on the sports kick. Whether as armchair athletes cheering on soccer, hockey, or basketball teams back home or as dedicated runners or tennis players, many squeeze in some time for sports during their busy week.

One cardinal who still laces up his running shoes despite several operations last year and be4tg set to tum 77 in September is U.S. Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka, president of the Vatican City State commission. ''Any type ofexercise is good for you. It helps you to relax, get rid of anxieties, worries, disappointment or anger," he told CNS.

A DIVER springs from a board during a training session in the Olympic aquatic center in Athens, Greece. (CNS photo from Reuters)

LAVA LAVA ISLAND, in the basement of St. Patrick's Church, Fall River, was .complete with an active volcano, used to illustrate Jesus' love for all people. (AnchotlJolivet photos)

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dren who signed on," said Simpson.

Running last Monday through Friday, the island inhabitants learned about Jesus' love for everyone by traveling to different stations on the island -'- Bible adventures, videos starring Chadder Chipmunk, songs and crafts. "We started each day with lively songs that really got the kids moving and ready to learn," Simpson added. .

The children also selected a Daily Challenge to do at home, to "show how easy it is to let Jesus' love flow from them to others."

According to Simpson, "Each activity reinforced the daily Bible Point and all the children received Bible Memory Buddies to help remind them of God's word long after Vacation Bible School is over."

Each student also took part in Operation Kid-to-Kid. The students received a mini-Bible story bo.oklet each day, and on the last day, they received one in Spanish that would be sent to students outside the United States. The children prayed for the student who would receive the booklet, and then drew a picture for that child so they could share the happiness of God's message with their Hispanic brothers and sisters.

On the Thursday night, parents were invited to an island open house, and most were amazed by what they saw. "The parents were surprised by all the work that went into this event, and I'm very pleased with how many children attended and how they actively took part," said Father Babiczuk.

"I'm so pleased with the success of this event," Simpson told The Anchor. "The program definitely made Scripture learning fun. The children were sad to see

the week end."

When the time came to leave their island paradise, the children offered Jesus a big "Mahala!," Hawaiian for thank you.

Simpson told The Anchor that

plans are already in the works for next summer's journey - to the Serengeti, a beautiful oasis on the eastern-central part of the African continent.

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THIS WELCOMING sign at Good Shepherd Parish, Fall River, told the whole story of what Lava Lava Island was all about. Below, inhabitants shared a dance and a song.