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NORTH DARTMOUTH He's no collector, but James Rioux is most particular in what he's searching for.

What's unusual is that Rioux is hoping for a giant cache, every item intended to benefit the spiritual lives of inmates at the Bristol County House of Correction.

"I'll take every Bible and every set of white rosaries in plastic that I can get," said Rioux, a Volunteer Coordinator at the county's correctional institution during a chat with The Anchor last week.

"This particular effort to get our hands on rosaries and Bibles is to help those in con-

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EUCHARISTIC APOSTLES - The image of Jesus as Divine Mercy is an important part of the devotion of the Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy. These nine members of a chapter on Cape Cod met at the house of Anne Mazzola in Hyannis recently. From left: Therese Zemanek, Donna Smith, Greg Smith, Anne Mazzola, Agnes Lyons, Bob Karczewski, Sioning Mangahas, Lisa Mazzola, and Mary Siciliano. All reside in Barnstable-; (Photo by Matt McDonald)

Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy celebrate lives of pr~yer and devotion GOOD READING - James Rioux, volunteer coordinator at the

Bristol County House of Correction, and some of the Bibles and a sample white plastic rosary - he's collecting so that inmates can used them to advance their spirituaUives. (Photo courtesy of James Rioux)

Pro-Life priest implores faithful to 'get on our knees' to fight abortion

By GAIL BESSE ANCHOR CORRESPONDENT

FRAMINGHAM - Abortion is a demonic force that only God can and will defeat ifwe get on our knees and marshal the spiritual force of our Catholic inheritance, said Father Thomas Euteneuer, president of Human Life International.

"Every time you go to Mass, make it a priority to ask for the conversion of the clergy. The key that . binds and loosens is given to the Church," he said September 14 in accepting the Framingham Knights of Columbus Pro-Life Priest-of-theYear Award.

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HYANNIS - Lisa Mazzola recalls seeing a friend going to Hell.

While in a coma from a devastating motorcycle accident in June 2004, Mazzola says she got a few glimpses of the afterlife, including terrible scenes of almost-lost souls.

She recalls hearing a voice asking her if she would go back to earth and try to help save them before it was to late. "It was the voice of

.Jesus. Beautiful voic~. You could fall in love with lhat voice," Mazzola said in an interview ear'lier this month.

One of the souls on a downward trajectory was a woman she hadn't seen in a while.

"She was the first one I had to get to very quickly," Mazzola said.

Mazzola was able to get her friend to come to meetings in Hyannis ofthe Eucharistic Apostles of Divine Mercy, a group that meets

murder," said Father Euteneuer, 45, to a crowd of several hundred at St. Tarcisius Parish Hall.

An ex-Marine with 12 years experience in diocesan work, he now heads the world's largest Pro-Life missionary group. HLI, based in Fort Royal, Va., was begun in 1981 by Father Paul Marx and reaches affili- . ates in 80 countries.

By DEACON JAMES N. DUNBAR Father Euteneuer has visited 51 FALL RIVER - The late Dominican Father of them. "All cultures, across the board, have an innate respect for life, Pierre E. Lachance, who for nearly 44 years minismarriage and family as a natural en- tered to thousands who came to him seeking spiridowment of culture;' he said in an tual and bodily healing, is remembered at a small memorial recently set up in the Shrine to St. Anne interview.

But that basic intuitive respect in St. Anne's Church at the top of Kennedy Park.

Consisting of a plaque and a photo, the simple can be deadened by "a relentless memorial - situated between the first and second Tum to page 14 - Abortion Stations of the Cross on the south side in the lower church - is fitting for the humble but hardworking well-known priest who died July 4, 2006 at age 91 following a long debilitating illness that had him bedridden during his final years.

His death came on the actual centennial anniversary of the 1906 dedication of St. Anne's Church and the Shrine in her honor he had served so well - most as its director - since 1959.

Father Mark Bergeron, pastor of St. Anne's, said the memorial "in its simplicity reflects who Father Tum to page 18 - Memorial

to pray and spread interest in the Divine Mercy devotion.

The woman, who had been raised a Roman Catholic, stopped her bad habits and started going to church again. Within a year, at age 34, she died unexpectedly of a pulmonary embolism.

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VATICAN CITY - An interna- couldrenderafewsectionsmorefaith~' tionalliturgical committee that advises ful to the Latin original or easier to the Vatican reported progress in its proclaim and comprehend," the statework on the new English translation mentsaid. of the Mass.

It said ttte final draft translation for After meeting at the Vatican, the the missal should be publishedby next Vox Oara Committee said it hoped the spring. Thtm lCEL will complete a English translation ofthe Roman Mis- second draft, taking into account the sal would be completed and approved reactions ofEnglish-language bishops' by the end of 2009. conferences and the Vatican's CongreIt was the first time a specific date gation for DivineWorship and the Sachad been anticipated for the comple- raments.

After that, thebishops'.conferences . tion of the lengthy project. The third edition ofthe Roman Missal was pr0- vote on the second draft. TheVatican's mulgated in Latin by Pope John Paul worship and sacraments congregation II in 2002, and work: on the English then takes final action, considering any translation began soon 3fterward. eventual amendments that are proA Vox Clara statement said its posed by bishops' conferences. meeting reviewed the mostrecent draft Church sources said that, in the translations of the Roman Missal, as end, most experts expect the Vatican produced in English by the Interna- to come up with a single, consensus tional Commission on English in the version of the missal to serve the enLiturgy, or lCEL, which is preparing tire English-speaking world. the translation in several sections.

The Vox Oara Committee, made The material included Masses for up of English-speaking bishops, is various needs and intentions, ritual chaired by Cardinal George Pell of Masses, and the eucharistic prayers for Sydney, Australia, and works closely GENTLE FATHER - Pope Benedict XVI kisses a baby during his weekly general audience in St. Masses with children. with the worship and sacraments con- Peter's Square at the Vatican September 12. On the feast of the Holy Name of Mary,.the pope said the "'The members found the texts to gregation. The committee's next meet- Church is called to be like the Mother of God. (CNS photo/Dario Pignatelli, Reuters) be excellent, although suggestions ing is scheduled for December.

Pope accepts resignation of outspoken critic of Zimbabwean leadership' VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resigna. tionofZimbabweanArchbishopPius Ncube ofBulawayo, the most outspoken critic of the country's leadership who is also facing allegations ofadultery.

In an undated letter written by the archbishop and released by theVatican press office September II, the archbishop wrote that he offered his resignation to Vatican officials in July to spare sullying the image ofthe Church.

The Vatican announced that the pope accepted the archbishop's resignation underCanon 401.2, which covers resignations for illness or some other grave reason.

Archbishop Ncube, 60, is being sued for adultery and his case is before the High Court of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo. The adultery lawsuit was made public in July and state-run newspapers published photos they said were of Archbishop Ncube and a woman, taken with a concealed camera placed in the archbishop's bedroom.

Archbishop Ncube's resignation "is not to be seen as an admission of guilt" to the adultery charges and it "shouldn't have any bearing on the court case," Father Frederick Chiromba, secretary-general ·of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference, said in a telephone interview from the capital, Harare.

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Noting that Archbishop Ncube "tendered his resignation and was not asked to resign," FatherChirombasaid the archbishop may have ''wanted to stand aside so that the focus can shift" from himself to the political and ec0nomic crisis in Zimbabwe.

His resignation will have no major impact on the bishops' conference as it ''makes decisions and issues statementsas aunit,"FatherChirombasaid In the letter released by the Vatican, Archbishop Ncube wrote that he alerted the pope by letter ''within days" of the news reports, calling it "obviously a state-driven, vicious attack not just on myself, but by proxy on the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe."

He said he wished to resign as head of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo ''to spare my fellow bishops and the body of the Church any further attacks."

In a statement from Harare, Zimbabwe's bishops had called attacks on Archbishop Ncube "outrageous and utterly deplorable" and an attempt to divert attention from the catastrophe that Zimbabwe has become.

The archbishop has long been an outspoken critic ofthe country's leadership, especially Zimbabwean PresiI dent Robert Mugabe. The Church leader has urged Zimbabweans to take to the streets in protest against decades of government oppression.

Archbishop Ncube's lawyer has said the allegations ofadultery are part of a ''well-orchestrated campaign" to discredit him.

Pope reflects on Austrian trip, says Church is called to be like Mary ...

By CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY - On the feast of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin' Mary, Pope Benedict XVI said the Church is called to be like the Mother of God and look to Christ.

The church is called to pay witness to the sanctity of life and work toward a future of peace, he said.

The pope used his general audience September 12 to share reflections about his recent visit to Austria. He returned briefly to the Vatican from his papal summer villa south of Rome to greet the estimated 12,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square and thank all those who made his apostolic pilgrimage a success.

"It was a great joy for me to return as the successor of Peter" to Austria's Marian sanctuary at Mariazell, helping celebrate the shrine's 850th anniversary, the pope said.

He said he was struck particularly by the "exemplary courage of thousands and thousands of pilgrims who, despite the rain and cold," turned out for the September 8 Mass outside the shrine. The sanctuary's wooden statue of Mary and the child Jesus reminds people to look at Christ through Mary's eyes, "which means encounter God (who is) love and who was made man and died on the cross for us," the pope said.

He said separate meetings either, he said. with the Austrian president and It is a day "that gives meandiplomats during his trip repre- ing to work and rest," highlights sented "precious occasions" for the significance of creation and him to urge leaders to foster redemption, and "expresses the peace and "authentic economic value of freedom and helping and social development." others," Pope Benedict said.

He emphasized the importance The pope said the large num- . of Europe's Christian roots, which bers of joyous pilgrims who atpromote "a tradition of thought tended events in Vienna and that ties faith, reason and feeling" Mariazell highlighted the vivactogether and safeguards the mod- ity, fidelity and diversity of the em conscience from nihilistic or Catholic Church. They represent fundamentalist tendencies. a Church that like Mary "is called The pope again called on to always look to Christ so as to people to keep Sunday special show and offer him to everyone," and keep it from becoming just . said the pope. "a weekend" or a time to engage The Church is a "teacher and in "mundane and commercial" witness" of Mary's unconditional endeavors. "yes" to God and life, he said, While a group of fourth-cen- while it also carries out its tury Tunisian martyrs declared millennial tradition of being "at that "we cannot live without the the service of a future of peace Lord and his day," modern Chris- and true social progress for the tians cannot live without Sunday whole human family."

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Catholic college brings Franciscan vision to U.N. climate conference UNITED NATIONS (CNS) - Personal awareness and local action are critical elements in addressing global climate change, according to speakers at a recent conference at the United Nations on "Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All:' A standing-room-only crowd at a midday workshop last week heard representatives from' Felician College in Lodi, NJ., describe how they use a multidisciplinary Franciscan model to foster individual responsibility for climate change.

"We have to take (St.) Francis out ofthe birdbath and get beyond the blessing ofthe animals:' said Franciscan Brother Kevin Smith, an associate professor of religious studies.

The school's core cuniculum ''focuses on living the Franciscan vision, which calls each individual to move beyond words into action:' he said. "Care ofcreation is one ofthe key elements ofCatholic social teaching and one which is particuiarly significant in our Franciscan heritage."

As part of a service requirement at Felician,

Brother Smith said, ''Many of our students become engaged with climate change and other environmental issues. Studying local, national and global problems leads to political action with other people ofgood will. Although our students may act out of Christian conviction, they meet others whose motivation comes from other places:' This leads to collaborative response to environmental challenges, he said.

Brother Sinith said his students believe the high price ofgasoline has barely changedAmericans' "notorious resistance to energy conservation measures."

"Global warming has been tagged as a 'liberal' topic, which leads many to dismiss it," he said. ''But, as in many other hot-button topics today, the real issue is not whether an argument is liberal or conservative, but whether it is in line with the-evidence. The evidence clearly points to a pending environmental and social disaster if we do not act quickly and decisively to address global warming."

Brother Smith pointed to the U.S. bishops' 2001 statement, ''Global ClimateChange: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good:' calling it "as prophetic as ever. It reminds CathOlics oftheir call to be stewards ofGod'screatidn, i.e., to be responsible caretakers of the envirorimenl:' Daniela Sch1ueter, an assistant professor Ibf • I art and design, said climate change is a theme that has been woven through the Felician College art curriculum for two years. What began in Novem~r 2005 as a classroom discussion of unseasonable weather, she said, led to a small one-room art exhibit ofposters and hits now b,ecome a major multimedia exhibit. ''The seed for the exhibit was planted in tpe heads of the students:' said Schlueter, and they used print, sculpture, ceramics, stained glass ahd drawings to interpret the theme, ''Open yotn"S€ili".

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Some of the more portable works from the exhibit were on display at the United Nations during tl:te three-day conference.

William Morgan, dean ofthe division ofbusiness and management sciences, said Felician,as a Franciscan institution, has a defined point of view. "We are not a latecomer to the environmental debate:' he said. "Our mission is to help students develop their teachable points of view along with the business skills and abilities to foster positive social change."

The workshop was part of the 60th annual Department of Public InformationINongovemmental Organizations Conference. More than 2,000 representatives ofnqngovernmental organizations came from more than 80 countries to attend the event.

Climate change hurts' poor most, religious representatives tell U.N. UNITED NATIONS - The poor are disproportionately affected by the environment and are particularly vulnerable to climate change, said Catholic representatives from around the world at a U.N. conference on climate change.

Small groups can adopt good practices to .mitigate the adverse impact of climate change and promote human rights, they said in describing current projects in Nigeria, Indonesia, Australia and Newark, N.J. The midday workshop on "Human Rights and Good Practices in the Face of Climate Change" was part of a September 5-7 conference at the United Nations. .

Sister Cecilia l'lya, provincial leader of the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus in Africa, de-

scribed an organic farm run by her congregation in southwestern Nigeria. ''The organic· farming movement is a response to the earth and its needs:' she said. ''The farm lets us meet people at their areas of greatest need: food and how to produce it in a sustainable way."

Five years ago, there were two baby chicks on the farm, called the Holy Child Integrated Agricultural Center. Today, five sisters and 24 laypeople care for 2,000 chickens, 180 pigs, numerous goats and turkeys, a pond filled with catfish, and 120 acres planted with fruit, vegetables and grain. " ''Our mission is organic in the truest sense:' said Sister Cecilia. "It is vital, essential and interconnected as in a living organism. Every pro-

cess is designed to"be related to another one, so tractors." that the whole becomes greater than the sum of The lay workers at the farm are both Chrisits parts." tian and Muslim, she added. ''We have CathoSister Cecilia described how the waste re- lics, non-Catholic Christians and Muslims:' Sismains of slaughtered chickens are fed to tpe ter Cecilia said. ''We pray together every mornfish and the water from the fish pond is usedto ing before we get to work and each group takes irrigate the crops. "It is an eco-friendly pr0c4ss a tum to lead the morning prayer."

There is hop.e, said Sister Carol Johnston, a that reflects how all things in life are mterdependent." , Sister of Charity, who serves as director ofspeThe farm maintains close links with the 10- cial projects for the corporation, a nonprofit cal community, said Sister Cecilia. ''We ~ll group that works for social and economic j\Jseggs, chicken and pork. We buy surplus cas- tice. ''We've moved from dissent to envisionsava (a plant with edible, starchy roots) frQrn ing:' she said. ''We're seeing that climate change the local farmers and make 'gari' (a traditional comes from within. Small-scale initiatives of flour) from it. We mill animal feed and com- people with reverence for the place they're in pound natural feeds for animals and we rent can rebuild the community:'

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Catholic community on Aleutian Islands chain grows into a parishBy EFFIE CALDAROLA

cial tasks is to work with Holy Rosary pastor, Father Scott Garrett, to sort through what records are in ANCHORAGE, Alaska - What Dillingham and bring those related to was once considered a far-flung and remote mission on the windswept St. Christopher parishioners to Aleutian Islands chain of Alaska is Unalaska Although Father Garrett is a pilot, -now one of the newest parishes in the he didn't have the training or the type United States.

St: Christopher by the Sea in of plane required for the long flight Unalaska became the Archdiocese of from Dillingham to Unalaska. Before Father Jim Kelley's death in a minisAnchorage's latest parish in August.

People attending Mass there won't try-related plane crash in 2002, he notice much difference but it's a rite made the trip to Unalaska and celof passage, signaling that the fmthful ebrated the first Mass in the new in Unalaska have achieved a lasting church building that was dedicated in 2001. community.

Callewaert said Unalaska is a "In the decree establishing the parish in canon law, the word 'stability' . unique and unusual place. While they or a variation of it is used three times o~y have 4,200 full-time residents, in the first three paragraphs," smd pas- during fish processing season the village population can swell to close to SORRY SITUATION -- San Diego Bishop Robert H. Brom speaks during a press conference antoralleader Henrietta Callewaert. nouncing an agreement to pay $198.1 million to settle lawsuits with 144 victilTls of sexual abuse by Although he won't be a resident 20,000. priests in the diocese. (CNS photo/Cyril Jones-Kellett, The Southern Cross) Approximately 103 individuals or priest for' the parish, Father LeRoy Oementich, the archdiocesan director families are regiStered at the parish, of rural pastoral supPort. will serve as with 70 to 200 people attending typithe new pastor, and fly to the parish cal Sunday services held at the church for two weekends a month, spending and another at the UniSeaplant across the bridge in Dutch Harbor. the week between in Unalaska

By ANN AUBREY HANSON' AND Many worshippers are Filipino, Father Nelson Marilag will travel told diocesan staff in a meeting a assets - primarily the sale of real CYRIL JONES-KELLETT few hours after the settlement was estate - and short-and long-term . to St Christopherfor tWo other week- with the next highest number being CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Hispanic. ends and one week a month. announced. "It happened. Regret- financing that has yet to be arranged.

Calkw~rtsmdthecommuniry There aren't many new parishes SAN DIEGO - The Diocese of tably, to our embarrassment, it hapVicar general Msgr. Steve forming in the U.S., said Father formed 30 years ago when a local San Diego and the Diocese of San pened. And we're learning more Callahan said records related to Clementich, because most areas are nurse who worked in the community Bernardino, which broke off from and more about the consequences abuse by Church ministers will be settled and not transient. ButinAlaska clinic went to the sacrament ofrecon- its southern neighbor in 1978, have of sexual abuse and how horrible released, according to the agreesome communities are just reaching ciliation on a trip outside Unalaska agreed to pay $198.1 million to they are." ment.

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Because state judges had al"We want to convey, most of all, ''When people feel a sense ofcon- Callewaert smd, because it had been sexual abuse by priests between lowed punitive damages to be . to the victims, we recognize how fidence in themselves, a responsibil- sO long since she'dbeen to confession. 1938 and 1993. sought in several of the pending tragic it is what has happened," he ''But where I live, we almost never ity for their own records, their future, The dioceses had origismd. "We know it's very pmntheir financial planning:' then they are have a priest," she replied. As her pen- nally offered $95 million to ful when those facts come ready to become a parish, Father ance, the priest told her to contact her settle the clmms. The plmnout, but we believe it helps the In response to a question about victims to heal when they archbishop and urge him to establish tiffs sought $200 million.

Oementich added.

For Annabelle Wilt, a Catholic a more formal presence in her tiny Earlier in the year, the San whether there was a feeling ofshame have the assurance from us Diego Diocese filed for bank- that these things had happened in that we're not seeking to iii Unalaska for 28 years Who rmsed community.

Archbishop FrancisT. Hurley, now ruptcy protection hours be- the Catholic Church, Bishop Brom cover anything up as far as her fOUf daughters there, being a parish means it's "nice'to have an retired, didjust that. Franciscan Sister fore a trial was to begin in said "there certainly is a sense ofem- what took place."

Marie Ann Brent, now in Valdez, be- one of the first lawsuits alleg- ba"assmentatwhathashappened identity."

Bishop Brom smd that as ''I'm proud of how far we've gan making trips to Unalaska in 1977 ing that the Church was re- and we're, in a sense, overwhelmed an immediate consequence of come," she smd,recalling the days before being officially installed as the sponsible for sexual abuse by by what has surfaced in this ... whole the settlement, the diocese before the community even had a pastoral minister in 1981. She was fol- priests. The judge in the period of time. " will no longer be able to aschurch building. Backthen they would lowed by several religious sisters, bankruptcy case had recently sist parishes, in need or parmeet in the Christian Fellowship . some laypeople and Unalaska's only threatened to throw out the ishes that wish to take on conChurch, in private homes and some- resident priest, DominicanFather Paul bankruptcy case if the Church cases, the diocese risked becoming struction projects..

Scanlon, who spent a year there in didn't reach an agreement with the liable for extraordinary sums' had times even in a local barbershop.

In response to a question about St Christopher's was a mission of 2003-04. plmntiffs. those cases proceeded to trial. whether there was a feeling of Callew~rt began her assignment Holy Rosary Parish in Dillingham.

The settlement is one ofthe largThe diocese had sought to settle shame that these things had, hapCallewaert smd one of her first offi- at St. Christopher's in March 2006. 'est in the country.'The Los Angeles all of the cases within a Chapter 11 pened in the Catholic Church, Archdiocese announced an agree- filing in federal bankruptcy court. Bishop Brom smd "there certIDn1y "This effort failed," Bishop is a sense of embarrassment at what ment in July to settle 508 lawsuits NEW YORK - Rabbi Leon for $660 million. .

Brom smd in a public statement re- has happened and we're, in a sense, The rabbi is the second interfmth Klenicki, former interfmth affairs official of .the Anti-Defamation Under the agreement, the San . leased after the settlement was an- overwhelmed by what has surfaced director of the Anti-Defamation League to receive papal knight- Bernardino Diocese and its insurer, nounced. in this ... whole period of time."

League in NewYork,was invested hood. In 1986, the late Joseph L. Catholic Mutual, will pay $15.1 At a press conference the same , Bishop Brom has invited all vicinto the order of St. Gregory the Lichten became the first American million for 11 cases. The San Di- afternoon, Bishop Brom said he tims of sexual abuse by Church perGreat during a recent ceremony in Jew to receive the honor from Pope ego Diocese will pay $77 million expects "some damaging, conse- sonnel to meet with him personally.

New York at which Boston Cardi- John Paul n. and Catholic Mutual will cover an- quences for the mission of the He said he hopes that after the nal Sean P. O'Malley presided.

A renowned scholar and theolo- other $75.7 mi1lion for a total of 111 Church in this diocese for a num- settlements more people will take The knighthood was granted by gian, Rabbi Klenicki joins a select cases. San Diego will pay another ber of years." up the offer.

Pope Benedict XVI for Rabbi group of Jews, and only a handful . $30.2 million for 22 cases involvHe added that it's too soon to "I can say I have been personKlenicki's work with Catholics and of rabbis to receive the papal ing ~embers ofreligious orders. A know what those effects \\Iill be on ally overwhelmed in dealing with Jews. knighthood. He is the author and statement from the San Diego Dio- Church programs and staff. the victims themselves and their The ceremony, at the Holy See's co-author of hundreds ofbooks and cese smd it hoped at least part of Diocesan chief finance officer -family members," he smd, "to hear Permanent Observer Mission to the papers dealing with the theological that amount could be recovered Richard Mirando smd at the press their stories and to understand the United Nations, was attended by and practical aspects of improving from the religious orders. conference that funds for the consequences; the tragic conse- .

Catholic and Jewish interfmth offi- relations between Catholics and "Reality requires admission," diocese's portion of the payout will quences that sexual abuse has cials, including. . Jews.

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SAFER SURROUNDINGS Iraqi refugee Samiya Bashir relaxes with her daughter, Hana Toma, and her daughter-in-law, Suha Yosif, after arriving at Oakland International Airport in California in late August. Bashir and her three daughters fled their home in Fallujah, Iraq, for the safety of Turkey in April 2005 and now have resettled in the Oakland Diocese. (CNS photo/Greg Tarczynski)

Newly arrived in California, Catholic Iraqi refugees eager to work

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OAKLAND, Calif. - Their family home in Fallujah, Iraq, was shelled, burned and looted. They languished for two years in Istanbul, Turkey, within the cultural and vocational limbo accorded refugees who are waiting to be permanently resettled somewhere, sometime.

Now that Hana, Wafa and Sana Toma hav,e found a permanent home in th~ Oakland Diocese with the help of Catholic Charities, they speak with a single voice: "We want to work. Now." Wafa and Sana Toma have spent their adult lives as educators Wafa as an English grammar teacher at a technical institute and Sana as an elementary school instructor near Fallujah. Hana Toma worked for many years as a journalist covering culture and archaeology fot a daily newspaper before becoming an Arabic/English translator at the Ministry of Culture in Baghdad, Iraq.

The three' sisters arrived at the Oakland airport in late August with their 71-year-old mother, Samiya Bashir. Waiting to welcome them were their brother, Shamil Toma, his wife, Suha Yosif, and Dominican Sister Elisabeth Lang, director of Catholic Charities of the East Bay's refugee resettlement program, which is serving as the family's sponsor.

Their arrival marked the first time in 15 years that the separated family members have seen one another. Shamil Toma fled in 1993, paying a guide to lead him and a cousin through the mountains of northern Iraq to the Turkish border.

"I couldn't leave the normal way with a passport because I was not

allowed to leave the country since I had worked at a military factory," the brother explained during an interview with The Catholic Voice, Oakland diocesan newspaper, at Catholic Charities offices. He and his wife are members of the Catholic Community of Pleasanton.

Toma spent a year in Istanbul before immigrating to Canada to stay with sponsoring relatives. In 2000 he, was hired by a Fremont computer company as a senior test engineer.

The four-bedroom home in Dublin he shares with his wife and their two sons, Tom, 10, and Sam, six, now also accommodates his mother and sisters. Sister Elisabeth, meanwhile, is working to help Bashir and her daughters find their own apartment.

The family members are gradually settling in to their new homeland. "We are glad to be here to see our brother. We are also glad to be in a safe place to live in peace," said WafaToma.

To help pass the time while living in Turkey, Hana Toma volunteered as a home visitor for Istanbul Caritas.

She blinked back tears.

"America is the reason for us to leave, yet America brought us here," she said.

Their mother does not speak English, but she began wiping away her own tears as well. The terrible memories of Fallujah remain fresh for this lifelong resident of Iraq, said her daughter.

"It has been very difficult for her.

She has been uprooted from everything in our culture," said Hana Toma. "My mother, a stay-at-home housewife, told us so many times, 'I'll never leave my home to go to a place where I can't speak Arabic

to my neighbors.'''

The Tomas were one of three Catholic families in Fallujah, a city slightly smaller than Oakland. Despite their minority status, they had many good Muslim friends and neighbors. v The family drove the 40 miles to Baghdad to attend Mass at Our Lady of Peace Parish, one of many Catholic churches in a city which had between 200,000 and 300,000 <;:hristians before the war. As many as one-third of them have since left Iraq.

In his efforts to get his relatives into the U.S., Shamil Toma was referred to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Migration and Refugee Services, which has a contract with the U.S. State Department to resettle refugees. The USCCB resettles nearly one-fourth of all refugees admitted to the U.S. annually through a network of more than 100 diocesan refugee resettlement programs, mostly local Catholic Charities offices.

Just days after the Toma family arrived, Catholic Charities of the East Bay welcomed two more refugee families from Iraq. Both families are Muslim.

One couple and their adult daughter, who has a degree in architecture, are living with an uncle in Lafayette. The other family - a couple and their four children - is living with relatives in Concord.

Sister Elisabeth said all three refugee families have an advantage because they have relatives in the local area who can help them deal with acculturation and provide emotional support as they make the adjustments to life in the U.S. She said she did not expect any more Iraqi refugee families to arrive in the area in the near future.

Priests serv- "Priests are already tremenWASHINGTON I ing in U.S. mission dioceses say they douslyoverworked. Whatever you do, could benefit most from updates on offer it in a 'short and sweet' version"; Catholic thinking and practice - but - "K.I.S.S. - 'Keep it simple, keep it short, please, thh said. stupid' - is always good advice?'

The desire for infoqnation and reIn all, 370 priests from 64 missionsources was one of the findings of a ary dioceses took part in the survey, survey conducted on libehalf of the conducted in April. Nearly two-thirds Chicago-based Catholic Church Ex- speak a second language, most fretension Society and th~ National In- quently Spanish. The median age of stitute for the Renewal of the Priest- the respondents was 57, although one hood at the Washington Theological was 30 years old and another 98.

Union. The survey findings were made The survey listed other areas in public in early SeptemlJer. which priests said they'd like more Priests responding路 to the survey resources. said they would also benefit from inA second level ofinterest included formation on such multicultural issues homily aids, youth ministry, leadership as Hispanic ministry,i. immigration, and staffdevelopment skills, stewardinculturation, multiculturalism and ship, spirituality resources and howworking with diverse cultures. They to materials on ministry in rural and added they would als& like to know mission settings. moreaboutevangelization,catechesis, Ranked below those were ministry to nonpracticing Catholics, ecumenism, biblical resources, netthe Rite of Christiarl Initiation of workingmethods,how-toinformation Adults and liturgy. on working in poor and impoverished ''Most of these pastors are isolated areas, vocations, staffing hints - esfrom brother priests, aDd unless they pecially for priestless parishes - and are reading Church m~gazines, books help in dealing with finances. or are following the daily religious Asked what books they had 'read news on the pulse of the Church and recently, 22 ofthe respondents named innovations it is generkting, they risk Oblate Father Ronald Rolheiser's becoming status-quo priests who lack 'The Holy Longing." Pope Benedict the energy and creativity ofnew ideas XVI's "Jesus of Nazareth" garnered related to their minisJY:' said a sum- 10 mentions. Three books, the pope's mary by Father Eugene Hemrick, who "Sacrament of Charity," Father Rolheiser's 'The Restless Heart" and conducted the survey. .

Brevity, though, w~ a theme run- Benedictine Father Thomas Acklin's ning throughout individual priests' re- 'The Unchanging Heart ofthe Priestsponses: hood," were mentioned five times.

- "Given the shortage of priests Asked what Websites the priests in this diocese and such limited time, visited, the most frequently cited were concise communication would be those ofthe U.S. ConferenceofCathomost beneficial"; i lic Bishops, the Vatican, the Archdio- ''Provide materials that we can cese of St. Louis and Creighton Uniinsert into church bulletins that would versity in Omaha, Neb. be interesting, brief'; .

Of those surveyed, 16 percent said -'There's not agieat deal oftime they had participated in an Internet l' available to us. We are a highly discussion and ofthose 83 percent said stressed-out group"; they found it at least somewhat help- ''Neitherdo I have time to spend .ful. much time on the c6mputer. Most The survey issued a cautionary note priests in missionary territory do a lot to Website builders that priests in misof driving. I find a lot.of my ongoing sion areas tend ~o have access only to education to be through recorded con- dial-up Internet services, making Web ferences. I can listen while I drive"; sites that feature lots of graphics on - "Keep it brief. I pastor four their home page difficult to access.

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6 Sports and cheating Sports will either be a school of virtue or a school of vice, and that's why the epidemic of cheating in professional sports is, and ought to be, a huge cultural concern. .

Sports, at every level, is supposed to be a training ground for virtue, to mold the character of athletes, coaches and supporters so that they may learn lessons that may help them to achieve off-the-field as much as on. In few other venues are people able to learn as effectively the good habits of perseverance through difficulties, teamwork, striving to overcome obstacles, the importance of preparation and practice, and the courtesy and class we call good sportsmanship.

But the field, court, track, diamond, rink, pool and roadway can also cultivate vice, when results become more important than virtue, when winning becomes more important than winning fairly.

It has been hard to open a sports page recently without reading something to do with cheating and its consequences. We've encountered Bill Belichick and the clear contravention of the NFL's videotaping policy; Patriots' Safety Rodney Harrison and his suspension for taking an illegal substances; NBA referee Tim Donaghy and his expulsion for betting on games he was officiating; Barry Bonds and his tainted home run record, along with former heroes turned synthetic pseudo-supermen Jason Giambi, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro; Floyd Landis' suspect yellow jersey and the expulsion of what seemed to be half this year's Tour de France participants for blood doping and other violations; WWE icon Chris Benoit and his steroid-induced murderous-suicidal rage; various college recruiting violations, Olympic scandals and much more. Professional boxing almost looks clean and honest by comparison.

There's an adage that if one is caught cheating on his taxes, it's " probably not the first time he's cheated. Likewise, with cheating in sports, there's an undeniable connection to the widespread cheating in our culture. We don't even have to tum to politicians for examples.

In the past few years, we've seen several highly-respected historians and journalists caught plagiarizing, Fortune 500 corporations caught defrauding their stock holders, priests and parish bookkeepers ripping off their parishioners, students using cell phones to cheat on tests and the Internet to submit other people's term papers, and spouses according to recent surveys - being unfaithful to each other in record numbers. The dishonesty and lack of integrity involved in cheating seems to be "growing, or at least growing in acceptance. It's hard to watch a report on cheating without hearing someone repeat the faddy aphorism, "If you're not cheating, you're not trying."

The recent epidemic of cheating in sports reveals ethical and anthropological dimensions that must be considered if we wish as a culture to eliminate it.

The ethical dimensions go far beyond the violation of a particular rule governing a sports league. It goes to one of the bedrock principles of ethics, whether in sports players, coaches and fans believe that a good end never justifies immoral means. In the cases of cheating above, we see that the cheaters think that the end of winning - or doing better in competition - validates the dishonest means one takes to get there. There are now such enormous financial rewards or losses hinging on sports outcomes that those of lesser character find far greater incentive.

The anthropological dimension refers mainly to the means one takes in violation of the ethical principle. Sports cheating today very often involves technological manipulation not just of the rules of the game -like with the Patriots' spygate - but also of oneself through performance-enhancing drugs. In former days the path to improvement came through practice, coaching, exercise and experience. Now for many it comes through injections, pills and creams. Rather than improving one's skills, one seeks to make himself "better, stronger and faster" through technology - like a modem six million dollar man, or, if you consider the financial incentives for many pro-athletes, a hundred million dollar man. This comes at a huge cost. The death of pro-football player Lyle Alzado and 11 recent professional wrestlers through steroid use is enough of a warning. But we also have to be conscious of the huge temptation it places on all those who, at whatever age, wish to be successful college or professional athletes who cannot compete on their own with artificially-enhanced peers.

It is good that the NFL, the International Olympic Commission, and the Tour de France organizers have begun to impose harsh penalties on cheating in sports. They are sending a clear message that cheaters are losers, and that if one chooses to cheat it will not be a means to winning, but possibly even losing a career.

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SORROW YOU HAVE SHOWN SHALL HAVE ITS REWARD, SAYS THE LORD, THEY SHAILL RETURN FROM THE ENEMY'S LAND. THERE IS HOPE FOR YOUR FUTURE, SAYS THE LORD;YOURSONSSHAILL RETURN TO THEIR OWN BORDERS" (JER

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A livin"g image of Christ, suffering and risen Of all recent saints, the one who has inspired the most devotion is Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, the 39th anniversary of whose birth into eternity the Church marks on September 23.

One reason for his popularity is that he was a saint who prayed and called others to pray. He once described himself as a "only a poor friar who prays" and encouraged people to get together with friends, family members and fellow parishioners to pray in small groups. Tens of thousands of such prayer groups now exist across the globe under his celestial patronage. "In books we seek God," he said. "In prayer we find him. Prayer is the key which opens God's heart."

Another explanation of his renown is his fame as a thamaturgus, a saint through whom God works miracles. That reputation was already strong during his lifetime and has only grown since his change of address to the heavenly mansion. One of the most well-known of his miracles while on earth was the one obtained for a future pope. In 1962, when Dr. " Wanda Poltawska, a psychiatrist who was a good friend ofArchbishop Karol Wojtyla, was dying of teoninal cancer, the future Pope John Paul II wrote to Padre Pio asking for his prayers. Padre Pio responded by a letter saying he had prayed for her. A few days later Dr. Poltawska received word she was completely cured. That grateful Polish bishop had the joy of canonizing Padre Pio in 2002.

Perhaps the greatest reason for Padre Pio's enonnous cultus, however, is that for 50 years he bore, with undeniable visibility in our modem skeptical age, the five wounds of Christ in his own body.

These wounds would ooze with blood during the celebration of the Mass. Due to the power of television and video, the reality of what was occuning in his hands, feet and

side was broadcast through the world. Countless teams of doctors described, after examination, how they defied medical explanation.

And those wounds were a tangibly irrefutable reminder to everyone of Christ who bore those wounds first and mysteriously allowed Padre Pio to share in his own excruciating pain.

St. Paul was the first to share Christ's stigmata. He wrote to the Galatians, ''I bear the marks of Jesus branded on my body." That's why he was able to tell them truthfully, ''I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me."

Because life with Christ can only come through crucifying in us whatever is not of Christ, St. Paul indicated that his sole glory came from the Lord's Cross: "May I never boast of anything except the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world" (Gal 2:1920; 6:14,17).

Padre Pio was a living commentary of the reality of union with Christ on the Cross to which St. Paul referred. Pope John Paul II called him a "living image of Christ suffering and risen" whose face ''reflected the light of the Resurrection" and whose body, marked by the stigmata, showed the sole path to resurrected glory.

1\vo years before his priestly ordination, Padre Pio referred to this unique pathway of the Cross when he wrote, "In order to succeed in reaching our ultimate end we must follow the divine Head, who does not wish to lead the chosen soul on any way other than the one he followed; by that, [

say, of abnegation and the Cross."

Christ does not call everyone to bear the stigmata, but he does call everyone to pick up his cross daily and follow him along the way of the Cross. It is under the Cross, Padre Pio said, that "one leams to love." It is for that reason, "Calvary is the hill of the saints."

Padre Pio was united to Christ on the Cross in more ways than by the stigmata. For decades he suffered from the suspicions and calumny of many in his order who were confused by and perhaps envious of his divine predilection. He bore all these hardships humbly, with religious obedience, as a "crucible of purification."

He was also united to Christ on the Cross through his word in the confessional. From dawn until dusk, his immobile cross was the wooden box of the confessional, where he would mercifully seek to forgive the sins that led to the Lord's crucifixion. To all who flocked to him, he held up the ideal of holiness, repeating to them: "Jesus has no interest outside of sanctifying your soul."

Pope John Paul II, who as a young priest himself went to San Giovanni Rotondo to confess to him, prayed at his beatification that priests today would imitate Padre Pio's example of availability and zeal at the modem Calvary of the confessional where sins are taken away. ''The life and mission of Padre Pio," John Paul II reminded all believers, "prove that difficulties and sorrows, if accepted out of love, are transfonned into a privileged way of holiness, which opens onto the horizons of'a greater good, known only to the Lord."

May Padre Pio intercede for us that we might follow him along that privileged way to such horizons.

FaJher Landry is pastor 0/ St. Anthony's Parish in New Bedford.

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E. Dennis Kelly Jr. is chairman of St. Mary's Fund Fall Din'ner FALL RIVER - E, Dennis Kelly Jr" president and CEO of Bristol County Savings Bank and Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation, will serve as chairman of this year's St. Mary's Education Fund Fall Dinner.

The elegant, multi-course dinner is planned for November 8, at White's of Westport. It is held. annually to support the St. Mary's Education Fund, which provides need-based tuition assistance to students attending Catholic elementary and middle schools in the Fall River Diocese.

In this current school year alone, the St. Mary's Education Fund is providing 761 students with a total of $620,000 in tuition assistance.

Bishop George W. Coleman invited Kelly to become chairman and extended his gratitude to him for accepting the position.

Kelly has been at Bristol County Savings Bank for 31 years. He and his wife Michelle are residents of Attleboro and are parishioners of St. Stephen's Parish in that city.

Throughout his career, Kelly has always found time to become involved in organizations and associations which work for the betterment of the community.

It is through his service on the . President's Advisory Council at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, where his two sons attended, that he says he had firsthand experience with the issue of affordability of Catholic education and the importance of financial aid.

"I know that Catholic education brings value to the students," he said. "Affordability should not be the ultimate factor in whether a child goes to a Catholic school."

Principals of schools throughout the diocese say that in many cases the St. Mary's Education Fund has been the ultimate factor in a student being able to enroll in a Catholic, school or remain in one.

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and age of downsizing and layoffs, it's not uncommon for a parent to lose a job. In most cases, it's only with the tuition help from the St. Mary's Fund that famiiies in this situation can continue to send their child or children to our school. It's tied them over until they can get back on the feet." . In considering his commitment to the St. Mary's Education Fund, Kelly reflected, "I look at the faces of our young people; they have their whole lives in front of them. Not to try to help them out is a shame."

From the 1995-1996 school year through the end of the current one, approximately six million dollars will have been distributed from the St. Mary's Education Fund to nearly 6,000 children in elementary and middle schools in the Fall River Diocese.

Kelly and volunteer committees in four areas of the diocese are'now hard at work to make this year's Fall Dinner a success for the continued support of the St. Mary's Education Fund and the increasing number of students who depend on it.

They are reaching out to businesses, community and academic leaders and individuals to encourage their participation in the Fall Dinner by sponsorship of a table or the purchase of tickets.

Leading the committees are William Adair in the Attleboro area, John Feitelberg in Fall River, James Kalife in New Bedford, and Harold Rose in Taunton.

ably not be here," said Emma Hipolito, principal of Holy Trinity School in Fall River.

"The St. Mary's Fund has done a lotof good,". she continued. "It has made a difference in lives of many students. I am sure that the supporters of the Fund are not even aware of how much good their contributions have done."

Anyone interested in supportAt St. Mary-Sacred Heart School in North Attleboro prin- ing the Fall Dinner or obtaining cipal Denise Peixoto credits the more information' on the St. St. Mary's Education Fund with Mary's Education Fund, should keeping students at the school . contact Kelly, any area chairperwhen families are impacted by son, or Michael Donly at the Diocesan Development Office at disruptions in employment.

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By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Pope B.enedict XVI called for more intensive cooperation to re. duce ozone depletion, saying it was an important element in protecting the gifts of creation. . The recent comments were the latest in a series of ecological statements by the pope, who has focused lately on the Christian responsibility of safeguarding the environment.

The pope noted that September 16 marked the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Montreal Protocol, an agreement that curbed emissions of chemicals which reduce the earth's protective ozone

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I was a junior in cJllege. There . was a final exam in a ~cience course I was taking. The professor was ill, so a substitute handled the procedures.

The classroom was set up like an auditorium, with descending rows toward the fronfilof the room.

I finished my exam and was making my descent to hand in my paper when a classmate who finished his asked that I bring it along. , When I reached ttle desk I handed in both pape~. The substitute said, ''What's this?" I told him it was my exam. ''Why .

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are there two?" he pressed. I explained. 'That won't do. These will both fail for cheating." , found that incredulous. I stated my case that I didn't cheat, I' nor did my classmate. The plea fell on deaf ears.

I walked out of the classroom extremely agitated, ~ot so much at getting a failing grade, but with having someone think of me as a I' cheater. ' My friend witnessed the encounter and spok~ to the accuser on his way out.

Ii I don't know what he said, but he convinced the sub things were' on the up and up. ' ,I was very gratefilI, but still had .the bitter aftertaste of having my reputation soiled II I haven't felt that way since then - until CameraGate.

I know I didn't cheat. I wasn't the one who illegally filmed opponents' signals. I wasn't fined.

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I didn't watch last Sunday's demolition of the San Diego Chargers. I didn't want to. That was the first time I ever failed to watch a Pats game when I could have. And that goes back to the 60s when they would occasionally appear on the tele...

I'm really not sure how I should feel. I wanted Mr. Kraft to acknowledge he didn'iknow about this - and he did.

I think what I really want is for someone to say that Belichick's cheating h~ nothing to do with one or all of our three Super Bowl wins. I'm not hearing that.

All weekI heard radio and TV talk show hosts and guests say it's not really that big a deal.

"Everyone does it."

That doesn't cut it for me. That just tells me how those folks conduct their lives. I expect people, in all walks of life to earn their accomplishments honestly. I don't care if it's big business with big money. The definition of cheating doesn't come with an asterisk.

I realize that the players probably weren't aware of their coaching staff's underhanded

deeds.

I believe Mr. Kraft didn't know.

I know I had nothing to do with it.

Then why do I have that nagging uneasiness I haven'tfelt in 30 years?

Why do I feel like I cheated?

Am I the only one to feel like this?

Does anyone care about doing the right thing any more?

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He said ozone depletion has caused "serious damage to the human being an'd the ecosystem." Experts have linked ozone depletion to an increase in ultraviolet radiation that causes skin cancer.

The pope said the landmark Montreal Protocol was an important step forward in dealing with the problem.

"In the last 20 years, thanks to an exemplary international cooperation involving politics, science and economics, important results have been obtained with positive consequences for present and future generations," he said,.

"I hope that this .cooperation will be intensified by all parties, with the aim of promoti~g the common good, development and the safeguarding of creation, and strengtbening the alliance between man and the environment," he said.

He said the relationship between humans and the environment should "mirror the creative love of God,from whom we originated 'and toward whom we are progressing."

The Montreal Protocol, which has been signed.by 191 countries, is widely considered the most successful international agreement on environmental issues.

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Putting wealth to good - God's - use "Even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!" The prophet Amos puts those words into the mouths of evil people "who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land." Such schemes are not things of the past - one does not have to go far to read the recent stories about defective toys or toxic food coming from China. It began with dog food which had coal in it and most recently we heard about lead paint in toy trains.

The people behind these disgraces, and they were not just people abroad - since American business makes profits from the cheap labor in China - were not following the example of the dishonest steward whom Jesus described in today's Gosp~l. Both examples, the one from the Gospel and the one from the headlines, involve dishonesty, but the similarity'ends there.

The dishonest steward was

to be fired because he had been "squandering the prop,erty" of his boss. Knowing that he would be fired soon, the steward decided to prepare for his impending unemployment by befriending his master's debtors by changing the promissory notes they had.

Thus they would have to pay back less to the boss and they would gladly welcome the steward into their homes when he would be homeless.

Jesus praised the dishonest steward and commanded his listeners, "Make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings." Our funerals have prayers which remind us that those who served the poor in this life will be welcomed by the poor into heavenly mansions when they die, thus

having made valuable friends for their afterlife by using their money, time and talents to help those in need now.

This Thursday we celebrate the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, a man who dedicated his

life to serving the poor.

Speaking about how God will reward us if we serve them, St. Vincent wrote, "Since God surely loves the poor, He also loves those who love the poor.

For when one person holds another dear, he also includes in his affection anyone who loves or serves the one he loves. That is why we hope

that God will love us for the sake of the poor."

At first glance, the reference St. Paul in the second reading makes to praying "for kings and all in authority" seems in contrast to the negativity about accumulating wealth seen in today's first reading, psalm and Gospel. St. Paul tells Timothy to instruct people to offer these prayers so "that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all devotion and dignity."

With that tranquility, the Christians would have more time available to serve the poor and to worship God, instead of having to worry about being persecuted by the government.

Our fellow Catholics in China continue to be persecuted there, although they pray for their rulers. However, even with the persecutions the

Catholics look out for the poor and needy. They do all of this at great risk to their own financial situations, since being loyal to the pope is enough cause for someone to lose their job in that Communist regime. Nonetheless, these courageous believers care more about storing up treasures in heaven than accumulating more wealth here on earth.

The question comes back to us - which master will we serve? Jesus tells us that we "cannot serve both God and mammon (i.e., money)." It is easy for us to say that money is not important to us. Can we truly "put our money where our mouth is" when we sing today's Psalm, "Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor?"

Father Wilson is the pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish at St. James Church in New Bedford and the diocesan director of the Hispanic Apostolate.

Upcoming Daily Readings: Sat., Sept. 22,1 Tm6:13-16; Ps l00:1b-2, 3,4, 5; Lk8:4-15. S~.,Sept. 23, 1\venty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Am 8:4-7; Ps 113:1-2,4-6,7-8; I Tm 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 or 16:10-13. Mon,Sept. 24, Ez 1:1-6; Ps 126:1b-2ab, 200-3, 4-5,6; Lk 8:16-18. Thes., Sept. 25, Ez 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab,'~-5; Lk 8:19-21. Wed., Sept.

26, Ez 9:5-9; Tobit 13:2, 3-4a, 4befghn, 7-8; Lk 9:1-6. Thurs., Sept. 27, Hg 1:1-8: Ps 149:lb-2, 3-4, 5-6a and 9b ; Lk 9:7-9. Fri., Sept. 28, Hg 2:1-9; Ps 43:1, 2,3,4; Lk 9:18-22.

Cardinal Lustiger, R.I.P. Visitors to the Cathedral of men whose names would Notre-Dame in Paris will soon be become familiar throughout the able to ponder a commemorative world attended the same marker carrying this inscription: political science lectures at the "I was born Jewish. I Sorbonne. One was the son of received the name of my Polish-Jewish parents; the other paternal grandfather, Aaron. came from Cambodia.

Having become Christian by One had lost his faith and by baptism, I have mothedn Hitler's remained Jewish as did the Holocaust; the other Apostles. I have as my patron would ignite a holosaints Aaron the High Priest, caust. One had conSaint John the Apostle, Holy verted to Catholicism; Mary full of grace. Named the other had converted 139th archbishop of Paris by to Marxism. One His Holiness, Pope John Paul would live to become II, I was enthroned in this the embodiment of cathedral on 27 February 1981, humane, intellectually coherent and here I exercised my entire religious faith, and thereby give ministry. Passers by, pray for hope to his people; the other me. +Aaron Jean-Marie Cardiwould marry irrationality to nal Lustiger, Archbishop of .viciousness, and his name would Paris." , become a curse among his In the early 19508, two young people.

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One was named Aaron JeanMarie Lustiger. The other was named Pol Pot. A novelist of sufficient imagination could turn that scene - Lustiger and Pol Pot, in the same Parisian

classroom - into a gripping tale about divergent roads taken, and the consequences that followed. I'm not a novelist, but I am very grateful for the privilege of having had Jean-Marie Lustiger's life intersect with my own.

We first met in Washington in 1986 or so, when he was visiting America with a group of young aides. After a formal session at the Woodrow Wilson

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International Center for Scholman. The first explained the ars, the cardinal and I fell into . :;econd. more informal coilVersation, Like John Paul II, Aaron and I ~sked him whether this was Jean-Marie Lustiger believed his first trip to the U.S. Oh no, he that the biblical story - the answered, he had once hitchstory that begins with God's hiked across the self-gift to the People of Israel country. I asked him and that continues in the when. "1968," he Church - is in fact the story of , replied. I suggested that humanity, rightly understood. he might have chosen a The biblical story and the more tranquil year. human story don't run on Cardinal Lustiger parallel tracks; the biblical was very helpful to me story is the human story, read in as I was preparing its true depth. For Cardinal "Witness to Hope: The Lustiger, the "choice of God" Biography of Pope (the title of one of his bestJohn Paul II," and we stayed in selling books) was also the touch over the years. Early in choice for a genuine humanism, 2006, one of his assistants, Jean the choice for a life without Duchesne, told me that the fear of final oblivion - the fear cardinal, quite ill with cancer, that was one root of the lethally wanted to see me before he different choice his ~ambodian died, in order to share some . classmate had made. memories of, and reflections Cardinal Lustiger, who wrote on, the last years'of John Paul with great insight about worship II. We spent 90 minutes toand prayer, knew that at the gether in the cardinal's modest .heart of culture is cult. Everyone Paris apartment last December worships; the question is and had a conversation that I whether the object of our shall always remember for its worship is a worthy one. Having Christian lucidity and tranquillived and died in the conviction ity in thinking about death, in that worship of the God of the very face of death. I asked Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and for the cardinal's blessing as I Jesus is true worship, Aaron left; I shall always cherish the Jean-Marie Lustiger became a memory of his hands on my blessing for the world. head and his thin arms drawing George Weigel is a senior me into a final embrace. Here fellow ofthe Ethics and Public was a man of God; here was a Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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lutely nothing about bestowing Sunday 16 September 2007Superman po~ers. On the conWorld Priest Day trary, as we lay flat on the floor in "Father Yewdew" ran in The , the cathedral, the saints are Anchor on August 24. I received invoked to rush to our aid. We late-night crank phone calls in response. What a hoot.

"Hello? Hello? May I speak with Father ' Yewdew, please?" The Reflections of words are followed by patts 째h..{ "'~--'l ,--' '''f', , , guffaws. I recognize the . J A , .-.f'J('J\'~ ,; ...~ ~. ~j.-;,.' " .'." ','", v._-'_ voices. My brother priests S짜iFatb' are razzing me. What are Goldrick, brothers for?

It seems the "Superman obviously need all the help we can Priest" theme struck a cord. As get as quickly as possible. We hold Father Marc Bergeron is fond of a treasure in vessels of clay (St. sayirig, "I resemble that remark!"

Paul, Second Corinthians 4:7).

We priests are called by God to , You may get the occasional ordained ministry but we remain cracked pot. only human. I double-checked the Priests have needs like everybishop's prayer book. The one else. We need support, ordination ceremony says abso-

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encouragement, and direction.

This isn't a bad thing. It's a good thing. We are human beings. How else would we be able to serve as intermediaries between God and humanity?

We're out there every day in the trenches, as former Fall River Bishop Daniel Cronin sometimes said. This is where we want to be. Sometimes the sheltered life of a monk can be attractive to us "secular priests," but we are not mini-monks. Monastic spirituality does not fit the life of a diocesan priest, although in my day the seminaries used it as the model for our training. The result was that some of us were perhaps not as well-prepared for our life's work as we could have been. The spiritual~

Luminescent evangelism, Part II Francis's friars wanted to Last time I discussed we ~e believers in Christ. Are evangelize but were not able to our persOlial conduct and luminescent evangelism for lack of permission, so St. intentions really distinct enough according to Jesus' teaching Francis told them to be patient, from those of non-believers that about being a light to the world that their good deeds would we can honestly believe that our that is not hidden under a basket suffice until they had permission actions and life choices alone (Matthew 5:15). This week I to use their good words. To would cause our friends, promised to share some ideas on reverse the quote and say that neighbors, and co-workers to how to live out the next verse, gcx,>d deeds should, or even praise our Father who is in which says to "let your light could, supplant good words was heaven? Again, I hate to be ~he shine before men, that they may not St. Francis' intention. one to call it like it is, but apart see your good deeds and praise Of the many teachings from from individuals like St. Francis your Father in heaven." After , or the Blessed Mother Teresa, I which we can learn when, why, researchitig the topic of Catholic think not. And if we really want and how to use words to evangelization, however, I think evangelize, the following verse to follow the luminescent, it is important to back up and stands o,ut. In 1 Peter 3:15- . evangelistic style of these two make clear that, contrary to giants of the Catholic som~ schools of faith, we will read wJtat thought, good words they have written and . are inseparably linked with good deeds spoken and find that living a life ,full of good wherever ~d whenev~r ' the spreading of the deeds does not let us off Good News of Jesus the hook in terms of using Christ is successful. ' our tongue or keyboard to explain and expound on St. Francis of Assisi why we are living, or is credited with saying, , trying to live, such a life.

"Share the Gospel at all times; if . 16 we are told, "Always be prepared to give an ;mswer to necessary use word~." While I The fitting relationship everyone who asks you to give between good deeds and good admire the cleverness of this the reason for the hope that you words, seems to be this: to'the saying, I think we Catholics may , degree that we try to live our have." In addition, the "Catactually be using it as a saintly lives so as to honor God, our, echism of the Catholic Church" excuse not to have to share our (166) says, "Oudove for Jesus good deeds will elicit questions faith in uncomfortable settings . and for our neighbor impels us from non-believers; thus giving or with confrontational people. to speak to others about our us the opportunity to use our Also, I hate to be the one to faith." So it would seems that good words to share the Good reveal this, but accordirig to zipping our lips and hoping our' News. Like bellows to a fire, Franciscan priest, Father Pat light will shine by the movement there are many good qeeds and McCloskey, "this is a great of our hands alone does vot . many good words we can. quote, very Franciscan in its ,show true love for Jesus or, our employ to increase our radiance spirit, but not literally from St. neighbor <md is therefore not and to draw non-believers toward Francis." The only verse that the light of Christ. Next time, I ' true evangelism.

Father Pat could find from St. Just as a secondary check, we promise, more on both the kinds Francis that resembled this might also get personal and 'ask of good deeds and good words quote was "in Chapter XVII of ourselves if Our choices of that will increase our spiritual his Rule 00221, Francis told homes, clothing, food, or ,luminescence. the friars not to preach unless entertainment are so distinct Heidi is an author, photogthey had receiv~d the proper rapher, and full-time mother. ' from those of our non-Christian permission to do so. Then he She and her husband raise neighbors that they would reveal added, 'Let all the brothers, theirfive children in Falmouth. to our neighbors, without a however, preach by their homegrownfaith@gmail.com. single word being spoken, that deeds.'" In other words, 51.

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ity of a diocesan priest is still under can express their thoughts and more construction. All agree we are sent importantly vent their feelings. to serve. We are on call 24n. For I also find comfort among my the most part, we have little time or down-to-earth friends who happen space to call our own. We have to be lay people -men and women giv,en up those luxuries in order to who accept me as I am with both my be with and of the People of God. strengths and weaknesses. They This, dear readers, has practical assist me to be a better priest. I am, implications. For example, priests after all, only human, Who isn't? in general are compassionate by ,A few priests retreat into their both temperament arid training. own world, as you well know.

How do we handle the con artists They cut themselves off from' who come to our door telling tall normal social 'interaction. This is tales and looking for hard c::ash not a good thing. Fewer still take ' "for gas" or "Pampers, for the refuge in unhealthy behaviors. baby" or "bus fare to visit a dying This is bad for all concerned. grand aunt in Alaska"? Msgr.

Self-care among priests is also Ron Tosti once said to me, ''Tim, essential. Regular medical checkyou'll find the word 'no' in any ups, recreation, exercise, mental dictionary. Learn to use that word." and emotional health, prayer and How do we say "no" when the study, hobbies and good eating situation calls for it? How do we ,habits are needed by any human handle it when more and more being '--- including priests. deman~ are placed upOI) us ,There is a parable among without the provision of resources Human Services personnel - the' to meet those demands? How do elephant in the living room. It goes like this: There's an elephant in the we deal with toxic parishioners: one bad apple spoils the whole living room. Nobody mentions the barrel? How do we manage the elephant, although everybody sees inevitability of confrontation? it. People tip-toe around it, How do we access advice on pretending it's just not there. The pastoral issues? How do we deal elephant doesn't go away, with changes in our ministerial Who ministers to the ministers? roles? How do we lighten up and Who heals the wounded healers (to laugh more? How do we protect' steal a phrase from Father Henri ourselves from character assasNouwen)? If you suspect there's sins? How do we find time and an elephant in the rectory parlor, space for ourselves? How do we there probably is - maybe even a keep up with our formation and whole herd of elephants. education? How do we express our Note: The Third Sunday in September is observed as World honest feelings about the criminal actions of a handful of priests? As Priest Day -- a celebration and Father John Carroll always said, ajJirmation ofthe men who a compliment paid to one priest is' commit their lives to the Lord and acompliment paid to all. The to the Church via th~ sacrament ' opposite is also true. ofholy orders. It is an opportunity For the ,J;Dost part, we live alone for Catholit: parishioners to in vacuous rectories~ We have t~nk, affirm and share their love chosen a life of celibacy. We do for ourpriests. Sponsored By not have spouses. After a "long Worldwide Marriage Encounter , day at the office," to whom do we, since 2000. Web: wpd.wwme.org Father Goldrick is pastor ofSt. unwind when we get home?

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By MATT McDoNALD

what she reaches for, since she can easily pitch forward and fall out of the wheelchair.

But she doesn't complain.

SWANSEA - When Mary Castro of Swansea lost both her legs because of poor "She's dynamic and amazing," said Sister circulation in the fall of 2003, she had to give Mary Sardinha, of the Sisters of St. Dorothy, up her volunteer work at a nearby nursing a first cousin of Castro's who visited her a home and at Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall couple of weeks ago while home from her River. station in Mexico.

But there was one job she hung onto.

And wt,ile she has had to give up most of "When I had this done, my pastor said, her volunteer work, Castro said she feels at 'You're still going to be a Eucharistic minis- home at St. Dominic's. ter,''' Castro said during an interview in her "The people in my parish have been great. , apartment last week.

If they think I need help getting out of the From her wheelchair Castro distributes car or something, they're right there," Castro Communion at the 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday said. or the 10 a.m.

Castro has .. three daughMass on Sun- ',.'-',' day at St. . :c:,· -?< ~~:,...:.. / . . ters, ages 62, ANCHOR STAFF

MANY YEARS OF HOPE - Dominican Sister of Hope Madeleine Tacy is pictured doing a reading at a recent Jubilee Liturgy in the chapel of the Dominican Sisters of Hope in Newburgh, N.Y. Below, Sister Louise Place is pictured with a former student at the jubilee dinner that followed. Sister Place celebrated her 60th anniversary, and Sister Tacy her 50th.

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Mass, but once She worked in her wheelfor 28 years as chair in the a hand presser of dresses in a church she can sewing shop in take care of herFall River beself, just as she does at home. fore retiring in "I do all my the 1980s. housework,. I kbout .14 baby-sit m y , . . years ago a grandchildren. deacon at St. The only thing I D 0 min ie' s Church redon't do is windows," said .:~...... cruited her as ~ an extraordinary Castro, 83.

At the nursminister of holy ing home Communion.

Castro for 21 Sometimes years volunshe doesn't feel worthy teered to work; with the people Catholics bewho lived there, . ANCHOR PERSON OF THE WEEK - Mary Castro. (Photo lieve the Eucharist is the actual helping them to by Matt McDonald) Mass in the dinBody and' Blood of Jesus Christ, whom they ing room or reading to them or doing crafts worship as God - but mostly she likes the .. feeling of giving the Eucharist to others. with them.

At 'the hospital Castro served as a patient "It makes you just feel good," she said.

Castro said people occasionally ask her representative, listening to patients if they had a problem and reporting it to the appropriate how she is able to remain functional and hospital officials. cheerful while having no legs.

"It was good, because I'm Portuguese, and "I don't know, I just do it," she said. "I there were a lot of Portuguese patients who thank God that I can do what I do. I wasn't didn't speak English, so it was good for happy about it, but as soon as it happened I them," said Castro, who grew up speaking did the best I could with it." both English and Portuguese in the west end She said she particularly thanks God she of Fall River. (While her father grew up in still has her senses, and she recommends that Plymouth and spoke English primarily, her people in similar situations do as much as mother was from the Azores, so Portuguese they can with what they've got. was common around her household.)

"Anybody that's like this, they should try Among the adjustments she has had to to help themselves," she said.

The Anchor encourages readers to make because of her condition is not being able to open the oven door, because there isn't nominate others/or the Person o/the Week enough room for her wheelchair to fit between _ who and why? Submit nominations to: the oven and her counter. She uses a pressure theanchor@anchornews.org, or write to cooker instead. Also, since her legs were am- The Anchor, P.O. Box 7, Fall River, MA putated about mid-thigh, she has to watch 02722.

Dominican Sisters of Hope celebrate many anniversaries NEWBURGH N.Y. -1\venty- cal novice mistress and served in the five Dominican Sisters ofHope - in- office at St. Anne Parish. cluding many who started their reliObserving 60 years was Sister gious lives in the Fall River Diocese. Louise Place (formerly Sister Mary - celebrated their jubilee year Lawrence), a native of Fall River. She recently. taughtelementary school at St. Francis Festivitjes included a Eucharistic Xavier School in Acushnet, and DoLiturgy in the chapel ofthe Domini- minican Academy and St. Patrick's can Sisters of Hope here and dinner School in Fall River MarlOng 60 years was Sister Noella followed at a local restaurant.

Celebrating 75 years was Sister Letourneau (formerly Sister Marie Angele Morin, a native of New Bed- . Bernard), a native of Fall River. She . ford, Mass. Herteaching ministry took taught at St. Francis Xavier School in her to St. Anne School and Domini- Acushnet and at St. Anne School in can Academy in Fall River and St. Fall River where she was also director Francis Xavier School in Acushnet. of Religious Education. She \yas also She was the elected prioress of St. .formation director at the Dominican Catherine's Convent on Park Street in Sisters' Novitiate in North Dartmouth Fall River, and later was appointed and served on the general council of infirmarian and served in that role for the Dominican Sisters ofSt. Catherine several years as well as in pastoral care of Siena. with the elderly and infirm sisters.

Celebrating 60 years was Sister Celebrating 70 years was Sister Ann. Theresa Gonyea (formerly Sister M. Mildred Brown, who taught at Do- Bemadette).SisterTheresacookedfor minicanAcademy in Fall River, where the sisters in a number of convents, she was also in charge of boarders, and including St. Rose Convent in Acushat Bishop Gerrard High School in Fall net and St. Catherine's (::onvent in Fall River. She ministered at Morton Hos- River. pital in Taunton; was library assistant Also celebrating 50 years was Sisat Bristol Community College in Fall ter Madeleine Tacy. She taught River and served as archivist for her elementary level students at Dominicongregation. She also was in Clini- can Academy in Fall River, St. cal Pastoral Education at SaintAnne's Francis Xavier School in Acushnet; Hospital in Fall River. was campus minister at the former Also celebrating 70 years was Sis- Southeastern Massachusetts Univerter Julie Pintal. Sister Julie taught at sity and later at UMass-Dartmouth in St. Anne School, Dominican Acad- North Dartmouth. She was also staff emy and Bishop Gerrard High School, counselor/supervisor at the Interfaith all in Fall River. She also was the 10- Counseling Center in New Bedford.

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Scott Hahn offers a new look at Scripture, faith and the Mass

By KELLY RATCLIFFE ANCHOR STAFF

TIVERTON, R.I. - Catholic theologian, author and convert Scott Hahn showed why he has become so popular with modem day believers during a recent sold-out conference at Holy Ghost Church here.

An appreciative audience of more than 500 people listened reverently - and sometimes broke into spontaneous applause - as the nationallyknown speaker and professor of theology and Scripture at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, offered three talks over several hours Sep-

REVEALING REVELATIONS - Catholic theologian and author, Scott Hahn, left, meets with Brock Cordeiro of St. Mary's Parish in South Dartmouth and Deputy Grand Knight of Bishop Stang Knights of Columbus Council 4532, following a presentation by Hahn at Holy Ghost Church in Tiverton, R.1. (Photos by Lori Barrus) tember 8, during what was billed as "A Day with Dr. Scott Hahn."

"It was like a shot of adrenaline to us Catholics," said Lydia Bredemeier of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Seekonk, Mass. "Dr. Hahn inspires us to go back to Scripture and read it in a whole new light. This time, as he suggested, I will read it in conjunction with the 'Catechism of the Catholic Church.'"

She added, "We can never know enough about Our Lord's great love and mercy:" The themes of the talks included "Why Scripture Matters," a discussion on how to read the Bible "from the heart of the Church"; "Hail Holy Queen," how faith beliefs about the Blessed Virgin Mary are rooted in our knowledge of her Son, and why as the Queen Mother, she is an integral part of Christ's kingdom; and "The Lamb's Supper," which addressed the celebration of Mass which, Hahn said, "is so beautifully described in the Book of Revelation."

Brock Cordeiro of St. Mary's Palish in South Dartmouth noted, "I haven't thought of the Book of Revelation in this way. Dr. Hahn's talk was extremely demystifying. You can see that Revelation is not a big scary book. The mysteries described in the book are already happening ... everyday in the Catholic Church. His (Hahn's) presentation is even more powerful and in depth."

Another attendee, Joe Edward Soates of St. Julie Billiart Parish in North Dartmouth, said, "Scott Hahn is a great witness to the faith. A lot of people don't realize what is happening at the altar during Mass. Hahn has found that what happens there is really special."

At one time during the talks, in reference to a

scriptural text supporting one of his points, Hahn commented, "BYOB - bring your own Bible" and "if you don't have a Bible, just look on with the Protestant beside you," an obvious allusion to the allegation that Protestants seem more accomplished at reading the Bible.

Much in the mode of Cardinal John Henry Newman, Hahn led his audience through his conversion experience and what he was missing spiritually before an intense study of the beliefs and writings of early Christians as he began to understand the teachings of the Catholic Church and "come home to Catholicism" 20 years ago.

He confessed to the inner turmoil he experience because he was a Presbyterian and a self-proclaimed anti-Catholic.

After studying the writings of St. Augustine of Hippo, Hahn said that among many things he began to understand was that The Lamb's Supper described in the mystical Book of Revelation was a reflection of the Mass.

"The conference was absolutely wonderful," said Donna Castle of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish in Seekonk. "It was inspirational. I loved his talk because he told of his conversion and of his love and amazement for the Mass."

Hahn ended the talks by giving the group a homework assignment: Read the Bible regularly, prepare for Mass by meditating on the daily readings - as well as frequent readings of the Catechism.

"Don't come to Mass as a spectator but as a participant," Hahn asserted, adding "We cannot afford to continue with biblical illiteracy. As Catholics we are called to be Bible Christians."

Each segment of the conference opened and ended with contemplative music led by musiciansinger John Poke..

The presentations were hosted by Father Jay A. Finelli, pastor of Holy Ghost Parish. A bagged lunch was provided for those attending.

PROCESSION THROUGH TIME - A view from St. Anthony of Padua Church at the epd of the September 14 Mass ,according to the 1962 Latin Missal. ~Photo by David Lira)

Tridentirte Mass celebration energi~es young and old NEW BEDFORD - ~The 147 angels in St. Anthony's Church seemed to be smiling today."

That's how Arthur Motta, 50, of New Bedford, described the experience ofthe traditional Latin Mass celebrated at St. Anthony of Padua Church on the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, September 14.

A parishioner ofHoly Name ofthe Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in New Bedford, Motta said he came to the Mass because "I wanted to attend the Mass I attended as a child. It's the continuity with the ages, the Mass of my ancestors."

September 14 is the day on which Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio authorizing priests to celebrate Mass in Latin according to the, 1962 Roman Missal went into effect. B~nedict encouraged pastors to accommodate the request of stable groups of1he faithful for such a Mass in Latin, which he established as the "extraorm4ary form" of the Latin rite.

About 150 people, th~ majority from the New Bedford but some coming from as far as NJw Hampshire, Rhode Island arid <Cape Cod, attended the Solemn High, Mass celebrated by the pastor of St. Anthony of Padua, Father Roger Landry. Msgr.

Gerard O'Connor served as deacon of the Mass and newly ordained Father Jay Mello ministered as subdeacon.

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WORDS OF WISDOM - Many of those who attended Scott Hahn's recent presentation in Tiverton, R.I., examined the author's large collection of works at a book signing following the event.

'~ the publication of the motu proprio, 23 parishioners approached me requesting the celebration of the 1962 Mass. I was hoping that at least a few of them would come on a Friday night. I never anticipated to see such a huge, prayerful andenthusiastic group of people of every generation."

Several seniors in attendance said that the celebration of ,ithe Mass brought them back to the "joy oftheir youth:' as the "introibo" prayers ofthe foot of the altar at the ~g of Mass ask of God. ''I felt like I was 13 again," said Jacqueline Lira, 64, ofAcllShnet.

Lira described how as a: young girl she used to sing in the Gregorian Choir.

All the words, notes, and emotions from her youth all came back. ''I loved it. It was so beautiful and spiritual."

Her sentiments were echoed by Janet Ouellet, 73, of New Bedford, likewise an ex-.<;horister. ''I loved the singing of the Gregorian Chant and the whole experience of the Mass. It was really beautiful."

AI Cartier, 70, made the trek from SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Fall River to attend the Mass. "I'saw the notice in the Anchor about the Tridentine Mass. I was very spiritually moved. I think this is something long overdue. I am also so happy to see so many young people attending this Mass."

Among those youngsters was Thomas Da Costa, 12, one of a corps of six altar boys trained by Msgr.

O'Connor to serve the Mass. "It is a challenge to learn the prayers in Latin," he said, "but I liked the Mass very much." Da Costa serves daily Mass at St. Anthony's, and said that his first impression ofthe Mass with whichhis grandparents grew up is that it is "more prayeiful." ''I really liked it," piped in Brianna Daponte, 13.

Her nine-year-old sister, Mikayla, added that she loved the gold vestments worn by Fathers Landry, O'Connor and Mello.

The vestments were used by the priests of St. Anthony in former years for Solemn High Masses. The priest's fiddle-back chasuble features a beautifully embroidered vision of St. Anthony on the back. ''Despite the passage of years:' Father Landry said, ''they remain in pristine condition and are as beautiful as the Church."

Several young adults in attendance described what it was like attending the Tridentine Mass for the first time.

1\venty-two year old Peter Josefek of NeW Bedford said the experience was ineffable, as the experience ofthe transcendent through the Mass should be. ''I have no words right now. It was the most reverent sublime and experience of my life. It was hlfllven on earth."

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TV programming in the public " interest: What a concept!

By

MARK P~TTlSON

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - In com, puterese, there's a relatively old aphorism, "garbage in, garbage out::'referring to the fact th~t c'omputers by themselves can',t do anything beyond what the humans program them to do.

When the United States makes the transition to digital television in 2009, you may have to pay for a set-top box that converts the current analog signal to digital so you can see it. In that sense, it's more a case of garbage out, garbage iii; the crud that clutters the -airwaves still finds a way into the 'home. ' But with digital signals, technology has made it possible to . split one channel into as many as six with no appreciable loss of picture q'uality to the naked eye.

That doesn't make the TV mere~y a garbage can, but a potential landfill.

What rights do th~ American people have when it comes to forprofit broadcasters using the public airwaves to make their money?

If the material is patently offensive - generally, in language or sexual content - the Federal Cominunications Co'mmission can fine the broadcaster. That happ~ned when the FCC fined CBS first over the Super Bowl breast~baring incident of 2005, and then last year over an episode of "Without a Trace" that showed a teen orgy. It al~o fined shock jock Howard Stern several times before he landed a deal with a satellite ra~io outfit. , ,If the material is bad beyond compare, the public has standing to challenge renewal of the broadcast license. Many challenges have been mounted, but no broa~caster's license has ever been revoked.

It's come close twice. A Mississippi station in the 1960s would regularly claim "technical difficulties" if "The HuntleyBrinkley Report" aired a segment on civil rights - even though . more than half of the people in ihe station's broadcast area were black. The owner of a Michigan

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station in the 1970s used his airwaves to make personal attacks on people without giving them a chance to reply. , The station' owners, therefore, ' pretty much have a license to print money and to air whatever they feel like airing.

But not so fast, say 28 organizations, including the U.S. Con, ference of Catholic Bishops.

With the advent of signal-splitting digital TV as the only game in town come 2009, it's time that the FCC applies some public-interest regulations to broadcasters, the'consortium said in'an August 15· filing with the FCC. The coalition, which has no snappy name or acronym, includes Common Cause, two statewide League of Women Voters chapters, the Alliance for Community Media, the Center SOMETHING SINISTER IS GOING ON - Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts star in a scene from for Digital Democracy, the Na- the movie "Eastern Promises." For a brief review of this film, see CNS Movie Capsules below. (CNS tional Hispanic Media Coalition, photo/Focus Features) and two organizations serving the troubling. The Motion Picture As- comedy based on actual events, hearing-impaired. sociation ofAmerica rating is R about a washed-up broadcast jour"The obligation of broadcastnalist (Richard Gere), his former restricted.

Under 17 requires acers to serve local educational, incameraman (Terrence Howard) , companying parent or adult guardformational, civic, minority and and the nerdy reporter-son (Jesse ian. disability needs of the public has Eisenberg) of a network executive "The Brothers Solomon" been created by statute and upwho, five years after the Bosnian (Screen Gems) held by tht: courts," the groups war, attempt not just to interview Excruciatingly' dull comedy in said. "Further guidance from the but to capture a notorious war the clueless-protagonist vein, in commission is necessary to lC~~ ~'I()viile criminal who has thus far eluded which two brothers (Will Forte, clarify how these public interest CIA and U.N. search efforts in and who scripted, and Will Arnett) obligations apply to DTV (digilCallJ)~UIII(e~ around Sarajevo.

Writer-director must become fathers to come into tal television) broadcasters and to NEW YORK (CNS) - The fol- an inheritance from comatose fa- Richard Shepard's mix of drama answer outstanding questions raised by the increased techno- , lowing are capsule reviews of mov- ther Lee Majors, and they pay a and laughs works sometim~s, but logical capabilities of the digital ies recently reviewed by the Office' woman they,'ve met online (Kristin not enough pf the time, and despite for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Wiig) to be artificially insemi- individual pluses and an implicitly medium." nated. Director Bob Odenkirk's strong indictment 'of governmen"Despite the fact that most Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"Eastern Promises" (Focus) slow pacing fails to propel the life- tal inacti'on in capturing war crimibroadcasters have come to treat ,Taut, grippingly powerful story less gags. Pregnancy out of w~d­ nals it fails overall to convin~e. the public airwaves as their personal property, that incredibly of the Russian underworld as a lock; artifIcial insemination; Much gratuitous rough language valuabt'e spectrum is still owned midwife in a London hospital rough, crude and crass language; and profanity; crass expressions; by the American public," said (Naomi Watts)'tries to locate the one reference to pornography; and nudity; some violence including Meredith McGehee,policy direc- family of Russian girl who died some mild sexual banter. The torture; a fox hunt; sexual'- refertor of the Campaign Legal Cen- giving birth; when she reveals she USCCB Office for Film & Broad- ences; and premarital situations. " ter, a coalition member. "It is the has the dead girl's 'incriminating ," casting classification is 0 - mor-· The USCCB Office for" Film & (FCC's) job to remind broadcast- diary, she becomes the target of a' ally offensive; The Motion Picture Broadcasting classification is L ers of that fact and to demand 'restaurateur-mobster (Armin ',' Association ofAmerica rating is R limited adult audience, films substantive public-interest efforts Mueller-Stahl), his alcoholic bully - restricted. Under 17 requires whose problematic content many of a son (Vincent Cassel) and their accompanying parent or adult adults would find troubling. The in return."

Motion Picture Association or" In the filing, the consortium taciturn chauffeur (Viggo guardian.

America rating is R - restricted.

"The Hunting Party" recalled that the FCC had asked Mortensen). Director David Under 17 requires accompanying' Cronenberg's somber thriller is (MGMlWeinstein) for comments on its digital TV parent or adult guardian. crafted with impressive artistry, Interesting though uneven black . transition advisory committee's recommendation that the" FCC and performances - including should adopt a set of mandatory those of Sinead Cusack and Jerzy minimum public-interest require-' Skolimowski - are excellent, but ments for digital broadcasteFs though the violence is artistically that would not impose an undue valid extreme caution is advised as burden 'on digital broadcast sta- there are some graphic images and tions and could be phased in over one intense sexual encounter. Bruseveral years. But the FCC, it tal violence with bloodshed, the added, "has not reported on its mutilation of a corpse, nudity, , ' , findings on minimum public-in- blood hemorrhaging, an extended Scheduled celebrant is tattooing sequence, rough lante~est obligations."

Robert A. Oliveira, ' guage and profanity, and drug and The organizations noted there rape references.

The USCCB Ofpastor of Holy Name of the were fewer than 600 days before fice for Film & Broadcasting clasSacred Heart of Jesus Parish digital TV is the way Americans sification is L - limited adult auin New Bedford will watch television.

Pattison is media editor for dience, films whose problematic . content many adults would find Catholic News Service.

Diocese of Fall River TV Mass . on WLNE Channel 6 Sunday, September 23 at 11:00 a.m.

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The light of Mother Teresa's darltness SAN DiEGO, Calif. - This week The ATI£horprints an inte~ew with Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, a Canadian priest of the Missionary Fathers of Charity who is the postulator for her cause of canonization.

Father Kolodiejchuk is the editor of the recently released book of her letters, "Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light," which provides'the window into the interior life Mother Teresa kept hidden from'the world. The interview was conducted by Zenit.

Q: The extraordinary interior life of Mother Teresa was discoveredafter her death. Aside from her spiritualdirectors, how was this life, especially her suffering ofspiritual darkness, kept from all who knew her?

Father Kolodiejchuk: No one had any idea of her interior life because her spiritual directors held onto these letters. The Jesuits have some, some were at the archbishop's house, and , Father Joseph Neuner, another spiritual.director, had some.

These letters were discovered when we went looking for the documents for the cause.

When she was alive, Mother Teresa asked that her biographical , information not be shared. ' She asked Archbishop Ferdinand Perier of Calcutta not to tell another bishOp about how things had begun.

She said, ''Please don't give him anything from the beginning, because once people come to know the beginning, like the locutions, then the focus would be on me and not on Jesus."

She kept saying, "God's work.

This is God's work."

Even the closest sisters had no idea of her interior life. Many would , have thought that she would have had a great intimacy with God to keep her going in light of the difficulties of the order and the material poverty she suffered.

Q: The book discusses Mother's secret vow that she made early in her vocation; where she promised not to refuse God anything on pain ofmorlalsin. What role did this play in her life? .

Father ~olodiejchuk: Mother Teresa made this vow, in 1942, to never refuse God anything.

Her inspiration letters from Jesus soon followed. In one of them, if not both of them, Jesus says, picking up on her vow, "Wilt thou refuse to do this for me?"

So the vow is the background to her vocation. Then you see in the inspiration letters where Jesus makes her call clear.

She then pushes forward because she knows what Jesus wants. She is motivated by thought of his longing and his pain because the poor don't know him, so they don't want him.

This was one of the pillars that kept her going through the trials of the darkness. Because of her certainty of her call and this vow in one

of the letters she says, "I was at the I have a terrible longing for God. To . poverty was to feel unlbved, un- deeper meaning now that we know point of breaking and then I rem~m­ .love and not to be loved, I know I wanted, uncared for, and ,that's ex- these things. bered the vow, and that picked me have Jesus in the unbroken union, actly what she was experiencing in Q: SO what do you say to those up." for, my mind is fixed on him and him her relationship with Jesuk. who call her experience a crisis of Q: There has been a lot of dis- alone."

Her reparatory suffering, or suf- faith, that she didn't really believe cussion about Mother Teresa's Her experience of darkness fering for others, waspart'bfher liv- in God, or somehow imply that her "dark night." It is describedin your within union is very rare even among ing her charism for the Poorest of . darkness was a sign ofpsychologithe saints because for most, the end the poor. book as a "martyrdom of desire." cal instability?

II . So for her, the sufferitlg was not Father Kolodiejchuk: It waSn't a This element, her thirstingfor God, is union without it.

Her suffering, th~n, to use the 00-' only to identify with the physical and crisis of faith, or that she lacked faith, has largely been missed. Can you describe this? minican theologian Father Reginald material poverty, but evert'on the in- but that she had a trial of faith where Father Kolodiejchuk: A good Garrigou-Lagrange's term, is terior level, she identifie<i with the she experienced the feeling that she book to read to understand some of reparatory, much more for the sins unloved, the lonely, the rejected. did not believe in God. She gave up her own interior light these things is Father Thomas of others, not purificatory, for her This trial required a lot ofhuman Dubay's ''Fire Within." own sins. She is united to Jesus in for those living in darkne~s, saying, maturity, otherwise she wouldn't In Father Dubay's book, he enough faith and love to share in his "I know this is only f~1irlgs." have been able to do it. She would speaks of the real pain of loss and a experien'ce in the Garden of In one letter to Jesus, she wrote: have become unbalanced. pain of longing, with the pain of Gethsemane and on the cross.

"Jesus hear My prayer L if this As Father Garrigou-Lagrange longing being more painful.

Mother Teresa made the com- pleases You - If my pain and suf- said, it is possible to have seemingly' As Father Dubay explains, in the ment that the suffering in the Gar- fering - my darkness ~d separa- contradictory feelings at the same path to authentic union with God, den was worse than the suffering on tion gives You a drop of Consola- time. there is the purgative stage called the the cross. And tion - My own Jesus do with me as It is possible to have "objective You wish - as long as iiYou wish Christian joy," as Carol Zaleski dark night, after this a soul then goes to a stage of ecstasy and true union without a single glance at my feel- called it, while at the same time gowith God~ ings and Pain. l ing through the trial" or feeling of ' on my 'having no faith.

The purgative stage for Mother "I am your own. Imppnt Teresa seems to have been during , There are not two people here, soul and life the sufferings ofYour her time of formation at Loretto. heart. Don't mind my feelings but one person with feelings on difAt the time of her profession, she Don't mind even, my pain. ferent levels. said her companion was most often We can really be living the cross "If my separation from You, the darkness. The kind of letters that brings others to You and in their love in someway - it is painful, and it you read there, in the dark night" and company - you fuld joy and hurts, and just ~use we can spiriare typical letters' you pleasUre - why Jesus, I tualize it does not take way the pain, would read or' someone am willing wirth all my but one can be joyful because one is in the dark night. . heart to suffer all that I living with Jesus. And that is not Father Celeste Van suffer - not, only now, false.

Exem, her spiritual but for all ~ternity, if This is how and why Mother director at the time, this was possible." lived a life so full of joy. said that maybe in In a letter to her sisQ: As thepostulotor ofher cause I 1946 or 1945 she ters, she makes the for canom:umon, when do you think was already close to charism of, the order we might be able to call her St. ecstasy. more expli~it, saying: Teresa ofCalcutta?

After that, there is "My dear children, Father Kolodiejchuk: We need one a reference to when without ~uffering, more miracle - we have looked at a the inspirations and our work'would just few, but none has been clear enough. locutions' came, be social work, very There was one for beatification but I' wh~n the difficulty good and helpful, but we are waiting for the second. against faith stopped. it would not be the Perhaps God has been waiting for Later she wrote to work ofJeswi Christ, not the book to come out first, because Father Neuner, expart of the redemption- people knew that Mother Teresa was plaining: "And then Jesus wanted to help us by holy but because ofher ordinariness you know how it worked out. And now we understand where that was sharing our life, our loneliness, our and simplicity of expres~ion, they there, as if our Lord just gave him- coming from, because she under- agony and death.

• did not have an understanding of "All that He has taken1upon Him- how holy. self to me to the full. The sweetness stood Jesus' longing for souls. and consolation and union of those The important thing is that it is self, and haS carried it in the darkest I heard about two priests talking six months passed but too soon." union, and as Carol Zaleski pointed night. Only by being one,with. us He the other day. One said he was never So, Mother Teresa had six out in her article in "First Things," .has redeemed up. ., a big fan of Mother Teresa because months of intense union, after the this kind of trial is a new kind of trial.

'We are allowed to do the same: he thought she was just pious, delocutions and ecstasy. She was al- It is a m:odern kind of experience for All the desolation of Poor people, vout, and did nice, admirable works, ready mthe real transforming union. the saints over the last 100 years or not only their Material poverty, but but then when he heard about her At this point, the darkness returned. so, to suffer the feeling that one does . their spiritual destitution:must be re- interior life, it changed everything But.now, however, the darkness not have any faith, and that religion deemed and we must have our share for him. she experienced was within that is not true.

Now we have more of an idea in it, pray thus when you:lfind it hard union with God - so it wasn't that Q: The name of the book, - 'I wish to live in this world which how developed she was spiritually, she had the union and then lost it. "Come Be My Ught," was a request is far from God, which' has turned and now something of her deeper She lost the consolation of the union Jesus made to Mother Teresa. How so much from the light of Jesus, to characteristics are being revealed. and alternated between the pain of did her redemptive suffering for help them - to take upon me someOnce'the miracle comes in, it loss and a deep longing, a real thirst. others in such e~treme darkness thing of their suffering.'j' could take a couple of years, alAs Father Dubay said, "At times connect with her particular And that captures what I consider though the pope could do it faster if the contemplation is delightful, and charism? her mission statement: ''HI ever be- he ~anted to. at other times it is a strong thirsting Father Kolodiejchuk: During the come a Saint- I will sJrely be one Q: What has happenedto the orfor him." But in Mother Teresa's 1950s, Mother surrendered and ac- of 'darkness.'I will continually be der since Mother's death? case, apart from one month in 1958, cepted the darkness. Father Neuner absent from Heaven - to [light] the Father Kolodiejchuk: The order I' she did Rot have this consolation of [one ofher spiritual directors] helped light of those in darkness on has groWn by almost 1,000 sisters, her to understand it by linking the earth...." union. from around 3,850 at her death to There is one letter in which she darkness with her charism, of satiThis is how slJe und~rstood her 4,800 today, and we've. added over said: ''No Father, I am not alone, I ating Jesus' thirst. darkness. A lot of the things she said 150 houses in 14 more countries.

She used to say that the greatest make more sense and have have His darkness, I have His pain, a much God's work goes on. , ~

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campaign of misinformation and were dolle in clinics, a number of distortion about abortion as a hospitals also perform the.~. Catho. lics should at the least tell hospital 'woman's right.'"

"Abortion is an abomination," he officials they oppose this, said Fasaid. "We need to be faithful to God's ther Euteneuer.

"We have an obligation not to truth. We don't need to hit people over the head with the message be- remain silent in the face of evil," he cause truth has its own beauty and said. "Yet based upon the parable of the weeds among the wheat, the authority.

"But be 'prepared for the on- Church recognizes that we often slaught. Be prayerful and let the have to live and work in situations chips fall where they may. When we of great evil, yet without comprowalk into battle with Our Lady, the mising our values." .Say, for example, a Catholic was Mother of Life, we'll always be proa patient or worked at a hospital that tected."

HLI's efforts are most success- also performed abortions or sterilful in Third World countries, Father izations, or dispensed contraception.

Euteneuer said. For example, the . Of course, the Catholic could not small Central American country of morally agree with or cooperate with Nicaragua recently outlawed all these acts, but he' could still remain abortions, defying enormous pres- employed there or use other hospisure from international culture-of- tal services - provided his involve~ ment was only wi~ morally unob- PHOTO OP - Pope Benedict XVI poses for a photograph with monks at the Cistercian Abbey of the death forces. jectionable activities, Father Holy Cross in Heiligenkreuz, Austria, September 9. (CNS photo/Church/HandoutiReuters) "But this wasn't just a political Euteneuer said. victory," he said: "It was a spiritual "However, there is a long-standtour-de-force. Convents of nuns ing Christian tradition of conscienwere praying; the Church led the way' and people stood up. Nicara- tious objection to institutions where gua pulled this ,out of its national evil acts are performed," he added.

By JOHN TtiAvls "One can exercise this conscientious Neglecting the intellectual dimenPrayer highlights the proper role objection in a radical way by resignCATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE of the modem monastery as a "place sion can give rise to "superficial piing employment as a wiQIess against HEILIGENKREUZ, Austria of spiritual power" in the world, not ety nourished mostly by emotions them, by speaking out against In a visitto one of the world's oldest merely as a stronghold of culture or and sentiments, which cannot be susabuses from within, or simply by monasteries, Pope Benedict XVI un- tradition, or even a simple business tained over a lifetime," he said. boycotting their services and pro- derlined the power ofprayer as a form enterprise, the pope said.

But neglecting the spiritual dimentesting them from without." of "service to the world."

"As a spiritual oasis, a monas- sion can create a cold and detached His visit included a stop at the The pope, winding up a three-day', tery reminds today's world of the rationalism that can never lead to "an Boston office of A Woman's Con- visit to Austria September 9, paid a most important and indeed the only enthusiastic self-surrender to" God," cern, where he praised the lifesav- call on the Cistercian Abbey of the decisive thing, that there is an ulti- he said. ing work of this eaStern Massachu- Holy Cross, the oldest continuously mate reason why life is worth livThe pope also spoke more genersetts pregnancy help network. He active Cistercian monastery in the ing: God and his unfathomable ally about liturgy during his visit, tellspoke to Boston University'S Car- world. ing the monks that the determining love," he said. dinal Newman Society and called' He was given a rousing welcome, The pope also paid tribute to the factor in all worship is "looking to young Pro-Life activists "the great- first by hundreds. of local children monastery's theological academy, God." FATHER THOMAS EUTENEUER est hope we have for the future." gathered in the monastic courtyard, which recently acquired status as a "Whenever in our thipking ~e . In fact, Father Euteneuer said in then by the monks and faithful as- . pontifical academy an4 was named are only concerned about making the separate interview, iflaity and clergy sembled inside the stone medieval after Pope Benedict. liturgy attractive, interesting and soul."

How does the soul of Massachu- of all ages will "return to full Catho- church.

At the same time, the pope beautiful, the battle is already lost," Founded in 1135, the sounded a note ofcaution about mod- he said. setts compare in this spiritual battle? licorthodoxyandazealousmission''A serious conversion of heart" .ary spirit, then the Catholic Church, Heiligenkreuz monastic community em "theological schools, saying that Liturgy ~ust always have God as is needed, Father Euteneuer said. as the fullest expression of the brought Christianity to the region, and theology can "lose the life-breath its specific subject, he said.

"Massachusetts is not much differ- Church that Christ founded, will today it has about 80 monks. Its pon- given by faith" in its desire to be recBefore leaving the monastery, he tifical theological academy is thriv- ognized as a rigorously scientific dis- blessed local parishioners from a baIent from the rest ofthe opulent west- actually transform our society.

"As for the laity, their mod~ of . irtg with more than 100 students. ern world except that the decadent cony, then took time for a keepsake cipline.

Addressing the community, the . forces promoting the degeneration evangelizing our world is above all The important thing, he said, is to photo with all the monks. It was the of culture seem to be more aggres- by fully accepting the Church's pope spoke about St. Benedict, the strike the correct balance between first papal visit in the 872-year hissive in their promotion of the anti- teaching on sexual morality," he founder ofWestem monasticism, and faith and reason. tory of the Heiligenkreuz abbey. life, anti-family agenda. said. his central commands to his monks: Sixty percent of abortions are first to pray, then to work.

"Priests need. encouragement.

All Christians pray, "or at least Especially here, priests need encour- the result of failed contraception, agement:' he said. "U the clergy are he noted; birth control is a cor- they should," the pope said. But for CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italystrong, people will come out behind ruption of God's plan for sexual-路 monastic communities, prayer is a The pope said that in announcing them. Remember the Battle of Jeri- ity. vocation, and praying the Liturgy of Pope Benedict XVI urged the Catho- the Gospel everywhere "the Church The clergy's responsibility is "to the Hours - certain prayers recited lic minorities in Laos and Cambodia does not seek to impose itself," but cho? Priests led the charge. Our priests should sound the battle cry preach the whole truth of Christ to at fixed hours ofthe day-is the heart to pay authentic witness to their faith. instead the Church is trying to "bear In a recent address to bishops witness to its great respect for manto those working in abortion cliirics our people:' he said. "I will never be of monastic calling, he said. silent about the things people really The pope noted that praying the from the two Southeast Asian na- kind and society." that their salvation is at stake."

Noting this year marked the 450th During his three-day visit, Father need to hear for their salvation be- Liturgy of the Hours, or Divine Of- tions, the pope said that although Euteneuer joined people from vari- cause I have to appear before the fice, is a duty not only for monks, but Laos and Cambodia are predomi- anniversary ofthe Church's presence ous parishes, from Operation Res- Throne of God one day to render an for all religious, priests and clerics. nantly Buddhist "it is particularly / in Cambodia, the pope said, ''The . He said he realized that reciting these important that Catholics manifest Christian faith is not a foreign reality cue Boston and from Massachusetts account of my ministry."

Finally, he said, all Catholics prayers faithfully requires discipline their own identity" while respecting to your people."

Citizens for Life in praying outside three abortion sites: Boston's need to pray for a rebirth of moral and sometimes great effort, but said the religious and cultural traditions In Cambodia, a country of 12 milof their neighbors. lion people, only 21,000 are CathoPlanned Parenthood, Women's courage. "One day we will see it returns many riches.

Jesus and his good news are for lics. Catholics make up less than one "Your primary service to this Health Services in Brookline and America again abortion free," he predicted. "We will only do that with worldmust therefore be your prayer men and women of every time and percent of the population in Laos, Framingham Union Hospital.

Although more than half the God, with Our Lady, and on our and your celebration of the Divine place as they search for truth and the with 35,000 Catholics among a total meaning of life, he said.

Office," he said.

23,300 abortions reported in 2005 knees." population of six million people.

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• The Anchor news briefs Missouri Benedictine sisters featured in national magazine CLYDE, Mo. (CNS) - Word continues to spread about a group of women dedicated to a quiet life of prayer in rural Missouri. The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Clyde have appeared on PBS, were profiled this spring in the Kansas City Star daily newspaper and now are featured in the September/October issue of Hallmark Magazine. A six-page article, headlined "Living in Harmony; Protecting the planet is an act of faith for the sisters at a Missouri monastery," chronicles the sisters' environmental efforts, which include harnessing wind energy, restoring native prairie lands, recycling and renovating, and paying careful attention to the abundance of animal life on the monastery grounds. ''For centuries, acting as good stewards of God's earth has been an important priority for the sisters," said Kelly Baldwin, director of communications for the Benedictine community. The September/October issue of Hallmark is available at newsstands and Hallmark stores.

Campus ministry reaches.(\rizona State students with office on wheels MESA, Ariz. (CNS) - A college campus is accustomed to highspeed objects flying across its grounds: students bicycling down the mall, professors hurrying to their next class, a sport utility vehicle adorned with pictures of Pope John Paul II disseminating campus ministry information. OK, so only students at Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus in Mesa will experience that last example. That's because Father Michael Goodyear, a Legionaries of Christ priest who is chaplain of Polytechnic's John Paul II Newman Center, recently outfitted his SUV with pictures and messages of his office's namesake. "When Bishop (Thomas J.) Olmsted (of Phoenix) asked me to come to the Polytechnic and initiate campus ministry, there was no history of anything there," Father Goodyear said. 'We didn't have an office space, no Newman Center. There was no list of Catholic students," he said. "We had nothing." Father Goodyear, who is entering his second year as chaplain at Arizona State University's east campus, drives his "popemobile" on campus and it serves as an advertisement for the Newman Center and as a mobile office. "I'm trying to be as visible as possible," he said.

Australian bishops express dismay at Amnesty's pro-abortion policy SYDNEY, Australia (CNS) - The Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference has expressed dismay at the failure of the human rights group Amnesty International to reverse its new pro-abortion policy, describing the move away from neutrality on abortion as "deeply regrettable." Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide, president of the bishops' conference, said. the new policy put at jeopardy Catholics' long association with Amnesty in "fighting injustice, ending human rights abuses and standing in solidarity with the imprisoned and the 0ppressed." The Amnesty policy was changed in mid-August by the group's International Council- made up of more than 400 delegates from 75 countries - which approved proposals to abandon the group's neutral policy on abortion as part ofits Stop Violence Against Women campaign. The council voted to "support the decriminalization of abortion, to ensure women have access to health care when complications arise from abortion, and to defend women's access to abortion, within reasonable gestational limits, when their health or human rights are in danger."

Archbishop: Government must tackle school-overerowding problem DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin urged the Irish government to address the overcrowding problem in Irish schools and said the Church's role is not to provide schools for non-Catholics. In a statement, Archbishop Martin said the overcrowding problem "is not as a result of the enrollment policy of the Archdiocese of Dublin or any other school patron. The problem is simply a lack of planning. "The fact is that there are more children who need to begin schooling than there are classrooms available, even though the statistics have been evident for some time," he said. "The Archdiocese of Dublin provides a Catholic education for those parents who want it. It has no desire to go beyond that or to be patron of any school where it is not the wish of parents. It is not the responsibility of the archdiocese to provide education for all," Archbishop Martin said.

Ireland's Catholic religious congregations and parishes manage more than 70 percent of the country's primary schools. However. because many towns and suburbs in Ireland are experiencing population explosions fueled by the country's booming economy, many existing schools are filled to capacity.

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statement said.

"It is our hope that the clarification provided by this present decVATICAN CITY - The Vatican laration will assist those whose faith has announced the excommunicamay be harmed by this schismatic tion of certain members of the Army of Mary, a sect in Canada group to remain faithful to the Catholic Church," the Vatican letwhose teachings have been deemed dangerous and erroneous by ter said.

The Army of Mary, also known Church authorities. as the Community of the Lady of The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, acting All Nations, has had an increasingly with the approval of Pope stormy relationship with Benedict XVI, declared the Church authorities. Although excommunication after the "It is our hope that :Ifhe clarifica- it was approved as a Catholic Army of Mary performed tion provided by this present decla- association in 1975, Cardinal ordinations without Church ration will assist thos~ whose faith Louis-Albert Vachon of Quepermission, the Canadian may be harmed by th{s· schismatic bec revoked that standing in bishops' conference said in a group to remain faithful:to the Catho- 1987, after a committee of statement: lic Church," the Vatican letter said. theologians investigated the group's writings.

The Army of Mary was In 2000, the Vatican's top founded in Quebec in 1971

by Marie-Paul Giguere, who said ing to have been ordained by him doctrinal official, Cardinal Joseph she was receiving visions from as deacons and priests; 9ther mem- Ratzinger - now Pope Benedict -.:.

God. The organization's publica- bers of the movement!' who have warned against the "gravely erro•• tions suggested that Giguere was " entered'lOtO sch'Ism b~II partICIpatneous" content of the Army of the reincarnation of Mary, a claim ing in the ordinations" despite Mary's publications. that led Church leaders in 1987 to Church warnings; and whoever In 2001, the Canadian bishops warn the faithful that the group knowingly and deliberately em- issued a doctrinal note confirming could not be considered Catholic. braces the "heretical" teachings of that the teachings promoted by the The Army of Mary defied the Army of Mary.

Army of Mary were contrary to fundamental doctrines of the Church.

Church authorities earlier this year The excommunications were inwhen it attempted to ordained sev- curred automatically,,: or ." latae In March, Cardinal Ouellet puberal new priests. Cardinal Marc sententiae," the doctrinal congrega- licly warned that those responsible Ouellet of Quebec declared that the tion said. for the Army of Mary had excluded II priest who conducted the ordination In a letter issued with its dec- themselves from the communion of had no authority to do so, and the laration, the doctrinal l: congrega- the Catholic Church, that its parcardinal issued a public warning tion said it hoped its action would ticular teachings were false and that against the group. leave no doubt about the status of its activities should not be freThe doctrinal congregation said .the Army of Mary, the bishops' quented or supported by Catholics.

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it was announcing the excommunications because there was no hope of another solution to what had become a "very grave situation," the Canadian bishops' stateinent said.

The bishops' statem6nt said the list of those incurring elcommuniII cation included Father Jean-Pierre Mastropietro, a leading Army of Mary priest, for having attempted to perform ordinations; those claim-

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BY SIMON" CALDSWELL C ATHOUC EWS ERVICE

LONDON - English and Welsh bishops have expressed concern that they would not be able to stop transsexuals from becoming nuns or priests under new equality legislation proposed by the British government.

The Bishops' Conference of England and Wales said it feared proposals to ban "indirect discrimination" against people who have had sex-change operations would take away the Church's right to check vital records - such as baptismal and confirmation certificates - that would reveal if candidates for the priesthood, religious life or marriage we~ transsexuals. the bishops expressed their concerns in a recent submission to the British government. which has proposed that vital records be altered when a person has a sex-change operation. A copy of the submission, prepared on behalf of the bishops

by Archbishop Peter Smith of Cardiff, Wales, was obtained by Catholic News Service.

Archbishop Smith asked for an exemption for the Catholic Chwdl

on the grounds that ChJCh officials . & wou ld h ave no way 0 fkn OWlOg, lor instance, if a woman who applied to be a nun had been a man, or if a man applying to join the priesthood had been a woman. He said the bishops were worri~d that the Church could be sued by transsexuals if a priest refused to fhange parish records.

'There is no convincIng evidence that a gender can really 'be changed or acquired, much less chosen," he said. "Furthermore, the Catholic Church would hold on ,theological grounds that gender is given before birth and cannot be chapged."

The archbishop said there were a number of areas of Catholic life and teaching "where gender reassignment would be an issue." For instance, he said it was likely that a transsexual would not be accepted into a religious order.

Transsexuals alrea,,"y are protected from direct dis4rimination, harassment and victi?tization in employment and vocational training under the Sex DisCrimination Act 1975. But in a consultation paper for the proposed legislation, the government said it wants to protect

transsexuals from practices that . ...10d'rrect di SCODll. . could constItute nation on grounds of gender reassignment."

It said such situations specifically can occur "when organizations do not change their records to show a person's new name or gender." The consultation paper said transsexuals were at a particular disadvantage in terms of their right to privacy because vital records force them to reveal their personal history.

Under existing British legislation, churches are exempt from any compulsion to ordain or marry transsexuals, and the government proposes to leave these exemptions intact.

However, Archbishop Smith said the Church would not be able to tell whether a person is a transsexual if officials are forced to alter parish records.

The proposed legislation would attempt to simplify 40 years oflaws on race, sex and disability prejudice.

Earlier this month, the Church of England criticized the proposed legislation as "amounting to an enforced secularism that fails to respect religious belief at all."

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Young faithful participate in Streetreach on Cape Cod CAPE COD - The First Youth Streetreach Program was held on September 7-8 at the Federated Church in Hyannis. Youth and adult participants from Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville, S1. John the Evangelist in Pocasset, Corpus Christi in East Sandwich, Dennis Union Church, S1. John's Episcopal Church in Sandwich, and First Church of Christ in Sandwich shared in a powerful, spiritual experience.

This project was the result of a collaboration between the Cape Cod Council of Churches, Church Women United, NOAH Shelter of Housing Assistance Corporation, CHAMP Homes, church youth leaders from Cape Cod, and the Federated Church of Hyannis.

The goals were: to bring together youth and adults from different faith communities to explore the issue of homelessness on Cape Cod and to help them develop a passion for living out the Gospel message in the world; to empower former homeless and homeless individuals to use their gifts and talents in a positive way through sharing their stories; to help dispel the stereotypes identified with homeless individuals by spending time and sharing a meal together; to look at the root causes of homelessness and vision action to prevent it; to have fun through praying and working together.

The program included a time for youth to meet some of the formerly homeless and homeless population

on Cape Cod, to hear their stories, share in worship, and provide breakfast and fellowship. There was time for each group to take a guided tour of the area, process the experience, discuss the causes of homelessness, and plan on how they can help alleviate this problem.

Many plan to participate in the Walk to End Homelessness on September 30 in three separate locations on Cape Cod. The message of Matthew 25 was clearly spelled out for the youth as they listened to the stories of their new friends. The story of the starfish where a man picked up one starfish after another to throw back into the ocean was an integral part of the program as each individual realized that you can make a difference ... one at a time.

Highlights included: - praying together in a circle and hearing stories of hopelessness and hope and feeling connected to each speaker; - walking over railroad tracks and seeing blankets where people sleep in cold weather and imaging the devastation and loneliness that is integral to being homeless; - sharing in prayer together even with candles we couldn't light realizing that our prayers can make a difference in someone's life; - watching the story on film of a young mother who faces an unbelievably difficult choice to do what she feels she must to save her daughter's life.

YIPPPEEEEIII- Kindergartners at St. Pius X School in South Yarmouth, enjoy a lesson with each

other and their teacher, Mrs. Ronhock. Below, Taylor Williams, July Millett, Addie-Eileen Paige, Camille Buffington, and Conor Fitzgerald examine Mr. Os (bones) Corpse (body) during a science lesson with Mrs. Therrien

Anotherprogram is plannedfor the spring. Forfurther information contactMarilyn Lariviere 508-7757781 or email m1ariv@comcast.net.

At the opening Mass at Holy Family-Holy Name School in New Bedford, Fathers Roger J. Landry, John M. Sullivan, Robert A. Oliveira and John J. Oliveira welcomed students 'as statues of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Anthony were blessed for the school chapel, remembering the schools that have closed. Students were called forward in three groups to be welcomed and blessed by Father Sullivan.

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gathered recently for a Youth Streetreach program allowing them to meet homeless and formerly homeless people, hear their stories, share in worship, and provide breakfast and fellowship.

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By CHARLIE MARTIN - CATHOLIC NEWS. SERVICE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE songs actually in th~ film. specific school. Perhaps it was I wonder through fiction to a training program. Be as Some critics arentt too look for the truth pleased, yet most agree that truthful as possible. What was Buried beneath all the lies the core of your attraction? the best song on this supposed And I stood at a distance soundtrack is the Gqo Goo Next, understand that the To feel who you are Dolls' current chart-climber path to your deepest hopes Hiding myself in your eyes "Before It's Too Late." and desires is rarely singular.

Refrain: This recent Goo Ipoo When one opportunity leaves, Hold on before it's too late Dolls release offers listeners others are likely to appear if Until we leave this behind much to consider. 'Fhe song's you search diligently for Don't fall just be who you are them. message is to "be ~ho you It's all that we are" for "it's all we; need in Another situation where need in our lives our lives." We are encourthis point is particularly true II And the risk that aged to· see that '~a life you is within relationships. If a might break you don't live is still lost." romance doesn't work out, Is·the one that would save resist falling into a lengthy Recognizing and acting on A life you don't these points help eJtablish discouragement. The possibillive is still lost lives that hold passion and ity of genuine connection with So stand on the edge with me others remains. inspiration ':before it' s too Hold back your fear and see late." , Take time to perceive what Nothin8 is real til it's gone you learned about yourself in Of course, as long as we (Repeat refrain.) are physically alive it's never the now-ended relationship.

So live like you mean it 100 late! Indeed, ceitain Then become open to meeting Love til you feel it someone else. What is "too opportunities or events may It's all that we late" in one relationship may pass oQt of our live~! forever. need in Our lives For example, perhaps during bec9m~ the path to discoverSo stand on the edge with me your senior year you fail to ing a better partnership with Hold back your fear and see apply to a college tliat you another.

I Nothing is real til it's gone want to attend because doubts Being open to new possi(Repeat refrain twice.) told you that you could not be bilities requires living with It's all that we admitted to that schbol. But trust. God wants you to have need in our lives when opportunities are the most satisfying life that It's aU that I need in my life you' can create. All of us face missed, that does nqt mean Sung by Goo Goo .Dolls disappointments, but we do that the' essence of what these Copyright 2007 by Warner opportunities offerea has also not have to allow them to BroslWea form permanent blocks to ended. .. '-1 Think that the music you what we want. Keep on God's gift to YOUj!iS to hear while watching a film is invite.you to be a co-creator trusting in who you believe what's on the soundtrack.CD? God is calling you to be. of your life. Use y01:lf power Think again, at least. when it Discover new paths to your of choice to craft yqur life comes to the soundtrack of the according to deeply felt goals that give meaning and new sci-fi movie "Transformsatisfaction to your life. desires and passions. If doubts ers." Reviewers have said they Your. comments are always caused you not to !lPply to the enjoyed the music in the welcome. Please write to me college where you really movie, but the soundtrack wanted to go, don't !judge at: chmartin@swindiana.net features music "inspired" by or at 7125W 200S, Rockport, yourself. Instead, ask what the movie, with only a few really attracted you ,to this IN 47635.

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Despite bUsy schedule, pope takes time to greet Austrian children

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE VIENNA, Austria - In the .middle of his busiest day in Austria, Pope Benedict XVI took time to greet children and thank them for the letters and drawings they sent him.

The pope chatted briefly with the young Austrian members of Missio, the Catholic aid agency, after a Mass in Vienna September 9. Before the pope's visit, they had sent the pontiff a book of individual notes and sketches expressing their excitement about the trip. .

Addressed to "Lieber Papst" ("Dear Pope"), the letters called the pope "cool," spoke of the preparations for his coming and

offered details of the children's lives, including their big interests and favorite soccer teams. ';rhe pope returned the favor with a brief letter of his own.

Calling the children his "small co-workers," he thanked them for their wishes and for their partici~ pation in Missio, which aids children around the world.

"There are, in fact, many children who do not yet know Jesus.

And unfortunately there are just as many who lack the necessities of life: food, health care, education. Many lack peace and seren, ity," he said.

The pope encouraged the children to keep their "missionary spirit" when they grow up and become adolescents and'young adults.

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for prayer and connecting with The title of this article comes from a message board outside of God because we often look at those things as requiring a set a Christian church. It makes me think, how often do we try to amount of time each day. squeeze in time for God in the Actually, it's not really about' midst of all of the other things giving him time as much as it is we're doing? We wait until the inviting him into all of end of the day when we are the pieces of our day.

This could make the exhausted and likely to fall asleep, to try to spend some time whole day into prayer. '.) with God. We seem to give him You may have seen · concermng . what's left over in our schedule the exerCise time management instead ofgiving him the prime time. 'We tell ourselves we have where the leader 'has a to take care of other things first, container, some large rocks, some small but the Commandments tell us it's God who comes first. pebbles, some sand and some For those of us who have a water. If we're teaching people hard time fitting .everything into . about time management we first our schedules as it is, making fill the container with large time for God sounds nice but it rocks which represent the big doesn't seem practical. School things in our lives ... but there's lias just started, our schedules still room. So we fill our days are different, life is just a little with the smaller things 'and the bit crazy. It's hard to find time less important obligations...

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And.just when we think there couldn't possibly be any room

left in our day, we pour in the water, because somehow we make time for the unexpected surprises. The point is, if we didn't put the large rocks in firs.t, there would be no room for them later. It's all about how we prioritize things. The lesson is that God should be

one of our "big rocks." We should make time for Him first or we will find that ire don't have the time because all of the other less important things just took over. i This is the lesson that is most common, but I would11like to offer a different image.

Let's take that same . contamer anII d a Iatge number of sponges, all different si~es and shapes. The sponges are all of the things in oui' lives ... family, friends, work, sports, entertaInment, etc. We'll fill the container with sponges, naming each one.

When we've filled the container of our life with all of the things that take our time aqd attention and we don't think there's room for anything else, let's pour in

the water and see how the presence and love of God can fill every sponge. This is what we need to do. Bring God with us to work, to the game, to the dinnertable. It's not about carving out a little niche for God in our lives, but inviting him into every second of every day, into every event and relationship, into ever conversation and idea. If we do this, before we know it, our very lives are prayer and we remain consciously connected to God throughout our day. This is giving him what's right ... it's· giving him all that we are and all that we do ... and there is nothing left.

Jean Revil teaches spiritual theology and thanatology at Bishop Stang High School. .

Comments welcome at: jrevil@bishopstang.com.

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finement build a closer relation- 1,200 men and women inmates Rioux's responsibilities in~ ship with God. Like all our other and separate housing at an adja-' elude recruiting, training and suefforts on their behalf! religion cent location for another 150 im- pervising a volunteer staff that and its practice play an important migrants stemming from area ar- currently numbers about 300 and part in their total rehabilitation rests of illegals, the growing who offer their talents and skills and'creating a necessary self-es- population is creating demands as learning tools for inmates. teem for these people who some- for Bibles in the Portuguese lan- They traditionally represent a day will be returning to the com- guage," he said. cross-section of the trades, bU,simunity," he explained.

"Those particular Bibles are, ness and industry, education and' It also helps build a growing medical fields within area comreverence for fellow human be- . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , munities.

Donations of white plastic "We are always looking for ings, says Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson. rosaries and Portuguese community volunteers ready to language Bibles can be offer their unique and personal "I believe spirituality plays an important part, a substantial role d roppe d 0ff, or sent to skills, forinstance, working with in any attempt to bring about a Alcoholics Anonymous or help'I' . " James Rioux, Volunteer Cof I h b success u re a 1 ItatlOn, ing develop literary and writing Hodgson said. "I realize it has ordinator, Bristol County's skills, languages, or even poetry.

Sheriff's Office, 406 Faunce It is all"part of the rehabilitation to be based on spirItuality and Corner Road, North Dart- in that it develops all aspects of that's why I started the various retreat programs that have mouth, MA 02747. the person," Rioux pointed out.

"We welcome volunteers to worked so well." come in and we'll talk about Hodgson noted that although critics contend people keep re- very difficult to find, but we're what they have to offer and if we turning to confinement, "I relate hoping to find some from among can use it, then we. readily apto them how a woman inmate the widespread Portuguese Com- prove it." who developed her spirituality munity throughout this area of " Rioux talked about the parhas now been away from us for Massachusetts, so we put out the ticular ministry to Catholics at 20 years." . d. call," he explame t~e facility.

Rioux said his goals are multiA "gues~timate" of how many He saId Claire Amiot is the asdenominational, "because we of the current inmates are accus- sistant chaplain for the Catholic serve a community of people tomed to reading holy Scripture ministry which is part of the with different faith beliefs. This in Portuguese might be'around 25 Residents Encounter Christ proparticular effort aims to serve a percent, he said. Among them are gram~ ES,sentially a prison mincertain group of them." native Brazilians. istry, REC is a three-day retreat Currently he has approxiWhy white plastic rosaries? weekend based on the Paschal Iilately 1,000 Bibles of various "For many security reasons ... Mystery, the death and resurrecwell-known editions and pub- those are only what we hand out tion of Jesus Christ. lished by, various religious de- to our inmates who ask for the "Aithough we don't currently nominations, in all sizes, of prayer beads," said Rioux. "But have an assigned Catholic chapwhich some 100 are approved for the rosary is a popular Catholic lain, we offer scheduled Masses on Catholic use, as well as hundreds devotion and we make sure those Tuesdays and Fridays," Rioux said. of sets of rosaries, Rioux re- who want them get them. Five Father Kevin Cook, parochial ported. hundred rosaries might supply us vicar at Annunciation of the Lord With a total of approximately for about eight months."

Parish in Taunton, celebrates the Mass on Tuesdays; and Father John Morrison, pastor of Our Lady of Purgatory Church in Continued from page one New Bedford, a Catholic parish Lacliance was, and I think he be inspired." in the Maronite Rite, celebrates Father Lachance, a Fall River the Friday Masses. would like it. In many ways it is like the older memorial in the up- native, was one of 12 children of Currently Sunday Mass is the late Emile Raoul Lachance scheduled once a month and is s~airs church to another saintly priest, Father Vincent and Helena (Robitaille) Lachance. celebrated by Father Herbert Marchildon, O.P., who spent al- His given name was Evariste, but T. Nichols, who is in residence most 60 years of his priestly min- he rarely used it. at Our Lady of Guadalupe at He graduated from St. Anne's S1. James Parish in New Bedistry here, who was, like Father Lachance, well-loved for his car- School and studied at the Semi- ford. ing as well as his many healing nary College de Montreal in Inmates are offered the opporCanada before entering the Do- tunity for the sacrament of penmiracles."

Father Bergeron said Father minican Fathers novitiate in ance every Wednesday.

Lachance will likewise be re- Canada in 1936. He taught theolBesides the Masses and remembered "for his counseling , ogy, philosophy and liturgy at the treats there are also scheduled and healing and yes, some Dominican House of Studies in prayer services, religious educaOtta\ya; served as a missionary in tion and devotions for Catholic miracles too."

Ellen L. 'Shea of Fall River, far-flung areas of Saskatchewan; inmates. who chaired a group of parishio- and was assigned to St. Anne's Donations ofwhite plastic roners and surviving Lachance fam- here in 1959. saries and Portuguese language He subsequently became in- Bibles can be dropped off, or ily members - inch~ding three ,brothers and a sister - who volved in the Charismatic Renewal, sent to James Rioux, Volunteer planned and established the me- and as rector of the Shrine, intro- Coordinator, Bristol County's morial, said, ~'This is a remem- duced healing services in 1978, Sheriff's Office, 400 Faunce brance of Father Lachance and his founded the St. Anne Fellowship" Corner Road, North Dartmouth, ministry that will always be re- counseled lay Dominicans, insti- MA 02747. membered. We thought we would tuted daily confessions, celebrated "You can also call me at 508preserve his memory for future daily Masses and directed the popu- 995-2400 and I'll come and pick generations to look at and like us, lar Novena to St. Anne. them up," Rioux asserted. .

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"So much has happened here," said Anne Mazzola, Lisa's mother, a disaster assistance employee for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who hosts the meetmgs in her Hyannis home.

Devotion to Divine Mercy is based largely on the writings of Sister Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938), a 'Polish nun who in the 1930s reported being visited by Jesus multiple times in her convent in Krakow.

Her diary records Jesus as asking her to have painted an image of him in a white robe with red and pale rays emanating from his heart, and the message "I Trust in You" at the bottom.

Jesus also dictated a new prayer, known as the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. It follows the structure of the rosary but is much shorter. The Our Father bead corresponds to a prayer offering "the body and blood, soul and divinity" of Jesus to the Father to ask forgiveness for sins personal and throughout the world. The Hail Mary beads correspond to an even shorter prayer eyoking the sufferings and death of Jesus: "For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world."

According to Sister Faustina, Jesus told her that people who recite this prayer will tap "an ocean of mercy," and that after they die Jesus will stand between them and the Father not as just judge but as merciful advocate.

In addition to prayers, Jesus demanded that his followers, perform works of mercy.

While the devotion has been around for about 70 years, it appears to have increased significantly dUring the last decade or so. In 2000 Pope John Paul II canonized Sister Faustina and also declared the Sunday lifter Easter to be Divine Mercy Sunday, a new feast thatthe nun had recorded Jesus as asking for.

The late pontiff died on the eve ofthe feast of Divine Mercy in April 2005.

The EucharisticApostles ofDivine Mercy is a lay group headquartered in Florida that spreads the devotion in part by encouraging cenacles to meet and follow a structured course.

Greg Smith, a 69-year-old mechanic who lives in Barnstable Vil,lage, learned about the group about five years ago while on a visit to ,the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge. Smith, whose faith had already been invigorated by an experience with a Catholic spiritual movement known as Cursillo, was attracted to the idea of spreading the devotion. He eventually founded the cenacle in Hyannis, which now, meets every other Monday night.

The group begins with a prayer and then each member describes

blessings experienced since the last meeting. Each reads short passages from the diary of Sister Faustina, the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," and the Bible, following a set plan. The Monday of Labor Day weekend was the group's 54th meeting since its founding.

After the readings and a short discussion of them, members a* for prayers for particular intentions, and then finish by praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, followed by time for fellowship and refreshments.

The group also prays ~e Chaplet of Divine Mercy at 6:30 a.m. weekdays at St. Francis Xavier Church in Hyannis before Mass.

Smith said he has seen many blessings descend on the members of the Eucharistic Apostles group and the people they pray for.

"There's been a lot of prayers that have been answered, and some of them instantly and some of them take a while," said Smith.

Chito Mangahas of Hyannis, who often comes with his wife Sioning, has recovered from a major stroke in November 2006.

Mary Siciliano, 84, of Hyannis was debilitated by emphysema and needed to carry an oxygen tank with her when she started coming to the Divine Mercy prayer meetings more than a year ago. Now she gets around fine and tends to aU her household chores without additional aid.

"I feel that I've been blessed, and it's really through praying here," Siciliano said. "It is a miraculous thing, because I feel 100 percent better. I still have emphy~ema, but I'm feeling terrific. So God has graced me."

But in addition to physica~ improvements, members talk about other healings, as well. During the meeting earlier this month one man spoke of a recent reconciliation with one of his brothers, which started when he made a trip for Florida to see him that he really couldn't afford.

Lisa Mazzola, 48, a painting contractor, has made an extraordinary recovery from her many crushed bones and internal injuries from a head-on collision with a car wh~se driver didn't see her or her motorcycle. She too was the subject of prayers from the group during her long convalescence, which is continuing although she has returned to work.

She said her glimpse of the afterlife has enhanced her sense, of the urgency to save souls, many of whom don't realize what's going on.

"The' fight between the world and God is amazing, because everyone lives in the world. They don't seem to realize it's not about here," she said. "Because everyone is going to be asked a question: What did you do for me?"

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IEucbaristicAd~~!1otl.~~: ~ ATTLEBORO - A Divine Mercy holy hour is celebrated after, the 6:30 p.m.

Mass every Wednesday at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, dur'ing which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed. The shrine is at 947 Pari< Street.

NEW BEDFORD - Eucharistic adoration takes place 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. James Church, with night prayer and . benediction at 8:45 p.m. and confessions offered during the evening. The church is at 233 County Street.

NORTH DARTMOUTH - The diocese's Family Ufe Center plans to host a presentation titled "Down-ta-Earth Spirituality for Married Couples" by David Thomas, a theologian, husband, and father of seven. The talk is billed as a lighthearted approach at finding the sacred in the ordinary experiences of married life. The event is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at 500 Slocum Road in North Dartmouth.

IMiseellaIteoos ACUSHNET - The Chaplet of Divine Mercy is prayed at St. Francis Xavier Church one half-hour before the 4 p.m. Mass on Saturdays. The church is at 125 Main Street.

ATTLEBORO - The annual Portuguese Pilgrimage Day at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette is scheduled for Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The celebrant is Father Pedro Chingandu, a member of the Missionaries of La Salette. The shrine is at 947 Pari< Street.

ATTLEBORO - The Diocese of Fall River is sponsoring a wori<shop for catechism teachers in the Attleboro area titled "Encountering the Living Christ:' with guest speaker Jean Revil from Bishop Stang High School. The event is scheduled for tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon at the Bishop Feehan High School library, 500 Slocum Road.

EAST SANDWICH - The annual blessing of animals at Corpus Christi Parish is scheduled for 10 a.m. September 29. Pets should be on leashes or otherwise protected for their own tranquility. The blessing takes place on the church plaza. The church is at 324 Quaker Meetinghouse Road in East Sandwich.

FALL RIVER - A healing Mass will be celebrated at St. Anne's Church, 818 Middle Street, September 27 at 6:30 p.m., followed by Benediction and healing prayers. The rosary will be recited at 6 p.m.

FALL RIVER - A Bible study of the Book of Genesis is scheduled for 7 p,m.

Tuesdays at the Shrine of St. Anne.Church at 780 South Main Street. The meetings run until December 18 and then start again January 15.

FALL RIVER - Holy Name Parish is holding a recruitment drive this month for the Knights of Columbus. The Knights are a fraternal order of Catholic men devoted to building up communities, parishes, and the Universal Church. For more information, contact Holy Name Parish at 508-679-6732. For more information on the Knights, go to www.kofc.org.

NORTH DARTMOUTH - St. Julie Billiart Church hosts a Bible study twice a week, organized by the parish's Adult Faith Formation office. The lectionarybased Bible study takes place 10 a.m. Tuesdays in the parish conference room at 494 Slocum Road, with a repeat session at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

REGIONAL - Bishop George W. Coleman of the Diocese of Fall River will celebrate a special Mass for couples celebrating a significant wedding anniversary this year such as first, 25th, or 50th. The Mass is scheduled for November 4 at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption at 327 Second Street. For an invitation, see your pastor as soon as possible.

TAUNTON - Holy Family Parish hosts an hour of prayer for families from 1 to 2 p.m. each Wednesday. The church is at 370 Middleboro Avenue in East Taunton.

IPro-ute Activities ATTLEBORO - The 4:30 p.m. Mass tomorrow at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette will be for the unborn. The shrine is at 947 Pari< Street.

EAST SANDWICH - The Respect Ufe Committee at Corpus Christi Church has a morning group that meets at 10 o'clock and an evening group that meets at 7, both on the third Tuesday of the month. For more information, contact Heather Wesp by email at HeatherWesp@comcast.net or Pat Stebbins by calling 508-833-8432.

ISocial Events '.:""""~J ACUSHNET - St. Francis Xavier Church is planning to host its annual Harvest Fest Sunday at 11 a.m. The event is sponsored by the prekindergarten-througheighth-grade school's Parent Teacher Organization. The school is at 223 Main Street.

ATTLEBORO - St. John's Church is holding its annual parish picnic tomorrow from 5 to 8 p.m., just after the 4 p.m. Mass. Folk music, jazz music, storytelling, games, and food are among the draws of the event which is billed as "More than a Picnic - Less than a Carnival!" .The church is at One St. John's Place.

EASTON - Holy Cross Parish is celebrating its 40th anniversary at the 11 a.m. Mass Sunday and at a reception afterward including a video representing the past 40 years. A parish history from 1967 to the present will also be available. The church is at 225 Purchase Street in South Easton.

NORTH EASTON - Prayer and fun activities for the whole family are planned for September 30 from 1-4 p.m. at the opening of the Father Feeley-Father Murphy Memorial Rosary Walk. RSVP for this free event by September 26.

Call 508-238-4095. Holy Cross Family Ministries, 518 Washington Street.

Sister Celine Thiboutot OP; was teacher and volunteer FALL RNER - Sister Celine Thiboutot of the Dominican Sisters of Hope,

91,

died, September 8, at

Catholic Memorial Home.

profession July 2, 1934, and final profession July 2, 1937. She earned

lector at St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River. She moved to Catholic Me-

a bachelor's degree .in American

morial Home in

History from Boston College.

2002.

Born in Fall River, the daughter

Locally, Sister Celine taught el-

She leaves a sister, Jeannette Canuel of Fall River; and nieces and

of the late Josephat and Bernadette

ementary level students~tSt. Anne

nephews. She was also the sister of

Chretien, ,she entered the novitiate

School in Fall River and St. Francis

the late Armand, Alphonse, Eugene, .

of the Dominican Sisters of Fall

Xavier School in Acushnet; taught

Lionel and Gabriel Thiboutot;

River on Aug. 3, 1932, made her first

high school French at the former

Lorraine Beaulieu, Pauline Peck,

Dominican Academy .and was a

Blanche

teacher at Diman Regional, Vocational Technical High School, all in

Cournoyer.

Her funeral Mass was celebrated

Heckler

and

Rita

Tridentine

Fall River. In retirement she w~s

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engaged in volunteer servic~s to the

morial Home. Burial waS at Notre

Fall River convent, wasfan extraor-

Dame Cemetery in Fall River.

said it was "amazing."

"I wanted to experience the old Latin Mass, and I thought it was beautiful. I was able to see the symbolism behind the reality that the priest ministers on behalfof the Church to God. Even though I didri't understand the Latin words, I understood what the actions and words meant. It brought me back to the truth that through the Mass we enter the holy of holies."

MarijannaLokitis, 29, a pre-school teacher at Holy Family Holy Name School in New Bedford, said that she was "always interested in seeing how the Old Mass was."

She added that even though she was unfamiliar with the Latin prayers, "I loved the silence so that I could prayerfully unite myself step-by-step to what was going on." She says she looks forward to attending again.

Father Landry announced that St. Anthony's will hold a Latin Mass according to the 1962 Latin Missal on the first Saturday of each month at 8 am., beginning October 6.

The youngest priest ofthe diocese, Father Jay Mello, 27, ~aid he was happy that he was only responsible for the duties ofthe subdeacon rather than .having to learn all the rubrics and Latin prayers for which Father Landry was responsible. "Unlike Father Roger, I haven't had 14 years of Latin."

Yet serving at the altar was an opportunity for someone ordaiited only two months, he said, to unite himself with the saintly priests and people who worshipped God in that form of the Mass for centuries. ''The priesthood is not a reality stretching back only 37 years with the new Mass, but something that reaches back across the centuries."

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Please pray for these priests during the coming weeks Sept. 24 Rev. Joseph E.C. Bourque, Pastor, Blessed' Sacrament, Fall River, 1955 Sept. 25 Rev. Robert 1. Woodley, S.1. Missionary, Taunton, New Bedford, Fall River, 1857 Sept. 26 Rev. John 1. Donahue, Assistant, St. WIlliam, Fall River, 1944 Rev. Aavius Gamache, SMM, Former Pastor, St. Peter, Dighton, 1996 Sept. 27 Rev. John W. Greene, S.1., former teacher at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, 1991 Sept. 29 Rev. J.A. Payan, Founder, St. Mathieu, Fall River, 1899 .

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SEPTEMBER 11TH CO~MORATION By: Sophia Bonenfant and Krista deMello, Grade Eight On September 11, our country cried, As we watched in horror, thousands died.

The horror ofthat day will always be near, Some remember with pride, while some live in fear.

We all feel sorrow for those who have died, And we should always remember why some live with pride.

Police, firefighters and EMT's that day Did all they could to get people away.

Bravely, they tried to save as many lives as they could, But the towers collapsed and buried them where they stood So we honor these people who tried to save lives.

They will be missed by their children, :husbands and wives.

Every year, on this day people gather together To pray for these people in all sorts ofweather.

We remember those people for the sacrifice they made, For they risked their lives to come to people's aid.

We remember these people with our undying love, And we know they're still with us Though they're up above.

RECOGNIZING OUR CIVIL SERVANTS - Father Jay T. Maddock was the celebrant of a Mass at Taunton Catholic Middle School on September 11. His homily stressed the importance of peace beginning within each person and resonating from them to their families, communities, to the nation and finally the world. Representatives from the City of Taunton Police and Fire Departments were on hand to receive certificates of recognition for the selfless work they do on behalf of the community. Below, eighth-grader Sophia Bonenfant reads a poem written by her and classmate Krista deMello.

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