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First Catholic Schools Dinner in planning Bishop Sean P. O'Malley has announced the first annual Diocesan Catholic Schools Scholarship Fund Dinner, and has named Thomas J. Flatley of the Flatley Company as its first chairman.

Modeled after scholarship dinners that have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for financially needy students in dioceses across the country, the diocesan dinner's objective is to realize a profit of $120,000 or more while providing an enjoyable experience for contributors as well as aJ:l opportunity to celebrate the difference that a Catholic education can make in the lives of young people.

Flatley indicated that such a dinner held last spring in the Boston archdiocese netted nearly $2 million for the benefit of children at archdiocesan schools. While the Fall River diocese does not have as extensive a corpora\(: base as does the Boston area, "there's no reason in my mind why this can't be a success," said Flatley.

Business, academic, community and professional leaders in each of the five diocesan deaneries have been contacted in the past few months to host tables at the dinner and have expressed enthusiastic support for the undertaking. At the same time, the leaders realize that while initiating the project is a real challenge, the time has come for all who can to help parents in need of .assistance in providing their children with a value-based and stimulating ed ucation in a safe environment.

Patrick Carney of the Company, Inc. will be assistant chairperson of the scholarship dinner. He recently assisted Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, in bringing its $1.5 million capital campaign to a successful conclusion and he brings with him to this new initiative outstanding expertise and a thorough knowledge of the local business community.

Rev. Richard W. Beaulieu of the Catholic Education Center, assisted by James M. Riley of St. Mary's parish, Mansfield, is coordinating the scholarship dinner program. Father Beaulieu said that all priests and school principals have already been informed of it and that followup information will be distributed shortly.

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FATHER MICHAEL Scanlan stresses a point at last week's FIRE rally in Hyannis, part of Cape Cod for Jesus :95. (Jolivet photo)

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Father John FoIster dies at 64 FatherJohn R. Foister, 64, who served thousands of people beyond his parish boundaries for over 30 years as chaplain to the fire departments of Fall River, Swansea and Somerset, died Sept. 12 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

His funeral Mass will be offered Saturday, Sept. 16 at II :00 a.m., in St. Louis de France Church, Swansea, with Bishop Sean O'Malley as principal celebrant. , Father John R. FoIster was born Dec. 6, 1931, in Fall River, the son of Mrs. Eglantine (Allard) FoIster and the late Joseph J. Foister.

He was educated at Dominican Academy, St. Anne and Blessed Sacrament schools in Fall River and attended secondary school at Mt. St. Charles Academy, Woonsocket, and Our Lady of Providence Seminary, both in Rhode Island.

He prepared for the priesthood at Our Lady of Providence Seminary and at St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, and the North American College in Rome, Italy, where he also earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Gregorian University.

Father Foister was ordained to the priesthood Dec. 20, 1958, at the North American College by

the Most Rev. Martin J. O'Connor, titular archbishop and North American College rector.

Returning to the Fall River diocese, Father Foister successively served as parochial vicar at the former St. Roch parish, Fall River, and at Sacred Heart, Notre Dame and St. Louis parishes, also in Fall River; St. Anthony of Padua parish, New Bedford, and St. Louis de France parish, Swansea.

From 1974 to 1976 he was in residence at St. Joseph's parish, Fall River, while acting as a liaison in disaster cases with the St. Vincent de Paul Society and as chaplain at Bristol County juvenile court. In 1976 he was named pastor of Sacred Heart parish and in 1978 pastor of St. Anne parish, both of Fall River. While at St. Anne's he also oversaw ministry at¡ St. Mathieu's parish, Fall River, and directed preparations for its closing in June, 1989.

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By Dave Jolivet "We've seen a glimpse of the glory of Christ, of what Pentecost was and what heaven will be."

These closing comments by Bishop Sean O'Malley summed up the day for the nearly 2,500 people in attendance at the FI R E (faith, intercession, repentance, and evangelism) rally at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis last Saturday. The soldout event, sponsored by the Cape and Islands Deanery of Charasmatic Renewal of the diocese of Fall River, featured four internationally renowned Catholicevangelists; Ralph Martin, Ann Shields, and Fathers Michael Scanlan, TOR, and John P. Bertolucci.

This was the 82nd FI R E rally presented by this team since 1983.

The fire was ignited by the first speaker Ralph Martin, through his gentle message offaith. "Works and deeds are not enough. The way we are to be saved is through faith and baptism. We must trust and surrender our lives to Jesus," said Martin. He went on to say that God respects our human freedom, therefore we should respect the freedom of others.

"We have a responsibility to spread the Good News because God's love for us is so great that we must share it with others," he added. Martin also quipped, "We may not have a cottage on the Cape, but we have a space reserved in heaven."

Ann Shields followed with a peaceful lesson on prayer. "Jesus has to be the focal point of our prayer. His is the name that will set us free," she said. Ms. Shields called on those present to strive towards lifting their eyes from the immediate perspective and gain an eternal perspective in prayer, not looking simply at the here and now, but reflecting on when and where we are going.

She stated that our prayers tend to have a short-term outlook, but God wants us with Him through eternity. "One of our goals is to pray for our loved ones that we may spend eternity together with the Lord," she said. Ms. Shields added, "If we start our prayer by . asking the Lord to show us our sins, we can repent and be truely set free." She also demonstrated Turn to Page 13

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Respect Life Walk assists unborn babies, moms Led by Father Stephen A. Fernandes, director, and Mrs, Marian Desrosiers, assistant director of the diocesan Pro-Life Apostolate, scores from the Fall River diocese will demonstrate their solidarity with unborn babies and their mothers' at the annual Respect Life Walk to Aid Mothers & Children. The 5K (3.1 mile) Walk will start and end at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common. It will take place Sunday, Oct. I, with registration beginning at I p.m. and the Walk kicking off at 2 p.m.

Pledge forms for the Walk are available from parish priests and parish pro-life representatives, and directors of religious education, as well as from principals of Catholic schools. Families are especially urged to join in the event.

Walkers will raise money for more than 50 pro-life organiza-

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tions statewide, ranging from crisis pregnancy centers and maternity homes to post-abortion ministries, family support agencies, and education and advocacy groups.

Each Catholic diocese in the state will be represented. The Pro-Life Apostolate of the diocese of Fall River is listed among beneficiaries on this year's Walk pledge form.

"We are delighted that Marian Desrosiers, assistant director of the Fall River Pro-Life Apostolate, spoke at last year's pre-walk .festivities," said Madeline McCornish, president of Massachusetts Citizens For Life, organizer~ of the Walk.

"Her remarks underscored the importance of reaching out to assist pregnant women in crisis while at the same time educating people about the reality of abortion. Those are the things that the Fall River office and all our Walk beneficiaries do very effectively."

Birthright of Massachusetts, another Walk beneficiary, runs 17 crisis pregnancy centers throughout the' Commonwealth, including centers in Taunton and Attleboro.

Walk participants can raise sponsor money for all centers or for the nearest birthright facility.

"All these organizations save lives," emphasizes Walk coordinator Bruce Hall, "and all need funding. That is why the efforts of every walker to collect pledges and donations are so important." .

Persons interested in joining the 5K (3.1 mile) Walk are urged to contact Massachusetts Citizens For Life at (617) 242-4199 for information and pledge forms. The event is open to all ages.

Mass will honor Cardinal Medeiros Rev. Manuel P. Ferreira', pastor ofSt. Anthony's Church, Taunton, a member of the board of trustees ofthe Association for the Development of the Catholic University of Portugal (ADCUP), has announced that the association's annual memorial Mass for the late Humberto Cardinal Medeiros will be offered by Rev. Victor M. Vieira at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Cumberland, RI, at 5:30 p.m. Sept.

24. A dinner will follow. .

ADCUP is a nonprofit organization established by Cardinal Medeiros, who was a priest of the Fall River diocese before being named bishop of the diocese of Brownsville, TX, and then Cardinal Archbishop of Boston; to support Catholic University, the only private university in Portugal.

Committee members anticipate that university rector Bishop Jose da Cruz Policarpo will attend.

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Walk to end abuse The National Child Awareness Day Committee (NCADC), for forgotten, abused and neglected children and those who have died from unnecessary violence is sponsoring the second annual National' Child Awareness Day walk Sept.

30 at Heritage State Park, Fall River. The committee seeks sponsors for individuals walking, running, biking, skating or motor cycling a five or I o mile route.

Sign-in is from 9 to 10 a.m., when the event will begin.

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Sister Marie Ernest, 74, a Sister of Ste. Chretienne for 57 years, died Sept. 3. She was the sister of the late Father Ernest E. Blais, who was pastor of Notre Dame parish, Fall River.

The daughter of the late Edgar and Marie (Bouchard) Blais, she was an elementary school teacher and superior of communities in Salem, Amesbury, Marlboro, Ipswich and Wrentham in Massachusetts as well as in Mexico and Rumford, ME and in Tampa, FL. In retirement she was archivist for her community in Tampa.

Her survivors include two brothers, Alfred Blais o[Pawtucket, RI, and Maurice Blais of South Carolina; a sister, Blanche Howland of Cranston, RI, and nieces and nephews.

At 9:30 a.m., the committee will present Mrs. Elsie Frank (Congressman Barney Frank's mother) with an appreciation award, and State Representative Edward Lambert and other guests will speak on the needs of children and announce a national day of observance for children who have died from' violence.

The day will be observed on Oct. 8, with a 7:30 p.m. candlelight vigil at the Fall River Government Center. Walk chairperson Linda Silva asks churches to ring their bells at 8 p.m. as a symbol of unity .and a message to child abusers that their behavior cannot be tolerated.

Brother David Touchette,FIC, The committee also'invites fam86, a former teacher at Msgr. Preilies who have lost a child to place vost H.S. and Bishop Connolly a teddy bear representing that child H.S., Fall River, and a Brother of on a portable wall.

Christian Instruction for 70 years Currently representing 190 died unexpectedly in Alfred, Maine. children the wall has traveled to Shortly after his birth in CamOklahoma in memory of the childbridge to Seraphin and Mary ren who died in the recent tragic Louise (Picard) Touchette, his bombing in that state. family moved to Montreal where The committee is also in need of he attended the Brother's School volunteers. For information\ call in St. Zotique and later joined the Linda Silva, 672-3210, or Ray Silvia Order in Pointe-du-Lac, Quebec.

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Assigned to St. Peter's School in Plattsburgh, N. Y., in 1926, he was a founder of the St. Louis 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 School in Biddeford, Main~. In THE ANCHOR (USPS-545-020). Second 1931 he went to Alfred to organize Class Postage Paid at Fall River. Mass. a new high school for the Order's Published weekly except the week of July 4 candidates. Four years later, he and the week aJter Christmas at 887 Highland Avenue, Fall River, Mass. 02720 by helped staff Mt. Assumption, the Catholic Press of the Diocese of Fall Plattsburg, where he led choral River. Subscription price by mail, postpaid groups and directed the school $11.00 per year. Postmasters send address band he had founded. changes to The Anchor. P.O. Box 7. Fall River, MA 02722.

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he earned his Master's degredrom St. Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont, and, returning to Alfred, beeame principal of its Normal School in 1945. A year later, Brother David was appointed provincial superior, then became Master of Novices in 1955 and for 12 years headed the religious tra.ining of the Order's candidates while province treasurer.

Gentle and soft spoken, he returned to teaching at Prevost in 1967 then to Connolly one year later where he taught reli.gion, math, and physics but, as tec;lnology progressed, added computer science to his list of interests.

For seven years, he took CJrrespondence courses in physics and math. He loved working with the Notre Dame choral group and school and parish bingo.

In 1991, Brother David, always remembered for his charity, retired to the Fall River Brothers' residence, nursing his heart condition, then moved to the Brothers' Infirmary in Alfred two years later.

He leaves his brother, Henri, and sister-in-law, Madeline, both living in Montreal.

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His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, O.F.M., Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has announced four pastoral appointments.

Rev. John F. Andrews. formerly pastor, St. Dominic Parish, Swansea, is now Pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Fall River.

Born in Dighton, to Francis and Julia (Trond) Andrews, Father Andrews was ordained Feb. 2, 1962. Since then he has been assigned to St. Joseph Church and SS. Peter & Paul Church, in Fall River. He then went to the Cape in 1971 to St. Margan:t Church, Buzzards Bay, St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis, and to St. Joan of Arc, Orleans. In 1991, he became pastor ofSt. Bernard Chun:h. Assonet, and, three years later, moved to Swansea as pastor of St.. Dominic Church.

Rev. James F. Greene is moving from pastor, St. Rita Parish, Marion, to pastor, Our Lady of Fatima Parish, New Bedford.

A native of Fall River, and the son of Frank and Anne (Reardon) Greene, he was ordained Feb. 2, 1961.

First assigned to St. Joseph Parish in Taunton, Father Greene became the USAF Chaplain in 1964. He moved to St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis, in 1973 and from there St. Dominic Church, Swansea, Sacred Heart, Oak Bluffs, and St. James, New Bedford. Father Greene became pastor of St. Rita Church, Marion, in 1994.

Rev. William G. ClImpbell, previously pastor of St. Patrick Par-

ish, Fall River, is now pastor of St. Rita Parish, Marion.

The son of Manuel and Gabriella (Moniz) Campbell was born in Vineyard Haven and ordained Feb. 2,1963.

He first went to St. Mary Church, Taunton, then to St. Patrick in Falmouth. Moving to Fall River, he went to St. Mary's Cathedral then to Holy Name Parish. Father Campbell then served at St. Dominic Parish in Swansea until he became pastor of St. Patrick Church, Fall River, in 1994.

Rev. Joseph F. Viveiros, having served as pastor of Our Lady of Fatima Parish, New Bedford, has moved to St. Dominic Parish, Swansea.

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Diocese of Fall River

OFFICIAL His Excellency, the Most Reverend Sean O'Malley, OFM Cap., Bishop of Fall River, has announced the following appointments: Rev. John F. Andrews from Pastor, 81. Dominic Parish, Swansea, to Pastor, St. Patrick, Fall River. ' Rev. James F. Greene from Pastor, St. Rita Parish, Marion, to Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima Parish, New Bedford.

Rev. William G. Campbell from Pastor, St. Patrick Parish, Fall River, to Pastor, St. Rita Parish, Marion.

Rev. Joseph E Viveiros from Pastor; Our Lady ofFatima Parish, New Bedford, to Pastor, 81. Dominic Parish, Swansea.

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Bishop Hart to Norwich Auxiliary Bishop Daniel A. Hart of Boston has been named to head the Diocese of Norwich, Conn., by Pope John Paul II. He succeeds Bishop Daniel P. Reilly, who last year was named bishop of Worcester, Mass.

The appointment was announced in Washington Sept. 12 by Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan, papal pro-nuncio to the United States.

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After ordination Bishop Hart earned a degree in business administration at Boston College and degrees in education and pastoral counseling at Boston State College. He also served in parishes in Lynnfield, Wellesley, Malden and Peabody.

He was president of the Boston archdiocesan priests' senate from 197i to 1974, and chaired a fourmember committee to imple'ment archdiocesan policy on financial investments in the late 1970s.

Bishop Hart was appointed auxiliary bishop of Boston on Aug. 31, 1976, and wasordained to the episcopacy on Oct. 18, 1976. At the time of his appointment he was associate pastor of St. John's Church in Peabody.

In a statement Sept. 12, Bernard Cardinal Law of Boston praised" Bishop Hart for his "great pastoral skills" and his "deep and abiding respect for every human being."

"While his departure will create a great void in the archdiocese, particularly in the south region where he has served so effectively as regional bishop, I feel certain that his many pastoral gifts will be a source of rich blessing for the priests, religious and people who constitute the Diocese of Norwich," the cardinal added.

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Having Second Thoughts Holland has been the leader in the permittmg of mercy killing. For more than eleven years only the Netherlands has openly allowed inducing the death of the terminally ill. This nation has been the cata~yst for many other countries pondering the same question. Even in America we are establishing patterns in our legal system seeming to favor euthanasia. The episodes of Dr. Kevorkian in Michigan are an example of the push to allow mercy killing. What is interesting to note is that the Dutch are now having second thoughts about the procedure. It seems that their medi:cal profession has some serious qualms about assisted suicides.

After the experience of the past decade, doctors are finding euthanasia a very difficult and arduous procedure. The change of heart among doctors is that they do not want to be involved in the process but rather have the patient administer lethal doses on their own initiative.

The current review study found that many more Dutch doctors are having moral and emotional challenges than was otherwise anticipated. The drive to tighten the rules of mercy killing in that country is a fallout from the medical community itself. Legalists who. are currently drafting a new document of guidelines for mercy killing say that it will be a reflection of the doubts, hesitancies and skepticims of physicians now surfacing' in the practice of euthanasia.

That being said, it is well to note that a ne'w spirit is beginning to settle in where such radical liberal practices are being questioned; Now the Dutch Physicians League feels it necessary to oppose euthanasia: doct.ors are healers not killers. It would be well if this same frame of mind permeated to those in this country seeking to legalize mercy killing.

Another important aspect that has surfaced in Holland is the lack of hospice care a.nd special facilities for the terminally ill. Other nations of the West are actively promoting hospice centers dedicated to the alleviation of pain and other difficulties experienced by the terminally ill. Holland has not followed this trend and' has relied on mercy killing as an expedient.

Some people oppose such centers because they cost too much and place a burden on public taxes. A whisper of this has even been mentioned in the UnitedStates. Reducing taxes and life to a political referendum is madness.

The church has always held that God is the creator and preserver of all life. From birth to death we are part of His will for each of us. .

There is no doubt that abortion is not the only life issue. The horror of legalized mercy killing is very real. As the new century dawns, the issue of euthanasia will take on major legal and politcal dimensions. For all who hold life as a precious gift we must continue to affirm our belief in the principles of God's sovereignty and the sanct.ity of all human life. We do not own life, we are the stewards of life. Dominion over life is a divine prerogative. Euthanasia is wrong because it violates the right to divine ownership.

In this life debate, all in the church must help people to appreciate and discern what is morally right in dealing with terminal illness. We must encourage the development of hospice centers which indicate to patients that the community has not abandoned them. Above all, we must try to lift them up to help them see that God has·not left them. Also as we continue to debate health care procedures and issues, let us not abandon those most vulnerable in our society.

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Once Phil Donahue, M.arlo Thomas house, now it's Mercy retreat ce~ter MADISON: Conn. (CNS) Retreat groups will soon be able to gather at a Connecticut beachhouse once owned by talk show host Phil Donahue and his wife, actress Marlo Thomas.

Three years ago Donahue and his wife gave their two-story, 12room house to the Sisters of Mercy.

It was moved 50 miles from its location on the shore in Westport, CT, to beach-front property at the order's Mercy Center retreat facility in Madison.

In a few months it will be open for retreats.

"It's a unique and a very beautiful gift." Mercy Sister Genie Guterch, executive director of the center, told The Catholic Transcript, newspaper of the archdioce,se of Hartford. .. And a gift is meant to be shared," she said-: "We think the house will benefit many people.

That's what the Sisters of Mercy are about - sharing with others."

Three tractor-trailers were needed to move the house. It was then re-assembled and re-designed over the three-year period. Last March it was officially opened during ,ceremonies attended _by Donahue and Ms. Thomas.

For June and most ofJuly, public tours were conducted in the 7,OOO-foot-squarehome. As part of the open house, SeaScape, as it

is now officially called, was used for "Showdown '95," a fundraiser for a foundation that runs fitness and recreation programs for area residents.

For the event local interior designers and landscapers volunteered to decorate each of SeaScape's 12 rooms and the exterior to make it.a sh,owcase home.

By the time the tours ended, an estimated 9,000 people had gone' through the house and it had been featured in the pages of The New 'York Times and New Zealand House Beautiful, among other pUblications.

to a wealthy family who beqlleathed it to Yale University.

Chain store magnate W.T" Grant later bought the estate and built an 18-room mansion. In 1948, the Grants offered the site to the Sisters of Mercy of Connecti(:ut for their novitiate.

The main retreat facility at Mercy Center can accommodate up to 300 people for meetings ar.:d 100 for sleeping. It has a 120-seat dining room.

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DA YTON, Ohio - How would a historian a full generation from 'now characterize the U.S. Catholic Church in the 1990s? According to R. Scott Appleby, an associate professor of history at the U:~iver­ sity of Notre Dame, the historian would see a church in crisis with :the pote~tial for decline. Thllt can be seen in the gap within the Sister Guterch said it ~ill be ; church"he said. between the hroad range of ininistries dedicated Cathbavailable to small grpups fo~ teambuilding and retreats and will also' lics undertake and low church be used by the nuns for vacations attendance and giving. Appleby addressed about 80 people ~tt the and retreats.

University of Dayton. He is an Mercy Center, which includes expert on fundamentalist move1,100 feet of private beach-front ments worldwide, director of the on Long Island Sound and 38 University of Notre Dame Cushwa acres of lawns, wooded areas and Center for the Study of American gardens, has been ope'n since 1973.

Catholicism, and editor· of The The property originally belonged Fundamentalism Project.

, Once the designers and landscapers have dismantled their work and SeaScape is back to normal, the Mercy Center will use it as part of its retreat facility. It has been made accessible for people with handicaps' and can accomodate 40 people for meetings and 15 for sleeping.

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It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him tha.t gives and him that takes....

It is an attribute of God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice....

Today's readings proclaim the rich blessings and the joyful demands of God's abundant mercy.

Let us avail ourselves of this most Godlike gift as we sing the refrain for this Sunday's responsorial psalm (Ps 51): "I will rise and go to my Father."

In the Exodus reading the Israelites have provoked the Lord's wrath by making the golden calf, and so he angrily announces to Moses that he will destroy this "depraved" and "stiff-necked" people and then make of Moses himself"a great nation." Hut the Lord's threat offers Moses an opportunity to appeal for mercy. He refers to Israel as "your I Moses') people, whom you brought out ofthe land of Egypt." Moses dares to remind the Lord that Israel is his "own people."

Why,O Lord, should your wrath blaze up against your own people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with such great power and with so strong a hand? Moses goes on to recall the Lord's solemn covenant promises made to the patriarchs.

Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, -and how you swore to them by your own self, saying, "I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky.

When confronted with his own saving actions and promises, the Lord's fidelity and mercy triumph over his wrath. WI: are told: "So the Lord relented in the punishment he had threatened to inflict on his people."

For the next seven weeks, the second reading will be from the pastoral epistles, I and II Timothy.

Most scholars agn:e that they are

Daily Readings Sept. 18: 1 Tm 2:1-8; Ps 28:2,7-9; lk 7:1-10 Sept. 19: 1 Tm 3:1-13; Ps 101:1-3,5-6; lk 7:11-17 Sept. 20: 1Tm 3:14-16; Ps 111:1-6; lk 7:31-35 Sept. 21: Eph4:1-7,11-13; Ps 19:2-5; Mt 9:9-13 Sept. 22: 1Tm 6:2c-12;Ps 49:6-10.17-20; lk 8:1-3 Sept. 23: 1Tm6:13-16; Ps 100:2-5; lk 8:4-15 Sept. 24: Am 8:4-7; Ps 113:1-2.4-8; 1 Tm 2:1-8; lk 16:1-13 or 16:10-13

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written in Paul's name in an attempt to maintain correct doctrine against threats from false teachers who "concern themselves with myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the plan of God that is to be received by faith" (I Tim 1:4).

In contrast to this i'gnostic" emphasis on speculation, I Timothy insists that Christianity involves an ethical life of practical love and service. The foremost example of Christian service should be the minister of the gospel.

In today's reading the author uses Paul's own experience of God's mercy as an example "to those who would later have faith in (God)." In his opening thanksgiving Paul humbly acknowledges his past failings as "a blasphemer, a persecutor, a man filled with arrogance." If God through Christ Jesus could treat Paul, "the worst" of sinners, with mercy, then, the author reasons, "Y ou can depend on this as worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners." The reading ends with praise of God for his mercy.

Luke's three parables - the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son - celebrate the twin blessings of God's. mercy. Those who are lost - like the stray sheep, the misplaced coin, or the prodigal son - are assured of God's forgiving mercy. Those who have dutifully served God, like the elder son, are invited to share in God's nature by showing mercy.

Jesus uses these parables both to defend his joyful table fellowship with "tax collectors and sinners" and to challenge the self-righteous Pharisees and scribes, who are murmuring, "this man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

The conclusion of each parable is an invitation to joyful celebration of finding that which was lost, that is, the retu~n of repentant sinners. When the shepherd arrives home, uhe invites friends and neighbors in and says to them; 'Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.''' When the woman finds her lost coin, "she calls in her friends and neighbors to say, 'Rejoice with me! I have found the silver piece I lost.'''

When the father comes out to his jealous elder son, he insists, "we had to celebrate and rejoice! This brother of yours was dead, and has come back to life. He was lost, and is found."

Jesus leaves these parables openended. We are not told if the elder son chose to join the festivities. We have to hear the parable's call and complete it for ourselves. Perhaps the greatest challenge Jesus offers us is the invitation to rejoice in God's forgiving love for others.

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Young girl needs -new liver Six weeks ago Brittany DeGagne, 10, of Fall River, who has been waiting two and a half years for a liver transplant, was admitted to Providence's Hasbro Children's Hospital with gastrointestinal bleeding for which doctor's could find no cause. While there, she suffered two seizures and two comas, the most recent coma lasting a week.

When she awakened, she could no longer speak. She was then transferred to Boston Children's Hospital two weeks ago.

Brittany was born with biliary atresia, an incurable degenerative liver condition. A transplant would save her life.

A straight-A student at Dominican Academy and member of St. Patrick's Church in Fall River, she was then found to have contracted encephalitis and meningitis.

Cynthia Rego, Brittany's mother, said that getting a new liver has seemingly come down to money, red tape and whether or not the patient has celebrity status. Rego spends much of her time with her daughter in the hospital and fighting the bureaucracy standi)lg in the way of a possible new liver for her. She has also contacted local cO)lgressmen to intervene on her behalf.

Since no liver has ,been locally available, Rego has found a doctor willing to list her daughter for a transplant at Pittsburgh Children's Hospital; however, Medicaid will Iiot pay for the $300,,000 operation if it is performed outside a 100mile radius of Massachusetts unless approved and advocated by the doctors in Boston. That decision has been -delayed. If Brittany's family still chooses to list her, the

BRITTANY DEGAGNE burden of payment will be theirs.

"Because of her internal bleeding," explained Brian Beausoleil, Brittany's uncle, "Brittany has been moved up on the list of children who need livers, but time is still of the essence because she is deteriorating so quickly."

Perhaps the family's hope lies in Brittany's strong, undying faith in God. "It's a miracle," said Beausoleil, "how much prayer and support we have received from the greater Fall River community. She has really touched everyone she meets. That's why so many people care."

He went on to talk about how deep her faith is.

"I learned what real faith is by watching Brittany. Her patron saint is St. Theresa and her very favorite gift was a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus."

There are many people and groups praying for her recovery.

Groups such as We Love Children, the Knights of Columbus in Tiverton, RI, and the Lions Club have also donated to her transplant fund. Donations may be sent to: Brittany DeGagne Liver Fund, P.O. Box 6039, Fall River, MA 02724. Prayers are always appreciated and letters to congressmen may help her cause. Those who wish to donate blood may do so in her name.

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Putting .kindness into life She called the store and, to her Unexpected conversations sometimes leave you feeling good, and , surprise, the people were still there. that's what happened to me recent- When she asked if they could Iy. I had some business to attend to make a ribbon for her, the owner at a bank, and the woman who at first said that would be difficult took care of this for me was unus- since she lives out of state'and he ually friendly, perhaps because I didn't really know her. But he was commented on the family pictures kind, and took down the informashe had on her desk, one obviously tion.

She told me she offered to send that of a newborn grandson.

The child was born on Father's him the money in advance, but he Day, the gift of a son for a son, she said no. She thought he'd probasaid with a smile. Then shepicked bly just forget about it, but to her up an envelope and showed me a amazement the ribbon arrived, and beautiful wide ribbon of white he didn't even send her a bill. She linen and lace, embroidered with planned, of course, to pay him the baby's name, Stephen Robert, immediately and thank him. But not everyone is as fortunate as in a deep rose color.

The woman, Caroline, told me Caroline.

The night before, I had been to a she used to live in Brooklyn, N. Y., when businesses were often small meeting of parents concerned about and family-owned. Now most of serious behavior problems among them 'have given way to the big, children. One father, who worked corporate stores where no one in a large supermarket, said people knows anyone else anymore, she treat one another terribly when they are shopping. They shove one said.

One item she had always loved another, nobody is polite and many from those days were these rib- try to cheat. "What kind of world bons with embroidered names, are we creating?" he asked.

Good question. I recalled readwhich were put on pillows for a ing a story of New York youths special event like a baptism: Now, killing a homeless man by setting with the birth of her grandson, she him on fire. The tragedy went wanted a ribbon for his baptism. , But having been a way from Brook- . beyond murder. Read this sentence lyn for 13 years; she wondered if from a newspaper story: "After interrogating the youths, detectives the family that made the ribbons could only find one motive: not was still in business.

THE SMALL meditation room at UN headquarters .where Pope John Paul II is expected to make a brief visit on Oct. 5. The illuminated block of iron in the center of the room symbolizes how the light of the Spirit gives life to matter.

Do miracles happen today? about these events, smile and ask,

By Mitch Finley Catholicism admits the occur- "So what?"

Wakefield refers to people who rence of miracles countless times throughout history. Jesus brought find the face of Jesus in a tortilla or in the dent of an automobile fender. about miraculous healings and Include in this category bleeding nature miracles - calming the and weeping statues. If these events storm, for example.

Following Jesus' resurrection are authentic miracles, you have to and ascension, his disciples wit- wonder if God is simply kidding nessed miracles through prayer. around.

We learn nothing new about (See Acts 3:1-7 for example.)

God from 'such events. All that We find many miracles in the lives of the saints. The church seems to happen is you get a flock requires authentication of a mira- of people - sometimes a huge cle through a saint's intercession flock - doing a mob scene at the site ofthe bleeding statue or weepprior to canonization. .

What about today? Do miracles ing picture. Maybe this nourishes still happen, and should we pray the faith of the people who stampede to see the apparent miracle, for miracles?

Two new books make it clear but does absolutely nothing for' that miracles happen. "Expect a many other people.

Miracle," by Dan Wakefield (Har-' . Clearly, genuine miracles happer San Francisco) and "Where pen. Researching my own book , Miracles Happen" by Joan Wester was enough to convince me of this.

Anderson (Brett Books) chronicle People recover from incurable dozens of miracles, events that are cancer. Women conceive who thought they could not. The stocontrary to the laws of nature. ries are endless, far too many to'be Wakefield declares that "we are dismissed as coincidence. . living a new Age of, Miracles."

At the same time; faith teaches Psychiatry is no longer a substi- us that we cannot depend on miratutefor God, having failed the test, cles, but only on. our continuing and science no longer a substitute experience of the risen Christ in for God, having failed the test, and our midst. science no longer claims to explain I believe we should feel perfectly it all for you.

OK about praying for miracles, In his excellent book Wakefield and I believe that sometimes they tells story after story, all of them happen. But our final prayer must true, all of them contemporary, always be that of Jesus: "Thy will about miracles large and small. be done."

In her book, Ms. Anderson also Sometimes God's will is not our tells dozens oftrue miracle stories, ,will. I believe that we do well to each guaranteed to knock your remember the biggest miracle of socks off. She points ou( that all, which is the fact of our own according to a 1989 Gallup Poll 83 continuing existence. percent of Americans believe in You wake up in the morning, miracles, "mainly because such you move around, you breathe in events suggest that God exists and and out and your heart goes on loves us, and that our lives have thumping softly in your chest. This purpose." is enough of a miracle that it "So-what mir~cles" see.m on the should make you fall over laughrise as well. I call these "so-what ing with delight every time you miracles" because most people hear think about it.

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disdain for the helples:i or the poor, but simple boredom."

Imagine. They killed this man because they had nothing else to do! Are we in trouble as 2. society?

I think so.

All the more reason to try to be like the man who made Caroline's ribbon. He was a witness for kindness and consideration. We should all be that way.

Maybe if enough of U:i see the value in caring for and helping others, and try to live that way ourselves, maybe then we can pass these virtues - and I'm not embarrassed to use that word -- on to the next generation.

The reward for kindness comes back to us, of course, and I shal' pass on a quote that.I I,:mg ago taped to my wall: "If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of ,any man or woman I shall feel that I have worked with God" (George MacDonald).

When an animal dies

By that there is random, even frivoDear Dr. Kenny: How do you lous meanness in the world. explain the death of an animal toa The next step is teaching him . Dr. JAMES & child, particularly when such a death is caused by mindless cruelty? how to prevent that deficiency in We were driving along a few days himself. Learning about his place MARY ago when the motorist ahead of us in God's creation, about his reladeliberately swerved to kill a squir- tionship to' all living and nonKE1'!NY rei. My child was horrified. Now living things, is a good beginning. when we see a "road kill," my child Native Americans had a great acts confused and sad. What can I reverence for life. They 'prayed to We learn compassion by expe~ say to him? (Illinois) an animal before hunting it, asked riencing pain and joys ou:rselves, Tell your child he or she is right its understanding of their need for hearing others describe thdr feelto feel confused and sad by such food. They replaced what they ings and assuming that the:ir feelmeanness. So do you, or you took from the earth. ings are similar to ours. As we Life especially is precious. So grow, we find "sympathy" for othwouldn't be writing us. Let your h'ld k h h h brief and so fragile. To end life ers till we reach the mature ideal of c 1 now t at you ave t e same willy-nilly without understanding "loving others as we love oumelves." feelings. ,, Obviously, there is no rational its place, its purpose, is to play Everything on this planet, in answer to explain such behavior. childish havoc with a universe we this universe, was made by God. Maybe the driver had a bad day. do not understand. It shows the As such, it merits our caretaking.

Maybe he is getting back at his motorist's ignorance.

Irresponsible destruction is clearly wife. Maybe he thinks it's funny to Compassion is another lesson wrong. You and I, the motorist cause pain. your child can learn. Some few and others are stewards, 11.0t the Of course, it doesn't make sense. people, and apparently the motor- masters, Of what we see. , What makes 路it possible are' two ist is one of them, lack the ability Your child is baffled by the deficencies in the motorist: He to "feel '~ith" others. they are motorist's mental and emotional lacks knowledge and he hicks com- unable to put themselves in the handicap. Let your child know passion. mind and heart of o路thers. ' that life is precious, deserving our Here is an opportunity to teach One essential part of growing up reverence, and that it is good to and help your child grow. Sharing and reaching maturity is the abilgrieve for others, even animals. your own failure to understa,nd is a . ity to "put on" the feelings of othstart at helping your child . learn ers, even of animals. After all, we Reader questions on famiily liv.. share with them the gift of life. ing and child care 'to be answered Why visit them unnecessarily with in print are invited by the KI!Dnys; cruelty and death? Life is tough 219 W. Hanison; Rensselael" Ind. 47978. enough.

Sept. 19 1859, Rev. Henry E.S. Henniss, Pastor, St. Mary, New Bedford 1985, Msgr. Arthur W. Tansey, Retired Pastor; Immaculate Conception, Fall River , Sept. 20 1918, Rev. Simon A. O'Rourke, Chaplain, United States'Navy 1958, Rev. Omer Valois, Pastor, Sacred Heart, New Bedford , Sept. 21 1882, Rev. George Pager, Founder, Sacred Heart, New Bedford 1938, Rev. George Jowdy, Pastor, Our Lady of Purgatory, New Bedford 1988, Rev. William H. Crane, SM, Superior at National Shrine of Our Lady of Victories, Boston

Antigua devastated by Hurricane Luis WASHINGTON (CNS)-"Devastation" was how the bishop's office described the scene on the Caribbean island of Antigua after it was mauled by Hurricane Luis - the most powerful storm of the hurricane season to date.

"We are cut off' and there is a dusk-to-dawn curfew, Judy Ann Barreto, secretary to Bishop Donald James Reece of Saint John's-Basseterre, said in a telephone interview.

There has been extensive damage to houses and other buildings, she said, including Catholic schools, church halls and chapels.

Caritas from the diocese of Port of Spain, Jamaica, was assessing

the damage in preparation for providing aid to the local church, she said.

"We need help at the soonest, as no part of Antigua was span:d by the storm," Antigua public utilities minister Robin Yearwood said.

Property Ipsses are estimated at .about $300 million.

In recent weeks, Bishop Reece has been working, with other churches in his area in an ecumenical aid effort for refugees from an active and potentially deadly volcano on the island of Montse:rrat.

He said that "with the hurricane, it comes and passes. But with. the volcano the worst is u:rtcertainty."

Accepting married priests Q. Our Catholic newspaper recently reported that two Anglican bishops who had joined the Roman Catholic Church were to become Roman Catlltolic priests.

Both of them are maHied.

Could you explain how they are able to be priests in our church?

Even at my age, I like to keep up on what's happenln~:, but I don't understand this.

If we are going to have married priests, why can't olher Catholic men who are married be ordained priests? (Louisiana) A. Thank you for your question. Many Catholics besides yourself are similarly confused.

Accepting married converts for ordination as RoJ11tan Catholic priests is something quite recent, at least in living memory. But it has happened often in the past 15 or 20 years.

A few converted from other Christian communions, but by far the majority (well over 50) of married Roman Catholic priests in our country are former priests of the Church of England.

As at the time of the Oxford Movement in England during the last century, today's Episcopal priests who leaned toward the Roman Catholic Church generally felt they should remain within the Anglican tradition and work toward reunion of their whole church with Rome.

Later, however, many decided to apply individually for accep-

My pillow's' bad attitude

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DIETZEN tance into the Roman Catholic Church as married candidates for ordination.

Their argument was basically this: ..As Anglicans, we were formed within the Catholic 'system,' embraced nearly the whole of Catholic tradition and doctrine, and looked on ourselves as Catholics in everything except union with the pope.'"

In fact, some of this group, especially those who desired corporate reunion of the churches, even accepted the prirriacy of the bishop of Rome.

The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, apparently accepting this reasoning, recognized that these Episcopal priests and their families were acting in good faith, and eventually approved their ordination as married Romal) Catholics. ' They were, in other words, dispensed by the Roman Catholic Church from the promise and commitment of celibacy.

Their same arguments would not apply, of course, to members of other Christian traditions (Lutheran, for exampl,::) who are now married Roman Catholic priests.

Why, then, would these be accepted as married candidates for the priesthood? The response to this question is not clear.

Why would lifelong Catholics

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My doctor just prescribed an DAN . herbal supplement because my pil; low had an attitude and would not MORRIS l be mangled into a comfortable position no matter how many hours ... I I'd wrestle with it.

My pillow's obstinacy had produced a decline in "useful" sleep as " through . . yourJ like this checked to well as suggestions from spouse final destination?" I always want that I quit thrashing around or to say, "Do you know something I sleep elsewhere; Siberia was mendon't?" or, "N 0, please send it to tioned. Wife also <:laimed lack of Istanbul." sleep was making me testy.

Isn't it goofy how telephone Sure, I became a little cranky repair people will tell you what when the insurance company put day they plan to show up, but not me on hold. Who wouldn't be the time? They want you to leave a upset at having to listen to a radio six-hour space open for them to station playing "Bah, bah, bah ... arrive. Maybe their tools are bah, Barbara Ann'" and knowing it handled by the same people who would be echoing around in the check luggage. . brain all day?

"Hey, dude," said my spouse, That's almost a:; bad as people interrupting my musings, "did you at the tax assessor's office telling take that supplement tablet the you they'll call right back when . doctor gave you?" you know they have no intent "The one that's supposed to whatsoever of doing it. make my pillow behave itself?"

Which somehow makes me think She nodded. of being weighed and measured at "Sure," I said, "anything to the doctor's office: with my shoes avoid being shipped to Siberia." and clothes on.

"Then why don't you and Mr. Why do they do that? One day Pillow try taking a nap?" some nurse will catch you in the "Naps are for crabby, old peowherewithal and think you've lost ple," I groused, lying down on the 30 pounds overnight. couch and stuffing the pillow under Of course that's nothing commy head. pared to watching a 4-year-old I was about to ask her if the perched in a shopping cart pitchadvertising flaps that you have to ing soup cans and tomato 'paste rip off bills in order to use the into' the lettuce and celery display return envelope ticked her off as while her mother coos, "Honey, if much as they do me - and then you can't be a better self-manager my pillow changed its attitiude. we'll have to talk about taking Good thing. It was becoming a back your$IO box of Fruit Whooppain to be around. ies."

Then there's the question they Your comments are welcomed always ask when you bring lug- by Uncle Dan, 25218 Meadow gage to the airport: "Would you Way, Arlington, Wash. 98223.

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not be accepted? From what I have been told by persons closely involved with these cases, the apparent answer is the following: People who are raised Roman Catholic are presumed to know and be commited to the Catholic Church's discipline that married men are not ordained to the priesthood. By entering a marriage in the church, therefore, the church assumes that they made this choice of marriage rather than the priesthood.

The same would apply in the other direction. By being ordained to the priesthood, a committed Roman Catholic is assumed to have chosen the priesthood.knowing that he thereby excluded the possibility of marriage.

There is at least some evidence that this distinction underlies the difference in policy toward converts and men who are raised Catholic.

Normally, no convert to Roman Catholicism from any other faith is considered a candidate for ordination if that individual had once been Catholic and is now returning to the Roman Catholic Church.

There is a case, however, of a convert, Roman Catholic years ago, who is now ordained, after returning to the Roman Catholic

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept: 15, 1995 Church. Though he was baptized, he was not raised a Roman Catholic. Thus he could, in good faith, be unaware of the church's discipline prohibiting married priests..

Since the first Episcopal priest was ordained in the Roman Catho-

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lie Church only 13 years ago, June 29, 1982, the church's policies and directions on the subject are very likely still a long way from final.

Where they might lead in the future, probably no one can yet say for sure.

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n Christmas Eve 1932, two missionary priests baptized the first 12 members of the Church in Wa in northwest Ghana. Today, just a little more than six decades later, Catholics in Wa number 156,000, or 24% of the total population. .. Anselm Bemile was in one of the first baptism classes in the area. Later, he would become a catechist in the Wa Diocese and the father of eight, including a son, Paul, who is today Wa's newest bish0p. .. "As I look back, I see the finger of God at work in my life," Bishop Paul Bemile said.

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

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

Seminarian sentenced MALANG,lndonesia(CNS)An Indonesian court has convicted a former East Timor seminarian of subversion in a human rightsrelated case and sentenced him to four years in jail. The defendant, Jose Dos Neves de Jesus, 32, said he may appeal the sentence handed down by a magistrate court in Malang, East Java, reported UCA News, an Asian church news agen4 cy. De Jesus is a graduate of Widya Sasana Major Seminary in Malang. Security forces arrested and detained him last May in Malang, 410 miles east of Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, for allegedly passing allegations of Indonesian human rights abuses in East Timor to foreigners.

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"For Kids' 'Sake '~. festival tomorrow

Diocese orPaH River -Fri.; Sept. 15,1995.

Teamwork gets boy on road to walking SPRINGFIELD, III. (CNS) The church, Father John Burnett, American Airlines, the Missionary Sisters of Charity and th(: U.S. government have done their part.

Now, whether JosephJean walks is largely up to him.

The II-year-old from Haiti has cerebral palsy. As a result, his legs are pencil thin. He has never walked. Surgeons at St. John's Hospital in Springfield are donating their services and are optimistic that he will be able to walk after an operation he had on Sept. 6.

But most of the work will be up to Joseph and he knows it.

"He has expressed a desire to have this done," said Father Burnett, pastor at Blessed Sacrament in Springfield, who brought Joseph out of Ha路iti.

Joseph was abandoned shortly after birth. He was taken in by the Missionaries of Charity and diagnosed with cerebral palsy.

Father Burnett, also director of the diocesan Office for the Missions, met Joseph in 1990 on a tour of the children's clinic in Port-auPrince.

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Highlights will include a 10 a.m.

5K road race and walkathon, with $250 prizes for the male and female runners finishing first and "Walk for Kids' Sake" T-shirts to the first 100 walkers obtaining$50 or more in pledges.

A chicken barbecue will follow the races and entertainment beginning at 12:30 p.m. will offer puppeteer Dan Butterworth, stCIries in prose, poetry and mime by tv! ichael Cooper and a performance featuring mime, clowning, juggling and music by Michael Zerphy. A 3 p.m. raffle will close the festival, with over 30 prizes with a total value of over $3,000 to be drawn.

Further information: St. Vincent's Development Office.. 6798274.

"Joseph had this big, broad smile so I picked him up," he said "The sisters told me they'd kept him as happy as they could but there wasn't a lot of hope for him [to ever walk)."

In January of this year, with U.S. troops still in the country. after their mission to restore Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power, an Army medic examined Joseph and expressed the opinion that surgery could help him walk. The boy .was examined again in Port-au-Pnnce, where doctors agreed, but said there were no surgeons in Haiti who could do the work.

Father Burnette took photos and X-rays of Joseph to Dr. David Mack, who specializes in orthopedics in Springfield. Based on what he saw, Mack agreed that Joseph's outlook was good.

He showed the pictures to orthopedic surgeons: who agreed. and said they would donate their services. St. John's Hospital supplied .the operating room and is coordinating medic~1 and physical therapy for Joseph.

While arrangements were being made in Springfield, it was discovered that Joseph had no birth certificate, so one was drawn up. A letter about him went to the U.S. consulate, "assuring officials that no tax dollars would be used. The government is very stringent these days that tax dollars not be used for immigrants."

A visa was issued, American Airlines donated plane tickets and Father Burnette went to Haiti to get Joseph. While there, he baptized him and gave him his first Communion.

Once in Springfield, Joseph lived at Blessed Sacrament rectory.

Neighbors helped care for him and taught him some English.

Joseph's hands and arms are also affected by his cerebral palsy, but for that, splints and physical therapy will be used.

LA SALETTE TRIDUUM & FEAST Fri., Sept. 15 - 6:30 PM Mass Celebrant: Fr. Ernest Corriveau, M.S. Homilist: Fr. Dick Delisle, M. S. Music: Fr. Andre Patenaude, M.S. Sat., Sept. 16 - 4:30 PM Mass Celebrant: Fr. Joseph Gosselin, M.S. Homilist: Fr. Dick Delisle, M.S. Music: Fr. Andre Patenaude, M.S. Sun., Sept. 17 - Feast Day 1:30 PM Communal Service of Reconciliation Fr. Dick Delisle, M.S. 3:00 PM Outdoor Mass Celebrant & Homilist: Bishop Sean O'Malley Music: Combined Choirs of St. Francis Xavier Parish of East Providence, RI

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She's blind but she' sees nee(ls of disa路bled clearly

By Dave Jolivet Lorraine Phenix has been disabled for 17 years. She is totally blind, legally blind or sight-impaired, but she doesn't care abo!lt 'the political correctness of the description; what does concern her is getting the message out that disabled individuals are very capable of being integrated into the community and have a great deal to offer.

Ms. Phenix, a member of St. Mary's parish, New Bedford, works with Catholic Social Services(CSS) in New Bedford as consultant for Project yisibility, a program designed to recruit and train the disabled to serve on boards of organizations and other coalitions as representatives of themselves, their families and other disabled citizens. The Administrative Agency for Developmental Disabilities (AADD) of Boston awarded CSS a six-month grant to fund the project.

Ms. Phenix holds a psychology degree from Stonehill College, served five years on the Commission for the Blind, and has experience as an advocacy and assertiveness trainer.

"The goal of the pilot program in New Bedford is to allow the consumers [disabled individuals] to be seen as members of the community, rather than people with a disability," she said.

The first step in the process was recruiting trainees. Along with the assistance of Joe Andrade, community organizer at the New Bedford CSS office, Ms. Phenix solicited candidates through the news media, cable TV, coalition meetings, handing out information sheets and speaking to support groups.

"The best means of securing

candidates was by opening an awareness through personal contact. I like getting out there and meeting people," she said. She and her guide-dog Holly routinely travel to and from work on the New Bedford public transportation system.

"It's great to see Lorraine and H oily out and about. She expressed herself very well at each of the 10 to 15 coalitions we visited," said Andrade. The coalitions are groups made up of members from different city agencies working for a specific purpose such a~ improving police - community relations and curbing,youth violence.

The recruitment drive landed seven candidates, whom Ms. Phe. nix led through some 10 hours of very thorough training over a three-week period, with two 90minute sessions each week. Week one covered assertiveness training, providing the candidates with techniques for projecting themselves and their ideas. Week two dealt with advocacy training, offering methods for representing others; and week three gave the students the feel of what it's like serving on a non-profit board.

"The sessions were pretty intense," said Ms. Phenix. "Whether or not the person was ready to serve on a board by the end of the session, Ihe or shel picked up some valuable training, things that could

Stewardship is a way of living faith that expresses our willingness to be partners with Jesus and one another in carrying on the work of the Kingdom.

ST. PAUL, Minn(CNS)--Sister Catherine McNamee will retire as president of the National Cath~ olic Educational Association in June 1996 and join the staff ,of the University of St. Thomas' Center for Christian Social Thought and Management in St. Paul. Her retirement will come at the end of two five-year terms as NCEA presi路dent. As senior fellow and scholar in residence at St. Thoma!:, the Sister of St. Joseph of Carondolet will be involved with scholarship and consulting for both the center and the university's Catholi(: studies program, as well as on issues related to Catholic education \\-orldwide and in particular Latin America.

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be included on a resume:' The consultant also offered each student the opportunity for one-onone training after the session concluded.

She indicated that two or three students are ready to put their training into practice. "The next step is to establish contact!:, so they can be placed," she added.

"It's important for disabled i.ndividuals to get out there and become part of the community. Family members, out of concern for their loved ones, can tend to over-protect them through isolation."

The AADD grant expired at the end of August, but Ms. Ph,enix hopes the program will be extended and eventually gain state ac,:eptance. "I would like to try this again, and have it become di,)cesanwide," she said.

Joe Andrade concurs. "This is a new direction for those with disabilities. I'm involved with nearly 20 coalitions in and around New Bedford~ and none of them has a disabled person on the board. I hope Lorraine's work can continue," he said.

Ms. Phenix performs her duties professionally and with such ease and confidence that it's easy to . overlook her disability: exactly the message she is trying to convey it's the person, not the disability that's most important. "We'd like to let people know we have interests other than our disabilities," she said.

Those with questions, or ne;:ding outreach assistance in the greater New Bedford area are encouraged to call Catholic Social Services in New Bedford at 9977337.

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Fall River's Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Home continues to "accomplish the impossible"

By Jean Judge "Sorrow, my friend, lowe my soul to you."

This line, so poignant, and prophetic in terms of her life's work, is from one of many poems written

by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop.

To the thousands and thousands of patients who have spent their last days in the Homes she started for the poor with incurable cancer these words have had a special significance.

Like today's Mother Teresa of Calcutta, this writer who also founded a religious congregation was for Christ and thl: poor.

The daughter of the famed American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, she did not find her true voice as a writer until she began the work of providing tender, lov-

ing care for the sick who were the outcasts in late 19th century New York City.

She had experienced much sorrow in her own life. Her beloved father died when she was 13, and her mother, Sophia Peabody, lived for only six more years. Her only child, a son, Francis, died at the age of four; her only sister, Una, when she was in her 20s. She also suffered the breakup of her marriage to fellow writer, George Parsons Lathrop, whom she had married young and loved, deeply. .

Although she wrote often about grief and despair in her poems, she sought for meaning in her life, and she and George event,ually became converts to Catholicism.

Her poetry began to reflect her conversion and she fopnd her cause

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when she was moved by the story of a poor seamstress suffering from cancer who was sent to die at Blackwell's Island in New York.

Her compassion for the patient, and for what her case symbolized, led Rose Hawthorne Lathrop to begin her work in 1896 at age 45, almost a century ago.

"1 would not be deterred from beginning this work by my many disqualifications," she said.

She began taking in and going out to patients even though she was virtually alone in her labors in a tenement in a poor section of New York City. When she was not working with patients, her pen was always in hand, writing articles and letters to newspapers and individuals seeking volunteers and money for her work.

One of those who responded to her pleas was Alice Huber, an artist, who became Mother Rose, cofounder of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, Servants of Relief for Incurable Cancer, and Rose Hawthornt; Lathrop's lifelong friend, stalwart supporter and eventually her successor.

The two women experienced many hardships and difficulties as they struggled to get their work underway and accepted. Their problems were compounded by resistance from some of the clergy to the formation of another religious order. But the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne evolved from dream to reality by the turn of the century.

Just as Mother Teresa does today, Mother Alphonsa, the name taken by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, stormed heaven with prayers and novenas for everything from supplies to money, postulants and property.

She insisted that every patient be seen as 'Christ, that all her homes be a setting appropriate for Him and them. She demanded bright, clean, homelike buildings, good food and good cheer. In treating patients, she said simply, "We must love them."

"A good religious very nearly accomplishes the impossible by the help of a miraculous Master," she wrote in 1902. She did the impossible until she died in 1926 at age 75, a pile ofletters that she had written the night before at her side.

The work she began continues to be almost a miracle in this mod-

ern age. The seven free homes, including the one at 1600 Bay Street, Fall River, established at the re'quest of the late Bishop James E. Cassidy, and opened July 31, 1932, are totally dependent on donatiofis from well-wishers, accepting nothing from patients or their families.

Sister Florence, O.P., the present administrator of the Fall River home, named by Mother Rose to honor the foundress in her home state (she was born in Lenox), knows that "we could not do it without the help of so many wonderful people. We're very fortunate."

The home in Fall River is staffed

by seven sisters who provide total care for 24 to 28 patients; 100 patients a year on average.

And "the greatest need," even for an order which continues to attract new members, is always "more sisters" to do "God's work."

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Case manager can help

By Monica and Bill Dodd,S What am I going to find this time? That question can hound the ad ult child who has to travel a long distance to visit an aging parent andcan only make it every year or two.

How is mom really doing? How much ground has Dad lost in the last 24 months?

Walking in the front door can tell you more than almost any phone call or letter. Spending a day with your aging parent can make his or her condition clear.

That's when the emotions kick in: fear, almost panic; the urge to fix everything immediately; perhaps overwhelming guilt.

Why did I wait so long between visits? Why didn't I pick up on these problems when we talked on the phone? Why do I live so far away? Why didn't I stay closer to home?

What can you do? After all, in a week or two you need to be back at work or taking care of your own family hundreds or thousands' of miles away.

A first step is to make a good and honest assessment of your parent's present condition. There are professionals who can do this for you. ' Consider your parent's physical well-being. How is her health in general? Is he eating properly? Is she being treated by a doctor? Is he taking his medication properly?

Drinking too much?'

Try to assess mental health and emotional well-being. Is she confused sometimes? Does he have memory loss? Is she depressed, possibly suicidal?

What about safety issues and daily living routine? Is his house or

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From fire? From falls? Should she quit driving? Can she get around on the bus? Is the home clean? Can she do her own laundry, shopping, bathing and cooking?

If you have concerns, consider hiring a case manager (sometimes called care manager) to watch over your parent after you're back home.

Case managers' fees vary from none to abou't $100 per hour. It 'pays to shop around. The most expensive service is not necessarily the best for your needs.

Find out what several have to offer and check out their credentials and references. Do they have a social work ,or medical focus?

Will they contact you regularly or are you supposed to call them?

Bring your ag~g parent in on the process to the degree possible.

Let Mam or Dad meet this person.

If there's a strong personality clash, it's probably not going to work with that individual.

Keep in mind that a case manager will not clean your parent's house, drive Dad to the doctor or give Mom a bath, but will set up services to see that those things get done.

If your parent's condition' worsens, services can be added, even to the point of placement in a nursing home. If it improves, services can be modified or dropped, A good case manager can be your eyes and ears, making sure your mother or father is receiving the care that's needed and putting your mind more at ease too.

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By Mary Hood Hart Call me a conformist. but I'd love to see all schools, public as well as private, require uniforms.

In doing so, Catholic schools have been on the right track for decades.

What a relief for parents to purchase a standard set of clothes for the business of learning. What a burden lifted from the backs of those who are financially strapped.

No schoolchild would be made to feel inferior because ,his parents can't afford the "right" name brands. No child would have special status among her peers because she wears the best clothes.

In thi's age of "freedom," however, many public schools would, have a fight on their hands if they tried to require uniforms. Some schools are compromising by making uniforms optional for students.

For both students' and teachers' sakes, I hope the idea catches on, But I won't hold my breath.

It wasn't so long ago that the vast majority of parents would support the administration when it came to school attire. Parents would ensure their 'children followed the proper dress codes because they respected the authority of the schools. But nowadays, some parents threaten to sue if the school rules infringe upon their children's choice of hairstyles or fashions, however offensive or impractical.

Last year at my daughter's middle school, as school dismissed for the day, I saw entering the building an adult woman, most certainly a parent, wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with an obscenity.

When even parents fail to meet society's standard for acceptable attire - and, unfortunately, that standard seems lower all the time - what can be expected from their offspring?

It's sad and ironic that so much fuss is made over purchasing "back to school" fashions when a number of children go to school dressed offensively or inappropriately. And too many others, because'they live in poverty, attend school in clothing that's worn and unsuitable for the weather.

Uniforms would solve all that.

For students whose parents can't afford to purchase them, uniforms could be donated by department stores or subsidized by the state.

As one who would never have made a best-dressed list through her hippie years, I try not to stand in judgment of others' fashion sense. However, when I see on the school grounds a high school student wearing a "Will Work, For Sex" T-shirt, I get angry. Is his right to dress that way more important than my right not to ha ve to explain, that slogan to my 8year-old son?

Is his individual expression more important than the embarrassment and a wkwardness created 'in a coed classroom when an adolescent boy advertises his sexual urges?

I feel for teachers and administrators who have to deal with the prq,blem generated from such free expression. The business of educating young people is certainly challenging enough nowadays. Add to it the stress of trying to monitor clothing styles without stepping on someone's toes and it's no wonder so many educators feel they're losing ground.

Perhaps if more parents of public school children made out voices heard and advocated uniforms or stricter dress codes, we could influence our school boards to create a policy that's in the best interest of all students.

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Children describe book.s that changed their lives WASHINGTON (CNS) - Parents and teachers, take heart: Not all children are wasting their hours away in front of the television screen. Some are actually reading.

Or so they say in the book, "Dear Author," which was published Sept. 8 by Conari Press in Berkeley, Calif., to mark IrHernational Reading Day.. The book is a collection of 75 lette'rs from junior high and high school students about books that changed their lives.

The winning letters, including I-I from Catholic schoo'l students, were picked from over 20,000 entries in the contest sponsored for the past two years by Weekly Reader's Read magazine and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

Students, such as Christina Martini of St. Charles School in Staten Island, N.Y., wrote letters to authors explaining how their books either mirrored or changed their lives.

In Miss Martini's letter to William Armstrong, author of"Sounder," she said she initially thought the book was terrible because it didn't have a happy ending, "Now I believe that your book helped me tO,grow up and to stop looking at the world through rosecolored glasses," she said. "I see that everyone's life is not as happy as mine."

The 12-year-old said that "Sounder" made her think about poverty, hardship and the sadness of other people.

"I always say that I want to help others, but now I know that before I can do that i have to understand what their world is like," And in an endorsement for reading sure to make any English teacher proud, the student said "Sounder" made her realize that books are not just for her entertainment, but to help her learn "to feel and to laugh and to cry with others."

Natasha Gaziano, a student from St. Mary Magdalen School in Altamonte Springs, Fla, said that "The Diary of A Yourig Girl" by Anne Frank, made her think about things she never thought existed in the world.

The 13-year-old's letter to Anne Frank said, "In spite of all the discrimination, humiliation and inhumane treatment you received, you showed the inner strength and coura'ge of a young girl when things are not going well."

Miss Gaziano said he:r classmates questioned how Ann~ Frank could be inspirational because in the end she did not fulfill her dreams, Their statement was only somewhat true, she said, because Anne Frank's wish to go on living even after her death was sufficient inspiration.

"I realize a young author's words can live forever ," the student wrote.

Not all students wrote about sadness and suffering, Vanessa Smith, 'a 12-year-old from Notre Dame Middle School in Pil:tsfield, Mass., said reading "The Secret Garden" made her believe ill magic for the first time in her life.

And Andrea U rbiel, a :;tudent from Divine Child High Schoobn Detroit, said Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends" was going to go to college with her.

She told the author that :;he and her brother had "been everywhere with you. We've built the treehouse, the free house, the secretyou-and-me house. We did the home-made boat. We've bee n acrobats. We've had, gashes and rashes and' purple bumps."

The student told Silverstl:in that she found "more wisdom and more life ill a poem written on the neck of a running giraffe" than in many of her long-winded textboe,ks.

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Conception We praise you,¡ Lord, in this daughter of ISl'ael, Mary, yourfaithful OnE' and our mother. We pray a~, she did: may your namE~ be holy; may the hungry be filled and the rich brow hung'er; may the proud be scatteredandthe rich rcl'ised up; may your love be ever with your people.

We make our praye;r always through Mary's child; he, the sun ofjustice, Jesus, who is Lord for ever and ever. Amen.

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That is her explanation for why the Franciscan Missionaries of Jesus Crucified, which she founded in 1987 as a means for people with disabilities to live a consecrated life, also welcome those who are not disabled.

"Disabilities catch up with us all, sooner or later, ." she added.

At the end of their annual retreat this summer, Ms. Principe was one of the first four Missionaries to profess perpetual vows.

Four others made their temporary profession at the same time and nine new candidates were welcomed. Albany Bishop Howard J. Hubbard who authorized formation of the group eight years ago, presided over the rite of consecration.

In eight years the group has attracted 35 memb(:rs - six men and 29 women. Eventually they hope to receive formal church recognition as a secular institute, a society of Catholics who live and work in the world but take public vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

For now they are organized under church law as an "association of the faithful," an interim step during the years of study and testing it usually ta.kes before the church formally establishes a new institute of consecrated life.

Ms. Principe, who uses a wheelchair, is a nun who had to leave her order, partly to care for her ill father and partly because of her disabilities. She said several other members also had to leave religious orders or were not accepted as candidates because of severe disabilities.

"Because we as a secular institute require people to be selfsupporting and able to live on their own, we have the flexibility to accept these vocations,"she said.

The Missionari(:s' special ministry is to those who share Jesus' cross through illness or disability, and members are expected to engage in apostolic work.

Their special patron is Blessed

Kateri Tekakwitha, whose birthplace is in the Albanydiocese. Disfigured and partially blinded from a childhood smallpox infection, Kateri was not allowed to become a nun but made a vow of chastity as a young woman and lived a consecrated life in secular society.

"Since our charism is to help Jesus carry his cross, she is a perfect model for us," Ms. Principe told The Evangeiist, Albany's diocesan newspaper. "Once we asked for her intercession, vocations began coming."

Now i-nquiries come from all parts of the country, and the association has members as faraway as New Mexico.

"We also have inquiries from Asia, Europe, all over, so the vocations are there," said Ms. Principe.

She said the association also welcomes the elderly and the widowed, "which was an honored state of life in the early church."

Although not yet established as an institute of consecrated life, the association has the rigorous formation program needed to become one.

Before they can take final vows, members must go through a threeyear period of"aspirancy," or initial formation and vocation discernment, followed by five years of temporary vows renewed annually.

"It is a vocation," said Dorothy Behringer of St. Thomas parish in Delmar, director of formation.

Because of the variety of disabilities represented among candidates for the Missionaries, Ms. Behringer uses individua:Iized formation methods unheard of in most relgi'ous communities. Formation materials are in print for one candidate, in braille ,for another, on audio tape or videotape for yet another. A recent addition is use of "talking" computers.

"We have people with learning disabilities, mental illness, cancer, blindness. hearing loss, developmental disabilities," Ms. Principe said. "It is because of them and through them that we come together as an institute, sharing the cross of Christ and reaching out to others who bear that cross."

Whatever their disabilities, members are expected to pray for at least two hours daily and to make monthly days of recollection and an eight-day annual retreat.

The group also has a monthly newsletter, Echo of Assisi, which is typed by a member who is totally blind.

The group's spirituality has a strong Franciscan element. In the early 1980's, when Ms. Principe was first developing the idea of Ii secular institute that especially welcomed the disabled, she began consulting with Franciscan Father Reginald Reddy of Siena College Loudonville, who became the group's ecclesiastical assistant.

The late Franciscan Father Steven Hartdegen, a world-renowned Scripture scholar, was another early adviser and a strong advocate for an institute open to people with disabilities.

Ms. Principe noted that Jesus did his greatest work "nailed to a cross, when the only thing he could move was his head."

She said one member is a widow with three grown children - "she bore them while she was in an iron lung" - who requires a respirator to live. But "she is very active apostolically" in pastoral care at the Detroit nursing home where she lives.

"Our institute is witness to the fact that it is not what you can do with your body that counts, but what is in your heart," she said.

"Each of us may be disabled in some way," she added. "Who isn't?

But put us together, - wherever we are - and we are one beautiful, healthy body for. Christ and his body in the church."

Further information is available from Louise Principe, 400 Central Ave" Apt. 3-0, Albany, NY 122062207, tel. (518) 438-5887.

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Nun on Beijing team says it was like chapter meeting BEIJING (CNS) - She was a way similar to the Beijing process bit of a curiosity, a different kind ha ve been her order's general of resource, a reflection of diver- chapter meetings in Rome. sity, and, a sign of the Clinton "A general chapter is not unlike administration's effort to include this," Sister Kelly said. the religious viewpoint 'on its team "It's many languages and culin Beijing.

As a me.mber of the U.S. delega- tures, although we share in comtion to the Fourth World Confer- . mon being Ursulines and women ence on Women, Ursuline Sister religious. That gives us a big area Dorothy Ann Kelly, president of of commonality compared to here, the College of New Rochelle, N. Y., but nevertheless, there are [major) cultural,.historic differences among was all of the above.

She shared a variety of assign- us, nuances of languages - all ments with the 44 other members very similar" to what was happenof the delegation, taking her turn ing in Beijing. in one of the four U.S. seats in the At the conference, as at a chapconference plenary hall, visiting ter meeting, she said, weeks are the related forum for nongovern~pent "talking a great deal, listenmental organizations, attending 109 a great deal, getting off to what briefings and listening to the conseems to be a very slow start, cerns of other delegates from bargaining...." around the world. . With the Vatican receiving plenty of conference headlines, some expected Sister Kelly to be working fulltime within her delegation to explain Catholic church teachings ARCHBISHOP ROACH and positions. But'she was not the delegation's secret weapon for preTURIN, Italy (CNS) - The dicting, interpreting or analyzing Shroud of Turin, believed by many an adversary's position, she said. to have been the burial cloth of ."I think the group is very well Christ, will be publicly displayed informed, has read a lot and under1998 and the year 2000. in stands," she said. "Now whether Archbishop Giovanni Saldarini they have some irreconcilable WASHINGTON (CNS) - Pope In the late 1970s he endorsed the of Turin, where the shroud is John Paul II lias accepted Archbi- J.P. Stevens and Nestle boycotts, doubts about some of them [Vatihoused, said the exhibits were ap- shop John R. Roach's resignation both controversial social justice can positions), I'm sure they do." proved

by Pope John Paul U, who after 20 years as archbishop of St. issues of the day.

She said she believes her warm is expected to visit the northern reception on the delegation came Paul-Minnea polis. .

In 1979 he established the first Italian city during the 1998 showfrom a realization of the need to Archbishop Harry J. Flynn, his Catholic diocesan commission on ing. coadjutor for the past 18 months, :-V0men in the United States, and have "an explainer for position~ The shroud, a 14-foot linen cloth that may be unfamiliar, and thereautomatically succeeds him as 10 1985 he formed the first dioceof a man, has bearing the image leader of nearly 700,000 Catholics san AIDS ministry. fore maybe even unintelligible, to been the subject of much debate them."

He established what is now the in the 12-county archdiocese. and scientific testing.

In 1988, exAt the conference, Sister Kelly.

Archbishop Roach was 74 on Westminster Corporation to de velp~rts using carbon-14 testing on wore the U.S. delegate lapel pin July 30. Archbisho.p Flynn, 62, ?p ~0:-v-cost housing for the needy pIeces of the cloth concluded it -an American flag with an outhas been a bishop since 1986 and IOdlvlduals and families. Through was a medieval counterfeit. line of a mother and children was head of the diocese of La- creative private-public partnerships Other church officials, incl'udand around her neck her U.N. pass fayette, La., from 1989 to 1994. it has built and manages more ing Archbishop Saldarini, have and her Ursuline crucifix.

Archbishop Roach was presi- than 2,000 units and has served as pointed out that no conclusive She said other delegates asked dent of the National Conference of ~ mo?el for similar diocesan proher more personal questions than scientific explanation has yet been Catholic Bishops and U.S. Catholic Jects 10 other parts of the country. offered for the i?hotonegative image theological' Qnes.

Conference from 1980 to 1983.

When his archdiocese, like a The most popular question, she contained in tHe cloth. The image under his leadership that number of others around the It was said, ran something like: "Now, bears signs of wounds that corre- the U.S. bishops undertook two of country, was hit with cases of sexspond to the Gospel accounts of explain how you got to be a nun." . their most ambitious projects of ual abus~ of minors by priests, he Sister Kelly said she had to Jesus' suffering during his crucifix- the past two decades - their responded with a compreshensive ion. reflect on the "potential difficulty" . !heshroud, owned for centur- . national pastoral letters on. peace sexual misconduct policy and edof conflicts between her faith and ucation program' that has often and on the U.S. economy. ies by the House of Savoy, the Italthe U.S. agenda before she accepted been cited as one of the earliest Archbishop Roach was NCCBher appointment. Had the U.S. ·ian royal family; was willed to the and best in the nation.

USCC vice president in 1977-80 Vatican in 1983:The pope accepted delegation been unwilling to enArchbishop Flynn chairman of the USCC Interna~ dorse the consensus that abortion the gift but left it in the custodv of tiona!"

Policy 'Committee 1990-93, Archbishop Flynn, in the year . . is ~ot a means of family planning, the Archdiocese of Turin. and chairman of the National and a half since he moved to St. whIch was reached at last year's Catholic Educational Association Paul, has visited many of the archCairo conference on population, 1986-89. diocese's 223 parishes, given reshe said sh~ would not have been His reputation as an arti'cu'late treats, presided over dozens of able to accept the invitation.. advocate for family farms and pol- confirmation liturgies and traveled The resolution of that major WASHINGTON (CNS) - Carof sustainable agriculture and and consulted widely to become icies conflict, Sister Kelly said, does not dinal Roger M. Mahony of Los development put him in the mid- familiar with the people and inmean she thinks the document or Angeles launched a spirited defense . of the U.S. bishops' efforts to stitutions. dle U.S. position on it are without of Catholic teaching on CBS, "60 He chaired the committee that of family farms stem the collapse problems, but that is the nature of Minutes" three months after the organized the U.S. bishops' retreatTV newsmagazine featured Catho- as thousands of farmers faced style assembly in San Diego hlst a document which attempts to He headed bankruptcy in the I980s. reflect international consensus. lics who question church teaching. year, and he is well known for his "There was enough there for me Commenting on opinion polls that the U.S. bishops' Task Force' on work in priestly life and ministry.

Food and Farm Policy in 1987-90, to. believe in and work on," she indicate Catholic disfavor with cerHe will be formally welcomed as tain teachings, Cardinal Mahony he oversaw its restructuring to the new archbishop of St. PaulsaId. help it address new needs.

Sister Kelly said media predic- told correspondent Mike Wallace Minneapolis in a Mass at St. Paul His 16 years on the NCCD Cathedral Oct. I with a reception tionsofU.S. wariness about sneaky in an interview that "Jesus didn't Administrative Committee, the con- afterward at St. Thomas University.

Vatican alliances with othe'r deleteach by opinion poll. Jesus said gations and'tensions between the 'If you want to be my followers: ference's highest committee, have then you must deny yourself, take been matched or exceeded by only U.S. and Vatican delegations is not a concern among her fellow up your cross and come follow me. three other bishops in NCCD Living the concept of And live the. kind of life that I history. delegates.

Stewardship allows us "I certainly have not sensed any lived.'" The interview was part ofa Even before he became NCCDsuspicion," she said. And obviously, segment that aired Easter Sunday USCC president, Archbishop to more fully compre"the Catholic Church has. not and was filmed during the annual. Roach was nationally recognized hend the benefits of a changed itspo.sitionto win friends."

Los Angeles Religious Education as a forthright social justice advoThe nun saId the only expcrien-.. Congress, which drew 20,000 adults cate unafraid to take on difficult Christian lifestyle. .. .. ces she has had. t.!}!!t. we!'!;. in !l.llY .... and 10,00q teen!1gers. ··issues,:· I. ". .• .~.,.

Shroud of Turin to be displayed in 1998, 2000

Abp. Roach retires; Abp. Flynn succeeds him

Church defended

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VATICAN CITY(CNS)- Two European nuns who helpc:d run a vocational school for women in Algeria were shot and kilkd Sept.

3, presumably by Muslim terrorists.

Their deaths brought to 10 the number of religious killed, during the last two years in thl: North African country, where guerrilla I government violence has taken on the aspect of a civil war.

The nuns, members of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, were shot in the head a1: pointblank range as they returned to their religious house in Algiers, Vatican Radio reported.

They were identified as French Sister Denise Leclerc and Maltese Sister Jeanne Littlejohn, both age 62 and both with more l:han 30 y.ears' pastoral experience in Algena.

In a condolence telegram sent in the pope's name, the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, expressed hope that the country will soon find the way toward reconciliation and ·peace.

He said the pontiff was greatly saddened by the nuns' deaths.

The sisters recently dec:ided to continue their work with Algerian women despite growing risks, church officials said. Othe:r members of the religious community in Algiers, interviewed by Vatican Radio, also said they planned to stay on after the killings.

"We're not afraid to stay because we're all elderly here in Algeria.

I'm not .afraid and I'm staying," said one nun, who was not identified by name.'

"The people here tell us we give them the courage to rema:IO," she said, adding that the nUlls were receiving many condolen,:e calls from local Algerians.

Archbishop Henri Tei:isier of Algiers said the nuns' work had brought the church closer to) young women of the city and their families. The sisters did not want to give it up, even after many people began fleeing Algiers bec,lUse of the violence, he said. ·.'The entire Algerian society is go 109 through this moment of violence, and we want to be with the society," he said.

Breathing the Bible OKLAHOMA CITY (C'IlS) Proclaiming justice as a "radical dimension of the Bible," Jesuit Father Walter J. Burghardt challenged more than 150 Catholic evangelists gathered in Oklahoma City to "see justice as the lens through which we see all of reality." Father Burghardt, an author, editor and lecturer on prea.ching, led a day on "Preaching the Just Word" at the 12th annual c:onference of the National Council for Catholic Evangelization.

Biblical justice, Father Burghardt said, "is the demand that we love our sisters and brothelrs as if we were standing in their shoes."

He said that "sheer knowledge and abstract scholarship in preaching is not enough. I must appropriate the Bible text so that it's something I live in, something I bn:athe.".

Bravely Earned "Freedom never yet was given to nations as a gift, but only.as a reward, bravely earned by one's own exertions."-Lajos Ko~;suth ,._~.~-,

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THE AN~HOR-Dioceseof Fall River-Fri., Sept. 15, 1995

Continued from Page One her own human nature, relaying how she sometimes tells God what He should do in certain situations.

"After such an episode I was asked if I thought I was the vice president of the universe, and in a moment of weakness I said 'yes'," she confessed.

In an interview later in the day Ms. Shields said, "Jesus wants all His disciples to know His pea<;e and joy. He gave everyone gifts, and has a role for each person in . the church."

After lunch break, Father Michael Scanlan delivered a lively presentation on repentance. Father Scanlan preached a message of encouragl:ment, "No sin is too big for God. The Lord isjust waiting to unload His blessings and mercy on us." Father Scanlan told the large audience that we are called to be martyrs of the day by standing up for life, family and love of others. "We've got a battle to fight in the 20th century against a culture of death that thinks only of individualism," he said.

"As disciples of Christ we must BISHOP DANIEL A, HART live by example, and part of that example is repentance," he stated further. Father Scanlan cited Pope John Paul II as an example, "Our Holy Father has publicly expressed repentance for the instances where the路 church has failed to live the Continued from Page One message of Christ. We too should grams, secretary for the Board of repent and set an example for othExaminers of the Clergy, a member ers to follow." of a synodal commission on liturgy Father Bertolucci presented a and a religion instructor for Sispowerful homily at the closing ters ofSt. Joseph and at the former Mass. "We all have weaknesses, St. Anne's Hospital School of but with God there is strength in Nursing in Fall River. weakness, and through this strength He has also been associate diwe are called to evangelize," he rector of Catholic Social Services, said. Father Bertolucci appealed acting editor of the Anchor and a to those in attendance to win the liaison for Worldwide Marriage world for Jesus. He told listeners Encounter, for which he presented that every baptized person has monthly weekend programs for been called to totally follow Jesus. married couples throughout New "We have bc:en called by name to a England for many years. personal relationship with God," Long active with area emergency he said. He added that Catholics medical services, Father Foister should "un wrap the package" of has been chaplain for over 30 years our faith. "We should know who to the fire departments of Fall we are receiving at Holy Eucha- River, Somerset and Swansea. He rist," said' Father Bertolucci. He has climbed Fall River's Braga also called upon the faithful to Bridge some 50 times to talk down receive the power of the Holy suicidal persons, being successful Spirit, and through faith, prayer, in almost every instance. repentance and evangelization As chaplain to the fire departchange the world in which we live. ments. he has been on the scene at Throughout the day, recording emergencies, serious accidents and artist Shawnda Draeger along with large public gatherings, arranging the Holy Trinity Charasmatic for food, coffee,"emergency housMusic Ministry from Holy Trinity ing and transportation as 路needed. parish, West Harwich, offered His work has been recognized by prayerful music and meditation. citations from, among others, the Bishop O'Malley celebrated the U.S. President in 1972, the Acaclosing Mass, and concluded the demy of Orthopedic Surgeons in . day-long event with a challenge to, 1973, Massachusetts Civil Defense "Return to our daily routines with the fire of the Holy Spirit and spread it throughout our environments."

BEIJING (CNS) - Mother Teresa of Calcutta urged delegates at the V.N. women's.conference to VATICAN CITY(CNS)- The recognize the differences between Vatican announced a small budget men and women as a gift from surplus for 1994, the second straight God. "All God's gifts are good, but y~ar it has run its operations in the they are not all the same," said a t>lack. Vatican economic planners, message from the founder of the cited a combination of increased Missionaries of Charity released contributiQns from the world's Catholics and belt-tightening mea- at the conference in Beijing. God sures at the Vatican for the good created all people to love and be loved, she said, but God also news. U.S. Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka, the Vatican's chief budget created man and woman to be different. "A woman's love is one . official, said that after more than image of the love of God, and a t~o decades of budget deficits, he man's love is another image of was hopeful the Vatican had turned God's love," she said in the mesthe corner and would continue to sage distributed by Guatemalan show a profit. The 1994 surplus was $4 I2,000, reflecting income of delegate Mercedes Arzu Wilson, $ I74.3 million and expenses of president of Family of the Americas. "Woman and man complete $173.8 million.

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Bp. Hart to Norwich Continued from Page Three Hart. "The Holy Father has chosen well. I've known Bishop Hart since our seminary days. He will be strong in his leadership role, always, as is his way, deeply interested in the people of his diocese, caring and sensitive towards their needs. We all pray that he be granted many graces and blessings in the years ahead," ~aid Msgr. Munroe.

Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop of Boston said, "I extend to Bishop Hart my warmest congratulations and the assurance of my prayers on the occasion of this significant appointment." Archbishop Daniel A. Cronin, of the archdiocese of Hartford stated, "It is with heartfelt joy that I welcome the most Reverend Daniel A. Hart. I pledge to assist Bishop Hart in every way in his new ministry. He brings great talent and long experience to his new position as an Ordinary".

The Norwich Diocese has a Catholic population of 219,359 in a total population of 628,500.

Father John Foister dies in 1974 and 1980, Massachusetts AMVETS in 1975, the Massachusetts Department of Health in 1976 and the Fall River City Council in 1981.

Most recently he was honored .by the emergency medical technicians of Fall River, Somerset and Swansea at a testimonial Aug. 18 at Pleasure Island in Swansea.

There he received citations and plaques from all three fire departments as well as from city, town, state and federal officials and from Msgr. George Coleman, representing Bishop Sean O'Malley.

Father FoIster has two brothers, Normand and Richard FoIster, and nine sisters, Mrs. Leo P. (Jacqueline) Beaudoin, Mrs. Leonard (Lorraine) Berube, Ms. Irene Lopes, Mrs. Peter (Dolores) Gossic, Ms. Jeanne Pimental, Mrs. James (Claudette) Moran, Mrs. Norman (Theresa) St. Laurent, Mrs. Paul (Denise) Berube and Miss Anne-Marie FoIster.

The family will receive relatives and friends at the Hebert-Hathaway Funeral Home in Fall River on Thursday at 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

The body will be transferred to St. Louis de France, Swansea on Friday at 2:00 p.m. A wake service will be held at 7:00 p.m.

Differences are God's gift

Vatican's in black

AT THE CAPE Cod for Jesus FIRE rally in Hyannis, from top, Father John Bertolucci reflects during Mass; Ann Shields speaks on prayer; Bishop O'Malley celebrates Mass; Ralph Martin shares on faith. (Jolivet photos)

each other, and together show forth God's love more fully than either can do alone," Mother Teresa said.

Test ban lauded WASHINGTON (CNS)-President Clinton's decision to seek an absolute ban on all nuclear testing is a "welcome step" toward eventual nuclear disarmament, said Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester, Mass. Bishop Reilly, chairman of the U.S. bishops' International Policy Committee, said the president's initiative wiIL"strengthen U.S. efforts to stem nuclear proliferation" and enhance the country's "moral credibility" as an advocate of nonproliferation.

College Fair set for Sept. 24

Twelve Catholic colleges among nation's best buys NE.W YORK (CNS) - Twelve and l11inois Benedictine College in Catholic colleges are among the Lisle, 111. (22nd). nation's top 100 in terms of value - Southwest and Mountain:' for the money, according to the Loyola (8th) and Carroll (9th). annual list published by Money - Northeast: Siena (4th); St. magazine. They include Stonehill Bonaventure' (6th); Le Moyne College, North Easton, which (11th); St. John's (13th); Assumpranked 98th in the top 100. tion(14th); Stonehill(19th); FordThe sixth annual school rank- ham University in New York (22nd) ing, pub'lished in September in a and, Providence College in Rhode specia.1 edition of the New York- Island (23rd).' based magazine, was a survey of ' - Mid-Atlantic: Chestnut Hill 1,049 four-year colleges apd 'uni~ (15th); S1. Vincent .< 18th) and versiti~s. , ' Duquesne University in 'Pittsburgh ' The New College, of the Univer- (21 st). .

- Southeast: Thomas More sity of Sou,th Florida in Sarasota College in Covington, Ky. (19th). topped the list for the third year in a row.

F or the first time this year, ELECTIQNS for the qffic~rs of the National Honor Among Catholic schools, Siena Money magazine also ranked the , College in Loudonville, N.Y., got top 25 academic religious schools, So'ciety chapter at Bishop Stang ,were held prior to the close of the highest ranking at 37th. Found- defini'ng them liS those "that place school. From left, President Jacob McGuigan of Westport, ed in 1937, it is run by Franciscan a premium o,n religion in their cur- Secretary Kathryn Barrett of Dartmouth, Treasurer Dan Friars and has about 3,600 stu- riculum or campus life." Fourteen Hayden of Fall River, and Vice-PresidentJocelyn Kagan of dents. of the 25 were Catholic insti,tutions.

Mattapoisett..

Several factors were involved in The ,top academic religious determining Money magazine's, schools included Villanova Unischool rankings, such as students', versity in PentJ,sylvan.ia (3rd); St. ' entrance exam scores and high Mary's College in '~otre Dame, school grade point averages, faculty Ind. (4th); University of Scranton in Pennsylvania (5th); Thomas and library resources, budgets for Aquinas College in Santa Paula, instruction and services, grad uation rates, default ratio on student Holy'Cross Father Leo Polselli, general of Congregation of Holy Calif. (7tn); S1.,Michael's College loans and the number of graduates in Colchester, Vt. :(8th); Loyola, a native of Fall River who was Cross in Rome.

"Father Peyton devoted over 50 who earn doctorates.

Marymount University in Los - ordained June 14, 1970, in Holy Angeles (9th); Rosemont College Rosary Church in the city, has years of his li(e and ministry to Other Catholic colleges on the in Pennsylvania (12th); and John been named to succeed thelate Fa- supporting families and fostering national list included St. BonavenCarroll University in Cleveland ther Patrick Peyton, CSC, as pres- prayer, especially the rosary, and ture University in New York(41 st); (13th). ' ident of the Family Rosary prayer promoting deyotion to the Blessed Creighton University in Omaha, Also included were University mini.stry and Family Theater Pro- Mother," Father Polselli said. "We Neb., which had the highest Cathowill continue his legacy by seeking lic ranking last year at 45th but , of Dayton in Ohio (14th); King's ductlOns. to meet the needs of today's famiwas 51 st this year; Le Moyne ColCollege in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (15th); The Family Rosary, a 53-yearlies through projects and activities lege in Syracuse, N.Y. (53rd); St. St. Norbert College in De Pere, old worldwide program, has offi- at Family Rosary, and TV and John's University in New York Wis. (16th); Anna, Maria College ces in the Philippines, Ireland, radio programs at Family Theater."

(65th); Assumption College in in Paxton, Mass. (18th); S1. Louis Spain, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil and Father Polselli comes from a Worcester, Mass. (67th); Chestnut University in Missouri (23rd); and . Kenya;' and Family Theater Pro-" Hill College in Philadelphia (73rd); '. Mount St. Mary's College in ductions is a family and prayer large family, including two sisters, Barbara Domingue, project coorSt. Vincent College in L~trobe, media ministry founded in 1947: Emmitsburg, Md. (24th). dinator for community autism Pa. (83rd); Thomas More College Father Polselli earned a B.A. Money magazine also listed the in Covington, Ky. (91 st); Loyola schools that ranked 10 Ist to 150th degree in economics from Stone- resources in Fall River, and Debbie Polselli, a teacher at Espirito University in New Orleans (92nd); as best values. Because they ranked hill College, North Easton, and Santo School, also in Fall River.

Carroll College in Helena, Mont. "withi'n hundredths of a percen- served two years with the Peace 'A nephew, Gene Polselli, teaches (95th); and Stonehill College in tage point of each other," they Corps in Chile before entering the at BMC Durfee High School, Fall North Easton, Mass. (98th). were listed in alphabetical rather Congregation of Holy Cross.

River.

Money magazine also divided than chronological order.

He ,earned a master's degree in the nation into six regions, choosThe i2 Catholic colleges in that theology from Notre Dame Uniing the top 10 best values in the grouping were: Barat College, Lake 'versity and. a master's degree in Southwest and Mountain states, Forest, Ill.; Canisius College, Bufc counseling from Fairfield UniverST. LOUIS(CNS)- The initial the top IS in the West and the top falo, N.Y.; College of Mount St. sity, Fairfield, CT. reaction of church officials to HIV25 in the Midwest, Northeast, MidVincent, Bronx, N.Y.; College of infected clergy and religious inSt.. Rose, Albany, N.Y.;'Duquesne; Since 1993 he has been pastor of Atlantic and Southeast regions. cludes fear and prejudice, as路 well Fordham; I11inois Benedictine; Sacred Heart parish, Benni,ngton, The 17 Catholic schools winas care and compassion, according Loyola'College in Baltimore; Mar- VT, and from 1986 to 1992 he was ning regional honors were: to Father Robert Vitillo of Caritas quette University in Milwaukee; general assistant to the superior - West: Santa Clara University Internationalis. Father Vitillo, diin California (13th).

Providence; Santa Clara; and rector of programs for the world' - Midwest: Creighton (10th) , Xavier University in Cincinnati. wide confederation of national Catholic social service and development organizations, spoke at a conference about the impact of AIDS and HIV on priests and Bishop Feehan High School Eastern AthleticConfeience those in religious life. Nearly 100 commenced the 1995-96 school champs, showed evidence of its religious leaders attended the conyear with a traditional' .opening. championship form at the 15th. <> ference in St. Louis, sponsored by Mass in the school auditorium. annual Dartmouth football jamthe San Franciso-based National Although classes have b~en in ses- boree last week, defeating a vastly Catholic AIDS Network. The netimproved Coyle and Cassidy team sion for nearly two weeks, the first work sponsored similar conferliturgy represents an affirmation in two quarters of play, 7-0, on a ences in St. Louis in 1990 and of the school's mission.and a 're- Johp Fitzsimmons t'ouchdown run 1992. dedication of the faculty' and staff and a Rich Hushion kick.

Bishop Feehan added another to that end.

The fall sports season began for sport to the fall-lineup: girls soccer.

Living the concept of all six varsity teams. The boys The team will operate on a club cross country team ,opens its de- basis for tne first year. Coached by Stewardship allows us fense of the Division 11 Mass. state 'Feehan grad Doug Wilson ('75), to more fully comprechampionShip, and the girls swim they will play local junior varsity team defends its conference title. type teams. Plans are underw'ay to hend the benefits of a the boys soccer.team is headed by break ground for a practice field Christian lifestyle, on the western end of the campus new coach, Michael Pariseau.

The football team, defending to be availll;~le for the fall of 1996.

FATHER POLSELLI

Fall River native to head Family Rosary and Family Theater

HIV impact studied

Bishop Feehan High Sc路hool

A College Fair is to be held on the campus of Stonehill ColJege, 320 Washington Street, North Easton, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. S,ept.

24, at the campus sports complex.

It will offer information on choosing the right college for a given course of study, the importance of SATs, loans and scholarships, and what colleges look for ' in applicants., The fair, offered in conjunction with the New England Association of Collegiate Admissions counselors, will draw admissions offi,cers from over 260 public. and private colleges, universities and technical institutesJrom across the country: In addition, financial aid and guidance counselors.will sponiior a financial aid program at 3, 4 and 5 p.m. in the Martin Institute for Law and Society, also on the c:am. pus. The program will address topics including the real costs of a college educatio,n, the application process, and financial planning.

AII students and parents are welcome.

Warriors begin sports season The Coyle Cassidy Warriors open their 63rd football season Sept. 16, against conference foe Attleboro. State hall offame coach Frank Almeid'a takes the helm for his first season at C-c.

The Blue and Gold are pri med to surpass last year's record-br,~ak颅 ing performance when they placed three teams into the Mass. Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament playoffs.

Captains of the '95 team are seniors Steve Rivers, Casey Medas, and Mike Metzger, all of Taunton, and Kern Nwosu of Bridgewater.

Providing school spirit for all teams are the varsity cheerleaders led by Melissa Simas of Taunton and Dionne Melo of Raynham.

The team is coached by MOlllica Pirozzi and Kristen DeMello.

On the volleyball court the Warriors are looking for a return trip to the state tournament, I:aptained by Kelly Doyle of Middleboro and Kerrie Robbins ofTHunton,and coached by Tracy Murray.

Girls soccer is led by senior tricaptains Beth McGarr of Dighton, Allyson Powell of Raynham, and junior Erica Fitzgerald of Middleboro. The Lady Warriors qualified for the post-season tourney in 1994 and are a strong favorite to return again. The squad is coached

by Leslie "Scotti" Hutchinson.

Boys soccer captains wiIl be Eric Hager of Middleboro. Derek Chayes of Assonet, and Tom McGarry of West BridgewHter, and the coach is Danny Borges.

Girls cross country has a long distance runner Patricia Murllhy of LakeviIle as its captain, a dc:dicated four-year team member.

Rich Aaron of Middleboro and Art Silva of Raynham wiIllead the boys cross country squad.

Both teams are coached by Fr. John Denning.

Right

Trac~

"Even if you're on the路r:.ght track, you'II get run over if you just sit there."-WiIl Rogers

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 15, 1995

· By Charli~ Martin

MISERY They say misery loves company We cOlIJld start a company And make misery Frustrlded Incorporated I know just what you need I might just have the thing I know what you'd pay To see me put out of my misery.

I do it for you Will you do it for me?

We will always be busy Making misery We'l create the cure We m~lde the disease Frustr:ded Incorporated I know just what you need I just might have the thing I know what you'd pay To feell me put out of misery All you suicide kings And dmma queens Forevu after Happily making misery.

Did you satisfy your greed?

Get what you need?

Was it only envy?

So empty Frustrated Incorporated Frustrated Incorporated Frustrated Incorporated.

Written by D. I>irner, sung by Soul Asylum, (c) 19!'S by WB Music Corp. /Made to Be Broke Music (ASCAP)

SOUL ASYLUM had a breakthrough hit with 1994's "Run Away Train." Now they are back on the charts with "Misery:' off their recent "Let Your Dim Light Shine" CD. The song describes a relationship full of misery. In fact, the situation is so bad that the guy in the song says, "We could start a company and make misery." He would choose to call this enterprise "Frustrated Incorporated."

While the cause of this misery is not named, there are some signs that the couple is now open to change. The guy points out that "we'll create the cure, we made the disease."

Maybe this couple has had enough misery and wants to work toward a new experience.

While most of us periodically fall into misery, not everyone realizes that something can be done to make this ~ temporary, not a perma nent, experience.

Consider this road map for moving out of misery and into more satisfying experiences: I. No matter what happens, try to keep a sense of humor.

The couple in the song do seem ready to laugh a bit at their situation. Life can have its surprise twists and in nies. At times we can change (ur perception of a situation if we can see what is humorous within it.

Laughter heals our broken spirits and helps us find ways to overcome what hurts us.

2. Avoid blaming or making excuses. It's easy to label others the cause of our pain. However, it requires courage and honesty to take responsibility for our feelings.

There are occasions when another's behavior is unfair or disrespectful toward us. Then we must tell the other person we will not be treated in these ways. It is not someone else's fault if I stay in a relationship or situation that iiI repeatedly hurtful to me. Neither is what we feel caused by the person.

To get beyond misery, take full responsibility for what you experience in life.

3. Realize that everyone makes mistakes, but that these can be turned into avenues for learning. At times, we really blow it.

The consequences of these mistakes might create misery for our lives. So let your pain be- . come a motivator - a push to act differently in the future.

Seek support and guidance from others who are able to help you see how to avoid hurtful choices.

4. Reach out for God's help even while feeling the misery.

God wants us to have satisfying and exciting experiences.

When you feel lost in pain and confusion, allow God's strength and guidance to bring you to a new beginning. Open up your heart to receive what God seeks to give you.

Your comments are welcomed

by Charlie Martin, RR 3, Box 182, Rockport, IN 47635.

St. Julie youngsters enjoy Bible School The following report came from one of the Bible School organizers, who obviously had as good a time as the children.

A recent Bible S,:hool at St. Julie's parish, North Dartmouth, was a fun time and a. prayer time for over 50 young people. Each day we reverenced the Bible in procession, followed by acting out a story taken from God's special book, the Bible.

Do you remember the story of Bartimeus, who was blind? I'll bet you did not know that he had a Seeing-Eye dog, who helped him know that Jesus.was passing by.

We discovered how the Sad Day of Jesus' death became a Happy Day when Jesus was alive again and angels popped out of various dark places to tell us the Good News that Jesus is alive in each of us. Everyone liked taking turns with the angels' wings.

On Mary's Day JI~SUS was carried into the Temple to Anna and Simeon. While someone was walking around, observing the children practicing their skits, she asked where Jesus was. The nonchalant reply was, "He had to go to the bathroom."

By Amy Welborn Of the students I teach in a Catholic high school, only a small percentage participates regularly in Mass.

If I were to ask them during Ordinary Time, well away from either Christmas or Easter, how many had gotten to Mass the previous Sunday, the raised hands would probably total no more than 30 percent.

I ask them that very question every once in a while, and each time the answer is the same. I don't ask too often, though. It's too depressing.

Why don't they go? A surprising number of students stay away from Mass on Sunday because their parents do. I wonder sometimes why parents who don't attend Mass spend thousands of dollars a year on Catholic education. I've come to the conclusion that they either see Catholic school as a private school alternative to public education or they figure that Catholic school is providing all the religious formation their child needs.

Other students would really not mind going to Mass, but somehow they rarely get around to it. Maybe they work all weekend, or perhaps they're staying up deep into the night with their friends and then sleeping well past Mass time.

Church is a part of their lives, but it's pretty low' on the list of priorities.

But another group stays aw~y from church quite consciously.

Some have failed to develop any kind of a faith, so God is far from their minds and hearts. Others profess a belief in God, but simply can't abide Mass in their parish.

It's boring, they claim. The priest preaches a deadly homily, the music is pathetically inept and the con-

gregation is unfriendly to most everyone and especially to teenagers.

The fact is, even the young people who attend Mass in most of the parishes in my area would agree with their non-churchgoing classmates' assessments of the liturgy.

No liturgy is perfect. No liturgy can engage us fully every time, all the time. What kinds of things can we tell kids that will help them worship no matter how "good" the liturgy is?

First, don't go to Mass expecting to be entertained.

Liturgy isn't a time to be passive, waiting for something to excite or move you, and thenjudging the experience a failure when the actors and musicians have been less than inspiring. It's prayer. Moreover, it's your prayer. It may be a cliche, but when it comes to liturgy you really do get out of it what you put into it.

Second, try actually praying during Mass. Don't just absentmindedly let the priest's voice go in one ear and out the other. Listen to what he's saying, open your heart to God and try to pray along with the priest.

Finally, don't expect an earthshattering spiritual experience every time. Start small. Pick out one line from one reading or prayer during the Mass. Listen to what God is saying to you through those words, and let Jesus in the Eucharist strengthen you to put that wisdom into practice during the week.

You may not be able to improve the priest's homily or the organist's skills, but if you give these suggestions a try you'll find that the human weaknesses displayed during the liturgy won't be such barriers to your spiritual life anymore, either.

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FRANCISCAN FRIARS MASS AND DEVOTIONS to CHILDREN at St. Julie's Bible School love learning the Word.

Joseph and his coat of many colors brought out the point of forgiveness and that harboring a grudge makes people bitter.

Games, songs; and activities all pointed to God's great love for us,

especially through the gift of His Son, Jesus. Teenage leaders were invaluable in caring for the children. St. Julie's parish is blessed by them and their little charges.

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1"6 THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 15, 1995

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Due to limited space and also because notices of strictly parish affairs normally appear In a parish's own bUlletin, we are forced to limit items to'events of general Interest. Also, we do not normally carry notices olfundralslng activities, which may be advertised at our regular rates, obtalnable from The Anchor business oftice, telephone (508) 675-7151~ On Steering Points Items, FR Indicates Fall River; NB Indicates New Bedford.

SOMERSET/SW ANSEA ULTREY A .

The Cursillo community of Somerset/ Swansea will hold an ultreya at St. Dominic's parish, Rte. 6, Swansea, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m. Sue Affonso of the pre-Cursillo committee will speak on sponsorship; Father George Bellenoit will celebrate Mass following the talk. AlI welcome.

CALIX GROUP, H 0 LY NAM E,' NB

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO A triduum of prayer and celebration for the feast of Our Lady of LaSalette will take place Sept. 15 to 17, opening a jubilee year commem~ orating the 150th anniversary of Mary's apparition at LaSalette in France Sept. 19, 1846. The triduum begins at a 6:30 p.m. Mass tonight, continuing Saturday with 4:30 p.m.

Mass at the outdoor altar. Father Richard Delisle, M.S. will be homilist at the Masses and Father Andre Patenaude, M.S., will lead music.

Brother Claude Rheaume, M.S., will ' receive the renewal of promises of LaSalette Lay Associates. On Sunday, there will be a communal service of reconciliation at I:30 p.m. led

by Father Delisle, followed by the opportunity to receive the sacrament of reconciliation. Bishop Sean O'Malley will celebrate Mass at 3:00 p.m. with music by the combined choirs of St. Francis Xavier parish, East Providence, R.I. Throughout the Jubilee Year, special events are planned. For more information or to be on the calendar of events mailing list, tel. 222-5410.

ST. JUDE'S CHILDREN RESEARCH HOSPITAL A bike-a-thon benefiting the hospital will take place Oct. 7, 9 a. m. beginning at 46 North Main Street, Fall River. Coffee and donuts will be available there from 9-11 a.m. Contributions can be brought to the registration booth as well. Volunteers are asked to contact Jim Rogers at 46 North Main Street, Fall River.

SECULAR FRANCISCANS, NB FALL RIVER WIDOWED Our Lady Queen of Angels FraGROUP Members will attend the 10 a.m. , ternity will meet Sept. 17, 10 a.m. at Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral, 327 Our Lady's chapel, Pleasant St., Second St., Fall River, Sept. 24. New Bedford, followed by a Mass Brunch at McGovern's Restaurant and refreshments. I nquirers welcome. and a short meeting will follow.

Information and brunch reservaCATHEDRAL CENTER OF tions: Annette, tel. 679-3278.

RENEWAL, EAST FREETOWN A Post-Cursillo day of recollecDAUGHTERS OF tion will be held at Cathedr,al Camp ISABELLA, NB Sept. 17.

Hyacinth Circle 71 holds its first meeting of the season Sept. 19,7:30 p.m. at Holy Name Church center, 121 Mt. Pleasant, ~ew Bedford.

COUNCILS OF CATHOLIC NURSES OF NEW ENGLAND The ,Catholic Student Nurses of New England are' sponsoring a program aimed at the spiritual needs of both patient and student nurse, Oct. 14,2-4 P.M., at the Cape Codder H,otel, Hyannis., The first hour explores "The spiritual needs of the patient from the student nurse's perspective," the second hour focuses on the theme "Your faith has been your salvation." Information or preregistration: Marylee, tel. 771-0546.

-DePaul Center Opens

After several months of construction and the expend iture of nearly $3 million, the DePaul CenCalix Group, for Catholics in reter on Adamsville Road, West, covery from addictive disease, meets port, will begin receiving residents. each second Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Formerly the St. Vinc:ent de the parish center. A Calix Mass folPaul summer camp, the center will lows. Newcomers welcome. now be a residential and diagnosOFFICE OF tic facility for adolescent boys. Of AIDS MINISTRY, FR its nine buildings, one of two dorA support group for family, friends mitories, a kitchen/ dining buildand others affected by HIV disease ing and a reception and cocnseling and AIDS will meet 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Clemence Hall, Room 128, 243 center are ready for use.

Forest St., Fall River: Sept. 18, Oct. The residents will be housed at 16, Nov. 20, Dec. II, Jan. 15, Feb. the center but will attend classes 12, March 18, Apr. 15, May20. Regand receive counseling services in istration information and inquiries: Fall River until all buildings are tel. 674-5600, extension 2295. , ready for fulltime use.

Rev. Joseph M. Costa, executive director of SI. Vincenfs SpeOUR LADY'S cial Education Facility in Fall RELIGIOUS STORE River, and Mark Browne. director COUNCIL ON AGING, Man. - Sat. 10:00 - 5:30 p.M. of adolescent services; expect the SANDWICH An Alzheimer support group for DePaul Center to be at full capacGIFTS caregivers will meet at 1:30 p. m. ity by late fall. each Monday in the meeting room at CARDS "We're right on schedule," said 270 Meeting House Road, beginBrowne. "It's important for us to ning Sept. 18. Discussion topics will BOOKS have these services available, espeinclude education about the disease, cially during the stressful holiday physiology, how to deal with various 673-4262 season." b'ehaviors, stress and caring for the /, Boys are referred to the DePaul caregiver. To register: tel. 888-4737.

936 So. Main Sf., Fall River Center by the state Department of HOSPICE OUTREACH, FR Social Services if their home enHospice Outreach, Inc., 243 Forest vironments have been found unsafe Street, Fall River, will present the JOAN T. COTE, LPN, C., or unfit for them. The center profollowing series: Grief Education a charge nurse at Our Lady's vides a secure' and structured setSeries for kids dealing with death of a loved one Sept. 27 to Nov. I, WedHaven, Fairhaven, has com- ting and analyzes the needs of each nesdays 3 to 4 p.m. (ages 6-13) and pleted a 22-week certification child with the aid of psychological 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. (ages 14-18); Grief tests, family assessments a nd becourse in gerontological nurs- havior management programs.

Education Series for widows and widowers Tuesdays 6 to 7:30 p.m. ing at the University of MassaA typical child will stay at the through Oct. 17; Grief Education chusetts at Dartmouth. Study center for 60 to 90 days, during Series for anyone dealing with death of a loved one 10:30 a.m. to noon topics included nutrition, bi- which time he and his family will Tuesdays, Sept. 19 through Oct. 31; ology and psychology of aging receive counseling to determine their specific problems. The center and Caregivers of Terminally III gerontology.

Patients Support Group I to 2:30 then gives its recommendations to p.m. Wednesdays. All series free and In addition to classroom the referring state agency and it open to the public. Information and study, Mrs. Cote completed chooses follow-up programs to fit registration: tel. 673-1589.

180 hours of observation in'a the situation of the child and his CAPE COD SEPARATED AND nursing home. The journal family.

DIVORCED CATHOLIc . "The eventual goal is to return SUPPORT GROUP documenting her experiences children to the community and Meeting Sept. 17,7 p.m., St. Pius is now available in the UMD their families," said Browm:.

Tenth parish life center, Barbara St., When the center is compkted, it library as a resource for other South Yarmouth. Newcomers welcomeat6:30'p.m.lnformation: Judy, gerontological nursing stu- will accommodate 32 boys with one staff member for every four 'tel. 362-9873 or Paula, tel. 385-2693. dents. students during the day and one ST. ANTHONY of the An Acushnet resident, she for every six at night. Up to 60 DESERT, FR A Mass and healing service will be holds a nursing diploma from staff and management per:;onnel held at the church, 300 North East- Westfield State Sanatorium will supervise the program resiern Ave., Fall River, Sept. 24, 2:30 dents when the center is fully and an associate's degree in, p.m. Father William Babbitt will be social services from Bristol operational. the celebrant. All are welcome.

Some opposition to the center Community College. Mrs. F AMILY LIFE CENTER, from neighbors has initiated the NO. DARTMOUTH Cote is presently pursuing a DePaul Center Neighborhood AdYOUR AD IN The IlthS'tep Men's Retreat will of science degree at visory Group. Members ,)f the bachelor beheld Sept. 29 through Oct. I at the' group along with other neighbors, center, 500 Slocum Road, No. Dart- I UMD with a minor in gerhave formed a telephone network mouth. Information: Natalie, tel. ontology.

999-6420. which will be used to inform conHer nursing experience has WILL B'RING cerned members of the community SAINT ANNE'S HOSPITAl., FR included providing care on if a DePaul resident is absent Hudner Oncology Center, Osbo'rn' St., Fall River, is offering free pros- medical'-surgical, obstetrical, without permission from the centate cancer screenings, Sept. 19'-21, dialysis, oncology, pediatrics ter. This system is design,ed to 5-8 p.m. The Sept'. 21 screening will augment efforts on the part of the have Portuguese interpreters. Ap- and emergen'cy wards and, she DePaul center staff to locatf: a respointments must be made in,advance. has also been a home care ident who may be missing.

Information or appointments: tel. nurse.

Neighbors who may wish to 674-6266.

Mrs. Cote has also been' a tour the facility or join thl: teleFALL RIVER COUNCIL Hospice volunteerfor 14 years, phone network can call Nancy OF CATHOLIC NURSES This Message Sponsored by the Following Doyle at 6"79-85'11, ext. 415. To The council, will host the' 36th participated in the Big Sister Busiliess' COncerns in'the Diocese of River voice any comments or concerns, Conference of Cath'olit: Nurses' of program~ and was a rape criFatner Costa can be reached at DURO j:INISHI'NG'C0RP; FALL RIVER TRAVEL BUREAU New England Oct. 13 715. Information: Joan, tel. 775-3121', or Delores, sis volunteer and a Girl Scout 679-8'511, ext. 306 or Mark BJOwne GILBERTG~ OLiVEIRA路INS. AGENCy GLOBE MFG. CO, leader. tel. 775"3371. at 679"8511, ext. 309.

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