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u.s. bishops oppose 'pre-emptive, unilateral_' force against Iraq

By WILLY THORN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON -Any "preemptive, unilateral use of military force to overthrow the government of Iraq" cannot be justified at this time, the U.S. bishops told President Bush.

The bishops urged Bush "to step back from ,the brink of war and help lead the world to act together to fashion an effective global response to Iraq's threats."

In a letter to Bush, the bishops used Catholic just-war criteria to argue that unilateral strikes against Iraq would differ from the use of force against Afghanistan, part of a broader war against terrorism in response to September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

"Given the precedents and risks involved, we find it difficult to justify extending the war on terrorism to Iraq, absent clear and Tum to page 13 - Iraq

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FALL RIVER - With several festive events marking its centennial completed, St. Michael Parish is readying for the major celebration, a 100th anniversary

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Mass of Thanksgiving with Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., as principal celebrant Sunday at 2 p.m.

Pastor Father Luis A. Cardoza and former pastor Father Luciano J. de M. Pereira, along with former parochial vicars as well as diocesan priests will be concelebrants.

A banquet will follow at the Venus de Milo Restaurant in Swansea.

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But prior to that, members of the parish's Youth Ministry will plant 'a red maple tree on parish grounds "symbolic of the growth of the parish and its reaching out ... because these young people with be entrusted with its mission," said Father Scott Ciosek, parochial vicar at St. Michael's for the past year.

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AN IRAQI CATHOLIC boy enters the Chaldean Mother of Sorrows Church in Baghdad, Iraq. Referring to the possibility of a U.S. attack on Iraq, Church leaders and ethicists from Canada, Scotland, Australia and the United States fear that a strike would only "exacerbate the dangers" of worldwide terrorism. (CNS photo from Reuters)

Annual Religious Education Convention set for October 5 ~

Regis College's Dr. Ernest Collamati will He said that while the gathering is a wonderful opbe keynote speaker. portunity for teachers and volunteer catechists, it also

FALL RIVER - With a theme of "Living For the Lord," and hoping to focus on Catholic Christian Living today, the Fall River diocese's annual Religious Education Convention will be held October 5 at Bishop Connolly High School.

The convention will begin with registration, coffee and exhibits by major publishers and religious goods stores at 8 a.m., followed by Mass at 9 a.m., the keynote address at 10:30 a.m., lunch beginning at 12: 15 p.m., and workshops throughout the day until 3 p.m.

"We have a busy day planned with more than 20 workshops in teaching methods, sacramental preparation and spiritual enrichment," said Deacon Bruce J. Bonneau, director of Religious Education for the diocese, who is coordinating the event.

offers all interested adults a time to deepen their knowledge of the faith.

Bishop Sean P. O'Malley, OFM Cap., will be the principal celebrant and homilist at the Mass.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Ernest Collamati, chairman of the Religious Studies Department at Regis College in Weston. Previously he was chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at St. Mary of the Woods College, Indiana.

After receiving his bachelor's degree in humanities from Providence College, he studied theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he received his master's and doctoral degrees in theology.

Collamati's writings have appeared in Horizons and the Journal of Religious Education. He has presented Turn to page /3 - Convention

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Msgr. Normand A. Methe STAMFORD, Conn. - Msgr.

Normand A. Methe, 73, of Stamford, died September 18 at Stamford Hospital.

Born in Fall River, Mass., the son of the late Louis and the late Lena (Levesque) Methe, he graduated from St. Louis de France School in Swansea, Mass.

He attended La Mannais Preparatory School and La Mannais College in Alfred, Maine, and received a bachelor's degree from St. Mary's College in St. Mary, Kentucky. He also studied at St. John's Seminary in Brighton, Mass.

After ordination to the priesthood on Feb. I, 1958, he was principal of Stamford Catholic High School, and served as pas-

CENTERVILLE - Shortly after the anniversary of September II, a group of Barnstable area relitor at St. Gabriel Church, St. gious leaders gathered to Mary Church and Holy Spirit ask: "What now? ConParish. He also served as chap- cerned that we ourselves, lain to the Catholics Daughters our people 'in the pew' and of America; the Stamford police the public at large might be and fire departments; and the overwhelmed, again, by Belltown Volunteer Fire Depart- deadly images and fears alone, we wanted to offer ment.

He is survived by nieces and something helpful and nephews. He was the brother of hopeful.

"Confident that we can the late Roger, Gerard and bring people together....!- and Maurice Methe.

His funeral Mass was cel- .that people of good will can ebrated September 21 in St. Mary be together in the same Church in Stamford. Interment place, with a similar intenwas in St. John Cemetery, Darien, tion we invite the public to an evening of song and siConn.

The Nicholas F. Cognetta Fu- lence, prayer and petition reneral Home & Crematory, 104 flecting a variety of faith Myrtle Avenue, Stamford, was in voices and rituals."

"An Evening of Thankscharge of arrangements. giving: For Life, For the Harvest and For Unity and Peace in our DiverGraziano sity," will be held at the Tilden Art Center at Cape

Cod Community College beginning at 7 o'clock on Monday, September 30 to bring this September to a close with images of hope that can bring healing and peace.

Co-sponsoring this interdenominational prayer service are the following: Kathleen Schatsberg, president, Cape Cod Community College; The Rev. Ellen Chahey, Federated Church of Hyannis; Rabbi Gary Mazo, Cape Cod Synagogue; The Rev. John Castricum, South Congregational Church, Centerville; and Father Mark Hession, Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville.

For more information, please contact Father Mark Hession, Our Lady of Victory Church, 230 South Main Street, Centerville, 508-775-5744, E-mail: fiiitcape@aol.com.

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EVERETT - William P. the Holy Name Society of St. Graziano, 89, husband of the late John the Evangelist Church, Ruth (O'Neil) Graziano, died and the Winthrop Lodge Sons September 19 after a long illness. of Italy.

He was the father of Father Peter Besides his priest son and reN. Graziano, pastor of St. Mark ligious sister daughter, he leaves VATICAN CITY (CNS) - The Parish. Attleboro Falls, and father a sister, Edith Roccia of Everett; Vatican is leaning toward approval of Notre Dame Sister Louise and nieces and nephews. He was ofan expetimental application ofthe Graziano, principal of St. John the also the brother of the late Rachel U.S. bishops' norms on clerical sex Evangelist Elementary School, Ciccarelli, Emma Spinale, abuse, perhaps after some clarifying Carmella Lanza, Mary Graziano, language is added, a senior Vatican Wakefield.

Born in Boston, the son of the Rubina Kirk, and Anthony official said. ' late Peter and the late Amelia Graziano. His funeral Mass was 'This would not be a rejection by (Castagnola) Graziano, I)'e.resided ce:tebrat~d Monday in St. John the the Vatican, nor would it be a 1'01'in East Boston prioqoJJ1oYing.to • e'taj1gelis! <;;:~urc.h,Wint)1~op.,In­ ,mal 'recognitio' of the norms," the :Winthrop 60 years ago. Before terment was in Winthrop Cem- official said. Instead, the Vatican retirement he was employed by etery. would allow the norms to be applied the Railway Express.

The Ernest P. Caggiano and "ad experimentum" - the Latin Mr. Graziano was a former Son Funeral Home, 147 Winthrop phrase signifying temporary or promember of the Winthrop Street, Winthrop, was in charge visional use.

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that a final decision had not yet been criticism of the norms, saying they made, and the Vatican response had would not allow pliests to ell'ectively still not been written. defend themselves from accusaBut he said the "prevailing senti- tions. Among other things, the ment" was to recognize that the norms call for relieving a pliest from norms were formulated by U.S. his Church ministry when a "credbishops as an experimental initiative ible accusation" of sex abuse against - to be evaluated after a two-year a minor is received. period, Therefore, the Vatican would The delicate intemal discussion respond with a conditional form of . on the norms, involving five Vatican agencies, was still continuing in late approval.

The solution, if adopted, ap- September. A draft of the final repeared to represent a compromise. sponse was expected to be reviewed On one hand, U.S. bishops would by Pope John Paul n in early Octobe allowed to follow the norms they ber, Vatican sources said. overwhelmingly approved in DalSometime before the middle of las last June. On the other, the October, the response - probably Vatican would not be officially rec- in the fOlm of a letter - was exognizing the norms as a "particular pected to go out to the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic law."

Many Church legal experts at the Bishops, Bishop Wilton D. Gregory Vatican and elsewhere have voiced of Belleville, III., the sources said.

In Your Prayers Ple,ase pray for the following priests during the coming week Sept. 30 1963, Rev. John 1. Griffin, Pastor, St. Paul, Taunton 1993, Rev. George Taraska, OFM Conv., Parochial Vicar, Holy Rosary, Taunton Oct. 2

1961, Rev. Joseph E. Sutula, Pastor, St. Casimir, New Bedford 1999, Rev. Rene R. Levesque, Pastor, Blessed Sacrament, Fall River Oct. 3

1991, Rev. Msgr. Arthur G.Considine, Retired Pastor, St. Mary, South Dartmouth Oct. 5

1999, Rev. Jean D. Pare, O.P., Assistant Director, St. Anne Shrine, Fall River Oct. 6

1916, Rev. Stephen B. Magill, Assistant, Immaculate Conception, North Easton 1987, Rev. Roland Brodeur, Uniondale, N.Y.

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Cape Cod parish will host medical ethics lecture series By

DAVE JOLIVET EDITOR

CENTERVILLE - Because last year's lecture seJies on medical ethics was such a success, four prominent Catholic organizations are again teaming up to sponsor the educational event. The Order of Malta, Our Lady of Victory Parish in Centerville, the diocesan Office of Adult Education, and Diocesan Health Facilities will present "Catholic Teaching on Medical Ethics - What Everyone Should Know to Make Informed Decisions," on four consecutive Tuesdays beginning in late October. .

"Last year the series was held in Fall River and was very successful," Suzanne Downing, coordinator of the seJies and liaison for the four sponsors told The Anchor.

"This year the seJies is again being offered, this time on Cape Cod." Downing also said continuing education credits will be offered to teachers, nurses and social workers attending the lectures.

Each of the four lectures will take place at Our Lady of Victory Parish Hall, 230 South Main Street, Centerville, running from 3:30-5 p.m., with registration and refreshments beginning at 3 p.m.

The seJies kicks off on October 22 when ChJistopher Klofft, a professor of Theology at Assumption

College in Worcester will address the topic of "Human Sexuality Procreation and Pre-marital: Relations." Klofft's academic areas of specialization include fundamental moral theology, sexual ethics, and gender issues in moral theology. He holds a doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of AmeJica, and a bachelor's degree in English from'Assumption College.

Klofft is a renowned lecturer and teacher, and a member of the Society of Christian Ethics. He was a presenter at last year's lecture series in Fall River.

Father Roger 1. Landry, parochial vicar at Espirito Santo Parish, 'Fall River, will present "The Dignity of the Human Person,- Moral and Spiritual Consequences of the Foundations of Bioethics," on October 29.

"One of the great successes of last year's sessions was the ability of the speakers to bring to simple terms topics that were very complicated," said Father Landry. "It is an honor to be asked to speak. It's very important to stress the dignity of the human person. And that dig- , nily is all human beings are valued for eternity by God." After receiving a biology degree from Harvard, he studied for the priesthood in Maryland, Toronto

Bishop Reilly to 'celebrate Mass for an end to war WORCESTER, Mass. - Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of the Diocese of Worcester will celebrate a "Mass for an End to War" on September 25 at 7 p.m. at S1. Paul's Cathedral, 19 Chatham Street, Worcester. Bishop Reil1y' and members of the diocesan Catholic peace community are holding this Mass as a cal1 for all to follow the nonviolent example of Jesus and to embrace a theology of peace.

AI1 are invited to attend.

The liturgy wil1 remember soldiersand innocents kil1ed in past wars, those who were kil1ed in the U.S. on September I I, 200 I, and those who were ki l1ed in Afghanistan dUling last year's air war. Prayers will be offered that no more people wil1 be kil1ed in Iraq.

As in recent statements by Pope John Paul II in Assisi and by the U.S.

Catholic Bishops Conference, the' Mass wil1 be a re-invitation at a crucial time to embrace Christ's call to "love your enemies." .

Father Bernard Gilgun of St. Anne's Parish in Shrewsbury and a long-time friend to Worcester's poor and part of the spiJituai soul of the Mustard Seed Catholic Worker soup kitchen will be the homilis1.

The "Mass for 'an End to War," similar to other Masses with specific intentions offered at S1. Paul's Cathedral, is believed to be unique for dio-' ceses across the country. Although the Mass has been organized to affirm the Catholic Church's tradition of non-violence and rejection of war, it takes on deeper meaning in the shadow of September II and threats of war between the United States and Iraq.

Two hair salons will host breast-care fund-raiser FALL RIVER - Two local salons are teaming up to provide a day of manicures, pedicures and neck messages while raising money for a worthy cause.

In observance of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Fall River salons Unlimited Expressions and Self Image will present a 'Cut-a-Thon" and raffle to benefit the FIRSTFED Center for Breast Care at Saint Anne's Hospital on October 6 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p,m.

All activities will take place at Unlimited Expressions, 340 South Main Street, Fall River.

Proprietors Maria' Cabral of Unlimited Expressions, and Jan Raposa of Self Image, and their staffs will donate their time and offer haircuts and the other personal treatments in exchange for donations for the Center.

Appointments are, not required, but may be made by calling Unlimited Expressions at 508-678-27.37.

and Rome. Following his ordination, Father Landry returned to Rome to complete his graduate studies in moral theology and bioethics.

Father Landry is also chaplain at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River.

On November 5, FatherTadeusz Pacholczyk will present the topic "Stem Cells and Cloning - The Science and Ethics of Stem Cells and Cloning."

Father Pacholczyk is parochial vicar at St. Patrick's Parish in Falmouth and a member ofthe Ethics Committee at SaintAnne's Hospital in Fall Riv.er. He holds a doctorate in neuroscience from Yale University, a licentiate in Sacred Theology from Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, bachelor's degrees in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Philosophy from the University of Arizona, and has a research fellowship from the departments of neurosurgery and surgery at Harvard Medical School.

Father Pacholczyk is the recipient of several honors and scholarships and has authored a number of abstracts and articles. In 200 I he

testified on human cloning during Elizabeth's Hospital School of a hearing of a Massachusetts Sen- Nursing Alumni Association, and ate committee. the Massachusetts Nurses Associ aThe final session will take place' tion. She is also a recipient of the oil November 12, with Linda J. "Excellence as a Role Model" , Burke, RN, discussing "End of Life award presented by Southwood ' Decisions - The Importance of Community Hospital.

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wisdom and enduring spirit got mance and renewing the resolve them to the finals, and how each 'to pursue goals with gusto no As i watched the tdevised fi- one's proven experience now was matter the setbac1<s.

- nals of the Sampras-Agassi ten- working in an-effort to defeat the Announcers at a match like ' that of Sampras and Agassi would 路nis match at the U.S. Open a few, other. , weeks ago, my adrenaline flowed To get to the finals, Sampras do well to dwell more on what it as never befor,e. But It wasn't the and Agassi played much younger must have been like learning to miraculous shots of the players and very talented players, men control a temper, 'to overcome bad that got me going. It was the an- who undoubtedly had a great de- habits, to deal with noisy crowds nouncers, repeatedly pointing out sire to win. Undoubtedly also, and especially to come back from demoralizing de(eats. When that both players were over 30 and that being' "so old" great players feel as if all they undoubtedly would What incenses me is our society's - their strength and confilose their edge as the match dence have deserted them, fi~ation on being young and the inhow do they regain it? wore on.

I hav'e been im athlete, clination to quickly dismiss people Watching outstanding all my life and know well over a certain age as no longer ca- players is more than 'observthat "there is no fool'like pable of unimaginable feats. ing exceptional, youthful an old fool." Our legs have physical talent. It is experionly so much,'bounce left en~ing a SPll'lt that refuses in them. And foolish are those these young players had more to be discouraged, grows in pawho think they will play sports ~pring il) their legs and endurance tience and, is forever striving to the way they did when they were ,than the two older players. Yet, improve. No matter their age, . ,youths. . , these younger players were de- their strength' and endurance reWhat incenses me is our feated - by older men who out- side in their spirit. society's fixation on being young endured them.

What especially disturbs me and the inclination to quickly dis- _ The tennis announcers knew about our culture's emphasis on miss people over a certain age as the history of Agassi and Sampras youth 'is the accompanying loss no iongeF capable of unimagin- well. What th~y seemed not to un- of respect for the elderly. Adverable feats. derstand is the essence of the tisements for prescription drugs What also disturbs me are ycHHhful strength both men dis- repeatedly feature people crippled older people who spend exorbi- played on the court. . by age and having a limited usetant amounts of money keeping Strength comes in many forms. fulness.

History teaches that,the stronup the appearance of being young _ It is generated through disciplined arid are ashamed of their age. exen;ise that tones muscles and gest nations were those who venWhat I would ~ave liked hear- enhances endurance. It is gener- erated their.elders by seeking their ing during that memorable tennis ated by learning from defeats, re- wisdom and imitating their tough match is how these two players' peatedly evaluating, one's perfor- spirit.

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On the verge of extinction?

The sports world took another to gain some clearance ---" time afmajor hit last week with the loss ter time. of one of its giants. The great He exuded confidence in his Johnny Unitas passed away, leav- abilities and ~hat of his teaming us with one less hero and one step closer to the extinction of such individuals.

Unitas played in an era when hard work, comrilitment and loyalty lived up to Noah Webster's standards. Just

By Dave Jolivet watch the man, now eternally preservedon cellu- ' ' - - - - - - - - - - - leid, He'was battered, beaten and broken practically ev- mates. He loved the game he ery Sunday of every autumn for played for a living, evidenced by decades, yet never wavered. the boyish grin frequently tlashed The fingers on his hands more on the sidelines. Money wasn't· resembled a Toad map than any- the driving force. Pride, duty and thing, with digits pointing in the respect for the game fueled most unusual of directions. He Johnny U. hobbled from the sidelines, to the Oh, how I wish today's young huddle, to the line of scrimmage, athletes and fans could watch the to the pocket, and then stood man with the black, high top stone-faced waiting for a receiver cleats work his magic every Sun-

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day.' And how I wish today's young athletes and fans could watch Ted Williams eat, breath and sleep baseball every day of his life. But woefully, he too moved on to other , things this year.

It pains me to realize what the alternative is for 'today's sports audience.

They get to watch Manny Ramirez make an aboutface to the dugout after tapping back to the pitcher. Surely, the Splendid Splinter must have been rolling over in whatever he's in now after that one. And youngsters get to watch Pedro Martinez call it a day after.picking up his 20 th win of the season. Despite one more scheduled start. His excuse? - He doesn"t want to risk injury in a meaningless game.

Quick, someone show Pedro some film of Johnny Unitas piease!

Perhaps ,it's just me, but the they didn't do their jobs. Maybe attitt,ldes of Ramirez and all is not lost. Maybe there are Martinez and those like them those who still play the games have worn thin a long time ago. with pride, duty and commitThey're bigger than the game, ment. bigger than the fans, and way too I sure hope so, because in 2002 much bigger than their manager. we lost two men of character and How fun would it have been to courage. And there just aren't see either of them pull such enough of them to go around anystunts with men like. Vince more.

Lo'mbardi, Red, Auerbach or Dave Jolivet, editor of The Billy Martin at the helm? Or Anchor, is a former sports even Bill Belichick for that mat- , writer/editor, alld regularly gives ter. One couldn't help but ob- olle fail's perspective of the serve the Patriots' defensive ullique world of sports. corps with heads hanging low afCommellts are welcome at ter last week's WIN. They know davejolivet@anclwrnews.org.

Priest-bishop relationship is not one way, pope tells new p'relates

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Addressing 117 recently named bishops from 33 countries recently, the pope said, "The spiritual care of priests is a plimary obligation of every diocesan bishop."

During the ordination rite, when a priest places his hands in the hands of his bishop and pledges his "filial devotion and obedience," it is not "a one-way gesture," the pope said during the meeting at his summer villa south of Rome.

"The young priest chooses to entrust himself to the bishop, and the bishop. for his part, commits himself to ,watching over these hands," Pope John Paul said.

"In this way, the bishop becomes responsible for the fate of those hands which he grasps in his own. A priest must be able to feel, especially in moments of difficulty or solitude, that his hands are grasped by the bishop's," the pope said.

The new bishops were in Rome fora lO-day seminar sponsored by. the Congregation for Bishops.The seminar included practical presentations by top Vatican officials and long-serving bishops from around the world aimed at helping new bishops run their dioceses efficiently and preach the Gospel effectively.

Pope John Paul told the new bishops their mission to preach the Gospel is not easy in today's world, often marked by agnosticism and materialism.

"However, we must not give into pessimism and discouragement because it is the Spirit which guides the Church" and inspires its members to find n'ew ways of preaching the Good News, he said.

"The Christian truth is attractive and persuasive precisely because it is able to give strong orientations to human existence, announcing in a convincing way that Christ is the one savior of all humankind," the pope said.

Pope John Paul told his fellow bishops, "The effectiveness and fruitfulness of our ministry .depends in a large part on our configuration to Christ and on our per-

Letter to the Editor was definitely there! It was un-Editor:' The Cape Cod Deanery of Par- fortunate that another diocesan ish Prayer Groups wishes to ex- event was scheduled for the .. , press its heartfelt gratitude for . same day.

However, we are getting much your most generous stories in The Anchor about the FIRE Rally held positive feedback and are encourin September in Hyannis. The ageo to consider a future enAnchor was our premier public- deavor.

We thank you for your report: ity agent and the excellent front page stories in two issues prior to ing - with pictures - and will the event made it possible for us include prayers for you in our monthly prayer meetings. to cover our expenses.

Mary E. Tansey, Approximately 700 tickets Parish Prayer Group were sold and although the atDeanery of Cape Cod tendance was not as good as our North Falmouth last rally. a sellout. the Spirit

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The first task of a pastor, he said, is to increase the desire of the faithful to be holy, and that happens when they see, their pastors striving for holiness.

Correction In last week's edition, Sister Bernadette Sullivan was incorrectly identified as a Sister .of Me~cy. She is in fact a Holy Union Sister. The Anchor regrets the' error.

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Did Jesus. reall·y multiply fish?

THE ANCHOR - Diocese of Fall River - Fri., September 27, 2002 .

Q.. Recently we heard at Sunday Mass the Gos- flections on the life of Jesus in the early Christian pel' (from Matthew) on 'the miracle of the loaves communities. and fish. Our priest said the miracle was a spiriIt is safeto say, I believe, that the vast majority of tual one,'in which everyone shared what they had Bible scholars today do not agree with these and simiand everyone ate. . lar theories, for many reasons. For example, miracles He never stated that it was Indeed a physical' were undoubtedly one of the chief signs by which , miracle of multiplying the bread and fish, as I was' Jesus fulfilled his mission, to reveal God's dominion led to believe in reading the Bible. Which is true? over Satan and the powers of evil, and 'to proclaim , . . the presence and coming Publicity Chairmen are meal and gue.st speaker will folc (Illinois) - A. To understand tne of the reign of God. asked to submit.news items . low. For more information call 'Thus, the miracle stories for this' column to The An- Daryl Gonyon at 508-672-· implications of your are anessential and a major question, it is useful to elIOT, P.O. Box 7, Fall.River, 4822. note first.that the story of paJt of the GQspels. They 02722. Name of city or town MISCELLANEOUS~A,the multiplication of the appear in the earliest sources , Should be included, as well as loaves is told in at least of the Gospels and were acfull dates of all activities. pilgrimage to our nation's. threedifferentversionsin

By Father cepted from the beginning DEADLINE IS 'NOON ON . capital for the annual March the four Gospels. And, as John J. Dietzen as part of the preaching FRIDAYS.. about Jesus of Nazareth. , for Lif~ is being organized by the other miracul~)Us Events published must be the Pro-Life Apostolate for events recorded by the .

(See, for example, Acts 2 of interest and open to our' JaQuary 21-23. It wi II include evangelists, it has many layers of meaning. . and 10.) When could they have been invented? general readership. We' do' Mass .at the Basilica of the There is the straight story itselfof Je.sus putting his Further, the contention that miracles are simply not carry notices of fund- National Shrine' Of the Im~ power at the service of hungry people, thus proclaim- impossible and therefore could not have happened is raising activities; which may maculate Conception and a ing the presem;e of the reign of God. There 1lfe also a circular argument based on nothing but a secularbe advertised at O,llr regular' group Mass for: diocesan pil- echoes of similar Old Testament stories, expressing the ist, possibly atheistic, vision of reality.

The entire Christian Gospel is founded on the berates, obtainable from our gri ms. A special "youth bus," 'fulfillment of God's ancient plans in the actions ofJesus.

Finally, there is, in the words and actions of the lief.that God intervened in the world in a new and business office at 508-675- departs a day early and will accommodate youth at a re- miracle story, the clear eucharistic symbolism, which definitive way in the coming of Jesus, and in his life 7151. . duced fare. For more informa- would have had major significance for the Christians and message. So it's no surprise that events happened who lived 'when the Gospels were written, probably thal'surpass all previous experiences and all possible ATTLEBORO An tion call 508-997-2290, 40 years or more after Our Lord's death. expectations of people living then and today. 'evening of song and pray~r enConsidering this multilayered significance of the We still have much to learn about Jesus and his NEW BEDFORD ~ A miracle stories, itis not surprising. that some schol- life, including his miracles. But writing off his titled "Bethany Nights," will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. 'at the candlelight procession in honor . ars have questioned how and why these stories ap- miracles as frauds, or as misunderstandings of an easily deluded cro\¥d, or as products of later ChrisLa Salette Shrine led by John' of Our Lady of Fatima will be peared in Christian tradition. . Beginning perhaps 200 years ago, a long strain of· tian imagination simply'is not reasonable. held October 13 at 7 p.m: at PoIce. . There is no objective evidence to lead to such a . A Mass and healing service Saint Anthony of Padua early modem Bible scholars, often influenced by a will be held Sunday at 2p.m. at Church, 1359 Acushnet Av- , so-called "rationalistic".philosophy, flatly denied the conclusion and a great deal of evidence today for the authenticity of these works of Our Lord, ' the Shrine. It will be led biLa enue.' It will include Benedic- historical authenticity of the Gospel miracles. .

Some, like the famous Rudolph Bultmann, beA free brochure on ecumenism, including quesSalettc Father Richard Lavoie. tion 'ofthe Blessed Sacrament. lieved they were made up By early 'Christians, who tions on intercommunion and other ways of shar- ' For more.information call 508- For more information call 508- lived in a culture that expected marvelous prodigies ing worship, is available by sending a stamped, 993-1691.

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Questions and Answers

NORTH:DARTMOUTH , ATTLEBORO .,-. The annual'.Feast ,of Our.'La.dy.of ~ A Div~rcecl~Sepjarate9 Sup~ 'Fatima will be held October 12 .pori" Group will meet Septemat Holy Ghost Church, 71 Lin- ber 30 from 7-9 p.m. at the Diden Street' at6 p.m. It will in- . 'ocesan Family Life Center, 500 Clude Mass, candlelight proces- Slocum Road. Guest speaker sion and Benediction of the David Lundrigari. will address Blessed Sacrament. the topic ·"Anger Management in Divorce."

BREWSTER - A Mass and healing service will be held NORTH EASTON - A October 2 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady candlelight rosary and Benedicof the Cape Church, 468 Stony tion ceremony to honor Our Father Lac!y of the Holy Rosary will be -Brook Road. La Salette .

William Kaliyadan will be prin- ,held October 7 at 7 p.m. at Holy Cross Family Ministry's Father cipal celebrant.

Peyton Family Institute, 518 FAIRHAVEN - The Men Washington Street. Holy Cross of the Sacred Hearts will spon- Father Thomas Feeley will be sor a First Friday Mass Octo- guest speaker and'the rosary will ber 4 at 7 p.m. at St. Mary's be said in several languages.

Church. A holy hour will folORLEANS - The Sepac low Mass and refreshments will rated-Divorced Catholics Supbe available. port Group will meet Sunday at . FALL RIVER Holy 7 p.m. in the parish center of Name Church, 709 Hanover St. Joan of ArcChurch. Guest Street, wi II be the site for a par~ speaker Judy Burt Walker will address the topic "Forgiveness i~h. mission September 29-30. A

Others concluded that especially the nature miracle stbries(walking 6n water, multiplication of the loaves and fish, etc.), were not genuine, but grew out of re.

Box 325, Peoria, IL 6165.1.

Questions may be sent to Father Dietzen at the same address, or E-~ail: iidietzen@aol.com.

'Was it.. justice for Jeri?

. A couple of years ago I was given a ·life sentence, and AI:.lene . reading the Catholic Women's Net- Goetze, the editor of the Catholic work publication, much impressed Women's Network, explained: . witl\a very human column by Jeri "Jen. and a male. compamon Becker. To my astonishment, there were involved in a drug transaction' was a credit line at the end saying. in Marin County on March 4, 1980, that Jeri was serving a life sentence when a fight broke out and her comin the California State Prison at panion shot the drug dealer. Jeri did Corona. not have a weapon and did not . In subsequent issues I was even know her companion had one." more impressed with the soul and spirit of this still . young wom.an, who al. ready had spent some 20 years behind bars.' It was clear from her columns . that she was absolutely . dedicated to relieving the suffering of others, and

By Antoinette Bosco steadfast in her trust that "God is a God of mercy ....----:"'----~--L_~ arC! compassion," as she put it.

What Goetze said next shocked me. . Since I had been working with "Her companion who did the shootinmates in New York state .and ing was found guilty of second-deConnecticut, I wanted to know gree rilUrder, while Jeri was found more about prison conditions in. guilty of first-degree. Sh'e had no talk entitled "What is Your Im- as a Grace and a P~ocess. For 'California, especially for women. history of violent,clime. She' was age of God," will be given Sun-· more'information call Father What I learned was not pleasarit~ A sentenced to 25 years to life~ with day at 6 p.m. "Strengthening Richard' Roy at 508-255-0170. 200f report by the National Asso- ,expectation of parole when the paFamily Life," will be.presented ciationof Social Workers in Cali- role board determined she was no TAUNTON -,-' Classes for fomia showed serious problems for longer a risk to society." ,September 30 at 7 p.m. A reconciliation service will be held ·the Marian Medal emblem pro": incaJ'cerated women; among these _ The good work that Jeri Becker gram for Cadette age Girl' the lack of health care, inadequate has done in prison -:- including at 7 p.m. October 3.

Scouts wi II begin Qctober 5 food, limited hygiene items, unsani- teaching inmates to read, 'ministerFALL RIVER ~ The Fall from 1-2:30 p.m .. in the 'Im-', 'tary bathroom conditions and, un- ing to the sick and dying ones, leadRiver Men's First Friday Club maculate Concepti(m Religious believably, the near impossibility of ing Yoga classes and participating will mark its 55 th anniversary. Education Center. For more in- getting parole if a woman was given in church activities ~ has been reca life sentence: ognized. She was granted parole with Mass on October 4 at 6 formation, call Mary Powers at I d d h' B . k - won ere w y ec er was M.ay 21, sup'ported by Judge E. p.m, at Sacred Hear~ Church. A 508-824-4452.

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Warren McGuire, her sentencing jydge in Marin COUf\ty. Becker, he .wrote, "is truly an outstanding example of a success fully rehabilitated inmate; she has more than paid h~r debt to society for her in7 volvement in the death of the drug dealer, and she did not shoot the drug dealer, did not have the weapon that killed him and successfully assisted the other "Y0man present from being harmed in the incident."

However, she remains in prison because the parole process in California is complicated. Her case is' now before a review commiltee for approval, and then -must go to the goverJ"" nor for approval. I pray that Gov. Gray Davis, who has vetoed 85 of 87 paroles sent to him, will let Becker go home to herfamily and friends. The people of California should not have to pay to keep 'someone like Becker, who would be a self-suppOlting, productive and compassionate citizen, in prison.

She has paid enough for a long-past dmg problem. . . As for the stress this must place on her, [believe she holds a tmmp , card here. For she wrote once, "Most important of all, I sit quietly in the present moment and experience that inner peace which defies all understanding orexplanation-tb be still and know that God is with me."

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Boston Archdiocese, Geoghan victims settle for $10 million

By JERRY FILTEAU CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON - A major chaptcr in thc Boston clergy sex abusc scandal came to an end Scptcmbcr 19 as 86 victims of former pricst John J. Geoghan scttlcd with thc Boston Archdiocese for $10 million.

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Constance M. Sweeney removed the final barlier to the deal when she approved a petition to participate in the settlement by a 17-yearold, the only plaintiff who is still a minor.

Archdiocesan attorney Wilson Rogers Jr. then handed a $10 million check from the archdiocese to the plaintiffs' attorney, Mitchell Garabedian.

The settlement came eight months after Geoghan was found guilty of indecent assault on a 10year-old boy and sentenced to 10 years in plison. Geoghan was removed from active ministry in 1994 and forcibly laicized in 1998 as more and more plaintiffs came forward accusing him of child sex abuse climes ranging from exposing himself to sexual fondling to rape.

He is accused of abusing more than 130 children. The archdiocese had separately settled with some 50 other victims before the latest settlement.

News coverage of the Geoghan tlial and the cOUl1-ordered release of archdiocesan records on Geoghan to the Boston Globe marked the start of the clergy sex abuse scandal that quickly spread across the nation, leading to an emergency summit of top Vatican and U.S. Church officials in April and the adoption of a stringent national policy in June under which any priest who has molested a child is to be baITed permanently from all public ministry.

Under the settlement, ,$9.3 million will be spiit among 50 people who claim Geoghan molested them. Of the rest, $540,000 will go to 20 people who say Geoghan exposed himself to them and $160,000 will be split among 16 parents of alleged victims.

In March, archdiocesan officials and the Geoghan plaintiffs had reached a tentative accord on a settlement estimated to be worth $15 million to $30 million. That agreement fell apart in May when the archdiocesan finance councillooking then at about 150 other sex abuse lawsuits instead of the 30 others facing the archdiocese in March - vetoed the accord.

Garabedian took the archdiocese to court to try to enforce the earlier agreement, but Judge Sweeney, who heard the case, urged the parties to try to reach a new agreement

before she rendered her decision.

The Boston archdiocesan newspaper, The Pilot, repOl1ed that Cardinal Bernard F. Law has named Deacon Anthony Rizzuto as head of the new archdiocesan Office of Child Advocacy, Implementation and Oversight. Deacon Rizzuto, a child psychologist and retired Air Force officer, was archdiocesan director of Catholic cemetel;es.

In another development in Boston, Jesuit Father James F. Talbot was alTaigned on charges of sexually abusing three students at Bost~n College High School in the 1970s when he was a teacher and wrestling coach there.

At least 10 other former Boston College High School students and two from Cheverus High School in Portland, Maine, where Father Talbot taught and coached from 1980 to 1988, have accused the priest of making them strip down and molesting them in what was supposed to be wrestling training.

The indictment includes one count of rape, one count of assault with intent to rape and five counts of indecent assault and battery.

Elsewhere around the country: - Five people filed a lawsuit in Cleveland accusing Father Joseph Romansky of sexually abusing them between 1975 and 1980. In 1991 the Cleveland diocese reached a settlement with families

My car-wash rides with Auto My four-year-old grandson "Which one do you want to go has just entered a "stage" which to, grandpa?"

'I smiled at the trap. "Which my own children never went through: the "car wash" stage. one do you like best?"

He grinned. He had snared Given the choice between going through the automated car yet another collaborator in his wash or having Pinocchio come insatiable drive to feed his caralive before his eyes and pro- wash fixation.

"The yellow one," he vide him a personal tour of Monstro the whale's innards, Donovan will choose the car wash.

No contest.

Hands down.

Auto (Donovan's actual nickname) canBy Dan Morris not get enough of the car wash.

"Your car sure is dirty, grandpa," he called to me beamed.

This grandpa likes the "yelyesterday as he bounced out his front door. "Do you want me to low one" too, because it offers a free car wash if you fuel up go to the car wash with you?"

"Well," I said, climbing out with your credit card with the of the car, "I usually like to wash yellow shell on it. Auto likes the my car by hand, Mr. Grandson." "yellow one" because in addition to the great sights and "Why?" "Because your grandpa is sounds of machinery and water cheap," came my daughter's slamming into one's unsuspectlaughing voice from behind the ing vehicle, the attendants are also allowed to play loud music screen door.

"Because, Auto," I said, - things like the themes from "then I can do a good job and I "Star Wars" and "Rocky."

I admit I have come to enjoy don't have to worry about all those wild swirling gizmos tear- the "car wash ride" with Auto, ing off a radio antenna or a rear- as much from his excitement as anything. To spice things up review mirror or something."

"Tell your grandpa that the cently, I accidentally left the sun roof slightly ajar. This had the new car washes are totally safe," double bonus of getting us and chirped Auto's mom.

Auto told me. Then he asked, the entire interior of a 1986

Mustang 5.0 nicely "dusted" with wet, white, soapy spray.

This in turn inadvertently caused such delight for the carwash owner and his teen crew that they gave us a free, future car-wash card after they managed to pull themselves off the ground where they had been rolling in laughter.

"Wasn't that fun,· grandpa?" Auto asked excitedly as he helped me wipe down the inside of the car.

I used a paper towel to dry his head and ears.

"Fabulous," I said.

"Absolutely fabulous.

Let's not necessarily say much about this to your mom and dad."

Naturally, this meant that the first thing he called out to his mother was, "Mommy, grandpa let the car wash spray us all over inside his car, and it made me and him and the whole car white and really funny. Want to go do it again with us?"

She looked at me and grinned so hard it probably hurt her ears.

"Not a word," I said, "or I will tell stories about you as a five-year-old and that old Kirby vacuum."

Now that was a stage. .

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of two other children who accused Father Romansky of abuse. Following treatment after the earlier allegations. he had been a chaplain at a nursing home, but he was suspended from ministry in April pending an investigation of allegations. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that four Cuyahoga County assistant prosecutors have worked full time and 25 part time sinceAplil sifting through diocesan and parish records going back more than 50 years, identifying about 100 priests and more than 250 others who have been accused of sex abuse.

- Six people sued the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio, alleging sexual abuse by Dennis Gray, who left the priesthood in 1987. One of the plaintiffs also named Father John Shiffler, who was removed from ministry in July.

- In New York Father John Thompson pleaded guilty recently to two counts of grand larceny and five counts of falsifying records and promised to repay the nearly $96,000 he stole from St. Elizabeth's Parish in Ozone Park.

Part of the money was used for vacations at a gay hotel in Florida. A Brooklyn diocesan spokesman said that with his guilty plea Father Thompson was no longer a priest in good standing and the diocese was considering suspension or laicization. Barbara Samide, former principal of the parish school and the one who reported the embezzlement to autholities, is seeking damages from the pliest and the dio-

cese for alleged sexual harassment and physical abuse by the priest.

- In Chicago former priest Vincent McCaffrey pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of thousands of images of child pornography, some of them sadomasochistic. Prosecutors asked for an extended sentencing hearing and indicated in a court filing that they intended to show that McCaffrey, who resigned the priesthood in 1993 following accusations of child abuse, has "engaged in a pattern of sexual exploitation of minors."

- The coul1 tlial of a civil lawsuit opened recently in Worcester, Mass., against Father Thomas Teczar, a Worcester pl;est who was baiTed from active ministry several years ago, for the alleged abuse of David L. Lewcon when Lewcon was a minor.

- The Detroit Archdiocese announced the formation of a new archdiocesan sexual abuse review board in response to the U.S. bishops' charter on child protection." It also released a working draft of a revised sex abuse policy and placed the document on the archdiocesan Website.

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PRACTICE THE DEVOTION OF THE FIRST SATURDAYS, AS REQUESTED BY OUR LADY OF FATIMA

On December 10, 1925, Our Lady appeared to Sister Lucia (seer of Fatima) and spoke these words: "Announce in my name that I promise to assist at the hour ofdeath with the graces necessary for the salvation oftheir souls, all those who on the first Saturday of five consecutive months shall: 1. Go to confession; 2. Receive Holy Communion; 3. Recite the Rosary (5 decades); and 4. Keep me company for 15 minutes while meditating on the 15 mysteries ofthe Rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me."

In a spirit of reparation, the above conditions are each to be preceded by the words: "In reparation for the offenses committed against the Immaculate Heart of Mary."

Confessions may be made during 8 days before or after the first Saturday, and Holy Communion may be received at either the morning or evening Mass on the first Saturday.

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.done·that was not considered necTURIN, Italy - Trapped par- essary by some scientists. ticles of dirt and scorched fabric Cardinal Poletto told reporters had darkened parts of the Shroud that Pope John Paul II authorized ofTurin and eventually could have the intervention and that Vaticanmade it difficult to see the shroud's appointed. members of the image of a crucified man, said shroud's scientific commission Cardinal Severino Poletto ofTurin. agreed unanimously. that the At a recent patches and press conferbacking should ence in Turin, Th rei,' I l 'd th t be removed. __ tile cardinal exe ca ma a so sal a The cardinal /-plained the 40- everything removed had alsosaidthatevday cleaning and been scrupulously labeled erything rerestoration pro- andpreserved. . moved had been "Nothing, therefore, was scrupulously lacess the shroud underwent over lost because everything that beled and prethe summer and d ' I d~ served.

"N 0 t hi n g released photo- was remove - mc u mg graphs taken smallparticlesandthreads- therefore, wa~ during the work. have been catalogued and lost because evThe work in- preserved. They could be the erything that volved removing object ofstudy," he said. ~as re~oved30 fabric patches mcludmg small and a fabric particles and backing sewn onto the shroud in threads - have been catalogued 1534 after a fire. and preserved. They could be the .

The removal of the backing, object of study," he said. known as the Holland Cloth, also Msgr. Giuseppe Ghiberti, presipermitted the photographing and dent of the archdiocesan shroud digital scanning of the back side commission, said the decision t9 of the shroud, which many people carry out the work in complete sebelieve is the burial cloth ofChrist. crecy was made for security reaSome of the photographs, a sons. ' short video clip and two texts from . The Sept. 11,2001, terr9rist atthe press conference, in Italian tacks in·the United States""left in only, have been posted on the the conSciousness of the opulent archdiocese's shroud Website: West an awareness of its vulner,www.siridone.org.. . , ability, and in the larger Italian cit: ..~ When Italian reporters firSi dis-., .ies~important sites that-could be the . covered the work had been done, . objects of terrorist attacks were newspapers were filled with ar- identified. In Turin, the shroud was tides expressing surprise and on the top of the list," Msgr. alarm that work might have been Ghiberti said.

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Godparents serve as example, support and guides for Christian journey

By JOSEPH YOUNG CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

The Meyers gave another of their godchildren, 16-year-old niece Dani Leukam, a "pardon cross" ST. CLOUD,' Minn. - Vito Corleone, that fic- and a medal of St. Christopher, patron saint of travel, tional "Godfather," was fam'ous for making an of- to wear around her neck before she left for World fer you couldn't refuse. A true-life godfather, how- Youth Day in July in Toronto. She returned the favor by giving her godparents wooden crosses she ever, makes an offer that you shouldn't refuse guidance for growing in the Christian life after bap- bought at the event.

"We try to set an example as practicing Cathotism.

In the Catholic Church, numerous godparents lics for our godchildren," Char Meyer said. "We attend Mass regularly. Dan is a eucharistic minister, take their role as baptismal sponsors seriously.

Together, Mark and Jane Whalen, members of and I'm a lector. Weare a sponsor couple for the St. Alexius Parish in West Union, are godparents of newly engaged, and we try to be involved in as many five children, with Mark being the godfather of four parish activities and fund-raisers as possible."

Now that Schulzetenberg is away at the semiothers. When Andy Jensen was baptized at St. Paul Parish in St. Cloud nearly II years ago, his parents nary a good part of the year, Char Meyer stays in - Eric and Julie, who is Jane's sister - asked the touch by mailing him his favorite cookies - chocoWhalens to be Andy's godparents. late chip - always accompanied by a card of en"We chose Mark and Jane because they strive to couragement. live holy, godly lives," said Julie Jensen, now a mem~ , "It's not so much the monetary gifts" that godber of SS. Peter and Paul Parish in Gilman. "I knew children need, Char Meyer said. "It's taking an inthey would pray for Andy and be there to guide terest in their lives, in their church and school acAndy, and us, if any of us would ever stray from the tivities and to be there to support and congratulate godly path." them and tell them we're proud of them."

Who can be a godparent? Prerequisites can be As godparents, the Whalens have attended "no less than seven baptism classes," Jane Whalen told found in Canon 874 of the Code of Canon Law. A the St. Cloud Visitor, newspaper of the St. Cloud godparent - officially referred to as a "baptismal diocese. "But it's fine with us. There's always more sponsor" - must: - Normally be at least 16 years old. to learn about the beauty of the sacrament.

"With Andy, being a godparent is light arid pleas- Be a Catholic in good standing with the ant duty because his parents are doing a good job," Church. she added, noting that she and Mark consider sup- Lead a life of faith in keeping with the god. port of Andy's parents part of their role as godpar- parent role. ents.

- Have received the three sacraments of initia"We discuss issues in the Church with Eric and tion - baptism, confirmation and Eucha;;st.

Julie and share how to raise children in the faith.

- Not be the child's parent.

We tell them what we're doing to augment the faith Godparents, according to the "Catechism of the of our own children," she said.

Catholic Church," "must be firm believers, able and Among presents the Whalens have given Andy ready" to help the newly baptized - child or adult are gifts to help him cultivate his faith, including a - with their walk on the Christian journey.

Parents choose godparents for their newborns book ab~ut how to participate in the Mass.

"We talk openly to him about his future," Mark or children to be baptized. Adults who are bapWhalen added, "and encourage him to be open to a tized after completing the Rite of Christian Initiapossible vocation." tion of Adults usually select one godparent. ParDan and Char Meyer also encourage their six ents often choose two godparents for their newgodchildren to be open to a vocation. One of them, borns, one of each gender, although only one is nephew Tom Schulzetenberg, 19, is about to begin required. his second year of study at St. John Vianney ColSometimes parents wilI choose a person who is lege Seminary in St. Paul. a baptized non-Catholic, in place of a second bapSchulzetenberg said his godparents often talked tismal sponsor, to help guide their child to lead a with him "about deeper issues and my plans for the good Christian life. That person is calIed a "Chrisfuture," especialIy during his high school years. tian witness" to the baptism.

Catholics remain largest U.S. religious body in new census

By NANCY FRAZIER O'BRIEN CATHOUC NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON - With a 16 percent increase in membership during the 1990s, Catholics remained the dominant religious body in the United States in the latest religious census.

The Catholic population in the United States numbered 62 million in 2000, according to "Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States: 2000," a report compiled by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies and published by the Glenmary Re" search Center in Nashville, Tenn.

The Southern Baptist Convention was second at nearly 20 million and the Un ited

started with a smaller number," said Kenneth M. Sanchagrin, director of the Glenmary Research Center.

In state rankings, California (10 million) overtook New York (7.5 million) as the state with the largest number of Catholics, while Wyoming (80,421) and Alaska (54,359) continued their 1990 positions as the states with the fewest number of Catholics.

Although several states changed position on the list of top 10 states in number of Catholics, the same 10 remained on the list: California, New York, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Florida, Ohio and Michigan.

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Virginia, Colorado, Arizona, Utah and Arkansas.

Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua government power:' he added.

The 2000 study is the first to include data on Three states had a negative Catholic growth of Philadelphia called'for action on The Abortion Non-Discriminanon-Christian religious bodies other than Jews, rate - Rhode Island, at minus 14.4 percent; the Abortion Non:Discrimination tion Act of 2002, with 82 co-sponwho were first included in 1990. The latest cen- Michigan, at minus 13.6 percent; and West Vir- Act of 2002 in;a reCent letter to sors, is before the House Energy and sus includes Baha'is, Buddhists, Hindus, Jains, ginia, at minus 2.9 percent. Other states with low House Majority Leader Richard Commerce Committee. .

Muslims, Sikhs, Taoists and Zoroastrians in the Catholic growth rates were Louisiana, Vermont, Armey of Texas.,' . ' Armey pledged to bring the legUnited States.

North Dakota, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, New York "Recent events ddnonstrate now islation to the House floor to protect much this legislation is nee4edj~'.the the conscience rights ofCatholic and The Catholic data shows that although the and Ohio. . . other religious hospitals and health The religious census also ranked religions by cardinal said. number of Catholic adherents grew in all four regions of the country it increased by much higher metropolitan area, as defined by the U.S. census.

He cited an ann6uncement by care centers. percentages in the West (42 percent) and South Of the 48 metropolitan areas with one million or New York Mayor路' Michael The House leader said the new (30 percent) than in the Midwest (five percent) more people, Catholics were the largest single Bloomberg that he planned to force legislation was intended to clarify and Northeast (four percent). group in 37. Southern Baptists were the largest medical residency programs in the congressional intent behind a 1997 The total number of Catholic churches in the in 10, and Mormons were the largest in the Salt city's public hospitals to provide law that banned state and federal abortion training and a bill recently discrimination against health care United States increased by three percent in the Lake City metro area.

West and under one percent in the South, but deFor all metro areas, Catholics were the largest signed by California Gov. Gray providers who do not perform aborelined by five percent in the Midwest and six per- group in nearly two-thirds (63 percent or 173 ar- Davis that requires residency pro- tions. Some courts have "narrowly cent in the Northeast. eas) and Southern Baptists were largest in nearly grams in obstetrics and gynecology interpreted" the 1997 law, saying the "It may well be the case that the large urban all the rest (32 percent or 89 areas). The Church to offer abortion training for their conscience protections apply only to areas in the Northeast and Midwest are closing of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the larg- physicians-in-training, even in pri- medical training, Armey added.

"Once again, the courts have legchurches in urban neighborhoods where Catho- est group in six metro areas, the Evangelical vate hospitals.

'These and other developments islated from the bench in attempts lie populations have abandoned them and/or it Lutheran Church in America in four, United may be that it is simply easier for the South to Methodists in three, and American Baptists in are signs of a renewed nationwide to promote this morally unjust praccampaign to attack the conscience tice" of abortion, he said. show a percent increase in churches because they one.

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eNS bestsellers list for October Here is the Catholic Sunday Visitor) 2. "The Seven Sacraments" Bestsellers List for October 2002, according to the Catholic Coloring Book. Virginia Helen Richards (Pauline) Book Puhlishers Association.

3. "Did Adam & Eve Have Hardcover I. "Father Mychal Judge." Belly Buttons'?" Matthew Pinto (Ascension Press) Michael Ford (Paulist) 4. "Called to His Supper."

2. "The New Faithfu\." Colleen Carroll (Loyola) Jeannine Timko Leichner (Our 3. "The Holy Longing." Sunday Visitor) Ronald Rolheiser (Doubleday) 5. "Can You Find Jesus?"

4. "My Dear Children." Gallery & Harlow (St. Anthony Mother Teresa (Paulist) .

Messenger) 5. "Watch for the Light."

6. "Tear Soup." Schwiebert (Plough) and DeKlyen (ACTA/Grief .

6. "Healing Plant's of the Watch) Bible." Vincenzina Krymow 7. "The ABCs of the Mass."

(St. Anthony Messenger) Francine' O'Connor (Liguori) 7. "God at the Ritz." Lorenzo 8. "Father McBride's Teen 路Catechism." Alfred McBride Albacete (Crossroad) 8. "Catechism of the Catho- (Our Sunday Visitor) lic Church." (Our Sunday Visi9. "A Pocket Catechism for tor) Kids." 'Stubna and Aquilina 9. "Sl. Francis." Marie Den- (Our Sunday Visitor) nis (Orbis) 10. "Let's Go to Mass." A 10. "A New Set of Eyes."

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5. "Lecciones Biblicas." Jose Benedict J. Groeschel (Our Sun- Miguel Miranda (Pauline) day Visitor) 6. "Visitas al Santisimo." San 7. "Voices of the Saints."

Alfonso Maria de Liguori Ben Ghezzi (Doubleday) (Pauline and Liguori) 8. "Don't Call Me Old. I'm 7. "Se Trata de Amar Just Awakening!" Marsha Mucho." Teresa de Jesus Sinetar (Paulist) (Pauline) 9. "Living Life Abundantly."

8. "366 Pensamientos de Johnnette Benkovic (Servant) Superacion." Pajesma (Pauline) 10. "Shaken by Scandals."

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Todos los Dias." P. Jonas Abib Jeannine Timko Leichner (Our (Pauline)

IMAX HAS taken "Apollo 13" to new heights. The digitally remastered film, staring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton, will show on the up-to-eight-stories-high IMAX screens. '. (eNS photo from Universal Studios)

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"Apollo 13" (Imax Format) (Universal) The rerelease of the 1995 Academy Award-winning movie is changed only in that the screen image is up to eight stories high, allowing for some startling vistas and close-ups, although panning shots look momentarily blurry. The originat capsule review follows: Factbased story of the April 1970 moon launch aborted on its third day in space after an incapacitating problem diminished the oxygen, power and computer systems, making the safe return of the three astronauts (Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon) an almost insurmountable problem for Houston Mission Contro\. Director Ron Howard keeps emotional tensions taut and suspense

levels high throughout this salute to the courage and perseverance of all inv()lved in the dicey rescue mission.

Fleeting sexual innuendo and minor profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification isAII - adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG - parental guidance suggested. ''Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" (Warner Bros.)

Trashy, ultraviolent tale in which a former FBI agent (Antonio Banderas) pursues a deadly kidnapper (Lucy Liu) only to discover they have a common enemy (Gregg Henry). As directed by Kaos, car bombings, shootouts and mayhem are almost nonstop in an absurdly contrived narrative of bogus emotions and glamorized violence. Excessive violence and briefrough language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is 0 - morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

"The Banger Sisters" (Fox Searchlight) Disagreeable comedy in which two legendmy rock 'n' roll groupies from the I960s, one a down-andout middle-aged bartender (Goldie Hawn) and the other an uptight socialite ashamed of her past (Susan Sarandon), reconnect after decades,

trying to understand each other's now-differing lifestyles. With hackneyed characterizations, writer-director Bob Dolman's,c1unky, forced narrative is predictable from the start, and the film's suggestion that promiscuity is liberating is more than a bit off-putting. Some sexual encounters and several sexual references, fleeting frontal nudity, a benign depiction of promiscuity, brief drug content and some rough language and profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-IV - adults, with reservations.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted. ''The Four Feathers" (Paramount) Set in 1894 England and Sudan, a disgraced soldier (Heath Ledger) in search of redemption faces his fem' of death head on and risks losing everything that is impOItant to him in an epic drama of love, honor and courage. Directed by Shekhar Kapur, the film often loses sight of its themes as its main character laboriously treks across the rugged desert terrain. Fierce, action-style battle sequences. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

eNS home video reviews NEW YORK (CNS) - The following are capsule videocassette reviews from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting. Theatrical movies on video have a USCCB classification and Motion Picture Association of America rating: "Changing Lanes" (2002) Tense drama about a cocky young lawyer (Ben Affleck) and an insurance broker (Samuel L. Jackson) whose chance encounter in a minor fenderbender escalates into a terrifying tit-fortat, as each tries to retaliate against the other's callous comportment. Director Roger Michell's morality tale provokes reflection on corporate ethics, individual responsibility and self-destructive behavior while weaving a taut, disturbing tale of two men caught in the increasingly tangled web of their own al.:tions. Brier violence, much menace and intermittent rough language with

some profanity. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-III - adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted.

(Paramount) "The Count of Monte Cristo" (2002) Rousing adaptation of Alexander Dumas' classic adventure tale about a sailor (Jim Caviezel) falsely imprisoned for treason who eventually escapes, reinvents himself as a count and wreaks revenge on the close friend (Guy Pearce) who framed him. As a deft visual storyteller, director Kevin Reynolds honors his source material by seamlessly interweaving themes of jealousy, betrayal and vengeance transformed into mercy and redemption in an opulent production, although it underplays the main character's spiritual struggles with God. An implied affair, fleeting sexuality and intermittent sword fights and gunplay. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classifica-

tion is A-II - adults and adolescents.

The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 - parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

(Touchstone) "Crush" (2002) Trite story, set in a quaint English village, about three professional women in their 40s (Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton and Anna Chancellor) whose weekly meetings to moan about their pathetic love lives are disrupted when one of them falls in love with a much younger man (Kenny Doughty). First-time writerdirector John McKay is unable to smoothly handle the drastic tone change in the last third of a film that is predictable and surprisingly flat considering its bittersweet narrative. Several sexual encounters and references, a same-sex kiss and recurring rough language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classi-

fication is A-IV - adults with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R - restricted. (Sony Classics) "Return to Neverland" (2002) Mildly amusing animated sequel to the 1953 classic "Peter Pan" begins in World War II London when Wendy's daughter (voiced by Harriet Owen) is whisked off by Captain Hook (voiced by Corey Burton) to Never Never Land where she rediscovers her sense of imagination and adventure before Peter Pan (voiced by Blayne Weaver) helps her fly home. Directed by Robin Budd, the film has the usual quality animation, but its flat songs and skimpy story render it unmemorable. A few mildly menacing scenes. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification is A-I - general patronage. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is G - general audiences. (Disney)

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Catholic Church program fights urban sprawl in Connecticut

By MARY CHALUPSKY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

taxing structure and economic development coalitions. In MinNEW HAVEN, Conn. - The neapolis, for example, 37 Catholic Church is taking a lead towns formed a regional conrole: on a social justice issue af- glomerate to raise taxes together fecting people in towns and cit- and create a formula to distribute ies across Connecticut - urban funds. sprawl. , "In every state, the Catholic The flight of jobs and people Church has been a leader," from city centers to the suburbs Bishop Rosazza said. "The has erod~d tax bases, created con- Catholic Church has long been an gested roads and resulted in pes- example of great social teaching ticide run-off and more pollution, and sense of moral good. We're leading to, among other things, one nation under God, therefore higher .incidences of asthma we're also one state under God. among children. .

We're all brothers and sisters.

In response, the Archdiocese We've got to work toward the of Hartford's Office of Urban common good."

Affairs is spearheading the The first meeting of coalition CenterEdge Project - a coalition members took place last Novemof people from diverse interests ber. The group is working with' a working to educate people in the Minneapolis-based metropolitan state about disparities caus'ed by research group to create a series of maps that document issues by the population shift.

At the helm as chairman is areas throughout the state. The FATHER J~HN Williamson leads the funeral procession for legendary football quarter- Hartford Auxiliary Bishop Peter coalition will work to educate and back John Unltas from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore. During the three-and- A. Rosazza. The coalition in- raise awareness among constitua-half-hour service, Unitas, who died of a heart attack at age 69, was remembered for his cludes groups and organizations ents on the issues.

As part of the effort, a humility as well as his exploits on the football field. (CNS photo by Owen Sweeney III Catho- ' of all types: religious, environlie Review) , . ' mental, business, civil rights, edu- CenterEdge parish education . cational, government and civic, as project was developed for Cathowell as those that focus on hous- lic parishes to teach parishioners ing and social services. about the Church's social teach"Today, everyone of ing and about regional issues. It Connecticut's 169 towns fends is one of only five in the country for itself in terms of jobs, taxes, chosen by the U.S. Conference of economic development," Bishop Catholic Bishops for a $50,000 Rosazza told The Catholic Tran- grant from a private foundation.

By CHRISTOPHER GAUL the faith-rooted essence of No. who knew Unitas had a similar Eventually, it is hoped that script, newspaper of the Hartford CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE 19's character. He was, the car- story to tell.

Archdiocese. "One town fights CenterEdge will lead to public Frank Galeone and his wife, BALTIMORE - In one of the dinal said, "the kind of man who against the other for new business policy changes designed (0 imlargest funerals in recent Balti- would shake the hand of a home- Elaine, were good friends of and tax rebates. What we have prove the quality of life in Conmore history, legendary pro foot- less person and say that it was an Unitas and his family for more necticu,t. now is not working." ball quarterback John Unitas was honor for him, Johnny Unitas, to than 30 years. The former foot"This is a tremendous idea He said the question that needs ball star was a frequent guest at remembered for his unparalleled shake that man's hand." to be answered is "what can be that has attracted a lot of supNot long after stunned Galeone family cookolJts, wedexploits on the gridiron but even done to 'make a better living cli- port," said Bishop Rosazza. "It's more for his virtues of courage, Baltimoreans tried to absorb the dings and other celebrations. mate for everyone" and at what something for today that can help hard work, loyalty, kindness, gen- news of Unitas' death September Unitas, who retired from football make life better for a lot of cost. erosity, deep faith and humil- II from a heart attack at age 69, in 1974, "was so generous with "What we're looking at is re- people. I'm very encouraged, those in the Archdiocese of Bal- himself," said Elaine Galeone. ity. gionalism," he continued, de- and I look I'Of even greater supBaltimore Cardinal William H. timore of which he had long been路 "He was there for everybody scribing a model in which towns , port from our parishes and 路citi-- "He was very self-effacing, Keeler described "the great band together to create a common zens throughout the state." humble," Father Martin human attributes John Strempeck, pastor of the Unitas displayed in his NFL Cardinal Keeler captured best the parish where Unitas atcareer: hard work and dedication, seasoned by courage faith-rooted ~ssence of No. 19's tended in the 1990s, said. in the face of pain and ad- character. He ,was, the cardinal said, "He never was impatient yersity; clearly grace under 'the kind of man who would shake with anyone that I knew of.

People would bring a footpressure; commitment to his. the hand of a homeless person and ball to Mass many times and teammates; unassuming and say that it was an honor for him, I would s.ay, 'Don't bother inspiring leadership."

Johnny Unitas, to shake that man's .him, he's in church.' But he "These were not just would be very gracious. He skills. these were virtues, hand." always smiled and would be and he carried them over to very gentle with them. Afhis family," the cardinal told ter a while, though, people got to a faithful part reflected on just some 2,500 friends, family members and fans who packed the Ca- what his fellow Catholics had accept his presence there on Sundays and they left him pretty thedral of Mary Our Queen in lost.

An elbow injury in 1968 af- much alone."

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Msgr. Myles 1. McGowan, Cardinal Keeler was principal fected Unitas the rest of his life.

He developed painful osteoarthti- now retired, was an associate pascelebrant of the funeral Mass.

It was preceded by a 45-minute tis as he aged and was left with tor at Immaculate Conception in Towson in the days when Unitas memorial celebration in which . limited use of his right hand: 'This was a man who never , regularly attended Mass there.

Unitas' eight children and the col"He was a very fine gentleman, lege coach who first saw his foot- turned down a request for an auball promise at a Catholic high tograph no matter what he was a'Very conscientious man, and he school in his native Pittsburgh doing or how busy he was," added was very Catholic," Msgr.

LAURA BUSH talks with young women at St. Thomas Father Christopher J.Whatley, McGowan said, "He was a good offered eulogies. ' Aquinas High School in the Bronx borough of New York. The The former Baltimore Colts former chaplain of the Baltimore father and a good provider for his first lady met with the students and stressed the importance family.

He was a friend of the big quarterback's characteristic traits Colts. But, rather than reject anyof humility and consideration rep- one, Unitas learned how to sign and t,he small and he was always of education in the United States and other countries as the resented a theme that ran through his name with his left hand, and willing to go the ex'tra mile for key to tolerance and understanding of other cultures. She everybody, and he was always so came to the school at the invitation of a student. (CNS photo the thrce-and-a-half-hour service. elegantly to boot, he said. very respectful and kind."

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In 2000, the pope, calling'Cardidelible memory of a life spent iri coherent and heroic adhesion to.his nal Thuan's suffering a"witnesS of vocation as' priest" and as a "pastor the cross," asked him to lead the full of zeal for the Gospel (who Vatican's Lenten retreat. The was) always faithful to. the Church cal'dinal's talks focused on his prison even in the difficult time of perse- experiences to illustrate the role suffering can play in realizing the tIUth cution," He said the I~te cardinal accepted of God's mercy and presence in his "long and painful illness" with daily life.

He aJso 'published several books "serenity and a spirit of intense parabout his detention, including "Five ticipation if] the cross of Christ."

The pontiff presided at a funeral Loaves and Two Fish," "The Road, Mass September 20 in St. Peter's . of Hope: A Gospel from Prison,", Basilica for the cardinal, .who had and "Pt'ayers of Hope: Words of ' headed the Pontifical Council for C0l!rage."

Vietnam's communist' regime Justice and Peace since 1998 and jailed the cal'dinal in 1975 when he was made a cardinal last year: Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, sec- was the newly named coadjutor retal)' of the justice and peace coul)- bishop of Saigon, later renatned Ho cil. said Cardinal Thuan was "an ex- Chi Minh City. He was never tried traordinal)' Christian who lived the or sentenced and spent nine of his 13 years ofdetention in solita!)' conGospel to its roots," . , "He was a man of hope, peace, finement.

His unCle was South Vietnamese ,forgiveness and reconciliation," .Bishop Ci'epaldi told Catholic News Presideot Ngo Dinh Diem, a CathoService, "For me his death is a great lic who was assassinated in 1963.

After Cardinal Thuan's release in SOll'OW. But his voice 'will continue to be heard.'; 1988, the communist authorities reCardinal Thuan had been hospi- fused to let him resume his post or talized for several months in Rome;~;' to be reassigned, at the Vatican's Casa 'diCura Pius xl' cli'nic.'He had request, to the Arch9iocese ofHanoi. . undergone two cancer operations, Vietnam, which does not have dipincluding one in Boston last year, . lomatic relations with the Vatican, The cardinal's prison experiences requires government approval of all shaped, his spiritual outlook and bishops" nominations.

The prelate fled to Rome in 1991 were a constant theme in ~is numerous public speaking engagements after a Vietnatnese government of~ around the world. Even after flee- ficial "suggested" he leave. ing Vietnam more thai, adecade ago, Born April. 17, 1928, Francois he continued to we,ar a pectoral cross ,Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan was orand chain he f<:iShioned in prison out dained to the priesthood in 1953 and of wood and electrical wire and made bishop of Nha Trang in 1967. .After arriving in Rome, he was, which he hid from guards in a bar of soap. made vice president of the Vatican's "1 weal' this cross and this chain justice and peace council in 1994 evel)', day," he explained af a con- and its presideht four years later. ference in Los Angelesin 2000, "not Cardinal Thuan's death leaves because they are reminders' of the College 'of Cardinals with 172 . plison, but because they indicate my members, of whom 116 are under profound conviction, a constant ref- age 80 and therefore eligible to vote erence point for me: Only Christian in a papal conclave.

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They deposed traditional chiefs who were not co~ .operative and replaced them with more pliable ones.

Meanwhile; a deposed subchief w~s plotting an insurrection by spreading rumors that the new Cht;stian religion brought by the missionaries was responsible for the famine and. misery in the region.

Local traditional religious leaders and Islamic mercenaries joinea the cause and planned an attack on the village.

Witnesses said that Okelo and Irwa knew their lives could be in danger and had a chance to escape. Instead they chose to stay, saying, "If they kill us, God is with us." , On Oct. 18, 1918, rebels attacked the compound where the catechists resided and prepared to execute .' them.

The rebels first killed Okelo, spearing him sev' eral times in the chest.

Irwa, with a spear protrudi,ng from his chest, stumbled 20 yards before falling to his death. Later, Irwa's killers decapitated him' and placed a church book in front of his head.

"Now you read the papers you were so keen to make us read," his killers reportedly said.

KAMPALA, Uganda - Two Ugandan. martyrs slated for caryonization knew of the dangers ofserving in a remote area of their country, bu"t volunteered for the job. . .

Catechists David Okelo and Jildo Irwa were murdered Oct. '18, 1918, in northern Uganda. When Pope John Pall! II canonizes them October 20, i't will bring to 24 the number of Ugandan martyrs who have 'become saints.

Okelo was 10 arid Irwawas 14 when they converted to Catholicism in 1916 after receiving instruction from Comboni missionaries, who first arrived in Uganda in 1910. Okelo and Irwa :vere among· the first group of catechumens to be baptized into the Catholic faith.

Almost imniediiltely following their conversion, the pair began studying to become catechists.

After completing their studies, Okelo and Irwa were sent to serve in Paimol, in northern Uganda, near Kiigum, after the previous catechist, Okelo's half-brother, died of starvation. Although violence' and famine permeated the area, the young catechists volunteered for the assignment.

A parish priest attempted to discourage the two from taking the dangerous assignmenr.-Irwa told the priest that he would stay with Okelo, the bigger of the two, and that the pair would be able to fend for themselves. , VATICAN CITY (CNS) -:. The Vatican is, The young men were undeterred by the possibilinviting choral groups from around the world ity of violence, saying that if they were killed while to join in a 24-hour telecast and Web cast'mark'serving the Church "We shall go to heaven." ing the 25t~ Christmas of Pope John PauLII. , The replies of the young men disarmed the priest, The event, which begins at I I a.m. Rome who offered, his blessing before Okelo and Irwa left time on Christmas Day, will feature internafor their new assignment. , ,tional songs and Christmas celebrations, as '" The villagers supplied the catechists, with food, well as tlie pope 's bles~ing and message to the while Irwa and Okelo began their work in earnest. world. It will be available on the Internet and There was no chapel yet, but they met under a tree on regular, cable and satellite television chan- , , nels. ' to provide religious instruction. They provided ser,vices to the young and old and quickly became' The initiative was announced September 20 popular in their new surroundings. by the Pontifical Council for Social CommuSeveral witnesses later said that because of the' . nications and Praxes Ltd. of' Bozeman, Mont., exemplary behavior of the two catecliists, parents which is coordinating the Web cast. willingly sent their children to them for instruction.

The Vatican was asking choir and chpral groups The people in the area where the· two young catthat wish to take part in the Web cast to submit a echists worked were fiercely proud 'and indepentaped, "a cappella" (voices only) performance by dent and resis'tant to the rule'of colonial power Greai October 28; in the United States, tapes must be Britain, shipped by October 18. Tips tOl: recording and The British soon, Slatted building roads, primishipping instructions are available at tive bridges and rest hol1ses for' visiting o'rficials and www.vaticanchristmas2002.com. expected the local people to.help in the operation,

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MAKING PLANS for the October 2 Religious Education Convention at Bishop Connolly High School in Fall River, are, seated, from left, Doris Thibault, director of education, St. John Neumann Parish, East Freetown; Sacred Hearts Sister Diane Dube of the Catholic Education Center; Patricia Pasternak, DRE at Holy Trinity Parish, Fall River, and Deborah Jezak, coordinator of confirmation and youth ministry at Good Shepherd Parish, Fall River.

Standing, from left, Jane Ayer, DRE, St. Julie Billiart Parish, North Dartmouth; Mary Copeland, DRE, Annunciation of the Lord Parish, Taunton; Jean Prior, DRE, St. Joseph's Westport; Bishop Connolly Principal James A. McNamee; Deacon Bruce Bonneau, diocesan director of Religious Education; and Paula Raposo, DRE, Notre Dame, Fall River.

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ish, North Dartmouth, who was General Instructions for the Rolast year's keynote speaker, will man Missal"; and La Salette Fapresent a workshop, "Do Our Chi1- ther Andre A. "Father Pat" dren Have the Capacity for Medi- 'Patenaude, director of "Make it Known Ministry," who will talk on tation?"

Some of the other presenters , liturgy and music.

There will also be a workshop and their topics include, Marian Desrosiers, assistant to the direc- in Portuguese on "Spirituality for tor of the Pro-Life Office, "The Joy Catechesis" presented by Deacon of Chastity"; Lisa Gulino, dioc- Joseph Medeiros who serves at esan director of Adult Education, Annunciation of the Lord Parish "RENEWing our Parishes, in,Taunton.

For more information includRENEWigg our Hearts"; Msgr.

Stephen J. Avila, director of the ing how to register, call Deacon Office of Worship, "The New Bruce Bonneau at 508-678-2828.

numerous workshops and lectures on the national, diocesan and parish levels.

MalTied to Susan Mastroianni, a member of the theology department at Bishop Feehan High School. Attleboro, they are the parents of two sons.

Among the workshops will be two on abuse prevention offered

by Catholic Social Services for those who need to complete the diocesan requirement.

Jane Ayer, director of religious education at St. Julie Billiart Par-

路St. Michael ful history of this parish's 100 years as a faith community since its founding on Feb. 28 1902, Fathe I' Ciosek said.

"It's a look at where we've been as a pmish and where we need to go as we begin a new chapter as a welcoming community."

It's a history he knows well. He and Brian Raposo, a parishioner, have put together a new, complete but concise histol)' of St. Michael's, which will be included in the cel-' ebrations' booklet for all to sec.

"Celtainly we were founded as a community for Portuguese immigrants and our families are still predominantly Portuguese, but our challenge now as a pmish is not only welcoming an exclusive group but opening our doors to evel)'one who anives," he said.

"We have new, young, families coming in who have no connection with POltuguese culture."

The pmish histor)' began in the late I890s when Fall River became home to many who left their native Azorean Islands in POltugal in time of extreme poverty to seek new life and opportunities in the City's busy collon mills, Actually the first Portuguese Catholic community in all of NOlth America was founded in New Bedford - St. John the Baptist Parish, Priests from there would journey o'n weekends to Fall River and the Mission of St. Anthony, later to become Santo Christo dos'Milagres

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Palish on Columbia Street.

"One of the priests coming to Fall River was Father Manuel C. Ten'a, a young, vibrant, colorful priest known for his missionary work throughout the area and for his zealous preaching of the Gospel,'! Father Ciosek noted.

With the growing needs of the faith community in the Bowenville section of Fall River, Bishop Matthew Harkins of Providence. R.I.(of . which Fall River was a pmt until its organization as a diocese in 1904) granted pennission for a basement . church on Essex Street and the cornerstone of the "mission" church was blessed on May 30, 1896.

"Actually, that church is the lower half of our cun'ent church," Father Ciosek said. "It was a long building with a flat wooden roof.

The upper extension was added in 1922."

On Feb. 28, 1902, Father Francisco Jose Constantino Flores, an assistant at Santo Chlisto, who was a Ii'ative of the Island of Flores in the Azores and only three months in the United States, was appointed the first pastor of the new, 1,800. member parish of St. Michael's.

He built a rectOl)' and only lived in it for a day, dying two days later, on Dec. 4, 1902 of appendicitis' at the age of 40, Under vmious pastors the church was built and refurbished, With the building of a new palish school in 1957, a new enthusiasm was bom.

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adequate evidence of Iraqi in- destruction? Should not a distincvolvement in the attacks of Sep- tion be made between efforts to tember II or of an imminent at- change unacceptable behavior of tack of a grave nature," the bish- a government and efforts to end that government's existence?" . ops said. , The letter was signed by He said the moral credibility Bi&'hop Wilton D. Gregory of of force depends on legitimate Belleville, Ill., president of the authority and, as such, "decisions U.S. bishops' conference, on be- of such gravity require complihalf of the bishops' Administra- ance with U.S. constitutional imtive Committee. peratives, broad consensus within Addressing the U.N. General our own nation, and some form Assembly last week, Bush said of international sanction, prefer. action against Iraq would be un- ably by the U.N. Security Coun-avoidable unless the United Na- cil." tions forced the Mideast nation to He added that war against Iraq disarm. He challenged the general could result in dangerous and unassembly to compose a new reso- predictable effects upon Iraqi cilution on Iraq or face the possi- vilians and Middle East stability, bility of unilateral action by the in violation of the criteria of the United States. "probability of success" and "proIraq announced on September portionality."

"Would the United States and 16 it would allow, without conditions, the return of U.N. weapons international community commit to the arduous, long-term task of inspectors.

In the bishops' letter, Bishop ensuring a just peace or would a Gregory said the "Catechism of post-Saddam (Hussein) Iraq conthe Catholic Church" limits the tinue to be plagued by civil conjust-war ~riterion of "just cause" flict and repression and continue to "cases in which the damage to serve as a destabilizing force inflicted by the aggressor on the in the region?" he asked. "Would nation or community of nations war against Iraq detract from our is lasting, grave and certain." responsibility to help build a just "Is there clear and adequate and stable order in Afghanistan evidence of a direct connection and undermine the broader coalibetween Iraq and the attacks of tion against terrorism?"

Bishop Grego'ry urged the September II or clear and adequate evidence of an imminent Bush administration to "pursue attack of a grave natur'e?" he actively alternatives to war," inwrote. "Is it wise to dramatically cluding diplomatic effOIts to reexpand traditional moral and le- sume weapons inspections, nongal limits on just cause to include military support for democracy preventive or pre-emptive uses of advocates in Iraq and careful enmilitary force to overthrow threat- forcement of the military emening regimes or to deal with the bargo and political and economic prolifer'ation of weapons of mass , sanctions.

With the arrival of Msgr. Hl,Imberto Sousa Medeiros,later to become bishop of Brownsville, Texas and . subsequently Cm'dina! Medeiros, the archbishop of the Boston archdiocese, the palish rejoiced at the retum of their native son, The Medeiros family, from Anifes, Sao Miguel, the Azores, settled in St. Michael Parish. Young Humberto was often found praying in the church, contemplating a vocation to the priesthood. He worked as a sweeper in the Sagamore Mills and graduated at the top of his class at Durfee High School. Ordained a priest in 1946, Father Medeiros served briefly as a pm'ochial vicar at this his home parish.

Modem day pastors preceding Father Cardoso, who has been pastor since 1996, include Father Pereira, Msgr. Luiz G. Mendonca and Father Joseph Oliveira.

Father Ciosek, who was ordained in June 2000, s,ays the wonderful account of the parish life and ministl)' by so many priests, religious and laity of the St. Michael Parish Family won't be left to chance.

PRESENTATION SISTER Mary Dennis Lentsch and Timo"In October, a time capsule will be bUlied on the parish grounds," he - thy Joseph Mellen enter U.S. District Court in Knoxville, Tenn., repOlted. "It will include memora- recently for a sentencing hearing. They were sentenced to bilia of the last 100 years. It is our two months in a halfway house following their June convicprayer that many rnore disciples of tions for trespas~ing at the Y-12 National Security Complex Jesus Christ will share their time, in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in April. The protesters believe the optalent and treasure as we continue eration of the plant violates the 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proto embrace our mission as we conliferation of Nuclear Weapons. (CNS photo by Dan tinue our StOI)' into the Third ChlisMcWilliams, East Tennessee Catholic) tian Millennium."

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STUDENTS AND teachers of St. Joseph-St. Therese S,chool, New Bedford, held a solemn remembrance September 11. Prekindergarten students carried flags and joined with other students in releasing red, white and blue balloons to symbolize their prayers for the victims of last year's tragic events. ,

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Fall River- high school announces,changesFALL RIVER Bishop Connolly High School welcomes four new administrators at the po- ' sition of principal, assistant prin- , cipal for academies, assistant principal for student affairs and director of guidance for its 2002-2003 school year.

James A. McNamee will serve as the school's new principal. He comes to Bishop Connolly after 10 years as associate superintendent and supei-intendent of diocesan schools. He has 12 years of medical service and two years as executive director of a residential youth center for troubled adolescenis. McNamee had been a teacher, guidance counselor, curriculum director and principal of academics at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth for more than 17 years and said he is "looking forward to a great new year at

,THESE BISHOP Stang High School, North Dartmouth, students were among 37 from their school to receive commendations as a result of o~tstanding scores on the National Latin Exam.

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NORTH DARTMOUTH Weigand, 'lenna Reilly, Kristin Thir:tY-seven students from Bishop _ Mulvey, Andre~ Hartnett, Ashley Stang High School received com- Bailey, Sean Dulmaine, Philip mendations as a result of their out- Baxter and Matthew Ryll. standing scores on the National Students earning magna cum Bishop Connolly.", chairman of English at Classical Latin Exam sponsored by the laude certificates: Sarah Iani, Devon Gaudet, Lindsey Paquette, McNamee went on to say "The' High School 'in Providence, cur- American Classical League.

Zolnierz, Chris new ad!TIiilistration comes with a riculum developer and assistant Six students earned 'gold med- , Zachary wealth of experience and our goal pnncipal in charge of recruitment! als, one of whom, Riley Williams, Passmore,.Lauren Wickel, Joseph is to open a new vision for the curriculum and instruction. He had a perfect score. They are, Sa- Deschene, Katie Eager and educational rah Catignani, Gillian Baumgart, Kathryne S1. Pierre. ' school's future:' McNamee hopes also has served as Stephen Wood, Veronica Sosa, " Students earning cum laude to challenge students ac'ademi.! . specialist in the Air Force.

Robert Jarvis is the new.assistant Amelia Monteiro and Riley Wil- certificates: Lauren Anderson, cally, socially and athletically. He David Manahan, Chelsea Musto, " is planning on adding football back principal for studel)taffairs. Most, Iiams.'

Twelve students earned silver Katelin Bandarra, John Zajac, in athletics next year and has al-, recently he was principal at ready added a chess club, debate Weymouth High SchooL Jarvis has medals. They are, Kristine Shane S1. Pierre, Amanda -club and Latin club. 'A photogra- also been principal at Brockton High Gagnon, Elizabeth Hersey, Ryan Blanchette, Andrew Poitras, phy club will be added in the near School and has servedas superin- ' Murphy, Steven Silva, Polly Stephen Bouley and Jay Dembro. future. tendent of, Rutland Southwest, - . . . , . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - - - - - - - , "Bishop Connolly has a bright Union, Vennont: He also has been future and I'm proud to be'here as a teacher and dean of discipline. principal to lead this. wonderful, ' The new director o(guidance faith-filled school," McNamee de- is Donna L. Fiori who has 28 years clared. experience in the position.She'has Paul J. Cartier is the new assis- been a therapist, writer, counselor tant principal for academics. He and instructor in' colleges and high was recently coordinator of assess- -schools and was most recently ment for the Providence School principal of S1. Clare High School Department. C~rtier served as in Boston.

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SOCCER . CAPTAINS were named for the fall season at Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro. Tim McMorrow, right, will captain the boys squad while Mary Bucci, Sarah Kline and Jen 'Lofgren, above, will lead their team.

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The By THE RISING Can't see nothin' in front of me Can't see nothin' coming up behind I make my way through this darkness I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me Lost track of how far I've gone How far I've gone, how high I've climbed On my back's a GO-pound stone On my shoulder a half mile of line Refrain: Come on up for the rising CELEBRATING 30YEARS - St. Mary-Sacred Heart StuCome on up, lay your dent Council Members assist Father David A. Costa and Prinhands in mine cipal Denise Peixoto in cutting a birthday cake. From left, Come on up for the rising Alyssa Caruso, secretary; Bridget Endler, treasurer; Sean Come on up for the Murphy, president; and Patrick Noone, vice president. rising tonight Left the house this morning Bells ringing filled the air I was wearin' the cross of my calling On wheels of fire I come rollin'down here (Repeat refrain) There's spirits above NORTH ATTLEBORO self; and the "service" logically and behind me Thirty years ago St. Mary's and followed with how one should Fac;es gone black, 'Sacred Heart's schools were con- live his life within the greater eyes burnin' bright solidated into the present day community helping others.

May their precious Saint Mary-Sacred Heart School, He closed with the thought that blood bind me now located at 57 Richards Av- "message," "community," and Lord, as I. stand enue in North Attleboro. "service" are not just words, but路 before your fiery light On September 17, Father David words by which to live. Without I see you Mary in the garden A. Costa and Father James M. this focus, the doors of Saint In the garden of a Fitzpatrick concelebrated a Mass Mary-Sacred Heart School would thousand sighs to usher in the new school year and not be open.

There's holy pictures to mark this anniversary. Father Many special guests particiof our children Fitzpatrick read the Gospel fol- pated in the Mass and celebration Dancin' in a sky filled with light May I feel your arms lowed by Father Costa's homily. for the school including former around me In a question and answer ses- principals and teachers as well as May I feel your blood sion with the students. Father representatives from the diocese, mix with mine Costa focused on the Greek town school administrators, and A dream of life comes to me words for message, community, administrators from Bishop Like a catfish dancin' on the and service. The "message" was Feehan High School. end of my line that of Jesus, that God loves evFollowing the Mass was a Sky of blackness and sorrow eryone; the "community" focused "birthday celebration" for the (a dream of life) on the responsibility to share the school with cake for the students Sky of love, sky of tears message and live beyond one's and their guests. (a dream of life)

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Sky of glory and sadness (a dream of life) Sky of mercy, sky of fear (a dream of life) Sky of memory and shadow (a dream of life) Your burnin' wind fills my arms tonight Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life) Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life (Repeat refrain) Sung By: Bruce Springsteen Copyright (c) 2002 by Columbia If you follow this column, you know that I have my favorites. Among those I have most enjoyed is Bruce Springsteen. Consequently, you can imagine my enthusiasm about the re-

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lease of his frrst album of new material since 1984.

Springsteen states that 'The Rising" was inspired by his reflection on the events of Sept. 11, 200 1. To me, it appears to be a type of requiem for all those who died or suffered that day.

The person in the song describes how "I make my way through this darkness. I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me, lost track of how far I've gone." These images seem an apt description of the grief and shock that many still feel about what happened.

Yet, this individual also invites us

to experience another reality. He asks us to "come on up for the rising, come on up, lay your hands in mine." Another human possibility awaits us if we can rise above the violence and hatred of Sept. II, 200 I. We who are today's followers of Jesus know this message well. It is the message of nonviolence, healing and justice for all members of God's family. Such a vision lies at the heart of Jesus' preaching about the kingdom of God. Yet, a year later, I wonder where we are. Did the anniversary of last year's terrible suffering prompt us to recommit ourselves to Jesus' message? Will we stand up for the sacredness of human life among all peoples in God's family, rejecting violence?

I believe that Catholic teens have an important opportunity to help the rest of us assess what our collective discipleship now means. I encourage teens to utilize their natural ability to ask questions and promote discussion.

I encourage parish youth groups or religious education classes to explore these areas of concern: What does love of onc's country involve? How does patriotism fit with discipleship?

If violence is supposed to be a path to peace and security, then what happened in the 20th century when 100 million of God's fanlily died in wars?

Further, where is this peace now?

What are practical and specific actions teens can take, in parishes and schools, to build greater understanding of the diverse cultures within the human family?

If we are to achieve a "rising" above the suffering and death caused by the violence of Sept. 11,200 I, thcn we must reconsider what Jesus taught us. I continue to believe that the way of Jesus is the path to hope and healing for this planet.

There are many signs among a wide variety of people that a great change in thinking is "rising" within the human family. Make your own efforts to join this historic "rising!"

When respecting one's life mi.ght start for teens By

AMY WELBORN

CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

If you have brothers or sisters. I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in your long, fascinating life one of you has tried to insult another by questioninghis pr her place in the family.

Oh, let's just be blunt. Did you ever get told that you were adopted? (And you weren't?)

Or did you ever get told that you were, uh, an "accident"?

Or, were you the one to do the telling?

That's OK. It usually happens at least once to everyone.

Why do kids say things like that, anyway? Because they think it's a handy insult, that's why. And you probably know that brothers and sisters arc al-

ways on the lookout for something new to prod, pry and torment each other.

By saying something like, "You know you were adopted, right?" a sneaky kid is hoping to drive a sort of wedge between you and the rest of the family.

In revealing the supposed news that you were an "accident," the very same sneaky kid wants to make you feel unwanted and only grudgingly accepted.

Oh, we can be so mean to each other, can't we?

Of course, since you're older now, in thinking about those alleged "insults" you know that there's really nothing insulting about them at all.

Being adopted is a gift and a

grace. More people than you know have been born of one set of parents and adopted by another. There's no shame in. it,

Coming of'

Age only love on all sides. You could say that adopted kids actually have received twice as much love as anyone else: love from the parents who wanted the best for them and love from the parents who brought them into their family.

No, adoption's not a wedge.

It's a lifelong hug.

'As for the "accident" thing, if you exist it's because God wanted you to. It's because God thought of you and brought you to life. Even if your birth was "planned" and hoped for by parents, they could: never plan the unique person who is you.

During the first weekend of October, the Church celebrates Respect Life Sunday. You may wonder sometimes what "respecting life" means for someone your age. Well, it starts, strangely enough, with examining your gut response to those silly childhood insults.

It doesn't matter if I'm adopted or not, or even who my parents are or what they were

thinking when I came into existence. I'm here because God made me, that's something to celebrate, and that's what really matters.

If you start there and remember where respect for your own life begins, it shouldn't be too hard to stretch your thinking to every other soul on the planet.

There's no insult to us in any of our origins (how old our morn is; if she's married or not; if we were "planned" by human beings or not; if we end up with different parents than we began with), and we shouldn't be made to feel that way.

What matters is that God made each of us because he wants us to live.

Celebrate that, and you're respecting life.

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Diocese of Fall River - Fri., September 27, 2002

The next pope? Cardinal's transfer fuels speculation

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

A CHRISTMAS stamp featuring Jan Gossaert's "Madonna and Child" will be issued by the U.S. Postal Service October 10 in Chicago. The Renaissance art on the new 37-cent stamp is a holding of the Art Institute of Chicago. Artwork depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ child has been featured on U.S. Christmas stamps since the mid-1'960s. (CNS photo from U.S. Postal Service)

Vatican official calls for better care of elderly as population ages

By JOHN THAVIS CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

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of each older person does not depend on his or her apparent utilVATICAN CITY - A Vatican ity," he said.

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He said older people also have A more positive image of older special needs in finding housing people should be fostered, he said, and living environments in which accepting that the elderly do not . care is provided. When possible, simply belong on society's mar- they should live where they want to live, prefembly near their relagins.

Archbishop Martin made the tives and close to where they have remarks in Berlin at a mid-Septem- spent most of their lives, he said.

The archbishop said greater ber conference of European ministers on aging, sponsored by the emphasis should be placed on eduU.N.'s Economic Commission for cational structures, such as univerEurope. His text was released at sities for elderly people, as well as the Vatican recently. neighborhood groups and associaArchbishop Martin, the tions that provide intellectual Vatican's representative to stimulus and address .spiritual Geneva-based U.N. agencies, said needs of older people. that as they grow older, people He said a "truly multigeneramust receive the support they need tional society is one in which older to remain "active protagonists" in people feel that they fully belong, society. This responsibility tran- in which their dignity will always scends economic factors, he said. be fully protected, in which they "Social recognition should not need not fear, and in which their be linked solely to economic pro- contribution will be respected and ductivity. The inalienable dignity their wisdom appreciated."

VATICAN CITY - In late September, Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi takes up his new post as head of the Archdiocese of Milan, and with it the unofficial baton as the Italian frontrunner in a future papal conclave.

Two of the last six popes have passed through Milan, and Cardinal Tettamanzi's transfer there from the smaller Archdiocese of Genoa was seen by many as a special sign of favor by Pope John Paul II. Rarely 'is a cardinal moved from one diocese to another.

Two weeks before leaving Genoa, Cardinal Tettamanzi bequeathed a parting gift to his faithful: a pastoral letter on the family. It's an in-, structive document in style and substance and offers insight into what to expect if the 68-year-old cardinal is one day elected to St. Peter's throne.

In a nutshell, the Church could expect a continuation of the Pope John Paul II legacy - with an Italian accent.

Indeed, Cardinal Tettamanzi's letter draws its deepest inspiration from two ' , major documents 'of the current pope:¡ his 1981 encyclical on the family and his 2001 apostolic letter on the future of the Church.

Cardinal Tettamanzi begins by emphasizing one of PopeJohn Paul's favorite points, that the family is not just the basic building block of society but also the fundamental agent of the Church's evangelization.

But he says this missionary priority is meaningless unless the family lives the faith deeply.

That's another common tenet of the pope and the cardinal.

They both focus on key elements for progress: the essential role of parents in the religious education of their children; the value of example over preaching; the importance of personal prayer; the duty to attend Sunday Mass; the centrality of the Eucharist; the need to welcome and protect human life; and the absolute commitment to the concept of the traditional family, based on permanent marriage between a man and a woman.

They also agree on social trends that are oppressing the modern family, from a "divorce mentality" to the exploitation of human sexuality.

tity ignored. Often, ¡he says, sexual attraction has been worn out by the time marriage takes place, so "it's obvious that attention is going to turn toward other people" after the wedding.

Most Italian weddings celebrated in the Church have "nothing sacramental about them except the external form," he says. The couple goes to Communion, in the majority of cases for the last times in their lives. They recite vo\;Vs that are meaningless because they are not educated in self-sacrifice. More ,often than not, the 'whole ceremony is designed to satisfy parents and provide the opportunity for a social celebration.

It all makes a Church leader want to shout, "Wake up!"

Cardinal Tettamanzi says. He suggests that it's time for pastors to refuse to marry couples unless they truly understand and accept the Church's teachings on marriage.

Such zingers would stand out if they were not buried beneath an avalanche of words. For Cardinal Tettamanzi shares another of Pope John Paul's traits: verbosity.

-,-~ At 120 pages, his pastoral letter is a CARDINAL DIONIGI TETTAMANZI book, about as long in marriage because it has so el- as the pope's average encyclical. evated the ideal of individualis- And for the most part, it is dense . prose, loaded with extensive tic self-gratification.

Cardinal Tettamanzi sees analysis and citations from Italy's low birth rate, its high co- Scripture, Church documents, .h;lbitation rate and its increas- Pope John Paul and the ing tolerance of homosexual cardinal's previous writings.

It is hard to imagine an ordiunions as signs that the country has accepted the "privatization nary Catholic turning the pages of marriage," in which anything of a tome that buttresses even the simplest points with great goes.

He says it's symptomatic of chunks of previously published a cultural decline, aggravated by teaching. At the same time, it a school system that often ends quotes at length from a letter up "destroying the moral per- written by children; overall, the sonality." Even the Church's in- style might best be described as '~exhaustive." structors can fall short.

With his roly-poly physique "Let's ask ourselves honestly, do Christian educators pray?" and his easy smile, Cardinal Tettamanzi sometimes evokes he says.

He faults the mass media for memories of Pope John XXIII. promoting banal values and But in many more ways, he is dangerous moral messages. walking in the footsteps of Pope Television in particular is guilty John Paul - as a moral theoloof "acts of aggression" against gian, as an expert on doctrine the family, he says. and as a seasoned administrator At times, the cardinal speaks in Church affairs.

As his recent pastoral letter like someone who has officiated at too many fancy Italian wed- reveals, he sees more shadows dings - only to see the mar- than light when it comes to modriages fall apart a few years ern pastoral challenges. Like the pope, he is committed to evanlater.

He says the unraveling begins gelizing contemporary culture in courtship, when sexual grati- at the start of the third millenfication is simply taken for nium, but he's prepared for an granted and the virtue of chas- uphill battle.

But here Cardinal Tettamanzi shows a more cutting verbal style, honed perhaps by the particular challenges posed by Italian society - a society that is Catholic by tradition, but where faith is superficial and most families "live like pagans," he says.

The cardinal describes the "dominant culture" in strikingly negative terms. He says it rejects the Christian idea of self-giving