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Partial switch of "Jane Roe" to pro-olife is hailed WASHINGTON (CNS) Many in the pro-life movement hailed the announcement by Norma McCorvey, the "Jane Roe" in the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court abortion case, that she was switching to the pro-life cause.

But the switch was not total; Ms. McCorvey, now 47, said in one interview that she still supported the right to a first-trimester abortion, particularly in cases of fetal deformity.

ABC News broke the story of Ms. McCorvey's Aug. 8 baptism as a born-again Christian by Operation Rescue director Rev. Flip Benham and her renunciation of the abortion rights movement. Immediately, pro-life leaders cheered, while abortion rights supporters tried to minimize the importance of her defection.

"We are heartenc~d by Norma McCorvey's reconsideration of her position on abortion," said Gail Quinn, executive director of the U.S. bishops' Secretariat for ProLife Activities, in a statement.

"One hopes that the U.S. Supreme Court, which gave this nation the most liberal abortion law in the Western world 23 years ago in the Roe case, will reconsider and revise the Roe ruling."

"Today Norma McCorvey dispelled the myth that abortion liberates women," said Serrin Foster, Feminists for Lifl~ of America executive director.

"Her acknowledgment of emotional distress over abortion is the first wave in the turning tide of sentiment among women who realize that the toll a.bortion exacts on women's lives is simply too high," Ms. Foster said in a statement.

Ms. McCorvey told ABC, "I think abortion is wrong. I think what I did was wrong. And I just had to take a pro-life position on choice."

She added she was haunted by seeing empty swings on a playground.

"They were swinging back and forth but they were all empty and I just totally lost it," Ms. McCorvey said. "And I thought, oh my God, the playgrounds are empty because there's no children because they've all been aborted."

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The amendment still had to survive a floor vote on the whole authorization bill and be sustained when a conference committee works out differences between the

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - With many Vatican offices closing and most curial officials - from Pope John Paul II to the lowliest porter - out of town, the Vatican gave journalists some summer study material.

During the second week of August, in the barely air-conditioned Vatican Press Office, reporters thumbed through 449 pages of numbers.

The Statistical Yearbook of the Church is a treasure trove of macroand micro-details about the Catholic Church's membership, organization, work force, sacramental life and charitable activity.

It provides a comprehensive view of the church throughout the world.

And best of all, one doesn't have to go out onto the sweltering summer streets to gather the information.

The latest statistics, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1993, show a worldwide Catholic population of almost 965 million - an increase of 6.3 million over the previous year.

The Vatican Secretariat of State estimates the true number of Catholics in the world to be at least 4.5 million higher than reported, because the yearbook's figures are a collection of information provided by dioceses and other church jurisdictions, some of which operate under circumstances that make reporting difficult.

Turning in the figures is not something dioceses take lightly; facts were missing from only 146 of the church's 2,825 jurisdictions.

All the missing reports represent dioceses in Southeast or Far East Asia, including mainland China, which alone has some 140 dioceses.

The yearbook reported the percentage of the world's population that is Catholic holding steady at about 17.5 percent.

The five countries with the most Catholics kept the rankings they have had since 1990. They are: - Brazil, with a Catholic population of 132.5 million.

- Mexico, with almost 87 million Catholics.

-Italy, with slightly more than 55.7 million.

- The United States, with 55.7 million.

- The Philippines, with 55 million.

Simply comparing the figures to those reported one year ago could

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THIS SOMALIAN lad lost most of his right leg in a land mine explosion. He is one of some 26,000 persons wounded and a similar number killed in such explosions in over 60 nations across the world. (eNS/ Menzel photo)

Bishops had "absolutely crucial role"

Senate OK's moratorium on land mines WASHINGTON (CNS) - The U.S. Senate has called for an expansion of the U.S. moratorium on anti-personnel land mines and sanctions against other countries that export them.

By a vote of 67-27 senators passed an amendment to a defense authorization bill that would sharply limit U.S. military use of such land mines in three years and halt all U.S. military exports to any

other nation that continues to sell or export such land mines.

The amendment came to a vote on Capitol Hill Aug. 4, less than two months after the U.S. Catholic bishops issued a major statement urging the United States to take the lead in bringing about a global ban on all anti-personnel land mines.

The bishops "played an absolutely crucial role" in getting

strong bipartisan Senate support for the amendment, said Tim Rieser, an aide to the chief author of the amendment, Democratic Sen. Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont.

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Five from diocese to attend Chicago CHn conference· WASHINGTON(CNS)- More the church's efforts to res'pond to than 2,500 people are expected in poverty into the 21st century.

Chicago Aug. 25-28 to celebrate Author and philosopher Cornel the 25th anniversary of the CamWest, a professor of religion and paign for Human Development.

Afro-American studies at Harvard' They will include Arlene A.' University, will speak Aug. 26 on McNamee, director of the Dioce- the current social, political and san· Department of Social Servi- economic situation as it affects ces; Rosa Neto Lopes, now retired poor people. but continuing to volunteer iD1 the On Aug. 27, a,discussion about Campaign for Human Develop- future strategies for anti-poverty ment (CHD) component of the , work will feature Catholic theoloSocial Services office; Craig Gas- gian and social thinker Father J. parde, community organizer for Bryan Hehir; William Greider Social Services; and William Hen- author of "Who Will Tell the Peo~ ning, executive director and Kent pIe"; U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur, DKillam, staff member of CORD Ohio; and others.

(Cape Organization for Rights of The meeting will also include Disabled ). A videotape of CORD close to 60 workshops, an outdoor activities prepared by Henning and concert by country artist Kathy Killam will be shown in Chicago.

Mattea, a picnic in the park, site In addition to marking CHD's visits to CHD-funded projects, and ~uarter-century of funding lowperformances by musicians and Income, self-help groups such as activists Si Kahn, Jane Sapp and CORD, which has received fundutali, a Native American group. ing for six years, the meeting at Since its funding by the U.S. Chicago's Hyatt Regency Hotel is Catholic bishops in 1970, CHD expected to help shape CHD and has raised $237 million in support of com~unity-basedself-help programs In all 50 states and the DisSaint Anne's Hospital gratefully trict of Columbia. acknowledges*.contributions In Rome, Cardinal Angelo received to the Remembrance Fund S~dano, Vatican secretary of state, during july 1995, said the pope "joins the church in Through the remembrance the United States in giving thanks and honor of these lives for the fruits ofjustice and solidarSaint Anne's can continu~ ity which have taken root in com"Caring for our community." munities throughout the United S 1\ I \: I ANN I S II () S I' I I t\ L ~ States... as a result of the Cam1<1·,\\I',\\IlI<ANCI· I LIND t,· paign for Human Development."

The cardinal relayed the pope's greetings in a letter to Baltimore Dttlise Connor ~ardinal William H. Keeler, presWalter 1. Eaton Ident of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and U.S. CathDorothy Fillion olic Conference. , ,Willie Holmes The NeCB's decision to estab-' Mae Kosinski lish the campaign "was a clear Mary Louise Levesque response to the call of the Second Rttle Lussier Vatican Council to advance Christ's' Raymond R. Martel kingdom by striving to imbue all John Mathews earthy realities with the spirit of Aime Paquet the Gospel," said the letter.

Josephine Parise The letter said the pope hopes Raymond E. Parise CHD's anniversary will be an occasion for American Catholics to Mary D. Perry deepen their commitment to servFlora Robinson ing the poorest of their brothers Joseph C Saulino and sisters by helping to build a Flortnct Spear society where the human dignity Jane Tacovel/i of all is respected and cherished

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ious agencies assisting the handicapped, and youth programs.

A CHI? co.llection is taken up annually In dIOcesan parishes the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Of In Fall River Diocese the amount collected, 75 percent Ms. Lopez, in recounting the goes to the agency's national office accomplishments of CORD, noted and 25 percent remains with the that it assists persons who are ~iocese for local self-help initiaeither mentally or physically dis- tives. abled with such programs as ComTraditionalJy, the homily at the monHealth, which allows the workweekly televised diocesan Mass ing disabled and disabled children to buy what is considered "argua- for those unable to go to a parish Mass due to age or illness has feably the best insurance plan in the tured an explanation of the work United States"; independent living of CHD the Sunday before the programs that have served the annual collection.

Mrs. Lopes said individual needs ofthousands, supporting their efforts to obtain edu- , that the national CH D office was cation, employment, personal care ~elighted with the initiative, sayattendants, knowledge of Ameri- , I~g that Fall River was the only can Sign'Language, where needed, dIOcese to spotlight CHD in such a and placement in homes rather manner. She added that on one than in state institutions or nurs- occasion the Fall River CHD collection received a $500 contribuing homes. tion from'a viewer in Connecticut Other programs include; and that she was especially touched - Active advocacy for enforceby a $3 gift from a woman to ment of civil rights laws, including :-vhom she takes Holy Communthe Americans with Disabilities IOn at home.

Act. As a result, thousands of Ms.. Lopes mentioned as among architectural barriers have been those In the Fall River diocese who removed and area police stations have contributed greatly to CHD and hospitals have instil1led teledevelopment since its founding in communication devices for the .1 970. Very .Rev. Francis Mahoney, deaf.

Its first director in the diocese' - A Peer Assistive Technology Father Peter N. Graziano, its direc~ service that has linked people with tor from 1974 to 1994, during his disabilities to technological devitenure as director of Diocesan ces that can assist independent' Catholic Social Services; and Vinactivity. cent H. Eagles, administrative as:...-, Successful advocacy for a sistant to Father Graziano.

100 percent increase in hours of Of Ms. Lopes Father Graziano operation of the "B-bus," the only public transportation serving Cape said in a statement on the 25th .Cod's elderly and/ or disabled citi- anniversary of CHD: "How impressive the dedicated work for zens.

CORD is a "front-line voice" CHD by Rosa N. Lopes, the assisfor the disabled on Cape Cod, the tant diocesan director! She indeed Islands, throughout Massachu- was the spark that kept this prosetts and, from time to time, in' gram burning brightly within the diocese. How impressive also the' Washington. ardent support ofthe clergy! Their Over the years, the Campaign endorsement of CHD from' the for Human Development has helppulpit was indispensable." ed support other diocesan underIn other portions of his statetakings, including the Bristol Father Graziano said: ment, County Employment Organizing "During my 20 years with CathoProject; the Bristol County Senior lic Social Services, a major comAction Council; the Portuguese ponent of this ministry was the Youth Cultural Organization; a Campaign for Human DevelopFair Share program aimed at orment. The bulk of the agency's ganizing ,Portuguese immigrants ~ervices was direct help to people on social justice issues in a manner In need and CHD also enabled the consistent with maintaining their agency to do its share in trying to cultural identity, values and famalleviate the causes of economic ily life; the New Bedford-based Southeastern Massachusetts Ad- and social injustice among our people. vocacy Center; and grpups for the elderly.

"How impressive was the genAlso assisted have been pro-life erosity of the people within the organizations, halfway houses, the diocese! My records indicate that Hispanic Apostolate, Boy Scouts, during the first 23 years of CHD, alcoholism support programs, varthe annual collection generated a and by reminding those concerned with justice and peace also to acknowledge the right to life of all especially the weak arid VUlnerable:

FROM LEFT, first two pictures at top of page,' Craig Gasparde, Rosa Neto Lopes, Arlene A. McNamee, Kent Killam, William Henning; in fifth column top to bottom, Very Rev. Peter N. Grazi.ano , Very Rev. Francis L. Mahoney, Vincent H. Eagle~:. ,

little more than $1,700,000. During the first 24 years of CH D 17 major projects were funded ,;n a national level within the diocese for a total return to our area of $513,800.

"When I recall major grants to the Bristol County Employment Organizing Project, the Portuguese Yo.uth Cultural Organization, the Bristol County Senior Action .Council and the Cape Organization for Rights of the Disabled, to name only a few, I feel a great ~ense of pride in seeing the church In the midst of situations that are hurtful and unjust.

"As CHD celebrates its :~5th anniversary this year, my prayer is that it will continue to be a solid bedrock of our church in its outreach to resolve the causative factors of injustice."

Scenes frorri"'Bishop's Night on Cape Cod TOP to bottom, left to right: Bishop Sean O'Malley greets one of the youngest and arguably the oldest person at his annual Night on Cape Cod: Patrick Ahern of O.L. Victory parish, and Mrs. Emma Todesca of St. John Evangelist parish, who'll be 96 Sept. I; Father Edward Healey with, from left, Deacon and Mrs. Richard Hassey and Mrs. Betty Colgan; guests of honor and those who made the evening happen: Msgr. Henry Munroe, DCCW district moderator; Msgr. George Coleman, diocesan vicar gene.ral; the bishop; Kitsy Lancisi, Diocesan Council president; Bella Nogueira, immediate past president; happy faces from on and off-Cape, the bottom group all from Holy Cross parish, Fall River. (Kearns photos)

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OBITUARY Sister Carrellas The Mass of Christian Burial was offered Aug. 5 by Rev. John A. Gomes at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Taunton, for Sister Irene Theresa Carrellas, 74, who died unexpectedly Aug. 3 at Villa Fatima, Taunton, her community's retirement home. where she had resided since 1992.

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EDICTAL CITATION DIOCESAN TRIBUNAL FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS Since the actual place of residence of BRYAN LANTZY is unknowr.

We cite BRYAN LANTZYto appear person· ally before the Tribunal of the Diocese of Fall River on Tuesday, August 29, 1995 at 2:30 p.m. at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mas· sachusetts, to give testimQny to establish: Whether the nullity of the marriage , exists in the GAUDREAU·LANTZY case?

Ordinaries of the place or other pastors having the knowledge of the ,residence of the above person, Bryan Lantzy, must see to it that he is properly advised in regard to this edictal citation.

Jay T. Maddock Judicial Vicar Given at the Tribunal, Fall River, Massachusetts, on this 15th day of August, 1995

Diocese of 'Fall. River

OFFICIAL His Excellem:y, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., Bishop of Fall FJver, has accepted the nomination oftbe Reverend Robert Campagna, OFM, Provincial Minister ofthe F~ciscan Province of the ImDluculate Conception, and has made ttie following appointments: Rev. Ronald Siciliano, OFM, parochial vicar of St. Kilian Parish in New Bedford.

Rev. Angelo Bucciero, OFM, parochial vicar of 51. Margaret Parish in Buzzards Bay. Effective August 18, 1995

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Let's Be an Evangelical Church As parishes prepare their religious education programs for the fall, they should think about more than their youngest members. There is another and much neglected priority, one that daily becomes more urgent and that concerns adult parishioners. It is long past time for us as a church community to roll up our sleeves and try to evangelize our own brothers and sisters.

Catholics tend to think that evangelization has to do with converting non-Catholics; in fact, we need to reach our own. In most areas of the country, less than 50 percent of registered parishioners attend Mass weekly. The latest Statistical Yearbook of the Church issued by the Vatican gives the figure of 57.5 million known Catholics in the United States. The trouble is that nearly 29 mi!lion of them seldom or never darken their parish doors.

This is an appalling statistic, especially in country where the sacrifices of bygone generations have provided a Catholic educational system,extending from kindergarten to graduate school. The in-house tendency, of course, is to blame this situation on the changes in the church that followed Vatican II. But this is simply not the case. The real reason lies in the desire of so many Catholics ·for the good life rather than the God life. Crass materialism rules the day; the eat, drink, be merry and do your own thing philosophy is leaving America spiritually bankrupt.

Nevertheless, no matter what reasons are given for this exodus from our parishes, we must do more than point fingers and mouth pious. platitudes. As a church family, we must re-evangelize our own people thro!Jgh prayer and programs.

Parish retreats and missions are wonderful ways to begin the process of revitalization; but it is important to avoid the hellfire and damnation approach of the past. Care, kindness and concern are the appropriate vehicles by which to con~ey the Good News.

Many of our unchurched are in their predicament through no fault of their own. In families torn apart by divorce or separation, for instance, often neither parent assumes the responsibility for seeing that a child makes his or her first communion or is confirmed.

Fortunately, many parishes do see this as a pressing issue and have instituted RCIA programs, which should not be seen as optional but as a priority. Many young people do want to return to the church but in some areas they do not find the welcome and nurturing they need.

Too many parishes have no outreach to the unchurched or fallen away, or do not feel they warrant special care. As a result, emphasis is placed on saving the saved, rather than on urging the "saved" to share their gift with others. There are also those who seek comfortable church where no efforts are made to awaken consciences or promote envangelism.

But these matters should be of concern to both pastors and parish councils, ranking far above the social and fundraising efforts so central to the life of many church communities. We can no longer afford to fiddle around as churches empty, nor rely on the vain hope that the ".old church" will retur~.

Evangelization has become a necessity, not an option. It should have a place at both the table of the altar and the kitchen table. Mayall of us recognize this priority. , .

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By Cathy Majtenyi TORONTO (CNS) - The V.S. entertainment industry has lost touch with reality and most people's values and beliefs, according to film critic and author Michael Medved.

Instead of providing the wholesome movies people want, Hollywood breeds a culture of aggression and hostility through its repeated portrayal of violence and illicit 'sex, Medved told a recent "Media Values vs. Family Values" seminar in Toronto.

Although four of 1994's top five movies - including "Forrest Gump" and "The Lion King" were considered family entertainment, Hollywood continues to be "in love'with sex and violence," he said.

"A Newsweek poll shows 82 percent of Americans·think Hollywood is out of touch with their basic values," Medved said. "Why ,is it so difficult to bring' popular culture to its populist roots?"

Medved co-hosts "Sneak Previews" on PBS, writes movie reviews forthe New York Post and is a columnist for Catholic Parent magazine. His book "Hollywood vs. America" brought him repute as a critic of the Hollywood systerri. He also writes about media and society for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications.

He described what he called the "three' big lies" of Hollywood: Movies and TV shows won't harm anyone; the entertainment industry merely reflects reality; and if

people don't like what they see, they can just turn it off or stay away from the theater.

Screen violence and illicit sex are glorified and glamorized and will eventually make those behaviors more acceptable, Med'(ed said.

Prolonged exposure to yiolence harms society because it leads to more hostile behavior in real life, he, added.

"If you influence one out of a thousand to behave in ways that are glorified, then you've seriously begun to unravel society," Medved said. Children are particularly vulnerable to this influence, as their main sources of information about the outside world are the mass media, he added.

Medved asked his audience if they had ever witnessed a murder in the course of their daily activi, ties. No one raised a hand.

"If'we just reflect reality,' why is it that so few of us' have seen murder in reallifeT' he asked.

In contrast, Medved Quoted a Vniversity of Pennsylvania study that found' that seven to eight characters out of about 300-350 portrayed on prime-time TV each night are murdered. "The most violent ghetto in America is primetime TV," he said.

Sexual behavior is also distorted, Medved said, citing a 1992 Planned Parenthood study finding that there were 30,000 descriptions of intercourse a year on prime time; for e\'ery sex scene between husband and wife, there were 13 scenes of illicit sex.

Yet the reality is married pl:ople have sex three times more often than single people, and sexual satisfaction is five times greater within marriage than outside it, aCI:ording to Medved.

"What you see is that married people never have physical love, they divorce and families break down," he added.

Male dominance on TV also distorts reality, he argued. He said 72 percent of all speaking roles in movies and 76 percent of all starring roles on TV are held by men.

Regarding what he considers the third big lie, Medved said it is impossible to tune out popular culture because it is everywhere.

In asking for more show:; of hands, Medved found that no one had ever seen Madonna in ':oncert, a few had bought her music, but virtually everybody had hl:ard of the pop star.

"I ·don't want Madonna up there," Medved said, pointing to his head. "But I can't avoid this woman You can run but you can't hide It's like saying if you don't like the smog, don't breathe."

The underlying message of Hexual and violent images is pessimism and a lack of gratitude for the gift of life, he said.

Americans should reduce th,: 27 hours of TV they watch per week on average and instead use the time saved with family, friends, reading and other pursuits, he added. "TV watching is passLve, seductive and out of the real world," Medved summed up.

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Every four years the Olympic Games captivate us with stories of athletes who have disciplined and trained themselves for years in order to win medals in competition with the best in the world. In today's readings Jeremiah and . Jesus give us inspiring examples of u·nwavering and passionate commitment to God's word, even to the point of divisive unpopularity and death. Only those who trust God in faith will be able to follow their heroic example. We pray in the words of this Sunday's psalm: Lord, come to my aid!

Though I am afflicted and poor, yet the Lord thinks of me. You are my help and my deliverer; 0 my God, hold not back! Ps 40: 18 In his call to be a prophet (Jer.I), Jeremiah learned that he would have to stand like "a fortified city, a pillar of iron, a wall of brass, against the whole land." His beloved Judah would have to die before it could live again. Therefore, Jeremiah was summoned to speak God's word which would first "root!-1p and tear down ... destroy and demolish" and only then "build and plant" a purified nation.

In today's reading we hear an example of how Jeremiah lived out his call even to the point of death, only to be rescued by the courageous action of Ebed-melech, a Cushite courtier in the king's palace. Jerusalem is under seige from the Babylonian armies, and Jeremiah is imprisoned in the quarters of the guard for his preaching. While there, he has counseled the Judean soldiers to cease defending thl~ doomed city and to desert to the Babylonians in order to save their lives (Jer34:23). Understandably, the princes view Jeremiah's words as treason and tell king Zedekiah, "Jeremiah ought to be put to death; he demoralizes the soldil~rs who are left in this city, and all the people by speaking such things to them; he is not interested in the welfare of our people, but in their ruin." Ironically, the prophet is interested in the spiritual welfare of the nation, and his advice to desert will guarantee that some will survive the destruction of the city.

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By DR, PATRICK V. REID But Jeremiah's unpatriotic stance earns him what amounts to a death sentence. Zedekiah allows the princes to throw him in a muddy cistern where he would surely die of starvation. But God's plans for Jeremiah are not finished. He is rescued by Ebed-melech and will go on to survive the destruction of the city.

The Hebrews reading continues the theme of suffering for the sake of God's word by using the metaphor of an athletic contest, like the ancient Olympics, to exhort us to follow Jesus "who inspires and perfects our faith." Last week's reading from Hebrews II presented "a cloud of witnesses" from the Old Testament who lived lives offaith in patient endurance. Now they stand on the sidelines cheering us on as we "lay aside every encumbrance of sin which clings to us and persevere in running the race which lies ahead."

To succeed in this race, we must "keep our eyes fixed on Jesus," who "for the sake of the joy which lay before him... endured the cross, heedl~ss of its shame." The fact that he, like Jeremiah, "endured the opposition of sinners" and still triumphed at "the 'throne of God" should encourage us not to "grow despondent or abandon the struggle."

The passionate intensity of Jesus' words to his disciples in the Gospel selection makes sense only when we realize that he is on his way to Jerusalem where he is destined to "suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised" (Lk 9:22;see also 9:44; 13:31-33). In the context of warning the disciples about their need to be vigilant and faithful servants once he has departed (recall last week's Gospel), Jesus speaks in ariguish about his own approaching fate ~s a "baptism" of fire which he wisltes were already set ablaze. When Jesus was first presented in the Temple as a child, Simeon had prophesied about him to his mother Mary.

Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted ... so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. (Lk 2:33-34) Now Jesus himself tells the disciples that his mission is not one of peace based on complacency, but division which will sort out those who are willing to accept God's will from those who would compromise it.

Do you think I have come to establish peace on the earth? I assure you the contrary is true; r have come for division! (Lk 12:51)

WASHINGTON (CNS) Modern technology can change the way churches do business, according to speakers at a recent Washington conference.

Computers can make bulletins jazzier or parish organization more efficient, but they can also help churches build community and help others.

"We need to cross denominational lines" with today's technology and "break down the dividing walls between us," said the Rev. Phil Lawson from the Northern California Ecumenical Council.

Mr. Lawson, a pastor in Rich. mond, Calif., was a panelist during a conference on "Global Information Infrastructure, The Justice Agenda, The Churches," held at The Catholic University of America.

The two-day event was cosponsored by the Conference of Major Superiors of Men's Institutes, the National Council of Churches, World Association for Christian Communication, U.S. Catholic Mission Association and U.S. Catholic Conference. Organization officials said it was the first such conference they had sponsored.

Lawson said in his-role as pastor he tries to assist people and empower them. He hopes to continue to provide such help in practical ways as the world becomes more high tech.

"How can I help my congregation to be free and empower them with new technology?" he asked.

He said he hopes to mobilize me~bers of his congregation "who

have TVs but not PCs," and give them access to current technological capabilities. .

Another panelist, Ivan Kaufmann, ajournalist who has worked for Religion News Service, said modern technology could be a tool for uniting the church.

But in order to be effective, it needs to be used creatively, he said.

"Take an opportunity approach," he told a roomful of participants from various denominations. "Dream about this; try to imagine what you could do."

Kaufmann stressed the possibility of having more information available to everyone via home computers. For example, he said, speeches from religious events should be made accessible. People across the world would then have information at their fingertips far more comprehensive than what they might get from the evening news or a newspaper.

Panelist Beverly Chain, communications director for the United Church of Christ, also stressed the use of global communication, saying that the church not only had to take advantage of it, but

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TRENTON, N.J. (CNS) - The New Jersey Catholic Conference criticized New Jersey's welfare family cap after the state announced that abortions for women on welfare increased in the first eight months of the law. Also criticizing the law were the National Right to Life Committee and U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, a Republican congressman from New Jersey's 4th District. "Those who were concerned that New Jersey's child exclusion law would lead to an increase in abortions are apparently - and unfortunately - correct," said Regina Purcell, associate director for social concerns of the New Jersey Catholic Conference. She warned that the same thing could happen nationwide, since "the U.S. Congress is in the midst of developing a federal policy on this very issue and is looking to New Jersey as an example."

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n Christmas Eve 1932, two missionary priests baptized the first 12 members of the Church in Wa in northwest Ghana. Today, just a little more than six decades later, Catholics in Wa number 156,000, or 24°(0 of the total population. .. Anselm Bemile was in one of the first baptism classes in the area. Later, he would become a catechist in the Wa Diocese and the father of eight, including a son, Paul, who is today Wa's newest bishop. .. "As I look back, I see the finger of God at work in my life," Bishop Paul Bemile said.

"1 also see God's work being accomplished in me and the whole diocese through the Propagation of the Faith. It is the Propagation of the Faith which is at the very heart of the growth of the Church here, and which helps it continue to grow.

I rely on those who so faithfully support the Propagation of the Faith for the future growth and evangelization of this vibrant local church."

New CCA director WASHINGTON (CNS) - Michael Ferguson, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame who has served in several public policy and nonprofit positions, has been named executive director of the Catholic Campaign for America.

Mary Ellen Bork, a member ofthe campaign's board of directors, had been serving as acting executive director. Ferguson, who earned a master's in public policy at Georgetown University, has served as acting executive director of Americans for School Choice, finance director of the American Alliance for Better Schools Foundation and treasurer of Save Our Schoolchildren, a New Jersey-based organization supporting school choice reform in that state.

should ensure that all people benefit from it.

She said that in countries where churches have missions, they should help them with their own communications, particularly media, so they would not rely on the United States and lose their own cultural identity.

"Unless we take this as our mission," she said, "we are missing what God calls us to do." .

The 65 participants gathered in Washington were primarily from the United States, but on-line participants hailed from Hong Kong, South Africa, South America and Cr,oatia.

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Downsized in America

, When I saw my neighbor working in his yard recently, ,he was swinging a rake with one hand as if slapping the grass. He looked dejected, and I was con,scious how curved his shoulders were. His slumped appearance saddened me.

Other summers, this man always seemed energetic when working outdoors'. I joked that when I was his age 10 years earlier I used to be a' good gardener too. Now we seemed closer in age.

The change that came over my friend began when he got the news last year that his job was being "downsized" by his employer. After 36 years of faithful arid fine ser- vice, he was told he was being phased out.

His company, like many others, was belt-tightening by laying off longtime workers with higher salaries.

The news devastated this man in his 50s. The world of work often is not friendly to the older person who commands a decent salary.

The employer feels it's better to hire younger people - with more recent and updated educations for much leaner pay..

I can empathize with my neighbor and his family, for I, too, have experienced the trauma of having my position "downsized," suddenly finding myself out of ajob because FATHER GEORGES Mathieu, the oldest Native Ameri- the company had to save money.

I read a report recently about can priest, stands with a painting of Blessed Kateri Tekakwi-

tha, "Lily of the Mohawks," who died in 1680 at age 24 after a life of penance, prayer and care of the aged and sick. (eNS/Slattery photo)

A real-life story of .alcoholic priests . By Mitch Finley -Jesuit community. Booze gets the Alcoholism is a disease that better of both of them, both find a knows no boundaries. It strikes at new beginning at a recovery facilall levels of society: men and wo-- ity for members of the clergy and men; rich, poor, middle-class; all both find themselves with minisraces, all ethnic backgrounds; or- tries to people "respectable sodinary people, the powerful and ciety" prefers to avoid.

Father Jim is the central characthe powerless.

Still, for many there is some- ter in "The Anonymous Disciple." thing particularly sad about an By the time he becomes an old alcoholic priest. "A drinking prob- man, Father Jim has also become lem" seems so contrary to a priest's a saint.

Goggins describes Father Jim's special role in the community.

Priests are human, of course, so appearance at an Alcoholics Anonthey are just as likely to be afflicted ymous meeting: , "Were those people who came with alcoholism as anyone else.

If an alcoholic priest is a sad up to him giving or getting? Were sight, a priest who has turned his 'they comforting or being comalcoholism into a channel for forted? One by one they came, priestly ministry can be one of the holding their cups of coffee....

"They exchanged a few words. most inspiring. A priest who is . also a recovering alcoholic is a They laughed. At first, I thought special kind of priest, a priest not that. perhaps they were humoring just for alcoholics but for all of us his senility. But there was joy who struggle to be faithful despite there. And it was coming' from our-weaknesses and afflictions. him.

A. new novel tells the story of . "He was like a gas station attwo such priests exceptionally well. te'ndant giving a full tank to each "The Anonymous Disciple" by person who pulled up at the pump.

Gerard ,E. Goggins (Assumption But he was pumping them up with Communications, Worcester, joy.

Mass.) is based on a true story of "Jesuits were supposed to be two Jesuit priests, who in the early larger than life. They were supI960s confronted their alcoholism posed to be strong, soldierly and and turned it into a powerful wit- proud. But he was frail and humness to their love for God and ble. Indeed, he was tattered. What neighbor. had happened to his pride? What Goggins is editor of the Worces- had happened to his tailor?" ter diocesan newspaper, The Cath"The Anonymous Disciple~ is olic Free Press. ,He lived with the the kind of novel you read to restory of these two priests for many store both your faith in human. years. He interviewed one of them, nature and your faith in God. You . and he talked with people who had finish reading it, then you think: If known both of them. faith can do what it did for Father Goggins calls the two priests Jim, maybe there is hope for me as Father Jim and Father Fred, and well. "The Anonymous Disciple" in his novel they start out as pro- is the kind of novel you want to fessors at a Jesuit university and hug,.it is so full of goodness, truth respected members of the campus 'and love.

"the morale cnsls in the workplace," by Stephen Advocate, a social worker at St. Raphael's Mental Health Resource Center in Connecticut. Tremendous tension is building up in the workplace," Advocate wrote. "It certainly is the place where reality and ideology clash."

He said that "every year it becomes more apparent that old, implicit contracts between boss and employees have turned to dust."

That's what my neighbor learned.

Another friend learned it too, though her job wasn't downsized.

Instead, another ploy was used: making her so miserable she had 'to leave for the sake of her health and he~ marriage.

Barbara Lifton. a New Haven, Conn., lawYl;r who handles employment discrimination cases, says that such harassment is a "tool" iJsed by some bosses. "Employers pick something vague like inability to get along with others or communication problems." she said. "They get the person rattled and upset so he or she can't do the job"; then the person gets fired.

"They lay a paper trail so the person feels he or she has no recourse."

Catholics have to feel the injustice of downsizing and other forms of victimizing workers that are leading to unemployment and/ or chronic job insecurity.

By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

Robert Saverine, writing in the Catholic Transcript, news'paper of the archdiocese of Hartford, Conn., said: "The continuing use 0:: worker terminations to improve t~e profitability of corporations flies in the face of Catholic social tea,;hing.

"Profit cannot be the fimt priority of a business entity; the right of workers to their jobs and to a liv- , ing wage must come first.·" Saverine, reminding us of the papal encyclicals that c:efend workers, emphasized this point: "Corporations that treat workers as a 'cost' rather than as .fathers and mothers who ,have families to provide for completely rev,:rse the order of Catholic social teaching."

Should anyone doubt that corporations are placing profit!: before employees, just check th,: daily business news or the annual reports of companies.

Let's remember that, as the U.S. Catholic bishops emphasized in their pastoral letter "Economic Justice for All," it is a very :lerious matter to deprive a worker of his or her job.

An Ugly-Talking lO-Year-Old Dear Dr. Kenny: We are worried about violent talk from our to-year-old son. More and more he says things like "I'm going to kiII you." Mostly this happens when he is mad, but he wiII even say it frivolously.

I don't know where he gets talk like that, but we certainly don't like it. We've told him not to say such things, but he seems to go right on. What can we do? Louisiana I don't like that kind of talk either. As you imply. I'm sure that he does not mean it literally. Nevertheless, such language is offensive and may contribute to a more violent atmosphere. . You have told' him not to say , such things, but he continues to do so. Your goal' is correct, buf you need to change your'strategy. Here is a different approach.

Treat the ':nasty" talk as vulgar and offensive, the same way you might react to picking his nose or scratching his behind in public.

Respond briefly. in Ii slightly disgusted way. with "Nice people don't talk like that." Then ignore it.

At the same time. you 'might reward him when he avoids such ' language. Give him a "happy' mouth" point for each half-day that he doesn't use the word "kill."

This is your way of saying thank you for his improvement in showing good manners.

Your son may "cash in" his happy-mouth points for· simple inexpensive rewards. Possibilities include shinny new pennies, bubble gum or "surprise" slips.

He may select one "surprise" slip, good for a small gift or a privilege, for each of the five happymouth points.

Violent talk may be superficial and vulgar. However. the possibility remains that it may reflect some inner anger and a need to hurt others. Give your son a

chance to learn compassion and impulse control.

Control of our impulses is one major measure of being grownup.

Learning to wait or to delay grati~ fication is an importantlife task.

The best way to teach this is by example.

You and your spouse can model patience. Let your son see you waiting for mealtime to eat, buying with cash rather than impulsively on credit, holding your temper.

. Aug. 20 1982, Rev. Bernard H. Unsworth, Retired Pastor" St. Mary" New Bedford ,. 1983. Rev. Thomas Cantwell.

SSJ., Retired, St. Joseph's Seminary:' Washington Aug. 22 1962, Rt. Re,v. Msgr.Manuel J. Teixeira, J>astor, St. Anthony, Taunton 1972, Rev. William R. Jordan.

Pastor, St. Louis;Fall River 1980. R~v. Msgr. Joseph C. Canty, Retired Pastor, St. Paul, Taunton Aug. 23 1895. Rev. Thomas Clinton.

Pastor; St. Peter, Sandwich 1992, Msgr. Anthony M. Gomes, P A, Retired Pastor, Our Lady of Angels, Fall River Aug. 24 1844, Rev. Peter J.B. Bedard, Founder. Notre Dame. Fall River 1962, Very Rev. James F. Gilchrist, CPM VG .• Vicar General of the Congregation of Fathers of Mercy 1987, Msgr. James E. Gleason, Retir,ed Pastor, St. Patrick, Falmouth Aug. 25 1974. Rev. Joseph F. Hanna.

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By Dr.JAMES&' MARY KENNY Compassion can also be taught by example. Let your son observe you touching with affection, hugging and kissing, caring for others.

Don't be afraid to express feelings like sadness and joy.

Other ways to teach compassion include teaching him to care for a puppy or kitty, and reading and telling stories about love. "The Giving Tree" (Harper Coliiris) by Shel Silverstein is one beautiful .example. Other traditional sl:Ories of compassion include '''Pinocchio,·..·The Velveteen Rabbit" and "ET." :, Finally; when he expresses feelings aboiJt something. point out to him that other people often, feel the same' way. The best WelY to understand and be empathetic with the feelings of others is to understand our own.

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prayer~B For God's Glory Lord God, we praise you for creating man, and sltill more for restoring him in Christ. Your Son shared our weakness: may we shlilre his glory, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Renewing wedding vows

Church against death penalty, says Jesuit

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DIETZEN

By Father John Diet.zen ancient meaning. Unfortunate as Q. Our friends just celebrated 40 this may be, it is possibly too late years of marriage. Our pastor gave to change now, although the Amerithem a blessing, but said that can bishops, in their recent meetrenewal of marriage vows was no ing, talked about sul;>stituting anothlonger permitted. . er word.

He was kind about it and said he "Hell," in this context, transwould give them the reference. Is lates a Latin (also Greek and this true? We are celebrating our Hebrew) word which means the 40th in a short time, but feel we "lower regions," a generic name shouldn't bother even to mention for the place where people would it. go after death, without regard to a Given today's standards, we condition of rewa 1'<1 or punishment. would think the church would be Obviously, it does not signify delighted to fulfill the wishes of the hell of the damned, which the such couples, married so many years. term usually means in today's If this is a new regulation, it is . English. certainly confusing. (Ohio) A free brochure answering quesA. I am aware of no church tions Catholics ask about marriage statement that would forbid or annulments is available by sending discourage renewal or wedding a stamped self-addressed envelope vows at appropriate times. to Father John Dietzen, Holy The official Catholic "Book of Trinity Church, 704 N. Main St., Blessings" has a spl~cial section of Bloomington, III. 6170 I. Questions blessings for married couples. for this column should be sent to Several times, after the homily at him at the same address. an anniversary Mass, for example, the celebrant is instructed to invite the couple "to pray in silence and to renew before God their sacred LOS ANGELES(CNS)- Thommatrimonial commitment to each as N. Lorsung, director and editor other." in chief of Catholic News Service The exact structure and mean- since 1989. received the Catholic ing of that sentence is obviously Press Association's highest honor, ambiguous; but there seems to be the St. Francis de Sales Award, at no reason to conclude that renew- the CPA's recent annual convenal of the vows aloud is wrong. tion in Los Angeles. Lorsung was The same ritual, in fact, explic- nominated for the award for demitly provides for renewing the onstrating in a 30-year career in exchange of rings, with an appro- the Catholic press "a commitment priate prayer (N o. 125). If this is to excellence, a belief in the power so, even more reasons would sug- of the written word. and an ability gest the couple could publicly renew to take leadership roles in guiding the press to future growth and the vows themselves.

In my view, the increasing prac- development." Bishop James A. tice of renewing marriage vows on Malone of Youngstown, Ohio, was major anniversaries is One of the named the winner of the CPA's Bishop John England Award for encouraging signs for our times.

As do hundreds of other par- outstanding performance as a ishes, we have an annual commu- publisher. The a~ard was estabnal celebration of marriage anni- lished last year to honor publishversaries near St. Valentine Day, ers in the Catholic press for defendand individual celebrations on ing First Amendment rights such as freedom of the press or freedom other Sundays of the year路. of religion.

I know from their comments that listening and watching these couples recommit themselves to each other as husbands and wives LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Reis a powerful expl~rience for their children and eventually their grand- cent U.N. conferences on population and development show the children.

Much of what they have seen urgent need to replace isolationtheir parents do through the years ism and individualism with a sense comes into focus as they hear the of international solidarity, said a top Vatican justice and peace offipromises that made it all happen. cial.

Msgr. Diarmuid Martin, secThe whole parish community profits too. People are confronted retary of the Pontifical Council for so consistently today with the pre- Justice and Peace, said in a Los valence and acceptance of divorce Angeles address that individualisthat it is a genuine gift to be tic notions regarding sexuality and isolationist tendencies regarding reminded that loving fidelity 路and migrants are two examples where perseverance are not unthinkable church teachings on international and have their own wonderful solidarity need to be emphasized. rewards.

"Solidarity is essential to the huI cannot imagine any reason the man condition, and any sociopochurch, or any pastor, for that litical system wh,ich does not renmatter, would not want to utilize der solidarity concretely is ultithose advantages in every way mately doomed to a similar downpossible. fall," he said, referring to the Q. Please expla.in what is meant downfall of communism in Eastby "He descended into hell" in the ern Europe as a result of movements fueled by a sense of soliApostles' Creed? {Wisconsin) A. Our English word "hell" darity. comes from an old Teutonic word, "hela." In earlier English it desigWhat, Where nated any kind of pit or dark hole "Do what you can, with what or dungeon.

The use of the word in the Apos- you have, where you are."-Theties' Creed goes back to this odore Roosevelt

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Solidarity urged

ST. LOUIS (CNS) - In arguing against capital punishment, Catholics can just quote the pope and all the U.S. hierarchy, Jesuit Father Robert Drinan told criminal justice advocates meeting in St. Louis. .

"On this issue, there is no division in the Catholic community at the official level," Father Drinan said. citing Pope John Paul II's encyclical. "The Gospel of Life," and statements by U.S. cardinals and bishops.

He said that the encyclical makes "the strongest condemnation of the death penalty in the history of the church."

Father Drinan, professor of law at Georgetown University in Washington and former Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, spoke at thl: 15th annual National Convocation of Jail and Prison Ministry.

The recent meeting, held at Jesuit-run St. Louis University, was coordinated by the Lutheran Jail Ministry Outreach in St. Louis; a women's support program for ex-offenders called Let's Start; and the criminal justice ministry of the St. Vincent de Paul Society.

For the 3,000 people now on death row, Father Drinan expressed the hope "that the legal process continues to be slow." Despite the growing number of prisoners on death row, Father Drinan said there is a "'de facto moratorium" on executions.

At the h:gal, moral and public policy level, "we all have feelings that this is wrong," he said. He noted that Arizona has 103 people now on death row but has had only two executions in the past 15 years.

Father Drinan said pressure should be put on legislators who

Patents opposed WASHINGTON (CNS) Nearly 90 Catholic bishops and other Catholic officials have joined leaders of dozens of other faiths in condemning the U.S. Patent Office's decision to grant patents for human and animal genes. "We believe that humans and animals are creations of God, not humans, and as such should not be patented as human inventions," said the brief statement signed by some 180 U.S. religious leaders. At a Washington press conference, representatives of United Methodist, Southern Baptist, Jewish and Muslim organizations joined Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation of Economic Trends, in calling for a moratorium on the issuing of new patents on genetically engineered animals and human genes, cells, organs, tissues and embryos.

"Study freedom" VATICAN CITY (CNS) Catholic philosophers should contribute to the growing academic debate about ethics with a critical study of the concept of individual freedom and its relationship to morality, Pope John Paul II said.

In many schools of philosophy, the pope said, individual freedom has been given such a high value that it ha.s been used to justify "contempt for the weak as happens with abortion and euthanasia."

Pope John Paul spoke to a VatiCan conference studying the philosophical aspects of his 1993 encyclical, "Veritatis Splendor" ("The Splendor of Truth").

support the death penalty but who are identified as pro-life because of their opposition to abortion.

"We should hassle them a little, too, when the Catholics who are so self-righteous about being pro-life ... are nonetheless wanting to fry those that commit murder," he said.

He also addressed the issues of guns and drugs, reporting that with 72 percent of Americans said to favor gun control, "we are on the verge of victory on this issue."

Even conceding a constitutional right to possess a gun would not create an absolute right, he said. It could still be curbed, modified and regulated.

Despite spending $13 billion on the so-called war on drugs each year, "nothing good is happening," Father Drinan said. "We send people off to jail and the drugs keep coming in."

He suggested massive education and treatment as "the most rational alternative" and said it has worked on other campaigns.

"We now have the smokers on the run," he said. "That has taken 10 or 20 years, and now they're pariahs. We don't want them in our restaurants. We don't make it illegal, and we don't ban them exactly, but this is massive education."

Support needed VATICAN CITY (CNS)- The Catholic Church must reach out to Gypsies, offering them material support, defending their rights and bringing them to a deeper involvement in church life, Pope John Paul II said. In the church, "no ethnic or linguistic group should feel foreign; all must be welcomed and fully appreciated," the pope told participants in an international meeting on the pastoral care of Gypsies. "The evangelization of the Gypsy people must not lose sight of their history, frequently marked by tragic suffering and serious hostility," he pointed out.

He urged the criminal justice advocates not to get discouraged "and don't say America will never change."

Prison ministry is the most Christlike of all ministries, he said.

"You work for the rejected, the abandoned, the lost, the lowest and the least in society. We have to convince these prisoners somehow that they must sanctify themselves in this awful predicament."

In a statement, the convocation said its members work to move from a retributive to a restorative criminal justice system "which addresses the needs and hurts of victims and offenders."

However, the statement said, there is now a movement toward implementing "punitive, humiliating and dehumanizing practices."

As examples, it listed chain gangs, elimination of books and educational programs, overcrowding and removal of exercise equipment.

"We believe such policies produce and encourage rage, violence, unhealthy attitudes, destructive behavior and antisocial behavior," it said.

Most inmates return to the community with little or no positive support, minimal probational parole and few resources for survival, the statement said.

"Human dignity must not be damaged or destroyed to assuage a political need," the convocation participants said. "We need justice, not vengeance."

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Archbishop blanies vocation :woes' on dissenting Catholics OMAHA, Neb. (CNS) - Any ceses," he said. Some of those ele- ' crisis in vocations to the priest- ments include: -.: "A strong orthodox base hood is the fault of "people who want to change the church's agen- which promotes loyalty to the pope da," according to Archbishop EI- and bishops." den F. Curtiss of Omaha.

- "A vocation director and Such people, he said, "do not team which strongly support a support orthodox candidates loyal male, celibate priesthood and religto the magisterial teaching of the ious communities loyal to magispope and bishops" and "actually terial teaching." , discourage viable candidates from - "A presbyterate that takes seeking priesthood and vowed repersonal ownership of vocation ligious life as the church defines ministry in the archdiocese." these ministries."

- "Two large Serra clubs in They are aided by vocation diOmaha that constantly program rectors and teams and admission outreach efforts to touch potential boards with a "death wish" for candidates." vowed celibate ministry, Arch- "Eucharistic devotion in par- ' bishop Curtiss said. "They underishes with an emphasis on prayer mine the vocation ministry they for vocations." are supposed to champion."

- "Vocation committees in most "I personally think the vocation of our parishes which focus on 'crisis' in this country is more artificial and contrived than many personally inviting and nourishing vocations." people realize," he said.

Archbishop, Curtiss said, withArchbishop Curtiss' comments out disclosing any names or dioappeared in his weekly column in ceses, that he was "personally the Catholic Voice, Omaha's archaware" of certain vocation evaluadiocesan newspaper. tors "who discourage candidates The archbishop said there is a who do not support the possibility link between an increase in voca- of ordaining women or who defend tions in some dioceses and t.he the church's teaching about artififidelity to the magisterium - t.he cial birth control, or who exhibit a church's teaching authority. strong piety toward certain devoHe reported that in his state, t.he tions, such as the rosary."

He added, "When there is a rural diocese of Lincoln, which numbers 84,000 Catholics, has 45 determined effort to discourage seminarians. In Omaha, Arch- orthodox candidates from priestbishop Curtiss said there would be hood and religi,ous life, then the "at least" 36 seminarians come , vocation shortage which results is autumn, 28 of them in theology caused not by a lack of vocations but by deliberate attitudes and and pre-theology studies.

"Our vocation strategy is drawn policies which discourage certain from successful ones in other dio- viable candidates..

"And the same people who precipitate a decline in vocations by their negative actions call for the ordination of married men and women to replace the vocations they have discouraged. They have a death wish for ordained priesthood and vowed religious life as the church defines them."

In the Omaha archdiocese, young people "want to be part of the -unity of the church and not caught up in dissent and disunity. They are willing to listen to the call to priesthood and religious life and lay ministry in the church, and they wllnt to be supported by people in their response to that call," Archbishop Curtiss said.

Dioceses and religious communities that will see an increase in numbers are the ones "which promote orthod()xy and loyalty to the church" and "mobilize priests and people to call young men to ordained priesthood despite the opposition of those who rail against a male, celibate priesthood," he said.

It is those dioceses that will "disprove the forecasts of des;line in vocations everywhere in the church because of their successes locally," he added.

"We have to learn from the dioceses and communities who are experiencing an increase in vocations," Archbishop Curtiss said.

"If we are not willing to recognize and accept the reasons for their success and incorporate them in our own local efforts, then we allow ourselves to become supporters of the self-fulfilled prophecy about the shortage of vocations." ,

Synod on Lebanon to begin Nov. 26 CASTEL GANDOFO, Italy (CNS) - More than four years after Pope John Paul II called for a special Synod of Bishops for Lebanon, he announced that working sessions would begin Nov. 26 at the Vatican.

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The pope first announced plans for the synod in 1991, saying it would be a time to "rediscover the roots of faith and search for a more authentic way to witness the faith in a society so deeply convulsed by 16 years of war."

After reciting the Angelua Aug. IS at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, the pope announced the opening date for the synod. He did not say how I()ng it would run.

Last spring synod planners said they expected Pope John Paul to schedule a visit to the country after the working sessions at the Vatican had ended.

A planned 1994 papal visit to Lebanon was canceled at the last minute because of security concerns.

The synod "will be a privileged occasion to reflect tl?gether on the hopes and expectations of the

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Christian community in Lebanon on the threshold of the third millennium," the pope said when announcing the opening date.

"It will be a time of listening to the Holy Spirit and a significant , moment of dialogue and communiOIt, of reflection and growth in the faith to respond fully to the synod's theme - 'Christ is Our Hope: Renewed by his Spirit, United, We Witness to His Love.'''

The outline or "Iineamenta" for the synod's work was published in March 1993 and emphasized the need after many years of war, for Lebanese Christians and Muslims to restore their country as a model of interreligious cooperation in the Middle East.

It also called on the Catholic Church to make an "examination of conscience" concerning its own role in Lebanon's past and current divisions.

Preparations for the synod have included high-level, contacts between Catholics and other Christians, as well as between Catholics and Muslims.

DR. SCOTT -McRobert holds one of the residents of his biodiversity laboratory. (eNS/ Halvey photo)

Biodiversity lab houses species for long-term study PHILADELPHIA (CNS) - A In about two oays, and taylng North American alligator snapping hundreds of eggs at a time. turtle - 100 pounds 'fully grown Through studying fruit flies, bioland with a bite as dangerous as its ogists learn information about the name suggests - may not be the reproductive cycle that can be a,ppkil,ld of pet to give a child for a lied to many other species, even those as unlike flies as the tunles, birthday present.

But Dr. Scott McRobert keeps Dr. McRobert told the Catholic one in his biodiversity laboratory Standard and Times, newspa,per at St. Joseph's University in Phil- of the Philadelphia archdiocese. adelphia, along with a Mongolian The lab at the Jesuit-run univerbig-headed turtle, a snapping breed sity also is home to a variety of only about six inches long but with fish, including cichlids from Cenjaws that can lop off part of a tral and South America. finger.

"They are very aggressive; they Six years ago, Dr. McRobert eat other fish," Dr. McRobert said. started a collection that now has But because slash-and-burn dt:fomore than 100 species, s()me endan- restation is common in their natugered and most of them reptiles, ral habitat, cichlids are threatened, that he uses for long-term study. he said.

Ten or IS of the species would Then there are the frogs. His lab be considered endangered, or at has species from around the globe. least threatened, he said.

"The frog population is declin"We study them to find out why ing all over the world and no one some animals have not been affect- really knows why," said Dr. McRobed by the changes in their envir- ert. His guess? "The biggest probonment while others have," said lem in general is habitat loss, and McRobert, who holds a doctorate frogs are'probably strongly affected in genetics from Temple Univer- by pollution." sity. "What makes them different?"

Whether endangered or not, the And just because something is creatures in the biodiversity lab not endangered today, it may be in have one thing in common the' future. they're the world's humbler spe"It is best to have the informa- cies; neither beautiful nor awetion on them," he said. inspiring by human standards.

"Turtles, especially the fresh- They're not the sort of animals to water species, don't get a lot of inspire a T-shirt or galvanize pubattention," he explained "They are lic support for their preservation. difficult to keep, difficult to study Some are downright dangerous and very messy. It's hard to keep and repulsive. the wate'r clean. A lot of the work But "it's dangerous to ma,ke we do involves reprod uctive behav- value judgments with animals," , ior. It's difficult to set up condi- Dr. McRobert said. "All species tions under which they will breed." are a critical component of their One major problem is the lon- environment. When you remove gevity of turtles, he said. It might one, the 'system becomes imbaltake 10 to IS years for some spe- anced. Its removal can calise cies to reach maturity, so mean- changes to the environment that ingful data can be obtained only , you can't predict. W,e are not in a through very long-term study. position to assess their value."

At the other end of the longevity scale, on the other side of the Never Good News laboratory, Dr. McRobert studies ~'Nothing in fine print is ever fruit flies. The flies have a very short life span, reaching maturity good news." - Andy R<?oney'

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Bulls' ticket helps fund vital surgery WARRENVILLE, Ill. (eNS)When Michael Jordan returned to the Chicago Bulls, it wasn't just his many commercial endorsements that reaped financial rewa.rds.

Bradley Price, age 8, a third grader at St. Irene school in Warrenville, was the beneficiary of a drawing in which two tickets to Jordan's first home game since his return were raffled off.

Bradley has adre.noleukodystrophy, or ADL, a degenerative, neurological, life-threatening disease dramatized in the 1992 movie "Lorenzo's Oil." The raffle raised $12,851 to help pay for a bone marrow transplant, which can arrest the disease's progress.

After hearing of Brad's plight, St. Irene parishioners Jim and Patricia McGuire decided to offer their tickets as raffle prizes.

In less than a week, hundreds of phone calls were made on a roundrobin system, with two tickets sold as far away as Florida.

A recent collection at St. Irene netted $5,000. Brad's father, Randy, and his coworkers at a lo(:al ambulance company sponsored a dinnerdance, and a local fire department held a fund raising bowling tournament.

But even with an estimated $18,000 collected so far, there's still a long way to go before Brad's family collects the $500,000 needed for the operation.

"I know more about this disease than I ever wanted to," Brad's mother, Cheryl, told the New Catholic Explorer, newspaper of the diocese of Joliet. "The number of bone-marrow donors has narrowed to seven. The next test is a DNA." Since then, the numbe:r of bonemarrow matches has dropped to one.

Surgery may take place this summer. The hospital stay, Mrs. Price said, could be as short as five months or as long as 1,000 days.

She is music director at St. Irene school, where teachen. collected $1,000 among themselves to help pay for the surgery. The family works at the parish food pantry during the holidays c:ach year; Brad, who is adopte:d and of Korean descent, has served as a "gofer."

His symptoms were manifested last December, when his vision started to fail and his handwriting became cramped. A dietary supplement - which has come to be called Lorenzo's oil bl~cause of a discovery chronicled in the popular movie - is mixed into his food in the hope of deterring the disease's progress.

Some parishioners are discussing the possibility of being Brad's feet, hands and eyes for an hour or two to help him while he is in the classroom.

"Do you really have to pray for me at Mass each Sunday?" Brad asked Father Thomals Corbino, the pastor. "I feel funny about it."

"We pray for you because we love you," the priest replied.

Donations in Brad"s name may be sent to the First Chicago Bank, 29W555 Batavia Rd., Warrenville, IL 60555.

Diocese of Fall River -

topher Chapman, a radiologist specializing in nuclear medicine at the Hospital of the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, was visiting Mostar with a group making a pilgrimage to the Marian town of Medjugorje.

Seeing the way the nuns were operating in Mostar, Chapman organized a campaign to get them medicine and other supplies. He also arranged for Sister Beslic to study in the United States, although she could not practice dentistry here because of differences in licensing.

She spent nearly two years with Dr. Thomas J. Balshi, founder of Prosthodontics Intermedica in Fort Washington and a pioneer in permanent tooth replacement. She even had several of her own upper teeth replaced by Balshi.

"It may take years, because of my country's economy and lack of equipment and materials, but one day it will be possible for me to implant permanent teeth in my patients," Sister Beslic said.

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Women equal, says pope VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II said Catholic teaching strongly supports women's equality and apologized if the church has not always lived up to that ideal. He said modern recognition of women's equal rights was a great triumph of civilization and was due in part to the efforts of ,organized women's movements.

The pope commented as his top aides were preparing for the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September. Vatican officials have said the church wants to take a predominantly positive message to Beijing. In line with the teaching of Christ, the pope said, the church is a "convinced bearer" of the message that women and men have equal rights.

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Nun-dentist taking skills to Bosnia-Herzegovina FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. (CNS) - Poor hygiene, poor nutrition and war have led the people of the former Yugoslavia into an unexpected problem - massive tooth loss.

After two years of advanced dental training in the United States, Sister Josepha Beslic is anxious to return to her hometown of Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina to begin correcting the situation.

"My first goal is to bring dental hygiene to my country," said Sister Beslic, an ethnic Croatian and a member of the School Sisters of St. Francis. "It has never been emphasized there. even in good times.

"I also want to try to correct specific dental damages from years of deprivation because of war," she added. She made the comments in an interview in Fort Washington, where she has been studying permanent tooth replacement with a dentist who is a pioneer in the procedure.

"Dental hygiene goes beyond teaching people to bwsh and floss and make regular visits to the dentist for cleaning,'~ Sister Beslic said. "Malnutrition is a major and increasing problem in my country.

Food shortages and improper diet are made worse by people being unable to eat because of dental problems. This has to be corrected."

Sister Beslic was completing her residency in dentistry in Sarajevo in 1991, the year that "Yugoslavia disappeared," she says in her newly learned English. She was not sorry to see the communist government go.

Her devotion to religion had kept her from holding some dental-

related jobs except in a strictly enforced church context.

And her practice of dentistry was hindered by the lack of equipment and technique that she knew was being used in the West. "The start of democracy brought hope," Sister Beslic said.

Then bombs started dropping over Sarajevo, and hope was replaced by danger.

"The idea that Serbs and Bosnians and Croats could live and work side by side for almost 45 years - and then battle each other on nationalistic grounds was a surprise to people in the West," SIster Beslic said.

"It is not surprising to people from my area. of the world who were put together, involuntarily, as a political entity following World War II," she added.

"When Yugoslavia formed, six different nations made a government," Sister Beslic said. "They cooperated. But they hated each other for deep-seated, long-standing reasons."

After a week of being subjected to constant bombing in Sarajevo, Sister Beslic left, escaping through a dangerous and treacherous route, over the mountains to Mostar.

When the Franciscan motherhouse in Mostar was bombed, she and80 other nuns had to take refuge in a small shelter with sporadic electric power.

But through it all, she found time to practice dentistry. "Eventually I set up a small office in our convent," she said. "We worked mostly at night. I worked nonstop during the hours we had lights to see by."

At the same time Dr. Chris-

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By Mitch Finley

Health care help as near as their parish .

SAN JOSE, Calif. (CNS)When Emma Contreras and sister- ' in-law Lupe Acosta had to nurse critically ill relatives, the help they found was as near as their parish.

Mrs. Contreras was oaring for her husband, Hugo, as he struggled with terminal cancer. Hugo's sister, Mrs. Acosta, was nursing their mother after a stroke.

"When my husband was very sick, I was able to talk with him and encourage him and help with the medications because of all I learned from Sister Mary Peter," Mrs. Contreras told the Valley Catholic, newspaper of the San Jose diocese.

Mercy Sister Mary Peter McCusker, a registered nurse, has been, on the staff of Most Holy Trinity parish for four years, heading its outreach program. In her work as nurse there, she has referred parishioners to doctors or hospitals, given advice about health needs, and preventive care, and conducted basic tests like blood pressure monitoring.

Most Holy Trinity is the first location of a Parish Nurse Program begun last year by Alexian Brothers Hospital. Two other San Jose parishes soon will have nurses and a search is under way for more qualified bilingual and bicultural nurses.

When Hugo Contreras was suffering from cancer, the parish provided pastoral visits and home care support until he could be placed in a hospice for the dying.

"It was also important to be able to talk with my children, tell them what was happening and prepare them," Mrs. Contreras said through a translator. "Having someone who could translate for me was very important. It was all very complicated sometimes and I didn't always understand what the doctors would say."

Bill Adams found the parish program bridged the gap between no care and hospitalization when his wife was dying of cancer. , "Current home care does not provide assistance if the patient is stable," he said. "If you're not sick enough, you can't qualify for care.

That's why the parish nurse and volunteers fit in so well."

Sister McCusker said a parish survey found people in their late 20s to early 50s are most likely to need the nursing program.

"Many are only minimally employed injobs where health insurance is not available or they are day workers going from job to job," she said. "This is a working class parish and illness, especially a catastrophic illness, can stress a family in every way."

An important aspect of the program is the formation of a parish health advisory board to help the nurse and involve parishioners in the educational aspects.

Volunteers are trained to check blood pressure or to'help with projects such as a flu shot clinic conducted by Alexian Hospital.

Mrs. Contreras and Mrs. Acosta now have become volunteers in the education efforts. Local women host small group "parties" in their homes to teach about things like breast cancer exams. Videos and printed materials are available in English and Spanish.

Most Holy Trinity's pastor, Jesuit Father Jeff LaBelle, sees the nursing program as a form of pre-evangelization.

"It's hard to focus on religion if you don't have food, clothing or adequate shelter and if you don't feel well," he said.

Although Sister McCusker is a registered nurse, nurses do not provide treatment or care that is available in the health care system.

"The parish nurse acts in a local faith community as a minister of health -as educator, health counselor, coordinator and facilitator of volunteers, community liaison, referral source and pastoral connection," said Maggie Olson, coordinator of the program for Alexian Brothers hosl?ital.

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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever did."Margaret Mead

MERCY SISTER Mary Peter McCusker checks Bill Adams~ blood pressure as EmmaContrerar, left, and Lupe

Acosta look on. All three have benefited from Sister McCusker's ministrations,. (CNS / Valley 路Catholic photo)

To the manufacturers of cigarettes in the United States of America: I write to you as fellow citizens and fellow parents. Many of you are, I suppose, fellow believers in a benevolent God. I have a story to tell you. It's a true story about one of my children, a 15-year-old son.

A few months ago, my wife and I discovered that our son had been smoking cigarettes - on an experimental basis, to be sure, but smoking all the same. After discussions with us and reflection on his part, our son decided to stop smoking. Now and then he still feels the urge to smoke, but he is good at distracting himself.

He chews a lot of gum. Luckily, he was not yet heavily addicted when he decided to quit. I tossed his winter coat into the washing machine to clean out the stink of cigarette smoke. I only wish the scourge of cigarettes could be cleansed from our society as easily.

As a parent, I am angry at you cigarette manufacturers and all those who support easy access to cigarettes, even for children and teen-agers. I am angry at those who would profit if any of my children became nicotine addicts.

Making s'mores s'messy job The U.S. bishops have'me thinking about putting together a little inspiratio~al volume titled "The Illustrated, Annotated and Exhaustive Guide to the Making and Munching of S'Mores."

As you know, s'mores are a campfire dessert - a piece of chocolate and melted marshmallow sandwiched between squares of graham cracker - consumed with milk and lots of smoke. Additives and enhancements are common: sand, ash, pine needles.

But I get ahead of myself.

You see, preparation and consumption of s'mores can be considered a parallel to the Native American custom of, passing a peace pipe.

And路 a wag reporter recently suggested the bishops consider sitting around a campfire and sharing s'mores next fall instead of meeting at a luxurious hotel complex to argue issues such as capitalizing the "E" in Eucharist and whether or not land mines are evil.

It's not a bad notion.

Parishioners could join them, and they could talk about all kinds of things that pew dwellers wonder about, care about, talk about and knock about.

Know what I mean?

As anyone can see, however, success of such a venture would be dependent on a guide to s'mores.

Chapter I: The spelling and pronunciation of"s'mores," including scholarly explanations of why they are not "some-mores" or "schmores" or "shmoos."

Chapter II: Ingredients. This passage would acknowledge all known licit s'more possibilities (miniature marshmallows, shaved chocolate, sliced Snickers, burned chocolate-chip cookies, etc.)

I am angry because money in your already smoke, and the main reacoffers is more important to you son for cigarette ads is to win' than the well-being of my children. young people as new addicts.

I know laws exist which proBecause they do so much damhibit the sale of tobacco products age to human health and cost bilto people under 18, but they are lions of health care d,:>lIars each ineffectual, and you cigarette peo- year, cigarettes are a gargantuan ple know it. social evil.

When I see billboards advertisAdolescence is a time when the ing cigarettes I am angry. young person can become aware "The people who ,paid for that of the hunger for God t:lat is basic billboard don't give a damn about to human existence. When young my kids," I think. people begin'to feel the emptiness .When I see billboards featuring in themselves that only love of a cartoon character, Joe Camel, I God or other people can fill, they am so angry I can hardly see maybe misled into thinking that straight. Such advertising strikes this emptiness is unnatural, someyoung minds as witty and enter- thing to escape. taining. The image of Joe Camel Using nicotine can seem to make far outweighs all the small-type the emptiness go away. Once the warnings from the surgeon general. addiction is established, it will Adolescent peer pressure to take tremendous anguish and effort smoke originates in great part from for a young person to "kick the advertising campaigns like that of habit."

Joe Camel. Cigarette advertising You cigarette manufacturers helps make smoking seem harm- have no right to do what you less and attractive to teen-agj:rs almost did to my son and what you and children. Yet the scientific do succeed in doing to countless evidence is overwhelming that boys and girls every year. nicotine is a highly addictive drug.

The rationale you offer for your Smoking cigarettes is one of the activities is empty, self-serving and worst activities anyone who cares false-hearted. Your bl:lsiness is about his or her physical health immoral. can engage in.

Shame on you for caring more There are no valid reasons to ,about putting money in your allow the sale of .cigarettes except pockets than about the health of to feed the addictions of those who our nation's children.

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However, its focus would be on transmitting accurately the fundamental preference for the traditional ingredients: Hershey bar (no nuts), graham cracker and fullsized marshmallow.

Chapter III: The campfire. There are many opinions on the best biaze to cook the marshmallow whose function, in turn, is to melt the chocolate and act as an adhesive for the cracker "sandwich."

The latter is also known variously as "sticky, yummy wad," "molten mess from hell" and "glutinous, gummy glob."

(Side note: The very fact persons have lips stuck to their forearms, eyebrows caught in marshmallow "strings" and mouths too sludged up to pontificate much would cut down on unnecessary debate and add a touch of fun to , the gathering.)

Generally, anything from glowing coals to a conflagration that doesn't upset local fire authorities will work.

Chapter IV: Preparation. Again, the marshmallow is key. Unnecessary tension exists between the "flaming" and "melting" schools.

Both bind the eventual wad just fine.

Problems could arise, though, if

some bishops tried to nquish in two - or more - marshmallows or add an extra slab of Hershey bar, especially if the latter is soft already.

Yet again, the thought of a cardinal with marshmallow and Hershey running down his chin has merit.

Other chapters would cover cleanup, first aid, indigestion, protocol, limits on consumption, and more.

S'more I think about it, the better it sounds.

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Angel beliefs polled ROME (CNS) - A vast majority of Italians believe in guardian angels and half talk 'to th,em, according to an opinion poll. 60 percent of all respondents and 78 percent of those who identified themselves as Catholic expressed belief in guardian angels. Ange:Js were described by 65 percent as having blond hair and blue eyes. The survey was taken by Cirm, ali independent polling agency, using a sample group of 807 peop:Je. The results were published in the Rome newspaper, La Repubblica, which commissioned the survey aft(:r Irene Pivetti, president of Italy's Chamber of Deputies, said she bt:lieved in guardian angels. The "Catt:chism of the Catholic Church" sa'ts that belief in angels "is a truth or'faith," They are "spiritual, noncorporeal beings" and include guardian angels, it says.

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Tobias Houses offer independent life TORONTO (CNS) - Thirty years ago, Pat Walsh's dream of an independent lifestyle seemed it would remain just that - a dream.

Today Ms. Walsh, who has cerebral palsy, is living on her own at Tobias House I, an integrated apartment complex that has catered to the disabled since it opened three years ago.

"I didn't need a hospital, I needed a home," Ms. Walsh said.

Tobias House was designed to allow people with disabilities to live independently, away from the institutional setting that had characterized disabled living for years.

Each block of apartments has a mix of disabled and able-bodied tenants.

Attendant care, which differs from nursing care, is available to all.

"Attendants are a very opposite dynamic to a nurse," said Franciscan Father Phil Kelly, a former board member of Tobias House.

"They [attendants] don't do things for these people, and they don't take care of them; they do what the resident tells them to do. It's a more free, nondependent kind of situation."

In 1982, the Year of the Dis-

abled, Ms. Walsh was on a Toronto archdiocesan committee formed to look at housing for people with disabilities.

Franciscan Father Rick Riccioli, a board member of Tobias House Attendant Care, said the idea was to provide "not just a building, but a place where community can flow,can flourish, where people's physical, spiritual and social needs are respected."

In Tobias House, residents' physical and social needs are met by the attendant care program and building features that make things easier for the disabled, Father Riccioli said.

For spiritual needs, Tobias House has a nonsectarian chapel that offers a chance for quiet reflection. The idea is to allow all to become involved, said Father Riccioli.

Although the style of attendant care offered at Tobias House has been around in some form for almost two decades, it is still considered a new phenomenon, said Gerry Campbell, executive director of Tobias House 'Attendant Care. It saves about $200,000 per person annually comrared to the cost of housing .somecme in a hos-

pital or another kind of care II1St1tution, he said.

"We think there is a substantial advantage to providing people with the assistance," he said.

Vatican Museums head dies at 83 VATICAN CITY (CNS) Carlo Pietrangeli,83, who oversaw a series of important restoration and exhibits as director of the Vatican Museums, has died in Rome at age 83. Pietrangeli was named by Pope John Paul II in 1978 as chief custodian of one of the world's most important collections of art and artifacts.

A highly respected art historian and 'archeologist, he brought new and sometimes controversial methods to the Vatican. Among them was the cleaning of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, criticized by some but praised by most experts as a bold step that restored the frescoes' vivid colors. Pietrangeli also sent major Vatican art works on traveling exhibits, including shows in the United States, a novelty that also drew some dissenting voices back in Italy.

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YOLANDA "EARNS, a resident of Tobias House II in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, checks the contents of her refrigerator with attendant Carolyn Harvey. The two ' Tobias Houses, sponsored by the Franciscans help disabled persons live outside institutional settings. (CNS / Conlong photo)

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Seek to establish diocesan chapter of Courage With the approval of Bishop Sean O'Malley, Msgr. Thomas J. Harringt,on, pastor of Holy Name parish, New Bedford, is seeking to establish a chapter of Courage in the Fall River diocese:.

The organization, founded 15 years ago by the late Cardinal Terence Cooke, archbishop of New . I York, is a spintua ,slJlpport group for Catholic men and women seeking to lead chaste lives in accord with church teaching on homosexuality. Oblate of St. Francis de Sales Father John Harvey, founding director of Courage, has continued to work with it as national director as it has organized chapters in several doz€:n U.S. and Canadian dioceses.

Members dedicate their lives to Christ in service to others, making use of prayer, meditation, reception of the sacraments and other spiritual resources, and encouraging and supporting one another. A related program, EnCourage, offers help and guidance to family mem-

bers and friends seeking to aid loved ones with a homosexual orientation.

The Courage handbook, published with ecclesias~'cal approval, suggests use of grqup meetings that follow the successful twelvestep structure originated by the founders of Alcoholics Anony-

And you can be assured your donations are being magnified and are having their greatest impact because our programs are directed by dedicated Catholic missionaries with a long standing commitment to the people they serve.

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Vatican plans guidelines on :training, mipistry of .permanent deacons VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The August that more than 1,300 dio- morally, spiritually or psychologirapidly expanding ministry of the ceses - almost half the world's cally weak with the hope that they would improve in the future." permanent diaconate is about to total - had responded.

The results of the survey, which The congregation's new direcbe put under a Vatican microscope. tory, he said, should offer bishops "The diaconate is going through includes proposals from bishops and deacons better guidelines and a moment of great expansion," as well as reflections on their diosaid Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe, cese's experiences with the per- explanations on the ministry. . secretary of the Vatican's Congre- manent diaconate, will be the basis for the congregation's work on the gation for the Clergy.

"But we don't want this enthusi- directory, Archbishop Sepe said.

The diaconate is the "third level" asm to be a result of some kind of fashion rather than the fruit of a of the sacrament of orders, behind true maturation of the church's the episcopacy and priesthood, he understanding," he told the Italian .explained in the Avvenire interview.

"The deacon is not a "major newspaper Avvenire.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - In Last spring, the archbishop layman' nor a 'minor priest,''' the mail ballots on six separate quesannounced the clergy congregation archbishop said. But "the sacra- . tions the V.S. bishops have apwould dedicate its fall 1995 ple- mentality of the diaconate and its proved new translations of key nary session to drafting a directory state within the church is a ques- texts for use in the Mass and other on the selection, formation, spirit- tion that must be examined in liturgical changes. uality and ministry of permanent more depth."

The main vote concerned SegThe diaconate, like other voca- ment 3 of the Sacramentary, condeacons.

"There is a need for clarity," tions and ministries in the church, sisting of the main actions and the especially about how the diaco- must have a distinct identity and core prayers or alternatives used nate differs from the priesthood spirituality, he said. day after day at Mass.

Archbishop Sepe said "the deaand from the laity, he said in the A major change approved was a con blends in himself ways of simplification ofthe introductory Avvenire interview.

The Second Vatican Council being and of acting" that are sim- rites at Mass that was part 'of a suggested re-establishment of the ilar to those of both a priest and a group of 13 variations on the permanent diaconate in the Latin- lay person. "For example, he is Roman Missal being proposed to rite church after centuries of ordain- close to the priest because of the bishops' conferences throughout ing men to the diaconate only as a sacramental grace he has received the English-speaking world. transitional ministry before priest- in ordination, while his living conThe bishops also approved slightdition is closer to that of the lay hood. . ly revised versions of several "ecu.

Pope Paul VI formally re-opened faithful." menical" texts - ecumenically The vast majority of permanent the permanent diaconate in 1967. developed translations for prayers According to Vatican figures deacons are married. Those who that a number of denominations released in early August, there are not married before ordination . use in their worship. Among texts must re'main celibate, and those . were 20,456 permanent deacons in not considered was a contemporthe world at the end of 1993 ,three who are widowed after ordination ary version of the Lord's Prayer. are not permitted to marry again and a half times as many as there The'y approved revised V.S. without leaving the ministry. were at the end of 1978. adaptations of the general rules "The celibate deacon has a While the world's Catholic popufor celebration of the Mass. Among lation grew by some 250 million simpler and more precise appearthem were optional use of the ance," Archbishop Sepe said.

"I over the same period, the number Apostles' Creed sometimes in place of diocesan and religious-order would say it is more linear because of the Nicene Creed on Sundays he has a greater availability for his priests in the world dropped by and major feasts and an option to 12,000, the number of brothers ministry." exchange the sign of peace at the "Married deacons must involve dropped by 14,000, and the numbeginning of. the Liturgy of the ber of religious women dropped their families in their spirituality Eucharist instead of just before and ministry.

In fact, all the 125,000.

The Vatican statistics on the members of his family, and partic- Communion. An option to kneel ularly his wife, are somehow in- during the penitential rite in Lent permanent diaconate also show a was also adopted. huge variation in the number of volved," not only in activities perBefore any of the changes in the formed on bahalf of others but in deacons ministering in various new Sacramentary take effect in the type of family life they model countries. . the V nited States, the bishops must For example, more than half the for others, the archbishop said. world's permanent deacons have Research conducted in prepara- still vote on several more segments tion for the plenary meeting, he and settle unresolved questions been ordained in V.S. dioceses.

Brazil, the country with the largest said, showed that between 1968 about a number of individual texts number of Catholics, has only 715 and 1993 the Vatican granted dis- rejected in their proposed form.

Then the final approved text . pensations to 202 permanent deapermanent deacons. must be confirmed by the Vatican Members of the Congregation cons; leaving the ministry; they Congregation for Divine Worship for Clergy decided in 1993 that the were then. free to marry. church needed more detailed guideArchbishop Sepe said the fig- .and the Sacraments· before the V.S. conference president can lines on the diaconate and in prep- ures show that "frequently there is authorize its publication and set a aration for their work sent a quesnot adequate discernment inadmittionnaire to bishops throughout ·ting candidates to the diaconate .... starting date for its use.

One major change that drew the world.

There is a superficiality in having Archbishop Sepe said in early promoted candidates who are extensive debate at the bishops' meeting was the simplification of the introductory rites of the Mass.

The revised Sacramentary will offer a rite of blessing and sprinkling of water, a penitential rite, a litany of praise for God's mercy, the Kyrie, the Gloria, or any of the WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The "The bishops take their role as opening rites approved for special National Conference of Catholic chief catechists in their dioceses occasions such as baptisms or fuBishops has established an Office very seriously and so ~hey recogneral Masses. for the Catechism and named Fa- nize the importance of the cate. Because many bishops were conther John Pollard its executive chism [ofthe Catholic church) as a cerned that simplified introductory .director. primary resource in their own rites would not permit people to Father Pollard, a priest of the catechetical ministry and the norm archdiocese of Chicago, hasbeen a for catechetical materials used in have the Kyrie and Gloria together representative for catechesis in the their dioceses," Archbishop Buech- in the same Mass, they also adopted V.S. Catholic Conference Depart- lein said. "I view both the ad hoc a V.S. adaptation permitting the Gloria to be added to another ment of Education since 1992. committee and the new office as opening rite. That rule applies The Office for the Catechism, decisive structural supports to assist established as a result of actions the bishops in exercising their dis- . except during Advent and Lent, when general liturgical norms rule 'taken by the bishops at their June tinctive catecheticalleadership." out use of the Gloria. meeting in Chicago, will provide Before joining the staff of the Another option the bishops staff assistance to an ad hoc com- bishops' conference, Father Polapproved as a V.S. adaptation is mittee to oversee use of the new lard was director of the Office for permission for the people to raise Cathechi'sm of the Catholic church Religious Education in the archtheir hands as the priest does while chaired by Archbishop Daniel M. diocese of Chicago. praying the Lord's. Prayer. .

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CARDINAL BERNARDIN ENJOYS HIS DAY

Cardinal fit at first publlic • appearance since surgel'Y CHICAGO (CNS) - For Chi- you will be in my prayers.'"

Before the cardinal left, he was cago Cardinal Joseph L. Bernardin, an Aug. 6 meeting with some handed a large book filled with the 1,000 young adult Catholics from personal reflections of many of his archdiocese and the neighbor- those present on the impacl: that he ing diocese of Joliet, 111., had spe- had had on their lives.

Bishop Joseph·L. Imt:sch of cial significance.

"When I was in the hospital, I Joliet filled in for the cardinal as didn't know whether I would be presider at the Mass. Their shared able to be here - and here I am," first name prompted Bishop Imesch he said. The outdoor reception at to joke, "He [Cardinal Bernardin] the cardinal's residence was the is known as Big Joe and I am Little first public event he had hosted Joe. But in Joliet, I'm Big Joe...· Kate DeVries, assistant director since his cancer surgery in June, Looking fit, a smiling Cardinal . of the archdiocesan Young Adult Bernardin, casually clad in slacks Ministry Office, said Theologyand shirt, came out to greet the on-Tap had grown from a single young adults and spent hours pos- event at St. James parish in Arlinging for photos, answering ques- ton Heights to include "35 partions from the media and mingling ishes in the archdiocese of Chicago with the crowd. and now for the second year, seven Asked how he was feeling, 'the parishes in the diocese of Joliet."

"Theology-on-Tap rc:ached cardinal told the Joliet Catholic Explorer·, newspaper of the Joliet thousands of young adults over diocese, "[I'm] experiencing a few the course of those 15 yea::s," she side effects from the radiation. But added. "[It] is one of the most sucoverall, I'm doing fine." cessful vehicles in the country for The reception followed a Mass sharing our Catholic faith among at Chicago's Cathedral ofthe Holy young adults."

In his homily, Father R. Peter Name to celebrate 15 years of Theology-on-Tap, a four-week Bowman, pastor of St. James and education program for young incoming moderator of the Chiadults that started in a single par- cago priests' curia, stressed the ish and now includes 42 parishes in . significance of the commonplace the two Illinois dioceses. in day-to-day life, in particular the "You know, in our Catholic phrase, "Have a nice day." tradition, we speak about the orig-.

"Words that are important sink inal sin of Adam and Eve as being into commonplace," he said. "In the happy fault. Why is it a happy the journey of each young adult, fault? It is because of that fault even young adults as old as I am, all of us search for the elements of that Jesus was sent to us.

"In a sense, this cancer that I a nice day: a decent job, a career, a have - or had, I hope - is a wonderful parish, family ... knowing that our lives do make a differh~ppy fault," Cardinal Bernardin added. "Because it was after this ence for someone, because ~.ll of us appeared that I realized how much want to be loved and to loye. support, how much love I have "Beyond that we would like to from so many people. And you are make a contribution in the world among those that prayed for me as long as we're here," he added. and supported me and I ask you to "We would also like to' live in continue and you may be sure that peace without violence."

Catholic, Orthodox can journey as one, says pope

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 18, 1995

VATICAN CITY (CNS)- The first millennium of Christianity holds proof that Catholic and Orthodox churches can be in full communion, even though they have different ways of expressing the faith, Pope John Paul II said.

"Despite our current separation, one cannot forget the longjourney we traveled together under the banner of fidelity to a common apostolic heritage," the pope said at a weekly general audience.

Continuing a series of talks about ecumenism, the pope said the Orthodox churches and their Easternrite Catholic counterparts deserve special attention and respect from Latin-rite Catholics.

Not only do the Catholic and Orthodox churches recognize the validity of each other's sacraments, including priesthood and the Eucharist, the pope said, they each have spiritual and liturgical gifts that can strengthen the life of the other church.

"The spiritual treasures of the Christian East," he said, begin with the liturgy, which is conducted with great love.

The Eastern churches also have a rich tradition of devotion to Mary, mother of God, which sheds light on her essential role in the work of redemption and also gives meaning to the practice ofvenerating saints.

"The contribution of the East to the life of Christ's church was and remains very important," the pope said. That is why the Second Vatican Council called on all Catholics to become familiar with, show esteem for and support the rich heritage of Eastern Christians.

While not ignoring the causes for the split between the churches, Catholics and Orthodox must once again learn to appreciate one another's traditions, accept legitimate differences and move toward restoring full visible unity, the pope said.

Pope John Paul told people at the audience that the Second Vatican Council and more recent church documents have affirmed that under certain conditions, Catholic and Orthodox may receive the sacraments from each other's priests.

"Any Catholic, when it is impossible to reach a Catholic priest, can receive from a minister of the Eastern church the sacraments of penance, Eucharist and anointing of the sick," he said.

"In the same way, Catholic ministers may licitly administer the sacraments of penance, Eucharist and anointing of the sick to Eastern Christians who ask for them," the pope said.

In both cases, he said, ;'one must avoid e~ery form of pastoral action which is not fully respectful of the dignity and freedom of consciences." .

The pope prayed that the Catholic and Orthodox churches would grow in knowledge and love for one another and that God would give them once again the gift offull unity.

Continued from Page One Senate and House bills. The House version, adopted earlier this year, has no land mine moratorium or restriction language.

An estimated 100 million or more anti-personnel land mines are buried in more than 60 countries around the world, often killing and maiming people and hindering development many years after the end of the war in which they were planted. Mines kill some 26,000 people a year, mostly civilians, and wound a similar number.

In the floor debate Leahy emphasized that the amendment affects only anti-personnel land mines automatically triggered by human contact or proximity, not anti-tank mines or others, such as claymore mines that have to be triggered by the military forces which put them in place.

Rieser said Leahy has been involved in a campaign against the global proliferation of land mines since 1989, when he introduced legislation to assist in clearing land mines from areas where their original military purpose has ended.

In 19.92 the Vermont senator introduced legislation to place a moratorium on U.S. export and sale of anti-personnel land mines abroad, and in 1993 he led a battle to extend that moratorium.

The new amendment's restrictjon on U.S. military use of anti" personnel mines does not constitute a complete ban. It permits their placement on borders and in demilitarized lones within clearly

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Vatican :plays the numbers Continued from Page One provoke alarm and great concern: Brazil appears to have Ipst 5.2 million Catholics. And looking further, it would seem the overall population of the SQuth American country declined by some ~ million.

Nothing to worry about, said Enrico Nenna, an official in the Secretariat of State's statistics office. The Braziliim government just finished an official census, which showed that y<;ars of rough estimates based on birth and death rates had indeed been rough.

"The percentage of the Brazilian population which is Catholic has remained very constant" at about 87 percent, he said..

The Vatican statistics also give some reassurance that the situation of the priesthood throughout the world is stabilizing.

The yearbook reports a total of 404,560 diocesan and religiousorder priests ministering around the world, a decline of only 76 from 1992.

The number of diocesan priests at the end of 1993 was almost exactly the same as at the end of 1978; the decline in the overall number of priests was due mainly to the continued drop in the number of priests who belong to religious orders.

Ten countries reported ordaining more than 200 new diocesan priests: Poland led the way with 760 ordinations, followed by Italy with 506; the United States with 487; Mexico with 355; Brazil with 344; India with 315; Spain, 295; the Philippines, 266; Germany, 233; and Colombia with 226 ordinations.

In 1978, only five countries reported more than 200 diocesan ordinations. The United States led with 635 and was followed by Italy, 431; Poland, 405; India, 265; and Mexico, 215.

Although the number of diocesan priests is about what it was in 1978, the higher number of Catholics means the leadership of more and more parishes is being entrusted to permanent deacons, re-

ligious men and women and lay people.

The Statistical Yearbook of the Ch urch for 1978 reported 81 parishes in the world entrusted to permanent deacons; 43 entrusted to religious brothers; 464 to religious women; an~ 458 to lay leaders.

Figures in each category have shown steep increases over the past 15 years. The .Vatican now reports 349 parishes entrusted to deacons; 131 to religious brothers; 1,068 to religious women; and 1,614 to lay people.

The United States, which has more than half the world's 20,456 permanent deacons, led the country-by-country list of parishes administered by deacons.

Spain led the list of countries for parishes headed by religious brothers; Canada has the most led by women religious; and France was far in the lead of countries with parishes led by lay people.

The averag~: num~er of Catholics in each parish, mission and station around the world is 2,281, according to the yearbook, but there is a huge variation among nations.

For example, in EI Salvador the average is 16,773 Catholics per "pastoral center."

At the same time, St. Helena in the south Atlantic off the coast of Angola - reports an average of only 40. But then, St. Helena has a Catholic population of slightly more than 100, and they can choose from one parish and two missions.

The lack of choice in some countries of the Middle East accounts for their high ratio of Catholics per pastoral center.

The 105,000 Catholics in Kuwait have five parishes; the 35,000 Catholics of Qatar have just one parish; and Saudi Arabia's 550,000 Catholics have 35 parishes.

Italy, on the other hand, has more than 30,000 parishes and pastoral centers. Dominated by an architectural style small on windows and big on marble, they are popular plac4~s for rest and reflection out of the summer sun.

Archbishop honored DENVER (CNS) - "It is the genius of the Jewish community that they bequeat~ part of their soul to every culture in which they live," said Denver Archbishop J. Francis Stafford. And everyone is ennobled and enriched by "this sacrifice," he said at a blacktie gala at which he received the 1995 Mizel Museum of Judaica Community Cultural Enrichment Award.

In presenting the award, Larry A. Mizel, who founded the Denver

museum to promote understanding between cultural and religious institutions, called the archbishop personal embodiment of Jerusalem - in that he is a man of great spirituality who, like the Holy City, embraces and esteems a diversity of cultures and religious traditions...

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marked areas under military supervision with adequate protections to prevent civilian access.

When the U.S. Catholic bishops met in Chicago in June, they were sharply divided on many issues but unanimous in their call for a global ban on land mines.

Shortly before they met, Pope John Paul II urged such a ban, and several bishops spoke about having seen firsthand the effects of land mines on women and children in places like Southeast Asia, Africa, Central America and Bosnia.

Afterward many bishops personally contacted their senator's to urge support of the Leahy amendment, and by the time it came to the floor a total of 50 senators were signed on.as cosponsors.

Among bishops who asked their senators to back the legislation were Cardinals John J. O'Connor of New York and AnthonyJ. Bevilacqua of Philadelphia.

Rieser said that before the bishops stepped in on the issue "we fully expected to lose" the vQte on the amendment.

John Carr, U.S. Catholic Conference secretary for social development and world peace, called the Senate vote "a suprising and very encouraging victory."

He predicted a tough battle in conference to keep the land mine language intact but said, "We're hopeful, given the margin of the Senate vote and the bipartisan nature of the suppor,.... We're beginning to work on tne House."

"Jane Roe" switch hailed tel's is what the judges on the Continued from Page One nize the tragic error of abortion on Supreme Court think, what peodemand, it is extremely heartening ple in elected office think and what to see that Ms. McCorvey is com- average citizens think - and I ing to the same realization," said a don't think this news about Jane statement by spokeswoman Mi- Roe will change one mind." chele Arocha Allen oCthe National The Roe case began in 1970, Right to Life Committee. when Ms. McCorvey agreed to "In spirit and in prayer, we are become a plaintiff in a lawsuit that with her and all others who are sought to overturn a Texas antimoving away from the culture of abortion statute. death and toward a greater realiKate Michelman of the National zation of the sanctity of life," said Abortion and Reproductive Rights a statement by Catholic Campaign Action League, told ABC she exfor America's executive director, pected pro-lifers "will exploit this, Michael Ferguson. taKe it out of context, blow it up Ms. McCorvey's "conversion" and make it appear to be someis "a compelling witness to the thing it isn't." power and truth of the pro-life Ms. McCorvey's pregnancy in message," said a statement by Pau- the case which reached the U.S. list Father Robert Sirico, presi- Supreme Court did not end in dent oCthe Action Institute for the abortion; the ruling came too late Study of Religion and Liberty. for that. She gave birth to a girl Mr. Benham moved Operation and gave her up for adoption. In Rescue's headquarters' in April next . 1989, the daughter, who is now 25, door to a Dallas abortion clinic, was located and she described herwhere Ms. McCorvey was market- selfas pro-life. ing director.

"When I first started talking with Flip I would sit there and talk NEW YORK (CNS) - Accordto him for hours, it seemed like, ing to a survey commissioned by and he was never judgmental," Ms. McCorvey told ABC. . the Catholic League for Religious She resignt,d her job with the and Civil Rights, most adult Cathoabortion clinic and is now an Oper- lics say they disagree with church ation Rescue file clerk, but said . teachings on some issues, but large she would not take part in demon- majorities want their children to obey the church on matters of aborstrations.

"They are my friends. They ac- tion, premarital sex and sacracept me for who I am, not for what mental marriage. A majority of I've done or for what I can do for 800 Catholics surveyed in a nationwide telephone poll said the church them. They genuinely love me," Ms. McCorvey said of Operation should not ordain "known homoRescue. . sexuals" as priests. But a majority Lawyer Sarah Weddington, who called for a change in the church's represented Ms. McCorvey before teaching on birth control and said the U.S. Supreme Court, told As- the church should ordain women sociated Press, "What really mat- and married men to the priesthood.

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Connolly student discusses Peer Institulte Brian Charron, of Westport sent the Anchor a report on his experience at a four-day Peer Institute workshop he attended in June. In an accompanying note he said:

CHRISTOPHER SERV ~NT, left; new development director of Bishop Feehan High School, Attl~boro, is congratulated by Feehan parent Steve Cronin ,of E~st Providence. , '.

New· development director named, at Bishop ,Feehan,

My name is Brian Charron, I, am 16 years old, and will be a senior at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, and am a member of the Connolly AlCohol and Drug Awareness Team.

The Peer'lnstit.Jteh9lds this annual workshop for ' peer leaders throughout Massachusetts at variouslOeations.

This year '. it. was held, at' Wheaton College.in Norton.

Its purpose is ,to get peers , together, in a safe environ-. ment w.ith the absence of' alcohol, drugs, sex, or violence;' and teach' about var~ ious teen issues. This year's' ' theme was "Celebrating Dif~ ferences" and we acknowledged many ethnic backgrounds and social groups in a way that would discourage stereotyping and prejudging.

I would hope that you could print this brief description ofwhat we did in the hope. of making 'our community aware that this is available to teens and that a lot of us' are not drinking alCohol or using 'drugs, and are also aware o(the many dangers in our society. Peer Leaders like myself are peo-

pie who want to educate others about these dangers and help others in any way we can.

I had a few misconceptions and second thoughts about going to the Peer'lnstitute '95 from June 26-29 before leaving that Monday afternoon. With the exception of knowing the few people from the group I went with, I would know no one. I would be sharing a room with someone I did not know either, and get accustomed to what "college life" really was because we would be on the Wheaton College 'campus in J1forton, Massachus,etts. ,In all, I did not know what' to 'expect.

If first impressions told you what , kind Qf ,f:xperience I 'was in' for, . then I had nothing to worry about.'

The Peer Institute staff was ready , to greet you and help you in any way they could. .

After participating in a welcoming circle, we'set off in "Family' Groups" of about 10 peer leaders we did not know, staff peer leaders and an advisor. This would be' a group in which we could get to know each other and meet with about twice a day to discuss anything.

We attended a few classes throughout the four days learning about different cultures and ethnic groups to go along with the "Celebrating Differences" theme, Also, we participated in" Action Planning" with

our region's peer leadership groups and discussed our strengths and weaknesses, and made strategies for us to overcome our group challenges. This was a way to bring what we learned at the Pef:r Institute back to our community.

Attending workshops was certainly not all we did in those four days. We had social gat:~erings such as dances and a talen't show.

This gave us a way to meet other people in a setting other than a classroom. . ' At" the end of the final day, we had a cookout on the (:ampus , grounds and said some final thank , yo,us and good byes. Anyone could get up to a microphone and l:xpress their thoughts-few without shedding atear-about their experience at the 'Peer Institute.

In retrospect, the small community that we seemed to produce over that short period of time was one that was understanding, caring, supporting, and safe. We were all equals there, and differences like the color of your skin, ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, social class, age, or gender did not seem to matter. It makes ml: think that if the world could be li:ke this just a little, it would be a better place. It is comforting to know that myself and others, as teens, can attend things like this without the threat of alcohol, drugs, discrimination, or violence·. It was truly a wonderful experience, of which I can now say I am glad that I went.

Bishop Feehan High School Attleboro area Football Hall of principal George, Milot has an- Fame committee, and a l~ng time' nounced appointment of Chris- youth coach in basketball, basetopher Servant of North Attleboro ball, soccer arid softball. He is a as the school's development direc- communicant of St. Mark's parish tor. He is replacing Sister Evan- in Attleboro Falls where he is a gela McAleer, who will become Eucharistic minister and lector. director of alumni. Servant's duties An avid runner, he has coordiwill include coordination of school nated the annual St. Mark's Road fund raising events, alumni activi- ,Race. ties and annual fund and, most Some of Servant's personal acsignificantly, developing a long- complishments include his selecrange plan to forecast and solicit tion as the school's first Balfour RESULTS OF THE TAUNTON AREA CYO GOLF TOURNAMENT community support for school Trophy winner in the 1965annuai MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1995. needs.

Thanksgiving Day game and the A lifelong resident of the Attle- school's first scholar-athlete award JOHN F, PARKER MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE boro area, Servant graduated from winner, his development of FeeSENIOR DIVISION • AGES 20-26 Bishop Feehan's second class in han's Distinguished Alumni' , 1ST PLACE JAMIE GRIFFImS ' 36 + 36 = 72 1966. He earned a bachelor's de- Awards Night; and most recently PLACE JON FREEMAN 36 + 36 = 72 2ND . gree in English from the Univer- his selection as the'. 21st Century' 3RD' PLACE MARC FURTADO 38 + 35 = 73 sity of Notre Dame'in 1970, where Massachusetts Educator of the 4TH PLACE, MIKE SHEERIN 38 + 38 = 76 he was the university middl~weight Year for 1993-1994,' presented by :' Griffi~s Parre.d the first hole (4) to defeai Freeman (5) in ~ playoff to determine the winner of tbe boxing champ. He then served two former governor Michael Dukakis. , Senior Division. " ".. " ..' .',' ' tours in Vietnam as navigationaf . Commenting' on',his new ap~ offiCer and a'first lieutenant aboard, pointment; Serv~~f.said,,HI .am t~e destroyer. ;Richard B. A'nder-.'grateful for the yote,of confidence, " ,INTERMEDIATE. DMSION ,.' AGES 17·19 ' son DD-,786.' Returning in 1972; placedininebythes~~'ool's~dm,in­ " 1ST' PLACE " JASON DAROSA, 34 +,39 = 73 he began" teaching English arId . istration;l.'kno~~,fwill miss the .', 2ND PLACE ' .'

CHRIS YOUNG 39 + 39 =78 co~chi,rig at-l:lishop Feehan..' ", classroom, ~ut I sihcerely feel that' . '3RD· 'PLACE MATI ANTONIO ' , 39 + 39 = 78 . 1 h 23 . '.' , . . , ; , . i n my 'new, position: my' :i:nergy" '4TH PLACE, .'

PETER KARNS ,: , 37+ 42 = 79 , ' , n t e , ,years Servant has b,een,.· enthusiasm,' and. ,desire will: allow . : . ,<.'.:. . .' . KEVIN"iuORDAN' " 41 + 38 79 . at,Fe~~an he<~,a~.~~l<:imany posts" : me~to share ,the 'greatness'of'Fee-' Young ~e firSfliole (4) to defeat Antomo (5)'10' a playoff to· deterinine seCo~dplace in the ' among t~emEnghsh ~epartment 'han's tradition and itscOinmitInterD;tediate I>ivision., " •.. ' , .' ',.'. . ,' ', ' .... chai~an,.a~~}stantfo~tball'c~ach;". ment to excellence; ~ot onlj'with varsIty g!.rl~;:,~aske!ballcoach~,'the stud~itts, but also with' the' :., JUNlOa:DIVISION ~"AGES 1+16 fr~~hma.n' boys, basketball. coach~ people in the cities and town$ that . '1ST PLACE, : ' DRENDON CASTLE 38 -+ '38 = 76 acaden.lJc decathlon coa,ch, al~l11m, we serve.~' ' " , ' 2ND PLACE ' JOHN MURPHY 39 + 37 = 76 co--chalrman for the 25th'anmvl;fServant resides in Attleboro, PAT FLAHERTY 39 + 38 = ,77 3RD PLACE, sary ~fthe school,and, oneof'hls Falls with 'his Wife Elise (Messier) . , 4TH 'PLACE'.

KYLE ,QUIGLEY 41 +37,=78 , f~vonte ro.les, colleg~ bowlcoor~, Servant (Feehan 1968), and his children William (16;Feehan 1996), . dmator for,homecommg wee.k:, holes (4-4) to defeat ~uiphy (4-5) in a playoff to determine the winner of Castle P3rred the first the Junior Divis~oJi. ' ,In addition to his school involve- Catherine "(14, Feehan ·1999),", ~ent, Servant is a member ofthe Christi,ne (1,1), and Timothy (9). : .'

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Collegeen~rance session ,at 'Stonehiil ,': Stonehill College, North Easton, will hold a program for those considering college entrance from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24, at the Sally Blair Ames sports complex.

Admissions officers from' over 260 public and private colleges and universities will pro~ide infor-

mation on criteria: for choosing ,a., college, Scholastic Aptitude Tests,. scholarships 'and student loans..

All are welcome and the sports complex is handicapped accessible, Further information is available at tel. 230-1373. ::.

Smoke Signal HDo not think that the words of prayer as you say them go up to God. It is not the words themselves that ascend; it is rather the

burning desire of YOiJr heart that rises like smoke toward heaven;" -Julian of Norwich

CADET'DMSION • AGES 14 AND UNDER , 1ST PLACa JOSHUA RHEAUME 2ND PLACE . " GREG WILLIAMS 3RD PLACE ,KEITH LACOMBE 4TH PLACE' DOD JOSE MIKEDARRON

35 +38 =73 38 +36 =74 40+35 =75 37 +41 =78 38 +40=78

TOURNAMENT NOTES: SIXTY (60) PLAyPRS PARTi~IPATED IN THIS YEAR'S TOURN¥ffiNT. THE TOP TWO FINISHERS IN EACH DIVISION WILL REPRESENT THE TAUNTON AREA IN THE 01· , OCESAN CYO OOLF TOURNAMENT ON AUGUST 28TH AT POCASSET GOLF COURSE. SPECIAL lHANKSTO B&B'GOLF ASSOCIATES FOR HOSTING THE TOURNAMENT AND PROVID· ING iIOT DOGS AND SODA FOR ALL PLAYERS. SPECIALTHANKS TO STAN TOKARZ AND ROLAND CHAMBERLAND FOR TIffiIR ASSISTANCE WITH THE TOURNAMENT. LARRy'MASTERSON ' ','TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR •

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FEEL SO HIGH Show mll you'r company Come and tell me who you be 111 try and take things easy 111 be loose 111 be carefree I'm living for tomorrow not today Gotta make my plans so in case 111 be prepared When I 'lee you smiling.

'Cause I feel so high When I'm reaching out for your skY' I've lloull1dless energy I feel I could run a million miles I'm riding on the wheel of fortune Taking me to places far and free I feel so high When I approach your sky.

When I 'touch your sky I want my joy to be discreet Can't se,em to hide the feeling That yOlll knock me from my seat When I'm talking with my friends You're the subject every time I know K bore them but They do it to me sometimes.

I've seen you exposed Your thoughts are nude Come on take off your pride baby You should wash your attitude I'm sitting here watching you baby Trying to pretend you're cool and calm Come on now you can tell me baby Did the gypsy read your palm?

I feel so high When I'm touching your sky baby I feel so high I feel so high When I'm touching your sky baby I feel so high, yeah, yeah I feel so high When I'm touching your sky baby I feel so high Written by Des'rec/M. Graves" sung by Des'ree (c) 1994 by Sony Music Entertainment (United Kingdom) Ltd.

DES'REE achieved pop music fame with her initial release "You Gotta Be." Now she is on the charts again with "Feel So High." Both cassingles are off her debut CD "I Aint't Movin'."

The song describes the emotional exuberance felt by a person falling in love. In her words: "I've boundless energy, I teel I

could run a milliofr miles, I'm riding on the wheel of fortune taking me to places far and free." She "can't seem to hide the feeling that you knock me from my seat."

It's a great emotion;'and' she' wants to enjoy it to the fullest.

What she may not ~now is that the feeling won't last, even路

~(~ THE ANCHOR'-:-Diocese of Fall ifher romance does. This intensity is more a part of infatuation than of love. But that doesn't mean it is wrong to experience such an emotion.

In fact, there are ways to nurture this sense of emotional connection. Most couples don't continually "feel so high" about their love. However, feeling the love in a relationship is important. Love isn't only a feeling, but the feelings definitely are involved.

What can couples do to keep the feeling alive il~ their relationship?

I. Remember to express gratitude and appreciation to each other. Few things bring down

By Amy Welborn the "high" more quickly' than Most of my reflections on youth the sense of being taken for tend to focus on older kids. The granted. Do y(lU think your reason is simple: As a,;igh school relationship enriches your life? teacher, I have classes of seniors Say so with a sense of gratitude.. whose concerns, joys and traumas 2. Take time together to help :., occupy much of my attention. others. For example, if your But that will soon change because parish youth group plans a servthe life of younger teen-agel's is about to start making a much ice project, you and the person more' dir~ct impact on me. My you are dating might consider this activity not only as a way to oldest turns 13 in September. He help others but 'llso a's a chance will be going into eighth grade, in a to have a shared experience school that's a combined junior that enriches your relationship. and senior high, so he'll quickly be immersed in a whole spectrum of True love is always ready to teenage life. reach out to others. As you It's a little scary for all of us. So I . work to make others' lives a litthought I'd let him know what's tle better, your own sense of going through my mind: togetherness will be strength"You're excited about the years ened. ahead, but you're a little fright3. Share your dreams with ened too. You know that life in each other. Dreal11s reflect the high school will be different from deepest parts ,of our souls. As grammar school. 'We can sit v. .Iere you take tlie risk of talking we want at lunch?' you asked me, about each other's hopes and amazed at such freedom. 'There's goals, you understand each no recess!' you exclaim in dismay. other much better. When peo"Yup, that's the way it is -more ple listen to each other with freedom, but more work, too. I respect, the bond of love is hope you can accept all of that and almost always deepened. keep your priorities in place.

4. Attend the weekend liturgy Remember what I've told you: The together. The heart of every more responsible you are, the more lasting love is God. When a freedom you get. couple honors the sacred origin of love, another dimension of "The thing that worries me the their closeness llmerges. Partic- , most about you, and almost every kid your age, is your need to feel ipate in a Mass that you both enjoy or take turns going to accepted and part of a group. You Mass with each other's families. put it in your own words all the Love doesn't always leave us time: 'I want to be cool.'

"So dOes everyone else in the feeling high. But remember that the best kind of "high" in I,ove is eighth grade, Chris. And just like born from res pecting each other, you, each /cid, no matter how concaring about what is best for the fident he or she seems, feels like other person as well as yourself the uncoolest kid on earth. and the willingness to keep.

"Please try to avoid giving in to the t.emptatio路n tc)be.cool bydoing growing. things that just aren't you or are . Your comments are welcomed bad for you. The coolest people

by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635. are those who respond to a voice

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inside prompting them to do positive things.

"Don't be afraid of making good grades or doing the right thing because you're afraid it will lower your coolness quotient. It won't.

"You're feeling a strong pull away from your family and toward your peers. There's nothing wrong with that. But don't forget us either.

"A lot of kids I know live in families that really aren't that close any more. They're just a bunch of people living totally different lives on different schedules who happen to share the same house. They're roommates, not a family. Teens in my classes frequently shrug their shoulders and say: 'My parents? I don't know them and they don't know me. I never see them.'

"That's not the way we are.

"We work together to keep up the house and make sure everything runs smoothly. Like a lot of folks out there, we only have one parent in this house, and she needs everyone's help, including yours.

"We also actually like having you around. As much fun as your friends are, don't forget you have a baby sister who thinks you hung the moon, a brother who looks up to you, believe it or not, and a mom who will always listen to your goofy jokes, your dreams and your fears.

"I simply can't imagine what you'll be like in five years, holding a diploma and getting ready to move away. I don't know how the confused jumble of abilities, interests and hopes churning around inside you is eventually going to take shape.

"But the job of actively molding is less and less my job and more yours alone. Under my watchful ,eye (believe me, very watchful!), I know you can do it, Chris. Good luck!"

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Final preparations are under- ence teacher Kimberly BerndtThere'will be tw~ full days ~f way at Coyle and C:lssidy High Maddox; English instructors Maria school for all students on WedSchool, Taunton, for its 84th open- Murphy and Gail Ma~heson; world .nesday and Thursday, Au'gust 30 ing of school the week of Monday, language teacher Francis Mello;: and 31. Students should report at Aug. 28. School officials are pre- psychology and sociology teacher 7:45 am on both days in school ' . paring for 710 student:;, once again Monica Pirozzi; and mathematics uniform. one of the largest student enroll- instructor Ron Banville.

There will be no school on Friments in C-C history. day, Sept. I and on Labor Day, Marie Angeley joins the admin"We are obviously happy that istration as dean of students, reMonday, Sept. 4. School will reso many parents in the greater placing Anthony S. Nunes who sume for all students at 7:45 am Taunton area and beyond have , has been named principal of Bishop Tuesday, Sept. 5. , chosen Coyle and Cassidy to allow Connolly High School in Fall Bus transportation will be availus to provide their children with River. able to all eligible students except quality Catholic educ;ation," said The new school year starts Mon- students from the city of Taunton, school headmaster, Michael J. day, Aug. 28 with a faculty meetbeginning Tuesday, Aug. 29. Bus Donly about the large :,tudent body ing and a liturgy. Seniors will transportation within Taunton will that he will greet this Fall. report to school at II am to buy begin Wednesday, Sept. 6.

The largest Coyle and Cassidy books. Juniors will buy books at I staff ever will serve the students pm.

Freshmen will report at 7:45 am this year. Seventy-four staff memfor a full day of school on Tuesbers include eight new teachers.

New facuity members are psy- day, Aug. 29. All freshmen should chology teacher and guidance be in full school uniform. Sophocounselor Rev. Genaro Aguilar; mores will purchase books at II math teacher Lynda Florio; sci- am.

SONIA O'NEILL, second left, of County Down, Northern Ireland, smiles with new friends in Wayne, NJ, while visiting the United States under the sponsorship of Project Children, a program that brings Catholic and Protestant children from Northern Ireland for vacations. (CNS/Lynch photo)

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THE ANCHOR--Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Aug. 18, 1995

Iteering pOintl PUBLICITY CHAIRME:N are asked to submit news Ilems for this column to The Anchor, P.O. Box 7,. Fall River,. 02722. Name of city or town should be Included, as well as full dates of all activIties. Please send news of future rather than past events. \ Due to limited space and also because notices of strictly parish affairs normally appear In a parish's own bulletin, we are , forced to IImltllems to events of general Interesl. Also, we do not normally carry notices of fundreising activities, which may be advertised at our regular ratcs, obtainable from The Anchor business alllce, telephone (508) 675-7151.

On Steering Points Items, FR Indicates Fall River; NB Indicates New Bedford.

OL CAPE, BREWSTER Healing service and Mass 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 with Father Dick Lavoie, MS, of the Association of Christian Therapists as celebrant.

All welcome. Further information: 432-4934.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, NB Our Lady Queen of Angels Fraternity will meet after 8 a.m. Mass Aug. 20 at Our Lady's Chapel, Pleasimt St., New Bedford, to discuss business and elect a minister. Refreshments, new members welcome.

SAFE SITTERS, FR .

Saint Anne's Hospital offers a two-day program Aug. 31 and Sept.

I teaching pre-teens \:low to handle emergencies when babysitting younger children. Information: 6782373 or 674~5600, ext. 2480.

AIDS MINISTRY, FR The Office of AIDS Ministry will offer a service of prayer and healing for persons living with HIV / AIDS, Wouftfyou a~ news yourpansft events that are open their families, friends and caregivers to aÂŤ to appear in steering Points? Simpfg asK-your secre-, at 2 p.m. Sept. 10 at St. Anne's Hospital Chapel, 795 Middle St., Fall ta'!:l or wftoever Mps in your 0ffia to madus a copy River. Support Groups for HIV / your ou1letin weeK-fg. ?{pte: we tfo not run announceAIDS caregivers and for families and friends begin in September, with ments ofeventsfor wftidt tfr.ere is afee, out are ftappy to caregivers' first meeting 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sept. II at Clemence Hall at puOfidu open meetings, prayer servias, community serthe hospital and families and friends viJ:e program.saniotftu sut:ft activities.

4 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 18. Further information: 674-5600, ext. 2295.

ST. WILLIAM, FR All welcome at Bible study meet- HOSPICE OF CAPE COD CATHOLIC ALUMNI CLUB ing with video and discussion 7 p.m. ' Monthly social gathering of interA training program is offered for each Tuesday, parish center. volunteers who can offer respite care national Catholic singles club planto families of the terminally ill and ned for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at Ruby O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE companionship to patients. Inforrestaurant, Silver City GalParishioners have donated two mation: Cynthia Hinckley, tel. 362- Tuesday Taunton. The group leria Mall, new benches for the parish's Rosary 1103. Deadline for applicants is meets each third Sunday in Taunton Walk.

Sept. 11. and each first Sunday at Darling's CORPUS CHRISTI, restaurant, Fall River Ave., Seekonk.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS EAST SANDWICH Dress is casual, and meetings are CHURCH OF VISITATION, All welcome at Bible Study in- EASTHAM open to 'prospective members. Furformational sessions, 7 p.m. Aug. 20 Donations of peanut butter, jelly, ther information: tel. (508)824-8378 and 27. Bibles provided. A program beef stew, powdered milk, juice or (401)944-5117. on the Gospel of Matthew will begin packs, paper towels and toilet tissue Local 'groups are affiliated with Thursday, Sept. 14. Further infor- will be collected Aug. 20 for distri- the Greater Boston chapter of Cathomation: 428-9456. A book give-away bution by Vincentians to Lower Cape lic Alumni, which has over 700 memis planned Aug. 26 and 27 by the Outreach Food Pantries, bers. parish library. Donations of paperbacks are welcome and may be left in the library by Aug. 20.

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ST. BERNARD, ASSONET The parish Legion of Mary has marked its first anniversary in the parish. During the year members have visited over 50 homes to congratulate new parents and discuss arrangements for baptism. Beginning in the fall a parish lending library is planned. The parish feast will be celebrated Aug. 20 with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from after 10:30 a.m. Mass, concluding with Benediction at 4 p. m; A brief sketch of the life of St. Bernard of Clairvaux was included in last week's bulletin.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (CNS) - Bishops from 23 Pacific countries have signed ajoint statement calling on France to stop nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean.

The 90 bishops described France's decision to resume nuclear testing as theft from the world's poor and said protests by Pacific nations cannot be ignored, according to report from Reuters, the British n'ews agency.

The bishops, saying they represented nearly 7 million Catholics, d'escribed the planned French resumption of nuclear testing as an "intolerable scandal."

Using the area as a test site for weapons of mass destruction is "to desecrate that which was created for the nurturing and nourishment of life," they said.

"It is an act of theft from the poor of the world and from generations of people yet to come. It wastes funds which should be used to eradicate the poverty afflicting one-fifth of the world's people and engenders a climate of hostility and fear," the bishops said.

The bishops said they want all nations with nuclear weaponry to stop testing and take immediate steps to start dismantling weapons of mass destruction.

Beginning in September, France plans to explode eight devices at Mururoa to perfect the means of simulating such blasts by computer in the future. Planners said the tests will end by June 1996.

The testing threatens progress being made through the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and commitments expressed in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation TreatY,the bishops said.

A spokesman for the church in New Zealand said such a joint statement by bishops is rare and reflects the significance ofthe issue.

On June 20, the president of the French bishops' Justice and Peace Commission condemned the testing decision as "bad news" and an act of political incoherence.

Criticism of the decision also came from Archbishop Michel-

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DCCW Board members of th,: Diocesan Council of Catholic Women are invited to attend taping of the diocesan TV Mass, which will be offered for the council at II a.m. Aug. 26 at the Family Life Center c'hapel, 500 Slocum Rd., North Dartnouth. The board will hold its first meeting of the season Sept. 17.

HOLY NAME, NB Calix, a group for Catholic men and women in recovery from addictive disease, will meet 6:30 p.m. Aug. 20, parish center. All wel<:ome.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Feast of Our Lady of Angels to be observed Sept. 2 through 4 with Bishop Sean O'Malley <elebrating 10 a.m. Mass Labor Day ~md participating in I p.m. procession. Holy Ghost Society members are also invited to march. Volunte,:rs to help in feast preparations ar,: needed.

Adult Scripture discussion group resumes in September.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE All welcome to join bocci league 6:30 p.m, each Monday. Information: tel. 477-6149 after 6 p.m. Parishioners participate in a weekly Rose for Life program, tal:ing turns in placing a rose before the Blessed Sacrament as a prayer for the unborn. Information: Louise Arego, tel. 477-8567. All welcome at program for'those interested i[l becoming Catholic or learning a,bout the church. Next session 7 to 11:30 p.m.

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Gaspard Coppenrath of Papeete, in the French territory of Tahiti, who said the decision was "painful."

Meanwhile, the bishop for the armed forces said the church should set guidelines but leave the final responsibility on nuclear weapons to politicians.

The Japan'Catholic Council for Justice and Peace also condemned the test plans.

In a letter of protest sent in July to French President Jacques Chirac, the council said the decision was a denial ofthe right to life of people in the Pacific region and urged immediate reversa] of the testing plans.

The council said South Pacific tests should be abandoned because the ocean is already pollut4:d and a threat to ocean travelers ali well as island inhabitants.

Weekend activities at LaSaletlte Spirit, a Christian music group, will be heard at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 19, at LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro, as part ofthe shrine's Summer Garden Concert series. Members are Aimee Robichaud and brothers Aime, Edward and Robert Brissette. They have sung in southern New England over the past four years, have released one recording, "Renewed," and are working on a second, "Living Waters." All welcome.

The 15th annual Polish Pilgrimage Day will take place Aug. 20. beginning at I:30 p.m. and including processions, a living rosary,

the opportunity to receive the sacrament of penance and a 3:30 p.m.

Polish Mass with Detroit Cardinal Adam Maida as principal celebrant.

The entire program will be in Polish. Music will be by the SI. John Baptist choir of Salem.

Pilgrims from St. Joseph Church, Central Falls, RI, will walk to LaSalette, following 8 a.m.. Mass at the church, many wearing traditional costumes and praying and singing as they travel. Poks from throughout New England a.re welcome to attend. Further informa~ tion on both programs: td. 2225410.

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SPIRIT SINGERS Aimee Robichaud and brothers Aime, Edward and Robert Brissette.