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Church. This is an arduous task and I truly ask for your cooperation."

FALL RIVER - Even as The Anchor went to press Thesday, Bishop O'Malley said he prays ''that the Lord will bless my minBishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., was meeting with officials of istry among you," and was grateful to the Holy Father for the assignhis new diocese, that of Palm Beach in Florida. ment Earlier Tuesday, in Washington, D.C., Archbishop Gabriel "Having been the bishop of the VIrgin Islands and Cape Cod and Montalvo, apostolic nuncio to the United States, announced the trans- Martha's Vmeyard, I have seen beaches before; but the real scenery fer ofBishop O'Malley from the Fall River diocese which he has led that interests me is that of the parishes, which I look forward to visitfor 10 years. ing after my installation," he said.

In Florida, Bishop O'Malley, 58, succeeds Bishop Anthony J. He concluded by saying: ''I am happy to be your bishop, I look O'Connell, who resigned in March after admitting he molested a forward to getting to know you and work with you to build up the seminarian more than 25 years ago. In 1998, Bishop J. Keith Symons Body of Christ" who preceded Bishop O'Connell, had admitted to sexual relations It was reported that Bishop O'Malley's installation as bishop in with minors. . Palm Beach will be on October 19. Until then, he will return to Fall At a press conference Thesday moming in Palm Beach Gardens, River to complete his ministry.

Bishop O'Malley said his new assignment "comes at a very difficult No one has yet been named to succeed him in the Diocese of Fall moment in the history of our Church. The devastating effects of the River. sexual exploitation of minors by members of the clergy have affected The Florida diocese has some similarities with that of Fall River us all.... The whole Church feels the pain of this scandal and is anx- regarding facilities and personnel, but has a greater territory - five ious to try to bring some healing and reconciliation to our families counties and 5,115 square miles. Established in 1984, it has a Catholic population of 246,040 persons of a total population ofjust under and communities...."

He added that, "As your bishop, I commit myself to working with 1.6 million. Its 71 priests minister at 49 parishes and four missions. It you to ensure the safety and well-being of our young people in the Turn to page 11 - Bishop

Former- St. Louis Church to become cultural museum

DOMINICAN SISTER Gertrude, Gaudette demonstrates tools for woodcarving in her new art studio at The Landmark at Fall River. (AnchotiGordon photo)

Dominican Sister's art studio reopens • The Landmark comes to the rescue of Sister Gertrude.

By MIKE GORDON ANCHOR STAFF

FALL RIVER - For more than 50 years, Dominican Sister of Hope Gertrude Gaudette has taught art to students and adults at schools and since 1982 at her Creativity Center at the Center for Hope on Park Street. But when its doors closed earlier this summer it looked like she wouldn't have a place for her 65 students to paint and carve.

Enter The Landmark at Fall River.

The assisted living apartments

at The Landmark already house many religious including Dominican Sisters and they were more than happy to build Sister Gaudette a new art studio complete with room for her large worktables, sink and ceiling fan. She took The Anchor for a recent tour of her new sp~ce and talked about her art with The Landmark staff.

"I think it's beautiful;' declared Sister Gaudette as she looked around her studio. "It's wonderful that they did this for me."

The studio is housed in the basement near the chapel and was built by Gus Quaranto, maintenance director at The Landmark.

In just over three weeks he transformed an ordinary room to a Turn to page 16 - Art

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR fonner church's use for cultural activities and conFALL RIVER - The fonner St. Louis Church ferences. on Bradford Avenue has been deeded by the Fall He said, in essence, that the deed to the church River diocese to a new foundation to be used as a building being handed over, specifies that if it is museum dedicated to Azorean heritage. not used for the purposes set in the stipulation of Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., handed the deed, then it would revert to the ownership by over the church building the diocese.

In essence, what the to the Espirito Santo Mu- , . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , seum Foundation Inc., at new Foundation will rea banquet August 26, cliceive is the church strucmaxing the five-day celture and a small parking ebrations of the 17th anlot off Bradford Avenue. nual Grand Feast of the The former rectory Holy Ghost of New Enbuilding as well as the gland, held at Kennedy current school building Park and S1. Anne's are not included in the Church. transfer of land and prop''We're anxious for the erty. church to be used for In July, 2000, the diosomething which will be cese closed S1. Louis of service to the commuChurch which in its 115nity," Bishop O'Malley year history served the said. spiritual needs of many people in Fall River's "Because there is no museum dedicated to the "Globe;' or south end. It Portuguese culture and had become a victim of their people's religiosity, changing population diswe are giving the buildtribution, loss of vital reing to the newly fonned source income from the group which has grown rental of its former parout of the annual Grand ish school to the city, and Feast of the Holy Spirit the structure's need of of New England, which expensive repair. they brought here," the At the time of the bishop added. closing it was served Bishop O'Malley says A SIGN on the grounds of the former by priests of the Mishe also hopes that a li- 81. Louis Church in Fall River, announces sionaries of S1. Charles brary might be located the plans for a new Holy Ghost Museum Turn to page 13there as well as the to be housed there. (AnchotiGordon photo) Museum

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Born in Brockton, a son of the 1957.

For 39 years Father Lawton was late Frederick H., and the late Christine (Twohig) Lawton, he gradu- the director of the Holy Cross Faated from St. Patrick's School there thers Retreat House on the Cam;;l'nd Msgr. James Coyle High , pus of Stonehill College. He left thet."C in 200 I to minister at area parSchool in Taunton.

He e'ntered the postulate at Our , ishes, notably Immaculate ConcepADRIANNA MEDEIROS displays a plaque ,she earned by being selected as the Catholic Lady of Holy Cross Seminary in tion Church in North Easton.

Father Lawton had been a mem- Memorial Home's "Employee of the Quarter." She has worked at the home since 1996 in the Easton in 1943 and received his habit on Aug. 15, 1945' in North ber of the editorial board'of Junior Msgr. Considine Alzheimer's Unit. From left are: Sister Mary Robert Romano, administrator; Dartmouth. After studies at the' Catholic Encyclopedia; the board 'Adrianna's mother Maria Fonseca; Medeiros; Mary Hoxie, nursing supervisor; and Diane University of Notre Dame he was of the New England Catholic Edu- Leclair, director of nursing. . professed on Aug. 16, 1946 and cational Association; the National orclained a priest in St. Mary's Ca- Catholic Education Association; thedraL Fall River, on June 7, 1952. and was chmrman of the New England Catholic Education Association. ' ~ With many' "mea tied, and also shows his NEED A GOOD PLUMBER? He leaves three sisters, Margarock in Portuguese being wounds, and Jesus is seen sit- . ret Ofria of Connecticut, Mary culpas," The Anchor "pedra," and that is how the ting on a 'rock," Father Reis O'Malley o( Concord and Sheila I For your home or business. aims to getits story .feast gets ,its na'me," Father said. ' Stewatt of Brockton; two brothers, straight on who the Daniel O. Reis, pastor of Our: "The statue of Senhor da I Richard N. Lawton of Framingham annual religious festival Lady of Immaculate Concep- Pedra is much like the Santo and retired Probate and Family in New Bedford is all 'tion Parish in New Bedford, Christo statue that we see car,I Court Judge James R. Lawton of I about. told The' Anchor. . ried in the processions in con& Heating Brockton; several nieces and nephThe feast and festival, re- junction with that particular I Plumbing Est. 1920 Lie. 10786 ews and cousins; and all his brothcently' celebrated at that parish feast, also portraying the sufI

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR ers of the Holy Cross Community. on August 18, and with origins' fering of Jesus we read about I His funeral Mass was celebrated NEW BEDFORD - For 75 in the Azores, has nothing to do ,in accounts Of Jesus' passion," "The Experienced August 29 in Holy Cross Church, years thousands of people of with S1. Peter, whose name in the New Bedford pastor noted.

I Plumbing People" South Easton. Interment was in Azorean heritage have gathered Latin is "Petrus" (and in Por"But this statue of Senhor da I Prol'iding {/ Full Line (!( Holy Cross Community Cemetery here each year to celebrate the tuguese "Pedro"), and who in- Pedra is different in that it in Easton. feast of Senhor da Pedra. deed was said by Jesus to be shows not just the shoulders After having gazed on the "the rock on which I will build and head of Christ, but is a full statue that is carried in the reli- " my Church." And indeed, the statue, depicting Jesus sitting S~jo'of ScMd]01€Ph-of13~ gious procession amid songs, story in the Gospel reading for on a rock. The name 'Senhor da J 351 years later our mission continues: prayers and adoration, there is Sunday, August 18, tells of Pedra' can be translated as to heal divisions ' no doubt who is being honored. Jesus giving Peter the keys to "The Lord of the Rock." l! l ~ to unite people "It is Jesus Christ himself, the Church.

The feast itself harkens back '~~j ~~,~ to bring people closer to God shown in the statue in his very "But,this feast is all about ' historically to the Island of Sao ~~~,~ and to ,one another passion and he is pictured sit- Jesus in his passion, the statue Miguel, ($1. Michael), in the 4 ~.'

For more information about us or to send donations: ting on a rock, the word for showing him wearing the Azores, Father Reis explained . '\!!4,~', Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston crown of thorns, the purple "It has long been celebrated ., Office of Development cloak the Roman soldiers in Villi Franca do Campo, a vil637 Cambridge Street Daily Readings , placed on his shoulders after lage in St. Michael, which Brighton. MA 02135 Sept 9 1 Cor 5: 1-8; Ps his ~courging and his hands Turn to page 13 - Senhor 617,746,2114 www.bostoncsj.org 5:5-6,7,12; Lk6:6-

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.A gift to the. nation Children throughout the diocese will return to our Catholic schools this week. Such an event presents an opportunity to lookat the state of HIJACKED UNITED AIRLINES .

Catholic elementary and high schools. Each year the National CathoFLIGHT 175 FLIES TOWARD lic Education Associatiort jssues a wonderful, back-to"school packet.

THE WORLD TRADE CENTER It is full of information worthy of our awareness. Too often the sensational becomes the only Church news onhe secular media. The real TWIN TOWERS BEFORE nuts and bolts ofChurch work is simply ignored. The opening of school .

SLAMMING INTO THE SOUTH gives us the opportunity to really appreciate the work of Catholic eduTOWER.AS THE NORTH ONE cation throughout the land. . .

BURNS IN THE SEPT. 11, According to the NCEA, Catholic school enrollment for the current 2001, ATTACK. AT LEAST academic year is 2,616,330. This does not include Catholiccollege and 2,819 PEOPLE PERISHED IN university students. It is interesting to note-that minority students are 26. I percent of this total enrollment fo~ elementary and high schools.

THE' ATTACK. IN THE YEAR Even more surprising is that nonCatholic enrollment is '13.2 percent of SINCE, THE NATION WITthis total. Minority and nonCatholic enrollment is ever increasing. Inner NESSED AN OUTPOURING OF . city educationJor minorities is a special gift that the Church offers to' PATRIOTISM AND SPIRITUAL those who in the long run will benefit most from the enviroJltTlent that is AND LAUNCHJ=:D AWAKENINGS the hallmark of Catholic education. The~fact that more and more nonCatholics are entering Catholic schools is clearly a reflection of the llTSELF INTO A WAR AND . need that Catholic schools can·provide for their students.

OTHER EFFORTS TO COMBAT Across America 49 new Catholic schools were opened. This ex': TERRORISM. (CNS PHOTO pansion is evident here.in our diocese. St. Mary's Elementary School -~~.' .. FROM REUTERS) in Mansfield will open its doors for the first time' this year. This is indeed indicative of the desire for Catholic education on the part of "EVEN WHEN I REMEM.the parents. Throughout the diocese more and mqre parents are opting for Catholic schools. The challenge is of course building new schools: BER, I AM DISTURBED, Without state support or encouragement the total l;:ost of Catholic AND HORROR TAKES schools is placed on the backs of parents who yet believe they are HOLD OF MY FLESH" . prime educators of their children. ' (JOB 21:6).

One of the most interesting changes in Oitholic schools can be found in the teaching staff. This year, the fulltime professional' staff will number 155,658. Of this number 94.2 percent will be laity (lay-' women 75 percent and laymen 19.2 percent). Here is where the real change can be found. More than 5.8 percent will be religious (Sisters 4.4 percent and Brothers and priests 0.07 percent each). This is indeed a real new force to be reckoned with. Today our schools are no longer . , . in the hands of religious. The laity in the truest sense of theterm is the backbone of Catholic education. This has brought a neW dynamic and enthusiasm into play. The laity are the ones who are reju~enatingour . .

Catholic schools and they deserve to be singled out for their teaching By FATHER EUGENE HEMRICK ' product our heart desires, con- . not impaired in value." efforts. Many are tea~hing in Catholic' schools facing many financial . CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE . It is no exaggeration to say tributing in the process to the difficulties. We must ever be aware of their sacrifice. .. . that Roosevelt was asking us to profits of powerful industries It is heartening to see city Other services provided by Catholic schools are to be seen in pre~ picture our childr~n fighting for buses running on natural gas, exempt from strict pollution school and extended day programs. Catholic preschool enrollment food in supermarkets because' · controls, we will remain in our hybrid cars operating alter. has increased 450 percent in one generation. Forty-eight percent of of its scarcity; contracting unnately on battery and gasoline, comfort zones.

Catholic schools have a prekindergarten p,rogram. Close to 4,000 and old buildings sporting new Comfort zones aren't to be heard of diseases due to polluschools offer extended care programs. .. energy-saving windows. These condemned. Most of the efforts- tion; never enjoying virgin forAs the NCEA points out, Catholic schools are a real gift to the and thousands of other ests or walks around crysnation. Based on the projected per pupil. cost to educate a child in efforts are intended to tal-clear lakes that exude government-controlled schools during the 1994-95 school year conserve our' earth's rethe freshness of nature. ($6,084). parents ofCatnolic elementary schools alone provided a gift ,sources 'and make it a As discomforting as . An excellent quotation by Presithese thoughts are" many ,to local state and federal government of more than $15 billion. This is healthier place to live. is found dent Theodore Roosevelt of us already have experiYet, as we have expe- . . the cost these en.tities would have paid if all Catholic ele'mentary school in tl)e Capitol: "The nation behaves enced their reality. Chil- . students had attended public.schools. Now throw in high schools; col- (ienced this summel', we well if it treats the natural resources dren have died from the leges and universities and you can imagine the tax i~crease that th.e still have days when many are advised not to· as assets which it must turn over to effects of pollution, and 'general population would be obliged to pay. ' go outdoors because of the next generation increased and we have seen how crazy We must never. forget the role Catholic schools play.in our nation, the' pollution; more people become when they not impaired in value." nor should we allow this gift to be ignored by the secularism of the people than ever are concan't obtain gasoline or times. tracting skin 'cancer and their supermarkets run

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Add.to this the failure of in our neighborhoods are aimed crops, horrendous forest fires at creating greater comfort. and glaciers that are melting at But one problem with our a frightening pace, and it is comfort zones is that they can clear that we have serious eco- leave us feeling self-centered - absorbed in whatever is giv~ . logical problems: What must we do that isn't ing us immediate pleasure. We being done? tend to lose our sense of the Although a rapidly deterio- future and, worse, our sense of rating ecosystem causes us dis- responsibility for it. comfort, we all need to become , An exceIlen't quotation by even more uncomfortable than · Pr'esident Theodore Roosevelt we are. As long as we can en.: is found in tl)eCapitol: "The. j9Y our daily showers along nation behaves well if it treats with air conditioning in ,the the natural resources as, assets summer and heat in the wint~r, which it must turn over to the as -long as we can purchase any · next generation increased arid

short of products. [talso is becoming increasingly difficult to find vacation spots where nature is still - well, where it is still just nature.

Until these images haunt us, making us extremely uncom- . fortable, we will continue to seek our private comfort zones, allowing events to pass us by.

But time is gr<;>wing short to preserve the beauty of nature -that God bestowed on us.

To help lengthen that time, we need to reflect on the' disturbing future our chi ldren face and do whatever we can to make' it safe and healthy for them.

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The old ball game Whew! That was way too close for comfort last week.

Thank goodness that the Major League Players Association and the baseball owners put their own greedy agendas on the back burner to avert a baseball strike.

How commendable

booth high above Wrigley Field in Chicago leading everyone in a heartfelt rendition of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Come on, let's all join him.

Take me out to the ball game,

that both parties _ - - - - - - - - - thought of the little guys ... the vendors and custodians, the parking lot attendants and the ushers ... and of course the fans. In

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reached an agreement at the ll'h hour and 59 1h minute - saving the game we love from certain disaster.

Thanks to their unselfishness, the season will continue without interruption. As we enter September, the 2002 baseball season has reached seventh-inning stretch time.

In true baseball tradition, let us all rise to our feet, imagine the late, great Harry Carey hanging out of his broadcast

But first can you float me a loan, To pay for the peanuts and Crackerjacks, Parking, pay rolls and luxury tax.

Give mor~ loot, loot, loot to the players, , 'Cause they know the fans are insane,' To pay one, two, three hundred bucks For just one ball game.

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Their ministries include education, health care, spiritual renewal, parish and pastoral work. For more in- . formation visit them on the Web at www.ophope.org.

OSSINING, N.Y. - The Dominican Sisters of Hope held their annual assembly earlier this summer at the Mount Saint Alphonsus Retreat House in Esopus, N.Y, themed "Liberation: A Journey of Hope-Remember, Return and Recreate."

Dave· lolivet, editor of The Anchor, is a former sports writer/editor, and regularly gives one fan's perspective of the unique world ofsports.

Comments are welcome at davejoiivet@anchornews.org.

Scouts 10 years of age and older.

All religious faiths are wel- ' come. Catholic Mass and Protestant services will be provided at the retreat.

Registration deadline is September 20. For more information and/or to register, call Father Stephen B. Salvador at SS. Peter & Paul Rectory, Fall River, 508-676-8463 or Mary Powers at 508-824-4452.

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, Ahhhh. Doesn't that feel good? Okay. Let's sit down' and get ready for the rest of the season. No more talks of strikes and work stoppages and collective bargain agreements and reve11ue sharing.

Both sides worked it out and will amicably share the milliol}s and millions of dollars up for grabs.

The system does work! Let's just hope that come World Series time in a few weeks, the janitors in Boston will be getting a paycheck, health insurance and benefits befitting all tax-paying Americans.

Not that it's a big deal or anything. It's not like they're ball players or something like that.

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Am la born-again Christian?

Q. I was bornand raised a Roman Catholic an~ the fact that Jesus and the disciples went into the land of still practice my faith. Soinetimes I'm asked if I am Judea and baptized others (In 3:22) and references elsea ''born~ag~n'' Christian. When I tell them my back- where in the New Testament about the significance of ground (baptism and aU the rest), they say that is baptism all point to the beliefthat to be born "again" or not enough. lmust be born again for salvation. I'm "from above" means to be baptized. (See, for example, not concerned about it, but what doeS ''born again" Acts 2:38 and 22:16; and Col 2: 11-13.) , meim? (California) ,The famous passage from St. Paul, read often at fu-

A. In the Gospel of John (3:3), Jesus tells the Phari- neralliturgies, is typical. "Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ see Nicodemus, "No one will celebrate its annual summer can see Jhe reign of God r--~---~-----liF:. ~~- Jesus were baptized into his - death? We were indeed bur, , fair Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p'.m. unless he is begotten from Quest.ions ied with him through bapabove." The Gree\<: word It will begin with a road race at 9 ' translated "from above" in an .tism into death, so that, just a.m; and feature music by the Co-, as Christ was raised from the NORTH DARTMOUTH - . 'Pany Bibles (e.g. "New lonial Pipers Bagpipe Band. For dead by the glory of the Famore information call 508-699- St. Julie Billiart Church will host American Bible" and t h e n S W e r S ther, we too inight live in a day ofinstruction,' devotion and ~'New Revised Standard 7566.

By Father' newness of life" (Rom 6:3intercession based on the message, ,Version") is also translated John J~ Diet~en 4).

BREWSTER - An eight- given at Fatima in 1917, on Sat- as "again" or "from the beThere is no doubt that . ginning" in some others. week SUPPOIt seminar for bereaved urday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ,, ' A recent study repOlts that one-third ofAine'rica's even the earliest Church theologians and writers unipersons entitled "Come Walk With NORTH DARTMOUTH ...:...-77 million baby~boomers identify themselves as "bom- versally saw in baptism the rebirth Jesus called for. About Me." will begin September 27 at Our Lady of the Cape Church, 468 St. Julie Billiart CI:wrch, 494 again Christians." Nearly a third of those who say they the year 150 A.D., Justin the martyr, a most noted deStony Brook Road. It will be fa- Slocum Road, will hold its annual are born again have some belief in astrology and rein- fender and interpreter of the Christian faith, wrote that ,ciiitated by members of the Septcmberfest September 14. It 'camation, and ;l large number are associated with no those who are persuaded and believe what Christians teach and believe are "brought by us to where there is Lazarus Ministry Group.Pre-reg- will feature music, and games for church.

Usually, however, the term is used in a more restricted ~ater and are regenerated (reborn) in the same manner istration is required. For more in- children. Volunteers are still formation call Happy Whitman at needed to assist. For more infor- ,sense, meaning only those individuals who have per- in which we ourselves were regenerated. In the name of sonally accepted Jesus Christ, in faith as Savior through God the Father ... and of our savior Jesus Christ and of 508-385-3252. ' matiori call 508-993-2351.

- his sacrifice on the cross, and who are committed to the Holy Spirit, they then receive the washing with waPOCASSET -"- The St. / follpwing his teachings and example. ter. For Christ also said, 'Unless you are born again, FAIRHAVEN - A Bereave, ~ent Support Group for adults' Francis of the Cape Fraternity will . According to most Protestant denominations which you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven'" (l Apolodealing with the death of a spouse hold its monthly meeting Septem- ,emphasize-such rebirth, these conversions take place gia 61).

If someone else asks if you have been born again, will meet on Wednesdays from, ber 10 at St. John the Evangelist often in the context of an "altar call" or similar event 5:30-6:,30 p.m. through September Church, 841 Shore Road. It will during a worship service, or perhaps in a private reli- you can say: Yes, through my baptism into Jesus Chl;St, which I live out by my commitment to and love for him. " " '25 at the Nurse and Hospice Care feature recitation of the rosary for gious experience. ,In Catholic tradition, being born again ...:...- and its A free brochure on ectimenism, including quesCommunity Office, 62 Center ~ the U.S. and the world at 6:30 Street. For more information call p.m., special songs and prayer in- consequences for our lives - is described by the rite of tions on intercommunion and other ways ofsharing tentions. Free world' mission ro- baptism, which our Lord speaks of two verses later: worship, is available by sending a self-addressed en508-999-3400. saries will be available. Mass will "No one, can enter into God's kingdom without being velope to Father Dietzen Box 325, Peoria n... 61651. .

Questions for this column should be sent to FaFALL RIVER - The chaplet be celebrated at 7 p.m. Refresh- begotten of water and Spirit."

The entire context of this section of John's Gospel, ther Dietzen at the sam~ address, or E-mail to: of Divine Mercy is prayed every ments will follow. ' the four Gospels' descriptions of the baptism of Jesus, iidietzen@aoI.com.

'Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Holy TAUNTON ...:...- A Mass of reName Church, 709 Hanover Street. Confessions will 'be heard membrance commemorating the afterward. For more information tragic events of September 11will be held September 10 at 7 p.m. at call 508-679-6732.

St. Anthony of Lisbon Church, The headlines so often tell a tragic This insight put Ringwald on usually spiritual in nature, little hapFALL RIVER - Catholic So- 126 School Street. Father Jay of destruction caused by binge new research path. traveling across pens over the long term." , tale cial Services seeks volunteers to Maddock will be the homilist.

Not everyone believes what he 'drinking, alcoholic rage and vio- the country to verify th~t what he teach ESL, English as a second, language, and civics in the Fall TAUNTON ----: The Taunton 1ence, and drunk driving. Then we had leamed was not confined to one says. In his research, Ringwald River area. Prior teaching experi- District Council of the St. Vincent read oth~r stories' of recovered a1co- area. He was especially interested in found that many professional~ and ence is not necessary. Training and, de ,Paul Society will sponsor a ' holics and drug addictS, people who unqerstandingwhat "finding a scientists prefer to attribute addicteaching materials will be pro- . Mass September 9 at 7 p.m. at find a new path that stops their de- higher power," a phrase he often tions to biology and generally ignore vided. For more information call Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel at scent into horror and helps them get heard, really meant to ~coholics and the role of faith in saving lives. Now Juraci Ribeiro at 508-674-4681. the,Annunciation of the Lord on with a good life. We read the sto- addicts, and why this seemed to hold he has written a deeply informative book with an opposing theme, titled Church for the intention of the ,ries and wonder what makes the dif- a key. to their recovery.

His research investigated a wide' 'The Soul of Recovery, UncoverHYANNIS - Catholics are canonization of Blessed Frederic ference.' ing the Spiritual Dimension , Why is it that some called to join in claiming Cape Cod Ozanam, and in memory of deout of , . . . , in the Treatment of Addicpeople can move for Jesus at thedaxlong Fire Rally ceased meinbers. Its regular tion" (Oxford University Saturday anhe Cape Cod Melody' 'monthly meeting' will' follow in their tragic trap of drinking and/Oi drugs, while others Bot.tom Press). .

Tent. It will begin with Mass at 9 'the chapel hall.'

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Ringwald writes about a.m. ~elebrated by Bishop' This question motivated ' Line addictions and the,people , TAUNTON -:- The St.' Malley and includes evangelists ,stuck in these horror traps, Father Michael Scanlan, Sister Jacques Choir is getting ready for, . a reporter, Christopher D. emphasizing how spiritualAnn Shields, Peter 'Harbeck and its Christmas season and will ,be- Ringwald, to investigate works whel) itp:imes By Antoinette Bosco ity provides a fuller under- . gin new rehearsals Septem.ber 9 what Father Dave Pivonka. from7:30-9:30p.m.atSt.Jacques' to drug and alcohol treat- L.---:""'"'!'-------l:..;.:..._=-~,;;J-J standing ofthe nature of addictions and helps people to MISCELLANEOUS - The' Church, 249 Whittenton Street. ment ~ and why. For a next,Retrouvaille weekend will be New members may qualify to join period of two years he investigated range of treatments, including pro- overcome them.

I asked Ringwald if the fact that held September 13-15 and offers . the choir on its trip to the VatiCan programs and methods used to try . grams using the famous 12-step apcoup,les a chance to heal and re-, next summer. For more informa- to get addicts to stay clean, writing proach of Alcoholics Anonymous, he is a devout Catholic influenced , new troubled marriages. Redis- tion call Frank Wilhelm at 508- a series of articles for the Times "substance-abuse treatments at vari- his research, and he said decidedly Uniofl: newspaper in Albany, N.Y.ous centers, programs for addicted "yes." , cover y?urself and your spouse and 245-2404.

"My Catholic faith showed me Ringwald also talked at length to women, Native-American treatalcoholics and addictS, and found a ments and a historical lQok at the that b~lief makes a difference. It' . surprising and nearly common fac- recovery movement. made me willing to take the beliefs tor among those who were getting . His discovery, simply, put, ,was of others seriously, especially those clean. that many recovered addicts had, ofaddicts who recover by spiritual "Most mentioned spirituality or fOl,lnd.a spiritual connection with means.

'The recovery movement gets God, p~ayer or meditation, or serv- something beyond the material -"FALL RIVER - 'The Abuse September 26, 7 p.m. at St. ing others. They spoke of having an and this created an anchor of hoPe kicked around a lot, and it's made , Prevention Unit, part of the dioc- Anne's Parish, 660 North Main awakening or reorientation - radi- that helped them get liberated from fun of. But it's very serious business. , esan Catholic Social Services has Street, Raynham, 508-823-9833. calor gradual- that allowed them their demons and take back control It mixes philosophy, science' and spirituality. I am fascinated in what added two additional Abuse PreNovember 21, 7 p.m. Our' tOjitart life anew," Ringwald told me. of their lives.

"Here's the truth about recovery . people believe, and why and how' . vention Training Sessions to the Lady of Victory, 230 South Main, "That, I decided, was the real action 14 listed in last week's Anchor. ,Street, Centerville, 508-775- in the treatment and recovery of for many addicts," says Ringwald. ' beliefs shape their lives. Faith mat"Without a personal transformation, ters." people addic~d to drugs."

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Courageous Catholicism This past May, after four Church will lead to genuine remonths of full immersion in the form.

Cat~olic Crisis of 2002, it struck Then I take up the question of me that a book was in order: a causality: how on earth did this book that described what the cri- mess happen? It didn't happen sis is, what it isn't, why it hap- because of celibacy. It didn't pened, and what could be done happen becau'se of the Church's to turn the crisis into an oppor- sexual ethic. It didn't happen tunity for genuinely Catholic re- because the Catholic Church is form. Happily, the good people at Basic Books - - - - - - - - - - - agreed. The result has just been published "The Courage To Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church."

By George Weigel There are competitors on the market, but I' d ....---------...;.U~::....; like to think that "Courage" is a different kind of book .. "authoritarian" (it isn't). It didn't I tried to write it from the "in- happen because of media bias side" - not just the "inside" (although there has been quite story of what happened, in the enough of that). It happened beChurch in the U.S. and in Rome cause of infidelity, be.cause of (although the book includes a lot failures in discipleship ,and of information about that), but " headship in the Church. , from "inside" the Church's conThe current crisis can't be un- ' victions about the unique char- derstood unless it's located acter of the priesthood and the ,quite precisely in t,he history of episcopate. Unlike other books, the past 35 years ~and specifiwhich propose resolving the cri- cally in the context of a "culture sis through various "Catholic of dissent" that, has ,eroded Lite" schemes, '!The ,Courage Catholic identity and caused the To Be Catholic" argues that, grayest ,confusionsaJ:>out what there is no reform without form.· priests and bishops. are; and Only deepened fidelity to the ,about what priests' and bish9PS unique "form" Christ· gave the . are for. The Catholic "Lite Bri-

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gade" has made today's crisis the occasion for another assault on settled Church teaching; I argue that, while the crisis has many causes, the agitations of the Lite Brigade are one of them.

All of which means that the path to genuine reform involves the Church becoming more Catholic, not less.

That has been.the pattern throughout Catholic history. Genuinely Catholic reform always means going back to roots: to those truths that Christ gave the Church as a permanent constitution. Retrieving those roots - renewing our commitment to those truthsis how genuinely Catholic reform always happens. Genuinely Catholic reform doesn't involve turning the Catholic Church into another' American "denomination." Genuine reform means rediscovering the courage to be Catholic.

The book also includes three chapters of specific suggestions: an agenda for genuinely Catholic reform in seminaries and novitiates, in the priesthood, in the selection of bishops, in the exercise of the bishop's office, and in the Vatican. These chapters

Moving on to' cyborchetics Is it time, fellow Catholics, that we bite the bullet and begin a bold and ground-breaking experiment in catechetics in wake' of the findings that indicate many adult Catholics are not entirely sure if the Roman Missal is a book, fireworks or an Italian sports car?

Here at the headquarters of the Roadkill Theological Roundtable we are on the edge of advocating a radical leap in teaching Church teaching not only to those who teach Church teaching but also to those who are being taught Church teaching

by Church teachers.

This could even have a more profound impact than renaming CCD - now known by many as "religious education" or even "catechetics."

Think "cyborchetics". , The. potential has been right in front of us for years: cyborgs.

Is it time to develop cyborg religious education teachers?

Think of it: humanoid-type machines that could be programmed to teach accurate, clear, doctrine.

No more recruiting busy parishioners to a) be taught to be teachers, b) be taught what to teach, and then c) be thrown live into religious-education classes.

No more last~minute ill-' The evangelization potential nesses. No individualistic is pretty obvious. ' tweaking of doctrine. No more No doubt one could be manu'panic and tears when the videosfactured to look like the pastor, from the diocesan religious edu- . although· there could be some cation office go to the wrong dicey issues if he started send. parish. ing Msgr. McCyborg to parish This could radicalize parish meetings in his place. Age- and religious education. If Arnold grade-specific functions could Schwarzenegger can be turned be programmed. Models could be outfitted with low, voltage "student attention assurance rays."

Eyes could be installed in the backs of heads.

These 'teachers could be bilingual and trilingual. They could

By Dan Morris, show videos on their chests or foreheads.

They could send E. into a cyborg who can ride a mails to homes of absent stuHarley, shoot a Gatling gun and dents. During off-hours they melt himself down in a steel mill could be stored in the corner after saving the world (refer to of rectories or parish school "Terminator"), surely an R2D2- classrooms to monitor ortholike robot can be developed to doxy and/or act as lightning teach doctrinal basics. rods.

Naturally there would be Better yet, advances in artificial intelligence hold great much interest in which episcopromise for the cyborg catechist pal department would be to respond to questions and charged with the responsibility . of programming the cyborg catserve treats.

Even better yet, robotics is echists.

On the other hand, advancing so rapidly that it is not a stretch to think a cyborg cyborchetics might merit one of catechist could be produced to its own.

Comments are welcome. Eresemble Tom Cruise, Britney Uncle Dan at Spears, Mother Teresa or Arch- mail cnsuncle@yahoo.com. bishop Fulton J. Sheen.

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THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., September 6, 2002 are, frankly, an attempt to get the public discussion beyond bumper-sticker slogans like "zero tolerance" and "one strike and you're out." I hope that my recommendations will help others formulate even more comprehensive proposals for the genuinely Catholic reform of the Church according to the teaching of the Second Vatican Council and the magisterium of Pope John Paul II. "The Courage To Be Catholic" closes with a quotation from Pope Pius XI, which happened to be a favorite of Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement. Facing an onslaught from the two paganisms embodied by Stalin and Hitler, Pius XI wrote, "Let us thank God that he makes us live among the present problems: It is no longer permitted to any-

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one to be mediocre." That kind of bracing, unsparing challenge, not the psychobabble of "listening sessions," is what U.S. Catholics want and need today.

All the suffering and humiliation of these past eight months must have been for a reason; it must have some purpose in God's scheme of things. I suggest that that purpose is the genuinely Catholic reform of the Church in the United States.

"Catholic Lite" helped create the crisis. Retrieving and renewing classic Catholicism - a Catholicism with the courage to be countercultural - is the way, under God's grace, for the Church to turn crisis into opportunity.

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

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Vatican says pope won't make trip 'to Philippines in January give up this trip. But itdoesn't mean he'll stop traveling," said one Vatican official.

Vatican aides were concerned, however, that the 13-hour flight to the Philippines and the six-hour time difference could take a heavy physical toll on the 82-year-old pontiff.

The Vatican announced the pope was naming as his delegate to the family meeting Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo. Cardinal Lopez Trujillo heads the Pontifical Council for the Family, which is sponsoring the event in Manila.

Vatican officials have said the pope plans to visit Croatia next spring to preside over a beatification ceremony. He has made 98 foreign trips since his election in 1978; h~ last visited East Asia in 1995.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) Pope John Paul II has decided not to make a trip to the Philippines in January, another sign that age and infirmity are curbing papal travel.

A letter from the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, informed the Archdiocese of Manila that the pope would not be able to attend the Fourth World Family Meeting in ManilaJanuary 23-26, Vatican sources said. .The office ofCardinal Jaime Sin of Manila said the decision was "sad news" and asked prayers for the pope's health.

The Vatican press office did not officially confirm that the pope would not be going, but informed sources who asked not to be identified said the trip was off. '''The pope was disappointed to

Paulists celebrate 25 years of evangelical outreach Alvin Illig, is even more crucial today than it was in 1977.

The association's ongoing ministries to reach both active and inactive Catholics include weeklong parish missions, prison ministries, a magazine of reflections on daily Mass readings called Share the Word, and diocesan- and parishbased evangelical programs called "Disciples in Mission."

A new ministry, called "Envision;' will be launched this fall as part of a pilot program in three parishes. The program aims to help parishes become more focused on evangelizing.

WASHINGTON (CNS) - The Paulist National Catholic Evangelization Association is continuing many ofits ongoing programs and launching some new ones as it celebrates its 25th anniversary.

"Our mission has remained the same," said Paulist Father Kenneth Boyack, the association's president. He said the group's mission is to "build up the body of Christ by equipping active Catholics for the work of evangelization and proclaiming the Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ to inactive Catholics and the unchurched."

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CONVENTUAL FRANCISCAN Father James McCurry removes the sign in front of the former St. Hyacinth College and Seminary in Granby, Mass. The friars moved out in June, marking an end to th~ 75-year-old institution where more than 4,000 Franciscans had studied. (CNS photo by Fred LeBlanc, Catholic Observer')

Friar finds skeleton, wildlife while cleaning out closed seminary

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HOLYOKE, Mass. - When St Hyacinth College, an institution that had educated Conventual Franciscan friars and seminarians since 1927, closed its doors in Granby this year, Franciscan,Fa(her James McCurry faced the massive ~ of emptying its more than 300

rooms. ''In our old science laboratory there was a skeleton hanging for years and years and years;' said Father McCurry in an interview With The Catholic Observer, newspaper of the Diocese of Springfield. "And I had j~t assumed that it was a manufactured skeleton. It never occurred to me that this was real human bones. When I found out, I immediately went and got a vigil candle and lit the vigil candle in Ciont of the remains of this unknown person;' he said. ''But because we had no paperwork - we didn't have a paper trail for it - we had to go through the proper procedure;' said Father McCurry. "So the medical examiner's office authenticated that there was no foul play. I arranged with local undertakers for a proper burial for 'Frater Ignotus; the unknown brother, I call him."

One of the more unique collections at St. Hyacinth's was about 1,000 pieces of taxidermy wildlife, known as the college's Nafura1 History Collection. "We had absolutely brilliant birds, snakes, moles, foxes, skunks, hens, all species native to North America Perhaps the

finest such collection in North America."

In emptying out the library, Father McCuny sorted through more than 100,000 books including a rare 18thcentury three-volume history of music - the first ever written - by Conventual Franciscan Father John the Baptist Martini. ''What makes it ev~n more fascinating is that Father Martini who composed this was the tutor of Mozart," said Father McCurry. "So the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was tutored by a Conventual Franciscan musician and historian and we have the very history of music that he composed."

Other articles that were dismantled and moved to the order's provincial headquarters in Ellicott City, Md., included the archives of St. Maxirnillian Kolbe, the Polish priest who was canonized for having given his life at Auschwitz during World War II so another man could live.

The property, sold in 2001, has been leased to the Diocese of Springfield. It was to serve as the site of Holyoke Catholic High School for the next three to five years, while a new school is being built.

On those 513 acres of land stood 14 buildings including a full gym, library, faculty residence, school building, residence for seminarians and freestanding convent for Franciscan sisters who served there for decades, as well as two ponds and a lake, forsythia bushes, lilac bushes, birch trees, pine groves and hardwood trees.

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BISHOP WILTON D. Gregory, right, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, blesses Atlanta Deacon Ricardo Bailey before the deacon reads the Gospel at the opening Mass of the ninth National Black Catholic Congress in Chicago recently. More than 3,000 delegates attended the congress. (CNS photo by Karen Callaway, Northwest Indiana Catholic)

u.s. soldiers in Afghanistan get 15,000 'military rosaries' DALLAS (CNS) - Rosary makers across the Dallas diocese are closing in on their goal ofmaking 15,000 ''military rosaries" for the U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan since the terrorist attacks September 11.

The red. white and blue rosaries were the idea of Our Lady's Rosary Makers of America International, based out of St Monica Parish in North Dallas. The group started by assembling about lOOper week in December. The ambitious project quickly picked up steam when nearly a dozen parishes, schools and lay groups joined over the next couple of months.

More than 12,000 rosaries have been assembled and mailed with a booklet on how to say the rosary, according to Rosary Makers member Donna Hunter. She said help has come from members of six parishes in Dallas and two in Richardson, as well as the Missionaries of Charity in Dallas, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and teens participating in the diocese's Mission Possible summer service program.

'The Blessed Mother thinks a lot bigger than I do.

She thinks worldwide. It's just huge," Hunter told the Texas Catholic, Dallas diocesan newspaper. ''We're running out 300 a week. It's incredible to think that we've reached 12,000:' According to Hunter, more than 40,000 military r0saries have been requested, but only 15,000 will be made since the group has other projects planned.

The project's roots were planted when a member of Rosary Makers contacted several U.S. military chaplain offices in Washington. The request was E-mailed from Washington to chaplains around the world, and

the initial response was for 15,000 rosaries. Soon after, several thousand rosaries were shipped along with a booklet on how to say the prayer.

The group gets funding from individual donations, as well as fund-raisers such as garage sales and school functions. At St Rita in Dallas last spring, students paid $1 each to be allowed to wearjeans to school, and more than $500 was raised to buy supplies.

Hunter said stories are just beginning to trickle in from soldiers who have received the rosaries. One story came from a Dallas woman whose nephew received a rosary as he prepared for his assignment in#ghanistan. He returned safely from his assignment and ran into his aunt during a recent funeral for his grandfather.

She saw him pull out the red, white and blue rosary before saying the prayer at the wake. He told her how he'd gotten the rosary, and she said that she knew the people who made it. .

"He said he hung it on his bed and prayed the rosary at night," Hunter said. "It meant so much to him that he put the rosary in the casket with his grandfather."

With the military rosary project winding down, Hunter said the next major project will involve making rosaries to be distributed in China. According to Hunter, thousands of red and yellow rosaries - colors chosen for the Chinese flag - will be made and distributed with miraculous medals, St. Michael the Archangel prayer cards and booklets in Chinese on how to say the rosary.

They will be distributed by Texas Catholics who will travel to China.

NEW SERRA Club President Timothy E. Mitchell and former President John E. Hoyle speak with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., during the club's annual summer gathering.

New Bedford Serrans install new officers NEW BEDFORD - The Serra Club of New Bedford held its annual Changeover Night and cookout recently when new officers were installed for the upcoming 20022003 year.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., officiated at the installation of the new officers and praised the good work of the Club.

The newly elected are: Timothy E. Mitchell, president; Arthur Correia, first vice president; Arthur J. Villeneuve Jr., second vice president; Paul A. Gracia, third vice president;

William E. Santos, fourth vice president; Maurice F. Downey, treasurer; Stephen R. Almeida, secretary; Joseph S. Avila, trustee for one year; Gilbert J. Costa, trustee for two years; and Thomas B. Oliver, trustee for three years.

The gathering was held at the home of Maurice and Anne Downey who have hosted the annual event for 27 years.

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TV's eyes trained on 9/11 anniversary

By MARK PATTISON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

Book-History "NO CROSS, NO CROWN: BLACK NUNS IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY . NEW ORLEANS," by Sister Mary Bernard Deggs. Edited

by Virginia Meacham Gould and Charles E. Nolan. Indiana .University Press (Bloomington, . Ind., 2002). 264 pp. "PASSIONATE UNCERTAINTY: INSIDE THE AMERICAN ·JESUITS," by Peter McDonough and Eugene C. Bianchi. University of California Press (Berkeley, Calif., 2002).

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for orphan boys and homes for poor women and the elderly. Sister Mary Bernard herself had been one of the young: children the original foundresses educated and so had absorbed the stories of the order's beginnings. Her history leaves no unpleasantry out, for these she considered the sources of grace ("no cross, no crown").

Financial strain was constant, but this is still an upbeat story.

Sister Mary Bernard writes about

II" special in the days leading up to the attacks' anniversary.

WASHINGTON - Watch Even PBS, which last Septemtelevision walk the fine line be- ber hastily rearranged its schedule . tween reverence and exploitation to introduce new documentaries as broadcast networks and cable on terrorists and the Middle East, outlets bulk up their schedules will trot out a three-part special of with special programming related its "In the Mix" series for young to the September II terror attacks. adults called "The New Norma1."

It's a safe bet'that nearly all of It deals with how the things that the them will be a little patriotic, are different since last September REVIEWED BY a little compassionate, a little his- look to be like the way things could PATRICK J. HAYES toric. The real question is whether be for a long time to come.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE it will all be a little too much.

And that's just seven networks Trying to separate "cathoIt seems that in the 500-chan- - three'over-the-air, three basic nel universe 497 of those chan- . cable, and one pay cable. lic re.ligious ord.er~ from nels are going to try to commemo- .

There is indeed a danger that ! ~mencan culture.ls hke ~ry­ rate, observe, or look back some- repeated revisiting of the Septem- mg,to take the whlt~ ?ff nce.. ~ how on 9/11., as it's become ber II attacks - especially with !wo booksexammmg the known in shorthand. New shows some of the horrific video foot- Impact of men and women are announced daily, and still oth- age taken of the jet crashes - will religious on America are ers will be promoted, between the· make Americans more fearful and part of a recent wave of time this is written -and the time distrustful of their surroundings. "Catholic studies.". ' you read it.

Past studies have shown how TV . The first book IS a rare ABCs "Good. Morning newscoverageofcrimecanmake' thing-ahistorywritt~nby America" is trumpeting its Sep- viewers more afraid of the world a 19th-century Afncantember 9 edition as the first time around them. (Add blanket cov- American nun. "No Cros.s, a full program has t~ken place erage of traffic tie-ups and _N? Crown: Black Nuns 10 inside the. Pentagon. A. day later, weather woes, and people may NJnete~~~h-Centurt New ABC will air a two-hour "Report just decide to work only out of Orleans IS. the story ~f the from Ground Zero" in prime time. their ~ir-conditioned homes.) . I ~42 founding of.the. Sisters MSNBC plans what it calls Since networks are still com- of the Holy. FamIly In New "Four Days of Remembrance" peting with each other even as Orl~ans, w~tten by one of September 8-11 with all manner they're providing what passes for .their own, Sister Mary Berof documentaries and talk shows. public service, there's not neces- nard Deggs, bet~een 18~4 The A&E cable channel has sarilyany coordination. of cover- and 189~. T?e edItors of thIS announced two prime-tIme spe- age. The typical exception is a . book wn.te: That a small band of the power of the sisters' charity: cials for September 4 and 8. Its presidential address. . ~f~o~~reole wo~e~ founded a re- "We have had many women of sister channel, the Biography.

The bumper stickers still pro~ l~glOus commumty In the antebel- the grandest and richest families Channel, will air four "Biogra- claim "Never Forget" as a result lum South was remarkable. That of New Orleans come and live'in phy" features on influential fig- of September II. The question is we ha~e a perso~al accoun~ of th~ our house, ... many of whom... had even owned slaves in former ures in the September II after- whether people need to be bom- founding years IS extraordln~. math from 8 p.m. to midnight barded with reminders.

The order was founded against times. We have the mistress and EDT September II. It's also true, though, that the the. ~revailing wishes of. wom~n her slaves in there at. the same The Showtime pay cable chan- coverage will not be 24 hours a rehglOus already estabhshed In time 'and they live like angels tonel will premiere on September 9 day, seven days a week on every N~w Orleans. The new order ad- geUter. It is a very striking. thing a·collection of short filrilsshot by channel. There should be a vari- mlttedAfro-Creole wome~, som~ to see their love."

Sister Mary Bernard wrote in ·students exploring the effects of ety of perspecti,ves on the event, born free and o~hers bOJ?l ~Iaves. the terror. attacks, with replays but without seeing each program They worked WIth the city s out- . English, but she was dyslexic and September II and 14. in advance there is no way to casts. They ran schools for young French was her primary language.

CBS wi1l rerun its top-rated "9/ guarantee that. girls of African descent, asylums This edition's editors, Virginia

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CATHOliC. NEWS SERVICE NEW YORK - Nearly two years after its San Francisco premiere, "Dead Man Walking," the opera based on the book written by Sister of St. Joseph Helen Prejean, is coming to New York.

Seven performances were set for the New York City Opera at Lincoln Center, beginning September 13.

The world premiere in San Francisco in the fall !Jf 2000 received mostly enthusiastic reviews, with Martin Kette of the London Guardian saying the opera "makes the most concentrated impact of any piece of American theater since 'West Side Story.'''

Writing in Commonweal about "Dead Man Walking" performances in Cincinnati, Benjamin Ivry called the work "arguably the most moving opera written on a Catholic theme since Francis Poulenc's 'Dialogues of the Carmelites' almost 45 years ago."

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Meacham Gould, a New Orleansbased historian, and Charles E. Nolan, the archdiocesan archivist, took Sister Mary Bernard's jourc nal and transformed its unusual English prose into this more accessible account. Additionally, the editors provide a full complement of explanatory notes and a very useful introduction.

Contemporary American Jesuc its and formerJesuits are the subject of "Passionate Uncertainty: Inside the American Jesuits," written by Peter McDonough, author of an earlier book on Jesuits, "Men Astutely Trained" (1992), and Eugene C. Bianchi, a former Jesuit and professor. emeritus of religion at Emory University. They make some challenging claims from beginning to end.

For instance, they suggest that because traditional Jesuit apostolates are being served well by increasing numbers of the laity, mainly in response to a decline in.

Jesuit,numbers, "the functional rationale of the priesthood is undercut." Is lay service in the Church really a deterrent to young men entering religious life?

The authors used surveys to gather their data from current and former Jesuits. The responses show a great depth of honesty. This book pro. vides a forum to air the needs and . desires of "the long black line."

The book may trouble some readers because the authors~ bald interpretations point to an order in disarray,· yet one clinging to the ideals set long ago by St. Ignatius Loyola himself. .

Hayes. is a doctoral student. in ecclesiology at The Catholic University of America and an adjunct professor at Fordham .. University in New York and Fairfield University in Connecticut.

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"Poulenc's martyred nuns might' City Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Miehihave recognized a kindred spirit in the gan Opera Theater in Detroit, Pittsburgh courageous Sister Helen," Ivry added.

Opera and Baltimore Opera.

In addition to Cincinnati, the opera "I haven't changed anything in the was performed score since the earlier this year at premiere in San Opera Pacific in Writing in Commonweal about Francisco," Orange County, "Dead Man Walking" performances Heggie said.

Calif. The two piece in Cincinnati, Benjamin Ivry called "The companies were seems to work in the first to use the the work "arguably the most mov- these other cities ing opera written on a Catholic as strongly as it new settings.

The new pro- theme since Francis Poulenc's 'Dia- did there." duction is "com- logues of the Carmelites' almost 45 Heggie, 41, pletely different years ago." has been com. from the origiposer of songs nal," said com{:ycles that have poser Jake Heggie. "The original, as it been performed at recitals by some of turns out, was just too big to fit on most the world's noted artists: Frederica von stages."

Stade, Susan Graham, Renee Fleming, Seven companies co-commissioned Jen~ifer Larmore, Dawn Upshaw and the new production. In addition to the Bryn Terfe1. This summer Heggie's new two companies which presented it earsong cycle, "The Deepest Desire," lier this year, the others are New York based on texts by Sister Helen, was

• given its premiere at a festival in Colo- . rado.

Born in West Palm Beach, Fla., Heggie grew up in Columbus, Ohio, where he started piano lessons and began composing. As a teen-ager he moved with his family to the San Francisco Bay area and studied composition at the University of .California at Los Angeles. In 1998 he became composer in residence at the San Francisco Opera.

Heggie said reviews for the opera have been about· 85 percent positive.

The negative reviews, he said, "hasn't stopped a!Jdiences from giving the work a'standing ovation at every single performance.': Several European opera houses have shown some interest in the work. The only definite production overseas will be at the Adelaide Festival by the State Opera of South Australia in August 2003.

New bishop installed in nation's biggest diocese

By JOHN ROSCOE CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

FAIRBANKS, Alaska - A South Dakota parish priest and novice pilot was ordained recently as bishop of the largest diocese, geographically, in the country.

Msgr. Donald Kettler of Sioux Falls, S.D., became'the fifth bishop of Fairbanks - the 410,000square-mile diocese of northern and weste,rn Alaska that is home to 20,000 Catholics - in front of an estimated 1,000 people at Fairbanks' John A. Carlson Community Activity Center.

Archbishop Roger L. Schwietz

ofAnchorage was the principal celebrant. Attending was Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, the pope's representative to the United States.

Born in Minneapolis and raised in Sioux Falls, the bishop graduated from St. John's University and Seminary in Collegeville, Minn., and was ordained in 1970. He has been a pastor in South Dakota for almost all of his 32 years as a priest.· Fairbanks Catholics attending the ordination said they like what they have seen and heard so far, and look forward to getting to know their new bishop better. .

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out a bishop for two years. , "Maybe it brings a little bit of closure to the death of Bishop (Michael) Kaniecki," he said. well here," said Lou Williams, who "We're opening up a new chapter took four days off work to assist in the diocese." with diocesan preparations for the Bishop Kaniecki, 'a Jesuit who ordination. "He is just so warm and served as apastor in the diocese for so nice." many years, became bishop in Williams said she hopes the new 1984. He died in office in August bishop will sta'1d up for the poor, 2000. A skilled pilot, he was on a plentiful in the city of Fairbanks as jubilee year 2000 mission to visit well as in the far-flung villages of all 48 parishes and missions in his the scantly populated region. ' vast diocese when he suffered a "I've heard that back in South massive heart attack and died.

Dakota he paid a lot of attention to .

Bishop Kettler is himself a pilot people who needed help," she told in training. Several years ago he dethe Catholic Anchor, Anchorage cided he wanted to learn to fly and archdiocesan newspaper. 'Td like began taking lessons at a leisurely to set< him continue that here. Be~ pace. cause of the elements here, it's In June, when he was asked to pretty hard for people .who can't become the bishop of Fairbanks, help themselves."

Bishop Kettler said he immediately Tom Malone, secretary of the made a connection between his statewide council of the Knights of . late-blooming interest in flying and Columbus, said the ordination cel- Alaska, where bishops and priests ebration was especially important have utilized airplanes in their minbecause the diocese has been with- istry for years.

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Now, to get his wiDgs, he only has to take the written portion of the test, which he plans to do in Fairbanks, stalfsaid. Butthe bishop isn't waiting around to get out tll meet his new flock.

He left August 24,just two days after his ordination, for an eight-day excursion into western Alaska, where Jesuit missionaries have been working with Native Alaskans for more than 100 years. Bishop Kettler is"the first rion-Jesuit bishop of Fairbanks.

"We're getting ready for him.

He's going to eat our Native food," said Deacon Joe Asuluk Sr. of Toksook Bay, who read the Gospel in Yup'ik, an Eskimo dialect, at the ordination.

Deacon Asuluk said he was impressed that the new bishop was getting out into the villages right away. , "Here we are like a flock, but the people are kind ofscattered. We. need a shepherd to get us back together again," he said.

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has a Catholic school system of 16 elementary and three high schools and is home to a regional seminary.

Last month, Bishop O'Malley marked his lOth anniversary in the 400,OOO-member, Fall River diocese, where, in 1992 as the sixth bishop, he succeeded Bishop Daniel A. Cronin who became Archbishop of Hartford, Coon.

Coming from the three-island Virgin Islands diocese in the Caribbean, where had been bishop since 1984, Bishop O'Malley was called to shepherd a flock deeply affected by the abuse scandal. He reached out to victims offormer Fall River priest James Porter, who was later convicted of abusing scores ofmi'1ors and imprisoned, and developed specific policies to follow in response to any future allegations of sexual abuse by a cleric.

Under Bishop O'Malley, many programs and diocesan ministries were begun and advanced. Catholic Social Service in the Fall River diocese was greatly expanded; an Office of AIDS Ministry was established. as well as ones for Development and Pastoral Planning; and an outreach to immigrants, especially from Brazilian, Hispanic and Portuguese communities, one of his top priorities, was facilitated.

Under his care, courageous decisions were made to merge parishes as population changes and lack of priests necessitated, as well as build a new church on Cape Cod to meet

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APOSTOLATE FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES COMMUNITY ACTION FOR A prolific writer, Bishop APOSTOLATE FOR SPANISH SPEAKING BETTER HOUSING O'Malley authored several key pastorals and letters·to instruct and inspire the faithful during his stay in Fall River. ~ur ~amily ,He is one of only two members of the Capuchin Order, which is 235 North Front Street, New Bedford, MA AMPLE dedicated to the teachings of St. PARKING Francis of Assisi, to serve in the Church hierarchy. Born in Lake1 MILE wood, Ohio, and ordained a priest FROM 1·195 in 1970, Bishop O'Malley is fluent in five languages and versed in seven.

He holds a master's degree in religious education and a doctorate in Spanish and Portuguese Literature - both from The Catholic University of America in Washington, . ....

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Pierogi, Kielbasa, "Golabki" (Stuffed He was appointed in 1998 by the Cabbage), Cabbage Soup Pope to the Special Assembly for Oceania held at the Vatican, and has a~d many more Polish Delicacies. served as Apostolic Visitator for . \~~\Hot Dogs & Hamburgers - _.... several seminaries in Central ~~tt\\ \\ America and the Caribbean. He is ~~~ '.~" an active member of the U.S. Conference ofCatholic Bishops and has served on and chaired several committees. . From Fairhaven, Wareham and East:

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Contributing to this story were Anchor staffer Mike Gordon and John E. Kearns Jr., assistant director of the diocesan Office of Communications.

From Fall' River, Taunton and West: On Interstate 195 get off at Exit 16 (Washburn Street).

At stop sign make an immediate right. At traffic lights take a left on Coggeshall Street. Second Street on right make a right turn on North Front street. The Church and Parish Hall are fifty feet from the corner.

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On Interstate 195 get off at Exit 17 (Coggeshall Street).

After traffic lights continue for two blocks. Second stre'et on right make a right turn on North Front Street. The Church and the Parish Hall are fifty feet from the corner.

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Mass remembering 9/11 victims set at Cathedral Members of area fire and police FALL·RIVER - On September 8 ,it 5 p.m., in St. Mary's Ca- departments, as well as medical thedral, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, service techniCians, have been'inbFM Cap~, will be the principal vited to attend the Mass in uniform.

Dozens of· parishioners from concelebrant at a Mass remembering the families and kin who .parishes in the Fall River diocese, were victit~lS of the September II, . as well as HQly. Cross Father Francis Grogan, of the 200 I terrorist attacks.

Diocesali priests, including Congregation's spiritual center in many chaplains, will concelebrate North Dartmouth, were among' 'and members of the new, Dioc- those killed in'the suicidal acts of esan Prepare~ness Commi ttee terrorists who crashed two comwill participate in the Mass to be .mercialjetliners into Manhattan's Twin Towers. sung by the Diocesan Choir.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) - In dren were upset by the attacks. the months after· September II', The effects were worst for th9se 'Francis ·E. Dolan, director of . who had direct expo~ure to the atCatholic Charities in the Diocese . tacks or spent a large amount of of Trenton. N:1.,.was reminded of· time viewing television coverage a less9n he'd learned long ago: in thedays after September I L "People's needs don't surface on Catholic Charities USA, which a neat schedule." . received $31 million in donations T,hal's why the agency still has . for SeptemQer 11 disaster assisfour full-time staff members work- tance, has so far allocated '$22.5 ing to assist those who '~Iost a loved million to 24 local Catholic,Charione, lost income or a job, or just ties agencies that are offering counlost their way" following the attack seling, emergency financial as'sison the World Trade Center in New . tance,job placement, legal aid and, York, Dolan said. Since the outreach to immigrant populations.

"We know from firsthand exdiocese's September II Disaster Response Prograrp formally began perience that new needs aris~ long in February, more than 600 people after tragedy occurs, and some of. have used its services. our important and valued wQrk Of the 2,819 victims of the takes place months after people World Trade Center attacks, nearly first contact Catholic Charities for 1,000 were from New Jersey, in- assistance," said Father 1. Bryan eluding 100 from one county alone Hehir~ president ofCatholic Chari- Monmouth County in the Tren- ties USA. '.

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Dolan said the agency's follow- ties extends long after the dust has up program will last at least two settled and the physical wounds of years, depending on funding, and disaster have healed,'~ he added. could be needed for five years or Patricia 1. Aaron, assistant exmore. . ecutive director forCalholic Chari"We've learned from Ok la- ties in the Archdiocese of Okla~ homa City that we need to think . homa City, said her agency expeabout a ·five-year period. of time" rienced a 25 pe~entrise in the defor many people to recover from a . mand for counseling after the 1995· traumatic event, he said. bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah A study of psychological reac- Federal Building, which killed 168 tions to terrorist attacks, published people.

August 7 in the Journal of the Seven-and-a-half year~ later, American Medical Association, "four or five" people continue with found that those in the New York regular counseling sessions related City area were significantly more to the bombing, she said. The num~ likely to. suffer post-traumatic bel' rises at ."certain significant stress syndrome after the Septem- events," such as the trials of the bel' II events than Americans in bombers, the dedication ofthe me~ other parts of the country. .morial or the September 11 attacks, The researchers founl! ~hat 11.2' she added. percent of those in the New York Aaron said those in the New area had symptl?ms of post.:trau- York area will come to realize, like matic stress disorder, compared to those in Oklahoma City did, that 3.6 percent in other major U.S. "when a tragedy like this happens metropolitan areas, four percent in your city, it's with you forever. throughout the United· States and It's become part ofour culture, part only 2.7 percent in Washington, , of our city's history." despite the attack on the Pentagon.

"Catholic Charities'specialty," More than 60 percent of New said Trenton's Dolan, '~i,s",helping York City households with chil- people over the long haul, not just dren repOlted that one or more chil- on-site at the emerge!lcy."

FRANCISCAN BROTHER David Schlatter, right, stands with McShane Bell Foundry work~ ers in Glen' Burnie, Md., and the bell that will toll in New York September'11 for nearly eight hours - once every 10 seconds for each of the 2,819 victims of the World Trade Center attack, lastyear. The foundry workers, from, left are William Parker III, Scott O'Hara, Joseph Bennett, Ryan Parker and William Parker II. (CNS photo courtesy Franciscan Communications)

Francis'can .pr.omotes bell-ringing ceremonies to· remember those killed NEW YORK (CNS) - For Franciscan Brother David Schlatter, Father Mychal Judge was not only a friend and a mentor, but a source of i'nspiration.. . The inspiration led Brother Davidto work as a chaplain with firefighters in Wilmington, Del., and to initiate. "The Remembrance Project," a bell-tolling service honoring Father Judge and the other New York firefig~ters who died in the World Trade Center attacks.

Father Judge, chaplain of the New York Fire Department since 1992, perished on September 11 near the lobby of One World Trade Center, while adminis~er­ ing last rites to fallen firefighter. He was 68 .. . Brother David first met the late Franciscan 34 years ago when ,Father Judge, then an as'sistant at Sacred Heart Church in Rochelle Park, N.J., came to Siena College in Loudonville, N.Y., to lead a retreat. Father Ju~ge's attiiude and love for .the ·Franciscan life and 'ministry immediately impressed Brother David, who, was a freshman at the time. . ' "He was very happy doing the work he was doing," he said.

"His enthusiasm, was evident."

After that, the two Franciscans spoke regularly and saw one another at ordinations, weddings and funerals. In 1993 when Wilmington firefighters .approached Brother David to become their chaplain, he sought the advice of Father Judge. , Brother David, director of Wilmington's Franciscan Center,

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decided to initiate the bell-ringing project when he was returning from Father Judge's wake at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York. , "In the past, we've used bells for memoriarservices and for bereavement groups so, why not do something with bells to honor Mychal and the firefighters," he said. "This was the next logical step.".

T~at simple idea eventually developed into a massive bellringing ceremony to remember those who perished in New York, Shanksville, Pa., and Washing~ ton. .

The memorial includes the placement of a "Bell of Rerriembrance" at each of the sites or in the general area where the terrorists struck, The bells, with a . combined weight 01"13,000 pounets, will be individually' mounted on a 14-by-8 foot trailer and hauled to each site by a Ford 'F-350 diesel pickup truck driven

by Brother David.

The bells will then be tolled every 10 seconds for every victim at the three locations, begin,ning at the ti~eof each ~Iarie crash. An addItIOnal bell WIll be placed at Tubman-Garrett Park in Wilmington and wip ring for 8.46 hours to honor all those who . died during the September II' attacks.

Those gathering outside New York's St. Francis of A~sisi Church on the one-year anmversary of the attacks will be invited to manually toll the 5,000-pound bell. The ceremony will go on for 7.8 hours., representing the esti-

mated 2,819 World Trade Centel' casualties.

The 3,500-pound bell in Ar. lington, Va., will' toll for 30.6 . minutes, representing 189 who were killed l,lt the Pentagon. . In Shanksville, the 2,800pound bell will ring for almost seven minutes, representing the 44 victims who died aboard . United Airlines Flight 93.'

The tolling ,sequence will simultaneously begin at 8:45 a.m. in' Wilmington and New York, followed by those in Virginia and Shanksville. At 10:37 a.m., all' four Dells will toll simultaneously for three minutes.

The remembrance bells, with an estimated· value of. $170,000, were cast in the 1800s and pur-. chased in 1997 by MBNA America Bank. Charles Cawley, president of MBNA, gave the bells to Brother David for his project.

The 107-year-old bell that' will be'brought to New York was once housed in a Chicago 'church. It stands 50 inches high and measures 63 inches in diameter at the mouth..

Once the September II memorials are completed, the bells will be transported to the an~1Ual National Fallen Firefighter Memorial ceremony in Washingt'on, honoring those firefighters, including Father Judge, who lost their lives in the line of duty.

I "The bravery-and sacrifices of all those in the fire service are forever held in sacred memory for generations to come," Brother David said.

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Borromeo. They succeeded Franciscans who had served the parish since 1974.

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Alberto Alves, a Fall River City Councilor, and chairman of the new Foundation, is reported as saying that establishing the museum would cost approxi- . mately $1 million to rehabilitate..

It is estimated that it would take another $1 million,to complete as a museum. ' Alves reported a $50,000 gift from the Portuguese government to assist in the plans, and expects another $45,000 to come from that source in the future.

However, the majority of the funding is expected to come locally, Alves indicated. What art, artifacts and historical data and items the museum would house as it showcases Azorean heritage, as well the history and traditions of the Holy Ghost Feast, is still 'in the planning stages.

Father John J. Oliveira, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, New Bedfo~d, is the diocese's representativ.e on the museum's board of directors.

"There is not only a local interest, but an international, interest in this new museu 111," Father Oliveira said. "The idea is to have a museum that shows and teaches all about the Azorean immigration. and their lives and religious beliefs, and I foresee support for it coming from many areas."

He also reported that former parishioners of St. Louis' had also

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maintains the stalUe of Sen hoI' da p'edra," the pastor said., "That is because it was the first capital of St. Michael, the capital now being Ponta Delgada, and was a very important place."

The feasts of Santo Christo and Senhor da Pedra are the principal feasts celebrated in the Azores each year, Father Reis added.

"There is a great devotion there to Sen hoI' da Pedra, and the people, the Azorean immigrants to this country and to this region, kept the devotions , alive. And you see the 75th anniversary of the devotions show them very much alive here and it is very popular in New Bedford, with many people arriving here to march in the procession and to celebrate this feast," he said. ' His parish is host to the feast because the statue of Sen hoI' da Pedra is enshrined in his parish church, Father Reis noted.

That the feast continues to be celebrated on all of the Azorean Islands is a result of the early Franciscan missionaries, said Father Jphn J. Oliveira, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in New Bedford.

"The Franciscans were strong ,in preaching about the redemption of humanity by Christ, through his passion, death and resurrection throughout the Iberian Peninsula," Father Oliveira said. "Jesus' pas-

sion was strong in the minds and prayers of the people and 'we see that reflected in this feast of Sen hoI' da Pedra as well

as in the Holy Ghost Feasts in the Azores as well as here in America where immigrants kept them alive."

expressed interest and indicated they had items from the church they were willing to donate as part of the history of the former,house of worship.

"We have to remember that St. Louis' served people with many ethnic backgrounds during its time and for the last phase of its existence, mostly those of Portuguese heritage as well as immigrants," he noted.

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New program aims to restore lost tr~dition of walking to school ST.'PAUL, Minn. (CNS) ---.,. Most 'baby boomers We made a conscious effort to hook up with other -remember w~lking or biking to schoOl. Increasingly, 'families. That's what made the difference." that is becoming a foreign experience for today's . Like Tibbetts, Thoman is part of an organization schoolchildren, said Alice Tibbetts, director of a new that promotes alternatives to driving. She's the proprogram called Safe Routes, which is' designed' to gram director for Transit for Livable Communities get kids out of cars and on their feet and pedals. and has observed the Safe Routes concept on a naThe program kicked offin January with the goal tional level, in places like New York and Califorof helping public and private schools encourage their nia. She_predicts that all 50 states will have a Safe students to walk and bike to school - or form car Routes program by the end of thi~ decade. pools at the very least. . .

Challenges to spreading the program include the Tibbetts searched for a school that would be in- e,onvenience and feeling of security that come with terested in being a pilot school for the progra!Jl.· driving.

Having sent her twin boys ~o St. Mark ~ctiool in St. "The premise (for driving) is that parents don't, . THE SOPHOMORE class of Bishop Stang High School, PauUor a year, she and other parents approached " think it's safe for tlleir kids to walk or bike to North Dartmouth, recently elected these students as class principal MollY Whinnery, who quickly and hap- school," Tibbetts said. "Because they believe that, . more parents are driving, and when more parents representatives. From left: Carlos Farias; treasurer; Sarah . pily agreed. ' . ,'''We chose (St. Mark) for several reasons," are driving, there's more traffic. So, it becomes a .Higgins, president; Alyson Lanagan, secretary; and Lauren Tibbetts said.

"No. I, they had struggled with trafvicious cycle."

Wickel; vice president. . fic issues and .too many parents driving their kids to . Eventually, the increased traffic makes people . school. And, we had a group of parents who wanted concerned about accidents. Whinnery was one'of to do the prograin~ The third reason is it's in a neigh- them. '~I was always afraid that kids would get hit ,borhood that has the (right) infrastructure. It has by a car because there are so many kids getting sidewalks, it has controlled intersections." dropped off," she said. "Thank God that's never hap, The program kicked offin May wit.h a.special pened.'"

Whinnery also was concerned that all of the tasks NORTH DARTMOUTH -:- Award .Went to Dylan Carney of event at the school and continued through the end Results of Bishop Stang. High South Dartmouth. It is presented of the year. Even in that short amount of time, ' involved in running the program (data recording and tabulating, incentive programs for students) would .School's academic awards night to a student who exemplifies lead- Tibbetts said, the results were dramatic. " Parent volunteers kept track of the volume of car tax the teachers and staff. But, Thoman and oth~r ,were recently announced and many ership, achievement and participation in school activities. ' and pedestrian traffic at the comer of ,Prior and . parents J<ept that from happening. juniors were recipients of awards.

"The parents actually did the bulk of the work," 'The College Club of New. Dayton Avenues, considered the busiest-and most . The Harvard College Book Whinnery said. "They came through on everything.

Bedford Award was presented to dangerous ~·intersection used by students and parAward was presented to Ryan They made the tally sheets, they coordinated the ' ,Couto of Fairhaven who was the Leslie Hartford wllo ranked sec- ents.

"Wedricreased, walking by 53 percent and we ' kickoff, they ran the incentives and the pep rallies. top-ranked student in the Junior ondamong her classmates. Henri Class, Couto was also recipient of Valois of New Bedford received decre~sed the ~umber of cars at that intersection by They really, truly did the work."

St. Mark plans to run the program for the 2002. The Brown Univers'ity Bo'ok the UMass-Dartmouth Book' ·23 pe~cent," Tibbetts said. "I think that the feeling Award. awarded to the student Award and Jennifer Kin'g of around the school.(about the program) is even more 2003. school year. Joining the school will be . who b~st combines academic ~x­ Tiverton, R.I., received the Anna dramatic than those numbers show. A lot of parents Randolph Heights Elementary just a couple of miles away. Tibbetts and Thoman are hoping that parents celie nee with clarity in written Maria College B90k.Awarq for comment~d on the reduction in traffic." excellence in academics, 'and Among thOSe parents was Barb Thoman. Her ?1nd students will find the program appealing, for , and spoken expression.

The College of the Holy Cross achievement i~ leaders,hipand' daughter; Robin,Welling, wHo will be a fifth-gra:der ~oth safety and health reasons. this fall, made some new friends because of the pro"Childhood obesity' is skyrocketing," Tibbetts Book Award was presented to citizenship.. said.

"Kids are getting fatter and more sedentary.

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'That's been one of the nicest things about (Safe , By encouraging kids to walk and bike every day, ranks among the top 10 percent was recipient. of the Hugh of the Junior ·Class. The Regis O'Brien'Leade'rship-Program ROlJtest- getting to know more of the people in our it's a built-in time for exercise. Plus, kids learn betCollege ~ook Award was pre- Award. It is given to the highest' neighborhood," Thoman said. "It's been community ter when they get exercise on/heir way to schooL" , That's why Tibbetts is encouraging parents who sented to Racine Silva ,of scoring student: foHowing an ,building as well as getting kids out exercising.

"I had often walked my daughter to school my'- live too far away from the school to walk or bike to Swansea, one of the highest rank- evaluation'of his or her leadership' qualities in school and the greater· .self," she added. "After ~he program started, we 'drop their kids off four to six blocks away from ing females of the Junior Class. started walking with other kids in the neighborhood. school so they can get at least ~ome exercise.

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After all, this was probably just a temporary situation~ The scientific information , A couple of months ago I went on adiet. out there' about weight loss suggests two. , That's nothing ·new; I've been on lots of things. It is very hard to keep weight off diets. The difference is that this time.' once you lose it, and you , . through carefuheating and a lot of exer~ often end up heavier than ,cise. I've actually lost a bit of weight. . when you started. An an"~-~~?11 , I was feel~ng' pretty good about'it, es- cient gene in the human' " . ~ pecially as 'my cl6thes got looser and'. body always thinks that ' looser. The other day Iwent into the store farnine is right arQund the , ,an'd tried on a pair of Slim Fit jeans, two corner, so i~ stores up sup.. sizes smaller than tlie Sorta (:hunky styl~ . plies for the.hungry times.

-I usually buy. ,';' . " Going ona diet appar. . I smiled as I paid for them and felt a bit'. ently turns on the starvation alarms, maksmug as I continued shopping. In fact, iflg that gene' work even harder. " within a few minutes I found myself expe~ -I should know. I've losCweight and ,riencing a sense of superiority to all those ' gained it again at least I 0 time~. .. other people who couldn't wear Slim Fit The odds are that in a year I will have j'eans. After,all, I was a success, I was thin. regained every pound, plus another four Wait a minute! This feeling superior is . or five.'lf.ypu J~~ yourself get too excited da,ngerous ground. Although I'm not·a , about losing',weight ~ especially if you teen-ager any. more, I was right,back in the show off t(fothe~ people - it may come pattern ofjudging myself by my body.size. b;ack to ~ai.m~ you... ' , . , ,

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The really scary part was how quickly I started feeling as 'if somehow I was better than other people~ It's not like I'm Yin Diesel. I'mjust not as heavy as before. But walking around with those jeans in.roy bag, I soon was thinking'that I had, some secret knowlof,: .edge or some sterling personal qualities that en~ abled to do what all those other o~erweight , people couldn't do. Not only was J a success but they were losers.

As' a culture, we've 'bought this deeply distorted notion that body shape and size reflect inner value. Nobody feels this more intensely than teen-agers, but it,affel;ts us all.' . . Every day on television you're exposed to dozens ofads full of smiling, /lappy thin people. The programs feature trim, athletic actors. You'll rarely see an overweight

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Nowhere in the Bible does it say, "The slender shall inherit the earth." Losing weigh~ does not make you kinder. It does not make' you more generous with the needy. It dO,es not m~ke you more patient, more U11derstanding, more wise or a better follower of Jesus.

God .does not judge us on the size of our trousers. He judges us on the size of our hearts.

Your comments are welcome. Please address: Christopher Carstens, c/o Catholic News Service, 3211 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017.

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. ~~:=,for =aRd==a:~~~~~:9:ur.¥Q:iftff~-:--~~ Catholic high school creates work/study school year LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Lisa Williams has big hopes bum Dei's new direction was in keeping with its commitfor her 14-year-old son, Fulton Washington Jr. As Wash- ment to serving the community. ington statted his freshman year at Verbum Dei High School "We look not to a new Verbum Dei, but both to the Verin the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts, he was ready to bum Dei deeply rooted in its rich 40-year history as a beacon of hope here in Watts, and the Verbum Dei perched study - and work.

In an innovative program to help students fund their pri- ever so close to the edge of its nest ready, to soar to new vate school tuition and gain valuable job experience, Wash- heights as the school that works for the 21 st century," Faington will allend Verbum Dei four days a week and work ther Weling said.

If successfully implemented, the work study program will at a corporation one day a week.' .

Working while in high school, said Williams, offers her stem the tide of declining enrollment at Verbum Dei. Parson valuable experience and opportunities to meet new , ents earning low incomes found the private school tuition people and learn communication skills. ' prohibitive, even with generous archdiocesan subsidies.

"Major urban areas are realizing you have to come up "It will teach him a sense of responsibility in his life and how to give back to the community by working," Williams with a different way of financing private school education," added. "It's going to give him less idle time. He's going to Jeff Bonino-Britsch, vice president of the program, told The TIdings, Los Angeles archdiocesan newspaper. be busy, busy, busy!"

Verbum Dei's corporate partners will provide a full-time, Verbum Dei faculty, students, parents, foundations and the business community celebrated the kickoff of the new entry-level clerical job. Eachjob is shared by a team of four students rotating one day per week for a combined Corporate Work Study Program last week.

Jesuit Father John Weling, school president, said Ver- $25,000 salary. This salary, paid to the school, will cover

Thousands of Canadians pray on Parliament Hill for nation, youth The Our Father served as a theme for the rally, with the OTTAWA - More than prayer divided into six parts, 5,000 Canadian Christians each involving an hourlong sesgathered on Parliament Hill in sion of teaching, witnessing Ottawa to pray for Canada and and prayer. its young people.

The' idea for the f!ational "We believe that because prayer event for youth was diswe've gathered here today that cussed at a meeting of pastors things will be different in 18 months ago in Red Deer, Canada tomorrow," the Rev. Alberta, before organizers were Steve Osmond said recently. aware that World Youth Day "We declare that today will 2002 would be held in Toronto be a day that will make history," at about the same time.

Rev. Osmond said World said Rev. Osmond, pastor of First Assembly Church in Youth Day showed Canadians the "power of C a I gar y , Alberta, and one gathering" and of the six-hour "We watched with said "many rally's chief or- amazement how a spiritual sparks secular nation such as were lit" beganizers.

"We are here cause of it. to declare that Canada all of a sudden "We watched ' Canada belongs was captivated with with amazement to Jesus Christ," spirituality when Pope how a secular he said.

John Paul was here." nation such as Participants Canada all of a in the rally, sudden was capcalled "Canada's Revived tivated with spirituality when Youth," wept openly, hugged Pope John Paul was here," he strangers and dropped to their said. Pope John Paul II was in knees in prayer.

Canada July 23-29.

Father Bob Poole, a member The minister said hundreds of the Companions ofthe Cross of Canadian churches were ,and director of Lift Jesus contacted to take part in the Higher, a Catholic charismatic prayer rally and that Catholics faith community in Ottawa, were among those who "rewelcomed participants on be- sponded very well at the parish and individual.level." half of Ottawa's Catholics.

In praising the ecumenical Parliament Hill was chosen nature of the event, Father as the site of the gathering bePoole told the group, "God is cause "symbolically it is the pulling down walls between place of power, where' decichurches and building bridges sions are made that determine of love and reconciliation. ' - in mlmy c~ses ~ the'moral "What unites us as ,Chris~ direction ofour nation on issues tianli is far, far greater than any- , like abortion and sexuality," thing that divides us," he said.. Rev. Osmond said..

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70 percent of the annual tuition cost of $8,800 per student.

TranspOltation to and from the companies is provided by Verbum Dei to its 140 students.

The program is modeled after the successful new Cristo ReyJesuit High School in Chicago that educates approximately 550 students annually through work and study.

At the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers, students will provide clerical work, sort and deliver mail, set up conference rooms and run errands within the firm, said John Stancil, mail courier service manager.

The students - 63 percent African-American, 37 percent Latino and about 50 percent Catholic - will receive two performance reviews per school year by the companies for which they work. An extended school day, 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., and a to-month school year will make up for the time students spend at work. In time, the school hopes to rebuild enrollment to 350 students.

At the kickoff,Los Angeles Auxiliary' Bishop Edward W. Clark urged the students to do their best and make a difference in the world.

Resolving teen-parent tensions

By CHARLIE MARTIN • CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE PAPA DON'T PREACH

Papa I know you're going to be upset 'Cause I was always your little girl But you should know by now, I'm not a baby You always taught me right from wrong I need your help, Daddy, please be strong I may be young at heart But I know what I'm saying The one you warned me all about The one you said I could do without We're in an awful mess And I don't mean maybe, please Refrain: Papa don't preach, I'm in trouble deep Papa don't preach, I've been losing sleep But I've made up my mind, oh, I'm keeping my baby Oh, oh, I'm going to keep my baby He says that he's going to marry me And we can raise a little family Maybe we'll be all right If we sacrifice But my friends keep telling me to give it up Saying I'm too young, I ought to live it up What I need right now is some good advice, please (Repeat refrain) Daddy, Daddy, if you could only see Just how good he's, been treating me ' You'd give us your blessing right now 'Cause we are in love We are in love, so please (Repeat refrain) Don't stop loving me Daddy I know I'm',keeping my baby Don't stop loving me Daddy i know I'm keeping my baby Sung by Kelly Osb9~rne:

Copyright (c) 2002 Sony Music Inc. Your parents may remember Ozzy Osbourne as one of the original rockers with an edge. Now the whole Osbourne family is on MfV in a "reality television" documentary that" is not exactly a showcase for traditional family values. As one teen told me, it's 1J10re like an expose for family ,

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"Papa Don't Preach" is about communication between parents and teens. ' A girl tells her father about a surprise pregnancy, asking him not to preach but to focus on helping her through this unexpected event. , The story frames a larger teen-parent concern, that is, how cari they ef~ . fectively discuss conflicts? Here are some suggestions: .

First, all involved need to remember that little that is constructive can occur without genuine listening. This requires building a bridge of under-. stan~ing ~tween differing points of . . '. .

view. This means making it a priority to understand where the other person is coming from. ,Next comes respect. No one's opinion should be ridiculed. Acceptance ofanother's perspective conveys respect, but acceptance does not mean agreement. It means acknowledging that an individual's thinking makes sense to that person.

Teens and parents need to acknowle.<Jg,? thatthei~conv,?rsation over a conflIct IS not a dISCUSSIon between equals. Parents have the responsibility to establish the values to be practiced by family members and to set boundaries on choices that conflict with ~ese values. ~eens always have the nght to negotiate toward what they seek, but a healthy family is one where all within the family system know and accept the appropriate structure of power.

Having said that. my style of parenting is to aim toward a consensus that my teen-age sons and I can accept. Trust is the framework for such a problem-solving approach.

Otherwise parents and teens are likely to find themselves in power battles that often harm everyone in the family.

If "preaching" or defensiveness begins to arise in a discussion, take a break. Not every conflict can be resolved in a single conversation. Usually both teens and parents benefit from a pause in their dialogue so that they can reconsider each other's points of view.

If parents or teens realize that a , conversation is likely to be difficult, taking time to invite God's presence into their exchange is a highly positive step. When asked, God brings his Spirit of caring, creativity and healing. Such spiritual energies are likely .to help each person feel valued and respected.

Preaching does not lead to successful resolution of conflicts. Neither does defensiveness. Avoid these and work towar~ strengthening the bond of caring that both parents and teens need. yoUr comments are always welcome at chmam@swindiana.net.

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well-lit artist's studio complete with efficient; narrow supply drawers.

'They've done a pretty good job recreating Park Street;' said Sister Gaudette.

Although it has room for only two of the four tables that students were used to, it should be spacious enough to allow the classes which meet several times a week.

Quaranto said he is interested in signing up for wood carving.

"I do carpentry, but I'm looking THE CATHOLIC University of America students and staff forWard to attending one of Sister's listen to John Halley of Community Energy describe how wind classes;' he said. "It intrigues me power is generated on the university's campus in Washing- how she does it;' he said adding that Sister Gaudette "is a very nice perton. (CNS photo by Bob Roller) son. Shecan'twaitto getherclasses. underway and she's willing to teach anyone, anytime." '~my students are coming back September 10;' said Sister Gaudette with a smile. She will also be getROSE SCHOEPS, left and Agnes Blais, right, admire woodting some new students from The Landmark residents a few weeks carvings Sister Gaudette has done through the years.

By WILLY THORN getting a percentage of its energy after her regular classes begin.

CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE needs from wind, the difference is Prior to Sister Gaudette's move dents in crafts and painting. As they in boxes," and jovially said she's WASHINGTON - TheCatho- only "dollars per month;' accord- intoTheLandmark,MaureenCosta, and marketing director Sandra still looking ''for stuff" as herclasses lic University ofAmerica, tradition- ing to John Halley, the sales direc- executive director, and Quaranto, Cameron looked over the religious get ready to kick off.

'That's going to be my saving ally home to long and powerful pro- tor for Community Energy.· met with her three or four times to sister's woodcarvings, it was easy fessorial gusts, will soon have some ''Where we could've reduced the giscussthe idea ofan art s~dio com- to see they were impressed - espe- grace," Sister Gaudette said of havof its energy needs met by wind. budget," said Carl Petchik, execu- plete with 11 new "Creativity Cen- cially with a wood carving of a man ing more new students. When asked about teaching art and craft classes, tuning a violin.

For the next five years, 12 per- tive director offacilities operations ter" sign outside its door. .

Sister Gaudette said "It's what I do "She's awesome," declared cent ofCatholic University's energy for Catholic University, "we chose.

"We're excited for· Sister - the largest such commitment to to keep our budget flat and remvest Gaudette and the residents of the Cameron. Having Sister Gaudette arid it keeps me strong."

At a young, SD-years-old, Sister wind power by a university in the it in ... responsible environmental home;' said Costa. "She has so much here is "a great asset to our commuGaudette is still active and constantly nity because she's so talented." to share.?' nation - will come from a $1.5 stewardship." . Costa added that Sister Cameron said that she too has al- on the go. For the past month she's million, 22D-foot-tall windmill. To Academic provost John Convey spread the word, the university set said the arrangement is an oppor- Gertrude's art and classes are sure ready had many residents inquire been driving up to the La Salette Shrine almost every day to paint a . up an exhibit, complete with scale- tunity to show students a happy to bring peoplejoy. "She's an amaz- about the art classes.

Christmas display for its annual FesBecause she was at the ·Park model windmills, recently during marriage of academia and practi- ing example for all of us. Her comStreet facility for 55 years the tran- tival of Lights. She also travels to the 2002-03 school year orienta- cality. ing here has been a real blessing." tion. ''We have a center for the study Resioents Doris Shoard, Rose sition has not been an easy one for Canada once a year to visit the city "Oh, wow," said one student of the environment here on cam- Schoeps and Agnes Blais visited the the sister-artist. But she said she of St. Jean Port-Joli, the woodcarvwho approached the table. pus;' he said, "and ... we feel that art studio and may be enrolling in ''likes the place;' and is "gonna make ing capital of Quebec, where she ''Where's it going to be placed on we're good role models here in some ofthe classes to be offeredresi- a go of it." She also said she's "still takes a weeklong series of lessons.

Sister Gaudette said that wood is campus?" demonstrating to the students how her favorite medium because ''I like A few miles off campus, actu- you can take something - technolto see the chips fly." ally - in West Vrrginia. ogy - and use it to improve the Art has always been a part ofSisThe wind turbine is one of 44 environment. That's part of the toter Gaudette's life since she was a being built at the Mountaineer tal package we're trying to proyoung girl. She recalled how after Wmd Energy Center near Thomas, mote." some bad financial luck her father W.Va, by FPLEnergy, the self-pro"It's good for the environment," moved the family to a woodland claimed national leader in wind said Catholic University's presifarm in Rochester, N.Y. She and her energy generation. dent, Vmcentian Father David M. four siblings would look for things It will be the largest wind power O'Connell. ''And something that's to do and she turned to art and playproject on the eastern seaboard, good for the environment is coning with things that were accessible. with turbines capable of producing sistent with our mission as a CathoShe even built a log cabin that enough energy to power 22,000 lic university. It makes a lot of sense measured 12 by 20 feet that served homes. To produce that output fQr us." as a clubhouse for 10 other boys and through conventional generation, Halley said that, although there girls. . some 200 million pounds of car- are some small businesses and gov"She brings youth to The Landbon dioxide would be emitted an- eminent organizations that use 100 mark," Costa said with a smile. nually, the equivalent ofl4,000 cars percent.wind power, Catholic UniAlthough Sister Gertrude was inon the road. versity·has.the highest percentage vited by her community to come The university is purchasing for an:institution ofits size and type. back to the provincial house in about four million kilowatt hours Ifs.alsothe.first school in the reNewburgh, N.Y., when the Park (enough to power 400 homes) of : gion toestahlish such acomiection.

Street facility closed, she decided to wind-produced energy for the 144~'Georgetown (University) stay here because she was born in a~ campus. The resulting emisdidn't have it. George Washington Acushnet and has family in this area.

SIOns reduction is equal to taking (University) didn't have it," Father " I still feel I can help a lot of 329 cars off the road annually.

O'Connell; mentioning two other people," the artist said. She added Washington Gas Energy Ser- District of Columbia universities that she looks at it as an opportunity vices arranged Catholic proudly told a student viewing th~ to brighten up people's lives and $it University's $72,000 annual supply exhibit. she too is "still learning." with Community Energy Inc. of ''We're' very excited and proud Looking around the studio and Wayne, Pa., which has a marketing to' be the first university in· the redisplaying the first set of carving agreement with Exelon Power . gion to establish this kind of contools she was given while in high Team, the owner of electrical out- . nection," he told Catholic News . school, she commented: ''I've been put from the center, slated for Service in interview. . lucky. I'm praying now that I'll be completion in l?ecember. . . 'They'reTaising the bar among able to keep it going." ~md powens actually more excolleges and universities," Halley Actually, the residents of The penSIve - somewhere between said, "and they're really helping us Landmark are the lucky ones. Sister one and 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour launch a (wind power) campaign SISTER GAUDETTE speaks with The Landmark's mainte- Gaudette's later September classes - than conventional means of en- in the D.C. area among all our cusnance director Gus Quaranto, who is enrolled in her woodcarv- for residents there already filled. ergy production, like burning coal. tomers: residential, small busiing class beginning September 10. (AnchotfGordon photos) But because the university is only nesses, etc."

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