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For the second year, the diocese honors a judge, a lawyer, court official and an ecumenical honoree for service to the community.

By JAMES N. DUNBAR FALL RIVER - The prestigious St. Thomas More Award was presented to four members of the justice system at the second anRed nual Mass and ceremonies in S1. Mary's Cathedral Sunday as families and friends atKEYNOTE SPEAKER tested to their - at the Hed Mass dinworthiness. ner at White's of Wesport . Later, at a was Massachusetts Sudin ncr at .

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assembly heard from keynote speaker Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice Roderick L. Ireland.

Presented the awards were Judge Robert A. Welsh, Jr., of the Orleans District Court; Atty. Joseph P. Harrington of New Bedford; Retired Attleboro ClerklMagistrate James Sullivan; and R~tired Superior Court Judge August C. Taveira of New Bedford.

Sullivan, who was reported recuperating from a bout with pneumonia last week, was represented by his son, Atty. Daniel J. Sullivan, who succeeded his father as clerk! magistrate of the Attleboro Court.

The Red Mass, so named because of the color of vestments worn by the celebrant at a Mass of the Holy Spirit, annually honors a judge, a lawyer, court official and ecumenical honoree.

While Judge Taveira, the ecumenical award winner, is a Catholic, he was chosen because he displayed a unique sensitivity and compassion to defendants brought before him "without regard to race, creed or ethnicity," said Father Mark R. Hession, chairman of the Red Mass Planning Committee.

In an impassioned introduction of Judge Taveira, Judge George Jacobs, associate justice of the Massachusetts Court of Appeals, and the ecumenical winner last year, said the

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RECIPIENTS of the St. Thomas More Award at Sunday's Red Mass were, from left, Retired Superior Court Judge August C. Taveira, Attorney Joseph P. Harrington, Judge Robert A. Welsh, Jr., and Attleboro Clerk/Magistrate Daniel J. Sullivan, who accepted the award on behalf of his father, retired Attleboro Clerk/Magistrate James Sullivan. "".,;.:;,~~;.~~~ • • . .~ I,'<{ '"",

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HISTORIC MOMENT - Father Stephen A. Fernandes stands with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley outside the neWly renovated Holy Cross Church for Saints Peter and Paul Parish, Fall River. The bishop helped celebrate the reopening of the church and dedicated the altar. (Anchor photo/Gordon)

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PROCESSING - into St. Michael Church for the annual Thanksgiving Mass for the Association for the Development of the Catholic University of Portugal are, from left, Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, Bishop Sean P. O'Malley and Patri- . arch of Lisbon Archbishop Jose da Cruz Policarpo.

Cardinal Medeiros' work to advance Catholic University of Portugal praised

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FALL RIVER - People of the Fall River Diocese should be proud of their efforts to help establish the successful Catholic University of Portugal, a Portuguese church official said in a homily at a 5 p.m. Mass Sept. 19 in St. Michael Church.

The special Mass, celebrated by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, at which Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston presided, was the annual celebration of the Association for the Development of the Catholic University of Portugal. The Mass was also in memory of the late Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, who founded the organization to benefit the university in his native country.

Patriarch of Lisbon Archbishop Jose da Cruz Polycarpo, whose homily was in Portuguese, said that路 the Church in Portugal, its people and those who established the university, "are most grateful for Cardinal Medeiros and the organizers here in Fall River." He said that the university is a bridge between Portugal and America, and that those in this country who provided funds made it possible for the university to survive.

The difficulties were many in the 1960s because the Church was not allowed at that time to have <: university, he said. But timely help came from America to help it receive authorization and to move it along financially.

Thousands have graduated from the university and it is regarded as a beacon to Catholic education in Portugal, Archbishop Polycarpo reported. He called on all who have participated in ADCUP to be grateful and to praise God for it.

Leonel Medeiros, the late cardinal's brother, said he too was grateful that the program instituted by his brother had proved as successful as Archbishop Polycarpo

had indicated. "Obviously ADCUP was a great help to the university and the goal has been established.

It was so wonderful for the archbishop to describe the cardinal as a great gift to us and to Portugal," Leonel Medeiros said.

Cardinal Law thanked the parish for its gesture of hospitality and of remembrance of Cardinal Medeiros, who preceded Cardinal Law as the archbishop of Boston.

Earlier in the day Cardinal Law visited Cardinal Medeiros' grave as he has done many times, "and prayed for him and his dear parents."

Addressing Archbishop Polycarpo and Father Manuel Isidro Alves, rector of the Catholic University of Portugal, Cardinal Law said: "What a great gift has come from Portugal in the person of Cardinal Medeiros. I am so grateful for the fact that my own ties with the Diocese of Fall River are much stronger than the tie the metropolitan would ordinarily have, because of him. Because this was his home, my ties of appreciation for Portugal, for the Azores, are such as they would not have been otherwise, except for him."

Cardinal Law, who spoke in Portuguese and in English, said that he joined with all attending the Mass in remembering prayerfully Cardi-. nal Medeiros "who was a great, great ieader in the Church, the good friend of the Church in Fall River and Boston. And in a gathering like this we cannot help but remember that great priest of this diocese, Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca (former vicar general of the diecese), who so beautifully and selflessly to the end, served the cause of ADCUP." The cardinal thanked pastor Father Luis A. Cardoso for his cordiality and said he envied him his great choir. .

A reception followed at Cardinal Medeiros Residence.

NORTH DARTMOUTH - This summer, while awaiting his return for start of classes at St. John Seminary in Brighton, Ramon Dominguez, a third year theology student for the Diocese of Fall River, assisted at St. Julie Billiart Parish here and also ministered at St. Vincent's Home for Children in Fall River.

Born in Havana, Cuba, Dominguez is one of five children of Ramon and Carmen Dominguez. He moved with his family to the United States and attended schools in Connecticut and Maryland. He studied engineering and earned a bache.lor of science degree in mechanical engineering. After working for several years as an engineer and being involved in a variety of volunteer ministries, he began to sense a calling from God to more of a lifetime of commitment to service in the Church.

After a series of retreats and prayer,

Dominguez has workfld with Hispanic youth at St. Ambrose Parish in Dorchester. He has ministered at St. Kevin's elementary schcol and taught the children about the Holy Father's recent trip to Cuba.

For those considering a vocation to ministry in the Church, Dominguez recommends talking to someone involved in active ministr路'I. This would give a variety of persorlal witnesses from which they can g,.in a glimpse of the "inside view" o:f a vocation.

Retreats, too, are a help to focusing on the issue of ministry by attending to the voice of God.

RAMON DOMINGUEZ he left his job and in1994 joined the Youth Apostles.

During his time in the seminary,

If you have ever thought about a vocation, contact Fc.:ther Craig Pregana in the Vocation Office at (508) 675-1311formor(! information about how to discern a vocation. The Lord may be calling yo,,, to ministry in the Church. Are you listening?

Diocese's TV Mass to mark 35th anniversary NEW BEDFORD - Television Mass Director Father Stephen J. Avila will celebrate this Sunday's Television Mass at 8 a.m. on WLNE-TV, channel 6, to observe the program's 35th anniversary on the air.

Participating in the liturgy as lector will be State Rep. Joseph

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"Reflections on Vatican II," a twohour documentary on the Second Vatican Council, will air on WSBE -TV, channel 36, the PBS station in Providence, R.I., Sept. 27, 9-11 p.m.

More than 100 theologians, clerics, philosophers and celebrities were. interviewed for the documentary, which was filmed in eight countries.

The program was produced by Vatican II Productions and Lyrick Studios, Inc., an independent Dallasbased production and distribution company. It is being aired on many PBS stations throughout the country.

McIntyre of New Bedford, who served for many years as an altar boy for the TV Mass. Music will be provided by a young adult choir cpmprised of members of music ministry from Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. John the Baptist parishes in New Bedford, under the direction of Shirley Guereiro.

In the congregation will be the Sisters of the Resurrection of St. Saviour Day Nursery in New Bedford, who have assisted as sacristans for the Mass since its begin-

'Annual Scout Retre~lt set for this weekendl FREETOWN - The Diocese of Fall River's three-day annual Scout.

Retreat with the theme "The Holy Spirit," will take place thili weekend, Sept. 25 through 27 at Cathedral Camp.

Activities include presentations, overnight crmping, friendship, prayer and socials. . I Religious services for Catholic and Protestant faiths will be provided I on Saturday evening. , For registration and information contact Paul Parente at (508) 674-5568 or Mary Powers at (508) 824-4452.

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Daily Readings Sept. 28 Jb 1:6-22; Ps 17: .

1-3,6-7; Lk 9:46-50 Sept. 29 Dn 7:9-10,13-14 or Rv 12:7-12a; Ps 138:1-5; In 1:47-51 Sept. 30 Jb 9:1-21,14-16; Ps 88:10-15; , Lk 9:57-62 Oct. 1 Jb 19:21-27; Ps 27: 7-9,13-14; Lk 10:1-2 Oct. 2 Jb 38:1,12-21 ;40: 3-5; P,s 139:1-3, 7-10,13-14; Mt 18:1-5,10 Oct. 3 Jb 42: 1-3,5-6,12-17; Ps119:66,71 ,75,91, 125,130; Lk 10:17-24 Oct. 4 Hb 1:2-3;2:2-4; Ps 95:1-2,6-9; 2Tm 1:6-8,13-14; Lk 17:5-10

ning. Among them wi,ll be Sister Leandra, who began ht~r service at the premiere broadcast and continued doing so for more than 30 years.

Members of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and of St. Stanislaus Parish in Fall River will also attend.

Fall River Bishop James L. Connolly celebrated the fin:t Television Mass on Sept. 22, 1963. It was broadcast from a chapel set up in the New Bedford studio of channel 6.

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Full day included workshops, displays and Mass

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For over 550 catechists, r---::f\:--:f:~;:r.-~---::-::r-·~~~~-....-...-~~~i.l~ school prin\., cipals, parish directors of religious education and deacons, the annual Catholic Education Con· vention, theme-d " HoI y Spirit: Source of Unity," was a full day of activities, workshops and prayer.

Held at Bishop Connolly High School last WORKING THE CROWD - Monica Melo of Es- S aJ I,lrd ay pirito Santo parish, Fall Hiver, tells a story during a from 8:30 workshop entitled "Storytelling Techniques for Reli- a.m. to 2:30 gious Educators," at the Catholic' Education Con- p.m., it was an opportuvention held annually at Bishop Connolly High nity . for School. The day included workshops, Mass, a key- those in atnote address and lunch. (~nchor/Gordon photo) tendance to

deepen their faith, revitalize, improve their ministry, and share ideas, smiles and prayer.

It began with the celebration of Mass in the school's packed auditorium by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM, Cap., as principal celebrant and homilist. Deacon Bruce 1. Bonneau, Diocesan Director of Religious Education, assisted the bishop and several diocesan priests concelebrated.

"You teachers are the heralds of the Holy Spirit," said Bishop O'Malley during his homily. He spoke about the destructive influences on children in American society and stressed the importance of teaching children that happiness is not about money or power but about loving God. "You are called to bring the Word to God's little ones, to teach them that happiness is loving God," said the bishop. "You must share the happiness of the Word with others," he declared.

The conference included three . sets of workshops, each giving attendees more than a dozen topics to choose from. They included sessions on helping children li~e the Scriptures, celebrating an individual's gifts, the joy ofchastity, Church history, retreats, teaching' methods, sacraments and

Religious leaders disappo~nted by partial-birth abortion ban vote • u.s. Senate missE~s again by just th,.eE~ votes as Bay State Sens. Kennedy and Kerry stick to their old ways.

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WASHINGTON - Religious leaders expressed. disappointment over the Senate's failure Sept. 18 to gain a two-thirds majority to override President Clinton's veto of the partial-birth abortion ban.

But even though the 64-36 vote, just three short'of two-thirds, means Clinton's veto will stand, supporters of the legislation are confident that it won't be long before they garner enough votes to override any future vetoes.

"It will inevitably pass. The will of the American people will be heard," said Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa.,·a Catholic, who sponsored the bill.

This July the House overrode the president's veto of the partial-birth abortion ban in a 296-132 vote. Congress first passed the federal ban on partial-birth abortions in 1995, and Clinton vetoed it. A year later, an.attempt to overrid~ his veto failed.

Congress passed a new ban last year, which was once again vetoed by Clinton.

During a press conference after the Sept. 18 vote, Santorum was joined by politicians and religious leaders who urged supporters to keep pressing this issue, particularly at the polls in November.

"We might have seen some of the last performances of some of these senators," said Gary Bauer, president of the Family Research Council.

Likewise, James Dobson, president of Focus on the Family, said the best response to the Senate's vote would be to "send people to the House and Senate who would work to end

this tragedy." nation's bishops would continue their "The vote distressed me a great efforts supporting such a ban "until deal," said Cardinal Anthony J. this work has been accomplished."

Bevilacqua of Philadelphia, who On the Senate floor just moments added that he was "sickened" when before the roll call, Sen. ban Coats, some of the senators simply gave a R-Ind., pleaded with his colleagues thumbs-down signal for their nay to consider how the nation cares for vote. its weakest members of society. .

"They're preferring death to life," "We should begin today to say that he added. no one is expendable," he said.

One woman who didn't get a Speaking to a handful of reporters, the cardinal said "all abortions are chance to speak into the microphone horrible and barbaric," but lie noted either on the Senate floor or the press that when people realize the specif- conference was Terry Heineman, who ics of partial-birth abortions which attended a prayer service prior to the involve the partial, feet-first delivery vote and stood on the sidelines at the of a fetus and the draining of its skull, press conference holding two framed they'll "see the basic truth that this is photographs. a human being."

The pictures were of her three chilHe said the Church has always dren, including Mary Ann, who died taught that you "never, never, never at five months of hydroencephaly have justification to kill an innocent a condition of abnormal fluid in the person." brain.

In a statement, Cardinal Bernard When Heineman, a member of St. F. Law of Boston, chairman of the Jude's Parish in Rockville, Md., was U.S. bishops' Committee for Pro-Life seven months pregnant, she was told Activities, called it a "national trag- of her baby's genetic defect and asked edy that it remains legal to kill infants if she wanted to end the pregnancy. . who are almost fully born."

Now she belongs to a group called He thanked those who had cam- Women Allied in Truth, which she paigned against this procedure, say- described as "women who've come ing "thanks to these efforts, the vast forward to say accepting children and majority ofAmericans do oppose par- loving them is a choice we've made. tial-birth abortion."

Our children didn't have a voice in The cardinal said he was confident the womb." that partial-birth abortions would be Heineman's other daughter, Elizabanned in the near future, and said the beth, died at age 2. .....!1111111~

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So often we look at the practice and execution of the law as heartless alJd impersonal. From television programs dealing with law, it seems to be one big hassle. News reporting of current affairs is frequently bellicose and confrontational. All in all, lawyers, judges and courts are not held in high favor. The general public has become wary of the legal professiop and approaches it with much trepidation.

With this in mind, it was more than refreshing to hear Judge Roderick Ireland, associate justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth, in his address to judges and lawyers gathered for a Red Mas's dinner, advise them, as they commenced a new judicial year, to reflect on the words of the Old Testament prophet Micah in verses 6 to 8 of chapter 6 of the book that bears his name: "to do the right and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God." What a renewing concept in these days of national pessimism!

Those words remind us that the highest norm of human I ife is the divine law, eternal, objective and universal, whereby God orders, directs and governs the universe according to a plan conceived in His wisdom. We have been made by God to participate in this law.

The Church has always taught that the entire law of the Gospel is contained in the command of Jesus to "love one another as I have loved Y9U." This new law is rightly called a law of love be-. cause it bids us to act out of love, not fear. This is a law of grace and freedom.

Its practical application is to be found in justice, the moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give one's due to God and neighbor. Justice toward one another should dispose a person to respect the rights of others and to establish harmony and balance in human relationships.

It should be obvious that there is an imperative in today's courts to recognize that the common good is based on respect of the human person. In the name of that common good, all in our legal system should be constantly aware that they are bound to respect the fundamental and inalienable rights of each individual. Social justice can be obtained only when human dignity is respected.

It should also be recognized that any society that denies these rights is a society that undermines itself; otherwise the political and juridical system debases itself and loses its moral authority. It is also important to note that those who administer law must always realize their responsibility and acco·untability. This can be done only by safeguarding and strengthening the values that inspire confidence and trust.

America badly needs this restoration in the public sphere. We cannot look upon our courts merely from the viewpoint of partisan politics, neither can we regard our judges as mere political appointees. There is a great need today to make our judicial process one that reflects the very best 'of ideals and aspirations. If justice is viewed as no more than a crass exercise of power, few can place faith in the system. Nor can we allow the process of justice to sink to the level of argumentative television soap operas where the worst is sensationalized and tne good ridiculed.

Our justice system is the backbone of our constitutional procedures. Its practice must reflec~ dignity, hope and equality. In trying times such as we are now experiencing in our land, the courts and the law should be the guardians o'f all that is right in America.

May we hope that all who share the awesome task of administering the law will be men and women who follow the guidelines of Micah.. Only thus can what is fair and right be assured as a constitutional guarantee for each and every citizen of our nation.

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A WEATHERED statue of St.. Vincent de Paul stands outside a chapel named in his honor at Catholic University in Washington. A French priest known for charitable works, St. Vincent established an order of religious men now known as the Vincentians and also founded tht3 Sisters . of Charity. His feast day is Sept. 27.

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AN ARTIST'S depiction shows the Archangel Michael holding a sword in a battle against evil. Michael is mentioned in Revelation as conquering the "ancient serpent" in heaven. The feast day of the archangel is Sept. 29.

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"You must perceive that a person is justified by his works and not by faith alone." James 2:24.

Worried about the homeless named after Sister Eva, our first cook. That means they will be out in the Why am I telling you all this? street with all their property in a pile.

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Many of them will join the ranks Frankly, because I am worried about The rap on the door of Eva's Fam- the future. of the hidden homeless by moving in ily Shelter was so timid it almost went The headlines in our local paper with a relative in overcmwded condiunheard. The door opened a crack, this past June read as follows, "Wel- tions. The rest will be exposed to the just enough to see the rather swollen fare Reforms May Leave 500 Home- elements. eye of a young woman standing next less - Welfare Rent Subsidies to ExI don't know what we're going to to her two sons, one 3 the other 5. She pire July 1st, 1998." It is now Sep- do as a nation to help the growing said she had been referred to us by a tember, and an emergency extension number of homeless families in crifriend the day after her husband beat ' of the deadline saved the day for a sis. Here at Eva's we are doubling our. her in a drunken rage. limited number, but the crisis is upon capacity at the family shelter, but this One of our counselors welcomed us, not only here in Paterson, N.J., but expensive effort will take a year to her immediately. "Come in, there's all over the nation. complete and will only be a drop in room for all of you inside," she said.

Welfare recipients are in jeopardy the bucket.

She took them to a comfortable room of losing their federal rental assisPlease pray for the homeless, and with bunk beds and said: "You can tance, and many good people will for all those who are working to help stay here until you get back on your eventually find themselves homeless. them. We all need your prayers. feet. Now let's get some milk and chocolate-chip cookies, and I'll get you settled for the night."

As executive director of Eva's Village, I can tell you many stories of women and children who come to us Editor: . in need. The stereotypes you hear I was saddened recently to learn that MediaOne, Cine of the about the poor are often unfair and primary cable TV companies serving our diocese, is implementing unkind. Very few of them are wela policy of uniformly dropping the Odyssey Channel (In all sysfare cheats or freeloaders. They do not tems. As an avid fan, despite the limited hours available fo,r viewing want to be in this terrible situation, here in Attleboro, I ask my fellow Roman Catholics to join in our but have found themselves powerless areawide campaign to reverse this decision by strongly a,dvocating to change it. the carriage of Odyssey on Media One. Like many women and children As good and faithful Catholics, true to the Christian unity. calling before them who came to us because inherent in our faith, we should act. Odyssey is an interfaith netof 'poverty, abandonment or violent work conceived and operated by a coalition of Roman and Orthobattering, this .woman, whom I will dox Catholics, Protestants, Evangelic~ls, Pentecostals and the Jewcall Pam, found a safe haven with us. ish tradition that has grown to nearly 70 national faith groups in its Apart from the family shelter, we also 10 years of cooperative ministry. have separate emergency shelters for When the channel is eliminated, so too is a wealth i)f Roman men and women, two drug and alcoCatholic programming not available on EWTN; our ecum.:mical vishol treatment centers, one for men and ibility is lost; entire regions in states would likewise be affected and one for women, and a medical clinic we should join in our efforts that more channels .are indeed availserving the poor who come in off the able and that the Vatican's vision that we cooperate with other faiths street. in the communications field is realized.

It is ~"o our privilege to feed three e Let's be the loving, open,. renewing Christian peoph3 that the meals a day to approximately 150 Second Vatican Council envisioned when implementing itn decrees. people, staffand clients living in-house.

Let's ask for the Odyssey Channel· now.

In addition Eva's Kitchen feeds 250 to Katherine M. Lancisi, 300 meals a day to those who come ,"ttleboro each day for a free meal. Eva's was

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Fri., Sept. 25, 1998

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Wounded World War /I veteran visualized himself as recovered and it led him to to realize his goal.

By Roy J.

HORNER

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

of weeks later he was hit by five machine gun bullets in a German ambush.

Taken prisoner and eventually left for dead by his German captors, Miller was rescued by chance by an American patrol. He spent the next three years in military hospitals. He was paralyzed for two~and-a-half years, with the doctors telling him he might never fully recover.

But Miller visualized himself as recovered and raising a family. Those images and prayer, he said, delivered him from the depths of despair and allowed him to miraculously and fully ..._.--___;----,

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Through a faith in God grounded in positive thinking, Lew Miller of Louisville has overcome obstacles that boggle the human mind and has achieved goals that seemed out ,.....

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"It is my opinion after many, many years that the greatest triumph in life is the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity," he told The Record, newspaper of the Louisville Archdiocese. "I tell people a lot of times to thank God for adversity because without it we never would LEW MILLER of Louisville, Ky., 80, sees have made the positive thinking as the key to his survival of a progress that we life of difficulties. (eNS/ Horner photo) have." . ' The 80-year-old Miller speaks recover.

After his recovery, he mamed and from experience. A long, dee;p scar on his left arm is a mark of his belief in had a career as supervisor of promothe power of visual imagery as a form tions at General Electric. He and his of prayer and of faith in God. . wife, Jane, who are members of St. He became conscious of visual Raphael Church in Louisville, have imagery - in which a person projects four children and 11 grandchildren. positive thoughts about future goals Miller has the energy level of a or needs as a sign of trust in God man half his age. He teaches visual as he lay' suffering from near-fatal imagery in schools and universities and to hospital patients and other wounds in World War II. Miller was a 26-year-old first lieu- people facing adversity. He has writtenant in the U.S. Army when on ten "Miracles Can Happen to You: March 5, 1945, he helped to liberate The Power of Visual Imagery" and the German town of Dormagen, other books on positive thinking and where the Nazis used slave labor in a faith. chemical munitions plant. A couple And although he shies away from

Catholic legislator seeks to bar Internet porn from libraries

By CLARE MACDONNELL CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE ARLINGTON, Va.,- An amicus brief filed by a Catholic Virginia legislator could playa part in Internet pornography being kept from reaching public libraries throughout the country.

The brief was drafted by Richard H. Black, a delegate to the state Legislature and Loudoun County Library board member who is a parishioner at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Great Falls in the Arlington Diocese.

He prepared it for a case called Mainstream Loudoun et al. vs. Loudoun County Library Board of Trustees. A group known as Mainstream Loudoun has sued the trustees fodlllplementing a ban on Internet access to pbrnography in county libraries. '. .

"This is the Roe vs. Wade of pornography - i f we lose there will be an enormous coarsening of American society and an increase in criminal activ.. ity," Black told the Arlington Catholic Herald. . He said thai how the case is decided will greatly affect the community and the country. .

An amicus brief, or "friend of the court brief," raises legal issues that have not been developed by parties of the case. .

Black has argued that pornography access in libraries creates a sexually hostile environment which is conducive to sexual harassment.

Jonathan Weinberg, Black's press secretary, said policies similar to the Loudoun County policy have been enacted in jurisdictions around the country'''It is likely that all of these Internet pornography ban policies will be challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union," said Weinberg. "It is important that if that happens there is a strong defense of the policy which is detailed in the amicus brief."

Black said he plans to go to every church in the county to encourage them to sign on to the brief, which he said will show that the entire community of faith supports the ban.

his status as a war hero, Miller has been honored as one by the people of Dormag~n, who' hailed him and other members of the Fourth Cavalry as the "liberators of Dormagen."

"This represents a first," Miller said. "When we assaulted this town and secured it ... these people knew their freedoms had been restored and were relieved. They were so grateful that this is the first time in the history of Germany and maybe the world that a town and the townspeople and their leaders recognized they were liberated by an invasion force."

A plaque and souvenir booklet created for the Dormagen ceremony features a picture ofMiller from World War II and the Fourth Cavalry's insignia. An

inscription notes that the heroics ofthe Fourth Cavalry "ended the Second World War for Dormagen and the era of NationaI Socialistic occupation."

"Germany was unable to free itself from the Nazi terrorist regime," the inscription adds. "On this basis, we give thanks to the mission of the Allies."

Miller said the practice of visual imagery that led to his recovery fromthe war woundS began without much awareness when he was a student at St. Xavier High School in Louisville.

A 1935 graduate, Miller said that in addition to hard work, he sharpened his basketball and tennis skills with positive thinking..

He describes imagination as "the

mbst Godlike faculty that we possess" and said it is a gift God gave to people to develop. The key to visual imagery and prayer is to use the mind to see the petition or request as having already happened in your life, he said.

"Now, that's faith," Miller added.

He said many people have difficulty prayerfully projecting positive images of themselves regarding a need or request.

"They think that visual imagery is a 'wish situation,''' Miller said. "It's not. There's a phrase in the Bible.

Jesus said, 'Whatever you desire ... believe that you have received and you will receive.' It says 'have received.' It doesn't say fanciful daydreaming."

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Dental scientist sets an example of dedicated research a

Memories came flooding back as I read the dedicated scientist and, equally, as wonder- this substance "sialine."

A small headline in the Aug. 24 New York I remember sitting many hours with Times said, "Every Mother's Dream: An Anti- article about Kleinberg's success in obtaining a ful, caring family man. He also had a great sense Cavity Compound That Can Be Mixed Into a patent for his compound. I also felt a great deal of humor. He said he wanted to find a way to Kleinberg as he spoke of the still-needed reprevent tooth decay so that "you can have your search to reach the goal of raising the level of Batch of Sweets." It had an incredible sialine in the saliva. He envisioned the day when cake and eat it, too." ring of familiarity.

-----------When I met him, Kleinberg had taken the po- products would do this, and he would list the Back in the mid-I970s, when I sition as chairman and professor of oral biology possibilitie~ - a rinse, chewing gum, toothworked at the State University of New and pathology at the university'S School of Den- paste, "or even candies, since sialine takes care York at Stony Brook, I wrote several tal Medicine. In earlier research at the University of the sugar problem." stories about similar work being done Now, after three decades of research, he has . of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, he had become by a dental researcher. interested in saliva and its effect upon plaque, the . achieved his goal and created a compound, forI saw the connection as I read, bacterial deposits that continually form on teeth. mulated for toothpaste, that mimic!; saliva's abil"Sourid illogical? Not to Dr. Israel

By Antoinette Bosco Plaque acts on sugar and certain carbohydrates to ity to neutralize the acids and re!:tore calcium Kleinberg, who has won a patent for an anti-cavity compound that mimics ~-----------"1..""::_"":' ..J''' make acid, which eats away at tooth enamel form- to teeth. And he has his patent, licensed to Ortek Technologies, a New York dental therapeutics ing little craters, beginning cavities. the natural tooth deferises found in sacompany. Clinical trials for Food :md Drug AdKleinberg knew clinical conditions had long in remembering that I was the first to of pride liva." Of course, it would have to be Kleinberg, write about his research. I admired him as a truly shown that patients with little saliva showed a ministration approval are expected to begin bethe dental researcher from Stony Brook! sharp and dramatic rise in cavities. He wanted fore the end of the year.

Kleinberg sets such an example of the imto find the precise reason why saliva gives proportance.Of endurance and of believing in onetection against tooth decay..

He and his co-researchers developed creative self and one's chQsen work. I leanted a lot from Dear Dr. Kenny: We have had a foster'~d ately, some self-control, and the desire to stay new techniques, worked hard and finally iso- this very human sclentistJ profesBorl husband! in our home'since she was born. She is now 5 close to family are signs of bonding. Also the lated a substance in saliva that protected against father in those hours I spent with :him in his reand we had hoped to adopt her. However, the child's identification of herself as a member of the formation ofcavities as nature's way of pro- search facilities at Stony Brook. He never gave •viding an antidote to to~th decay. They named up. Now ~isgoal is in sight. Bravo! . welfare department has located an aunt ina the family and the copying of adult habits.

Reciprocity 'is the third criterion. One can nearby state who is willing to take custody as permanent guardian. measure bonding by evaluating the promise exThe aunt has never met our "daughter."· pressed by the actual or potential parent. You are The welfare department says there is nothing saying to your foster child: "I want you for my .

Q. According to recent news reports, the the bishop of Rome.

Their position was that both in marrying and Catholic Church seems to have no problem we can do, that kin come first and we have to give her up. We love our letting Episcopalian converts come into the in their movement to the Roman Catholic daughter and are heartsick. What church to serve as priests, while still mar- Church with hopes of ordination they acted in can we do? (Indiana) . good faith. . ried and with families.

The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine Yet, it ,holds the position that allowing You are wonderful for your willingCatholic priests to marry and mi~ster to the ofthe Faith accepted this reasoning,.it seems. It ness to adopt. You can do much to furrecognized these Episcopal priests and their 'people as priests is not possible. ther your case. Your first step is to get .With Dr. James & These polities seem to be contradictory. families as acting in good faith, and approved an attorney. You will need help in makHow can they be held at the same time? (Mis- their reception into the Roman Catholic Church Mary Kenny ingyour point, and you will eventually and eventual ordination as married men. souri) need an attorney for the adoption.

-----------Foster parents adopt approximately A. Catholic policies permitting mar- r--~----~.-----G;;.iiiiiiii;;=:n 70 percent of foster children who are adopted. forever child. I will always be therefor you as ried converts-to become candidates for n. 0 Long considered merely temporary· caretakers, . long as I live." the priesthood are less than 20 years foster parents now have become the next best The aunt is offering "permanent" guardian- . old and are still developing. Some bachoice for permanence. . ship, a misnomer, since guardianships can be sic criteria, however, seem to be emergNew federal and state laws, and new welfare dissolved at will. You are offering permanence. ing. policies require that permanency decisions be .Kin may take precedence upon the initial The largest number of married Romade within 12-18 months of placement. placement, but once bonding has occurred the man Catholic priests in our country are

By Father The laws also require that the rights of the right of the child to stay in the home where she former Episcopal priests. Their situaJohn J. Dietzen child be the primary criterion. has bonded is primary. Bonding takes precedence tion is somewhat, but not entirely, .... _ My answer is twofold: content (what issues over kin-come-lately. unique. . must be raised) and strategy (how to-go about it).

And now the strategy. In Indiana, you may They' were, in other words, di!:pensed from As was true with the Oxford Movement in The key argument for you is bonding and 'at- convene a case conference and argue for adop- England during the 1800s, the present genera- the promise and commitment of celibacy. tachment. After five years, you and your child tion as part of the case plan. If there is disagree- tion of Episcopal priests who leaned toward A well-known former Lutheran minister, have almost certainly bonded. The' research ment you may appeal to the county director and Roman Catholicism generally felt they should now a Catholic priest, has pointed out to me shows that bonding is likely after three-months, then the regional manager. remain within the Anglican tradition and work that the Catholic self-understanding of these probable after.six, and almost certain after 12.

If still urihappy, you have several ways to bring toward corporate reunion with Rome.

Anglican clergy applies also 10 the many The Indiana Division ofFamily and Children the matter to court. This is why you need an atLater, many Of these decided to apply indi- Lutherans who consider themselves as "evanhas three different ways to measure bonding. The torney now. In Indiana we have recently formed . vidually as married candidates for ordination gelical Catholics." first is the time you have spent together. You have an organization to serve foster parents who wish in the Roman Catholic Church.

Such Lutherans, he said, see themselves as already satisfied that definition. to adopt. We are called "Adoption in Child TIme" They were formed within the Catholic sys- temporarily separated from Rome and working The second way concerns the behavior of the and can be reached toll-free in Indiana at 1-877- tem, they argued, and embraced Catholic tradi- for reunion. child. Research suggests that the child's interest ACT-4KID. Out of state, call 1-812-339-7403. tion and teaching. Some of the group, especially With this understanding, which is grounded and attentiveness, the ability to enjoy herself, ACT can provide a list of attorneys trained in the among those who longed for the larger reunion in the Lutherari Augsburg Confes:;ion of 1530, empathy, the ability to express anger appropri- new laws. of the churches, even accepted the primacy of he believes Lutherans could be received on the same basis as Episcopalians, with married men having the same possibility of ordination to the priesthood.

On the other hand, people who are raised Our nest is empty. The four kids are pretty much ring as "Blue Shrub").. of "shop projects" and model airplanes move out Roman 'Catholic are presumed to know and be "out" and on theirown. So, we are selling the house -Report cards. ("Please see Mrs. Wartsall so quickly - and with such vigor and enthusi- committed to the Catholic discipline of a celiand moving before they can change their minds. asm. about Jon's class-distracting behavior.") bate priesthood. .

In my left hand is a plaster ofParis mold of my . OK, I could pass on the screaming and yell-A veritable cardboard-box museum of "art to marry ilil the church Thus, their choice .. son Joseph's right hand dated 1981. In my right projects" (including laminated place mats by ing. assumes the choice of the sacrarnent of marhand is a reservation slip for a U-Haul truck For our two married children, I confess label- riage rather than priesthood.

Mikey featuring several shapes ofsquashed bugs). dated day after tomorrow.

The core issue here has become not the un- ing a few more boxes "wedding pictures" than And ordination to the priesthood by one This is a problem. . equivocal importance of preserving these historic might have actually held wedding pictures. I fig- raised in and aware of the Roman Catholic traThere is no room in the truck for the plaster mel1!entos, but who is responsible for be- ....---..;..--------r--:::;;;~-..,., dition indicates a choice of this sacrament rather hand. ing the curator. . than marriage. .

Actually, that's not entirely true. There's no Phrased differently, our offspring defiObviously, it appears that the Roman Cathoroom in the truck for the several hundred pounds nitely want us to keep this stuff, but they lic policy for ordaining married converts to our of "family history" (aka "stuff') we have pulled don't want to store it. And we do not have . faith still needs time to develop, alld many facout of the attic, off closet shelves, from comers of room. Yesss! tors, perhaps some yet unforeseen, will enter dresser drawers and out of the garage..

It's reminiscent of years of near the discussion.

These treasures include, but are not limited to, memory during which I had the distinct The effort to work all this out with fidelity crayon drawings made on paper bibs while at impression these same people wanted to to both Catholic tradition and the Gospel will .

By Dan Morris Denny's Restaurant on vacation in 1982. At least empty our refrigerator, but not fill it. require extraordinary wisdom and prayer.

I think it's crayon. 'Could be ketchup.

I scored lucky with the two tons of But it's definitely sentimental.

Mike's and Joe's baseball cards that have A free brochure answering questions Lest we forget, there are the: been tilting the house to the east from that comer ure that makes us even for the evenings they Catholics ask about annulments: is available -Zillion sheets of wallet-sized mugshots of of the attic crawl space for some years. claimed they'd put gas in the car, but it ran out on by sending a stamped self-addt:essed envethe four from kindergarten through eighth grade.

I reininded Joseph ofthem and suggested there my way to work. lope to Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peo(Why didn't we ever figure out that we did not could be a Mark McGwire rookie card in the If I'd been smart, I would have stored more ria, Ill. 61651. need four sheets of 20 photos of each child every bunch. I then told Mike the same thing and that things in baseball card boxes. And for now, I'll Questions for this column should be sent year?)

-put Joe's plaster hand on the. U-Haul visor and to Father Dietzen at the same address.

Joe wason iris way to go through them.

-School play programs (Marie Morris starIf only I could figure a way to have the boxes use it for a paper. weight at our new place.

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"We have a very active parish, with 2,000 families - 85-year-old Judge Taveira's reputation as a most respected Continued from page one 6,000 members - and this center enables us to have lots jurist was universally acclaimed.

Bishop' O'Malley also presented the diocese's Marian more going on at the same time. Before this, the groups Medal for outstanding witness to the faith to Atty. Joyce auditorium-style, or 125 at round tables. It was not planned would be meeting around the dining room table at the rec- LaCourse Metthe of New Bedford. Her husband, Atty. Francis as a large hall because there is a full-sized gym at the school tory or in the basement. And it was nearly impossible to D. Metthe, presented her as a candidate for the award. schedule any adult education over at the school because it which can hold in excess of 400 people.

In his homily, Bishop O'Malley said the honorees meet There are also three conference rooms on the first floor was always being used by religious education or by the the qualifications of living the faith and deepening: our faith of the new center. "One will be dedicated as a library even- school itself." commitment, the jubilee sentiments suggested by Pope John Current plans call for conducting only confirmation Paul II as the Church prepares to' celebrate the third millentually and the main room is divisible if we need it to be and classes in the new center. . nium, the Jubilee Year 2000. it has a full kitchen," he added.

Msgr. Hoye said that although the center has not offiThe bishop, who said the new millennium brings all kinds A St. Vincent de Paul pantry that stocks food for the cially been opened, it has been host to several meetings of strange predictions, said that in the first jubilee year in 1300, needy is also on that main floor.

On the center's second floor, which covers half of the over the summer and "works extremely well. The very first the poet Dante, in his "Divine Comedy" likened the onestructure, there are four parish offices and a conference thing we had was an ecumenical service - in the church - way system on one of Rome's bridges to the crowds in hell.

"Needless to say, Dante had never been at Logan Airport room. The,re is also a full basement for future develop- and we held the reception here at the new center. It was an opportunity to really prac- during the rush hour," the bishop said.

Addressing the day's Gospel of the unjust steward, Bishop tice what we are preaching O'Malley said "As believers we see that our faith ill God, the ...., in regard to hospitality."

Sunday's dedication is Lord of creation, and our conviction that man is at the center only the beginning of a se- and the steward of creation, provide the underpinnings of our quest for social justice." ries of upcoming parish Also remembered at the Mass were two members of the events. In October, there will justice system who died this year, Thomas E. Kitch'~n, former be' a whole day dedicated to clerk magistrate of the Fall River District Court - who refamilies, with activities for ceived the St. Thomas More Award last year - and Superior children of various age Court Judge John D. Sheehan. groups. In early December, Justice Ireland, a native of Springfield, who resides in Bishop Robert N. Lynch, Milton, was appointed to the state's high court in 1997. He bishop ofSt. Petersburg, Fla., has been a member of the Eliot Church of Roxbury for many will preach a mission on the years. theme of Christian hospital"I marvel at the wonderful mix of people here :representity. A "social extravaganza" ing different races and religions and I am reminded that while in February will complete the this marks the opening of the court year it also marks the beginning of the New Year for our Jewish brothers and siscelebration of the center. ters," Justice Ireland said to those at the dinner. "And so we '''This is but a building," Msgr. Hoye said. "What is celebrate two beginnings as we gather to ask for God's blessimportant are the people ings and guidance," he said."

Saying his early experience in the Juvenile court shaped who will use this center to his life, "As lawyers, we see the good, the bad and the ugly. celebrate who they are as .

That can't help but have an impact on how we see ourselves welcoming Catholic Chrisand our relationship to the world." tians. "That all may be one' 1992 Louisquisset Pike, Sui~e #1 He said that he learned several lessons, including that the was the prayer of Jesus for law can do justice and help those who are unjustly wronged.

Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865 ...... his disciples and it is our But he also said that he has seen the law in recent Yl~ars move ..." prayer as well." away from the concepts of fairness, justice and truth. If those in the justice system lose sight of what the law really is, "then we lose sight of the essence of what we are and we will have no one to blame but ourselves."

Justice Ireland urged those in the law profession. "to make sure that those with whom we deal are treated with dignity and respect, no matter what their circumstances or s:.tuations."

For those seeking a higher power, the justice quoted passages from holy Scripture as a resource. The readings listed justice, mercy and humility as qualities to which to aspire.

Probate Judge Elizabeth O'Neill LaStaiti introduced the speakers, who spoke briefly. Judge Taveira said he "cherished the award, which will always be a highlight of my life."

Attorney Harrington, who said he did not deserve the award, thanked the awards committee for honoring him. Judge Welsh expressed his gratitude and said he wished his late father could have been present to see him receive the aW~Td. Attorney Harrington said his father certainly missed attending, but forwarded his thanks.

Bishop O'Malley congratulated the award recip::ents, telling them: "We are very pleased that you accepted and we are very proud of the fine work you do on behalf of justice in our community."

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Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel, "Brave New World," described a nightmarish, but supposedly utopian century. British路 journalist Brian Appleyard borrows that title to tell a tale not of fiction, but of a very real unfolding story of the appli~ cation of genetics and molecular biology today. The author challenges the reader to a fresh awareness of what is going on, lest we sleep our way into a brave new genetic world.

It may take another 50-100 years to see how much our understanding of DNA can transform the world, but the use of this molecule is likely to leave nothing, including ourselves, unchanged. We are confronted with the ~ most fundamental questions, not just how we are going to live, but who we are going to be.

The author recounts the usual cast of characters in the drama of genetics today, for example, the Human Genome Project and the challenge of what we will do with the information it generates; genetic testing and counseling, with . the heartwrenching options with which they deal; gene therapy for which the theory but not the practice is impeccable; transgenic plants and animals; and the complex policy implications of genetic advances.

If the prospects, issues and questions'on the genetic frontier are not sufficient to get our attention, Appleyard compares DNA to the nuclear bomb. Just as the bomb created the image and the possibility of global catastrophe, today the mushroom doud is replaced by the double helix.

The author also reminds us of negative consequences of previous attempts with eugenics, all supposedly directed toward preserving the human race. The American eugenics movement in the '20s and '30s led to more than 20 states passing compulsory sterilization laws, and to severe restrictions on immigration, suggesting that to preserve the human race, we had to become worse people. Huxley's "Brave New World" of the 25th century was a society in which a program of total eugenics, carried out with the most humane of motives, had finally triumphed. The price was a loss of freedom and humanity.

But the most important book of the eugenics movement was "Mein Kampf," in which biology is used to justify mass murder. Hitler's "final solution" was the e'xtermination of the "genetically inferior" Jews.

As unhappy as Appleyard is with genocentrism, and more broadly with scientism and reductionism, his efforts to offer his own alternative are disappointing. Although not everyone will agree with all his interpretations, he has done well in presenting in highly readab.le fashion the challenges posed by the new genetics: He tells us clearly what he is against, but is not at all clear what he is for. Perhaps his next book will present a more positive response to the new world posed by genetics.

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By GERRI PARE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

is more about love than it is about lust.

The characters need not go around loudly professing their feelings, for their tenderly affectionate emotions clearly register onscreen.

Ivory 9irects with a keen eye, making sure Kristofferson does not get hammy, or Hershey too shrill, and Sobieski gives a beautifully understated performance - hers is a talent to watch as she matures.

Although more episodic than fluid

in its narrative, the film is emotionally involving and never dull in its observance of an American family coping on both sides of the Atlantic.

Because of its tolerant view of premarital sex, fleeting violence, occasional profanity and intermittent rough language; the U.S. Catholic Conference classificatkm is A-IV adults, with reservation,s. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

NEW YORK - An Ameri~an family weathers personal problems living in Paris and culture shock when it relocates back to New England in "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries" (October).

The James Ivory-Ismail Merchant production is based on Kaylie Jones' autobiographical novel about herself and her "From Here to Eternity" author-dad, James Jones. It takes place through the turbulent 1960s and early '70s, starting in Paris where successful writer Bill (Kris Kristofferson) and his nurturing wife (Barbara Hershey) adopt an illegitimate French boy as a younger brother for their only child,

By MARK PATTISON, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE precocious Channe (Leelee Sobieski).

Several years later, when the HOLLYWOOD - Vince Manze made the leap from working-class Philayoungsters are around 14 and 12, delphia kid to Emmy winner, thanks to an Immaculate Heart路of Mary sister.

Dad's health and finances are in de"I probably do what I do because of a nun who encouraged me to take cline and Mom calms her nerves with trumpet lessons," said Manze, NBC's senior vice president for advertising drink then suffers a heartbreaking .and promotion and winner of several Emmys and Clios. miscarriage which has the family ral"Now you're probably saying, 'So you play the trumpet a lot ,it work.' No, lying around her. no. I don't play the truf!lpet," said Manze.

A gruff but loving father, Bill feels He explained that the late Sister Rose Madeline, a music teache::, had opened neglectful of his children in his dire up a new world to a kid from a working-class family that led him eventually need to finish his war novel, but as to a career in television head ofthe house decrees they are to "My father ran a bakery. So we really didn't have a lot of television people return to his solid New Hampshire in our family," he added. roots lest his too-sophisticated chilManze graduated in 1969 from what is now called Kennedy- Kenrick Cathodren grow up to be "Euro-trash." lic High School in Norristown, Pa., in the Philadelphia Archdioc,~se. While a The adjustment is not easy. Once student there he met Sister Rose Madeline. there the close-knit family becomes "She encouraged me to not only play the trumpet, but to be in s~hool plays, largely dysfunctional: Mom lives in and it was my first exposure to something other than a bakery, or tecoming an terror of Dad's worsening heart con- accountant or some normal job," he said. dition, and, as oddball outcasts at "She was tough, too. She was tough on me.... But we had a great band," school, Billy sinks into a reclusive de- Manze recalled. "The band actually gave me probably one of the proudest pression while immature Channe sees moments of my life when we won this all-city dance band contest And I have sex as a way to be popular with the won Clios and Emmys and all kinds of advertising awards. But I don't think boys. Her strategy backfires when she any sort of award came close to that one." is labeled the class tramp.

Manze told Catholic News Service that he had always been "the clown," Dad's liberal advice restores her but had never had a way or known of a way to channel "this comedic ability." self-esteem and he urges her to help But Sister Rose Madeline "channeled it for me. She channeled. it into muBilly by showing him a very private sic, into the trumpet, into plays. So. I had an outlet for the comedy."

Father Currie is a chemist and currently serves as the president of the diary his teenage biological mother He went on to Temple University, where he studied communications, and Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. He has taught a Templeton kept throughout her pregnancy. then started working in advertising. And the rest is history.

Foundation prize-winning course in "Science and Theology" at St. Joseph's When the inevitable happens, the Manze claims at least partial credit for NBC's "must-see TV" phrase that University in Philadelphia. remaining family members are able to has become part of the American lexicon. He also came up with the phrase "It's new to you" to entice TV viewers to watch NBC during rerun season.

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By HENRY HERX, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Bizarre fuwhich a grown daughter (Renee Aside from Dad's extreme permisturistic thriller Zellweger) reluctantly puts her writing NEW YORK - Looking at three examples of how people of faith are in which six career on hold when summoned home siveness, one cannot deny this movie working to overcome the violence afflicting their communities is the docuby her father (William Hurt) to care for ' - - - - - - - - - - - - strangers mentary, "Blessed Are the Peacemakers," which is being fed to ABC affiliates wake up imher cancer-stricken mother (Meryl the deadly menace and brutal violence prisoned inStreep) and, in the process, acquires a as exciting and the kind of jokey fun Sunday, 12:30-1 :30 p.m. EDT. Please check local listings to find when the program is airing in your area. side interlocking steel cubes and must deeper understanding of her parents and that has no consequences. Recurring The program begins in New Orleans by visiting neighborhood!: that have combine their varied skills to find a way of herself. Directed by Carl Franklin, violence, nasty menace to a child, a few out of the mysterious, booby-trapped the movie is rooted in the traditional racial slurs and intermittent profanity. become increasingly unsafe because of street crime, drugs and gangs of unmaze. Director Vincenzo Natali leaves values of home and Jamily relation- The U.S. Catholic Conference classifi- employed youths. . The residents here had felt abandoned by the city and were demoralized much of the mystery unresolved but de- ships, though the story unfolds under cation is 0 - morally offensive. The velops gradual psychological suspense the cloud of an investigation into the Motion Picture Association ofAmerica by worsening conditions until the local religious community decided to work as the claustrophobic situation brings mother's death from an overdose of rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly together to make these neighborhoods a fit place to raise children. out the characters' best and worst sur- medication. A tragic death, some sexual cautioned that some material may be Called ACT (All Congregations Together), their interdenominational orvival instincts. Some brief but intense references, several scenes of inebriation inappropriate for children under 13. ganization was supported with funding from such groups as the Catholic Camviolence, intermittent rough language and occasional use of paign for Human Development. and an instance of profanity. The U.S. rough language and In following the determined efforts of ACT, the program shows how these Catholic Conference classification is A- profanity; The U.S. neighborhoods have benefited materially but also spiritually from this ecuIII - adults. The Motion Picture As- Catholic Conference menical initiative. sociation of America rating is R - re- classification is A-III Next is Los Angeles where a Catholic priest and a Carmelite layman are stricted.

- adults. The Moencouraging youths to break free of the South Central ghetto's gang culture "Let's Talk About Sex" (Fine Line) tion Picture Associaby helping them find steady employment and educational opportunities.

Clunky sexploitation fare interspers- tion of America ratThe segment features an interview with Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. ing pseudo-documentary footage of ing is R - restricted.

Mahony who initiated an interdenominational program for former gang memwomen being interviewed about their "Rush Hour" berscalled "Hope in Youth" which has also received CCHD fundin,s.

(New Line) sex lives and desires with the sappy The last segment, filmed in Appleton, Wis., focuses on anothe:~ kind of story of the interviewer (Troy Beyer, Mindless action violence, that of domestic abuse. who also wrote and directed this ama- tale of a cocky Los For many viewers, this will be the most troubling portion of the program teur exercise in sleaze), her two room- Angeles police debecause such violence is possible in anyone's family.

(Chris mates and their troubled sex lives. The tective Three abused wives who were helped by Harbor House, a local women's bogus proceedings' exploit sexuality, Tucker) forced to shelter, describe the physical violence that forced them to flee their homes though the result proves more boring team with a Chinese RENEE ZEllWEGER, right, stars as Ellen and how the shelter supported them as they rebuilt their lives. than provocative or titillating. Sexually cop (Jackie Chan) The program also visits nearby Green Bay's Catholic Social Servi.ces proexplicit situations and-dialogue, nudity when the Chinese Gulden, who moves back home with her parand recurring rough language. The U.S. consul's . you.ng ents Kate played by Meryl Streep left and gram for men whose physical abuse of women resulted in court-orderecl therapy .. " . l l Catholic Conference classification is 0 daughter IS kldsessions.

- morally offensive. The Motion Pic- napped by Asia's top William Hurt, and soon discovers they are not Produced by Sutherland Media Productions for the Catholic CommunicatureAssociation ofAmerica"rating is R crime lord. Director who she thinks they are in "One True Thing:' tion Campaign, the program is part of the 1998 ABC interfaith "Vi~;ion and - restricted.

Brett Ratner depicts (eNS photo from Universal Studios) ': ' Values" series.

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If they don't they could lop, especially combined with pictures. become dinosaurs, "Even words alone have started says editor of St. revolutions. ConsiderThomas Paine's 'Common Sense,''' which started the Anthony Messenger American revolution against England, magazine.

By MARK PATIISON CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

PARIS - Catholic publications need not join the dinosaurs as long as they maintain a sense of flexibility about emerging technologies, said Barbara Beckwith, editor of St. Anthony Messenger magazine.

On the Internet, as on the newspaper or magazine page, "print is the foundation" of what all journalists do, Beckwith said at a recent North American regional forom of the International Catholic Union of the Press in Paris.

"The competition of today demands the best publications we can produce. A print publication that stays close to its readers and pays attention to the needs of that community will never become obsolete," she said.

Print has a considerable number of assets that cannot be overlooked, but whatever the transmission system, she said, "the message we have to share, the Good News of Jesus Christ, is too important not to give its delivery our best shot."

"Will print go the way of the dinosaurs, stereopticon, Betamax and vinyl records? I don't think so," Beckwith said. She said the print¡ medium is: - accessible, "if you know how to read"; - portable: People don't have to be plugged in or depend on batteries or ISDN lines to read; - convenient. "You can read with a coffee cup in hand and not have to worry about sorting everything out.

You can read anywhere: riding a bus or train to work; in the bathroom, on the ski lift or the beach and, especially, curled up comfortably in bed"; - permanent, archivable and retrievable, albeit not necessarily sound ecologically in this regard.

Print offers the space and time for reflection and analysis, telling'readers what an event or trend means in the short and long term, Beckwith said. Print can present different sides of an issue, yet still allow the reader to stay detached enough to arrive at a separate conclusion, she said.

She added that print packs a wal-

Dedication Stephen A. Fernandes stated, "It's a day for new memories."

The day began at SS. Peter and Paul Church, }Vhich has been the site of Mass celebrations for over twenty years since the original church burned down. lbe 8:30 a.m.

Mass was the final in a long history of Sabbath celebrations. The church building, which also serves as SS. Petcr and Paul School, has been a special place in the lives of many parish ioners and Father Fernandes touched on its significance during his homily.

"For over 23 years this space has been our upper room. Some of you were baptized here. Some have celebrated first communions, marriages and buried those you love from here. The sick have been anointed here. Hundreds and hundreds of Masses have been celebrated here," said Father

Beckwith said. "And keep in mind that biggie: Print is relatively inexpensive."

Beckwith said that the Cincinnatibased St. Anthony Messenger Press has gradually expanded its media offerings to include books, newsletters, audiocassettes and, for the past five years, videocassettes.

"Frankly, the decisions to go multimedia were made as much in the name of business diversification as to exploit the opportunities of different media," she said.

St. Anthony Messenger Press has also found a spot on the Internet.

"We are just learning the power of this global, timely and interactive medium," Beckwith said. "For instance, globally we learned that our feature called 'Saint of the Day' had to provide a way for viewers to get the saint of tomorrow and of yesterday, because the Net is worldwide."

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., Sept. 25, 1998

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Archbishop Foley tells Catholic journalists to 'stress thefacts

By MARK PATIISON, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE PARIS - Archbishop John P. Foley, head of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, offered some advice to young Catholic journalists gathered from around the world in Paris: stick to the facts.

"Our first responsibility is not to offer our own opinion, not to filter events through the'prism of our own preconceptions or even our own convictions, but to provide an objective, dispassionate and complete report of what we have witnessed," Archbishop Foley told the young journalists, who had gathered in Paris in connection with a meeting of the International Catholic Union of the Press, known by its French acronym as UCIP. "It is essential that you report the facts as objectively and dispassionately as possible," he added in his recent talk. "People !;irst askofus: what have we seen; what have we witnessed; what do we know. Only after that might they ask of us: what do we think."

Archbishop Foley is a former editorof The Catholic Statuklrd and Times, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. ' As he put it, one reason he likes to speak to young C::atholic journalists is that "I myself was a journalist; another reason is tha~ I myself was once young." . .... .

He recounted an episode when he was the spokesman for the U.S. bishops during their meetings at a time when those m~tjngswere still not open to the press. . .~ :. ,1 During part of one meeting, one bishop said something that was widely considered as foolish.

And in preparing his account of the meeting for the reporters, some expressed shock that Archbishop Foley was going to relay the bishop's words to the press.

"It is not my job," Archbishop Foley said, "to save people from their own foolishness. It is my job to report accurately."

He recalled that when he was a working journalist, ~'the easiest thing to do was to write an editorial or an opinion column - because I knew what my opinion was and I had no hesitancy in articulating it. The hardest thing to do was to write a news story, because I had to be constrained by the facts - who did what, who said what - and to report them in such a way that those who read the article might imagine that they were witnesses to .the event. That takes discipline. That requires the responsibility that comes with freedom."

Archbishop Foley told the journalists, "You are witnesses for the world.

It is you who witness the great and the small events of history arid report them for those who cannot be present. You should have the freedom to make these reports without fear, and you should have.the responsibility to make these reports without error. Others depend upon you to know and to know correctly and completely."

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Fernandes.

He told parishioners that the hall is hallowed with their memories, but that the most important is the memory of the Lord,'s death and resurrection. It is "the memory that transcends itself and becomes a living memory. Add those memories up and wrap them. around the memory of the Paschal mystery and take them to Holy Cross. Make new memories, united and bound together in charity with the memory of the love of Jesus Christ," advised Father Fernandes.

Following Mass, parishioners walked in procession to Holy Cross Church bringing back three icons which had been carried in similar fashion to SS. Peter and Paul it year ago to the day. Included were an icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, carried by Sandina Pacheco; a picture and papal blessing from Pope

John Paul II, carried by Jay Mello; and a cross, carried by Sabina Wilding. Father Fernandes carried the Blessed Sacrament. Parishioners made their way into the church and the icons were put in place, the icon of Our Lady placed below the choir loft by Father Fernandes.

The 10:30 a.m. Mass at the newly renovated Holy Cross Church included the dedication of its altar by Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM, Cap., principal celebrant and homilist. Father Fernandes, Msgr. George W. Coleman and Father Stephen J. Avila were among those concelebrating. Permanent Deacon Thomas Palanza and Transitional Deacon David M. Sharland assisted.

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Re§toring Assisi: ,Picking up the pieces one year after qU3lkes '~Y LYNNE WElL CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

ens of volunteers dumped tons of rubble onto the lawn outside the church, trying to recover as much as possible ofthe fallen frescoes by the 13th-century Italian masters Cimabue and Giotto.

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ASSISI, Italy - St. Rufinus lay on the floor. It was Sept.

26, 1997, and the 12th-century bishop of Assisi, Italy, now the town's patron, was one of 10 saints sha~tered

A RESTORER' does' delicate brushwork on a' 13th-century fresco on t~e vaulted ceiling ofthe ~a~ilica of S~. Francis of Assisi, which was damaged ,by an earthquake on Sept.

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ConSecration to the Divine Will ,Oh adorable and 'Divine Will, behold me here bef~re the immensity ofYour Light, that Your eternalgo04ness may open to me the doors and make me enter into It to form my life all in You, Divine Will. Therefore, oh adorable Will, prostrate before Your Light, I, the least of all creatures, put myself into the little group ofthe sons and daughters of Your Supreme FIAT. Prostrate in my nothingness, I invoke Your Light and beg that it clothe me and eclipse all that does not pertain to You, Divine Will. It will be my Life, the center of my intelligence, the enrapturer of my heart and of my whole being. I do not want the human will to have life in this heart any longer. I will cast it away from me and thus form the new Eden of Peace, of happiness and of love. With It I shall be always happy. I shall have a singular strength and a lioliness that sanc!ifies all things, and conducts them to God. , Here prostrate, I invoke the help of the'Most Holy Trinity that They permit me to live in the cloister of the Divine Will and thus return in me the first order of creation, just as the creature was created., ' .

Heavenly Mother, Sovereign alidQueeii of the DIvine Fiat, take my hand and introduce 'me into th.e ~ight of the Divine' Will. You will be~my'guide, my most tender Mother, and will teach me tolive ~ and to maintain myself in the order and the' bounds of the Divine Will. Heavenly Mother, I consecrate my whole being to Your Immaculate Heart. You will teach me the doctrine.of the Divine Will and I will listen most attentively to Your lessons;: YQU will cover me with Your mantle so that the infernal serpent dare not penetrate into this sacred Eden to en- tice me and make me fall into the maze of the human wilL Heart of my greatest Good, Jesus, You will 'gj.ve me Your flames that they 'may bum me; consume me, and, feed me to form in me the Life of the Divine Will.

Saint Joseph, you will be my protector, the guardian of my heart, and will,keep the keys of my will in your hands. You will keep my heart jealously and shall never give it to me again, that I may be sure of never leaving the Will of God. My guardian Angel, guan:i me; defend me; help me in'everything so that my Eden may flourish and be the instrument that draws all men into the Kingdom of the Divine Will. Amen. ( In Honor of Luisa Piccarreta 18fj5-1947 Chi/dofthe Divine Will)

Restorers working in the supplied trailers their basilica's fluorescent-lit basement when were painstakingly picked through some . homes of the more than 1,000 gray plastic deemed unsafe. trays filled with debris. When they Most of them since found a promising piece, they have matched it to the blown-up photo moved away, the of the face laid out on the ground, lacking and gingerly placed it in a bed of funds to rebuild, "There is a sand supporting the jigsaw puzzle risk that Assisi that once was a priceless fresco.

Paola Passalacqua, the art histo- will become rian in charge of the project on-site, little more than a picked up a tan chip the size of her sleeping-place fingernail and said, "one day, the for visitors," church will return to the way it was. Ferrini said, I hope to be here when it happens. "and no longer the living city it But that day is,not coming soon."

The lower basilica, partially built ,has been for into a hillside, has been open for centuries."

Fixing the _ 'months, thanks to some rapid reshas toration which eventually will have basilica to be reinforced. And St. Francis' taken more than $20 million tomb was untouched. .

Tour groups have come back to from' governAssisi in their usual numbers after ment and private a sharp drop for several months, sources; $3 milsaid the city's tourism superinten- lion was dedident, Mario Ferrini. But the num- cated to the fresber of visitors as a whole is still off coes alone. ,by 60 percent. .

Half of the 75 "The Italia!Js, who hear,d friars usually THE BASILICA of St. Francis of ASBisi is still . through the media more ,than any- living there have covered in scaffolding a year after being rocked boqy about citif<s being devastated either moved to 'by the earth,quakes, they are the different facili- by a Sept..,26, 1997·, earthquake. Valuable fresones who are staying away," Ferrini ties in the area or coes and parts of the ceiling were destroyed in returned to their the, upper basilica and there was serio:.Js strucsai~. "And it is the Italians who spend the most J1loney,here." pro v inc ~ s. tural damage 'to the' bell tqwer ~md par~s of the But what.concen,1ed the Assisi- Those, who re- Franciscan monastery. (CNSlWeil photo) born Ferrini in the long,term.was main spend the,ir. ,the way the tow!J of2,000 had emp- days in contem-, ,' . plation .to the occasion'a!. tune ,of' fine powder from :Constnlction and ~ied out -,about I,200 people were power tools, and the air is filled with restoration., , governmentforced .to ~ove ,1!1t9_ '" ~ .. .

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GUATEMALA qTY - Initial Although he has never publicly a bite, the investigation "till must results of an autopsy on the body stated'a motive for the slaying, pros- go on."

The Catholic Church'h as not anof murdered Auxiliary Bishop Juan ecutor Ardon is said to believe FaGerardi Conedera of Guatemala ther Orantes and his dog attacked nounced its plans for a second burial of the murdered bi:;hop.

City failed to show dog bites, ap- and killed the parently ruling out the involvement clergyman. of a diocesan priest and his pet dog The Cathoin the killing. lic Church re"So far there's nothing," said Dr. quested the exMario Guerra, hf<adof the forensic' , humation of qoctors of the attorney general's of- B i.s hop fice, as he left the main city morgue 'Gerardi's re': in the early hours after the five-hour mains, carried out Sept. ,17 in llutopsy. , He said that the examinations the presence of had revealed.-l? different blows to 'nine forensic , 'the body of the bishop, but no sig~ experts from Spain, .-, the of wounds caused by'an animal.

Guerta 'added that it would take United States another few da'ys to,comple~e.and and Guatemala, in order , file a formal autopsy report. : " Jose Toledo, lawyer for Father to establish the MarIO Qrantes, the diocesan priest prosecution"s' cnarged with the,bishop's murder, c!aim of insaid that the findings vindicated his criminating client ",' 100 percent," imd he called dog bites on for his immediate release. the body.

Bishop Gerardi was attacked and Ronald" killed outside his parish home the ' Ochaet-a, head night of April 26, just two days af- of the archdioter presenting a report on human cese human rights violations committed by the rights office, army and rebels during told reporters Guatemala's civil war.

Sept 17: "What In late July, publicprosecu'tor we are inter- '--------------....:..----------' POLICE WATCH for trouble as the coffin of Otto Ardon, in charge of the mur- ested in is findder inquiry, ordered the detention ing the truth. If murdered Guatemalan Auxiliary Bishop Juan of Father Orantes, who lived with there is not a Gerardi Conedera is exhumed Sept. 17 for anthe bishop, and his pet German bite, the inves- other autopsy. (CNS/Reuters photo)

Priest killed in Vietnam leaves legacy of faith By

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between war-torn outposts, especially during the days before his death.

In addition to ministering to Catholic Marines, "Lieutenant Brett provided services for personnel of other denominations and made himself available to all who sought his assistance ... rendering spiritual aid and encouraging the men by his presence," read Navy reports.

"During this time he celebrated Masses almost continuously ... up

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ARLINGTON, Va. - Marist Father Robert R. Brett, a Catholic chaplain and Navy lieutenant, gave his life for God and country in Vietnam on Feb. 26, 1968, at age 33.

The priest, whose body was reinterred at Arlington National Cemetery Sept. 11, was. killed in action by enemy mortar fire at the Khe Sanh Combat Base while waiting to celebrate Mass for U.S. Marines.

His reJjgious order called him "a martyr in the true sense of the word-awitness to the eternal life offered to us by an Almighty Father through Christ our Lord."

The cemetery where Father Brett was initially laid to rest, St. Mary's Manor Cemetery in Penndel, Pa., was sold, so with full military honors he was laid to rest

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to 10 per day u::lder these circumstances," continued the correspondence. He was mortally wounded while in a bunker awaiting transportation to another area.

A native of Pennsylvania, Father Brett posthumously received the Purple Heart, as well as the Legion of Merit's Combat "V," one of the highest bestowed by the U.S. Navy. The Marines in Vietnam built a chapel at Khe San, constructed of local materials, in Father Brett's honor after his death.

Share a Great Compassion Sr..H.Brigid Native of' Cbicago, Illinois Prior Experience: Medical Teclmologist My discovery of my vocation was gradual.

It began witb a growing desire to spend my wbole life lOVing and serving God and assisting in the salvation of mel/. While my work was L - , . - - - - - - - - l honest and good, Ifelt I was called to more direct service to others, and a milch deeper prayer life. After praying to the Ho(y SPirit for gUidance and tbe grace oftrust, mId investigating several communities, I knew God was leading me to the Hawthorne Dominicans.

In God's will is 0111' peace; I wish no other life tban tbe one God bas offered me in tbe precious gift of my vocation.

THE REMAINS of Father Robert R. Brett, a Navy chaplain who was killed while on duty in the Vietnam War, are reinterred Sept. 11 at Arlington National Cemetery. (CNS photo

by Eduardo Flores, Arlington Catholic Herald)

Bishop of Sosa's hometown diocese hails slugger's success

By MIKE LANCHIN CATHOLIC' NEWS SERVICE SAN SALVADOR - The success of Chicago Cubs' right fielder Sammy Sosa earned him the praise of his local bishop back home in the Dominican Republic.

"This is excellent news. We are all delighted. This is great for all baseball lovers and for the Church," said Bishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, the hometown of Sosa.

In a telephone interview with Catholic News Service from his diocesan office, his voice revealing the pleasure felt by most Dominicans at developments on the playing fi,~ld, Bishop Ozoria added: "We are all hoping that he keeps going."

Sosa's two home runs against the Milwaukee Brewers a week ago - giving him 62 for the season and tying him with St. Louis Cardinals' first baseman Mark McGwire for the all-time single-season record - have captured the attention of the baseball-loving public back home.

That's especially trUi~ in the' dusty coastal town where Sosa grew up, about 40 miles east • of the capital, Santo Domingo.

Those who know the Sosa family say members are regular churchgoers and practicing Catholics, like most Dominicans.

In recent days, worshipers in San Pedro have been saying prayers for Sosa, some a.;.;.._.....~ lighting small candles in their CHICAGO CUBS record-seeklocal churches. Mention was ing batter Sammy Sosa smiles in even made of Sosa, now the the batting cage before the Sept. country's most famolJls base- 14 game against the San Diego ball player, at Sunday Mass celebrated in the town's cathe- Padres. (CNS/Reuters photo) dral.

Bishop Ozoria was among the many well-wishers at the house of Sosa's 59-year-old mother, Lucresia. She lives in a luxury house her son bought her near the cathedral.

The bishop told CNS: "I woke up this morning (the. day after Sosa's two Sept. 13 home runs) and thought, I must send him a fax to congratulate him, and visit his family to wish them well.

After the surprise visit, L,,!cresia Sosa told CNS by phone that she had been "blessed twice" - once with the news of her son's success, and then· with the bishop's presence in her home. She said that since the news of her son's back-to-back homers her house had been "one big celebration."

"I am too happy ... this is really a miracle. I just have to thank God for all that's happened," she added.

Sosa's periodic visits back home at the end of the season have been greeted in the past with parades, car caravans and daylong festivities in San Pedro.

But this time around, Bishop Ozoria said he would be at the head of the celebrations since he wants to "personally give him a congratulatory hug."

again in the national cemetery just outside Washington in a ceremony attended by many family members and military dignitaries.

"In my mind, two words describe my uncle: a priest and a patriot. He has always been my hero," said nephew Ed Rouse, who coordinated the arrangements to have Father Brett's body brought to Arlington National Cemetery.

Rouse also has donated an altar and a shadowbox display of Father Brett's military medals to Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, in the Arlington Diocese. Rouse, a member of St. Michael Parish in Annandale, is president of the school's board of governors.

The U.S. Naval Chaplains School in Newport, R.I., will soon be renamed in his honor. Information on Father Brett is also incorporated into the curriculum there.

In Washington his name appears on the Vietnam Memorial, and at Arlington National Cemetery it is iricluded in a, military chaplains memorial on qhaplains Hill.

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"That message IS In every responslblhty for your own hves Another enthusiastic group parmovie they see, every TV show," .' and not worry so muc~ abo~t ticipated in "Methods that Motivate sh~ sa!d. "They'v~ .been wat~hing '~wha~ other people do WIth theIr and Inspire Teens," by Deborah M. thIS thmg happen m the movies all hves. .

Jezak CRE for Confirmation and FALL RIVER- The annual Bishop Connolly High School Soccer . . .One possible. benefl,t ~f. the . Youth Ministry at Our Lady of .th.e Camp for youngsters aged 8-12 enjoyed a large turnout and provided a the t~me.", Sister Sawyer s book outhne~ a. Chnton scandal IS th.at It gIves . Angels, Fall River. Here, partlcl- 'lot of activities this summer. The camp is run by Anthony Presto, girls llrogr~m cal.led LI~E, for love, .m- . par~nts ~he ,?pp.ortumty to share pants held a mock trial where ~er son varsity soccer coach, Joseph Rocha, boys varsity soccencoach, and mem' . fatuatlOn, fnendshlp and, ~~pI01.ta_ . ,the~r beh~fs, saId Meg Ber.gh, ~s-, Nathaniel played a Catholic whose bers of Connolly's boys and girls teams. tion, that helps tee,ns to dlstmg~lsh ,socla~e. dlfe~tor. of the famIly hfe.... .' faith was on trial. Attendees played "We were ex~ong the fo~r kmds of relatlon- offi~e In. the' DIOcese of Albany,.. the role of judges, jury members, tremelyhappy with shll~S, Most .hlg~ schoo~ roman~es ' N.;.:. . " " court offic~rs and lawy.ers an<;l she the turnout this year," . are. a :fombl~atlOn of. mfatuatlOn . . Hopefully, th~y ~Ill look, at.... advised that "In teaching it's irp.ppr- said coach Pr,esto. and. fnendshlp, she SaId. thll~gs (as a fam1ly), she saId. '. tant to .usesome kind of hands~on "We had double the 'Calling the Clinton-Lewin.sky . "Th~y can ask,.'Whatcan we ~Q .,: activities witli kid~.;' Debbie Rock number of particire.l~~i~ns~ip ':mutu~lly ~xploit-. d.i~~r~n~!y?)?i~c::a~open ~p dls- .. of~k Joseph's Parisli; Fairhaven, pants over last year atlv y, 'she ·S~I~. she h.oped. ~~S!.; ,CUSSI9~; .. " : ~., , ." :. played the jUdge and said it was a and hope to continue

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Our Rock and Role Don't make promises you can't keep

By CHARLIE MARTIN

give me a chance, and I'll prove this all wrong." He wants to show that her past boyfriend is "nothing like me." He sings: From the first day "I'll never break your heart, I'll never make you cry!"

That I saw your smiling face I doubt ifhis approach is goHoney I knew that we would be ing to work. Trust is not estabTogether forever. lished by making excessive When I asked you out, promises. No one knows what You said no, but I found out is going to happen when startDarling you'd been hurt, ing a romance. Broken hearts occur for lots of reasons, and You felt that you'd we should be very careful with Never love again. the word "never."

If he really wants a Chorus: "chance," he needs to move I deserve a try, honey, much slower. In fact, he Just once shouldn't ask the girl to "date."

Give me a chance, and Instead, he should suggest that they get to know each other, do I'll prove this all wrong some things that both of them You walked in, enjoy.

This is a way of becomYou were quick to judge ing friends before any considBut honey, he's nothing like me. eration of dating.

Trusthappens over time, and Refrain: more from actions than promises. Certainly, promises kept I'll never bre~i(. your heart aid the process of building trust.

I'll never mC'~c you cry I encourage the guy to be sure I'd rather die tinan live to follow through on whatever Without you he says. One has to prove that I'll give you all of me, he or she is trustworthy.

Honey that's no lie.

God gave each of us the power to bring the Lord's healing to others. If the guy pro(Repeat refrain.) . ceeds as suggested, it is likely he can become an agent of As time goes by, you will God's healing to this girl. HealGet to know me ing often occurs because of A little more better, girl how someone reaches out to That's the way love goes us. Real concem for this girl And I know you're afraid, starts with putting aside his own agenda and listening to To let your feelings show what she needs.

And I understand, Perhaps this song's biggest But girl it's time to let go. lesson goes back to the nature of promises: Be very careful (Repeat chorus and refrain.) about what you promise another. Demonstrate to an individual that you can follow Written by Eugene Wilde/Albert Manno through on small things before Sung by Backstreet Boys Copyright (c) 1997 by Zomba Recording Corp. making commitments that are going to be quite challenging Suppose you want to date latest smash, "I'll Never Break to keep. someone who still is hurting Your Heart."

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Diocese of Fall River -

Fri., Sept. 25, 1999

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A winning lesson in baseball

By CHRISTOPHER

CARSTENS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

stepped up to the major-league plate, only four ever hit 60 or more home This has been an unhappy summer . runs in a season. The fact that two of for the news. A lot of what we see on those four did it this year is amazing. television is pretty depressing.

And nobody hates these guys Thank God for baseball. Sports in fact, we love them. They sign aumay be the toy room in the news world, but at least there's something good happening this summer.

Two really decent fellows, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, each broke Roger Maris' record for the most home runs in a season. As I write, the record stands at 63. Who knows what it will be when you read FOR YOUTll • ABOUT YOUTlI this?

Professional sports in America seem to involve a bunch of greedy tographs, they talk to the media, and players, who only care about the size they say nice things about each other. of their contract and shoe-marketing A new home run record won't cure deals. They work for a bunch of cancer. It won't get the guns out of equally greedy owners, who regularly our inner cities, and it won't make our blackmail cities into building new high schools the best in the world. ballparks so they can make even bigStill, I think those problems will ger profits. be solved by men and women who Of course, these ballparks get built approach their jobs the same way at taxpayer expense, because the own- Sosa and McGwire approach theirs. ers keep threatening to take the team First, each of them has worked out of town: "Maybe they'd appreci- hard to develop the natural talents ate us in Fresno," God gave them. They hit the ball the McGwire and Sosa seem like the way they do because they've studied antidote to all of that. Sure, they get batting technique for years, and taken paid a magillion dollars each. Some- thousands and thousands of hours of how, though, they avoid shoving that batting practice. Without that effort in our faces: They both are having a at self-development, they'd be just wonderful time doing what they do run-of-the-mill players. better than anybody else who ever Second, each is part of a team. lived - pounding the dickens out of Nobody wins even one baseball game a baseball. alone.

Why does it matter?

Finally, they are cheering each Perhaps in the vast scheme of other on in the midst of one of the things, it doesn't. Still, I think it's most remarkable competitions of all worth our attention. time.

That's how big problems get First, what they are doing is remarkably difficult. Major league solved. Talented men and women depitchers throw the ball between 80 velop their own special skills. They and 100 miles an hour, and they don't work in teams and celebrate the sucthrow straight - that ball moves all cess of anybody who contributes to over the place on its way to the plate. the important work they share. That's It has been said that hitting a small the approach that will let us solve the round ball with a round stick - the important problems of our time.

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renovation of the SS. Peter and Paul School and construction of a daily Mass chapel, will get underway. . Chancery official and permanent deacon Thomas Palanza has been working on the project as a design consultant. Diodade Sousa has been the project's carpenter and both he and Palanza received praise from Father Fernandes for their dedication and efforts.

Readings for the Mass, especially the second, from the second chapter of Ephesians, reflected the theme of unity. "You are strangers and aliens no longer. No, you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God. You form a building which rises on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone."

Bishop O'Malley reflected on those words of the second reading in his homily and spoke about coming together to share God's sacred space. "Here we have the joy of a beautiful place to make the Sabbath holy. Here we come to meet our God. to learn how to pray... where we are called to be brothers and sisters." O'Malley offered his congratulations to attendees on the renovated church and, observing the large overflow crowd, jokingly asked when the church would start building its addition. He was

ter Jane Hogan will present "A Wake Up Call." All welcome, OSTERVILLE - The Cape-Islands Chapter of Catholic Nurses will hold its 14th annual Mass at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 27 at Our Lady of the Assumption Church. All Catholic nurses, members and non-members, are welcome. Refreshments to follow. For more information call Jackie McGorty at 428-6741.

RAYNHAM - A workshop and concert'by Vince Ambrosetti, composer and'performer of contemporary religious music, will take place at St. Ann's Church. The workshop will be held Sept. 26 from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. The concert will be at 7 p.m.

Sept. 27. All welcome.

TAUNTON - Sacred Heart Par-' ish is sponsoring a day of devotion to mark the First Friday of each month and will do so 011 Oct. 2.. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed following the 8 a.m. Mass and the c~ay will conclude with' Benediction at 7 p.m. All welcoine. The parish is located at 29 First Street. .

Each Monday in October parishioners may join in praying the rosary' and attending Benediction for the intention of respecting human life. All welcome to join in praye'r beginning at7p".m.

TAUNTON - SainI Anthony's Parish will celebrate its annual Feast of Our Lady of Fatima on Oct. 10 beginning with a 7 p.m. Mass and candlelight procession. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament will follow the procession. All welcome.

WAREHAM - Would you like a deeper understanding of the third Person of the Blessed Trinity? Come celebrate the year of the Holy Spirit by attending a "Life in the Spirit" seminar at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at St. Patrick's Church, 82 H:igh Street.

Seminars will continue each Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for seven weeks. All welcome.

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moved by the number of people in attendance.

A special part of the Mass involved the dedication of the church's altar and depositing Of relics into its marble top. Following the placing of relics, the bishop anointed the altar with oil of chrism as parishioners 1iang. Incensing and lighting of the altar concluded the ceremonll. Father Fernandes said "The aitar is the focal point around which our spirituallives are centered," and invited the bishop to "come among us often." He also praised parishioners for their support of the, project, calling them the "true heroes of this story."

Music for the Mass was provided by the Parish Festival Choir and members of the Saint Anthony of Padua Choir of New Bedford.

David J. Langevin served as director of music and Melissa J. Manville-Medeiros was songleader; Guitar was played by Stephen Hug. At the close of the Masi" Bishop O'Malley thanked Father Fernandes for his efforts. "Your pastor has worked so hard on this project and so many proje:ts in the diocese. He has been a real pillar."

Following Mass, a luncheon for parishioners was held in the Father Coady Center.